A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 409 Tallinn
Inside the Changliu Mountains.

Among the endless mountains, there is a peak called Tiefeng Mountain.

There is a forest of pagodas on Tiefeng Mountain.

It was already evening, and in the dim twilight, one could see towers made of blue bricks scattered among the evening forest full of dead branches and fallen leaves, like small strange bunkers.

The towers built of blue bricks are all of the same shape, about two meters high and as thick as an arm. The cracks between the bricks of the towers are covered with dried moss, telling the traces of time.

Duan Rong and his companions entered Changliu Mountain and reported to the Internal History Department.

After checking their sect's cloud certificates and secret letters of advancement, the servants of the Internal Affairs Department led them directly into the forest of pagodas and allocated a pagoda to each of them.

When they entered the tower, the servants of the Internal Affairs Bureau had already warned them.

Once you enter the tower, if you don't hear the drum for assembly or someone comes to call you, you are not allowed to go out, otherwise you will be severely punished.

"Not allowed to go out?"

When Duan Rong heard this, he stood at the entrance of the tower and hesitated slightly. In such a cramped tower, once you enter, you are not allowed to leave. Isn't this equivalent to solitary confinement?
But when he turned around, the servant had already left with the documents.

Duan Rong saw that several of his fellow disciples had already entered the tower, so he had no choice but to step in as well.

It was already evening, and the inside of the tower was even darker than the evening forest outside. Duan Rong adjusted himself to the light inside before looking around the tower intently.

The space inside the tower is just enough for standing up, but if you want to turn around, you have to be careful not to hit the tower wall.

Duan Rong suddenly discovered that the wall of the tower was filled with circles of various porcelain bottles.

His eyes moved, and he took a porcelain bottle from the wall of the tower, opened the stopper and sniffed it.

"It's pills!"

Duan Rong poured a pill out of the porcelain bottle, studied it carefully, and found that the quality of the pill was surprisingly good.

He looked at the circles of full porcelain bottles on the inner wall and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Is it not?"

“This Tallinn should be a place of asceticism!”

You are not allowed to summon or leave the tower, but there is an abundant and high-quality supply of pills inside the tower.

"It seems that Tallin is not being put in solitary confinement. This should be called closed training." Duan Rong thought with a twinkling eye.

"After all, they are inner disciples, so the treatment is different."

It is really extraordinary that pills of this quality filled up the entire tower.

As soon as they arrived at the Internal History Department, they were separated. When they stepped into the tower forest, Duan Rong also saw Xiao Yu, Ximen Kankan and others from afar.

At this moment, Duan Rong actually wanted to go and talk to them, but the servant had already said that once one entered the tower, one was not allowed to leave at will, otherwise one would be severely punished.

Although Duan Rong was not sure what the severe punishment would be, he did not want to offend him.

But for a guy like Ximen Kankan, such a place is probably like purgatory.

But if one is a true ascetic, this Tallinn is the most ideal environment for practice.

Since he was not allowed to leave the tower at will, Duan Rong had no choice but to make the best of it. He sat cross-legged in the tower.

The space inside the tower is quite spacious if you sit cross-legged, but it is impossible to lie down and sleep. Duan Rong couldn't help but smile bitterly. This really forces you to practice hard!
The designer, Tallinn, had good intentions.

At this moment, Duan Rong suddenly heard several howling sounds coming from far and near outside. His eyes flashed, and he guessed that someone did not believe in evil and walked out of the tower.

Duan Rong actually wanted to see what was happening outside, but he suppressed his curiosity.

It was not a problem for him to use his spiritual sense to explore in the secular world, but it was better to be careful inside the sect. Especially as soon as he entered the pagoda forest, he sensed three or four powerful spiritual senses scanning across their vicinity.

This was one of the reasons why he stayed in the tower and didn't step out casually. There was obviously more than one master guarding the tower forest. He didn't dare to be arrogant and think that he could sneak out quietly. Just like the few people howling outside, they probably thought they were good at Qinggong.

Although this hard training environment suited Duan Rong's temperament, it was a pity that these pills were all for the True Qi Realm and were useless to him. After all, he had already reached the Great Perfection of the True Qi Realm.

Duan Rong sat there cross-legged, quickly forming seals with his hands, his mind immersed in the breathing, and he skillfully hit the turning point of the breathing. His eyes flickered, and the next moment he entered the spiritual sea of consciousness.

As soon as Duan Rong entered the sea of consciousness, he looked up at the shadow sitting cross-legged in the sky.

The phantom was connected with his mind, and he saw that the original blood light of the Filthy Blood Divine Art that he had swallowed in his abdomen had been almost refined, and only a few faint blood lines were still struggling and swimming in his abdomen, but they were already lifeless.

Duan Rong estimated that it would take at most half a month for the original blood light of the Filthy Blood Divine Art to be completely refined, and at that time, the hidden danger would be completely eliminated.

Even now, Duan Rong felt that those few faint blood lights wandering in the virtual shadows were probably difficult to determine even if someone in the sect had the means to detect them, whether they were the original blood lights from the Filthy Blood Divine Art.

Duan Rong thought for a moment and then withdrew from the spiritual sea of consciousness.

In the dark tower, he exhaled a long breath, his eyes fixed, and at the moment of exiting the spiritual sea of consciousness, he had already begun to try to practice the first level of breathing method of Liuhe Sword Technique.

This Liuhe sword technique was a martial art of the Yuanqi realm that he acquired during the battle with the chief magician of Xiangu County.

During his three years as an outer sect disciple, he had been outside Changliu Mountain. Although he had already digested and absorbed the martial arts realm of Yuanqi Realm, he had not been able to advance to Yuanqi Realm because the concentration of Yuanqi in the secular world was too thin.

At this time, he was already in Changliu Mountain, and he was about to break through in one fell swoop!
After practicing the Yuan Qi Realm technique, Duan Rong immediately sensed the rich Yuan Qi of heaven and earth.

The invisible energy of heaven and earth, like a stream of water, swirled and converged around his body...

Duan Rong was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that the vitality of heaven and earth in Changliu Mountain was so rich!

He then discovered that the concentration of heaven and earth energy was not so amazing everywhere. It should be because he was practicing the exercises, his body was actually attracting the gathering of heaven and earth energy around him.

As a result, the concentration of heaven and earth vital energy around the body is much higher than that in other spaces.

"It is indeed a sect technique obtained from an inner sect disciple! This Liuhe Sword technique is quite magical!"

Duan Rong was immersed in the practice of breaking through the Yuan Qi realm when suddenly, the sound of drums beating could be heard in the pagoda forest.

The official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the drum sound was the signal to call them together.

Duan Rong exhaled and finished his practice, then opened his eyes, and saw the faint light of morning light filtering in through the crack in the tower door.

It's daybreak!
He was so immersed in his cultivation that he didn't even notice that the night had passed.

However, after a night of training, he still hadn't broken through to the Yuan Qi realm.

Because, the Yuan Qi realm was a brand new realm for him after all. Even the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth was very unfamiliar to him.

That night, Duan Rong was studying how to safely and effectively draw the energy of heaven and earth into his body. He tried many different methods.

Although he had already understood the steps of refining after swallowing the first level of the Six Harmony Sword, this was his first time practicing, and he had to truly understand the delicate relationship between the heaven and earth energy and the body. This was a profound experience he had learned in his previous life. No matter what kind of knowledge, the foundation is the most important, and the same is true for practice.

If he didn't even truly sense what the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth was, and he rashly tried to break through, if he encountered any problems during the practice, he would have no idea how to respond.

After Duan Rong dispersed his energy, he stood up and walked out of the tower.

At this time, many figures were walking out of the tower in the tower forest.

Duan Rong looked up and saw a few people standing in an open space in front of the tower. He immediately walked over slowly.

Duan Rong stood at the edge of the crowd, scanned the crowd, and soon found Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu was standing in the crowd, looking around, obviously looking for him as well.

The two of them suddenly looked at each other, and a hint of joy flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes. Duan Rong had already strode towards her.

At this time, the drums were still beating, and figures kept coming out from the depths of the Tallinn.

Duan Rong stood beside Xiao Yu and looked in the direction of the drum sound. He saw a big drum standing next to the dense forest not far from the crowd.

There was a figure holding the tree trunk with one hand and beating the drums with a drumstick in the other hand.

The figure turned out to be a baboon.

Duan Rong couldn't help but laugh when he saw the baboon. It turned out that this guy was kept on Tiefeng Mountain!
Although he only saw it from the side, Duan Rong recognized it at a glance. The baboon beating the drum was the same baboon that snatched Xiao Yu's bag in the lower courtyard when they first entered the mountain.

Duan Rong had just chatted with Xiao Yu for a few words when Ximen Kankan suddenly came over from Duan Rong's side.

Duan Rong turned his head and almost laughed out loud, seeing a big swelling on Ximen Kankan's forehead. Recalling the screams he heard from the outer gate last night in the tower, Duan Rong guessed that one of them was Ximen Kankan, and asked happily: "Did you sneak out of the tower last night?"

Ximen Kankan said: "The tower is so small, is it a place for people to stay? How about keeping mice?!"

"What's with the bump on your head?"

Ximen Kankan sniffed, feeling aggrieved. "I didn't look carefully, I just felt a shadow flash by and knock me to the ground. Then I was thrown back into the tower."

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he remembered the powerful spiritual senses that swept over them yesterday evening when they first entered the tower forest. If those people took action, Ximen Kankan would naturally not be able to see the figures clearly.

Not far behind Duan Rong and Xiao Yu, Shen Mizhi was also standing in the crowd.

As soon as Shen Mizhi stood there, Liu Shushan also stood beside her.

When Liu Shushan first learned that Shen Mizhi had also been promoted to an inner sect disciple, he was very happy for her.

Liu Shushan smiled and said, "Mizhi, our towers are not far away..."

Liu Shushan was halfway through his words when he got stuck in his throat because he saw Shen Mizhi's eyes fixed on Duan Rong who was standing in the next row. Over there, Duan Rong was chatting and laughing with Ximen Kankan.

Shen Mizhi seemed to notice that Liu Shushan suddenly stopped talking halfway, so she turned around and looked at him. Liu Shushan could only smile awkwardly.

At this moment, the drumming sound suddenly stopped.

Then, a figure walked out from the dense forest behind the big drum.

As that person walked along, the crowd that was originally whispering gradually became silent.

His figure was straight and thin like a javelin. He walked slowly from the edge of the dense forest to the front of the crowd. The dead branches and leaves on the ground made crackling sounds under his feet.

Duan Rong really wanted to use his spiritual sense to penetrate the man's dantian and see his realm, but he still suppressed his impulse.

"My name is Yao Che. I'm your instructor!"

As soon as the man stopped, he began to speak, his voice as deep and humming as a rusty old clock.

"Tallin is a place of hard training! Of course, I am not the only teacher here. You will get to know each other slowly in the future!"

"Only the so-called inner disciples can truly be called practitioners!"

"But, you are not yet. You only have the status of an inner disciple, but that does not mean you are a true inner disciple!"

"Only when you walk out of this forest of towers, you will be a true inner disciple and a true practitioner!"

As Yao Che was speaking, Ximen Kankan suddenly said something to Duan Rong, and Duan Rong couldn't help but laugh.

Yao Che stood there, and suddenly his eyes shot towards the two of them like arrows.

The smiles on Ximen Kankan and Duan Rong's faces froze.

Yao Che pointed at them directly and said coldly: "You two stand up!"

They stood there without moving.

"What?! Do you want me to come over and catch you?"

Duan Rong sighed and walked slowly out of the crowd. Ximen Kankan followed him with his head down.

Xiao Yu glared at Ximen Kankan with some annoyance.

Seeing the two people step out, Yao Che continued, "It's also very simple to get out of this forest of towers. All we have to do is defeat this family."

Then, there was confusion among the crowd.

"Which family did you defeat?"

Yao Che suddenly raised his head, his breath surging, and he let out a long howl towards the sky. The howl echoed in the forest, and suddenly there was a chaotic sound in the forest, as if responding to him.

Then, two huge black shadows, one in front and one behind, fell on the edge of the dense forest like a meteorite. The movement was so loud that the ground shook.

When everyone looked closely, they saw two large and powerful baboons.

One of them was as tall as a hill, with eyes like bells, and a natural look of anger. The other baboon next to it was slightly smaller than it, only reaching its shoulders.

These are obviously two baboons, a male and a female!
As soon as the two baboons jumped out, the baboon that was playing the drum before immediately jumped over and climbed onto the shoulder of the shorter baboon, jumping and screaming.

Duan Rong looked at the terrifying figures of the male and female baboon and smacked his lips. That little baboon actually had a backer. Fortunately, he didn't do anything to it at the beginning, otherwise it would have called its parents over, which would have been enough to make him suffer.
Yao Che said: "If you can defeat this baboon family, you can leave Tallin and become a true inner sect disciple!"

Looking at the amazing figures of the two big baboons and the momentum with which they had just jumped out of the dense forest, many people in the crowd gasped.

"Originally, I was planning to have a fight with this family so that you can have some idea in your mind! But..." Yao Che said as he suddenly turned his head to look at Duan Rong and Ximen Kankan who were standing over there.

The moment Yao Che's gaze turned over, Duan Rong cried out in his heart that something was wrong.

"It seems that two of your fellow disciples can't wait any longer. In that case, let them have a try with this family. This is a rare opportunity, so you should watch carefully!"

A subtle chuckle broke out among the crowd.

(End of this chapter)