She shook her head and said, “I’m not going! I want to accompany you today!” As she said that, she leaned against Tang Hao’s chest.
“I want to tell you something, Lil Tang…” she said.
“What?”
“I want to learn cultivation. Can you teach me?”
Tang Hao was surprised.
“You’re so powerful, but I can’t do anything. Won’t I become a burden? Just like the situation the night before yesterday, I couldn’t do anything but hide in fear.
“Even if I can’t become as powerful as you, I should at least learn how to protect myself, right?
“Besides, you can live for a long time, right? As for me, how long can I live, a hundred years at most? Then we can’t be together forever!”
She sounded sad when she said that.
Tang Hao was silent for a while.
He had thought about that problem before.
A cultivator in the late period of the State of Qi Channeling could live for a hundred and fifty years. At his current cultivation base, it was not a problem for him to live for a hundred ninety years. If he could fully breakthrough into the State of Foundation Establishment realm in the future, his lifespan would increase greatly.
He planned to find some rare medicinal herbs so that he could make pills to increase Qin Xiangyi’s lifespan. However, he had not considered that teaching her cultivation would be an easier solution.
“What do you think, Lil Tang?” She muttered.
“OK!”
“Really?” her face instantly lit up.
“Really!”
“That’s great!” She cheered, leaned down, and kissed him a few times.
After the excitement passed, she began to frown. “Lil Tang, will there be a problem to start cultivation at my age? Also, is it difficult?”
“No problem,” Tang Hao said.
In the modern era, cultivation relied on potions.
“Would it be difficult? Do you think it’ll be difficult with me helping you?” Tang Hao said with a smile.
“That’s great. Let’s start immediately!”
She sat up and said impatiently.
“There’s no rush. I’ll teach you after breakfast!”
After breakfast, they sat down in the living room and explained to her the methods of cultivation.
“Do you remember everything?”
She shook her head.
“I’ll explain again!”
After several times, she nodded with a look of understanding.
“Now, close your eyes. Try to feel the presence of qi first. This is the first step.”
She sat down cross-legged, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes.
The process of sensing qi required some patience. Tang Hao took a long time when he first tried it.
Meanwhile, Tang Hao took out some lingzhi and other medicinal herbs. He processed them one by one and mashed them together to prepare a small bowl of Liquid of Spiritual Condensation.
Tang Hao picked up the bowl and looked at the golden and fragrant liquid in the bowl. He was hit by a pang of nostalgia.
He had relied on the liquid to enter the State of Qi Channeling and embark on the path of cultivation.
Tang Hao pondered over how he could raise Qin Xiangyi’s cultivation base as quickly as possible. If she could reach the middle period, then he would not have to worry about her safety.
Thanks to his luck, he had reached the middle period in a mere twenty days.
He did not have any spirit stones on hand, but he had a lot of lingzhi and ginseng. He had a large lingzhi plantation in the magatama pocket world, and all of the plants were already mature.
A months-old lingzhi plant in the pocket world is equivalent to a decades-old plant in the real world. He had planted the lingzhi plants in the pocket world more than a year ago, and they were equivalent to century-old lingzhi plants.
Century-old lingzhi and ginseng contained very potent medicinal effects. If she drank two portions of the liquid every day, she would reach the middle period in ten days.
He continued to concoct two more portions of the liquid. Suddenly, he heard Qin Xiangyi shout in surprise, “I did it!”
She stood up excitedly, unable to contain her excitement.
“So fast! Here, drink this!”
Tang Hao handed her a bowl of medicinal liquid.
“What’s this?” Qin Xiangyi took the bowl and looked carefully at the golden medicinal liquid. She felt somewhat puzzled.
“This is something very useful. Drink it and digest it according to the method I taught you just now,” Tang Hao said.
Qin Xiangyi pursed her lips, picked up the bowl, raised her head, and downed the liquid.
As soon as the liquid slid down the throat, it became scalding hot, as though a fire was burning in her stomach.
She furrowed her brows tightly together, and she seemed to be in agony.
However, she quickly got used to it and began to try to digest the liquid.
She sat there for more than three hours.
In that period, Tang Hao made a lot of Liquid of Spiritual Condensation and stored it in small jars. She could drink those when he was not around.
When she opened her eyes again, she seemed a little different. Her physical appearance did not change much because she had already taken the Mortality Shedding Pill.
The change was more to her inner self and disposition.
Her beautiful eyes seemed more animated and profound, and her disposition seemed otherworldly.
In the next few days, the two of them went about their own business during the day and cultivated together at night.
She consumed two bowls of Liquid of Spiritual Condensation every day, which resulted in rapid growth in her cultivation base. The Taoist masters would be speechless if they saw her.
Every day, Tang Hao acted as her teacher and taught her all kinds of cultivation knowledge. However, the student was very restless.
“Wow! Lil Tang, you look so handsome when you are serious! Come, give me a kiss! And another!”
Whenever he praised her, she would lean over and kiss him.
Sometimes, she would sneakily kiss him when Tang Hao was concentrating on something else. She would then shrink away and giggle.
No matter what he did, they would eventually end up huddled together.
“Can you be more serious?”
Tang Hao said helplessly when they huddled together once again. He looked at her as if he was looking at a naughty student.
“I don’t wanna!”
She refused flatly and giggled with a mischievous look on her face.
“Don’t you think this is really fun?” As she said that, she leaned over and kissed him.
Tang Hao smiled helplessly and hugged her waist. Then, he flipped her over and pinned her under him.
Their eyes met, and the atmosphere became romantic.
She opened her red lips and panted slightly, seemingly in a daze.
Their lips got closer and closer until they touched.
Chapter 659 - To Changbai Mountain
Late at night.
Tang Hao was sitting in the living room, while Qin Xiangyi was sitting in front of him with her legs crossed and looking at him with her cheeks rested on her hands.
The corners of her lips were curled up into a charming smile.
“Pay more attention this time. I’m serious!”
Tang Hao said sternly with a harsh expression when he saw her like that.
“Oh!” She answered obediently, but there was a hint of slyness in the corners of her eyes.
Tang Hao immediately smiled helplessly.
“Alright, what sorcery do you want to learn?”
Qin Xiangyi had been cultivating for nine days, and she had drunk two portions of Liquid of Spiritual Condensation every day. Finally, she had successfully reached the middle period and could now learn sorcery.
“I want to fly. Is there a spell for that?” She thought for a m
oment and said.
“Of course!” Tang Hao nodded and said, “That’s the Levitation spell. It’s actually quite simple!”
Immediately, Tang Hao taught her the incantation and the hand gestures.
“It’s so complicated! Do it for me, Lil Tang!” She tried to perform the hand gesture several times. Then, she pouted and said coyly, “Quick, do it for me!”
Tang Hao was helpless. He walked behind her, reached over her shoulders, and held her hands.
Her hands were slender, fair, soft, and delicate, as if without bones.
“Like this… then this!”
Tang Hao held her hands and guided her through a few gestures.
“I still don’t understand. Can we do it again?”
She leaned back and fell onto Tang Hao’s chest. Then, she abruptly turned her face and sneaked a kiss on Tang Hao’s cheek.
Tang Hao was stunned, but she smiled proudly.
“Sneaking on me again? You owe me a kiss!” Tang Hao said seriously.
“No!”
She shook her head and tried to struggle, but she did not use any strength.
Tang Hao hugged her, and they laughed and rolled around on the living room floor.
It took her two nights to learn that simple spell. The next night, Tang Hao took her to the top of the mountain behind the mansion.
She stood on the top, and Tang Hao stood below.
“I’m scared, Lil Tang!” She shouted.
“You’ll be fine. I’ll catch you!” Tang Hao said.
“Oh!”
She hesitated for a long time before jumping down.
A scream was heard across the night sky. She fell straight down without being able to perform a hand gesture. Tang Hao went up and caught her.
She hugged Tang Hao tightly, still in shock. “I’m so scared!”
After several more attempts, she finally managed to levitate.
“Look, Lil Tang! I can fly!” She shouted excitedly.
When she could control her flight better, Tang Hao brought her to Provincial City.
The two of them held hands, rode the wind, and flew under the moonlight, leaving behind a trail of laughter.
…
In the blink of an eye, Tang Hao had stayed in Westridge for more than ten days.
In the day, he went to the company, and at night, he taught Qin Xiangyi cultivation. In that period, he also received an invitation to Uncle Li’s son’s wedding.
One morning, Tang Hao said goodbye to Qin Xiangyi and left Westridge.
He did not return to Provincial City but instead went to Mao Mountain. A few days earlier, Mao Mountain had called to ask him to go and take something. It was the nine pillars that he had looted from Kunlun Mountain.
The pillars were made of Kunlun steel, a high-quality material suitable for crafting Artifacts. However, they were very hard and extremely difficult to cut.
After returning from Kunlun, he had entrusted the pillars to the Taoist masters.
Upon reaching Mao Mountain, Tang Hao received a warm welcome.
“Look at this, Fellow Cultivator Tang! These are our newly built houses, and this is our new statue. Look, we’ve expanded the plantation too.”
Taoist Master Zhen Yang dragged him around the place and explained excitedly.
Less than two months had passed, and Mao Mountain had changed greatly.
Mao Mountain was considered rich in the past, with many luxury cars and stacks of cash. But now, after receiving their share of box office profits, they were extremely rich.
To participate in the sequel, Dragon Tiger Mountain had given them more than a hundred million yuan.
The Taoist masters spared no expense in remodeling the place and building new facilities.
Then, Taoist Master Zhen Yang took him to the warehouse.
The pillars were all cut into brick-sized pieces.
Tang Hao took his share of half of the pillars and stashed them in his pocket dimension.
“Oh! By the way, Fellow Cultivator Tang, to thank you for your contributions toward Mao Mountain, we’ve decided to give you something.”
Taoist Master Zhen Yang said mysteriously as they walked out of the warehouse.
“What is it?” Tang Hao was surprised.
“Heheh! It’s something good!”
As he said that, Taoist Master Zhen Yang took out a seal from his bag. It was completely black with the carving of a strange beast. Tang Hao could sense hints of ghostly qi from it.
“Isn’t this…”
Tang Hao was stunned when he recognized it.
“That’s right. This used to belong to the Wang villain. This thing has ghostly qi, and it’s not compatible with Mao Mountain. We’ll entrust this to you, Fellow Cultivator Tang.”
As Taoist Master Zhen Yang spoke, he handed the seal over.
Tang Hao did not refuse. He took the seal from the Taoist master’s hands.
“This is called the Ghost Seal. It’s an Artifact with formidable power and can contain thousands of ghosts. If it falls into the hands of a villain, it will cause great harm. Please take good care of it, Fellow Cultivator Tang,” Taoist Master Zhen Yang said solemnly.
“Don’t worry, Taoist Master.”
Tang Hao held the Ghost Seal and pondered for a while. Soon, he had an idea.
He suddenly thought of Zhou Lingxue. He did not have much use for this Artifact, so he might as well give it to her to play with. She must be bored staying in the factory every day.
After having lunch in the mountain, Tang Hao was about to return to Provincial City when Taoist Master Zhen Yang received a phone call.
“What’s the matter, Elder? What? Did you find a treasure? You’re asking me to come over now? Sure!”
Upon hearing the word “treasure”, Taoist Master Zhen Yang’s eyes lit up.
“Ah, right! Fellow Cultivator Tang is here too. I’ll bring him along! Alright, Alright, I’ll set off now.”
After ending the call, Taoist Master Zhen Yang said excitedly, “Fellow Cultivator Tang, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go catch the treasure together.”
“What treasure?” Tang Hao asked in puzzlement.
“I heard from the Elder that it’s some kind of fish, but I’m not sure what kind it is. We’ll know when we get there. It’s at Changbai Mountain,” Taoist Master Zhen Yang said.
Soon, Taoist Master Zhen Yang gathered a total of ten people and chartered a plane to fly directly to the north.
After arriving in the north, he rented a car and rushed to Changbai Mountain.
Chapter 660 - Fishing
The group of ten people sat in two separate cars. After a bumpy journey, they finally arrived at Changbai Mountain.
It was March, and the area was covered in a thick layer of snow.
The snow-covered mountain range was a spectacular sight.
They met up with Taoist Master Qing Xu and Taoist Master Qian Ji in a village at the foot of the mountain.
The two Taoist masters had been traveling all over Huaxia, going deep into mountains and forests in search of treasure. They had traveled northward, and they had arrived at Changbai Mountain a few days ago.
“What treasure is it, Elder?”
Everyone wondered about the same question.
“Fish! However, it’s not an ordinary fish. You’ll know once you get there. Here, everyone take a rod!”
As he spoke, Taoist Master Qing Xu handed over a bundle of fishing rods.
Everyone was surprised.
‘What? Fishing?
‘We’re cultivators, dammit! We could’ve used our bare hands to catch the fish!’
“Just take it and follow me!”
Taoist Master Qing Xu turned around and led the group up the mountain.
Light snow was falling, and the temperature was low.
However, they were all cultivators, and they were not afraid of the cold.
They arrived in a snow-covered valley three hours later. On one side of the valley, there was a cr
ack in the mountain. They lit torches and walked in one by one.
The path became wider as they walked forward. Eventually, they reached a wide cavern.
The cavern was pitch-black, without a single bit of natural light.
With the help of the firelight, they could vaguely see a pool of water in front of them. Upon closer inspection, they saw that it was a pond.
“Damn, it’s so cold!”
As they walked toward the pond, several Taoist masters with weaker cultivation bases began to shiver.
Tang Hao furrowed his brows when he sensed the temperature change.
The temperature dropped rapidly between the entrance to the cavern and where they were. Even the other Taoist masters were beginning to feel cold.
The further they went, the colder it became.
The Taoist masters were freezing when they reached the pondside. They huddled themselves and kept stomping their feet.
Tang Hao held a torch and looked in front of him. He saw the sparkling pond water and thought that it was quite strange. It was so cold here, but the water did not freeze.
“There’s a big fella inside! It’s at least a thousand years old! I scared it when I came here and it hasn’t appeared since.” Taoist Master Qing Xu pointed at the pool and said.
“There are many small ones inside too. I wanted to catch the smaller ones to lure that big fella out, so I called all of you here.”
“Big fella? A thousand years old?”
The eyes of the Taoist masters suddenly lit up.
Then, they greedily swallowed mouthfuls of drool.
“It must be very delicious! By the way, what kind of fish is it?”
Taoist Master Qing Xu smiled and said, “Spirit skate!”
“Spirit skate? What’s that?”
“Do you know about the winged skate?”
“I think I’ve heard of it before. Isn’t that an ancient flying fish recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas?”
“That’s right. The spirit skate is a type of winged skate. Its flesh is delicate and delicious, and it’s used to be known as the most delicious meat in the world. I thought it had gone extinct a long time ago, but I didn’t expect to find a school here.”
“The most delicious meat?” The other Taoist masters began to drool again.
“Go go go!”
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