Chapter 15 Elder Sun’s Reminder
The second day.
Baiyun Temple.
Elder Sun, who was lying on the rocking chair, opened his narrowed eyes completely after hearing Li Yu's account of what happened last night. He slowly sat up straight and asked, "Is it another ghost in the Qi Refining Realm?"
Li Yu nodded and said, "If we weren't lucky, we probably wouldn't be able to come back. It was clearly an ordinary mission, but accidents happened twice in a row. I suspect there is some conspiracy behind this..."
Elder Sun thought for a moment, fumbled in his arms, and after a while, he took out a conch, injected his magic power into it, and said to the mouth of the conch: "Is Mr. Zhang dead?"
Soon, an old voice came from the conch: "You are not dead yet, how can I die?"
Li Yu looked at the conch magic weapon and was amazed. Although this world has not developed modern technology, the functions of some magic weapons are similar to those of high-tech products in later generations.
This magical conch even has some quantum communication implications.
Elder Sun talked about the past with the person opposite the conch, and then slowly said: "The disciples of Baiyun Temple have gone down the mountain to perform missions recently, and some accidents have occurred. There must be something strange. You can ask someone to investigate..."
Not long after, Elder Sun put away the conch and looked at Li Yu again. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "Did you have any adventures these days?"
Li Yu knew that he could not hide his improvement in strength from Elder Sun, so he smiled embarrassedly and said, "I found a strange fruit in the mountains a few days ago. After I ate it, I opened up the second acupuncture point..."
Li Yu changed the real experience a little. After listening to it, Elder Sun stroked his white beard and said, "According to what you said, you accidentally took an unripe red fruit. The red fruit belongs to the fire element, which happens to have the same attribute as your magic power. In fact, you are really lucky. If the red fruit was a little older, it would not have opened your acupuncture points, but would have caused you to explode and die..."
Li Yu also wiped the sweat from his forehead and showed a frightened expression at the right time.
Elder Sun glanced at him with a strange look in his eyes, and asked, "Did you also open up the water spirit vein and the wood spirit vein?"
Li Yu still did not deny it and said, "I have been practicing the Fire Spiritual Vein for a long time, but there has been no progress. So I tried to impact other acupuncture points. Unexpectedly, I succeeded. But I can't open the Earth Spiritual Vein and the Gold Spiritual Vein..."
After successfully refining Qi, it would indeed become much easier to impact other acupuncture points. Elder Sun did not say much, nor did he ask Li Yu how he got the other cultivation methods. He just reminded Li Yu when he left: "It seems that your talents in the other two spiritual veins are not too bad. However, in cultivation, the most taboo is to be too ambitious. With your talent, if you practice one spiritual vein honestly, you may still be able to build a foundation in this life. If you are indecisive and not focused, it will be difficult for you to achieve anything. What a pity, what a pity..."
Elder Sun did not explain more. After saying this, his body lay down again and his eyes slowly closed, like a rotten dead tree.
Li Yu clasped his fists earnestly and said, "Thank you, Elder Sun."
In Li Yu's impression, Elder Sun always looked like he was about to die. He didn't talk much and was always basking in the sun every day. He rarely took the initiative to talk to others.
He has lived for more than two hundred years, and the advice he casually gave may be something that they can only realize after practicing for dozens or even hundreds of years.
Li Yu returned to her room and saw Chen Ming waiting outside the door.
Possessed by a female ghost last night, his yang energy was empty and his face was very pale. Chen Ming handed two thin books to Li Yu and said, "This is the basic technique you want."
When the three of them returned to the mountain together in the morning, Li Yu mentioned to Chen Ming that he wanted to borrow his cultivation techniques for a look, and Chen Ming agreed without hesitation.
When he learned that Li Yu still needed basic earth-attributed skills, he patted his chest and promised that he would find a way to get the last kind of skills.
Baiyun Temple happened to be within the borders of the State of Chen, and he was the prince of the State of Chen. Even in Baiyun Temple, he had no shortage of followers around him. Asking for a book of martial arts techniques was just a matter of opening his mouth.
Li Yu accepted the two thin booklets and said with a smile, "I'll return them to you after I finish reading them."
Chen Ming waved his hand and said, "Take your time and look at it. There's no rush."
He looked at Li Yu with gratitude on his face.
In the past, if we were to talk about the person he hated the most in Baiyun Temple, Li Yu would be the first one, but now, Li Yu is his favorite person in Baiyun Temple, even more than Junior Sister Zhou...
The grace of saving my life twice is like giving me a second parent.
If he were a woman, he would not hesitate even if asked to marry her.
He has lived in the royal family since he was a child and has many brothers around him. In order to fight for the throne, those brothers and sisters wished he was dead. However, Li Yu, as an outsider and a person who had a grudge against him, saved his life twice. Chen Ming knew how great this favor was.
What's more, when the female ghost possessed him, Li Yu could have killed him to protect himself, but he didn't do so and chose to save him instead.
Thinking of his previous actions, Chen Ming's heart was filled with regret.
He clasped his fists towards Li Yu and said, "I am grateful for your kindness. If you get bored of staying in the world of immortal cultivation, come to Chen State. When my father dies and I become the emperor, I will make you a prince and give you endless wealth and glory..."
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Li Yu returned to the room and flipped through the two booklets in his hands.
These two books of basic exercises are of gold and earth attributes respectively. One is called "Vajra Gong" and the other is called "Hou Tu Jue".
After successfully refining Qi, Li Yu's memory was excellent. He quickly memorized the last two spiritual veins in the human body, as well as several small spells from the other two systems.
Of course he kept Elder Sun's reminder in mind. He would not take the initiative to practice other series of skills, but if he encountered similar spiritual medicines and fruits again, it would be better to use them for his own practice rather than exchanging them for spiritual coins.
Spirit coins are just external objects, only cultivation is your own.
After a while, when he had memorized all the contents, Li Yu returned it to Chen Ming.
Then he went to the back kitchen , boiled some brown sugar water himself, and went to Jiang Li's room.
Jiang Li, who was usually lively and energetic, was now lying on the bed, listless. Seeing Li Yu coming in, he said weakly: "You're back. How is it? Did the mission go well..."
"It went smoothly." Li Yu didn't say much, handed her the bowl in his hand, and said, "Brown sugar water, with ginger slices in it, it should feel better after drinking it."
He bought the brown sugar when he came down the mountain. Jiang Li was not feeling well, and as a brother he should show more concern for him.
Jiang Li drank the brown sugar water in small sips, and her complexion gradually recovered. Li Yu sat in front of the bed and looked at her. It must be said that she had a good foundation, and dressed in men's clothing, she looked very heroic. She was just a little bit away from threatening his position as the head of Baiyun Temple.
Jiang Li finished drinking the brown sugar water and suddenly said to Li Yu: "Li Yu, please teach me how to fight."
Li Yu said: "Don't you know how to fight? Do you need me to teach you?"
When the two of them beat up Chen Ming before, she didn't look like she couldn't fight.
Jiang Li shook his head and said, "That's different. I mean, when you beat that female ghost..."
She leaned against the bed, waving her arms like Li Yu, her eyes full of longing, "When I learn it, I can help you."
Li Yu nodded and said, "Maybe in a few days."
What he used to deal with the possessed Chen Ming was actually Krav Maga, which is recognized worldwide as the fastest fighting technique. Police and military in many countries are learning it. This fighting technique emphasizes speed and ruthlessness and is also very easy to learn.
For the next half month, Li Yu practiced and did not go out on missions.
Firstly, the time for Kunlun Sect to select disciples was approaching, and almost all the disciples of Baiyun Temple were practicing hard, trying to make a breakthrough during this last period of time. Secondly, he almost died in two ordinary missions. Li Yu deeply realized the dangers of the world of cultivating immortals. It was not worth taking risks for just a few spirit coins.
One day, Li Yu was about to go out to practice, when he suddenly heard the sound of a bell outside.
Baiyun Temple usually does not ring the bell. When the bell rings, it means that Elder Sun has something important to announce.
Li Yu walked out of the room and came to a square inside the temple with Jiang Li.
There were already more than a dozen figures standing on the square, and disciples were arriving one after another.
Zhou Zixuan was standing somewhere, waved to Li Yu, and said, "Junior Brother Li, here!"
Li Yu and Jiang Li walked over and asked, "Senior Sister Zhou, what happened?"
Zhou Zixuan shook her head and said, "I don't know, but the bell in the temple hasn't rung for a long time, so there must be something important."
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the disciples in the temple, except those who were practicing outside, gathered here.
Another quarter of an hour later, Elder Sun slowly walked over, lay on the rocking chair, and announced something to everyone.
This matter is also related to Li Yu and others.
The sect has already investigated the accidents during the two ghost-exorcism missions.
There was indeed another culprit behind these two incidents. That person was a disciple of the Demonic Soul Refining Sect and had long been wanted by all major sects.
The Soul Refining Sect is one of the three major sects in the evil world. The disciples in the sect are good at raising and exorcising ghosts. They often attack ordinary people and disciples of the righteous path, and are notorious.
The disciple of the Soul Refining Sect did not dare to provoke the formal disciples of the major sects, so he set his sights on the preparatory disciples. These disciples had not yet entered the sect, and the highest level of cultivation was only the Qi Refining level. He first created incidents of evil spirits disturbing people in the secular world to attract these preparatory disciples to exorcise the ghosts.
If it is just evil spirits causing trouble and there are no casualties among the people, this kind of task will be handled by the reserve disciples.
When these low-level preparatory disciples come down the mountain, he will release the ghosts he has raised. The strength of those ghosts is comparable to that of the Qi Refining Stage, and the preparatory disciples are simply unable to resist. Before Li Yu and his companions, dozens of preparatory disciples from various major sects had been killed by him.
This person is very cunning and good at escaping. He escaped from the official disciples of various major sects several times. The last time he appeared was half a year ago. He was seriously injured by a disciple of Shushan Sect and then disappeared. Unexpectedly, half a year later, he appeared in Kunlun's territory again disguised as a Feng Shui master.
In order to protect these prospective disciples, all matters involving evil spirits will henceforth be handled by the official disciples of Kunlun Sect, and the outer sects will no longer issue such tasks.
This incident also made the disciples indignant.
"The demons are really cruel and ruthless!"
"We have so many righteous sects, why don't we unite and completely eradicate the evil sect?"
"It's not that easy. The demons are very strong. If we really fight, even if we can win, it will be a miserable victory..."
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Having been possessed by a female ghost twice, Chen Ming was already gnashing with hatred. He gritted his teeth and said, "Damned demon disciple, I will remember this grudge. When I have achieved success in my cultivation, I will kill one by one when I see one!"
Zhou Zixuan's injuries had healed, but she still felt the pain in her wounds when she thought of the past. She gritted her teeth and said, "I hope that one day, we can completely eradicate these evil monsters..."
Although the people in the evil way are hateful, they are not useless.
At the very least, they allow these young people who have just started to cultivate immortals to establish the concept of good and evil in their minds before they even enter the immortal gate. Even if they are not selected into the Kunlun Sect in the future, they will not easily fall into the evil path.
Listening to the indignant voices around him, Li Yu sighed softly.
He also has a heart to slay demons and eliminate evil, but he himself is a demon...
Zhou Zixuan sensed Li Yu's emotions and asked in confusion, "Junior Brother Li, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yu took a deep breath and said solemnly, "I feel sorry for my fellow disciples of the righteous sect who died. As for those damned demonic monsters, I, Li Yu, will never coexist with them in this life..."
