Chapter 45: Southern Chong Wind Spirit

Southern Chong Wind Spirit

"Miss, Miss."

The maid walked over diligently, helped Ruan Ci up from the bathtub, wiped her body dry, and handed over a round jar, smiling, "This is the spiritual milk that the Master specially brought back from Baozhi Firm for Miss to nourish her skin. Just by smelling it, the slave feels that the skin is much more moisturized. Does Miss like this fragrance? If you don't like it, the slave will go and get some fragrance dew to reconcile it. I heard from Brother Zhang that this spiritual milk from Baozhi Firm can be reconciled with any good fragrance dew. Mortal women only need to use it once, and they will carry fragrance for the rest of their lives. I heard that the imperial concubines and ladies in the nearby countries are secretly searching for it with heavy money."

"Is there such a thing?"

Ruan Ci raised her hand to look closely, only to see that the skin on her arms was already delicate and fair, and couldn't help but think, "In fact, after any cultivator reaches Foundation Establishment and has that flawless golden body, the various traces brought by daily life will fade away. This spiritual milk is originally made for mortals."

She carefully checked her cultivation in her body and couldn't help but be a little disappointed—this young lady was not a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but a Qi Refining peak great perfection. The Jade Pool of seven or eight feet in diameter was already full and overflowing, but she still hadn't reached Foundation Establishment, and she didn't know what opportunity she was waiting for.

This time was different from the last time. Probably because she already had one experience, the "clear" part of the clear dream was more than the last time. Ruan Ci clearly knew that she was dreaming and had her own thinking, but she also knew everything about this person in the dream like the back of her hand. This woman’s name was Qu Pingting, a female disciple of the Wind Soul Sect in the Southern Chong Continent. Her status was a bit special; she was the great-granddaughter of Elder Qu of the Wind Soul Sect. She was now forty-six years old, opened her meridians to practice the Dao at sixteen, and reached the Qi Refining stage perfection in thirty years. In the Wind Soul Sect, not to mention a genius, but in terms of the size of the Jade Pool and the speed of cultivation, she was considered quite ahead among her peers.

It was also because of this that Qu Pingting was well taken care of by the clan in her daily life. Even the maid Xiao Juan had shallow cultivation, and her father was also in charge of procurement in the clan, so she got a lot of convenience. Even so, this spiritual milk from Baozhi Firm was not something that could be enjoyed at will. Qu Pingting said, "This spiritual milk is a gift for mortals, but it is useless to me. Father has money, and it is good to buy any external medicine. I am about to reach Foundation Establishment, so how can I spend spiritual money on these things?"

Saying so, she couldn't brush off her parents’ good intentions. She applied it carefully on her body and looked in the mirror, only to see that the skin on her body was crystal clear and smooth, and couldn't help but show a slight smile. But after only a moment of pleasure, she said, "Take out half and send it to the Third Sister. The Heart-Nourishing Pill I got the day before yesterday should also be sent to Chi’er to take."

Xiao Juan didn't move and said in a low voice, "Miss, this spiritual milk is very precious. If you give it away rashly, I am afraid the Master will be angry. Besides, if you don't achieve the flawless golden body when you reach Foundation Establishment, it will still be useful. If you can match the sect, you can't help but prepare more for these small things in the future..."

Qu Pingting looked at her and said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes, "You girl, you talk a lot. Many of these words were taught to you by Father, right?"

Xiao Juan shook her head and said, "It’s the Old Ancestor’s meaning."

The Old Ancestor she spoke of was the head of the Qu family, Elder Qu. Elder Qu naturally couldn't care about these small things. Xiao Juan naturally heard it from her father and passed it on. It seems that this jar of spiritual milk was also bought by her father for her by guessing the Old Ancestor’s mind. Next year, during the inspection of the Panlong Sect, Elder Qu was indeed determined to promote Qu Pingting to be selected, let her marry into the Panlong Sect, and be the Fourth Lady of Young Master Sheng, and had even considered her life after marriage for her.

Qu Pingting didn't know what she was thinking, but the Old Ancestor’s will had never been violated in the Qu family. She sighed and said, "Forget it, send the Heart-Nourishing Pill tomorrow. You should pay attention to it. If the Third Sister is still suffering, just speak harder."

Xiao Juan smiled and said, "The slave knows. Miss, please just focus on cultivation. If you are really selected for the Panlong Sect, why worry that the Third Young Lady can't raise her head in her husband’s family?"

Qu Pingting’s parents could both sense the Dao rhyme, but their aptitude was poor, and they were both Qi Refining middle-stage cultivators. Among the children born, the third daughter had no spiritual roots and could not practice. Although the husband she married was a mortal, he was the same as the Qu family, and there were great cultivators in the family. This kind of immortal cultivation family, even if they gave birth to mortal descendants, would not easily marry them to the folk, and naturally intermarried with other families, so there would be more descendants with spiritual roots. After the Qu Third Young Lady married, her relationship with her husband was not harmonious. The only son, Chi’er, who was born after a lot of hard work, although he could sense the Dao rhyme, had heart disease since childhood, and his aptitude was also average, destined not to be valued by the family. The Qu Third Young Lady was worried about this child.

Qu Pingting and the Third Sister had a good relationship, so she often sent maids to visit. Her parents, on the other hand, were hoping that Qu Pingting would stand out and were average to the other children. She sighed and said, "How can you talk like this? Is cultivation for yourself or for your family? If you really think like you, I am afraid that your mind will not be firm when you reach Foundation Establishment, and you will be possessed by the devil and die."

Xiao Juan said, "Miss is just alarmist. If you are selected for the Panlong Sect, you will naturally practice the 'Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Auspiciousness Scroll' of their family with Young Master Sheng. Getting Young Master Sheng’s help and rushing the pass with him, what is difficult? I don't know how many female cultivators are looking forward to this blessing. If it weren't for Miss’s extraordinary aptitude, relying on our Wind Soul Sect’s grading, how could we climb up to the Panlong Sect?"

Although the Panlong Sect did not directly protect the Wind Soul Sect, it was a real prosperous sect. Moreover, the "Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Auspiciousness Scroll" was not a harmful cultivation method of picking yin and supplementing yang. Young Master Sheng had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment. The Dao companion he chose had a cultivation level one layer lower than him. The two practiced this cultivation method together, rushed the pass together, not only could get twice the result with half the effort, improve the probability of forming a core and Foundation Establishment, but also could raise the grade of the Golden Core. The Dao companion’s Foundation Establishment high platform could also be raised by one or several layers because of this. This cultivation method was beneficial to both men and women and was very superior, but it was a pity that there were strict requirements for the aptitude of both sides. Qu Pingting happened to be the physique that met the "Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Auspiciousness Scroll," and her cultivation was just right. In the inspection a few months later, the Panlong Sect only chose among her and two other female cultivators. Qu Pingting was the most outstanding among these three, and being selected was a sure thing.

Although Young Master Sheng was only at the peak of Foundation Establishment, there was naturally a huge immortal cultivation family behind him, and the Panlong Sect was a prosperous sect. If Qu Pingting could marry high, Elder Qu would also have glory on his face, and the Qu family would be more convenient to act in the future. Therefore, the whole family attached great importance to this marriage. Qu Pingting’s status had risen directly in these few months. Not only did the Old Ancestor often summon her to ask questions and point out her cultivation, but her parents were also shopping everywhere. Expensive things like Baozhi spiritual milk were moved into Qu Pingting’s room as if they didn't cost money.

Qu Pingting herself had an indescribable taste in her heart. She perfunctorily dealt with Xiao Juan and let her retreat. She moved her magic power in the room and did a night class for a week, only to feel the Jade Pool water rising, the magic power overflowing and surging, and she dared not cultivate anymore, for fear that the water would overflow and surge the meridians, and she would be injured instead.

Her cultivation had reached the peak of Qi Refining, and Foundation Establishment was just around the corner. As long as the three external medicines were prepared, it was a matter of course. But she forced herself to stop cultivation, just to wait for the inspection a few months later. She felt like a boat meeting a countercurrent in the middle of the road. Qu Pingting was unhappy in her heart, could not sleep, and simply flew out of the Qu Mansion at night and headed out of the city.

A sect like the Wind Soul Sect did not have the strength to build a floating city mountain gate, and many prosperous sects only chose the mountain gate in the beautiful mountains and waters on the ground. However, there was one thing that was not bad, that was, a sect of a certain scale must have a city where cultivators and mortals mixed, so that disciples could multiply for a long time. The Qu Mansion was in a prominent position in the city. Qu Pingting came out of the city, greeted the guards at the city gate, saying that she was going back to the sect to take some things. The city gate guards naturally did not make things difficult. She came out of the protective array, did not hold a talisman, just jumped her body into the air, opened the magic weapon, and was brought to the high altitude by the wind, operated the heart method, and jumped and returned in the wind, like a flexible little bird, flying higher and higher, but bypassed to the direction of the Wind Roll Sea behind the mountain gate.

It turned out that this Southern Chong Continent was located in the far south, and it blew a west wind all year round. The wind was so strong that the wind-fixing talisman here was like an avoidance talisman in some places, which was a must-have for home. Once mortals walked out of the city, they must wear a talisman to move forward, and even livestock was the same. The caravans here rarely walked on the ground, specially raised several kinds of big birds, and hired cultivators who studied wind-control techniques to protect them, borrowing the wind to fly back and forth, which was very convenient.

The Wind Soul Sect was established near Feilian Mountain, where the wind in the Southern Chong Continent was the strongest. Qu Pingting flew out of the city, sometimes spreading her wings and soaring in the clouds, sometimes diving into the clouds. Although she could not fly with qi, she borrowed this west wind that never stopped all year round, and her feet did not touch the ground. In less than half an hour, she flew to a cliff, held the wind-fixing talisman, and looked at the sea below the cliff.

This sea was deep black, surging endlessly under the starlight, and faint flowing light could be seen in the air. This was the wind spirit naturally generated when the wind power was pure and huge to the extreme. The Wind Roll Sea under Qu Pingting’s feet was full of tornadoes. The bottom wind and the top wind offset each other, forming an incomparably wonderful natural array, so it did not roll up the sea water and form a spectacle of dragon taking water.

In this way, the wind power ground and resisted each other, and over time, wind spirits were born, which could be said to be the most lively wind spirits in the Langhuan Universe, and also the best external medicine for many wind-attribute cultivation methods when reaching Foundation Establishment. The cultivation method Qu Pingting practiced was wind-attribute. Among the three external medicines she needed for Foundation Establishment, there was this Southern Chong Wind Spirit.

She stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the rolling wind for a long time—although the wind was invisible, one could judge the direction of the wind wall from the wind spirit. Looking at it more, it seemed that one could see one transparent tornado after another, moving rapidly in it. The mystery made people’s minds immerse in it. Many cultivators liked to hunt wind spirits in person, which was why. The process of chasing wind spirits, although extremely dangerous, was easier to realize the wind power between life and death, and the benefits obtained were very many. Moreover, the wind spirits obtained by oneself were also the most docile in Foundation Establishment and could exert the greatest effect.

Qu Pingting didn't know how long she stood. When the night was about to end, she only heard the rustling of clothes, and a cultivator fell to her side, smiling, "Junior Sister, why are you here again?"

Qu Pingting looked sideways and snorted, "Where is Senior Brother Liang? You only care about me. You have already reached Foundation Establishment, why are you still here?"

Senior Brother Liang smiled and said, "You haven't reached Foundation Establishment yet, so naturally I still have to be here."

Qu Pingting frowned and said, "Don't say these things, I don't like it."

Although she said so, she didn't move her steps, paused, and complained softly, "You only know how to talk."

Neither of them spoke. Senior Brother Liang sighed and said, "Let me see your inner scene and heaven-and-earth."

Qu Pingting released the protective divine mantra. Senior Brother Liang stared at her for a while and said in a low voice, "The Jade Pool is already full. If you delay any longer, you might delay your cultivation and damage the grade of your Foundation Establishment."

"How can I not know these things?" Qu Pingting said with a little irritability, "Whether it is the Old Ancestor or my parents, they all say that the 'Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Auspiciousness Scroll' can also improve the grade. One comes and one goes, there is no damage. But if so, why should I practice that cultivation method?"

Senior Brother Liang blamed her lightly, "You can't say that. You have been cultivated by the Qu family since you were a child. If you can repay the family without damaging yourself, it is reasonable. The Sheng family is powerful and can bring many benefits to the Qu family. You actually know the truth of this in your heart. Furthermore, although the 'Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Auspiciousness Scroll' can only compensate for the loss caused by your delay in timing when you reach Foundation Establishment, when you form a core—"

"By the time I form a core, Young Master Sheng would have already married a Fifth Lady." Qu Pingting interrupted him and sneered, "You are not unaware that Young Master Sheng’s aptitude is better than mine, and this method focuses more on male cultivators. His cultivation speed is much faster than mine. When he was at the peak of Qi Refining, he married a Third Lady. Now he is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and the Third Lady is only at the middle stage of Qi Refining, and he has started to look for a Fourth Lady."

Senior Brother Liang said, "It is not easy to find a Foundation Establishment female cultivator with suitable aptitude, and it is not easy to marry. Maybe he is still waiting for you."

Qu Pingting bit her lip and didn't speak, just shook her head. After a while, she flicked her sleeves and wanted to leave, "If you only want to tell me these things, why come?"

Senior Brother Liang hurriedly stopped her. Qu Pingting was only at the Qi Refining stage, how could she be the opponent of this Foundation Establishment cultivator? She dodged left and right, but Senior Brother Liang blocked her in front. She said angrily, "Let me go, don't stop me from marrying into a wealthy family and being a Fourth Lady."

Senior Brother Liang reached out and held Qu Pingting’s shoulders. Qu Pingting’s shoulders trembled, as if she wanted to break free, but she held back, just didn't dare to look at Senior Brother Liang’s eyes. Senior Brother Liang squeezed Qu Pingting’s shoulders and let go, saying, "Junior Sister, what I want to say is not just these, but this decision is of great importance. I want you to see it more clearly, otherwise, in the future, I am afraid you will blame me."

Qu Pingting sneered, "I am not stupid, can I not understand? If I can't marry into the Sheng family, I will just be another Third Sister. Chi’er’s heart disease, besides me, this second aunt, who else can think of it? Up and down in this family, has anyone ever asked about it?"

Senior Brother Liang said, "If you don't marry into the Sheng family, Chi’er’s heart disease will never be cured."

Qu Pingting walked back and forth on the edge of the cliff, also contradictory in her heart, angry at Senior Brother Liang, and shouted, "Since so, then you go, you go!"

Senior Brother Liang said, "You are talking angry words. I won't go. If I go today, I won't come again—do you really want me to go?"

A word "go" was on the tip of her tongue, but she just couldn't spit it out. Qu Pingting and Senior Brother Liang looked at each other, couldn't help but shed tears, and choked, "Chi’er is pitiful, am I not pitiful? I can't take care of him, I can only take care of myself first."

She took a few steps back, her feet were empty, she fell backward, fell into the cliff, into the wind group, fell a few feet, and slipped into another wind group. The airflow blew her up to the sky, straight into the clouds. Qu Pingting turned her body, opened the magic weapon, and chased the wind spirit in the clouds and stars with the dawn. Senior Brother Liang stood on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his back, looking up at her. She turned her head occasionally and saw his robes fluttering, his eyes staring at her without letting go. Her heart felt sour and swollen again, so she turned and dived into the wind group, no longer looking at him, so as not to disturb her mind.

Hunting wind spirits in this Wind Roll Sea was actually very dangerous. If you fell into the bottom wind group and didn't find the fleeting opportunity, the top wind groups were all blowing downward, then you would never be able to go up. The sea water here was deep and thick, which was the weak water of the outer ocean. If the body fell into the weak water, it would die in an instant. Only cultivators who had been traveling here for years and were familiar with the wind could walk with the wind. Qu Pingting had been playing in the wind since she was a child. As soon as she opened her meridians, she came to the Wind Roll Sea to play. She knew the wind power here like the back of her hand, like a swallow shuttling back and forth in the sea breeze, tireless. However, in a moment, she dived down, caught the wind spirit in her hand, and was about to be happy, but was blown by a hurricane behind her, falling straight to the sea.

Senior Brother Liang couldn't help but be anxious, and was about to jump in front of the cliff to save her, but saw the clouds open and the fog disperse. On the waves, Qu Pingting drove the magic weapon to circle left and right, and found an upward wind power, rising slowly from the cliff, smiling, shouting, "Senior Brother, the wind spirit has entered the body, hurry up and give me the things."

This wind spirit was most effective when caught by hand, because if it could be sent into the body at the moment of capture, the medicinal effect was the strongest. Every moment, the medicinal effect would be damaged by a trace. Senior Brother Liang did not hesitate and threw the two external medicines in his arms into the air. Qu Pingting reached out to lead, and the two external medicines sank into her body one after another. She closed her eyes, let the wind power bring her to the high clouds, sat cross-legged in this wind, calmed her mind, led the medicinal power and magic power, and was about to build a Dao foundation above the dantian.

"Junior Sister!"

Senior Brother Liang shouted from the cliff. Qu Pingting was slightly surprised, opened her eyes and looked, and saw his face was anxious, pointing to the sky. She couldn't help but turn her head and look, only to see a big star in the sky, shining brightly. A huge force seemed to come from the deep and far away in the universe, shaking her lungs. Qu Pingting’s internal qi was restless, and she vomited a mouthful of blood, only feeling that she had turned into a small star, unable to control herself, and threw herself at the big star. The big star was getting closer and closer, and she could even vaguely see infinite illusions, but before she could see clearly, she had lost consciousness.

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"Ah!"

Not long after, in the Observing the Wind Mansion of Catching the Moon Cliff of the Profound Heaven Sect in the Central Continent, a desperate cry sounded. "Why! Why can't you wait a little longer! Sister Xie, why do you have to draw your sword at that time—"

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Updated. Sorry for the long wait, everyone. I will send you the red envelope for the next chapter in a while.

I had marinated dried tofu for lunch today, marinated at home. I heard it’s delicious. I haven't tasted it yet.

Speaking of which, I haven't finished reading "Falling in Love with the Tech Tree." I think there are not many descriptions of infrastructure in this article. It is basically all changes in the political situation, but it is also written very briefly. I was reading "The Prince Consort Wants to Go to Heaven" yesterday. The infrastructure part is relatively large. I skipped it when the war started in the later stage, but I think the writing of "The Prince Consort Wants to Go to Heaven" is good and integrates naturally.

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Thanks to the little angel who gave a hand grenade: Yu Wanyao (1);

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Thank you all very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ===== CHAPTER 50 =====