At the foot of a mountain outside Fenghua City.

Li Mu and Qionggou stood in front of a grave, and the stele reads "Qionggou's grandmother's tomb" crookedly.

"Grandmother, go in peace. Qionggou read silently.

After the two worshipped, they returned to the hut not far away.

"Do you usually live here?" asked Li Mu, looking around.

"Well, my grandmother has lived here for two or three years. Qiong Gou sat on the kang and said.

"Well, it's nice here, it's clean. Li Mu pulled a bench, sat opposite Qionggou and said, "From today onwards, I will start teaching you the Dao method and helping you cultivate." ”

"Then can I still call you brother?" Qiong Gou thought for a moment, "Should I change my name to call you Master?" ”

"Don't ...... One apprentice is enough for me, and I can't stand a few more, so you might as well call me brother. Li Mu hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Hearing this, Joan lowered her head.

"What's the matter, can't you get interested in cultivating?"

"No, brother, do you dislike me for being stupid, so you don't want to take me as an apprentice?" said Qionggou aggrievedly.

This time it was Li Mu's turn to look confused and asked, "Why do you think so." ”

"Because since I was a child, I have heard people say that if you can find Master on the way to cultivation, you can abandon the blessings of your ancestors. But you ...... You don't seem to want me to call you Master. ”

"Oops, you're mistaken, I just ...... Anyway, I have an apprentice. Li Mu hurriedly explained, his eyes rolled and said, "Besides, didn't I accept you as my brother-in-law." ”

"But even so, it is not as cordial as Master came. Qionggou said seriously.

Li Mu found a trace of disharmony in Qionggou's eyes, and thought in his heart, "A child's eyes don't lie, why does he regard the master-apprentice relationship as more important than any relationship? This is different from the outside world." Li Mu couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "Where did you hear the words that the master can abandon the blessings of the ancestors?"

"The children in the city heard it. "Qionggou seems to be still in the midst of loss.

"Children in the city?" Li Mu muttered.

"Well, when the children in the city reach the age of seven, they will be sent to the City Lord's Mansion to test their qualifications, and if they can pass, they will be sent to the Zhaotian Sect in the imperial capital for training, and at that time, they will need to cut off all the kinship around them, even if they are fathers and mothers, they can no longer recognize each other, and they can only have another master in their future lives. Qionggou recalled.

"Then why didn't you go?"

"Because...... Because my grandmother and I didn't have enough money to live on every day, we ......"

"Huh, do you still have to give money for testing talent?" Li Mu said in surprise.

"Well, not all of them are given, I heard my grandmother say that Fenghua City is the only one in the nearby city. ”

"Then why don't you leave?"

"We ......"

"Oh, I see, you don't have any money, you don't have the strength, even if you leave, you may not be able to survive to the next city. ”

"Hmm. Qionggou said in a voice like a mosquito.

Li Mu stretched out his hand and stroked Qionggou's little head and said, "Qionggou, don't be disappointed, from today onwards, my brother will change the outside world, will you listen to your brother obediently?"

Qiong Gou looked at Li Mu with a pair of big eyes as if he didn't understand.

"Our relationship is closer than other people's master-apprentice relationship, and you don't have to give up ......" Speaking of this, Li Mucai recalled that Qionggou no longer had relatives, and then changed the conversation, "You just need to remember that I am better for you than you when you meet a master." ”

"I remember, brother. ”

"Well, you hold the ring. Li Mu took out a precept in his hand, "I'll give you a set of exercises, you slowly understand these days, I'm going to go out to do something, if you encounter any danger during the period, just call me at the ring." ”

"Is my brother going to abandon me?"

"Why, didn't my brother leave you a ring? It's called Na Ring, call me when you are in danger, and I'll be back in a while. ”

"How long?"

Li Mu couldn't cry or laugh, squatted down and said, "I'll be back soon." With that, his finger was on Qionggou's eyebrows, and a huge amount of energy poured into Qionggou's body.

Looking at Qiong Gou's concentration on comprehension, Li Mu smiled slightly and left.

When he came to Fenghua City again, it was already evening, and Li Mu was standing in the sky above the entire city overlooking it, still thinking about a question in his heart, "Why is the power of faith so weak?"

Suddenly, a scene of colorful lights and drums and cannons attracted Li Mu's attention, and when he looked up, he saw a large courtyard that seemed to be holding something festive, and he had come to the center of the courtyard in a flash.

There were dozens of large round tables densely packed in the courtyard, and the crowd was bustling back and forth, Li Mu found a remote corner to sit down, waiting for the host to open the table.

After about a pillar of incense, a middle-aged man with a bloated body led a young girl out of the inner hall, and everyone in the courtyard hurriedly got up and said in unison, "Congratulations to the Lu family for another dragon and phoenix!"

"Hehehe, thank you, thank you for coming. The bloated middle-aged man smiled from ear to ear.

One by one, the people in the courtyard rushed to send congratulatory gifts to the middle-aged man.

Li Mu sat down and continued to drink tea.

"This brother, look at you frowning, why are you so worried. A young man sat next to Li Mu and said.

"Oh, nothing, just thinking about some questions. Li Mu glanced up at him and replied casually.

"Hehe, I offended. ”

"No problem. ”

"I came to congratulate the head of the Lu family this time, I don't know what treasure my brother has brought, can you let me have long eyes?" the young man said again.

After Li Mu was stunned, he casually took out a pill from the ring and said, "This is it." ”

The young man took the pill and exclaimed instantly, "Brother Tai, this pill is ...... You won't be ......."

Li Mu was a little confused and asked, "What's the matter?" This is just an ordinary pill, why is Brother Tai so surprised. ”

The young man hurriedly returned the pill to Li Mu, looked around, and after confirming that no one noticed his performance just now, he took Li Mu aside and said, "Brother Tai is a foreigner?"

"Sort of. ”

"It's normal that brother doesn't know something, if I'm not mistaken, this elixir should be the Gathering Spirit Pill. ”

"Hmm. ”

"If you can treat this kind of holy medicine as an ordinary elixir, then Brother Tai's teacher must be Zhaotian Sect. ”

"It's not. Li Mu denied it, "However, why does Brother Tai think so?"

"No one in this world knows that only the Zhaotian Sect has alchemists, and they control the alchemy technology and resources of the entire Zhou Youguo. Since Brother Tai is not a member of the Zhaotian Sect, it is better to change the congratulatory gift. The young man advised.

"So if I take out this elixir and give it to the Lu family master, it means that he will be the same as Brother Tai, mistakenly thinking that I am a member of the Zhaotian Sect. Li Mu pondered, "Is there anything wrong with letting them misunderstand?"

"Nothing bad, just ......"

"Just what?"

"Do you know that the people of the Zhaotian Sect have to cut off all their emotions in the world before they join the Church?" the young man asked.

"I've heard about some. Those who join the religion can only have their master in their hearts. Li Mu recalled Qionggou's words and said.

"Then this is easy to explain, the reason why there is such a canon bondage, so the people of the Zhaotian Sect will not go down the mountain easily, and the people in the world are rare. But if you go down the mountain to practice, it will definitely cause a sensation in Zhou Youguo, and if this sensation is transmitted to the Zhaotian Sect......" the young man said meaningfully.

"What will happen if they pass it back and find out that I am not from the Zhaotian Sect?" Li Mu asked curiously.

Instead of answering directly, the young man gestured with his hand around his neck.

"Why is this?" Li Mu saw this, and became even more curious.

"I don't know, but there used to be cases like this. The young man said cautiously.

Li Mu fell into deep thought, "The Zhaotian Sect is really a dominant country in this week, but why do you want to restrict the development of other forces so much?"

"Brother Tai, Brother Tai!" the young man shook his hand in front of Li Mu's eyes and said, "If Brother Tai is convenient, can you sell me this Gathering Spirit Pill?" ”

Li Mu replied to his senses, "What did Brother Tai say, this elixir was given to you, it should be the reward for what you just said." ”

"Really? Thank you, brother. ”

"It's okay, the feast begins, let's take our seats. ”

"Please!"

Not long after the two of them were seated, the head of the Lu family cleared his throat and motioned for everyone to be quiet, "Thank you for coming today, Lu doesn't know what great virtues he has accumulated in his previous life, first the eldest son was selected by the Zhaotian Sect two years ago, and the youngest daughter was selected yesterday, and she was blessed by the Zhaotian Sect. ”

The speech attracted a round of applause from the audience.

"Come, friends, let us pray for the blessings of the Zhaotian Sect together, and wish the Zhaotian Sect eternal and immortal. ”

"I wish the Zhaotian Sect eternal and immortal. ”

Everyone present knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the same direction to pray for blessings.

Li Mu felt the strong power of faith overflowing from everyone and drifting into the distance.

"The power of faith of these people is about to catch up with the power of faith in the entire sand table, if every person in the Zhaotian Sect produces so much power of faith, how much will it be, but where does all this power of faith go?"

"Brother, brother!" After the young man found that Li Mu was gone, he called in a low voice, but found that there was no trace.

......

Li Mu chased the power of faith all the way to the west, and came to a towering mountainside, and the power of faith converged along the mountain wall towards the top of the mountain.

"It feels like ...... Formation!" Li Mu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said to himself, "Someone actually dares to collect the power of faith on my territory, it's not a small courage!"

Li Mu was angry, came to the top of the mountain, and found that there was a tower standing at the top of the mountain, and all the power of faith was gathered from the top of the tower.

"Master, the reason has been found. An old man bowed his head and said respectfully.

"Tell me about it. In front of the old man, a bewitching woman stared at the formation intently and said.

"There are two reasons, one is that this formation is flawed and cannot completely transform the power of faith for our use, and the other is ......"

"What is it?"

The old man paused and said, "The second is that this side of heaven and earth seems to have some kind of power, which has been extracting the power of our faith, although the extraction part is not large, but in the long run, our losses are relatively heavy. ”

"Well, it's pretty much what I guessed. The bewitching woman said nonchalantly.

"Then we ......"

"Both of these things are problems that we can't solve right now, and we don't need to spend manpower and material resources anymore. The bewitching woman commanded, "At the current rate, how long will it take for the power of faith to be able to meet the requirements?"

The old man calculated a little and said, "It will take about three days." ”

"Well, I see, you stand down. The enchanting woman sighed.

"Sect Master, we've failed many times, don't we really need to prepare some more faith power this time?" the old man asked uneasily.

"No need, judging from the current situation, if we use too much faith power, I am afraid that the formation will not be able to withstand it and collapse, and then we will have to exert more effort to reconstruct the formation. ”

"The Sect Master is wise. ”

After the old man left, Li Mu let go of his breath and flashed behind the bewitching woman.

"You're here?" said the bewitching woman without turning around, still looking at the formation in front of her.

"Do you know me?" Li Mu said.

"I don't know, but I can guess. ”

"Oh? ”

"You should be the creator of this world, the person I have been looking for. The bewitching woman slowly turned around and looked at Li Mudao.

Only then did Li Mu see the bewitching woman's face clearly, a black plain skirt fit this perfect figure, her beautiful face was not powdered, her sharp cheeks were small and lovely, and she looked pure and incompatible with her temperament.

"Looking for me?" Li Mu said more curiously, "Why are you looking for me?"