Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 49 Winter is coming
night.

Chen Li opened the bottle, poured out a Qi and Blood Pill, and swallowed it with water.

Soon, a warm sensation came from my abdomen, which then grew stronger and stronger, gradually spreading throughout my body until my whole body turned bright red.

"call!"

He exhaled a long puff of white air.

Although he had only taken the Qi and Blood Pill for a few days, he could clearly feel his physical strength increasing rapidly, which was many times better than the effect of monster meat.

The only downside is that it's expensive.

The price of a Blood Qi Pill is the same as that of a Qi-Boosting Pill.

He takes one pill every day.

In addition, take two Qi-boosting pills daily.

The cost of pills alone is 4.5 low-grade spirit stones a day.

This doesn't even include the amount of pills he gave Zhou Hong; if you include those, it would be 7.5 low-grade spirit stones per day.

In fact, Zhou Hong's claim of spending 150 spirit stones a month during the day completely underestimated the current prices. She still thought that Qi-replenishing pills were still one spirit stone each, but she didn't know that the price had increased by 50%.

However, it should be able to last for six months without any problem.

He still has fifty-four bottles of Qi-replenishing pills and ten bottles of Qi-blood pills in reserve at home. These alone are enough to last him three or four months without having to buy any more pills. In addition, he has seven spirit stones on hand, as well as his usual income from making talismans.

It's more than enough to last for six months.

As for six months from now, he will have already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, and he will most likely have already learned the 'Light Body Talisman'... By then, his income will be vastly different from what it used to be.

Feeling his blood and energy boiling, Chen Li got up, picked up his sword, and began to train his body.

Since reaching the expert level in basic swordsmanship, improving swordsmanship proficiency has become increasingly difficult, with increasingly stringent requirements and a very high failure rate. Generally, practicing swordsmanship every morning and evening can improve proficiency by three or four points if one is in good condition, but only by two points at most if one is not in good condition.

However, proficiency in the technique does not affect physical improvement in the slightest.

"Snapped!"

Chen Li channeled his power through his entire body, his muscles meshing together like gears, mobilizing most of his muscles. With his eyes wide with rage, he thrust out his sword with a fierce thrust.

The air made a crisp sound.

A small insect, just inches from the tip of the sword, was struck by the surging airflow and blown away without a trace.

"It seems we're not far from the speed of sound!" he thought to himself.

He then continued practicing swordsmanship with his head covered.

……

The next morning, before dawn and before Zhou Hong had even gotten out of bed, Chen Li headed straight for the wilderness.

They walked until they reached a deserted place before stopping.

He looked around and saw no one in sight. He took out his flying sword from his waist and flicked it casually.

While still in mid-air, the flying sword rapidly enlarged, transforming into a giant sword over two meters long, eventually hovering a foot above the ground.

Chen Li had been busy these past few days and had been holding back for several days, but today he finally couldn't contain himself any longer.

Chen Li's heart raced. He took a deep breath, stepped forward, and tentatively stomped on the flying sword. Before he could exert much force, the flying sword suddenly sank.

"The levitation power is completely insufficient... I estimate we need to increase the output of spiritual energy!" Chen Li pondered to himself.

Sure enough, as a large amount of spiritual energy was inputted, the flying sword could withstand more and more power. He stepped on it with force, and feeling that the power was about right, he stepped on it lightly, with both feet completely off the ground.

The flying sword dipped slightly, then slowly stabilized.

"So next, it should take off."

As Chen Li nodded, the flying sword finally began to move slowly.

"Accelerate!" Chen Li frantically channeled his spiritual power, and the flying sword's speed began to increase little by little, from crawling along like a snail to... walking at a normal pace.

However, he didn't care at all.

Why do we need speed?
This is flying, what more could you ask for?
He began to slowly raise the flying sword.

One meter, two meters... five meters...

He stopped ascending after reaching about ten meters.

Any higher and he felt dizzy; it was too dangerous.

He felt that even if he fell from ten meters, he would only suffer minor injuries.

However, flying on a sword consumed too much spiritual energy. In less than a minute, he had used up only one-third of his spiritual energy.

He landed quickly and jumped down.

My legs gave way and I almost fell to the ground.

"That was pretty exciting." Even after getting off the plane, Chen Li was still feeling quite excited.

"It's just that my current cultivation level is still a bit too low, so I can't hold out for too long!"

……

Since moving to his new home, Chen Li has stayed away from conflict and lived a peaceful life.

He practices daily and occasionally takes a flight in the deserted wilderness.

Although he would occasionally run into some of his former neighbors when he went to the market, they would only chat for a few minutes and exchange pleasantries. Everyone tacitly agreed not to ask about his new address.

After winter set in, the weather got colder day by day.

More and more people are going to the forest to cut firewood. At Zhou Hong's suggestion, Chen Li also prepared a lot of firewood, which almost filled the kitchen, and bought enough food in advance to last for two or three months.

But he still didn't have a direct understanding of how cold the winters were here.

Lead-gray clouds shrouded the sky for more than ten days until one morning when I opened the door and found that it was snowing heavily outside, and the earth was covered in a silvery white.

As a southerner, he had never seen such heavy snow before and felt excited and curious. But by noon, this sense of novelty disappeared. The snow outside was already knee-deep, and it still hadn't stopped.

……

In the kitchen, the stove was burning hot, and the soup in the pot was gradually rising and bubbling, sending up plumes of steam. Zhou Hong added firewood, and the warm flames made her face flushed.

"I wonder how many people will die this winter!" Zhou Hong said casually.

Chen Li remained silent upon hearing this.

The shantytowns are full of destitute, unaffiliated monks.

Some people have pitifully low cultivation levels, coupled with declining physical health, making them not much stronger than ordinary people.

Perhaps they came here full of ambition, dreaming of achieving enlightenment, but reality ruthlessly shattered their dreams. These people became numb and decadent day by day, yet they still clung to this place.

This year's living environment is clearly worse than in previous years.

The snowstorm lasted for three days before it stopped.

The snow outside had reached Chen Li's waist, and even the door was blocked by snow. Several unknown birds were hopping around in the snow, but when they saw Chen Li forcefully push the door open, they flew away without a trace.

A chilling, bone-chilling cold swept over him, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

"This damn snow!" he rubbed his hands together and cursed.

He turned back into the house, picked out a larger log from the woodpile in the kitchen, cut it into a wooden shovel with his flying sword, cleared a path in the yard, and then removed the snow from the roof. As for clearing the streets outside, he decided against it.

He placed the wooden shovel at the doorway and looked at the vast white world before him.

"It looks like a lot of people are going to freeze to death this winter!"

(End of this chapter)