The next day.
Qin Gengyun got up early as usual to start refining the elixir, and Qiu Zhihe also went out to buy vegetables.
These days Qiu Zhihe would buy high-quality spiritual meat every day to make meat soup.
Speaking of which, Qin Gengyun's ability to persist in high-intensity alchemy, cultivation, and dual cultivation these days is largely due to the nourishing effect of this top-grade spiritual meat.
But something unexpected happened today.
When Qiu Zhihe came back, her face didn't look good. Qin Gengyun asked quickly:
"Fellow Daoist Qiu, what's wrong?"
Qiu Zhihe's face was covered with frost: "I didn't buy any top-grade spiritual meat today."
Are you so angry because you didn’t buy meat?
Qin Gengyun quickly comforted him, "It's okay. This kind of high-quality spiritual meat is rare and can't be bought every day."
Qiu Zhihe snorted and walked into the kitchen with a cold face, looking quite resentful.
Qin Gengyun burst out laughing. Fellow Daoist Qiu is becoming more and more adorable.
There was no fragrant broth today. Qiu Zhihe only cooked scallion and minced meat porridge. The meat was also ordinary spirit meat, and the taste was far inferior to the soup stewed with top-quality spirit meat.
However, Qin Gengyun was still very supportive and kept praising Qiu Zhihe's craftsmanship.
This made her look better.
At night, after five times of seventy breaths.
The tired Qin Gengyun soon fell asleep, and beside him, a petite figure slowly sat up.
She gradually became taller and more plump, and her black hair turned red.
In a room diagonally opposite.
The three people who were sleeping soundly were suddenly awakened by the pain and cried out in pain:
"Senior, calm down. Senior, calm down. We will be there soon!"
After half an incense stick.
Willow smoke lane.
Xia Qinglian, in red clothes and red hair, said coldly to the three black-robed men kneeling in front of her:
"Why didn't you deliver any meat today?"
Zhao Yi said in panic, "Senior, you are wise. It's not that we are not working hard. It's just that the wild mastiffs on Yunling Mountain have become smarter, making it more difficult to capture them."
Qian Er pulled up his trouser legs pitifully, revealing several bloodstains on his legs: "Senior, look, these are the injuries I got from catching the spirit mastiff. We really tried our best!"
These days, Zhao Yi, Qian Er, and Sun San have been catching wild mastiffs on Yunling Mountain outside the town every day.
Then every day he would hide the mastiff meat at the agreed location in Yanliu Lane. Qiu Zhihe would go to get it in the morning and say when she got home that she had bought it at the market.
Yunling Mountain is extremely vast, and there are countless spiritual beasts in the mountain. The three people have limited cultivation and can only capture low-level spiritual mastiffs.
However, they were all alchemists, not spirit beast masters, and it was quite difficult to capture and kill spirit beasts by force, and all three of them suffered a lot of injuries.
The three tried their best last night, but in the end they failed to catch the spirit mastiff.
Therefore, the meat cannot be delivered to Liuyan Lane on time today.
At this moment, facing the anger of the senior, the three of them kowtowed repeatedly: "Senior, please calm down, we will go to the mountain to catch it now!"
Xia Qinglian said calmly: "If there is no meat before noon tomorrow, you can kill yourselves."
“Yes, yes!”
The three of them were so frightened that they trembled all over and quickly got up and ran out of the town.
Zhao Yi said with a sad face: "We are alchemists, not spirit beast masters. How can it be so easy to catch spirit beasts?"
Sun San suddenly said, "My two brothers, I have been practicing the art of taming beasts these days, and perhaps I will be able to master it today."
The two looked at him in shock: "You want to switch from being an alchemist to a spirit beast master?"
Sun San looked determined and said in a firm voice: "For the sake of my predecessors, I can do anything!"
Zhao Yi and Qian Er looked at each other, damn, you are the best when it comes to licking!
Four hours later.
Yunling Mountain.
The snow is white and the wind is cold.
The three men lay in the snow, their bodies almost stiff. Finally, a wild mastiff appeared in front of them.
The mastiff slowly and cautiously moved forward, and saw a piece of meat on the snow. Finally, he couldn't resist the temptation and went forward to pick up the piece of meat. Suddenly, the snow surface collapsed, and the mastiff fell into the big pit.
"Sun San, quickly use the beast control technique!"
Zhao Yi and Qian Er shouted.
This wild spirit mastiff is extremely swift and strong, and can quickly jump out even if it falls into a trap several feet deep.
Yesterday, several mastiffs escaped in this way, and several people who tried to stop them were injured.
Because they had captured small mastiffs in the previous few days, which aroused the vigilance of the nearby mastiffs, the ones that came out to look for food now were all adult mastiffs, and they were not so easy to deal with.
Only by using the beast taming magic that can be practiced by beast masters can one hope to catch this ferocious low-level beast.
Sun Sanda shouted and jumped to the edge of the trap. Just then, the spirit mastiff jumped out from inside and pounced on him fiercely when it saw someone.
He bit Sun San's thigh.
“Ahhh!”
Sun San howled miserably, and while enduring the severe pain, he stretched out his palms and activated the beast-taming magic. A faint green light flew out from his palms and landed on the spirit mastiff.
Zhao Yi and Qian Er also ran over, one guarding one side to prevent the mastiff from hurting people and running away.
“Ahhhh!”
Sun Sanyi screamed while using all his strength to activate the beast taming technique. The mastiff's bite force gradually relaxed, and finally it loosened its teeth, with a bit of confusion in its wild eyes.
"superior!"
Zhao Yi and Qian Er rushed forward and hammered and stabbed the beast wildly. The sturdy spirit mastiff fell in a pool of blood, motionless.
Next to this beast was Sun San, who was also lying on the snow.
The spirit mastiff bit off a piece of flesh from his thigh, blood was flowing out, and his face was twisted in pain.
Because the senior wanted to eat the meat of the spirit mastiff, I, a pill master, forced myself to become a spirit beast master. Who understands this feeling, my family members!
…
the next day.
Qin Gengyun got up early as usual to make the elixir. Qiu Zhihe came back from buying vegetables and said to him:
"I bought top-quality spiritual meat today."
After saying that, he walked briskly into the kitchen.
Qin Gengyun watched her busying herself in the kitchen skillfully and couldn't help but say:
"Fellow Daoist Qiu, you have been buying groceries and cooking for me these days, and you have also helped me cultivate spiritual herbs. Thank you for your hard work."
Qiu Zhihe paused, then said coldly: "Concentrate on practicing."
Qin Gengyun smiled and agreed: "Yes."
Four days later.
night.
The fifth seventy breaths are over.
Phantom words appeared before Qin Gengyun's eyes:
【Name: Qin Gengyun】
【Lifespan: 35/40】
[Cultivation: Qi training level 3, 498/500]
[Skills: First-level Alchemist, 113/200]
[Spiritual roots: Fire-type middle-grade spiritual roots (180/1000), Ice-type middle-grade spiritual roots (187/1000)]
[Available training points: 30]
Qin Gengyun clenched his fists. After days of hard training and work, he was finally going to see the results.
He shouted in his heart: "Work hard, add more!"
Added 2 cultivation points to [Cultivation].
Instantly, the attribute panel in front of him emitted a bright light, just like the character upgrade in the game of the previous life, and then the illusory text changed:
[Cultivation: Qi training level 3, 500/500]
[The cultivation level can be broken through, do you want to break through immediately? 】
Qin Gengyun stood up gently, walked into the kitchen, sat down cross-legged, and shouted excitedly in his heart:
"breakthrough!"
Instantly, a spiritual energy like a giant python rushed out from the spiritual field and quickly traveled throughout the body.
Qin Gengyun calmed his mind and silently practiced the secret of longevity.
Compared to when he broke through the third level of Qi training, the feeling of being torn apart in his meridians was even stronger. This was the spiritual energy transforming his body and expanding his meridians.
The process was quite painful, but the benefits of Qin Gengyun's daily practice were evident. He practiced the Art of Immortality skillfully, wrapping and controlling the giant snake-like spiritual energy, distributing it evenly throughout the body's meridians and finally returning it to the spiritual field.
A week later, Qin Gengyun opened his eyes.
【Name: Qin Gengyun】
【Lifespan: 35/40】
[Cultivation: Qi training level 4, 0/1000]
[Available training points: 28]
Finally advanced to the fourth level of Qi training!