A gentle breeze blew, and Zuo Mo repeatedly practiced his finger techniques, his fingers moving faster and faster. Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out, and his fingers stumbled, becoming completely disordered.

  This is already the seventh time.

  Today he practiced fingerstyle, but didn't succeed once.

  He let out a long sigh, forcing down the annoyance in his heart. The finger technique of "Cao Mu Jue" was complex, and if one's mind wasn't calm, it was easy to make mistakes. How could Cao Mo calm down? Two months had passed, and he still couldn't complete a full fetal breath. This wasn't what made him feel disheartened; what really made him feel disheartened was that he couldn't even find the door he was looking for. In the past, whether it was when he studied "Xiao Yun Yu Jue" or later when he bought the jade slips with four remaining techniques, even if he temporarily couldn't understand them, at least he knew which direction to strive in.

  However, after "Tai Xi Lian Shen" restored his divine consciousness, he couldn't find direction. He wanted to spend more time, but "Tai Xi Lian Shen"'s daily cultivation time absolutely cannot exceed two hours. The jade slip didn't explicitly state why it can't exceed two hours, but Zuo Mo suspected that it might cause some harm. He didn't dare to take risks lightly.

  According to Yu Jian's statement, he needs to stop breathing through his mouth and nose in order to switch to fetal breathing.

  But no matter how hard he held his breath, his survival instincts would always make him unconsciously open his mouth. He simply couldn't find the feeling of fetal breathing.

  For two consecutive months, apart from his divine sense recovering as before, he had no breakthroughs at all.

  For the rest of the time, he had no choice but to practice other techniques. What surprised him was that during this period, his spiritual power and techniques made rapid progress. Especially the techniques, except for the "Small Cloud Rain Technique" and the "Geng Jin Technique", the remaining three techniques were actually all cultivated to the second layer in just two short months.

  At this speed, even he himself found it unbelievable.

  Overjoyed, yet more worried in his heart. "Fetal Breathing Spiritual Cultivation" has made no progress, with only one month left out of the three months, and whether the Reverse Blood Pulse is as terrifying as Pu Yao said, he's not clear, but these four words gave him any kind of wild imagination that was absolutely not good. He also tried to ask Pu Yao for guidance, but Pu Yao's sarcastic smile instantly enraged him.

  For some reason, he was extremely prone to anger and rage in front of Pu Yao.

  Ling Valley also had a bumper harvest, and compared to the other senior brothers, his Ling Valley yield was significantly higher. In the previous disaster, his Ling Valley was also affected, but compared to Lao Hei Tou and others, the situation was much better. Afterwards, he didn't even try to hide it, using all of the "Cao Mu Jue", "Di Qi Jue" and "Geng Jin Jue". Only the "Chi Yan Jue" wasn't used because its yang attribute conflicted with Ling Valley's yin attribute.

  Adding the five mu of spiritual fields in the courtyard, the yield far exceeded his expectations.

  After deducting the sect's rent, he kept a portion of the spiritual grain for himself and sold the rest, earning 62 second-grade crystal stones. Adding to the 15 second-grade crystal stones he had obtained from Li Yingfeng last time, his total assets now reached 77 second-grade crystal stones. He was able to make such a huge profit because the price of spiritual grain had skyrocketed.

  Even Lao Heitou, who was severely affected by the disaster, was able to pay the full rent on time, which shows how much the price of Linggu has risen in the market.

  Another thing that made Zuo Mo worried was that his seniors, Hao Min and Luo Li, had not returned to the sect yet. In recent days, he had discovered that some of the spiritual herbs in the Cold Cloud Valley's medicine field were showing signs of withering. Taking care of spiritual herbs was a very delicate task, far more so than taking care of the spiritual valley. His own "Small Cloud Rain Technique" could only guarantee their water intake, which was just a basic requirement from a planting perspective.

  It may not be apparent for a short time, but it's easy to have problems over time.

  He is now worried and troubled, his wallet has become fuller than ever before, but he doesn't have a single bit of joy.

  Damn "Fetal Breath Spiritual Cultivation"!

  Detestable Hao Min and Luo Li!

  There is still the crime-ridden Pú Yāo that deserves ten thousand deaths!

  Why does his kind heart always have to face evil? He wants to cry but has no tears.

  Recently, apart from "Fetal Breath Cultivation", he spent all his time on "Geng Jin Jue". Among the five techniques required for Ling Zhi Fu, three have reached the third level. Zuo Mo's "Small Cloud and Rain Technique" has already reached the fourth level, and among the remaining four techniques, the one most likely to break through the third level is indeed "Geng Jin Jue".

  Today he had no mood to practice "Geng Jin Jue", he stared with wide eyes, his brain desperately reciting every word in "Tai Xi Lian Shen". If his face could have an expression, it would be twisted into a knot now.

  One month!

  Only one month left!

  He bit his lips tightly and carefully considered every word. Pu Yao still had a sarcastic expression, which completely stirred up the blood in Zuo Mo's bones.

  This damn bastard!

  Now he understands why he always gets so angry in front of Pu Yao. Pu Yao can easily tear off people's disguises, and he will either openly or secretly guide the other person's emotions, making them expose their most natural parts. Moreover, since knowing that even for someone as cunning as Pu Yao, scolding him won't really anger him, Zuo Mo no longer holds back his emotions.

  If he didn't escape, he thought he would soon die under the torture of this damned demon.

  As for suffering a bit, he doesn't care. Even if he listens and follows, will the evil spirit treat himself kindly? It's clear even with toes. It's better to take advantage verbally and feel more comfortable oneself.

  My brother is a small blade of grass, no matter how hard you blow, it won't fall!

  Knock knock knock!

  A series of rapid knocks sounded.

  "Little Mo Ge Little Mo Ge!"

  Is Lao Hei Tou, how did he come?

  Suppressing the anxious heart, get up and go open the door.

  Open the door, it was indeed Lao Hei's face with a weathered face, but there was also a stranger standing beside him.

  Seeing Lemo, Old Hei let out a sigh of relief: "Fortunately you're here!"

  "After finishing, he introduced the man beside him: 'This is Wei Sheng, a senior fellow-disciple.'"

  Wei Sheng, Zuo Mo's heart slightly startled, the stranger in front of him was Wei Sheng, the first outer sect disciple. He couldn't help but examine him carefully. Not very tall, broad shoulders, square face with thick eyebrows, looking quite sturdy, except for his eyes occasionally revealing a hint of sharpness, making one not dare to underestimate him.

  "Master Wei Sheng!" Zuo Mohai bowed. Master Wei Sheng rarely showed his face, but he had extremely high prestige among the outer sect disciples. It was beneficial and harmless to have a good relationship with such a person.

  Wei Sheng gazed at Zuo Mo for a moment before smiling warmly and saying: "Brother Zuo Mo is indeed a profound and unfathomable person."

  Zuo Mo was slightly surprised in his heart, but he wasn't too unexpected. Wei Sheng's cultivation had always been higher than his. He humbly said, "Brother is overpraising me. Come on, come in and sit down to talk."

  Three people walked into the yard.

  Wei Sheng looked around and exclaimed: "What a big yard!"

  The old black head stared straight at the spiritual field in the yard, and after a while, he said with regret: "How could I not think of this method! Can't avoid rent?"

  Zuo Mo smiled and said, "I've also taken advantage of this opportunity. I didn't know whose house it was before, but it actually had five mu of spiritual fields. Unfortunately, they were abandoned for too long, the grade dropped by one level, a first-grade spiritual field can only be considered barely better than nothing."

  The old black head showed a regretful expression: "It's really a pity for such a good spiritual field."

  Zuo Mo didn't say anything, and he also didn't know that it had been a long time since he last cultivated. Old Black always had a special feeling towards the spiritual fields.

  "Even the backyard has spirit fields. Left Guardian Brother is indeed a planting maniac, it seems I've found the right person this time." Wei Sheng smiled and said.

  Three people sat down under the old tree, with Mo randomly pouring a pot of tea. His "Chi Yan Jue" only had the first layer, and could only condense a small flame, which wasn't very useful, but it was convenient for lighting fires.

  "Are you looking for me, Big Brother?" Zuo Mo didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "But what's going on? Although my cultivation is limited, if I can be of help, I won't hesitate."

  Wei Sheng didn't beat around the bush: "This time I came, indeed there is something to trouble my younger brother." He carefully took out a jade box from his bosom, opened it, and a thick spiritual energy rushed forth. Inside, a sprig of spiritual grass lay quietly. This sprig of spiritual grass was about thirty centimeters long, with fiery red leaves and a black line running through them, contrasting with the emerald green fruit.

  If the muscles on his face weren't numb, his expression would be very rich. The spiritual grass in front of him, which he couldn't name, had an astonishingly dense spiritual energy, and he carefully picked it up and held it in front of his eyes to examine it closely. The spiritual grass was like a block of red fire jade carved into shape, crystal clear and lustrous.

  Absolutely top three!

  During this time, he helped Hao Min's sister manage the Lingyao medicine field in Cold Mist Valley, and his knowledge of spiritual medicine increased greatly. As for the spiritual medicine in his hand, although he couldn't name it, its quality and the spiritual energy it emitted were even better than most of the spiritual medicines in Cold Mist Valley.

  "This Fire Dragon Grass has reached the rare third rank, it's not easy to find. I still have some time before I can build my foundation, so during this period, I'd like to ask Brother Shi to help me take care of this Fire Dragon Grass."

  "Take a look?" Zuo Mo was slightly surprised, and his reaction was extremely quick: "Could it be that Shixiong's foundation building requires the use of this Fire Dragon Grass?"

  If Wei Sheng didn't say it was a fire dragon grass, Zuo Mo would have never recognized it. Was it because of the third-grade difference? This fire dragon grass and the one in Zuo Mo's impression were completely different.

  "Not bad." Wei Sheng nodded his head, his expression as usual.

  Zuo Mo and Old Black looked at each other, both of them revealing a look of admiration. The spiritual medicine required to establish the foundation was not few in number, but only a few key medicines were crucial, with Fire Dragon Grass being one of them. However, it wasn't the best choice because it needed to be consumed raw, and its medicinal properties were extremely potent. People with weak willpower might even find their entire spiritual energy collapsing from being unable to withstand the intense medicinal properties. In recent years, hardly anyone used it to complete the foundation establishment anymore.

  However, although the Fire Dragon Grass is like a poison, if one can endure it, it will be greatly beneficial to their cultivation, with an effect much better than that of ordinary spiritual grass.

  But Sanpin Huolongcao, what kind of fierce medicinal properties does it have!

  Just a few words, and Zuo Mo couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for this senior brother he was meeting for the first time. He had also heard some rumors about Wei Sheng Senior Brother before, that Senior Brother had been an orphan since childhood, later taken in by the sect, infatuated with practicing swordplay, and to be able to learn decent sword techniques, he even went so far as to become a sword servant for Luo Li Senior Brother.

  Today I met him and just found out that Wei Sheng is indeed a legendary figure.

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