Seeking Immortality

Volume 3. Clouds gather from all directions and thunder and lightning rise. Chapter 8. Fleeting Years.

Since returning to Jiuhua Mountain, Xu Qingfan's life seems to have returned to the past. He spends the whole day reading books, cultivating, planting flowers and wandering in his mind, feeling quite free. *The only difference between the academy and the past is that in order to cope with the newcomer competition two years later, Xu Qingfan has spent much more time cultivating than before. More importantly, there is a Ting'er beside Xu Qingfan at this time.

After Ting'er admitted that she wanted to kill Xu Qingfan that day, when they met again the next day, it seemed as if nothing had happened. Ting'er was still silent and well-behaved, and Xu Qingfan was still kind and loving. It was as if Ting'er had not said that she wanted to kill Xu Qingfan the day before, and Xu Qingfan was not angry with Ting'er. But there was still a little more estrangement between the two people, but also a little more calmness.

The word "yes" that Ting'er said that day made Xu Qingfan heartbroken at that moment. He treated Ting'er as his only relative in the world, and thought about her in everything, fearing that she would be wronged. However, Ting'er only wanted to kill him. How could Xu Qingfan not feel heartbroken?

But at the same time, Xu Qingfan felt relieved. In the year when he and Ting'er got along, although Xu Qingfan was kind and Ting'er was well-behaved, and they looked harmonious, Xu Qingfan could not see through Ting'er's true thoughts, so he was always a little uneasy and uneasy. After Ting'er admitted her hatred for him, Xu Qingfan seemed to have put down a big stone, and his heart was settled.

Some things are not so terrible when they are really faced.

And not long after, Xu Qingfan was slightly happy when he thought of Ting'er's performance. If Ting'er really had a gloomy and tolerant personality, she would not admit that he hated her, so that he could relax his vigilance. But now Ting'er directly admitted her hatred for him, which proved that Ting'er was still unable to hide her emotions, and also showed that Ting'er still had a straightforward and innocent heart. Although the magic bead changed Ting'er's character, it could not change Ting'er's childish nature after all.

So Xu Qingfan was somewhat relieved, because he felt that it was still very likely that he could change Ting'er's nature.

Since then, Xu Qingfan still taught Ting'er to practice the fire system Taoism every day. But at the same time, he told Ting'er more about the world's coldness and the principles of being a human being. *The academy sometimes intentionally or unintentionally told Ting'er about some things in the southern wilderness, letting Ting'er know what she was thinking, hoping that she could understand. But Xu Qingfan didn't know whether Ting'er listened to it, because although she never showed a trace of impatience. But her eyes were still cold, without a trace of emotional fluctuations.

Although Xu Qingfan didn't know whether Ting'er listened to him, Ting'er's cultivation speed was extremely fast. Since that day when Xu Qingfan got angry with Ting'er, Ting'er no longer practiced day and night like she did at the beginning, but became more relaxed. In her spare time, she would read the poems and books Xu Qingfan gave her, accompany Xu Qingfan to pick up flowers and plants, or hug Xiaobi and wonder what she was thinking.

But Ting'er's progress in cultivating immortals shocked Xu Qingfan. In just two years, Ting'er had already reached the initial stage of Qi Refining, and was even only a hair's breadth away from the middle stage of Qi Refining. It took Jin Qinghan two years and seven months to reach this level, while Xu Qingfan took three years and five months.

Not only that. The black flames produced when Ting'er performed fire magic were also amazingly powerful. Not only was the destructive power much greater than that of ordinary fire magic, but once it was touched, it was extremely difficult to extinguish. What's more terrifying is that this black flame can also contaminate people's magic tools and destroy people's souls. With this kind of black flame, immortals with the same level of cultivation would be far from being Ting'er's opponents.

Originally, Xu Qingfan was good at wood-based skills, and was not suitable to teach Ting'er. But as the saying goes, if you master one method, you can master all methods. With Xu Qingfan's current spiritual solitude stage, plus his extensive reading over the years, it is more than enough for him to teach Ting'er some basic fire-related skills.

But what worries Xu Qingfan is that after Ting'er's two years of practice, the demonic energy in her body has not been gradually exhausted due to consumption, but seems endless. The black mist in the dantian has become thicker and thicker, and the black flames cast by Ting'er have become deeper and more bizarre.

According to Xu Qingfan's speculation, it should be that once Ting'er cultivates fire spirit energy in her body, it will be assimilated by the black mist. So this black mist seems endless, but Xu Qingfan didn't think of any solution for a while. Xu Qingfan once tried to seal the black mist with a "seal*", but a few days later, the seal was also demonized by the black mist. Not only did it fail to seal, but it also strengthened the power of the black mist. *Academy

The "Withering and Flourishing Finger" that Xu Qingfan practiced can convert the two energies of withering and flourishing. Using it to seal will not be assimilated by the pattern magic mist, but it also has disadvantages. That is, although the "Withering and Flourishing Finger" is mysterious, its control is far inferior to the "Seal*" and it cannot achieve accurate sealing. If Xu Qingfan uses the "Withering and Flourishing Finger" on Ting'er, all the spiritual energy and magic energy in Ting'er's Dantian and the seven meridians and eight vessels will be sealed, which is inconsistent with Xu Qingfan's idea of ​​letting Ting'er cultivate immortality and live a long life.

Fortunately, after careful observation by Xu Qingfan, it is found that although the magic energy in Ting'er's body is constantly growing, it has not had a big impact on Ting'er's character. It seems that if the magic energy wants to affect people's character, it must cooperate with the "Nine Magic Beads", so Xu Qingfan gradually calmed down.

On the other side, since that day Dongfang Qingling accidentally met Xu Qingfan in the back mountain, she seemed to have untied her knot. She would come to Xu Qingfan's back mountain cave every one or two months and pester Xu Qingfan to ask for him. Tell some stories about things you encountered after going down the mountain. Poor Xu Qingfan, it was only a short trip down the mountain.

, but it took two years to tell Dongfang Qingling about his experiences, and later he found some anecdotes about mortal life from books to cope with it.

However, it is worth mentioning that two months after the two met, Dongfang Qingling finally broke through the early stage of spiritual silence. After these two years, her cultivation level was no longer what it was when she first returned to the mountain. Xu Qingfan fell down. You must know that Xu Qingfan had already entered the spiritual silence period for five years at that time. It can be imagined that Dongfang Qingling's qualifications are high.

Although her practice was going smoothly, Dongfang Qingling was not very happy. There are two reasons. First, although Xu Qingfan has been friendly and polite to her over the years, and even responded to her requests, he has always maintained a certain distance and refused to get closer. Dongfang Qingling was extremely frustrated. The second point is because of Ting'er, although Xu Qingfan said that Ting'er has always had a cold personality. But Dongfang Qingling still felt that when Ting'er looked at her, there was a layer of hostility in her cold eyes. You must know that Dongfang Qingling loved Ting'er extremely much.

Under Ting'er's influence, even Xiao Bi was hostile to Dongfang Qing Ling and would never let her hug her. He roared when he saw her. Dongfang Qingling was very depressed.

Could it be that the surprise on his face when he saw Ting's child for the first time was too obvious? Dongfang Qingling sometimes guessed so.

When she saw Ting'er for the first time, Dongfang Qingling was so surprised by the strange flame pattern on Ting'er's face that she even couldn't help but make a sound.

But afterward, Dongfang Qingling and Zhao Qingxuan regarded the black flames on Ting'er's face as a habit of the Southern Wilderness people, so they didn't care and even apologized to Ting'er. But Ting'er still treated her the same. Never expressed an ounce of kindness.

Compared with Dongfang Qingling, Ting'er was much kinder to Jin Qinghan. Jin Qinghan is very well-behaved every time he sees him. But it is different from Dongfang Qingling. However, Jin Qinghan had many scruples about Ting'er, especially after seeing the power of the black flames displayed by Ting'er, his scruples became even deeper. He proposed to Xu Qingfan more than once that Ting'er should be prohibited from practicing Taoism.

Speaking of Jin Qinghan, there is another interesting thing. After Jin Qinghan won second place in the Jiuhuamen internal competition eight years ago. The reward was a monster egg of a human-level intermediate monster "Golden Feather Eagle". After eight years of careful cultivation, this "Golden Feather Eagle" has grown up. The wings are spread out nearly ten feet wide, looking majestic and majestic. Jin Qinghan named this "Golden Feathered Eagle" "Xiao Jin" and often brought it to Xu Qingfan's cave in the back mountain to discuss martial arts with Xu Qingfan.

Or maybe it’s because different monsters naturally dislike each other. Since the first time Xiao Jin and Xiao Bi met, the two monsters have been fighting each other endlessly. Jin Qinghan and Xu Qingfan were often discussing martial arts in the house, and Ting The son was listening quietly, while the two monsters outside the house were fighting endlessly. The beasts roared, the eagles sang, and the sand flew and rocks flew. The exotic flowers and plants planted outside Xu Qingfan's house were destroyed by two monsters.

It's just that although Xiao Bi is a rare blue-eyed cloud kicking beast, which is a high-level human-level monster and one level higher than Xiao Jin, Xu Qingfan has never fed it any magic medicine, so it has never grown. , the current strength is only a little more powerful than ordinary mortal beasts, and is often pecked by Xiao Jin, who already has the strength of the late stage of Bigu, and runs around the courtyard, but the next time they meet, he still refuses to repent and is the first to provoke him with a beast roar. .

And every time they see this scene, Xu Qingfan and Jin Qinghan can't help but smile at each other.

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Two years later.

In the back mountain of Jiuhua Mountain, somewhere in the middle of a quiet grove, a clearing is filled with white mist. Through the white mist, two exquisite and elegant wooden houses are located among them, surrounded by exotic flowers and plants. Together with the light white mist, they look even more elegant and fairy-like.

In the larger wooden house, Xu Qingfan was sitting on the bed, his eyes slightly closed, and his body was filled with spiritual energy. When the spiritual energy was released, various colors of fairy clouds appeared one after another around him, either green, gray, or red.

After two years of hard training in the "Spiritual Transformation Art", Xu Qingfan has refined the phoenix tree branch with the phoenix spiritual energy into his own "spiritual control object", and has initially reached the point of "unity of mind and matter". The sycamore branch that was full of aura now turned into a short hairpin that looked the same, inserted into the long hair coiled on Xu Qingfan's head like a Taoist priest. If he goes one step further, Xu Qingfan can refine it into his own body and merge with himself.

After initially refining the sycamore branch, Xu Qingfan obtained some of the two qi of wood and fire contained in the sycamore branch, plus the "Wood Flower Pill" and "Fire Lotus Pill" exchanged from Sui Shou, Xu Qingfan At this time, his cultivation has reached the middle stage of spiritual silence, and he can even perform some fire magic with the help of sycamore branches. It can be said that his strength has greatly increased compared to two years ago.

After a long time, the three-color brilliance on Xu Qingfan's body finally slowly returned to his body, and Xu Qingfan also slowly opened his eyes. For a moment, a frightening three-color light flashed across his eyes, but it was Xu Qingfan's spiritual energy that greatly increased in his body. Under such circumstances, it is not possible to adapt to the control in a short period of time.

Just when Xu Qingfan had just finished meditating, the sound of bells suddenly came from the front mountain of Jiuhua. Although the sound was not loud, it was extremely clear and distant. Even Xu Qingfan could hear it clearly even if he was in the back mountain.

Finally, after thirteen rings, the bell stopped.

Hearing the clear bell sound, Xu Qingfan murmured to himself: "Is the newcomer competition of the six holy lands finally about to begin?"