darknovel Chapter 10 Seeking Immortality
Chapter 10 Seeking Immortality
"You're quite interesting."
Lu Qingyun looked Mu Chuan over again, neither agreeing nor refusing.
Mu Chuan stared expectantly, his heart pounding with anxiety.
He hoped Lu Qingyun would agree, but he was also afraid that he wouldn't.
After a long pause, Lu Qingyun slowly said, "I don't like to show off. I asked you to return the spirit stones because I wanted to avoid trouble."
"If you really want to follow me, I can't guarantee what will happen to you. After all, my cultivation of the Ancient Wood Longevity Technique might not even be as good as yours."
"You don't need to give me any more spirit stones. Take Shi Biao back. If you really want to deliver a message for me after much consideration, that's fine too."
The Ancient Tree Longevity Technique has always been practiced only by the most cowardly and hopeless turtle-like cultivators.
Mu Chuan was silent for a moment, then picked up Shi Biao and carried him on his back.
He took a deep breath: "Senior brother, I'm willing to do anything."
"I hope you won't find it offensive, senior brother."
Lu Qingyun smiled and watched Mu Chuan walk out of the spirit field.
"I didn't expect this kid to be so good at handling things."
Li Erniu squinted and grinned sheepishly, then accepted the spirit stones.
"Following Brother Lu, how could we let him suffer a loss!"
Although he was simple-minded, he could tell that Lu Qingyun was different from his fellow disciples.
Li Erniu didn't ask where the spirit stones came from; he knew that Brother Lu wouldn't harm him.
Lu Qingyun walked to the stone bench and asked:
"Erniu, you told me you were moving here, but I still don't know why."
"If you need any help from your elder brother, please don't hesitate to ask."
This time, we owe a great deal to Li Erniu for Shi Biao's situation.
He wrote a letter the day before yesterday, saying that he had been accepted as a disciple by Master Niu and that he would come over when the spirit rice was being planted.
Lu Qingyun was relieved and then dealt with Shi Biao.
Otherwise, for his own safety, he might have signed Shi Biao's unequal treaty.
"It's nothing serious."
Li Erniu sniffed and said, "Master Niu is a good person. He specially picked out a cultivation technique for me that doesn't require spiritual roots."
He said that as long as I practice swordsmanship diligently, I can hone my sword energy in half a year and use that damn sword energy to guide my qi into my body.
As he spoke, Li Erniu grinned, picked up his sword, and demonstrated a few sword moves in the air.
"He told me to find a quiet place to practice, and I thought about it and said I wanted to come to the Spirit Field, it's quiet here, and he agreed."
"I specifically chose to sit next to you."
"I see."
Lu Qingyun nodded.
Li Erniu had always been lucky. While working in the fields, he was taken by a villain from the Yunxia Sect to have his spiritual roots tested.
After joining the sect, he practiced swordsmanship and ran errands in the punishment hall, which attracted the attention of the hall master. Now he has been accepted as a disciple.
The two chatted and laughed as Lu Qingyun helped Li Erniu tidy up his room.
Speaking of this, Li Erniu was quite distressed.
Niu Gao said that he was kind-hearted by nature and was afraid that he would be corrupted, so he did not arrange any ordinary maidservants for him.
He could only suffer like Lu Qingyun, having to take care of himself.
However, he didn't complain.
He knew that, like Lu Qingyun,
Master Niu was doing it for his own good.
Moreover, as long as he can become a sword cultivator, he'd be willing to give up maids or even a wife.
……
One month later, on the day the spirit rice ripened,
Lu Qingyun calmly opened his mailbox.
A letter arrived from Mu Chuan, but Mu Shan didn't inquire about it.
His elder brother accepted the spirit stones, simply replied "I know," and then ignored them.
Mu Shan even praised him, which was quite unusual for him.
As for Shi Biao, he cried and begged for mercy when he got back, but Mu Shan didn't even see him.
For the next few months, there's no need to worry about Shi Biao causing any more trouble.
After being crippled, Shi Biao used the spirit stones he had hidden to exchange for medicine, but he couldn't recover for several months.
"In that case, as long as I concentrate on cultivation, I may be able to draw qi into my body in less than two and a half months."
Lu Qingyun calmed himself down, brewed a cup of tea, and drank it.
Mu Shan didn't cause any trouble, which was expected, but it was still a good thing.
After defeating Shi Biao, they obtained the twenty-odd spirit stones as a reward.
There's no need to worry about the supply of spiritual energy; his cultivation is progressing rapidly.
Although it is the day of the harvest of the spirit rice, there is no need to worry about it like those young people.
Because he had a premonition that he would be able to draw qi into his body within two and a half months.
Clang!
A metallic clanging sound came from Li Erniu's courtyard.
"That idiot actually broke through before me!"
Lu Qingyun felt a surge of emotion.
Li Erniu's swordsmanship progressed from cutting grass to cutting wood, and now it had finally reached the point where he could cut iron.
The clanging sound indicated that he was not far from generating sword energy!
Indeed, this is what is meant by a pure heart, a heart devoted only to the Great Way, without any impurities.
They can cultivate faster than others.
However, Li Ergou is simple and honest, and there is no need to scheme or plot against him.
Lu Qingyun swallowed a spirit pill and closed his eyes to cultivate.
This is what the sect issues every week.
Although not as good as spirit rice, it can increase spiritual energy and aid in cultivation.
One pill can keep you from feeling hungry for several days.
As Lu Qingyun silently recited the "Ancient Tree Longevity Technique," his aura became increasingly ethereal and otherworldly.
……
Several more days passed, and a soft sound came from in front of Lu Qingyun's door.
Li Erniu's skin had become much darker, and the long sword in his hand was pitted and uneven, completely unrecognizable as the gleaming silver sword it once was.
"Brother Lu, I did it! Yeah! I did it!"
Li Erniu walked over, his aura no longer restrained, and a heavy sword energy burst forth.
Lu Qingyun used his limited true energy to protect his body, and said with a mixture of helplessness and congratulations:
"Erniu, quickly stop your supernatural powers! Your elder brother is still just a mortal!"
Li Erniu scratched his head sheepishly, then quickly withdrew his sword energy.
"I'm sorry, Brother Lu!"
"I was too happy just now and didn't notice... But!"
Li Erniu's eyes lit up as he noticed the protective aura around Lu Qingyun: "Brother Lu, you're almost there too!"
"It will take another half month. Right now, we can only use a few minor techniques," Lu Qingyun nodded and calculated.
"Did your master say that?"
Li Erniu patted his chest: "After I told Brother Lu, I told him that Master told me to find some friends to celebrate."
"But besides you and the young marquis, I don't know many others. The young marquis is in seclusion, and I can't very well ask Fairy Chen about it..."
"If Erniu doesn't mind, I'll have a couple of drinks with you."
Lu Qingyun smiled.
Mu Chuan sent a letter the day before yesterday, saying that Xiao Daojue was not actually in seclusion.
He followed behind the talisman master, looking disheveled and only able to run errands. He was also scolded every day.
Drawing qi into the body is still a long way off.
I couldn't bring myself to come and celebrate with Li Erniu.
As for Miss Chen Xiru
He is indeed in seclusion, saying that he is about to break through to the third level of Qi Refining.
That night, the two of them got extremely drunk.
Li Erniu was initially very happy, but then he became somewhat lonely.
He asked Lu Qingyun, bewildered, "Brother Lu, in the past, when I had something happy to say, I would tell the villagers..."
"But now, I have hardly anyone to talk to, and I can never go back..."
Li Erniu burst into tears.
Lu Qingyun took a sip of wine, his gaze deep and unfathomable, as if he were looking back at his past life: "Actually, I don't know what I want either."
"But when I see those lonely, frail old people, I hope that I will never fall into old age. I hope to stay young forever, always be in my prime, free from disease, and always healthy."
"Of course, my family too...and my friends as well."