Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 243: Ninth Level of Qi Training
"One of the upper Hong-level units is missing, four of the middle Hong-level units are incomplete, and seven of the lower Hong-level units lack the foundation-building part. Only the 150 units below the wild level are intact. Ha, this senior Lang Yi is not as generous as he appears."

Kang Dabao spent three months, working day and night, and finally he had a rough look at the 166 wood law books given by Lang Yi.

After a rough reading, most of them can hardly be called treasures, and even those that can be called noteworthy are rare.

Master Kang knew that this was the bait thrown by Lang Yi for him. The latter was obviously a person who would not release the eagle until he saw the rabbit. He would not take out the real treasures without seeing the benefits.

Lang Yi was probably planning to write a letter to Sima Fei to ask for some decent spiritual supplies and then hand over his treasures to him.

However, it seemed difficult for Master Kang to realize Lang Yi's plan. After all, even Master Kang himself did not think that Sima Fei would put any more effort into him.

Lang Yi's expression of waiting for a good price seems like he is trying to please a blind man. In the end, he will probably be in vain.

However, Kang Dabao thought about it carefully and realized that he had only practiced here for five years. In Laosong Cave, there was not only a second-level spiritual vein, but also Lang Yi, a true foundation-building cultivator, who was willing to answer his questions carefully.

During this time, you only need to practice with peace of mind, not get involved in worldly affairs, and not spend a single spiritual stone or owe a single favor to anyone.
Kang Dabao's treatment is very rare, enough to make the descendants of the major foundation-building sects envious.

Even if he cannot get the opportunity to build the foundation by then, it will definitely not be a loss for Sect Leader Kang to improve his cultivation to the ninth level of Qi training and return to Chongming Sect to wait for the opportunity.

When Kang Dabao thought of this, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he took another fasting pill. Just as he was about to take out a jade slip to examine it carefully, he received a token.

After reading it, Kang Dabao pondered for a moment, then flicked his finger. The restrictions on the stone door outside the retreat room gradually dissipated into spiritual light, wandering on the rock wall and disappearing. Then, the thin and short Wen Liu walked in with his head lowered and a humble look on his face:

"Mr. Kang, this is what Senior Jiang asked He Degong to deliver. I must personally hand it over to the Mister."

"Thank you, Brother Wen. I have been bothering you for a long time and have really caused you a lot of trouble." Kang Dabao stretched out his hand to take it and said warmly.

"I dare not, I dare not. If the county lord has nothing to do, I will not disturb his meditation." Wen Liu still looked respectful and cautious, but he thought in his heart: "You also know that coming here will only cause trouble for yourself!"

In the past, as Lang Yi's close servant, he only had to serve Lang Yi in the Laosong Cave Mansion in Heling Mountain. He was always domineering and overbearing in front of other people.

Wen Liu couldn't get used to the fact that Kang Dabao suddenly appeared as his ancestor.

As for why he worshipped Master Kang as his ancestor, it was because Wen Liu was rejected by the He family when he went down the mountain as usual a few days ago to beg for money from several vassal families.

As Lang Yi's close follower, Wen Liu was used to such things as taking bribes.

According to what Wen Liu had thought before, even if Master Kang was now Lang Yi's guest of honor, after all, the county magistrate was not as good as the current one, and Kang Dabao would leave sooner or later.

This principle is very simple. Even if you don't ask for it, the He family will understand.

But he didn't expect that although the head of Chongming Sect went to the mountain to practice, the Chongming Sect still had a foundation-building cultivator in the He family.

At that time, Jiang Qing's flying sword was only halfway out of his body, and Wen Liu's arrogant face was not even able to be retracted, but his heart was already chilled. If he had not retained a little bit of his concentration, he would have almost let go of his anus and shit all over the floor.

This old servant has been serving Lang Yi for decades and burning incense for so long that even if he is a mediocre person, he can be imbued with a bit of Buddhist spirit.

The cultivation world of Hong County was not affected much by the battle to pacify the mountain barbarians that year, and is much more prosperous than the cultivation world of Pingrong County.

Therefore, although this kind of foundation-building cultivation is still rare in Hong County, with Wen Liu's experience, he has seen quite a few.

But even so, in his opinion, even those in Hong County who had been building their foundation for many years did not have sword intent as sharp as Jiang Qing's.

Wen Liu was able to save his life thanks to He Degong's advice. This time, he didn't get any benefit, but instead owed He Degong a favor.

Since then, Wen Liu temporarily stopped being arrogant and returned to Heling Mountain to practice diligently. This was the first time he had been out in such a long time until he came to deliver something to Master Kang.

Master Kang didn't know much about the old servant's mental journey, but his way of getting along with the latter was completely different from Jiang Qing's, and he always treated him with courtesy.

After all, with the current power of the Chongming Sect, it is still far from being able to pull the He family out of Lang Yi's clutches.

Even if they had carefully planned to harm Wen Liu, there would be other ghosts to take his place. This new evil ghost was eager for money, and his methods of sucking the marrow out of bones might be even more powerful than Wen Liu's.

In this case, it would be better to make friends with this old servant and gain some good fortune for the He family.

After Wen Liu delivered the things, he thanked Master Kang for staying and carefully left the secluded stone chamber.

Sect Leader Kang waved his hand, and the restrictions that had just dispersed gathered together again, forming a sticky and tangled silver restriction that tightly protected the stone gate.

It was at this time that Kang Dabao opened the storage bag that Wen Liu had sent him. There were not many things in the bag, just a letter and a small gui.

Normally speaking, such a small amount of stuff would not need a storage bag, but Jiang Qing had plenty of storage bags.

There were only a few short lines on the letter, which roughly meant that Jiang Qing, accompanied by He Degong, had visited all the nearby forces that had been friendly or hostile to the He family.

Not only were all the Qi training forces respectful, but even a group of foundation building casual practitioners nearby also had similar ideas with Jiang Qing and became friends with him. The four of them also promised to protect the He family within their capabilities.

In this way, Jiang Qing's flying sword not only suppressed the other branches of the He family so that they dared not make any unusual moves, but also made the people nearby stop having any inappropriate thoughts.

Jiang Qing felt that there was nothing to worry about here, so he thought about following Duan Anle on this business route for the first time.

Since some of the ignorant bandits did not recognize He Dezong's kindness, that was just right. Jiang Qing simply killed them with his sword, and saved Duan Anle and others from having to feign flattery with these evil spirits when doing business.

Kang Dabao sighed after reading it. Although Jiang Qing's letter only contained a few lines of words, he had only stayed in the He family for three months.

But if Master Kang were to do all these things, I don't know how much energy and resources, how much calculation and scheming would be needed to accomplish them. Even if they were accomplished, there would inevitably be setbacks afterwards, and it might not be as good as Jiang Qing's trip alone.

"Build the foundation, build the foundation!" Master Kang kept the souvenir close to his body and then opened the small box.

This small gui is not big, only the size of an ordinary person's head. When the lid of the gui is opened, white smoke rises. Through the smoke, you can see a black, greasy red-bristled pig elbow lying in the gui.

Kang Dabao was stunned for a moment before he laughed out loud.

Xiaoqi in the sleeve heard the noise and came out to investigate. He was originally interested in the small gui, a kitchen utensil. But when he got closer and saw that the pork elbow did not look or smell like it, he pouted and shook his head, and then went back into his sleeve.

Xiao Qi was disgusted, and the gourmet Master Kang could tell the taste just by looking at it, so although he was touched, he had no intention of picking up his chopsticks.

However, he was a frugal person. After all, this was a "dish" made from spiritual objects, so he raised his hand again, and a small group of lion insects flew out buzzing.

They were not picky and did not show any hesitation. They just followed Kang Dabao's instructions and started to devour the red-brisled pig elbows.

The lionworms made continuous rustling sounds while eating, but Sect Leader Kang did not notice the noise. He picked up the jade slip he had just put down and began to study it carefully.

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There is no calendar in the mountains, and one cannot tell the years until the cold ends. Two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Lang Yi, with a haggard face, looked at the young man in front of him, who had a broad face, a heavy chin, and a brilliant appearance, and his eyes showed surprise without disguising it.

"I thought that based on his past qualifications, even five years would be too short, but now I see that I was wrong!" Lang Yi thought so in his heart, looking at Master Kang who answered questions fluently in the test just now, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart.

“My friend has achieved success in two years. Even among those large sects, 99% of the foundation-building seeds may not be able to achieve such an achievement.” Lang Yi put down the jade slip in his hand and said with a faint smile.

"Thank you for your kind words, senior." However, Master Kang did not say anything against his will like "It is all thanks to your teaching, senior." If he said so, he would owe you this favor.

Lang Yi's intention was not to be kind and help the younger generation. What he wanted was to obtain the resources to form a fake elixir from Sima Fei. The two sides were just exchanging interests and there was no sincerity between them.

What's more, Lang Yi may still be carrying the blood debt of his elder brother He Dezong. It is hard to say whether Kang Dabao will be his enemy or friend in the future, so he doesn't want to have any personal relationship with this old cultivator anymore.

"If I were still young, I might invest some money to make a good relationship with him." Lang Yi thought as he looked Kang Dabao up and down seriously.

However, during the two years that the latter had been practicing in Heling Mountain, Lang Yi sent letters to Sima Mansion several times to report on Kang Dabao's practice, but he never received a single word from Sima Fei.

From this, Lang Yi also realized that Kang Dabao might not mean much in the eyes of the Fei family.

Come to think of it, there are only a few sons-in-law of a wealthy family in the world who would have to do such a hard and tiring job as being hung up and cooked into horse bones.

Therefore, Lang Yi also figured it out. Apart from taking great care of Kang Dabao in the first few months, Lang Yi has recently started to avoid Kang Dabao when he came to seek advice.

In this way, Kang Dabao learned these classics ahead of Lang Yi's expectations, which is beneficial to both parties.

If he stayed any longer, Lang Yi would not be able to achieve his goal and would inevitably get tired of Master Kang. If he did not learn it within five years, he would probably kick him out.

After all, even if a cave with a second-level lower-grade spiritual vein is rented out, it will cost two or three hundred spiritual stones a year. How can we allow someone who is of no use to Lang Yi to practice at will?

Fortunately, Kang Dabao was a sensible person and it didn't take him much time to gain a good understanding of these wood carving books.

Although Master Kang did not see Lang Yi's actual treasures, he also gained a lot. He was more confident about building his foundation in the future, so it was definitely a worthwhile trip.

Although Lang Yi did not get the fake elixir from Sima Fei as easily as he had imagined, he still managed to establish a good relationship with the Sima Mansion and Chongming Sect with the help of some superficial books, which was not a loss.

Even when Lang Yi, a true cultivator who had already established his foundation, discussed the Dao with him, although many of the latter's theories were a bit superficial and immature, he sometimes made meaningful and brilliant remarks that inspired Lang Yi.

If Lang Yi's life span had not been drawing to an end, he would have thought about accepting a disciple.

However, what Lang Yi had not expected was that during these two years, Kang Dabao, relying on the merits of Yu Jue, not only memorized the hundreds of wood law books given by him, but also took over this second-level spiritual land and improved his cultivation to the ninth level of Qi training.

In this way, Master Kang has already broken through all the obstacles before building the foundation. He only needs to cultivate his magic power to perfection before he can try to take the elixir to build the foundation.

Of course, the reason why Master Kang was able to study these classics so quickly, in addition to the power of the jade pendant, was also because Lang Yi put in a lot of thought and the classics he gave were of serious homogeneity and were mostly shoddy.

It is said that there are more than a hundred classics in the collection, but in fact, the true meanings of many of the books are similar. As long as you understand one book, you will be able to read the others with twice the result with half the effort.

If it weren't for the Jade Jade that inspired Master Kang to gain greater enlightenment, Kang Dabao would have been able to comprehend a lot of tricks from several incomplete Hong-level exercises.

It remains to be seen how much nourishment Sect Leader Kang can gain from these classics after five years of hard training in Heling Mountain with his own limited understanding.

No matter how tortuous the process was, at least the result was acceptable to both parties and could be considered a happy occasion for both parties.

Kang Dabao was a sensible youngster. He realized that Lang Yi had no intention of keeping him any longer, so he had packed his luggage before leaving.

Seeing that Lang Yi had finished speaking, he said goodbye: "Now that the matter is done, I don't want to disturb you in your meditation. I will bid farewell to you today and go back."

"That's great. Now is the time for you to make progress. It's hard to make progress if you just shut yourself in and practice hard." Lang Yi was very happy after hearing this, but he was too lazy to pretend.

After saying this polite remark, Lang Yi called Wen Liu over and asked him to send Kang Dabao down the mountain. Judging from his expression, it was clear that he really had no hope for this son-in-law of the Fei family.

Wen Liu's attitude remained unchanged. After all, whether in the past or now, the head of Kangda was never arrogant when interacting with others. He was always humble and never ashamed to ask questions.

This is not a remarkable skill, but it is something that many people in high positions do not have at all, and it is also something that many people cannot pretend to have.

In the past two years, Wen Liu's relationship with him has not deteriorated, but has become quite harmonious.

Because of this, after being treated coldly by Lang Yi, Kang Dabao still gained many advantages when he was practicing in Heling Mountain.

Not to mention that in the past one or two years, the He family of Hong County has gradually emerged from the shadow of He Dezong's death thanks to the remaining influence of Jiang Qing and the care of Wen Liu.

When the two of them reached the foot of the mountain, Master Kang, who had not sensed the farewell feeling from Lang Yi beforehand, felt it a little from Wen Liu, the old servant who bullied the good and feared the evil. It was really a bit sad.

After bidding farewell to Wen Liu again, Kang Dabao looked back at the mountains. It was late autumn, the mountains were dark and the forests were colorful.

The light golden sunlight shines through the clouds and falls on the vast Heling Mountain, adding a bit of color to this autumn painting.

The autumn wind was bleak, blowing on the face of the head of Kangda. He let out a long breath and sighed slightly: "Finally, I can go back and take a look."

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