Chapter 74 [074] Unbearable

The numbness in my body finally passed.

Shi Qing opened her eyes, and the cold spring completely lowered her body temperature.

Without the love poison in her body, she completely recovered to normal.

Glancing sideways, I saw a small porcelain bottle quietly placed on the bank of the cold spring. A cork was wrapped in a small piece of red cloth, and the words "Blood Replenishing Pill" were written on the bottle.

It must have been left by the person who helped her attract the love insect away just now.

Although he did not open his eyes and they were covered by the man's hands, Shi Qing's nose was still very sensitive.

She can memorize the smell of people she's been around for a long time.

——Zhongli Jin.

He has been here.

Shi Qing reached out and picked up the bottle of pills, opened the lid and poured out a pill. The smell of this bottle of blood-recovering pill was different from the ones he had eaten before, perhaps because of the addition of figs.

She had originally agreed to go to Baicao Pavilion to get the elixir in the evening, but due to the onset of the poison, she was unable to go to Jinping Peak.

Zhongli Jin must have come to deliver the elixir, and happened to see my current condition. He also learned from somewhere the method to attract the poisonous insect away, which is why he did this.

There will be a competition among the disciples of cultivation soon, and the boy's action is tantamount to helping her.

But the poisonous insect has been transferred to him. How can Zhongli Jin solve the problem?
I'm afraid I can only fully consider the solution to this problem after the competition among the disciples of cultivation.

Shi Qing stood up, left Lengquan, and after simply changing his clothes in the house, he flew to Fenglei Tower on his sword.

The sect's internal competition will be held in five days.

Three days to brush the tower and two days to regulate breathing.

enough.

*
Shen Xiang opened his eyes and his body was already warm.

The sun is shining brightly outside the window, it must be almost noon.

She jumped up with a start, threw back the quilt and ran to Lengquan. Fortunately, Shi Qing was no longer there.

"Senior Sister? Senior Sister?" Chen Xiang called her name everywhere in Sanqing Blessed Land, but no one responded.

Perhaps he went to Fenglei Tower after resisting the poison.

Chen Xiang said in his mind again: [Hey, how many points do I have now? ]

Next up is the disciple competition. Although her current strength is already at the upper level of the foundation-building period, she still wants to exchange some items for insurance purposes. If she doesn’t have enough points, she will go to Zhongli Jin to earn some.

However, the system in my head did not make a sound.

Shen Xiang was stunned, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.

【system? 】

Still no reply.

She had a bad premonition, fearing that this guy had gotten another opportunity and sneaked out of the system space!

--damn it!

What on earth is needed to suppress the existence of the system? !

*
The blood-restoring pill that incorporates figs is indeed very helpful to spiritual roots.

In the past, Shi Qing released spiritual power faster than his spiritual roots absorbed and transformed spiritual energy.

The speed at which a normal cultivator's spiritual roots absorb and transform should be consistent with the speed at which they release.

Especially for sword cultivators, they are releasing spiritual power all the time, so the requirements for spiritual roots are also extremely high.

With the blessing of the fig, Shi Qing is now able to achieve a speed comparable to that of a normal swordsman.

——Perhaps this is what Master intended.

After three days in the Wind and Thunder Tower, she successfully advanced to a small level from the early stage of the Golden Core.

As she left, she glanced back at the door of the four-story tower.

After this disciple competition, she will definitely reach the fourth level.

After two days of regulating his breathing, Shi Qing cast some spells in the Wind and Thunder Pagoda. The junior sister was not in the Sanqing Blessed Land for the past two days, and no one knew where she had gone.

The night before the sect disciples' internal competition, the junior sister finally came back.

The girl in red looked a little haggard, but she still smiled widely when she saw Shi Qing.

"Senior sister, you're out?!"

"Yes," Shi Qing nodded: "Where have you been these two days?"

Chen Xiang smiled and said, "I'm at Shuangjian Peak! Tomorrow we'll have a contest among the sect's disciples. I've reached the great perfection of the late stage of foundation building, so I'm most likely to win a spot in the foundation building stage! I went down the mountain to train for two years before and missed the magic and martial arts secret realm. I used some dishonorable means to sneak in, but this time I want to fight with my sword to earn a real qualification!"

After hearing this, Shi Qing's face remained expressionless, but his eyes moved.

He reached out his hand, attached Shen Xiang's head, and touched it: "Well, little apprentice sister, come on."

The red-dressed girl's eyes flashed with cunning, and she suddenly stretched out her arms to hug Shi Qing, rubbing her and said, "Then Senior Sister, you have to give me some rewards for my hard work in sword practice tonight!"

Shi Qing blinked and asked, "What do you want?"

Shen Xiang leaned close to Shi Qing, her red lips opening and closing, her sweet breath sprinkled on the corners of her mouth, she smiled softly and said: "Senior Sister..."

"Sleep with me tonight."

Shi Qing: "You need to regulate your breathing."

She wants to regulate her breathing, but I'm afraid it's not possible.

Chen Xiang said coquettishly: "Oh, it's okay! When the time comes, you can regulate your breathing on the bed, and I will lie next to you. I promise not to disturb Senior Sister!"

Shi Qing: “…”

That night, Shen Xiang slept contentedly on the inside of the bed, while Shi Qing sat on the outside, cross-legged in meditation.

Have a good night's sleep.

*
On the day of the sect disciples' internal competition, almost everyone in Sanqing Mountain gathered at the martial arts training ground.

Ten days from now, the entire cultivation world will hold a competition for disciples, so time is tight, the selection task is heavy, and a competition venue has been set up.

The master had instructed that the spell must not be cast unless it was an emergency, so in this internal competition, Shi Qing did not use the Virtual Thought Technique.

The senior brother on the opposite side was Chu Cheng, who was in the late Jindan stage and had reached great perfection under the tutelage of Elder Jingxu of Shuangjian Peak.

The man looked to be in his forties, but his actual age was around eighty. He achieved the Golden Elixir stage at the age of fourteen, and it took him another forty years to reach the later stage of cultivation.

Previously, Chu Cheng was the first in the Golden Core Stage of the Monster Secret Realm. He had a good relationship with Liu Muzhou, and Shi Qing had always been respectful to him.

As soon as he entered the arena, Chu Cheng said with a smile: "Junior Sister Shi Qing, although we are familiar with each other on weekdays, I will not show mercy during the competition."

Shi Qing nodded: "Yes, Senior Brother."

——"Please enlighten me."

*
Shen Xiang successfully obtained the qualification to participate as a Foundation Establishment disciple, and immediately went to another competition stage after the competition ended, but Shi Qing's competition seemed to be over as well.

She saw the girl standing in the crowd, still talking to Senior Brother Chu Cheng, with whom she had just competed.

"Junior Sister Shi Qing is slightly better. It seems that as her senior brother, I have to work harder." The man said with a smile. Although his words were a little regretful, he did not feel any resentment towards the girl.

"Brother, you are strong." Shi Qing stared at the man and said seriously: "But, I."

——"Stronger!"

She raised her head slightly with pride.

"Well, Junior Sister Shiqing is stronger." Chu Cheng was amused by her appearance and was about to reach out to touch her head, but another head was faster and stretched under his palm.

Chu Cheng: "..."

Chu Cheng: "Junior sister?" Shen Xiang stood under the man's arm with a smile, pulled his wrist and said: "Brother, don't rub my head, rub mine, I'll rub it better."

Chu Cheng: "..."

He touched it once and then took his hand back, then looked at Shi Qing again and warned: "The new secret realm training for this year's disciple competition is similar to the Magic Martial Secret Realm in many ways, but the rules are different. The Magic Martial Secret Realm is an ancient battlefield, and the main purpose is to find opportunities. Sect disciples cannot fight each other. The Purgatory Secret Realm is equivalent to the boundary between the Demon Realm and the Cultivation Realm. After entering, life and death are not a concern."

"New additions?" Shi Qing asked, "Why is that so?"

In the past, disciples’ competitions were all held on a martial arts arena, but this year they will be held in a secret realm.

Chu Cheng said, "Because of your experience at Bald Rock Ridge, all the sects of cultivation were worried. The head of Cang Yue Mountain suggested that we take advantage of this disciple competition to send disciples from all sects to the border between the Demon Realm and the Cultivation Realm to eliminate the demons and demon cultivators wandering around the border."

Chen Xiang's eyes turned cold, and he frowned and said, "Brother Chu Cheng means that the venue for this competition will not be held in Sanqing Mountain?"

"That's right," the man nodded, "The heads and elders of each sect will also go to the border to protect the law."

Chen Xiang felt something was wrong, "Wait! In that case, the elders and the headmaster are not in the sect, leaving only a group of disciples, and no one is in charge of the sect's internal affairs. Is this appropriate?"

"One elder will stay behind," Chu Cheng said, "Elder Cangyan will stay at Sanqing Mountain, while Elders Jingxu and Huanxu will go there."

"Then I am in seclusion here, right? How did he come?" Chen Xiang asked.

Chu Cheng shook his head and said, "The Sect Master is not coming this time, so Elder Jingxu will take charge of everything."

The red-dressed girl breathed a sigh of relief, "I was scared to death. I told you that he is now in the critical period of transcending the tribulation and reaching the Mahayana stage. If something goes wrong, he could be struck to death by lightning. Why would an old man like him come out to make trouble?"

Chu Cheng: "..."

Shi Qing: “…”

There is no need to curse the master like this.

*
The winner from the Nascent Soul stage was indeed Senior Brother Liu Muzhou, and the winner from the Spirit Severing stage was Senior Sister Shen Yunying.

Liu Muzhou came down from the martial arts stage, and Shi Qing came up to him and said, "Congratulations, brother."

The burly man laughed loudly. "I made a bet with Chu Cheng before. Who will be the winner of the Jindan stage this time? He or you. I bet on you. Although Chu Cheng thought it was you, he still insisted that he would never lose to you. You really didn't disappoint me."

Shi Qing's eyes lit up: "Chu Cheng, Senior Brother, you are strong."

She looked up, "I am stronger!"

"Hahaha, good! You have confidence and ambition! In this secret realm, we brothers and sisters are together again!" Liu Muzhou patted Shi Qing's shoulder. The man's hands were strong, so Chen Xiang didn't dare to stretch his shoulder over this time.

She had been hit by Senior Brother Liu Muzhou before, and his hand was so strong that her shoulder was purple for a long time.

Later, whenever he saw Senior Brother Liu Muzhou, he would take a detour, which left him with a psychological trauma.

But Shi Qing's ability to withstand the force was too strong. Even with such force, she still stood straight and straight without changing her expression.

"Okay, go back and pack up well today. Tomorrow morning, we will follow our master's teleportation array to the Purgatory Secret Realm. There will be no alchemist participating this time, so it's best to prepare more pills tonight." Liu Muzhou reminded.

"Okay." Shi Qing nodded and went to Baicao Pavilion with Chen Xiang.

Cangying has been refining many pills in the past few days, and prepared them for Shiqing and Shen Xiang in different categories. The remaining two will be sent to Liu Muzhou and Shen Yunying.

Seeing Shi Qing and the others coming over, Cangying warned her: "I'm not with you this time, so you'd better be more self-disciplined and don't do anything too dangerous no matter what."

After saying that, he looked at Chen Xiang again: "Watch Shi Qing. If she takes any reckless and risky actions, you have to stop her, understand?"

Shen Xiang nodded seriously: "Don't worry, Senior Sister Cang! I will definitely not let Senior Sister Shi Qing do whatever she wants!"

Shi Qing: “…”

Disciple Xu prepared some candied fruit for Shi Qing. The young man smiled and said, "The pills taste bitter. You can hold some candied fruit in your mouth."

Shi Qing looked at the young man and said calmly, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Disciple Xu said quickly.

Ever since the Seven Emotions Illusion Array had examined their consciences, the two of them had seldom spoken to each other.

Although Shi Qing never cared about those things and his attitude towards him remained the same as always, without any criticism or contempt, disciple Xu still felt ashamed, so he would not speak too much if he could.

But much more restrained.

There are always times when you can't control yourself.

He still couldn't help it and wanted to say a few words to Senior Sister Shi Qing using the candied fruit.

...Just two sentences.

"Come to think of it, why can't I see Zhongli Jin?" Shen Xiang looked into the inner room, but did not see the figure of the young man in white.

Cangying said: "Junior Brother Zhongli has returned to Xuanxiao Sect."

Chen Xiang understood.

Zhongli Jin is the male protagonist, and this is an important plot point, so he naturally won't miss these opportunities.

He returned to Xuanxiao Sect, probably planning to participate in the competition under the identity of Xuanxiao's disciple.

Chen Xiang said: "Is that so, then the next time we meet, it should be in the secret realm."

*
Xuanxiao Sect.

After the sect was massacred by the evil cultivators two years ago, it fell into decline and has become increasingly desolate over the past two years.

Now, apart from a dozen disciples, Zhongli Zhen is the only one left.

Such a large sect has grown from over two hundred people to just a dozen now.

Most of the mountain scenery is overgrown with weeds, and the water in the pond has long been dry, giving it a desolate and dilapidated look.

Zhongli Jin had not been back for a long time. After returning these two days, he tidied up the mountain gate a little.

"Ah Jin." A woman suddenly came slowly over with a cup of tea in her hand. She walked up to Zhong Lijin and handed him the tea. "Take a rest first. You will go to the Purgatory Secret Realm with everyone tomorrow. You don't need to worry about the sect."

The young man took the tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Senior Sister Mu."

Mu Nianxi blushed slightly and whispered, "You don't have to be so polite to Senior Sister."

"Courtesy is still necessary." Zhong Lijin put down the teacup and said, "During the time I was away from the sect, I have troubled my senior sister and brothers to take care of the sect and my father."

"It's not hard. I've made it through these two years." Mu Nianxi behaved skillfully and gracefully, and was gentle and intellectual. She also looked very pretty. She smiled at the young man and said, "Take a bath tonight and go to bed early. If you need anything, just tell me, Senior Sister."

"Okay, thank you, senior sister."

Mu Nianxi turned around and left.

Zhongli Jin finished his tea and prepared to take a bath and change clothes.

The pool filled with spring water was extremely cool, and the boy took off his clothes and entered the water.

He has black hair like a waterfall, thousands of strands hanging down, fair skin and a strong chest.

The water droplets slid down along the outline of the boy's abdominal muscles and merged with the pool water again.

Zhongli Jin leaned against the edge and mobilized the spiritual energy in his body to keep his body temperature low.

But the poison attacked with great force. He frowned and tried his best to suppress the fire rising from his lower abdomen!
The fair skin began to flush slightly and his breathing became rapid.

But no matter how hard he tried to suppress it, a certain emerald green figure would eventually appear in the boy's mind.

He wanted to banish that shadow from his mind.

But it had the opposite effect, and Shi Qing's face became clearer and clearer.

At last.

Zhongli Jin finally couldn't help it——

With trembling fingertips, he put his hand into the water.

After half an hour, the impulse was released, and he relaxed and plunged into the deep water.

——Burn with desire.

It is probably more unbearable than the effects of poison.

Here I come!! Good night! ~~~