Ten days passed in a flash.
"Stop, you bunch of stinking bastards, come again if you have the guts, and try to beat me up!"
Outside the Yinfeng Gorge, on the Shili Slope.
The girl in gray was holding a hatchet, running like the wind. Suddenly, she stepped on the grass and flew up, swinging her hatchet at the group of ghost lanterns fleeing in front of her!
A golden light suddenly appeared and phosphorous fire burst.
The power accumulated by the thirty-three sharp edge techniques suddenly exploded, and the vast group of ghost lanterns disappeared in the golden light in an instant. The remaining few were frightened to the point of losing their lantern shape and fled for their lives.
[You use the Star Chasing Step to drive away the group of ghost lanterns. After a period of practice, your understanding of the steps becomes clearer. Star Chasing Step proficiency +5]
[Congratulations, your Star Chasing Step has been promoted to the minor success level]
[You killed a group of ghost lanterns with the wood-chopping knife technique. After a period of use, your understanding of the knife technique has suddenly become clear. The wood-chopping knife technique proficiency +5]
[Congratulations, your wood-chopping skills have been promoted to the minor success level]
Jiang Yuebai stood up with his sword in hand and exclaimed, "I finally made a breakthrough. All my hard work was not in vain. After all, it is faster to make breakthroughs in actual combat."
[Martial Arts]
Star-chasing Step (Minor Success: 1/1000)
Wood Chopping Knife Technique (Minor Success: 1/1000)
My grandfather said that if you have a small level of martial arts skills, as long as you don't encounter someone in the late stage of Qi training and don't go head-on with the cultivators' spells and talismans, you can still fight a few moves with others and escape.
If she attacks unexpectedly and catches the enemy off guard, she has a chance of winning.
In the early and middle stages, Qigong practitioners mainly use Qi circulation to widen their meridians and accumulate spiritual energy to strengthen their bodies. Apart from mastering some minor spells and being able to use talismans, they are not much different from ordinary warriors.
Only when one reaches the later stages of Qi training, with a strong physique and the beginning of the power of spiritual awareness, and is able to control powerful magical instruments, will one become truly powerful and difficult to deal with.
Jiang Yuebai rubbed his nose and looked up.
The whole area was clear and bright, without even a single speck of fire.
"What a bunch of cowards!"
After secretly spitting, Jiang Yuebai carried the hatchet on his shoulder and walked away from Shilipo with an arrogant step.
Tomorrow is the last day of the one-month deadline, and she has to go to the sect's menial service hall to report her cultivation level. She will let these ghost lanterns go for now and come back next time.
The speed of Ghost Lantern becomes stronger when facing a stronger opponent. Although its attack power is weak, it is still the best choice for practicing martial arts and spells.
As Jiang Yuebai left, tiny dots of faint green light emerged from all over Shili Slope, like frightened birds.
They never dreamed that the situation would suddenly change in just ten days.
The little girl who was once surrounded by them and cried, now chases them all over the mountain and beats them ferociously.
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A drizzle in early autumn, and mist shrouds the pond.
Jiang Yuebai went out of the mountain by boat and headed home before dawn.
"Xiaobai, what have you been doing?"
Jiang Yuebai turned around when he heard the voice and saw Lu Ying standing at the gate of her yard, carrying a wooden bucket and preparing to fetch water from the stream.
"I went to practice martial arts." Jiang Yuebai said casually.
Lu Ying raised her eyebrows and looked at Jiang Yuebai carefully. She found that she was full of spiritual light. Her eyes lit up, "You have a breakthrough?!"
Jiang Yuebai nodded. She had just taken away the talisman that concealed her spiritual light. From today on, she no longer needed to hide her cultivation level.
"Thank God, you finally made it to the last day. I thought I would say goodbye to you today. But you are a bit behind schedule. I am almost at the beginning of the Aoki Kungfu. If you have any questions about your practice in the future, remember to ask me."
Jiang Yuebai nodded with a smile and hurried home.
After washing up, he meditated and practiced at dawn.
After waking up after circulating his Qi for one cycle, Jiang Yuebai discovered that Tao Fengnian had not returned home yet, and he had been busy all night again.
But what he was busy with was not the work on his own fields, but the harvesting, breeding and sowing of the twenty acres of spiritual fields owned by Jia Wei, the bully in the valley.
Jia Wei said that the spiritual field was his, but in fact it was Tao Fengnian who was planting it. But when it came to the final harvest, Jia Wei didn't even give him a word of thanks, and instead complained with a clear conscience that the yield was not as good as last season.
Jiang Yuebai was indignant, but Tao Fengnian endured it in silence.
It was because he had offended the alchemy elder Lin Xiangtian in his early years, and Jia Wei's biological sister was Lin Xiangtian's unofficial Taoist partner who had already established her foundation.
Lin Suiwan and Lin Xiangtian, the Lin family is a nest of snakes and rats, there is not a single good person in it!
The magical rice was steaming in the pot when a cough was heard outside the yard. Jiang Yuebai wiped his hands and walked out of the kitchen, looking at Tao Fengnian with distressed eyes, who was covered in mud and looked exhausted.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough."
It was late autumn and the dew was heavy. Tao Fengnian had a severe cough and kept beating his aching back.
"Grandpa, your cough has been getting worse recently. Do you want to see a doctor?" Jiang Yuebai took the hoe and hat and pushed Tao Fengnian to sit down.
"Grandpa is not old. It's all because of Jia Wei that Grandpa has to work so hard. Grandpa, you take a rest. I'll serve the dinner."
Tao Fengnian nodded, waited for Jiang Yuebai to enter the kitchen, secretly took out his pipe, and before he lit it, he heard a shout.
"No smoking pipes, you're still coughing!"
Jiang Yuebai ran out and fiercely snatched the pipe from Tao Fengnian's hand.
Tao Fengnian smacked his lips, laughed and shook his head.
During breakfast, Jiang Yuebai sat upright and chewed slowly, no longer wolfing down his food like he did a month ago, looking uncultured.
These days, she has been nourished with spiritual energy and eaten spiritual rice. After cleansing her essence and marrow, her skin has become fair and tender, and her already delicate facial features have become more lively and full, especially her almond-shaped eyes, which are full of starry smiles and sparkling.
She has experienced the sufferings of the world and the vicissitudes of life. Tao Fengnian really has no idea why she is so cheerful every day. Not knowing her experiences, he thinks she has grown up carefree and wealthy.
The bitterer the heart, the sweeter the face, that's what she is like.
Tao Fengnian looked at her and suddenly became worried. Such a good-looking girl, with a sweet mouth, well-behaved, and smart and clever, must not be deceived by some bad boy in the future, otherwise he would crawl out of his grave.
"Grandpa, are you full? I'll collect and wash the dishes, you can continue to rest."
Jiang Yuebai stood up to collect the bowls. Tao Fengnian saw that her fingers were bruised and her wrists and ankles were wrapped in cloth, and he felt distressed.
She practiced hard every day without slacking off, and even though she had scars all over her body, she never complained. These days, she also took on the responsibility of taking care of this old man. How could one not feel sorry for such a good child
"Are you going to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall to report your cultivation today?"
"Well, today is the last day of the one-month period. If I don't go, I will be expelled from the sect."
"The errand hall is at the foot of Tianman Peak, a little distance from Huaxi Valley. When you are done packing, Grandpa will take you there."
Jiang Yuebai paused while cleaning up the dishes, "Grandpa, take a rest. I'll call Lu Ying to take me there."
"It will take her most of the day to take you there. Haven't you always wanted to fly? Grandpa will take you."
Jiang Yuebai's eyes lit up, "Really? Aren't menial disciples not allowed to fly in the sect?"
Tao Fengnian straightened his back and said, "Grandpa is a spiritual farmer, his status is equal to that of an outer sect disciple, so he can naturally fly."
Jiang Yuebai's eyes sparkled with stars, and a picture of riding a sword in the wind, chasing clouds and cranes, and soaring across the sky immediately emerged in his mind.
only…
Squeak—ah!
Squeak—ah!
In the woods between the mountains, paper cranes soared into the sky, making sounds that they were overwhelmed.
Jiang Yuebai sat cross-legged behind Tao Fengnian, clutching his sleeve tightly, and looked at the flying paper cranes made of bamboo branches, covered with yellow paper, and painted with cinnabar runes. They were swaying and flying high and low close to the treetops.
Jiang Yuebai always felt that the paper crane would fall apart at any time.
whoosh!
A flash of sword light cut through the sky. Jiang Yuebai looked up and saw a handsome male cultivator standing with his hands behind his back and his clothes fluttering, looking very elegant.
There was another cry of a crane, and the cold female cultivator sat cross-legged on the back of the crane, with young cranes following her on both sides, flying freely among the clouds.
The crane feathers are white and soft, and look very comfortable.
Squeak—ah!
Squeak—ah!
"Ahem," Tao Fengnian's face turned slightly red, "I... I also had a flying sword in the past, but I sold it later because I was short of money."
Jiang Yuebai pursed his lips and said, "This paper crane is pretty good, it's stable. Grandpa, can you fly higher? The scenery up there must be better."
Tao Fengnian coughed twice again, "Due to sect rules, outer disciples cannot fly higher than the main peak, Tiankui Peak. And grandpa's paper crane... it's a bit old, so it may... not be able to fly up."
Jiang Yuebai's face fell, "Okay, then Grandpa, be careful and don't bump into the tree."
Tao Fengnian glanced at Jiang Yuebai and said, "Work hard. When you pass the exam to become a spiritual farmer, I will make a flying sword for you."
Jiang Yuebai raised his head, and all his frustration disappeared, "Okay, Grandpa, you can't lie to me."
Tao Fengnian laughed and said, "When has grandpa ever lied to you? Tianman Peak is almost here. In addition to reporting your cultivation level today, you also need to go to the Cangshu Academy to choose a martial arts technique."
"You also need to get familiar with the Lecture Hall and the Internal Affairs Hall. You can choose the classes you are interested in and take on missions to earn contribution points when you are free. You will be busy today."
The paper crane suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the towering Tenman Peak.
The road ahead is unknown, Jiang Yuebai is worried...
(End of this chapter)