Chapter 79 Waiting for Half a Year
There are naturally places for cultivators to rest and practice in Yunyang City, but the prices are so expensive that people can't help but shake their heads. Although the two of them are traveling at public expense, the Xuanbing Sect does not have the concept of reimbursement.
So the two of them stayed in an ordinary inn. When it was just getting dark, Ruan Xing said to his senior brother, "Senior brother, I'm going out for a walk."
Ruan Xing called out for Jian Lai in his mind. After leaving the city, he wandered aimlessly, waiting for Jian Lai and for the demon cultivator who might appear, if he didn't know.
Nearly two hours later, Jian Lai finally responded to her call and crossed many mountain passes to the outside of Yunyang City.
A pure white boy appeared from the air, one of his black eyes was as deep as the sea, making him look more human.
Ruan Xing reached out and touched his face. She probed into his body, which was not resisting the sword. She felt the Yin Qi in his body and realized that he was almost at the middle stage of foundation building. She couldn't help but said happily, "That's great. I feel much more relieved to see you."
The corners of Jianlai's mouth twitched slightly, as if he was smiling.
He took out two pieces of paper from his lapel and handed them to Ruan Xing.
Ruan Xing took it and took a look. It was a progress report from Hu San to her, but the handwriting looked hasty, as if he was woken up from sleep and written by Jian Lai. This picture emerged in her mind. Ruan Xing smiled knowingly and continued reading.
Hu San and Ruan Tao had both tried the basic Qi training formulas she sent back, and after about ten days they both felt the Qi. This power was very different from real Qi, but they didn't know how to use it. They asked whether they should promote this new technique in the Red Head Gang.
Ruan Tao wanted to see her once, but Hu San made excuses to delay her.
After being taught a lesson by Ruan Tao, Ruan's father's relatives no longer dared to cause trouble for Ruan's mother. However, some rumors still reached Ruan's mother's ears from time to time. Ruan's mother lived alone, and although she had enough money to use, she still felt lonely.
Xu Can, who was being raised by Wang Dongxing's family, had been studying very hard for more than a month and had already passed the examination for a student. However, he only had half a year's supply of antidote left.
The Red Head Gang has been doing very well in the past two months, and some of their businesses have even been connected with the city of Huaining, with a profit of eight thousand taels of silver. Hu San has kept all of it in her private vault and will send it to her whenever it is convenient.
He wanted to find a place like a mass grave for Jianlai. Young Master Liu provided him with one. It was the place where the Xun'an Division used to detain death row prisoners and carry out executions. It had a heavy gloomy aura and Jianlai liked it very much.
Finally, he expressed his gratitude to Ruan Xing in the letter, saying that Jianlai's intelligence had recovered a lot. Because he could not speak, Hu San taught Jianlai to write, and Jianlai learned several.
Ruan Xing was a little surprised, "Jian Lai, can you write now?"
Jianlai nodded slightly, as if a little embarrassed, picked up a small stone and scratched it on the ground.
【Miss】
This is what Hu San called her.
"Well written." Ruan Xing praised with a smile.
Jian Lai's expressions in his mind became clearer. He told Ruan Xing that he had gotten used to his new puppet nature. Once the Yin energy in his body was digested, his strength would probably reach the Golden Core stage. By then, his ghost escape technique would allow him to take others into seclusion in a short period of time.
Ruan Xing had always coveted his ghost escape technique, and now, she could enjoy it too. If she encountered danger in the future, she could let Jian Lai take her away, which greatly improved her safety.
Moreover, if she wants to bring Ruan Tao out of the barrier tree in the future, she won't have to wait for Liuyang Study's Shunfeng Eagle. She can just let Jian Lai bring her out. It's a pity that he can't carry her for long, and can only carry one person at a time.
In addition, he is also learning new spells, some of the more offensive spells in the "Ghost Records of the Netherworld". In this way, Jian Lai's shortcomings are also made up for.
"Not bad." Ruan Xing was very pleased. He stood on tiptoe and reached out to touch Jian Lai's head.
Her soft white hair was combed into a half-tied braid and hung down, looking neat and tidy.
She stuffed the letter back into Jian Lai's arms.
Jianlai tilted his head slightly, seeming a little confused. Not going to write a reply?
"You won't receive it even if you write it." Ruan Xing said lightly.
This is a simulation... She will end this simulation when daybreak comes.
But in reality, she didn't dare and couldn't summon the sword over, because he was a puppet of the ghost way and also carried the Hanshan Mo Sui.
It would be very dangerous whether being seen by her senior brother or discovered by the evil cultivator, and she does not have the strength to take such a big risk now.
Ruan Xing sighed and asked, "Jian Lai, if I hadn't asked you to come this time, how long do you think it would take you to learn those techniques and reach the Golden Core Stage?"
Jianlai was offline for a while, and lowered his head as if in shame, conveying a message that would last at least half a year.
Half a year... It was exactly after the Jintai Secret Realm. Coincidentally, she also planned to leave the Xuanbing Sect after the Jintai Secret Realm.
"You go back first." Ruan Xing gave the order, and Jian Lai obediently disappeared into the air and left Yunyang City.
Under the moonlight, Ruan Xing flew into the air with his sword, emptying his mind and strolling around in the cool breeze.
When it was dawn, everything around was still peaceful. No evil cultivator came to kill her, and no senior brothers came to question her.
Ruan Xing breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that it should be safe to leave the sect, so she ended the simulation immediately.
After returning to reality, her senior brother was looking at her intently, waiting for her answer. Ruan Xing said casually, "Senior brother, let's go to the Red Robe Pavilion."
"Okay, the Red Robe Pavilion is close and we can go back and forth in a day." The senior brother readily agreed.
When the two of them flew over on their swords, Ruan Xing realized that he had some stereotypes. The Red Robe Pavilion was not some irregular sect, otherwise it would not have been able to operate in Nanzhou for so many years.
The Red Robe Pavilion is mostly populated by female cultivators. It is said that it was founded to give female cultivators all over the world a chance to settle down and make a living.
Except for large sects like Xuanbing Sect, Zhengyi Sect and Liuyang Academy basically do not accept female practitioners. According to their own explanation, it is because their martial arts techniques are too strong and not suitable for female practitioners.
The blessed land of the Red Robe Pavilion looked much smaller. It was surrounded by a clear water lake with pavilions and towers all over it. Above the water, there were bridges and corridors connected by columns. When Ruan Xing and his companions arrived at the gate, a female cultivator came to greet them.
He even met the head of the Red Robe Pavilion... a female cultivator in the Golden Core Stage.
Ruan Xing was somewhat flattered that the leader of a sect could personally receive two cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage. His senior brother, on the other hand, showed no sign of surprise and seemed to be used to it.
After explaining a few words of instructions from Elder Xu, the Pavilion Master solemnly agreed and said that he would thoroughly investigate the female cultivators in the pavilion and would never give the Demon Sect any chance to take advantage.
Then they said goodbye.
"Is it over?" Ruan Xing asked his senior brother in confusion.
"Yes, it's just a formality." The senior brother smiled and answered casually, "Let's go back to the sect." In the following days, Ruan Xing's life was peaceful.
Apart from reporting to the External Affairs Hall every day, she would stay in her room drawing talismans and practicing.
Ten days later, the senior brother fulfilled his promise and personally took her to a small trade fair where outer disciples gathered. It was basically a barter fair where outer disciples traded various scraps obtained after completing sect missions.
However, there are also people who are willing to use spirit stones to purchase talismans and elixirs, and the prices are much lower than selling them in towns.
Ruan Xing didn't mind. After all, they were just some first-grade talismans. It was good enough if she could sell them. She exchanged them for twenty lower-grade spirit stones and some new materials for drawing talismans and then stopped.
She also accidentally learned the news about Qin Yi and Zhao Fengchun at the trade fair. Zhao Fengchun had already received compensation, but she left all the compensation to Qin Yi and left the sect. After Qin Yi woke up, he left the sect to find Zhao Fengchun despite his injuries not being healed yet. Since then, the two have disappeared.
Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
During these three months, Ruan Xing received a monthly salary of three hundred low-grade spirit stones, three bottles of Qi-absorbing pills, and one hundred and fifty contribution points. Together with her original one hundred and fifty-five low-grade spirit stones, and the spirit stones she had accumulated from drawing low-grade talismans during this period of time, the total amounted to five hundred and fifteen.
Lu Jin did not break off contact with her. From time to time, he would come to her to chat, show concern, and tell her some interesting things under the pretext of being bored. Over time, she, Lu Jin, and her senior brother Wu Xing in the same office became superficially familiar friends.
But Xie Huai was silent. If Lu Jin had not mentioned by chance during their casual chat that the popular male cultivator from the outer sect had finally established his foundation, she would have suddenly realized that the three-month deadline had arrived.
Since Xie Huai had already started to act, she could not delay any longer. After the roll call, Ruan Xing said goodbye to her senior brother and returned to her residence early.
Now the remaining points are enough for four text simulations. Ruan Xing is not in a hurry to recharge, but he thought about the route and started the simulation.
[Simulating]
At the age of six, you exchanged all your contribution points for Qi Gathering Pills, used spirit stones to open a small spirit gathering formation in the sect’s quiet room, and began to practice hard.
A few days later, the Jintai Dao Discussion began, and many fellow disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage signed up. You ignored them and focused on your cultivation. Xie Huai was a little puzzled as to why you didn't go to the Jintai Secret Realm, but he didn't do anything.
Disciples from Zhongzhou arrived shortly afterwards and were invited to watch the final of the Jintai Forum.
A month later, the Jintai Forum ended, and thirty outstanding disciples were selected to enter the Jintai Secret Realm together with the elite disciples from Zhongzhou.
You concentrate on your cultivation, and your cultivation has improved, but you have not yet reached the level of a breakthrough.
Three months later, something big seemed to have happened in the sect. None of the disciples who entered the Jintai Secret Realm came back, and the sect leader was furious.
Many high-level cultivators came to the Xuanbing Sect in Zhongzhou, and the entire sect was in a panic. You could not concentrate on your cultivation and chose to leave the Xuanbing Sect.
You found a cave on a deserted mountain. You chose it as your temporary residence to continue your cultivation.
At the age of seven, you practiced hard, but without the benefits of the small spirit gathering array, and the Qi Gathering Pills had been used up, your practice speed slowed down a lot, and you could only consume the few remaining spirit stones.
At the age of eight, you practiced hard and had used up all the spirit stones on your body. You went down the mountain, found the nearest town, sold all the third-grade foundation-building pills, third-grade earth-escaping talismans, and some low-grade elixirs on your body, and obtained 1,400 low-grade spirit stones. You used all the spirit stones to buy Qi-absorbing pills and returned to the mountain to practice.
You were seen selling third-grade elixirs and talismans. On your way back to the cave, you were ambushed by several monks. With the help of Jian Lai, you fought hard and finally killed them all. You obtained some spirit stones and ordinary elixirs, as well as three magic weapons.
At the age of nine, you changed to another mountain and started practicing again.
At the age of ten, your Qi-absorbing pills and spirit stones were used up again.
At the age of eleven, your cultivation speed was very slow, so you decided to return to the town and choose to practice while earning spirit stones.
……
At the age of twenty-three, the town where you lived was attacked by evil cultivators and you died.
[End of simulation]
Ruan Xing chose the realm of cultivation. As the pure spiritual energy flowed into his body, Ruan Xing felt that he was one step closer to the middle stage of foundation building.
But the resources are still too scarce… It would be great if she could use spirit stones unlimitedly and eat as many Qi-Absorbing Pills as she wants. She would probably reach the middle stage of foundation building in less than ten years.
And she also knew what Xie Huai was trying to do... This kid was quite ambitious. He actually killed all the foundation-building cultivators in the Jintai Secret Realm. No one knew how he did it. Did he form a golden elixir in the secret realm and then self-destruct it?
No way, that guy looks quite afraid of death.
No wonder he said that if you have the ability to take away the treasures from the Jintai Secret Realm, he doesn't want any of them.
It turned out that he had no intention of letting anyone leave the Jintai Secret Realm!
Really ruthless.
Ruan Xing had to reconsider whether or not to enter the Jintai Secret Realm. She would have to think about it carefully after she reached the middle stage of foundation building.
The main reason why she was doing the text simulation now was to defeat Jintai Lundao in the middle stage of foundation building and enter the top 30, because she was too inconspicuous and too weak to fight among these people in the early stage of foundation building... and the only means of attack she could use was the Lianyun Sword Technique for the time being. She had not learned other spells through simulated skipping classes. The poisons of the Red-headed Taoist were basically ineffective against cultivators, so she had abandoned them long ago.
Therefore, if she wants to be in the top 30, she must reach the middle stage of foundation building and use her cultivation to suppress others in order to offset her lack of attacking means.
Ruan Xing thought for a while, should she continue to simulate in this way, or think of other ways.
and many more……
The reason why the Xuanbing Sect of Nanzhou existed was because of two secret realms and a spiritual mine... She already knew what the two secret realms were about, but what about the spiritual mine! ?
Can she go and find a bug?
Ruan Xing was a little excited and prepared to simulate this route.
[Simulating]
At the age of six, you went to ask Senior Sister Lu Jin about the sect’s spirit mines. Lu Jin told you that the mines were mined by some monks who had made mistakes, and their inner disciples would take turns to supervise. If you wanted to go to the mines, you could accept the sect’s supervision mission.
You resigned from Brother Wu Xing and planned to leave the Foreign Affairs Hall and go to the Spirit Mine. It was just before the Golden Platform Discussion was about to begin, and many of your fellow disciples resigned to prepare for the competition. Brother Wu Xing agreed to your request, and you accepted the task of guarding and supervising the Spirit Mine.
Half a month later, the sect's Golden Platform Discussion was in full swing. You quietly left the sect and headed for the mountain range where the sect's spiritual mine was located.
After numerous tests, you entered the sect's spiritual mine, where all the punished monks would wear spiritual ropes, unable to practice, and could do nothing except use spiritual power to dig ore.
In addition to producing spiritual stones of various qualities, the spiritual mine also produces some rare and hard ores used for refining equipment.
Thanks to Yuzhongqingyao for the monthly ticket~
Thanks for the monthly ticket of Qishengqichang~
(End of this chapter)
