Another month has passed. This month, Lu Qing took a Guyuan Pill every day, and combined with the cooperation and consolidation of the Purple Emperor Sword Body Sutra. According to Mr. Ye, if there is another bottle, he may have completely recovered his body before the competition in two months.

Then Lu Qing thought about it and found that Guyuan Pill was only without grades and was not precious in the lower grade of Shenwang Pill. Not every guardian would need Guyuan Pill as urgently as him, so there must be a guardian in stock. If he exchanged the Shenwang Pill, he should be able to exchange it.

But now the question is who should he ask for to exchange. After thinking for a while, Lu Qing really didn't know who to exchange. He had no friendship with the other eleven guardians and could not speak at all.

After a pause, he suddenly thought of the Huang Lao in the sword-casting house. Huang Lao was the only eighth-grade sword-casting master worshipped by Chaoyang Palace. Duan Qingyun and others said that Huang Lao's cultivation and status were not worse than those of the major guardians. Sometimes the guardians even asked him to make swords very polite. Lu Qing understood this very well that sword weapons, especially high-grade sword weapons with seventh grade, are very expensive.

For example, the Lu family sword shop usually sells a sixth-grade sword weapon for thousands of purple jade coins. A thousand purple jade coins are almost enough for an ordinary family of three to live a lifetime. This is just the basic price. If customized, the price will only be higher, not to mention a seventh-grade sword weapon. Without five thousand purple jade coins, it is impossible to get it. It also has a very high status for sword masters above the seventh-grade sword masters. Moreover, there are very few sword masters who can reach such a height.

Therefore, Mr. Huang’s salary should not be lower than that of their guardians.

With a thought in his mind, Lu Qing walked out. It was already ten days late at night. Most courtyards were spending supper at this moment. Along the way, Lu Qing saw many outer disciples delivering food boxes to various courtyards, and the air was filled with the aroma of food.

This reminded Lu Qing of Duan Qingyun's craftsmanship in the past, but it was likely that he was influenced by him. After the enlistment ceremony that day, Duan Qingyun and the other two were subsequently qualified to use the thirty major caves in retreat after Chaoyang Cave for four years given by Xuan Qing.

At this moment, the four of them actually entered the retreat stage at the same time, even Duan Qingyun was no exception. I heard that except for the foundation-building time, this time was Duan Qingyun's second retreat. At this time, the Zizhuyuan was very deserted, so Lu Qing did not go in, but just went all the way.

"I've seen the Land Protector—"

"Master Protector——"

"grown ups--"

While walking, disciples from the outer sect and even the inner sect bowed to Lu Qing from time to time. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, Lu Qing still agreed one by one.

The road leading to the sword-casting house is very quiet at the moment. After walking into the white stone path, the disciples of the inner and outer sects who passed by were still the same green as before. However, some strange flowers obviously have not yet opened, but they have slightly stretched their tender green leaves.

And the clear blue green cold pond water, ten feet square, was still filled with bone-broken cold air, and the frost beside the pond condensed into a thick layer. When it comes here, it always seems to be staying in winter, and the exhalation can be seen in the air.

Before he arrived at the sword-making room, Lu Qing saw Huang Lao sitting in the yard from afar. On the table in front of him were several plates of fragrant side dishes and a pot of good old wine, which Lu Qing smelled ten feet apart.

At this moment, Mr. Huang was obviously very leisurely. He put his legs on the stone bench on one side, humming a little tune and dealing with the side dishes in front of him. At this time, Lu Qing's arrival obviously surprised him a little.

"Why is the time for the Protector Lu to come now? It's a frightening thing about Huang Lao."

Lu Qing smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "Don't make fun of me, just call me like before."

"Haha, not bad," Mr. Huang looked up and down at Lu Qing, and praised, "I have not lost my nature by my status. I have a good heart. Come and have a drink with me. I am the old wine I have stored in the cellar for twenty years. I don't pour it for ordinary people."

After saying that, he filled an empty wine bowl on one side and asked Lu Qing to sit down opposite him.

After looking at Lu Qing a few more glances, Huang Lao said, "Tsk, your kid's progress is really evil. Is that old guy really that powerful? After coming back from there, your kid's progress is even more unacceptable than before."

Of course Lu Qing knew who Huang Lao was talking about. If he had not had the sword intent of Mr. Ji, he would not have achieved this success at all. Now that he thought about it, he was even more shocked by Mr. Ji's strength. Even if he could now compete with ordinary sword masters of the small heavenly rank, he still couldn't guarantee that he could pass through his sword intent.

The faster the progress of your cultivation level, the more you can feel it and recognize your status. This is an improvement in your vision.

The two of them had been drinking for three tours. During this period, they discussed some of their experiences about sword casting. An eighth-grade sword casting master and a successor of the head of the sword casting family who read all the classics, had extraordinary insights on sword casting. Especially Lu Qing, because he did not have enough cultivation to support him in the past, after the exchange between the two, Huang Lao admitted that Lu Qing now has a comparable level of sword casting that is equal to his level, that is, the eighth-grade sword casting. However, his experience may not be enough and requires more practice.

After some discussion, both of them realized something, especially Mr. Huang. If Lu Qing hadn't been here, he would have been unable to help but go into the house to forge and confirm it. He barely calmed down. Mr. Huang said, "Tell me, you won't have nothing to do today to visit me, right? I heard that you are a cultivator. Since returning to the peak, you have almost never left your home."

His face couldn't help but turn red. Lu Qing paused and said, "I want to exchange a few pills with Mr. Huang."

"Pills?" Huang Lao was stunned at first when he heard this, and then said, "You won't use up today's ginseng king elixir so quickly, right? You should know that the elixir brief discussion said that although the power of elixir is pure and easy to absorb, it must be controlled. After all, it is an external force, and it is not the right way."

When Lu Qing heard that Huang Lao knew about the brief discussion of the ginseng king pill and the elixir, he knew that Huang Lao might have the distribution of these elixirs every year. After calming down, Lu Qing spoke under Huang Lao's somewhat unhappy gaze: "I want to exchange a few Guyuan pills with Huang Lao."

"Guyuan Pill?" Old Huang was stunned, and then seemed to have connected something, and suddenly realized, "Why, my cultivation level has improved too quickly, and my body cannot adapt to the sharply increasing sword energy."

Lu Qing didn't say anything. Although what Mr. Huang said was a little different, there was not much difference. When he saw that Mr. Huang didn't say anything, he looked like this on his face. After pondering for a moment, he said, "How many do you need?"

"Thirty."

"Thirty pieces," Huang Lao stood up and entered the house after hearing this. After a moment, he took out a purple jade bottle and handed it to Lu Qing, saying, "Take it, you don't need it anymore. My old man's cultivation level is almost over now. This Guyuan Pill is basically not needed. As long as you come to me more often in the future, and tell me more about your Lu family's sword-making method."

"This—" Lu Qing was a little hesitant. He felt ashamed of taking advantage of Mr. Huang. After all, even if it was a way to communicate the way of making swords, the two of them had their own gains.

"There's nothing here and there. Old man, I see you boy. Don't come to me again if you don't accept it. Old man just pretends that he has never known you."

Seeing Mr. Huang say this, Lu Qing didn't know how to disobey his intentions. He just nodded and remembered his intentions in his heart.

After that, the two continued to discuss the slightly cool wine and food, and the conversation lasted for a whole night.

The next morning, after returning to the Heart Refining Academy, Lu Qing opened the purple jade bottle containing Guyuan Pill and saw a hundred white Guyuan Pill layered inside, and the fresh and slightly bitter medicinal fragrance overflowed from the bottle.

He was stunned at first, but after a moment, Lu Qing's face showed a deep gratitude.

A month and a half later, after taking more than forty pieces of Guyuan Pills, Lu Qing finally completely consolidated the first layer of the Zihuang Sword Body. After taking so many Guyuan Pills, some medicines still entered the sword Yuan, and there were a few medicinal herbs in this Guyuan Pill that could help boost vital energy.

So by now, Lu Qing has been able to release eight feet of Fenglei sword energy, which is not far from the nine feet of sword energy at the peak of the swordsman.

At this time, half a month left before the competition, Lu Qing decided to comprehend the Zixiao Fenglei Sword. Of course, this Zixiao Fenglei Sword was not practiced by Zhao Qianye. The eighteen-style Zixiao Fenglei Sword left by his Lu family was expelled from his ancestors and the sword emperor Lu Tianshu. It was the thirty-six hammers of the family that he evolved. There were slight differences in moves, but it was more profound and mysterious.

At present, Lu Qing still relied on his previous foundation to understand the fourth stance when he first built the foundation. First, he was limited by his original cultivation and swordsmanship, and he had no sufficient ability to comprehend and perform it. Second, many things that have happened so far have made him unable to truly calm down to comprehend.

The competition is approaching now, and it is not the time to practice the second level of the Purple Emperor Sword Body Sutra. Now he has reached the Great Heavenly Status of the Sword Master. As for the breakthrough of the swordsman level, he is not sure and cognitive enough, so the only thing he can do at this moment is the comprehending of swordsmanship.
Chapter completed!