Chapter 12: Into the Mountain
The next day.
Yang Fan came to the guard house early, still immersed in the excitement of cultivating the "Tianyuan Jue" to the thirty-sixth set last night. Judging from the difficulty of the next set of cultivation, after breaking through the thirty-sixth set, the thirty-seventh set will start to be the alchemy technique after the skin realm.
As soon as Fang entered the door, he saw Uncle Lin sitting in the center of the guard hall from a distance, and there were several other shadows sitting or standing. Seeing that there were so many people waiting in the temple, he hurriedly encouraged his feet to rush to the temple, and said hello to everyone embarrassedly. Except for the people who saw Yang Fan yesterday, the rest of the people also learned about the battle in the guard house yesterday from their friends, and at this moment, they were all curious to look at the only person in the field who was not in the realm of boiling skin.
After Yang Fan returned home yesterday, he also carefully asked his grandfather about the strength of the body refiners in the village, and now he has a little understanding. In addition to the chief captain Lin Qinghan, who is the top master of the True Qi Realm, he is in charge of 2,000 guards, and there are two captains of the Forging Bone Realm, Li Zhengtian and Wang Hu, who are in charge of 1,000 guards each, and there are 10 squad leaders under the captain, who are in charge of 100 guards. Even these twenty squad leaders are all masters of body grinding!
For this data, Yang Fan also has a preliminary understanding of the Qi refining rank. Originally, there were 30,000 people in the Great Zhuangzi, only Yang Chongshan who died in the beast tide, and the existing Liu Xinzhao and Lin Qinghan cultivated to the Qi refining level!
There are now twenty people stuck at the peak of the Body Refining Realm, not to mention the Qinglong Village before the beast tide. The more he knew, the more Yang Fan admired Yang Chongshan and the current Lin Qinghan. It was already so difficult to step into the Qi Refining Rank, and these two people were still able to cultivate to the True Qi Realm, the peak of the Qi Refining Rank!
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"Everyone is here, and you know what you were notified about yesterday. Lin Qinghan sat in the center and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, the captain will take us into the mountains today to explore the source of the strange disease in the village!" replied one of the people in the main hall.
"Yes, the patients in the village have not been cured yet, if someone accidentally catches that kind of manic energy in the mountains, it will be a big deal!" Lin Qinghan stood up suddenly, "So I called you over, let's go into the mountains to investigate first, and bring two seedlings with great potential to go up the mountain to sharpen them!"
Seeing that there were still people who wanted to say something, Lin Qinghan waved his hand: "With me here, there must be no problems." However, you should be vigilant and protect these two people-" Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Yang Fan, "Yang Fan!" and pointed at another person, "Li Shaobai!"
Although Lin Qinghan used "presumably", everyone present was convinced. If Captain Lin of the True Qi Realm can't keep everyone safe, who else can say this!
Yang Fan turned his head to look at it, and was meeting a gaze. I saw a sword diagonally inserted behind this person's back, a plain suit, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and straight. "Presumably this is Li Shaobai! He was stunned for a moment, then thought.
Lin Qinghan saw that everyone was ready, and walked out of the hall first: "Let's go, it's better to leave early and come back early!"
Everyone responded in unison, followed Lin Qinghan and rushed out to Qinglong Mountain. Li Shaobai gradually leaned closer to Yang Fan and spoke first: "Brother Yang, you still have the last step to boil your skin, right? I heard that your cultivation has only been for two days, I don't know if it's true or false? Brother Fool has practiced hard for more than two months before he has cultivated to boil his skin." ”
Yang Fan thought for a moment, "Did he tell me this, did he deliberately point out that my cultivation time was short, or was he really curious?"
"Brother Li, don't lift me up. After two days of cultivation in a daze, I'm about to boil my skin, but I don't know anything about the cultivation of combat skills. Yang Fan put his mind at ease, and then shook his head and said: "Following you into the mountain this time, it is also the intention of Captain Lin to hone me, hoping that I can comprehend more about the application of combat skills and the cultivation of alchemy." ”
Li Shaobai showed a look of understanding on his face: "I see." The rapid entry of the physical body into the country is the disadvantage of this. It's okay! I've been boiling for more than half a year, and in my spare time, I extended my alchemy to swordsmanship. This time I went into the mountain to sharpen, and I also hope to be able to go further in swordsmanship, so that I can be promoted to the middle stage of boiling!"
"I didn't expect Brother Li to be a whole level higher than me!" Yang Fan said in surprise, "Presumably, in the four months since boiling the skin, his swordsmanship has been very superb." ”
Li Shaobai laughed: "It's not superb, it's top!"
Yang Fan laughed out loud, and was about to speak, when Lin Qinghan's voice came from the front: "Shaobai, how many times have you been told you, don't always giggle." We cultivators are already acting against the sky, and your hip-hop nature will definitely bring you trouble in the future!"
Li Shaobai pursed his lips: "I know Captain Lin!"
Yang Fan saw that Uncle Lin seemed to have said it many times, but Li Shaobai completely looked like his left ear was in and out of his right ear, and he secretly laughed.
"Brother Xian, do you think what Captain Lin said is right? Cultivation is against the sky, but human nature is different, and it is also said in the book that 'there are three thousand avenues, each of which is different', how do you want to say and do it, how can it be changed by external factors!" Li Shaobai saw Yang Fan snickering and said seriously.
Yang Fan savored it, but it really meant something: "I didn't expect that Brother Li is also a well-read character with excellent knowledge!"
"Brother Xian, although you are about to boil your skin, but this is your talent, and your actual combat strength is close to zero. This time you go into the mountains, you have to be closer to me, so that I can protect you. ”
"I didn't expect Brother Li to have this thought. In this way, thank you very much!" Yang Fan knew that although he had a realm, he did not have the actual combat experience to match it. When others cultivate to this realm, they will inevitably have to go through hundreds of battles before they can reach it. He and Li Shaobai talked very happily and had similar interests, and now he has to take care of one or two, which is naturally something he can't ask for.
They all say that they have good qualifications, but in fact, they just rely on the ancient and peerless "Tianyuan Jue", and their cultivation is dozens or hundreds of times faster than "Giant Rhino Boiling Skin", so it will take just two days to reach the realm of boiling skin.
Everyone galloped all the way, and gradually saw a green color appear in the distance. After running for a while, he followed the path that the hunter woodcutter in the village had stepped on when he went up the mountain, and entered the Qinglong Mountain.
"Let's take a rest first, then slow down and leave the weaker beasts to Xiao Fan and Shaobai to solve!" Lin Qinghan gradually slowed down and stopped under a tree.
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The surroundings are verdant and lush, and since entering the mountains and forests, Yang Fan has felt a burst of coolness. The air on the mountain behind his home was countless times better than the air in the mountains behind his house.
"Yes, too...... There are not a single car here, and not a drop of industrial wastewater is produced. Yang Fan laughed at himself, but he thought of his relatives in his hometown.
"Falling into this place, it's a dilemma......"
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After the rest of the group, they continued to push forward. As you go deeper into the forest, the path under your feet is long gone, and the trees around you are gradually getting taller.
Under the leadership of Lin Qinghan and a team leader of the escort team, "Wu Xiongmu", everyone divided into two teams and launched a search in the woods at a distance of 100 meters.
After walking for more than an hour, the middle-aged man who had opened his mouth in the guard hall spoke: "Everyone be careful, if you go any further, there will be wild beasts!"
Yang Fan's heart tightened. This man was one of the twenty captains of the convoy. Wu Xiongmu, a master of the grinding realm. Everyone's cultivation is in their own supremacy, and this is why they have come in for a while, how can ordinary beasts hurt them, it is clearly for themselves.
As if seeing his nervousness, Li Shaobai leaned closer: "With so many people, can't they take care of you? Besides, if you don't experience actual combat, how can you improve!"
Yang Fan crossed everyone and saw Lin Qinghan's gaze, and his heart was slightly relieved. Looking at Li Shaobai's encouraging eyes, he also had confidence in his heart. Nodding silently, he secretly used the "Tian Yuan Jue" mental method, and suddenly the energy in his body slowly rolled up.
The energy before boiling the skin is completely attached to the epidermis of the skin, and at the same time slowly moisturizes the skin, enhancing the firmness and toughness of the skin. After stepping into the boiling skin, the cultivated energy will moisten the skin and flesh, increasing the strength of the body except for the bones, and at the same time, a layer of skin will grow under the surface of the skin, which is difficult to hurt by the sword. Now with Yang Fan's realm, it is enough to see the door of boiling skin, and a faint layer of skin under the skin is looming.
He walked on for a long time, but there was still no sign of the beast. has been in a state of nervous tension, Yang Fan is also a little tired, and can't help but slowly relax.
"Brother Li, why don't you see the shadow of a beast yet, is it in the wrong place?" Yang Fan glanced at Li Shaobai behind him and asked quietly.
"Brother Xian, how old is this for a while, why can't you hold it back? We cultivators value patience the most. Only by enduring what ordinary people can't endure can we do what ordinary people can't. Do you think any of the seniors can't help it?" Li Shaobai seized the opportunity to transmit his cultivation experience and experience to Yang Fan.
Yang Fan looked back, and vaguely saw that everyone was still vigilant, and he was secretly ashamed in his heart.
"Shaobai is really good enough to take care of me. The experience on the cultivation path, even Uncle Lin never told me!"
Just when Yang Fan was turning all kinds of thoughts in his heart, a tiger roar suddenly came from the front.
"Roar!"
A half-human-tall white-fronted insect slowly paced from a few steps away, its head bowed, its dark golden eyes staring at Yang Fan, and its body exuded a murderous aura.
Yang Fan felt bitter in his heart: "The house leak happened to rain overnight! I just stopped the operation of the vitality, and Brother Li had just distanced himself from me, and I met this king of the mountain! It will take a while to activate the vitality!"
In order for the vitality to run and flow freely, a "warm-up period" is required. It's like a car's engine in winter, it needs to be heated up for a while before it can accelerate.
And in order to have the effect of tempering and preventing the aura of everyone from gathering together to deter the beast, Yang Fan walked in front of everyone, and the large army was hanging far behind Yang Fan, and Li Shaobai looked at Yang Fan not far from the middle. At this moment, a colorful tiger suddenly appeared in front of him, but no one could catch up.