The first volume of ancient painting scroll 83 Second seizure of Lu

  Qingshan Lake has 126 Lingquan Lou, challenges often occur, and almost every day there are reports of the owner being replaced by a challenger. The lower the ranking of the Lou, the more challengers there are, and the easier it is to be replaced.

  The mountain peak where Ye Chen is located has a total of three huts, which are No. 100, No. 111 and No. 115 respectively.

  Often, challengers climb to the top of the mountain and hesitate in front of Hut 100, seeing the fierce-looking Boar Spirit Beast, then turn around and rush towards Huts 111 and 115.

  Compared with the hustle and bustle of other spiritual cottages, the first hundred cottages where Ye Chen was located were exceptionally quiet.

  The monks by Qing Shan Lake occasionally thought of the rarely challenged hut, speculating about Ye Chen's strength.

  The strength shown by Ye Chen when he defeated Liu Qing, mastering fireball technique, entanglement technique, two divine senses, and a head of Hao Zhu Ling Beast, this strength is not limited to occupying the 100th hut, and can completely occupy a higher-level hut.

  Ye Chen sat in the Luoshu after, only with the binding technique and Hao Zhu Ling Shou's strength, will come to challenge the people all defeated.

  Ye Chen gradually gained some reputation among the many scattered cultivators at Qing Shan Lake through word of mouth.

  Ye Chen sat cross-legged inside the hut, beside the surging spiritual spring, enveloped in a faint mist. With each breath, the spiritual energy entered his lungs through respiration, nourishing his vital energy and primordial spirit.

  Cultivating here and casting spells can quickly recover, consuming much less spiritual wine, and he can also use more spiritual stones in other aspects.

  Niwan Palace, within the Floating Isles of the Heavenly Offices.

  Xiao Qing was inside the Refining Pavilion, refining a mid-grade spiritual artifact.

  Ye Chen did not expect to make money by relying on the Alchemy Pavilion of Xianfu, and Xiao Qing's task was no longer to mass-produce spiritual instruments for sale, but to specialize in refining one or two top-quality spiritual instruments for Ye Chen's use.

  The same mid-grade spiritual instrument, the Fire Spirit Knife, also has its good and bad qualities. Sharp and more durable. Generally, the quality of the spiritual instrument is refined after being smelted back into the furnace, only the best ones are kept.

  Xiao Qing's equipment refinement level is limited, but she already has the strength of an equipment refinement apprentice and can refine most spiritual equipment.

  "This Flame Spirit Knife is great! After more than a month of practice, I finally forged a small extreme-quality item."

  Xiao Qing grasped a newly forged and cooled Fire Spirit Knife, her expression joyful.

  It arrived at the main house of the immortal mansion and handed over the Huo Ling knife to Ye Chen's Yuanshen.

  Then it suddenly thought of something and said with great dissatisfaction, "You promised to give me the yuanqi, when are you going to give me the yuanqi? You're already at the third or fourth layer of the Refining Qi stage, but I'm still at the first layer of the Yuan Shen. Moreover, a large amount of yuanqi is needed to upgrade the Xianfu, without it, it will always be a Refining Qi-level artifact. If you don't give me yuanqi, I won't work anymore."

  Xiao Qing didn't say anything at first, but once she started talking about this matter, Ye Chen suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

  Not only does one have to cultivate their own yuan Shen, but also provide yuan qi for Xiao Qing and the immortal mansion to help them upgrade their ranks. A person needs to cultivate three times more yuan qi than a normal cultivator in order to have enough.

  Ye Chen felt a surge of pressure, gritted his teeth and forced a smile, "This... let's wait for now, I'm busy improving my cultivation to deal with the Avenging Family. Once I reach the late stage of Qi Refining, I'll give you some spiritual energy, and then upgrade your immortal mansion. You go ahead and work, the spiritual energy won't be lessened."

  "Don't try to fool me!"

  Xiao Qing gave Ye Chen a suspicious look, lately she had been feeling that she might have been deceived, which was why she was being extremely cautious. However, it seemed like she had never been deceived before! It must be an illusion, the Fox tribe was born to be suspicious and paranoid.

  Xiao Qing comforted herself.

  Inside Lingquan Hut

  Ye Chen opened his eyes and found himself holding a Huo Ling knife that he had taken from the Xian Fu.

  This Flame Spirit Knife weighs around fifty or sixty kilograms. As soon as it's grasped, a fierce and scorching hot aura erupts.

  "Mystic Iron Sword, Initial Stage Spirit Tool."

  "Huo Ling Dao, a mid-tier spiritual artifact. Made primarily from Xuan Tie Shi and infused with fire-attributed minerals during the refinement process. Apart from its hardness being on par with Xuan Tie knives, the most important aspect is that after infusing it with spiritual energy, the blade can emit flames, accompanied by flame power."

  Ye Chen was silently pondering the power of Huo Ling Dao.

  He subtly released his magical power, infusing it into the hilt of the knife.

  "Ah!"

  A faint flame aura burst out from the body of Huo Ling Dao's sword.

  "Besides the blade itself, this flame can also harm enemies. It seems that my Six Tiger Blade Technique can still be used."

  Ye Chen was overjoyed all of a sudden.

  He grasped the Huo Ling knife in his hand, leaped into the air and landed on the flat ground outside the hut, executing this set of knife techniques.

  "Draw your sword!"

  "Tiger Leaps and Cuts!"

  "Tiger Leaps Twice, Cutting Twice!"

  "Tiger Leaps Three Consecutive Cuts!"

  "Crescent Moon Slash!"

  "Whirlwind Slash!"

  Ye Chen transformed into a shadowy figure, rapidly executing his knife techniques, completing all six moves in one breath.

  At the moment of unleashing 'Whirlwind Slash', nine fierce blades shot out, and Ye Chen's body was almost enveloped by a sea of flames. The sound of the flame blades tearing through the air was deafening.

  Whoosh! Whoosh!

  The jet of flame struck the stone wall nearby, blasting two deep gashes and leaving black scorch marks.

  In the air, the smell of fierce flames burning is pervasive.

  Ye Chen used the six moves of "Tiger Leaping Knife Method" one by one, very smoothly, and couldn't help but feel great joy.

  In the past, during the Wu Zhe period, the fifth and sixth knife methods required a lot of energy to be performed. Now, with the replacement of Fa Li, it can be done easily, with a larger attack range and increased power. Of course, releasing flames from the blade will consume a large amount of Fa Li, similar to the consumption of fireball magic.

  Unconsciously, a calm month has passed.

  Ye Chen practiced day and night in the Lingquan Hut, taking the spiritual elixir. In just one short month, his primordial spirit forcibly entered the fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage, officially entering the middle stage of Qi Refining cultivation.

  His nine small Dharma seals have all been cultivated.

  The initial stage of refining Qi and the middle stage of refining Qi are a threshold.

  Qingshan Lake has 126 masters, the vast majority of whom are above the fourth layer of Qi refining. Only a tiny minority are at the third layer of Qi refining, no more than a handful in number, and Ye Chen is one of them.

  Ye Chen suddenly broke through the fourth layer of Qi Refining and entered the middle stage of cultivation.

  Ye Chen's joy did not last long.

  It looks like he is cultivating very quickly, but in fact it's already very slow. The Xianfu law instrument and the Xianfu instrument spirit Xiaocyan both need yuanqi to upgrade, if he divides his yuanqi into three parts, he might only be at the Qi Refining stage 1 or 2.

  A heavy pressure weighed on Ye Chen's chest.

  "It seems I need to hurry up and cultivate!"

  Ye Chen's gaze looked towards the Qing Shan Lake and other even taller mountain peaks. For him, time was more important than anything else. The same went for all the other cultivators who wanted to charge into the You Tower and enter the Immortal Gate.

  Hut No. 100, cultivation speed increased by one and a half times.

  The first sixty numbers of cottages, the speed of cultivation can be increased by more than double.

  The first thirty cabins, the speed of cultivation is increased by more than three times.

  The higher the ranking, the better the training effect.

  Inside the hut.

  Across from Ye Chen sat Zhu Dahao, Qian Shanli and Feng Yan.

  Because the hundredth hut where Ye Chen is located has few challengers, Zhu Dahu and others have also come less often in the past month. Today, they came to the mountain, sat in Ye Chen's hut, and asked about his recent cultivation situation, chatting with each other to avoid being estranged for too long without seeing each other.

  After they arrived at the Lu House, they were surprised to find that Ye Chen had already reached the fourth layer of Qi Refining and his cultivation strength was on par with theirs.

  "I'm going to continue taking it!"

  Ye Chen sat cross-legged, saying in a light tone.

  "What's wrong?"

  Zhu Dahao, Qian Shanli and Feng Yan were all shocked.

  "The effect of this No. 100 Lingquan Pavilion is still a bit poor. Cultivating here for a month is equivalent to cultivating for one and a half months by the Qing Shan Lake. I think I'll switch to another one."

  Yè Chén explained.

  Zhu, Qian and Feng were speechless. In their opinion, being able to own one of the 126 Lingquan Pavilions was already a great advantage. If they got it, they would probably laugh loudly in their dreams at night. Unexpectedly, Ye Chen thought that this pavilion's effect was not very good.

  "Yè young brother, which pavilion have you set your eyes on?"

  Zhu Dahao immediately thought of a question and hastily asked.

  "Not yet decided, Brother Zhu, what are your three opinions?!"

  Ye Chen shook his head and said.

  "From sixty to one hundred and twenty-six, they are mainly loose cultivators and small family cultivators! If Ye wants to take their hut, it should be relatively easy."

  "In the first thirty to sixty numbers, there are mostly some small family cultivators and a few scattered cultivators. Those small families are narrow-minded and vengeful, if you snatch their huts, be careful not to suffer their revenge in the future... However, if Brother Ye can occupy the huts of the first sixty, it's only a matter of time before he becomes a disciple of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, with the same status as them, and there's no need to fear them at all! With real power, just snatch it!"

  "In the top thirty, all are occupied by the big family children of Xian City, and only a small number of small family children can rush up. They are all extremely powerful, with excellent spells, spiritual instruments, and spiritual beasts. Their family background is also deeply rooted, making it extremely difficult to overthrow them! Loose cultivators without the strength of the sixth layer of the Refining Qi period should not lightly think about the top thirty."

  Zhu Dahao said quickly, he was very familiar with these situations, and spoke directly.

  "Directly seize the 50th! I'll cultivate in the 50th hut for a month and see what effect it has."

  Ye Chen thought for a moment and said.

  "Number fifty? Direct doubling, won't the difficulty be a bit too high? ...... The master of the 50th hut, seems to be Chen Rongyuan, a young son of a small family in Xiancheng. In Xiancheng, the Chen family is also considered to have some power."

  Qian Shan stood up in surprise and doubt.

  "Not bad, directly double it. If only advancing more than a dozen forward, I wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to seize the Lu! The size of the spiritual spring after No. 60 is about the same, whether or not to exchange is the same. Directly doubling it can have an obvious effect."

  Ye Chen nodded.

  "Awesome! I used to think you weren't strong enough, little bro, but now I believe in you!"

  Zhu Dahao's eyes gleamed with excitement, and he suddenly clapped his hands together. He swallowed hard and bellowed, "Ye brother, if you succeed this time, it will definitely shake the whole Qing Shan Lake! All the loose cultivators in Qing Shan Lake will stand on your side. Don't worry about that Chen Rongyuan! What's a small Chen family? A family of at most a few dozen people can't compare to our thousands of loose cultivators in Qing Shan Lake!"

  "Ye Lao Di, do you know what's most depressing for us scattered cultivators in these immortal cities?"

  "The most depressing thing is that the top thirty, top sixty, are almost all occupied by monks from large and small families. We scattered cultivators work hard to rush forward, but we can't get ahead no matter what. In the entire Qing Shan Lake, this year's highest ranked scattered cultivator is Wang Ran, who is in the fifty-third hut."

  "We wandering cultivators most admire Wang Ran! He defeated the original 53rd hut master, with such strength, he must enter the top nine sects! Many wandering cultivators support him, those who call Wang Ran brother are at least over a hundred people, absolutely a unified response. That small family disciple who was defeated by Wang Ran and lost his hut, still doesn't dare to do anything to Wang Ran, can only admit defeat!"

  "As long as you can rush to the 50th hut, I won't say anything else, just me, Zhu Dahao, can summon hundreds of brothers. You are the one who is in charge, see who dares to make things difficult for you! If you have the ability to take down the first 30 huts, the thousands of scattered cultivators at Qing Shan Lake will all regard you as their greatest pride."

  Zhu Dahao excitedly patted his chest and said.