Late at night.

Chen Ping didn't feel sleepy.

But I never understood why I didn't feel sleepy, neither the anxiety on the eve of the journey, nor the worry before the catastrophe.

Since I couldn't sleep, I simply got up and took stock of my current belongings.

I counted the spirit stones for a while.

In addition to the reserves, the remaining spirit stones are currently as follows:

Upper grade spirit stone: 6.

Medium-grade spirit stone: 507.

Lower grade spirit stone: 167.

'Alas, it's really annoying, this spirit stone is like reproducing, the more you use it, the more you use it, the more you use it, it's too annoying. ，

Chen Ping smiled and put away the spirit stone.

Go to bed.

Now I fell asleep instantly, and I slept peacefully.

Following.

Chen Ping got up very early.

Because it was not yet dawn, I was in no hurry to return. So he studied the "Taixu Alchemy Technique" spell that he bought back in Black Rock City.

The jade slip is infused with divine consciousness.

This spell records in detail the path and method of refining the body in stages, including five stages: skin refining, tendon refining, bone refining, viscera refining, and marrow refining.

And the first to get started is 'skin refining,'.

Refining skin does not need to be combined with swordsmanship or spearmanship like refining tendons (refining meat), and the goal is achieved through muscle movements.

There are three ways to refine skins:

First, practice and practice leather spells.

Let the spiritual power infiltrate the cortex, and temper the cortex according to a certain law.

The second is that medicated baths.

Soak in the medicated bath regularly, and use the power of the medicine to directly improve the quality of all aspects of the cortex and achieve resistance to spells.

The third is the elixir.

The medicine is put into the abdomen to optimize the cortex from the inside out.

The most immediate benefits of skin refining are also clear:

Increases the monk's resistance to spells and the corrosiveness of external poisons; longevity; Indirectly increases the amount of spiritual power reserved.

It is also the basis for subsequent refining projects.

'Let's try the Skin Refining Spell first. ，

The monk's tendon and vein acupoints are divided into 720 acupoints, including the 14 meridian acupoints, as well as the Qi acupoints and the Ah Shi acupoints, which have both naming and positioning, and the relationship between the acupuncture points is intricate.

In the process of skin refining, 108 of the acupuncture points must be pulled on the switch.

Of course, this pull on the switch is not to turn off the acupuncture points, but to use the skin refining method to connect the 108 acupuncture points in series with spiritual power, and let them form a 'net' according to a certain law.

This 'net' can not only gather spiritual power and medicinal power, but also block the overflow of spiritual power and medicinal power.

Achieve precise refining.

Chen Ping sat cross-legged, decided in accordance with the law, and pulled the pure spiritual power step by step, connecting the acupuncture points in series.

'First the Dadun Cave, then the Zhuzhu Cave, and then the ...,

'Huh? How did it break? Spiritual power is too thin? ，

Chen Ping was not anxious and tried slowly.

The threads of spiritual power are thick and thin, and there are beneficial moistening, these are all described in the book, and Chen Ping only needs to try repeatedly.

And just like that, time passed minute by minute.

After a stick of incense.

A thin network of spiritual power is formed in the body.

"Whew."

Chen Ping exhaled a breath of turbidity, and felt that it was extremely magical, as if he had returned to the cave in Black Rock City, and saw that the knots of his body were like switches, which could be turned off and on.

The process of compiling the 'net' is essentially a 'small refining body', and the process is just a refinement of the action.

So it was a quick success.

Next.

Chen Ping decided according to the law of the skin refining spell and began to sit down and refine the skin.

Under the operation of the law, the spiritual power began to wander.

What is different from the past is that the spiritual power at this moment only acts on every inch of the skin of the body, and there is no overflow at all. Every time the skin is

Participated in the operation of the formula.

Soon.

[Spell: Alchemy (Beginner): 1/1000.] 】

On the basis of the already small refining body, it seems that it is not difficult to get started. ，

Chen Ping smiled to himself.

Of course, refining the body is a process that accumulates over time, and it is easy to get started, but the follow-up is a long process.

Even for life.

Chen Ping got up and looked out the window, the sky was only slightly white at this time, and it was lonely outside.

Good, that's all.

Let me silently roll you to death.

……

In the early morning, a cloud-piercing sword plunged straight into the sky.

On the way, Chen Ping saw a foundation-building team flying in the direction of the Lingxiao Sect, judging from the clothing, these people did not seem to be the disciples of the Lingxiao Sect.

Chen Ping avoided them, letting them go first before flying again.

In the afternoon, Chen Ping returned to Cloud City.

"Husband." Seeing Chen Ping come back, Yu Lingchun was teary-eyed, and while hugging Chen Ping, she looked up at Chen Ping's not very clean beard.

Chen Ping smiled:

"What? Isn't the beard unshaven your husband?"

"Yes, always, always." Yu Lingchun burst into tears and laughed.

Chen Ping pinched her face and quipped:

"Well, raise your face and let your husband Kangkang, whether Kangkang's lady has changed and looks good."

「……」

I haven't seen each other for a year and eight months, and the two are newlywed after a long absence, and there are endless topics.

Chen Ping shared with her what happened in Black Rock City.

Yu Lingchun has never stepped out of the Qingyun Domain.

He is also curious about the outside world.

Listen to it with relish.

On the one hand, he was very happy that his husband could successfully realize the 'small refining body'.

She also shared some important things about her time in the past year or so.

For more than a year, Cloudsdale has been calm, and there have been no major twists and turns.

Since the Four Tripod Competition, the Demon Cultivator has disappeared.

"Since my husband is back, I will go to report the good news to Sister Yun Lingshan tomorrow, and she often asks about her husband's situation. By the way, do you want to go with you?" Yu Lingchun smiled softly.

Chen Ping was inexplicable:

"I'll do what you want, just go for it. She's taking care of you, not me! Tomorrow, let's pick a ritual artifact and send it to her as a thank you gift."

"Does the husband want her to take care of it? I can have an extra companion on weekdays." Yu Lingchun pursed her red lips and chuckled.

Chen Ping became more and more inexplicable:

"Just take care of you. … Well? Are you in arrears?"

"Hee-hee!"

「……」

In the dead of night, the two of them talked to a thick place, and naturally did what they had to do.

It's just that after refining the body, the physique is stronger.

It took an hour and a half before it died down.

If it weren't for the pity that Yu Lingchun was too delicate to make of water, Chen Ping felt that he could enjoy half an hour of happiness.

……

Following.

Early in the morning, 'morning exercise, afterward.'

Chen Ping went to Yunfu and showed up at Yun Wenting, indicating that he had returned his "annual leave" and should not deduct his annual leave again.

"Eight months a year, well, let the old man reminisce. Well, it's not bad, it's a little slower than the old man back then. Huh." Yun Wen Ting Cha Ling Tea.

After saying that, Yun Wenting subconsciously turned his head to take a look, and when he saw that Yun Lingshan was not there, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Ping is accustomed to this.

Remembering what he had seen and heard on the road when he came yesterday, he inquired:

"Cloud City Lord, on the way back yesterday, I saw a group of monks heading towards the Lingxiao Sect. What's important lately?"

"Well, the old man has seen it too. In fact, this year Ling Xiao Sect and the outside

The sects have close contacts and often have contacts with each other. It's not a big deal." Yun Wenting was in high spirits. Suddenly something came to mind, put down the teacup:

"By the way, don't arrange to leave the city for a long time in the last year or two. There may be something going on over there in the Ling Xiao Sect."

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment:

"What?"

"The old man doesn't know. But half a year ago, Ling Xiao Sect issued an order not to allow the disciples of Zhuji and Keqing to leave the city for a long time. It's just that you left at that time, so I didn't inform you." Yun Wenting shook his head.

Chen Ping asked a few more words, but he didn't ask a reason after all.

When the Ling Xiao Sect does things, many things will not be discussed with the Scattered Cultivation City, and will only be suddenly notified when the matter is approaching.

Or maybe it's a matter that needs to be kept secret in the first place.

(End of chapter)