There is a fairy tower in Baiyun's place

Cultivation has entered the threshold, but there is no rush, the future is long, and it is time to start, Uncle Li probably will be anxious to wait at the inn.

Before leaving, I left a letter for the little Taoist guarding the mountain to pass on to the old Taoist at leisure, which is just some words of thanks.

Walking slowly down the mountain facing the morning sun all the way, I suddenly looked back and saw that the aura of Izumo Peak under the sun was faintly transpiring, and there was a faint sense of immortality.

Baiyunlou went back to the inn, called Uncle Li, paid two taels of silver and rented a carriage, and set off. The journey to Xinlu Academy was more than [-] miles away, and there was still half a month before the academy opened. There was plenty of time, so there was no need In a hurry.

Walking at sunrise and resting at sunset, walking the official road, with Uncle Li around, the itinerary was properly arranged along the way.

In March of Yangchun, the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the spring breeze blows, Baiyun Tower leans on the window of the carriage to watch the scenery outside the window.

As time passed, it has been five days since I bid farewell to Liuyun Temple, and the cultivation in these few days has been very smooth. The sea of ​​consciousness has a radius of three feet, and it can devour more than ten green fluorescent spots every day.

Tianyantong is close to completion, and there is a faint sense of breakthrough. When searching for the innate qi in the sea of ​​consciousness, you can already see the slight white glow of the innate qi.

In the past few days, Baiyun Tower has also roughly figured out the law of the innate qi. The innate qi is floating in the sea of ​​consciousness, gathering and dispersing at times, but there is roughly a fixed number. As the sea of ​​consciousness expands and increases, the innate qi also increased.

The innate qi inside the Consciousness Sea is extremely active in the child's time, flying back and forth, and after being captured by the spiritual consciousness of the Baiyun Building, the chaotic space outside the Consciousness Sea will gradually enter a few wisps of fresh air to replenish it.

After a while, the innate qi becomes extremely lazy and moves slowly. Even if the innate qi in the sea of ​​consciousness is captured, there is very little innate qi that can escape into the chaotic space.

Aware of this pattern, Baiyun Building's cultivation also became regular.

In the past few days, Baiyun Tower used about half of the innate qi to practice Tianyantong, and the remaining half was used to condense the true qi to open up the meridians.

Last night, Baiyun Tower finally penetrated the Ren and Du meridians. Although the passage is extremely narrow, it is finally able to run Xiao Zhoutian.

Afterwards, Baiyun Tower used the innate energy to circulate dozens of small circles in the half hour before the child's time, and finally condensed into a bright aura ball in the dantian, which slowly rotated, round and solid, and the breath of the whole body penetrated .

After the small cycle is penetrated, the true qi circulates in Ren Du's two meridians with breathing, slightly moistening the meridians and the body, while the aura cluster in the dantian rotates, slowly condenses the free aura around the body, and there is no worry of dissipating.

Finally, in the middle of the night on the fifth day of practice, Baiyun Building broke through to the Qi Condensation Stage, and truly stepped into the door of cultivation.

Leaning against the window of the carriage, Baiyun Tower looked at the rolling green hills outside the window of the carriage, and the villages in the distance where the smoke was curling up. His mood was swaying with the wind, and he shouted to the front of the carriage, "Uncle Li, let's stop at the next market town."

Uncle Li turned around and said, "Okay, young master, you have caught up. There is a Zhaojia Market in front of you. It happens to be a two-day market today, and it is the largest market in the surrounding area."

"Then hurry up, I'm a little hungry."

"Master, you must be hungry."

"Uncle Li still understands me, hahahaha."

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Chapter 8 Meeting the Chaoyang

Under the warm spring sun, the carriage sped up a bit, and finally arrived at Zhaojiaji before noon.

It is indeed a famous big market with a radius of tens of miles, and it is a bit more lively than the market in Luoshui County.

Uncle Li settled the carriage in the backyard of a large tea house in the west of the market town, and went to drink tea and rest.

Recently, it has been quiet for a while, and Baiyun Tower suddenly came to this bustling market, and it feels a lot more cordial.

In the streets and alleys, crowds stand shoulder to shoulder, and the cleanliness can make people feel calm, but the bustle can also relax the mind.

Wandering slowly from West Street to East Street in Baiyun Tower, he couldn't help feeling that he was still a veteran Taoist, and his own way was indeed outside Liuyun Temple.

Look at the fried golden pot stickers, the sizzling beef coke cakes, the glazed sweet-scented osmanthus cold cakes, and the steaming wonton stalls, these are the tasteful life.

At the moment of delicious food, it is natural to feast on it. After entering the Qi Condensation period, it is really amazing, and even the food intake has increased a lot. The Baiyun Tower is a big feast. It seems that there are still many benefits of cultivation, and we have to explore slowly in the future.

As the old saying goes, if you can't finish eating, you have to take it with you. Baiyunlou carried a few cloth bags and paper bags of various pastries, and was satisfied.

Going back to the teahouse and passing an intersection, adults and children huddled together. It turned out that it was a group of entertainers, playing tricks in the middle of the street.

Baiyunlou also looked at it with interest for a while. An old man juggling throwing knives drew applause from all the halls. Seeing the five flying knives flying up and down as if they were spiritual, without disturbing each other, Baiyunlou moved slightly in surprise. Tianyantong checked and found that the old man did not have any fluctuations in his true energy. This technique is not a supernatural power, and he is only familiar with it.

Baiyunlou couldn't help sighing, added some rewards, and went to find Uncle Li.

Uncle Li was still drinking tea in a corner of the teahouse, listening to the storyteller in the teahouse telling stories, seeing Baiyunlou looking for him, he stood up and asked, "Are you leaving now?"

Bai Yunlou waved his hand: "No hurry, just finish listening to this paragraph."

After coming out of the teahouse, Uncle Li took the carriage and set off. Baiyun Tower rolled up the bamboo curtain at the rear of the carriage, and sat at the rear of the carriage, leaning against the wall of the carriage.

Looking at the bustling market, Baiyunlou thought that next time he passed by Zhaojiaji, he must bring some of Auntie's favorite pastries.

The carriage moved slowly, and suddenly there was a sound of running footsteps from the street outside the carriage, and a white figure jumped onto the carriage, and even put down the bamboo curtain.

Baiyunlou turned his head and saw a young man with a flushed face, holding two buns in one hand, looking at him in a bit of embarrassment.

The boy who broke into the carriage was dressed in white, with big eyes, a handsome face, a little baby fat, half a bun stuffed in his mouth, staring blankly at Baiyun Tower, whining twice but unable to speak.

At this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly, and Bai Yunlou leaned his head to listen, and asked the young man, "Are you hungry? No more money?"

The boy in white nodded.

Bai Yunlou asked again: "You snatched three meat buns? Throwing a stone to pay the bill?"

The boy in white swallowed the steamed stuffed bun in his mouth two or three times, and said crisply: "Their meat buns are delicious."

Baiyun Tower was speechless for a while.

The young man said again: "The silver is used up, so I can only pay with gold and fine stones. I am a little bit reluctant, but they still don't agree."

"Golden Jingshi?" Baiyunlou asked, seeing the young man nodded, he shouted to the front of the car: "Uncle Li, ask the shop assistant to come over." The young man in white shrank back.

The clerk of the steamed stuffed bun shop ran over upon hearing the words, and Baiyunlou took out a few copper plates and handed them over, "What about the stone?"

"Here, here." The guy handed over a stone the size of an egg, took the copper plate from Baiyunlou, thanked him, and went back.

Holding this sharp-edged stone, it was a bit heavy to start with. I had seen records of gold essence stones in some records of strange things before.

Gold essence stone is relatively rare, and a small amount of tempering weapons can greatly improve the strength and toughness of weapons.

Looking at this ordinary stone, apart from being a little heavy, there is nothing special about it. No wonder the guy at the bun shop dared not take it.

Baiyun Tower used Tianyantong to look at the stone intently, there was a faint golden light flashing, and I was [-]% convinced that this stone should be the Golden Essence Stone.

Baiyunlou raised his head to look at the young man in white, and couldn't help being stunned. There was light flashing all over the young man. There seemed to be something on his chest that was shining with emerald green light. There was a ring on his left wrist that was shining with multicolored light. Golden light, there is also light flashing in a white silk bag thrown aside.

This is a boy with a story.

No, now Baiyun Building has opened the Celestial Eye, and his spiritual sense has become much sharper. Looking at this young man again, his demeanor, his movements, and his face shape, he is clearly a woman. It turns out that he is a woman disguised as a man.

However, Baiyun Tower did not expose it, and asked: "Brother, where do you want to go? You can eat this bun with peace of mind. If there is nothing wrong, I will hurry on my way."

The girl in white said: "Let's hurry, I'm going to Xinlu Academy, I see that you are also going in this direction, so just take me for a while, you are all people in the Jianghu, you should not be polite." Pointing to the waist of Baiyunlou Dragon scale sword.

Baiyunlou secretly thought, I want to be polite to you, you are still reluctant to get out of the car, but I really have something to explore with this girl, so I let Uncle Li drive away.

The carriage went back on the road, Baiyunlou rolled up the bamboo curtain again, and chatted with the girl in white.

The girl in white clothes claimed that her surname was Xia and her name was Chaoyang. She had just turned 15 years old and came from Kyoto in the north to study at Xinlu Academy.

I arrived at Zhaojiaji yesterday, and I couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. I spent a lot of money, and even spent the last bit of money staying in the hotel.

I was looking for a horse-drawn carriage on the same road at Jidongtou early this morning, but I didn't find anyone willing to take it for a long time. I was really hungry, so I planned to exchange some steamed buns with gold essence stones, and was chased by the steamed stuffed bun shop for half a street. Fortunately, I ran into Baiyun Tower.

Bai Yunlou laughed secretly in his heart, he still called himself a person in the Jianghu, and it seemed that he was going out for the first time, and he didn't understand anything, so he really didn't know how he made it all the way here.

But looking at the gold essence stones exchanged for a few copper plates in his hand, Bai Yunlou said: "It's really heroic for you to exchange these gold essence stones for a few buns."

The girl surnamed Xia waved her hand and said, "I was so hungry at the time, I was hungry when I saw the steamed buns just out of the pan, brother Bai, do you recognize this golden stone?" I also knew the name and age of Baiyunlou during the chat just now.

Bai Yunlou said: "Understood, but this gold essence stone is relatively rare, so it can't just take advantage of you. These bags are all cakes bought in Zhaojiaji. If you are still hungry, you can eat some. In addition, if you don't have Silver, I can also give you some, save some flowers, it shouldn’t be a problem to rush to the academy.”

The girl surnamed Xia shook her head and said: "That can't be done, this gold essence stone was exchanged by you and that guy, and it has helped me a lot now."

Chapter 9 Diligence

Although she shook her head and declined politely, the girl surnamed Xia looked at the several paper bags in the carriage and swallowed her saliva while speaking.

In the end, he said in a weak voice: "I still have some treasures in this baggage. If Brother Bai likes it, can I exchange some silver...and some pastries with Brother Bai?"

As she said that, the girl surnamed Xia opened the bag that she carried with her. There was a lot of miscellaneous things in it, but there was nothing to eat.

Bai Yunlou smiled, this girl is a bit of a fool, but she is quite principled, so she casually rummaged through her luggage, and asked casually: "Brother Xia, you spent all your money halfway, how do you live in the academy?" ?”

The girl surnamed Xia said: "Father said that there is no need to spend money in the academy, and he also said that if you need it, you can ask the head of the mountain directly."

Baiyunlou was speechless for a while, talking as if the academy was run by her family, when suddenly Baiyunlou's hand stopped on a dark wooden block.

This piece of wood is the size of a palm and has the texture of wood, like burnt charcoal, but it is as heavy as a stone in the hand.

The most important thing is that under the Eye of Heaven, this piece of burnt wood has an emerald green light inside. While rubbing this smooth and dark piece of burnt wood, Baiyunlou asked, "What is the origin of this piece of wood?"

The girl surnamed Xia said: "I picked up this piece of charred wood on the side of the road. At that time, I passed by a village entrance. The old tree at the entrance of the village was struck by lightning. After the fire went out, there was only this piece of charred wood left. I looked at it. Picked it up for fun."

As he spoke, he pointed to the bag at his feet and continued: "Most of this bag is collected by me. I have a natural affinity for strange things."

Baiyunlou said: "This piece of charred wood is fine, you can put away the rest, there are a few that should be considered rare, and they should be able to be exchanged for a lot of money in Fucheng."

The girl surnamed Xia said: "I don't want to exchange them. These are my treasures. You will have money when you arrive at the academy. Brother Bai, you helped me, so I exchanged them with you. I'm not greedy for your pastries."

"Then thank you Mr. Xia, compared to your baby, my cakes are nothing, come, let's eat together." Bai Yunlou said with a busy smile.

Baiyunlou opened the paper bags, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, mille-feuille, small caramel twist, and bought most of the delicious pastries in Zhaojiaji.

The girl surnamed Xia looked at it with bright eyes, swallowed slightly, and said: "These are all treasures in my opinion, they are so close, I will taste a little bit."

The corners of Bai Yunlou's mouth twitched: "You can do whatever you want, just be happy. You can keep the 20 taels of silver. It can be regarded as an exchange for that piece of burnt wood with you. Don't waste your money these few days. Except for food and drink, the rest is enough for you to rent." A carriage has arrived at the academy."

The girl surnamed Xia was not too polite, she grabbed two ingots of silver and put them away, and tasted the pastries by the way.Seeing how delicious she was eating, Bai Yunlou couldn't help picking up a piece of pastry and started eating it.

Before dark, I checked into an inn at the gate of a small county town. The girl surnamed Xia also asked for a room, said hello to Baiyun Building, and then went back to the room.

It was night, and Baiyun Tower took out the golden stone and burnt wood and put them in his hands. He used his celestial eye, and the golden and emerald green lights shone alternately.

After pondering for a while, Baiyunlou put down the gold essence stone, picked up the burnt wood and stuck it on the forehead and between the eyebrows.

In the afternoon in the carriage, Baiyunlou felt that there was something shining from the eye of the sky, which could slightly arouse Baiyunlou's consciousness.

Baiyunlou gradually gathered the consciousness, protruded slightly from the sea of ​​consciousness, and probed towards the place where the scorched wood in front of the forehead shone with emerald green light. The consciousness gradually wrapped the emerald green light, and after wrapping, the consciousness gradually returned to the sea of ​​consciousness.

Sure enough, it can be devoured. Unlike the green fluorescent spot, this time the devouring is relatively slow, and it will be completely devoured after a stick of incense.

The moment the green glow was swallowed, Baiyunlou's consciousness seemed to turn into a piece of scorched wood, but it was full of vitality. A kind of original fluctuation was imprinted on the consciousness. This is a special kind of fluctuation of consciousness. Baiyunlou already understood it in his heart. , What he devoured was wood essence.

In the few days at Liuyun Temple, Baiyunlou read a lot of Taoist scriptures and medical biographies, some of which detailed the deduction of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, five elements and human internal organs.

Baiyunlou roughly deduced that Tianyan should belong to wood. When he got the burnt wood in the afternoon, Baiyunlou was going to try to use the burnt wood to assist in the cultivation of Tianyan.

The light group of spiritual consciousness successfully swallowed the air of wood essence, and there is a wisp of wood energy in the spiritual consciousness, which is endless.

Baiyunlou condensed his spiritual consciousness and flashed into the hidden orifice of Tianyantong, operating the formula, accumulating and refining.

The nurturing this time is obviously different from the previous few days, the wood essence contained in the spiritual consciousness is like a seed taking root and sprouting in the secret hole.

With the warming and refining of the wood essence and innate qi, after an unknown period of time, the world around him suddenly sensed by Baiyunlou's spiritual consciousness became clear.

Although his eyes are closed, Baiyunlou's spiritual sense is like tentacles, and he can still clearly identify objects within a radius of three feet.

The gold essence stone placed beside the couch clearly emits a soft golden light, and the burnt wood beside it no longer emits green light, but a ray of fluctuation in the consciousness seems to be connected with the burnt wood.

Baiyunlou opened his eyes and operated Tianyantong at the same time. There seemed to be a green light flashing between his eyes, and his field of vision was covered with a layer of light green. The blurred outlines of tables and chairs in the dark night in the room suddenly became clear, and the calligraphy and paintings on the wall were clear. debate.

When Baiyunlou used Tianyantong to observe himself, he finally saw his own narrow meridians and dark acupoints clearly.

However, a condensed and very pure aura in the dantian emits a bright white light, slowly turning, and the white aura moves up and down in the meridian with the breath.

Baiyunlou can finally look inside, and the supernatural powers of clairvoyance, which has been cultivated for many days, are finally accomplished.

In the dead of night, when the supernatural powers had just been achieved, Baiyunlou looked at the gold essence stone in his hand, but did not try again. It was past midnight, and Baiyunlou fell asleep after a little tidying up.

Early the next morning, Baiyun Tower found a place beside a stream, and practiced the cloud-dispelling palm several times.

It seems that recently we have to persist in opening up the other channels of the eight extraordinary meridians. The cloud-dispelling palm technique can only exert its true power when the true energy moves through the eight meridians, and practicing the palm technique can also broaden the meridians and enhance the toughness of the meridians.

Since entering the qi condensation period the day before yesterday, the true qi circulated continuously in Baiyunlou's body, and the meridians and physical body were constantly nourished and moisturized.

Bai Yunlou felt the changes in his body in the past two days as if he had been reborn, his breath became much longer, and he didn't feel tired at all even after practicing Cloud Pai Zhang several times in a row.

The strength has increased a lot, and stones weighing tens of kilograms can be easily lifted above the head and thrown several feet away.

Zong Yue also gradually broke away from the scope of the traditional Jianghu light kung fu, with a jump of nearly two feet and a leap of more than three feet.

In terms of strength alone, Baiyun Tower is far superior to the average Jianghu heroes.

After the morning exercise, Baiyunlou returned to the inn in a good mood, but saw Uncle Li waiting at the door of the inn.