I can gather experience beads

"Purple beads...experience beads?"

Experience beads!

A noun popped up in the memory fragments of Cao Rui's mind.

"Experience beads, this thing seems to be used to help break through levels."

"But aren't experience beads something that comes from memories of past lives? They seem to be virtual in nature?"

"Why is it really appearing in my mind now?"

"Try it first, fill up the experience beads and see if it really works."

After thinking about it, Cao Rui began to practice again.

After many attempts, Cao Rui confirmed that the experience beads really exist.

The purple things that this thing accumulates should be experience points.

It’s just that the experience points are accumulated very slowly. I don’t know how long it will take to accumulate the maximum experience points.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Cao Rui still couldn't find the Qi feeling, and had to admit that his talent in martial arts was indeed ridiculously poor.

This morning.

After getting up, Cao Rui began to practice as usual.

The black beads in his mind appeared naturally, and Cao Rui didn't pay too much attention to it.

"Qi feeling, what exactly is Qi feeling?"

Cao Rui was reciting the mantra to practice while thinking in his heart.

At this moment, the experience bead in my mind suddenly reacted.

Cao Rui almost naturally tapped the experience bead with his mind.

hum.

A portion of the purple experience points in the experience bead quickly flowed out and poured into Cao Rui's mind and body.

In an instant, Cao Rui’s mind was filled with the process and experience of his countless times of practicing Qi.

The next moment, Cao Rui suddenly succeeded in sensing the Qi.

The energy formed in the dantian was very weak, but it was able to run in the meridians according to Cao Rui's will.

"The Qi feeling is done!"

"Can I use my experience points without filling them up?"

Cao Rui opened his eyes in surprise.

After accumulating experience points for about half a month, I only filled up less than one twentieth of the experience beads.

This time, all of the energy used to break through the Qi was used up.

Cao Rui also successfully mastered the sense of Qi, as if he had practiced it thousands of times, and was able to control the Qi in his Dantian with ease.

Mastering the sense of Qi in fifteen days can only be considered as a lower-middle level of talent among martial arts practitioners.

But Cao Rui was already satisfied.

"The next step is to practice the first level of the Water Stopping Technique. Continue to circulate this energy in your body along the meridians until you develop the first internal force!"

Cao Rui clarified his direction and began to practice again.

While Cao Rui is practicing, the experience beads will continue to slowly accumulate experience points, waiting for Cao Rui's next use.

Winter is coming soon.

A heavy snowfall.

The entire island in the middle of the lake was covered with a layer of white snow.

Cao Rui was wearing a cotton-padded coat issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was warming himself by the fire in the wooden house, but he did not feel the cold winter at all.

After three months, Cao Rui's Water-stopping Technique was still at the luck stage, and he hadn't even completed the first level.

The difference in talent is evident.

However, the experience points in Cao Rui's mind have accumulated to three-tenths.

The experience beads had already been giving Cao Rui hints when they had accumulated to one-tenth, helping him to break through his current realm.

However, Cao Rui felt that the experience points were only one-third full. Anyway, he could continue to accumulate experience points. Moreover, he was afraid that a breakthrough too quickly would attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives, so he temporarily suppressed the urge to use the experience beads to break through.

Squeak.

The wooden door was pushed open.

Chen Fugui walked in carrying a food box.

He put down the food box and went to the fire to warm himself.

"Delivering food boxes in the heavy snow is freezing me! Hurry up and make a fire!"

Cao Rui smiled and made a cup of hot tea for the little fat boy.

Chen Fugui held the warm teacup in his hand, took a sip and said, "Cao Rui, I'm going home tomorrow, how about you?"

As the end of the year was approaching, the Luoshui Gang thoughtfully gave the servants a ten-day opportunity to go home and visit their families.

Cao Rui thought about this problem seriously.

Almost a year has passed since I was abducted by my third cousin and joined the Luoshui Gang after many twists and turns.

I don’t know whether that beastly third cousin has returned.

I wonder if my father will continue to ask my third cousin to visit me.

Maybe my third cousin made up a lie and said that he was dead?

Cao Rui decided that he had to go back no matter what.

At least we have to reassure our parents and family, and if possible, we have to make our third cousin pay the price.

"Let's go together tomorrow. I remember your home is in Lianhua County?"

Chen Fugui nodded, "Yes, my home is in Lianhua County. We can take the gang's cargo ship to Lianhua County, and my father will send someone to pick us up."

Chen Fugui had already been in touch with his family through letters.

Everyone in the family is looking forward to Chen Fugui coming home to visit.

After making an agreement with Chen Fugui.

Cao Rui braved the heavy snow and went to the farmland manager's office.

The farm manager was a formal gang member in his forties, who was lazily warming himself by the fire in the yard.

He did not try to stop Cao Rui from asking for leave. He simply waved his hand to agree to Cao Rui's leave and wrote a note as proof.

With this note, Cao Rui can ride the Luoshui Gang's cargo ship for free. It also serves as a voucher for returning to the island in the future, making travel much more convenient.

Cao Rui put the note close to him and returned to the cabin to pack his luggage.

There's actually nothing much to sort out.

Just bring a few sets of clothes to change into.

It’s mainly about silver.

As a handyman of the Luoshui Gang, Cao Rui received a monthly salary of five cents of silver.

Cao Rui didn't have much expenses on a normal day.

Now he has accumulated more than four taels of silver.

For ordinary people, this is already a considerable fortune.

Keep the small change and the strips close to your body.

After practicing for a while, Cao Rui fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Cao Rui got up and went to a pier on the island in the middle of the Luoshui Gang lake to meet Chen Fugui.

There are many cargo ships of the Luoshui Gang parked at the dock.

After the two boys asked about the destination of the cargo ship, they boarded a cargo ship bound for Lianhua County.

The helmsman on the ship learned the identities of Cao Rui and Chen Fugui as menial disciples through the note, so he was quite polite.

Although the menial disciples are at the bottom of the Luoshui Gang.

However, if you live on the island in the middle of the lake for many years and work there for a long time, you will also be able to build your own network of relationships.

Not to mention that if you do menial work for a long time, you will also have the opportunity to practice martial arts.

There have been precedents of people who started out as menial servants becoming elite gang members.

"You two, the year is coming to an end, and the ship is full of cargo. We'll have to trouble you two to take care of things in the cargo hold." The helmsman who brought the two men on board said a little embarrassedly.

The helmsmen themselves stayed in the lower cargo hold, which was even worse.

Besides, Cao Rui and Chen Fugui are both young men who have experienced many ups and downs, so they naturally don't mind.

Cao Rui and Chen Fugui sat down in a cargo box of the double-decker cargo ship.

The helmsman prepared two futons and a table, and also sent a plate of dried fruits.

In this way, the two of them rode on the cargo ship, swaying all the way.

We set out at dawn and arrived at the pier in Lianhua County around three in the afternoon.