Chapter 49: South Chong Wind Spirit

South Chong Wind Spirit

"Miss, Miss."

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

"There is such a thing?"

Ruan Ci raised her hand to look carefully, only to see that the skin on her arms was already delicate and fair, and couldn't help but think, "Actually, once a cultivator builds a foundation and has that flawless golden body, all the traces brought by daily life will fade away. This spirit milk was originally made for mortals to use."

She carefully checked her cultivation in her body and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed—this young lady was not a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but at the peak of Qi Refining, the jade pool of seven or eight feet in radius was already full and overflowing, but it still hadn't built a foundation, and she didn't know what opportunity she was waiting for.

This time was different from the last time. Perhaps it was because she already had experience once. In the clear dream, the 'clear' part 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 was named Qu Pingting, a female disciple of the Wind Soul Sect in the South Chong Continent. Her status was somewhat special; she was the great-granddaughter of the Wind Soul Sect's Nascent Soul Elder Qu. She was forty-six years old now, opened her meridians to cultivate the Dao at sixteen, and had cultivated to the perfection of the Qi Refining stage 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 advanced 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 in her body, and her father was also in charge of procurement in the clan, so she got a lot of convenience. Even so, this spirit milk from Baozhi Firm was not something that could be enjoyed at will in the past. Qu Pingting said, "This spirit milk is a grace for mortals, but it is useless to me. Father has money, and it is good to buy any external medicine. I am about to build a foundation, so how can I spend spirit money on these things?"

Although she said so, it was not convenient to 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 whispered, "Miss, this spirit milk is very precious. If you give it to others rashly, I am afraid Master will be angry. Besides, if you don't build a flawless golden body when you build a foundation, it will still be useful. If you can match the flourishing sect, you can't help but make more preparations for these small things in the future..."

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

Xiao Juan shook her head and said, "It is 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 seemed that this jar of spirit milk was also bought for her by her father guessing the Old Ancestor's mind. Next year, at the reading of the Panlong Sect, Elder Qu indeed intended to promote Qu Pingting to be selected, let her marry into the Panlong Sect, and be the Fourth Madam of Young Master Sheng, and he had already considered her life after marriage for her.

Qu Pingting didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, but the Old Ancestor's will could never be violated in the Qu family. She sighed and said, "Forget it, send the Heart-Nourishing Pill tomorrow. You should pay attention to exploring. If the Third Sister is still being wronged, just say the words harder."

Xiao Juan smiled, "The slave knows. Miss, please just focus on cultivation. If you are really selected for the Panlong Sect, why worry that the Third Miss won't be able to lift her head in her husband's family?"

Qu Pingting's parents could both sense the Dao rhyme, but their aptitude was not good, and they were both at the middle stage of Qi Refining. Among the children born, the third daughter had no spiritual root and could not cultivate. Although the husband she married was a mortal, he was like the Qu family, and there were great cultivators in the family. Such immortal cultivation families, even if they gave birth to mortal descendants, would not easily marry them to the folk, and naturally intermarried with other families. In this way, there would be more descendants with spiritual roots. After the Third Miss Qu married, the relationship with her husband was not harmonious. The only son Chi'er she gave birth to after much hardship, although he could sense the Dao rhyme, had heart disease since childhood, and his aptitude was also mediocre. He was destined not to be valued by the family. The Third Miss Qu was heartbroken for 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 pinning their hopes on Qu Pingting to stand out and were ordinary 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 this, I am afraid that your mind will not be firm when building a foundation, and instead, you will go into qi deviation and die."

Xiao Juan said, "Miss is just alarmist. If you are selected for the Panlong Sect, you will naturally cultivate the 'Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious Scroll' with Young Master Sheng. With Young Master Sheng's help, 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 your extraordinary aptitude, just relying on our Wind Soul Sect's fixed grade, how could you climb up to the Panlong Sect?"

Although the Panlong Sect does not directly protect the Fenghun Sect, it is a genuine Major Sect. Moreover, the "Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious Scroll" is not some sinister technique for harvesting yin to replenish yang. Young Master Sheng has already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment. The cultivation partner he chooses must have a realm one layer lower than his own. When the two cultivate this technique together to break through, not only can they achieve twice the result with half the effort and increase the chances of forming a Golden Core or establishing a Foundation, but they can also raise the grade of the Golden Core. The Foundation Establishment platform of the cultivation partner can also be raised by one or even several layers because of this. This type of technique is beneficial to both men and women and is of very high quality, but unfortunately, it has strict requirements for the aptitude of both parties. Qu Pingting happens to possess the exact constitution for the "Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious Scroll," and her cultivation base is just right. In the viewing a few months later, the Panlong Sect will only choose between her and two other female cultivators. Among these three, Qu Pingting is the most outstanding, so her selection is a sure thing.

Although Young Master Sheng was only at the peak of Foundation Establishment now, there was naturally a huge immortal cultivation family behind him. Moreover, the Panlong Sect was a flourishing sect. If Qu Pingting could marry high, Elder Qu would also have glory on his face, and the Qu family's actions in the future would be more convenient. 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 purchasing everywhere. Luxurious things like Precious Spirit Milk were moved into Qu Pingting's room as if they didn't cost money.

Qu Pingting herself had an indescribable feeling in her heart. She prevaricated Xiao Juan a few words, let her retreat, and moved her magic power in the room, doing the evening lesson for a heavenly cycle. She only felt the jade pool water rising, magic power overflowing and surging, and didn't dare to cultivate anymore, for fear that the water would overflow and surge the meridians, and instead get hurt.

Her cultivation had reached the peak of Qi Refining, and building a foundation was right in front of her. As long as the three external medicines were prepared, it was a matter of course. But she forced herself to stop cultivating, just to wait for the reading a few months later. She had the feeling of encountering a countercurrent in the middle of the journey. Qu Pingting was unhappy in her heart, couldn't sleep, and simply flew out of the Qu Mansion at night and went outside the city.

For a sect like the Wind Soul Sect, there was no strength to build a floating city mountain gate, and many flourishing sects only chose the mountain gate in the beautiful mountains and waters on the ground. However, there was one point that was not bad, which was that a sect of a certain scale must have a city where cultivators and mortals lived together near the mountain gate, so that it would be convenient for disciples to 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 get some things. The city gate guards naturally didn't make things difficult. She came out of the city-protecting array, didn't hold a talisman, just jumped into the air, opened the magic tool, and was brought to the high altitude by the wind force. She operated the mental method and jumped back and forth in the wind, just like a flexible little bird, flying higher and higher, but circled to the direction of the Wind-Rolling Sea behind the mountain gate.

It turned out that this South Chong Continent was located in the extreme south and blew west wind all year round. The wind force was so great that the Wind-Fixing Talisman here was like the Dust-Avoiding Talisman in some places, which was a must-have for home. Once mortals walked out of the city, they must wear the talisman to move forward, and even livestock were the same. The caravans here rarely walked on the ground, specifically raising several kinds of big birds, and then hiring cultivators who were proficient in wind-controlling techniques to protect them, borrowing the wind force to fly back and forth, which was very convenient.

The Wind Soul Sect was established near Feilian Mountain, where the wind force in the South Chong Continent was the most intense. Qu Pingting flew out of the city, sometimes spreading her wings and soaring in the clouds, sometimes diving into the clouds below. Although she couldn't control the wind to fly, she relied on this west wind that never stopped all year round, and her feet didn't touch the ground. In less than an hour, she flew to a cliff and held the Wind-Fixing Talisman, looking at the sea surface below the cliff in a daze.

This sea surface was pitch black, surging endlessly under the starlight, and one could vaguely see flowing light flashing in the air. This was the wind spirit that was naturally born when the wind force was pure and huge to the extreme. The Wind-Rolling Sea under Qu Pingting's feet was covered with tornadoes and wild winds, in which the bottom wind force and the upper wind force offset each other, actually forming a natural array that was incomparably mysterious, so that it didn't roll up the sea water and form the wonder of the dragon taking water.

In this way, the wind forces wore each other out 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 Heaven and Earth, and also the best external medicine for building a foundation for many wind-attribute cultivation methods. The cultivation method Qu Pingting practiced was exactly wind-attribute. Among the three external medicines she needed to build a foundation, there was this South Chong Wind Spirit.

She stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the rolling wind force for a long time—although the wind force was invisible, one could judge the direction of the wind wall from the wind spirit. After watching for a long time, it seemed that one could see transparent tornadoes moving rapidly in it. The mystery in it made people's minds immerse in it. Many cultivators liked to hunt wind spirits in person, which was precisely because the process of chasing wind spirits, although extremely dangerous, was easier to understand wind force between life and death, and the benefits obtained were very many. Moreover, the wind spirits obtained by oneself were also the most tame in building a foundation and could exert the greatest effect.

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

Qu Pingting looked sideways, snorted lightly, "Where is Senior Brother Liang? Just caring about me, aren't you already Foundation Establishment? Why are you still here?"

Senior Brother Liang smiled and said, "Aren't you still Foundation Establishment? Then I naturally still have to come here."

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

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

Neither of them spoke. Senior Brother Liang sighed and said, "Let me see your inner landscape."

Qu Pingting released the protective divine mantra. Senior Brother Liang gazed at her for a while and whispered, "The jade pool is already full. If you delay any longer, perhaps it will delay your cultivation and damage the grade of your foundation building."

"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 Auspicious Scroll' can also improve the grade. One in and one out, there is no damage. But if so, why do I have to cultivate that cultivation method?"

Senior Brother Liang blamed her lightly, "You must not say so. You have been cultivated by the Qu family since you were a child. If you can not damage yourself, it is also reasonable to repay the family. 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 Auspicious Scroll' can only compensate for the loss caused by your delay in timing when you build a foundation, when you form a pill—"

"When I form a pill, Young Master Sheng would have already married a fifth wife." Qu Pingting interrupted him and sneered, "You are not unaware that Young Master Sheng's aptitude is better than mine, and this method is more biased towards male cultivators. His cultivation progress speed is much faster than mine. When he was at the peak of Qi Refining, didn't he marry a third wife? Now he is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and the third wife is only at the middle stage of Qi Refining, and he has already started looking for a fourth wife."

Senior Brother Liang said, "It is not easy to find a Foundation Establishment female cultivator with suitable aptitude who is also at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and it is not easy to marry her. Perhaps 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 blocked her. Qu Pingting was only at the Qi Refining stage, so how could she be a match for 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 wife."

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 not daring to meet Senior Brother Liang's eyes. Senior Brother Liang squeezed her shoulders and let go, saying, "Junior Sister, what I want to say is not just these things, but this decision is of great importance. I want you to see it more clearly, otherwise, in the future, I am afraid you will resent 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? In this family, up and down, has anyone thought of asking 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, her heart also contradictory. She vented her anger on Senior Brother Liang and shouted, "Since so, then you go, you go!"

Senior Brother Liang said, "What you said is 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 contained on the tip of the tongue, but it just couldn't be spit 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 tool, and chased the wind spirit in the starry sky of the clouds 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 sleeves 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-Rolling Sea was actually extremely dangerous. If one fell into the bottom wind group and didn't find that fleeting opportunity, the top wind group would all blow and press downward, so one 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 traveled here for many years and were familiar with the wind nature could walk with the wind. Qu Pingting had played in the wind since she was a child. As soon as she opened her meridians, she came to the Wind-Rolling Sea to play, and she knew the wind force here like the back of her hand, like a swallow shuttling left and right in the sea wind, tireless. However, after a quarter of an hour, she suddenly plunged downward and caught the wind spirit in her hand. Just as she was about to be happy, she was blown by a hurricane behind her and fell straight to the sea surface.

Senior Brother Liang was very 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 tool to circle around and found an upward wind force again. She rose from the cliff, smiling, and shouted, "Senior Brother, the wind spirit has entered the body, give me the things quickly."

This wind spirit was most effective when caught by hand, precisely because if the wind spirit could be sent into the body at the moment of capture, the medicinal effect was the strongest. Every quarter of an hour, the medicinal effect would be damaged by a wisp. Senior Brother Liang didn't hesitate anymore and threw the two external medicines in his bosom into the air. Qu Pingting reached out to lead them, and the two external medicines entered her body one after another. She closed her eyes, let the wind force take 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 forge a Dao foundation above the dantian.

"Junior Sister!"

A loud shout came from Senior Brother Liang in front of 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 vast force seemed to come from the extremely deep and distant heaven and earth, shaking her lungs. Qu Pingting's internal energy was restless, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, only feeling that her body became 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 Wind-Observing Mansion of Moon-Catching Cliff, Profound Heaven Sect, Central Continent, a desperate shout sounded. "Why! Why can't you wait a little longer! Sister Xie, why must you draw your sword at that time—"

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, everyone. I will send you a 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, but I haven't tasted it yet.

Speaking of which, I haven't finished reading "Falling in Love with the Tech Tree." I feel that the description of infrastructure in this article is not much, basically all changes in political situations, but it is also written very briefly. I was reading "The Prince Consort Wants to Go to Heaven" yesterday. The infrastructure part is relatively more, and 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 natural.

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