Chapter 4 Request
Five months later.
“In Hunyuan, the vitality is not divided, and chaos is one, which is the beginning of vitality. The vitality is born in chaos, bright on the outside and dark on the inside.”
Lu Xiaotian is sitting upright. On the grass mat in the open space in front of the cave, I crossed my legs and silently performed the exercises in the "Hunyuan Sutra". I held my breath and concentrated my mind, hugged Yuan Shouyi, and circulated the trace of energy in my body for the second time before spitting it out. A breath of turbidity. Before entering the first level of Qi Refining, the gas in Lu Xiaotian's lungs dispersed as soon as he exhaled. At this time, the gas exhaled from the mouth was shot out like a short arrow.
It took nearly four months for Lu Xiaotian to enter the first level of Qi refining, and he had consolidated it a little this month.
"Oops, I almost forgot to feed the little green ants the animal spirit pills."
Lu Xiaotian slapped his forehead, and there was more spiritual energy outside the cave, so he had been practicing for a little longer, and now he came back to his senses. , Lu Xiaotian climbed up from the ground, quickly took off his two calves, and ran into the cave. The big black bear lying at the door opened his eyes and saw it was Lu Xiaotian. He closed his eyes listlessly and continued to sleep soundly.
Lu Xiaotian skillfully ran to the dark room of the alchemy room, took out a small white bottle, and then went to the spirit animal room in the cave. In the relatively spacious spirit animal room, there was a jade pond about ten feet square. , scattered with some leaves of white grass, which is a low-level spiritual grass, with a shallow layer of white luster on the leaves, and there are slight noises in the leaves of white grass from time to time.
Lu Xiaotian took out a dozen fragrant black pills from a white vial and scattered them on the leaves of the white grass.
hiss
There was a sudden sound in the jade pond, and more than twenty green ants, five or six times larger than normal ants, crawled out from the leaves, rushing towards the Beast Spirit Pill and chewing it.
“One, two”
Riding on the little green ants eating, Lu Xiaotian repeatedly counted the number, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the number was not small. In the past six months, the old man in black robe has been going out more and more frequently. In addition to practicing, Lu Xiaotian is also responsible for helping the old man in black robe take care of these little green ants.
These little green ants are low-level spiritual insects and are not easy to raise. It took nearly half a year to raise more than twenty of them. Once there is not enough food, the little green ants will kill each other.
Two months ago, because Lu Xiaotian failed to feed them in time, two small green ants were killed and eaten by other stronger ants. For this reason, Lu Xiaotian also received twenty lashes from the old man in black robes, which was so painful that he was still alive. It took more than three days to recuperate before I could go to the ground for activities. After learning this lesson, Lu Xiaotian is always extra careful.
Lu Xiaotian plugged the mouth of the white vial with a peach cork. Suddenly, a long and narrow shadow appeared on the ground. Lu Xiaotian felt tense, but soon felt relieved. He turned around, and sure enough, it was the old man in black robe.
“Old Geng!” Lu Xiaotian saluted the black-robed old man.
"You know it's me?" His cultivation level is much higher than that of Lu Xiaotian. As soon as he appeared at the door of the spirit beast room, Lu Xiaotian seemed to have noticed it, and the old man in black robe couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"There is a faint figure on the ground. The black bear is guarding the entrance of the cave. The only one who can enter the cave silently is Geng Lao." Lu Xiaotian said truthfully.
"Yes, at such a young age, a person with such a mind is truly outstanding among his peers." The old man in black robe nodded slightly, secretly thinking that it was a pity that this boy's spiritual root potential was not as good as his cultivation of Hunyuan. It has been nearly half a year and there has not been much progress. In the past, it was not impossible to accept him as a disciple. But since the Earth Fire Palace was destroyed, the black-robed old man thought of the word disciple, and his face became filled with gloom.
"The shadow ants are also well fed. This is a Qi Gathering Pill for you." The old man in black robe took out a pill bottle from his body, held it in his hand, and the pill bottle floated in front of Lu Xiaotian.
Lu Xiaotian took the elixir bottle and opened the lid. A refreshing fragrance of the elixir came out from inside. Lu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel happy. The Qi Gathering elixir is an elixir used by monks in the early stage of Qi refining. It has a good effect up to the third level. This pill is worth three months of hard training for him who is only at the first level of Qi Refining.
"Thank you, Mr. Geng, for the elixir." After putting the elixir away in a precious place, Lu Xiaotian quickly thanked him.
"As long as you do a good job, I will not be stingy with rewards." The old man in black robe nodded, and took out a small jade gourd and said, "In the future, my time in the cave may be shorter, in the jade pond After the shadow ants mature, if I haven't come back yet, you will put the mature shadow ants into the jade gourd." At this time, Lu Xiaotian also knew that these small green ants are called shadow ants, but Lu Xiaotian looked a little guilty. Difficult, this kind of small green ant is a low-level spiritual insect. It is not very lethal, but it has a strong paralysis effect. Two months ago, that is, the time when the feeding was not timely, it was also because Lu Xiaotian accidentally handled it. He reached into the jade pond and was bitten by a little green ant. His movements were much slower than usual. He fell on the animal skin and slept two hours longer than usual. When he came back again, the little green ants in the jade pond were already moving on their own. Cannibalism.
"Mr. Geng, after I was bitten by a shadow ant, I was paralyzed for nearly a day. If there are no preventive measures, I'm afraid it will delay the mission assigned by Mr. Geng."
Lu Xiaotian said cautiously, lest he offend the gangsters. The old man in robe was not happy.
"This bottle is an antidote for the paralysis poison of shadow ants. You only need to take the antidote before catching the shadow ants." The old man in black robe gave Lu Xiaotian another small medicine bottle.
“Yes, Mr. Geng.”
After taking the antidote, Lu Xiaotian thought to himself, no wonder the old man in black robe who had been so polite to him before just rewarded him with a Qi Gathering Pill. , it turned out that he was required to do this kind of hard work. Even if there is an antidote, being bitten by a small green ant is still quite painful. It's just that the black-robed old man arranged this, but there was no room for him to refuse.
"I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'll take the alchemy furnace with me." Shi Shi, the old man in black robe, said.
“If the beast spirit pills are used up and Elder Geng doesn’t come back, I’m afraid I won’t be able to take care of these shadow ants.” Lu Xiaotian said truthfully.
"I also have a small alchemy furnace here. Although it is not very good, it is enough for refining beast spirit pills."
The old man in black robe took out another one that was all black and looked like a mysterious beast. The quality of the small alchemy furnace made of iron is far worse than the one used by the black-robed old man, but Lu Xiaotian himself There are no other parties, and there are no other spiritual beings. Lu Xiaotian doesn't mind this, but Lu Xiaotian thinks that he doesn't have any means to protect himself now. Through the conversation between the old man in black robe and several other people, Lu Xiaotian knows that the monk not only wants to If you have martial arts, you also need to practice spells, or combat skills, to be considered as possessing combat effectiveness.
When he was at Thunder Blade Sect, Brother Shi Qingshan also had to practice martial arts before he could be considered a true warrior after practicing his inner strength and mental skills. Therefore, Lu Xiaotian thought that warriors and immortal cultivators also have something in common. .
The black-robed old man left longer and longer each time, so Lu Xiaotian thought for a moment and plucked up the courage to say, "Old Geng, in case you don't come back in time, I will go out to pick the elixir for refining the beast spirit pill. The black bear was taken out. If a monster breaks into the cave, it may damage the things in the cave. If I don’t take the black bear out, I’ll run into some danger outside. If I can’t come back, I’m afraid that if I delay these shadow ants that Geng Lao wants to raise, I’ll be ruining Geng Lao’s hopes.”
“Yours. Do you mean you want to get some benefits from me?" Mr. Geng smiled gloomily, his triangular eyes piercing his eyes as coldly as poisonous snakes.
“No, I don’t dare.”
A layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Lu Xiaotian’s forehead. The pressure of the high-level monks made Lu Xiaotian’s calves tremble a little. At this time, he could persist in not kneeling down. Not bad.
Mr. Geng's face was filled with uncertainty. The spiritual object found in the canyon was indeed what he was determined to get. The Shadow Ant is also one of his killer pincers, but the lethality of a single one is not strong. Most of them were destroyed in several battles with the disciples of Lingxiao Palace. This little guy in front of him is still somewhat useful. If it is like what Lu Xiaotian said, it will be really tricky.
After thinking about it for a moment, Mr. Geng's face brightened slightly, and there was a trace of amusement in his eyes. Then he threw another small ancient silver ring and a booklet to Lu Xiaotian, "This is the spirit beast ring, and the booklet contains the art of taming animals." , you can take the black bear out to tame a low-level spiritual beast.”
“Thank you, Mr. Geng.”
< br>Lu Xiaotian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had a heartfelt fear for the old man in black robe. If he had no other choice, Lu Xiaotian was really unwilling to bear this kind of pressure for no reason. But as soon as the old man in black robe left, he went out alone to collect spiritual grass and refine the beast. Lingwan was indeed too dangerous, and for the sake of his own life, he had to act like this.
(End of this chapter)