Coming to the inner courtyard together, the ninth princess commanded the maid to set up a banquet, and said to Li Zhen: "I knew that you were busy and forgot the time, so I simply asked the cook to make a few dishes, and simply ate here." ”

To put it simply, in fact, there are eighteen plates of delicacies from the mountains and seas, inlaid with gold bowls, ivory chopsticks, and jade porcelain bottles, which can be called fine wine and delicacies.

The wife sat with the attendant, and the maid served the vegetables, Li Zhen just sat there and chewed with his own mouth, but there was no silk and bamboo to the ear, singing and dancing, for a layman like him, it can really be said to be a simple fast food.

Jiugong didn't take the initiative to chopsticks much, looked at his expression, and suddenly said, "Why does Husband seem to be a little sulky?"

When Li Zhen heard this, he finished eating the food in his mouth before he said, "Aren't you thinking about the cultivation opportunity? Why do you say that I am so unlucky, but I have a lack of spiritual roots." ”

The ninth princess was relieved: "The husband is also happy like a god in the mortal world, why force it?"

Li Zhen shook his head slightly, but he remembered that he had counted the previous accounts before and found that he had been in this world for twenty-one years.

"Where the incense is tasted, the secular livelihood is skipped, and the one who can be used by the ancestors is only the one who believes in the spiritual incense. ”

However, in recent years, for the success of the husband's industry, the business of the firm is also thriving, groping out the number of pepper, orchid, Hui, and cinnamon base materials, identifying thousands of plants and trees, and the next should be a high-yield period of integration. ”

"If there is really something other than the spiritual incense, even if there is a lack of spiritual roots, it is possible to be given the opportunity to extradite the entry, in order to prolong life and make more contributions. ”

"I estimate that it is still possible to become a Qi Refining Cultivator, but even so, the life expectancy is only a hundred years old, how can it be called a fairy day?"

The Ninth Princess pursed her lips and smiled, listening to him continue to explain her heartfelt feelings: "Seventy years of life is already rare, and the real season of prosperity is only two or thirty years, when it is old, even if there are delicacies and delicacies in front of it, what about the group of beautiful wives and concubines?"

"I didn't know that there were monks who showed the Dharma before, but now that I know it, how can I not want to jump out of this earthly sea of suffering!"

Li Zhen imagined the days when he was so old that he had goosebumps, his teeth were gone, he walked hunchbacked, and he trembled and asked for help, and he couldn't help but feel a bad chill, as if a great terror was coming.

The Ninth Princess said: "Didn't the ancestor already personally promise that he would refine the mortal bones for you after becoming a baby?"

Li Zhen said: "I know that the ancestor is a trustworthy person, but even if he becomes a qi refining cultivator through this, but the level of mortal body forging, ordinary people who are good at health preservation are likely to live longer, what can they do?"

The ninth princess was speechless for a while, and only said for a long time: "No wonder the ancestors all said that you are a high-minded person, and you have actually found something after refining qi. ”

Li Zhen said: "Enjoy early?"

The ninth princess said: "I don't think my husband likes to go out to play, it's better to raise a class to listen to music and dance to relieve boredom, if you have a good appearance, send it to the room to serve." My husband and I have been married for more than a year, except for the maid who married me, I don't even accept a concubine, and outsiders don't know about it, and they think I'm jealous. ”

Li Zhen smiled dumbly, this princess is really not suspicious.

But thinking that she was just a passerby in her long life, a hundred years later, she slashed the red dragon, cut off her heart, and really asked for immortals, but she had already turned into a billet of loess, and she couldn't help but feel full of heart.

No wonder Zhuangzi wants to say that it is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

At dusk, the ninth princess had already returned home first, and a spring rain came unexpectedly.

Li Zhen took the car back to his home, but still did not forget to continue his research.

He still can't forget his cultivation opportunity, since he has determined that the spiritual root is lacking and the immortal path is unfounded, then he simply starts with another major characteristic of the monk, the divine consciousness and the deeper soul.

This was originally a content that would only be involved in the advanced realm, and thanks to the assistance of the ancestors, it was possible to obtain some classics and secret records for reference.

Li Zhen estimated that the ancestor had never expected him to be able to study a reason, and he was not afraid of practicing blindly and tossing a madman.

Because the cultivator's soul refining starts from refining qi, he takes the step-by-step path of refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, and refining gods and returning to emptiness, and he can't even refine and refine qi, and the follow-up steps are just a fantasy after all.

"It's hard, it's really hard!"

"I don't have a clue at all, how can I get into the Immortal Gate?"

Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and Li Zhen smelled a strange smell approaching, and couldn't help but suspect Dou Dou.

As a result, the curtain of the car was quickly lifted, and it was a middle-aged man with a horse face wearing a Taoist robe, who was not very good-looking, but had a unique temperament similar to that of a monk, and was otherworldly.

"Who are you, and why did you stop my carriage?"

Li Zhen's face was silent, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart, because judging from the strong smell that suddenly wafted in, this person seemed to have bad intentions.

The horse-faced Taoist looked at him and said, "You look like you're in danger, not like a straw bale, but it's a pity that your heartbeat has intensified and betrayed you, do you want to find a chance to escape?"

Between the waves of his sleeves, an invisible force slammed into the back of Li Zhen's neck.

"This guy is really a qi refiner, how can he deal with me!"

Li Zhen had already taken a solid blow between his thoughts, but he didn't faint, after all, knocking a stuffy stick is a technical job, and this person seemed to want to take it alive, so he didn't make a heavy hand.

But he still felt that Venus was in his eyes, and the sky was spinning for a while, and it was a little difficult to stand firmly.

"Someone!" Li Zhen hurriedly called for help, but the carriage had already driven into an alley at some point, and the slaves and entourage were also lying on the ground, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

As soon as the horse-faced Taoist grabbed Li Zhen, he stuffed it into a large cloth bag.

Li Zhen felt that he had fallen into a large vat-like cloth bag, and suddenly he couldn't hear the movement outside, and he pounded the tarpaulin hard, but there was no response, as if all the force had been removed.

"Is this a magic weapon?" Li Zhen gasped.

A moment later, the feeling of soaring clouds and fog came to him, and Li Zhen felt that the person outside seemed to be carrying a cloth bag and running away.

Li Zhen covered his head and said, "Who is Your Excellency? You know that I am a disciple of Huang Yun Old Ancestor, and I also have a family business in Xuanxin Country!"

The man seemed to be clear about Li Zhen's affairs, and sneered: "Who doesn't have an ancestor behind them? ”

"What?" Li Zhen secretly shocked.

The man said: "I'm not afraid to tell you, we are from the Zhu Yuan Kingdom next door, speaking of which, the ancestor of the main family and your family are still of the same clan." ”

This is the so-called fearlessness, Li Zhen was speechless when he heard it.

The other party said: "So, you'd better get acquainted, otherwise it's just a mortal, why kill with a sword?"

I don't know how long it took, but the man seemed to run dozens of miles away in one breath before he stopped at a barren mountain on the outskirts of the city and released Li Zhen.

"I don't know if this person has any accomplices, but since he is here for the incense party, he should have no worries about his life for the time being, and he must stabilize them first. ”

Li Zhen tossed in the bag for a long time, and after a few hours, he was really tired and hungry, but his brain was still running fast, and he kept thinking about countermeasures.

This place seems to be a cave, and it has been lit with a few torches, and it is illuminated, and there are even four sturdy and capable warriors in short shirts, and their leader is dressed in brocade, and the appearance of a rich merchant.

"The immortal master made a move, and it was really extraordinary, so he was caught. ”

The person who caught Li Zhen grinned and said, "Thanks to my junior brother who led away the others, I was able to do it well." ”

Li Zhen looked at the brocade leader and found that this was actually an acquaintance: "Huo Shopkeeper of the Huo Family Commercial Bank?"

Shopkeeper Huo is a foreigner, indeed from the Nagiscarlet Yuan Kingdom, and seems to have a close relationship with the Nagiscarlet royal family.

When Shopkeeper Huo heard this, he turned his head and bowed his hand with a smile: "Brother Li, don't come to harm?"

Li Zhen snorted coldly, but he thought about it quickly in his heart.

Shopkeeper Huo pretended to say: "Before, I really thought that Brother Li was doing mundane business, although he made a lot of money in the family business, it was not surprising, but a few years ago, there was a letter of Lingxiang that became famous, and Huang Yunzhen was still hidden, and it was enough to make people suspicious if they didn't know its source. ”

"My ancestor has an order, please come to Zhu Yuanguo as a guest, in a hurry, it is inevitable to be frightened, but I want to compensate Brother Li here. ”

Li Zhen frowned and said, "The ancestor of Zhu Yuanguo, but Qingyun Zhenren?"

The shopkeeper Huo said: "However, the descendants of the Tianyun Sect should have a seat for the ancestor of my family, so the name Qingyun Zhenren is also, and the future achievement of the Yuan Baby, and the ancestor of your family is generally respected as an ancestor, and they are all inherited orthodox Taoist numbers." ”

Li Zhen said: "The branches of Tianyun are the most expensive, but I don't think about it, and I actually do this kind of thing of rooster and dog thief." ”

Shopkeeper Huo was stunned when he heard this, but the horse-faced Taoist was not annoyed, but smiled and said: "That's right, but it doesn't make sense, if the kid knows each other, he knows what to do, right?"

Li Zhen said: "There is a recipe, but even if I write it clearly, the details of the production process are not easy to say, the difference is a millimeter, and the error is thousands of miles, I don't know if you think so?"

Huo shopkeeper said: "I really believe this, I don't hide it, we have secretly investigated the letter Lingxiang recipe for a long time, and the surface practice is clear, but it has always been just a mortal product, and it has never been able to figure out the magic use, this kind of thing is not easy to see in the pen and ink, and you have to work hard Brother You go to our country." ”

Li Zhen was silent for a while, and said, "Is there anything to eat? I've been starving to death for most of the day." ”

Shopkeeper Huo beckoned: "Get him something to eat." ”

Immediately, Kong Wuzi brought water and dry food, which were all eaten by the travelers when they went on the road.

Li Zhen hadn't eaten this kind of coarse tea and light rice for a long time, and he almost choked himself to death, but the current situation was pressing, and he had to come to a hard and simple place.

After eating, it was dark, but the group seemed to have been prepared, each on guard, letting off steam, and in an orderly manner.

Shopkeeper Huo did not hurry to search Li Zhen's body, and took away all the objects he carried with him, the notes that Li Zhen had made over the years, the cultivation materials he had organized, and some spice compatibility, and the formula calculation all fell into his eyes.

"What is this?"

Li Zhen glanced at him, thinking that the other party didn't understand the Chinese characters, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it.

The shopkeeper Huo didn't ask himself boring questions, he wanted to ask for something, and he didn't dare to offend Li Zhen too much, but this state would never last indefinitely, Li Zhen didn't know the temperament and style of the other party's ancestor, if he met an impatient and cruel person, he only knew how to kill chickens and take eggs, it would be bad.

Then, a spirit talisman was found from Li Zhen's body, but it was a communication magic weapon given by his ancestor.

Li Zhen has always carried it with him, but he can't find a chance to use it, this is not because the other party is very strict and cautious, it is clear that he has a sensitive sense and quick movements, and he will not miss the monitoring from beginning to end.

Although Li Zhen was very unwilling, he also had to admit that no mortal, no matter how smart and clever he was, he couldn't turn the storm up.

Even the sound of the heartbeat can be heard, and you still expect to take out the spirit rune to use it?

Seeing this, the horse-faced Taoist looked solemn, and personally came to put it away closely.

The shopkeeper Huo rummaged through Li Zhen's treasure bag again, and found three fast things with a dark yellow color, like a wooden branch, all of which were fingers high, three inches long, inches wide, and a shape like gold bars.

Li Zhen said: "Not bad. ”

He was originally a craftsman in the world, born in poverty, and had no spiritual root qualifications, so he relied on this thing to get a reward.

Of course, it is indispensable to have the help of the ability to smell the fragrance and recognize people, if it were not for the fact that the immortal master who was sure to work had no ill will towards him, Li Zhen would not dare to rashly take out the production method of this thing, let alone choose the ninth princess with a gentle nature as his wife.

But when he saw it, the smell on Huo's shopkeeper suddenly became stronger, like a vulture biting a carrion, and an invisible stench was emitted.

This is a smell that Li Zhen has never perceived with talent before, and Shopkeeper Huo must be jealous and greedy, and even murderous!

Shopkeeper Huo didn't know that he had leaked his thoughts, and he was amazed, and even the horse-faced Taoist couldn't help but come over when he heard this, and asked: "This thing doesn't look like a treasure of heaven and earth, but it can hook divine thoughts and help refine souls, how is it made?"

Li Zhen said: "The magic of the spirit incense does not stop here?"

The shopkeeper Huo said: "Oh? ”

Li Zhen said: "Usually incense, concentrating and calming is just idle, healing and healing also has miraculous effects, it is used to ward off evil spirits, repel snakes, insects, rats and ants, and prevent mosquito bites are all suitable. ”

Shopkeeper Huo smiled and said, "It seems that this spirit incense can really be called a hundred treasure medicine, but when Brother Li said this, he didn't want to take the opportunity to leave traces and lead people to track him, right?"

Immediately laughed, according to the words, scraped a little powder on the incense block with his fingernails, and spread it around, which can be seen without fear.

The horse-faced Taoist sneered: "Die, the people of Xuanxin Kingdom are probably chasing my junior brother to the north." ”

There are even accomplices? It's really been planned for a long time!

Li Zhen secretly thought to himself, no matter what, he must try to save himself.