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Although he was summoned by Dao Xuan to assess people, the decision of whether or not to accept a disciple was ultimately his own.
"Thank you for your kindness, senior, but I really don't want to change sects. Why don't you teach me directly, senior? It won't make things difficult for me, and it will also satisfy your idea of finding a successor. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"
Li Qingan suggested a compromise.
"I thought you were lazy by nature, but I didn't expect you to be so cunning! This isn't a win-win situation for you." Wan Jianyi looked at Li Qing'an and chuckled. He felt a little regretful, but he was also quite satisfied with Li Qing'an's personality. He just had to admit it and said, "But I just feel a connection with you. Since you don't want to change your allegiance, then so be it."
"Thank you for your kindness, senior. I will make your swordsmanship famous in both the righteous and demonic sects."
"Just make sure they don't feel that their swordsmanship is inferior to theirs."
Wan Jianyi spoke in a calm tone, uttering the most pretentious words.
Li Qingan did not refute, for the sharpness of swordsmanship should be proven by reputation: "If you think it's good, then it's good."
"Alright, now that you've found the book, you can leave now. Just remember to come find me at the Ancestral Hall later." Wan Jianyi was annoyed that Li Qingan hadn't been able to become his disciple, and cursed inwardly, "Is this Fatty Tian really that charming?"
Li Qing'an, who had gotten a good deal, went to the bookshelf again, picked out a few sword techniques and weapon-refining books he hadn't read before, put them in his pocket along with the "Earth Vein Mystery Manual," bowed to Wan Jianyi, and then turned and left.
After Li Qing'an walked away, a Taoist appeared beside Wan Jianyi; it was Dao Xuan.
"So, what do you think? The disciple I recommended to you is pretty good, isn't he?"
"good"
“Cultivating immortality is like cultivating myself. You probably never understood this principle before! And judging from the way he can read that book of profound secrets, I suspect that the spirit-gathering formation he developed was comprehended from that book.”
Dao Xuan recalled the contents of the Earth Vein Mystery Manual and said with certainty.
Many years later, Wan Jianyi walked out of the Ancestral Hall for the first time, unaware of the changes in the Qingyun Sect: "Spirit Gathering Array?"
Dao Xuan took out a round array plate that resembled neither bamboo nor stone and tossed it into his hand: "This is it."
"I don't understand it. I study swordsmanship, but it looks much simpler than the Zhuxian Formation."
Wan Jian glanced at it, then tossed it back to Dao Xuan, and then said, his eyes filled with a mixture of regret and hatred.
"However, if he has such talent in array formations, shouldn't we let him take a look at the cave dwelling? Maybe he can even resolve that damned aftereffect."
"I'll figure something out."
Upon hearing this, Dao Xuan lost interest in the conversation and turned to leave.
"I don't know how long you can hold out."
Wan Jianyi watched Dao Xuan's departing figure, muttered to himself, and then also left the library.
.......
Dazhufeng
Li Qingan returned to the courtyard, took out the repaired Earth Vein Mystery Manual, and looked through it.
"I feel like there's still a lot missing, but I can also learn more about the key points of the earth's veins and master the advanced formation among terrain formations - the Lesser Five Elements Formation."
In his vision, this formation was both offensive and defensive, but it required inscribing runes on objects of the five elements, which was quite inconvenient.
He already had plans to change the direction of the formation so that it could be set up in the air with a single thought or action, and the enemy would not even be able to touch it.
After they broke through the numerous formations and were exhausted, he took out his magic weapon and shouted, "I am proficient in both formations and swordsmanship. You have already experienced my formations, so now you can experience my swordsmanship as well."
As he spoke, he unleashed a devastating strike, which sounded incredibly exciting.
However, the most important thing now is to accumulate cultivation experience and to examine Xiao Luo, who has changed drastically before and has not yet been thoroughly examined.
He still remembered that there were familiar runes on the tortoise shell on Xiao Luo's back. These runes were the basic runes of the formation he had researched. At that time on Tongtian Peak, he did not have time to check them. Now he could take a closer look at the runes on Xiao Luo's tortoise shell and see what the connection was between them and his own runes.
In comparison, Xiao Luo's ability to manipulate waves using Taoist magic is a minor matter, since according to his expectations, this is Xiao Luo's most basic skill.
[Xiao Bai, it feels like it's not as good as last season]
Chapter 17 The Dejected Little Luo
"Xiao Luo, come out."
Li Qingan called out to the one in his arms.
But after waiting for a long time, the turtle in his arms still didn't make a move.
He could only take Xiao Luo out of his arms to check on her.
"Something's wrong!"
Looking at Xiao Luo, who seemed listless and out of sorts, he was puzzled. She had been full of energy just moments before.
He placed the turtle on the ground and examined it carefully, then used his medical knowledge to diagnose it.
"Strange, the life force is there, the blood and qi are normal, and the spiritual energy in the body is circulating normally. How could this be?"
No wonder he didn't sense anything was wrong until he saw Xiao Luo's condition firsthand.
Li Qingan sighed, then lifted it up again and carefully examined the runes on Xiao Luo's tortoise shell.
From a medical perspective, there's nothing wrong, so the only way to find out is through the lens of cultivating immortality.
The most telling sign of the secrets of cultivation on the little turtle is the runes on its shell.
At this moment, the runes on the tortoise's back were faintly visible, as if they were about to disappear.
Li Qingan looked at the familiar runes and gently touched them with his hand. Then he channeled his vital energy into the runes. The moment he channeled his vital energy, the runes became brighter and larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then began to darken. No matter how much vital energy he channeled into them, they did not change.
He changed his approach again, casually sketching similar runes near the turtle's back. The moment the runes took shape, the turtle's back runes also shone brightly, merging with the runes drawn by Li Qing'an.
At this moment, Xiao Luo finally shook off his listless state and shakily got up.
"Interesting, it seems like there's not enough energy?"
Despite having been lazy in his past life, Li Qing'an, who could still be considered a science student, was bursting with curiosity and wanted to find out the underlying principles.
"It seems that Xiao Luo's spiritual energy is insufficient to support the manifestation of the runes, so it needs to be fused with runes of the same type to alleviate Xiao Luo's symptoms?"
Li Qingan felt he had guessed some of the reasons.
Otherwise, why couldn't he feel relief when he first inputted his vital energy, but the second time, the runes, also composed of vital energy, were able to fit perfectly?
"So the question is, how do we enhance the spiritual energy within Xiao Luo's body?"
Li Qingan pondered silently.
Enhancing the spiritual energy within a spirit beast's body must be cultivation, but he doesn't know the cultivation methods or meridian circulation of spirit beasts.
"It really does seem like Xiao Luo couldn't bear the consequences of the ancient book Luo Shu. If that's the case, wouldn't the runes I researched be related to Luo Shu?"
Li Qingan guessed that it was no wonder that Xiao Luo appeared when he first researched the runes a year ago, and even followed him all the time.
It turns out that it's not just about the earth's veins, but also about the Luoshu runes.
"It seems that I can only find some ordinary spirit beasts first, accumulate some information about the flow of meridians, and then create a new technique."
Li Qingan thought to himself that it seemed his plan to slack off would have to be postponed for a few more days.
Li Qingan watched as Xiao Luo, who was gradually returning to normal, rubbed against his shoes like a big yellow dog, and decided to prioritize solving Xiao Luo's problems.
Li Qingan squatted down and pointed at Xiao Luo's head.
"Xiao Luo, you're a turtle, you can't learn from Big Yellow."
.....
Dazhu Peak Back Mountain
"Ling'er, have you seen Dahuang?" Li Qing'an asked, sneaking around and looking at Tian Ling'er who was doing her homework.
Tian Ling'er looked at Li Qing'an, who was sneaking over, with a suspicious look in her eyes. Based on her understanding of Li Qing'an, it was impossible for him to suddenly seek out Da Huang; he always did something bad.
Why are you asking this? I don't know.
Seeing that he couldn't get an answer from Tian Ling'er, Li Qing'an turned to Zhang Xiaofan, who was standing to the side, and asked him.
"Xiao Fan, did you see that?!"
Zhang Xiaofan glanced at Tian Ling'er, but still honestly said, "Senior brother, I saw it heading towards the kitchen before I came, but I don't know if that's right."
"Thank you. I have to go now. I'll teach you how to cook when I have time."
Upon receiving the news, Li Qingan flew to the kitchen on his sword, leaving behind only one sentence.
"Xiao Fan, why did you tell him? He might just want to kill Da Huang and eat dog meat."
Tian Ling'er was somewhat dissatisfied with Zhang Xiaofan's honesty in telling Li Qing'an, and she threatened him.
"No way, Dahuang is Master's dog. Didn't you say that Master's wife was planning to do something to it, and Master even argued with her?"
Zhang Xiaofan had heard Tian Ling'er talk about Dahuang before, and since he hadn't been deceived, he asked out of curiosity.
"Senior sister, do you know why senior brother is looking for Big Yellow?"
"How would I know? He's either sleeping all day or acting all mysterious."
......
At this moment, Li Qingan arrived at the kitchen and saw Da Huang coming out of the kitchen with a roasted chicken in his mouth.
"Big Yellow, come here, I have something good here."
As soon as Li Qingan saw Dahuang appear, he took out his roasted meat, which was covered in medicine, and put it on the ground to attract Dahuang.
The medicine was non-toxic, colorless, and odorless, so even the dog's nose couldn't detect it.
The medicine only has the effect of inducing unconsciousness and allowing the body's meridian energy to circulate on its own, which will allow him to observe it later.
They really did a good job of preparing.
"Wang Wang~"
Big Yellow let go of the roasted chicken in its mouth and went straight for the roasted meat.
Li Qingan watched it devour the food, waiting for the medicine to take effect.
A moment later, Dahuang swayed from side to side and then collapsed to the ground.
"Don't worry, Da Huang, it's alright. I'll just study the flow of your meridians."
As he spoke, Li Qingan gently comforted Da Huang, picked him up, and ran back to his courtyard.
Then, he used Taoist magic to bless his eyes and observe the flow of spiritual energy in the meridians of the rhubarb.