The fox demon kept playing with the mouse under the big tree, in broad daylight, if there was no one around, and he didn't care about the strange stares secretly cast by passers-by in the distance.

She is calm and natural, but where can the mouse stand her teasing, although he has practiced for thousands of years, but since he turned into a human form, he has been mixed in the human world, except for often cooperating with monkeys to secretly do some business, other times have been living as a normal person, marrying an ordinary human woman as a wife, and never so close in public.

His mood was very complicated, he was both scared and excited, he wanted to avoid it, and he was reluctant.

The old monkey demon stood on the side, looking at the scenery in the distance, for a pair of men and women under the big tree, he seemed to be neither able to see nor hear, a look of the old god was there, as if sitting under the tree, just two kittens and puppies, until he found that many people in the distance had stopped to look at this side, and pointed and said something, the old monkey demon coughed lightly twice, and said:

"Fox don't make trouble, we shouldn't be so conspicuous!"

Only then did the fox demon sit up straight, return to his normal expression and say to the mouse:

"Well, how about we go out into the countryside and talk? Don't worry, we are not friends with the thousand-year-old ginseng, on the contrary, we are still enemies! You see the arm I'm missing! This is what was cut down by that human woman's sneak attack, so, I have a deep hatred with them, we can cooperate, for you, there is only good, no harm. ”

When the fox demon's body left, the mouse actually felt a little lost in his heart, but when he heard the fox demon's words, he immediately became nervous, especially when he heard the fox demon talk about the human woman who was not highly cultivated, the mouse was very surprised, she was actually able to cut off one of the fox demon's arms?

Even if it was a sneak attack, this was very shocking, and the cultivation of this fox demon, he could clearly feel that it was much higher than him and the monkey.

And according to their observations, the human woman is just getting started in the Qi refining period, although most of his and the monkey's cultivation is improved by medicine, but they have also reached the fifth or sixth layer of the Qi refining period, he is five layers, the monkey is six layers, and the fox demon is estimated to have seven or eight layers, such a big gap, even if they let them sneak attack, it may not be successful!

How did the human woman do it?

He regretted a little that he didn't listen to the monkey's opinion, even the human woman was so powerful, plus there were three old demons who had turned into human form to protect him, he actually wanted to plot to steal the thousand-year-old ginseng around them!

The mouse's heart began to retreat a little, but when he saw the fox demon and the old monkey demon looking at him, he knew that now that he had no way out, since the fox demon had already spoken here, he was bound to them together.

There was no way, so he had to follow the fox demon and the old monkey demon to the suburbs.

When they came to a wooded place in the suburbs, and after each of them found a stone and sat down, the fox demon also retracted his bewitching appearance, and he looked at the mouse and said:

"That human woman's name is Mu Qianmei, she took those people out of the Nine Star Forest, that ginseng essence is definitely more than a thousand years, the three of us cooperate, if we steal the ginseng essence alone, then we will take a third each, if you can successfully lure away the fox demon and the two snake demons, let me have a chance to kill that human woman, my share will be given to you, you each take half, how about it?"

The old monkey demon nodded and replied:

"I have no opinion!"

Because he came out to get that ginseng essence, he didn't care about the rest.

But the rat was embarrassed and said:

"The three of us join forces, and we can't beat them!"

The fox demon said with a smile:

"Giggle...... Silly brother, who said that you want to fight with them! If we can fight hard, why plan! ”

"This operation, we can only outwit, you are responsible for stealing or coaxing that ginseng essence to leave, if there is a chance, lure a few other people away, I will deal with that human woman with all my heart, fight head-on, she is definitely not my opponent, after killing her, we will quickly hide, I and the old monkey demon secretly answer you, you will not be in danger."

The mouse was surprised and said:

"Are you just answering in secret? Why not act together? ”

He feels that his situation seems to be getting worse and worse, there are tigers in front of him and wolves in the back, he has become a pawn of others, if he succeeds, he may get some benefits, or he may not get anything, but he will lose his life, if he fails, he will basically die.

And he seems to have run out of options.

The old monkey demon asked the mouse with some hope:

"Do you think it's possible to invite your old partner Monkey over to work with you?"

The mouse was shocked, and couldn't help but secretly wonder that if there was a monkey's participation, it would indeed increase a lot of certainty, but thinking of the monkey's usual caution and his resolute attitude when he left, the mouse shook his head and said:

"He's decided not to do this, and I've just argued with him about it, and since you've already arrived, you've all seen it."

The fox demon thought for a moment and said:

"In that case, let's join forces with the three of us!"

So, the three of them began to quietly discuss the details of the operation in the woods.

Here, the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches are behind, and they are all planning to target Mu Qianmei and his party, but Mu Qianmei and the others are unaware, after they return to the inn, they go back to their rooms, bathe and change clothes, and see that the sky is over, they eat at the inn.

They ate at a window on the second floor of the inn, which was a relatively quiet corner.

During the meal, Mr. Wenlan looked through the window and saw that the entire street outside was still brightly lit, and almost every shop was hung with various red lanterns, which illuminated both passers-by and the signboards of his own shop.

The streets are very lively, and the scenery seems to be more beautiful than during the day, so the prince of Wenlan, who wants to play, said to Mu Qianmei:

"Sister, let's go for a walk on the street after dinner, there are a lot of people outside!"

Mu Qianmei looked up and said casually:

"I'm going to practice at night, and I'm going to participate in the competition tomorrow, and I haven't broken through the first level of Qi cultivation yet!"

Wenlan Gongzi blurted out and said:

"I'll give you a little bead!"

The thirty-six necklace beads that his ginseng fruit turned into gave five to the snake king, and now there are thirty-one left, which were originally intended to be given to Mu Qianmei, but Mu Qianmei was unwilling to ask for them, so she kept them, and now they are still hanging around his neck, but Mu Qianmei asked him to cover them with clothes, so that outsiders could not see them.

Mu Qianmei shook her head without thinking about it and said:

"No, I've been cultivating every night along the way, and my cultivation has been growing slowly, so I can do it without the help of external forces, preferably without the help of external forces!"

On the way to cultivation, the most taboo is to pull out seedlings to help grow, this is when she was cultivating her internal strength in Wujian Mountain, Ye Suifeng repeatedly warned her and Liu Tingfeng.

So Mu Qianmei also thinks that it is less than 10,000

As a last resort, it is best not to rely on these natural treasures to improve your strength, and cultivate by yourself, although the improvement is slow, but the little bit by bit of the improvement process can make you feel the mystery of it, and the spiritual power cultivated in this way will be more solid, and it will exert a stronger combat effectiveness in battle.

The Tiger King asked curiously:

"Little one, what beads do you have to improve your strength, why don't I know?"

Among several people, only the Tiger King still didn't know that Prince Wenlan was a three-thousand-year-old ginseng, and he believed Mu Qianmei's explanation at the beginning, that is, the younger brother who came with her from outside.

Wenlan Gongzi said mischievously:

"Hehe, this is a secret, Grandpa Snake King has repeatedly warned me, this is a secret that no one can tell, don't ask if it's okay if it's okay to be stupid!"

The Tiger King said helplessly:

"Since it was the Serpent King who warned me, then I won't ask."

Remembering that Mu Qianmei said just now that she was not yet at the second layer of the Qi Refining Period, Wenlan Gongzi asked curiously:

"Sister, how long do you have to reach the second layer of the Qi Refining Stage?"

Mu Qianmei smiled and said:

"I'm just a beginner, each layer of the Qi refining period has an early stage, a middle stage and a late stage, I am at the level of the early stage entry, and I am not even in the middle stage."

Prince Wenlan continued to ask:

"Is there any difference between the early, middle and late stages?"

Mu Qianmei thought for a while and explained:

"Our cultivation is to open a sea of qi in the position of the dantian to accommodate the aura, the sea of qi is as boundless as the sea, if it is said that to break through the first layer of the qi refining period, the aura required by the sea of qi is like a small pond the size of an ordinary room, I only have as much aura as a bowl in the sea of qi now, think about it, how much is there to cover a layer of bowls in an ordinary room?"

Wenlan Gongzi's eyes widened, and he said in surprise:

"That's so much? How long will it take to cultivate! ”

Mu Qianmei patiently explained:

"Cultivation is a long-term accumulation process, otherwise, why are most of the monks in the Li Yuan Immortal Path stagnant at around the third to seventh layers of the Qi Refining Period? Because the more you go to the back, the more aura you need for each additional layer, and the aura required for each additional layer is twice as much as the previous layer, and the lifespan of a normal person, when you reach the seventh layer of the qi refining period, it is a hurdle, and if the life span is insufficient, it will be difficult to reach the eighth layer, I have cultivated until now, there are ten days, if I continue to practice at this rate, I will be able to break through the first layer and reach the second layer after about seven years. ”

"And so on, it takes fourteen years for the second layer to break through, twenty-eight years for the third layer to break through, and fifty-six years for the fourth layer...... Do you calculate, how much life a normal person can have? Take me as an example, I'm fifteen years old now, and if I cultivate at this rate, I will have to be one hundred and twenty years old before I can break through to the fourth layer. ”

Wenlan Gongzi couldn't figure it out after a long time with his fingers, but he suddenly remembered the person named Yun Yin, so he asked suspiciously:

"Then why did Yun Yin break through to the sixth layer when he was only fifteen or sixteen years old?"

Mu Qianmei thought for a while and replied:

"This is the reason why the intensity of the aura is different, and everyone's talents and opportunities are also different, so the cultivation speed is different. He has good talent, and he has been guided by a famous teacher, and his cultivation method must be very good, plus the aura of his cultivation may be relatively strong, just like the snake king cultivating next to the thousand-year-old ginseng, and it is even possible that he also used a lot of heavenly treasures and elixirs in the cultivation process, so he reached the current level at such a young age. ”