"It's really unfortunate that Senior Ma Liang had already left Jianye the day before yesterday. When he was leaving, he didn't say when he would return. He just said that he would meet again if he was destined to do so." Chen Luo hesitated for a moment and said.

Of course he knew that the Bai family had a desire to recruit Ma Ming, but after all, he was a yin god in the underworld, so naturally he could not agree.

"It's such a pity..." Bai Hecheng said with some regret.

Chen Luo talked to him for a moment, then said goodbye and left.

At night, Shen Luo cleaned up and took the stone box to leave his own small courtyard in the forest and headed to the secret room at the bottom of the lake.

When he closed the yard gate, he suddenly felt a chill in his neck. He looked up at the sky, but saw scattered white snowflakes falling from the cumulus clouds. Before he knew it, it was already early winter.

Shen Luo came to the lakeside, opened the secret passage of the agency, and walked into the bottom of the lake.

After seeing the token for the elder who was in charge of the lake, he chose the deepest secret room and walked in.

After the stone door of the secret room was closed, it fell to the futon and sat down cross-legged.

Instead of rushing to start practicing, he closed his eyes and breathed, while silently recalling the scene he was practicing in his dreams in his heart. Some of his past insights began to return to the sea of ​​consciousness.

He opened the stone box, stretched out his fingers and gently pinched it, and took out a white jade bottle several inches high.

Shen Luo shook gently and pulled the bottle plug open.

As soon as the mouth of the bottle was opened, a rich wisp of water spirit power floated out of the bottle and instantly filled the entire secret room.

Chen Luo took a deep breath and carefully tilted the bottle a little. A drop of crystal clear water droplets immediately rolled out from the mouth of the bottle and fell into the palm of his palm.

The water dripping fell on the palm of his hand, and Shen Luo immediately felt a cool feeling seeping into his body. The magic power in his dantian was eager to rush out without him activating it.

When he was so happy that he silently recited the three-level martial arts formula of Wuming Tianshu in his heart, a blue light lit up with his hands, and wisps of magic power began to gather in it, refining the drop of three-yuan true water.

To his surprise, the three-yuan true water seemed to be very consistent with the nameless martial arts, and it was easy to completely integrate the water droplets into his magic power, and then transferred it back into his body and quickly operated in the veins around his body.

However, after counting breaths, his magic power had already been circulating in his body. Although this speed was slower than his dream, it was many times faster than his original practice.

"It's really a good thing!"

Chen Luo said inwardly, and immediately activated his magic power with all his strength. He operated Zhou Tian according to the formula of the three-level martial arts, and soon became immersed in it.

At the same time, the magic arrays engraved on the four walls of the secret room also illuminated one after another, absorbing the spiritual energy from the lake above, transporting it into the secret room, and finally gathered along the lines on the ground.

The blue light surging under him seemed to be floating on a blue wave, leisurely and at ease.

...

Winter goes and spring comes, autumn rain is bleak, and time passes quickly.

He went into seclusion several times. With the blessing of his dream practice experience, his cultivation level has steadily increased with the help of the three-yuan true water. He actually rose to three levels in more than half a year until the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage. He was only one step away from breaking through to the fasting stage.

However, it has been half a year since he entered the secret room at the bottom of the lake for the last time to retreat, but he has never come out, so many people in the Bai Mansion speculated that he failed in retreat.

After all, the breakthrough from the Qi Refining Stage to the Fasting Stage is a major bottleneck on the road of cultivation. It is not easy to make the magic power from Qi condensation. Many people are stuck in this level and cannot pass it.

At this moment, three generations of the Bai family were gathering in the study room of Baihe City.

"The seclusion period of Chen Luo this time is too long. After all, he has not yet been in the fasting period and has not carried the fasting pill. If he doesn't come out for such a long time, there is a problem." Bai Jiangfeng, who is short, said with a sad face.

"It's indeed a bit long. Even if a normal person fails to break through the realm, it's time to come out." Bai Hecheng thought for a moment and said a little worriedly.

"Grandpa Third, Dad, what do you mean by saying this?" Bai Xiaoyun, who was standing beside him, became nervous when he heard this.

He was also practicing in seclusion, but he had just broken through to the third level of Qi Refining Period this morning. He planned to share his joy with Chen Luo, but he heard that Chen Luo had not left for half a year, so he immediately came to ask his father Baihecheng.

"The practice of cultivating for more than half a year was too smooth. We directly practiced from the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage to the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage. At that time, we were only happy for it, but we didn't expect that there might be hidden worries here. He has been in seclusion for half a year and has not come out of seclusion, but I am afraid that there is something wrong with his practice..." Bai Hecheng pondered.

"Can you be so obsessed with something?" Bai Xiaoyun blurted out.

"Although this kind of thing rarely happens, there is no precedent. It's really strange that he hasn't left the seclusion for half a year." Bai Jiangfeng sighed and said.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go and open the secret room immediately and rescue him!" Bai Xiaoyun said anxiously.

"Xiaoyun, calm down, what kind of morality is that when you are panicked! Whether Chen Luo can succeed this time is of great significance to our Bai family, and you must be treated with caution." Seeing this, Bai Hecheng frowned and whispered.

"Isn't it because of that matter? It was our own negligence. How could Brother Shen take the risk?" Bai Xiaoyun felt dissatisfied when he heard this and said with his neck in his mouth.

"Bastard, I thought you understood something, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant of the general idea." Bai Hecheng immediately said angrily.

"Xiaoyun, being possessed by a demon is just a guess, and there is also a hint of possibility. He is on the verge of breaking through the realm. If we break in without authorization, it is very likely that he will ruin his Taoist practice and will instead prompt him to become possessed by a demon." Bai Jiangfeng also dissuaded.

"This is not enough to save it, and it is not enough not to save it. So what should we do?" Bai Xiaoyun asked.

"If we wait for three days, if there is no movement, we will force the secret room. At that time, it depends on his own luck." Bai Jiangfeng and Bai Hecheng looked at each other and hesitated.

"That's all." Bai Hecheng thought for a moment, nodded and said.

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly walked to the door, opened the door, frowned and looked towards the distant sky.

Bai Jiangfeng quickly noticed something was wrong, so he hurriedly followed, looking into the distance.

Bai Xiaoyun didn't know what was going on, but looked over in confusion, but saw that the lead clouds in the sky were accumulated, and there was nothing special.

"Grandpa Third, what's wrong? What are you looking at?" Bai Xiaoyun looked puzzled and couldn't help asking.

"This movement is from Jinghu Lake in the backyard. Could it be..." Bai Jiangfeng did not answer, but said hesitantly.

"Go and go and have a look."
Chapter completed!