Chapter 72 Ancient Secret Techniques

Li Tongya went down the mountain, thought over Xiao Chuting's words carefully for a while, and thought to himself:

"What do you mean by this? Even the Xiao family knows the news about the Boring Golden Gate going south. Why is the Qingchi Sect indifferent and allowing the Boring Golden Gate to wreak havoc in the mushroom forest?"

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Li Tongya's heart skipped a beat and he said to himself:

"It's broken. As soon as the Wan family is wiped out, the Ji family will block my Li family in the Dali Mountains. My lips are dead and my teeth are cold. Xiang Ping will definitely use the Dharma to take action. I don't know what's going on now. I should have returned home quickly."

"It's just that this mushroom forest is already on fire everywhere. If we take a detour and it's a long way, it's better to wait for two or three days."

Thinking about these things, Li Tongya's brows gradually furrowed, but he heard a loud shout:

"Brother Tongya!"

Li Tongya turned his head in surprise and saw Xiao Yongling hurriedly chasing after him from behind. He smiled and took Li Tongya's hand and shouted:

"I haven't seen you for many years. Why didn't Brother Tongya come to look for me when he arrived at Xiao's house? I patrolled around that shabby tavern for several days and still didn't see you two."

"By the way, why don't you see Brother Wan?"

Li Tongya sighed softly and replied:

"When I left home, I passed by Wan's family but I didn't see Wan Yuankai. I also heard that Boring Golden Gate was heading south. Now I'm afraid that Huaqian Mountain has been breached. Brother Wan... I'm afraid the situation is very doomed."

Xiao Yonglin paused for a moment, his expression became a little sad, and he sighed:

"Hey, people are prone to misfortune and fortune, and the sky is unpredictable. There is nothing we can do about it."

While walking around the market with Li Tongya at the foot of the mountain, Xiao Yongling chatted for a few words and then said seriously:

"I heard that Brother Tongya has been cultivating Yujing for many years, and is only one step away from the spiritual primary wheel at the peak of fetal breath. I wonder if he has prepared the magic formula for the Qi training period, and what kind of spiritual energy of heaven and earth are he prepared to swallow?"

Li Tongya smiled bitterly and said softly:

"To be honest, Brother Xiao, there is only a set of second-grade Qi training techniques at home, "Tian Yuan Qi Training Technique". This technique is also a Qi training technique for swallowing the Xiaoqing spiritual energy. There is no method to collect Qi at home. I am afraid I have to go to the workshop. Buying Xiao Qing Ling Qi in the city also gives me a headache."

Xiao Yonglin was stunned for a moment. He had always taken elixirs according to the accumulation time of erysipelas since he was a child, and customized magic weapons according to his own preferences. He even chose the skills and secrets at will. Li Tongya's answer was obviously out of character. Xiao Yongling, who had lived a luxurious life, was so surprised that he was speechless for a moment.

Li Tongya didn't care, and silently calculated this year's harvest. Apart from the two hundred kilograms handed over for worship, there were still more than two hundred and sixty kilograms of spiritual rice and seven white yuan fruits left in the storage bag, which were approximately worth four spiritual stones.

The three oakworms at home spun silk twelve times in five years and beat it into three silk cottons, which were worth half a spiritual stone. As for the spiritual talisman left by Li Chijing, Li Tongya studied it for five years, but it didn't work. I have just mastered some tricks and have drawn the finished product once or twice, but I still haven’t dared to actually use talisman paper to draw.

Li Tongya and Li Xiangping were very careful in running the household. One spiritual stone of the talisman could only buy thirty pieces. However, the talisman of this fetal breath realm usually contains three spiritual stones. One of the ten pieces must be successful to repay the cost of the talisman. , this does not include Fu Mo, so I don’t dare to draw it at will.

Li Tongya was thinking about finding a place to sell the spiritual objects in his hands, but he heard Xiao Yongling on the side say with a complicated face:

"This Xiaoqing Spiritual Energy usually requires about thirty spirit stones. Has Brother Tongya prepared the spirit stones?"

Li Tongya shook his head and said with a smile:

"But I'm not in a hurry. This Xiaoqing Spiritual Energy is expensive and can equal my family's income for several decades. Let's save up the Spiritual Stones first and see. The lifespan of the Fetal Breath Realm is often as long as one hundred and twenty years. I have plenty of time.”

Xiao Yongling looked at him blankly and suddenly said softly:

"Brother Tongya was thirty years old when he became a Jade King, and he is looking forward to practicing Qi. His talent is quite good, but he is burdened by his family... It is a pity that if he were born into a noble family, he would definitely be a hundred times better than Yong Ling!"

Li Tongya raised his eyebrows and saw that Xiao Yongling was quite emotional, so he smiled and said:

"Hahahaha, what is this? The world is difficult, and we have always stayed together to keep warm. Don't look at the current situation of my Li family, but it was only the ancestors' hundreds of years of savings that allowed me to have this opportunity to enter the immortal sect. It is not to mention the burden of the family. On the contrary, it is made by the family.”

Xiao Yongling nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile:

"Yong Ling has learned a lesson."

Li Tongya smiled and shook his head, slowly moved his eyes from the stall, and said seriously:

"Brother Yong Ling, this qigong training method... I wonder how much it costs?"

"If it's the casual cultivating skills of the seven or eight main roads, I'm afraid it won't cost more than a few spiritual stones. They can be sold at roadside stalls."

Xiao Yongling pointed to the attic in front and explained:

"If you want to buy second-grade or above Zhengfa, you have to go to several stores and buy dozens or hundreds of spiritual stones. Some stores sell the exercises together with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which saves the time of searching and collecting Qi. It’s much more expensive.”

"Of course, there are also some ancient and secret techniques, and the prices fluctuate. They all vary from person to person."

Li Tongya frowned and asked in confusion:

"Ancient secret method?"

Xiao Yongling smiled softly and explained:

"All methods originate from one Qi. If you cannot find the Qi required in the method, you will not be able to practice the method. Times often change, and the method of collecting Qi is lost, or the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is destroyed. In such an environment, some of the auras of heaven and earth can no longer be found, so many supporting techniques are useless if they lack energy. Such techniques are called ancient techniques."

Seeing that Li Tongya was listening intently, Xiao Yongling nodded and said with a smile:

"There is also a type of magic technique called secret magic."

"Some families or sects have inherited some magical ancient techniques, but because they lacked one Qi and had nowhere to practice them, they changed the techniques bit by bit and replaced them with another Qi or two Qi, which is called a secret method."

Li Tongya nodded in sudden realization, then echoed his words:

"This is a good idea."

Xiao Yongling shook his head, his heart full of desire to talk, and said with a smile:

"There is no guarantee that the techniques that have been hastily modified by future generations have the security of thousands of years of training by our predecessors. This type of secret technique is weaker than the original version, and often has flaws of one kind or another. There are several people in my Xiao family who have practiced the secret technique. As a thug, it’s better to practice slowly, and some of them still need elixirs to survive.”

"I see."

Li Tongya nodded and said with a smile:

"No matter what the ancient, secret, and righteous methods are, I have nothing in my pocket, but I can't afford anything."

Xiao Yongling shook his head and said seriously:

"Brother Tongya, don't belittle yourself. The younger brother in the clan is extremely talented, and there is brother Tongya who manages the family frugally. In a few years, the reputation of the Li Jing family will be resounding throughout Guli Road."

Li Tongya smiled bitterly and shook his head. He said a few polite words, but secretly thought to himself:

"The Qingchi Sect is acting strangely, and there are many secrets in the ambush and murder of the descendants of the Immortal Mansion. I just hope that Jing'er can be safe in the sect and not get involved in those whirlpools."