Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 241 Early Summer
In the summer of the fourteenth year of Tianyou, Post Station No. 9 on the Xizhou official road.

"Yo hey yo hey! Get up!" With the centurion's shout, one hundred and thirty one-eyed nags propped up their heavy bodies and began a day's long journey.

The mining team is the most common type of soldier in Xizhou. It is composed of new recruits, veterans injured on the battlefield, and monks who have established their foundation. They are responsible for escorting the raw stones, smelted metals, and standard weapons mined from the major mines in Xizhou.

Indeed, as a war machine, the Ju State had uniform specifications for the weapons it needed for its army. Behind this war-mongering state was a smoothly functioning supply system and a relatively stable social economy.

If the people under his rule could not survive, the counties (prefectures, states) would have revolted long ago and seized the throne from the Liang family.

This mining team stayed at the No. 9 Post Station last night, replenished their water and rations, and took advantage of the sun's low temperature to quickly set off.

As soon as the messenger at the post station straightened up from his bent back, he saw a female cultivator in a gray robe standing not far away, staring at the mining team as they left.

"What's so good about it?" the servant muttered. "It's just dust. I wonder how much water I need to wash my face clean."

Xizhou was short of water, and the situation hadn't improved much this year. The spring snowmelt had already been absorbed by the barren fields, and even the imperial post stations had to conserve water.

The messenger frowned and approached flatteringly, "Master! Do you want to take a break?"

"The mining team uses the one-eyed dromaemon. I don't think I've seen them before."

The messenger saw the dots on the visitor's eyes and knew he was from Xizhou. He couldn't fool them, so he replied honestly, "We fought a war with the Dongyi in the past two years, and the miners in Xizhou are almost smoking with their hoes. It just so happened that the Yun family tamed a group of one-eyed horse beasts. These animals have good endurance, great strength, and a docile temperament, so the court replaced them with those from Xizhou's mining team."

Wei Xi's eyes darkened, and at the mention of the word "Yun Family," her anger welled up within her. But she managed to remain calmer than before, tossing a tael of silver to the messenger, "Prepare the table, find two plates of fruit, and the rest is yours!"

The servant smiled happily, held the silver and invited Wei Xi to come into the post station and sit down, then turned to go to the kitchen to prepare food.

"Why are you so happy today?"

"Here comes an immortal master, and he's quite generous," the waiter boasted to the cook. "I wonder which sect this immortal master is from? He carries a sword, and on his shoulder stands a pitch-black bird with two eyes on its wings! He also has a palm-sized rag doll on his waist... He looks a bit evil..."

"Shh!" The cook chopped off the fish's head. "Be careful what you say. Who are you to criticize the Immortal Master?"

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A month ago, Wei Xi was released from prison. She was the one taking the blame, taking the fall for a certain sect. The Wanjian Sect had communicated with the monks in charge of the prison, so Wei Xi's communication was not hindered.

For two years, Qin Feng and Lian Gouqie kept in touch with each other.

The two of them had been clamoring to come and pick up Wei Xi early on, but they didn't expect that after the New Year, the sect's tasks would be assigned to every disciple.

Qin Feng, who broke through to the foundation-building stage, is a leader among the young cultivators of Qingcheng Sect. Lian Gou Xie has also reached the edge of the foundation-building stage. The two were sent to Bingzhou to carry out a mission.

Wei Xi had been imprisoned for the past two years, and besides mumbling bad things, she had done nothing but read and practice. As a result, she was quite familiar with the map of Northern Xinjiang: Bingzhou and Xizhou were not far apart, with Fuzhou in between. Returning home and then looking for Qin Feng and the others was a good idea.

Of course, the sect does not encourage disciples to have too much contact with family members who have no chance to practice Taoism. In the letter Wei Xi wrote to Qingcheng Sect, he only reported that he was going to Bingzhou to find his fellow disciples.

The people at the post station were quick and efficient and quickly served Wei Xi four dishes and a soup, all of which were local dishes from Xizhou, except for the two plates of dried fruits.

Seeing that Wei Xi looked unhappy, the servant tactfully walked away.

"Try it," Wei Xi pushed the fruit plate to Lingyin, "This is the only fruit we can eat at this time of year. If you don't eat it, you'll only end up eating bugs!"

Lingyin's appearance has also changed now. Overall, she is uglier than before and smaller in size. The most conspicuous thing about her is the pair of compound eyes on her wings.

The bird looked at it with its eyes squinting for a long time, then reluctantly jumped to the side and started eating the Xizhou specialty.

Wei Xi's eyes turned black when he thought of Lingyin, that silly bird.

When Wei Xi first arrived at Dieqi Mountain, the swirling yin and yang energy made her nauseous, and every part of her body ached. Meanwhile, Lingyin was throwing a tantrum, refusing to eat the fruit she'd brought her, and fluttered off. Wei Xi was imprisoned in a cell, so how could she catch it? The yin and yang energy tangled with the spiritual energy, and she couldn't even use the tracking technique. She simply left the silly bird alone.

In less than half a day, the idiot flew back, half of his body covered in blood. I don't know what monster bit him.

Wei Xi made a scene in the cell in the middle of the night just to find someone to treat his injuries.

The disciples of the Wanjian Sect didn't say anything and found a pill cultivator. The man took one look and said that the meat was hopeless and that it could be roasted and eaten fresh.

Wei Xi didn't believe it, so he fed Lingyin all the medicine that Yang Qiuxia gave her, and she held on for a while.

Lingyin lay like this for more than ten days, and Wei Xi's eyes were red from staying up all night.

She had even decided that Lingyin's life would be at the hands of Coach Li, but Lingyin started pecking at her frantically.

Lingyin devoured his brother when he was born, and now the two birds are fighting for the possibility of survival in his body.

Wei Xi was stunned. She thought she was hallucinating due to lack of sleep.

In the end, Lingyin won, and its body also underwent strange changes: it was able to swallow the yin and yang energies, and these yin and yang energies reconstructed its body.

The brother who was killed by it twice completely turned into a pair of eyes on the wings, and Wei Xi shared the vision with this pair of eyes.

It was this accident that led Wei Xi to explore another possibility.

Wei Xi began to try to use the yin and yang energies to practice.

All things in the world have both yin and yang energies within them. The problem is that these yin and yang energies are inherently balanced. Once they come into contact with other yin and yang energies, this balance is disrupted, causing mild illness or even sudden death.

Fortunately, Wei Xi has always been creative and she was not frightened by the judgment of the immortal cultivation world.

To change his mind, Wei Xi made several cautious attempts.

The loose bones and leaky qi palace turned from a disadvantage into a short-term advantage: Wei Xi could not retain much of the yin and yang energy absorbed into his body, and the remaining little bit dissipated after a while.

This power close to the origin was also affecting Wei Xi: Wei Xi's leaking Qi Palace gradually healed, and although his bones were not reshaped, the blockages in them were cleared one by one.

Of course, this method also has its drawbacks: the yin and yang energy in Wei Xi's body is in a slightly unbalanced state, and he has to endure severe pain all the time; at the same time, this method of dripping water through a stone is too slow.

But Wei Xi was eager to become stronger and didn't want to be bullied. The monk Fengdao's casual words made her pay the price for something she hadn't done. The flames of revenge and resentment became her most powerful motivation.

The thing that people in prison have the most is time. Wei Xi worked day and night, enduring the severe pain in his body, and used the Yin and Yang Qi to completely open up his bones. His Qi Palace was also much stronger than before, and he successfully broke through to the foundation-building stage.

At this point, the benefits of Yin and Yang Qi to her were diminishing, as she could retain more of it, and her body would be unable to withstand the additional intake. Wei Xi cherished her life and could only consider other methods of cultivation.

Unfortunately, Yinyangpo is extremely desolate and does not have resources like Bailu Pavilion.

But soon, Wei Xi thought of another way - a living library.

All the prisoners in Yinyangpo are criminals from the world of immortal cultivation, with various charges against them. Wei Xi, the scapegoat, is as pure as a little lamb here.

The people here may not speak well, but they are all talented. Wei Xi made a breakthrough with the help of a fellow inmate.

After eating the last piece of fried dough cake, Wei Xi performed a cleansing spell and left the post station with Lingyin, the palm-sized doll on his waist swaying in the wind.

　Wei Xi: Enlightenment in Longchang! I want to become stronger!
　　Thanks to all the readers for their monthly tickets and recommendations! Volume 3 is Wei Xi's journey to become stronger! It's also her journey across the map!
　　
　
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