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Zhong Liqing had been practicing swordsmanship for a long time, and Rong Miaoyin watched silently for a long time. Seeing that she had been practicing diligently and had no intention of resting, she was very satisfied in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. Gu Zi left again.

When the disciples were summoned the next day, they deliberately made things difficult for Zhong Liqing in front of everyone.

"Qin Zhong, go to the side and practice this set of swordsmanship ten times." Rong Miaoyin's eyes were extremely light, and her voice was extremely cold. Elder in charge.

If Zhong Liqing hadn't thought to herself that she had never had any contact with this elder and had no chance to offend her, she would almost have thought that the elder was deliberately targeting her.

"Yes, elder." Respectfully clasped her fists and said yes, she stepped aside, ignoring the mocking or sympathetic eyes of those disciples, and practiced the sword seriously.

"Practice swordsmanship without any other distraction, focus and calmness. Look at yourself again? Do you have meditation? Practice twenty times more."

The ten times were quickly completed, Zhong Liqing saluted, and was about to return to the crowd, but unexpectedly got such an answer.

She couldn't help frowning, but she didn't defend herself, she just gave a salute, and practiced her sword again.

There were only three incidents, but when she was punished by the elder Rong to practice sword for the fourth time, Zhong Liqing finally felt that something was wrong—could the elder Rong be making things difficult for her?

"Pursue stability and don't seek quickness. You must be precise in your moves. What are you doing? Are you embarrassed to say that you are a swordsman? Do it again!"

"Don't worry, don't blame me for punishing you! Thirty times, go."

"Again……"

——Zhong Liqing realized that this Elder Rong was probably targeting her on purpose.

He was appointed to repeat the same swordsmanship over and over again. Even so, Zhong Liqing did not neglect in the slightest. He treated each time as if it was the first time, and practiced it meticulously until the last time. It passed, and the disciples on the school grounds had already left, only Rong Miaoyin, who seemed to be deliberately tormenting her, was standing aside, staring at her sternly.

——Why is the dean so idle today?

Seeing that she didn't intend to leave at all, Zhong Liqing complained incessantly, but her face became more respectful.

Even if there is spiritual power to replenish and nourish the meridians, the physical loss is still huge. She only feels that all the muscles and bones in her body are sore. If it is not for perseverance, if she does not want to teach those people to read a joke, she may not be able to hold on for a long time. Sitting on the ground.

And this situation has been going on for half a month since that day.

Zhong Liqing also complained about this matter to Senior Mu Ye, but in return she sneered: "That girl Rong Miaoyin, she is willing to torment you, so you can take it, it's not a bad thing to be around...with me, You can't die."

Hearing what she said, Zhong Liqing couldn't help but sighed: It seems that asking Senior Mu Ye to be a backer is not the solution after all, she still needs to find a way to solve it herself.

I am ashamed to say that, when I am indecisive, why do I immediately think of relying on the help of others instead of working hard on my own?

This kind of thinking is too weak, it can be seen that after all, I have relied too much on Senior Mu Ye, and unconsciously, I have lost my heart.

Zhong Liqing's heart trembled, and she finally corrected her attitude and mentality. She was not afraid of Rong Miaoyin's torment, but every time she practiced the sword, she put in more effort - as time passed, it seemed that practicing sword became more relaxed and freehand, and she would not be regarded as a swordsman by her. A kind of punishment, but full of interest, more and more immersed in it.

After another half a month, when she went to participate in the challenge again, after trying her best, she was able to win two hundred consecutive victories.

...She thought, maybe she understood Rong Miaoyin's painstaking efforts.

However, after that, her cultivation was stuck in the late stage of Foundation Establishment for more than three years, and she was still unable to make an inch of progress, and could not touch the shadow of forming an alchemy. However, it was only half a year left before the five years she agreed with Senior Mu Ye.

Zhong Liqing couldn't help but feel worried, and she even felt a little anxious when she was practicing, and she couldn't calm down even more.

But suddenly one day, Xie Zhi came to her and told her that there was a place called Refining Heart Road.

"The way to refine one's mind?" Zhong Liqing paused while pouring tea, and raised her head to look at this roommate who stepped into her west wing room for the first time since she moved into Yunlan Residence nearly three years ago.

"Miss Qin, like me, is supposed to be a disciple selected from the sect." Seeing Zhong Liqing's puzzled eyes, Xie Zhi sipped her tea and said calmly, but her tone was affirmative.

"Why do you see that?" Zhong Liqing raised her eyebrows, she didn't like the clarity on Xie Zhi's face, she always felt that that calm and breezy look also revealed an unexpected contempt.

"The gates of the sects are opened once in a hundred years, and they all have different methods to test their disciples. The condition for entering the Chonghua Mountain Gate is to go through the road of refining one's mind." Xie Zhi had no intention of showing off. Seeing her doubts, she explained .

"So it's this one," Zhong Liqing realized after she reminded her that she was referring to the [-]-step climbing path at the foot of Chonghua Mountain—it is said that disciples who worship at the mountain gate need to climb the [-] steps on foot The shorter the steps, the better. Only those who climb to the top within twelve hours are eligible to enter the mountain gate—it’s just that the difficulty is only for mortals and disciples in the Qi refining period. It will take less than half an hour to reach the peak with Yujian, "With all due respect, this way of refining the mind is of no use to us."

"Of course I'm not talking about the [-] steps at the foot of the mountain, but the [-] steps leading to the five main peaks, which is the real heart-training path of the Chonghua Sword School." Xie Zhi put down his teacup and said solemnly, "This road can only be opened by the level of elders and above, and the cultivation base of Nascent Soul and above."

Zhong Liqing suddenly understood that this roommate would come to look for her, and she really went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing: "But, what's the use of you telling me? I'm not a monk in the Nascent Soul Stage."

Seeing that she was pretending to be stupid, Xie Zhi had no choice but to speak clearly and said: "Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that Elder Rong appreciates you very much. If you can convince her, it will be half the matter." Xie Zhi added, "Of course, I have already prepared the three thousand points that need to be paid."

——It turned out that he wanted to borrow his own favor.

Zhong Liqing was stunned, but a plan that killed two birds with one stone immediately appeared in her mind: If she went to ask Lu Xianrou, wouldn't she be able to owe him a favor smoothly?

In this way, not only can he show his diligent and progressive image in front of Lu Xianrou, but he can also get close in the name of repayment in the future, which just makes up for the embarrassment that Yun lived in hermitage back then.

Although her heart was moved, she pretended to be very embarrassed. Zhong Liqing rubbed the teacup, pondered for a while, and when Xie Zhi drank the second cup of tea uncomfortably, she hesitated and asked: "Why do you insist on taking this path of refining your mind? And why do you think that I will leave the flat and stable road and gamble on this rugged and dangerous path?"

As we all know, Zhong Liqing's time to advance to the foundation establishment stage was extremely short, and she is a highly qualified genius, but few people know that it took her less than three years to advance from the early stage of Qi refining to the late stage of foundation establishment, and she The five-year alchemy covenant with Zipao Man is even more well known, except for the two of them, no third person knows about it.

Then, how did Xie Zhi know her urgency to form alchemy?

...It must not be Senior Mu Ye who told her.

"That day, I went to the ashes removal yard and saw Tang Yuan walking very close to a male disciple..." Xie Zhi sighed, and said faintly, "Perhaps you are right, I have been running away. So, I If I want to take the road of cultivating my mind and strengthen my heart, if I can completely forget about her, it will be good for both of us."

Zhong Liqing didn't know that she had this idea, and instinctively wanted to reject it, but then changed her mind: It would be good if she could see through it as soon as possible... always looking forward and backward like this, procrastinating, I'm afraid she can barely agree with her. Together with Tang Yuan, they are also dragging each other down, it's better to break it clean, and each of them can be regarded as having a bright future and a bright future.

From the perspective of her bystander, I'm afraid it couldn't be better.

Thinking of this, Zhong Liqing nodded in agreement.

——At this time, she didn't think of it: Since it is a test to sharpen her mind and strengthen her heart, what difference does it make to her?

Compared with Xie Zhi, the unbroken thoughts in her heart are not much better.

Going to ask Lu Xianrou for help was much easier than she imagined, but just accompanied her under the moon and recalled the story of her secret love for one night, which made Zhong Liqing feel a little uncomfortable, even the joy of being alone with Lu Xianrou couldn't help but dilute most of it .

Lu Xianrou is a full-fledged activist. On the third day after agreeing to Zhong Liqing, she took the initiative to find her. When she saw Xie Zhi beside her, she didn't ask much, and brought the two of them to the foot of the main peak of Chonghua. There is a higher mountain on the top, and a platform that divides many mountain paths in the distance, said: "There is the Sword Washing Platform, where Chonghua connects the five main peaks, and it is also the end of your journey of refining your mind - remember, you only have seven At the time of the hour, at that time, I will wait for you at the finish line."

Lu Xianrou didn't say what would happen if he failed, and the two of them didn't ask. They obviously didn't think they would fail. This invisible confidence made Lu Xianrou, who had been watching them secretly, shake his head—it's really a young man's spirit, this way of training his heart , but it is not so easy to go.

I saw Lu Xianrou throwing the Pingxin golden sword on his waist into the air, a beam of pale golden light shot out from the sword, hitting the jade pillar in front of the sword-washing platform, and a low roar like a tiger roaring and a dragon moaning was heard Roar, a phantom of a giant beast appeared on the jade pillar, and then a pale golden staircase extended from the other end of the sword washing platform.

The first level of jade steps stood out of thin air like this, and finally rested firmly on the platform at their feet—it turned out that this road of refining the mind was not the road connecting the Sword Washing Platform and the foot of the mountain, but was hidden between these two places. There is a jade step with light golden light.

"Go." Lu Xianrou smiled encouragingly at the two of them, and then left.

Zhong Liqing watched her walk with the sword, and flew towards Qinglian Peak, until the slender figure could no longer be seen, then turned around, stepped on the seemingly unsupported road, which gave people no sense of security at all. The jade steps——Xie Zhi seems to have taken a step ahead.

Just stepped on the jade steps, there seemed to be a halo flashing in front of Zhong Liqing's eyes, Zhong Liqing felt as if hundreds of catties of lead were being pressed on his whole body, not only his hands and feet were tied with weight, but even his neck, chest and waist These soft and unfocused key points are all pressed uncomfortably.

The heavy object has no substance, it is like air, it is tightly attached to the surface of the skin, making it impossible for her to break free, unable to get rid of it, and there is no place where she can't feel the weight.

Taking a deep breath, Zhong Liqing stepped up the first step.

It is roughly estimated that there are more than 9 steps in this mental training path, but in fact, it is 99 steps, which means "the road is long and endless", and the [-] steps in front of it are very reliable. It is the simplest physical strength.

Zhong Liqing poured her spiritual energy into her feet, mobilized some of her spiritual energy to protect her heart, adjusted her breathing, and moved forward at a constant speed, neither greedy for speed nor relaxed. The heaviness finally faded away after getting used to the intensity... ...It only took half an hour to finish the first [-] levels.

When her feet reached the [-]th step, Zhong Liqing felt her feet suddenly sink and her knees softened. After a few steps forward, he finally maintained his balance and continued to climb upwards at a constant speed.

After that, the pressure of the [-] steps was three times higher than before, and Zhong Liqing felt that he couldn't help but feel a little short of breath.

Taking a few breaths, adjusting the rhythm of her breathing, mobilizing more spiritual power to her legs, Zhong Liqing ran up quickly, silently reciting the chant in her heart every step she took, "One two three four, one two three Four", the pace actually got faster and faster... In the end, although it was not as easy as the previous [-] level, it was still a non-stop run.

This time, it took her almost an hour to finish level [-].

The next [-] levels, as expected, were ten times more stressful than before, and when she was climbing, she would even take a cold shot and shoot arrows from time to time.

Sometimes it's three or five arrows coming head-on, sometimes it's a loud arrow in a slanting stab, and sometimes it's a sneak attack from behind silently.

The jade steps were only as wide as two people standing side by side. When running fast, you not only have to pay attention to your feet, but also dodge left and right to avoid cold arrows, which is really a test of mental strength.

At this time, she couldn't help worrying about the next level 99.

Sure enough, after she crossed the [-]th level with great painstaking efforts, what awaited her was the intensive attack of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and because she was not sure whether her performance in this road of refining her mind would be seen However, Zhong Liqing could only rely on the fire method to resist, and resisted her urge to fight back with the attribute of mutual restraint when the attack came.

After finally passing through the colorful ninety steps, Zhong Liqing endured the pain of several water whips hitting her back, and after a moment of relief, she stepped onto the last nine steps.

Of course she understood that the main event had just begun, and the more difficult it was as it got to the end.

It's just that she never imagined that there were nine different people standing beside the last nine steps.

There are Cao Qian whose throat was cut by her, You Chuhe who was beaten speechless by her, brothers and sisters Ao Youxuan and Ao Shaoshang, and brothers Luo Zhonglun and Luo Zhiguang...these past or future Naturally, Zhong Liqing didn't pay attention to her defeated opponent, but the figure at the end of the steps made her unable to control herself and couldn't take another step.

She calmed down, and kept telling herself in her heart: These are just phantoms intentionally set up by Lianxin Road—then Cao Qian and You Chuhe had already been sent to the underworld by her own hands, how could they stand here so well, with each other? She confronts?

... all false.

But no matter how much he silently said that it was a deceptive illusion, Zhong Liqing still couldn't remain indifferent.

The one standing on the jade steps at the end and smiling at her tenderly was none other than Auntie!

It is her only concern in this world; it is her mother who makes her heart ache even when she thinks about it.

——Refine your mind, refine your mind is hard.

The author has something to say: I think you guys should be able to guess what the last level is, that’s right, it’s Auntie~~

How will the baby get through this level~

Baby Sunny: I choose Meow.

To be honest, in order to release the second female as soon as possible, I have written ten chapters in one chapter, do you make it up →_→

Baby Qing may be the fastest-advancing Mary Sue in the history of cultivation_(:зゝ∠)_