ACultivator'sCampusLife

Chapter 24 About Refining Spirit Liquids

After leaving the house, they walked slowly towards Wang Ping's Aodi A6. Many tenants who lived in the slums had built a lot of storage sheds in the alleys because their rooms were small. Therefore, the alleys seemed to be rather narrow. Wang Ping had to park his car at a relatively spacious place at the mouth of an alley.

"Lu Yao, I hope you can think carefully about my suggestion. I want to not only pay for your education but also help your godfather. Before long, you will go to a university in the big city. You won't have to worry about him if he works in our martial arts school, will you?" Wang Ping was still trying to persuade Lu Yao.

"OK, I will." Lu Yao said plainly, "Brother Wang, thank you for coming to celebrate my godfather's birthday today. And you even gave him costly ginseng and Lingzhi Mushrooms. How can I ever repay you for your generosity?" Lu Yao said.

"Our boss expects no return. As long as you study hard and serve the country, he will be happy. By the way, how did you know what I gave to your godfather?" Hearing Lu Yao's words, Wang Ping asked curiously.

"The boxes were printed with product names, namely, Wild Ginseng from Changbai Mountain and Hainan Lingzhi Mushrooms!" Lu Yao smiled before he answered.

"Well, I seemed to be too careless!" Wang Ping said with an embarrassed smile.

The fact that Elder Huang entrusted this task to Wang Ping implied that Wang Ping was a very meticulous person. The reason why he made such a stupid mistake was that he was too preoccupied with persuading Lu Yao to join the martial arts school.

They soon got to the car and said goodbye to each other. And then Wang Ping drove away.

After looking at the cloud of dust left by the Aodi A6, Lu Yao turned around and walked home.

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"Lu Yao, how did you get to know Mr. Wang?"

When Lu Yao returned home, Lu Yiqian had already cleaned up the room. Seeing Lu Yao coming in, Lu Yiqian asked.

"We met in the night market. Brother Wang helped a vendor who was bullied by the gangsters. I warned him when a gangster was going to attack him with a dagger. He appreciated me and gave me a calling card. Today I happened to pass by the martial arts school and met him there. He heard that today is your birthday, so he came with me."

Lu Yao sketched the story briefly. But he deliberately omitted some details in case his godfather would worry about him.

"That's good. Though you did well in the exam this time, I have to remind you that you are going to take the college entrance examination soon. Your first priority is to study hard!" Lu Yiqian said earnestly.

"I see. Godfather, I understand the importance of the college entrance examination. I will handle it properly." Lu Yao knew why his godfather said that. Lu Yiqian was worried that other things might distract Lu Yao from his study. After all, for people like Lu Yao, taking the college entrance examination had become the quickest way to succeed.

"Godfather, I have something to deal with. I need to go out. Get some rest." After saying that, Lu Yao walked to the gate.

The fact that Lu Yiqian didn't ask didn't mean that he didn't understand. It couldn't be that easy to make friends with people like Wang Ping, who could give Wild Ginseng from Changbai Mountain and Hainan Lingzhi Mushrooms to Lu Yao. Since Lu Yao didn't want to say, he wouldn't push him too hard.

After all, he believed that Lu Yao was a sensible boy and he didn't need to worry about him.

When Lu Yao was about to open the gate, Lu Yiqian just told him, "Don't come back too late!"

Seeing Lu Yao nodding his head, Lu Yiqian said to himself.

"His surname is Lu after all!"

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After leaving the slum area, Lu Yao came to a quiet and secluded place near the river. He sat on a big stone and tried to communicate with Li Jiang in his mind, holding his breath.

A moment later, Li Jiang appeared in Lu Yao's mind.

"Master, how do you feel now?" Lu Yao asked with concern.

"I feel much better now. But I'm afraid that I can't help you in a short time!" Li Jiang said.

Hearing Li Jiang's words, Lu Yao sighed with relief.

Actually, Lu Yao could feel that Li Jiang had exhausted himself curing Miao Jingtian of rheumatism. Otherwise, he would not feel so weak considering that he was still in the Ru Men of the Refining the Body and Strengthening the Skin.

"You gave me plenty of advice on how to cultivate. Now the ball is in my court. I want to try to refine Spirit Liquids by myself. After all, cultivation will mainly depend on my own efforts in the future." Lu Yao thought for a long time. Although he was not sure if he could succeed, he decided to refine Spirit Liquids on his own.

"Good. Lu Yao, I'm so glad you made this decision! But you don't have to worry. I will stay with you no matter how hard it gets!" Although Li Jiang was happy, he understood Lu Yao's misgivings. So he tried to comfort him.

Li Jiang certainly knew that the best way for Lu Yao to cultivate was to cultivate on his own. However, Lu Yao was not only a novice at cultivating but also an underage high school student. It was natural for him to rely on his master.

Originally, Li Jiang had intended to have a talk about this with Lu Yao after he finished refining Spirit Liquids for him. But he didn't expect that Lu Yao could say these words to him. So he was very happy.

After Li Jiang praised him, Lu Yao wasn't eaten up with pride. Instead, he felt very stressed.

In the future, he would have to cultivate under the guidance of Li Jiang. He would definitely feel stressed.

"Master, how can I refine Spirit Liquids this time?" Lu Yao asked.

"Since ancient times, there have been two ways to make Spirit Liquids. One is to use Pill Furnaces. The other is to use spiritual power. However, considering your cultivation base, neither way is suitable for you. So today I'll teach you a way that I suddenly thought of but was especially suitable for you. That is boiling." Saying this, Li Jiang almost burst with pride.

Usually, people would put all kinds of herbs in a casserole and use a gas stove or firewood to boil them until only a few residues were left. But Li Jiang thought that they just let herbs go to waste.

Li Jiang believed that the key to boiling was the control of heat and moisture.

The control of heat was as much about whether the herbs could become Spirit Liquids as it was about whether they could become the ideal Spirit Liquids. Different reactions might happen when you boiled the same herbs under different conditions. They might become different Spirit Liquids or even poisonous liquids.

"Boiling?" Lu Yao asked curiously, "I've had the experience of decocting medicinal herbs. Is that helpful?"

"Basically, it's not helpful. The key to refining Spirit Liquids is performing Tuiyun Hand." Li Jiang said, "In fact, Tuiyun Hand is not only a forging skill of Body Refining Phase but also a technique of refining herbs."

Lu Yao also had doubts at first. Tuiyun Hand consisted only of two simple movements. Why did Li Jiang teach him this cultivation method firstly? But later, all his doubts gradually fell away as his strength increased. He finally saw the wisdom of Li Jiang's ways when he heard Li Jiang said that Tuiyun Hand was also a technique of refining herbs.

"With Tuiyun Hand, it would be easier to be in a relatively delicate state to control the heat," Li Jiang explained.

"Well, master, we have already got the herbs. And I've been practicing Tuiyun Hand for some time. When can we start refining Spirit Liquids?" Lu Yao felt a little confident after Li Jiang made an explanation.

"No need to hurry. We still need to find some flowing water. It can help you refine Spirit Liquids and purify your body!" Li Jiang said slowly.

"Flowing water? Master, can you explain what that means?" Hearing Li Jiang's words, Lu Yao was a little confused.

"The so-called flowing water is living water. It is more commonly known as running water!" said Li Jiang.

"If we pour Spirit Liquids into the running water, they will be diluted. How can they be used to purify my body?" Lu Yao wondered.

"Lu Yao, why are you so pedantic? Do you remember a sentence in an ancient poem that you read a few days ago?" Li Jiang asked with a smile.

"Which one? Master, please tell me." After thinking for a while, Lu Yao couldn't think of it off hand, so he asked Li Jiang.

"How could the pool be so clear and cool? For flowing water comes from the source!" Li Jiang said in slow and measured cadences like an ancient poet.

Hearing this, Lu Yao suddenly realized that he was too limited in his thinking. He only thought of the river and lake when it came to flowing water. But he forgot that a river or lake also had its source. Since the river and lake could be called flowing water, their source could also be called the source of flowing water.

Generally, the flowing water came from ice sheets and underground springs. There were many impurities in meltwater. So it was not suitable for purifying the body. But the underground spring was perfect.

Li Jiang had made it very clear. As long as they could find a spring and prevent the spring water from flowing out, the water could also be regarded as flowing water. In this way, all the problems would be solved.

It reminded Lu Yao of Jingxin Lake, where he once caught fish with Han Dong.

It was on a weekend in the second semester of his first year in high school, Han Dong invited Lu Yao to catch fish in Jingxin Lake. Han Dong pleaded and wheedled, so Lu Yao finally agreed to go with him.

Jingxin Lake was very famous in Shuangta City. It was also called Thousand Springs Lake because it was composed of nearly a thousand springs of different sizes.

Jingxin Lake could irrigate 70% of the farmland in Shuangta City, which was of great significance to this city, a big agricultural producer. Therefore, Jingxin Lake was also known as the "Mother Lake" of Shuangta City.

People who liked catching fish knew that fish like loach would always hide in the holes under the grass near the springs. So Lu Yao and Han Dong searched the springs one by one. Perhaps because he was tired, Lu Yao accidentally fell into a spring that was neither too big nor too small.

Han Dong was startled. He tried to pull Lu Yao but failed. Meanwhile, the water pulled Lu Yao in deeper and deeper. So Han Dong started to call for help.

However, when people finally came to rescue him, they found that Lu Yao had already started to catch fish again. He was unharmed except that his clothes were soaked.

Later, Lu Yao only told Han Dong what happened to him.

At that time, Lu Yao was sucked into the spring. But it turned out that this spring was connected with a smaller spring not far away. After Lu Yao was pulled down, he found that there was a small hole that was wide enough for one person to pass. So he swam into the hole desperately. Two or three minutes later, he came out of the smaller spring.

It was kind of weird, so he didn't tell anyone else. It was Li Jiang who just reminded Lu Yao of these two springs that were connected with each other.

All the problems had been solved.

"Master, when will we start refining Spirit Liquids?" Lu Yao asked.

"At midnight tomorrow, we will start to refine Spirit Liquids and purify your body!" Li Jiang said.

"OK. Master, I won't let you down," Lu Yao said firmly.

When Lu Yao opened his eyes, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening. After jumping down from the big stone, he stretched and then walked home.