A round of sunset, smeared with rays of light.

Ji Fan, who was lying on the stone bed, felt the warm sunshine shining on his body, and the tightness in his chest that was blocked by blood vessels slowly dissipated a little.

Even though he was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and had been beaten more than twenty times before, Ji Fan still felt pain that reached his bones.

Ji Fan, who was filled with internal fire and looked sick and flushed, closed his purple lips tightly, his throat wriggled slightly, swallowed a small mouthful of saliva that had accumulated for a long time, and endured silently.

For more than a year, practicing boxing and being beaten were routine for Ji Fan. If not, the accumulation of meridians in his body would completely stop the energy and blood, which is when he would die.

Ji Fan, who was lying on the stone bed at this time, seemed to have a weak breath, like a living dead, but in fact, the strength of his body was no weaker than that of a warrior who was refining his muscles and bones.

Since his father Ji Baofeng left two years ago, the second aunt recommended Chen Gengnian, an old man with a hunchback, to take care of Ji Fan's condition. At the beginning, the two of them seemed to take good care of him.

Although Ji Fan did not forget his father Ji Baofeng's advice and fully trusted his second aunt, he once thought that the hunchbacked old man he had seen before and who came to his door a year later was his hope for survival.

But gradually, from the changes in his second aunt's behavior and attitude, Ji Fan felt that something was wrong.

Because Ji Fan had been in poor health since he was a child, he acquired knowledge about herbal medicine after he became sensible. After experiencing a headache after taking the so-called healing elixir from his second aunt, he quickly discovered the soul-refining grass contained in the elixir.

Soul-refining grass has the effect of enchanting people's sanity. Although it is not common, this herb is found in the Soul Burying Mountains.

The small amount of soul-refining grass, combined with warming herbs such as silverhorn and tansy, can treat the pain of soldiers who suffered physical and mental trauma after the war.

Ji Fan could detect that the Mischievous Pill and Soul Refining Grass that his second aunt asked him to take were much more powerful, and were also mixed with Fierce Blood Fruit, Zuo Forget Grass, and other slow poisons that would damage the soul and body.

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If it weren't for the remaining spiritual foundation of Ji Fan's body, the hunger and emptiness caused by the transformation over the years, which gradually swallowed up the power of the Medicinal Pill, I am afraid that his current sense of autonomy would have been erased long ago.

Not to mention Ji Fan's second aunt, even the hunchbacked old man did not expect that after gradually taking the Mi Shi Dan, this seemingly dull young man who had lost his sense of autonomy would have his spiritual consciousness sharpened and become stronger and stronger.

For more than a year, after Ji Fan pretended to be a living dead and completely discovered that the second uncle's family and the hunchbacked old man had evil intentions, he was not afraid. He even dared not sleep no matter how painful it was. He was afraid that he would talk in his sleep, and he was even more afraid that he would not be able to sleep.

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Ji Fan did not dare to relax and rest for another reason, that is, once his tense consciousness relaxed, his hunger, thirst and emptiness became somewhat uncontrollable, just like a person who is thirsty and hungry and anxious to find water and food.

Until now, no one, including the hunchbacked old man, has discovered that Ji Fan's body is slowly devouring the outer spirit's transformation. This is also a chance for him to fight for his own survival in a desperate situation.

After Ji Fan took the Medicinal Pill, this young man who seemed dull, stopped talking, and could barely hold his breath and was not worth guarding against, turned into a monster that had been personally trained by the hunchbacked old man and the beautiful woman.

Ji Fan had seen the fragmentary scroll of Burning Sky Valley Secret Technique taken out by his father Ji Baofeng before.

It's a pity that the animal skin scroll was burned and nothing was left. It only contained the most rudimentary breathing techniques, the Haoyang Fist which was still intact, and the Burning Fire Body Forging Technique.

The Burning Fire Body Tempering Technique is not considered an orthodox training method. It is just a method of tempering the body by external fire that was created by an outside disciple of Burning Sky Valley for half his life when it was difficult to open his own spiritual veins. There is no follow-up.

It is clearly recorded on the volume.

Ji Baofeng said at the beginning that the Burning Fire Body Tempering Technique was too extreme and required introducing external fire into the body. This method of tempering the body was extremely painful and extremely dangerous. If you were not careful, you would burn yourself. It would be difficult to open the true energy of the spiritual veins.

Even among warriors, few would try it.

However, an extreme body-tempering technique became a life-saving straw for Ji Fan, one of the few who could hope for it in a desperate situation.

Through his previous study of the basics of cultivation, Ji Fan knew that the gap between a true warrior and a spiritual cultivator of opening channels was unmatchable. His current strength could tear a wolf to pieces, but after all, he was just an ordinary martial artist, and his meridians were still stagnated.

In such a situation, true energy cannot be mobilized.

If any warrior wants to enter the true path of cultivation, he must first open his spiritual veins, so that he can purify his body of dirt and transform his mortal body, practice spiritual methods and techniques, and use treasures and unpredictable means.

As far as Ji Fan knew, the hunchbacked old man was a Qi practitioner with spiritual roots. Under normal circumstances, several powerful mortal warriors might not be able to deal with him.

Currently, in the Ji family, only Ji Fan's grandfather and uncle are Qi practitioners. Apart from that, the hunchbacked old man is the guest.

Although Ji Ming is qualified, he has not entered the path of spiritual cultivation before successfully opening his spiritual veins. This is an insurmountable obstacle for most practitioners in their lifetime.

Even if you practice the ordinary breathing method to an old age, you still can't open the barrier to spiritual cultivation. If you want to open spiritual veins and plant spiritual roots, you have to rely on the extradition of a large cultivation sect. Even if it succeeds, it will only get better in the future.

Make it difficult.

In Ji Fan's opinion, there is no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with the hunchbacked old man. All he can hope for is to accumulate strength and be prepared, so that when changes and opportunities come, he can seize them.

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Over the past year, Ji Fan thought about running away countless times, but after his second aunt and the hunchbacked old man thought that he had lost his sense of autonomy and had no regard for his face, he was not allowed to leave the courtyard.

Being unable to leave the small courtyard means that it is difficult for Ji Fan to grasp the situation in the Ji Mansion, so that he does not dare to sneak away, not to mention that there are people watching him all the time.

"Squeak!"

The faint footsteps of Ji Mansion entered the courtyard from far away, and the door of the courtyard was pushed open, breaking the silence.

Hearing the sound outside, Ji Fan didn't have time to think too much, so he quickly closed his eyes and lay on the bed, shivering involuntarily as if in a coma.

"Master of the house."

A pock-marked woman in a house in a small courtyard was very alert. She quickly came out and greeted the old man who came with her fists in her arms.

The old man with white beard and hair, majestic and calm, is the current head of the Ji family, Ji Hong, the grandfather of Ji Fan.

"How is Ji Fan's situation?"

The white-haired old man looked at the pockmarked woman, and after five breaths, he asked, as if he had some thoughts on her care.

"The young master has finally stabilized. He is lying in the house. I dare not touch him easily." The pockmarked woman's eyes were bright and restrained, and she was obviously a master of true energy.

"Father, let's go in and have a look. The messenger from the Xuanyin Sect will be here soon." Just when the white-haired old man was about to question the pockmarked woman, he saw someone in his forties with a short beard.

The middle-aged man reminded him at the right time.

A crowd of people outside the house followed the white-haired old man into Ji Fan's house.

"What does it smell like!"

A young woman, about twenty-six or seven years old, was pretty and lovely. She smelled the smell of blood and herbs in the house, and a look of disgust appeared on her face.

"Ji Fan?"

Seeing the young man lying on the stone bed, shivering as if he was cold, the white-haired old man Ji Hong called him with a little concern.

Among the Ji family members, only the beautiful woman pretended to come forward to take a look, while the rest had a vague look of disgust and disgust towards Ji Fan on the bed.

Ji Fan seemed to be trembling unconsciously. He could feel the indifference of the Ji clan members even without opening his eyes.

The Ji family's disgust is partly due to their loss of patience with Ji Fan's long-term illness, and partly because he needs to rely on herbs and elixirs to survive. In a family of cultivators, it is tantamount to competing for cultivation resources.

And some people attributed Ji Baofeng's disappearance to him.

Whether inside the Ji Mansion or outside, there are many opinions that Ji Fan, a sick man, is a drag and a loser to the family.

"Why did you start to shiver?"

Seeing that Ji Fan was wearing a cotton-padded jacket with a lot of bandages wrapped around it, and his hands were bleeding, the white-haired old man didn't pay much attention, obviously he had understood it before.

"The blockage of Qi and blood may give feedback to the instinctive consciousness of lowered body temperature. He had exercised strenuously before and no longer perspired, nor did he eat much." The hunchbacked old man responded with a sigh.

"So, if Ji Fan can't move, will the flow of Qi and blood gradually stop?" Ji Hong, the white-haired old man, frowned.

"If I don't find another way, I won't be able to survive for long, so I want to use the Earth Fire Spring to speed up the circulation of his Qi and blood." The hunchbacked old man pretended to be helpless.

"The Earth Fire Spring in Burial Spirit Mountain Range is a cursed spring that can make people's blood boil and become insane. The life or death of the third child is uncertain now. Ji Fan can't let anything happen to him again." The white-haired old man Ji Hong hesitated.

"Father, we can't watch Ji Fan lying here waiting to die. In his current state, let alone the time when he will stay as a queen, even the Su family, who made the marriage arrangements, are now asking for the marriage seal. Su

Girl Yan has obtained the invitation token from the Qinglan Sect, so she can't reach high places. If it weren't for the fact that our Ji family also has a talented person like Ji Ming, I'm afraid the Su family will fall out when they come." said the short-bearded middle-aged man.

Positive color advises.

This middle-aged man with a short beard is Ji Fan's second uncle Ji Baorong.

The white-haired old man looked at the twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, then glanced at Ji Fan who was lying on the bed, and couldn't help but look upset.

A young man dressed in snow-white clothes, with a handsome face full of arrogance. He does have the ability to be arrogant. He was introduced to the Xuanyin Sect at the age of twelve. If he opens his spiritual veins and enters the inner sect of the Xuanyin Sect, with his young talent, he will not be able to

It is not impossible to surpass the hunchbacked old man Chen Gengnian in a few years.

"Think again about taking Ji Fan to the fire spring in the Burial Spirit Mountain Range. First, move him to the stone house next to him and set up a few charcoal stoves." The white-haired old man told Ji Baorong before leaving.

In the hot summer, it's very hot just to be in the house. Some people in the Ji family don't even dare to think about what it would be like to arrange a stove.

In particular, the stone house in the small courtyard is made of hot stones and is used to process medicinal materials. If it is exposed to the sun for a day, it will be hot to touch if you touch it.
Chapter completed!