Chapter 316: Entering the Spiritual World through Chess (Two in One)

"This child, I hope she can cultivate what she wants in this life..."

Lin Shanhai looked at his leaving granddaughter, shook his head and sighed softly.

With Lin Qingying's qualifications, possession of holy bones, and the frequent revelations of saint reincarnations and incarnations over the past millennium, it is difficult not to guess that the other party is also the reincarnation of a saint, but the specific saint is unknown.

But Lin Shanhai didn't feel uncomfortable because of this. At least in this life's memory, the other party was his granddaughter, who was carried by his own hands from childhood to adulthood.

Lin Qingying's parents died young, and he took care of her when he was a child, teasing her when she cried. The naughty and well-behaved childhood has long been engraved in his heart.

"Mr. Lin, why do these saints need to rebuild?"

Li Hao asked curiously, holding the tea cup.

Lin Shanhai took the teapot and filled himself another cup. He looked up at the floating white clouds outside the eaves. The breeze was floating in the courtyard, giving him a leisurely and leisurely comfort.

He took a sip of tea, turned around and chuckled: "You kid, you still said you don't know how to make elixirs!"

"If you are a true warrior, you should know that the reincarnation of these saints seeks to have all the martial arts realms unobstructed. I heard that cultivating each realm to the extreme will involve a shocking secret, especially the sixth realm!"

I really don't know how to make alchemy... Li Hao smiled bitterly. Ever since he showed his skill in stir-frying and purification, this old man has regarded him as a descendant of his ancestor's declining alchemy family. His explanation seemed to the other party that he was hiding his identity and could not trust him. Covering up.

Naturally, he would not give any more explanation to this, so as not to offend others.

"The sixth extreme realm? Is there any mysterious explanation for this?"

Li Hao's heart moved and he asked curiously.

"I didn't know. I haven't heard of anyone cultivating all the extreme realms yet, including saints."

Lin Shanhai shook his head.

"What?"

Li Hao was shocked and looked at him in astonishment.

Saints have a long lifespan, and the history of this place of saints is also extremely long, much older than the Dynasty of Dayu. Although the extreme realms of the major martial arts are difficult, those who can become saints naturally have neither talent nor resources. As long as it takes a lot of time, it can basically be refined slowly.

As a result, those high-ranking saints failed to master all extreme realms? !

Ever since he met a being who had mastered several extreme realms when he was beheading the Dao Dharma Realm, Li Hao subconsciously thought that the saint had basically completed all the extreme realms, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Your ancestor was an alchemist, so it's normal that you don't know martial arts. It's not so easy to practice in the extreme realm."

Seeing Li Hao's shocked look, Lin Shanhai patiently and gently explained: "It would be fine if it were another extreme state, but the third extreme state of heaven and earth requires someone who is born with the mind of a saint and dares to fight against heaven and earth! And the sixth extreme state requires you to be born with the mind of a saint and dare to fight against heaven and earth! Not to mention the extreme realm, it is recognized as the most difficult to cultivate in the extreme realm. It is very mysterious. According to the secret information I got, the reincarnation of saints is basically for this purpose. "

"Well..."

Li Hao was a little stunned. The sixth extreme realm is the most difficult to cultivate? Even forcing all saints to reincarnate for this?

He suddenly felt flattered. Could it be that his qualifications surpassed that of a saint?

When he first cultivated the Sixth Ultimate Realm, although he spent several months thinking hard, he felt that compared with other extreme realms, there didn't seem to be much difference.

It just may require some enlightenment and understanding of heaven and earth.

"This sixth extreme state is very mysterious. It does not depend on understanding, ambition, or the foundation of skills. No one can explain exactly how to achieve it, but all the saints have speculated that it may be a certain state of mind!"

Lin Shanhai said: "But the state of mind happens to be the most difficult thing to understand. It is strange to say that there are thousands of geniuses in the world, each with different experiences and different moods. Among the geniuses who are qualified to touch the sixth extreme realm, It’s strange that no one can understand this state of mind.”

Li Hao was stunned. He didn't expect that the Sixth Ultimate Realm would be so difficult.

If he had arrived normally from the Immortal Sect, he might have alarmed the entire Land of Saints.

That Xu Sheng didn't hesitate to attack him, probably because he was afraid of it.

"If you are cultivating to the sixth extreme, why would a saint want to be reincarnated?"

Li Hao couldn't help but ask.

"Of course it's because the sixth extreme realm is the same as the third extreme realm. They are both extreme realms that cannot be turned back and rebuilt!"

Lin Shanhai said: "And if the state of mind cannot be figured out by their saints, then it is naturally best to start with a blank sheet of paper. After all, the will of saints sometimes interferes. When you recognize something, it will be difficult for you to Pretending not to realize it.”

"Insight and experience are sometimes a terrible intrusion that will change you beyond recognition."

After hearing his words, Li Hao immediately understood what the other party meant.

Using the Tao thoughts carried in the saint's thoughts to understand things other than one's own Tao will actually cause obstacles.

Might as well start over from scratch.

Even if the saint pretends to be as innocent as a blank slate, there are some things that you know once you know them, and you can't forget them if you know them.

"I wanted to buy sweet-scented osmanthus and drink it with me, but in the end it was different. I was a young man traveling..."

Li Hao murmured to himself, this is probably the reason why saints need to be reincarnated to practice.

Only by living another life, with a true blank slate, can we return to our true youth.

After glancing at the jumping poem book experience increase, Li Hao ignored it.

Next to him, Lin Shanhai heard Li Hao's murmuring poem and was stunned for a moment, feeling that it had some charm.

After he thought about it carefully, a bit of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, and he found that it really fit the thoughts of the saints' reincarnation and reconstruction.

"With your talent, it won't be difficult for you to become the number one scholar in the human dynasty."

Lin Shanhai said to Li Hao.

Li Hao blushed a little. It was not so easy to be the top scholar. It was not something that could be fooled by a few lines of poetry.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. There are guests coming. These guys..."

Lin Shanhai suddenly put down the teacup, shook off the dust on his sleeves, and was about to get up to greet them. Suddenly, he thought of something, glanced at the teapot, and said to Li Hao:

"Put this away quickly. In addition, the package of dragon ginseng tea in the drawer under my table, quickly hide it in the stove, and cover it with the smell of medicine. Those guys have very sensitive noses..."

While speaking, he stood up, put on simple cloth shoes, and walked out of the yard.

Li Hao was stunned, but his movements were not slow. He took the dragon ginseng tea in the teapot with his palm, and then put the package in the drawer into the space of heaven and earth, and then took a few pieces of fragrant herbs, threw them into the teapot, and poured a cup into his own and the other person's tea cups respectively.

The palm was slightly heated to accelerate the penetration of the medicinal power of the herbs, and the fragrance of the medicine drifted between the teacups.

At this time, there were bursts of laughter outside the courtyard, and several old men walked in under the leadership of Lin Shanhai.

"You guys, why didn't you notify me in advance when you were coming?"

"It's just a short distance, why do you need to notify me? We just came together to see your new medicine boy and see what kind of genius he is."

Four figures walked into the courtyard, three old men and a beautiful woman with a charming demeanor. Except for one of the old men who was wearing gold and jade and looked noble, the others were relatively simple, and their hairpins were all made of wood.

But without exception, the four of them all smelled of medicinal materials.

"Hmm? Is that the young man?"

The four entered the courtyard and soon noticed Li Hao.

After all, they were guests, so they did not rashly use their divine thoughts to cover and explore. They looked at everything they saw.

Li Hao did not sit down anymore and stood up quickly.

Lin Shanhai was slightly stunned when he saw the teapot still next to him, but soon he noticed the medicinal fragrance wafting from the teacup. He was speechless and glanced at Li Hao, thinking that this boy was more cunning than himself.

"Come, please take a seat."

Lin Shanhai greeted with a smile and asked Li Hao to get some more tea sets and cakes.

Li Hao acted as a medicine boy and brought a cushion, teacups and cakes to the few people.

"Old Lin, your latest batch of elixirs was made by this young man, right?"

The old man dressed in gold and silver ornaments asked with a smile while rubbing his jade plate fingers in his hands.

Lin Shanhai seemed to see the other party's thoughts and snorted: "Don't try to hit him, I'm planning to pass on my mantle to him."

"Look at you, why are you so anxious for just one sentence? Who said we are here to ask for help?" The alchemist who looked like a noble lady next to him covered her mouth and laughed.

"Old Lin is still the same. But speaking of which, I have seen all the pills you have made recently. They are really amazing. The purity is too high. This is not something you can do by yourself." Another old man said.

Lin Shanhai heard this and did not want to hide it. In fact, he had expected these old friends to come here today. He also intended to introduce Li Hao to them and help Li Hao expand his network of contacts. He wanted to keep Li Hao by his side. After all, such a rare seedling of alchemy, with this unique skill of refining, is enough to become a senior alchemist.

If he studies alchemy diligently for decades, he will become a master of alchemy in the near future.

"That's right, thanks to Qingfeng's help. He fell off a cliff in his early years and had an adventure. Later, he was spied on and hunted by others. He was saved by Qingying. Now he has finally settled down."

Lin Shanhai said.

Qingfeng is the pseudonym that Li Hao told him. Although this is not Yunxia Realm, Li Hao is not clear about the methods of the saints and is worried that the other party will track him down through the name.

Moreover, there are many people who know his name. If they know his whereabouts through their mouths, it will cause trouble again.

Hearing Lin Shanhai's introduction, Li Hao was a little speechless. This is to help him think of the background to avoid others from investigating. The old man really took the trouble.

"Is that so..."

The four looked at each other and didn't ask more questions. After all, everyone has their own secrets.

"Can you show it to us? Don't worry, we will never leak it. We just want to learn."

One of the old men said.

Lin Shanhai said unhappily: "This is someone's specialty. You can learn it if you want to. You can take out two of your advanced pill recipes to exchange?"

"Old Lin, he hasn't spoken yet, why are you in a hurry." The old man said unhappily: "Two advanced pill recipes, I think you are thinking about it. If you have the ability, you can exchange with me. Or let's have a pill refining competition. How about each of us betting one?"

"Who wants to compete with you? I don't care." Lin Shanhai snorted.

"Well, you two still haven't calmed down from that alchemy duel, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the younger generation?" The noblewoman said helplessly.

Lin Shanhai stopped bickering with them and turned to introduce the identities of the four of them to Li Hao.

The four of them were senior alchemists in the Sword Ancestor Holy Land and old friends of Lin Shanhai.

Li Hao remembered their names one by one and greeted them separately.

"Young man, is it convenient for you to show it? You have shown it to Old Lin. I will give you whatever conditions Old Lin gives you." Zhao Yingzhen, who was rubbing the jade board, said.

"That's right. If it's an exchange, I can exchange a senior alchemy recipe with you." The noblewoman's name was Shi Huajin. She looked at Li Hao with flowing eyes and looked quite serious.

As senior alchemists, they had analyzed the pills that Lin Shanhai had recently made. After all, they had set off a wave of praise in the Holy Land.

After analyzing, they found that the method of extracting the medicinal power in this elixir was extremely advanced, even surpassing theirs.

After asking around, they found out that it was Lin Shanhai, the old friend, who picked up a treasure.

Seeing the greedy look of these old friends, Lin Shanhai secretly laughed in his heart, picked up the tea and tasted it calmly.

Just after taking two sips, he frowned a little. The smell of this medicine was too strong, and the tea was really hard to drink.

This kid didn't know how to pick something good... He complained in his heart, but when he thought of the few taels of dragon ginseng tea that he had collected for hundreds of years and was almost exposed, he felt much more comfortable.

"If the seniors want to see it, I will show you my skills, and there is no need to exchange the elixir formula." Li Hao said with a smile.

The four were stunned. They didn't expect Li Hao to be so easy to talk to. They couldn't help but look at each other and suddenly felt a little sorry.

"This... how can you learn for free? Young man, just tell us what you need. As long as we can do it, we will try our best to help you." Zhao Yingzhen said, not rubbing his fingertips anymore, looking very serious.

"That's right."

Another old man beside him, Sun Zhengshang, nodded.

"This, I don't need anything for the time being." Li Hao shook his head.

The few people looked at each other, all feeling a little headache. With Lin Shanhai here, they would not be so shameless to take the benefits of the younger generation for nothing.

But owing favors is more difficult.

Lin Shanhai saw that the four people were in a dilemma, smiled, and said: "Since Qingfeng is willing to show you, you can take a look first. If Qingfeng has trouble in the future, you can help him a little."

Seeing that Lin Shanhai said so, the four people no longer hesitated and immediately asked Li Hao to take action.

Li Hao came to the alchemy room, selected some medicinal materials, and began to stir-fry in the air.

Seeing Li Hao's actions, the four people widened their eyes.

Stir-fry?

If it weren't for the herbs in his hand, they would have thought that the boy was cooking!

Their feeling was indeed correct, Li Hao was indeed cooking, cooking and refining.

Not long after, the cooking of the herbs was finished, and bursts of medicinal fragrance spread out.

The four people were stunned, and quickly sent out their divine thoughts to observe carefully, and they were immediately shocked.

The medicinal power in the herbs was actually stir-fried out so simply!

It's no wonder that the purity and quality of the pills will be improved with such medicinal power. With such a treasure assistant, they can do it too!

"So that's it, it's a unique refining method..."

After being shocked, several people also understood that this is not some kind of secret technique, but a special refining method, and it looks difficult to practice. It can't be mastered just by showing it once.

No wonder the other party doesn't mind showing it. This method is too mysterious and they are not afraid of them learning it at all.

"I didn't expect there is such a method of alchemy. It really opened Zhao's eyes."

Zhao Yingzhen was a little absent-minded. After coming back to his senses, he couldn't help but glowing slightly, as if he had opened up the idea of ​​alchemy.

"Your name is Qingfeng, right? Qingfeng, are you willing to help me refine a high-level elixir? I won't deliberately hide it from you during the refining process. If you can learn it, it will be your ability. I need your refining ability to help me condense the liquid medicine..." Shi Huajin stared at Li Hao and made an invitation.

Li Hao was slightly stunned and couldn't help looking at Lin Shanhai next to him.

Lin Shanhai was also stunned when he saw Li Hao's eyes, and immediately saw Li Hao's thoughts. The other party was asking him whether he wanted to agree.

And the meaning of the inquiry seemed to be that if he agreed, he would agree for his face. If he showed casualness, this kid would probably refuse...

This is an invitation from a high-level alchemist, and it is a high-level elixir recipe. Refining together without reservation is such a precious opportunity. Is this kid really not interested?

Lin Shanhai was a little speechless. This was the first time he had seen such a guy.

"Since Master Dan asked you for help, if you are willing to help, just agree. It's up to you. But this opportunity is rare. If you are not interested in the recipe, you can talk about what you want. Master Dan has a wide network of contacts and a rich family..." Lin Shanhai said with a smile.

Shi Huajin was a little stunned when he heard this. From what he meant, he showed him the advanced recipe without reservation. Wouldn't this young man be interested?

"Since it is the senior who invited me, I would rather obey you respectfully."

Li Hao thought about it and agreed.

Although doing this would delay his carving, it would not delay too much time.

After all, he was Lin Shanhai's friend. It would be a bit disappointing to refuse. He also owed Lin Shanhai a great favor.

Moreover, he was unfamiliar with the place at present. The other party had introduced him to this extent. There was nothing wrong with making some friends.

"Then what do you need?" Shi Huajin asked Li Hao curiously.

Li Hao shook his head: "I don't need anything. If possible, I would be interested in some valuable calligraphy, paintings, chess manuals, etc."

"Calligraphy, paintings, chess manuals?"

Shi Huajin and others were all surprised. Such worthless things are basically useless to practitioners except for some pretentious merchants.

Lin Shanhai saw Li Hao carving in his spare time this month and never asked about alchemy and cultivation. He had already learned something about Li Hao's eccentricity, but he was stunned when he heard this.

Shi Huajin was a little suspicious and asked Li Hao twice to confirm that Li Hao really only needed these. She didn't think about it anymore. No matter what Li Hao thought, he would know it later.

"Old Lin, why do you use medicinal herbs to make tea? It's really hard to drink."

Another old man, Liu Dongting, spit out the herbs in the tea and said unhappily.

"You don't know how to drink tea, so I'll give you some herbs to strengthen your body." Lin Shanhai chuckled.

The few people then chatted about alchemy and the task of matching the elixir ratio in the holy land. The topic occasionally talked about Lin Shanhai's granddaughter, Lin Qingying. When mentioning her, it was inevitable to mention the upcoming holy land sword god war.

Many disciples in the Sword Ancestor Holy Land, including the Saint, all respect the sword. In the ultimate contest of cultivation and swordsmanship, the loser will undoubtedly be a complete failure, and there will be no excuses such as differences in weapons.

Li Hao sat aside, sitting quietly, listening quietly.

Occasionally, he was praised, and he responded with a smile.

After a chat, Li Hao became familiar with the names and personalities of the four people, and the four people also remembered this quiet and special boy.

After the four people said goodbye, life in the yard continued as usual.

Time flies.

In the following days, in addition to helping Lin Shanhai refine pills and purifying them, Li Hao was also invited to help the four people in their alchemy. His figure appeared frequently and gradually spread a little fame. Several alchemists' medicine boys and those holy land disciples who fawned on the medicine boys all heard that there was an alchemy assistant who was deeply loved by several senior alchemists...

In Lin Shanhai's yard.

The night sky was bright and the sword was waving.

Lin Qingying finished practicing a set of swordsmanship, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and then smelled a burst of fragrance.

She turned her head and saw the alchemist she picked up, bringing out a plate of cakes from the wood stove in another part of the yard.

"Are you hungry? Do you want some snacks?"

Li Hao smiled when he saw the other party looking at him, and raised the cake in his hand.

Lin Qingying's eyes were calm, and she did not respond, and continued to practice another sword technique.

While practicing the movements, she was also feeling the direction of the sword.

Gurgle…

Perhaps it was the aroma that drifted around, and her stomach rumbled slightly halfway through the practice.

Lin Qingying frowned, stopped from the sword perception, turned around and looked at the alchemy room, where an old man and a young man were eating and drinking, looking extremely happy.

These two...when did they look so familiar?

Lin Qingying was slightly startled, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes. She knew her grandfather's temperament. Although he seemed easy-going, he had experienced many dangerous things in his early years and was always a little wary of others, but now, he seemed to be extremely friendly to the alchemist he picked up.

"Qingying, come and rest when you are tired, and taste Qingfeng's craftsmanship, it's really amazing!"

Lin Shanhai saw his granddaughter's eyes and immediately raised the cake in his hand to greet her.

Lin Qingying looked at the cake, was silent for a while, and finally slowly put away the sword in her hand and walked into the alchemy room.

"Here."

Li Hao picked up the plate and handed it to the other party, asking him to take it himself. People like him who have a mysophobia would dislike food that others have taken with their hands.

Lin Qingying saw Li Hao's subtle movements, her eyes flickered slightly, and without saying anything, she gently picked up a piece of cake and put it into her mouth with two white and tender fingers like onions.

Lin Qingying's eyes widened slightly at the aroma that melted in her mouth and the indescribable spreading feeling, but soon returned to normal, just chewed it gently twice in silence.

Then she was silent again, as if tasting it.

Seeing that she had swallowed it in her throat, Li Hao was not stingy and handed the plate over again.

"..."

Lin Qingying paused, and picked up a piece again, this time putting it into her mouth and chewing it slowly.

After swallowing, she looked at Li Hao and nodded: "It tastes good, thank you for the cake."

After that, she turned back to the yard and continued to practice with swords.

Li Hao didn't care and pushed the plate in front of Lin Shanhai. The old and the young started eating casually.

Since Lin Shanhai introduced Li Hao that day, Li Hao and Zhao Yingzhen and others have become familiar with each other. On weekdays, in addition to staying in Lin Shanhai's yard, he would often go to their place to help or play.

Lin Shanhai only likes to make pills, and is not interested in chess, calligraphy, painting, fishing, etc.

But what surprised Li Hao was that the woman Shi Huajin actually had a high level of attainment in chess.

So in addition to helping, Li Hao would come to Shi Huajin's mountain from time to time in his spare time to discuss chess.

They alchemists live in the core area of ​​the Sword Ancestor Holy Land. The environment is open and there are medicinal mountains nearby. On weekdays, the disciples of the Sword Ancestor Holy Land are forbidden to disturb them.

The Sword Ancestor Holy Land is extremely vast. Li Hao listened to Lin Shanhai's description and combined with his own inference, the area of ​​this holy land alone is about twice that of the Dayu Divine Dynasty, equivalent to the size of thirty-eight states!

The area where Lin Shanhai made pills was the size of a city, and there were only a few servants and medicine boys inside, which was extremely quiet and empty.

The same was true for other people, but the Yaoshan where Zhao Yingzhen was located was extremely lively, with many medicine boys and disciples, and the entire mountain was decorated magnificently, like an imperial capital on earth.

"You must have put a lot of thought into your chess skills, and it is definitely not something you can do for fun."

In the pavilion of Yaoshan, Master Hua Jin made a move to block Li Hao's white pieces. After half a month of getting along, she became more and more interested in this young man, who was different from the people she had met before.

"It was just for fun, and I studied it a little bit."

Li Hao smiled, his mind on the chessboard. The opponent's chess skills were not bad, about five dan. If he was too careless, even if he was six dan, he would lose.

Arrogant soldiers will be defeated, unless the difference in rank was huge, they could be saved.

"If you are willing, I can recommend you to the Holy Land. With the joint recommendation of several of us, you can directly be appointed as an intermediate alchemist, and your status will be comparable to that of the Holy Land's inner disciples." Shi Huajin said to Li Hao seriously.

Li Hao shook his head slightly. He only planned to recover from his injuries and improve his skills here.

The identity of an alchemist was of little significance to him.

Shi Huajin saw that Li Hao was focused, so he stopped talking and made his moves seriously.

The black and white pieces on the chessboard interacted with each other. Li Hao was fully engaged. The chessboard in front of him seemed to slowly grow larger in his sight, and the grid lines became infinitely elongated, surrounding him.

He himself seemed to have turned into a piece on the chessboard.

That spiritual light appeared in a trance, and Li Hao caught it this time.