Mortal Bones

"call!……"

Almost as soon as he activated Can Xia's breathing method, a breeze came from the small courtyard, and traces of spiritual energy from heaven and earth entered his body through his opened acupuncture points.

The meridians and acupuncture points that Xu Taiping could not sense in the past were sensed by him very easily this time. Even the process of guiding spiritual energy into the meridians for refining was very smooth.

In the end, Xu Taiping spent half a stick of incense and successfully sent the refined Qi into his Dantian.

"It only takes half a stick of incense to refine such a piece of true energy, which is nothing compared to the genius mentioned by Zhenjun Ziyang. But for me, I can finally embark on the path of true cultivation."

Xu Taiping was not too frustrated with his extremely slow refining speed.

"Grandpa said that hard work can make up for weakness. They practice for two hours every day, I practice for four hours, they practice for four hours, and I practice for eight hours. One day I will catch up!"

Xu Taiping secretly made up his mind.

"By the way, I still have this soybean spirit crystal. Fairy Lingyue said that practicing with it can get twice the result with half the effort."

He suddenly remembered the soybean spirit crystals produced in the Ksitigarbha fruit, so he took one out on the spot and started to exercise his power again.

With the help of the Soybean Spiritual Crystal, he could refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth more than three times faster than before.

"Fairy Lingyue really didn't lie to me. This spiritual crystal is of great benefit to me. In this way, I might be able to break through the door-opening realm within half a year!"

After feeling that his cultivation speed had increased, Xu Taiping suddenly looked happy.

With the help of this soybean spiritual crystal, his current cultivation speed is at least about the same as that of ordinary monks.

In the following days, apart from spending two hours a day taking care of the medicine field, Xu Taiping spent the rest of his time practicing and did not dare to waste a moment.

…

Time flies, and three months have passed.

In the past three months, Xu Taiping could clearly feel that the true energy in his Dantian was becoming more and more abundant. He vaguely sensed that he should be about to break through the condensation stage.

The so-called condensation stage is actually a saying in "Canxia Gong", which is a description of the depth of the true energy of monks who have not yet broken through the Open Door Realm.

In Canxia Gong, before breaking through the Open Door Realm, the depth of a monk's true energy can be divided into three levels: condensation, frost, and ice.

Only when the depth of the true energy breaks through the "freezing" stage can the monks try to break through the open-door realm.

However, after breaking through the condensation stage and entering the defrost stage, when the monk performs the residual cloud technique, a line of ice-protecting Qi will be generated all over his body, which is equivalent to putting on a layer of top-quality iron armor for the monk.

However, even if he has not yet broken through the condensation stage, Xu Taiping's physical changes are obvious as his Dantian becomes full of energy.

For example, his eyesight and ears are much stronger than they were three months ago.

In terms of eyesight, he can now see clearly even a sparrow standing on a tree five hundred meters away. In terms of ear power, he can tell what kind of wild beasts there are in the mountains and forests within a mile around him with his ears alone.

In addition, his physical strength and leg strength have been greatly improved.

Although Xu Taiping looks thin today, he can lift a two hundred kilogram stone mill with one hand without any problem. As for foot strength, he once chased a wild deer in the nearby mountains and forests, and the result was not inferior at all.

In addition, when he was in Qingniu Village, he often went to the mountains to hunt game with his grandfather. He knew how to use bows and arrows and make traps, so in the past month, he could eat game every day.

Perilla leaves are paired with roasted venison and roasted rabbit, and he never gets tired of it no matter how many times he eats it.

"Speaking of which, it's time to check out the traps we made in the back mountain a few days ago. Maybe we can catch another yellow sheep to eat."

At noon that day, Xu Taiping, who had been practicing for three hours, touched his stomach and stood up from the bed, planning to go to the back mountain later to see the trap he had set.

Because he has to practice, he doesn't have much time to hunt, so he has set up many traps on several nearby mountains in the past three months. Now he can gain something by just checking there from time to time.

But before that, he had one more important thing to do——

Selling medicinal materials.

Three months have passed since the first batch of nine-leaf white perilla seeds were sown. Xu Taiping has harvested a total of more than 300 kilograms of perilla rhizomes and more than 60 kilograms of perilla seeds, no more, no less, just harvested from ordinary medicinal fields. three times.

"Based on the pound, this piece of nine-leaf white perilla can be sold for at least ninety-six merit coins, which is three times more than originally expected."

After taking all the medicinal materials to be sold and putting them away at the door, Xu Taiping took out the bone flute given by Xifeng Pavilion and blew it hard.

"Hey!..."

After a while, a bald eagle with wings spread a foot wide came to the door of the small courtyard.

"Uncle Bai Diao, please help bring these medicinal materials to Baicaotang to sell them. You can draw three merit coins from them afterwards."

Xu Taiping bowed his hands to the bald eagle standing in front of him.

Let the spirit bird sell the medicinal materials. This is also the method he learned from the jade slip that passed down the merits. It said that ordinary medicinal materials can be sold directly by the spirit bird. This saves time and effort, but it will cost three merits afterwards. currency.

"I will send the money tomorrow."

The spiritual bird Bald Eagle didn't talk nonsense. After nodding slightly, he grabbed the batch of medicinal materials with his claws and jumped into the air.

"Wait until tomorrow, I will have money to buy martial arts skills from Wanjuanlou."

Watching the bald eagle leave, Xu Taiping crossed his fingers and stretched out.

Although he still needs to save money to buy the True Fire Talisman, it is still necessary to buy a martial art for self-defense. When he was hunting in the mountains before, he was almost injured by several wild boars.

At present, he has a full Dantian of true qi, but he has no idea how to use it.

In fact, for a cultivator, it would be better to buy a spell to practice, but he is short of money and can't afford it at all. He can only save more money.

Moreover, before breaking through the Kaimen realm, even if he practices the "Residual Clouds Art", the amount of true qi in Xu Taiping's body is not enough to support him to perform spells.

"It's time to change this bow and arrow and hunting knife."

At this time, Xu Taiping had taken the bow and arrow and hunting knife from the hut and was ready to go to the back mountain.

This bow and arrow and hunting knife were left by the previous owner of Qingzhuju. The blade of the hunting knife was full of gaps, and the bowstring of the bow and arrow was broken once. Xu Taiping finally connected it.

Living alone in the mountains, with many wild animals around the yard, this most basic self-defense weapon is still necessary.

…

After half an incense stick.

The back mountain.

Although Xu Taiping called this place the back mountain, according to the map in the jade slip, this mountain should be called Yanglu Mountain, because there are many yellow sheep and elk in the mountain.

However, Xu Taiping found that there are not many yellow sheep and elk in the mountain during the past few times he went into the mountain, but there are many groups of wild boars.

"It would be nice if I could hunt a wild boar, at least I don't have to worry about food for the next half month."

Xu Taiping, who was running in the mountain, looked around vigilantly and muttered to himself.

Although cultivators can practice fasting, the prerequisite is to at least break through the Kaimen realm. At present, Xu Taiping can not practice fasting, but also has to rely on a lot of meat to replenish the physical strength lost during cultivation.