Chapter 47 [047] Spiritual Power Blockade

The fairy ship has a strong medicinal scent that wafts all the way.

Some of the collected herbs were directly refined by Cangying.

The three alchemists all brought their own alchemy furnaces on this trip and refined pills while on the road, making perfect use of their time and preventing them from getting bored.

Shi Qing sat on the deck, regulating her breathing and meditating, while Chen Xiang squatted beside her and looked at the stars.

She tried calling the system a few more times, but still no response.

The system was not untied from her, she could feel that there was still some connection between her and it, but it seemed to have entered standby mode. After the quarrel that day, as Shi Qing injected spiritual power into her brain to help her heal and calm down, the voice of the system's scolding became weaker and weaker, and finally disappeared completely.

Shen Xiang thought that it was Shi Qing's spiritual power that accidentally suppressed the sound of the system temporarily, and it was a good thing that he couldn't hear that guy making noise.

But this also means that if she encounters danger, she will not be able to exchange items with the system.

So I felt mixed feelings of worry and joy, and became even more worried.

*
inside the room.

The sky fire is burning, and the rich medicinal fragrance surrounds the house. A breath of it is refreshing and makes your whole body relax.

However, the young man used a protective shield to lock the smell in the room to prevent it from leaking out.

[One more cycle, turn the heat down, and you can get the elixir.] The old man stroked his beard and instructed.

[Yes.] Zhongli Jin mobilized the spiritual power in his body according to what the old man said, turning the high fire into a low fire, and finally stopped at a certain moment!
"The sky fire returns to the pot." The young man twisted his fingers and raised his hand to make a big circle in the air. His snow-white sleeves drew an arc with his movement. The sky fire in the furnace was guided by his fingertips and was all led into a small golden gourd from under the furnace along the young man's fingertips.

Zhongli Jin closed the lid of the gourd and put it into his sleeve.

Then take another porcelain bottle, open the alchemy furnace, wrap the powder inside with spiritual power, and put it into the bottle.

[This furnace has just been used to refine Jueming Powder. You need to clean it with Lingxi Dew, otherwise the pills you refine in the future will be somewhat toxic.] The old man reminded.

Zhongli Jin nodded, the boy's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his bright red lips seemed to have a mischievous smile: [I understand, thank you, senior, but if that's the case, why not refine the body-transforming water at once? ]

[You kid, are you really addicted to refining poisons? ] The old man teased.

Zhongli Jin said: [I just want to make some preparations for the Bald Rock Ridge behind. If anything happens, I will use it to protect myself and not cause trouble to my brothers and sisters.]

[Okay, then take out the Seven Deadly Grass! ]

*
Ten days later.

The fairy ship arrived at the border of Bald Rock Ridge.

Looking down at the mountains from the sky, they still stretch for thousands of miles.

But unlike the dreamy and mysterious Lingshen Mountain, Tushiling has a more eerie and dark color.

The entire mountain was black and filled with black fog, as if it was permanently shrouded in the shadow of night.

Every inch of land below was filled with a chilling atmosphere. On the top of the mountain, it seemed as if countless evil spirits were running through it. A gust of wind blew by, making an inexplicable sharp whistling sound that was creepy.

Chen Xiang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help showing a bit of horror, "Why does it look so desolate and scary?"

The Tushiling Mountain is steep and rocky, like the dried remains of a fallen giant demon. Every stone seems to be cursed, covered with moss and mottled moss, giving off a damp and decayed smell.

The trees in the mountains are sparse, the branches are twisted, and the leaves are yellow and withered, as if the essence of life has been sucked out of them, leaving only shriveled shells.

Cangying said, "As the name suggests, Bald Rock Ridge must have sparse vegetation and be surrounded by black fog. I didn't come here when I was collecting in the past two years. Another group of disciples came here. I heard that it was very dangerous. If it weren't for the sword cultivator Liu Muzhou who was with the team at that time who was strong enough, I'm afraid no one would have been able to walk out alive."

"Yeah." Shi Qing rarely answered Cangying's words, with a bit of admiration in his eyes - "Muzhou, Senior Brother."

"Very strong."

Zhongli Jin: “…”

Shen Xiang: “…”

The fairy ship was just looking for a place to stay.

But at this moment, the hull suddenly shook, and several people on the deck fell to the ground.

Shi Qing reacted immediately and concentrated his spiritual power on the soles of his feet, sticking them firmly to the floor. Then the bandages on his limbs spread out and tightly wrapped around the four people's bodies to help them stabilize.

"Be careful." Shi Qing frowned, his eyes slightly condensed, his pupils shining like cold light, and he looked around vigilantly.

Just a moment ago, she felt the evil spirit again.

There must be monsters or demon cultivators around.

The next second, the hull seemed to go directly from the sea surface into a cliff bound by gravity, and suddenly fell vertically!

Cangying was startled, and Shen Xiang was frightened by the terrible feeling of weightlessness and screamed!
“Ahhhh!!!” She was afraid of heights to begin with, and was really too scared of this. Without thinking, she threw herself at Shi Qing who was standing beside her, and hugged her tightly like an octopus, “Catch me, ahhhhh!!! It’s so scary!!!”

Falling straight down from a height of ten thousand meters, the impact force is simply impossible for others to block.

[Junior! Stop it with the Freeze Talisman!]

But without the old man's reminder, Zhongli Jin had already gritted his teeth and took out a yellow talisman from his arms, bit his lower lip, dipped his index finger in blood, quickly drew the talisman, and then pasted the talisman on the hull, injected spiritual power, and shouted -

"The sky and earth are dark yellow, and the cold air is frozen. The ice covers thousands of miles, and everything that moves is frozen!"

moment!

This rapidly descending fairy ship was as if someone had pressed the pause button at this moment, and it stopped abruptly in the air!

Several people fell down with the ship, except Shi Qing who kept her feet pressed against the floor, and Shen Xiang who was holding her, all the others fell heavily onto the deck!

"boom!"

Cangying and Disciple Xu were supported by Shiqing's bandages, which gave them some relief, so the fall was not very serious.

But the impact of this gravity pull was too strong. Zhongli Jin had already broken free from Shi Qing's bandages in order to stick the talisman on the hull. As a result, he only felt a burning pain in his internal organs and even couldn't help coughing up blood.

"Junior Brother Zhongli!" Cangying stepped forward anxiously, "Take a blood-recovering pill quickly!"

As she spoke, she was about to grope from her arms.

"No need, Junior Brother has prepared some." Zhongli Jin wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, propped himself up and sat on the edge of the boat, took out a blood-recovering pill and swallowed it.

"Is Junior Brother Zhongli feeling better?" Disciple Xu also squatted beside him and asked with concern.

The boy nodded: "Yes, I'm much better now. Thank you for your concern, brothers and sisters."

The hull was suspended in mid-air.

Cangying frowned, looked at Shiqing and said, "Why did the fairy ship suddenly stop for no reason? Was it affected by a monster?"

Shi Qing said: "I don't know. There was a demonic aura, but for a moment, before falling."

There was a moment of demonic energy before the crash, but she didn't know whether that demonic energy was related to the crash of the ship.

"Can you sense the demonic energy now?"

"No." Shi Qing shook his head.

"..." Cangying pursed her lips and said, "I'll go to the back to see if the spiritual power is exhausted."

She hurried behind the fairy boat.

Shi Qing glanced at Shen Xiang who was still clinging to her and asked, "Are you okay?"

At this time, Shen Xiang finally came back to his senses from the fear of weightlessness.

Her eyes were red, her heart was beating violently, and her nose was twitching. She seemed to be still in shock. After a long while, she said slowly in a hoarse voice: "...Yeah."

Shen Xiang let go and stopped hugging Shi Qing.

At that moment she was so terrified that it was like she was experiencing a second death.

Someone who is always chattering is now as quiet as a rabbit.

Shi Qing reached out and patted her shoulder, saying, "Take a rest." Shen Xiang sat down where she was, and only then did she finally feel safe and secure.

Cangying came back from behind and said, "The spiritual power is still sufficient. Logically speaking, the fairy ship will not fall suddenly."

Therefore, there must be a monster causing trouble.

Now the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, so everyone must remain vigilant no matter what.

Shi Qing was just about to fly his sword around the ship to check, but unexpectedly, the snow-white sword fell straight to the ground like the fairy ship before it could draw a complete circle in the air after being unsheathed, as if it had lost all control and spiritual power.

Shi Qing: “…”

She tried to control it with her spiritual power again, but found that the white sword on the deck had begun to move motionlessly.

"..."

Shi Qing probably came to the conclusion: "Spiritual power is gradually becoming unusable."

The spiritual power that should have been flowing throughout the body like blood seemed to be blocked by something, and could not connect with the spiritual weapon or be released.

Zhongli Jin now tried to inject spiritual power into another yellow talisman, and also found that he could no longer activate the talisman.

"Mine won't work either." The young man said in a serious voice.

Chen Xiang was stunned, and suddenly thought of a question: "Then how do we get off this fairy ship now? We can't move forward or backward, so we can't stay on the ship forever, right?"

Zhong Lijin said: "Don't worry, little sister. I still have the Wind Control Stone. If there is no spiritual power to drive it, I can break it and form a regional wind blowing upwards on the spot, which can ease the descent."

Chen Xiang asked: "Then why not smash it when the hull falls?"

This way you don't have to stay in mid-air!

Disciple Xu shook his head: "No, the buffering capacity of the Wind Control Stone cannot support such a large fairy ship."

"That's right." Zhongli Jin said, "Not only would that waste a Wind Control Stone, but we would all die in the fall."

Shen Xiang: “…”

Now Shi Qing was unable to steer the sword, his spiritual energy was gradually blocked by something, even the bandages that usually fluttered in the air had lost their power, hanging limply on the ground, unable to float.

Cangying squatted down and stretched out her finger to tease one of the bandage strips like she was teasing a puppy.

The snow-white bandage weakly rubbed her fingertips, then fell down again, unable to be lifted up again.

Seeing this, Cangying looked at Shiqing worriedly: "The five senses are connected, your limbs are now-"

"It's okay." Shi Qing interrupted her and said calmly, "It's just a little bit of strength."

It's just that the strength is a little weaker than usual.

Even so, Cangying still reminded: "If there is anything, don't resist, tell me."

"Yeah." Shi Qing nodded.

Zhongli Jin relied on the blood-recovering pill to recover for a while before he was finally able to get up. He took out the Wind-Controlling Stone from his sleeve and threw it directly to the ground.

Hundreds of meters in the air.

The Wind-Controlling Stone hit the ground and shattered instantly!

At the same time, a strong wind blew from bottom to top, forming a wind circle.

Shi Qing naturally jumped first, but in case someone was afraid to jump, she stood at the edge of the boat and waved to Chen Xiang.

Shen Xiang walked over and was about to ask what he was doing.

Before she could even utter a word, Shi Qing grabbed her, pulled her into his arms, and then held her up and fell backwards.

Shen Xiang: “…”

Shen Xiang: “!!!”

It’s so treacherous!!!

Time Qing!!
You vicious woman!
She seemed to be taking a frog jump in the park.

But this time, Shi Shiqing hugged her tightly and didn't seem so scared anymore.

The two of them landed safely on the ground. Shi Qing looked up at the sky, signaling them to continue.

The second one was Cangying, she also came down very smoothly, then disciple Xu, and finally Zhongli Jin.

The young man waited for a while for the blood-restoring pill to take effect, and only jumped down when his body felt a little better.

But at this moment, another gust of wind with a strong fishy smell blew over, and Zhongli Jin's body was blown slightly away from the wind circle, and the relief force was weakened a lot.

He felt the gravity of his body rapidly falling, and tried to flip over in the air, trying to land on his feet. However, the injuries he sustained when he fell to the ground just now were not fully healed by the blood-recovering pill, and the forced twisting of his waist caused his internal organs to feel a sharp pain!
Cangying's eyes widened and he exclaimed—"Junior Brother Zhongli!!"

Disciple Xu wanted to step forward to catch the boy, but Shi Qing stopped him and reminded him, "You are weak."

Then he rushed over, and when Zhongli Jin's body was about to fall to the ground again, he put his arm around the boy's waist and hugged him.

If it had been before, she would have been able to catch Zhongli Jin steadily.

But now her spiritual power was locked and she couldn't concentrate it on her limbs, so her strength became much weaker. She could only give Zhongli Jin a buffer at the last moment.

"boom!"

In the end, both of them fell to the ground. Shi Qing knew that Zhongli Jin's body could not be injured any more, so he chose to be a human cushion.

Her back touched the uneven and pebbled ground, and the sharp stones immediately pierced her clothes, making her back bleed profusely, instantly staining the bandages and inner and outer clothes red.

Shi Qing felt the pain in his back, but he didn't even frown.

She blinked, looked at the boy who fell on her, and asked calmly, "Are you okay?"

Zhongli Jin: “…”

He almost pressed his whole body on Shi Qing. The girl's body was strong and not very flexible, probably due to years of sword practice.

The boy was cushioned and did not fall seriously, and his handsome and delicate face suddenly turned red again.

Zhongli Jin quickly got off Shi Qing. His heart was beating so fast that his whole chest ached.

"I'm fine." The slightly hoarse voice came out of the boy's mouth, "Thank you."

"Yeah." Shi Qing responded, then stretched out his hand: "Bai Jie Wan."

She has learned her lesson now. If she wants to get what she wants from Zhongli Jin, she must ask for repayment.

Zhongli Jin: “…”

Zhongli Jin: "Sorry, there is no more."

There really isn’t any. The ones that were refined before have already been distributed in Lingshen Mountain.

Shi Qing: “…Okay.”

The girl turned her head away and responded softly.

There was clearly no expression on her face, and she didn't look disappointed.

But Zhongli Jin felt a little more bitter in his heart. Looking at her, he suddenly seemed to be possessed at this moment, and he couldn't help but say - "Wait until we get back to Sanqing Mountain."

"I'll make it for you."

Shi Qing: I don’t believe it. Men’s words are lies.

Zhongli Jin: ...

The bullet hit right between his eyebrows.