From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 75 Preparation before retreat
In Yuren Village, in the courtyard of Yu Shuyang's house, a mountain of wood was piled up, and a fire well was set up inside to light a fire.

Yu Shuyang is preparing for his retreat - collecting the evil energy of fire.

To practice the Summer Wind Mantra and the Scenery Wind Mantra, you need to use the Fire Element Evil Qi. There is the most Water Qi and almost no Fire Qi in the blessed land. There is no way to absorb it out of thin air, so you can only prepare it in advance.

Fire Qi is not difficult to collect. You can collect yang fire by facing the sun, wood fire by facing burning wood, and there are even seven true fires and various precious flames.

Unfortunately, Yu Shuyang's destiny is water with gold, and neither water nor gold is close to the fire element. To collect fire energy, he has to rely on the magic tool - Bird Talisman Yang Gang Talisman.

This magic weapon is really useful, it is worthy of being the Liuxu secret method of the Vermillion Bird's Mouth. Once the Fire Drinking and Soul Summoning Technique is performed, the fire energy in the wood is collected completely.

"Are you playing with fire?" Yu's father came back from outside and saw his son piling up a mountain of wood and lighting it to play with it.

"I'm preparing for my retreat. You've arrived just in time. I'll give you this True Water Orb. The spiritual field needs watering every day. I've written a note for you to read."

Yu Shuyang wrote a booklet on how to use the Tianyi True Water Pearl, as well as the watering requirements for Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma lucidum tea trees.

"You kid only know how to play tricks. Knowing that there are no shrimp soldiers working in the spiritual fields, you start to send your father to send troops." Yu's father muttered angrily while taking the pearl and the book.

"How long do you plan to stay in seclusion? Is there anything else you need to prepare? I can help you prepare it."

"No need to prepare anything else. There are only five talismans left to refine. I can handle this fire energy myself, so don't worry about me.

Just remember to take good care of the spiritual fields these days, don’t wait until I come out and the spiritual fields become wasteland again, with the Ganoderma and spiritual tea plants dying.”

Yu Shuyang was worried about the spiritual field. Now that Old Moji and the shrimp soldiers had gone to shed their shells and rebuild, he had no choice but to entrust it to Yu Fu.

"Look at what you're saying. I'm your father, how can I cheat you? Didn't I sacrifice myself to take care of my family that time?"

After saying this, Yu's father looked unhappy and went back to his room in a huff.

This time, Yu Shuyang took the Bird Talisman and continued to add wood into the fire well to make a fire, while at the same time collecting the fire energy in the wood.

The mountain of wood burned for two hours. The bird-shaped Yang Gang Talisman had turned purple and the jade wall was hot to the touch.

When he was cleaning up the wood ash left by the fire, Yu Mu also came back. She had been in the noodle shop these days. They only met on the day Yu Shuyang came back and took Li Zhen to eat noodles.

"My dear, you two have been suffering at home these past few days. I heard that Dazhener has been in seclusion for cultivation. Hasn't he come out yet?"

Li Zhen is the eldest among his brothers. According to Yu Mu’s hometown, he is called Da Zhener, just like Yu Shuyang is called Jiuchun at home.

"He didn't say anything else before he went into seclusion to practice. He just said that he would come out after breaking through to the ninth level. Didn't you smell the stench of money? I guess he will be able to come out when it disappears." Yu Shuyang speculated.

The fish mother sniffed hard and found that there was indeed a coppery smell. It was so faint that she would not have been able to smell it if she hadn't been reminded.

"That's not right, how can it smell like money? Isn't it said that we are practicing the business method of the God of Wealth? It should be a cargo ship, a carriage or something like that.

"Maybe it was repaired wrong? This won't do. Your Third Aunt loves Da Zhen'er the most, and she can't let anything happen to him in our family." Mother Yu said solemnly.

She walked in while calling Yu Fu's name. This is what it's like to take care of someone else's child. You always have to worry a little more.

Yu Shuyang broke up the soil used to build the fire well, mixed it with the ashes of the burnt wood, and threw it into a corner of the yard.

His yard was a martial arts training ground, so clean that not a single weed grew. When Sixth Sister was at home, they often practiced military tactics in the courtyard.

Now that he had gathered enough fire energy from the wood, and had entrusted the spiritual field to Yu's father, it was time for him to return to his room for secluded cultivation. When he entered the living room, he saw that both Yu's father and mother looked uneasy, presumably worried about Li Zhen.

"Don't worry about it, both of you. In addition to breaking through to the ninth level, Li Zhen is also refining a magic weapon for wealth. The smell of money might be because of this." Yu Shuyang couldn't help but help explain.

Li Zhen used the Yellow Stone, a treasure from the earth, to refine it into a treasure basin, which involved green flies. As we all know, green flies like to eat copper, and green fly money even has a coppery smell.

"Baldy fish, is that so?" the fish mother asked uncertainly.

"It seems so. I remember my third sister said that Dazhener wanted to practice. Since Jiuchun said so, it should be true." Yu's father said vaguely.

To be honest, he didn't take these things to heart at all. The smell of money had been around for a long time. Apart from confirming that Li Zhen was in seclusion, he didn't consider whether this was normal or not.

"Baldy fish, what's with your attitude? How can you take care of your nephew like this?" Seeing that he was being vague, the fish mother shouted directly.

The anger in her heart rushed to her head, and her temper suddenly flared up. She casually took out a big club from her magic bag.

"Madam, let's talk it over. There's something I haven't had time to tell you yet. Our good son is also going into seclusion.

Don't you have anything to say to him? He's aiming to break through to the Ninth Rank, and he's been in seclusion for who knows how many months."

Yu's father was sweating profusely. He had spoken carelessly just now. His wife loved his children the most, so he naturally cared more about his relatives' children.

"My dear, why do you want to do seclusion when you are fine? Didn't you say before that you are not in a hurry and you will break through before July?

Is this a case of something going wrong, or is it just that time is running out?"

Compared to being angry at Yu's father, Yu's mother obviously cares more about her son. The old mother's face is full of concern and worry.

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong, there's enough time, it's just my son who changed his mind.

Rather than refining the talisman while doing miscellaneous tasks, it is far better to practice in seclusion and break through to the ninth level in one go, which can save time and trouble."

Yu Shuyang only said nice things to avoid worrying Yu's mother. What Master Yu said to him today was right. The most important thing now was to break through the ninth level of cultivation and condense the Dharma image.

"Are you really alright? I've seen your temper grow up, you're always so slow in doing things.

You're so anxious this time, there must be something wrong. Don't hide it from me, what happened?" Yu Mu looked unconvinced.

As the saying goes, no one knows a child better than his mother. Although the fish mother looks tall and strong, she is also as delicate and considerate as a mother.

"Mother, is there really no problem? How could I lie to you? It was the Master who taught me again today, saying that things should be prioritized and that I should focus on practicing to break through to the ninth level." Yu Shuyang had no choice but to bring up Master Yu.

"If that's the case, then you should go into seclusion and practice. But I have to say this beforehand: don't follow those fools and practice seclusion forever.

A breakthrough in realm may be achieved through seclusion, but seclusion cannot solve all problems. For example, advancement in Dharma-image can never be solved by seclusion.

"If your practice isn't going well, you can stop for a while and change your mood. Don't push yourself too hard," the mother reminded her son.

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