From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 35 Black Mosquito Needle

Since Yang Yingying came down the mountain, no one disturbed Baiyun Temple for seven consecutive days.

Li Yang was also happy with the quietness. He inhaled and exhaled moonlight every day to refine his sword energy.

In the middle, Li Yang gave the squirrel the last red fruit he had promised in advance. The little guy was overjoyed. After swallowing it whole, he seemed to have indigestion and was staggering all day. At night, when Li Yang was refining Qi, he sat down on the bluestone of the Xuanwu Blood Nourishing Array and fell into a long sleep.

Li Yang laughed in silence and looked at the small tree on the cliff where he had picked the red fruits.

The small tree on the cliff that was blasted to pieces by him and Chi Yanhong with the Small Five Thunders Talisman that day has recovered. It is now green and has a few unripe fruits on its branches. No one knows when they will mature.

This tree can be regarded as the spiritual root of Baiyun Mountain. It has produced four spiritual creatures: a squirrel, a white snake, a golden toad and a black mosquito. Even a large part of Li Yang's current cultivation can be attributed to this spiritual root.

Li Yang pondered secretly. Now that he thought about it, it was obvious that the squirrel guy was not as close as the three behind him and did not have enough foundation, so he was the first to show his goodwill to him, hoping to have some advantage in grabbing the red fruit.

Li Yang was filled with emotion. Among the four spiritual creatures in Baiyun Mountain, the one with the deepest influence was undoubtedly the Golden Toad. However, the Golden Toad had been traveling with Chi Yanhong for more than a month, and it was unknown whether he had found any trace of the Yangji Root Method.

Concentrating his thoughts, Li Yang summoned his innate sword energy that was absorbing the moonlight to the palm of his hand and looked at the roots of the small tree with ill intentions.

I was bullied so badly by the black mosquito back then, and now I’ve finally grown up, how could you not retaliate against me?

After several days of rituals and refining, the clear light, originally called sword qi, has become more refined and has more texture. When it flies into the air, it can emit a thousand-foot-long brilliant light. It has reached the last step of internal cultivation, nourishing qi.

There was no test this time. Li Yang stood on the edge of the cliff and used his sword energy to directly bombard the roots of the small tree. Without damaging the roots, the animal bones buried in the soil flew everywhere.

Soon, a black cloud covering the sky rose from the animal bones, and the two-legged beast on the cliff that had once struck them with thunder was discovered. It immediately formed a formation and flew over towards them in a mighty force.

Compared with two months ago, these black mosquitoes have obviously grown a lot, and their size has almost doubled. From Li Yang's perspective, it was like a blanket of silver needles covering him.

"Blessings and blessings, celestial master, do you still think I am just a punching bag? Today I will let you know who is the boss on Baiyun Mountain!"

"Golden Light Curse!"

Li Yang pinched his fingers and a layer of textured golden light covered his whole body.

After the swarm of mosquitoes covered the area, they hit the golden light and made a clanging sound, sparks flying like electric welding. Li Yang immediately activated his sword energy and shot towards the swarm of mosquitoes.

Although the sword energy had no substance, its power was far beyond Li Yang's expectations. There was a crackling sound of metal clashing, and the black cloud surrounding him quickly faded visibly to the naked eye.

These black mosquitoes are worthy of their daily cultivation under the spiritual roots. They are very spiritual. Seeing that the strength of the two-legged beast is not right, the remaining black mosquitoes swarmed back into the animal bones under the small tree and would not come out no matter how much Li Yang stimulated them.

Knowing when to stop and letting out the anger in his heart, Li Yang felt extremely relaxed both physically and mentally.

After all, without the sword body, the brilliance of the innate sword energy faded after several attacks.

Fortunately, the sword energy regained its brilliance under the moonlight. Li Yang withdrew the sword energy into his dantian. When he was about to leave, the open space around him suddenly reflected bursts of cold light under the moonlight.

After brushing off the dead black mosquitoes on the cliff, Li Yang looked around and found a bunch of hair-thin needle-like objects scattered in the rock and soil. Li Yang picked one up and stabbed it into the gravel next to him. Before he could exert any strength, the originally hard rock was penetrated like tofu.

"Good baby!"

Li Yang's eyes lit up, and he picked up all the black mosquito needles scattered on the ground in the moonlight.

At this stage, spiritual energy has just revived, and the mouthparts of these black mosquitoes can already be considered extraordinary objects. If we can find some spells to refine magic weapons in the future, who knows, we can refine some good treasures.

In the next two nights, Li Yang did the same thing, using various methods to anger the black mosquitoes. After two or three times, the black mosquitoes were completely annoyed by him and had no temper. No matter how he provoked them, they hid under the animal bones and refused to come out.

If he continued digging deeper and turned out all the animal bones, it might harm his spiritual roots. After much thought, Li Yang had no choice but to give up.

After two nights of hard work, Li Yang obtained a total of 103 black mosquito needles. He tied them together with rubber bands and put them around his waist, feeling quite a sense of accomplishment.

After the moonlight faded, Li Yang put away the Blood Ruyi and returned to the temple. His clothes were already soaked by the mountain fog, so he took a bath with the spring water he had fetched. Li Yang made himself a bowl of noodles with the food in the kitchen, then took out his mobile phone and started buying various gold and iron materials online.

"The first two steps of internal cultivation have been completed, and the third step of nourishing Qi has also made some progress. It's time to buy some gold and iron to forge my own flying sword!"

Li Yang had sword energy swirling in his palm like moonlight. He surfed the Internet for most of the day and bought all kinds of metals including gold, silver, copper and iron that were available on the market.

Now with the help of the Yang Family Foundation, this poor Li Yang has gained confidence and will not hesitate to spend money.

With eight-figure funding a year, he didn't believe he could buy himself into poverty.

After breakfast, I checked the hot news on my phone. Recently, there was a real-time news report every day about the sudden flood in Mayi Mountain and the rescue work of PLA soldiers. In addition, because of the post-disaster reconstruction, the authorities forced all villagers in the villages around Mayi Mountain to move to the new immigrant village.

Li Yang put down his mobile phone, and relevant information about Ma Yi Mountain subconsciously emerged in his mind.

This Ma Yi Mountain is also located in Shuchuan and has some connections with Taoism. There used to be a Ma Yi Temple on it, which was one of the three major Taoist temples in Shuchuan during the Ming Dynasty. However, it gradually declined and was replaced by several temples during the Qing Dynasty.

However, does post-flood reconstruction require such a big fight?

Li Yang frowned slightly. According to news reports, many villages several kilometers away were not affected by the flash floods, but were also forced to relocate.

Without thinking too much, Li Yang glanced at the time. It was not yet nine o'clock. The sun just passed over the mountain top and shone into the temple. After resting for a while, Li Yang continued to practice in the temple.

Taoist health-preserving exercises and talisman drawing do not have too many restrictions on spiritual energy. Li Yang stood in the temple, feeling the vigorous blood and energy in his body, and began to practice with ease.

Even without upgrading, Li Yang could clearly feel that every time he practiced the health-preserving exercise, the power of his Golden Light Spell would become stronger, and the cloud patterns on the surface of the golden light would become more condensed.

Li Yang was able to subtly feel the improvement in his strength after each practice, so he practiced with extra enthusiasm.

After throwing a punch, Li Yang stood up. His proficiency in [Taoist Health Preserving Exercises] was finally approaching the 500 level.

(End of this chapter)