Chapter 349: Mastering the Martial Arts of the World

Shen Mizhi left Duan Rong and took the zip line to the hilltop of the lower courtyard. She walked along the edge of the cliff and came to the iron ropes near the Taifu Hall, and suddenly stopped.

She looked at one of the iron ropes and her eyes flashed.

That iron rope led to the hilltop of the Shifang.

Shen Mizhi didn't hesitate for long, tied the animal skin strap around her waist, and entered the ropeway. Duan Rong asked her to find out about Lu Qingzhu, and she felt that she had to tell Xiao Yu.

They were like sisters, and she shouldn't hide this from Xiao Yu no matter what.

Shen Mizhi arrived at the Shifang, and Xiao Yu was about to go to work in the cave.

Xiao Yu was very happy to see Shen Mizhi suddenly come, but seeing that Shen Mizhi's expression was not right, Shen Mizhi pulled her to a corner and told Xiao Yu everything about Duan Rong's request for her to find out about Lu Qingzhu and some of Lu Qingzhu's situation.

Xiao Yu frowned slightly, her eyes flashing with a cold and thoughtful look.

She remembered the night when Lv Qingzhu left on the Cloud-winged Falcon, and the look in Duan Rong's eyes when he looked up at the sky for a long time.

"Is there really something wrong with them?"

But Xiao Yu was sure that when Lv Qingzhu left, he didn't even look at Duan Rong.

But if there was nothing wrong between the two of them, why did Duan Rong react like that? Moreover, when he arrived at the sect, he asked Shen Mizhi to go to the Elders' Hall to inquire about Lv Qingzhu's situation?

No! There must be something wrong!

Xiao Yu suddenly became alert!

Shen Mizhi said, "Sister Xiao, I have to go. If I'm late, I'll be scolded by the nanny!"

Xiao Yu said, "Good sister, thank you for coming to tell me."

Shen Mizhi said, "Sister Xiao, I'm not spreading rumors. I've thought about this matter over and over again, and it's not easy to hide it from you."

Xiao Yu said, "Sister, don't think too much. I can't thank you enough for this. You did the right thing!"

Shen Mizhi said, "Sister, I hope you can understand my heart."

Xiao Yu took Shen Mizhi's hand and sent her to the door of the stone archway. Shen Mizhi left in a hurry.

Xiao Yu returned to the cave to work, but she was a little absent-minded all day. After she finished work, she cleaned up and washed up, and went to Duan Rong's hill.

Xiao Yu arrived at Duan Rong's hill, but it was only the afternoon. She walked around there and didn't see Duan Rong.

Xiao Yu didn't know where Duan Rong went, so she just waited for him in Duan Rong's cave.

Duan Rong didn't come out of the cave where he was refining pills until midnight.

There was a bright moon and stars in the sky, with thin clouds, and in the dense forest in the distance, there were faint sounds of insects and cicadas.

Duan Rong walked along the cliff with great joy, and the moonlight illuminated the exposed cliff brightly.

Duan Rong held a porcelain bottle in his hand and put it to his nose from time to time to sniff.

Tonight's medicine refining was as if assisted by God. All three portions of medicinal materials were refined, and there were more than 30 Zhengyang Pills in total.

This is more than 30 contribution points!

The cost of the previous two refinings was returned after this refining!

It is still cost-effective to refine medicine by yourself!

Duan Rong walked happily to the entrance of his cave, and saw the bright white moonlight slanting into the cave, illuminating the entrance of the cave.

Duan Rong was about to enter the cave, but suddenly his eyebrows jumped.

"Who? Come out!"

Duan Rong was sure that there was breathing in the cave. He held the pill porcelain bottle in his left hand and had already grabbed the handle of the Minghong knife with his right hand.

At this time, a delicate cough sounded faintly in the cave.

Although it was just a cough, Duan Rong had already heard that it was Xiao Yu.

Duan Rong thought that Xiao Yu came to him for something. He was about to speak when he heard a rustling sound in the depths of the cave.

Xiao Yu, wearing an animal skin blanket, walked out from the depths of the cave and stood at the entrance of the cave, in the bright white moonlight.

Xiao Yu was barefoot, and under the reflection of the moonlight, she looked like white jade with a cold and light glow.

Duan Rong stared at Xiao Yu in a daze.

Xiao Yu crossed his hands in front of his chest, holding the blanket, and suddenly loosened them, and gently lifted the two corners of the blanket behind him.

The animal skin blanket slid off Xiao Yu's body and fell behind Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu was naked in the blanket.

A nearly perfect body seemed to be shining with some kind of sacred light under the cold moonlight.

Duan Rong was immediately mesmerized.

The porcelain bottle in his hand fell and broke, and the pills he had just made tonight rolled all over the floor.

But Duan Rong still stared at Xiao Yu in the moonlight in a daze. He couldn't bear to touch her at this moment. Maybe the moonlight was too beautiful, or maybe Xiao Yu in the moonlight was too beautiful, as if the beauty would fade away if touched...

Just then, a gust of night wind suddenly blew.

Xiao Yu suddenly felt a chill, she hugged her arms in front of her chest and shrank her shoulders.

Duan Rong saw Xiao Yu's delicate appearance in the cold wind, and immediately came over, picked up the blanket on the ground, and covered Xiao Yu with it.

Then he picked up Xiao Yu by the waist.

Duan Rong turned his back to the moonlight, blocking the bright moonlight behind him. Xiao Yu looked up at Duan Rong in the darkness of the moonlight.

The two stared at each other for a long time. Duan Rong lowered his head, and Xiao Yu's arms also wrapped around Duan Rong's neck, and her lips met.

Perhaps because he had stood in the night wind for a long time, Duan Rong felt that Xiao Yu's lips seemed a little cold.

After a long kiss, Duan Rong hugged Xiao Yu and walked into the depths of the cave...

On the sky outside the cave, the stars were like a dream.

After the two of them had a passionate love affair, Xiao Yu lay on Duan Rong's chest.

Duan Rong's hand slid over Xiao Yu's shoulder.

Both of them were sweating and panting slightly.

Xiao Yu lay there. She could hear Duan Rong's heartbeat at this time. The steady beating sound gave her a sense of security.

In the dark, Xiao Yu's eyes flickered. She was thinking about how to ask Duan Rong about Lv Qingzhu.

But Duan Rong suddenly said, "Xiao Yu, I have something to tell you."

Xiao Yu drew a circle on Duan Rong's chest with her finger and said, "What is it?"

Duan Rong said, "Do you still remember Lv Qingzhu, the sect envoy who came to supervise the Selection of Heroes in Laixian Ancient County?"

Xiao Yu's heart trembled when he heard Lv Qingzhu's name.

Then, Duan Rong told Xiao Yu everything about him and Lv Qingzhu, including how they were ambushed by the evil spirits of the Filthy Blood Sect in the wilderness, how he hid in the ruined temple, how he met Lv Qingzhu in the ruined temple, how he was poisoned by the aphrodisiac... Duan Rong told Xiao Yu everything in detail.

Of course, Duan Rong still concealed the fact that he practiced the Filthy Blood Divine Art.

Duan Rong even told her about what he had asked Shen Mizhi to go to the Elders' Council to inquire about Lv Qingzhu two days ago, including Lv Qingzhu's life experience.

Xiao Yu did not blame Duan Rong after hearing this, but was very moved. Before she knew it, she had shed two lines of tears.

Duan Rong told her all about such a secret matter without hiding it from her. Moreover, this matter was an accident after all, and Duan Rong had no choice in that situation.

Moreover, Lv Qingzhu was the only daughter of the elder of the Elders' Council, and the blood of the ancestor of Taiyi Sect. How could she look down on Duan Rong, a poor boy?

In other words, Lv Qingzhu would not compete with her for Duan Rong.

In fact, Duan Rong had never intended to keep the matter between him and Lv Qingzhu a secret from Xiao Yu. It's just that he had never found a suitable opportunity to tell Xiao Yu.

But tonight, Xiao Yu suddenly acted like this. After being affectionate, Duan Rong calmed down and had already guessed that it was probably that little girl Shen Mizhi who betrayed him and told Xiao Yu that he had asked her for information about Lu Qingzhu.

In order to avoid Xiao Yu asking, at that time, even if he told the truth, Xiao Yu would probably just be skeptical.

Moreover, to be honest, with Lu Qingzhu's background, it was really difficult for Duan Rong to marry someone of high status.

Even if Lu Qingzhu was willing, her father and the ancestor of the Taiyi Sect would not be willing, and it might be a lot of trouble.

Besides, would Lu Qingzhu be willing?

"When we meet again in the future, it will be the time for me to kill you."

Let's not meet again!

Duan Rong hugged Xiao Yu and felt a wetness on his chest.

It was Xiao Yu who cried! But those were tears of joy.

Duan Rong kissed away Xiao Yu's tears with pity, and Xiao Yu's arms were wrapped around his neck again...

The next morning, the two woke up in the morning.

Xiao Yu hurriedly put on her clothes and rushed back to the stone shop to work.

Duan Rong accompanied her and sent her to the door of the stone shop, and then the two of them parted reluctantly.

Xiao Yu had no grudges since then, and the two of them got better and better every day.

And the matter of Lu Qingzhu was like a small episode, and it disappeared between the two of them.

After that, the lives of several people settled down. They usually worked in their own places, and at the agreed time, they would go to Duan Rong's place and go to Guangluyuan to take tasks together.

While they were working in their own places, Duan Rong went to Xia Honghua in the medicine pavilion to check the accounts for two hours every day, and after returning, he devoted himself to boring cultivation.

Since he started to refine medicine himself, the cost of cultivation has been suppressed to a very low level by him. The points on his star plate have been seen to increase little by little.

But Duan Rong knew that the later the cultivation, the greater the cost would be. Although there is a slight surplus now, it may not be enough when he really reaches the third and fourth levels of the true qi realm.

Therefore, even though there was a surplus, Duan Rong was still careful with his calculations and refused to waste any contribution points.

Although cultivation was boring, Xiao Yu would occasionally come to meet him.

Shang Xiangyu's mountain was very remote, and the two of them were alone here, so they could do anything.

This morning, Old Man Qin suddenly came to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong thought that Old Man Qin wanted to ask him for something, but it turned out that he came to him to get the potion of Shui Zhongyue.

The last time he got the potion, Pan Yong told him to control the dosage, so it had been two months since he came to get the medicine this time.

Duan Rong told him that Shang Xiangyu's medicine cabinet had been copied by Yang Yi, and Shui Zhongyue's potion was also in that medicine cabinet.

Duan Rong asked him to go to the Judgment Zongzheng Division to find Yang Yi to ask for it.

In fact, Duan Rong can now completely prepare Shui Zhongyue's potion.

After all, he had devoured the old things around Shang Xiangyu for many years, and Duan Rong knew the formula and refining method of the potion completely.

However, Duan Rong was not unwilling to refine it, he just didn't want to expose his ability in front of old man Qin.

Because he had only been with Shang Xiangyu for more than a month, and Pan Yong couldn't make this potion, so how could he do it?

If he helped old man Qin to make the potion, the news would leak out from him, and Yang Yi or Yang Sixian would know about it, and they might catch him and bring him to the Judgment Zongzheng Division for a strict interrogation.

July came in a blink of an eye.

And the third day of July was the day for Xia Honghua's mid-year audit.

The person in charge of the audit was a historian from the History Division of the Elders' Council.

This historian's surname was Pan, and he was in charge of the cashier's transfer and warehouse audit in the sect, and he had considerable power.

No mistake, one sentence, one post, one content, one 6, one book, one bar, take a look!

Duan Rong had already checked all the accounts in mid-June.

Pan Shijian randomly selected a month and asked his subordinates to check it. He also flipped through it and saw that the accounts were neat and tidy, and his subordinates who checked it were full of praise.

Pan Shijian praised Xia Honghua greatly, saying that her accounts were the best among all the departments of the sect, and he would issue a document to reward her later.

Xia Honghua originally just wanted to get by, but she unexpectedly became the best. She was so happy.

Xia Honghua specially rewarded Duan Rong with 20 contribution points, and Duan Rong was naturally happy to earn more.

With the praise of Pan Shijian, Duan Rong's position in Xia Honghua was basically stable.

Originally, Xia Honghua was thinking about replacing Duan Rong. After all, Duan Rong only worked two hours a day and often slacked off, which made Xia Honghua very angry.

With Pan Shijian's praise, Xia Honghua didn't dare to change even if she wanted to. If she changed, she might not be as good as Duan Rong. When she checked the accounts at the end of the year, wouldn't the good impression she had built up with Pan Shijian be broken?

"Just be lazy. Just do the work for me!"

After more than half a year, Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi finally achieved the great perfection of the inner breath realm and could practice the martial arts of the true qi realm.

Because the initial wisp of true qi was born from the inner breath. Therefore, if the inner breath realm is not strong and stable enough, and forcibly practicing the martial arts of the true qi realm, it is easy to cause the initial wisp of true qi to be very empty.

If the initial wisp of true qi is empty, even if you practice bravely and accumulate the amount of true qi, the true qi will not be solid, and the realm you achieve will be empty. The later stage can be said to be full of poison!

Therefore, usually warriors start to practice the martial arts of the true qi realm after achieving the great perfection of the inner breath realm.

Of course, there are also those who have been stuck in the Great Perfection for more than ten years and cannot break through. Many of these warriors will give up the Great Perfection and force themselves to practice the martial arts of the True Qi Realm. However, even if these warriors achieve the realm of the True Qi Realm, they are at the bottom of the same realm.

Xie Daohan, the head of the Xingming Police in Xiangu County, is in this situation.

On this day, Duan Rong came to the Sutra Repository with Ximen Kankan, Xiao Yu, and Shen Mizhi.

Ximen Kankan, Xiao Yu, Shen Mizhi and others came to the Sutra Repository to select the martial arts secrets of the True Qi Realm.

In fact, Ximen Kankan had achieved the Great Perfection of the Inner Breath Realm a few months ago, but he was not in a hurry at all, saying that he would wait for Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi to come and choose.

Duan Rong knew that Ximen Kankan had never been very interested in practicing martial arts, and it was useless to force him, so he had to let him do so.

After showing the sect's cloud certificate, they walked into the Sutra Repository.

Ximen Kankan said, "Why is there so few people guarding the Sutra Repository?"

On the square of the Sutra Repository, there were only a few people walking around, and there were only two people guarding the gate.

And this place didn't seem like a medicine pavilion, and there were several arrow towers.

But Duan Rong knew that the defense here was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, because the moment they stepped into the gate, they used two divine senses to cross over their bodies.

Duan Rong said, "Let's go."

The few people crossed the square and walked towards the building where the registered disciples exchanged the secret books of the True Qi Realm.

It was a low and simple wooden building, with only a bald old man inside, shaking a palm-leaf fan and sitting behind the counter.

From the old man, they got a book that had been flipped through by countless people and was already in tatters. Not only was the cover of the book rotten, but the book, which was obviously originally one book, was actually split into four parts.

Ximen Kankan, Xiao Yu, Shen Mizhi and the others found a place with good light, each holding a part of the booklet and began to study.

"How should I choose from so many martial arts?"

Shen Mizhi looked at the dense martial arts catalog and was suddenly a little confused.

Ximen Kankan also scratched his head and flipped through it. Although there were quite detailed annotations behind each catalog, introducing some basic information about this martial arts, there were too many.

As the saying goes, the flowers are gradually dazzling. With so many martial arts, how can you know which one is suitable for you?

Duan Rong looked at the confused look of the three people, hesitated for a moment, and said: "You are suitable for the Orchid Reverse Sword, you are suitable for the Sky-Splitting Knife, and you are suitable for the Flowing Cloud Snow Shadow Knife."

Duan Rong spoke very quickly, and he pointed to one of them after saying one sentence. After three sentences, he had already pointed to all three of them.

Ximen Kankan was slightly stunned and said, "What is the Pikong Knife? You haven't read it, why are you giving orders blindly?"

Duan Rong said, "Turn over the book in your hand and look for the Pikong Knife."

"If you can't find it, I'll chop you..." Ximen Kankan was halfway through her words when she suddenly choked in her throat.

"There really is a Pikong Knife!" Ximen Kankan looked at Duan Rong suspiciously.

In fact, the most surprised person was not Ximen Kankan, but Shen Mizhi, because the martial arts that Duan Rong just told her was the same martial arts that her father Shen Yanliu told her.

It was the Orchid Sword. This was a sword technique that Shen Yanliu specifically told her to pay attention to before she left Xiangu County, saying that it was suitable for her.

And Duan Rong just pointed out that she was suitable for this sword technique.

Shen Mizhi looked at Duan Rong in shock and was stunned for a moment.

Perhaps out of rebellion and resistance to her father, deep in her heart, she didn't want to choose the sword technique that Shen Yanliu suggested to her. But after Duan Rong pointed it out, she changed her mind instantly. She felt that this was not a coincidence. That sword technique might really suit her.

Shen Mizhi started flipping through the book, but she didn't find the Orchid Sword after she finished flipping through the book in her hand.

Xiao Yu said, "Sister Mizhi, the Orchid Sword is here."

Shen Mizhi was delighted and took the book from Xiao Yu and read it carefully.

Xiao Yu also found the Flowing Cloud Snow Shadow Knife that Duan Rong said was the most suitable for her in the last fourth book.

The three of them read it carefully.

Ximen Kankan read it for a long time, and suddenly raised his head from the yellow and tattered book, looked at Duan Rong with a strange look and said, "How do you know that I am suitable for this Sky-Splitting Knife?"

Ximen Kankan read the detailed introduction of the martial arts, and he had to admit that this sword method was very suitable for him to practice, both for his way and his temperament.

Duan Rong smiled and said, "You have a nickname, do you know it?"

"What nickname? The Red Snake Boy?"

"What Red Snake Boy? How long has it been?"

"That's right, you're probably not a boy anymore." Ximen Kankan said, glancing at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu had been looking down at the book, and now she lowered her head even lower, her cheeks had already turned red to her ears.

Although Xiao Yu and Duan Rong chose the night when they were working in their respective places for their secret meeting, after so much time had passed, Ximen Kankan and Shen Mizhi had already noticed something.

"What are you talking about?" Duan Rong saw Xiao Yu's ears turn red, and immediately changed the subject and said, "I have another nickname, called Bai Xiaosheng!"

"Bai Xiaosheng?" Ximen Kankan didn't understand for a moment.

Duan Rong said: "Bai Xiaosheng. It means knowing all martial arts in the world."

"Get out of the way!" Ximen Kankan scolded: "You are the only one who knows all martial arts in the world, so I have a nickname too."

Duan Rong asked: "What's your nickname?"

Ximen Kankan said: "Bai Busheng!"

"What do you mean?" Duan Rong asked.

Ximen Kankan laughed and said: "It means Bai Xiaosheng's father!"

"Damn, you dare to take advantage of me!" Duan Rong jumped up and was about to twist Ximen Kankan's mouth.

Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi were already laughing at the side.

Ximen Kankan and Duan Rong were chasing each other at the window, and suddenly a strong pressure of spiritual consciousness descended.

Ximen Kankan's face turned pale in an instant, and fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead. His legs softened and he half-knelt on the ground.

Duan Rong only felt that his soul was impacted, but it was still within the range he could bear, but from the corner of his eye, he had seen Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi half-knelt on the ground.

Duan Rong immediately half-knelt beside Ximen Kankan, and followed Ximen Kankan's example, lowering his head, his body trembling slightly, as if he was barely holding on.

At this moment, a figure came out from behind a shelf not far away, looked at the few people, and said: "How can you play in the Sutra Collection Courtyard?! If you do it again, I will destroy you!"

After the man finished speaking, the pressure of their spiritual consciousness suddenly disappeared.

Ximen Kankan's body tilted and he almost fell down. Fortunately, Duan Rong supported him. Duan Rong turned his head and saw Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi supporting each other. There was a strong fear in their eyes.

And the figure who walked out from behind the shelf disappeared without a trace the moment the pressure of spiritual consciousness disappeared.

Duan Rong helped Ximen Kankan stand up.

Ximen Kankan's eyes were full of fear. At that moment just now, he even had a feeling of dying.

Duan Rong saw that the three of them were a little panicked, so he helped them sit down and rest for a while.

After a long time, the three of them slowly recovered.

They began to look through the book again, looking for the martial arts of the Qi Realm.

After comparing and comparing, they found that the one Duan Rong said at the beginning was the most suitable for them.

In fact, Duan Rong had devoured enough weapon spirits in the cave where abandoned weapons were piled up on the west side of Kankan, and those weapon spirits were all martial arts of the Qi Realm.

Duan Rong didn't dare to say that he knew all the martial arts in the catalog of the Sutra Repository, but he had mastered more than half of them, and he knew these three people very well, so he naturally knew what kind of martial arts they were suitable for.