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"…Can you teach me more? 99."

Late at night, the two stood beside the waterfall. The surging river water fell from the sky. The surroundings were not quiet, and there was even some noise: the screaming of insects, the croaking of frogs by the river, and the howling of wild animals from the mountains from time to time.

Qiu Puryue looked at Qin Xiao, who had half his eyelids drooping and hadn't spoken for a long time, pursed her lips, mustered up her courage, and was about to ask again -

"What to teach?" Qin Xiao's voice was a little hoarse, his eyes were indifferent, and he seemed a little sleepy.

"I... lost to 11 in the fight that day." Qiu Puryue's eyes darkened when she mentioned what happened not long ago, and her voice was a little unwilling. "You know, but I don't want to be like this. I want to become stronger... You are all very good, 33 is, and you are too, so I think that only training during the day is not enough, so... I want to ask you to help me, I want to become stronger."

"But don't you know that kind of blood technique? Isn't it very easy to protect yourself using that method?" Qin Xiao looked at her and said.

"But what if one day I can't use it? And even if I survive, I will definitely have to get out. After I get out... I definitely can't use blood magic casually. How should I protect myself then?" Qiu Puryue racked her brains to organize her words and said anxiously.

"Although Yin Xihui said that... I can probably sense that I'm not using my attributes very well, and there's not much music to practice here... So I want to learn more about physical skills, and you're the best, so..."

"That's not necessarily true." Qin Xiao rubbed his head, looked to the side, frowned, and seemed a little impatient.

Seeing him like this, Qiu Puyue tightened her fingers and vaguely knew the answer in her heart.

"...If it's too much of a stretch, forget it." Qiu Puryue lowered her head and closed her eyes. "Sorry for disturbing your rest."

"..."

Qin Xiao looked at the waterfall with surging waves without saying a word, as if he was thinking about something.

In an instant, he suddenly spoke.

"Do you know that there is still a kind of breath in this world?"

Qiu Puryue was stunned and didn't react for a moment: "Aura?"

"There is another kind, I call it Yuan Qi." Qin Xiao glanced at her calmly, raised his hand gently, palm facing down, and suddenly a cloud of white gas appeared in the air. It was like the morning mist, and also like the smoke that adults puffed out.

"This can also be practiced." Qin Xiao opened his fingers slightly, and the white gas dissipated.

Qiu Puyue stared at him blankly, having a vague premonition.

She is about to touch upon an area that she, and even most people in the world, have never touched.

She didn't ask how Qin Xiao knew it, nor did she ask why he was so skilled. She just listened to Qin Xiao quietly.

"But this is different from Qi. Qi is integrated into the tendons and veins, wanders around the body, and finally gathers in the heart. It is a breakthrough aura. After you accumulate and practice to a certain level, you will experience a breakthrough like an upward step. After you break through, the Qi you can absorb and transform will be much higher than before." Qin Xiao pointed to the heart and suddenly stretched out his hand to her.

Qiu Purue was startled, but did not move. She watched Qin Xiao put his hand on her forehead.

"The vitality is gathered here." Qin Xiao's fingers did not move, Qiu Purue felt a warm breath seeping into her forehead, but as Qin Xiao's palm left, the breath also dissipated.

"Head?" Qiu Puryue touched her belly and asked.

"Dantian." Qin Xiao said, and stretched out his hands to her chest and abdomen, and the same warmth flowed.

"The Dantian is divided into three points. Yintang, Tanzhong, and Guanyuan." Qin Xiao said slowly, "Generally speaking, it refers to the lower Dantian, which is your abdomen, three inches below your belly button."

"The vital energy flows along the meridians and eventually gathers in these three places, but usually it is allowed to settle in the lower dantian to stabilize itself." Qin Xiao sat cross-legged and demonstrated to her, "These two kinds of aura are different. To cultivate qi, you need to refine the free qi around you and let it blend smoothly into your attributes. But vital energy is absorbed, absorbed directly into the body, and then transformed when used, so that it can play a different role."

"Qi is singular, because your attributes are fixed, so you can only refine Qi with the same attributes as you. But Yuan Qi is not like that, it can be varied. It is a kind of energy, somewhat similar to water, it can be soft or sharp, all of which depends on your thoughts."

Qin Xiao clasped his hands together, then slowly opened them. A white gas appeared in the palms of his hands, which did not seem to pose any threat.

Following Qin Xiao's signal, Qiu Puyue slowly approached and tentatively reached out to touch it. The result was like touching the morning mist, she went straight through it and felt a warm and wet feeling on her fingers, but when she looked closely, she did not find any water at all.

"Very gentle, right?" Qin Xiao asked.

Qiu Puryue withdrew her gaze, looked at him, and nodded.

Qin Xiao gently circled his index finger, and the white gas swirled above his fingernail. He flicked his finger gently. The white gas flew away like a sharp arrow, and in an instant it rushed to the rushing water. The moment it touched the water, it suddenly exploded.

The water surface was instantly shattered, and the waves splashed everywhere. The huge impact force almost made Qiu Puyue fall to the ground. After shaking twice and standing firm, he saw the white water splashing.

In an instant, Qiu Puryue was completely soaked. She turned around and found that Qin Xiao was still sitting there, but a thin white mist condensed towards the side of the waterfall, blocking all the splashes, not getting a single drop of water.

Qiu Puryue: ...

Qin Xiao's expression did not change, and he still looked at her calmly, as if such a thing was as easy as eating and sleeping.

"what do you think?"

Looking at Qin Xiao's dark and shining eyes in the moonlight, Qiu Purue suddenly felt unprecedented excitement in her heart.

……

Qiu Puryue suddenly opened her eyes, and what she saw was a bloody mouth.

Qiu Puryue shuddered, but before she could panic, she heard Taotie's snoring in her ears.

Qiu Puryue: ...

Looking at the Taotie snoring with his mouth wide open in front of her, Qiu Puryue pushed him slightly, but failed to move him away.

Instead, Taotie moved his legs as if he felt something, licked his lips, and closed his mouth.

Qiu Puryue looked out the window and found that the moon was still hanging in the sky, so she knew that it was not time yet.

Qiu Puyue sat up, carefully stepped over Taotie, got out of bed, poured herself a glass of water, and swallowed it slowly.

Her room was on the third floor, the highest floor of the house. She chose this room to prevent herself from being buried at the bottom if the Taotie and his men destroyed the house.

Qiu Puyue glanced at Taotie who had run onto the bed at some point, scratched his head, and ran to the sofa next door with the quilt in his arms to sleep.

I dreamed about that time...

Qiu Puryue took the cup, drank it in one gulp, and licked the corner of her lips.

Speaking of which...

That night, her blood boiled and she knelt down excitedly, wanting to worship Qin Xiao as her master. Even after being dragged to her feet by Qin Xiao, she still did not give up until she was choked by water for a long time and had to give up this plan.

Too cruel...

Qiu Puyue's heart would beat fast whenever she thought of it.

If she had not learned to swim before that day, she would have been pressed to death in the water by Qin Xiao.

……

The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight came into the room, Qiu Puryue opened her eyes.

Yuhua provides them with free breakfast, which is quite good.

After finishing her meal, Qiu Puryue looked at the time and went to call Yu Jin.

As soon as she stepped into the room, she smelled a faint smell of blood. Looking at the sleeping Yu Jin, she thought that his wounds had not healed yet. Before Qiu Purue could think about it, a gust of wind blew past, and the beast disappeared. The man looked at her coldly.

"It's time to leave." Qiu Puryue looked at him and took out a bracelet from behind.

In order to distinguish the monsters, Yuhua requires that the monsters must have specific signs when going out. Taking into account the strong self-esteem of many high-level monsters, they choose to use bracelets as markers.

The bracelet is a kind of Qi guide. As long as the Qi is input, the owner's name, contact information, and place of residence will be displayed to prevent the monster from getting lost or causing trouble.

Yu Jin looked at her coldly, snatched the bracelet, and put it on his hand without any hesitation.

This surprised Qiu Purue a little, but looking at Yu Jin's indifferent face, she didn't say anything.

"You didn't have to come." Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu who was dozing off beside him and said helplessly.

They have now arrived at the training ground that Qiu Puryue had agreed to in advance. The training ground is located in the outer city, far away from the crowds of the city. It is vast, with hillsides and pools on the grounds, covering almost all terrains, with no end in sight, and can accommodate all kinds of monsters.

When Qin Xiao arrived, he found that there were already several contestants who came here with their monsters for training. Two of them seemed to have made an appointment and started fighting when they arrived.

Qin Xiao looked at the yawning Qiongqi beside him and said helplessly: "Why did you follow me?"

"Didn't the demon beast called... Chifeng say that yesterday?" Mo Hanyu rubbed his eyes, pouted his lips, and looked at him dissatisfiedly, "I'm worried about you. If you really get mad, I can help you calm down."

"You slept till you were stupid, right?" Qin Xiao frowned and looked at him, "Aren't you an evil cultivator? Are you using your attributes here because you're afraid you'll be too idle?"

Mo Hanyu: ...

Mo Hanyu turned his head. Although he didn't say anything, his pouting lips clearly showed that he still felt dissatisfied.

Qin Xiao ignored him and looked at Qiongqi: "What about you?"

"Taotie will come." Qiongqi said lazily, "I'll come over and take a look."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao felt a little tired.

"What's with that expression on your face? It doesn't bother you at all." Qiongqi was dissatisfied.

“…Yes, yes, yes…” Qin Xiao closed his eyes and thought of the conversation he had had with the child named Yin.

"Come on, it's a pity that I can't go to watch for some reason, but I believe you can do it. It just so happens that I have some money, so I will bet on her to win after the next draw... You guys must come on, I'm going to bet everything on her."

Yin Xihui said these words in a very relaxed tone, as if he was talking to Qin Xiao about how delicious the lunch he had was.

Qin Xiao: ...

Who asked you to bet?

Qin Xiao scratched his head in annoyance. He was just in a good mood, and seeing Qiu Puyue's pitiful look, he said a few more words, but he didn't expect it to be so troublesome...

Qin Xiao frowned and looked at Mo Hanyu with an upset look.

Mo Hanyu seemed to feel nothing at all. He leaned against him, put his hand on one of Qin Xiao's shoulders, rested his chin on the other side, and put his other hand through the hands on his waist and shoulders, clasping them tightly, hugging Qin Xiao, with his whole body hanging loosely on Qin Xiao's shoulder.

"...Stand still." Qin Xiao had no intention of paying attention to him, but who would have thought that the kid would become stronger and stronger, and was about to press his whole body on him.

"Sleepy." Mo Hanyu seemed not to notice Qin Xiao's dissatisfied expression. He closed his eyes and gently leaned his head on his neck.

"Go back to sleep if you're sleepy." Qin Xiao shook his shoulders, trying to shake off his head.

"Let me hold you for a while." Mo Hanyu refused and held Qin Xiao's hands tightly, not letting him pry his hands open.

"...Mo Hanyu?"

It was not until Qin Xiao called his name in a threatening voice that Mo Hanyu had to give up and let go of his hand obediently.

"Stingy..." Mo Hanyu muttered softly, turned around and sat down next to Qiongqi.

Qiongqi used his body to feel Mo Hanyu's warmth, opened one eye to glance at him, then closed it and continued to sleep lightly.

Looking at the two who were almost falling asleep together, Qin Xiao said with some disdain: "Just go back to sleep."

Qiongqi ignored him. Mo Hanyu was too lazy to pay attention to him either.

Qin Xiao: ...

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed past Qin Xiao and ran straight towards Qiongqi.

Qin Xiao was startled and was about to do something, but Qiongqi had already opened its mouth, grabbed Mo Hanyu by the back of the collar, flapped its wings and flew up, avoiding the pounce of the black shadow.

Mo Hanyu opened his eyes in confusion and found that he had separated from the opposite side. Looking at the black shadow on the ground, it took him several seconds to realize that it was Taotie.

"Tao, Taotie!" Qiu Puryue ran over breathlessly and was stunned when she saw this scene.

Qin Xiao turned around and waved at her.

"Qin, Qin Xiao." Qiu Puyue smiled brightly at him, and her expression was obviously much more relaxed.

"Why are you here too?" Taotie stood up and looked up at Qiongqi.

Qiongqi glanced at him, his teeth slightly loose. Mo Hanyu fell to the ground.

"It has nothing to do with you."

Qiongqi said this, slowly landed and folded his wings.

Qin Xiao was about to say something to Qiu Puyue when he suddenly took a big step back. The moment his toes left the ground, a beam of fire shot up from the ground.

Qiongqi raised his eyebrows and smiled with interest.

Taotie was not surprised at all and glanced over there indifferently.

Mo Hanyu was shocked and quickly ran to Qin Xiao, looking around to see if he was okay.

"It's okay." Qin Xiao held the hand he extended to prevent him from patting his back. As soon as he raised his head, he met a pair of eyes glowing red.

"Oh, it's a kid." A man in red suddenly appeared in front of Qin Xiao, slightly bent down, and a huge shadow fell and covered him.

The man’s handsome face was almost touching Qin Xiao’s face, and his slender fingers wanted to hold his neck, but were easily avoided.

"I heard you're coming to train us?" Chi Feng's pupils shrank slightly, his eyes looked contemptuous, "Have you been weaned?"

"Not yet." Qin Xiao looked calm, not angry at his gaze, and replied calmly, "Your name is Chi Feng, right?"

"Yes, so what?" Chi Feng tilted his head slightly and stared at him with interest, as if he would take action at any time.

Qin Xiao felt the fingers holding his arm tightened, and he patted them soothingly. He took another step back, out of Chi Feng's shadow, and turned to look at the nervous Qiu Puryue.

"What about the injured one?"