Chapter 63 Retreat
Chapter 63 Retreat
Seeing Wei Zhong walking away, the figure of Shopkeeper Ruan appeared beside Rong Ju.
"Grandma is here?"
Ruan Liuzhen tapped Rong Ju's forehead: "Little Rong'er followed me out, I have to come and see, right?"
Then he looked in the direction where Wei Zhong left, muttering, "But this little guy still has some tricks up his sleeve. He killed a cultivator of the same level so quickly, and he showed no fear when facing three people. He must have kept a few cards and didn't use his full strength.
Even if you, Rong girl, hadn't come, there was a high possibility that he would have escaped."
"If what Grandma said is true, then this Fellow Daoist Chu is not only talented in brewing wine, but also has excellent fighting skills?"
Ruan Liuzhen nodded, then shook her head: "Beyond the average casual cultivator, but still not as good as the outstanding disciples of the major forces."
"That mother-in-law..."
Rong Ju asked cautiously.
What he got was Ruan Liuzhen's firm response: "No. I said that I would only take action when he brews one of the two second-level spirit wines, or when he is forced into a desperate situation. This little bit of fighting method cannot move me."
After saying this, he lifted up his wide sleeves, wrapped Rong Ju in it, and disappeared on the spot.
Wei Zhong was half lying in the green boat, sipping the spiritual wine and recalling the spying he had noticed during the fight just now.
"It's a Jindan, probably the shopkeeper Ruan from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. He came here following Rong Ju, it seems that the maid next to Shan Qin is not a simple person either."
'This is my first time fighting under the watchful eyes of others. I have to conceal many of my moves. I still feel a little uncomfortable. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let that robbery cultivator entangle with me for so long. I could have taken him down with just a few moves.'
"But my spiritual awareness is becoming stronger and stronger, and I can even find hidden Jindan."
The previous enlightenment seemed to have caused some unexplained changes in Wei Zhong's consciousness. The intuitive feeling was that the detection effect of his consciousness became stronger.
Sinking into the sea of consciousness, Wei Zhong tried to touch the Record of Time, but the moment his spiritual consciousness got close, it bounced back instantly.
"Still no solution?"
This Time Treasure Record does not seem to be driven simply by spiritual power, but also involves the spiritual power of divine consciousness, or it also contains certain conditions that Wei Zhong has not yet clarified.
Wei Zhong withdrew his attention and no longer tried to touch the ancient book.
'As long as my cultivation continues to improve, sooner or later I will be able to control it.'
After drinking the spiritual wine and trying to refine the rich spiritual energy it contained, Wei Zhong returned to Haiyue Lake half a day later.
Seeing several beams of light escaping, Wei Zhong realized that it was Li Haowen and several Qi-refining practitioners from his clan. He had a rough guess.
Leaning out, he asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you heading to Qingmu Sect?"
Li Haowen nodded: "I will take the Qi cultivators from my clan and rush to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range with Qingmu Sect."
Wei Zhong sighed slightly. This was the helplessness of a Foundation Establishment family surviving under a Jindan sect. There was no room for refusal when they were forced to be recruited.
"I wish you a safe and triumphant return."
Li Haowen bowed in return, then he urged the magic sword under his feet and left with the five people.
Wei Zhong looked at their departing figures. Except for Li Haowen, the remaining five Qi-refining cultivators were all elderly people with gray hair, and they did not have many years left to live.
'It seems that they are prepared to die in a foreign land. I just don't know if Li Haowen can survive this time. Without this new foundation-building master, I'm afraid the Li family will be in trouble again.'
Back at Black Lake Island, Xie Linghua came up and handed Wei Zhong a golden book.
"Master, this is an imperial decree from the Qingmu Sect."
Wei Zhong took it and looked through it carefully. It was not a method used by cultivators like jade slips, but was recorded on ordinary paper.
It was called an imperial decree, but it was not a mandatory order. It just called on the monks to rush to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range to hunt monsters and collect spiritual objects. It described a merit system and listed various precious spiritual objects and inherited knowledge. As long as enough merits were accumulated, they could be exchanged for any of the items listed above.
Wei Zhong saw the precious spiritual objects such as Foundation Establishment Pills and Jade Marrow Ganoderma at the forefront, but they were in limited supply. It seemed that the Qingmu Sect still hadn't changed its style.
He casually returned the golden book to Xie Linghua: "Don't worry about it. If anyone on the island is touched by this, just let him go."
Just as he was thinking about leaving, he stopped, patted his head, and took out two bottles of pills and a robe from his storage bag.
"Two bottles of top-grade Qi-nourishing Pills and a first-grade top-grade robe. I bought them especially for you. Practice well."
Xie Linghua took it and immediately smiled happily: "Thank you, sir!"
"As for the mundane affairs on the island, you don't need to take on too much. Train a few trustworthy subordinates to share the burden with you, leaving yourself more time for cultivation.
You can take the Qingluozui in the wine cellar at will. While you keep your cultivation up, you also need to take good care of your body."
Wei Zhong rubbed his waist, said something, and turned away.
Xie Linghua was left alone, her face flushed with humiliation.
In the cave, Wei Zhong took out the harvest of today's purchase, various elixirs for brewing wine, second-level magical instruments and so on.
After this purchase, Wei Zhong planned to go into seclusion for a long time.
After pouring out the things of the unlucky cultivator, Wei Zhong took a look at them, took out two talismans and spirit stones, and put away the other items.
There was a golden crescent moon painted on one of the talismans, which seemed to be the same one used when he was fighting. There was also a black talisman paper with tiny ice crystal fragments painted on it, forming a network, probably some kind of second-level trapping talisman. Unfortunately, Wei Zhong fought too quickly and didn't give him a chance to use this talisman.
"He is indeed an ordinary casual foundation-building cultivator. Most of his wealth has been spent on magical instruments, talismans and other protective items. He only has two to three thousand spiritual stones."
After counting the spiritual objects in one of the parties' hands, Wei Zhong suddenly raised his head.
After leaving the cave, his spiritual consciousness noticed Xie Linghua wearing a blue gauze dress, with two women following behind her.
One of them was dressed in pink and looked delicate, her name was Qi Ting. The other was Bai Yining, she was wearing a close-fitting robe, tall and with a cold face.
Each of the three had their own characteristics, and it made Wei Zhong's blood boil.
These three people were the ones who had the closest relationship with Wei Zhong. Unexpectedly, because of Bai Ri's concern, Xie Linghua "instigated" the two of them to come here with her.
Xie Linghua held their hands and said, "The master is kind and treats everyone around him very well. If you two really want to be around him, you have to get closer to him."
The two of them naturally understood the meaning of his words, but at this moment their faces were still flushed and they felt a little embarrassed.
A surge of spiritual power came, and the door in front of them opened. Xie Linghua already understood Wei Zhong's thoughts, and took the hands of the two of them and walked inside.
Practicing Buddhism is boring and needs some adjustment, but Wei Zhong is not a person who is addicted to Buddhism. After "making love" with her for a few days, he returned to practicing Buddhism.
Of course, there would be some rewards afterwards, which made the three of them smile happily.
After calming down for a while, Wei Zhong began to brew spirit wine, starting with the simple first-level spirit wine to get a feel for it. After several attempts, Wei Zhong found that his success rate in brewing first-level spirit wine had increased significantly, and he only failed once in ten attempts.
Then he started brewing the second-level Qingluozui, with a success rate of up to 60%.
Watching the experience scrolling on the panel, Wei Zhong finally decided to start brewing Yuzhizui.
He took three chalcedony ganodermas that were more than 500 years old, and then collected other necessary medicinal materials.
After sorting out the winemaking process in his mind, Wei Zhong used his spirit body to control the various spiritual medicines and began to extract them...
After a month, the brewing process failed twice out of three attempts and only succeeded once.
"It seems that this wine is a bit difficult for me at the moment."
Wei Zhong shook his head, took the jar of spiritual wine and other things to assist in his practice, and entered into deep meditation.
Five years later, the Qingmu Sect defeated the monsters in a short battle in the Wanshou Mountains, and the monks it had summoned were able to escape and return.
Li Haowen returned alone and visited Black Lake Island the next day. After learning that "Chu Zhong" was in seclusion, he left with regret.
Wei Zhong, who knew about his visit, had no intention of stopping his practice, because this was the critical point in his practice.
Wei Zhong practiced the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art", and a large amount of spiritual energy was attracted to Wei Zhong, compressed and refined in his body, and condensed into drops of liquid spiritual power.
Finally, the spiritual power gathered and the level was broken.
【Name: Wei Zhong】
[Cultivation: Foundation Building Level 1 (%)]
[Kung Fu: Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique·Master (19%); Health-preserving Kung Fu·Master (14%)]
【Shouyuan: 154/255】
In five years, he broke through from the second level of foundation building to the third level of foundation building. With such a speed, I am afraid that those with high-quality spiritual roots can only do so fast.
Previously, it took Wei Zhong nine years to go from the first level to the second level of foundation building. This time, with the help of Yuzhizui, the master-level skills, and the improvement of his cultivation through enlightenment, it only took him five years.
Upon closer inspection, it turns out that the speed of cultivation has been nearly doubled.
The only pity is that enlightenment is rare, and I don't know when I will have the same enlightenment as I did that day. If I want to improve my cultivation, I can only keep practicing.
After reaching the master level of "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art", the proficiency progress begins to become extremely slow, with only about 10% improvement in five years. If you want to be promoted to the grandmaster level and usher in the next qualitative change, it will take at least forty years.
Wei Zhong was impressed that it was indeed a martial art with a great background, and it was so difficult to improve his proficiency.
As for the Health Preserving Exercises, Wei Zhong has been quite slack in recent days. He only practices a few exercises when he is bored occasionally, and has not allocated special time for it.
The main reason is that its function of increasing life span is a bit useless compared to the upper limit of his life span of more than 200 years. The effect of health care is not as efficient as that of the second-level Qingluo Drunk.
It can be said that it has truly become a health-preserving technique in Wei Zhong's hands.
After packing up, Wei Zhong left the cave. While practicing, one does not know the years, but one must know the outside world. He also needs to go out and inquire about the changes in the situation, so as not to be unaware of the Qingmu Sect's visit.
Pushing open the door of the training room, a cold-looking female practitioner was waiting behind it. It was Bai Yining.
Seeing Wei Zhong coming out of retreat, he hurried over to greet him: "Master is out of retreat, I will call Sister Xie over right away."
Wei Zhong grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't worry, I've already informed her. Tell me what happened in the past few years, especially about the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range and the Qingmu Sect."
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