Chapter 44: The Retreat
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The most troublesome thing for her for thousands of years was that she met that Terran monk Xuanjizi, but fortunately, Xuanjizi pestered her for a few days and soon left Xuanyuan's tomb.
Recently, Tu Shan Ziyi encountered something that gave her a headache, that is, Ah Li's abnormal performance.
Since the last time Ah Li listened to Master Yuheng's lecture, his cultivation has obviously become more assiduous!
In the past, Ah Li only practiced in the morning and afternoon, and at other times he would find Tu Shan Ziyi to learn other skills.
And now Ah Li spends all day in the quiet room, except for eating, Ah Li almost does not show up, let alone go out of the cave.
Cultivation requires hard work and hard work, but demon cultivation is lazy by nature, Ah Li's previous cultivation intensity was already very large, and now it is even harder, Tu Shan Ziyi is worried that she is in a hurry and greedy for merit, in case she goes mad, it will ruin her excellent qualifications!
Tu Shan Ziyi had already reported this matter to the three ancestors, but the three ancestors told her not to worry, just observe carefully and always pay attention to Ah Li's movements.
Tu Shan Ziyi carefully observed for a few days, and did not find anything unusual about Ah Li, but was surprised to find that Ah Li's cultivation was improving every day.
Today, Ah Li suddenly expressed his hope that he could retreat for a few days, and Ah Li had never had the experience of retreat before, so Tu Shan Ziyi decided to have a good talk with Ah Li.
"Ah Li, you have been practicing very seriously and hard recently, Auntie feels very happy, but Auntie is still a little worried!" Tu Shan Ziyi finally found a chance to talk while eating breakfast.
Ah Li took a bite of food and asked a little strangely: "Aunt Ziyi, Ah Li is practicing seriously, why is he happy and worried?"
Tu Shan Ziyi said: "Silly girl, Auntie is happy that Ah Li is talented, but she can persist in working hard and diligently, but she is worried that you will be eager for quick success and leave hidden dangers!"
Ah Li put down the dishes and chopsticks and smiled sweetly: "Aunt Ziyi, don't worry, Ah Li knows what he is doing, the path of cultivation must be gradual, there are not too many shortcuts to take, and Ah Li will not do risky things." ”
Tu Shan Ziyi nodded and said, "It's good that you know, now that Dabi is less than fifty days away, how does Ah Li master the newly acquired spiritual weapon?"
Ah Li said solemnly: "Auntie, I have completely mastered the two spiritual weapons, I have already practiced all the exercises and techniques you taught me, and when I meditated and cultivated recently, I felt that I was about to break through the realm of the Demon Pill Stage Consummation!"
Tu Shan Ziyi's face was a little solemn and said: "Ah Li, during the New Year's Day competition, your opponent is at least in the Jindan period, and it is far from enough to just complete the demon pill stage."
The cultivation of the truth is not a life-and-death fight, and the difficulty of the cross-level challenge is great, but there are cases where the weak defeat the strong, but there are few cases of winning the cross-border challenge.
You must at least reach the peak of the Demon Pill Stage before the New Year's Day competition, so that you have a chance to defeat the opponent of the early stage of the Golden Pill Period, and if you encounter an opponent of the middle level of the Golden Pill Period, you should give up.
As long as you win one or two matches against your opponent in the Jindan period in the New Year's Day competition, you can block all the voices of public opinion and strive for a good cultivation atmosphere for yourself. ”
Ah Li nodded seriously and said, "Aunt Ziyi, in order not to embarrass the ancestor and you, Ah Li has decided to start the retreat from today and strive to break through the Demon Pill Stage within ten days.
In this way, I can accept the awakening ritual of the 'Spirit of the Silver Soul', if I can successfully awaken the power of the bloodline, I can immediately advance to a small realm and reach the peak of the Demon Pill Period, and at that time, Ah Li will have the strength to challenge the senior brothers and sisters of the Golden Pill Period. ”
Tu Shan Ziyi asked with some surprise: "Ah Li, these are exactly what I want to tell you, how do you know? Could it be that the ancestors told you in advance?"
Ah Li said: "Aunt Ziyi, Ah Li is no longer a child, no longer the ignorant teenager he used to be, I know that learning and experience are also a kind of strength, so recently I have read a lot of your treasured classics, and I feel that I have improved very quickly, what Ah Li said just now, all of them are from the book." ”
Tu Shan Ziyi was very happy: "Ah Li is really powerful, there are not many people in the entire Xuanyuan Tomb Sect who love to read. I didn't expect Ah Li to be able to understand the words of the human race, reading is a good habit, you must continue to persevere, if Auntie has finished reading all the books here, if you still want to read other books, just tell Auntie.
The Xuanyuan Tomb Collection has a large number of classics of various ethnic groups, especially the classics of the human race, which are the orthodox inheritance and collection of Emperor Xuanyuan, with profound and all-encompassing content, which is very helpful for your cultivation and vision improvement. ”
Ah Li was also very happy: "Aunt Ziyi, that's great, when the New Year's Day competition is over, Auntie must take me to the Tibetan scriptures to see, Ah Li is now interested in all the knowledge." ”
Tu Shan Ziyi said, "No problem. Ah Li, when are you going to start your retreat?"
Ah Li said: "I'll go after breakfast, strive for the consummation of the Demon Pill period as soon as possible, and accept the awakening ceremony of the soul of the silver soul as soon as possible, Auntie, are you okay?"
Tu Shan Ziyi got up and said, "Okay, I'll go and prepare something for you to retreat, and when you are in retreat, I'll go and report to the three ancestors and prepare for the awakening ceremony of the soul of the silver soul for you." ”
The two of them quickly finished breakfast and got up to prepare.
Two quarters of an hour later, Ah Li entered the quiet room, Tu Shan Ziyi prepared a lot of pills and spirit stones for Ah Li, all of which were provided by the clan, Ah Li's share was finally approved by the Elders' Council, and half of the shares of the seed players in each vein were allocated, and if the New Year's Day Dabi could achieve better results, it would be reissued in full amount.
Ah Li didn't care about these cultivation resources, she had enough cultivation resources in her blanket to cultivate to the Transformation Stage, and the question she was most concerned about at this time was when she would be able to advance to the Demon Pill Stage Consummation.
It's been almost a month since Ah reached the high level of the Demon Pill Stage, and recently she feels that it has reached the time to advance again, but she hasn't broken through for a long time, and she is also a little anxious.
If Xuanyuan Tomb's fellow disciples knew what she was thinking now, they would definitely be to death, normal demon cultivation, the cultivation time of each stage of the demon pill period was as little as one to three years, and as much as ten or eight years, and there were almost no demon cultivators like Ah Li who were measured by months.
Ah Li has read a lot of classics recently, has a deeper understanding of the realm and cultivation, and knows that she can't be in a hurry, but in reality, internal and external pressures make her have to force herself to be more diligent.
The three spirit weapons and Ah Li get along more and more harmoniously, and they cultivate the spirit together every day**, which is very helpful to both parties, and now although Yunluo Umbrella and Nether Claw can't speak, they can already clearly express their meaning;
And the mysterious space and the stone platform seem to be in continuous recovery, and Ah Li has now mastered the way to return to the stone platform, and no longer needs to exhaust his mental power every time to enter.
After Ah Li's retreat, he quickly condensed his spiritual power and entered the mysterious stone platform, which was much more refined than a month ago, and the rough ground before had become much smoother, and it was no longer uneven.
Especially in the middle of the platform, a five-foot-sized circular stone platform has been formed, which is very flat on it, which is exactly where Ah Li usually meditates and cultivates.
Ah Li found that his comprehension on the mysterious stone platform would improve a lot, and the speed of realm cultivation was much faster than that of cultivating outside, the only regret was that the effect of exercising on the body was very small, and after the realm was improved, he had to specialize in cultivating his physique in order to achieve a unified balance between the internal and external realms of the body.
Today, Ah Li and the three spiritual artifacts entered the mysterious space again, and after greeting the stone platform as usual, Ah Li sat cross-legged on the circular stone platform, communicating with the mysterious space with his consciousness:
"Lord Immortal, I am preparing to retreat today to attack the consummation realm of the Demon Pill Period, and I also ask you to protect the Dharma and guide you. ”
The stone platform didn't make any sound, but released a large amount of red light mist through the red light curtain to wrap Ah Li and the three spirit weapons in the middle.
The three spiritual artifacts almost groaned out comfortably, and Ah Li also felt that his soul body was like being immersed in warm spring water, and he quickly entered the meditation cultivation.
In the Manifestation Cave, Tu Shan Ziyi reported Ah Li's recent situation and the cultivation plan for the next month and a half to the three Ancestors, and the three Ancestors were very satisfied with Ah Li's performance.
After the three of them discussed it for a while, the eldest ancestor said to Tu Shan Ziyi: "Ziyi, about Ah Li's awakening ceremony still needs to be kept secret, I discussed it with the second ancestor and the third ancestor, and decided not to apply for the cultivation resources of Xuanyuan Tomb, this awakening ceremony is completely undertaken by the nine-tailed fox clan, you go and talk to Zixun, open the inner library of the nine-tailed one vein, prepare relevant materials, there must be no mistakes." ”
After speaking, the Great Ancestor took out a jade slip and threw it to Tu Shan Ziyi, who took the order and left.
After Tu Shan Ziyi came out of the manifestation hole, the third ancestor hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Big brother, you are really a step ahead, you pushed Ah Li to the forefront before, little brother, I don't blame you in my heart."
It turns out that you are laying out in advance, and you want to catch them off guard, and you are clever. ”
The Great Ancestor Youyou said: "If it weren't for the defeat of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan at the hands of the Qingqiu Fox five hundred years ago, and the fact that Tu Shan Youyou went to the Human Race four hundred years ago, which greatly damaged the vitality of our Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, I would not have made this decision to calculate the other two veins, I firmly believe that the Xuanyuan Tomb must be under the leadership of our Nine-Tailed Fox Clan to truly rise strongly."
Therefore, the second sister and the third brother, this awakening ceremony must be done secretly, and it must be successful!"
"Yes, big brother!"
In addition to the original three seeded players, there are also some people who want to make a name for themselves in the big competition and impress the Council of Elders.
There are even some people with dark psychology, praying that they can meet Ah Li in the New Year's Day competition, so that they can become famous in one fell swoop.
Tu Shanchong was not worried about his competition at all, because he had occupied the position of the number one master in the Xuanyuan Tomb Yuan Infant Stage for some years, and there was no opponent who could fight him head-on.
What he is most worried about now is Ah Li, but Ah Li has been in retreat recently, and he has never seen Ah Li, so he asked Tu Shan Ziyi, and Tu Shan Ziyi did not tell him the specific situation.
So after being on duty today, Tu Shanchong stayed in Tu Shan Zixun's first mansion and did not leave, Tu Shan Zixun asked in surprise: "Tu Shanchong, are you very idle today?
Tu Shan Chong said with a smile: "Shouza, I just want to find out about Ah Li's recent situation, after all, it is my cousin, and it is about to be a big competition on New Year's Day, she needs to cross the border to challenge the Jindan period, I am afraid that she will be bullied." ”
Tu Shan Zi glanced at him and said, "You take care of your own affairs first, you don't have to worry about Ah Li's affairs, she should be able to reach the peak of the Demon Pill Stage before the New Year's Day, plus two superb spiritual weapons in hand, it is still possible to cross the realm and defeat a few Jindan Stage beginner monks." ”
Tu Shanchong's eyes lit up and said, "Oh, so to speak, the ancestors have already arranged it, and they will arrange weaker opponents for Ah Li in the first and second rounds, so I can rest assured!"
Tu Shan Zixun lowered his face and said: "Don't talk nonsense, the New Year's Day competition is a fair and just conference, and there is no possibility of black-box operation at all. ”
Tu Shanchong laughed and said: "You high-level people still know how to play, I have to obey, haha! Hey, the first seat, don't throw anything at me!"
Tu Shan rushed to the head of the rat and was almost beaten to the point of bleeding.
Tu Shan Zixun looked at Tu Shan Chong's departing back and sighed: "Tu Shan Youyou, are you okay? ”