Mysterious mirror hanging high

[Year 556 of the Changsheng calendar]

In the quiet room

Jing Yu sat cross-legged, holding a round and flawless white pill in his hand. He flicked his finger and the pill flew into his mouth, then swallowed it with a "gulp".

The pure medicinal power dissolves in the body and spreads into all the meridians in the body.

Jing Yu calmed his mind and slowly looked inward, and found that under the operation of the [Questioning the Mirror and Observing Life Method], the medicinal power of the Qi-invigorating Pill was quickly transformed into a series of solid and tough water-based magic powers, which were accumulated in the Dantian.

However, after the transformation, some black impurities remained in the meridians.

erysipelas!

Jing Yu understood.

No matter what kind of elixir it is, there will always be some impurities in its medicinal power. These impurities are elixir poison. If left untreated for a long time, these elixir poisons will corrode the body, clog the meridians, and ultimately prevent the cultivator from making any progress in his cultivation.

Therefore, almost every cultivator who frequently takes elixirs to enhance their cultivation must have a secret method to dissolve the poison from the elixirs, in order to lay a solid foundation and avoid future troubles.

However, no matter how powerful the secret method is, resolving the poison is a long process and cannot be achieved overnight.

However, surprisingly, gray rays of light penetrated into Jing Yu's meridians, and in just a moment, all the black impurities and poison were swept away.

"The [Bitter Crossing Sutra] claims to be able to refine everything in the world and use it for one's own benefit, squeezing out the essence for body refining. It can even squeeze out two ounces of essence from the elixir poison. This saves me the trouble of slowly dissolving the elixir poison..." Jing Yu muttered to himself.

Immediately, a powerful spiritual pressure of the fifth level of Qi training emanated from his body!

Jing Yu stood up suddenly: "After six years of seclusion, my Qi training has improved a lot. I should be not far from the sixth level of Qi training..."

Then he clenched his fists again and said, "I never thought that before I even found the precious body-refining medicine, my [Bitter Crossing Sutra] has already broken through to the ninth level of body-refining... I only need one level left, and the Bitter Crossing Treasure Body will be complete in the body-refining stage."

Although Jing Yu did not stay in seclusion, he often went out for some fresh air in the past six years, but he still stayed in the quiet room most of the time.

In the eyes of others, to be able to break through from the third level of Qi training to the fifth level in six years, this middle-aged cultivator who entered the immortal path probably practiced all the time except for eating, and probably even absorbed spiritual energy in his dreams when he slept.

However, only Jing Yu himself knew that, apart from the unwavering half an hour every day he spent practicing the [Spirit Condensation Technique] to strengthen his spiritual consciousness, he had spent very little time on Qi training in the past six years. Most of the time he was either using the [Bitter Crossing Mysterious Light] to refine all kinds of strange but mostly worthless spiritual objects to improve his physical training, or studying the [True Explanation of Puppets: Qi Training] written by Jiu Ming Daojun, or alchemy traditions such as [Introduction to Alchemy] and [Wushan Alchemy Manual].

If I am even more bored, I will read through the large number of anecdotes and stories about the world of immortal cultivation or strange stories novels bought from Xianwen Pavilion.

During these six years, Jing Yu read almost all the novels on the market in Wushan Market.

"Huh... My Qi training has reached its target speed today, so I'm going to read a novel to relax." Jing Yu pulled out the latest batch of novels that had just arrived last month from his storage bag, picked up one at random, and began to read with great relish...

"Ok?"

He had just flipped through a few pages when he felt something was wrong. He turned the book over and looked at the name.

"[Born with a charming streak, my Yuanying Master and Jindan Senior Brother became enemies because of me]."

Jing Yu's expression turned a little strange. She flipped through a few more pages, wondering why the heroine of this boudoir book looked so much like Li Jiangmei...

Perhaps most love stories in the world are so clichéd.

Perhaps because the book was too vulgar, Jing Yu lost his patience and swept through the entire book with his divine sense, throwing it aside and sighing:

"I don't believe it. It really is a bad book..."

"Another half a minute of my life has been wasted. How wonderful!"

He suddenly stood up and pushed open the door of the quiet room. Calculating the time, it was time to come out of seclusion.

This time he went out of customs to participate in two important events.

One is that the large-scale auction held in Wushan Market every ten years will begin in half a month. Now Jing Yu's spiritual power is still growing steadily, his alchemy skills are becoming more and more sophisticated, and his annual income is steadily increasing. Taking into account the accumulation of the past six years and excluding daily expenses, the total number of spirit stones in Jing Yu's hands is already more than 220.

Such a sum of spirit stones is enough to buy many desirable items at a large auction. Jing Yu originally planned to buy a precious medicine for breaking through the bottleneck. Although Jing Yu has now broken through to the ninth level of body forging by chance, the large auction is held once every ten years after all. It is no problem for him to buy a precious medicine at this auction and use it for breaking through to the tenth level when he has completed the ninth level of body forging.

The second thing is right in front of us. Tomorrow is the day when Zhao Chengyan's two children, Zhao Yuanchen and Zhao Yuanxi, will have their spiritual roots tested. As their uncle, Jing Yu cannot be absent.

When he arrived at the door of the next courtyard, he saw that it was half-open, so Jing Yu pushed it open and went in.

At first glance, I saw six-year-old Zhao Yuanchen running around the yard alone with an exquisitely crafted peach wood sword.

Jing Yu's grandniece Zhao Yuanxi was sitting alone quietly on a step on the other side of the yard, reading a book.

Zhao Chengyan's wife Mu Pei rolled up her sleeves and washed clothes in a wooden basin full of clothes in front of her.

"Uncle!" Mu Pei looked up and saw Jing Yu, and said with a smile, "Have you come out of confinement?"

"Is Pei'er washing clothes?" Jing Yu had been in seclusion for three full months. Having not seen him for a long time, he couldn't help but wonder, "Why isn't he using the clothes-cleansing talisman?"

Mu Pei's eyes changed, and his face showed a slight pain as if his finger had been pricked by an embroidery needle. Then he put on a faint smile and said softly, "I'm still not used to using the Cleansing Talisman. Pei'er is a body cultivator after all, and his hands are strong. It's better to wash these clothes by hand."

Under the influence of Jing Yu's divine consciousness, all his subtle expressions were visible. Seeing Mu Pei's expression, his heart skipped a beat. "Although the Purification Talisman is almost one of the cheapest talismans in the world of immortal cultivation, it is still an immortal talisman after all. How can it be inferior to the hand-rubbed talisman? This talisman is not difficult to draw. As long as you have a spiritual pen, it is a rare talisman that even mortals can draw. Could it be that the Chengyan family is so reluctant to buy the Purification Talisman that costs ten spiritual coins?"

"Pei'er, has Chengyan found a job recently?" Jing Yu asked in a deep voice.

Mu Pei still had a smile on her face, but now it was a little bitter. "I work one day and rest two days, doing odd jobs. I wanted to go out and do some odd jobs to supplement the family income, but my husband wouldn't let me. I also have two children at home, so I really can't get away."

The two were chatting about family matters when Zhao Yuanchen, holding a peach wood sword, ran over, pointed the sword at Jing Yu, and shouted:

"Wushan sword cultivator Zhao Yuanchen is here! You're just a robber cultivator, why don't you surrender!"