Chapter 214 Qinggong Water Floating
"Yuanyuan~"
Du Ruo calmed down, looked at Xiang Yuanyuan and spoke affectionately.
"Hmm? I'm here. I'm always here."
Xiang Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment when Du Ruo called her like that. Usually, Du Ruo's emotions always enveloped Xiang Yuanyuan like water and she had never been sentimental before. She didn't expect that he would call her so affectionately today. Only then did she realize that maybe Du Ruo was really in danger just now.
So she held Du Ruo's hand tightly and replied in a firm tone.
"Well, as long as you are here, I will always be by your side."
Du Ruo took a sip of wine, and then the two of them snuggled together and watched the sun set.
Only then did Du Ruo realize that the consumption of the "essence, energy and spirit" in his body was unexpectedly large. There was no consumption when he entered a state of meditation before.
Hunyuan Qigong allows the body's essence, energy and spirit to form a cycle, which is constantly sharpening and polishing. There is consumption but it will also be replenished. However, today's meditation consumed about one tenth of the "essence, energy and spirit" in his body.
This one-tenth is actually all I had when I went to the Philippines before.
And one tenth may not seem like a lot, which means that if he could continue to enter into a state of meditation like this, then he would have no problem maintaining it for five days and five nights. Moreover, when his "essence, energy and spirit" are consumed, the "essence" and blood in his body would burn to continue to supply and maintain consumption.
Roughly speaking, his limit is to enter a state of meditation for ten days. After ten days, his essence and blood will be exhausted and he will be unable to continue. At that time, he will turn into dry bones, and his "spirit" will not be replenished, so it will probably dissipate between heaven and earth and return to nature.
Du Ruo looked at the "Three Flowers and Five Qis" on the panel, which had already reached 28% progress. He felt no excitement, only palpitations. Du Ruo didn't dare to try again anyway. It was too dangerous. If Xiang Yuanyuan couldn't wake him up, he didn't dare to think about the consequences...
"Honey, the pancake is ready. I'll spread some chili sauce on it for you. Have a good rest after you finish eating."
After a while, Xiang Yuanyuan took the baked cake from the fire, spread chili sauce on it, and handed it to Du Ruo, asking Du Ruo to eat it first.
"Well, I'll go get a bucket of water so I can wash up. We can rest early today."
The two of them had a simple meal, and Du Ruo decided not to continue watching the snakes that night. Although he did not consume much energy during the day, he received too much information, which he needed to organize and absorb.
"Okay, this forest is a bit stuffy, I should feel better after washing up."
As a woman, personal hygiene is very important. Plus, I sweat a little during the day, so if I don’t wash myself, I will definitely not be able to sleep at night because of the stickiness.
"Then watch your husband show you how to walk on water."
Du Ruo took out a small iron basin from his bag, held it in his hand, said something to Xiang Yuanyuan, then started walking towards the grass and walked towards the center of the lake.
It is true that the grass is soft, but that only means that Du Ruo is not suitable to stand there for a long time. It does not mean that it is Du Ruo's restricted area.
Du Ruo did not rush out suddenly, but walked forward step by step. With every step, red mist rose under his feet.
He didn't feel it when he was walking on the grass, but as Du Ruo got closer to the lake, the red mist under his feet became more and more obvious. Even under the dim light, he could see the hazy red color.
The closer to the water, the softer the ground became. At the end, the soil had disappeared and Du Ruo was stepping on the water plants and the water surface.
His weight of more than 300 pounds seemed to be unaffected and there was no limit to his sinking.
As Du Ruo walked further and further, the red fog under his feet became thicker and thicker. There was no aquatic plant around him at all, and when Du Ruo stepped on the water, faint ripples appeared.
Xiang Yuanyuan just stared with wide eyes, watching Du Ruo strolling on the water to the center, then fetching a basin of water, and then turning around and walking back.
"Honey, that thing under your feet is the red mist that condensed the tiger, right? Did you use this to turn your short sword into a long sword yesterday?"
Xiang Yuanyuan looked at Du Ruo coming back and spoke excitedly.
She had been with Du Ruo for more than a day or two and had witnessed Du Ruo's magical methods. The moment she saw the red mist, she realized that Du Ruo was using something that she could not understand again.
"Well, yes, I was inspired by this a few days ago."
Du Ruo smiled and said that this was the control he had developed over "Qi" during the time when he was helping Xiang Yuanyuan to transfer Qi into his body.
It can be regarded as a variation of the sword energy from yesterday. Just now, he relied on this "energy" to support his feet so that he could stand on the water.
However, this trick is both good-looking and practical, but it consumes a lot of energy. He just tried it once and didn't expect it to succeed so quickly.
"Then why don't you make the red mist into a lotus shape? Lotus will bloom with every step. Hehe, if it is combined with your shua shua shua ~ then we will really become Buddhas."
Xiang Yuanyuan was able to draw inferences from what she had learned, and even danced with joy as she sat in front of Du Ruo and performed the task of using hidden weapons to grow eight arms, with a look of excitement on her face.
"It's still a little difficult now, but maybe it will be possible in the future." Du Ruo had already come to the fire at this time. Hearing what Xiang Yuanyuan said, he couldn't help shaking his head.
It is very difficult to shape "Qi", just like Du Ruo shaped the red mist into a tiger and then let it bring amplification. This is not a simple shaping, but also requires understanding the true meaning of the tiger shape.
If shaping was so easy, Du Ruo wouldn't have to come to the forest to observe snakes. Wouldn't it be enough to just shape them directly?
The best that Du Ruo can do now is to attach the red mist to his body or weapon, just like the sword energy yesterday, which was a simple shaping, but it could only cut thorns, not trees. And today, using "qi" to support his feet was just a simple and rough drag.
Du Ruo felt that if he could shape his body at will as Xiang Yuanyuan said, then he might be able to stand without water. At that time, Du Ruo would be able to float in the air or even fly.
But this is Du Ruo's goal, and there is still a long way to go.
"Yes, give me the water. The water in this lake still needs to be boiled before use."
Xiang Yuanyuan said this and wanted to walk over and take the basin from Du Ruo's hand.
"Wait a minute~"
When Du Ruo saw Xiang Yuanyuan was about to come over, he quickly reached out to stop her. Then, while Xiang Yuanyuan was looking at him in confusion, Du Ruo pointed to the ground below him.
"Uh~"
Xiang Yuanyuan followed Du Ruo's line of sight and what caught her eye was Du Ruo's feet in slippers. There were some water marks on Du Ruo's slippers, but her feet were very clean, and there was no feeling of having just walked through mud and water plants.
But none of this matters. What attracted Xiang Yuanyuan's attention the most was a black and gold snake on Du Ruo's big toe. It was opening its mouth wide and biting Du Ruo's smooth big toe fiercely.
Moreover, it seemed that it had no intention of letting go after biting. The whole snake was twisted together as if it was about to get tied into a knot. One could imagine how hard the snake was biting. Xiang Yuanyuan could even see through the firelight that the snake's white and slender teeth seemed to be almost biting through Du Ruo's skin.
"This is a krait, which is extremely venomous and contains a lot of poison. This krait is not an adult snake. An adult snake can grow up to two meters long. It likes humid environments and often lives near water. It feeds on water birds, mice, frogs, and occasionally other snakes."
Xiang Yuanyuan looked at the golden ring snake and was not afraid at all. She was not worried about Du Ruo and even found it a little funny.
She didn't believe that this underage snake had the ability to hurt Du Ruo.
"I've only heard of the Bungarus krait before, but I didn't expect there was a Bungarus krait. This little guy is pretty strong, and it makes me feel itchy when I bite him."
Du Ruo reached out and grabbed the head of the golden ring snake, lifted it from his feet, held it in front of his eyes for a look, and then threw the snake towards the grass by the lake.
But Xiang Yuanyuan carefully noticed that there was not a single red mark on Du Ruo's big toe.
The golden krait just now was just a small episode, and neither of them took it too seriously.
After boiling the water and letting it cool down, Xiang Yuanyuan wiped her body a little, and after extinguishing the campfire, she snuggled up to Du Ruo, listened to Du Ruo's breathing, and soon fell asleep.
When they slept at night, Du Ruo's body once again made a snoring sound like a tiger, and then the red mist tiger reappeared and wrapped the two of them. This was to prevent poisonous insects from biting Xiang Yuanyuan. Only in this way could she sleep well.
Not long after the two fell asleep, some lights appeared on the opposite hill, which was the hillside where the two had discovered the stone statues by the lake when they were circling Fairy Lake yesterday.
It’s just that the light was too far away from the two of them, and it was not directed at Du Ruo, so Du Ruo didn’t notice the situation on the opposite side.
The chirping of insects and frogs, the occasional sound of violent waves in the lake, or the sound of mice gnawing on tree roots, made the whole night lively.
These sounds had no effect on either of them, and even formed a strange resonance with Du Ruo's snoring. Everything was so harmonious.
The lights opposite continued to stay on until around four in the morning and then went out. Not long after, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan woke up.
Xiang Yuanyuan had already prepared herself to be wet by the dew when she woke up in the morning.
However, she unexpectedly discovered that the area around her and Du Ruo was very dry. Only within a range of more than half a meter between the two of them was there any trace of dew on the ground.
However, she had become immune to Du Ruo's various miraculous performances, so she didn't ask any more questions, and the two of them began to meditate tacitly.
For the whole day, Xiang Yuanyuan did her own things, played with her phone, looked at the scenery, and occasionally walked around with Du Ruo, so she didn't feel bored.
After Du Ruo almost got lost yesterday while entering into a state of meditation to observe his surroundings, he never dared to do that again today.
He sat obediently beside Xiang Yuanyuan and observed the activities of the surrounding snakes with his naked eyes.
There are many snakes by the lake, and each one is a master of camouflage, but none of these snakes can escape Du Ruo's eyes.
This observation lasted for a whole day, and now, Du Ruo's sight fell on a golden ring snake. Du Ruo felt that this snake was somewhat familiar to him. It was the snake that bit his big toe yesterday.
(End of this chapter)
