Chapter 50: Qi Refinement Level Six
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Inside the wooden tub, the mandarin duck pink thin gauze clothes became even more blurry, and the water seemed to be dyed with a layer of light.
Yu Yan was coquettish. She closed her eyes and seemed to be savoring the aftertaste. However, Shen Ping’s face was dark as he thought about what the shopkeeper had said. It was an ancestral secret technique. It was not difficult to enter.
He thought that this secret technique would allow him to regain his confidence and save his face. But who knew… that the shopkeeper was actually so honest!
He was right. It was indeed not difficult to enter. But he was stuck at the threshold!
Although his attributes panel had changed, and both his puppet experience and divine sense had increased, this dual cultivation that did not even cross the threshold made him unable to feel comfortable.
Most importantly, when he entered the threshold, he threw away his helmet and armor without any resistance. It was no different from the previous 15 times.
At this moment, Yu Yan slowly opened her eyes, her face rippling with a hint of embarra.s.sment. “Fellow Daoist Shen is indeed extraordinary. My physique is different from ordinary people. Usually, I need flower petal bath water to suppress the charm fire in my body. Every time I suppress it, it will increase the acc.u.mulation of the charm fire. Over the years, the flower petals need to be concocted with a special secret technique. Moreover, 1 need the help of the white snake puppet to suppress it. However, now that I have Fellow Daoist Shen, I believe I won’t need these things in the future.”
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As she spoke, she looked at the water and smiled faintly, her eyes filled with antic.i.p.ation. “Fellow Daoist Shen, can we exchange cultivation insights again?”
Shen Ping gritted his teeth. Ripples of water rippled. Endless resistance came from all directions. No matter how hard he tried, it was useless. He could not help but shiver when Mount Tai pressed down.
Ten minutes later, Shen Ping quickly left the first floor. When he stood at the corner of the wooden staircase on the second floor, he looked back at the main room and could not help but sigh in his heart. “This beautiful path is really difficult to walk!”
How could any cultivator endure this for a long time!
It was June.
The commotion caused by the migration of a large number of cultivators in the market gradually calmed down. After the sect disciples led by the Danxia Sect entered the various alleys of the market, they did not rely on their strength to bully the rogue cultivators. Instead, they were much more peaceful than before.
Although there were occasional conflicts, they were basically dealt with properly in the end. This made many cultivators who were watching feel relieved. Some of the more anxious ones began to go out to hunt in the Cloud Mountain Swamp. The number of missions accepted in the Deacon Hall increased rapidly.
It was early in the morning.
A ray of morning light shone from the skylight in the house. His wife, w.a.n.g Yun, brought the spirit rice, beast meat porridge, some spirit ingredients, and nourishing medicinal cuisine to the table.
Shen Ping walked out of the quiet room and stretched his waist. Smelling the fragrance of the sumptuous dishes on the table, he could not help but praise with a smile, “Yun’er is still the most considerate.”
His wife said gently, “Husband has been too tired recently. You need some nourishment.”
Bai Yuying snickered and said, “I’m just afraid that you won’t be able to make up for it.”
After sitting down, Shen Ping pinched Bai Yuying’s delicate face and said confidently, “Ying’er will know tonight if 1 can make up for it.” As he spoke, he leaned in and whispered a few words.
Bai Yuying’s earlobes instantly turned red as she bit her lower lip. “Husband, hubby, you’re too, too bad…”
After the meal, Shen Ping had just stood up and was about to go to the talisman making room when he saw Yu Yan walk up. Seeing that she had changed into a magic robe, he could not help but ask curiously, “Fellow Daoist Yu, what are you doing?”
Yu Yan glanced at w.a.n.g Yun and Bai Yuying, who were busy, and said softly, “Many cultivators have formed teams to go to the Cloud Mountain Swamp these few days. 1’11 go to the market to take a look.”
Shen Ping understood what Yu Yan meant. She was going to take on a mission.
Most of the itinerant cultivators wanted to earn spirit stones. Other than being robbers, they could also hunt demon beasts in the Cloud Mountain Swamp to obtain materials to sell. Among them, the most popular were the various missions left behind by the Golden Sun Sect in the outer sect Deacon Hall. Some of these missions were needed by sect disciples, some by sect elders, and some were Alchemy Masters, Talisman Masters, and so on.
For example, if Shen Ping urgently lacked some materials, he could spend a certain amount of spirit stones to leave a mission in the Deacon Hall.
He looked straight at her. He could see the determination in Yu Yan’s eyes. “1’11 send you off!”
Shen Ping sighed in his heart. These days, he would have s.e.x with Yu Yan at five o’clock every day. Although he had never crossed the threshold, they were already incomparably familiar with each other.
Even so, there were some things that he knew he could not force. w.a.n.g Yun and Bai Yuying could stay in the house forever, but Yu Yan would not.
The two of them walked to the door of the house.
Yu Yan smiled and took out three Spirit Protection Talismans from her storage bag. She waved them in front of Shen Ping. “Don’t worry. You paid a huge price to save my life. It’s precious. How can I bear to take the risk? I will only accept some relatively simple missions in the Deacon Hall. 1 won’t easily step into the depths of the Cloud Mountain Swamp.”
Hearing this, Shen Ping heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he took out a jade plate and handed it to Yu Yan. “Here, I’ll lend it to you.”
Yu Yan took it unceremoniously. “A high-grade defensive Dharma artifact. Tsk tsk, Fellow Daoist Shen, you really have a lot of good things on you.”
Shen Ping smiled and said, “Don’t delay for too long. 1 still have other good things 1 want you to try.”
“Is that so? 1 want to taste it when 1 get back. 1 hope it takes longer.” Yu Yan went forward and hugged Shen Ping. “I’m leaving!”
She pushed open the door. She walked a dozen steps when Shen Ping heard a voice transmission. “Fellow Daoist Shen, thank you.”
The door closed. He quickly noticed that Yu Yan’s main room was not closed. He walked over and pushed it open. There were some daily necessities of Yu Yan inside. Even the white snake puppet was left on the wooden bucket.
He could not help but smile.
The main danger at the edge of the Cloud Mountain Swamp came from robbers. However, as long as they formed a team, the possibility of encountering robbers was relatively low. Even if they did, with the Spirit Protection Talismans and a high-grade defensive Dharma artifact on Yu Yan, there would not be any problems under normal circ.u.mstances.
Moreover, a simple mission would take at most three to four days.
Shen Ping was not too worried and continued his boring and fulfilling cultivation life.
Days pa.s.sed.
In the blink of an eye, it was mid-August.
After swallowing the second drop of spirit liquid from the auction, the spiritual energy circulating in his meridians finally became full again.
Shen Ping sat down cross-legged in the quiet room. His expression was calm, and his aura kept rising.
The effect of high-grade spiritual roots of the metal and wood absorbing the spirit liquid was extremely good. Waves of abundant and pure spiritual qi continuously surged out of his limbs and bones. Although when he circulated his cultivation method, it would always become a little unstable because of the slowness of the fire and earth’s low-grade spiritual roots, the overall circulation was very fast.
Boom!
He circulated it twice. The abundant spiritual energy broke through the blockage of his meridians and advanced to the next realm.
Almost instantly, Shen Ping’s aura suddenly soared. He broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refinement. After stabilizing the aura around him, he slowly opened his eyes and revealed a look of joy..