Zhao Rong examined it carefully again and found that there were no other distracting thoughts in his current main consciousness. He was focused and only thought about rushing his meridians with all his strength.

“It’s the water from your heart lake.”

Gui suddenly spoke.

Zhao Rong frowned even more and asked in confusion: "The water of the heart lake? What does it have to do with it?"

He had never heard of the water of the heart lake, but he roughly understood that there was a heart lake in the Ajna chakra, which was the lake of consciousness. So, was the water of the heart lake related to thoughts?

Gui thought about it and explained:

"There is a special cultivation theory in the Xuanhuang cultivation world, but generally only cultivators who are involved in the cultivation of the Heart Lake technique will understand it. The general meaning is that the Heart Lake that controls the cultivator's thoughts and consciousness can be roughly divided into two parts."

Gui paused, as if he was organizing his words:

"One is the shimmering light and clear blue sky on the lake surface, and the other is the unfathomable water of the lake of the heart.

The thoughts that you are aware of on a daily basis are the clear water waves on the lake, which can be actively controlled and changed by you; while those thoughts that you are not aware of, cannot control but are real and are still thinking about subconsciously are the water in the lake of your heart. "

Zhao Rong suddenly interrupted and said, "Isn't this the conscious and subconscious mind?"

Gui paused for a moment, and then said, "Conscious mind? Subconscious mind? These are two good names. The water of the heart lake and the ripples on the lake are their manifestations..."

It remembered what it wanted to say, and then said:

"The water of the heart lake, um, is what you call the subconscious. It is an unfathomable existence that we are not aware of at ordinary times. For us cultivators, it is extremely mysterious. There are so many strange things hidden in the water of the heart lake, the evil dragon in the heart, the inner demons born when breaking through certain realms, these obstacles to the great way are all related to it."

Zhao Rong thought thoughtfully, "I understand what you mean. Are you saying that the reason I'm uneasy is that I'm subconsciously thinking about a worrying thought?"

Gui looked at you for a few times and said, "I don't know. After all, I can't see through your heart. I don't know what you are thinking. But seeing that you are uneasy, I think it should be right."

It turned and spoke again.

"I advise you to stop practicing for a while. Practice requires you to eliminate all distracting thoughts, and your mind should be as clear as the water in the Moon Lake. You should be single-minded and not be careless. Otherwise, even a distracting thought as small as a mustard seed will be magnified ten thousand times.

And you are at the critical moment of impacting your meridians. Although you are currently only at the Breaking Meridians stage of the Ascension Realm, and you are not even qualified to go astray or breed inner demons, your meridians are fragile after all and cannot withstand too much torment. You should wait a while."

Zhao Rong did not open his eyes or stop punching immediately after hearing this, but he slowed down his movements slightly. Now was a critical moment, and the dam in the Yangqiao meridian was already shaking and was about to collapse.

Even though success was imminent, he was still a little hesitant. After all, he was just a little uneasy at the moment, and it would not affect the matter of breaking his meridians much.

As if he had noticed Zhao Rong's hesitation, Gui thought about it and decided to give him some advice.

"Zhao Rong." It said sincerely, "I'm an experienced person, listen to me, the more you don't want something to happen, the more likely it will happen, so you should stop for a while, there's no rush, it's already so slow, how can it get any worse?

I was too strict with you before. If there is a chance, we will practice. If there is no chance, we will wait. You are not in a hurry for a moment. Well, you are in a hurry for ten thousand times, so this little bit doesn't matter, right?"

Zhao Rong's face darkened. How can you advise others like this? You are indeed an experienced person. It sounds like you are caring for "useless people"?

He complained in his mind, pondered for a moment, did not reply, and continued walking.

Noticing that Zhao Rong was still moving, the sword spirit's tone softened for once.

"Stop practicing, Zhao Rong. When a cultivator climbs a mountain, he is prepared for the worst, not just for the worst. Stop now and don't gamble anymore. I know that the boiling of your innate vitality is rare. It would be a pity to let it cool down naturally... How about you take out your wife's bra... while it's still hot?"

Zhao Rong: “…”

"Get out!" Zhao Rong couldn't help it anymore and said unhappily.

He said seriously.

"I'm not betting that it won't come. I'm waiting for it to come. I want to see what kind of thoughts hidden in the water of my heart lake can make me uneasy. I want to take a good look at how it affects my Chong meridian!"

Gui heard this and continued to advise with a tone like an experienced person:

"Zhao Rong, you can't hold on. It's not that I look down on you, but it's because you can't hold on that it's hiding at the bottom of the lake that makes you uneasy. You've got the context wrong, and thoughts only last a moment, so they flash by very quickly. You can't do it, really. I bet you can't hold on for three breaths, stop now."

Zhao Rong frowned even more. At this moment, the dam in the "Yang Qiao Mai" in his body was like a candle in the wind, swaying and about to go out.

In an instant, he cut off his hesitation and made up his mind.

Within the meridians in the body, the little red snake circulates in the small circulation composed of the "Ren Mai", "Du Mai" and "Yin Qiao Mai", gathering strength and turning over and over again.

In the center of the room, Zhao Rong took a step to the right, bending his elbows and leaning sideways, with great force and light effort.

Elbow grabbing posture.

At the same time, in the meridians of the body, a small red snake climbed at a speed that was almost the limit of the meridians' ability to bear, like an arrow that had been shot from a bow, traveling a thousand miles in an instant, and rushed straight to the "Yang Qiao Meridian".

Boom——

A dull sound came from nowhere.

Zhao Rong's posture had already stopped abruptly, his fist maintaining the elbow gripping position, motionless.

He heard the strange sound, but Zhao Rong knew that the sound did not get out and he was the only one who heard it.

Yang Qiao meridian is broken.

The eight extraordinary meridians have been penetrated halfway, and they are half a step away from rising.

Zhao Rong relaxed his movements and stood up again. He stood still with his eyes closed, breathing heavily, raising his head slightly with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

The thought that made him uneasy had not yet come to light and surfaced in his mind.

And he didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Zhao Rong felt that the uneasy feeling that had always made him anxious seemed... weaker?

"Hey, nothing happened. According to my experience, this thing likes to cause trouble at critical moments."

Gui exclaimed in surprise and marveled at it.

Zhao Rong pulled a towel and wiped the cold sweat on the back of his neck, then curled his lips and said, "No? Three breaths? Sorry, I'm also an experienced person now."

Gui coughed and was about to explain that "sometimes experienced people have things they haven't experienced before and need to experience them because experienced people are not gods", but the next moment he suddenly stopped and said, "Hey, what are you doing?"

"While it's hot." Zhao Rong walked towards the bed in the inner room.

“…”

Gui said seriously, "Mr. Zhao, can you wear a headband when you're 'doing things'?"

"No, it's in the way." Zhao Rong said casually, then paused and shook his head, "It's not like I haven't seen it before... Be more self-conscious and stop peeking."

Gui: "Old..."

After nine breaths.

Gui's startled voice came from the inner room, "Hey, wait, Zhao Rong, you, you still want to come?"

"Didn't I tell you to do it while it's hot?"

Gui said in an anxious tone: "Don't rush! You've already rushed twice tonight. It's not good for your health to rush too much in one night."

"...No, let's do it again." Zhao Rong frowned slightly, his hands moving around his waist. He thought for a moment and said, "One last time. I still have some strength left."

While tying his belt, Zhao Rong walked out of the inner room and headed towards the open space in the center of the room that was specially cleared for walking on the poles.

After fastening his belt, he raised his hand to straighten the collar of his clean clothes.

After breaking through the "Yang Qiao Mai", his whole body was soaked with sweat again. Zhao Rong went into the inner room and changed his clothes. He was ready to take advantage of the fact that the little red snake in his body was still a little "violent" and still had some strength left, and the feeling of uneasiness had subsided a lot, and then he would make another breakthrough.

After hearing Zhao Rong's answer, Gui was silent for a while, and finally, he did not speak again.

Seeing that it remained silent, Zhao Rong said, "Don't worry, Gui, I know what to do. This barrier to entering the Fuyao realm has held me back for too long. If I follow the normal speed, it will take me too much time to break through the eight extraordinary meridians each time."

He took a deep breath and lowered his eyes to look at his fist which was still trembling naturally after two times of acupuncture at night.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Now it seems that Qingjun must have added something to the bowl of lotus seed glutinous rice porridge. I was wondering why there was so much sugar in the porridge, and why there was a strange bitter taste in the sweetness. At that time, I was wondering if her cooking skills were not good enough or if she added some tonic to nourish my body. Now it seems that it must be some unknown elixir that can break the meridians and the mirror."

As for why Zhao Rong didn't doubt Yu Huaijin's Jiuxiao Yunpei guqin.

Besides the fact that she was just an unfamiliar outsider and had almost no motivation to help him, although the materials of the Jiuxiao Cloud Pendant were extraordinary, he had asked Gui not long ago, and none of the materials could indirectly assist him in igniting his blood.

So the answer is obvious, it was Concubine Zhao Lingfei who was helping him.

It turns out that although Qingjun never asked and ignored me as if he had forgotten, he had actually been paying attention to my behavior.

This time I specially skipped my day off to come to the academy, not just to visit, I don't know how much preparation I had made beforehand, not only to send "soft rice" to me, my son-in-law and husband - in every sense - but also to send me special autumn clothes to keep warm at night...

Zhao Rong rubbed his face, and seeing Gui didn't say anything, he continued to practice the ancient boxing stance. He felt the red snake transformed from the innate vitality surging in his meridians, silently calculated, and slowly began the third meridian rush tonight.

The extraordinary meridian that is impacted this time is the "Belt Meridian".

It starts from the flank, goes down diagonally to the Daimai point, goes around the body like a belt, and is roughly located at the waist.

However, even as the meridians were being impacted, Zhao Rong could not help himself and from time to time he became distracted, his mind wandering to the hostess of Qinglianxuan in Nanci Jingshe, Taiqing Prefecture, a hundred miles away.

What is she doing now?

Are you also practicing alone in an empty room, or quietly opening the west window of your boudoir after bathing, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, and missing the bright moon in your heart.

I wonder if Qingjun is worried about her husband who is practicing? I wonder if I have successfully opened my meridians.

With this thought in mind, Zhao Rong's stance became more steady, while his punches became more fierce.

In the center of the room, he performed the five-style boxing moves with great vigor and the rhythm became faster and faster.

In the meridians of the body, the red little snake has shrunk several times compared to the beginning, but its spirit is getting stronger and stronger. In the small circulation formed by the four meridians of "Ren Mai", "Du Mai", "Yin Qiao Mai" and "Yin Qiao Mai", it turns thousands of times in one breath, and its spirit is as strong as a bull!

In a flash, he left the small circulation.

Boom boom

It was as if they were a troop of red heavily armored cavalrymen from the frontier, risking their lives and fighting to the death to crash into the towering pass standing in the "Belt Meridian"!

Bang--

The armor was broken, everyone died, and the blood gathered.

The little red snake retreated and returned to the four meridians of the small circulation, circulating to accumulate energy.

Come again.

Once, twice, three times...

At the foot of the pass, blood gradually accumulated, and the blood particles turned into countless ants, climbing and gnawing.

The weaker the red snake's blood becomes, the smaller its body becomes, but its ferocious blood becomes stronger and stronger!

The barrier within the Dai Meridian that blocks the flow of innate vital energy has been slowly crumbling since an unknown moment.

Outside the Dongli cottage, everything was quiet. Inside the north room, Zhao Rong's face was red and his body was shaking, but he kept moving. His punches were light but powerful!

Qingjun's pretty figure appeared in front of his eyes again. She held the bowl of porridge in both hands and carefully offered it to him with a sweet smile.

Zhao Rong opened his eyes slightly.

In fact, Qingjun was also very concerned and even anxious about his level of cultivation. They were both still very young. Putting aside the idea of ​​achieving immortality together and the great way of immortality, Qingjun longed for him to catch up with her.

At this moment, Qingjun and he have yet to complete their wedding night ceremony.

Currently, he is following the path of a warrior and is in the Ascension Stage. As long as he does not break through and enter the Fuyao stage, he will not be able to have harmony of yin and yang with Qingjun. Otherwise, his yang energy will not be as simple as the needlework he did for him in the past. It is because of his ordinary qualifications that once a warrior breaks the precepts, he will never have the hope of ascending to the Fuyao stage.

This should be the reason why my wife has been reluctant to return the black jade token that belongs to him, right?

Tick-tick...tick-tick...

As Zhao Rong was practicing with his eyes closed, sweat flowed down his cheeks, following the curve of his cheeks bulging as he clenched his teeth, and gathered at the edges of his sharply defined face.

low.

Zhao Rong couldn't help thinking about her.

So... Qingjun carefully sent him this bowl of soft rice to help him break up?

I don’t know how much effort she put into getting this elixir.

Although Qingjun is a sword cultivator at the Haoran Realm and a favored daughter of Taiqing Prefecture, and in addition to the resources allocated by Xiaoyao Prefecture, she is also supported by a first-class powerful family in a medium-sized mountain dynasty, but she is currently at the stage of breaking the mirror, and needs more resources for cultivation. She is also a sword cultivator who consumes a lot of money.

Moreover, although this auxiliary elixir is only an auxiliary item for breaking through from the Dengtian Realm to the Fuyao Realm, it is very scarce in the mountains.

This is because there are many children of wealthy families on the mountain, or descendants of powerful monks, and many of them have the same difficulty in climbing as him.

And these people have the backing of the mountains and are the least short of money. This is actually the reason why the poems and lyrics of Luohuapin who can break through the Fuyao realm are priceless in the mountains.

How much money did Qingjun spend to get this elixir?

Zhao Rong pursed his lips, punched non-stop, sweat continued to fall, and there was a puddle of water under his feet.

Zhao Rong felt a little helpless.

He was not short of money. Not to mention the poems from his previous life in his mind, which were almost inexhaustible in a short period of time - some of them might be the poems of the legendary Nanshan Pin. Before he entered Linlu Academy, he was afraid that the tree would attract the wind and he had always avoided them. Now that he had entered the academy and had the identity of a student, he felt a lot safer - even if it was the Luohua Pin, he could compose a few poems sometimes when he was inspired, and he didn't find it difficult.

For example, after having a night talk with Wen Ruo in Zhongnan Kingdom, he returned home in high spirits and wrote the poem "Dian Jiang Lip". Another example is that outside the Liangjing of the Wei Dynasty, when he was dressed up as Wen Ruo, he wrote a poem to show his prowess in front of people at a literary meeting and gave it to Xiaoxiao. Later, she said that she would give it to her great-grandmother as a gift for her younger generation.

Therefore, if Zhao Rong went to Duyou City, he would not have to worry about the money. Instead, he would have to worry about how to sell a large number of rare poems on the market in a low-key manner without attracting attention.

It was just that today was a holiday, and Yu Huaijin showed up and completely helped him solve all these happy troubles. Forget about going to the city for a while. Brother Zhao should catch up on his piano skills and pass this crucial mid-month exam first...

Therefore, now he can only stay here obediently and wait for Qingjun to feed him?

Well, there are also "autumn clothes" to keep you warm and relieve your worries at night...

While Zhao Rong was guiding the little red snake in his body to attack his meridians, his mind was a little distracted.

When he thought of Yu Huaijin, he felt a little itchy.

When he thought of Qingjun and Xiaoxiao, Zhao Rong felt warm in his heart.

"What are you thinking about? You are bolder than Kunpeng! You dare to be distracted when your Chongmai is broken?!" Gui, who had been silent all the time, suddenly shouted loudly.

Zhao Rong was startled and suddenly woke up and opened his eyes. He quickly restrained his wandering mind and cut off all the strange and chaotic thoughts that suddenly emerged in the rippling waves of his heart.

My mind gradually became clear.

Zhao Rong secretly thought that this was a close call. If one is not careful in this way of cultivation, something bad will happen. He is only at the initial stage of entering the Fuyao Realm from the Ascension Realm, and he is already unruly. What if the evil dragons and inner demons in the lake are at a higher level...

The next second, Zhao Rong gritted his teeth, and even the thought of relief was cut off.

The lake of my heart has completely calmed down.

There was not a wrinkle on the surface of the lake.

His eyes were calm, and then he slowly closed them, with all his focus and mind sinking into the meridians he was observing internally.

now.

In the "belt meridian" of the body that was blocked by impurities, the majestic pass was on the verge of collapse. A few breaths ago, it barely resisted the momentum of a wave of red snakes' "iron cavalry breaking through the pass".

The little red snake dragged its weak body but remained ferocious as it slowly retreated back into the small circulation formed by the other four meridians.

Zhao Rong holds his breath to calm his mind, and the belt meridian is located at the waist of the ring body.

He frowned, turned his body slightly to the left, placed his center of gravity slightly on his right foot, and wrapped his right hand upward while pressing downward.

Lazy to tie the clothes.

In an instant, Zhao Rong extended his right fist!

In the four small circulation meridians in the body, the little red snake is like an arrow shot from a fully loaded bow, rushing towards the "Xiongguan" of the belt meridian with great momentum!

boom--!

In Zhao Rong's inward vision, the blocked gate in the belt meridian collapsed with a loud bang, and all the impurities that had been accumulated were shattered and were being rushed away by the red snake that was emitting red light.

“Huh~”

Zhao Rong suddenly relaxed his breath and was about to open his eyes...

At this moment!

In the dead silent lake, on the calm surface of the water, a tiny bubble emerged, and an extremely simple and brief thought suddenly appeared, as if someone whispered in his ear:

"Qingjun saw Xiaoxiao."

Calm and sure.

Zhao Rong froze and turned into a standing stone statue.

One breath, two breaths, three...

Boom——!

Zhao Rong lost his mind, and the little red snake that was about to burst out of his body with murderous energy lost its shackles and went completely out of control. It could no longer maintain its shape and exploded in an instant.

The innate vitality backfires.

Bang!

Zhao Rong twisted his waist, leaned back, and sat down on the cold stone floor. His face was pale and he was gasping for breath. Then, a mouthful of blood rushed into his throat and eyes. Zhao Rong gritted his teeth, puffed up his cheeks, and swallowed it!

He held his chest tightly with one hand and supported himself on the hard and rough floor with the other hand. His body rose and fell violently, like an old bellows, breathing heavily.

Gui was startled when he saw Zhao Rong's heart lake explode. He immediately used his limited recovered energy and activated his spiritual sense to scan the meridians in Zhao Rong's body.

After a moment, it regained its composure and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately..."

The other meridians were fine, but the "belt meridian" was really a mess, and impurities blocked his belt meridian again, but fortunately, the foundation of the meridian was not damaged.

However, the innate vitality that had been restored with great difficulty had been completely dissipated in the backlash of the innate vitality just now. It would probably take quite a while to recuperate...

Soon, it came back to its senses, was silent for a while, and suddenly laughed:

"I told you that you couldn't last more than three breaths. So, I didn't fool you, did I?"

Zhao Rong said nothing.

He stared at the floor with his eyes fixed.