Mortal Bones

After pouring a large gulp of wine into his mouth, he suddenly grinned and said:

"You are born as a human being, you cultivate your character, you help others, you are like water, you stay in the abyss of evil and do good... That's really good."

After saying this to himself, he poured another drink into his mouth, then wiped the corners of his mouth with his rag-like sleeves and continued to murmur:

"I didn't expect that many years later, I would hear this from an anonymous disciple of the outer sect. It's really ridiculous, ridiculous!"

After saying this, he turned sideways, supported his head with his hands and yawned, then looked in the direction of Qingzhuju, and his tone suddenly became extremely harsh:

"Living in the abyss of evil and doing good. If this is your Taoist heart, then show me your means of protecting the Tao. I, Jianjiu, hate people who speak arrogant words the most!"

…

One evening nine days later.

Yanglu Mountain and Purple Bamboo Forest.

"boom!"

Xu Taiping used the "green bull to hit the mountain" move, smashing a monster wolf that was charging towards him and sending it flying backwards.

But soon, two more demon wolves pounced from behind Xu Taiping.

"The energy has been almost exhausted, it seems we have to go back."

Xu Taiping looked into the depths of the bamboo forest with some reluctance.

Deep in the purple bamboo forest, a corpse with a rotting body was seen, holding a big ax and chopping hard on a rock on the ground.

Below this rock is the spring that flows into the water source of Qingzhuju. As long as the big rock covering the spring is split and blocked, the water vein flowing to Qingzhuju will be cut off. The spiritual herbs in the medicine garden will wither, and even the barrier of the Green Bamboo Residence may become ineffective.

"boom!"

At this time, the corpse struck the rock hard with the axe, causing ripples of spiritual energy and countless flying debris.

This ax made another crack in the rock engraved with runes.

"Little guy, it's not too late to regret it now!"

The corpse held the ax and turned to look at Xu Taiping with a terrifying smile.

There is no doubt that this corpse is the new body possessed by the ghost.

“It’s still unclear who will win!”

As Xu Taiping spoke, he mobilized his true energy and performed a "Running Bull Rush".

Accompanied by a roaring sound like a bull's roar, the two demon wolves that rushed towards him were smashed away by several fist shadows that suddenly appeared, wailing incessantly.

"Uh-huh!"

Taking advantage of the gap when the demon wolf was forced to retreat, Xu Taiping dexterously grabbed a piece of purple bamboo, jumped up with the help of the elasticity of the purple bamboo, and escaped from the demon wolf.

"You can't even deal with a few monster wolves, and you still want to stop me from digging out the water veins? Hide, keep hiding, in a few days, I'll see where you hide!"

Looking at the direction Xu Taiping was escaping from, a stiff smile appeared on the demon's face.

In the past nine days since he discovered that the water vein spring was located in the Purple Bamboo Forest, this was not the first time that Xu Taiping came here to stop the ghost, but he always came back defeated, which made the ghost even more proud.

…

Return to Qingzhu Residence.

"Crash..."

Xu Taiping took a basin of cold water from the water tank and poured it all over his body, washing away all the sweat and dirt on his body.

After doing all this, he quickly wiped off the water on his body, put on clean clothes, walked into the bedroom, and sat down in front of a simple desk he made.

"The fifth sneak attack on the demon wolf failed. This time, it used about 60% of its strength, which was 10% less than last time. The demon wolf did not notice any abnormalities. The weaknesses of the three demon wolves have also been figured out. The one with the scar at the corner of the eye The hind legs are injured and can be killed from behind. The smallest one has an eye injury and its reaction is slower than the other two..."

Xu Taiping took a pen and wrote down the results of this sneak attack one by one.

In these five sneak attacks, especially the last two, he actually had a chance to kill the three demon wolves, but in order to confuse the demon wolf and avoid being injured before fighting the demon wolf, he deliberately held back. .

"I've tested it five times in a row. The demon should have thought that is all my strength. Next, I just need to try my best to improve my skills. It is best to be able to raise the Canxia Gong to the freezing stage in one breath."

Xu Taiping put down his pen and thought silently for a moment, then walked to the bed and sat down.

By upgrading the Canxia Gong to the freezing stage, not only can the protective power of Canxia's body-protecting Qi be greatly improved, but it can also allow Canxia's true Qi to condense into water and turn into ice.

"If the freezing period breaks through, you can seal the jars of wine you bought in ice cubes, so that the evil spirit will definitely not find it."

He glanced at the jars of spirits placed beside the bed.

Although the people in Xifeng Pavilion turned a blind eye to ghosts, when Xu Taiping wanted to buy something, they would still send spirit birds to deliver it.

It's a pity that the spirit birds that delivered the goods these few times were not Bai Hong, and they were all very indifferent. Otherwise, Xu Taiping could have asked them for help.

"Don't always think about relying on others. Didn't Sister Linglong say that under this mountain, the only anonymous outer sect disciples can rely on themselves?"

Xu Taiping shook his head to regain his composure.

Then he threw a soybean spirit crystal directly into his mouth and began to prepare to try to raise the Canxia Qi in his body to the freezing stage.

…

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

In the past few days, Xu Taiping practiced the Canxia Gong almost without eating or drinking. He did not waver even if the water source in the garden was cut off. He seemed to have entered a state of selflessness.

"Little guy, come out and die!"

In the afternoon of this day, the demon and the three demon wolves came to the door of Qingzhu Residence again.

Although it was delayed for a few days by Xu Taiping's harassment, the ghost finally blocked the spring in the purple bamboo forest of Yanglu Mountain today.

"Bang!"

Seeing that no one in the house responded, the ghost jumped off the wolf, and then chopped the door of Qingzhuju with a ghostly knife.

"Bang!"

Although the barrier around Qingzhuju had not completely dissipated, its power had been much smaller, and it was not as likely to hurt the ghost as before.

"The power of the barrier is indeed weakening."

The ghost showed a grim smile on his face.

"Little guy, I will stay here tonight. When the barrier is completely dissipated, it will be your death. Then I will let you taste what it means to be unable to live or die!"

He stood at the door of Qingzhuju and laughed loudly.

Just at this time, Xu Taiping, who had been practicing in the bedroom for several days, opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, the gray mist that was originally swirling around him suddenly condensed into ice, and even a large piece of the bed under him was frozen.

"Condensing Qi into ice, I have broken through the freezing stage!"

Xu Taiping looked at the ice crystals swirling around him, his eyes full of excitement.

After breaking through the freezing stage of the Residual Clouds Technique, he was qualified to challenge the Opening Gate Realm.

More importantly, with this body of Residual Clouds and Ice Condensing Qi to protect his body, his chances of winning against the ghost would undoubtedly increase a few points.