Chapter 78 What if I say I don’t agree?
“I don’t know whether Ran Yue and I belong to the minority or the majority. But I don’t know how to judge spiritual roots, so I can only try to practice first.”
"Anyway, the Qi-eating realm doesn't have any requirements for the five elements of spiritual roots, and it doesn't have much power. It mainly plays the role of activating the meridians, cultivating the body, and strengthening the body. If I can successfully enter the realm, I will pass it on to Yin Ranyue. As for whether she can successfully practice the 'Eternal Green Wood Technique' later, it depends on whether she has wood spiritual roots."
Having made up his mind , Qin Ziling took out the "Blood Demon Sutra" again, but he just flipped through it casually and his face turned gloomy, with a chill emanating from his body.
Most of the spells recorded in this "Blood Demon Scripture" are extremely cruel and evil. Some of them can extract the essence, blood and soul of people to refine elixirs to improve their skills, and some can use them to refine magic weapons...
"There are such cruel and evil spells in the world! No wonder even a ruthless hero like Xu Pengkun, once he gets the desired Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill, wants to kill Gong Yangmu and sever ties with the Blood Demon Cult." Qin Ziling thought to himself as he put away the "Blood Demon Sutra".
He would definitely not practice the evil arts recorded in the "Blood Demon Scripture", but knowing both yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in a hundred battles. Keeping the "Blood Demon Scripture" should be useful for him to deal with the Blood Demon Cult or people from the evil path in the future. Moreover, a few methods in the "Blood Demon Scripture" are not cruel and evil, but they are alternative and insidious, not in line with the style of the righteous path. However, Qin Ziling thought that he could think about it carefully when he has time.
After putting away the "Blood Demon Sutra", Qin Ziling took out three broken pill recipes.
The three recipes are actually normal ones, not cruel and inhumane ones.
The three pill recipes are Qingling Pill, Tianxuan Biyun Pill and Jiuzhuan Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Secret Pill.
Among them, Qingling Pill and Tianxuan Biyun Pill are both made from precious medicinal materials and are suitable for increasing the true power of Qigong practitioners.
The Nine-Turn Blood Essence and Bone Strengthening Secret Pill is made by extracting the essence blood and bone marrow of nine kinds of exotic beasts and adding some precious medicinal materials to it.
According to the recipe, this Nine-Turn Blood Essence and Bone Strengthening Secret Pill is a magical pill suitable for martial artists to improve the quality of their qi and blood and strengthen their muscles and bones.
If a martial artist at the Iron Skin level takes the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill, as long as his talent and bones are not too poor, he will most likely be able to successfully condense his strength and become a Condensed Strength Martial Artist. Even if a martial artist at the Iron Skin level is over thirty years old and has reached the peak of his Qi and Blood, if he takes the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill, he will have a great chance of successfully condensing his strength.
However, to make the Nine-Turn Blood Essence and Bone Strengthening Secret Pill, one not only needs to hunt down nine kinds of exotic beasts, four of which must be wild exotic beasts and one must be a second-grade exotic beast, the Blood-Patterned Rattan Basilisk, but also needs the alchemist to refine it using secret methods for a long time, and there is also the risk of failure. If it is ultimately only used to create one or two Condensation Force martial artists, then it will naturally be a loss.
Therefore, the real use of the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill is not to help martial artists break through, but to serve as a medicine for martial artists who need to break through to the Bone Refining realm.
"Medicine lead?" Qin Ziling frowned slightly, with a look of doubt and thought on his face.
This was the first time he knew that a Hua Jin martial artist actually needed medicine to achieve a breakthrough.
However, the pill recipe does not introduce the concept of medicine guide in detail. It only records that the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Secret Pill can be used as a medicine guide for the Hua Jin martial artist to break through. Moreover, once the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Secret Pill is taken, even if the breakthrough is successful by chance, the person who takes this secret pill can generally only stop at the bone refining martial artist realm for the rest of his life and cannot break through again.
"Hiss!" Seeing this, Qin Ziling couldn't help but take a breath.
"Xu Pengkun didn't hesitate to get involved with the Blood Demon Cult's people, and spent so much money and material resources, all he wanted was a hope to help him break through to the Huajin stage, and there are also medicines with such serious sequelae. It seems that the bone refining stage is extremely difficult to break through, otherwise Xu Pengkun should not have chosen this path!"
“However, it is also because of this that Fangqiao City currently has only two bone refining masters. Once Xu Pengkun is lucky enough to break through and become a bone refining master, coupled with the layered power of the Xu Family Fort, the Xu Family Fort will be able to become the most powerful force outside Fangqiao City.”
"This Xu Pengkun is an ambitious and ruthless man!"
Qin Ziling shook his head with emotion and put away the three pill recipes.
He hasn't even reached the threshold of Qi Refining yet, so the matter of alchemy has naturally been put aside.
As for the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Secret Pill, it seems very powerful, but the side effects are too great. Qin Ziling has high expectations for himself, so he naturally will not take this Nine-Turn Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Secret Pill easily.
After putting away the pill recipe, Qin Ziling did not start practicing the "Eternal Green Wood Technique" right away. Instead, he took out the visualization diagram, looked at it quietly for a while, then closed his eyes and began to practice the "Eternal Galaxy Visualization Technique".
The method of refining the spirit is very simple from the beginning. It seems very easy. One only needs to sit cross-legged, calm down, and concentrate on visualizing. It looks simple and clear, not complicated at all.
But in fact, this seemingly simple method of cultivation is actually a kind of false and empty, ethereal and illusory method. Most people will never be able to achieve the state of meditation to see the gods and spirits in heaven, that is, to concentrate their mind, in their entire lives.
The method of refining Qi is exactly the opposite of refining the spirit.
It is very complicated and specific from the beginning. You need to understand the meridians of the whole body, then concentrate your mind, and absorb the energy of heaven and earth to circulate in the meridians according to a certain path and order.
Meridians cannot be seen or touched. You have to rely on your mind to imagine that there are crisscrossing meridians in the body. The energy of heaven and earth is also invisible and intangible. You can only feel the airflow through breathing. But after it enters the respiratory tract, you can't feel it at all. At the beginning, you have to rely on your imagination to control and drive it, letting it run along a certain path in the maze-like meridians in your imagination.
Therefore, when it comes to the method of refining Qi, not only does the requirement of having the five elements of spiritual roots eliminate most people, but the introductory training method also directly eliminates most people.
For a tough guy like Liu Xiaoqiang, who has a relatively simple brain circuit, just remembering all the meridians would give him a headache, so how could he possibly get started?
Therefore, even though Qin Ziling is very confident now that this introductory training method will not be difficult for him, the key lies in the spiritual roots. He still decided not to act rashly. He still needs to think carefully for a few days, and he has to choose the two time periods of Yinshi and Maoshi to try.
These two time periods belong to the wood element and are most suitable for practicing the "Evergreen Green Wood Technique".
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Xiao family, bamboo building, living room.
The atmosphere is depressing.
"Qing'er, the family meeting today has decided that you have at most one month to make a choice. You can either marry Xu Yuanwu, the young master of Xujiabao, or become a concubine to Gou Baixiuqi, the supervisor of Sitian."
"It's better to follow Bai Xiuqi's wishes."
"Although this man is already sixty years old and lustful by nature, it would be unfair for you to be his concubine, but the Si Tian Jian is not only directly responsible to the emperor, but also involves the Taoist power of our Great Qi. It has its own system in our Great Qi and has a transcendent and special status. No matter how much those people in the court make trouble, they dare not easily touch the Si Tian Jian."
"It's the same in Fangqiao County. No matter how powerful the Pang family is, even if they dominate Fangqiao County in the future, they still have to give face to the Imperial Observatory."
"If you follow Bai Xiuqi, not only will our Xiao family gain an ally of superior status and powerful strength, but also the Taoist magic is mysterious, Bai Xiuqi may be able to help you recover your cultivation."
“Of course, the Xu Family Fort is also very strong. Xu Yuanwu has extraordinary talent and has reached the level of Hua Jin at the age of just 30. Although he already has a wife, concubines and children, if you marry him, it will represent an alliance between my Xiao family and the Xu Family Fort. He will definitely give up his position as the principal wife for you and will not treat you unfairly.” said a tall, middle-aged man in a green robe with an elegant temperament.
The Imperial Observatory had offices at the prefecture and county levels, but not at the county level.
The person in charge of the Sitianjian office at the county level is called Guan Gou. His rank is not high, but his status is transcendent. Moreover, Guan Gou is held by Qigong practitioners. Their Taoism is mysterious and secretive, and all forces dare not offend them rashly.
"Is there no other choice?" Xiao Qing asked calmly, with a hint of sadness and disappointment in the depths of his eyes.
This is the reward given to her by the family that she once took pride in and worked hard to protect!
"No." The middle-aged man, Xiao Wenbo, Xiao Qing's father, shook his head without hesitation and said, "It is said that in the struggle between various forces in the state capital, the Pang family has gradually gained the upper hand. In Fangqiao City, it seems calm on the surface, and the five major families live in peace, but in fact, there are undercurrents. The Pang family is accelerating its layout and expanding its power."
"Just today, Pang Qiwei forced the county lieutenant Yu Hongshan to dismiss Lv Jianhui from his post as the lieutenant of East City, citing the repeated riots by bandits outside East City and Lv Jianhui's ineffective suppression of the rebellions. He promoted Lin Tianrui, the second son of the Lin family, to the position of lieutenant of East City."
"Now, of the four cities in Fangqiao City, plus the five lieutenants in the inner city, the Pang and Lin families have occupied three seats. The lieutenants of the five cities are the ones who actually command the troops. Even though the old man of the Yu family still holds the seal of the county lieutenant, his actual power has been greatly weakened and hollowed out."
"So, the situation is actually very urgent now. Our Xiao family has been going downhill over the years and is no longer as prosperous as it was in the past. We must make plans for retreat as soon as possible."
"So, our daughter will be sent away to be someone's wife or concubine. Is this the Xiao family's escape plan?" Xiao Qing raised her eyes to look at Xiao Wenbai and asked with a hint of sarcasm on her face.
"That's right. Why should we send my daughter out to be someone's wife or concubine? Aren't the contributions and sacrifices she has made to the Xiao family great enough? Don't we still have Xiao Liu, Xiao Han, and Xiao Lian in our Xiao family?" A noble lady dressed in gorgeous clothes and with an elegant temperament said indignantly.
"What do you know as a woman? This marriage is for the sake of my Xiao family as well as Xiao Qing." Xiao Wenbai's face darkened and he scolded his wife.
"Dad, you are familiar with your daughter's character. Do you think this is really for my good?" Xiao Qing looked at Xiao Wenbai and asked.
Xiao Wenbai looked at his daughter quietly, and after a long while, he sighed and said, "What else can we do? Someone in the Xiao family has to make sacrifices! Xiao Liu is your uncle's daughter. Now your uncle is the head of the family, and Xiao Liu is already a Condensed Force Master. Her affairs must be decided by your uncle and she herself. It is not our turn to speak."
"Xiao Han, Xiao Lian is not a power martial artist, but they are not strong enough."
"You were once a prominent figure in Fangqiao City. Even though you have fallen to the level of a martial artist, your status, prestige, and weight are incomparable to Xiao Han and Xiao Lian. Moreover, since Guan Gou and Bai Xiuqi came to the Xiao family to see you once, they have shown their intention to take you as a concubine."
"Of course, whether you want to marry into Xujiabao or follow Bai Xiuqi is ultimately your decision."
"I decide for myself?" Xiao Qing said with a sarcastic look on his face, "What if I say I don't agree?"
