Chapter 4 The Black Snake Dagger and the Immortal Cultivator

Author: Peng Peng Peng can fly

Chapter 4 The Black Snake Dagger and the Immortal Cultivator

Yunlu Temple in Yuexi Mountains.

Cui Ning is sitting in the side room at the moment, eating snacks and reading "Kaiyuan Continent Chronicles" with relish. This is a comprehensive book introducing the history, geography, culture, military, etc. of Kaiyuan Continent.

If you want to understand a world, you must start with its history, so Cui Ning's favorite thing is to read history books about this world.

Cui Ning knew that most of these so-called "official histories" were written by the victors, but there were still many events that could objectively reflect the situation at that time.

In order to see these books in Yunlu Temple, Cui Ning asked the palace steward to build a bookshelf in the temple's wing, then brought all the books from the palace and placed them on the bookshelf for him to read.

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Just as Cui Ning was wandering in the sea of ​​books, a quick and joyful voice came from outside the wing: "Young Master, Young Master!"

When he heard someone calling him, Cui Ning also withdrew his thoughts from the book, looked at the person coming from a distance, and said hurriedly:

"What's wrong? Xiao Lizi, speak slowly."

It turned out that the person outside the wing was an escort assigned to Cui Ning by the palace.

"Young Master, I just received a letter from the palace. The prince is back." Xiao Lizi took a few breaths and said.

"What? My father is back? Hurry! Get someone to take me back!" Upon hearing this, Cui Ning quickly dropped the book in his hand and shouted to Xiao Lizi. At this moment, his heart had already flown to the palace.

When Cui Ning arrived at the palace, she was told that the prince had already gone into seclusion, so he had no choice but to go to the princess.

Cui Ning has always felt a sense of indebtedness to the "mother" of this world, because since she gave birth to Cui Ning, the princess's body has suffered from the root cause of the disease, and she can only stay in bed in the boudoir for a long time.

"My mother and concubine are here, Ning'er would like to say hello to my mother and concubine!" Cui Ning knelt down outside the princess's boudoir and solemnly knelt down to say hello to the princess.

"Quick, cough cough. Come in quickly, Ning'er."

The princess's weak voice came from the room. Cui Ning's heart skipped a beat and she quickly got up and entered the princess's room.

There was a faint medicinal fragrance in the princess's boudoir, and the entire room was tightly covered. Although it was not cold, there was always a brazier burning in the room, and a maid kept adding firewood to it from time to time.

When the princess saw her child, her face was filled with joy, and even her pale face turned a little rosy. She quickly had someone help her up and lean on the bed.

Not long after the chat, the topic naturally turned to King Cui.

"By the way, concubine, why did my father go out for so long this time? And he went into seclusion as soon as he came back. I didn't even see my father's face." Cui Ning seemed to be complaining in her tone.

After hearing this, the princess looked at Cui Ning with a gentle face and said: "Ning'er, don't complain, your father is also looking for a breakthrough opportunity.

"God bless him, and he finally found it. The retreat is just to attack the highest level of martial arts, the grand master. Once he succeeds, he can..."

As she spoke, the princess began to sob, as if she was thinking of her eldest son who was still under house arrest in the capital.

"Mother and concubine..."

Cui Ning didn't know how to comfort him.

"By the way, Ning'er, your father also left some things for you before going into seclusion for you to understand. I will have someone bring them to you later.

"Your father has warned you that those books are what you like to read. The most important thing is the porcelain bottle. It is an immortal elixir that is of great benefit to the Dantian muscles and veins. You must absorb it well and enter the martial arts as soon as possible.

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"As a mother, I don't expect you to kill enemies on the battlefield in the future, but I hope you can keep yourself safe after you succeed in cultivation..."

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After returning from the palace, Cui Ning kept staring at a baggage handed to him by the princess.

Sitting in the wing of Yunlu Temple, Cui Ning looked at the bundle on the table, his face full of excitement. Can he finally touch the mysterious martial arts of this world?

Cui Ning slowly opened the baggage, and what appeared in front of him was a dagger, a porcelain bottle, and a book.

Cui Ning took the dagger first, and saw that the handle of the dagger was completely black, with a pattern similar to that of a python in his previous life engraved on it. The dagger was cyan, and the cold light almost stung Cui Ning's eyes.

"I heard from my mother and concubine that my father obtained these from the Immortal Cave in the desert."

Cui Ning looked at the dagger and said:

"Sure enough, it is used by immortals. It is very powerful." Then he picked up the small porcelain bottle and remembered what his mother said. This is the elixir that can allow him to get in touch with martial arts.

Cui Ning resisted the thought of opening the porcelain bottle and swallowing the elixir immediately, and turned his attention to the last item in the bag, an immortal book called "Chang Hao's Essays".

As Cui Ning slowly opened the "Essays of Chang Hao", a picture of the world of cultivating immortals that was even broader than Cui Ning's imagination unfolded before his eyes.

Immortal cultivators are also called Qi Practitioners, which is a collective name for cultivators who refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, go against the will of heaven, and pursue immortality.

Those who cultivate immortality can travel with swords and take heads from people thousands of miles away; they can also draw talismans and make elixirs, which will lead to a long life; and those who are powerful in cultivating immortals can move mountains and fill seas, and call for wind and rain.

Because the path to immortality for cultivators is arduous and requires long periods of seclusion for cultivation, they have long since disappeared from the eyes of ordinary people on this continent. Fairies appear occasionally, but they are just the result of immortal cultivators going out to seek opportunities and accidentally missing their whereabouts.

Cultivation of immortality is divided into eight stages: Qi refining, foundation building, golden elixir, Yuanying, transformation into spirit, emptiness refining, integration and Mahayana.

The Qi training period is divided into thirteen levels, the first to fourth levels are the early stage, the fifth to eighth levels are the middle stage, the ninth to twelfth levels are the late stage, and the thirteenth level is the Great Perfection.

Starting from the foundation building period, it is simply divided into junior, middle and late stages. As long as you break through the bottleneck, you can enter the next stage.

The essay records that people below the stage of transformation to gods are still heard of in Kaiyuan Continent, and that the higher realms are said to have been passed down from ancient times, and the owner of the essay has never heard of it.

Note that the owner calls himself Taoist Changhao. He is a deacon of the Lin Sect of the Immortal Cultivation Sect in the eastern part of the Kaiyuan Continent. Even in the foundation building stage, he has a lifespan of about two hundred years.

"You are truly the darling of heaven and earth."

Seeing that immortal cultivators not only have long lifespans but also possess various magical powers, Cui Ning couldn't help but envy them.

Cui Ning picked up the green dagger on the table again. It turned out to be a mysterious weapon in the world of immortality - the Black Snake Dagger.

The book also records the levels of weapons, which correspond to the level of cultivation. Weapons are divided into four levels: heaven, earth, black and yellow, corresponding to Qi refining, foundation building, golden elixir, and Yuanying. The higher up are spiritual weapons. Taoist Changhao only

I have heard of it but have never seen the magic weapon itself.

Cui Ning played with the black snake dagger and then continued to read.

The essay also records Taoist Changhao's cultivation experience, the sect's knowledge, and some rumors about the world of immortality, etc.

In the last chapter of the essay, he also wrote that he went to the Western Desert to hunt down a traitor in the Qi Refining Stage because he received a sect mission. However, the traitor failed to pursue him and instead fell into the traitor's trap. He risked his life to be seriously injured and hid there.

He died in an underground cave in the Western Desert. Due to his serious injuries, he could only die.

"Hey, people who cultivate immortality may seem carefree, but there are also dangers. If you don't move forward cautiously, there will be a moment of death."

Cui Ning sighed and said. Then he picked up the small porcelain bottle again.

"It turns out that this is the Foundation Establishment Pill. It can make the Qi Refining Stage complete and have a 20% chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage. If you simply learn martial arts, you can break through to a big level. Of course, it is better to break through the Foundation Establishment Stage. This pill was originally given to your nephew.

I just accepted it."

Cui Ningyou solemnly put away the elixir. At this time, his mind was no longer about practicing martial arts but about becoming an immortal and attaining immortality.
Chapter completed!