Chapter 39: The Search for Spirits

Asking inexplicably, naturally there was a reason for him, and he wanted to understand why Caidie was able to cultivate the Tao while he couldn't.

The Demon Emperor and the Immortal Emperor were silent for a long time, and then the Demon Emperor said: "The Spirit Measuring Stone is the most basic method for testing the Spirit Root physique, of course it is accurate."

"But why is Caidie able to cultivate, but I can't, for three years, I have been running the exercises every day and practicing penance, why has I not made any progress?" Inexplicably asked unwillingly.

"Ahem, ahem, this question, old monster, you can answer it." The Demon Emperor excused himself.

"I don't know!" The Immortal Emperor suddenly blurted out.

Inexplicably speculating, constantly thinking, recalling carefully, trying to think about what went wrong with him, but he rummaged through all the knowledge in his mind, including all the knowledge about the world, and still couldn't find the answer.

Sun Daxian rolled over, the preserved eggs rolled down, and the small bed was occupied by these two people. Inexplicably, he put on his shoes, pushed open the door, and walked out of the room.

The moon sprinkled with the silver light of the courtyard, the flowers of all colors in the courtyard bloomed, and a purple butterfly fell on the palm-sized red rose, next to the butterfly, the figure of the colorful butterfly loomed, she fiddled with the flowers, teased the butterfly, turned her head, smiled inexplicably, and then turned into light powder and disappeared. Rubbing his eyes inexplicably, knowing that it was an illusion.

He walked towards Caidie's room, and couldn't help but push open the door, a burst of fragrance, an extremely familiar smell.

Inexplicably, a trace of spiritual power was condensed, and the candle was lit, he held the lampstand, and looked around, he had never been to Caidie's room, and couldn't help but look around.

Even though Caidie rarely lives in this room, the room is still very clean by her.

To the south, a white jade crescent moon bed is covered by a curtain of pearls of various colors, and against the wall, a dresser made of turquoise bamboo is simply arranged, and under the stage, a half-height rattan chair.

Inexplicably put the lampstand on the dresser, pulled over the rattan chair, sat down, he held his chin, looked at himself in the mirror attentively, didn't know what to think, his brain was very messy, as if there were countless silk threads entangled in his heart, and with the figure of his girlfriend in the past life and the figure of the butterfly in the present life kept flashing, he shook his head fiercely, regained a little consciousness, looked down, but saw that on the dresser of the butterfly, there was a short sword dagger with five fingers at random. He took the dagger in his hand, and looked at it carefully by the light, but he saw that the dagger did not know where the colorful butterfly came from, the red copper scabbard was rusty, and behind the hilt, it was a big rust-colored copper coin. He smiled slightly, attracted by the strange appearance of the short sword, and then grasped the hilt of the sword with one hand and the scabbard with the other, wanting to see what the short sword looked like.

He tried, but the sword was in the sheath, and he didn't move, and he tried again, but he still didn't pull out a bit.

Inexplicably stood up, threw the short sword on the dresser, kicked away the rattan chair, pulled up the cuffs, tied a horse step, ran the exercises, and instilled all the little aura in the dantian into his palms, he didn't believe in this evil, and vowed to pull out this sword. In his hand, the purple qi condensed, although it was not much, but it was still useful, he held the scabbard tightly with one hand, clenched his teeth, used his strength to eat, and tried again, but this short sword that seemed to have been buried for a long time still did not move.

On his inexplicable forehead, a little sweat oozed from the bruised tendons, his trembling arms ached, his lips turned purple from his bite, and he sat on the rattan chair like a prostration.

"It's really strange, I can't pull out this short sword." Inexplicably, he thought to himself, it took him a long time to regain his strength.

He kept playing with the sword in his hand, looking at it carefully, trying to see if there was a hidden spring mechanism from the sword, but he looked at it for a long time, but he still didn't find anything.

It must have been obscured by rust, and it occurred to him that a brilliant mind could be stumped by such a triviality. He looked around, and happened to find a silk cloth on the clothes rack of Rainbow Butterfly, and Butterfly was gone, so he used the silk cloth to wipe off the rust on the short sword without hesitation. He wiped and rubbed, but the rust did not fall off at all, but the silk cloth was burr. He grabbed another pair of scissors from the dresser and scraped them off with a blade. But in just two strokes, the blade of the scissors was curled.

Inexplicably, he threw the short sword and the bladed scissors on the dresser, perhaps it was this period of tossing and turning, which made him tired, he suddenly felt sleepy, and fell asleep on the dresser.

Sun Daxian grabbed the neck of the preserved egg, searched for an inexplicable long time, and searched all the houses except Caidie's room, and then pushed open Caidie's door under Feng Yao's reminder.

I was sleeping sweetly inexplicably, and with a slight cry, my saliva flowed.

"Inexplicable! The sun shines on your ass! Sun Daxian deliberately lay next to his ear, howled, and suddenly raised his head in surprise, his eyes widened, and he took a closer look at himself in the bronze mirror. Inexplicably, he rubbed his face and regained his senses.

"Inexplicably, it's time for you to go." Feng Yao stood at the door, carrying a fiery red gourd in her hand, which contained the wine she had specially begged from the master of the Treasure Hall early in the morning.

Sun Daxian walked out with a preserved egg, inexplicably picked up the copper coin short sword and pinned it to his waist.

After the two walked out, the preserved egg kept scratching its four claws in Sun Daxian's hand, shaking its head and babbling, Sun Daxian put it on the ground, it raised its head, looked at the short sword on its inexplicable waist, and jumped up.

A black shadow flashed from his inexplicable waist, and the preserved egg seemed to be a fat figure, unprecedented speed and agility.

It fell to the ground with the dagger in its mouth, and then sat down, clutching the dagger tightly in its arms, and its dark circles were dark and red like jewels. It stroked the sword, as if it had seen an old friend who had been lovesick for many years, and shed tears of pity like a lover.

Inexplicably, the three of them stayed in place like this, unwilling to disturb in the slightest.

The preserved egg squeaked and sobbed, and although he didn't understand why it was like this, he walked towards it, squatted down, stroked its head, and then carefully picked it up.

"Inexplicably, it's time for you to go to the sect." Feng Yao said.

Nodding inexplicably, a whistle summoned the giant tiger.

In the square of the Purple Qi Sword Sect, more than thirty disciples were lined up in five rows under the command of Gao Tianyuan, and then named one by one.

"Inexplicably, inexplicably?" Gao Tianyuan said.

"It's coming, it's coming." Sun Daxian Edgeworth came, "Inexplicably behind." ”

Inexplicably turned over and dropped the giant tiger, patted the giant tiger's head to express his gratitude, the giant tiger rubbed him, turned his head and left, and then came to Gao Tianyuan, so that everyone in the sect who needed to be sent out was here.

Gao Tianyuan led everyone to the outside of the test hall, and the disciples who left the test hall early prepared spirit stones for everyone, no more, no less, one per person, and distributed them.

Then he led everyone to a small bamboo building behind the hall, on the bamboo building, unknown birds purred and chirped, and there were two Taoist servants in their thirties who were sprinkling food on the top.

"Pigeons." He whispered inexplicably.

Seeing that Gao Tianyuan was coming with everyone, the two servants hurriedly put down their work, saluted Gao Tianyuan, and said hello.

Gao Tianyuan said to everyone: "This is a spirit bird raised by the sect, the name is 'Flying Slave Bird', each of you brings one, oh, it will follow you." If you find a spirit body, remember to use it to notify the sect as soon as possible, and the sect will naturally send someone to respond. After speaking, he glanced at the two Taoist servants, and the two Taoist servants understood. One of them, a man with a beard, took out a whistle from his neck and put it in his mouth and blew it, only to see that all the birds on the roof, in the eaves, and in the house with the windows open, had landed in the courtyard and stood still in place.

Inexplicably, looking down, a flying slave bird was at its feet, dove-like appearance, but slightly larger than a pigeon, the beak of the bird was also an inch long, snow-white feathers, not stained with dust, and ruby-like eyes were shining. Inexplicably squatted down, and then stretched out two palms together, and the bird jumped and landed in his palm. The preserved egg in his belly pocket also poked his head out, and he looked greedily, wanting to eat it in his mouth. Inexplicably, he stood up and looked at the others, but saw that all the disciples in the sect were holding a bird in their arms, but their appearance was different. They were talking to the people around them, and they were very noisy.

"Alright, quiet." Gao Tianyuan said. "Now, you have all got the spirit stone and the flying slave bird, so that you can leave the sect to find the spirit body, there is one more thing, I have to tell you, you must remember to bring the sect token, go to the city you are responsible for, show the token, the local officials will cooperate and assist you, for a period of one year, whether you find the spirit body or not, you need to return to the sect. Before the age of eighteen, it is the spiritual period of the human body, and if you miss this period, the meridians will die, and even the spirit body will not be able to cultivate, so you don't have to think about it for people over eighteen. ”

Inexplicably, he secretly wondered why he had no one to take him to the spirit test at the beginning, but how did he know that he was hung on a tree by the son of his uncle that day, and he wandered for a full day.

"Inexplicably, come here." Gao Tianyuan said.

Inexplicably, he put his flying slave bird on his shoulder and walked towards Gao Tianyuan.

Gao Tianyuan took out a roll of kraft-colored paper from the storage bag on his waist, handed it to him inexplicably: "This is the map, the Peicheng you are going to, in the south of the Han River, you can just take a boat down the river from the source of the Li River in the sect, and you can arrive in less than two months."

Inexplicably, I took the map and opened it to look closely. The Li River, the first river in the Han Dynasty, originates from Taibai, traverses the west and east, and the detailed map can be seen at a glance. He took back the map and thanked him, and the rest of the people had already left separately, and they didn't stop for some reason, and after hugging Sun Daxian who was waiting outside the courtyard, they left.

The June sun, although it was nearly dusk, was still hot, there was not a trace of wind, the blue sky was not the slightest variegation, and the sun shone down from the west and shone on the river. A small boat, from the water and sky sandwiched in the mountains, from west to east, gradually coming. It caresses the river, ripples, on the bow of the boat, squatting a black and white beast, on the head of the beast, is a quiet bird, looking around, it looks, a group of homing birds lined up in a herringbone formation, hidden in the peaks, disappeared. On the boat, his face was red, his bare body was inexplicable, he was lying with squinting eyes, holding a reed in his mouth, crossing Erlang's legs, shaking his head, but he muttered a poem casually: "The body is like duckweed, and the heart is in the sky, and a reed is light and the boat is heavy." Where to find the jasper beauty, the smoke and rain in the ancient alley are the south of the Yangtze River. After he finished reading, he opened his eyes suddenly, touched his hand a few times, and then touched the wine gourd not far from his hand, he lifted it, spit out the reed in his mouth, poured it a few times, but only a few drops dripped out, and the wine was gone. Then he sat up, turned his head and put his hands on the pergola, and saw the front of the river in the wind.

Inexplicably, he stood up, straightened his clothes, lowered his head and picked up the Qiushui Sword in the cabin, and carried it behind his back. The sword was long and didn't fit his body, but he liked the feeling.

He took control of the boat and headed towards the river, down the river.

When I got closer, I found out inexplicably that this was a fishing village, and there was a moorhead by the river, docked with dozens of fishing boats of different sizes.

Inexplicably, he parked the boat at the riverside pier at random, jumped on it, smelled the wine, and headed towards the wine shop by the river, where he was going to spend the night tonight.

The tavern is not big, and it is not exquisite, and even a shed is supported by a few bamboo poles outside, but the people on the tables and chairs in the shed are very lively, but most of them are shirtless men, punching orders, fighting wine and boasting.

Inexplicably, I walked through the bamboo shed and walked into the tavern. It was a hot day, and there was no one in the tavern, except for a middle-aged lady wearing a sky-blue scarf at the account desk. Inexplicably happy in his heart, he has always liked to be quiet, looked left and right, found a corner table and sat down, and put the preserved egg in his arms on the table.

As soon as she sat down inexplicably, the middle-aged lady shook the waist of the water snake and came to inexplicably.

She took out a silk handkerchief, sat down opposite inexplicably, and snorted: "Yo, where did this little hero come from?"

Inexplicably, this woman, in her thirties, looks like an ordinary woman although she is not wearing heavy makeup, but with a smile, she has the charm of a mature woman.

Inexplicably lowered his head to avoid the amorous look in her eyes, and from the back kitchen, an honest man walked out, holding a plate of red sweet and sour koi fish in his hand and walking out, saying as he walked: "Erniang, why don't you go outside to say hello."

The lady scolded angrily: "What are you yelling, didn't you see the old lady greeting this little boy!"

Inexplicably, he suddenly started to play sex, and he couldn't help but want to tease this woman. He jerked up his left foot, stepped on the bench, and said, "Boss, bring me two fine river fish, and two pots of your best wine here."

"Yo, this son, at your young age, you want to drink?" Erniang stood up, like a flowery branch wanted to leave, when she turned her back to the inexplicable, inexplicably suddenly pinched her wrist, and then dragged into her arms, the woman couldn't stand the force, and was suddenly inexplicably held in her arms.

"Not only does the master know how to drink, but the master must be accompanied by you when he drinks." Inexplicably said coldly.