Chapter 13: The First Tribulation
Feng Ling left the sect two days later, and as for where he was going this time, as usual, he did not disclose anything.
According to what she always said, it is safer in this way, so as not to be attacked by the enemy until where she is going, and then take advantage of the lonely opportunity of her going out alone to seek revenge, and what to do, she almost wanted to tell Liu Qingmian, but in the end she chose not to say it, just said that she would tell her later.
Liu Qingmian was accustomed to this master who loved to hang people's appetite, and after Feng Ling left, she began a regular life of going back and forth between the mountain courtyard and her own hut every day, and at the same time, she also started her foundation building cultivation journey in Chi Wanfeng.
Liu Qingmian became a personal disciple, and after officially joining Chi Wanfeng, the content of learning was very different from before. For example, although she and her two senior sisters had different cultivation progress in the past, the content of everyone's cultivation was exactly the same, which was the Yunxian Sect's Qi Refining Method, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi with special methods, and then using these spiritual qi to slowly change their own physique, so that they could withstand the advanced mental method.
If ordinary people skip this link and forcibly cultivate the advanced mental method, not to mention whether they can succeed or not, it will have a high probability of causing a situation of going mad, and it is also very likely to hurt the muscles and veins, affecting the future immortal path.
Although the mental methods of the Yunxian Sect in the Qi refining stage are all the same, when the disciples worship in different branches, just from the basic mental methods of the entry, they have already begun to become different, and when it comes to this, we must first talk about the current situation in the cultivation realm.
Regardless of whether it is good or evil, the cultivation realm in the world is mainly divided into two major factions, one is the external power system that cultivates and controls weapon skills, and the other is the internal power system that uses the cultivation of true breath and uses magic weapons as a medium to use powerful spells. Among them, there is a saying that the external power system is dominated by sword cultivation, but there is no one dominant in the internal power system, but in general, the external power system has a long history and started earlier, and it still dominates the mainstream position of the cultivation world.
For example, the Seven Xuanzong is an out-and-out external power system, and it is still the world of sword cultivation, while the First Demon Sect Ten Thousand Caves, the two factions have their own merits, and they can be regarded as a hundred flowers blooming.
Since he learned about the origin of Shizu and Chi Wanfeng from Feng Ling, Liu Qingmian's understanding of this place has deepened. As an all-round disciple, Shi Zu Li Xiaoyue has been influenced by knowledge from all walks of life since he was a child, and he can be regarded as a half-all-rounder after growing up, but his talent in medical skills is far inferior to his teacher, and on the contrary, his attainments in magic are far beyond the former.
That year, Li Xiaoyue was at the peak of his strength, and at that time, he had not injured his veins, and he had already practiced the Xuanming Heart Method of the Seven Xuanzong to the highest level, which could be said to be in full swing. His majestic true breath could even withstand the full force of the strongest sword cultivator in the world, but because there was no suitable technique to use together, his power could never be fully exerted.
Li Xiaoyue originally wanted to travel around the world to seek inspiration like his master, but Chi Wanfeng was not as declining as he is now, and there were still many disciples waiting for him to teach and manage, as well as to help the elders grow this growing sect, so he never waited for the time to travel far away.
Although he was entangled in the affairs of the sect every day, he lacked skills, but his tempering of the true breath has never been pulled down, and God finally took pity on one day, when he walked alone to the cloud spring to watch the wonders of the sea of clouds, he felt the surrounding scenery and the magnificent clouds in front of him, the natural law between the rising and falling clouds, and the rising and setting of the sun, so he created the Yunyan Mental Method, which regarded the internal breath as water vapor, which can condense ice and turn into clouds, so as to give birth to all kinds of changes.
"Watching the clouds rise and fall for three thousand miles, one side of the pond is watered and autumn. The poems that Li Xiaoyue had feelings and sang at that time have since become the key to Yun Yan's mental method, and they have also been included in Chi Wanfeng's classic inventory.
Yun Yan's heart method can be regarded as a high-level exercise at the grandmaster level in the cultivation realm, and it has also caused discussion in all parties because of its amazing power, but because of its strong personal nature, it is only suitable for people who are pure and vigorous in true breath cultivation, and the consumption of true breath is also huge, which is easy to cause a lack of residual strength, so it is difficult to be included in the top stream.
However, Liu Qingmian is not picky at all, who said that she has to practice the best? As long as it is useful to her now, she is willing to take it all!
Most of the exercises that Liu Qingmian has mastered now are not unrelated to the use of true breath, and it is perfect to play with this method. At the same time, she was also very curious about the Wanfa Pavilion mentioned by Feng Ling, and she couldn't wait to go there to search it immediately, but because she found a faint red line on her chest when she was bathing a few days ago, this matter was more important than anything else, and it urgently needed to be solved as a priority, so the matter of going to Wanfa Pavilion could only be postponed.
Since she became a personal disciple, her little life is not too moisturized day by day, but she always remembers what Bai Ye explained to her, when the red lines on her chest loom, it is the time when the blood god tribulation is coming, with the passage of time, the red lines will expand until they are all over the body, and then there is the pain of burning the heart day and night, if you can't break through, you will eventually die of heart rupture.
As for the order of the arrival of this calamity, everyone is different, Bai Ye wrote in the book that the Blood God Tribulation is an extremely powerful exercise, but the effect is not obvious in the early stage, and each calamity is intended to cultivate the mind, by forging the will and state of mind of the cultivator, so that it can be unimpeded in the later stage of cultivation.
Although there is no fixed order, the booklet records quite detailed experiences of the catastrophe, and Bai Ye even wrote down the cases of the same sect that he had seen and heard around him, so that Liu Qingmian had the illusion of being there when he read it.
Regarding how to break through each layer of calamity, there is not much written in the book, after all, for a genius like Bai Ye, all this is a matter of course, so the words "You will know when the time comes" are written on it very much, which makes people want to tear the book off and use it as toilet paper, Liu Qingmian can only pray that those experiences will be useful when the time comes.
Liu Qingmian spent five days in that small world, most of which was spent hiding in the hidden cave under the cliff, so even if someone occasionally passed by in the air, it would not disturb her, let alone rarely anyone came.
This time in the cave, it was her first attempt at retreat, and she entered the state of concentration with the Yunxian Sect's breathing technique, which could greatly reduce the consumption of the body and observe the situation in the body more clearly. In the past few days of cultivation, the red lines on her body have not shown signs of spreading again for the time being, and those experiences of the Tribulation that she has already read well have not yet appeared on her.
Since entering the foundation building period, her body has been changed little by little in the daily breathing, and the energy demand provided by food has also been greatly reduced, but she still feels a little weak after not eating a drop of water for several days, and she continues to wait here and doesn't know when, so she made a decision at the moment, simply follow Bai Ye's example, and go with the flow.
Thinking through this question, Liu Qingmian no longer hesitated and quickly returned to the hut. The five spices she had entrusted to her master had now moved with her to her new home, and were stored in sealed clay pots.
Liu Qingmian opened one of them and sniffed it, and tasted some more, she wasn't sure if these things had broken after being away for so long, but fortunately, they had been stored in a dry and airtight container, and if they didn't get moldy, they would be used improvised.
Because the inner disciples consume very little food, they can receive an appropriate amount of fruits and vegetables for free in the fields of the sect, and put them in the vegetable basket in the house after returning, in case of emergency, and the varieties and styles of vegetables, although the names are somewhat different, are mostly similar to the vegetables in the previous life. Liu Qingmian specially picked a few eggplants, a few green peppers, and her favorite potatoes today, but they were all crooked melons and cracked dates, and even if she had great ability, it was difficult to add icing on the cake.
Looking at the plate of shriveled Di Sanxian in front of her, she had already begun to plan whether she wanted to plant something outside the door...
Because the Yunxian Sect is full of female cultivators, the effort on the costumes of the sect is much more than that of the ordinary Xiuzhen sect, otherwise, the female disciples in the sect often go to the mortal world to make their own clothes, should they cultivate well? Therefore, there is a special shop called 'Xiufang Jin' in the sect to meet the different needs of the disciples, and at the same time, it also ensures that the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders.
'Xiufangjin' is located on the west side of Zongmen Square, where there are all kinds of shops, from women's accessories and jewelry to magic weapons and weapons. The first time Liu Qingmian came here, she naturally had to go shopping, but she soon found that although the shops were complete in style, the quality could only be said to be passing, and it was regarded as taking the cheap sales route, and most of the goods were only suitable for junior disciples.
And she happens to be one of the target customer groups, but she still manages to keep a leaf from the leaves, and the reason is nothing more than the word "poor".
Quietly wipe away a tear of poverty from the corner of your eyes, although you are poor, but life will go on, what if you encounter any way to make a fortune in the future?
As the most luxurious shop here, the content of 'Embroidered Brocade' is not just to fool junior disciples. Almost as soon as he stepped into the door of the store, Liu Qingmian was dazzled by a shining thing in front of him, and after a closer look, it turned out to be a large piece of water blue fabric hanging on the wall of the shop.
This, is this the power of money?! Liu Qingmian trembled.
"Hello! This 'flowing satin' is the main sign of our store, and it is currently on sale, if you are interested, you can come and take a look, and the third phase is interest-free!" The clerk in gorgeous clothes next to her greeted warmly, it was obvious that she had received very professional training, and she did not give up any possible potential customers because of Liu Qingmian's poor sourness.
"Don't bother with it, thank you! I'm just here to receive free clothes from the inner disciples!" Liu Qingmian was embarrassed, hearing these familiar words in this foreign land, she even wondered if this world was mixed with other traversers?
The professional smile on the clerk's face did not diminish at all, and he said respectfully: "Okay, please give me your identity jade plate." ”
Liu Qingmian gave her the jade plate with the word 'leave', and the clerk twisted his waist and went up to the second floor of the store after confirming that it was correct, and he should have gone up to pick up the goods. At this time, it was still early, and she was the only customer in the store except for the clerk, and she finally remembered one thing at this time when the clerk went up.
Looking at the precious cloth hanging on the wall, the fluttering streamer was like a living thing, and this was what Liu Qingmian and the others had seen when they met Lu Yuting in Zongmen Square a long time ago.
On that day, the lifelike orchid on Lu Yuting's robe was not this baby?