Chapter 11: Gambling
Just half a month after Zhang Yan and Tuesday Hu's cultivation reached the second layer of the Qi Refining Period, news came from the inner gate that Zhang Yan and Tuesday Tiger were promoted to official outer disciples of the main sect.
The two couldn't help but rejoice for a while, and also relieved them that they might be sent away in a few years.
It's just that Zhang Yan calmed down instantly after being overjoyed, thinking that the young man surnamed Bai had been in the industry for more than ten years, and he had only survived to the seventh layer of the Qi refining period, so he could imagine the difficulty of cultivation in the future.
With his own qualifications, without a large number of pills used to increase his cultivation, it would be difficult to cultivate an inch in the future, let alone reach the seventh level of qi refining, which would have to be achieved for ten years like the young man surnamed Bai.
What Zhang Yan didn't know was that even if he was a genius disciple of the inner gate, he only received three pills from the sect every month, but half of the pills used by the inner disciples were qi inducing pills.
Although the growth of cultivation was outrageously slow, Zhang Yan was not discouraged and stopped, and during this period, the use and cooperation of the Flame Bomb Technique and the Winding Technique became more and more perfect, and it can be regarded as a gain.
In the blink of an eye, it has been nearly a year since Zhang Yan started, and since he started, he has been staying in this valley, indulging in cultivation, and his thoughts about home have gradually become a little dull.
However, his cultivation still did not grow, and Zhang Yan couldn't sit still and walked out of the elixir garden valley.
A huge Beiyuan Mountain, it is the first time in a year that Zhang Yan has walked around so leisurely.
At the exit of the valley is Elder Hu's alchemy hall, and a winding stone staircase in front of the hall branches, one leading to the outer gate and the other to the inner gate.
Every month, the elders of the gate and the outer gate would send people to Elder Hu's hall to receive the pills needed every month, which showed that the alchemy hall had a very special status inside the gate.
Zhang Yan walked along the stone steps to the outer gate, and the dense trees made him feel like he had suddenly returned to the back of the village, and his steps couldn't help but become more and more brisk.
The "Bone Forging Gong" that he has practiced for five years has been completely exerted at this time, and on the winding stone steps with no end in sight, Zhang Yan's figure has almost become blurred, and his cultivation since he was a child has made his bones different from ordinary people, and the speed of his energy exertion has reached the limit of ordinary people.
Moreover, Zhang Yan himself did not know the Dao, because of his cultivation of "Bone Forging Gong", after he practiced "Qingling Gong", the width of his meridians was almost twice that of others, but he was born without spiritual roots, which made it extremely difficult for him to cultivate.
"Hey, now start betting, expire don't wait, expire don't wait! Pressing Senior Brother Tuoba is put on my right hand, the odds are one to three, pressing Senior Brother Lu Yi is placed on my left hand, the odds are one to six, everyone is about to press, the two senior brothers are going to start! Of course, if anyone dares to make trouble, don't blame me Hou Xiaoqi for being polite! Hey, little operator, do you want to press it?"
"Hehe, how can such a good thing be without my god operator, Senior Brother Hou, help me suppress Senior Brother Tuoba with one Qi Diversion Pill and two Qi Refining Pills. ”
"Senior Brother Operator is so generous...... I also pressed two refining qi to disperse...... Senior Brother Tuoba wins!"
"Two Qi Refining Dispersers and a Monroe Flower, Senior Brother Lu Yi wins!"
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The sudden noise in front of him caused Zhang Yan, who was running quickly, to stop, and for a moment he had already seen a platform-like square under the path where the stone steps branched.
At this moment, a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old teenagers in the square were forming a circle.
In the middle of the group of teenagers, two people were standing facing each other, looking tense, and in the outer place, there was a small group of teenagers, who were constantly shouting and talking loudly.
Zhang Yan couldn't help but walk down curiously, and crossed the long branches that hung down densely, and his eyes suddenly opened up.
On the small stone steps leading down to the square, a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old was sitting diagonally.
The young man hung Erlang's legs, holding a folding fan painted with splashed ink landscape painting in his right hand, shaking it leisurely, his neat black hair was pulled up high, his two thick and thick eyebrows looked very delicate, his eyes were like stars, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and his handsome face was looking at everyone in the square with a confident smile at the moment.
"Senior brother, what's the situation in this square now?" Seeing this handsome young man, Zhang Yan walked over regardless of it and sat down on the stone fence on the other side, he really hadn't felt this kind of lively scene for a long time.
"Hey, which hall is this junior brother from?The face is tight, there is actually a character in the door who I don't know how to do it?" The young man who claimed to be a god operator looked at Zhang Que, who had a dark face and a coarse cloth coat, sitting opposite him, and couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at Zhang Que with a calm and unhurried appearance, it shouldn't be a simple character in the door, and he suddenly became interested.
"In Xia Zhang, it's just a disciple who is taking care of the elixir garden in the valley over there of Elder Hu's alchemy hall. Zhang Yan smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Zhang Yan? Oh, by the way, it's you, Zhang Datou, right? Tsk, the junior brother is really amazing, he can actually enter the eyes of the second senior brother of the inner door. The divine operator's eyes lit up, his thin lips suddenly smiled with a kind of charm, and he got up curiously and looked at Zhang Yan and said, "The second senior brother of the inner door is notoriously harsh, it seems that your kid's body is different from ordinary people, right?"
"It's a fluke, and I don't know what's going on. Zhang Yan was shocked, but he only showed an innocent expression on his face, and said, "Senior brother, you haven't said what's going on below?"
"Hehe, do you see the two people in the middle? The tall and mighty one on the left is the second senior brother of the outer gate, Senior Brother Tuoba Yun, who has reached the sixth layer of the Qi refining period with one body cultivation, and the one who is quite handsome on the right is the third senior brother Lu Yi, although he is slightly worse than me, but his cultivation has also reached the sixth layer of the Qi refining period. The handsome young man shook the folding fan, and did not forget to boast while pointing to the country and said, "The contradiction between the second senior brother and the third senior brother has been a long time, and today there is a conflict again, and the two have to fight to decide the winner......
And with the explanation of the handsome young man, Zhang Yan finally understood the reason for the conflict between the two.
It turned out to be for a psychic dog and a bilu fruit, originally Senior Brother Tuoba was the first to discover the psychic dog, but this spirit beast is smart and cunning, running fast, without a light body and flying against the wind, it is almost difficult to capture, so Senior Brother Tuoba can only quietly follow behind, and then go around in a big circle in the outer mountains.
Unexpectedly, the stalker of this spirit beast arrived at a cliff, and Senior Brother Tuoba accidentally found a ripe green dew fruit, and revealed his own breath in surprise, just discovered by the psychic dog, the psychic dog sensed that there was a dangerous breath, and turned around and drilled into the dense forest.
Senior Brother Tuoba quickly picked the spirit fruit and continued to chase after it. Unexpectedly, I chased after the breath of the psychic dog, but saw that the psychic dog had been captured by Senior Brother Lu Yi, and the two who had already had a conflict also clashed.
So the two made a bet, if Senior Brother Tuoba won, the psychic dog would belong to him, and if Senior Brother Lu Yi won, not only the psychic dog would belong to him, but the Bilu fruit in Senior Brother Tuoba would also belong to him.
Although Senior Brother Tuoba knew that the gamble was unfair, he still accepted it very boldly.
Zhang Yan also learned from the handsome young man that although the psychic dog is a spirit animal, it is nothing powerful, the only special thing is the nose of this spirit beast, which can smell the elixir within a range of more than ten miles.
As for the Nabi Luguo, I heard that after taking it directly, it can directly increase its cultivation by ten years, but it can only be taken by monks above the foundation level.
After learning that these two things were so rebellious, Zhang Yan couldn't help but be envious, no wonder the two refused to back down for this.
The group of teenagers squatting on the side on the periphery were betting on the fighting methods of the two senior brothers in the field.
Zhang Yan learned from the mouth of the handsome young man that the lean young man who was the village was called Hou Xiaoqi, who was a well-known gambling addict among the outer disciples, and he would never let go of anything that could be gambling, but he was bold, and the important thing was that he was still the fourth senior brother among the outer disciples, and his cultivation had reached the fifth level of qi refining.
"It's time to start. The handsome young man beside him snapped his fan shut, and said with excitement on his face, "Senior Brother Tuoba is practicing "Tu Lidu", while Senior Brother Lu Yi is practicing "Water Cloud Decision", Tu Ke Shui, so Senior Brother Lu Yi wants to win but it is a little difficult. ”
Zhang Yan looked at the two people in the field, the one on the left was huge, with big shoulders and a round waist, exuding a calm momentum, while the person on the right was quite handsome, giving people a sense of ethereal and illusory.
Zhang Yan also saw that on a platform not far from them, there was a green fruit the size of an egg, crystal clear, and he thought that it was a green fruit.
On the side of Biluguo, there is a small cage with a spirit beast that looks like a puppy barking non-stop, with red hair on its back, but the part below the navel is pure white, and the nose of the spirit beast is surprisingly slender, it should be the so-called psychic dog.
"Hey, it's going to be, but between these fights, a few breaths can make the difference!"
Hearing the young man's words, Zhang Yan retracted his gaze, and couldn't help but look at the field carefully, only to see that Senior Brother Tuoba was exuding a majestic momentum at the moment, and there was a faint yellow light flowing around his body, while Senior Brother Lu seemed to have water vapor flowing on his body, but there was a cold air between his fingers.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, a swirling stream of yellow sand suddenly appeared at Senior Brother Lu's feet and swept towards him.
"It's Senior Brother Tuoba's quicksand attack, this spell is very powerful, if you are trapped, you will be banned from breathing in an instant, don't look at these breaths, the fighting method is an instantaneous negligence to divide the winner. The handsome young man didn't care whether Zhang Yan was listening or not, and explained to himself.
With the attack of the quicksand, Senior Brother Lu instantly retreated lightly, and then the magic in his hand changed, and a huge icicle appeared in front of him, blocking the quicksand, and when he came down, he saw an ice arrow suddenly shot out between his fingers, heading straight towards Senior Brother Tuoba.
"That's Senior Brother Lu's Extremely Frozen Icicle, and with the Ice Archery Technique, it's really wonderful......
"Okay, grandma, if only I could have such a subtle body technique as Senior Brother Lu......"
There were people on the field who kept yelling.
Seeing the ice arrow shooting towards him, Senior Brother Tuoba did not panic, but quickly took out a dark yellow talisman seal and pasted it on his arm, a strong force instantly exploded, Senior Brother Tuoba picked up his fist and directly smashed the ice archery technique, and then did not stop, directly punched through the icicle, and fell towards Senior Brother Lu's façade.
"It's a giant power talisman, a high-grade talisman seal, which can double the amount of power in half an hour, but this kind of talisman is very valuable, don't want to buy it without five low-grade spirit stones, it's really luxurious. ”
Seeing that Senior Brother Tuoba actually used a giant power talisman, the people on the sidelines couldn't help but be speechless.
But the next moment, the teenagers on the field were in an uproar instantly, because when Senior Brother Tuoba's fist was about to fall on Senior Brother Lu's façade, Senior Brother Lu also took out a golden talisman seal, and with a flash of golden light, a defensive transparent spirit shield like King Kong had been erected in front of Senior Brother Lu, no matter how Senior Brother Tuoba attacked, it was not moving.
The two people on the field were in a stalemate.
"That's the Vajra talisman, it's also a high-grade talisman seal, and it's also equivalent to five lower-grade spirit stones. The handsome young man next to Zhang Yan introduced himself again.
"That, senior brother, how much are five lower grade spirit stones worth?" When Zhang Yan heard the word Fu Seal, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask at this time.
The handsome young man turned his head, a pair of eyes glared at the boss, and looked up and down the dark-faced young man in front of him incredibly, if it weren't for the sign of the outer disciple hanging on Zhang Yan's waist, he would still think that Zhang Yan came from which mountain to sneak into the sect.