Strange mountains and rivers

The warning came from his spiritual consciousness, Chen Huaisheng slightly opened his eyes and sighed.

He specifically told Bao Liu and Zhao Sitian not to disturb him unless there was a special situation, but he was awakened after only seven days of meditation.

It must be no small matter.

Seven days ago, Chen Huaisheng suddenly felt the sprouting of new buds of his spiritual roots, and finally grew new branches, which made him overjoyed.

For so long, he has been persistently asking the tiger and ape spirits to help him dredge his spiritual roots, hoping to promote the rebirth of spiritual buds by digesting the spiritual power of King Jinxu Ao, and finally achieve the purpose of growing strong spiritual roots.

This time, the new branches are not the new buds that have grown in the past, but twelve new buds are connected together by spiritual silk locks, and finally connected, and then new spiritual branches begin to grow.

That's right, these twelve spiritual buds are the new buds that the tiger and ape spirits have been persistently dredging and inducing for so long.

Chen Huaisheng was a little depressed before. Why did new buds keep sprouting in various parts of the spiritual roots, but there was no movement after growing two leaves of spiritual buds. After a while, another new bud grew in another part. It seemed that they were just trying it out, but it was difficult to go deeper.

Until seven days ago.

When he felt that the Yuandan of King Jinxu Ao had been continuously refined in the past few years, and at this moment it was finally completely dissolved and completely merged into his own body, the twelve spiritual buds that had been silent all the time suddenly connected.

A faint spiritual thread connected the twelve spiritual buds and quickly became lively and agile, just like a spiritual vine that suddenly grew and attached to the original spiritual root, gurgling and connected, both connected and self-contained.

Chen Huaisheng did not expect this situation to happen, but he knew that this had a lot to do with his continuous injection of various cultivation secrets he had mastered and trying to use them to refine the Yuandan of King Jinxu Ao.

Especially after he had thoroughly mastered the Ziyang Internal Refining Technique and incorporated the Dragon and Tiger Three Elements into it, the refining of King Jinxu Ao's Dan Yuan was greatly accelerated, which also provided spiritual energy guarantee for the rebirth of the spiritual buds.

Chen Huaisheng didn't know whether other people had such an experience, nor did he know what such a change meant, but Shang Jiuling and Li Yu had told him that cultivation itself was a path of constant exploration, self-breakthrough and achievement. If you blindly follow the old path, you will fall into a rut and it will be difficult to achieve great things.

So he did it without thinking.

Retreat.

He wanted to understand the intermittent and vague connection between the spiritual vines connected by the twelve spiritual buds and his original spiritual roots, or solidify it, and find the interaction between them and the possible benefits.

Moreover, he also felt that the vitality shown by the new spiritual root (spiritual vine) seemed to be more agile and active. Compared with the old spiritual root that had been solidified but more tenacious, the new spiritual root was more like a baby that had just been born, greedily sucking and breathing all the nutrients around it, and growing vigorously.

The rebirth of the spiritual root also had a strong promoting effect on the Dao bone. Chen Huaisheng had already felt that his Dao bone had begun to show signs of activity. His entire Dao body was like entering the active period before the earthquake. The spiritual root, Dao bone, meridians, blood, and the unique cauldron had all undergone changes to varying degrees. This made him a little excited at first, but later he became more panic and nervous.

Although cultivation requires exploring the path and insisting on walking alone, it does not mean that you can be willful and forget yourself. Once you make a mistake and have no coping strategy, you may also encounter a severe backlash and self-destruction.

At this time, you need to keep exploring and looking for a breakthrough path, and you also need to stay sober and focused, so as not to step into the air and make a mistake. In a word, you must be a hundred times more cautious but resolutely try to take every step.

Everything is brand new, the spiritual roots are new, the Dao bones are in an adaptation period linked with the spiritual roots, the meridians are sometimes tight and sometimes loose, in a period of rapid change, the blood is surging, the cauldron is the most stable, but the tiger and ape spirits have completed the dredging of the spiritual roots, and then also swallowed a lot of the self-growth of the Golden Bearded Ao King Yuan Dan, and are also in a strong period, and seem to be a little restless.

Chen Huaisheng realized that although his magic combat power has improved, and can even reach the seventh level of foundation building combat power, his spiritual realm strength is somewhat weakened compared to the growth of the tiger and ape spirits, and danger is quietly emerging.

The tiger and ape spirits are trying to take more control of the cauldron, but now they are just trying and have not really launched an attack.

If he can't improve his spiritual realm strength as soon as possible, then the dominance of the cauldron may change hands. What this will bring, Chen Huaisheng himself is not sure.

Because of this, Chen Huaisheng had to retreat urgently. He needed to sort out his Dao body thoroughly in order to readjust the rhythm of practice and get the spiritual realm practice back on track.

This was not a simple matter. He estimated that it would take 20 to 30 days to complete the preliminary sorting.

In Chen Huaisheng's view, Zhao Sitian had already entered the mountain, and Teng Dingyuan, Yang Husheng and Chu Yingqi were also persuaded to enter the mountain. He also fulfilled his promise and supported them in spiritual materials and treasures. As for whether they could achieve the expected results, it would depend more on them.

With their help, Chen Huaisheng thought that Yunzhong Mountain could hold out for the next 20 to 30 days. Even though he knew that the monster tide might really start to attack after the frost, before the weather really turned cold, at most some monsters below the second level would attack. Wu Tianen, Gou Yiwei and Zhao Sitian should be able to withstand it.

But the situation was obviously not as he expected. The warning came, although it was not the highest level, but he had to come out of retreat.

Fortunately, with the retreat for a few days, some preliminary sorting and guidance were done. At least the confrontation with the tiger and ape spirits in the cauldron made these two guys a little more obedient.

With a slight leap, Chen Huaisheng felt that his body suddenly felt a little weightless. He almost couldn't control his body and hit the wall of the cave.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough. With a finger on the cave wall, his body stood upright again, his feet touching the ground. The sense of solidity spread from the soles of his feet to the Baihui point on the top of his head. A series of crackling sounds penetrated down along the Baihui point on the top of his head, the Yuzhen point, and the Dazhui point, all the way to the Yongquan point on the bottom of his feet.

For a moment, the entire tendon was like a stretched rubber band, constantly stretching and relaxing. The numbness, tightness, and softness made Chen Huaisheng feel dizzy all over his body, as if he was falling into the clouds.

He had to stand firm and breathe slowly to practice.

Spiritual power was generated from the Danhai, and it went up along the abdomen one after another.

After a cycle, Chen Huaisheng finally got rid of the discomfort of being hot and cold, loose and tight, or he finally regained control of his body.

He thought he had broken through the fifth level of foundation building, but to his disappointment, he hadn't.

But he could feel that the spiritual power in his Danhai was full, and the spiritual energy in the cauldron was flourishing. It was not far from impacting the fifth level of foundation building.

Pushing open the stone door of the retreat room, Chen Huaisheng took a breath of air, and felt that it was much colder than seven days ago, and he could feel the coldness in his nose and chest.

"So cold?" Chen Huaisheng was a little surprised.

He remembered very clearly that seven days ago was the second day of October, and there were still twenty days before the first snow. He also calculated that it was almost a month, and he wanted to see if he could come out before the first snow. It was only the ninth day of October, how could it be so cold?

"Master." Yun Lei had been waiting at the door for a long time, and saluted in a proper manner, and then came over excitedly, "You are out of retreat."

"Aren't they here?" Chen Huaisheng touched the little girl's bun with a smile. She actually had a Taoist bun, which was quite unique. "Did your parents go into the mountains?"

The "they" in Chen Huaisheng's words refers to Wu Tianen, Zhao Sitian and others, as well as Fang Baoliu and Xuan Chimei.

Before the retreat, Chen Huaisheng talked to Yunhe and Luo Xiuyue and told them his judgment, hoping that they would go into the mountain, but Yunhe and Luo Xiuyue were a little hesitant, so Chen Huaisheng could only ask them to think it over and make a decision as soon as possible.

"Father and mother have already gone into the mountain, thank you Master for your concern." Yunlei smiled happily, "Master Uncle and the others didn't come, but Master Uncle Zhao and Master Uncle Baoliu came, and they are in the outer room."

Chen Huaisheng only kept Yunlei in the cave to take care of herself, and imposed restrictions, so that only special warnings could be transmitted in.

He had no way of knowing the outside world, and the outside world also had no way of knowing his situation.

Chen Huaisheng unlocked the restrictions and walked out of the stone cave. The oncoming cloud light made him a little dazed for a while. After a little adaptation, he saw Zhao Sitian talking to Fang Baoliu, and Ren Wugui was standing behind Fang Baoliu.

"Huh?" Chen Huaisheng was pleasantly surprised. "Bao Liu, you have reached the eighth level of Qi Refining? When?"

Although he knew that it was only a matter of time before Fang Bao Liu broke through the eighth level of foundation building, he did not expect it to be so smooth. He had already broken through and advanced to the next level after only seven days of not seeing him.

Zhao Sitian on the side was also somewhat envious. Fang Bao Liu only took three days of retreat to advance to the eighth level of Qi Refining. Although he had already established his foundation, he still felt a little bitter and sighed when he saw him advance so smoothly. The aptitude plus the spiritual treasures and elixirs seemed to really offset a lot of efforts.

Fang Bao Liu was definitely not the kind of person who practiced hard, and was even very frivolous. Zhao Sitian felt it after entering Yunzhong Mountain, but the problem was that he only took three days to advance to the eighth level of Qi Refining. What can you say?

"It's been a few days." Fang Bao Liu was graceful with a bit of tranquility and laziness. This mixture of several styles gave Chen Huaisheng a very special feeling.

Chen Huaisheng was doubting himself. How could it be that after only a few days of not seeing each other, it seemed like several years had passed? Was it him or Baoliu who had changed so much?

Or was it both?