Today, Li Yan did not immediately start practicing, but came to the courtyard and released puppets to take care of the courtyard.
At this time of year every year, he would clean the yard, just like before the New Year in Daqingshan Village, when every household would remove dust and dirt. Although there would be no steaming hot dumplings afterwards, Li Yan still cleaned the yard at this time every year to welcome the New Year.
Looking at the puppet in front of him, Li Yan checked that the courtyard was as clean as new, turned around and walked towards the stone table in the courtyard. When he just sat down on the stone bench, the ancient ape puppet, under the control of his spiritual consciousness, brought him a cup of fragrant tea.
Li Yan blew away the layer of tender green tea leaves floating on the surface, which were either vertical, slanted, or horizontal. He took a sip and looked at the steaming teacup in his hand. For a moment, he could not help but be stunned.
Gong Chenying had come out of seclusion last month. The first thing she did after that was to look for Li Yan. However, she couldn't find him after two attempts. It was not until Li Yan came back from the secret room and saw the message she left that Gong Chenying finally saw Li Yan, who looked haggard.
Gong Chenying had not been seen for several months. She had lost some weight due to her seclusion, but the sect's wide robe was still tight on her body, especially below her waist. Her astonishing fullness stretched the robe so tightly that it seemed about to split.
He just kept touching his nose as he looked at Li Yan. When Gong Chenying saw clearly where Li Yan's eyes were looking at her, her face, which always appeared cold as ice, revealed the look of shame and anger that Li Yan had seen a few months ago.
After a few dry coughs, Li Yan quickly looked away and started chatting with Gong Chenying directly in the yard, which gradually made Gong Chenying's shame and anger fade away.
Li Yan learned that after more than half a year of seclusion, Gong Chenying's cultivation had now reached the incredible false pill realm, which even Gong Chenying himself had never expected.
The remaining medicinal power of the elixir was not consumed after her repeated refining. It was not until five months later that it was completely refined, allowing her cultivation to reach the false elixir realm in one fell swoop. She then went into seclusion for several months before she stabilized her realm.
When Gong Chenying came out of retreat, the first message she saw from Li Yan was that he told her that he had mastered the first three sentences of the Qiongqi Purgatory. Gong Chenying could not believe her eyes for a moment.
At that time, Li Yan only lasted three breaths under this mantra before failing. She had already given up any hope that Li Yan could practice the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique. Unexpectedly, after she came out of seclusion, Li Yan actually told her that he had made some progress in his practice.
So she wanted to see Li Yan in person and confirm the authenticity. She was a little worried about Li Yan, fearing that he would practice blindly when he couldn't do it and go astray.
The first two times she came to look for Li Yan, Li Yan's courtyard door was closed, and no matter how she tried to communicate, it was fruitless. She became even more worried and began to consider whether to break in directly.
It was not until today when he saw Li Yan in person and saw the unique glow on Li Yan's skin from training in Qiongqi Purgatory that Gong Chenying finally felt relieved.
But when she saw Li Yan's haggard face, she couldn't help but worry, thinking that Li Yan was greedy for quick success and was too aggressive, which damaged his vitality.
How did she know that Li Yan had just returned after practicing day and night in the secret room.
Gong Chenying was worried, and used her spiritual sense to carefully scan Li Yan until she confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his body, but he was just tired, and then she was relieved. Li Yan felt the other party's spiritual sense, and understood what the other party was worried about, and just smiled at Gong Chenying.
Next, the two chatted about some of the situations in the past six months. After knowing each other's recent situation, they were very happy.
But when Li Yan learned that Gong Chenying had reached the fake elixir realm, his mouth opened wide. He never thought that the true essence elixir would be so amazing and have such a long-lasting effect.
Then Li Yan smiled bitterly in his heart. He thought his cultivation speed was already very fast, but he didn't expect that the gap was still so huge.
When Gong Chenying learned that Li Yanqiong had practiced the Strange Purgatory Technique and reached the peak of the first level in just a few months, he was no less shocked than Li Yan.
Even for her, it took her two years to practice this technique from the initial stage to the peak of the first level, while Zhao Min took nearly three years.
Li Yan had spent more than half a year to reach this point, which made Gong Chenying begin to doubt whether Li Yan was pretending when he saw his failed look in the first three sentences of the formula.
At that moment, Gong Chenying was hesitant, so he proposed to challenge Li Yan to a test of skills. Li Yan readily agreed. He also wanted to know how he fared in the eyes of Gong Chenying, a master of body refining.
The two of them then stood facing each other in the yard. Gong Chenying suppressed his cultivation and with the strength of the peak of the first level of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, he punched directly at Li Yan. Li Yan also punched back with an average punch.
The force of their fists immediately created a whistling gale in the yard, and the aftermath caused the stone tables and benches in the yard to tremble violently. When the two fists were still ten feet apart, a series of "bang bang" noises began to be heard in the air.
Finally, with a muffled "bang", Li Yan's figure shook, while Gong Chenying took a step back. It was obvious that Li Yan had the advantage.
This result surprised Li Yan quite a bit. He just stood there with his arms stretched out, stunned, with a strange look on his face.
Gong Chenying on the other side was even more incredulous. You know, although her previous punch suppressed her cultivation, she still retained the strength of the peak of the first level without any reservation.
She was also thinking that as soon as she realized something was wrong, with her current level of cultivation, she would directly retract her strength, which was easy for her.
However, what Gong Chenying had not expected was that Li Yan's Qiongqi Purgatory Technique had not only reached the peak of the first level, but his strength had also exceeded what one would expect at that level. How could she believe it
Gong Chenying had a look of disbelief on his face.
“Come again!”
She spoke softly and Li Yan remained silent.
When Gong Chenying attacked again, his cultivation had reached the middle first level of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, which allowed him to tie with Li Yan. This made Gong Chenying a little confused for a moment.
When she was in the clan, she had never heard of such a situation. For a moment, she was a little confused, worried that something had gone wrong with Li Yan's practice, and then asked Li Yan in detail about the process of his practice. Li Yan looked at Gong Chenying's worried face, and there was no trace of coldness on her face, and her heart was warmed.
So he told the whole process of his cultivation, except for the parts in the secret room that could not be revealed, and took this opportunity to ask some questions.
After listening to Li Yan's narration, Gong Chenying thought about it for a while, but did not find anything wrong. After asking a few questions that he thought were crucial, he still did not find any problems. Only then did he slowly feel relieved.
She could only blame this strange thing on Zhili Du again. After that, it became Li Yan's turn to ask questions. Every time Li Yan mentioned "Aying" occasionally, Gong Chenying's heart would tremble.
I didn't think Li Yan had a lot of problems, but half a day had passed before I knew it.
In the following days, Gong Chenying came twice more. She notified Li Yan in advance and then came to Li Yan's place at the appointed time. Every time she came, she just sat in the yard and never entered the house.
She never even stepped into Li Yan's living room, and she never let Li Yan go to her yard, which made Li Yan a little depressed.
But every time Gong Chenying came, her increasingly girlish demeanor made Li Yan feel the emotions of youth and the joy in his heart.
Similarly, in the past few months, when Li Yan went to the platform in the back mountain to practice immortal arts and his poisonous body, he also met Zhao Min twice.
One time was in the evening, Zhao Min was still sitting on the edge of the platform in her snow-white clothes, with her long legs hanging on the cliff outside the platform, swinging back and forth.
Looking at the huge moon in the sky with a dazed look in her eyes, the two of them chatted idly that night until the full moon sank in the west and the platform was covered with dewdrops, then Zhao Min left gracefully.
Another time, after discussing the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique with Gong Chenying in the afternoon, Li Yan left the courtyard and went to the platform in the back mountain to practice his afternoon experience, but there he saw Zhao Min in white.
This time, Zhao Min stood on the edge of the platform, facing the wind, staring at the last ray of light in the sky in the twilight, lost in thought.
When Li Yan saw her, he slowly walked to a place not far from her. Zhao Min seemed to sniff, then turned her white jade face, which was carved like a goddess, and looked Li Yan up and down. Without saying a word, she flew away into the air.
Li Yan was left staring at the figure in the sky, whose sleeves were fluttering and getting farther and farther away. After standing on the platform for a while, Li Yan lifted his sleeves and put them under his nose to smell. There seemed to be a faint body fragrance left after the fight with Gong Chenying in the afternoon...
Li Yan looked at the green tea in the cup in his hand, and the Guishui Sutra began to circulate involuntarily. Now the Guishui Sutra had already reached the point where he could move it at will, especially since water was his main attribute.
Normally, as long as he was close to a water source, the Guishui Sutra would involuntarily speed up. Li Yan had already gotten used to it.
Li Yan withdrew his gaze from the tea, slowly raised his head, and saw the huge ancient ape standing in a daze beside the stone table.
Li Yan was about to calm down and start practicing. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but the moment he looked up, he seemed to see the ancient ape puppet's eyes move, as if it had become spiritual at that moment.
When Li Yan looked at it carefully again, the ancient ape puppet seemed not to have moved at all and was still standing there. This startled Li Yan and his powerful spiritual sense immediately scanned the ancient ape puppet. After a moment, Li Yan's eyes were still full of confusion.
"Could it be that I have been thinking too much today and I am really hallucinating?"
Just now, his spiritual sense scanned repeatedly several times, including inside the body of the ancient ape puppet, but he did not find anything unusual.
Li Yan has always been very concerned, but he was still worried and scanned the area several times with his spiritual sense. Only after he confirmed that it was an illusion did he feel relieved.
He now values this ancient ape puppet very much, and some time ago, he also sent a message to Bai Rou to inquire about the level of the spirit stone embedded in this puppet.
Bai Rou's reply was that the eighty spirit stone slots of this puppet were designed for refining low-level spirit stones. If they were to be filled with mid-grade spirit stones, only 30% would be needed, but they could only be used for daily use.
If the eighty spirit stone slots were filled with medium-grade spirit stones and the Ancient Ape Puppet were allowed to attack with all its strength, it would only have the power of one strike, and it should be a strike that could reach the middle stage of foundation building.
However, after this attack, the ancient ape puppet will be scrapped, and the formation inside will collapse directly, making it impossible to repair it. Therefore, I hope Li Yan will think carefully before using it.
Bai Rou's words revealed a pleading tone. Her meaning was clear. She didn't want Li Yan to let the ancient ape puppet attack the middle stage of foundation building. As for the high-level spirit stones, Bai Rou had never even seen them.
However, according to her guess, just one high-level spirit stone should be able to instantly destroy all the formations inside the puppet, making it impossible to launch any attack.
After listening to Bai Rou's message, Li Yan did not reply to any message. If this puppet was under normal circumstances, he would naturally use low-level spirit stones. But if Li Yan really had mid-level spirit stones in the future, and it was a matter of life and death, he would not consider anything else.
This method will definitely be used. Even if the ancient ape puppet collapses on the spot, it is better than losing his life. Li Yan certainly knows which is more important.
After Li Yan did not reply, Bai Rou never sent any other messages to disturb him, as if the item really belonged to Li Yan and she was just giving him a friendly reminder.
Li Yan looked at the puppet in front of him and rolled up his sleeves. The puppet shrank at an extremely fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a mini wooden sculpture of an ancient ape, and the next moment it sank into Li Yan's left wrist.
Li Yan composed himself again and was about to take out the round diamond crystal to teleport to the secret room for cultivation. At this moment, suddenly, something strange happened in the sky above his bamboo courtyard.