ragginovel Chapter 45 Qi Refining Level 6
Chapter 45 Qi Refining Level 6
"A wine tasting?"
Lu Qingyun frowned as he looked at the invitation Chen Daoren handed him.
Chen Daoren knew that he did not want to leave the market, and given the other party's usual sense of propriety, he should not have come to him repeatedly.
"Something seems off about this Taoist Chen!"
Lu Qingyun reviewed Chen Daoren's actions over the past few days, and the injuries on the man's body did indeed resemble those inflicted by a demonic beast.
But he always felt it was too much of a coincidence.
From the time Li Fulai asked him to go to the capital of Dade Kingdom, to now Chen Daoren inviting him to a wine tasting party.
It seemed as if there was always a pair of hands pushing him away from the market.
Lu Qingyun released a golden spirit bee without leaving a trace, hiding it in the corner of Chen Daoren's clothes, and casually said:
"Alright, since you've invited me, how could I refuse?"
"However, I happen to be leaving the market today. How about we meet tomorrow by the Pingyang River?"
He went!
Chen Daoren's heart skipped a beat, and he was overjoyed.
"Alright, I'll head back and make preparations later. We'll meet again tomorrow on the banks of the Pingyang River!"
It's a deal.
Lu Qingyun smiled and poured a cup of wine for Chen Daoren.
In the end, Chen Daoren excused himself and left Yunxia Restaurant first.
……
"Chen Daoren, Li Fulai, Zheng Tianxuan, the black-robed deacon..."
Back at the spirit field, Lu Qingyun took out a talisman and wrote down the names of those who might try to plot against him.
After much deliberation, Lu Qingyun decided to abandon his plan to go out and risk his life.
Several hours later, the Golden Spirit Bee quietly flew back from the Spirit Field.
Lu Qingyun activated the formation, and in the distance, Chen Daoren was sneaking back into the spirit field.
At this moment, he glanced guiltily in Lu Qingyun's direction, but unfortunately, the array blocked his view, and he did not notice that Lu Qingyun was watching him.
The golden bee buzzed several times.
Following the spiritual transmission, Lu Qingyun roughly understood what the Golden Spirit Bee meant.
Chen Daoren went to see a man with a cold face and triangular eyes.
"I never expected it to be Zheng Tianxuan."
Lu Qingyun sneered, realizing why Zheng Tianxuan had been delaying in purchasing rice seeds from him.
It turns out that he had already planned to scheme against himself and prepare to lure himself out of the market.
Zheng Tianxuan and Li Fulai had known each other for a long time, and it was probably Zheng Tianxuan's doing that Li Fulai asked him to go to the capital of Dade.
"Fortunately, I was careful and cautious, otherwise I would have fallen into Zheng Tianxuan's trap."
Lu Qingyun took a deep breath and made a mental note of this debt.
Now that the Zheng family is powerful and possesses a half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator, he would not risk his life by attacking them.
However, he will definitely settle accounts with the Zheng family properly in the future.
Lu Qingyun picked up his pen and told Bai Yuechan to prepare spirit stones, as all the rice seeds could be sold to the Bai family this time.
……
Several months later.
When the green corn ripened, Lu Qingyun did not plant green corn this time, but instead planted golden corn.
Golden corn is of a higher rank than green corn, and it was the most precious type of rice he carried with him when he left the sect.
Originally, his magical power was not enough to support the planting of golden corn, so he first planted green corn to accumulate experience.
Now that I have cultivated to the fifth level of Qi Refining, I am finally able to use the Lesser Cloud Rain Technique more often to meet the growth needs of the Golden Corn.
Lu Qingyun glanced at the spirit field beside him. Ever since he had tricked Chen Daoren that day, he had never seen him again.
It was as if they had vanished from the face of the earth.
Recalling Zheng Tianxuan's sinister appearance and the ruthlessness rumored in the market.
Lu Qingyun shook his head and sighed, "Master Chen, perhaps he will never come back."
If this person treats others with sincerity, what's wrong with him protecting him through the Yunxia Sect?
Unfortunately, there are very few truly sincere people in this world.
Three years have passed, and in the fields, the golden corn is growing well.
Each plant of Lingmi is as tall as a person, with lush green leaves and plump, full grains.
In a quiet room,
Lu Qingyun smiled slightly, and activated the Ancient Tree Longevity Technique, sweeping away the life force on the entire spirit field with several dark cyan vortexes.
Since breaking through from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level, he encountered almost no bottlenecks. With just a slight thought, he could easily and successfully break through.
The jade talisman conveyed a message that after so many years of accumulation, Young Marquis Xiao Daojue had finally broken through to the first-level talisman master and successfully drew a first-level low-grade talisman.
As usual, Lu Qingyun offered his thanks.
However, since Chen Xiru wrote to us two years ago saying that she was about to enter the inner sect, we have not heard from her again.
Lu Qingyun felt rather disappointed.
The surroundings were never as lively as when he broke through to the third level of Qi Refining.
Pingyang Market has become increasingly chaotic lately.
Several years have passed since the invasion of the Qingchi Demonic Sect. In previous years, it was just a minor skirmish, but this year the situation is far from optimistic.
On both sides of Dade, the cities of Dazhao and Daye were breached by Daqing, where the Demonic Sect was located, and the people there were all slaughtered.
"I wonder how much longer I can continue my cultivation, and whether I can even reach the late stage of Qi Refining..."
Lu Qingyun sighed silently.
The Great De Dynasty was near the Yunxia Sect, and in Pingyang Market, there had been no trace of the Tribulation Cultivator for seventy or eighty years.
However, recently, a calamity has occurred.
The drought in Dade has not eased with the passage of time.
Now, four years later, some areas of Dade have become barren wastelands.
The people even shouted the slogan, "Those who lack virtue will lose their country."
Even though the Great Virtue Emperor invited a high-level cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining to investigate the cause of the drought, they were unable to find out the reason.
The price of golden corn has increased several times over the years, and Lu Qingyun has thus accumulated tens of thousands of spirit stones.
Having just emerged from seclusion, he planned to disguise himself and purchase some talismans and magical artifacts to enhance his own strength.
Meanwhile, Jin Lingfeng has reached the initial stage of Qi Refining perfection. If he can break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, he will definitely be able to provide him with more assistance.
"It's just a pity, what have the common people done to deserve this?"
Despite carrying a large sum of money, Lu Qingyun felt no joy, but instead looked worriedly out of the market.
The price of spirit rice has increased not because cultivators have become more generous, but because a large amount of grain has been used to provide relief to mortals and disaster victims, which has driven up the price of spirit rice.
If the drought continues, I'm afraid that even before the Demonic Sect invades, chaos will break out in Dade.
Before the autumn wind even stirs, the cicadas are already aware of it. Lu Qingyun silently shook his head.
……
There are still a few days until the golden corn is ripe.
Lu Qingyun's cultivation level also gradually encountered a bottleneck.
The distance between the mid-stage and late-stage Qi Refining is like an insurmountable chasm.
He no longer had that effortless feeling he had when he was accumulating magical power.
"Fortunately, there are still ten years before the spiritual essence of Pingyang is formed. I should work harder, even if it is a slow and steady process, I should still make some progress."
With a burst of magic, a [Minor Cloud and Rain Technique] was cast upon the spiritual field.
A misty vapor suddenly rose in the spiritual field, and the golden corn stalks swayed in the wind, as if cheering and jumping for joy.
Just then, hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the spirit field.
"Brother Lu, are you here? Yuechan has an urgent matter to ask of you!"
Bai Yuechan's eyes were filled with anxiety and worry. Disregarding etiquette, she hurriedly struck the Dengwen Bell outside the spirit field.
"Miss Bai, please don't worry, what happened?"
Lu Qingyun, his blue robe fluttering, walked out unhurriedly.
Bai Yuechan calmed down a bit after seeing Lu Qingyun and said solemnly, "Brother Lu, all the golden corn in and around the market has developed purple patterns, and several acres have already begun to wither and die."
"Currently, you are the only mid-grade first-level spirit plant master in Pingyang Market. I humbly request Brother Lu's assistance!"