Beauty helps me achieve immortality

Chapter 136 She said...

Zhao Qing took the teacup handed to him by his aunt, held it in his hands and thought silently.

The woman slowly stood up and removed the black hairpin from her hair with her slender hands, leaving her three thousand strands of black hair scattered in disarray.

She took out a porcelain bottle from the storage ring, which contained the new fragrant dew from Tianxiang Tower.

The window of the quiet room was pushed open, and the whimpering cold wind blew through, and her hair fluttered in the wind.

A unique fragrance filled the air.

Quiet, clear, and endless... like a river in early autumn, or a valley on a summer night.

In an instant, it seemed as if the irises and hyacinths in the yard were growing luxuriantly, and even the whistling cold wind seemed a little quieter.

Only the trees at the foot of Shouyun Mountain were still rustling, struggling to resist the cold brought by deep winter.

A graceful figure in a gauze dress walked out of the bedroom, her phoenix eyes looked through the window, and she met my aunt's gaze for a moment, a faint smile appearing on her pretty face.

She raised her slender hands to comb the hair by her ears, her sleeves fluttering in the wind... She took slow lotus steps and walked into the west wing.

In the quiet room, Zhao Qing put down his tea and whispered, "Each of the twelve floors of Yujing corresponds to a path of cultivation."

"Which one does the Blood-stained Robe Building correspond to?"

My aunt turned around and said softly, "It can't be the way of business."

"Since it's named Bloody Robe, perhaps it's related to fighting the enemy..."

Zhao Qing shook his head slightly.

A thought came to his mind... Each of the twelve floors corresponds to a line of poetry by Li Bai.

But the blood-stained clothes... which sentence is it?

Did Li Bai write about this?

Zhou Xiaoyi lifted up her brocade robe, lay lazily on the ground, and slightly opened her red lips.

"The few known ones..."

"Zizhu Tower is the path to alchemy. We have already walked this path before."

"The Shattered Star Tower is for the way of formations, the Southern Immortal Tower is for the way of talismans, and the Nine Swords Tower is for the ultimate way of swords."

Zhao Qing nodded and added.

"Senior Duan said that there are many Tianxiang Towers in other states, and they are all female cultivators."

"Some states sell themselves, some don't..."

"Perhaps it has something to do with the Way of Harmony?"

My aunt raised her beautiful eyes and said, "Do you want to try it?"

Zhao Qing frowned and ignored the attack.

"The Daoist Fellow Sun I met in the Dan Tower... according to him, there might be a Phoenix Tower related to demon cultivation, abandoning the magical methods of spiritual consciousness and focusing on physical cultivation."

The woman's cold face leaned forward slightly.

"Blood Robe Purple Pearl, Nine Sword Southern Immortal, Broken Star Phoenix Emperor... and Heavenly Fragrance."

"There are only seven of them, each with its own corresponding path of cultivation..."

She was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is there really such a magic in the Dan Tower?"

Zhao Qing pondered for a moment.

"It's hard to explain, but it's definitely completely different from the alchemy in the mortal world..."

"After only three levels of trials, I can already feel the vastness of the Dao of Alchemy and the endless path of cultivation. I wonder what the other great paths are like."

My aunt gradually fell silent.

After a long while, she continued to speak and asked, "What opportunity did you get?"

What is this opportunity?

Is this a cheat?

Zhao Qing spoke succinctly, revealing his true feelings: "Spending time with you every day will help me improve my cultivation."

Zhou Xiaoyi's watery eyes froze.

Spend time with me...every day?

The next moment, the woman's beautiful eyes slanted and she spat softly.

"It's full of nonsense!"

She pulled off the red belt around her waist and threw it in front of Zhao Qing.

Then he took off his boots and socks, placed his small snow-white feet lightly on the table, and took out a crimson porcelain vase.

"help me."

Zhao Qing's heart was moved. Help you?

Reward me for you, right?

He picked up the crimson porcelain vase and studied it briefly.

Then he grasped the delicate jade feet in front of him and pulled them in front of him.

Feeling something strange in the soles of her feet, Zhou Xiaoyi frowned slightly and breathed softly.

Thinking of their so-called daily companionship, she folded her hands behind her head, lazily lying on the ground, and said softly, "If that were really the case..."

The crimson cream is dotted on the white snow-white feet.

It seems a bit coquettish... and wanton.

Zhou Xiaoyi's face flushed slightly, and she was a little absent-minded as she looked at the extra crimson spots on her slender toes.

After a moment, she whispered, "We have to go. Danxia can't stay any longer."

Zhao Qing glanced sideways. He also had such a plan, but he had not yet decided where to go.

There was a thoughtful look in the woman's eyes.

"Your problem isn't your rapidly improving alchemy skills and cultivation... but your mediocrity over the past twenty years."

She breathed softly.

The voice was trembling.

“There is nothing wrong with being mediocre, and there is nothing wrong with being outstanding.”

"But... when the two come together, disaster will follow."

Zhou Xiaoyi analyzed...

"In Danxia Sect, you are already an outlier."

"It's just that most of those you know are menial disciples. Even if they harbor greed, they won't be able to stir up any trouble."

"But there are always traces of you here. The independent cultivators in Danxia City, the brothers in the sect... all of them are potential threats to some extent."

Zhao Qing nodded slightly.

What my aunt said makes a lot of sense.

Breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining was nothing before, but an unknown servant suddenly turned his life around and even took a spirit boat to Zhongzhou to participate in the trial...

Anyone would be curious.

And that curiosity is... dangerous to oneself.

He pondered: "Where should I go after leaving Danxia?"

Zhou Xiaoyi curled her legs slightly, and then slowly stretched them out.

She felt the ribbon wrapped around her ankles, and her ears felt a little hot.

"It's not leaving, it's disappearing."

"After the Lunar New Year, the Lanqing Festival will begin, and the Chu Kingdom will be temporarily peaceful for a period of time."

"We'll go to Changshui County to see the lanterns... From Changshui, we'll sail down into the Lanjiang River and head straight out of Dan County."

"The three spiritual formations in the house remain as they were before, and all the miscellaneous items have been discarded."

"Leave an alchemy furnace in the underground palace, as well as some elixirs, ingredients, spirit stones, and talismans."

"As for the essence of military tactics and magic..."

Zhao Qing nodded and said, "I understand."

The woman handed over a scroll of animal hide maps and continued, "If we leave Chu... the situation is unclear and too passive."

"There are many monks in Changshengfang, and the rules and regulations are complicated and inappropriate."

"There is a Blood-stained Building in the south of Changshengfang. It is eighty miles south of Changshengfang, and you will reach Lin'an County."

"There are very few independent cultivators, most of them are mortals, so they can find a village or town to live in."

"We have no shortage of resources, so we can focus on cultivating until the foundation is established. Shuyue and Qinghuan also need time."

"From here, you can climb up to the twelfth floor and find the blood-stained robe."

"You can retreat using my spiritual roots as a guide and go straight to the Changsheng Sword Sect to seek refuge."

"But the Divine Blade Island is coming at us with such force that the future of the Chu State is uncertain. Entering the Sword of Eternal Life is not a perfect strategy."

Zhao Qing looked solemn and nodded slowly.

"In another month, it will be the Lunar New Year. After the Lanqing Festival begins..."

However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by his aunt's cold voice.

She continued, "I hope everything goes on as usual for this month."

"Where are the people in the next yard?"

Zhao Qing: ...

"Pei Jin set up a talisman shop in the back mountain of the sect, specializing in talisman materials such as talisman paper, animal skins, and cinnabar."

My aunt's face showed understanding: "We're taking some menial tasks from the three quarters, right?"

"This is feasible. The sect has lost too many alchemists and the mineral veins...but..."

"But what?"

Zhao Qing glanced sideways at Xiaoyi's snow-white neck covered with blush, and clenched the ribbon with both hands and exerted force slowly.

"But the sect's back mountain... is in Shouyun Mountain, right?"

Zhao Qing nodded slightly when he heard this.

The Danxia Sect is centered around Shouyun Mountain, with the Kitchen at the foot of the mountain and the Dan Hall and Dharma Hall at the front of the mountain...

The sect's back mountain is on the other side of Shouyun Mountain, about halfway up the mountain.

Zhou Xiaoyi's beautiful eyes fluttered: "Where can't we set up a chores shop? We have to go to the mountains..."

"He must have been to Shouyun Mountain before, and he must be curious about what Elder Qian did at the time."

"Pei Jin is a meticulous person and won't do anything rash. Maybe he wants to find something in the mountains."

Zhao Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It doesn't matter anymore. We only have a month left here..."

"Your guess is not without reason. Pei Jin did go to Shouyun Mountain to look for it and found a tiger head and placed it in Zidan Pavilion."

He remembered what Xie Yihan had mentioned and relayed it to his aunt.

Zhou Xiaoyi nodded slightly.

Her beautiful eyes looked at her legs bound by the tattoos...

"You talk to Wang Teng. I'm going to live in the fifty-ninth courtyard."

"My reappearance in the sect is no secret, so it's better to announce that we're becoming Taoist companions.

"We'll disappear together then. I'll leave some traces of the quarrel and fight in the Fifty-Ninth Courtyard."

……

"I'll discuss these matters with Shuyue, and leave Qinghuan to you."

Zhao Qing shook his head and said, "Qinghuan is very well behaved."

"Then you should go out with Qinghuan more often these days..."

"She...she..."

"She will also be sad..."

The woman's three thousand strands of black hair spread out on the green rocks, her face pressed against the ground, and she spoke intermittently.