Immortal Road

Chapter 8

Holding the Earth Mother Stone, Ishikawa thought over and over again, and didn't even want to eat dinner. He was eager to figure out why the Earth Mother attracted those broken spiritual tools.

And the old beggar hadn't appeared for a long time, and Ishikawa didn't know what he was doing.

Until the moon was on the branches, Ishikawa still didn't figure it out. Ishikawa really went in to see what the mystery was.

"Yes, go in!" Ishikawa suddenly thought that the old beggar was hiding in this Earth Mother Stone. Since the old beggar could go in, why couldn't Ishikawa go in?

Ishikawa is no longer the country boy he used to be. He is now a cultivator in the second level of the Qi training period, a true cultivator. Although he has not practiced any skills, he has no problem controlling his spiritual energy and soul.

"Condensation!" Ishikawa condensed his soul into a strand, and then placed the Earth Mother Stone on his forehead.

The Earth Mother Stone was like a huge magnet, and it did not allow Ishikawa to resist, so it attracted Ishikawa's consciousness in.

When Ishikawa regained consciousness, he found himself in a yellowish-brown illusion. Not far from Ishikawa, a white-haired old man sat in the air.

Ishikawa recognized him at a glance. This was the old beggar, but his clothes were very neat and his appearance was very cold, which made Ishikawa feel that he was a cultivator with a very high level of cultivation.

The old beggar did not move at all, and obviously had no reaction to Ishikawa's arrival.

Ishikawa ignored the old beggar and began to look around.

"Black iron, refined gold!" Ishikawa saw finger-sized balls floating in the air. These are relatively common refining materials. Ishikawa, who often goes in and out of the refining workshop, can certainly recognize them.

In addition to these balls, there is also a half-sword, which is the sect spirit weapon that Ishikawa got from the woman named Zhang. However, now, more than half of it has melted, and a little bit of the sword can still be seen.

Could it be that this earth mother stone has the function of melting spirit weapons, and then transforming these spirit weapons into the materials needed to refine it?

Ishikawa made such a bold inference.

After all, apart from this shapeless spiritual weapon silver sword, Ishikawa has not found any other spiritual weapons, so he dare not easily draw a conclusion.

It would be great if the old beggar was here, Ishikawa thought so, but unfortunately the old beggar was like a piece of wood, motionless.

After circling around the illusion for a few times, Ishikawa did not find anything special.

"How can I get out?" Ishikawa wondered.

As soon as he thought about it, Ishikawa appeared outside the Earth Mother Stone.

Picking up the Earth Mother Stone with his hand, Ishikawa put it on his forehead again, and instantly entered the illusion of the Earth Mother Stone again.

This time, Ishikawa did not go back empty-handed. He grabbed a small black iron ball in one hand, and thought about it again, and came out of the Earth Mother Stone illusion again.

Ishikawa looked at his hands, and sure enough, there were two thumb-sized black iron balls.

Although there were only so few, Ishikawa could feel the weight of the black iron ball.

"I'm rich! Haha!" Ishikawa laughed. He didn't work for nothing in the weapon refining workshop. He knew the value of black iron and other weapon refining materials. A piece of black iron the size of a thumb could allow an ordinary family to live a rich life for decades.

As for how many pills and spiritual stones he could exchange, Ishikawa didn't know, but there was no doubt that as long as there were enough abandoned spiritual tools, he could get a lot of refining materials, and pills and spiritual stones were naturally out of the question.

After receiving the secret order, Ishikawa had clearly realized his situation and must improve his strength as soon as possible.

The more strength, the more ability to protect himself.

But for now, Ishikawa still suppressed his ecstasy. Whether the Earth Mother Stone really has this effect, it still needs to find some broken spiritual tools to test it. In addition, this broken spiritual tool is not a stone from the mountain. You can get as many as you want. For a while, Ishikawa has no way to find it.

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Time flies, and before I knew it, another month has passed. Ishikawa has been in Shuilingmen for half a year. In such a long time, he has never seen Qingchuan, and has not even heard of her.

There is no intersection between inner disciples and outer disciples. Ishikawa did not dare to ask Elder Yun, so as not to cause any trouble to Qingchuan.

However, Qingchuan should not be treated unfairly by the female elder as a disciple.

In a month, Ishikawa also became a cultivator of the third level of Qi training with the help of the Qi refining pill obtained from the female cultivator named Zhang. This is also considered a middle-lower-level cultivator among the inner disciples of Shuilingmen.

Taking so many pills in a short period of time will naturally weaken the effect, but Ishikawa's cultivation speed is also against the sky.

After the pills were used up, Ishikawa's cultivation speed began to decline again. As the saying goes, you will know the taste after you eat the marrow. Trying to take pills to increase your cultivation speed, Ishikawa, who has no pills, wants to find some pills to take every day. It's a pity that he, an outer disciple, rarely sees even the dregs of the pills.

While working in the weapon refining workshop, Ishikawa would occasionally steal one or two small broken spiritual tools, and secretly put them into his arms when others were not paying attention. Although these failed spiritual tools were useless and could not be purified, the Shuiling Sect stipulated that they must be stored in the warehouse. If he took one or two, the number would not be discovered. But if he was accidentally seen by others, Ishikawa would be in big trouble.

These broken spiritual weapons were quickly transformed into black iron and fine gold in the earth mother stone. After Ishikawa witnessed it with his own eyes, he secretly had some other thoughts in his mind: Should he find a better job?

On this day, Ishikawa was carrying water, and suddenly Fatty Hong, the outside deacon, came to the door.

"Ishikawa? Come out quickly."

"I wonder why senior brother called me?" Ishikawa said respectfully. Ishikawa didn't have much contact with Fatty Hong. He was a bit greedy and had no shortcomings.

Fatty Hong stared at Ishikawa with squinted eyes and looked at him carefully. This Ishikawa was just an ordinary person. Why did Elder Yun treat him differently from others? Apart from anything else, it is very strange that Ishikawa is allowed not to do any work on the first day of every month.

Among the outer sect, no one has ever received such special care from an elder in the foundation building stage as Ishikawa.

"Does this Ishikawa have any special identity?" Fatty Hong thought secretly in his heart. He knew very clearly that Ishikawa was definitely not a direct descendant of Elder Yun, otherwise Ishikawa would definitely not suffer from the outer sect. But if it doesn't matter, there are still some Relationship, could it be that he is Elder Yun’s neighbor or old friend?

Fatty Hong was quite satisfied with his guess. Then he remembered the purpose of his trip and said kindly: "Ishikawa, Elder Yun wants you to go to his cave."

"Yes! Thank you very much, Deacon Hong." Ishikawa cupped his hands and walked towards Elder Yun's cave, feeling very puzzled in his heart.

Logically speaking, there are still ten days until Elder Yun gives guidance to Ishikawa. Why is it so early this time? And we have to go to Elder Yun’s cave.

However, Elder Yun had an order and Ishikawa had to go.

After arriving at Elder Yun's cave, Ishikawa paid homage and found that there was a middle-aged monk beside Elder Yun. He was wearing a fiery red robe and there was a bright red word for fire in the middle of his forehead. The fire spirit energy on his body leaked out, and at first glance he was not a monk from the Shuiling Sect.

"This is Elder Huo He from the Fire Spirit Sect. You can call him Uncle Huo." Elder Yun said calmly.

"I've met Elder Huo." Ishikawa bowed respectfully. But he sneered in his heart: "This Elder Huo may be the one who corresponded with Elder Yun. After the death of the man named Tian, ​​the secret order was not brought over. I didn't expect that Elder Huo would come here in person."

Elder Huo also took out a bronze mirror, looked at Ishikawa carefully, and then nodded.

"My dear nephew, there is no need to be polite. Please run the "Water Dragon Technique" that your master taught you first and let me see it."

"Follow your orders." Ishikawa followed the script and started running "Suiryujutsu". As before, due to the existence of the earth mother stone, this "Water Dragon Art" cannot have half the effect.

Seeing the anxious looks of Elder Yun and Elder Huo, Ishikawa pretended to cry: "Master, Master, I try hard to practice whenever I have time, but no matter what I do, it just doesn't work. Is it true that I will never be able to practice in this life?" . Master, you have to help me!”

Elder Yun nodded towards Elder Huo.

Elder Huo said: "Since you can't practice water-based skills, I suspect that the meridians in your body are stagnant, causing the water spirit to be different. You can practice our fire-based skills."

"Really?" Ishikawa asked pretending to be surprised.

He now fully understood what these two people meant. Elder Huo had just used a bronze mirror to confirm that Ishikawa had five earth spirit roots, and now he proposed to teach Ishikawa the fire spirit gate technique. There is no doubt that this is exactly the same idea as Elder Yun.

The purpose of the two is to let Ishikawa practice a non-earth-based technique in order to achieve their ulterior secrets.

Naturally, Ishikawa couldn't shirk it and pretended not to understand anything. He quickly thanked and said: "Thank you, Elder Huo, for helping me, but this matter must be approved by my master, otherwise..."

"No problem!" Elder Yun waved his hand and closed his eyes to rest.

"Okay, then you learn from me." Elder Huo recited the formula in his mouth without stopping.

Ishikawa started to imitate according to the gourd painting. It must be said that after practicing "Water Dragon Jutsu" dozens of times, Ishikawa's imitation speed has reached the level of proficiency.

At least it's the same in appearance.

Elder Huo saw that Ishikawa knew everything, and said happily: "You can teach me!"

But he didn't expect that while he was plotting against Ishikawa, Ishikawa was just pretending. He gestured and gestured, but didn't even bother to use his spiritual energy. Since then, Ishikawa has had no effect.

After struggling for more than two hours, Elder Huo wiped the sweat from his body. During these two hours, Elder Huo tried all his methods, but there was only one result. Ishikawa was unable to practice any of the Huo Ling Sect's techniques at all.

Elder Huo helplessly spread his hands to Elder Yun, saying that he had nothing to do.

"Okay, Ishikawa, you go back first. From now on, cancel the monthly meeting in the back mountain. If anything happens, I will ask Fatty Hong to find you. After you go back, practice hard and learn the techniques. Once If you have any breakthroughs, come to me immediately.”

"Master, you can't ignore me in the future. I will definitely study hard. I will not give up in ten or twenty years. I will definitely become a god like the master..." Ishikawa said with a sad face, as if he would never be able to walk again. It’s the same as entering the world of cultivation. But I felt happy because I no longer had to see Elder Yun once a month.

Although there is a mother stone to hide his cultivation, Ishikawa is still worried that Elder Yun will see through his cultivation. Once discovered, the consequences will be unpredictable.

"Forget it... You go back, I will ask Fatty Hong to give you some convenience." Elder Yun waved his hand and drove Ishikawa, who was full of frustration, out.

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After Ishikawa left, Elder Huo sighed and said, "Brother Yun is right. This boy really has five earth spirit roots, but what makes me wonder is, how can there be such a person? He can't even practice the exercises. He is really a waste among geniuses. He is not even as good as an ordinary mortal."

"It's better to be a waste, so we don't have to worry." Elder Yun laughed.

The two of them laughed heartily.

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