Not climbing the Qingyun Ladder

Chapter 22

Feng Yuqing was not originally named Feng Yuqing, but Feng Xiaoqi.She is an orphan girl who only knows her surname is Feng. She grew up eating hundreds of meals in a village in Yuezhou.

When she was 15 years old, a talkative Taoist priest came to the village. As soon as he saw her, he loudly said that she had "excellent bones and an immortal body" and that she was a good candidate for cultivation.

He asked Feng Xiaoqi if he would like to go with him and become a monk. Feng Xiaoqi rejected him at first.

She felt that this Taoist priest was dressed in rags and looked nothing like the monks everyone in the village said.

Later the Taoist priest asked her: "Don't you want to know what the outside world is like?"

With this sentence, Feng Xiaoqi was moved by him, so he followed the Taoist priest and left the small village.Soon, she regretted it.

Because she discovered that the Taoist priest had many enemies and was often hunted down for no apparent reason along the way.The Taoist priest himself was not very skilled, but he was very good at escaping. He had been hiding with her.

Until one time, the enemy was too powerful and knocked the two of them off the cliff.The Taoist priest was more unlucky than her, his heart and veins were already damaged and his energy was like a gossamer.If she had been strong enough at that time to take the Taoist priest to Yaowang Valley, she might have had a chance of survival.

It's a pity that everything is just a if, she can only watch the Taoist priest die.The Taoist priest took her along and told her a lot about the world of cultivation, which really allowed her to see the outside world.Therefore, she was very grateful to this Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest has always refused to talk about his own experience. He only said that he was from Lingzhou and was a fortune teller.Therefore, he could tell at a glance that Feng Xiaoqi was extremely talented and would definitely become one of the best monks in the world in the future.

Feng Xiaoqi didn't believe what he said at the time, because cultivation was too far away for her.

After they were knocked off the cliff, the Taoist priest barely managed to hold his breath and taught her how to draw spiritual energy into her body and let her try it.

When Feng Xiaoqi tried it for the first time, she felt that this so-called skill was extremely easy to practice. Her body was very receptive to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and she soon felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowing in her body.

The Taoist priest's eyes lit up when he saw this scene, and he said: "Okay, okay, I finally found it. Good...hahahahahahaha."

In his excitement, he coughed violently and spit out another mouthful of blood.

"Girl, put this thing away." The Taoist priest thrust something into her hand with trembling fingers.

It was a very simple-looking token with densely packed symbols on it that she couldn't understand.

"They, they will come here soon. I will teleport you to that place. As for what you can get, it depends on your own luck." The Taoist priest's voice already sounded very weak.

"That place? What place?" Hua Xiangrong asked, somewhat confused.

"That place is..."

Before the Taoist priest finished speaking, his tone suddenly became urgent: "Hurry up, it's too late."

Before Feng Xiaoqi said anything unnecessary, he was teleported away by the Taoist priest.

After she was teleported away, the Taoist priest struggled to sit up straight, smiled at the person who came in, and closed his eyes.His body strangely turned into an ice sculpture, and then shattered in an instant, leaving nothing behind.

After a moment of dizziness, Feng Xiaoqi found himself in a dilapidated Taoist temple.The door of the Taoist temple was closed, and there was a gap in the door, which seemed... to fit the token given to her by the Taoist priest.

She took out the token and tentatively placed it in the gap on the door. The ancient wooden door opened immediately.

Feng Xiaoqi walked in.

Inside the door was an empty courtyard. She walked through the courtyard, opened the door inside, and walked in.

There were only four walls in that room, and four different murals were painted on the walls.There is a futon in the center of the room.

Feng Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment and sat on it.

It was from here that she obtained the Shangqingkong Mingjue and changed her name to Feng Yuqing.

When attracting spirits, Hua Xiangrong thought of these things.The Spirit-Inducing Technique made her feel like her insides were on fire, and the feeling of forcibly drawing the spiritual energy from heaven and earth into her body was so uncomfortable.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth that had been born since the beginning of heaven and earth poured into her body, telling her in an extremely domineering way that it was impossible to go against heaven and earth.

However, the Soul-Inducing Technique is certainly not a technique that simply seeks death. Hua Xiangrong barely retained her mental clarity, and followed the instructions in the Spirit-Inducing Technique to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to alleviate the pain.

This essentially means adapting your physique to the existence of the auras of heaven and earth and actively accepting them.It also made the spiritual energy of heaven and earth no longer reject her body.

This is an extremely slow process, and Hua Xiangrong has endured it for several hours.No wonder some weak-minded people failed to attract spirits and became useless.This kind of torture is really unbearable.

However, compared to the pain of being struck by divine lightning, it is still a bit insignificant.Although Hua Xiangrong looked pale, there was no sign of collapse.

But at this moment, the voice of the ghost oiran sounded in her ears again.

"After the first day of the lunar month, it's the tenth day of the lunar month, and the road goes from south to north. Regrets arise, regrets arise, and there is no one to accompany you at the end of the journey..."

In an instant, a thought arose, and Yang Shou's words of "amazing talent and brilliance, but a tragic fate" echoed in his ears; his curse when he killed a demon cultivator in his previous life, "you will not die well"; and pictures of old friends. Faces passed before her eyes one after another, some smiling gently and some mocking maliciously.

In the end, the scene was fixed on the strange smile on the face of the Taoist priest who led Feng Xiaoqi out of the small village before he died.

He seemed to be saying: "Poor child, this is your life!"

This is your life!With one thought, all demons are born.A cultivator takes one step at a time to overcome his inner demons. At this moment, her inner demons have arisen and she is about to lose her mind.Then what?Then the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will kill her.

She heard the faint sound of the flute. The sound of the flute was peaceful and peaceful, which made her feel much calmer.Hua Xiangrong knew that this was the tune played by King Qin on his white jade flute.

In addition to killing people, it can also save people.In terms of concentration and concentration, the effect of King Qin's white jade flute is even better than the concentration ring.

This time it was all thanks to Su Budu.Hua Xiangrong thought to herself.

She could feel that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in her body had settled down and was no longer repulsive to her.She has completed the most dangerous step in cultivation.

She doesn't plan to stop here, she plans to directly practice Qi.Close your eyes slightly, and the Shang Qing Kong Ming Jue will naturally appear in your mind.

For monks, the technique chosen at the beginning of Qi refining is extremely important.For example, Feng Yuqing's Shangqing Kongming Jue, or Gu Chaosheng's Blue Sea Thousand Waves Jue, the higher the level of the technique itself, the stronger the monk's strength.Hua Xiangrong ran the Shangqing Ming Jue and began to refine her Qi.

After a few more hours, she finally opened her eyes.

Feeling the abundant inner energy in her body, Hua Xiangrong did not feel happy.She discovered something.

Refining Qi requires monks to circulate the refined spiritual energy of heaven and earth in their bodies, and preliminary and nourish their souls.

The so-called soul body, in layman's terms, is the soul.For example, before Shuishengyan used the Nine-turn Soul Control Technique to make Liu Zhi's soul return after leaving the body.

For monks, when the soul is nourished to a certain extent, it will become the soul.The soul is more powerful than the soul body. As long as the soul is strong enough, a monk can live in another way even after his physical body dies.

Just when she was nourishing her ray of soul, she had a strong feeling.His soul has not become weak, but... broken.

No wonder she felt that she had lost some memories before, such as the words Wu Su took out and placed in the listening blue ring. Although she had a vague impression, she could not remember them.

She could sense the direction of her soul fragments, one in Lingzhou, one in Yuezhou, and one... Hua Xiangrong frowned, as if they were in the Nine Hell Sea.

The Nine Hell Sea is the place where the demons were sealed after the war between immortals and demons. It is said that the immortals in the sky set up a nine-layer ban to prevent the demons from resurrecting and causing trouble to the world again.

In her last life, she had seen the Nine Hell Sea from a distance. It was a piece of boiling sea water, with black flames burning on the sea. The sea water kept rolling, as if someone was howling miserably.

There are two battles between immortals and demons.

Once was ten thousand years ago.There was no winner in that battle. Immortals and demons drew a line and did not interfere with each other.

Another time was a thousand years ago, when the Demon Clan, which had been dormant for a long time, suddenly launched an attack. The leader of that Demon Clan was extremely powerful. The Immortal relied on the power of his magic weapon and Mu Ye, the No. [-] God of War in the Immortal World at the time, to barely attack him at the cost of his own life. kill him.

Since then, the demons have been sealed in the Nine Hell Sea by the immortals, and they have never seen the light of day under the nine-level restriction.

What's interesting is that since that time, the immortals jointly established rules and were not allowed to walk in the human world.And the Kowtow Gate was set up in Chengzhou as the connection point between the immortal world and the human world.

Since there are nine levels of restrictions in the Nine Hell Sea, how could she still go to this place after her soul was broken?

In her previous life, she knew very little about the demons, and she only knew something about them from word of mouth.

Demons and demon cultivators are different.Demonic cultivation occurs when monks develop demons or go astray during their cultivation, and then they become demons.The demons are born demons. It is said that they are cold-blooded, cruel, and immoral, and have brought serious disasters to the human world and the fairy world.

Putting these thoughts down first, she walked out of the cave.

Su Budu was resting his mind with his eyes closed. He seemed to be keeping watch outside.

Hearing the footsteps, he immediately opened his eyes and looked at Hua Xiangrong.After making sure she was okay, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You seem to be a little different." He looked at Hua Xiangrong and blurted out.

"What's different?" Hua Xiangrong asked him.

He couldn't describe that feeling either.If I have to say it, the temperament is different.Before, she was like a piece of gentle jade, kind and polite, yet with an imperceptible alienation.

But now, her temperament is a bit sharper. If I have to use a metaphor, it's like a sword about to be unsheathed.Obviously her current level of cultivation is not as high as his, but it makes him feel a little bit oppressive.

Something different also appeared in her eyes, which was confidence and a touch of arrogance.

"A bit more energetic than before." Su Budu said truthfully.

"Maybe because I am a sword cultivator." Hua Xiangrong replied.

"Master Su, I cannot thank you enough for this great kindness. What I said has always been valid. Now, let's say goodbye." Hua Xiangrong said to him.

"Where is Miss Xiangrong going?" Su Budu asked.

"Qizhou."

"Are you going to the Sword Tomb to look for the sword?" Su Budu asked subconsciously.

After asking, he felt a little incredible. Could it be that she had completed guiding spirits and refining qi in such a short period of time?

"Sword cultivators must have their own swords," Hua Xiangrong said lightly.

Although the Red Dust Sword of All Beings was nowhere to be found, she felt the pull of opportunity again just now.It's another sword from the Sword Tomb.She wants to go, because after choosing the master of the sword, he will stick with him until the end.

Unless the owner dies, it will continue to wait even if the person it recognizes does not come to choose it.

At this point, the sword is much stronger than the human.

Su Budu confirmed his suspicion, but he didn't ask any more questions.This is Hua Xiangrong’s secret.

"Also, my sister might be there." She really wanted to see Hua Chanyu again.

"Okay. Miss Xiangrong, since you don't want to see the excitement after Wanbao Pavilion, let's say goodbye." He said to Hua Xiangrong.

"Master Su is going to Lizhou?"

"Exactly."

Su Budu gave her a bamboo whistle. As long as she blew it, a messenger bird would fly over. They used this method to keep in touch.

After saying goodbye, they walked on both sides of the forked road.Qizhou is in the east and Lizhou is in the west.

The sun was about to rise, and before dawn, a few wisps of wind blew.

(End of this chapter)