The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 64, First Kill
Hua Changxi did not rush into the stone cave to confront Zhuo Fan, but quietly went down the West Mountain.

She could certainly stand on the moral high ground and go to Zhuo Fan to vent her emotions, but what about after that?

She alone could not guard the Fire Spirit Mine all the time. She needed the power of the four You brothers to occupy the Fire Spirit Mine. For this reason, she could not fall out with them.

Since the cooperation is going to continue, it would be better if the relationship between them is not too strained.

But this kind of cooperation made her feel very depressed.

She was clearly in the upper hand, but now she is the one who is in a passive position.

What did she do wrong?

In terms of sincerity in cooperation, she gave them the Good Fortune Pill in advance, allowing them to shape their spiritual roots and take the first step towards becoming a cultivator.

In terms of profit distribution, she also gave them 40% of the Fire Spirit Ore.

Even though the four You brothers had a lot of manpower, if outsiders really came to snatch the spiritual mine, they could only rush to the front and shout and argue, but she would be the one who would really decide the ownership of the kang.

In this regard, she asked herself whether she had taken any advantage of them.

In terms of fighting power, she is definitely far superior to the four You brothers.

However, this did not seem to restrain them. They did not dare to confront her head-on, but they had a lot of ulterior motives. Sometimes they wanted to get the skills for free, and sometimes they brought outsiders in, which made her very annoyed.

Hua Changxi was a little confused. She thought she had been fair in the cooperation, but the four old Yous were still not satisfied.

Then, she thought of Eunuch Yu and Eunuch Lu, and their collaboration in refining medicine. She had cooperated with them based on the principle of fairness, but in the end, Eunuch Yu wanted to make things difficult for her, so Eunuch Lu directly used his power to punish her by sending her to the medicine store.

The results of both collaborations were unsatisfactory.

Hua Changxi knew that although there was some greed involved, there was definitely something she did wrong.

"What went wrong?"

Hua Changxi was a little annoyed. She made a living by her skills, and she was really powerless about the twists and turns of the human world.

She still has to find out the reason. She can't be so passive when working with others next time.

After returning to the Medicine Valley, Hua Changxi, as usual, walked around in front of the other servants to let them know that she was taking good care of the medicine fields, and then returned to her accommodation.

Since staying in the Medicine Valley, Hua Changxi has been practicing most of the time except for chatting with Guo Yu.

When she was in the Qi Training Stage and the Qi Sea Stage, she could see an increase in her cultivation simply by absorbing spiritual energy. This kind of practice, with immediate rewards for her efforts, made her somewhat addicted.

Therefore, even if she had to practice for eleven hours a day, she would be happy to do so.

But now, after spending time practicing, her cultivation level did not improve, which not only made her feel frustrated, but also seriously reduced her enthusiasm for practice.

No!

This situation is not right, she has to correct it quickly.

Hua Changxi lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and forced himself to practice.

As soon as he entered the state of cultivation, he "saw" the red inner elixir floating above the qi sea. At this moment, the inner elixir was swaying left and right and shaking up and down.

When Hua Changxi saw the inner elixir, he was stunned for a moment.

There was no other reason. Except for the first half month or so before advancing to the Jindan stage, when she was practicing, she would see the inner elixir. At other times, she didn't know where the inner elixir had gone.

She didn't see the inner elixir when she was practicing in the Fire Spirit Mine today. Unexpectedly, she saw it when she returned to the Medicine Valley to practice.

"Why is this inner elixir so mysterious?"

Hua Changxi was suddenly stunned. Was there any special reason for the disappearance and reappearance of the inner elixir?

Hua Changxi immediately began to recall what happened today.

The only difference between today and usual days was that the four You brothers came back. When she heard that Zhuo Fan had brought outsiders in, she got very angry.

So, Neidan appeared because she was angry?
Hua Changxi even laughed at himself for coming up with such an outrageous reason.

No matter how funny it is, the problem of not being able to improve your cultivation level still needs to be solved quickly.

Hua Changxi calmed down and began to practice the bird breathing method.

"what?"

Hua Changxi keenly discovered that when he practiced the breathing method, fire spiritual energy floated out from his sea of ​​​​qi and quickly sank into his inner elixir.

"Snapped!"

Hua Changxi opened his eyes from his practice and quickly slapped himself on the head.

Why is she so stupid? When she was in the Qi Hai realm, her realm was elevated because her Qi Hai had grown bigger. Now that she has reached the Jie Dan realm, if she wants to elevate her realm, she naturally has to make her inner elixir bigger.

Why hadn't she thought of such a simple truth before?
Hua Changxi now seemed to understand why her realm could not be improved.

When she was practicing before, her inner elixir had disappeared to who knows where, and all the spiritual energy absorbed into her body was integrated into her sea of ​​​​qi.

How can the inner elixir grow bigger if it doesn’t absorb spiritual energy?

If the inner elixir does not grow bigger, your cultivation level will certainly not improve.

Therefore, if you want to improve your cultivation, your inner elixir must be present every time you practice.

But a new question arises: why did the inner elixir run away?

Hua Changxi was really confused.

In fact, after advancing to the Jindan stage, she realized the difference between her current stage of cultivation and the Qi Lianqi stage and Qi Hai stage.

For example, when she was in the Qi training stage, she only had to follow the frequency and ups and downs of the bird's breathing in and out in her mind to absorb the spiritual energy from the outside world into her body, and then improve her cultivation bit by bit.

When she was in the Qi Sea Realm, her cultivation state was actually similar to that of the Qi Training Realm. The only difference was that she could "look inside" her Dantian and watch the Qi Sea gradually grow larger as it absorbed more and more spiritual energy.

When she reached the Jindan stage, she discovered that as long as she entered the state of cultivation, her consciousness would completely "enter" the Qi sea, as if her entire body had entered the Qi sea.

When she was in the Qi Hai stage, she was so happy to see her Qi Hai growing bigger; now that she was in the Qi Hai, she felt so desperate.

The Qi Sea was so vast that she was like a speck of dust inside it.

In this state, if the inner elixir is still running around, it will be really difficult for her to find it.

Today, the inner elixir appeared on its own.

"Could it be that the inner elixir was really created by anger?"

Thinking of this possibility, Hua Changxi hurriedly shook his head.

Absolutely not, Neidan cannot have masochistic tendencies.

This is definitely not the reason!

Hua Changxi then breathed a sigh of relief again, but what if that were the case?
She was really a little numb, but since the inner elixir had come out, she should hurry up and practice. Otherwise, if the inner elixir ran away again, she would be at a loss.

Fortunately, the inner elixir was still there for the next ten days. Hua Changxi practiced every minute and his realm finally improved a little.

[Realm: Jindan Realm 157 million/1000 million]
However, starting from the eleventh day, perhaps because her anger towards Zhuo Fan had almost subsided, the inner elixir disappeared again.

In order to test whether the inner elixir was produced by qi, Hua Changxi knew that the four old men of You were drawing qi into their bodies in the stone cave, so she went to their house to pick a fight, deliberately angering Zhuo Fan and swearing at her for most of the day.

However, it’s no use!

The inner elixir did not appear!
"What exactly is going on?"

Without anyone to communicate with, she really couldn't find the problem herself.

Hua Changxi suddenly thought of the news that Zhuo Fan had said before, saying that various forces gathered in Qingzhou Wuzhi Mountain.

“There should be many monks going there, right?”

She has encountered a bottleneck in her cultivation now. Working in isolation will easily lead to a dead end. She has to go out and see the world and see what other cultivators are like.

It would be even better if I could get to know one or two cultivators who share the same values, so that we can exchange our cultivation experiences with each other.

Thinking of this, Hua Changxi immediately wanted to go straight to Qingzhou, but before leaving, she went to look for Guo Yu first. "What? You want to go into seclusion?"

"Well, I have encountered a problem in my training, so I need to do some retreat to make a breakthrough."

"How long will you be in seclusion?"

"I don't know, maybe ten days or even longer. Anyway, you and You Lao and the others should not bother me before I come out of seclusion. If outsiders ask where I've been, you have to cover for me."

After explaining things to Guo Yu, Hua Changxi flew directly towards Nanshan without caring about his reaction.

She knew very well that the four old men You and Guo Yu definitely did not want her to go into seclusion.

Guo Yu wanted to become a cultivator, so he would stay close to her whenever he had time. He couldn't offer anything of equal value in exchange, so he could only hope to improve their relationship and hope that she would give him the Fortune Pill out of consideration for their friendship.

As for the four old men, You had been unable to draw the Qi into their bodies, and they also wanted her to give them some guidance.

After knowing that Zhuo Fan had brought outsiders in, Hua Changxi no longer wanted to continue to have close relations with them. She could tolerate them now only for the sake of the Fire Spirit Mine.

After taking a stroll in the Rift Valley, Hua Changxi quietly left the Medicine Valley.

"Boom~"

Not long after flying out of the Medicine Valley, when passing through a valley, Hua Changxi saw a group of cattle running wildly.

Suddenly, a thin figure appeared among the herd of cattle.

I saw the thin figure constantly crossing the herd of cattle, running to the front, then with a nimble somersault, jumping onto the head cow running in the front, then stretching out his hands, grabbing the cow's horns, and pulling the cow slowly to a stop like pulling the brakes.

As soon as the first cow stopped, the cows behind it also slowly stopped.

The valley returned to silence.

Ah Niu!

When Hua Changxi saw clearly who the figure was, he was really surprised. The boy looked so thin, but he didn't expect him to be so strong.

Looking at the nearly two-meter-tall cow, Hua Changxi's eyelids twitched.

Can a normal person stop such a huge running bull?

Hua Changxi looked at Aniu again. At this moment, he was sitting steadily on the back of the cow, holding a bamboo flute in his hand and playing it.

The flute sounds melodious and endless.

This lung capacity is quite good!
I just experienced a fierce bull interception, and then I can play the flute.
Monk?

Hua Changxi shook her head, thinking it didn't seem like that. Then, Xu Ling's figure appeared in her mind.

A throwback?
Because Ah Niu worked at the livestock yard of Sancha Medicine Farm, Hua Changxi didn't want others to know that she had left the Medicine Valley, so she didn't show up to ask. She thought to herself that she would come and check on Ah Niu's situation after she returned from Qingzhou.

Hua Changxi was anxious because his cultivation had stagnated. He had no mood to appreciate the scenery along the way. He did not stop and finally arrived in Qingzhou after a day and a night.

As soon as we entered Qingzhou, we found that many people were talking about Wuzhi Mountain.

"Have you heard? The Qingzhou Army has already gone to Wuzhi Mountain, led by Prince Dong'an himself."

"What happened at Wuzhi Mountain? Since July, many warriors have come to Qingzhou, all heading to Wuzhi Mountain."

"What could possibly happen? It must be those warriors fighting for territory again."

"This time the commotion was quite severe, even the Qingzhou Army was dispatched."

"I really don't know what those warriors like about the Five Finger Mountain. That mountain is very evil. Once you enter, you can't get out. Yet they are fighting to the death to get it."

"I have nothing to do. If warriors don't come out to fight, how can they show off their skills?"

Those who said this were all ordinary people, and they all thought that the fight over at Five Fingers Mountain was caused by warriors fighting for territory.

When Hua Changxi arrived at Anyang Prefecture, the prefecture closest to Wuzhi Mountain, although there were the most warriors there, there were also many Taoists and monks on the streets.

“People from Taisu Palace, Sanqing Palace, Demon Suppression Division, Shura Sect, and some ancient families have already fought their brains out in Wuzhi Mountain.”

"It's been almost three months now. Why hasn't there been a final outcome after so long?"

"At the beginning, the Demon Suppression Division relied on its position as the authority in the imperial court and wanted to seize the Five Finger Mountain. Taisu Palace and Sanqing Palace were not in a good position to compete for it, so the Demon Suppression Division almost succeeded. But then the Shura Sect suddenly jumped out. Later, some old-line families also got involved, and the situation became even more chaotic."

"I heard that there is an immortal fruit in Wuzhi Mountain, and mortals can become immortals if they eat it. Is it true?"

"Who knows? Some say it's a spiritual fruit, some say it's a divine fruit, and some say it's a spiritual treasure. Anyway, there are all kinds of opinions."

"Although the news is confusing, the Five Finger Mountain has attracted so many forces to fight for it. The story of the blessed land is most likely true."

"Hey, even if it's a paradise, with those powerful forces here, ordinary people like us can only stare and not get involved."

What these people are talking about is something that ordinary people don't know.

Hua Changxi did not stay in the city for long. He bought some dry food and headed straight for Wuzhi Mountain. Soon, he saw the Wuzhi Mountain with its overlapping peaks and shapes like five fingers.

On the official road leading to Wuzhi Mountain, the Qingzhou army wearing armor and carrying swords had blocked the intersection and would not allow anyone to approach Wuzhi Mountain.

"Hey~"

An officer felt something flash past his sight and immediately reported it to the general in charge: "General, someone has entered Wuzhi Mountain."

The general heard this and said: "You are dazzled. Remember, our mission is to guard the intersection and prevent ordinary people from entering or leaving."

Anyone who leaped past the intersection where they were stationed in the blink of an eye was not an ordinary person and was not under their jurisdiction.

The general looked towards Five Finger Mountain with a serious expression.

Isn’t it said that the Demon Suppression Division of the Heavenly Department is invincible?

Because of the Five Finger Mountain, forces from all sides have gathered together. It has been almost three months, and the Demon Suppression Division has not been taken down yet. The prince was so tired that he had to come forward in person. How can this be called invincible?

"Boom~"

Suddenly, there was a billowing of dust and smoke in the distance, and a mountain collapsed.

When the Qingzhou soldiers saw this, many of them changed color.

"The fighting has started again. Is it ever going to end?"

"General, there are many villages around Wuzhi Mountain. Those people are so reckless that they don't even avoid the common people when fighting. If this continues, how many villages will be completely destroyed?"

The general was also very angry, but after calming down, he could only sigh helplessly: "The battle in Five Finger Mountain is not something we can participate in."

"Fortunately, the prince sent people to inform the villages at the foot of the mountain early on and asked them to evacuate quickly. Those who didn't leave can only blame their bad luck."

In Thumb Village, siblings Anze and Anran, along with a group of young people, continued to rescue injured villagers from houses that were collapsed by rocks.

"Boom~"

On the mountain behind the village, two monks were fighting fiercely. Waves of spiritual power were constantly released from their hands. Wherever they passed, the mountain was destroyed beyond recognition.

A mountain opposite the village collapsed, and rolling rocks rushed towards Thumb Village like sea waves.

"Not good, everyone run."

The rocks were sliding down so fast that many people didn't have time to escape. An Ze and An Ran slowed down to protect the children. Seeing that the rocks were about to fall on them, everyone was desperate and angry.

"Whoo~"

A scorching breath suddenly hit them, and then the villagers of Thumb Mountain saw the rapidly sliding rocks suddenly fly backwards.

Immediately afterwards, two red fire lotuses fell from the sky, from far to near, from small to large, and directly enveloped the two people who were fighting in the back mountain of Thumb Mountain.

The next moment, a horrifying scene appeared.

Flames suddenly ignited on the bodies of the two people fighting. As soon as they screamed, the flames engulfed them.

In the blink of an eye, the fire lotus disappeared, and the two people also disappeared, as if they had never appeared.

The villagers of Thumb Mountain looked at this scene in amazement, and the Qingzhou army blocking the road in the distance were equally stunned.

After a while of silence, some elders of Wuzhi Mountain suddenly kowtowed to the mountain: "The mountain spirit has appeared, the mountain spirit has appeared!"