Qi Travels Through Mountains and Rivers

This is a world where "Qi" and "Mortal" are intertwined.   There is invisible "qi" flowing between heaven and earth. A few people can sense and control it, and they are called "qi refiners". They may use this to strengthen their bodies, or develop the ability to control objects through the air, or gather energy to form blades. However, refining qi is not easy. Most people can only touch the threshold in their lifetime, and only a few can actually enter the palace. Excessive consumption of qi will reduce life span, which makes this power carry a hidden price.   During the Chu Dynasty, Qingxi Village on the border of Yunzhou was hidden in the folds of the rolling mountains. The village is not big, with dozens of houses spread out along a stream that never dries up all year round. The adobe walls and thatched roofs look like rough pottery chess pieces scattered on the green carpet from a distance. The old locust tree at the entrance of the village has so many branches that it takes two strong men to hug it to surround it. According to the elders in the village, it has been standing here since the founding of the People's Republic of China.   Zeng Qing, oh no, now he should be called Du Heng, is walking on this familiar yet unfamiliar street. In the eyes of others, he was just a seven-year-old child with a slightly thin body, wearing a pair of coarse cloth clothes, and the cloth shoes under his feet were also patched. But only he knew that there was a completely different soul hidden in this small body.