I will survive with proficiency

"I didn't expect Xiyue to have such a childhood experience!"

After bidding farewell to Ji Xiuyuan, Chen Ping entered the Lingxi Corridor alone, recalling Xi Yue's childhood memories that Ji Xiuyuan had said, and still felt sad.

then.

The village where Xiyue lived was plundered by demonic cultivators. The village was reduced to ashes in a raging fire and disappeared overnight, leaving ashes everywhere.

Because Xiyue was young, she fainted and died early, and was protected by her mother in her arms.

Later, he was rescued by a traveling master who happened to be passing by there, and was taken into the path of cultivating immortality.

At that time, Xiyue was only four years old.

Because she has followed her master since she was young, Xiyue has regarded her master as an elder like her biological father since she was a child.

She has been a good girl since childhood.

Since he was a child, he has regarded inheriting Master's legacy as his ultimate goal in life. He has never questioned any of Master's decisions or doubted anything.

Of course, she is extremely talented and has never failed to live up to her master's expectations on her journey of cultivation.

When Xiyue first came, Ji Xiuyuan was in the foundation building level.

He also takes great care of this little junior sister.

So much so that when Ji Xiuyuan himself discovered the anomaly of his master and began to explore the secrets of Moyang's boundary wall, he knew that this was an extremely risky thing, so he never thought of dragging Xiyue into the water.

Afterwards, the Dongchuang Incident happened, and Ji Xiuyuan escaped into the devil world.

For many years after returning from the demon world, he lived in various dark corners of the human world, and also never contacted Xiyue.

So much so that Xiyue still doesn't know whether Ji Xiuyuan is dead or alive.

Back then, as Ji Xiuyuan dug into his master's secrets, he was surprised to find out that Xiyue's parents died and the entire village was reduced to ashes. This incident was not actually caused by the demon cultivator.

But his master.

That is, Xiyue’s master.

Ji Xiuyuan guessed that the master had noticed Xiyue's talent at that time and had already chosen her as the imprisoned supporter. In order to make Xiyue give up her worldly thoughts and concentrate on practicing Taoism, she destroyed her whole family, cut off her thoughts, and consolidated her Taoist heart. .

Or maybe he did it to make Xiyue feel grateful for his life-saving grace and obey his words.

Xiyue still doesn't know about this matter.

Ji Xiuyuan never told her.

This incident came from Ji Xiuyuan's mouth. Whether it was true or not, Chen Ping could not confirm, but Xiyue had never mentioned her family, and she did respect her master very much.

If it's true.

That Xiyue was too miserable.

Chen Ping could not imagine how her heart collapsed the moment she knew the truth.

The master whom I have respected all my life, the master who raised me and taught me how to practice Taoism, is actually my enemy who killed his father and mother.

How cruel.

If this is true, Chen Ping can understand why Ji Xiuyuan did not tell Xiyue about it.

Why.

This is the case in the world of immortality.

Everywhere is full of intrigues.

Did Yu Qingyi treat his granddaughter like this back then?

In the world of immortality, the lives of the weak are as worthless as ants in the eyes of the strong.

Crushing you is like crushing an ant. Even if your brains burst out and you die without any body, it will not make the strong man feel even a trace of mercy.

Chen Ping hoped that this story was false and was made up by Ji Xiuyuan. If it is true, I hope Xiyue never knows the truth.

Chen Ping recovered his thoughts and continued to move forward, focusing on his own journey.

Lingxi Corridor, as its name suggests, is a space corridor.

On one side of the promenade is the dense forest, and on the other side is the blue sea.

The coastline divides the entire promenade into two.

Like two distinct ribbons.

Chen Ping was walking on such a coastline at the moment.

What he needs to do is to walk along the coastline from one end of the promenade to the other end of the promenade.

In this way, you can enter the Cangqing Ancient World from the human world.

This road is not easy.

The Lingxi Corridor is divided into peripheral and deep areas.

The place where Chen Ping and Ji Xiuyuan were talking was the outer area, where people of all cultivation levels could enter.

The depth area is different.

After monks with different cultivation levels enter the deep area of ​​the corridor, they will enter different spaces. They are obviously in the Lingxi Corridor, or even standing in the same place, but they cannot see each other and what they are doing. They will not interfere with each other.

Therefore, it would not work if a monk of a higher realm led him through the Lingxi Corridor.

now.

Chen Ping walked slowly along the pink beach.

There are many high-level monsters in the water, land, and air spaces here, and they may attack intruders at any time.

Chen Ping's spiritual perception is strong enough. As long as he is careful enough to avoid them in advance and does not deliberately anger them, he will usually not be in big trouble.

These are not the hardest parts.

The difficulty is that there are still various side roads waiting here.

More importantly, these passes may not be the same in each period.

It is difficult to prepare in advance.

"Oh haha, here comes another one, oh haha."

As Chen Ping moved forward cautiously, a figure suddenly appeared on the sea and let out a scary laugh.

Chen Ping subconsciously took out his sword and shield and stepped back on the wind. At the same time, his consciousness moved and countless long swords stabbed towards the figure.

As he retreated, he could clearly see the figure in front of him. It was a figure similar to the figure emerging from Aladdin's magic lamp. However, the long tail did not emerge from the magic lamp, but emerged from the sea. .

The figures are also much larger.

"Don't be nervous, little friend. The old woman is just a special soul. It has no offensive power and cannot hurt the little friend. Of course, little friend, there is no need to work in vain. The old woman can't hurt the old woman either." The voice of the figure came.

It was the face of a kind old lady.

But the sound was extremely scary, sometimes thick and sometimes thin, sometimes muddy and sometimes clear.

It's even more terrifying when you laugh.

At the same time, a light shield suddenly appeared from the pink gravel below the old woman. Once the light shield was generated, it immediately extended up, down, left, and right, becoming boundless and dividing the entire space into two.

Completely blocking Chen Ping's way.

Chen Ping silently stepped back a few feet, keeping a sufficient distance from the old woman.

Is this the first pass?

From the introduction brochure of the Lingxi Corridor given by Xiyue, as well as from the communication with Ji Xiuyuan a few days ago, I learned that all obstacles encountered in the Lingxi Corridor cannot be forced.

It’s useless and can’t be broken.

Lingxi Corridor is not a natural product in nature.

It is an artificially created gap between the two realms. These passes are artificially arranged based on the right time and place.

To a certain extent, it can be said that these passes are the screening points for monks going to the Cangqing Ancient World.

Similar to the second pass in Zhumo Field.

It depends on proficiency to solve it.

It’s easy to say how long it will take, ranging from one or two years to decades.

For Chen Ping, as long as it is something that can be solved with proficiency, at least it will not be fatal.

This risk can be taken.

This is why he said goodbye to Ji Xiuyuan and finally dared to enter here.

Of course, what makes Chen Ping even more relieved is that.

Judging from the information obtained, although the passes here may be different in each period, they all have a common characteristic.

That is, many passes are related to special Taoist charms in ancient times, and the turtles given by Biyuan can swallow these Taoist charms.

This is the second level of assurance.

It's Chen Ping's trump card.

Chen Ping cupped his hands and said:

"I don't mean to offend the senior, but I just need to use the road to move forward. I will never destroy the plants and trees here. I wonder if I can make it easier for you?"

The old woman chuckled:

"Haha, he is much more polite than those young boys before."

"My little friend, I see that you are a pretty person, and you are not a short-lived person. There is no need to die here. Go back, there is still time."

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that this NPC actually had the function of dissuading people to leave, and said:

"Juniors have no retreat."

He cannot return to the human world yet.

The time was too short, Shengxian Valley has not forgotten this matter.

The Lingxi Corridor is obviously not suitable as a place to stay regularly.

Not to mention whether the white-bearded Taoist will find this place, he may go through the Nascent Soul Tribulation at any time and will need external resources. This place obviously does not meet the requirements.

"That's right, the old woman has never succeeded in persuading anyone." The old woman grinned:

"If you want to walk over there, that's fine."

"My little friend has to bring something in exchange."

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment:

"Senior, what do you want?"

The old woman pursed her wrinkled mouth:

"My little friend has two hundred years of life."

Chen Ping:? ? ?

What a harsh request.

Generally speaking, Yuanying has a lifespan of 1,000 years, and it costs one-fifth of it.

"You can't bear to part with it, right? No one can bear to part with it, not even those who came before. So there is a second option. How about giving half of Nascent Soul in exchange?"

Chen Ping:.

Throw away half of your Nascent Soul, not to mention whether you will lose your life.

It is definitely impossible to become a god again in this life.

Even if he gets a panacea to nourish his soul in the future.

Unless the second Nascent Soul is raised in advance.

"Can't bear to give it away? Haha, that's right. Who among those who come to walk the Lingxi Corridor is not a proud man of heaven? How could he be willing to give away half of his Nascent Soul?"

"Don't worry, there is a third option."

"This is also the last choice."

As soon as the old woman finished speaking, her big hand suddenly grew bigger, covering the sky and the sun, and waved it towards the sea. However, it did not make waves, but felt like a breeze blowing on her face.

Countless fantasy stars fell with the big palm.

On the sea, a girl slowly rose.

The girl is wearing a blue dress. The reason why the dress is blue is not the color itself, but a layer of slowly flowing light sea water on it.

The girl frowned and twisted her body continuously, looking extremely painful.

When he saw the old woman, he struggled to speak:

"Grandma, Xiao Ning hurts so much."

"It's so hot."

The old woman felt distressed and said to Chen Ping:

"This is the old lady's granddaughter Xiao Ning. She has been suffering from the Lingxi Sea Flame all year round. As long as I can help Xiao Ning solve the pain of the Lingxi Sea Flame, the old lady promises in exchange that I will not embarrass you in the slightest and will let you go immediately."

"What is Lingxi Haiyan?" Chen Ping was noncommittal.

After the old woman's introduction, I found out that the light blue seawater wrapped around Xiao Ning's body was not ordinary seawater, but contained a special water charm.

In other words, it is Tao Yun.

There is a water mansion deep in this sea area, which is the place where the ancient immortals fell.

The Tao Yun in Shuifu is the cursed Tao Yun.

This kind of water charm is called the Lingxi Sea Flame.

Xiao Ning accidentally entered the Water Mansion and was haunted by the spiritual sea flames all year round.

Although the Lingxi Sea Flame is sea water, it is like a flame and has a burning effect on the monks with increased damage, making Xiao Ning miserable all year round.

If the Lingxi Sea Flame can be separated from Xiao Ning, Xiao Ning can enjoy three years of happiness.

He will no longer be haunted by the Lingxi Sea Flame within three years.

"How can we take out the Lingxi Sea Flame?" Chen Ping knew it would not be an easy task.

"You will know if you carefully feel the spiritual sea flames on Xiao Ning's body."

Chen Ping released his consciousness with doubts.

I was surprised to find that the light blue water was like silk threads, wrapping around the girl's body.

Those seawater threads are not forbidden to move, but are constantly flickering, disappearing and reappearing, appearing and disappearing again.

Chen Ping subconsciously thought of the scene in Zhumo Field.

"My little friend, you read it right. Under the influence of this poisonous Taoist charm, the Lingxi Haiyan is like a very fine thread. You only need to focus on pulling out all those threads, and it will naturally... I helped Xiao Ning.”

"However, I would like to remind you that once you start drawing out the threads, you cannot stop. Once one of the threads fails to pull out, Lingxi Haiyan will wake up and defend itself, and then the chance to pull out will be completely lost." The old woman explained.

There are so many thousands of sea threads that need to be extracted one by one?

And there can’t be one mistake along the way?

Otherwise, all efforts will be wasted?

The key is that these sea threads are constantly flashing, and it is really difficult to find the patterns among them.

"What will happen if we fail?" Chen Ping looked at the painful Xiao Ning.

"fail?"

The old woman burst out laughing:

"Since it's a transaction, failure means making Xiao Ning more painful, and there will naturally be a price to pay."

The old woman waved her big hand again.

The Taoist rhyme on the sea surface changes, and a sea area appears.

There was a large group of human monks soaking in the sea! !

Chen Ping couldn't help but feel nervous.

These monks are all alive, with their lower bodies soaked in seawater and their upper bodies floating above the sea level. They all hold a few needles in their hands and use Daoyun sea silk as yarn, and they are busy knitting sweaters with their heads down.

this.

Forget it about female nuns.

The male cultivators also do the same job.

"If it fails, I have to knit a sweater for Xiao Ning here. Knit a cooling sweater and serve it for 200 years." The old woman's voice sounded at the right time.

now.

When the monks on the sea heard the sound, they all turned their heads and looked at Chen Ping.

It was a clear yet confused look.

The spiritual consciousness of these monks is clear!

Among the crowd, Chen Ping saw a familiar figure.

A neighborhood where he lived in Tianyin Fairy City.

When Chen Ping first arrived in Tianyin Fairy City, he was still a monk in the middle stage of Jindan. At that time, there was a young monk in the Nascent Soul stage living next door.

Chen Ping also visited this person back then and knew that his surname was Si.

Brother Si came from a large sect and was quite proud. He looked down upon monks like Chen Ping who came from remote areas. What's more, Chen Ping's cultivation level at that time was still a big level below.

It is precisely because of this that the two have not crossed paths even after being adjacent to each other for hundreds of years.

Only a nod of acquaintance.

Later, before Chen Ping was promoted to Yuanying, Brother Si had already left.

Chen Pingyuan thought that Brother Si had returned to his original sect, but he never expected that he was trapped here.

"Fellow Daoist Si, what are you doing?" Chen Ping said hello.

Could it be that he escaped in advance to avoid becoming a prisoner?

Brother Si saw Chen Ping looking over with a complicated expression and lonely eyes.

He turned his head and when he looked back again, his appearance had changed and he said calmly to Chen Ping:

"Fellow Taoist admitted the wrong person. I am Jiang Li, and I am not the Fellow Daoist Si who you mentioned."

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment.

Withdrew his gaze and said nothing more.

"Fellow Taoist, go back. The opportunities in the Cangqing Ancient World are indeed very tempting, but the passes of the Lingxi Passage are very difficult. Once the bet fails and you are trapped here for 200 years, you will lose more than you gain." One of the kind-hearted monks advised.

"Damn it, at first glance, you can find the clues and patterns of those twinkling sea threads. As long as my consciousness is strong enough, I can always peel off the threads and pull out the cocoons. This level doesn't seem difficult. Who knows my god Consciousness can't sustain it for so long, and eventually it falls short."

"My spiritual consciousness is quite good, but the accuracy of my spiritual consciousness is a little bit off. One of the sea threads was not captured accurately."

"Hey, mother, 200 years."

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These monks who were trapped on the sea finally met new people, and they started talking about each other.

Some advised Chen Ping to leave as soon as possible.

Most of them are waiting to see Chen Ping's jokes, waiting for Chen Ping to join their ranks and have another sweater worker.

Although this does not save them from suffering, it can give them psychological balance.

It doesn’t matter if I’m unlucky or not.

But you have to be as unlucky as me so I don't feel so sad.

Chen Ping glanced at the people whose bodies were half buried in the sea, and thought that this sea was really weird and unpredictable, and it could actually trap a group of Nascent Soul monks here without being able to move.

I can understand the sighs of these monks.

200 years.

Although Nascent Soul monks can live for more than a thousand years, the monk's life span will be reduced due to obsession during the cultivation process, damage to the foundation of fighting, poisoning, and the poison left by taking inferior spiritual materials.

Usually living 1,000 years is pretty good.

If you want to advance to become a god, it is best to complete it before the age of 700, and at the latest 800 years old. There is basically no hope after that age.

Calculated in this way, assuming that you are 300 years old when you are promoted to Nascent Soul, then only about 400 years will actually be used for cultivation in the Nascent Soul stage.

Up to 500 years.

But here it was delayed for 200 years.

Losing 40% of the training time in the Nascent Soul Stage basically means that there is no hope of becoming a god.

The people who come here are all talented monks. At least they once had the dream of becoming a god. Now that they are sentenced to death, it is impossible not to feel lonely.

Chen Ping withdrew his gaze, no longer looking at the group of monks who were stuck in the quagmire, but took a few steps towards Xiao Ning.

It's a proficiency thing.

As long as you are willing to take the time, breaking through this hurdle is almost inevitable.

But the problem is, to be sure, if you want to improve your proficiency, you don't know how many years it will take to delay this.

Chen Ping thought of the pair of mother-and-child turtles given by Fairy Biyuan.

His consciousness moved slightly.

The Luanling Burning Light Mother Turtle appeared on the hand.

Chen Ping just took it out, and before he had time to study whether it was useful, the turtle seemed to feel something and actually came to life. The neck of the turtle on its back stretched out, its eyes widened, and it looked towards Xiao Ning.

His mouth suddenly opened.

Xiao Ning's spiritual sea flame also came to life at the same time.

Countless sea silks sensed the threat and stopped entangling Xiao Ning for a moment. They turned around and saw the mother and baby turtle. They seemed frightened and hurriedly burrowed into Xiao Ning's body.

But as the big mouth of the Luan Ling Yan Guang mother turtle opened to swallow all things, all the sea threads were like encountering a black hole. None of them could escape, and they were all sucked away by the mother turtle.

The water on Xiao Ning's body suddenly emptied.

this.

Chen Ping didn't expect that Luan Ling's burning mother turtle would have such great abilities.

At the moment when the Luan Ling Burning Light Mother Turtle turned into a dead thing again, Chen Ping saw that there was a tree of life inside the mother turtle, and as the cursed Lingxi Sea Flame devoured it, a small section of the tree had withered.

This phenomenon passed in a flash, and the mother and baby turtles once again turned into lifeless creatures.

"Xiao Ning has not felt so relaxed for many years. Xiao Ning thanks you for rescuing me." Xiao Ning, who was temporarily relieved of the threat, gave him a polite gift.

The old woman laughed:

"A small friendly gesture."

"No wonder he dares to come to Lingxi Corridor. He is much more capable than those boys knitting sweaters in the sea."

"The deal has been completed. Congratulations to the kids for getting one step closer to their goal. This beach promenade will be open to kids for 30 years. Within 30 years, kids will be able to move in and out without any hindrance."

Chen Ping put away the Luanling Burning Light mother turtle and took a breath.

I didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

"Thank you, senior, for your support." Chen Ping bowed.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a group of sweater workers in the sea behind him, staring at his back in stunned silence. The whole scene was silent for a moment.

Chen Ping's mouth trembled.

This turtle is too showy.

Don’t you know how to pretend to work hard, pretend to try your best, and slowly engulf those spiritual sea flames?

Look, this group of people was shocked.

Too high profile.

However, thinking that they are about to go to the Cangqing Ancient World, and most of these people will not have the energy to challenge the Lingxi Corridor again after the ban is lifted in 200 years, they will most likely stay in the human world for the rest of their lives.

And when I return to the human world again, I don’t know what year and month it will be.

Looking at it this way, I am afraid that I will never have any intersection with them in the rest of my life.

There is no need to worry about being plotted by them.

Behind him, in the sea.

Brother Si's needlework paused, and he looked slightly distracted as he watched Chen Ping's leaving figure. This monk whom he once looked down upon has now gone through great changes, his situation has reversed, and he has reached a height that he cannot reach.

Seeing Chen Ping look back, Brother Si quickly lowered his head and concentrated on knitting, pretending not to recognize him.

When he saw Chen Ping walking away, he stopped working on his needlework and sighed slightly.

The pink beach stretches infinitely behind Chen Ping.

‘Originally I thought that I would be indebted to Fairy Biyuan, but now it seems that this treasure is anything but simple. Hey, I owe Fairy Biyuan another favor. ’

In the following time, Chen Ping passed several passes.

It is not necessary to conquer all these passes. You only need to conquer three passes in succession to be recognized by the Lingxi Corridor.

Some of these passes are related to Taoist rhymes, some are related to the search for spiritual materials, some are related to the identification of special characters in the ruins, and so on.

Most of them are related to ancient ruins.

Because of the existence of the Luanling Burning Light Turtle, the three passes selected by Chen Ping are all related to the "special Taoist charm".

These Taoist rhymes are all related to ancient times.

And the Tao rhymes of each level are different, some are cold Tao rhymes, some are heat-inducing Tao rhymes, some are poisonous Tao rhymes, and so on.

The Cangqing Ancient World itself is an ‘ancient world’ and is closely related to the ancient times. It would make sense to say that these passes were created by the Cangqing Ancient World under certain conditions.

A few days later, Chen Ping successfully passed through the inner area of ​​the Lingxi Corridor and entered the outer black mist forest.

The exit of the Lingxi Corridor is not a fixed point. Holding different tokens can lead to different places.

The token held by Chen Ping is the token of the Guan family among the four major families in the Wei Kingdom of Cangqing Ancient Realm.

As long as you hold the token and walk around in the black mist forest, you will eventually reach the exit set by the Guan family.

Another few days passed.

Chen Ping's eyes lit up and he appeared in a towering attic.

"We sincerely welcome fellow Taoist to the Cangqing Ancient World."

In the attic, a harmonious face caught Chen Ping's eyes.