It's night.

Qiu Ze was exhausted, returned to the valley, walked into the house, Xin Lan had already prepared a meal, at the dinner table, Xin Yibo, who had not been seen for a long time, finally came out, his face was slightly tired, but his eyes were bright, he looked at Qiu Ze, and beckoned: "Good boy, I haven't seen you for a few months, my body is a lot tougher, hurry, come and sit." ”

Qiu Ze was happy in his heart, since the apprenticeship, he had not seen Xin Yibo for three months, on weekdays, he went to the back mountain early in the morning to practice, and did not come back at noon, carrying some dry food with him to satisfy his hunger, at this time when he saw Xin Yibo, he couldn't help but say happily: "Master, is your injury better?"

Xin Yibo said with a smile: "The external injury is already healed, but the internal injury is not so easy to heal, and it will take a lot of time to recover slowly, originally I wanted to retreat for another two months, but I was worried about you and Lan Lan in my heart, so I went out of the customs in advance." ”

Xin Lan took a piece of meat and put it into Xin Yibo's bowl, and said, "Dad, look at you, you have lost weight in a few months, how can you just take pills? Today I made your favorite braised pork, try it." ”

Xin Yibo touched his cheeks and said, "Hehe, Lan Lan is right, I've lost a lot of weight these days, oh, by the way, Qiu Ze, how are you practicing?"

Before Qiu Ze could speak, Xin Lan said cautiously: "Hmph, Dad, look at the good things you have done, these days Brother Qiu Ze went to the back mountain before dawn, and came back after dark, you are in retreat again, on weekdays, I am the only one in this valley of sorrow, suffocating to death." ”

"Eh, we cultivators, we must endure loneliness. Xin Yibo looked at Xin Lan: "Lan Lan, these days, you haven't been lazy, have you?

Xin Lan raised his eyebrows, gave a thumbs up and pointed at the tip of his nose: "Dad, it won't be long before my Xuanbing Technique will break through to the third layer, tell me, how do you reward me?"

Xin Yibo was overjoyed and said, "Lan Lan, are you going to break through?"

"Of course, can that be fake?"

"Not bad, yes!haha, I have a successor in Lingchou Valley, although there are not many disciples under the sect, but all of them are talented people, if your master knows about it, I don't know how happy he will be!"

As he spoke, Xin Yibo's brows furrowed slightly: "Qiu Ze, Fang Cai Lanlan said that you left before dawn and came back after dark, this is not good, when it comes to cultivation, you must not rush forward and covet progress, in the end, it will be a seedling to help grow, which is counterproductive! I went out this time to remind you of this." ”

Qiu Ze nodded and said: "Master, these days, I have indeed been a little impatient, but today I met the senior brother of the Ice Vein in the back mountain, he gave me some Ice Heart Pills, and after eating it, the fatigue of my body was reduced, and my mood was much better." ”

"Oh?" Xin Yi said, "Is there such a thing?"

Qiu Ze nodded, took out the remaining Ice Heart Pill from his pocket, and handed it to Xin Yibo's hand.

Xin Yibo carefully inspected it and praised: "Not bad, not bad, really good! This Ice Heart Pill is of high quality, the heat is warm, and the refining technique is also very skilled, even me, I'm afraid I can only do it to this point, could it be that the disciples of the Ice Vein, the means of alchemy, are so superb? Strange, the ordinary disciples of the Ice Vein, who never interact with the disciples of the other seven sects, are so generous this time, Qiu Ze, did you know each other before?"

Qiu Ze shook his head: "Master, I have never seen that senior brother, according to him, he has observed me on the glacier for a few months, and saw that my talent is not bad, but he is in a hurry and does not want me to go mad, so he went down the glacier and sent me the Ice Heart Pill." ”

Xin Yi Bole said: "Haha, the water under this Nanhan Mountain is melting more and more because of the glacier, is it possible, those hard and cold guys in the ice vein, can their temperament also melt?" Okay, it seems that they still have some humanity, since it was sent by the disciple of the ice vein, Qiu Ze, when you see him in the future, you must thank him." ”

"Yes, I know. ”

"You have been in the back mountain for three months, your body can already bear the Xuan Bing Jue, I will allow you to rest for half a day tomorrow, you don't have to go to the back mountain, come to me at noon, I will pass on the Xuan Bing Jue to you, and then, I will retreat for a few months, after which you will not only go to the back mountain to practice, but also have to practice the Xuan Bing Jue well, do you understand?"

Qiu Ze was overjoyed, he had been waiting to practice the Xuanbing Technique for a long time, Xin Yibo smiled and shook his head: "Let's eat." ”

After eating, Xin Yibo took out a few pills from his pocket and handed them to Qiu Ze, the effect of these pills is similar to that of Bingxin Pill, which has the effect of meditation and peiji, and was made for Qiu Ze during Xin Yibo's retreat.

Early the next morning, Akisawa got up, not that he didn't want to sleep in, but because the habits he had been using for this time made him wake up naturally when he reached this time.

Out of the house, the cold wind was blowing, and the clouds and mist were in the valley, but now Qiu Ze's body was much stronger, so he just shrunk his neck and stepped into the bamboo forest next to the house.

In the bamboo forest, a few birds swept by, the winding path was secluded, and the stone road was paved towards the depths of the bamboo forest, there was a stone road here, Qiu Ze knew, but he practiced mainly on weekdays, and had never stepped into the depths, and at this time he saw that there was nothing to do, so he strolled in.

After walking for about half an hour, he came to the deepest part of the bamboo forest, where the bamboo, the size and thickness of the bowl, was tough and straight, and the bamboo leaves sounded as the breeze blew.

The sun rose slowly, and the morning light passed through the bamboo forest, and the bamboo leaves were cut into fine silhouettes, sprinkled on the stone path.

Qiu Ze's chest was fresh, and he couldn't help but admire the beautiful scenery in the Lingchou Valley, and he had to walk around after practicing in the future.

After taking a few steps forward, Qiu Ze was stunned, only to see that at the end of the stone road, a boulder stood in the middle of the bamboo forest, Xin Yibo closed his eyes, sitting on the boulder, and between breaths, several wisps of smoke were inhaled into his nose, and this time he repeated dozens of times, Xin Yibo opened his eyes with satisfaction.

"Alas, after Master and his old man left, I rarely came to the bamboo forest, and the aura here is really as strong as it was a few decades ago. Xin Yibo sighed and said to Qiu Ze: "You are here, didn't you let you have a good rest?"

Qiu Ze touched the back of his head in a daze: "Master, the apprentice has been practicing these days, and he has never been lazy, and at this time he asked me to sleep lazily, but I couldn't sleep again." ”

"You stinky boy!" Xin Yibo scolded with a smile, but there was a relieved smile on his face: "Cultivating the truth, seize the day, you can be so diligent at a young age, it really makes the teacher feel very relieved, it's just that, since you are here, come up, I will teach you the Xuanbing Technique." ”