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Similarly, Lu Xueqi also reached the eighth level of Jade Purity Realm. Her talent was obviously much higher than Tian Ling'er's.

During this period, Zhang Xiaofan also set the worst record since the founding of Qingyun Sect: it took him three full years, which is three times the time of an ordinary person, to finally complete the first level of the Jade Purity Realm of Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao. He could control the pores of his whole body freely and draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body to circulate it for thirty-six cycles.

But what is unknown to everyone is that he also practiced Mahavairocana and gained some understanding of the control of internal energy, thus laying a solid foundation.

When Zhang Xiaofan timidly announced this to everyone at dinner one day, all the disciples of the Dazhu Peak lineage of Qingyun Sect were stunned, as if they had seen a thousand-year-old iron tree bloom. Then everyone burst into laughter. Song Daren even picked up the much grown-up Zhang Xiaofan and threw him into the air several times in joy.

Tian Buyi, who was sitting in the front, looked at him coldly, snorted, and cursed in a low voice: "Big idiot!"

Ling Yi didn't say much. He patted Zhang Xiaofan on the shoulder and told him to continue practicing hard.

the next day.

Zhang Xiaofan got up and did his homework. He went up the mountain and came to the extremely familiar bamboo forest. He saw the whole mountain was green, layer upon layer. When the mountain breeze blew, the bamboo sea undulated like waves in the sea. It was extremely spectacular and his heart suddenly felt relieved.

He took a deep breath of the fresh mountain air, stretched his body, and walked into the bamboo forest with a hatchet.

The place he went to this time was different from the one when he first came here three years ago. It was in the deepest part of the bamboo forest, where there were tall bamboos standing in rows and the bamboo was even harder.

In the early morning, a light mist floats in the woods like a veil. On the green bamboo leaves on both sides of the path, there are crystal dewdrops, beautiful and clear.

After walking for a while, we found ourselves in a sea of green. The black bamboos here were mostly tall with lush branches and leaves. Light shone through the gaps between the branches and leaves, leaving shadows on the ground.

Zhang Xiaofan looked left and right, picked a large black bamboo, gestured, and raised his knife to chop it.

With a dull thud, Zhang Xiaofan felt a sharp pain in his forehead, as if something had hit him on the forehead.

He looked down and saw a pine cone rolling on the ground.

There are black bamboos all around here. There are many bamboo shoots, but absolutely no pine cones.

He thought for a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he looked around, and said loudly: "Senior Sister, Senior Brother 7, is it you?"

His voice spread far into the bamboo forest, but no one answered for a long time.

Zhang Xiaofan knew that his senior sister was always naughty and loved to play tricks on people. He was about to shout again when he suddenly felt a pain on his forehead. It was so painful that he was hit by a pine cone again. At the same time, a "squeaky" scream came from above his head.

Zhang Xiaofan looked up with great pain, and saw a gray-haired monkey crawling on the black bamboo tree. It had a few pine cones in its hands, and its tail was hanging upside down on the bamboo branch. It was laughing shrilly, "squeaking", as if it was gloating over someone else's misfortune.

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment. He had never seen a monkey in the bamboo forest in the past three years. Moreover, the Dazhu Peak was almost entirely covered with bamboo forests. There was only a patch of pine and cypress forest in the deep valley on the shade of the mountain. It seemed that the monkey lived there. He didn't know how it got up the mountain today.

Dazhu Peak is tall and steep. Although it is not as high as Tongtian Peak, it goes straight into the sea of clouds. There is almost no way to climb up from the foot of the mountain. Most of the disciples of Qingyun Sect travel by flying.

Zhang Xiaofan's cultivation was rudimentary. Apart from chopping bamboo every day, he had also heard his fellow brothers talk about how there was a forest of wild pine and cypress trees in the deep valley behind the Dazhu Peak, which was deep and unfathomable and rarely visited by people.

In the past, the ancestor of the Dazhu Peak lineage once flew on a sword to explore the deep valley, but there was only a primeval forest there, without anything strange. There were more ferocious beasts and poisonous insects, but they never left the valley, so there had been no trouble over the years.

As he was thinking, he suddenly saw the monkey raised his hand. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly moved away. Sure enough, another pine cone fell down. If he didn't dodge, he would suffer again.

When the gray monkey saw him dodge, it screamed twice with an angry look on its face, as if blaming Zhang Xiaofan for dodging.

Zhang Xiaofan made a face at the monkey, ignored it and walked away. He thought to himself that it was rare to see a monkey that enjoyed hitting people. What an ignorant beast.

He took two steps and suddenly heard the sound of wind behind his ears. He couldn't dodge in time and was hit on the back of his head by a hard pine cone again. This time the force was quite strong. Zhang Xiaofan felt a black screen in front of his eyes and couldn't help but scream.

I saw the monkey clapping its hands and laughing on the bamboo branch, swaying back and forth, looking very happy.

Zhang Xiaofan was furious and rushed over to shake the bamboo violently. The huge black-knotted bamboo was swung left and right by him, but the gray monkey only wrapped its tail around the bamboo trunk and let him swing it back and forth. It was not afraid at all and instead laughed "squeak squeak squeak".

Zhang Xiaofan was even more angry when he saw that he could not do anything to the monkey. He pulled out his hatchet and chopped the bamboo fiercely. The monkey was not afraid either, but just looked at him with interest from the bamboo.

Zhang Xiaofan was sweating all over as he chopped the bamboo tree. He had finally chopped off about 70% of it and was about to succeed when he heard a scream from the bamboo tree. Looking up, he saw the gray monkey swinging its tail and flying up, actually jumping onto another black-knotted bamboo nearby, then dropping another pine cone with a scream.

Zhang Xiaofan was furious. He didn't care whether the monkey understood or not. He pointed at it and shouted, "Come down if you have the guts."

The gray monkey scratched his head and thought for a long time with his head tilted. He probably still didn't understand what it meant to have courage or not. He just laughed out loud and made faces at Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan was so angry at it, but he could do nothing about it. He barely finished his homework that day, but was hit on the head seven or eight times by the monkey, which hurt a lot.

Zhang Xiaofan was filled with anger and went down the mountain angrily without paying any attention to the monkey.

Unexpectedly, the monkey became addicted to the game and waited for Zhang Xiaofan in the bamboo forest early in the morning for several days in a row. Whenever Zhang Xiaofan came to cut bamboo, the monkey would smash him for fun and was very happy to see Zhang Xiaofan's angry look.

One day, before dinner, Ling Yi saw Zhang Xiaofan had a bruised face, so he pulled him aside and asked, "Junior brother, what happened to your head?"

Tian Ling'er also came over to take a look out of curiosity.

Zhang Xiaofan had been bullied by the gray monkey for days, and his head was covered with bruises and was in great pain.

However, he felt very embarrassed to be fooled by a monkey, so he didn't tell anyone. But when he heard Seventh Senior Brother asking about it, he hesitated for a moment, and finally told him.

When Ling Yi heard that it was a monkey, he was also stunned, but he soon realized that it was the clever monkey Xiao Hui in the original novel.

Tian Ling'er pursed her red lips and couldn't help but laugh, with two small dimples appearing on her face. She was truly beautiful.

Zhang Xiaofan seemed to be made fun of by her, or something else. His face suddenly felt hot and he lowered his head.

Tian Ling'er patted Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder carelessly and said, "Junior brother, these days my mother asked me to practice more in the Taiji Cave to prepare for the 'Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition' in two years. I didn't expect you to be bullied by a monkey.

Don't worry, tomorrow your seventh brother and I will accompany you up the mountain to teach that bad monkey a lesson."

Her tone sounded mature and condescending, as if she was coaxing a child. However, Zhang Xiaofan was used to hearing it since he was a child, so he just smiled bitterly and didn't care.

Ling Yi looked at Zhang Xiaofan.

Suddenly, he remembered that since Xiao Hui had appeared, Zhang Xiaofan would probably meet his soul-catching rod soon, right?

Chapter 40: A Mysterious Story

Ling Yi was a little curious about that kind of ferocious creature, so he decided to go there with his senior sister Tian Ling'er and this junior brother tomorrow to prevent any accidents.

The next morning.

As expected, Tian Ling'er and Ling Yi got up early and went up the back mountain with Zhang Xiaofan.

In the past two years, because their realm has exceeded the standard, Ling Yi and Tian Ling'er have not come to the bamboo forest in the back mountain for some time.

The cool mountain breeze blew slowly. Tian Ling'er was wearing a pink dress, just like the time when she first went up the mountain to cut bamboo with Ling Yi and Zhang Xiaofan. She walked in front, skipping and jumping, with a smile on her face and laughter like silver bells rang out from time to time.

Zhang Xiaofan followed behind and looked at the beautiful girl in front of him. She was like a red cloud, floating gently in the mountains, carried by the mountain breeze.

When she looked at her seventh senior brother beside her, she immediately felt that they were a perfect match.

And the senior sister seems to like the senior brother very much.

Zhang Xiaofan had seen the closeness between his senior sister and senior brother Ling over the years, but he himself...

He shook his head, dispelling some unrealistic thoughts in his mind, and followed his senior sister into the depths of the bamboo forest.

"Xiao Fan, your senior brother and I will hide first, and then you lure the monkey out, and I will take action depending on the situation." Tian Ling'er said.

"Yes, senior sister."

After a while, we arrived at our destination and the forest was completely silent.

Ling Yi and Tian Ling'er had already hidden in the woods.

"Senior Sister, if you encounter a ghost when chasing that monkey later, you must stop and not get any closer." Ling Yi reminded in a low voice.

"Why?" Tian Ling'er was puzzled.

"Just listen to me."

"Oh, okay then." Tian Ling'er didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, her junior brother would not harm her as his senior sister.

The two of them didn't say anything else and looked carefully at their junior brother Zhang Xiaofan in the bamboo forest.

Zhang Xiaofan looked around but couldn't find the gray-haired monkey.

He muttered in his heart: I hope that the monkey has become spiritual and knows that he has found help today, so it doesn’t dare to come.

He thought to himself and looked around.

But it was in vain because he couldn't find the monkey, so he walked over to a black bamboo and pretended to chop it down.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak", suddenly, a familiar scream sounded above my head.

Zhang Xiaofan jumped away reflexively, but he felt a pain on the top of his head and it was too late. He was hit by a pine cone and it was very painful.

Zhang Xiaofan looked up and saw the gray monkey hanging upside down on the bamboo branch, laughing as usual.

He was overjoyed, jumped up, pointed at the monkey and laughed, "Haha, you're finally here!"

He didn't make a loud sound, but the monkey was frightened.

I thought to myself that this guy always gets furious when he gets hit on a normal day, but why is he so happy today? Could it be that after being hit by me for a few days, he has become addicted to it and feels uncomfortable if I don't hit him, but is happy when it hurts?

At this moment, a red shadow suddenly flashed in the bamboo forest. It was Tian Ling'er who saw the little monkey who bullied her junior brother. She came flying in the air, as fast as lightning, and her five fingers turned into claws, grabbing the monkey.

Unexpectedly, the monkey was very clever. He took a glance and reacted immediately. Realizing that there was help, his tail that was entangled in the bamboo branch loosened immediately and his whole body fell down.

Tian Ling'er calculated the direction in which the monkey would flee and planned to chase it, but she didn't expect the gray monkey to fall down. She was stunned for a moment and missed what she had grabbed.

Then, the monkey was very smart. Seeing that the helper was very powerful, he knew he was definitely no match for him, so he ran away.

"You stinky monkey, where are you escaping to?" Tian Ling'er was unwilling to let it go, so she flew after it.

"Senior Sister, wait for me." Zhang Xiaofan ran after her.

Ling Yi did not attack immediately, but floated in the air and followed.

The gray monkey fled forward, squeaking. It was very familiar with the road conditions in the bamboo forest. It fled into the depths of the valley. It saw that the trees in front were gradually becoming sparse, and light was coming in. There was vaguely an open space, and there seemed to be the sound of water.

At this time, the gray monkey screamed more and more urgently, as if it didn't expect Tian Ling'er to not give up after chasing it for such a long time, but it had no way to retreat, so it had to flee forward desperately.

Not long after, the scene in front of me suddenly became bright. It was indeed a large open space with gravel on the ground. In the middle was a small blue lake with rippling water flowing westward.

The gray monkey fled here and obviously hesitated for a moment, but the sound of breaking air came from behind him in the blink of an eye, so he had no choice but to fall to the ground and run forward again.

But for some reason, its pace became extremely slow. It didn't look like it was running for its life, it was more like taking a walk.

Even so, it still moves forward step by step.

Tian Ling'er had to dodge obstacles quickly while keeping an eye on the monkey's tracks. She was so focused that she didn't care that the monkey in front of her was You Tan, as her junior brother had mentioned. She didn't think too much about it. When she saw the gray monkey right in front of her, she was overjoyed and shouted, "Where can you run to?"

Just as she was about to catch the monkey, Tian Ling'er suddenly felt a buzzing sound in her head and her body shook twice involuntarily. A feeling of nausea rose from her internal organs and rushed to her forehead, and in a moment her whole body began to shake.

"No..." She stopped immediately and quickly practiced Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao skills to resist the uncomfortable feeling.

Fortunately, she had now made great progress in her cultivation and was able to quickly overcome the uncomfortable feeling and look forward.

I found a small pool of water in front of me. It was not very large and the source was not visible. It was probably formed by an underground spring.

The water in the pool is green, and you can't tell the depth from here. There is a gap on the west side of the pool, and the water flows out from there, forming a small stream that winds away.

In the middle of the pool, there is a pile of rocks of varying sizes and shapes, with a small portion of them exposed above the water.

Among the rocks, a short black stick was inserted diagonally, with one foot protruding from the water surface and the rest immersed in the water. It was completely black and it was impossible to tell what material it was made of. It looked very ugly.

Tian Ling'er felt that the discomfort she had just felt came from this thing.

It was at this time that Zhang Xiaofan chased after her and saw that his senior sister had stopped and did not try to catch the monkey in front, so he ran up quickly.

"Senior Sister, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Xiaofan ran very fast and arrived near the Youtan without waiting for Tian Ling'er to speak.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, I suddenly felt uncomfortable and extremely nauseous, and my body stopped uncontrollably.

Zhang Xiaofan was shocked and at a loss. At this moment, his chest suddenly felt hot, and a warm air spread out, protecting his heart meridians and then offsetting the nausea.

Zhang Xiaofan looked around again and saw that there was no grass within three meters of the pool of clear water, but outside of three meters, there were lush trees.

Looking towards the pond, he saw the gray monkey still staying there, no longer moving, with a look of pain on its face. It looked at him with a cry for help in its eyes.

"Senior Sister, what...what...is going on?" Zhang Xiaofan asked puzzled.

It was at this time that Ling Yi flew over and saw the evil creature in the water pool below that was constantly emitting black air, as well as Tian Ling'er who stopped to practice her skills to resist, and the bewildered Zhang Xiaofan.

He immediately formed a magic spell with his hands and released a magical power that fell on Senior Sister Tian Ling'er, taking her away from the vicinity of the Youtan.

Tian Ling'er used her skills to resist, so there was no problem at all. When she saw her junior brother coming, she asked about it immediately.

"Brother, do you know what that is?"

Ling Yi nodded and said nothing.

Just when he was about to bring Zhang Xiaofan over again, he saw the golden light appearing on Zhang Xiaofan's body and a bead exposed on his chest. He stopped and did not take action immediately.

Zhang Xiaofan has the Blood-sucking Pearl on him, and there is the Soul-Captivating Rod in the pool. These two things are extremely evil, and when they are put together, they will definitely resist each other.

In the original novel, it was because of Zhang Xiaofan that they accidentally merged together and became a blood-refined object.

Chapter 41: Evil

"Junior Brother Ling, is Junior Brother going to be okay?" Tian Ling'er looked at Zhang Xiaofan beside the Youtan Tan. She was a little worried because she had just felt that nauseous feeling.