The short time of just over an hour seemed like a century to Alice.
First, there was the severe pain of opening up the meridians, then the swelling pain of the heaven and earth energy entering the meridians, and finally the strong numbness and itching when the meridians were repaired. Even an adult man might not be able to bear that kind of pain.
However, Alice, who was only ten years old, was supported by my true energy and managed to get through it.
Until my right hand left her back, she could no longer hold on and finally fainted.
Philiya had been waiting by the side. When she saw Alice fainted, she immediately helped her up.
In the past period of time, she had experienced too many surprises and worries.
First, I found that Alice's whole body began to emit dazzling golden light. That was because I had protected her meridians with true energy and started to open up the meridians. After all, she was a person who practiced Dou Qi, so she naturally understood that this was golden Dou Qi that even the Sword God could hardly possess. For a moment, she felt deeply proud of my strength.
Then, a faint blue mist slowly entered my body from the top of my head, and then I found that my hands began to emit white light. That was because I was mobilizing all the true energy in my body to control the vitality of heaven and earth.
However, the white Dou Qi light was beyond her understanding, but she could vaguely feel from the strong energy that it was beyond the golden Dou Qi level.
Then she saw a trace of black and smelly impurities constantly secreted from Alice's body surface, and bright red blood beads began to ooze out of her mouth, and I was sweating all over, just like being fished out of the water.
Although she was very worried about Alice, her strong confidence in me made her calm down and wait patiently.
Finally, she saw me tiredly retract my hand and slowly put my hands together. She knew that it was because I was going to enter into a state of meditation and regulate my breathing, but Alice fell headfirst, which scared her again.
Fortunately, although Alice fainted, she looked much better than before, and my action just now also let her know that things were going smoothly, so she quickly put her mind at ease.
Knowing that I probably wouldn't wake up for a while, I held Alice and helped her take a bath.
It was only a few weeks, when my true qi recovered about 20%, I stopped practicing, but found that it was already the next morning.
This time, the true qi consumed far exceeded my estimate, and it was even greater than the last time I helped Philiya. As a result, my ability to recover true qi was much weaker. If I want to fully recover, I'm afraid it will take a few days.
However, Alice's situation definitely can't wait that long.
Just now, because of the exhaustion of true qi at the last moment, I had to stop practicing, so that the final situation was a bit out of control. I don't know whether the result is good or bad, and I'm really worried.
When I opened my eyes, I found Philiya leaning on the sofa, her beautiful eyes closed, but she was sleeping soundly. I guess she must have been watching over me all night.
Shaking my head, I gently picked her up and carefully put her on the bed.
Alice was also sleeping quietly on the bed. Looking at their peaceful sleeping postures, I couldn't help but smile.
It feels so good to have someone care about you!
Pulling Alice's left hand, I carefully checked her internal condition. It seemed that her internal condition was better than I expected.
That trace of heaven and earth vitality had been exhausted, but the heavy internal injuries in her body had been completely healed, and under the transformation of vitality, her meridians were greatly strengthened, even compared with Philiya.
The magic elements were not expelled as I expected, but they have begun to automatically flow in Alice's body according to the trajectory of my true qi yesterday, which has given her a strong true qi foundation. In time, I think it should become a strange true qi that even the old man may not know.
Overall, this exercise was completed in excess, and the result was more successful than I expected.
But this time, I couldn't help but start to face my own strength.
Since my Xiaoyao Jue true qi entered the seventh level, and with the help of the Dragon Soul Grass, I broke through to the eighth level, I seemed to be a little too self-righteous, and this time I helped Alice forcefully open up her meridians.
In fact, judging from Alice's situation, the safest thing is to let her practice Dou Qi first, in order to strengthen her meridians, and then help her clean her meridians, which will be much smoother, and Alice's pain will naturally be reduced a lot.
However, although it was very different from what I expected, it was a win-win for Alice. After all, she succeeded, although there was a lot of luck involved.
Maybe if I had to do it again, even I myself would not be sure that I could do it to this extent.
Knowing that Alice was fine, I was relieved. Seeing that it was still early, I walked out of the apartment and took a leisurely walk in the woods.
It was about five o'clock in the morning. The woods were silent. People in the surrounding houses were still asleep. Only occasionally could I hear a few crisp bird calls, and from time to time I could see cute little monsters jumping and running on the grass, adding vitality to the quiet woods.
And they were not afraid of strangers at all, and from time to time they would circle around my feet. Xiaoyu also flew down from the tree, jumped on my shoulders, and rubbed my face with his pointed little mouth from time to time.
But as soon as it appeared, all the monsters around ran away. The monsters have a strong sense of hierarchy. If I hadn't told it to restrain its breath, the monsters and birds nearby would have run away. At that time, not to mention this forest, there would not be a single monster in the whole school.
But even so, no low-level monster dared to stay near it, which made me lose a lot of fun.
I walked slowly to the lake and took a deep breath of the fresh air with strong moisture, which made me feel relaxed.
The environment of this world is much better than that of the earth. Even the lake in the college is clear. What's more rare is that there is no trace of artificial chiseling. When you are in it, you don't feel that you are in the college at all. It's like being in the mountains and forests. It's really pleasing to the eye.
I picked up a fallen leaf and played it softly.
This is the second time I have played since I came to this continent. If the old man knew, he would definitely say that I am eager for success. According to him, music, chess, calligraphy and painting are all excellent ways to cultivate temperament and enlighten wisdom. Focusing on them can often bring unexpected results to martial arts breakthroughs.
Indeed, I was able to cultivate the sixth level of Xiaoyao Jue in just a dozen years, and the research of various miscellaneous studies can be said to have contributed greatly.
When martial arts practice reaches a certain level, it is not enough to study hard and practice hard to achieve a breakthrough. The key lies in the word "enlightenment". The great way is simple. In fact, whether it is music, chess, calligraphy and painting or martial arts, the principles are the same.
Every time I encounter a bottleneck in martial arts, I can find the answer in other aspects. Similarly, the improvement of martial arts realm has also led to the great progress of various skills.
This is the first time I have played the leaf flute since I broke through to the seventh level. Just at the beginning, I had a wonderful feeling and immediately immersed myself in it.
The flute sounded melodious. I didn't think about any tune at all. I just followed my feelings and played it as I pleased. My mind was completely immersed in it.
Sometimes it was low like the breeze whispering in my ears, and sometimes it was high like a peak suddenly appearing and piercing the sky; the gentle part was like a mountain spring flowing, nine streams and eighteen bends; when it was passionate, it was like a flooding river, flowing thousands of miles.
The past experiences emerged in my mind like lightning, driving my emotions and guiding the ups and downs of the flute sound.
When the flute sound gradually turned low and then dissipated, I slowly came back to my senses, and the sky in the east had begun to brighten.
Obviously, my attainments in the leaf flute have not declined due to long-term neglect of practice. Instead, it has reached a new level with the improvement of martial arts.
Although I can't clearly feel the difference, I also know that the flute sound I play now has more appeal than before, or more soul of music.
Nodding with satisfaction, I was very proud of my musical attainments. However, I immediately found Qinsi standing quietly behind me, only a few meters away from me.
Seeing her intoxicated expression, it seemed that she was intoxicated by my flute. Moreover, I also found that there were many chaotic footsteps coming from the woods. Many people were rushing to the lake. I guess they were people who were fascinated by the flute and were looking for the performer.
Without saying anything, I pulled Qinsi and ran.
Just kidding, I don't want to be surrounded by a lot of people. No matter what the reason is, I don't want people to know that the flute sound just now came from my hand.
Just now, I was too intoxicated and unconsciously used my internal force when playing the leaf flute. Although my true energy is less than two layers now, I think it's okay for everyone in the entire Linxiang Apartment to hear the flute clearly.
But fortunately, the flute sound is contagious enough, so up to now, only Qinsi can see me, and everyone else has been more or less affected by the flute sound and immersed in their own thoughts.
Elves are the most proficient in music, and their minds are the simplest. It is no accident that Qinsi can approach the lake.
Carefully avoiding the people in the woods, I chuckled and said to Qinsi: "Fortunately no one else found out, otherwise so many people who were disturbed by my sweet dreams would come to settle accounts with me, and I would really have a headache."
Qinsi had long since woken up from her intoxication, looking at her little hand in my palm with a shy face, and gently struggled a few times.
Just now, because it happened suddenly, she was confused and was pulled by me to avoid those people, so she didn't realize that her right hand was in my grasp all the time, and now she knew to struggle.
I quickly let go of her hand and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, it happened suddenly, so..."
Qin Si blushed and shook her head, "Nothing, I didn't expect that the music you played, Brother Edmund, was so beautiful that people couldn't help but indulge in it, and even couldn't control their own thoughts. Even the best musicians in our tribe are far inferior to Brother Edmund."
I smiled and said, "This is the real charm of music. I am just getting a glimpse of it now, and I'm still far from it! Oh, you came to the woods so early, did you not sleep well yesterday?"
Qin Si smiled and said, "We Elves are not fond of sleeping. I am used to getting up early every day. Besides, it would be a waste if I don't enjoy such a good environment every day! But..."
Speaking of this, Qinsi chuckled and looked at the woods, which were particularly noisy compared to before, and then said: "I guess no one is sleeping in all the nearby apartments now."
I touched my nose awkwardly and said: "Hehe, this is just a small mistake! I don't think they will blame me. Well, it's about time to go back and prepare breakfast."
After that, I ignored Qinsi who was smiling and walked towards my apartment first.
But I didn't notice the deep intoxication and confusion in Qinsi's eyes who followed behind.