Inside Hall of Martial Valor, only Emperor Xianwu and Zhou Qi are left.
Chen Fu led the young eunuch out and closed the palace door.
The hall became quiet, with only the incense rising and slowly dispersing in the light.
Emperor Xianwu leaned on the dragon chair, looked at Zhou Qi and suddenly smiled.
"Mr. Zhou," he sat up straight and turned to Zhou Qi, with a bit of narrowness in his eyes, "Are you in a hurry?"
Zhou Qi put down the teacup, smiled softly, and did not deny it.
Emperor Xianwu stood up, walked behind the dragon case, bent down and took out three boxes from the secret compartment.
The boxes are not big, each one is only about the size of a palm, but they are all extremely delicate.
Emperor Xianwu held three boxes in both hands, walked to Zhou Qi, and placed them one by one on the table.
"I promised you that I would help you collect heavenly materials and earthly treasures to upgrade Mental Power." He pointed to the three boxes, "Fortunately, I have lived up to my mission. These are all the treasures that I have exchanged for you during this period of time."
Zhou Qi was not polite and reached out to open the first box.
The rosewood box was covered with a layer of dark red velvet, and three spiritual fruits lay on the velvet.
The spiritual fruit is not big, each one is only about the size of a pigeon egg, and the whole body is light golden in color. Fine lines are faintly visible on the peel, like a shrunken net.
The fruit exudes a sweet aroma, which makes you feel refreshed and refreshing.
"This is Golden-Patterned Fruit." Emperor Xianwu explained at the side, "It is produced in a secret place deep in the Southern Frontier Ten Thousand Mountains. It matures every three hundred years and has a remarkable improvement effect. The only drawback is that it is difficult to preserve."
He paused and added, "I exchanged these three for one hundred thousand spiritual stones and Southern Xinjiang Witch God Sect."
Zhou Qi nodded, looked up at Xianwu and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xianwu laughed, waved his hand, and pointed to the second box.
Zhou Qi Open the second box.
The moment the white jade box was opened, a refreshing aroma of tea hit your face.
It's not a strong fragrance, but the kind of elegant and long-lasting fragrance, like the morning bell in an ancient temple in the mountains, or like the breeze in the bamboo forest after the rain.
The box is covered with a layer of gold foil, and a handful of tea leaves are placed on the gold foil.
The tea leaves are dark green, each leaf is curled into a spiral shape, and silvery white hairs are faintly visible on the leaves.
"Enlightenment Tea." Emperor Xianwu's tone was more solemn, "This is Great Yong's tribute among the royal tributes. Enlightenment Tea Tree is produced on the top of Northern Frontier's snow mountain. That tree only sprouts new buds once every five hundred years, and no more than three taels are picked at a time."
He looked at the handful of tea leaves, a trace of reluctance flashed in his eyes, but he quickly calmed down.
"These two taels of tea were given to me by the late emperor when I ascended the throne. I have kept them for thirty-seven years and have never been willing to drink them."
Zhou Qi nodded without saying anything, closed the lid, and opened the third box.
The black iron box has no lock, only a delicate hidden buckle.
Zhou Qi Open the hidden buckle and the lid of the box pops open.
Inside is a thin book with a gray-white cover, no writing, and some wear and tear on the corners. It has obviously been read many times.
Underneath the book was a note with the words "Royal Secrets, No Public Disclosure" written on it.
Zhou Qi picked up the booklet and opened the first page.
There are five big characters written on the title page: Millstone Spirit-Refining Art.
The writing is vigorous, but the ink has faded. I don't know how many years ago it was written.
Emperor Xianwu walked to him, pointed at the booklet, and said slowly:
"This is the god-refining method that Great Yong, the founding emperor, traveled to the Primordial Dao Sect, and fortuitous opportunity brought it back by chance. It has been kept secret by the royal family for thousands of years and has never been spread to the outside world."
He looked at Zhou Qi, his eyes a little more complicated.
"This method is extremely painful to practice. Over the past millennium, no fewer than a hundred people in the royal family have tried it, and only a handful of them can persist."
Zhou Qi nodded after listening.
These things are all rare things, and even this god-refining Cultivation Method is a rare good thing. Emperor Xianwu did this, and it was obvious that he was really doing his best to help Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi stood up, cupped his fists and bowed, and solemnly said thank you.
Xianwu stepped forward to help you up and said, "There is no need to be polite between me and Mr. Zhou. As long as I can do anything that will help you practice, I will do my best."
Zhou Qi understood what he meant, raised his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, what Zhou said will be done."
Xianwu smiled lightly and nodded without continuing the topic.
We are all smart people, so we can just speak to the point. If we speak too plainly, it will make us look cowardly.
He waved his robe and shouted, "Chen Fu."
Chen Fu opened the door and came in, bowing and obeying orders.
"Go and arrange for Mr. Zhou to rest at the Jade Dusk Palace."
After finishing speaking, Xianwu turned to look at Zhou Qi: "Mr. Zhou, you will rest at the Jade Dusk Palace during these days. If you have anything to do, you can call on your servants at any time. If you have anything to find me, you can come here directly without notifying me."
Zhou Qi nodded again.
Chen Fu also responded, walked up to Zhou Qi and prepared to lead the way.
Zhou Qi nodded, said goodbye, turned around and strode out Hall of Martial Valor.
Jade Dusk Palace is an independent courtyard in the southeast corner of Imperial City.
It can be seen that it is mainly for purity.
The area is very large, with three entrances to the courtyard, a green brick floor, and a verandah. There is a pool of clear water in the courtyard, and there are several plum blossoms planted beside the pool. They have not yet reached their flowering period, and the branches are bare, but they are neatly trimmed.
Chen Fu led Zhou Qi into the courtyard, introduced the maid outside to Zhou Qi, and then stood up to say goodbye.
Zhou Qi thanked him, sent Chen Fu away, and told the maid to wait outside.
He walked into the main room, closed the door, and sat down at the table.
Take out one of the boxes and take out the book of Refining God Cultivation Method.
Zhou Qi picked up the booklet and opened the first page.
System Panel pops up instantly:
[New Cultivation Method detected:<Millstone Spirit-Refining Art>]
[Grade: Upper Profound Grade]
[Training effect: Grinding the psychiatry to make it more pure, slightly increasing the upper limit of Mental Power]
[Cultivation requirements: Foundation Establishment or above Mental Power]
[Current Mental Power:10.0]
Cultivation Method is only Xuan grade Cultivation Method, but it is valuable because of its rarity.
Zhou Qi After reading the system prompts, he opened the booklet again and read page by page.
Cultivation Method contains not much content, only a dozen thin pages.
The front is the general outline, which talks about the principles of the way of refining the gods.
In the middle is the cultivation method, with pictures and texts. It depicts a person sitting cross-legged, with a huge millstone hanging above his head. The millstone is divided into upper and lower fans. The upper fan does not move, and the lower fan rotates, crushing the person's Mental Power bit by bit.
Finally, there are precautions, which are densely written across three pages, all full of warnings.
"Practice this skill, it is heartbreaking. If you don't have great perseverance, you should not try it lightly."
"When grinding, Mental Power shatters like thousands of needles piercing the brain, which is unbearable for ordinary people."
"Don't give up midway. If Mental Power is separated, you won't be able to reunite. You will be Perfected Person confused and become stupid."
"Remember, remember, remember."
The three words "remember" are written twice as big as the main text and the ink is a bit darker. It is obvious that the person who wrote the book specially emphasized it.
Zhou Qi closed the book and took a deep breath.
He closed his eyes and started to visualize according to the method in the booklet.
Darkness, endless darkness.
He calmed down, got rid of distracting thoughts, and concentrated all his attention on the Mud Pellet Palace between his eyebrows.
Gradually, a glimmer of light emerged from the darkness.
But the light was very weak, like a lamp in the distance, blurry and hard to see clearly.
Zhou Qi Continue to visualize.
The light is getting closer and closer, becoming clearer and clearer.
Finally, a millstone reaching the sky was formed.