Chapter 19 Preparing for the Mountain

　　In the game, a world of Shaohua turned into a flash. 　　Half a year had passed in reality as well. 　　"Hey!" 　　"Ha!" 　　In the dense forest, the soft drinks of teenagers were endless. 　　Two figures twirled around, their swords flashing, and they were practicing against each other. 　　"Big brother is mighty!" 　　Lu Qingyu stood on the side, dancing with excitement. On her shoulder stood a palm-sized bird, 'chirping' along with Lu Qingyu. 　　"Big brother! Big brother!" 　　"Rest for a while!" 　　In the midst of the rapid exchange of blows, Lu Qingshan shouted out and jumped out of the battle circle. 　　Stopping to take a look, his face and body were covered in sweat and he was about to collapse. On the contrary, Lu Qingfeng, who was standing in place, only had slightly disheveled hair, and was not even half tired. 　　"Second brother, you are too weak!" 　　Lu Qingyu jumped up and ran to Lu Qingfeng, holding his sleeve to wipe the non-existent sweat on his big brother's face, turning his head and squeezing his eyebrows at Lu Qingshan. 　　"Lu Qingyu! You're ungrateful!" 　　Lu Qingshan sat paralyzed on the ground, pointing at Lu Qingyu angrily. 　　"I'm happy with it, it's out of your hands!" Lu Qingyu spat out her tongue. 　　Lu Qingfeng let the two play around and found a place to sit down. 　　The decades in the game hadn't left any traces on Lu Qingfeng's face, but the passage of a lifetime of years still gave him an extra aura that was hard to describe. 　　Stability! Cangsang! 　　Filled with a sense of age under the wash of time, completely unlike a vigorous teenager in his early sixteenth year. 　　Lu Qingfeng sat down with his back against the tree and took out a thick booklet. 　　The booklet was made of yellow paper, all the unqualified talisman paper that Lu Qingfeng had refined in the past half a year. It was made into a booklet by him to record the conditions in the mountains and forests. There were various markings on it, as well as simple and scattered lines. 　　This was the topographical map of the nearby ten or so days' journey. 　　It was only labeled with the approximate distance traveled, the presence or absence of large beasts, and other basic information. 　　"The Returning Truth Sect hasn't moved for a long time, and relying on me and Qing Shan and Qing Yu to personally collect herbs alone is too slow in terms of efficiency. The Yellow Dragon Dan that was refined is completely insufficient for the three of us to cultivate." 　　Lu Qingfeng's current cultivation level was the third level of Fetal Breath, and Lu Qingshan was the second level of Fetal Breath. 　　Lu Qingyu had also started cultivating and had just stepped into the first level of Fetal Breath. 　　With three people cultivating, the demand for Yellow Dragon Dan increased greatly. With Lu Qingfeng and the others collecting it on their own, it would be difficult to fulfill. 　　"It's time to go out!" 　　Lu Qingfeng studied the map and figured out a route. 　　In half a year's time, the three of them first passed more than three months in fear and trembling under the pursuit of the Returning Truth Sect. Then slightly more than two months of stability passed. 　　In the beginning, they were still able to rely on collecting medicinal herbs in the neighborhood and refining them into Yellow Dragon Dan to support Lu Qingfeng and Lu Qingshan's cultivation. 　　Lu Qingfeng had experience in the game. 　　He had been in the game for forty-eight years in these half a year, and because he had consumed experience value by deducing feats and techniques, refining pills and talismans, his cultivation level had always been between the 1st level of Fetal Breath and the 5th level of Fetal Breath. 　　After the fifth level of the Fetal Breath realm, low-grade elixirs such as the Yellow Dragon Dan, the Pei Zhi Dan, and the Essence Pill were ineffective. 　　Therefore, in order to gain experience value in the most efficient and economical manner, Lu Qingfeng would usually cultivate to the fifth level of the Fetal Breath Realm, then consume the experience value and start cultivating again. 　　Over and over again, it had been repeated fifty-six times in forty-eight years. 　　Lu Qingfeng was certain that there was no cultivator in the heavens and earth whose cultivation perception of the first five levels of the Fetal Breath Realm could compare to his. 　　Lu Qingfeng even knew how to cultivate from the first to the fifth level of Fetal Breath with his eyes closed. 　　Therefore, despite his poor root bones, his cultivation speed was faster than Lu Qingshan. 　　One month one weight! 　　Two months second weight! 　　Three months to triple! 　　In just half a year's time, his cultivation had already reached the third level of the Fetal Breath Realm. If it wasn't for the Yellow Dragon Pill restriction, Lu Qingfeng estimated that he could at least reach the fourth level of the Fetal Breath Realm. 　　Lu Qingshan was slightly worse. 　　After all, he didn't have his big brother's heaven-defying cultivation experience, and it was difficult for him to open up too much of a distance with his 2-point root bone, so half a year down the line, he was still only at the second level of the Fetal Breath Realm. 　　The medicinal herbs in the neighborhood hadn't decreased too much, and the amount they were able to find each day was about the same as in previous days. 　　But because of the increase in their cultivation level, the consumption of Yellow Dragon Dan was greater, so even the same amount was gradually unable to satisfy Lu Qingfeng's trio. 　　"This time, we need to get out of this mountain forest and find a human gathering place. There is strength in numbers, and as long as there is enough money, there are as many herbs as one needs to refine the Yellow Dragon Pill." 　　"Spending time here now is a complete waste of time." 　　Lu Qingfeng mused. 　　He had experienced the helplessness of running out of lifespan once in the game and not being able to make a breakthrough. In reality, he didn't want to leave behind irrevocable regrets because of some comfort. 　　It was just right to take advantage of the sixteen years of reincarnation in the game and the two month gap in reality to get out of these deep mountains. 　　After settling down, it was almost time to resume the game. 　　Lu Qingfeng was still quite excited about where he would appear in the Floodlands after his random reincarnation. 　　"Big brother, are we changing places again?" 　　Lu Qingyu left Lu Qingshan behind and ran to Lu Qingfeng and asked. Every time big brother was so focused on studying the map, it was usually time to rush. 　　"Right." 　　Lu Qingfeng nodded. 　　"Aren't there still quite a few medicinal herbs around here?" 　　"And the Returning Truth Sect hasn't moved for quite a while." 　　Lu Qingshan walked over, a little puzzled. 　　After more than half a year of conditioning, both he and Lu Qingfeng's bodies had become strong. Although the scars on their bodies were still there, the injuries had completely healed under the medication. 　　"This time, we'll go straight out of the mountains and go to the county." 　　Lu Qingfeng told his thoughts to the two, Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu had listened to him, but this time, they were a little hesitant. 　　"What?" 　　"Scared?" 　　Lu Qingfeng looked at the two who were suddenly silent and asked with a smile. 　　"I'm not the one who's afraid!" 　　"Just go to the county town!" 　　Lu Qingyu strained his neck and tried to hide it. 　　Hearing this, Lu Qingshan also even said, "With my current strength, I'm not afraid even if I run into an Entered Disciple of the Returning Truth Sect. What's there to be afraid of in a small county!" 　　"That's good." 　　"Adjust for the night, we'll leave first thing in the morning." 　　Lu Qingfeng didn't tear the duo apart and directly said. 　　He also knew that after staying in the mountains for more than half a year, both Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu were used to this kind of life. Suddenly having to go to an unfamiliar county and deal with many, many strangers, it was inevitable that they would be a little scared. 　　Moreover, they had also escaped from the kind of places like Blackwood Cottage and Return to Truth Sect, so it was even more unavoidable for them to be wary of the new environment, fearing that they would return to the kind of environment like Blackwood Cottage and Return to Truth Sect once again. 　　However, the cultivation state of living away from the group was still a bit far away from Lu Qingfeng's trio. 　　Even if they cultivated to a high depth, they still couldn't get away from dealing with people. With roots like these three siblings, it was even more necessary for them to utilize the power of the group to obtain all sorts of resources in order to improve themselves. 　　If they kept on cultivating hard, wasting their lives was inevitable. 　　...... 　　This night. 　　Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu were both a bit abnormal, without their usual lively spirit. Lu Qingfeng did not care, let them adjust themselves. He, on the other hand, was organizing his traveling clothes. 　　After staying in the deep mountains for half a year, there weren't many lines. 　　The only precious thing was the Wolf Hair Talisman Brush, used for drawing talismans. 　　It contained nine talismans, and was only the lowest level of existence amongst first rank talisman artifacts, barely making ends meet when used to draw low level talismans. 　　Other than the Wolf Hair Talisman Pen, the other items were all small. 　　There is a wide range of pills such as Rescient Valley Pill, Yellow Dragon Pill, Yellow Chestnut Pill ...... and so on. 　　There was a wide variety of talismans such as the Stealth Talisman, the Evading Talisman, the Fire Bomb Talisman ...... and other types of talismans. 　　There was also the Nine Ringed Knife that he had gotten from Wu Yuan, this was Lu Qingfeng's entire home base.