Chapter 12 Western Gobi

After Qi Niang informed Qi Xuansu of the contact point in Xiping Prefecture, she ended the conversation about the mother-child talisman.

Qi Xuansu opened his hands, letting the ashes of the mother-child talisman dissipate with the wind, and then turned around and headed towards Xiping Prefecture.

When Qi Xuansu returned to Xiping Prefecture, it was already late at night. Xiping Prefecture is not as good as Yujing or Shangqing Prefecture. Because it is close to the Western Regions and there are still wars in Xizhou, the city gates were closed early, and there are no side doors for people to enter and exit. If you want to enter the city at this time, you can only lower the hanging basket from the city wall.

Qi Xuansu walked around the city for a while and found a remote place. Like a gecko swimming on the wall, he slowly climbed up in the night. After reaching the top of the city, he bypassed the city wall and flipped down from the other side.

Fortunately, Xiping Prefecture has been peaceful for a long time. Although the defense is stricter than that of the prefectures and counties located in the interior, it is also quite limited. Now it is not wartime, so no one has discovered Qi Xuansu.

After Qi Xuansu entered the city, he did not dare to walk on the main street, so as not to encounter the patrolling black-clad men. He followed the location given by Qi Niang and walked through various alleys, and finally turned into an alley with few people.

The various contact points of the Qingping Society are similar, with no obvious difference. They are hidden in the town, but in a remote place.

The alley was very dark. Qi Xuansu walked quickly to a small door at the end of the alley and knocked on the door in the old way. He knocked three times gently, paused for three breaths, and then knocked four times heavily.

After a while, a voice came from the door: "People have no worries, and there is no trouble in all directions in the peaceful year."

Qi Xuansu whispered: "The world is settled, and the eight directions come to pay tribute every year."

As soon as the voice fell, the door opened from the inside. There was no light inside. Qi Xuansu entered the door, and the door opener closed the door again.

There was a winding path behind the door, and someone led Qi Xuansu to meet the owner of this place.

The owner of this house is a middle-aged woman. After Qi Xuansu showed his fish talisman, he handed over Qinniang's package to him and arranged a corresponding residence for Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu came to the residence and opened Qinniang's package. It was a wooden box with three layers. The first layer contained the mother-child talisman, and the second and third layers contained pills.

After he became a regular employee, the "mother-child talisman" was changed from being issued once a year to once a month. There were also ten yuan of worry-free money, one blood dragon pill, and one purple pill every month. It was officially issued from September.

September, October, November, and December, four months have passed, that is, four mother-child talismans, four blood dragon pills, and four purple pills. The blood dragon pill is useful for strengthening blood and strengthening the body, and the purple pill is beneficial for practicing qi, which are very suitable for Qi Xuansu. As for the four mother-child talismans, two were used by Qi Xuansu to contact Qinniang, and two were used by Qinniang to contact Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu put the mother-child talisman away, took out a blood dragon pill and a purple pill, took them directly, and began to refine the medicinal power. With the experience of refining medicinal wine last time, Qi Xuansu's process of taking the external pill this time was very smooth. When Qi Xuansu woke up from his meditation, it was already twelve hours later.

Qi Xuansu felt that his cultivation had improved a lot.

Among the five major inheritances of Taoism, the exiled immortal is undoubtedly the first inheritance, and in the past, the Qi Refiner was regarded as a lower-level replacement for the exiled immortal, which is the saying that the two immortals of heaven and earth have different paths but the same destination.

It was not until the appearance of the Sanren that this saying was broken. The original intention of Taoism was to copy the exiled immortal, and the Sanren was just an accident. As a result, the Sanren was not as good as the Qi Refiner. Before the Tianren, the cultivation methods of the exiled immortal, the Qi Refiner, and the Sanren were similar, all focusing on Dantian Qi training, so the Qi Refiner was regarded as a middle-level replacement for the exiled immortal, and the Sanren was regarded as a lower-level replacement for the exiled immortal.

The three realms of the Sanren in the Xiantian stage are that the Neidan realm is dominated by the lower Dantian, the Jade Ding realm is dominated by the middle Dantian, and the Holy Embryo realm is dominated by the upper Dantian. They correspond to the Qi Refining Realm, the Transformation Realm, and the Refining God Realm of the Qi Refiner.

Whether it is the so-called Jade Ding, the Transformation God, or the Purple Qi Xulai of the exiled immortal, they are all preparations for the final opening of the upper Dantian.

In the human body, the spine from the coccyx to the gate of life is the coldest, called the Snow Mountain. When the Qi machine rushes through this pass, the force is the smallest, and the Taoists compare it to "sheep pulling a cart".

Behind the Snow Mountain is the spine. The human spine has 24 sections, which correspond to the 24 solar terms. The head and tail are called the Dragon and Tiger Double Pass, with the upper dragon and the lower tiger. This pass is the longest. When the Qi machine rushes through this pass, the force is the greatest, and the Taoists compare it to "deer pulling a cart".

After passing the Dragon and Tiger Pass, go up to the Fengchi point behind the head, called the Jade Ding Pass. Its orifice is the smallest and difficult to open. It is not easy for the Qi machine to pass through here, and the force is the most refined. The Taoists compare it to "ox pulling a cart". The Jade Tripod Realm of Sanren is named after the Jade Tripod Pass, and it also means to refine the elixir with the tripod.

In other words, the final goal of Sanren Jade Tripod Realm is to make the true qi pass through the twenty-four vertebrae and reach the Jade Tripod Pass directly. After breaking through the Jade Tripod Pass, one enters the upper dantian, and Sanren also enters the Holy Embryo Realm, which corresponds to the Refining Spirit Realm of Qi Refiners and the Manifestation Infant Realm of Exiled Immortals.

As the name implies, the Holy Embryo, Refining Spirit, and Manifestation Infant all involve the spirit and soul, and the main thing is how to cultivate the upper dantian, not how to open the upper dantian.

The alchemist had already reached this step in the Kunlun stage, but the price was that his physique was extremely weak, and the lower and middle dantian were in a state of waste, with no true qi in his body. The idea of ​​relying too much on the upper dantian would be restrained by the martial artist who was also taking a different approach.

Now Qi Xuansu has broken through to the eighteenth vertebra, with six vertebrae and one Jade Tripod Pass left, and then he can enter the Holy Embryo Realm. He estimated that after taking all the pills, he could reach about the twenty-second vertebra.

Qi Xuansu rested here for a few more days and waited until the news about the "Eagle and Dog Killing Conference" passed before leaving the contact point. He did not stay in the city of Xiping Prefecture and quietly left the city to go to the Great Gobi that Qiniang mentioned. go.

This time, Qi Xuansu took out the armored horses given to him by Zhang Yuelu, tied them to his legs, and then ran all the way, faster than the galloping horses. Not to mention traveling a thousand miles a day and traveling eight hundred nights, it was not far behind. It only took about In one day, we arrived at the edge of the Great Gobi that Qiniang said.

This place is located to the west of Cuowenbu, also known as the West Gobi.

After entering the West Gobi, Qi Xuansu took off his armor and horse and walked instead.

After walking for more than ten miles, a projectile hit Qi Xuansu between the eyebrows without any warning.

I have to say, it’s a good shot.

It's a pity that the projectiles are just the most common projectiles. Not to mention compared with the "Dragon Eyes" series produced by Tianjitang, they don't even have the most basic armor-breaking talismans. They are still different from the ordinary projectiles that Taoist people think.

The result was obvious. The projectile hit Qi Xuansu between his eyebrows. Instead of injuring Qi Xuansu, it ricocheted.

Qi Xuansu was neither surprised nor angry, and looked towards the direction of the projectile. A man in tattered clothes stood up from behind the broken rocks, holding a long blunderbuss that looked like a fire stick.

Qi Xuansu looked at this person. The clothes on his body looked like pieces of rags spliced ​​together. His skin was dark due to the wind and sun. The fire gun in his hand was old and old. It seemed to be a flintlock machine structure. It is not the firing pin structure commonly used by people in black today, and it is missing many parts. However, it has been polished to a bright shine, and it is obvious that the owner takes great care of it.

Judging from the posture of this person holding a firecracker, he must have received corresponding training and was not an ordinary citizen who accidentally picked up a firecracker.

Qi Xuansu asked in Mandarin: "Why don't you load the bomb? Are you waiting to die?"

The man was silent for a moment and replied in Mandarin with a heavy accent: "It's useless. I can't kill you."

Qi Xuansu smiled: "I have no ill intentions. I am here to find someone. If you can be my guide, I will give you a satisfactory reward."

While talking, Qi Xuansu walked towards this person.

There was a hesitant look on the man's face and he stood still.

When the distance between the two was less than three feet, the man pulled out a gun without warning and fired directly at Qi Xuansu's heart.

This gun is the Shenji Battalion's "Flying Bird Gun". Although it is not as good as the "Dragon Hand Gun", it cannot be underestimated at close range. Moreover, the hand gun is also loaded with special projectiles with armor-breaking talismans.

This gun directly broke Qi Xuansu's body-protecting energy. Although Qi Xuansu had already made a dodge, he was still hit in the chest, leaving a bloody hole.

Qi Xuansu was immediately angered by the bludgeon, and he stepped forward unceremoniously. He swung his arm horizontally, which was exactly the martial artist's "moving, blocking and beating" move. It made a sound like a firecracker and broke the long blunderbuss in his hand into two pieces. Without saying anything, he swept the man's chest hard.

The man was sent flying and crashed into a huge rock. The whole person seemed to be stuck on it, and it took a while before he slowly slid down. And his entire chest had sunken, and he looked like he was no longer alive.

Then there was a soft sound, and the projectile shot into Qi Xuansu's body was "squeezed" out by his muscles, and the wound healed quickly. This was a miracle derived from flesh and blood.