Chapter 104 Jiang Li's Kiss
Facing Li Yu's call, Nangong Chan quickly responded to him: "What's wrong?"
There was no need to be polite with the demon girl, Li Yu asked directly: "Miss, do you have any foundation-building pills?"
Nangong Chan quickly responded: "No, the Xuanyin Sect does not have a third-grade alchemist, and no one can refine a third-grade pill. I am still waiting for you to come."
Li Yu was a little disappointed, but it was normal after thinking about it. Although Kunlun had more than 30 third-grade alchemists, which seemed to be a lot, except for Kunlun, the third-grade alchemists of all the sects in the world of immortal cultivation combined were not as many as Kunlun, and most of them were concentrated in a few giant sects. On the other hand, there was not even one in the Demonic Sect, even in the Xuanyin Sect.
Li Yu asked again: "How do the disciples of Xuanyin Sect build their foundation?"
The demon girl said: "You can practice by yourself, or exchange precious spiritual herbs and medicines with the righteous way. It takes twenty pieces of materials to exchange for one."
Li Yu sighed and said, "I know."
Sensing the disappointment in his tone, Nangong Chan comforted him, "There should be Foundation Establishment Pills and Meridian Extension Pills in Zhao Guangxuan's space bracelet. The sect is already working on cracking it, but it will take some time. Once we have cracked his space bracelet, I will leave a few for you."
At the critical moment, we still have to rely on the witch.
Li Yu vowed, "Don't worry, young lady. I will practice the way of alchemy well and become a third-grade alchemist as soon as possible. By then, our Xuanyin Sect will have a third-grade alchemist. We will have as many foundation-building pills and meridian-opening pills as we want, and we won't have to look at the faces of the righteous people anymore!"
Nangong Chan was very satisfied with Li Yu's realization and said, "Well, you should practice well. You have just reached the peak of Qi Refining and cannot take the Foundation Building Pill yet. First, compress your own magic power and try to widen your meridians. When you take the Foundation Building Pill, the chances of success in building the foundation will be greater. Remember not to indulge in women..."
As a third-grade alchemist, Zhao Guangxuan must have a lot of good things in his space bracelet. Li Yu has been thinking about it for a long time.
However, the space bracelet is a high-level magic weapon. At present, only Qingcheng and Tiandao Sect have mastered the method of refining it. When refining the space magic weapon, an extremely small and precise formation will be added. This formation has only one function, which is to destroy all the items in the space magic weapon when it is forcibly destroyed by outsiders.
In this way, even if the owner of the space magic weapon dies accidentally and the space magic weapon is obtained by someone else, no one can get the things inside.
It takes a certain amount of time to crack the space magic weapon.
Li Yu could only wait.
But he was not idle during this period.
Just as the demon girl said, he couldn't take the foundation-building pill directly after his spiritual veins were opened. He had to compress his magic power first and try his best to widen his spiritual veins. Only in this way would the success rate of taking the foundation-building pill be high.
It does not mean that you will be able to build the foundation after taking a foundation-building pill. If you are not well prepared, there is a high possibility of failure in building the foundation. If you take the foundation-building pill right after opening up your spiritual veins, there is almost a 100% chance of failure.
Unless he has enough Foundation Establishment Pills to squander, unfortunately he doesn't have any at the moment.
In the next few days, Li Yu kept the teachings of the witch in mind and did not indulge in women. Instead, he practiced seriously, compressing his magic power and expanding his meridians, and spent all his time practicing various spells.
If he didn't understand something, he would go and ask the foundation-building elder of Ziyun Peak, because they had to entrust Li Yu with their funeral arrangements. Generally, Li Yu would tell him everything he knew.
After spending all his time on cultivation, Li Yu naturally made rapid progress.
The most direct change is that after his proficiency is improved, he can cast the same spell faster than before, his magic power is more condensed, and the power of the spell is increased by more than 10%.
He felt that it was time to make a sprint towards Senior Sister Qin's record.
Although he no longer needs the Tongmai Pill, Zhou Zixuan's strength is less than the fourth level of Qi Refining. She is cultivating a single spiritual meridian, and ten Tongmai Pills can allow her to improve her cultivation by more than one level.
Tongtian Peak, the familiar trial hall.
Li Yu held the jade token in his hand and walked into the trial space again.
The giant tiger had roared at him countless times, but in just a moment, it turned into spots of light and dissipated before his eyes.
The mantis monster, water-attributed python, and fire-attributed bird monster that appeared next were all killed instantly without exception. The last earth-attributed giant bear had thick skin and amazing defense. Before Li Yu could break through to the last level, his true energy was exhausted and his magic power was almost used up, so he was unable to kill it instantly.
But this time, things are different.
After Sister Qin's instruction and many days of hard practice, his control over magic, although not as good as Sister Qin's, has improved greatly compared to his previous self.
The last time he faced the giant bear, Li Yu just gave it a simple punch.
A fist made of flames appeared in the void, rushed forward, and pierced through the giant bear's chest.
A big hole appeared on the chest of the giant bear's newly condensed body, and it slowly dissipated.
…
The trial hall was sparsely populated. The popularity that Li Yu had brought to the illusion trial eventually faded away with the passage of time. During this period of time, he was the only one who had been unstoppable on the trial list. Apart from him, not a single Qi Refining disciple of Kunlun made it into the top 100.
As time went by, the disciples lost their passion and the trial hall became deserted again.
However, today, the deserted trial hall was once again bustling with activity.
Because on the trial list, the name that people once thought would never be surpassed was replaced by the next name after the waves of the water curtain flickered slightly.
“…”
"Am I dazzled?"
"Junior Brother Li is first!"
After repeated confirmation, they dared to believe that in the illusion trial, Li Yu finally surpassed Senior Sister Qin and became the first in the trial!
Everyone present today witnessed the birth of a miracle.
With his not particularly outstanding qualifications, he walked here step by step and became the number one person in the illusion trial in a thousand years. Everyone has witnessed it. Even after building the foundation, he will be indistinguishable from the crowd. This group of Kunlun disciples will probably always remember that there was such a legend among the Kunlun Qi Refining disciples.
The old man who had established his foundation walked out of the stone chamber and handed the last ten Tongmai Pills to Li Yu.
Several deacons and disciples moved the trial monument that had been prepared long ago outside and replaced it with the original one.
Finally, this day came and they felt a little relieved.
The news that the first place on the Trial List had changed spread throughout Kunlun Cave Heaven in a very short time.
The alchemy apprentices at Danding Peak talked endlessly about the legend of that person to the new disciples who had just started learning for a few days.
"Senior Brother Li, who ranked first on the Trial Ranking, came from our Danding Peak!"
“From now on, if anyone dares to say that our alchemists are not as good as the Dharma practitioners, let them go and try the illusion trial…”
At Yuling Peak, Lu Xingzhou, who was practicing in seclusion, was no longer upset after hearing the news.
So what if you are number one on the Trial List? In the long journey of immortality, there may be many brilliant people who shine brightly for a period of time, but what follows is eternal silence.
His goal is the Nascent Soul and the Divine Transformation. After a thousand years, perhaps he won't even remember who Li Yu is.
On Yuxu Peak, Qin Keren was still calmly feeding the cranes, as if nothing could make her mood fluctuate.
On Yuzhu Peak, Jiang Li hugged Master Xuanzhen's arm, shaking it non-stop, begging, "Master, please let me out, just once, I promise to practice hard when I come back, okay..."
Xuan Zhen Patriarch was so annoyed by her that he could only say, "Okay, okay, go ahead..."
Purple Cloud Peak.
After Li Yu came back, he gave all ten Tongmai Pills to Zhou Zixuan.
After taking these ten Tongmai Pills, more than thirty acupoints in her wood spiritual meridian were opened up, nearly half. Although the strength of the single spiritual meridian was weak, the foundation-building speed was very fast.
Zhao Xiner held Zhou Zixuan's hand and said enviously, "Sister Zhou, Senior Brother Li is so good to you..."
There is no need to mention the value of Tongmai Dan. If you accumulate enough, you can even exchange them for Tuomai Dan. In the world of immortal cultivation, everyone is for themselves, and few people would be so good to their fellow Taoists.
Becoming Senior Brother Li’s Taoist partner is indeed a very happy thing.
A slight fluctuation of the formation was heard not far away, and two figures passed through the protective formation and entered the villa.
Jiang Li and Xu Qingxin were also slightly stunned when they saw the bustling courtyard.
When Zhou Zixuan saw Jiang Li, she was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to react. She quickly stepped forward and said happily: "Junior Sister Jiang, long time no see..."
Jiang Li was also very happy to see Zhou Zixuan, and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Zhou is more beautiful than before..."
The three Emei sisters were still here, and Li Yu introduced them to each other. Only then did Zhao Pan'er and the others know that the girl in front of them was the one with the Tianlingmai that Kunlun had captured last year. It seemed that the rumors were true, and the relationship between Senior Brother Li and this genius was indeed unusual.
Li Yu looked at Jiang Li and asked, "Why did Master Xuan Zhen let you out today?"
Master Xuanzhen was easy to talk to about other things, but he was very strict with Jiang Li's practice and usually did not allow her to step out of Yuzhu Peak.
Jiang Li stuck out his tongue and said, "I pestered her for a long time before she agreed to let me out for an hour."
She handed a small jade bottle to Li Yu and said, "There are two foundation-building pills in here. Keep them."
Xu Qingxin was slightly stunned, and asked in astonishment: "Why did you hide two more?"
Jiang Li chuckled and said, "Only two, Senior Sister, please don't tell Master..."
Xu Qingxin said helplessly: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else."
As the junior sister had a heavenly spiritual vein, the sect naturally gave priority to providing resources for her cultivation. Xu Qingxin was puzzled at the time. With her cultivation level at that time, there was no reason for her to fail after taking the first two foundation-building pills. Now she understood that it was she who had hidden the two foundation-building pills and left them for Li Yu.
If the master knew, she would definitely be punished, or even not allowed to come out.
Li Yu took the small jade bottle that Jiang Li handed to her without saying anything, nor did she need to say anything.
He looked at Jiang Li and said, "You finally come out once, I'll take you to eat something delicious."
Jiang Li said happily: "Okay, okay..."
The person who knows her best is Li Yu.
This year, she has been practicing in seclusion, and has been craving for those delicacies for a long time...
A moment later, in Zixiao Peak, in the best private room of Piaoxiang Pavilion.
Li Yu, Jiang Li, Zhou Zixuan, and Chen Ming, whom he specially invited, sat at a table. The scenery here was great. Sitting by the window, one could overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Kunlun Cave Heaven.
To this gathering, Li Yu did not bring the three Emei sisters, nor did she invite Senior Sister Xu.
The four of them looked at each other, feeling a little emotional.
More than a year ago, the four of them were still practicing in Baiyun Temple. They went down the mountain together to carry out missions, risking their lives for a few spirit coins. But at this moment, they were sitting in Kunlun Cave Heaven. The wine and food on the table alone were worth hundreds of spirit coins.
Compared with a year ago, Jiang Li has become more beautiful, and Zhou Zixuan has also changed a lot. The Emei fairy dress makes her temperament more outstanding. Li Yu has not changed much, but Chen Ming has changed a lot.
He was much thinner and more mature than he was a year ago, and his strength also surprised Li Yu.
Chen Ming was cultivating the Golden Spiritual Vein. At this moment, his cultivation had reached the level of perfect Golden Spiritual Vein Qi Refining, with all 72 acupoints opened. Even if he could buy three Tongmai Pills every month, it shouldn't be so fast.
Li Yu said: "Your cultivation has improved very quickly."
Chen Ming smiled and said, "That senior gave me 3,000 spirit coins every month to buy Tongmai Pills for the sect. She also used her connections to exchange some from other sects. She also went to various secret realms to look for materials for Tongmai Pills and asked the sect's third-grade alchemist to help refine them. But it's still not as fast as you..."
Li Yu said with emotion: "That senior was really nice to you."
If an elder in the Foundation Establishment Stage spares no effort to help the Qi Refining Stage disciples, about a year is enough for them to practice to the peak of Qi Refining. With Chen Ming's talent, he may never reach his current level in his lifetime if he relies on his own practice.
It is hard to say whether his original choice was right or wrong.
From Chen Ming, Li Yu also learned that his dual cultivation partner, the female elder in the Foundation Establishment stage who was about to die, had died unexpectedly while searching for medicine in a secret realm last month. The sect took back her villa, and Chen Ming regained his freedom.
As her only dual cultivation partner, Chen Ming inherited all her inheritance.
"My condolences..." Li Yu comforted him, and then asked, "What are your plans now?"
Chen Ming thought for a moment and said, "I have accepted a mining mission for the sect. I am stationed in a secret cave. As long as I can extract a certain amount of purple gold every month, I can exchange it for a foundation-building pill in three years at the fastest and five years at the slowest..."
Chen Ming's path is the same as that of an ordinary sect disciple. However, compared to the vast majority of Kunlun disciples, he has taken at least 50 years less detours. There is no problem in building the foundation. He still has a long lifespan of more than 200 years left. If he is lucky, it is not impossible for him to form a pill.
Everyone was very happy at this gathering.
After being in the sect for a long time, I miss the old days even more.
Especially Jiang Li, she got to meet her old friends and the table was full of dishes, all of which were her favorites. Her chopsticks never stopped eating from beginning to end.
An hour later, the four of them left Zixiao Peak. After Chen Mingfei left, Jiang Li habitually put his arm on Li Yu's shoulder and said contentedly: "I haven't eaten so much in a long time. However, I feel that the food here is still not as delicious as what we had in Fengzhou Zuixianglou before..."
The delicacies of the immortal world, both in terms of the quality of ingredients and taste, are incomparable to those of the secular world. However, the circumstances and feelings when eating are different. What she misses is not the food at Zui Xiang Lou, but the time when she and Li Yu were practicing in Baiyun Temple.
Li Yu smiled slightly and said, "Next time you can come out, I will take you to Zui Xiang Lou."
Jiang Li's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she suddenly looked at Li Yu and asked, "Really?"
Li Yu shrugged and said, "If Master Xuanzhen agrees..."
Jiang Li said confidently: "Master will definitely agree. At worst, I can just pester her for a few more days..."
After leaving Zixiao Peak, Li Yu took Jiang Li back to Ziyun Peak and picked some fresh fruits for her to bring back. Before returning to Yuzhu Peak, Jiang Li looked at Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan and suddenly asked, "Li Yu, have you and Senior Sister Zhou become a dual cultivation partner?"
When she met Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan this time, she clearly felt that the way Senior Sister Zhou looked at Li Yu was different from before.
Zhou Zixuan's body trembled slightly, and her face turned pale.
She has always believed that whether in terms of cultivation talent or her relationship with Li Yu, she cannot compare with Junior Sister Jiang.
They met on the first day they entered the sect, and were inseparable for the next two years. She was just an intruder in their relationship, taking advantage of her retreat. This made her always feel a little guilty and apologetic towards Junior Sister Jiang.
Li Yu and Jiang Li helped each other on the road of cultivation and ran towards each other in both directions. They were childhood sweethearts known to everyone in Kunlun.
Just when she was feeling complicated and uneasy, her cold little hand was held by a warm big hand.
Facing Jiang Li's question, Li Yu admitted straightforwardly and naturally: "Yes, we were together some time ago."
Zhou Zixuan didn't know how to face Jiang Li. She moved her pale lips and said, "Junior Sister Jiang, I..."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Congratulations to you. You may not know that Li Yu had been eyeing you since he was at Baiyun Temple. He finally succeeded. At that time, he was worried that I would snatch you from him..."
Xu Qingxin finally felt relieved. It seemed that she really misunderstood her junior sister.
I thought she would be sad when she found out she had a dual cultivation partner, but it seems I was overthinking it.
Unexpectedly, Junior Sister and Li Yu had such an interesting experience in Baiyun Temple.
Seeing that Jiang Li didn't care at all, Zhou Zixuan was puzzled. Could it be that she had been overthinking all along?
Jiang Li looked at her and said with a smile: "At that time, we were still thinking that if we couldn't enter Kunlun, we would go back to Jiang Kingdom, and I would ask my father to make him a prince and give him some beauties. I didn't expect that so many things would happen in just one year..."
One year is extremely short for a cultivator.
But during this year, the fate of all of them has changed dramatically.
She waved to the two of them and said, "Well, I've been out for a long time this time. If I don't go back, Master will ask Qingluan to catch me..."
She and Xu Qingxin walked out of the villa, and Li Yu and others saw her off to the door.
Jiang Li took a few steps and suddenly stopped.
Then, she suddenly turned around, took a few quick steps, came in front of Li Yu, and before he could react, she stood on tiptoe and sealed Li Yu's lips with hers.
The soft touch lasted only for a moment, and the two lips separated as soon as they touched.
A white shadow passed through the air and flew towards Yuzhu Peak without looking back.
Zhou Zixuan stood there in a daze, Xu Qingxin opened her red lips slightly, and the three Emei sisters who came out to see them off had never expected to see this scene, and they covered their mouths in surprise.
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Purple Cloud Peak.
In the room, Li Yu held a jade bottle in his hand, and in the bottle were two precious foundation-building pills.
Jiang Li returned to Yuzhu Peak. When he left, Li Yu was caught off guard by the unexpected kiss.
Although she didn't say anything, that kiss already contained thousands of words. There was no need to explain it further. She showed her thoughts with her actions.
It was obvious that in the past two years, although Li Yu treated her as a brother, she didn't seem to be one.
After Jiang Li revealed her true identity, it took Li Yu quite some time to accept her gender. However, except in his dreams, when he hugged Zhou Zixuan with his left hand and Jiang Li with his right hand, in reality, he never had that kind of thought towards her.
After all, Jiang Li was a man most of the time when he knew her. If Li Yu had any feelings for her, then he would have a real problem.
But now, things start to get complicated.
He had to look at himself seriously and think about this issue carefully.
He put away the pill bottle, looked at Zhou Zixuan, and said, "I'm going to Yuzhu Peak."
Zhou Zixuan looked a little pale, lowered her head, and whispered: "If, if Jiang Li is unhappy with her, I can leave..."
She knew very well that the one who could truly help Li Yu on his path of cultivation was Jiang Li, and she was just a burden to him.
Her thoughts made Li Yu angry and distressed, but he did not say anything. Instead, he used practical actions to tell her that her thoughts were wrong.
It was not until she was exhausted and kept begging for mercy that Li Yu held her in his arms and said, "You are my Taoist partner, now, in the future, and forever. You are not allowed to say such things in the future."
Being held tightly by him like this, Zhou Zixuan felt an infinite sense of security in her heart and she said "hmm" obediently.
Only after comforting her did Li Yu leave the villa.
At this time, in a hall on Yuzhu Peak, Xu Qingxin looked at Jiang Li and was silent for a long time before she said, "Junior sister, you..."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "I'm fine, but I feel that if I don't do this now, I may not have the chance in the future. I don't want to regret it in the future, so I can't care so much..."
Xu Qingxin asked: "So what are you going to do next?"
Jiang Li shook his head and said, "I have no plan. He and Senior Sister Zhou are a couple. Between us... it's impossible."
Xu Qingxin sighed softly. With her junior sister's talent, it would be no surprise for her to reach the state of transformation. However, even if Li Yu tried harder, he could only form a golden elixir at best. It was almost impossible for him to form an infant. The difference in lifespan between a golden elixir and a transformation of the spirit was a full 1,500 years...
If the two of them were together, there would only be a few hundred years of joy, pain and torture, and one of them would live a long and lasting life, just like the Master.
In the world of cultivating immortals, if two people want to become a couple, although they have no prejudice against each other, they have differences in talent.
There was a knock on the door outside the hall. Xu Qingxin looked back and took the initiative to retreat.
Li Yu walked into the hall. Jiang Li, who had been very bold just now, now looked like he had made a big mistake. He sat obediently on the edge of the bed, lowering his head like an ostrich, wishing he could bury his head in his chest.
Before Li Yu could speak, she immediately said, "If Senior Sister Zhou is angry, I will go and apologize to her!"
Li Yu came over, sat next to her, and said, "You two are really weird. She's afraid that you'll be unhappy, and you're afraid that she'll be angry..."
Jiang Li raised his head and asked, "Senior Sister Zhou is not angry?"
Li Yu said: "She said that if you are unhappy, she can leave. After all, in the eyes of others, we knew each other first..."
Jiang Li muttered in her heart, what does it mean that in the eyes of others..., she was here first.
She lowered her head and whispered, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have kissed you. I'm sorry for causing you trouble..."
This was what she really thought. She didn't want to destroy the relationship between Li Yu and Senior Sister Zhou.
But when she said this, she felt very sad.
They were originally the closest people to each other, but now, the closest person to Li Yu has been replaced by someone else. They can never go back to the way they were before...
Li Yu put his hand on her shoulder and said, "What trouble is it? When did you become so polite to me?"
Jiang Li lowered his head and said aggrievedly: "You have a Taoist partner now, which is different from before. Of course you have to be more careful. What if Senior Sister Zhou gets angry..."
Li Yu put his arm around her shoulders and said, "She won't be angry with you, so you don't have to think too much about it."
Jiang Li turned around and asked him, "You're not angry either?"
Li Yu asked, "Why am I angry?"
Jiang Li asked, "Are you not angry that I kissed you?"
Li Yu shrugged and said indifferently: "Why should I be angry? A kiss won't hurt anything."
Jiang Li blinked at him and asked, "Can I kiss you again?"
