Chapter 225 Bian Qing gives the stove
"I can now refine fifth-grade elixirs." Suddenly, Su Ziyi said.
"Huh?"
One moment, Bian Qing was still immersed in panic. The next second, he was confused by Su Ziyi's sudden words, and felt that he could not keep up with Su Ziyi's thinking.
Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?
He is not Wu Xia Amen, so he naturally knows about Su Ziyi's excellent talent in alchemy, and he believes more than anyone else that Su Ziyi will break through to the fifth level of Huang rank during this period of time. But what does this have to do with what they just said?
For a moment, his eyes were full of confusion.
His confusion was naturally seen by Su Ziyi, and he did not try to make any sense, and said straight away: "So - Foundation Establishment Pill." Boom
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like a torrent rushing straight down from his head, a booming sound, shaking the earth, birds The beasts scattered. Bian Qing jumped three feet high, but the feet he wanted to walk out seemed to be stuck, and he couldn't lift them up. He could only act like a frightened rabbit, his limbs trembling slightly, and the emotion in his eyes was inexplicable. He was in disbelief at first, then Then it was quickly replaced by emotions such as confusion, ecstasy, and joy.
After a long time, this emotion dissipated slightly.
But even so, he felt as if he was dreaming at this time, and the words coming out of his mouth were more like babble: "So, foundation building?" Su Ziyi expected that Bian Qing would be a little excited, but never thought that the other party's reaction would be so simple
. It was so big that I was surprised at the time. When Bian Qing made a sound at this time, he also came to his senses and said: "Judging from my current progress, within a month, I can start trying to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill." However, the materials are limited, and after refining, He will first improve his level before taking action.
But even so, hearing these words in Bian Qing's ears made Bian Qing even more excited.
In order to continue the conversation, Su Ziyi stretched out his long arms helplessly and directly pulled Bian Qing into his arms. He locked the opponent's movements with his two arms and used his own body temperature and domineering movements to forcefully pull Bian Qing back. Qing's reason: "Once I refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, I will immediately make a breakthrough." "
And as long as I can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, the chips in our hands will also increase."
"Place it in any aristocratic family I can be considered a master in the early stage of foundation building. Moreover, I also have the ability to refine foundation building pills, so in the eyes of Xiang Mansion, my status will definitely be elevated. I believe that the other party will also be willing to help us with Su. The government is going around a lot."
"After all, there are not many alchemists who can refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, not even Dr. Wu." When he said this, Su Ziyi was confident.
"Even if there is an eventuality -" Of course, Su Ziyi was not completely optimistic, and also planned for the worst case scenario: "We are not helpless." "We have been expelled from the Su Mansion for more than ten years
. Years have passed. Even if the people of Su Mansion want to find out everything, it will take some time, plus Xiang Mansion's obstruction in the meantime." He rubbed the token in his hand for a while, with amusement on his face: " It's enough for us to prepare. You know, in a few months it will be the time for the Water Swamp Realm to open again." "If by that time, they still decide to go against us, then we will simply enter the Water Swamp Realm
. Hide it for twenty days." When he said these words, Bian Qing, who was still restless just now, also calmed down little by little. "After we leave the water realm, we will directly use the cover of miasma to go to other countries." "When the
sky is high, birds can fly. Even if Su Mansion has a great reputation, it will be difficult to move in other countries!"
After Su Ziyi said this, Bian Qing began to have hope in his heart.
In fact, they had planned such a plan a long time ago. It's just that they were worried about Xiangfu tracking down their secrets, so they planned that move. As a result, Xiangfu didn't know what he encountered, and he imagined a powerful master for Su Ziyi. Not only did he not confront them with swords, but he also opposed them. They were respectful.
Therefore, this escape plan is just as useful if it is used to deal with the Su Mansion's possible actions.
Now that the next arrangements have been made, the two of them no longer struggle. After discussing the details for a few minutes, they took off their clothes and went to bed to sleep in each other's arms.
After one night, everyone in the Su family took action.
Although he didn't sleep for too long, Bian Qing, who got up early, didn't look tired at all. After a simple breakfast, he took Su Yulang out directly. They were going to the bookstore to find some information books about other countries. .
Su Ziyi, who stayed at home, naturally went to the pharmacy again.
Originally, his alchemy skills had improved by leaps and bounds since he refined the Complexion Pill. Now, with the pressure from the Su Mansion and Su Linyu, his fighting spirit has become even higher. His concentration is frightening, and he greedily absorbs the alchemy knowledge from the books that Doctor Li gave him at a very fast speed. , to improve his alchemy level little by little.
On that side, although Su Linyu felt that Bian Qing and his son were a little strange, he didn't take it too seriously. He just casually explained to his subordinates and continued to fight with other aristocratic families.
As for the subordinate he was responsible for, because his family had served the Su Mansion for generations, he had quite a bit of face in front of Su Linyu. He felt that he could guess his master's thoughts, so he didn't take this matter too seriously, so he first Went to deal with other things. It wasn't until he was free and patted his head that he suddenly remembered the matter and hurriedly sent someone to investigate.
At this time, more than half a month had passed since the day Su Linyu met his father and son.
For more than half a month, the life of the Su family has been peaceful, as peaceful as if nothing had happened. But Bian Qing and the others knew that this was just the last calm before the storm. Taking advantage of this last peaceful period, Bian Qing and Su Yulang not only visited all the bookshops in Qixia Town, but also bought a lot of spiritual herbs and talismans, spending most of their savings during this period. .
But even so, Bian Qing's heart was not completely calm. He always felt that something was missing from his reserves.
Bian Qing was troubled on this end, and Su Ziyi was also in trouble on the other end.
Although Su Ziyi gained a lot in alchemy thanks to that epiphany, and was even able to refine a simpler fifth-grade mid-level elixir, but as long as the difficulty is raised even slightly, he will fail. . There are many reasons for failure, but each of them is so insignificant when taken alone, Su Ziyi himself was surprised when he looked at it.
But even if you are frightened, you have summed up and learned a lesson, you will continue to make such mistakes next time.
This couldn't help but make Su Ziyi feel dizzy.
"Tsk——" Another ball of liquid medicine turned into a black lump, announcing that this furnace of elixir was completely scrapped.
However, when the black lump fell to the bottom of the furnace and turned into dregs, Su Ziyi had not yet recovered from the failure. When he woke up, he surprisingly found that he had made some basic mistakes. However, at his level, those mistakes should not have been made at all.
For a moment, Su Ziyi even doubted his own level.
My heart was in such a mess that it was completely unsuitable for alchemy. But when he thought of the situation he was facing now, Su Ziyi immediately picked up the next material, but this time it still failed. And what’s even more ironic is that the elixir that failed this time was not a fifth-grade mid-level elixir, but a batch of third-grade peak elixir—the Heart-Protect Pill!
You know, this elixir has already been refined by Su Ziyi to the point where it is extremely familiar!
Looking at the broken medicine dregs, the fire in Su Ziyi's heart suddenly burst out uncontrollably. His body trembled, and his eyes seemed to be on fire, as if he was about to stand up and hit someone, but the moment he stood up, his two hands with veins bursting out suddenly pressed down on him. Under his knees, he nailed himself back to the ground!
No, he can't appear like this, it will scare Bian Qing and Su Yulang.
However, he felt very uncomfortable and wanted to dig into his heart and brain to see what was going on inside!
Reason and emotion are constantly at war, and they are getting more and more intense as time goes by. Just when Su Ziyi can't control his inner violence, there is a sudden "knocking" sound on the door of the pharmacy, which distracts him. .
"Are you still refining elixirs?" Hearing the voice, Su Ziyi did not speak immediately because he was worried that if he opened his mouth, his emotions would be exposed and his family would suffer for no reason. Such silence made Bian Qing outside mistakenly think that Su Ziyi was refining elixirs. However, when he penetrated his consciousness and found that there was no trace of igniting the fire to refining elixirs, he knew that something was wrong.
Without hesitation, he pushed open the door and entered.
Su Ziyi was sitting cross-legged on the ground with her back to him, but even if she could only see her back, Bian Qing could tell from the tight lines of Su Ziyi's back that Su Ziyi was in a bad mood at this time. The look in his eyes flashed twice, he took a few steps forward, knelt down, and hugged Su Ziyi's shoulders from behind: "What's wrong?" Su Ziyi's silence was still the answer
.
Bian Qing didn't care, because he could feel the muscles in his hands relaxing a little. So he was not in a hurry and sat on the ground with Su Ziyi. The two of them relied on each other and neither of them spoke.
After waiting for a long time, Su Ziyi said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, I just lost control of my mood." "It's okay."
After hearing this, Bian Qing put his chin on Su Ziyi's shoulder, feeling When the other party deliberately relaxed his body here, a smile appeared on his face: "I know, no matter how angry you are in your heart, you will never take it out on us, so as long as you can let me accompany you That's all."
Such words made Su Ziyi's annoyance less painful.
Bian Qing also came to see Su Ziyi for something, but this matter was not worth mentioning in front of Su Ziyi's troubles. Therefore, before talking about his own affairs, he first listened to Su Ziyi explain the problems he had recently encountered in detail. Finally, he reached out and pinched Su Ziyi's arm and said, "This is not your problem."
"I -" Su Ziyi knew that Bian Qing said this to comfort him, and he was very touched, but the facts should still be respected.
But before he could finish his words, Bian Qing took out an object from his storage bag and placed it on the ground. Su Ziyi took a closer look and realized that it was actually a medicine furnace, no - it should be said to be a pill furnace. It was about half a foot high, completely black, with mysterious and complex patterns carved on it, and its curved three legs supported a With his round belly, compared with the medicine stove used by Su Ziyi next to him, he looked like a big guy, as if he were an adult and a child.
"This -" With just one glance, Su Ziyi judged that this alchemy furnace was much better than the medicine furnace he used, and his eyes suddenly lit up with love.
Bian Qing also liked his mood at the moment.
He just felt that if he could make Su Ziyi so happy, everything he had done before would have been in vain.
He let go of Su Ziyi and watched Su Ziyi get up from the ground, carefully stroking the pill furnace inch by inch. This alchemy furnace is a bit old, and there is even black ash accumulated in the gaps between the patterns on the outer layer. When you touch it, your hands will be black, and there is a thick layer of medicinal residue inside, which smells a bit strange.
But this didn't stop Su Ziyi from liking him at all.
After touching one side with admiration, he turned back to look at Bian Qing eagerly. When he saw Bian Qing nodding and saying: "This is for you," he couldn't restrain the smile on his face, and his hands and eyes became tighter. It was glued back to the alchemy furnace.
Bian Qing also stood up at this time, stood behind Su Ziyi and said: "This is what I accidentally got when I was buying something at the Lingcao store today. It originally belonged to a young boy. Because someone in his family was seriously ill, the boy continued to In order to survive with a third-grade elixir, he had to sell the elixir furnace at home. However, because it was too old and the quality was not very high, no store was willing to accept his items." "There is no other way, he can only come here
. Let’s go to the Spirit Herb Shop and see if you can be lucky enough to be attracted by some alchemist or aristocratic family.” Speaking of the situation at that time, Bian Qing also found it a bit funny. After all, he had just listened casually and was ready to go. He left, but he didn't expect: "I also learned from his mouth that if you want to refine fifth-grade elixirs and above, it is best to use an alchemy furnace instead of a medicine furnace, because there is no way inside the medicine furnace. Providing a good stability to the fifth-grade elixir will most likely cause the elixir to fail."
"So, I spent a third-grade elixir to replace it." After he said this, the whole The room fell silent.
"I've never heard of this..." Su Ziyi had a little confusion on his face, but it quickly disappeared, and even chuckled: "But that's right, whether it's Doctor Li, Old Doctor Wu or Granny Weng Regardless of them, they can't refine the fifth-grade elixir, and even the third-grade peak elixir is a bit choked, so they must not need an alchemy furnace."
"Furthermore, this matter may be regarded as the most basic alchemy in their eyes. I already know it, so I didn’t mention it.” He sighed and said, “This knowledge is really endless.”
Chapter 226 Breaking through the Foundation Establishment
After changing the alchemy furnace, Su Ziyi's alchemy skills stabilized.
While resting, he took the medicine stove he used before and studied it. It turned out that several thin cracks appeared at the bottom of the medicine furnace at some point. Even if they were not noticed this time, it probably would not last long and sooner or later it would be broken into pieces by the inner fire and spiritual power.
This inevitably made Su Ziyi sigh again.
Over there, after Bian Qing brought the alchemy furnace back to Su Ziyi, he suddenly found that he was a little bit interested in weapon refining. Therefore, he picked up some books on weapon refining in the bookstore and took some time to read them. Unexpectedly, he took in his whole body with just one look. He was so mesmerized that he wouldn't have been willing to put down the book if he hadn't been thinking that he still had things to do.
It's just that it's useless even if he reads all these books, because the things that really involve the core of weapon refining are not recorded in the books, and you can only apprentice with the weapon refining master.
This is simply impossible for them now.
Therefore, even though he was thinking about it very much, Bian Qing had to put these things aside and prepare other things.
And here, after another half month of in-depth consideration, Su Ziyi finally took action on the Foundation Establishment Pill.
After handling the spiritual herbs that could be processed in advance, Su Ziyi did not immediately start refining the foundation-building elixir. Instead, he started to refine two furnaces of fifth-grade low-level elixirs. When the furnace temperature was established and the feel was ripe, Only then did he reach out to touch the materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill. As soon as he got the materials, the expression on his face immediately became more focused, and all the relaxation disappeared from his body, as if he was ready for battle.
He picked up the ghost-faced leaf vine with one hand and threw it into the alchemy furnace. He controlled the inner fire and slowly roasted it, forcing out a thick green liquid mist from the opponent's body. The longer the baking time, the more concentrated the liquid mist became. Deep, it finally turned into a ball of jade-like spiritual liquid.
Just because the ectoplasm was raised, it didn't mean that this was the end.
After the ghost-faced leaf vine lost its function and turned into a ball of black ash, Su Ziyi used all his strength to temper the ball of spiritual liquid, and finally refined the dark green spiritual liquid to light blue, which looked like the morning sun. Like dew.
The following few spiritual herbs were treated in the same way.
After dealing with these, the spiritual power in Su Ziyi's body had already decreased a little. In order to avoid the situation of insufficient spiritual power, he took a Qi Yi Dan in advance to ensure that the spiritual power in his body was sufficient at all times. Precisely because of the guarantee of abundant spiritual power, there were no major problems with the fusion of the medicinal liquid afterwards, and the process of reaching the elixir-forming stage was quite smooth.
Forming an elixir is the most difficult part of the entire elixir refining process.
Success or failure can be said to depend on this.
Maybe it was because he was already nervous before refining the elixir, or maybe it was because the long process of extracting the spiritual liquid had gradually dissipated his inner panic. In short, at this time, Su Ziyi had no distracting thoughts in his heart. He completely sank into it, as if his soul was spinning around with the irregular pill embryo in the pill furnace, becoming rounder and rounder little by little. Gradually it took on the appearance of an elixir.
Here, after more than a month, Su Linyu finally got information about the three people of the Su family.
Bian Qing's matter just made him a little suspicious, so after explaining it, he didn't pay much attention to it. So when his subordinates actually presented the things tremblingly today, he was still wondering. what's going on? As a result, when he finished reading what was presented to him, his entire expression changed immediately, and the paper in his hand was instantly shattered into pieces.
"Ha!"
"I didn't expect that he is still a descendant of my Su family -" Externally, Su Linyu has always been known for being difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, but now, even if he didn't slap the table and yell, people next to him could see that he was a little angry. . This was so frightening that the people under him didn't dare to say anything. After all, this matter was entrusted to him to investigate. However, he never paid attention to it and delayed it until now. How could it not make him panic?
In this way, he secretly began to hate Su Ziyi's family.
No one knew about his hatred except him, and Su Linyu, who was sitting opposite him, was not in the mood to know. He snorted twice, narrowed his cold eyes, and muttered as if to himself. : "Alchemist? Xiang Jia? Haha - he is really promising." He picked his chin with his thumb and didn't know what he was thinking. He waited until everyone below had broken out in a cold sweat and then said: "Go and call Su Zisu over. ."
"Okay, Master." Upon hearing this order, his men immediately ran out.
As soon as he went out, he breathed a huge sigh of relief, and even felt a little refreshed. At the same time, he was also gloating in his heart about the upcoming tragedy for Su Ziyi's family. The reason was none other than that the Su Zisu he was about to invite was a member of the Su Mansion in charge of the discipline hall for the children of the family. He was only thirty-five years old and already had the strength of the seventh level of Qi Refining. He was Everyone in Chucheng was optimistic about him, and the Su family even regarded him as the successor of the training hall.
Therefore, one can imagine why Su Linyu sent him to call Su Zisu over.
Although judging from what he heard, Su Ziyi, who had been expelled from the Su Mansion, was actually a capable person. Not only was his cultivation level around the seventh level of Qi Refining, but he was also able to refine third-grade elixirs. In the Su Mansion, it is one of the few. It's a pity that he didn't take the right path and actually ended up with Xiang Mansion, who was standing on the opposite side of Su Mansion. Why didn't this make the head of the family angry?
After working under Su Linyu for so many years, he knows better than anyone else, but no matter how capable you are, once you anger Su Linyu, no one can save you.
Therefore, he is not optimistic about the outcome of the three people of the Su family at all.
At the other end of the Xiangjiabie Garden, Xiang Nanyu was drinking tea with old doctor Wu and the third elder. After taking a sip of green tea, the third elder of the Xiang Mansion raised his eyes and looked towards the left, and asked lightly: "Has all the news been given out?" "Yes, the third elder." Xiang Zuo replied respectfully: "I am Watching those people spread the news to Su Linyu's people."
The third elder's face now had a narrow smile, and he said to Xiang Nanyu and Dr. Wu: "I really can't wait to see it now. Look at Su Linyu's face." "Especially when he found out that the news he got was false news -" Old Doctor Wu on the side also answered with a deep smile on his face.
Then, the three of them exchanged looks and laughed.
"This time, we must let Mr. Su completely break up with the Su Mansion!" Dr. Wu's eyes revealed a ruthlessness that did not fit his image: "The news that the Su Mansion knows now is all fake news created by us. If they If he knew as much as we do, he would probably beg Su Ziyi to return to the Su Mansion." "That's true.
But, Old Doctor Wu, are you sure that this little friend Su can refine..." The third elder didn't finish his words. But others already understood what he meant.
"I can guarantee this with my Taoist heart." Old Doctor Wu said sternly: "Brother Su is the one with the most outstanding alchemy talent among the people I have met over the years. Although there is no clear information, I am sure that this boy should Already have the ability to refine fifth-grade elixirs." A while ago, he heard that Su Ziyi's family had exchanged a pill furnace with others, and he didn't know if it was because of the fifth-grade elixirs.
"Third Elder, you have to know how old he is, he is only thirty! And he has only been exposed to alchemy for three or four years! Looking at it, who in the entire Yuan Kingdom can achieve this level?" When he said this, the Third
Elder The doubts in his heart were reduced a lot: "That's good." In fact, he didn't expect Su Ziyi to do anything, but he and Su Linyu had never gotten along. As long as this matter could make Su Linyu feel deflated, he would feel happy. As for what Old Doctor Wu said, it would be best if Su Ziyi could do it. If he couldn't do it, for the sake of the face of the person behind Su Ziyi, he would be willing to help.
Seeing the soothing expression on the third elder's face, the other two people who were drinking tea secretly exchanged glances.
At this moment, the servant's voice sounded outside the courtyard gate. After Xiang Zuo asked them for permission, he let people in directly. Then he saw a thin man walking in. But he didn't know whether it was because he was too thin or because he was very weird, so he walked like It's like dancing, and the eyes are very flexible.
As soon as he walked in front of a few people, he put away all his liveliness, bowed dutifully and said: "Master, elder, our people just received the news and saw Lord Su Linyu of Su Mansion leading someone out. After exiting the door, we are heading towards the East City."
After hearing this, the words "Sure enough, we are here" rang in the hearts of the three of them. They looked at each other, and found that each other's eyes were full of interest. They could only touch their noses and smile. Finally, the third elder waved his sleeves and shouted: "Let's go!" Then they led Xiang Zuo out together. He walked into the yard and walked outside.
Although Su Ziyi did not tell Bian Qing and Su Yulang in advance, they instinctively felt that something was wrong today.
Therefore, after breakfast in the morning, neither of them went out. Instead, they opened the front door of the store after a long absence and started doing business absentmindedly. It's just that their external business has always been that way, and the customers they finally accumulated were almost destroyed due to the several accidents in Qixia Town, so by the time lunch was finished and the time came in the afternoon, not a single customer came to the door.
This inevitably made Su Yulang feel bored, but no matter how bored he was, he still sat there patiently, took out a pen and paper and started practicing calligraphy. And just after he finished writing another page, a shadow blocked his light, causing him to look up, and he saw a group of cultivators with fierce faces. Looking at their clothes, they were clearly members of aristocratic families.
In an instant, the pen in Su Yulang's hand painted a ball of ink on the paper.
While Su Yulang was looking over, Su Linyu was also looking at Su Yulang. When he found out that Su Yulang had reached the fourth level of Qi refining, his expression suddenly turned ugly. He let out a sigh and released his momentum. Although it was only a little bit, it was enough to push Su Yulang to the table and move. Incredible.
Bian Qing, who was sorting things in the yard, heard the "clang" sound from the shop in front and ran over immediately. As soon as he opened the curtain, his whole face turned pale and his legs couldn't help but tremble. Tremble.
Su Linyu looked at Bian Qing, feeling even more disgusted.
Without even thinking about it, he doubled the intensity of his attack, intending to make Bian Qing kneel down as well. Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, there was an aura from behind that was not weaker than his strength, forcing him to move back. He looked back and saw that the third elder of the Xiang Mansion was actually here with his people.
For a moment, Su Linyu's eyes seemed to be on fire.
However, the people in the Xiang Mansion completely ignored the anger in his eyes. They all walked over with relaxed expressions, pushed aside the children of the Su Mansion who were blocking the door, and stood in the shop, asking Su Linyu: "How are you doing?" See you soon, Master Su, please come back and be fine."
Su Linyu responded with a cold face.
Although he was a little surprised by their appearance at first, he soon figured it out, so facing the ill intentions of the third elder of the Xiang Mansion, he directly said in a cold voice: "I'm fine, thank you. Concerned." After saying that, he looked at Bian Qing, who was already holding the child and hiding behind the Xiang Mansion group, and said, "But it would be better if no one interferes with the internal affairs of our Su Mansion." "The matters of the Su Mansion naturally belong to others
. Don't dare to interfere." The third elder seemed not to understand, and said in a normal tone: "But except for the people behind you, there are no people from the Su family here. And if you want to deal with internal affairs of the family, it is best to It's good to go back to the Su Mansion to deal with it. I'm afraid it won't be good here. After all, Dongcheng is the territory of the government." "That's enough
! Xiang Chongxin!" Su Linyu scolded unbearably: "You clearly know what I'm talking about!"
He pointed out Bian Qing looked behind the third elder and said: "One of them is Su Ziyi's husband, and the other is Su Ziyi's son. Even if they have not spent a day in Su Mansion, they are still members of Su Mansion. How should I deal with them? It is not your turn to interrupt. "
But Su Ziyi is no longer from the Su Mansion." The third elder said coolly: "It was no longer more than ten years ago." In an instant, the entire air became quiet
.
But the third elder still thought it was not enough, and looked at Su Linyu with a look like he was looking at a fool: "Don't you think you can control others after expelling them, right? There is no such thing in the Yuan Kingdom's big and small aristocratic families. We don't have such a situation in Xiang Mansion, nor do Cao Mansion, Zhou Mansion, etc., are you the Xiang Mansion special?" "If this is the case, then will those who are expelled in the future still be able to use the banner of the family outside
? Where are you? I think this topic needs to be discussed with people from other aristocratic families."
"You!" Su Linyu was furious, but when his eyes touched Bian Qing and the other two, his words became smoother again. He stood up and said, "It really shouldn't be, so since he dares to teach our Su family's cultivation method to others, he should be prepared to be held accountable by us!" This sentence instantly silenced the third elder. words.
And just when the third elder was regretting alone, Bian Qing, who had been quiet and silent, suddenly spoke: "What we practice is not the Su family's spiritual cultivation method." His eyesight was clear, and while he spoke, he also started to operate. When Qing Ling returned to the showdown, the faces of the people in the Su family changed instantly, because that was indeed not their Su family's cultivation method.
This time, Su Linyu had nothing to say.
What made him even more angry was that at this moment, there was a burst of spiritual energy suddenly coming from the yard behind the shop. Looking at the momentum of the spiritual energy, it was clearly the rhythm of someone who wanted to advance to foundation building!