The road is vague

Chapter 35 The End
Sudden.

A talisman fell from the sky, landed in front of Li Mo, and floated quietly in the air.

Ma Ling was shocked.

"Telephone?"

High-level cultivators can use the sound transmission talisman to autonomously search for their friends' spiritual power within a small range. After a moment of hesitation, Li Mo reached out to take the sound transmission talisman and transferred some magic power.

Then the voice of Master Chen Rong appeared in the sound transmission note.

"I have recommended your alchemy skills assessment to the sect."

With just one sentence, Li Mo's eyes suddenly lit up.

In addition to the unified fighting assessment every year, there are also some relatively secretive professional assessments. However, if you want to participate in this kind of assessment, you need a recommendation from a relevant high-level monk.

Li Mo is just a casual disciple, while Chen Rong is a foundation-building cultivator from the Chen family, one of the four great families.

He originally only had a little expectation for this, but he didn't expect to actually get the other party's recommendation!
This also means that he will soon enter the vision of the sect's middle and high-level leaders and can be cultivated as a potential seed. Even if he does not have the so-called talent for alchemy, he can still take care of spiritual herbs in the alchemy hall and get a job in the inner sect.

Because as far as Li Mo knows.

As long as you participate in this kind of unconventional assessment, even if you don't get a ranking, you will generally receive relevant basic supplies after the assessment.

For example, after the talisman making test, you will get talisman paper and magic pen; after the weapon refining test, you will get weapon refining furnace and magic ore; and after the alchemy test, you will get alchemy furnace and alchemy recipe.

these past few months.

Although Li Mo had learned how to control spiritual fire, distinguish the changes in the medicinal properties of spiritual medicines, and the various precautions of alchemy in Chen Rong's lecture class, and had watched Chen Rong refine the so-called plague-avoiding pills, blood-replenishing pills, and sleeping pills at close range, he had never tried to make an alchemy himself.

This type of elixir is an entry-level elixir for alchemists.

From this point of view.

This so-called alchemy assessment is just a formality for the sect to select disciples with more serious professional attitudes, just to pay attention to them.

Next, the sect will further differentiate positions based on the development of these selected candidates.

Ma Ling, Niu Li and Yang Guang looked at Li Mo with envy in their eyes.

"That Sister Chen Rong is such a nice person!"

"Oh, if I had known this would happen, I would have learned alchemy. I could just cultivate the crops. I could be a farmer in the mountains. After all, I could become an inner disciple after graduation."

Li Mo chuckled and put away the sound transmission note.

a few days later.

As time entered the sunset, the monks of Lingmu Sect also welcomed the holiday. Many people were discussing how to spend the ten-day holiday, and the vast majority of people chose to go home to visit their families.

Wang Feng actually brought Ye Xuan and Zhu Yidan to visit Li Mo.

"Li Mo, do you want to go to Yuancheng for fun?"

Li Mo was surprised by Wang Feng's invitation.

"Yuancheng is in Jingzhou. Even if we take a flying boat, it will probably take more than half a month. No, it will probably take more than a month. Is it in time?"

Wang Feng chuckled when he heard that.

"Don't you know yet? There's a teleportation array service from Lingmu Sect to Yuancheng every sunset. It should be said that every sect has a teleportation service from Lingmu Sect to Yuancheng every sunset, so that the monks on duty in Yuancheng can quickly get to their positions. It only costs ten spirit stones. This is a strategic construction supported by the royal military. If you come as a guest, the teleportation fee will be on me."

According to Wang Feng, this type of teleportation service will only be available during sunset, and it seems to be quite expensive to maintain. It is equivalent to a national public service facility, similar to the flying boat routes maintained by Lingmu Sect in the various counties under its jurisdiction. Only one spirit stone is required for each ride.

Li Mo was moved at first.

But then he thought of the dangers he would face in Xiyue and his previous plans, and finally shook his head, sighed, and decided to stay safe in his master's sect.

"Forget it. Master Chen Rong recommended me to participate in this year's alchemy examination. I need to prepare well."

"Oh?"

Ye Xuan, who was standing behind Wang Feng, looked at Li Mo twice in surprise when she heard this.

Because of Wang Feng, although she knew Li Mo, she was not familiar with him. Now when she heard that Li Mo was going to take the alchemist assessment, she couldn't help but look at him differently.

"Master Chen Rong's alchemy skills are extraordinary. You are lucky enough to be noticed by her. You must cherish this hard-earned opportunity."

Ye Xuan had completed three years of advanced training two years ago. She was nineteen years old this year, had reached the seventh level of Qi training, and worked in the Supervisor's Hall. In the Ye family, she was a marginal disciple who was not valued.

Li Mo smiled slightly when he heard this.

"It's natural."

Zhu Yidan sighed when he heard this.

"Zhao Xiaonan also plans to stay here to practice, hoping to seize the opportunity to break through to the third level of Qi training. She's really working hard. Unfortunately, as one's cultivation becomes more advanced, the final competition still depends on comprehensive abilities such as wealth, aptitude, understanding, and opportunity. Personal perseverance is only one of them."

Then she seemed to think of something, her eyes lit up and she looked at Li Mo.

"You can have a good chat when you have time."

As far as Li Mo knew, among the first-year disciples, only about half of them broke through the first level of Qi training and reached the second level of Qi training.

People like Zhao Xiaonan who have reached the peak of the second level of Qi training and are ready to break through are already considered very outstanding.

At least Ma Ling, Niu Li, and Yang Guang were only lingering in the middle stage of the second level of Qi training.

Seeing this, Wang Feng didn't want to continue inviting Li Mo, so after giving him some encouragement, he took his cousins ​​Zhu Yidan and Ye Xuan away.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Ling also came to find Li Mo with a smile.

"I'm planning to go back home. My home is at a horse farm fifty miles outside Anle City, not far from Zhanghepai. Would you like to go? If you ride fast, you can get there in two days."

The Zhanghe School is a secular martial arts sect in Muzhou, coexisting with the Chanyu Temple.

Li Mo's eyelids twitched wildly.

Ma Ling has a very generous personality. Now that the two have been together for almost a year, there is naturally no problem in treating them as good brothers. However, he can see that Ma Ling does not just want to be a brother with him. However, it is really difficult for him to develop any romantic feelings for Ma Ling. She is not his type.

"I'm really sorry, I'm planning to prepare for the alchemy test. As you know, Sister Chen Rong recommended me."

Ma Ling was a little disappointed when she heard this.

She was not very good at hiding her emotions, and after taking two steps away she turned back.

"Do you like that Lu Cuicui?"

Li Mo was dumbfounded. Only Ma Ling could ask such a question.

After a moment's silence, in order to dispel Ma Ling's romantic feelings, Li Mo thought that she and Lu Cuicui had no communication, so he nodded silently and said nothing more.

Ma Ling pouted, looking a little aggrieved.

But it was hard to feel sympathy for this tiger girl when she made such an expression, because Li Mo suspected that she wanted to beat him up.

"Oh."

Ma Ling wiped her tears with her big, chubby hands.

"There are still two years left. I'll wait for you to change your mind. I'm leaving now."

Li Mo looked at her receding back and sighed softly.

In the next few days, Li Mo kept trying to break through the bottleneck of the third level of Qi training and break through to the fourth level. After several consecutive failures, he couldn't help but feel a little irritated. This really was the so-called big bottleneck.

this day.

Zhang Guoyin came to Li Mo's dormitory with a pot of wine.

The old man opened the two lotus leaf packages with a smile, revealing the fried beans, pickled plums, pork head and baked pumpkin inside.

"Li Mo, can you have a few drinks with this old man like me?"

Because of their previous kitchen duties, Li Mo and Zhang Guoyin were familiar with each other. Occasionally, they would exchange some ideas during their free time, but they had never had a drink and chat like this.

Because of his bottleneck and the fact that he could only hide inside the mountain gate during the evening moon, Li Mo felt unhappy when he saw others happily returning home to visit their families and thought about his own loneliness. After hearing this, he did not refuse and started drinking with Zhang Guoyin.

"You went down the mountain?"

"Yeah, I went for a walk during the day."

Seeing Zhang Guoyin's leisurely and contented attitude, Li Mo couldn't help but lower his voice.

"If the people from the Law Enforcement Hall saw us, we would be punished for indulging in food and drink in the mountains. Why are you still so ostentatious?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guoyin shook his head and chuckled.

"The mountain man has his own plan. You don't have to worry."

Seeing this, Li Mo didn't ask any more questions.

Since Zhao Siman's death, he also started to like drinking. While drinking, the two talked about their past experiences.

When Li Mo learned that Zhang Guoyin's wife, two sons, grandson and granddaughter had all died in the Zhang River flood, he had completely let go of all his worries and came to Anle City to make up for his childhood regrets. As a result, when he discovered that he actually had spiritual roots, he couldn't help but fall silent.

Li Mo then told Zhang Guoyin some of his past experiences.

Upon hearing this, the old man also let out a faint sigh.

Time unknowingly came to the hour of Hai.

Zhang Guoyin, who was already seven-tenths drunk, slowly stood up. He waved his hand to stop Li Mo who was about to go forward to support him.

"That's the good thing about being a monk: you can always see yourself clearly. I'm very happy to have talked to you tonight. To be honest, when you took the initiative to take over my rotation duties those days, I looked at you as if I were seeing my eldest grandson. What a pity, alas."

As he spoke, he took out the storage bag from his arms and handed it to Li Mo.

Li Mo, who was a little drunk, looked up with a puzzled look on his face.

"Take it. I won't need it in the future. After thinking it over, I think I'll leave it to you."

Upon hearing this, Li Mo had a vague guess in his mind and sobered up instantly.

"How much time is left?"

"Haha, it should be in these two days."

Zhang Guoyin walked towards the gate with his hands behind his back, and looked up at the large light curtain on Qingming Mountain.

"I was sixty-four when I realized I had spiritual roots. Unfortunately, destiny cannot be defied. Back then, my family was poor, and out of filial piety and consideration for my father, I advised him not to waste money. Now it's too late to regret."

Having said that, Zhang Guoyin shook his head and left Li Mo's residence.

"Life is like a play, and it will eventually come to an end. I hope you will do your best to seize the opportunities before you, and not end up like me, with regrets for the rest of my life."

Li Mo stared at Zhang Guoyin's back, lost in thought for a long time.

Li Mo returned to the room and sat down again only when Zhang Guoyin had completely disappeared.

He slowly opened the storage bag, which contained five spirit stones, as well as some silver and copper coins.

the next day.

The news of Zhang Guoyin's passing away spread throughout the entire Jinxiu Hall. Even many senior disciples came to join in the fun. Even the two hall masters of the Jinxiu Hall were alarmed.

After all, this kind of thing would probably only happen once in a few hundred years in the training hall.

"A disciple from the training hall actually died of old age in the training hall?"

This is incredible.

Because this kind of thing is very rare, the two hall masters discussed it and finally buried Zhang Guoyin in the cemetery in the back mountain. He should be the cultivator with the lowest cultivation level in this cemetery during his lifetime.

Li Mo followed the whole process and placed the flowers he picked at the foot of the mountain in front of Zhang Guoyin's tombstone.

Zhao Xiaonan noticed that he looked a little lost.

"I didn't expect you two to have such a good relationship."

Li Mo said in a low voice, "Last night, he came to drink with me. Before he left, he told me that his end was near. I can't imagine how a person feels when they feel that their end is near."

Zhao Xiaonan was a little surprised when he heard this.

Li Mo returned to the dormitory in a daze and sat alone for a long time.

Before he knew it, it was midnight again. He looked at the tables and chairs in the living room, and time seemed to have gone back to last night, when he was sitting across from Zhang Guoyin and drinking.

“Life is like a play, and it will eventually come to an end.”

Li Mo slowly closed his eyes.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions continued to converge towards Li Mo.

Gradually.

There was a faint sound of electric light in the air in the room. Li Mo was actually practicing the Great Circulation here, and there were signs of a breakthrough. Fortunately, although it was dangerous for the disciples in the Advanced Study Hall to practice the Great Circulation in the house, because they were all single rooms with door locks for protection, and they all knew the rules and regulations, it was much safer than the Enlightenment Hall period.

time flies.

When Li Mo opened his eyes again, it was already bright outside.

After he came to his senses, he looked inward at his dantian and found that there were strands of thunder and lightning flashing on his magic power vortex.

"The fourth level of Qi training."

After experiencing what happened with Zhang Guoyin, Li Mo gained a lot of insights.

He was not satisfied with his breakthrough to the fourth level of Qi training, because he knew that this was just an insignificant thing in life, and it would not increase his lifespan or change his trajectory.

Only by becoming a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage can one's lifespan be significantly extended, reaching 120 years, or even 150 years. If one is good at health preservation, it may be even longer, temporarily escaping the crisis of death due to old age.

Next, Li Mo came to the training ground on the mountainside and launched two spells, Thunder Bullet and Palm Thunder.

"My magic power has indeed increased a lot, and the destructive power of my spells has also increased a lot."

There is no need to say much about palm thunder.

After Li Mo mastered the palm thunder, he spent another four spirit stones to learn the low-level thunder attribute spell from Shen Yun. The thunder bullet technique has the characteristics of long-range attack, fast ballistic speed, paralysis and burning, but its destructive power is far inferior to that of the palm thunder.

It can only be used for sneak attacks or against ordinary people.

"She's already reached the fourth level of Qi training, and with her martial arts skills, although her chances of making the top 100 are slim, she can definitely try to get into the top 200. Now that she has twelve spirit stones, she can try to learn an elementary or intermediate spell from her."

Li Mo entered the Continuing Education Hall in August and received income from daily rotation tasks in September. During this period, he earned a total of five spirit stones. Together with the ten spirit stones he had previously obtained from the deputy head of the Jubao Hall, Qin Yue, and the five spirit stones left by Zhang Guoyin, he should have a total of twenty spirit stones.

However, he spent a total of eight spirit stones to learn palm thunder and thunder bullet techniques from Shen Yun, and now he has twelve spirit stones left.

Li Mo found Shen Yun again according to the address.

"You really know how to pick the time."

After learning the purpose of Li Mo's visit, Shen Yun couldn't help but look helpless.

"The year-end exam will be in a few days. I don't have time to teach you magic anymore!"

Li Mo sighed softly after hearing this.

Fortunately, Shen Yun suddenly thought of something, his eyes flashed, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

"But I can introduce you to an even more powerful disciple with a Thunder Spiritual Root. His name is Tian Fen. He has already reached the ninth level of Qi Training and is one of the most powerful disciples of this class!"

The ninth level of Qi training has been the limit of three years of practice for many generations of disciples in the training hall.

According to Shen Yun, among the many disciples of her class, only about one-fifth reached the seventh level of Qi training and above, and only a handful reached the ninth level.

One of them was the independent cultivator named Tian Fen.

(End of this chapter)