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“?????”

Qi Xiang contacted Mr. Hai on the software. After a few minutes, Mr. Hai replied with a string of question marks.≥≥, obviously, Mr. Hai was also a little surprised by Qi Xiang's active contact.

"I'd like to ask for advice." Qi Xiang was very direct.

"…what?" Mr. Hai was quite curious: "Say!"

"I encountered a strange thing recently." Qi Xiang typed quickly, briefly described what happened at the auction, and then focused on the mysterious man: "He was wearing a red and black robe, with dark gold lines and dark patterns, which was very gorgeous. By the way, he also wore a weird mask with cross marks..."

"...He is very powerful, and just one finger can block people's memories."

Qi Xiang's description was very detailed, and finally asked: "Have you heard of people like this?"

“…”

Qi Xiang waited for a long time, but Young Master Hai did not answer and fell into a strange silence.

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After waiting for a long time, Qi Xiang was a little impatient, frowned, and asked a question mark. Then she found that the avatar of Mr. Hai’s instant messaging software had dimmed, and it seemed that she had been offline.

At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Qi Xiang's heart moved, and he quickly picked up his phone and looked at it. As expected, it was Mr. Hai's call.

"Eh?" Qi Xiang answered: "Young Master Hai?"

"I'm Tian Shi..." Another voice came from the phone: "Have you really met that person?"

"I met it, and I even lie in the hospital for a few days." Qi Xiang said truthfully: "That's why I want to ask you if you know what the other party is."

"...We are not sure if you just listen to your description." Tian Shi's voice was very cautious: "However, there are indeed some speculations, and I cannot guarantee that it is accurate."

"It's okay, you said." Qi Xiang listened carefully.

Tian Shi was silent for a moment before speaking: "Have you... heard of...Shifang Dao?"

"Shifang Dao?" Qi Xiang was stunned.

"Yes. The Shifang Dao!" Tian Shi said in a deep voice: "If there is no accident, the person you meet should be the most mysterious force in the world of cultivation today."

"But this force is usually very mysterious and a bit weird. Everyone can't understand their origins, but they know that their strength is not small and difficult to deal with..."

Tian Shi explained: "Their members dress up, like you described, are used to wearing red and black robes and cross mark masks to cover up their true identity."

"Anyway, this is a hidden force, and everyone doesn't know much about them."

Tian Shi said truthfully: "So, we know these general information and specific situations, and we can't help you."

"It's good to know this, thank you!"

Qi Xiang's eyes flashed, and after hanging up his phone, he pondered silently: "The way of the ten directions is to go up to the world, east to the east, west to north, and the living doors and death positions. Does the past and future encompass all things in the world?"

"What a big ambition..."

After Qi Xiang sneered, he had to face an embarrassing fact. Even though he knew the clues of his enemy now, he did not have enough strength to retaliate.

"After all, I'm the first priority in strength."

Qi Xiang returned to the bedroom and arranged the treasures in the secret safe.

This time, he no longer hesitated. During the few days in the hospital, he had made up his mind and thought about how to continue his future path of cultivation.

In fact, during this period, Qi has not been idle and has been studying the collection of books by Mr. Hai and others. After comparing and analyzing, he found that although the methods of practice in ancient and modern times have some differences in details, the level division is basically unchanged.

The first step is to build a foundation into the Tao, then refine essence and condense qi, refine qi and transform into spirit, refine spirit and return to emptiness, and finally refine emptiness and integration into Taoism.

Of course, each sect and school of each school has different descriptions of the state of practice. But in essence, this process is all just a replacement noun at most, changing the soup or not.

The term foundation building is also called refining oneself.

The word Ji has two meanings.

The first one is to interpret it as oneself, saying that refining oneself is to refine one's own three treasures and lay a solid foundation. The second one says that Ji is the earth of Ji, because Ji accepts Li hexagram, which is the code name of the Yuanshen (also known as the mind and nature, true meaning).

To further develop oneself, one is to cultivate both life and life.

What is nature? The true nature of the original state is that one spirit is bright. What is the fate? The innate essence is that one energy is filled with mist.

To put it bluntly, nature refers to the mind and nature, spiritual awareness; life refers to vitality and energy. Therefore, the dual cultivation of nature and life is also called the cultivation of both spirit and form. The primordial spirit and form are combined, closely connected, and neither is missing.

However, there is also a problem of having sex first, or having sex first, and having sex first.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the difference in these two concepts also led to the division of some practice sects. However, in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, these practice sects moved from division to confluence.

Later generations analyzed and concluded that it was believed that during the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became increasingly thin and was on the verge of cessation. People who practiced practice were no longer allowed to pick and choose. Whether they were first cultivating their nature or life first, they could achieve results.

Therefore, if everyone abandons the view of the portal, the convergence will naturally become a major trend.

By the Qing Dynasty, the world of cultivation no longer had any life. As long as it could enter the Tao, no matter what kind of Dharma or evil Dharma, it would dare to try it, which led to the rampant cults and the vigorous development of various folk religions.

Now, entering the Tao has become a natural chasm, towering into the clouds, blocking 99:99% of people from the threshold of the path of cultivation.

Judging from the current situation, as long as you can enter the Tao, don’t talk about any evil magic, even if it is magic, someone dares to try it. It is said that some people are fantastic and plan to transform themselves into vampires, zombies and other existences.

At the beginning, Qi Xiang was shocked when she saw this piece of information in the library. She couldn't help but sigh that there were madmen everywhere, and her imagination was too big and extreme.

There are madmen every year, but there are many in modern times...

Qi Xiang muttered in her heart, focusing on several treasures again. As his eyes swam, his belief became more firm: "That's it."

He was still hesitating, but the mysterious man at the auction made him realize that the earth was really dangerous. Even if he had the protection of the tortoise shell magic weapon, he might not be able to be safe.

When he encountered danger, when he realized that the gap in the magic weapon was enough for the mysterious man to kill him several times.

After making up his mind, Qi Xiang did not hesitate and immediately searched the Internet and found a contact information. After he made a call, he arrived at the place he had made an appointment with him the next morning.

It was a metal smelting factory, a national public institution, but its performance was not very good, the factory was a bit dilapidated, and there were very few workers. The huge factory only opened two or three machines, and the rumbling sounded faintly, making it look particularly depressed.

The person who greeted Qi Xiang was the deputy director of the factory.

The reception specifications are also very grand. For a small business, the deputy factory manager can condescend and surrender to the nobles and accompany the guests. From this we can also see that the factory has become so bleak.

After seeing Qi Xiang, the deputy factory director was stunned. He probably was surprised that Qi Xiang was young. However, after he was stunned, he showed a bright smile and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Qi, right? Welcome. Welcome..."

"Director Li." After his name was heard, Qi Xiang was more polite: "I'm upset."

"Where do you think?" Deputy Director Li said sincerely: "We want customers like you to come to disturb us."

This is the truth. If there are no customers, no business, no orders, no money, dozens of people will be placed in the factory and drinking the northwest wind? Even if the factory is difficult, at least it can be barely maintained. If it goes bankrupt, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this time, Qi Xiang smiled and looked around and said, "Director Li, can you take me around to see?"

Deputy Director Li hesitated a little, then laughed at himself, saying, "What's the situation in the factory is now clear and cannot be covered up."

At that moment, Deputy Director Li nodded happily and said, "Mr. Qi, please come with me."

Deputy Director Li was very wise and knew what Qi Xiang wanted to see, so he took him directly into the factory's production line and visited the metal smelting process.

Looking at the ore, after layers of screening and refining, it was burned into fiery red juice, and finally mixed together and turned into alloys.

After a process, Qi Xiang nodded quite satisfied. Although the factory is a bit ruinous, there is still no problem with the technology. At least it is professional and rigorous than the small workshop, which can meet his requirements.

Deputy Director Li observed his face and found that Qi Xiang’s smile was at the corner of her mouth, and his heart calmed down.

Why is he so enthusiastic and so nervous?

Of course there is a reason for this. It is mainly because when Qi Xiang contacted the factory last night, he had already paid 100,000 yuan in advance to the third party's account, which was considered a deposit in advance.

Ten thousand yuan is already a lot of profit for this. So Deputy Director Li naturally hopes to retain "big customers" like Qi Xiang.

After visiting for more than half an hour, Qi Xiang had a certain understanding of the factory's technology. Then, under the guidance of Deputy Director Li, the two returned to the office to have tea.

As soon as he sat down, Qi Xiang did not keep it in a silence and said straight to the point: "Director Li, I want to customize something, but I don't know if your factory can do it."

"I wonder what Mr. Qi wants to customize?" Deputy Director Li was very cautious and did not dare to boast about it.

Qi Xiang admired this pragmatic attitude very much and said bluntly: "I want to make a furnace!"

"The furnace?" Deputy Director Li was stunned for a moment, not hearing clearly: "What furnace?"

"The furnace and cauldron, the furnace and cauldron used to refine alchemy in ancient times." Qi Xiang explained.

"What?" Deputy Director Li was immediately shocked, greatly beyond his expectations.

Qi Xiang smiled and said indifferently: "Why, can't you do it?"

"...No!" Deputy Director Li woke up in an instant and cursed himself for being confused. If Qi Xiang wanted to customize any controlled knives, he would have to carefully consider whether to call the police. But no matter how strange the alchemy furnace is, it is not illegal, so what are you afraid of?
Chapter completed!