Chapter 34 Recovery
Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang's days became more fulfilling, while Gu Qingqing's days were very tiring. Having been inactive for a long time, her internal energy was stagnant, and she had lost almost all of her magical power.
Perhaps it would be better if they had good elixirs and spiritual herbs to cultivate, but they didn't;
They should have it in the storage ring, but unfortunately they can't open it.
Perhaps it would be good to go out and travel more, but Wu Buyu did not return, and Ji Rong even gave Wu Buyu the Xuan Huanmu that Sheng Xiu should not approach.
Therefore, Ji Rong dared not let Gu Qingqing go out, fearing that she would be killed if she went out.
Gu Qingqing and Ji Rong stayed in their cramped cave all day, yearning for the outside world. When Ji Zhuang found out, he would take them out for some fresh air when they weren't working.
At this time, Gu Qingqing liked to run up the tree, squint her eyes, and bask in the sun for most of the day.
Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang whispered, "So the third young lady of the Fire Fox Clan is so simple and unpretentious. No wonder she was raised by Aunt Huang. Brother, look, she sleeps just like Aunt Huang."
Ji Zhuang stared intently at Gu Qingqing for a while and said, "They're still different. Aunt Huang is a pure yellow fox, while Sister Qingqing is a mixed white, yellow, and red fox with no particular color scheme. She's a spotted fox that won't be well-liked."
Ji Rong thought her brother's description was very accurate.
Ji Zhuang also took them to the market once, but Gu Qingqing acted like a country bumpkin, wanting to buy this and that. Ji Zhuang, whose wallet wasn't full, had no choice but to not buy anything. He called to his sister, then picked up Gu Qingqing and ran back to the cave.
After finishing their cultivation, Ji Rong and Gu Qingqing found themselves bored and started some new activities in their cave.
Ji Rong would often lightly whip Gu Qingqing with a tree branch, claiming it was to unblock her meridians. Gu Qingqing found the beating quite comfortable, so she asked Ji Rong to unblock her meridians every day.
Gu Qingqing placed Gu worms on Ji Rong, ostensibly to sharpen Ji Rong's little manipulation skills. While moving the Gu worms, Ji Rong discovered that controlling the Gu worms with her mind could actually weaken the Gu mother's control over the offspring. She had a great time playing with it and asked Gu Qingqing to place worms on her every day.
When Ji Zhuang was at home, he saw their strange behavior and at first he would question their mental state. But after seeing it more often, he joined in. Whenever he had time, he would work on both projects.
Through such games, Ji Zhuang's understanding of micromanipulation techniques deepened. He was able to dedicate a sliver of his mind to the object he was manipulating, thereby influencing or weakening it.
Ji Rong's cultivation progress became very strange before Wu Buyu left.
Logically speaking, it is easy for cultivators of all races to advance from the Spirit Connection Realm to the Illusion Realm, as long as they have enough spiritual food.
If there is a cultivation method, it will be even easier.
The transition from the Illusion Realm to the Dissolution Realm can be achieved naturally with a simple cultivation method, and it is even easier if one has elixirs and herbs to cleanse the meridians.
Recently, Ji Rong felt that the spiritual energy flowing through her meridians had reached its peak, but instead of a spiritual platform spontaneously emerging within her body, some small meridians were forcibly opened up beside her swollen meridians to accommodate the newly arriving spiritual energy.
Ji Rong endured the pain and cultivated every day, but apart from feeling a few more tiny meridians in her body that could accommodate spiritual energy, she gained nothing else.
She had discussed these unusual symptoms with her brother, Ji Zhuang, in private, but Ji Zhuang showed no signs of these abnormalities.
After his enlightenment, he naturally expanded seven meridians, reaching the Spiritual Connection stage. During his escape, he naturally cultivated on the ship until his body was full of spiritual energy, and a spiritual platform the size of a grain of rice appeared.
The Lingtai point, like a seed, connects the seven meridians, flowing through his body day and night like the source of a river.
After listening to Ji Rong and Wu Buyu explain the "True Explanation of the Phoenix," his mind began to grow and expand as if sprouting.
A tiny bird spirit sprouted from the top of the bud, and the bird spirit looked somewhat like Ji Zhuang.
Along with the growth of claws on his wings, during his breakthrough to the Dissolution Realm, another meridian developed within his body. This meridian connected the Spirit Platform with the other seven meridians, making his claws naturally sharp.
As he entered the dissolution phase, the magical power within his body underwent a qualitative change. Spiritual energy was absorbed from the outside into the root of his spiritual platform, surging like water from above the platform to the eight meridians. Ji Zhuang felt that he could now defeat a hundred of his former selves.
Ji Rong also asked Wu Buyu. Wu Buyu had lived for nearly six hundred years and had never seen such an anomaly. So he made a slight rationalization and thought that it was possible that Ji Rong's aptitude was too low. He suggested that when he had money, he could buy her some elixirs and spiritual medicines, and maybe she would be able to advance in rank.
Cultivation was too painful, so Ji Rong calmed down and followed Gu Qingqing to read the Jade Calf. However, Hu Qingqing was not fully recovered and had limited energy. The number of Celestial Race characters she knew was only slightly more than Huang Pinjie's.
Moreover, she had never advanced to the Five-Tails level, did not possess a Celestial Body, and was even more perplexed by the description of the spiritual energy circulation method within;
Ji Rong was afraid that Gu Qingqing would be mentally exhausted, which would be detrimental to her recuperation. So every day, she would only ask Gu Qingqing to read a few lines for her, and then she would hide in a corner of the cave and recite them secretly, trying to understand them on her own, like an ascetic monk repeatedly tracing the lines on the ground with her toes.
Gu Qingqing lay on the cushion, looking at Ji Rong with great emotion.
She must be three hundred years old this year, back when she reached the Spirit Realm. What was she doing?
She was still young then, and all she could think about was food. She wasn't interested in cultivation at all; she would often hide, making Huang Pinjie search for her all over the mountains.
Ji Rong, however, could sit in meditation like an old cultivator and meticulously decipher words like a deity. In addition, Ji Rong also had to take care of her daily and clean the cave.
After spending this time together, Gu Qingqing felt that Ji Rong was quite extraordinary. Although her talent was not high, her temperament and perseverance were definitely among the best of her peers.
Ji Zhuang was also quite extraordinary. Gu Qingqing herself had many brothers and sisters, and her usual companions from other tribes also had many brothers and sisters, but she had never seen anyone with such a large difference in cultivation level as Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang, yet they still had such a good relationship.
Among cultivators of all races, strength is paramount. In order to stimulate their bloodline talents, it is not uncommon for cultivators of high cultivation levels to devour their own brothers, sisters, and relatives.
Even she herself used to boss around her younger siblings who were less talented and had lower levels of understanding.
Her elder brother and sister, who considered themselves to be of noble birth, frequently beat and scolded their younger siblings without any attempt to hide it.
Compared to this, Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang are truly kind.
"What kind of heart did Aunt Huang have to raise such a child?" Gu Qingqing looked at Ji Rong, still thinking as she was about to fall asleep, when a voice in her heart answered her: "Because it's interesting."
"Interesting? It is indeed quite interesting." Gu Qingqing felt that the voice was right. Such a peaceful, vibrant, and passionate life was truly a gift from heaven.
She slept soundly, as if she were having a sweet dream.
As Gu Qingqing fell into a deep sleep, the spiritual energy in the cave suddenly surged towards her. Ji Rong immediately felt as if she had fallen into a mud pit. She looked up warily and found that all the spiritual energy had gone to Gu Qingqing.
Gu Qingqing was asleep as usual, her breathing even and her expression peaceful;
Her body was filled with surging spiritual energy, and her meridians trembled. The spiritual energy passed through her body and surged towards her tail like a wave. There was originally only a lonely three-flower tail there, but today it made the three-flower tail seem to be fading.
Gu Qingqing opened her mouth slightly, and the Gu worms lined up and crawled into Feng Qing's body, which Gu Qingqing was using as a pillow.
As Ji Rong looked at them, she couldn't help but smack her lips. Although she felt disgusted by the sight of so many insects, her body honestly wanted to taste what they would be like today.
She forced herself to turn her head away and ate the spiritual grains without any flavor.
Ji Rong was extremely annoyed. She thought to herself, "Ugh, I almost pecked it. When will I ever be able to get rid of this damned beastly instinct?"
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