Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Cultural People

The group flew high in the sky, the wind whistling incessantly in their ears. Although Yun Miao felt no pain, she felt a deep sense of weakness seeping from her bones, leaving her with no strength to move.

Qi Shubai looked at Yun Miao worriedly: "Junior Master, what happened to my junior sister's health?"

Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai were wrapped in Qi Shubai's big sleeves and could not move. They could only look up with confusion in their eyes.

Junior Master?

Aren't the only uncles of the eldest brother Tian Laokou and Elder Ge Yan? Where did this little uncle come from?

The man called Junior Master shook his head upon hearing this, saying that he could only feel that Yun Miao's body was rapidly deteriorating and his vitality was draining away. As for why this was happening, he had no idea.

Qi Shubai became even more worried after hearing this and offered to help. Water spiritual power, like wood spiritual power, has certain healing effects.

Man: "Your spiritual power is impure and cannot replenish her missing vitality."

Yun Miao blinked: Impure, will it make a sharp explosion sound?

She weakly raised her head. From this angle, she could see the man's chin. "I don't think I've seen you in the sect before. Who are you?"

The man lowered his eyes to look at her: "Chu Beiliang."

Yun Miao was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Grain reserve? Who gave you that name? This is ridiculous!"

Chu Beiliang looked at her silently without saying a word.

Qi Shubai tried to dissuade him gently, "Junior sister, please don't be rude. This is Elder Yuchen's new disciple, Master's junior brother, and our junior uncle."

"And it's not reserve grain. Junior Master's surname is Shuangmu Chu. He has been in Northern Liang for many years. This is the Northern Liang of jade-cupped wine and jade-table tables. This is also the Northern Liang of the six-eyed turtle, the Northern Liang of the early dawn, and the Northern Liang of the three-legged crow." [Note 1]

Yun Miao was filled with awe. "What a nice name! It sounds like it was chosen by a cultured person."

Chu Beiliang nodded slightly: "Yes, I chose it for myself."

Yun Miao looked into his eyes suspiciously. Although those black eyes were like two deep, calm pools without any emotional fluctuations, she inexplicably felt that this man was feeling proud.

This is what she thought and asked, without any awareness that her life was in the other person's hands.

Qi Shubai once again felt helpless about his junior sister's audacity: "Uncle Junior, my junior sister has always been naive and a bit tactless in her words. Please don't mind. I will report to Master when I get back and teach her a lesson."

It's obvious that this junior uncle is a cold-hearted person. Junior sister still depends on him for her life, yet she dares to speak like this. Is she really not afraid that the junior uncle will just throw her down from this height of thousands of miles?

"I don't mind."

Chu Beiliang shook his head first, then looked down at Yun Miao again and said calmly, "I'm not proud either. This is the truth, so there's no need to be proud."

Yun Miao's sharp comment: "Double denial is affirmation."

Chu Beiliang thought thoughtfully: "Is that so? I will pay attention next time."

Qi Shubai/Huo Xin/Tan Xiaobai: ...What should we be careful about? Should we be careful not to use double negations? Or should we be careful not to be complacent?

Chu Beiliang and Qi Shubai were very fast and reached Danfeng in just a cup of tea.

Tian Laokou had also heard about Yun Miao's distress message to the sect and was waiting in the medicine room, frowning. The Xuantian Sect and the Demon Cult were a blood feud, and now hearing that a demon cultivator had dared to infiltrate the sect and bully their disciples right under their noses, the peak masters and elders who received the news naturally felt a surge of new and old hatreds in their hearts, and each of them wanted to rush over and beat those demon cultivators into a pulp.

Unfortunately, the Demon Cult had a history of sneak attacks, and the people in the sect were afraid that as soon as they left, the Demon Cult would send people to rob their house, so Che Ruojin, Tian Laokou and others had no choice but to stay in the sect with hatred.

Therefore, as soon as Chu Beiliang and others flew to Danfeng, Tian Laokou, who had been waiting, noticed their whereabouts. He took the initiative to fly out of the medicine house to inquire about the news, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Yun Miao, who was dying in Chu Beiliang's arms.

He immediately stepped forward to check on Yun Miao's body. He was immediately shocked by the terrible condition. He jumped up as if his butt was on fire. He picked up a medicine gourd with one hand and pinched Yun Miao's chin with the other hand. He poured the pills in the gourd into her mouth as if they were free.

Seeing Yun Miao's pale face turn rosy, he took the time to check Yun Miao's body again. He saw that the green-clothed girl's body was obviously intact, but her vitality seemed to be being sucked away by something through the air and was constantly decreasing.

Tian Laokou looked left and right but couldn't find the root cause of the disease. As he was getting anxious, he suddenly noticed that after Yun Miao absorbed the rich and vital water and wood spiritual energy in the elixir, the remaining spiritual energy scattered in her tendons and veins.

The five spiritual power balls in her dantian slowly rotated, absorbing the spiritual energy in the tendons and veins into the dantian and transforming it into purer spiritual power.

Absorbing spiritual energy and converting it into spiritual power is a necessary skill for cultivators, and it's also an instinct developed over the years by many cultivators. Therefore, the conversion process itself is not problematic; the only problem is that the five vortexes are spinning at a speed visible to the naked eye, accelerating ever faster.

This is… “Not good!”

Qi Shubai swung his sleeves again and put Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai on the ground.

They didn't know what was going on inside Yun Miao's body. They only saw Tian Laokou's face change drastically and he fed Yun Miao medicine in a hurry. Then when he checked Yun Miao's body, his face became gradually solemn and he remained silent for a long time.

At this moment, everyone's heart skipped a beat when they heard what Tian Laokou said. Tan Xiaobai even had red eyes.

Just when they all thought that Tian Laokou was going to sentence Yun Miao to death, they heard him angrily scolding: "What are you going to do at this time? Stop it!"

Yun Miao looked back weakly: "Uncle Master, why do you want to stop?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a huge vortex of spiritual energy quickly formed with her as the center, and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth rushed towards her as if inspired.

Qi Shubai, with a look of astonishment, took Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai and retreated to prevent them from being hurt by the powerful spiritual energy storm.

"Another epiphany? At a time like this..."

Mr. Tian raised his hand and slapped his forehead in pain: "Why did I have to have this epiphany at this time? What a coincidence."

An image flashed through Huo Xin's mind, and he immediately stepped forward and quickly recounted Yun Miao's previous epiphany in the secret realm.

She frowned in frustration. "The spiritual energy in that secret realm was too low, but once the opportunity for enlightenment is achieved, it is unstoppable. Yun Miao could only use the spiritual energy from the elixir to temporarily fill the gap and barely survive that enlightenment."

"If it had been someone else, it would have just passed. We saw she looked normal at the time, so we thought it was over. Now that I think about it... I was too careless."

Tan Xiaobai was reminded of this and said with tears in his eyes, "It's my fault. I should have thought of it earlier... The boss's comprehension is so high. Every time he breaks through, he can jump several levels. But this time, he only broke through to the first level of foundation building."

"I used to think it was because it was difficult to break through from the Qi Refining Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage. Now that I think about it, it must have been because of insufficient spiritual energy, so the boss was forced to stop. She must have been enduring the pain before, not wanting us to worry about her. Now that she has returned to a normal environment, she finally can't bear it anymore."

Upon hearing this, Tian Laokou frowned, thinking that this was probably the reason.

Now things are becoming more and more difficult. If Yun Miao is forcibly interrupted and forced to wake up from her enlightenment, her foundation will inevitably be damaged. The foundation here includes Dantian, tendons, spiritual roots and other essentials for cultivating immortals.

Anyone who knew Yun Miao knew how terrifying her comprehension was, and how poor her aptitude was. She already possessed five low-grade spiritual roots, approaching the aptitude of a mortal without any spiritual roots. If her spiritual roots were further damaged... it was doubtful whether she would ever be able to cultivate immortality again; she would likely become a cripple.

However, the cultivator is in an unconscious state when she has an epiphany. If her epiphany is not interrupted, the spiritual energy of the elixir will be absorbed by the dantian and used first for realm breakthrough, then Yun Miao will become a powerful corpse.

A life worse than death, or death itself... Either of these two choices was too cruel for a fifteen-year-old girl. Even Tian Laokou, who had seen life and death for a long time, had his lips trembling, unable to make a decision. So he looked at Qi Shubai.

Qi Shubai clenched his fists and was speechless for a moment.

Chu Beiliang, standing in the eye of the storm, lowered his head. The young woman in green in his arms had completely closed her eyes, lost in a state of enlightenment. However, the surging spiritual energy was too complex and could not replenish her lost vitality in time, so her face turned pale again, and she was on the verge of death.

His palm surged with green light again: "She won't die. I can continuously supply her with wood spirit power."

Tian Laokou was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Chu Beiliang meant. As long as enough wood spiritual power was sent in to fill Yun Miao's dantian, the overflowing spiritual power would naturally be fed back to the body.

Chu Beiliang's actions delighted him even more, and he cheered repeatedly: "Such a rich vitality, such pure wood spiritual power! This is a good idea. Junior Brother Chu is worthy of being Uncle Yuchen's disciple. He is really a great help."

"Condensing and releasing such a large amount of pure wood spiritual energy must have consumed a lot of your energy, especially your vitality... I wonder how much vitality her strange illness actually requires. If it lasts too long, it won't be good for you if you consume too much vitality. I'll give you some pills right now, and you can replenish your energy as you eat..."

Old Tian was muttering to himself and first turned around to take people back to the medicine house, but on second thought he felt it was not safe enough, so he simply made a decision and asked Chu Beiliang to take Yun Miao to the medicinal bath house in Tifeng to soak in Xuanhuang Powder first, while he would go to the Linglin Eye of the Lake Lihu.

The water in the spirit's eyes is not ordinary water, but a spiritual liquid condensed from spiritual energy. Although it is not as good as the thousand-year-old spiritual milk, it also contains huge water spiritual energy and vitality.

Water gives birth to wood. The spiritual liquid combined with the Xuanhuang powder that promotes absorption is just right for Chu Beiliang to replenish at any time after consumption. It is also a double insurance for Yun Miao.

Chu Beiliang nodded, then pointed his toes and flew towards Tifeng. Qi Shubai subconsciously wanted to follow, but was stopped by Tian Laokou.

Tian Laokou raised his hand and pointed at Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai beside him. The two ragged and dirty kids were surging with energy, and there were signs of a breakthrough.

"Shubai, take them with you."

Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai were stunned and quickly said that they had no injuries and did not need to take a medicinal bath.

Tian Laokou waved his hand impatiently, "The Spirit Eye doesn't open easily on ordinary days, and I've already used up all the Spirit Fluid I have. Now that I have a legitimate reason, of course I have to get some more. You catching up is your chance, so you can soak in it too. This is a good thing, there's no reason to refuse."

He looked at the two ignorant children with disappointment and whispered some advice to them.

"If you don't soak, how can I get more spiritual fluid? If I don't take spiritual fluid, how can I get more new pill recipes? Without new pill recipes, how can you exchange for more high-quality and low-priced pills at the Treasure Pavilion?"

"Although Yun Miao, that naughty monkey, always makes me angry, he's much smarter than you guys in this regard. You should learn from him."

After he finished speaking, he flew out of Danfeng, leaving Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai with their eyes wide open: There is... there is such a thing?

In fact, Tian Laokou had another reason that he didn't tell. Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai had been with Yun Miao during the two days they were missing. What if they also contracted the same strange disease as Yun Miao? What if they became ill later?

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether he raises one sheep or three sheep, so it would be better to gather everyone in the medicinal bath house so that he can check their physical condition at any time.

Qi Shubai guessed a little bit about Tian Laokou's intention, but he didn't say it out loud so as not to scare his two junior brothers and sisters.

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In the medicinal bath house, spiritual liquid surged in the bathtub, and rich spiritual energy evaporated with the water vapor. Yun Miao sat cross-legged in the bathtub, with her head lowered and her eyes closed, obviously unconscious. Chu Beiliang sat cross-legged behind her, patting her back with both palms, quietly and attentively transmitting spiritual power.

A huge vortex of spiritual energy formed above the room, sweeping in all the spiritual energy within a radius of a hundred miles.

Huge amounts of water spiritual energy and wood spiritual power continued to flow into Yun Miao's body. Her dantian accepted everything and operated at high speed to transform these spiritual energies and external spiritual power into her own spiritual power, and then transformed these spiritual powers into surging waves that repeatedly beat against the invisible barrier.

Logically speaking, if other Foundation Establishment cultivators received such a huge amount of energy in a short period of time, they would have burst long ago. However, at this moment, Yun Miao was like a funnel, and all the excess spiritual power and vitality leaked out. No one knew where they leaked to.

Fortunately, her condition has finally stabilized and she is no longer as weak as before.

As time passed, her tendons and veins grew stronger and tougher under the constant impact of this immense spiritual energy. Just like a tree's well-developed root system, it allowed her to absorb more spiritual energy faster and thrive in the future.

Her aura also rose steadily. Obviously, when she woke up, her realm would definitely rise to a higher level.

Qi Shubai and Tian Laokou sat in the medicine room of the medicinal bath house. Their complexions had improved considerably, but their brows were still somewhat solemn.

Qi Shubai: "Uncle Tian, ​​have you come up with any clues?"

Tian Laokou shook his head. "Her condition is incredibly strange. I know a bit about medicine, but the world of cultivation is rife with strange and bizarre techniques and poisons. Their previous distress message mentioned that the Poison Lady was also there. Perhaps she's been poisoned by some new poison she's developed, or perhaps some kind of sorcery."

"But that's not all bad. Even if I can't solve it, I can still go to Medicine King Valley and ask He Dansheng for help. The most worrying thing is that Yun Miao might have accidentally triggered a mechanism in the ancient ruins and been poisoned by some ancient toxin or secret technique. That would be very difficult to deal with."

The more Tian Laokou talked, the more restless he became. He immediately stood up and prepared to go to the Sutra Library to look through the classics to see if he could find any solution. Before leaving, he told Qi Shubai to watch here and to inform him immediately using the disciple order if anything unusual occurred.

As usual, many disciples with bruised faces and noses were soaking in the open-air medicinal bath pools in the medicinal bath courtyard. They first saw someone carrying the unconscious Yun Miao into the single medicinal bath room, and then they saw a familiar vortex of spiritual energy appear above the medicinal bath room.

Everyone didn't know the truth and was immediately envious.

"Junior Sister Yun, has this been another epiphany?"

"He's here to take another medicinal bath. He must have had another fight with someone and had an epiphany after the battle."

"Isn't it said that enlightenment is a rare opportunity? How come Junior Sister Yun's enlightenment is as easy as eating and drinking water?"

"I fight every day, and I take medicinal baths every day, so why can't I have an epiphany?"

"Maybe it's because Junior Sister Yun is good at counterattacking in battle, while you are good at punching others in the face."

"What did you say? Are you mocking me? How powerful are you? You still got beaten black and blue just like me!"

"Heh, at least I climbed into the medicinal bath by myself, and you were dragged in."

"Junior sister, you dare to provoke me like this, you seem to be very powerful!"

"It's just average, not as good as the old bull from Danfeng, but it's a bit better than you, brother."

"Whether you're strong or not, it's useless to just talk. Do you dare to fight me in the martial arts arena? Whoever loses is a dog!"

"Beat me if you want. What's a senior brother? My nickname is "The Senior Brother Beater"!"

In two open-air pools, two disciples from the Body Peak, a man and a woman, started cursing at each other. Then they rolled up their sleeves and climbed out of the pool, shouting that they would teach the other a lesson. However, before they could take two steps, the guards from the Medicinal Bath Court appeared behind them and kicked them back to their respective pools with skillful kicks.

The wounds of the two men trembled with pain under the stimulation of the medicinal bath water, and they screamed in pain.

The people around laughed out loud, their gloating expressions evident in their expressions.

However, their attention quickly returned to the spiritual energy vortex, their eyes filled with envy and admiration.

Some people began to speculate about how high Yun Miao's talent was. To be accepted as a personal disciple by the headmaster, her talent must be higher than that of Jianfeng, the boy who was born with a sword bone, right?

Someone immediately refuted the rumor, saying that Yun Miao had five spiritual roots and her aptitude was not only not high but very poor. Her current level of cultivation had nothing to do with her so-called aptitude and it was all due to her own efforts.

Many people couldn't believe it. To be honest, they had been in the sect for so long and had seen many natural spiritual roots, but this was the first time they had seen the legendary five spiritual roots.

"Impossible. Who with five spiritual roots can cultivate from a mortal to the ninth level of Qi training in just a few months?"

The person who debunked the rumor pointed to his head and said: "Epiphany has nothing to do with physical aptitude, it only has to do with this."

Someone muttered, "Yes, enlightenment is indeed related to comprehension. Come to think of it, Junior Sister Yun's several breakthroughs seemed to be due to enlightenment..."

Some people were still incredulous: "You're not trying to say that Junior Sister Yun doesn't need spiritual roots to cultivate, and her breakthroughs are all due to enlightenment, right? Then how high must her understanding be?"

How is this any different from rowing a boat without oars, relying solely on the waves to move forward? It's terrifying!

It just so happened that Senior Brother Jianfeng, who had communicated with Yun Miao that day, was also soaking in the medicinal bath with a bruised face. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but mention Yun Miao's previous views on Cang Feng.

His tone was filled with admiration and respect. "At the time, I didn't know her identity. I just knew that anyone who could say such words was definitely no ordinary person. Later, after some inquiries, I learned that she was the master's new disciple."

"Although my cultivation is more advanced than hers, in terms of comprehension alone, she is far superior to me."

This Senior Brother Jianfeng was born with natural spiritual roots and had achieved outstanding results in the last sect competition. He was considered a genius in the world of cultivation.

Therefore, many people present knew him. Now, after listening to Zang Feng's thought-provoking words and hearing his final argument that Yun Miao's comprehension was superior to his, everyone's gaze towards the closed door became more complicated.

The discussion in the courtyard died down, and someone sighed: "I have three spiritual roots. I always felt that my aptitude was not good enough. I could only comfort myself every day that hard work can make up for my shortcomings."

"At first, I did see some results, but unfortunately, I was stuck at the second level of the Foundation Establishment Stage for years. No matter how hard I worked, no matter how much I tried, I couldn't make any progress. In fact, even my mind has been unstable lately. My master was afraid that I might go astray through my practice, so he limited my training time."

"Before, I didn't understand what Master meant. I was frustrated and came to the martial arts arena to vent. Now, I understand."

He walked out of the medicinal bath with a hearty laugh: "Junior Sister Yun has encountered a great opportunity, and I have also encountered my opportunity. Today is worse than tomorrow. I will not practice today. I will go out for a walk and see the many sights I have missed all these years."

A disciple on guard applauded him, moved. "This junior brother, what you said is very good. I am also very happy for your enlightenment. I hope you can break through the bottleneck soon. But..."

She maintained her moved look and kicked the limping junior brother back into the medicinal bath.

The Jianfeng disciple cried out in pain, miserably covering his lame leg. "God is my witness, I really did have some enlightenment, I didn't run away on purpose!"

Guard: "I know you didn't mean to run away, but the medicinal bath academy has a rule that all disciples who enter must recover from their injuries before leaving. So, Junior Brother, you'd better stay in here and soak in it."

In reality, Yun Miao took off her holographic helmet, stretched, and looked out the window, only to find that it was already dark and the stars were winking at her through the window.

Feeling hungry, she left the bedroom, walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. Because she was in a good mood, she was diligent for a rare time and made herself two dishes and a soup, and a bowl of hot rice.

The internet-addicted girl couldn't help but take out her mobile phone and start watching short videos while eating.

"The air quality seems to have improved a lot recently. You can even see stars at night in S City."

"A certain melon farmer in City S has grown an extra-large watermelon. Here's the latest report from a reporter..."

"Everyone, look at the tomatoes I grow at home. Look, someone has a big headache."

"My grandma grows cucumbers that are longer than my arms. Too bad they're too old to bite. Laughing and crying."

Yun Miao belatedly glanced out the window, realizing that there were indeed many more stars visible at night. The thick dust on the night sky had been wiped away, revealing tiny, lively specks of starlight.

But what attracted her most was the huge watermelon weighing over 100 kilograms. Watermelon was a must in summer, so she decided to buy a watermelon tomorrow. However, she wanted to buy a smaller one. If she bought too big, she wouldn't be able to finish it all by herself, which would be a waste.

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The author has something to say: [Note 1] "The years have passed since I came to Beiliang, and the jade table is filled with fine wine and delicious food" is from Li Bai's "Recalling Old Travels and Sending a Letter to General Yuan of Qiao County".

"The six-eyed turtle in the north should be cool early, the three-legged crow in the south is getting longer" is from: "Autumn Day" by Pei Yizhi of the Tang Dynasty