Chapter 102: Nine Profound Spirit Firmament, Opening the Dual Form

"Li Laoge? Li Laoge?"

Listening to the call in his ear.

Li Rui was startled awake, looking at Zhang Yang's concerned eyes: "Ah, I was distracted just now. It's getting late, let's hurry back to the city."

Zhang Yang echoed: "Makes sense."

Zhang Yang quickly directed several Heaven and Earth Alliance disciples to carry the Nine-Horned Silver Lizard's corpse.

This thing was a merit.

Half an hour later, before the sky had completely darkened, the group returned to the Qinghe branch headquarters.

The Heaven and Earth Alliance disciples coming and going gathered around one after another.

Most people hadn't seen what a demon beast looked like and talked all at once.

"What a big lizard; I've never seen one this big in my life."

"This mouth, it must be quite good."

"Humans can't, at least they shouldn't."

"Can it be eaten?"

The matter of the demon beast even alarmed Branch Master Hearing Dao Xiong.

Hearing Dao Xiong looked at the giant lizard corpse and laughed contentedly: "Deputy Branch Master Li, Deputy Branch Master Zhang, this is a great deed for the people. I will definitely report it to the government, at least to get a plaque of righteousness back."

"It's all in a day's work."

Neither Li Rui nor Zhang Yang took Hearing Dao Xiong's words seriously.

Encountering the Nine-Horned Silver Lizard.

The whole process was without danger, and they didn't have to participate in the search afterward, so it wasn't a loss.

After finishing the job.

Li Rui went straight back to his residence.

Just as he crossed the threshold, he smelled the fragrance of food; Yang Yong and Wang Zhao had already prepared the meal.

Wang Zhao arranged the bowls and chopsticks.

"Sit down and eat."

Li Rui sat down as usual, ate his meal slowly, and then returned to his room.

Although he was curious about the Nine Profound Spirit Firmament Map, he wasn't in a hurry.

Mount Tai collapsing before him without a change in expression.

One must have this state of mind to accomplish things; one cannot lose one's composure because of one thing, and keeping everything as usual is cultivation.

In the room.

Li Rui poured himself a cup of cold tea.

Only then did he study the newly obtained "Nine Profound Spirit Firmament Map."

It was truly sending a pillow when one was sleepy; it came without any effort.

Li Rui had been worrying about the Qi-Walking Map, and it had been delivered to his hands just like that.

A light and shadow map of human meridians appeared in his mind.

Some of the meridians were marked in red.

These red meridians were the pathways Li Rui needed to walk his Qi, and besides that, there were lines of small text on the side.

"Passing through the perineum and coccyx in sequence, the spinal gate and jade pillow ascend to the firmament."

"The spirit and Qi swirl in the upper elixir field, then lead the spiritual spring back to the lower hall."

"Cycling back and forth in the Heavenly Circuit, the Xiangong and Divine Realm are hidden in the abdomen."

"The Xiangong and Divine Realm are hidden in the abdomen."

Li Rui savored it, and his pupils shrank violently.

"It's actually a Qi-Walking Map for gathering Qi into the Immortal Realm's Divine Firmament!"

He took a deep breath.

He stood up and took the small wooden box containing the Spirit Guide from the secret door in the cabinet.

"Swallow the Spirit Guide, follow the map to walk the Qi, and circulate thirty-six small circuits to open the dantian and accommodate the new Qi."

This was the method Li Rui had seen in ancient books for using the Spirit Guide.

And it was only useful if one ate the Spirit Guide the first time they walked the Qi.

Now he had the Spirit Guide and the Qi-Walking Map.

If not used now, when?

To avoid long nights and many dreams, Li Rui swallowed the Spirit Guide without hesitation according to the guidance in the ancient book, chewing it carefully.

The Spirit Guide actually tasted quite good, and his mouth and nose were filled with a strange, clear fragrance.

After eating the Spirit Guide.

About an incense stick of time later, Li Rui felt a burst of heat in his abdomen.

"It's here!"

He didn't hesitate to circulate his Profound Clear Qi according to the pathways indicated on the Qi-Walking Map.

The Profound Clear Qi passed through the Perineum, Coccyx, Spinal, Jade Pillow, and other acupoints in sequence, circulating once around the body, which is one small circuit. Repeating this thirty-six times is thirty-six circuits.

A night of bitter cultivation.

When Li Rui opened his eyes, he happened to see a streak of red clouds outside the window.

Without knowing it, he had practiced for a whole night.

Perhaps it was the effect of the Spirit Guide, but he didn't feel any fatigue at all.

He felt his dantian again.

At this moment, a small cluster of True Qi was floating in the dantian, huddled together.

Li Rui could clearly feel.

His dantian had expanded by double compared to before, just enough to accommodate two clusters of True Qi.

He only needed to obtain the Dragon Form Qi-Walking Map, and he could nurture a second cluster of True Qi.

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Step by step, everything was moving in a good direction.

He pushed open the door.

The morning light fell on his face, not feeling dazzling at all.

Refreshed!

He walked out the door.

Li Rui strolled through the branch headquarters and happened to run into Ge Hong, who was about to go out.

"Li Laoge Ge, what's the rush?"

Seeing Ge Hong's hurried steps, it was clearly an urgent matter.

Ge Hong stopped when he saw it was Li Rui.

"It's the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao."

"The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao has come back from the dead again?"

"That's not it," Ge Hong shook his head: "The county government officials found a secret passage while searching the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao's cave. When they went down, they found at least twenty or thirty people locked inside, along with bones all over the ground."

"These evildoers actually used human lives to feed demons!"

Ge Hong said, gnashing his teeth.

"No wonder I felt Qinghe's public security had become chaotic; I often heard of beggars on the street or children from families going missing. Eight-to-one, it was those heartless people from the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao."

The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao raised demons and had previously dispatched a powerful ghost demon.

To raise such a terrifying ghost demon, human blood was naturally indispensable.

The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao was clever.

They didn't go on a killing spree in Qinghe City, but targeted those beggars and innocent children, and likely mountain folk from nearby villages.

Qinghe had a large population.

The status of these people was too low.

Even if reported to the government, those officials wouldn't pay attention.

Therefore, no one had been able to discover the clues for a long time.

If anyone said that the former Blood Tiger Gang incense master didn't know about this, no one would believe it.

But now that the people had vanished, even if one wanted to hold them accountable, there was nothing that could be done.

Ge Hong: "The government is afraid of making too big a scene and wants our Heaven and Earth Alliance to help. Branch Master Dao asked me to go take a look, so I'll go first."

After saying this.

He led several disciples and strode out of the branch headquarters in a flurry.

"Human life is like grass."

They say that in troubled times, human life is not as good as a dog's, but now that the Great Yu is in its prime, there will still be no shortage of filthy things.

Ordinary people have to try their best just to survive.

Not to mention the unprovoked disaster of the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao.

The government will likely not publicize this matter; they will give the survivors hush money and send them back to where they came from. If someone died, they will act as if it never happened.

Otherwise, who knows how many people the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao killed in Qinghe over these years.

In ancient times, the number of missing people each year wouldn't even leave a word in the government documents because it was too common.

Previously, it was treated as missing.

The families had already accepted the disappearance.

After all, for the lowest-level poor people, it's normal for someone to go missing. For example, going into the mountains to hunt and encountering a wild beast, one can only accept one's fate.

But now it's said they were abducted and killed.

This might cause public resentment, and by then, even if they use both kindness and force, they will have to cough up quite a bit of silver.

Those blue-sky officials won't do such an obviously losing business.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 103 =====