The mage in the city wants to practice Taoism

Holding his hand tightly, he shook the sword to eliminate the trembling and ringing sound caused by the stone. Xun Shouyan did not dare to underestimate the opponent and kept his spirits high. Stepping on the Bagua Step, he held the sword and moved forward quickly. The white sword light on the sword's edge flashed away.

Xi Mengxiu didn't expect that the other party would attack so quickly, and he didn't really understand martial arts. Just because of the blessing of the Xuanluo Dao Realm, his physical fitness has been greatly enhanced. He hurriedly dodged the cold sword light, and noticed from the corner of his eye that the sword light cut through the air, leaving a faint white wave, and a neat ravine on the ground not far away.

He retreated in panic and quickly blessed himself with a "dharma robe", an invisible and transparent protective spell covering his body. Xi Mengxiu swallowed, sweat formed on his forehead, and he suddenly realized: Sword Qi! Those dogs are really lucky!

He kept retreating, and his strong physical fitness allowed him to dodge the sword in time many times, but the psychological comfort brought by the robe was no longer enough. Under the huge pressure, Xi Mengxiu followed the inspiration of the magic power of snapping his fingers and reluctantly condensed the magic "shield" into a palm-sized piece and attached it to his palm. When he finally couldn't avoid it, he held the magic shield in his hand and tilted it upwards, slashing it down. The sword edge blocked it.

The sword energy connected with the translucent white mist-like magic shield, and the sound of "porphyry" erupted, like a gamified knife cutting fruit, or like a small stone falling into a deep pool.

A wave of energy erupted between the sword energy and the "glove shield", and the two took the opportunity to retreat. Finally pulling away from each other, Xi Mengxiu breathed a sigh of relief and sighed to himself: I am a mage actually fighting with you in close combat. It is simply outrageous. His father opened the door for outrageousness - it is outrageous!

Fortunately, it wasn't a real fight to the death. No matter who it was just now, they all used their moves in a grand manner, and no one wanted to use their moves secretly to gain a chance to win. If Xun Shouyan had secretly used a talisman and Xi Mengxiu had secretly used another spell, the two would not have been able to compete so peacefully.

Xun Shouyan finally figured out that Xi Mengxiu didn't know any martial arts at all, but he was extremely physically strong and had a deep and strange "Qi". But this so-called "infuriating energy" is more like a term in martial arts novels, and no one knows this in reality!

Martial arts practitioners start by strengthening their bodies, and then combine their mental will to become extraordinary. Taoism and Buddhism focus on spiritual thought, combined with physical training, and use special rituals to induce the heaven and earth to agree with each other and achieve extraordinary results, and various religions follow this approach. Talented people, as the name suggests, are blessed by God and possess special abilities, but the special abilities must be strong enough to be called "supernatural". No matter which path you take, there is only one out of ten that can achieve extraordinary results!

Xun Shouyan and Mr. Bao's observers came to a preliminary conclusion almost at the same time: Xi Mengxiu's "Qi" looks more like some kind of special innate ability, and secondly it may be the accidental inheritance of some ancient Taoist school - the second possibility The main reason is because Xi Mengxiu himself revealed that he was studying Taoist culture and accidentally possessed "Zhen Qi".

The attacks of the two men were too sharp. If they were not careful, death and injury would be foreseeable. Is it necessary to fight again? Seeing that Xun Shouyan seemed to be thinking about something, Xi Mengxiu thought that the other party had the same concerns as him, so he simply pointed at the mound not far away with a stone in his right hand and made a gesture. Opposite him, Xun Shouyan nodded thoughtfully.

Xi Mengxiu understood and turned to face the small mound six or seven meters away. The ice pick attached to the stone was shot out with the snap of his fingers. After using it several times in a row, Xi Mengxiu became somewhat proficient. After thinking about it, he tried using a basic magic ball to compress and attach stones, and then shot them out pretending to snap his fingers.

The magic ball is the only "skill" that is a direct attack among the basic universal spells of Xi Mengxiu's spell system. It can hit the target directly, explode after hitting the target, or penetrate into the target before exploding.

Xi Mengxiu tried it one by one by compressing it and attaching it to the surface of the stone.

The mound was about one and a half meters high, with a radius of just over two meters. It looked as round as an upside-down frying pan. A few shots of ice picks were okay, holes were shot out of the mound, but nothing penetrated. But when the magic ball hit it, the first few times there were just explosive sounds, and the next three times exploded directly, and the entire mound collapsed!

Xun Shouyan looked at the collapsed mound and was speechless. After thinking about it, he chose a similar mound again, and after striking three times with his sword energy, his face turned pale. The three crescent-shaped foggy white sword lights have the same angle, direction, and size. They move forward one after another, passing sharply across the mound and dissipating in the air. A gap in the middle of the mound runs through the top to the bottom, front to back!

Turning his head to look at the sword mark that was still transparent at first but was soon refilled with soil and blocked the light, Xi Mengxiu couldn't help but salute Xun Shouyan.

The left hand that had been clenched was slightly spread out, and there were twenty or thirty pebbles the size of soybeans, all of which were grabbed from the large bonsai in the green belt before entering the venue!

Xun Shouyan looked at Xi Mengxiu in surprise, suddenly realized something, and solemnly saluted Xi Mengxiu.

Startled by Xun Shouyan's solemn salute, Xi Mengxiu looked at him and his face turned pale. He was a little confused. He thought about it and guessed whether he had lost his strength. I stepped forward to help him intentionally, but I was afraid that I would be mistaken for deliberately trying to lose face.

After a moment of hesitation, the awkward silence fell, and Xi Mengxiu thought about something to say to ease the embarrassment. After all, we had a spar, and we got to know each other, and we became friends. He touched his pocket and took out something.

"Taoist Priest, this is what the owl dog left behind. It is most likely related to something called Zimu Ganoderma. That Zimu Ganoderma may have the effect of prolonging life and improving intelligence...Does the Taoist know this? What is it?"

The two men said they wanted to discuss martial arts, and after a few blows, they began to compete with each other on the mounds. The mounds were offending each other. Seeing that the two people stopped completely and saluted each other, people in the distance came closer to take a look.

Something like a pill wrapped in layers of leaves fell into the eyes of everyone.

Xun Shouyan took a meatball and examined it carefully, then put it in front of his nose to smell it. Xi Mengxiu's eyes trembled because after all, that thing was spit out from the mouth of an old-fashioned dog!

Shen Litong looked at it and couldn't help but reach out and pick up the remaining one. He didn't hear Xi Mengxiu's previous sentence. When he came over, he saw two experts studying the meatballs wrapped in leaves, and his curiosity arose:

"Brother Xiu, what on earth is this? It has the bitter aroma of herbs, but also has an indescribable fishy smell."

As he spoke, he handed the pills to Xie Chengyan's nose to let him smell it, and then wanted Ren Min, who was wearing a mask, to smell it as well. If he wasn't familiar with Captain Qi, he might have to let Captain Qi smell it too.

Xi Mengxiu held a few leaves in his open hands, looked at Shen Litong with strange eyes and said:

"Zhang Luoping said that there is something called Ganoderma lucidum in this base, do you remember it?"

Xie Chengyan immediately responded:

"Prolong life and increase wisdom, is this what it is?"

As he spoke, he took the pill from Shen Litong's hand and looked at it over and over. It makes people suspect that he will swallow this thing at any time.

Xi Mengxiu's expression became more and more strange, but he still said truthfully:

"I don't know, but it's possible. This was given to me by the yellow-haired old-fashioned dog with a tuft of white hair on its head that Zhang Luoping said. Didn't he say that only that old-fashioned dog knew how to use Ganoderma lucidum?"

"The white-haired...yellow-haired old-fashioned dog gave it to you?"

Xie Chengyan was holding the pill in one hand and the pendant on his chest with the other. His eyes were gleaming, and he noticed Xi Mengxiu's expression. Without having time to think about it, he deliberately put the emphasis on the word "give" and asked curiously.

Xi Mengxiu briefly described the situation when he met the old-fashioned dog.

Xun Shouyan observed the pills and listened to several people talking. Now he was finally sure and carefully returned the pills to Xi Mengxiu.

"Based on what fellow Taoist said, I know what this is."

Xun Shouyan did not show off and continued:

"Legend has it that Ganoderma lucidum is used as the main medicine to refine an elixir called Qiling Pill. According to legend, this elixir is given to the immortal beasts. In simple terms, its effect is to extend life and improve intelligence. But it actually opens up spiritual wisdom and allows animals to transform into monsters. But this kind of elixir has not been heard of being spread for thousands of years."

"Since it is a life-extending and intelligence-enhancing product, can it be given to humans?"

Xie Chengyan held the ball and asked curiously.

"I don't know. I haven't heard any relevant rumors. But in my opinion, there should be no problem in taking this spiritual pill for humans. The only thing to worry about is that the effect will not be as good as that of animals. After all, the intelligence of animals is far lower than that of humans. If you take it For the same Qiling Pill, the degree of increase in wisdom is naturally far greater than that of human beings taking it."

"Interesting. So wouldn't it be a human being with intellectual disability or mental retardation..."

Shen Litong snatched the ball from Xie Chengyan's hand, stuffed it back onto the leaves held by Xi Mengxiu, and interrupted him.

"It's a good idea, but don't think about it anymore!"

Guessing something, Xi Mengxiu picked up the leaves again, looked at Xun Shouyan and asked for advice:

"Taoist Master, your He'er... I want to say, can this Spirit-enlightening Pill cultivate a spiritual bird like He'er?"