chapter 4 Requirements ===

Five months later.

"Hunyuan means that the vitality is not divided, and chaos is one, which is the beginning of vitality. Yuanqi is born in chaos, bright on the outside and dark on the inside."

Rusk Cunning sat on the straw mat in the open space in front of the cave, with his legs crossed and silently running the exercises in the "Hunyuan Jing". After the day, she exhaled a breath of turbidity. Before entering the first level of Qi Refining, the gas in Rusk Cunning lungs dispersed as soon as he exhaled. At this time, the gas exhaled from the mouth was shot out like a short arrow.

It took nearly four months for Lu Xiaotian to enter the first level of Qi refining, which was slightly consolidated in this month.

"Oops, I almost forgot to feed the little green ants the animal spirit pills."

Rusk Cunning slapped his forehead, and there was more spiritual energy outside the cave, so he had been practicing for a little longer. When he came to his senses, Rusk Cunning climbed up from the ground, quickly took off his two calves, and ran into the cave. The big black bear lying at the door opened his eyes and saw it was Rusk Cunning. He closed his eyes listlessly and continued to sleep soundly.

Rusk Cunning skillfully ran to the dark room of the alchemy room, took out a small white bottle, and then went to the spirit animal room in the cave. In the relatively spacious spirit animal room, there were some white fluorescent lamps scattered in a jade pond about ten feet square. The leaves of the grass, the white grass is a low-level spiritual grass, the leaves are covered with a light white luster, and there is a slight sound in the leaves of the white grass from time to time.

Rusk Cunning took out a dozen fragrant black pills from a white vial and scattered them on the leaves of the white grass.

Hiss

There was a sudden sound in the jade pond, and more than twenty green ants, five or six times larger than normal ants, crawled out from the leaves, rushing towards the Beast Spirit Pill and chewing it.

"One, two"

Riding on the little green ants eating, Rusk Cunning repeatedly counted the number. After finding that the number was not small, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the past six months, the old man in black robe has been going out more and more frequently. In addition to practicing, Rusk Cunning is also responsible for helping the old man in black robe take care of these little green ants.

These little green ants are low-level spiritual insects and are difficult to raise. It took nearly half a year to raise more than twenty of them. Once there is not enough food, the little green ants will kill each other.

Two months ago, because Rusk Cunning did not feed them in time, two small green ants were killed and eaten by other stronger ants. For this, Rusk Cunning also received twenty lashes from the old man in black robes. The pain was so painful that he had to recuperate for more than three days. Activities in the field. After learning this lesson, Rusk Cunning is always extra careful.

Rusk Cunning plugged the mouth of the white vial with a peach cork. Suddenly, a long and narrow shadow appeared on the ground. Rusk Cunning felt tense, but soon felt relieved. He turned around, and sure enough, it was the old man in black robe.

"master Faelon!"Rusk Cunning saluted the black-robed old man.

"You know it's me?" His cultivation level is much higher than that of Rusk Cunning. Rusk Cunning seemed to have noticed it just when he appeared at the door of the spirit beast room, and the old man in black robe couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"There is a faint figure on the ground. The black bear is guarding the entrance of the cave. The only one who can enter the cave silently is master Faelon."Rusk Cunning said truthfully.

"Yes, a person with such a mind at such a young age is really outstanding among his peers." The old man in black robe nodded slightly, secretly thinking that it was a pity that this son's spiritual root potential was not as good as before. In the past, he would have been accepted as a direct disciple. It’s not impossible. But since the Earth Fire Palace was brought to the sect, the black-robed old man thought of the word disciple, and his face became filled with gloom.

"The shadow ants are also well fed. This is a Qi Gathering Pill for you." The old man in black robe took out a pill bottle from his body, held it in his hand, and the mortal bottle floated in front of Rusk Cunning.

Rusk Cunning took the elixir bottle and opened the lid. A refreshing fragrance of elixirs filled his nostrils. Rusk Cunning couldn't help but feel happy. The Qi Gathering elixir was a elixir used by monks in the early stage of Qi refining. It had good effects from the first to the third level. The effect of this pill is worth three months of hard training for him who is only at the first level of Qi refining.

"Thank you , master Faelon, for the elixir." After putting the elixir away in a precious place, Rusk Cunning quickly thanked him.

"As long as you do a good job, I will not be stingy with rewards." The old man in black robe nodded, took out a small jade gourd and said, "My time in the cave may be shorter in the future. After the shadow ants in the jade pond mature, , if I haven’t come back yet, put the mature shadow ants into the jade gourd.”

At this time , Rusk Cunning also knew that this kind of small green ant was called a shadow ant, but Rusk Cunning looked a little confused. This kind of small green ant was a low-level spiritual insect. It was not very lethal, but it had a strong paralysis effect. Two months ago, that is, the time when the feeding was not timely, it was also because Rusk Cunning accidentally put his hand into the jade pond and was bitten by a small green ant. His movements were much slower than usual, and he fell on the animal skin, which was worse than usual overnight. After having sex for two hours, the little green ants in the jade pond were already cannibalizing themselves.

"master Faelon, after I was bitten by a shadow ant, I was paralyzed for nearly a day. If there are no preventive measures, I'm afraid it will delay the mission assigned by master Faelon."

Rusk Cunning said cautiously, lest he make the old man in black robe unhappy.

"This bottle is an antidote for the paralysis poison of shadow ants. You only need to take the antidote before catching the shadow ants." The old man in black robe gave Rusk Cunning another small medicine bottle.

"Yes, master Faelon."

After Rusk Cunning took the antidote, he thought to himself, no wonder the old man in black robe, who had always been polite to him before, had just rewarded him with a Qi Gathering Pill. It turned out that he was asked to do such hard work. Even if there is an antidote, being bitten by a small green ant is still quite painful. It's just that the black-robed old man arranged this, but there was no room for him to refuse.

"I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'll take the alchemy furnace with me." Shi Shi, the old man in black robe, said.

"If the beast spirit pills are used up and master Faelon doesn't come back, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of these shadow ants."Rusk Cunning said truthfully.

"I also have a small alchemy furnace here. Although it's not very good, it's enough for refining beast spirit pills."

The old man in black robe took out another small alchemy furnace that was completely black and looked like black iron. Looking at the color alone, it was far worse than the one used by the old man in black robe. However, Rusk Cunning himself had no other parties, let alone other spiritual objects. Rusk Cunning didn't mind this, but Lu Xiaotian thought that he didn't have any means to protect himself now. Through the conversation between the old man in black robe and several other people, Lu Xiaotian knew that monks must not only have martial arts, but also practice spells. Or combat skills are considered to have combat effectiveness.

In the past, when he was at Thunder Blade Sect, Brother Waldon Clark had to practice martial arts before he could be considered a true warrior after practicing internal skills and mental skills. Therefore, Lu Xiaotian thought that warriors and immortal cultivators also had something in common.

The black-robed old man left longer and longer each time, so Rusk Cunning thought for a moment and plucked up the courage to say, "master Faelon, in case you don't come back in time, I will go out to pick the elixir for refining the beast spirit pill. I took the black bear out. If a monster breaks into the cave, I'm afraid it will damage the things in the cave. If I don't take the black bear out, I will run into danger outside. If I can't come back, it will delay the care of master Faelon. These shadow ants may have the hope of defeating the master Faelon."

"Do you mean you want to get some benefits from me?"master Faelon smiled gloomily, his eyes as cold as a poisonous snake piercing his triangular eyes.

"No, I don't dare."

A layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Rusk Cunning forehead. The pressure from the high-level monks made Rusk Cunning calves tremble a little. It was good to be able to hold on without kneeling at this time.

Geng Lao's face was filled with uncertainty. The spiritual object found in the canyon was indeed what he was determined to get. The Shadow Ant is also one of his killer pincers, but the lethality of a single one is not strong. Most of them were destroyed in several battles with the disciples of Lingxiao Palace. This little guy in front of him is still somewhat useful. If it is like what Rusk Cunning said, it will be really tricky.

After thinking about it for a moment, master Faelon face brightened slightly, and there was a trace of amusement in his eyes. Then he threw another small ancient silver ring and a booklet to Rusk Cunning, "This is the spirit beast ring, and the booklet contains the art of taming animals." , you can take the black bear out to tame a low-level spiritual beast."

"Thank you , master Faelon."

Rusk Cunning finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had a heartfelt fear for the old man in black robe. If he had no choice, Rusk Cunning was really unwilling to bear this kind of pressure for no reason. But as soon as the old man in black robe left, he went out alone to collect spiritual grass and beast-refining pills. , it is indeed too dangerous, for the sake of my own life, I have to act like this.