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Chapter 173
"This should be the only possible explanation."

Ouyang Rong straightened his sleeves with his eyes down, and said.

A glass of wine that Liu Ziwen offered before he left at the ribbon-cutting ceremony luncheon flashed before his eyes.

There are some things that can only be discovered by looking back and reviewing some details.

Xie Lingjiang stared blankly at Ouyang Rong for a while.

She took a deep breath.

Standing up, Qianying in red wandered around in the lobby.

"Lovebirds are a kind of strange overseas birds that are divided into male and female. They appear on some islands in the East China Sea. The poison is made from the bright wings of their tails. The tail feathers of the male birds are red, and the tail feathers of the female birds are blue, corresponding to yang and yin. A bottle of poison..."

Sending letters everywhere these days, Xie Lingjiang, who asked senior Confucianists and friends of the same generation with five surnames and seven surnames to inquire about Lovebirds, frowned slightly, and muttered:
"It is said that the antidote is made from the inner alchemy of this bird, but it is also very consistent with the pharmacology of antidote and poison.

"Regardless of a mortal or a monster of a different kind, the self-generated inner alchemy in the body is the hub for storing aura, and it has the characteristics of being extremely difficult to metabolize..."

Ouyang Rong interrupted:

"Neidan? Alien monsters? Are there really monsters who can cultivate in this world?"

Xie Lingjiang said casually:

""The Book of Rites of the Great Dai" states that there are five insects in Zhoutian, and the scales and feathers are insects. The mortals are only the length of the insects, and other alien species naturally exist.

"Besides, the qi refining technique of mythical veins is not only exclusive to human qi practitioners. There are also some mythical creatures in the world. Although after the pre-Qin period, such creatures have been very rare, there are few traces in the world, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see them. Now It should be that there are more overseas leftovers, compared with mainland China.

"In addition, alien monsters are not the kind of terrifying big monsters in street stories. They can move and slaughter cities, covering the sky and covering the sun. They are not so bizarre... So it shouldn't be that we are afraid of them, but they are actually afraid of us. .”

Ouyang Rong interjected curiously:
"Just like what Junior Sister said before, in the pre-Qin period, there were many flood dragons in the south of Wuyue, but they were all killed by the first Yue virgin with a sword, right?"

Xie Lingjiang nodded: "The Yue girl slaying the dragon is a very deep and ancient myth that has been passed down in the land of Wuyue under my feet, and it echoes the pre-Qin historical facts in the classics of Qi practitioners."

Ouyang Rong listened with gusto, Xie Lingjiang paused, turned around and said:

"Since the antidote is made from Lovebird's inner alchemy, it is likely that it is still left in the elder brother's body. It is not exhausted, but..."

She looked at Ouyang Rong, hesitated to speak.

"Just what?" Ouyang Rong asked, then pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "If the antidote is still in my body, it means I'm still immune to this poison. Try it and you'll know?"

As he spoke, he calmly reached out to grab the two small porcelain bottles beside the teacup on the table.

"Brother don't!"

Xie Lingjiang's little face was anxious, his almond eyes widened, and he flashed to Ouyang Rong's side, and his two jade hands tightly grasped his outstretched right wrist.

"It's too dangerous, you...you are not allowed to do stupid things!"

"Um, it's just a joke." Ouyang Rong's face was embarrassed, he didn't expect the little junior sister to react so strongly, and felt guilty.

"No jokes are allowed."

Xie Lingjiang silently let go of Ouyang Rong's hand, and took a step back. The expression on her pretty face seemed to be a little relieved, then she stared into the eyes of the big brother in front of her, and said word by word:

"This kind of joke is not allowed, in the future."

Ouyang Rong had no choice but to nod honestly and make a promise under the gaze and supervision of his junior sister's death gaze.

Xie Lingjiang wrinkled Qiong's nose slightly, and tirelessly warned:

"You are not a Qi practitioner. If the antidote fails, you will be poisoned on the spot. It can't be said that it is more serious than the jade goddess."

"I got it."

Wait, isn't he the senior brother? Is the younger junior sister too lenient... Ouyang Rong murmured in his heart.

"Actually speaking, senior brother still doesn't know how to practice qi. If senior brother is a qi practitioner, there are a hundred ways to verify whether Lovebird's inner alchemy is still in senior brother's body..."

Xie Lingjiang showed a thoughtful face, pondered for a while, and sighed.

Hearing this, Ouyang Rong wiped his chin and said:
"Should it be early to learn Qishu? After the corresponding age, it will be too late? Is this the case?"

In fact, he should have asked this question a long time ago, but he was busy accumulating merits for disaster relief and flood control, and didn't pay much attention to spiritual energy cultivation.

Before, it was only regarded as the kind of martial arts and kung fu that requires hard work in martial arts novels, and it can't be achieved overnight. He couldn't help but didn't have enough time at home, and he felt that he couldn't bear this kind of hardship.

Now there is some interest.

Xie Lingjiang shook his head:

"Not all of them, among ancient and modern qi practitioners, there are not all those who entered the Tao late with a lot of accumulation, and those who are late bloomers.

"It mainly depends on innate physique. This is the same as talent. It does not depend on high or low or bloodlines. It is purely dependent on God's blessings. Although the big brother is smart and wise, he is eager to learn and read, but in terms of physique..."

When Xie Lingjiang and Ouyang Rong looked at each other, the words in their mouths paused, and then they said tactfully:

"Actually, senior brother's physique belongs to the normal category, and it is the same as most people in this world. It is really normal."

Well, like most people in the world, they are not suitable for Qi training.

Xie Lingjiang murmured in his heart.

The corner of Ouyang Rong's mouth twitched, rolled up his sleeves, and waved his slender and fair right hand:

"Junior Sister doesn't need to comfort Senior Brother. I don't know me yet. I heard from Aunt Zhen that I have been a bedridden medicine jar since I was a child, and I was weak and sick... I only got better when I grew up. When I was in Bailudong Academy, I was in Grandfather Ni Under the suggestion, I often do morning exercises to keep fit."

He shook his head wryly.

Xie Lingjiang's eyes were a bit unbearable, and Su's hands subconsciously stretched forward, as if wanting to grab someone's sleeve in front of him, only halfway and silently retracted.

She persuaded in a low voice: "Brother, don't underestimate yourself, you and I..." After a pause, "What about us."

Ouyang Rong only wanted to comfort her. In the quiet and undisturbed lobby in the morning, she muttered with emotion for a while, then turned her head and asked curiously:

"But didn't I hear from my junior sister before, do you have any kind of qi in me, brother, so that you can see... How is this kind of qi different from the qi cultivated by your qi practitioners? Is there any way to transform it into spiritual qi?" Cultivation?"

Ouyang Rong's words paused, and he seemed to feel that this kind of idea was a bit whimsical, so he shook his head and said:

"Is it a bit too naive to ask?"

"No, it's normal for senior brother to have such doubts."

Xie Lingjiang also shook his head lightly:
"Eldest brother is indeed full of energy, and he is even the most aggressive person among the younger generation of the academy I have ever seen, but it is a pity that invisible energy is not enough, there must be a suitable container to hold it. The internal refinement of Xiaotiandi into tangible cultivation is also the orthodox way of inner alchemy.

"The small world of the human body is this container. It's a pity that most people's containers in this world are leaky from all sides. Even if they are born with a lot of qi, they can't hold it. It's useless to practice qi..."

Xie Lingjiang's voice became smaller and smaller.

But Ouyang Rong understood what she meant in seconds, he was talking about him, or most people in this world are like this:
There is no leak-free container in the body, air leaks everywhere, as much as it enters, it will be lost, and it cannot make ends meet. How can it contain "spiritual energy cultivation"?
"From this point of view, it seems that the rightness is leaking. It makes you mutter all day long. It's all right now, Crow's mouth. It's really leaking. It's a waste of this whole body of righteousness..."

Ouyang Rong seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help muttering.

"What are you talking about?" Xie Lingjiang was curious.

"No, nothing."

Ouyang Rong came back to his senses, shook his head, and couldn't help asking in a low voice:
"Junior Sister, is this leak related to the boy's body?"

Xie Lingjiang was taken aback, then shook his head, "No, it doesn't affect."

After the words fell, Xie Lingjiang pursed his lips, stood up, and wandered around the house again.

Seeing her lingering for a while, Ouyang Rong faintly heard the soft voice of the woman pacing with her head bowed:

"Actually, it's not that the road is completely blocked. Leaky temperament can be restored to a glass-free body the day after tomorrow. It's just that this level of rebellious medicine only exists in legends.

"Even if it's an elixir that repairs a little bit of leaky temperament, it's something that gods can't find, and it's only held in the secret vaults of those named Hidden World Sects or Daomai Aristocratic Families..."

Xie Lingjiang muttered in a low voice, and glanced north from time to time.

When Ouyang Rong heard some words, he exhorted seriously:

"I'm just curious, little junior sister, don't waste your time thinking about it. Let's get back to business, do you have an idea about the lovebird poison?"

Xie Lingjiang withdrew his gaze from the cloud on the eaves, glanced at Ouyang Rong who was worried and ordered beside him, and remained silent.

Ouyang Rong was about to ask again, when Xie Lingjiang suddenly said:
"Brother, I'm going to go out for a trip to Gezao Mountain to find the antidote."

"Gezao Mountain? Yu Qingzong?"

Ouyang Rong frowned. He knew a little about Taoism in the world. After all, Taoism can be regarded as the state religion, and it had a great influence on Da Zhou and his predecessor, and he had heard a few mentions from his junior sister before.

The Dao School in the world is divided into North and South, North Louguan and South Sanqing.

The Louguan Taoist sect is the most powerful, the Zuting Zongsheng Palace is located in Zhongnan Mountain, and Zhongnan Mountain straddles Guanzhong.

When Dagan founded the country, Louguan Daoist priests helped the dragon, and they had a close relationship with the Liqian royal family, which also contributed to Taoism being established as the state religion of Dagan.

Although the current Emperor Wei of the Great Zhou Dynasty advocates Buddhism and uses Buddhism to suppress Taoism, the Louguan Taoist School is still the number one Taoist school in the world, overwhelming the Southern Taoist School.

The Sanqing Taoist sect in the south is relatively low-key and weak, but this is only for the northern Louguan Taoist sect.

The three Qing sects are Taiqing Sect located in Longhu Mountain, Shangqing Sect located in Maoshan Mountain, and Yuqing Sect located in Gezao Mountain.

Although they are divided into three, they are collectively referred to as the Sanshan Fulu, or the three sects of Fulu.

Because it is different from Beilou Temple's emphasis on Taoism over art, Nan Sanqing's emphasis on art over Taoism, all of them are good at using talismans.

Xie Lingjiang said softly:

"That's right, I have to go to Gezao Mountain. My father has some friendship with an old Taoist priest Yuqing. I'll go and see if I can ask for a magic pill to detoxify."

Ouyang Rong immediately asked: "Why not go to the Taiqing Sect of Longhu Mountain, which is closer. This Gezao Mountain seems to be farther away, but what is so special about it?"

Xie Lingjiang nodded and explained:
"Taiqing, Shangqing, Yuqing, although the three schools of talismans belong to the same generation of Sanshan dripping blood, they each have their own specialties."

"Sanshan dripping blood?"

"Blood dripping from the three mountains... Eldest brother can understand that the blood of the three Daoist mountains together is an alliance, which means that when the disciples of Sanqing take the name of the Dao, they all use the same character generation, which can be regarded as one with each other in the Daoist system." Yes, from the same vein.

"The Three Qings are headed by the Taiqing Sect of Longhu Mountain.

"The Taiqing sect has the deepest foundation, the most qi practitioners, is better at inner alchemy practice, and is also more reclusive. It is one of the reclusive sects like Yunmeng Jianze.

"Shangqing sect has the fewest Taoist priests, most of them are single-line disciples, do not accept different kinds of disciples, half in the world and half out of the world, the disciples in the world who walk at the foot of the mountain are full of chivalry, good at supporting spirits and asking gods.

"On the contrary, the Yuqing Sect is the line with the most Taoists among the Three Qings. It recruits a lot of disciples, and naturally there are fewer Qi practitioners, but it has the deepest experience in the world and the wealthiest.

"Because he is good at Qihuang medical skills and the way of outer alchemy, Gezao Mountain is full of incense, numerous palaces, and grand rituals. It is very popular among officials, businessmen and wealthy families in Jiangnan Dao. It is not comparable to Donglin Temple of the Pure Land Sect in Dagu Mountain in Longcheng. From time to time, the powerful families in Guanzhong and the two capitals sent people south to burn incense and pray for pills."

"Gezao Mountain seeking alchemy, when will the little junior sister return?"

"Eldest brother...isn't used to junior sisters leaving?"

Xie Lingjiang's eyelids were drooping, he didn't look at someone, he stared intently at the half cup of tea on the small tea table at hand, and asked casually.

Ouyang Rong choked for a moment, but he lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded seriously and said:
"The road is far away, worry."

"Oh."

Xie Lingjiang Yingsheng's tone was flat, but he quickly picked up the teacup, covered the corners of his mouth that could not be suppressed, and took a few sips of tea before uttering calm words with lips and teeth full of sweetness:

"Gezao Mountain belongs to Yuanzhou on the Jiangnan Road, so it's not too far away. If you travel day and night... it can be half a ten-day fast, or a ten-day slow. When you find the antidote, you will return immediately."

"Half ten days, one ten days..."

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes slightly, murmured for a while, then raised his eyes, with an elegant smile on his face:

"That's fine, junior sister, have a good journey."

"Brother, please rest assured." Xie Lingjiang nodded.

"When are you leaving?" he asked again.

"Now, go early and return early."

Ouyang Rong sighed and nodded.

Xie Lingjiang got up, reached out to him at the same time, and said bluntly: "To ask for medicine, do you have to borrow something from senior brother?"

"What?" Ouyang Rong was taken aback.

"Borrow my brother's blood..."

Half an hour later, outside the hall of the county government office, the figures of Liu Ashan and Yan Liulang, who were delivering things, retreated and disappeared one after another.

At the table in the lobby, Xie Lingjiang was putting a small porcelain bottle filled with some kind of red viscous liquid into a wooden box. The wooden box was covered with ice packs, covering the small porcelain bottle.

Xie Lingjiang put away the wooden blood storage box, turned to look at the elder brother who was standing still with his fingers wrapped in a white cloth.

"Senior brother, do you have any instructions?" She looked away and asked him sideways.

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

"Then let's go." Xie Lingjiang nodded, turned and walked towards the door.

Ouyang Rong suddenly said: "Wait."

Xie Lingjiang stopped almost instantly.

"Same as father, really nagging."

She turned her back to Ouyang Rong, and her tone seemed a little dissatisfied.

Ouyang Rong lowered his head, untied a long sword from his waist, stepped forward, and fastened it to Xie Lingjiang.

"This is..." Xie Lingjiang bowed his head.

It was the moonlight sword.

"Actually, I'm not a sword cultivator, so I might not be able to use it."

"You take it."

Xie Lingjiang glanced at the elder brother with a little curiosity, and seeing his stubborn face, he had no choice but to accept it.

"Really gone."

The girl wore a sword, turned her back and walked away, waving her hands impatiently.

"Ah."

Ouyang Rong nodded slightly, looked at the back of the little junior sister leaving, and didn't know what he was thinking.

The figure of the woman had long since disappeared, and I don't know how long she had been standing in front of the door. A senior brother sighed slightly, and said what he hadn't said just now:

"It's okay to come back late, when you come back, I'll go on a long journey..."

(End of this chapter)