The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 29 True Qi and Refinement

Breath gone?Zhao Chen looked at the long river flowing northward in front of him, and searched for the mark about it from the original owner's memory.

This river seems to be called the Ligong River. It is rumored that the ancestors of the Li family felt sorry for the drought and lack of rain in Yumen County, which made it difficult for the people to drink water and irrigate.

Then another sword opened the river, allowing the streams to converge into the current Ligong River, which flows to the large lake around Yumen County.

Therefore, the main channel of this river is not as twists and turns as other rivers, but straight to the north, so it is also called "Tianjian River".

The grandfather of the original owner once wrote a couplet of verses, "Creating the mountains and opening up the way to inherit the saints, diverting the flow to build the Jianhe", which praised the great achievements of the ancestors of the Li family.

It can be said that the Zhangye Li family has been able to rule the roost in Ganzhou for hundreds of years, and it is not without reason that they are highly respected by the people.

After recalling for a while the original owner's past experience of painting with his biological mother by the river, Zhao Chen withdrew his thoughts, only to find that Yan Hongxia was still standing by the river watching, her brows furrowed, as if she was thinking about some problem.

"Sister Hongxia, what are you thinking?" Zhao Chen thought for a while before asking.

"'Birth-seeking technique' is my new natal spell. So far, including you, there are only three people who know it..." Yan Hongxia did not underestimate Zhao Chen because of his young age, but It was rhetorical, "Do you understand what that means?"

"The people from 'Xinguang Temple' somehow found out about your tracking method and used 'Tianjianhe' to cut off your breath? So you suspect that the other two people besides me may have leaked the secret?" Zhao Chen immediately Got the point.

He didn't pay much attention to the fact that Yan Hongxia lost her target before. After all, the "Hongxia Sword" was well-known, and it was normal for the other party to know her methods and target her.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

"The other two people who know are me and my immediate superior, the highest official of the 'Taoist Office' in Yumen County...I don't believe he will have a problem.

"Although the members of the 'Xinguang Temple' are really good at stealing secrets, it took me only five days to complete this spell, and they were too late...

"So, I can't figure out what went wrong." Yan Hongxia seemed to be telling Zhao Chen, but also seemed to be talking to herself.

Hearing this, Zhao Chen also bowed his head and pondered for a while, combined with the many crime-solving film and television dramas he had watched in his previous life, and the fact that the names of the exercises mentioned by his master were different from ancient to modern, he suddenly had some inspiration, and asked again : "Sister Hongxia, your 'breath-seeking technique' sounds completely different from the naming style of the Li Family Sword Art. Where did it come from?"

Yan Hongxia was taken aback when she heard the words, then turned her head, stared at Zhao Chen with burning eyes and said, "I got it at an auction at the monks' assembly...you mean, there is something wrong with the person who sold this spell to me ?”

"It may not be the seller, but the person who knows that you bought the spell." While Zhao Chen was speaking, he also had doubts about Yan Hongxia's ability to handle the case. She can think of everything, but a professional "Taoist" like her failed to notice?

Although Zhao Hongxia is indeed young and may not have enough experience, doesn't the "Taoist Office" provide internal training?
Oh, that's right... Even if there is training, it is estimated that she will at most give some cases for her to study by herself. There should be no conclusions such as laws... After all, knowledge is "poisonous", involving laws, academics and "Tao", even if it is Even a monk like Yan Hongxia in the "mana realm" might not be able to read too much...

What a pit in this world!

When Zhao Chen made associations, Yan Hongxia had already listed several suspected targets in her mind, and decided to clean up the remnants of the evil organization in "Bingquan Town", and then immediately went back to Yumen County to investigate and find out the "heart" Light Temple" tail.

"Xiao Chen, you are so smart, do you want me to recommend you to the 'Taoist Office'?
"I see that you use the 'Taiyi Five Elements Boxing' for body training, and the one you want to practice should be the "Secret Record of Qi Xing of the Twelve Gates of the Golden House and Jade Room".

"This exercise was passed down from the Taoist monarch in the early days. Although there is no good translation of the interpretation of its fundamental mind, but it is used as the basis to refine the 'true energy', and the quality is quite good. Generally, it can achieve 'true energy' At the same time, they can directly get through two of the twelve canons.

"With two 'serious' infuriating bases, there is a chance to open the eyes first.

"As soon as the eye apertures are opened, there is a magic of its own. No matter which school of 'gun fighting technique' it is, you can achieve a small success immediately. Combined with the 'silver moon' that your mother gave you, ordinary monks who have opened the seven apertures can fight for a while. fight.

"In this way, after two or three months at most, I can recommend you as the 'Evil Slayer Envoy' of the ninth rank.

"This is a position with good pay and relative freedom, and with the status of an official, you will have less trouble in starting a business." After solving the doubt, Yan Hongxia's mood improved the more she saw her friend's stepson, the more she liked her. I think he should join the "Taoist Office" to show his talents.

But despite what she said, Zhao Chen, who didn't know much about "Taoist officials", was not tempted at all, but he didn't refuse directly, and only said "Think about it, and talk about it when you become true energy", Instead, he asked about what she said just now that made him puzzled:
"Sister Hongxia, aren't 'True Qi' and 'Refining Aperture' the first two independent realms of 'Tongxuan'? And the "Secret Records of the Twelve Doors of the Golden House and Jade Room" only records that you can get through the twelve realms. The eight meridians of the orthodox and extraordinary meridians, as well as the methods of many small meridians, do not have the content of refining...

"Why do you listen to your tone, sister, you can 'refine the orifices' before the 'true energy' is completed?"

Yan Hongxia explained with a smile when she heard the words: "It is true that the inner disciples of the upper sect and the core disciples of the aristocratic family first cultivated their true qi to perfection, penetrated the twelve orthodox meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, and then opened the nine orifices one by one. Build a spiritual platform, set up a "bridge between heaven and earth" to draw the vitality of heaven and earth into the body, and achieve "magic power" in one fell swoop.

"This kind of practice will get twice the result with half the effort. They often start to build their foundation in a hundred days at the age of thirteen or fourteen. After gathering their true energy, they will achieve 'magic power' within two or three years...

"But that's the cultivation method of the Shangzong and the family... They have abundant resources, so you can just focus on cultivation, and you don't need to think about other things...

"But ordinary practitioners like us are different... Heh, don't mention us, even the direct descendants of the Li family barely have this kind of treatment..."

Having said that, her face showed some complicated emotions, and she paused for a few seconds before continuing,

"In short, we need resources to fight for and take risks, which naturally requires means of self-defense.

"On the other hand, pure zhenqi is not much stronger than body forging, except that some moves are slightly more powerful, or the quality of zhenqi cultivated is high, and it has its own magic.

"So ordinary practitioners like us are unlikely to cultivate our true qi to perfection step by step. Generally, we will open up two to four serious channels. When the true qi is sufficient, we will give priority to opening the 'eye aperture' and 'ear aperture'.

"Hehe, if it was hundreds of years ago, the order of refining the orifices would still need to be based on the skills learned, and the priority should be to practice the strong moves from your own inheritance.

"However, in the past 100 years, with the prosperity of firearms, people in Jianghu will basically choose to first refine the 'eye orifices' and 'ear orifices' that can enhance the 'gun fighting technique'.

"As I said before, once the 'eye aperture' is opened, no matter which genre of 'gun fighting technique' you can master, and once you successfully open the four apertures... that is, both the 'eye aperture' and 'ear aperture' can be practiced , that 'gun fighting technique' is accomplished in an instant, and its combat power will not be inferior to that of a master who opened his nine orifices more than a hundred years ago.

"If you can tailor a 'Lianzhu Shengun', even in the ordinary 'mana' realm, you can only avoid its edge.

"Have you heard of my uncle 'Desert Flying Eagle' Yan San? Although he has only practiced the 'Nine Apertures' so far, he can even Kill the leader of the horse thief who has passed the realm of mana.

"Even if it's me, I can win against him only after I have mastered the 'Red Emperor Yangyuan Sword Qi'."

(End of this chapter)