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Chapter 622: Special method to make the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle intact? [Ask for the guaranteed monthly ticket in August! ]

Yu Nianyuan discovered that his disciple could really spin in circles.

I don't feel dizzy at all.

Of course, the white sturgeon was not dizzy either. It has been trained in chasing white waves in the Yangtze River. It is a real white shark. How could it lose to a little girl with short legs like you?

The sound of the short-legged little girl spinning tirelessly by the pond not far away came from Chunting Pavilion, making a lot of noise.

Before the eldest sister stood up and drew her sword again, Yu Nianyuan spoke first:
"Speaking of which, there are benefits for Junior Sister to lurk in Xunyang City. Depending on the situation, she can do something and get rid of some troublesome people..."

"There's no need for her to come." Xue Zhongzhu interrupted immediately, her clear voice like a sword that could cut through metal: "Just make sure Xiao Qi comes back safely and reunite with us on time. There's no need to take risks."

Yu Nianyuan was about to say something but stopped himself and had to nod.

Xue Zhongzhu frowned and walked to the pavilion. His emerald eyes looked at the short-legged little Lolita circling by the pond below, but it was obvious that his mind was not on that.

"There are still many experts in the imperial court in Jiangzhou, such as the old lady with the surname Song. There may be some hidden experts. There is no need to let her take risks."

She looked quite unhappy and said:

“If Junior Sister had reached the sixth rank earlier, and combined with half a tortoise-shell longhorn beetle, she could have given it a try and done it with ease.

"Unfortunately, she acted willfully that time in Dragon City, and it seemed that she broke her precepts and violated a taboo, causing her cultivation to stagnate slowly, and she remained at the seventh level of great perfection. I have searched for it so far, but have not found a good solution."

Yu Nianyuan: "But when I first came back, my progress was still good, but it slowly declined later. Could there be some other reason?"

Xue Zhongzhu nodded reluctantly:
"Although this is the case, the impact of breaking the precepts in Dragon City must also be included in it."

She sighed:
"They say that one is as quiet as a virgin. A virgin is the quietest thing in the world. Buddhists say that the mind is like a monkey, and the most active thing in the world is the white monkey. One is quiet, and the other is active. Both are extreme.

"The way of practicing Qi is to pursue perfection, so our sect's rules and regulations are that you are not allowed to break them. For those who have lost their virginity, the quieter the better. This is the path of extreme quietness.

"As the virgin of this generation, Junior Sister is extremely quiet in our sect. She is such a good Qi-refining embryo, but now something unexpected has happened."

Yu Nianyuan shook his head:

"Big Sister, I have checked the files kept in the palace. It's not like there haven't been non-virgin female rulers in the history of our palace, and it didn't affect the progress of Qi training. I always feel that the problem with Seventh Junior Sister is her state of mind."

The second lady of Yunmeng said with regret:

"Maybe it's because we haven't dealt with the Dragon City issue properly. At that time, it was already like that. In fact, we could let her stay for a while longer, wait for her sick husband to wake up, and then we could see him and say goodbye properly. But the senior sister urged us to leave, leaving us with regrets..."

Xue Zhongzhu interrupted directly: "It's OK for ordinary female monarchs, but can it be the same for virgins? Is there any precedent?"

"Well, but there is no clear record..."

"That's it. It may make sense that the Seventh Junior Sister is hurt, but the fact that the Youngest Junior Sister broke her vows and lost her virginity must have had an impact. Not to mention us Yue women, even ordinary women down the mountain would open their eyes and show some changes after losing their virginity..."

Yu Nianyuan thought about it and took the initiative to say:

"That half of the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle is quite effective. Old Monster Sun's advice is quite useful."

"Well, it's a pity that there is only half of it. Her progress has only recovered from stagnation to an ordinary level. However, compared with her rapid progress in cultivation, it can only be said that it is better than nothing..."

Xue Zhongzhu pursed his lips tightly, and after a while, he said in an unhappy tone:

"Besides, half of the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle is really wasted. If it were a whole tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle, maybe the negative influence on Junior Sister could be completely eliminated."

"The side effects of taking the tortoise-shell longhorn beetle completely are too severe. Can Senior Sister bear to see Junior Sister so lonely? Moreover, I still think that taking the tortoise-shell longhorn beetle to restore calmness is only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure. We should start with our state of mind. Only a calm mind can bring true calmness.

"Virgins are blessed by nature, but sometimes there are singing girls and dancing girls playing music in the noisy streets at the foot of the mountain. They are also quiet people. They can be quiet in the midst of noise because their hearts are quiet."

Without waiting for Xue Zhongzhu to speak, Yu Nianyuan changed the subject:
"If it is true as Senior Sister said, and the Tortoise-shell Longicorn Beetle is quite effective, then after Junior Sister broke her vows and lost her virginity, when she just came back from Dragon City, wouldn't her progress in cultivation be roughly the same as before?
"At that time, Junior Sister had not yet taken the remaining half of the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle. Senior Sister, do you think it was because her sickly husband had taken half of the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle, and when the two of them were consummating... sleeping on the same bed, some of the medicinal effects of the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle were transferred to Junior Sister Seven through the interaction of yin and yang? It lasted for a while, and then the two of them were separated for too long, so the medicinal effects on Junior Sister wore off?"

Yu Nianyuan pinched his chin, tilted his head slightly, and muttered:
"If this is possible, then why not that..."

Xue Zhongzhu's brows furrowed as he listened, and he kept asking, "What's that?"

Yu Nianyuan turned his eyes away:

"That's right. Although that sickly man has taken half a tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle, can we still sleep with him..."

"Don't even think about it!"

This time, Xue Zhongzhu finally understood and interrupted Yu Nianyuan before he finished speaking.

Her expression changed dramatically at first, and then she suppressed her displeasure and said:
"Let's not talk about whether that sickly fellow is qualified to touch a virgin. He is just an ordinary man with no Qi training skills. The medicinal effect of half a tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle is only for his life. The actual magical effect he could obtain has probably been lost long ago.

“Even if Second Junior Sister’s guess is barely correct, it was only the brief period of time that the drug effect remained in my body after I took the second half of the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle at the Donglin Temple in Longcheng. It has long passed now.

"Besides, since when did a virgin like us from Yunmeng Jianze have to rely on a man to practice? If this gets out, people will laugh their heads off. Do we, the Lady Lord Palace, have to give up our reputation?
"Second Junior Sister, I know that when you were in the palace, you liked to tinker with some strange things and liked to record them in the book, but since this concerns Junior Sister, you cannot tinker with it, do you understand? Because we cannot make mistakes by trial and error, Junior Sister's affairs are the top priority in the palace, and we have to discuss this together."

"clear."

Yu Nianyuan was not annoyed, and his voice was as gentle as usual:
"I'm just a little curious. Sometimes, Senior Sister is too principled and adheres to the laws of her ancestors. In the words of Confucian scholars, she is a little biased towards the past. But that's okay. Several of the junior sisters, including Junior Sister Seven, are still too young and need Senior Sister's supervision for the time being."

Xue Zhongzhu glanced at Yu Nianyuan, as if he wanted to say, "You are the same too. Even if I don't care, you, second junior sister, will do something bold."

"Wait, Second Junior Sister, is this also why you didn't let me send a letter to Xunyang City and directly asked Junior Sister to come back?"

"Don't think too much, Senior Sister. It's not about the efficacy of the tortoise-shelled longhorn beetle."

Yu Nianyuan said helplessly:

"I just still think that the sudden problem with Junior Sister's cultivation progress is due to her state of mind. If her mind is calm, even if she loses her virginity, she will still be as calm as a virgin. If her mind is not calm, even if she keeps her virginity, there will still be distractions lurking and disturbing her. It is difficult for a person to make progress in cultivation in the mountains.

"Of course, Junior Sister may have both, the severity of the problem may vary."

"Maybe." Xue Zhongzhu pondered for a moment and waved his hand reluctantly.

She smiled softly:
"So this time, she was able to come back on her own without our direct interference. Maybe her state of mind can recover a little. Even if she hasn't really let it go, she has let go and accepted her fate. A change in state of mind makes a big difference. You can look forward to it, Senior Sister."

"As I said before, Junior Sister's safety is the most important."

Xue Zhongzhu frowned and said, setting the bottom line principles.

"correct."

At this time, Yu Nianyuan took out a piece of information from his sleeve, handed it to Xue Zhongzhu, and softly mentioned the new information he had received from various parties:
"Big Sister, the latest news is that the Jiangzhou Supervisory Office and the Jiangzhou government are searching every household for Yunmeng Orders, and several Yunmeng Orders have already fallen into their hands."

"Heh, you've been scared by us to such an extent that you've confiscated several Yunmeng Orders, and I haven't done anything yet."

Xue Zhongzhu glanced at the information in his hand, and a look of sarcasm and disdain appeared at the corner of his lips.

Yu Nianyuan spoke in a gentle voice, just like when he was teaching Li Shu to read and write in the past.

"I heard that they even issued an official document, summoning all the forces and nobles in Jiangzhou, warning them one by one that if they dared to secretly accept the Yunmeng Order, act as a double-faced person, and support our Yunmeng Jianze, they would all be convicted and their property would be confiscated afterwards, and their descendants for three generations would not be employed by the Zhou court... In any case, it is undoubtedly a death sentence."

Xue Zhongzhu's face was cold: "That's all they have."

"Big sister, some forces that have received the Yunmeng Order are hesitant and want to withdraw."

"I had expected this to happen, so I asked you to set a higher number when issuing the Yunmeng Order this time."

Yu Nianyuan nodded: "Master Sister really predicted the future this time."

"They are all cowards. They are afraid of offending us and the Queen of Zhou. Therefore, they forget the greater good for the sake of small gains and do not think about danger when they are safe. I have already discovered this when I called these cowards to a meeting last time."

Xue Zhongzhu shook his head:

"The number of heroes that have emerged in Tiannan Jianghu in recent years is far less than the number of heroes that emerged when our Lady Lord came down from the mountain to explore the world a few times before." "That's true. Senior Sister is really a wise woman."

Yu Nianyuan sighed softly:
"Actually, this time, it doesn't matter whether they come or not. As long as they receive the Yunmeng Order, it will be fine."

Xue Zhongzhu put his hands behind his back, with a faint smile on his lips:
"Yeah, it's all the same. It doesn't matter if they all don't come."

The two seemed to have a tacit understanding.

Yu Nianyuan didn't continue the conversation and changed the subject.

These days, she has been meeting many so-called heroes and young knights in Tiannan Jianghu on behalf of the senior sister and the female monarch. She nodded slightly:

"I have not been down the mountain to see the outside world for a long time. The atmosphere in the Tiannan Jianghu seems to be a bit decadent. Is it because it was the Qian Zhou Dynasty that made all the heroes go to Guanzhong? Or is it because after Qian unified the north and the south and established the country, the fortune of the southern country has flowed to the north?"

After thinking for a while, she shook her head:

"I don't know what the situation is like in other rivers and lakes."

Xue Zhongzhu waved his hand:
"No matter what happens in other martial arts circles or hidden sects, this time, it is our turn for the Tiannan martial arts world to set a benchmark for the qigong practitioners and heroes in the world."

Yu Nianyuan looked at the tall blonde Hu Ji's back, held the scroll in his jade hands, clapped his hands, and said with a smile:

"Master Sister is as brave as any man and has the heroic spirit of a man. This is recognized by all Qigong practitioners in the world after Taogu Wenjian won the first place in the sword art."

Xue Zhongzhu didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't turn around or respond.

The snow-white sword placed on the side trembled slightly, as if it was about to be unsheathed.

There is a feeling of injustice and dissatisfaction.

Xue Zhongzhu pressed the hilt of the sword with his big hand, and only then did he calm down Zhishuang, who "had never avenged her".

"That map is great, very detailed, even the directions of the several waterways on the Xunyang River are clearly marked."

She pointed to a complicated map covered with densely written ink words on the stone table in the middle of the pavilion.

The map is half-covered, and vaguely visible are the mountains and rivers near Shuangfengjian Xunyang Grottoes.

"That kid named Du is a bit extraordinary."

The candle in the snow nodded slightly.

Yu Nianyuan glanced at the map on the table.

The candle in the snow lowered its head and said:

"This time, the Xunyang Grottoes are outside the city, far away from the houses of the people in Xunyang City. This is a good condition for us. At least we are not as restricted as last time."

Yu Nianyuan suddenly said:
"Well, but it is also good news for the Great Zhou court. The Jiangzhou Hall initially selected the site for the Donglin Buddha at the Xunyang Grottoes on the top of Shuangfeng Peak. The person who pushed this matter forward was a man with a long-term vision. As for the Xingzi Lake Buddha later, it was completely a mess and was too eager for quick success... Mr. Wei was right before. We shouldn't have let that governor named Ouyang Lianghan take the position."

Xue Zhongzhu turned around, glanced at Yu Nianyuan, and said calmly:

"You like to praise people, but we won't show mercy this time."

Yu Nianyuan smiled:
"Not showing mercy is the greatest respect I can show you."

Xue Zhongzhu didn't mention the matter anymore. He returned to the cushion and sat down cross-legged.

She drew out Zhishuang again, continued to dip the white cloth into water, and slowly wiped the sword, without raising her head, she said:

"Second Junior Sister, if you are alright, please go down and tell Wei Shaoqi what I just said. I am waiting for his painting."

"Yes, Senior Sister." Yu Nianyuan said with a smile.

The gentle lady in white clothes walked out of the pavilion and passed under a tree covered with pear blossoms. The mountain wind whistled, sweeping the pear blossoms and staining her clothes.

Yu Nianyuan calmly walked down the mountain. When he passed the pond halfway up the mountain, he called out softly:
"Are you hungry, Xiaoshu? Madam Xuemu sent some cakes over this morning and said that you little girl would like them."

Li Shu, who was circling, kept her pace and trotted to Yu Nianyuan. She raised her little face with missing front teeth and asked innocently:
"Master Fu, Daddy once said that there is a big dragon in the deep water that will suddenly emerge and eat people. Is it true?"

Yu Nianyuan nodded and narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's true, let's go, stay away from the water."

"I don't believe it. Master Fu's words are so perfunctory. Master Fu, go ahead. I'll go see if Da Bai has fainted."

After saying that, the short-legged little girl ran back, picked up a long and straight branch, and continued to circle around the pond.

Yu Nianyuan shook his head and continued to go down the mountain.

At this moment, in the pavilion called "Spring Courtyard" on the top of the mountain, the tall Hu girl who was wiping her sword with her head down suddenly stood up.

Over the pool, a long snow-white rainbow mixed with fallen petals of pear blossoms cascaded down, like an inverted white foam waterfall.

Bang! Boom!

The water in the full pool burst, and a light rain began to fall in the forest beside the pool.

The white sturgeon that was spinning vigorously suddenly took off into the sky, and after a few "dong dong" sounds, it landed heavily on the ground, motionless, as if it had fainted.

Li Shu sat down on the ground, soaking wet all over, and looked like a wooden chicken.

The next moment, he jumped up in fright.

"Big...Big dragon!!"

The short-legged little girl ran away quickly, but after a while, her small figure came back stumbling, and hurriedly and with great difficulty dragged up the unconscious white sturgeon on the shore. Together with one person and one fish, they ran away in a flash and disappeared again.

We share weal and woe.

In the pavilion on the top of the mountain, the candle in the snow heard the faint sound of a short-legged little girl sobbing and crying on the mountain road shaded by the trees below:

"Master Axe, woo woo woo, there's a big dragon in the water, a man-eating big dragon. My duck is gone. I shouldn't have thrown it into the water..."

"Think positively, maybe you've gone to heaven, so won't your lower front teeth grow faster?" Yu Nianyuan comforted.

"Why not think of the worst?"

"..."

He's so argumentative at such a young age. What will happen when he grows up?

Yu Nianyuan said helplessly:
"Hurry up and throw the white sturgeon back into the pond. You won't have to worry about it dying of dehydration if you drag it along the shore like this. This is for your Seventh Uncle to replenish his body."

"No, Dabai will be eaten by the evil dragon if he goes back. The evil dragon just attacked me. Fortunately, I ran fast and escaped from the evil dragon..."

"Then if you don't go back, what do you want to do with it? You can't keep it in the house."

"Of course I'll take care of the kitchen first, and wait for Uncle Seven to come back before putting it in the pot. Well, I also need to replenish my body. It's okay. I can line up behind Uncle Seven. Uncle Seven is very thin, right? Don't worry, Xiaoshu is not tall either, and can't eat much... Master Fu, can we stew Dabaihong this time? But Uncle Seven had better come back slowly, and wait for me to grow the duck well."

Yu Nianyuan: ...

Candle in the Snow: ...? ?

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