CHAPTER XXI
However, what made him a little helpless was that every ten cycles of internal qi, the accumulated internal qi was enough to improve this progress a little.
So far, he has only accumulated two points.
"That is to say, if I want to break through the first layer, I still need 98% progress, and I can only circulate the internal qi once a day, otherwise the body meridians can't bear it, and ten cycles can make a little progress, and after calculation, I will need 980 days to break through to the second layer, wouldn't it take more than two years to close to three years?!"
Lin Xin calculated in his heart, he originally thought that it would be very fast after seeing the progress, but he didn't expect it to take so long.
"Senior sister is only eighteen years old this year, and she has already reached the second layer, and she is really much better than me," Lin Xin sighed. It's no wonder that Uncle Shi looks at him differently. ”
I sensed the internal qi circulation in my lower body, like a snail, I swallowed it slowly, and I didn't dare to speed up my mind, otherwise the body meridians would suddenly produce tear-like pain, and I had to spend time to recuperate and wait for the recovery if I hurt something.
Helplessly, Lin Xin opened his eyes and saw that Master Ji Lu was still the same, meditating in one posture from the time he entered the temple to the present.
Uncle Bo Yunzi was holding the book and looking at it intently, and there was a small wine bottle on the side, and he didn't know where he got it from, so he picked it up and drank it from time to time.
It was a little dark outside, the rain was still falling, and looking out from the gate of the ruined temple, it was gray, and there was nothing to see from a distance of more than ten meters.
There was a bonfire burning in the middle of the temple, Lin Xin leaned over, feeling a little cold, so he stretched out his hands close to the fire to keep warm.
Lin Yuansheng, the coachman, dozed off on the side of the Buddha statue in the temple, saliva fell down the corners of his mouth, dripping on the ground, and he slept soundly.
Lin Xin roasted the fire for a while, wanting to drink some water, but it was not easy to wake him up when he saw him like this, so he simply got up by himself, took the water bladder from Lin Yuansheng's side, and poured a cup out of a simple leather cup.
"There's a ruined temple over here, come quickly!" Suddenly there was a man's shout outside, and it seemed that someone was coming.
Lin Xin was about to drink the leather cup when he saw a man wearing a cloak and hat rushing into the temple from the rain, and two people who were also wearing robes and hats soon ran in behind him.
The pale yellow coats on the three of them were constantly dripping with water, and when they took off their hats, they were a middle-aged man, two young men and women, who seemed to be wearing weapons at their waists and wearing tight-fitting suits, and they seemed to be people from the rivers and lakes who walked the rivers and lakes.
Seeing that there were people in the temple, the middle-aged man who came first arched his hand at Lin Xin, who was standing, and didn't speak, and found another corner to take off his clothes.
The two young people in the back looked at Lin Xin and the four of them, their eyes were a little curious, as if they had just gone out.
Lin Xin put down the water bladder, felt some pain in the meridians, and knew that he couldn't practice anymore today, and the meridians had limited endurance and couldn't be excessive.
He was idle, so he leaned against the wall and began to doze off. However, the back of the head against the cold wall, feeling uncomfortable, and the faint musty smell in the ruined temple are not a good place to sleep.
The three people who had just come in over there had already started to make a fire, but it had rained for too long, and the dry firewood in the temple had already been picked up by Lin Xin and the four of them first, and all they picked up were some wet branches.
"If you don't dislike it, come and roast together. Uncle Ji Lu didn't know when he woke up, so he opened his eyes and said lightly.
"A few Taoist leaders bothered. The middle-aged man smiled, nodded politely to Ji Lu, and took the two young people over to sit by the campfire.
"I don't know where the Dao Chiefs are coming from?" the middle-aged man began to ask casually.
"We're coming from the direction of Red Pine City. Bo Yunzi also sat down, "Listen to your accent, like someone from Suyang nearby?"
"Your hearing is good, we are indeed from Suyang. ”
The middle-aged man quickly chatted with Bo Yunzi, Lin Xin was just listening on the side, and heard the middle-aged man say that there seemed to be something troublesome going on over there in Red Pine City, and there were many people rushing over there recently.
Bo Yunzi inquired carefully about the situation again, it seems that the entire Red Pine City has become a place of right and wrong, and I don't know who spread the news around, saying that there is a treasure over there, and many people from the rivers and lakes are rushing to that side, some are making a scene, and some are peeping at the treasure.
"I heard that there is a golden light shining in the depths of the Red Pine Mountain over there, and I don't know if it's true, anyway, many people claim to have seen it, and the news spread, and many people in the rivers and lakes rushed over there. ”
The middle-aged man said in a low voice.
"Golden light?" Bo Yunzi's eyes flashed with a hint of color.
"Now many people around are rushing to the side of Red Pine City, and I heard that the people from Meihuamen have set off. ”
"Really? Even the plum blossom gate has been dispatched. The color of the road remained the same, but there was also some surprise in his eyes.
"There must be a letter from the Plum Blossom Gate to confirm it, otherwise we wouldn't have heard such news and ran there. ”
The middle-aged man also planned to take his two children out to see the world and go to Red Pine City to have a look.
Lin Yuansheng also came over, he knew the situation of Red Pine City best, and at the same time, he had traveled south and north for many years, and he had rich experience, and he immediately chatted with two young people who were not deeply involved in the world.
Lin Xin interjected and listened to the words on the side.
Chatting and chatting, the rain outside the broken temple finally became lighter, and it seemed to have a tendency to stop completely.
Ji Lu opened his mouth and continued to hurry, and the rest of the people had no objections, they were already annoyed after staying in this broken temple for two days, and the beans and hay carried by the horses were a little insufficient, and if they didn't leave, they might have to go to supplies later, which was very troublesome.
Leaving the bonfire to the family, the four of them led the horses out of the makeshift hut shelter with the wagon, and continued to get on the wagon.
Lin Yuansheng put on the tarpaulin to protect the horses from the rain, so as not to get sick when it rained, and then took out the whip and hurried to the road.
"Is there a treasure in Red Pine City?" Lin Xin was still thinking about this while sitting in the carriage, so why did Immortal Master Su Wan go to investigate the strange incident and pull out the treasure again?
After marching from noon to late afternoon, the rain finally stopped.
There were also more carriages and knights on the road ahead. Most of them were in a hurry, with only the occasional caravan being a little slower.
After passing the boundary of Suyang City and entering the Sushan region, the sky was gradually getting dark, and Lin Yuansheng was looking for a suitable place to rest. In front of the carriage, three yellow hused knights were galloping, and they were about to sweep towards the left side of the carriage.
"Huh~~~" Suddenly, a male knight on the horse stopped and bowed his hand to the carriage.
"It's Songlin's junior brother in the car?"
Ji Lu lifted the curtain from inside the car.
"It turned out to be the three senior brothers of the Plum Blossom Sect. The three of you are here for Red Pine City?"
"Exactly, I was ordered to support Senior Sister Su Wan, can you please tell Senior Brother about the situation over there. "The male knight is colorful.
Ji Lu frowned, and quickly told what he knew.
The three knights hurriedly took their leave, and hurried away.
Ji Lu frowned and lowered the curtain, but Lin Xin was a little worried.
"Even that Su Wan demon girl has to ask for support, but it is conceivable that the situation over there is likely to be not good. ”
"It's useless for you to worry, it's not something we can do anymore. It's better for us to stay away from the center of the vortex. Bo Yunzi patted Lin Xin on the shoulder, took out a cigarette gun, lit it and began to smoke.
"Yes. Lin Xin nodded, and put away his thoughts, he could only pray for his family that everything was fine. Although he doesn't spend much time together, he is his root in this world after all.
After hurrying, it took another five or six days, and the four of them replenished water and food at a traveler's shop on the side of the road, left the Sushan area, and crossed several barren mountains again, and finally arrived in front of a turbulent river.
The river is like a jade belt, from west to east, the carriage stops at a small market town on the bank of the river, according to Bo Yunzi, this river used to be where the sect of the Songlin Sword Sect was located, so people from non-sects could not cross the river, and Lin Yuansheng could only stay in this town.
Lin Xin can understand, he left half of the gold leaves given by Lin Zhiwen to Lin Yuansheng, and let him find a place to live in the town, originally thought that these gold leaves were enough to buy a property in the town, after all, if this is converted into the purchasing power of RMB, it will be at least millions, but I didn't expect that the housing prices in this place called Mingshui Town are extremely expensive, and all the gold leaves are not enough, or Bo Yunzi borrowed a gold ingot to Lin Xin, so he was able to take down a small courtyard in the town. The rest of the money and goods are enough for Lin Yuansheng to barely live here for about a year.
Lin Xin was taken by Ji Lubo Yunzi and got on the boat to cross the river.
The three of them stood at the bow of the boat, looking out at the rolling hills that loomed behind the fog across the river.
Ji Lu touched his chin and mustache and introduced to Lin Xin.
"My Pine Forest Sword Sect is the only sect among the four sects that has an extremely low entry threshold. No matter how you get your internal qi, no matter how poor your qualifications are, no matter what your character is, as long as you have internal qi, as long as you are under the age of 30, you can get started. Of course, after entering the school, you are only a registered disciple, and if you can't become a regular disciple within ten years, you will be sent to the outer gate, or you will perform a departure mission and live independently from the sect. ”
"In this way, not everyone can enter the sect, and the same is true for those wicked people and spies. "Lin Xin didn't understand the approach of the Songlin Sword Sect.
"It's useless, that's it, the number of disciples of my Pine Forest Sword Sect every year is still decreasing, and the casualties are too great, you will know in the future. Bo Yunzi sighed on the side. "If I asked for a review of my character again, then my Sword Sect would have no one anymore. As long as you don't have an extreme hatred of everything and make a painstaking oath, you don't bother to care so much. ”
Lin Xin was speechless, it sounded like the struggle within this sword sect seemed to be very bad.
"But don't be afraid. Ji Lu continued, "There are rules in the sect that you can't kill your fellow disciples, and most of the disciples are running around every day for jade money and tasks, and they also have to improve their cultivation, so they generally don't have much time to fight with each other. ”
Speaking of this, he also kept silent, and Bo Yunzi stopped talking.
The boat, at the helm of the boatman, slowly approached the bank of the Mingshui River.