The winter nights in Di'an were cold, there were no stars, no moon, just death-like silence.

Coming out of the dining room, Xu Yuan walked in the cold winter night with steaming three dishes and one soup, and there was a memory of not being able to match it in his heart.

Although the word cooking is a little incompatible with Xu Changge, a cold noodle tyrant, the fact is that this eldest brother does know how to cook, and the taste is not bad.

I remember that after my mother died, my father and uncle disappeared for a long time, and the four children in the family were confined to the inner courtyard.

In order to prevent accidents, the father and the maternal uncle also arranged a lot of things in the inner courtyard of the Xiangfu before leaving, and they were not allowed to enter or exit.

As the only sensible child at that time, if Xu Changge, the boss, didn't cook, and the other three little ones didn't need to be assassinated by others, he would have to starve to death first.

The thoughts spread in his heart, and Xu Yuan unconsciously clenched the plate in his hand when he passed by Xu Changge's courtyard door.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, Xu Changge is indeed a good brother.

In addition to not liking to use his mouth when he speaks, a good brother in every sense.

After all

Before he was grounded, he had just witnessed his mother being killed in front of his own eyes.

And even so,

However, he still didn't show anything in front of their three siblings.

"Whew"

With a sigh, Xu Yuan walked past Xu Changge's door, restrained his good emotions before returning to his room with the meal.

Tonight's dinner was a bit too rich for Xu Xinyao alone.

Five meats, two vegetables, one soup.

In the past, several members of the family had dinner together, which was this treatment, and Xu Changge should have his share of Xu Yuan after doing so much.

However, Xu Yuan didn't mean to move the chopsticks, just sat quietly and watched.

As a standard lady, Xu Xinyao's appearance when eating is still as gentle and generous as usual, chewing slowly without any sound.

The bamboo chopsticks touched the porcelain bowl, and the crisp ding dong became the only sound at the moment.

"Third brother, don't you really want to eat?"

After Xu Xinyao swallowed a piece of delicate spiced fish meat, she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Xu Yuan opposite.

Xu Yuan came back to his senses, glanced at the rich and tempting ingredients on the table, and shook his head with a chuckle:

"Cultivators below the Fusion Body need to eat to maintain various body functions, but the Fusion Body can already replace food with Yuan Qi."

Xu Xinyao sneered, glanced at Xu Yuan, who was slightly embarrassed, pinched the bamboo chopsticks and clicked on the edge of the porcelain plate:

"Third brother, you don't eat it because of the source qi contained in the demon beast meat and spirit vegetables, right?"

Xu Yuan was silent for a moment, nodded a little helplessly, and glanced at his palm:

"My body can't digest these ingredients right now."

The standing ingredients in the dining room in the inner courtyard are all the high-quality spiritual food carefully selected by the subordinates, although the source qi contained in it is not as good as those realm-breaking pills, but it is harmless to the body, and even mortals can strengthen their bodies if they are taken for a long time.

But the problem is that Xu Yuan's current physique is already separated from the worldly cultivators by a thick barrier.

His fairy grass, his poison.

His current physique can't absorb Yuan Qi, and the black Yuan Qi in his body will even have a rejection reaction with it.

A small amount of intake can still be discharged by the exercises, and if a large amount is ingested, there is even a risk of going mad.

During this period of time, Xu Yuan has been glad more than once that he broke through the fusion in his sleep, if he didn't have the realm of fusion, he might only be able to eat people like Huizhou County now.

However, it is not a way for a long time, and there will always be a day when the Yuan Qi will be emptied.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan lightly clicked on the table, looked at the newly engraved pattern in the room, and asked with a little expectation:

"Formation, it's already done?"

Xu Xinyao finished her meal and gently put the bamboo chopsticks aside:

"It's only half done, and you need to experiment with the results yourself, third brother."

Hearing this, a touch of disappointment flashed in Xu Yuan's eyes, but he was immediately relieved.

The development of a brand-new formation is often calculated in years, and it is not easy for Xu Xinyao to come up with it within two months.

Just thinking in his heart, Xu Yuan suddenly felt that the light around him suddenly dimmed.

When I looked up, I saw that a faint layer of mist had drifted in the room at some point, white, it looked very thin, but the light blocking was extremely strong.

Xu Xinyao was only more than a meter away from him, but his slender figure was already invisible.

Seeing this change, Xu Yuan's brows furrowed subconsciously, but then the closeness that his body instinctively sensed immediately made him realize that this was the "half-finished" formation in Xu Xinyao's mouth.

"Brother, let's see if you can breathe in the mist."

Xu Xinyao's voice came from the mist.

This is her manipulating the formation.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan did not hesitate, and began to exercise after a long absence.

And after the Yuan Qi in the body had been running for a week, everything around him that was shrouded in fog instantly became clear.

Like a fish and a dragon entering water, he felt as if he was connected to this mist.

But this clarity is not visual, but similar to the perspective of God when the body of the strange ghost was active in the abyss, and even a speck of dust in the room can be clearly perceived by him.

After discovering this, Xu Yuan directly dispersed the exercises, raised his fingertips and gently brushed the white mist rippling in the chamber, and asked softly:

"How did this fog come about?"

Xu Xinyao's smiling voice came from the other side:

"Yin Yuan, Life Source and Source Qi are all intangible things, but after Xin Yao fused the three with a formation, this mist was inexplicably generated."

"No, I mean, how did you do it, this shouldn't be a formation that can be developed in two months, right?"

"Hmm"

Hearing this question, Xu Xinyao groaned hesitantly, as if she was considering what kind of words to use to make Xu Yuan understand.

After a while, the mist dissipated, and Xu Xinyao's figure reappeared on the opposite side of the table, her slender fingertips lightly rested on the teacup, and she said softly:

"At the beginning, Xin Yao tried to complete the steps of extracting the Yin Ghost Yin Source within two months at most, but later after the master reminded him, Xin Yao suddenly realized that this matter seemed to be able to start directly from the root."

"Roots?" Xu Yuan hesitated.

Xu Xinyao smiled and asked:

"Brother, how do you think the life source and yin source are generated?"

“.”

When Xu Yuan heard this, there was a hint of thought in his eyes.

"Brother, you thought of it too."

Xu Xinyao gently lifted the porcelain cup and shook it gently in her hand, and the fragrant tea in the cup rippled:

"Yuan Qi,

"No matter how special Yin Ghosts and Strange Ghosts are, in the final analysis, they also need to strengthen themselves by breathing in Yuan Qi."

With this thought, Xin Yao asked the master to bring in a hundred Yin Ghosts and more than a dozen Strange Ghosts for living research.

"Originally, I wanted to compare the difference between the cultivator and these monsters when he vomited the source qi, but with the blessing of the special formation, Xin Yao found that they were the same as the cultivator."

Speaking of this, Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes flashed with excitement:

"After refining the source qi, they will also "return to the qi", and there are no impurities in these "qi" that have not entered the "dantian". ”

“.”

Hearing this, Xu Yuan already knew it in his heart.

Gui Qi is an academic term for cultivation.

The process of returning the Lingqi that has been refined through the meridian exercises into the dantian is called Guiqi.

Thinking,

Xu Yuan subconsciously glanced at his feet and asked:

"In other words, those hundred Yin Ghosts and more than a dozen Strange Ghosts have now become my cultivation firewood?"

(End of chapter)