The gate of the Huajian School is located where the weather is like spring all year round, warm and pleasant, with gorgeous flowers blooming everywhere. The breeze brings bursts of elegant floral fragrance, which is fascinating.
There were many cultivators in this sea of flowers, but the majority were female cultivators of the human race, with the remainder being members of the flower demon clan. Su Rui's visit to the Flower Sect was like a touch of verdant green amidst the myriad flowers, making him particularly eye-catching.
After drinking several jars of fragrant Hundred Flowers Wine and learning the whole story, Su Rui resolutely said goodbye. After all, if he stayed in such a beautiful scenery for too long, even his fighting spirit would probably be worn away!
Before leaving, Zhao Lingjun enthusiastically asked Su Rui if he needed to bring a few flower spirits to serve him, but he flatly refused. Finally, Su Rui, carrying several jars of precious Hundred Flower Wine, passed through the lush, dreamlike Ten Thousand Flower Array and leisurely stepped out of Dengxian Ridge.
Guicheng is surrounded by mountains with rolling hills, so it is known as the "Ten Thousand Mountains".
Since cultivating into a true dragon body, the red dragon has become a little lazy, so it once again shrank its body to the size of a bracelet, turning into an exquisite jade ring that wrapped around Su Rui's wrist.
Su Rui actually wanted to take a break; after all, traveling all the time was exhausting. Unfortunately, the mountains were so sparsely populated that there wasn't even a ghost to be seen, let alone any passing caravan offering him a ride. He had no choice but to continue his arduous journey alone.
Fortunately, Su Rui was quite good at entertaining himself. From time to time, he would pull out the Mirage Dragon and the Green-winged Bat King from the Mirage Dragon Illusion, and then gallop through the mountains together. Wherever they passed, the beasts and poisonous insects in the mountains were scared to death and dared not even raise their heads.
Sometimes when Su Rui was tired and didn't want to move, he would just find a beautiful place in the mountains to stop, eat meat with big mouthfuls and drink wine with big bowls. His life was really free and easy!
Su Rui spent a full two weeks in the mountains, stopping and starting along the way. Although his cultivation hadn't improved much, his mindset had become increasingly calm and resolute. As long as he accumulated enough experience, he could enter the Foundation Establishment stage at any time.
The so-called foundation-building is actually about rebuilding one's own foundation of Taoism. Only by building an extremely solid and firm foundation can one later cultivate a high-grade golden elixir at the Dancheng stage, thus possessing the potential for further breakthroughs and advancements. Conversely, if the foundation is unstable, or if one only refines a mid-grade or even low-grade golden elixir, then breaking the elixir into an infant and condensing the primordial spirit will be extremely difficult!
You have to know that building a foundation is a crucial step on the path of cultivation. A single mistake could lead to obsession, ruining all previous efforts, or even losing one's life! It was for this reason that Su Rui didn't dare take this step lightly. He secretly planned that upon returning to Qingcheng Mountain, he would go to the Sutra Library and carefully study the experiences and insights on foundation building left by his predecessors, and then make a decision after careful consideration.
However, Su Rui didn't immediately return to Qingcheng Mountain. He still had one thing on his mind—returning home to visit his parents and other relatives. After all, the mysterious forces behind the Green-Winged Bat King hadn't given up on their pursuit of the Black Mountain Divine Seal, and this worried Su Rui deeply. He feared a repeat of the horrific tragedy of the demonic siege.
Tongqu County, a small mountain town nestled on the edge of the Shiwan Mountains, remains as obscure as it once was. Despite the terrifying demonic siege many years ago, Tongqu County now boasts a significant number of resident Taoists.
On a dark and windy night, a faint light flashed like a ghost, quietly sliding from the edge of the Shiwan Mountains to the sky above the county government office of Tongqu County.
"Who dares to enter the county government office without permission?"
As soon as the escaping light landed on the roof, two figures immediately appeared there like lightning, and asked in a low voice.
"Hey, what's with the ghost energy on you guys?"
As the light gradually dissipated, Su Rui's figure appeared in the original place. He stared at the two figures in front of him that originally belonged to female ghosts, revealing a hint of curiosity, and asked.
"So it's my dear husband who's returned!" The two figures who had previously shouted at Su Rui were none other than the two female ghosts he had previously placed in the county government office, silently protecting his family's safety—one a hanged ghost, the other a drowned ghost. When they realized it was Su Rui, their demeanor immediately changed, bowing respectfully and becoming instantly amiable. The strong ghostly aura surrounding the two women vanished, revealing a remarkably stable and solid figure, as if indistinguishable from ordinary humans.
"While our husband was away, we two sisters tried our best to do what we could and received the praise and reward from the City God. He gave us a method of self-cultivation and it was because of this that we were able to successfully dispel most of the ghost spirits..." The hanged ghost explained to Su Rui in a soft voice. Now that she had put away the ghost spirit, her face looked even more dignified and beautiful.
"In that case, the current City God is quite kind in his work!" Su Rui couldn't help but nod in praise when he heard this.
Then he asked, "Did anything important happen in the city while I was away?"
He leaped lightly from the rooftop and slipped into his room through the window like a ghost. He sat quietly in the dark room, gazing at the twinkling stars outside the window, feeling the fatigue brought by wandering outside quickly dissipate, and his mood gradually returning to peace.
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