Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Gift
Yun Miao, having finally come to her senses, wasn't particularly angry. Instead, she looked upwards suspiciously. "What are you doing?!"
Lu Dajiao said, "Since you're from the main peak, there's no need to sit on the human-faced owl. I've just sent a message to my senior brother, asking him to come pick you up. Just wait here and don't move."
Yun Miao was pupa in the air: "There's no need to tie me up, right?!"
The elegant white deer snorted, "I can tell from the first sniff that you're a troublemaker who loves to run around and cause trouble. What if you fall off the main peak and die while having fun? What if Ning Yu comes looking for me?"
"So it's safer to tie you up. Just wait, the eldest brother will be back soon."
Yun Miao was shocked: Is a deer’s nose so sensitive?
Huo Xin, who was standing by, had frowned and wanted to say something, but he shut up instantly after hearing what was said.
Tan Xiaobai also recalled Yun Miao's previous deeds, but as a loyal younger brother, he still hesitated and said, "But my boss is a well-known figure after all. It's not a good look to leave him hanging like this."
"You want it to look good, right? It's just a small request, and it must be met!"
Deer Horn swept his eyes across the vast canopy below, and the four branches began to twist. Two branches formed the shape of butterfly wings on Yun Miao's back, and two branches on Yun Miao's head acted as butterfly antennae.
Then he said with satisfaction: "After fiddling with it like this, the little thing has really become more beautiful."
Yun Miao turned his head with difficulty to look at his back, and angrily flapped his wings violently in the air.
"How can this be fun, Lu Dajiao? Put me down now, or I'll have the headmaster chop you up and hammer you into deer meatballs."
"What are you babblein' about? I can't hear you."
The deer-horned beast laughed strangely and commanded the human-faced owl to carry everyone away. Fifty or so fellow apprentices wasn't too many, but not too few either. He had to help them settle down before dark.
Disciples who have been verbally recognized by the peak master and elders naturally belong to the fairy peak where the master is, and need to live in the area designated for inner disciples on each peak.
Those without a master will be temporarily classified as outer disciples and will live together on the outer disciple peak.
Regardless of whether they are outer or inner disciples, once they reach the Golden Core stage, they can go to other mountains within the Xuantian Sect except the Nine Immortal Peaks to open up caves and live a free solitary life.
Lu Dajiao and a few of his friends lived in a cave on a small hill near Beast Peak. He planned to return after finishing his work and chat with his friends about the new junior brothers and sisters he had met today. The chatter of the little ones was a bit noisy, but still quite entertaining.
On the other side, Yun Miao narrowed his eyes and watched their flying figures, thinking in his mind how to get back at them later.
At this moment, a gentle yet doubtful voice appeared in her ears.
"What's going on?"
Yun Miao subconsciously looked up and saw an elegant young man in a light blue robe, holding a lotus flower, standing in the air in front of her, looking at her gently with his eyes.
Yun Miao: "A nasty deer tied me up here. He said that the eldest brother would come to pick me up. Are you that eldest brother?"
"yes."
The young man pointed his fingers together, and several water blades silently cut off the tree roots, then turned into a water tornado and slowly fell to the ground with Yun Miao.
His voice was gentle and intimate, and it felt like a spring breeze in March.
"I am Master's first disciple, so the junior brothers and sisters from other peaks call me Big Brother. But you and I are both Master's direct disciples, and Master only has two disciples, so you can also just call me Senior Brother. My surname is Qi, and Master gave me the name Shubai."
Yun Miao, who had found his feet again, stretched his body and spoke with energy, "My last name is Yun, and my given name is Miao."
Qi Shubai smiled, "I know. Master has already sent me all the news about you, Junior Sister. The ice lotus happened to bloom today, which is the first joy. Master has accepted a disciple he likes, which is the second joy. I finally have a Junior Sister, which is the third joy. Three joys at once."
He gave the ice jade lotus in his hand to Yun Miao.
"I heard that you, Junior Sister, just achieved enlightenment this morning. Consider this ice lotus my gift. Soak it in water and drink it before meditating and practicing. It will help you concentrate and calm your mind faster and stabilize your realm."
Yun Miao happily accepted the gift: "Thank you, Senior Brother, you are so generous!"
The NPCs in this game are the most generous NPCs she has ever seen. Not only do they not take the initiative to ask for things from players, they also take the initiative to give players gifts! This is really great!
"As long as you like it."
Seeing her so happy, Qi Shubai's eyes became gentler. Then he conjured up a water dragon again and let the water dragon carry him and Yun Miao all the way into the dense forest.
After a while, the flying dragon hovered above a quiet bamboo forest. Looking down from above, one could see several exquisite courtyards built in the bamboo forest.
Qi Shubai pointed to a small courtyard below with a few flowers and trees, indicating that this was the courtyard where he lived.
"You've just started, and Master and I both think you should live closer to me so I can look after you more often. But it all depends on your own wishes."
Yun Miao's eyes rolled, and he pretended to be expectant and said, "Brother, do you know where Master lives? I really want to live with Master."
As we all know, many games allow players to go to NPC's homes to rummage through drawers and pick up supplies, and it is also well known that the leader is usually the strongest and richest person in the sect.
If she could live with the head master, then all the natural treasures, spiritual stones, magical instruments, tables, chairs, benches, cups, plates and bowls in the master's house would be hers! Hehehe!
Qi Shubai raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the top of the mountain.
"Master lives in Xuantian Palace on the top of the mountain, but that's where the previous masters lived. We disciples can't live there, nor can we build large buildings nearby. So if you want to live next to Master, you can only build a hut nearby."
Build a house and live there?
Yun Miao immediately imagined the scene of the head master enjoying delicious food in a magnificent palace while she was eating steamed buns in a leaky thatched hut nearby.
She immediately withdrew her expectant gaze and said with disgust, "Forget it, I don't really want to live with Master that much."
Qi Shubai was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "You can't say this in front of Master, he will be sad."
"Okay, then I'll tell you secretly later." Yun Miao glanced down and finally pointed to a yard close to Qi Shubai's residence.
"Brother, I want to live there."
This is the largest of all the courtyards, which is convenient for her to store things. There is a vegetable garden with a fence in the backyard, which is convenient for her to farm.
It's also close to her senior's residence, making it convenient for her to give gifts to the NPCs every day to improve their favorability. It's perfect!
Qi Shubai smiled: "That's great, then we will be neighbors from now on."
After the water dragon put the two people down, it quickly turned into water droplets to moisten the earth. Qi Shubai opened the gate of the empty courtyard and prepared to activate the formation plate for his junior sister first.
As a result, he shouted in the yard but heard no response. Turning around, he saw Yun Miao picking wild flowers in the bamboo forest outside.
Qi Shubai watched silently, thinking: Master had previously described this little sister as incredibly intelligent, how she had experienced an instant enlightenment and instantly achieved a breakthrough, and how she remained calm and composed even after being diagnosed with the lowest grade of the Five Spiritual Roots. He had been bewildered, expecting to see a determined, mature, and steady little adult.
result……
He recalled the scene of the little butterfly Yun Miao flying around in the crown of the towering ancient tree, and her current appearance of being busy among the flowers like a little bee, and couldn't help but smile.
No matter how you look at it, he's just a lively and active child. But that's a good thing, as children should be lively.
At the same time, the player who was drawn away by the collection point finally remembered that there was an NPC nearby waiting for her to play the plot. So Yun Miao, who rushed out like the wind to collect a lot of things, ran back like the wind.
She handed a wild flower to Qi Shubai with a bright smile.
"Brother, this flower is for you."
"Thank you very much."
Qi Shubai assumed Yun Miao was trying to reciprocate, so he took it and thanked her. Then he looked at the two large bunches of wild flowers and weeds in Yun Miao's arms. Although they were messy, they still looked quite wild and interesting.
"You picked so many to grow in vases? I wonder if there are any vases in this courtyard. If not, I'll send you two later."
deliver?
When the player's radar sounded, Yun Miao immediately smiled and said, "Thank you for the vase, Senior Brother. You are such a kind person, Senior Brother!"
Then she walked into the yard holding the flowers, looking left and right as if she was inspecting her territory.
"But I don't want to arrange flowers. I picked the bunch on the left to give to someone tomorrow."
Qi Shubai was stunned for a moment before realizing that he seemed to have been cheated out of two vases.
At first glance, Yun Miao's actions seemed a bit petty, but Qi Shubai was certain that the little sister was just as happy to receive the five-hundred-year-old ice lotus as she was to receive the vase. She seemed to be simply happy to receive the gift.
He didn't think much about it, his eyes falling on the wildflowers in Yun Miao's arms. "Who are they for?"
At this age... could it be that I'm feeling romantically aroused?
"Of course it's you, Senior Brother. Huo Xin, Tan Xiaobai, Lao Guan, Gao Zhu, and Senior Sister Ning..."
Yun Miao counted them all and found that he couldn't count them all, so he said proudly: "Anyway, as long as I like them, I have them all!"
Qi Shubai laughed. "Okay, then I'll wait for the bouquet tomorrow. But you have two bouquets of flowers in your hand, what is the other one for? Are you going to give it to someone as a gift?"
Do you not only like receiving gifts, but also like giving gifts?
Yun Miao said as a matter of course: "These are spiritual, I want to keep them for myself."
Upon hearing this, Qi Shubai used his spiritual sense to scan the two bouquets of flowers in Yun Miao's arms, and was surprised to find that one of the bouquets was just ordinary wild flowers, while the other contained a small amount of spiritual energy.
Although the spiritual energy is very little, people who usually go to and from the main peak just think they are weeds on the roadside, but if you look closely, they are indeed low-level spiritual plants.
The most surprising thing is that these two bouquets of flowers were obviously carefully selected and there was no mix-up at all.
Qi Shubai was surprised: "Junior Sister, how did you identify the spiritual energy in their bodies without spiritual sense?"
Yun Miao glanced at the [Realm: ??? HP Bar: ???] on Qi Shubai's head and said gravely, "Feeling."
"Feel?"
Qi Shu looked thoughtful with his eyes wide open. It seemed that his master was right about one thing. The little junior sister was indeed a very special child.
He followed Yun Miao into the house, which had been uninhabited for a long time and was covered in dust. He immediately raised his hand and pointed at the storage bag that had been hung on Yun Miao's waist not long ago, and a formation disk flew out of it.
But just when he was about to activate the formation, Yun Miao stopped him, his eyes full of eagerness to try.
"Brother, please teach me how to use spiritual power. I want to try to activate this array myself!"
"Yes, it is possible, but..."
Qi Shubai conjured up a dust-removing talisman with one hand. The runes on it lit up for a moment, and then the entire talisman paper turned into pieces of paper scraps, which brought up a breeze in the air and swept away all the dust in the room, and then disappeared into the ground.
He led Yun Miao to sit on a chair beside the table, placed the formation plate on the table, and patiently explained to Yun Miao the relationship between spiritual energy and spiritual roots.
In fact, all the qi in the world is derived from a wisp of innate qi when the heaven and earth were first created. The innate qi itself has no attributes, but it is scattered between heaven and earth. When it meets water, it becomes water aura, when it meets wood, it becomes wood aura, and when it meets fire, it becomes fire aura... This is the five elements aura.
Because only natural gods and immortals who have achieved enlightenment can condense innate energy, and the gods and immortals left the earth and ascended to the immortal world in ancient times, Qi Shubai asked Yun Miao to assume that innate energy did not exist. It was enough to focus only on spiritual energy.
Firstly, the Five Elements Spiritual Qi inherited the characteristics of the Innate Qi and was also an extremely unstable Qi. If it encountered a Yin Sha place, it would turn into Sha Qi.
The essence of evil spirit is actually a highly aggressive spiritual energy that cannot be refined by ordinary methods. This is why ordinary cultivators avoid it. I heard that ghost cultivators in ancient times mastered the method of refining evil spirit, but unfortunately, the ghost cultivation tradition has been cut off today.
The magic cultivator absorbs spiritual energy into his body and reverses it through his skills. This is magic power. When the magic power is released by the magic cultivator and dispersed throughout the world, it becomes demonic energy.
Because of this connection, demonic energy and spiritual energy are like the two poles of yin and yang, mutually exclusive. Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind.
A large amount of spiritual energy can purify a small amount of demonic energy back into spiritual energy. Similarly, if the concentration of demonic energy in a place is too high, it will assimilate the spiritual energy in that area into demonic energy. Therefore, spiritual cultivation and demonic cultivation are also natural enemies.
All those who cultivate by absorbing spiritual energy are collectively called spiritual practitioners. Most human and demon cultivators are spiritual practitioners. Because of their different areas of focus, they are further divided into sword cultivators, magic cultivators, talisman cultivators, formation cultivators, etc.
A cultivator's spiritual roots are like magic weapons that attract the five elements of spiritual energy. The number of spiritual roots a cultivator has is equivalent to the number of spiritual energy attributes that can be attracted simultaneously.
Because the Celestial Spiritual Root only has one spiritual root, it can only attract spiritual energy of one attribute. Therefore, it is only necessary to build a spiritual energy circulation in the tendons and veins in the body. Then, one can forget about other things and focus on absorbing spiritual energy, refining it into spiritual power and storing it in the Dantian, ready for use at any time.
The five spiritual roots will simultaneously attract the five elements of spiritual energy. The five elements are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. If two opposing spiritual energies are allowed to circulate in the same tendon, it will inevitably cause a spiritual energy riot and damage itself.
Therefore, the five spiritual roots need to construct five non-interfering spiritual energy circulations in the body. When practicing, more energy and time are spent to separate the mixed spiritual energy according to its attributes, and put it into the five spiritual energy circulations in different categories, and refine it into five spiritual power balls with different attributes and store them in the dantian.
It is precisely because of this that Yun Miao must first learn how to divert spiritual power, selecting one type of spiritual power in his dantian to enter a tendon and release it. If all five types of spiritual power enter one tendon at once, at best they will cancel each other out, at worst the spiritual energy will riot.
"This is also the reason why the current cultivation world admires natural spiritual roots. However, in my opinion, the number of spiritual roots and the quality of the spiritual roots are secondary. The most important thing is to have a firm heart in the Tao. As long as the Tao heart is perfect, there will naturally be no bottlenecks. The rest is just a matter of hard work."
Qi Shubai looked at Yun Miao with a hint of admiration.
"And since you, Junior Sister, were able to say, 'I don't cultivate immortality, I only seek the Tao,' and then had an epiphany, your steadfastness of character is beyond the reach of ordinary people. I believe you will definitely not have any problems in this regard."
Yun Miao frowned: "I see."
Qi Shubai looked relieved: "You understand everything?"
Yun Miao's expression was grave: "I didn't understand a single word."
What's that babble saying? I don't understand. Skip it! Skip it!
Qi Shubai: "...Junior Sister, I actually think you don't need to be so anxious. It's better to work hard to accumulate spiritual power first, and wait until you break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and cultivate your spiritual consciousness before learning the magic. At that time, you will be able to use your spiritual consciousness to observe your body and control your spiritual power more accurately. Learning to cast spells will be much easier than it is now."
Yun Miao didn't listen. She wanted to learn magic now, and then beat the hateful white deer from Guanyuntai to Zizhi Garden, and then from Zizhi Garden back to Guanyuntai!
"All right."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Yun Miao, Qi Shubai could only patiently instruct her to calm her mind, sink her energy into her dantian, sense the spiritual energy in her body, and then channel it into the corresponding tendons and meridians...
This time, Yun Miao listened very carefully. After all, according to the strategy guide on the game forum, the skill mechanism of this game is very special. It seems that the game developer really wants to teach them how to cultivate immortality and cast spells. Players must first practice the skills they want to obtain successfully before the skill will appear in the skill bar.
And when Yun Miao did as Qi Shubai said, she indeed felt something flowing three inches below her navel.
It’s actually true, this game is too magical!
Yun Miao was surprised, but just when she was distracted for a moment, the spiritual power in her dantian immediately rushed into her tendons and veins like a flood after the floodgates were opened...
Qi Shubai noticed Yun Miao's situation at the first moment, and immediately patted her on the back, quickly drawing out the surging spiritual power in her tendons and veins, rolled it into a ball, and threw it out the window.
Bang!
A big hole was blown out in the front yard, and the soil was flying everywhere. A passing scabby was blown into the window by the aftermath and landed on Yun Miao's head.
Frightened, it quickly raised its body and roared in a low voice to intimidate the enemies around it: "Gu——"
Yun Miao: ...
"Ahem." Qi Shubai raised his sleeve to hide the smile on his lips. A ball of water wrapped around the scabby baby and sent it out of the yard safely.
"Do you want to continue?"
Yun Miao slammed the table and said, "Continue!"
So...bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The land near the window in the front yard was blown into potholes, and countless small insects hiding underground were blown to the ground. The toad had jumped back into the yard at some point, and was just stretching out its long tongue, sucking all the weak, kicking insects into its mouth.
Yun Miao panted and slumped down on the chair. It wasn't that she gave up, but that she had no mana left.
Ever since she broke through to the Qi Refining Stage, a blue bar had appeared next to her health bar, indicating her spiritual energy reserves. But now, this blue bar had completely run out.
Yun Miao looked out the window dejectedly, as if he had lost hope in life.
"How could this happen? If this continues...how long will I have to wait before I can seek revenge on Lu Dajiao?"
Damn it, why is it so difficult to acquire skills? Why does she have to be tortured by learning this little goblin even though she has hidden herself in the game?
Please, can this world give poor students a little more chance to survive? QAQ
Qi Shubai pointed his finger in the air, and a stream of water flew into the yard, turning the ground into regularity again, and then rolled up the insects on the ground and the fat scabby baby and sent them out of the yard.
"It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge."
Yun Miao answered immediately: "Yun Miao seeks revenge from morning till night."
Qi Shubai chuckled softly, "Junior Brother Lu is already at the peak of the Golden Core Stage. Perhaps he will break through to the Nascent Soul Stage soon. If you want to cause trouble for him, you still have a long way to go. Let's stop here today. I'll practice with you tomorrow."
After obtaining Yun Miao's consent, he activated the formation plate, and an invisible barrier that could only be detected by spiritual sense quickly enveloped the quiet courtyard.
Then he looked at Yun Miao who was in despair, stood up and said goodbye temporarily and returned to his own yard. When he came back, he raised his hand and there were two celadon vases, a set of four treasures of the study and a carved wooden box on Yun Miao's desk.
"These two vases were just agreed to be given to Junior Sister for flower arrangement. As for these two, they are gifts from Senior Brother to congratulate Junior Sister on her new home. The box contains my old books from when I first joined the sect."
Qi Shubai said: Although they are just ordinary "Low-level Qi Refining Techniques", "Compendium of Five Elements Techniques" and several commonly used low-level footwork, leg techniques and sword techniques secrets, he wrote down a lot of his experiences and insights on them, which may be of some help to Yun Miao.
Although the set of four treasures of the study was not a magic weapon, the picture of a crying young phoenix carved on it had a good meaning. He wished that his junior sister would sing from now on and that they would soar to the sky together.
Yun Miao's eyes lit up. Another gift? Was this NPC Santa Claus? He was working so hard to deliver gifts to the players?
The player who always tried hard to give gifts to NPCs, and was despised and scolded by NPCs if she gave the wrong gifts, was deeply moved by Qi Shubai. She quickly grabbed the handful of wild flowers containing a small amount of spiritual energy on the table and stuffed them into Qi Shubai's arms.
"Thank you, Brother. These are all for you!"
The recipient's undisguised joy is the best reward for the giver.
Qi Shubai suddenly felt that the wild flowers in his arms looked much more beautiful and were very suitable to be taken home and put in a vase.
"Didn't you say you wanted to keep it?"
Yun Miao said proudly: "It doesn't matter, I can still pick it if I want."
Qi Shubai: "So generous? Do you like these books and the four treasures of the study so much?"
Yun Miao hesitated for a moment, and finally told the truth: "Actually... I don't like it that much. I hate reading and writing the most."
Qi Shubai couldn't help laughing at her honesty: "Then why are you so happy?"
Yun Miao said as a matter of course: "Because it's a gift!"
No need to complete long and boring quests, no need to work hard to improve your favorability, you can easily get free gifts. This is simply a miracle!
Qi Shubai didn't understand Yun Miao's player thinking and shook his head helplessly in his heart.
So, as long as it's a gift, no matter what it is, you'll be so happy? Sure enough, you're still a child.
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As the sky gradually darkened, Yun Miao said goodbye to her senior brother, then closed the door and prepared to log off and go to bed. But as she walked towards the bed, a faint sigh entered her ears.
Yun Miao was shocked: "There's a ghost?!"
"It's me."
Sect Master Chang appeared in front of Yun Miao and patted her head: "Xiao Miao, how was your day? Tell Master about it."
Yun Miao was suspicious: "I had a pretty good day today, but Master... why are you looking at me with such sad and reluctant eyes?"
"Really? No."
Sect Leader Chang forced a smile and laughed it off, but seeing Yun Miao looking at him suspiciously without saying anything, his smile became more and more stiff, and finally turned into another sigh.
"You should remember what I said this morning about the Five Elements Dao Body? I originally wanted to encourage you with these words, but after thinking it over, I decided I shouldn't give you too much false hope. So I came here."
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The author has something to say: Master: Woo woo woo, my poor disciple. QAQ
Yun Miao: ???
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