Chapter 48: Seclusion

  Bai Qi withdrew his gaze and saw that the terrain at the end of the canyon was still decent. On top of the rocky wall in front, a platform had formed naturally.

  "Senior brother, how long will it take for that Corpse Spirit Grass to mature?"

  "In three to five years."

  "Then I'll just live here, anyway it will be moved soon." Ignoring Bai Shui's warning, Bai Qi jumped up and down, his long spear stabbing the rock wall repeatedly, and flipped onto a hundred-meter-high platform.

  The platform is narrow, only more than two zhang wide, and in front of it is a vast mountain cave. To be precise, it's as if the mountain peak was cut with a knife from the middle, revealing a fissure.

  This crack is wide outside and narrow inside, white rises inward for more than ten feet, it has already reached the end, carefully exploring only a few shallow hidden caves, nothing else.

  Bai Qi was very satisfied, this place is not suitable for a cave house at all, but no one has come here before, and it's still okay to live temporarily. It's just that the outside is high and the inside is low, when it rains, a lot of rainwater will be stored.

  At this time, the two Yu Bing also climbed up. Bai Qi didn't cherish the Yu Bing along the way. These two Yu Bing were about to be damaged. After bringing up the White Water True Person, Bai Qi began to command these two Yu Bing to repair this huge crack.

  Bai Shui was left on the ground with a wry smile, Bai Qi had asked him countless things along the way, but in the end, he still insisted on doing his own thing and wouldn't listen to his advice. This Bai Qi, from start to finish, never gave him any control over the situation, coming here seemed like his own idea, but looking at Bai Qi's expression, it was clear that he had planned this out long ago.

  Bai Shui Zhenren's guess was correct, Bai Qi didn't want to join any sect for the time being because he had saved Bai Shui Zhenren's life. He joined any sect just to gain experience in the early stages of cultivation. These experiences could all be extracted from Bai Shui Zhenren himself. He still had many secrets, whether it was the Inverse Scale Gun, or the Golden Token of the Heavenly Emperor's Inspector, or the Jade Buddha he brought with him, and the painting scroll left by his mother, each one was a treasure for cultivators.

  The Inverse Scale Spear is decomposing the Purple Command of the Heavenly Emperor's Inspector, and it will take about two to three years to safely refine it. Bai Qi's own strength is not enough, so he can't help. The Inverse Scale Spear has been dormant for a long time, and it probably won't be able to help Bai Qi again.

  After rushing for so long, Bai Qi still had 86 talisman soldiers left. When the two talisman soldiers in front of him fell and turned into yellow paper burning up, Bai Qi took out four new talisman soldiers and sent them to chop down trees.

  Bai Qi himself used the Moon Wheel Sword to dig holes in the ground, creating two deep pits. One was for storing water and was connected to another well for drainage. The water storage well was shallow with crushed stones at the bottom for filtration. Simply throwing a few pellets of medicine into it would make the water suitable for washing and drinking for half a month.

  Those soldiers moved as swiftly as flying, not much help in battle, but doing such heavy labor was extremely convenient. Large trees were felled, split open and trimmed into raw materials. Bai Qi began to write talismans on these raw materials, allowing the wood to maintain a certain strength, eliminating the need for drying in the sun.

  It took almost half a day, and the hundred-meter-wide crack was filled with white ash, turning into a row of houses.

  Bai Shui Zhen Ren only then realized that Bai Qi had been asking about low-level talismans all along, and he had long planned to find a desolate place to settle down. He couldn't help but laugh at himself for still calculating how to escape after entering a certain sect.

  I've lived for hundreds of years, yet I'm still being manipulated by this teenager. If I had known it would end like this, I'd rather have died back then. Bai Shui Zhenren's expression turned gloomy with regret.

  Bai Qi directed the soldiers to build a house while decorating the details, and said to Bai Shui Zhenren: "Master brother, you should think on the bright side."

  "What?" Bai Shui Zhen Ren asked perfunctorily.

  "As long as one is alive, there's a chance. In this kind of place where no one has been seen for a hundred years, we live together day and night, and emotions will naturally arise. Maybe someday, I'll help you recover your magical powers."

  "Hey, you're still trying to deceive me with this, what's the meaning of it." Bai Shui Zhenren let out a long sigh and simply shook his head.

  "Why can't I? If I were to achieve Golden Elixir, would I still care about the life or death of a mere Qi Refining cultivator like you?"

  "Junior brother, you don't understand. Even if you really become a Golden Elixir, you won't help me recover my spiritual power. You'll only kill me because not killing me would mean having a demon in your heart. I was the one who plotted against you back then, and it's my own fault for asking for trouble. You absolutely wouldn't spare anyone who should be killed, let alone do something that would create obstacles on your own path to immortality." White Water True Person replied calmly.

  Bai Qi shook his head and said, "Then what do you plan to do? Kill yourself?"

  Bai Shui sighed and said: "I don't have the courage anymore, it would be better if I had died back then."

  "What's good about being dead? Ah, right, didn't you say that the one below is Corpse Spirit Grass? Refining it into a strong soul medicine seems to be a main ingredient?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "When I'm done, I'll save some for you if there's any left over. You're a cultivator after all, your soul is strong, and even if you go to the underworld, you can still cultivate again and become a ghost immortal, it's not like it's impossible." Bai Qi slowly chatted with Bai Shui Zhenren, who could only thank him.

  "Senior brother, don't be skeptical either. In the following days, I will persuade myself every day to try not to kill you."

  "This is why?" Bai Shui Zhen Ren finally became curious and asked Bai Qi.

  "My mother said I have a heavy killing aura and need to learn self-control. You are the one who should die, and if I can control myself, it will be very helpful for me." Bai Qi replied.

  Bai Shui Zhen Ren burst out laughing, laughed until he coughed repeatedly. After he stopped coughing, he said: "Younger brother, you are very humorous. I will teach you everything I know, so that the rest of my days can be more enjoyable."

  "Brother, as long as you understand, it's fine. We'll probably have to stay here for three to five years. We're always so serious and stern, it's really unbearable." Bai Qi said with a smile.

  Bai Qi built houses on the mountain waist, with a vast area, but only lived in two people. Bai Shui Zhenren was initially puzzled and later found that Bai Qi changed rooms every day to rest, which made him even more confused.

  Bai Qi didn't explain, and instead sought guidance from Bai Shui Zhenren every day on a large number of cultivation issues. He would then go into solitary meditation to circulate his energy and cultivate the Qing Lei True Solution. The topics he asked about were all common things encountered during cultivation. Bai Qi had discussed them with Luo Yang before, so he wasn't completely ignorant about them. By comparing what Bai Shui Zhenren said, he could also tell what was true or false.

  Bai Shui didn't know what kind of Taoist technique Bai Qi was practicing, and he couldn't pretend to be fake, nor could he make Bai Qi go crazy.

  Bai Qi's comprehension of Qing Lei's true meaning in the first chapter was quick to merge and penetrate, which was his previous accumulation. At this time, he needed to prepare for the improvement of his boundary.

  Refining essence and transforming it into qi is not a difficult task for Bai, at least in the middle stage. Yu Lin Dang has already laid the foundation for him, and the Ni Xuan gun has also opened up new meridians for him, just waiting for his yuanqi to accumulate enough.

  The second part of the Qing Lei True Explanation did not have any magical techniques, but rather continued to focus on the application of yuanqi and basic knowledge such as breathing exercises. Bai Qi only spent two months to complete the cultivation of the second part of the Qing Lei True Explanation, at which point he had already reached the peak state of refining essence and transforming energy.

  Break through this boundary, and you can cultivate the third chapter of Qing Lei's true solution.

  The solitary grave under the rock wall was indeed unvisited by anyone, and the Corpse Spirit Grass would take several years to mature. Bai Qi observed daily and saw many snake demons beside the grave, although they were only in the initial stage of transformation, they could still protect the Corpse Spirit Grass from harm. The snake demons that had not opened their spiritual wisdom did not react to Bai Qi's arrival, and his residence was a hundred feet high, those snake demons treated him as if he didn't exist.

  The primordial energy inside Bai Qi's body had all turned into a faint cyan-gold color. This cyan-gold primordial energy was manipulated by Bai Qi with great proficiency, but he didn't have any Dao techniques to support him and could only use it to display the True Dragon Seven Kill Spear.

  Yu Lin Dang said that the true dragon seven kill gun originated from Taoist magic, which makes sense. Bai Qi's cyan gold yuanqi can now release a cyan dragon illusion, with a killing power that has increased by tenfold compared to when he first cultivated it.

  This tenfold killing power made Bai Qi a terrifying existence among the boundary cultivators. If it weren't for the True Dragon Seven Kill Gun's short attack range, even mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators wouldn't be his match.

  It's just that the True Dragon Seven Killings Spear is a bit depressing to use, and the consumption of yuanqi is extremely difficult to recover in a short period of time. Practicing once a day is a great test for his recovery power. He can only practice swordsmanship at the same time, and he doesn't want to try the sword intent of the Exterminating Immortal Sword again, so when he asks Bai Shui True Person to teach him swordsmanship, it has increased.

  The Moon Wheel Sword Pill is a top-grade treasure sword, although sharp, its quality is not enough. Bai Qi can still use it under his eyes, but once he advances to the Hua Shen stage, the Moon Wheel Sword Pill becomes somewhat flashy but useless. The Eternal Night Sword Pill in his body is an inferior Taoist instrument, unable to form a Golden Elixir, and hurts himself every time it is activated.

  Bai Qi was also helpless, his best equipment were the Lianquan Divine Gun and the Youling Calabaza. However, the Lianquan Divine Gun could only be used in close combat for now, while the Youling Calabaza required devouring demonic soldiers to increase its power. Bai Qi's current realm was too low, he didn't dare attract the attention of nearby sects of cultivators, so he could only endure.

  On this day, a sudden rainstorm came down, and in front of the white-started house, there were originally protruding stones, and added wooden flying eaves, unless the strong wind blew back, otherwise there would be no trouble with the rain pouring in.

  Bai Qi stood on a protruding rock, looking down to see that the mountain torrents suddenly burst forth from the gorges on both sides, flooding the valley. The dry riverbed turned into a vast expanse of water, with only one solitary mound standing high, quietly watching the river water in front. By Bai Qi's side, a green dragon phantom coiled around him, not a single drop of rain could fall on his body.

  Bai Shui Zhen Ren stood beside him, watching the rain with Bai Qi.

  "Senior brother, I've heard that there are nine major continents in the world. But all I can see is this small mountain valley in front of me. You've traveled to many places in your lifetime, haven't you? Have you been to other continents?"

  Bai Qi always asked about cultivation knowledge in casual conversations, and Bai Shui Zhenren was already used to it. He replied: "I haven't been to any other places, most of the time I've been wandering around the central region of Da Jin. I don't even have a Golden Elixir formed yet, wanting to go to other major provinces can only be done by taking a boat across the sea. However, the boats that can cross the sea are all controlled by the Dà Mén Pài."

  "If you were to form a golden elixir, would you go take a look at other major states?"

  "No, the lifespan of a cultivator is long, but that's only what ordinary people say. If you can't get through the heavenly tribulation, in the end it's all just a handful of yellow earth. At this point, I'd rather hurry up and cultivate. As a loose cultivator like me, there's no chance to go to other major states."