Xiao Xiao lay in Ling Ran's arms for a long time, and Ling Ran didn't bother, watching Xiao Xiao rest quietly.

At this time, Xiao Xiao's face faded and was slightly pale, there were still blood stains on the corners of his mouth, his eyelashes were quietly placed, and his breathing was weak and even.

When the sky was about to darken, Xiao Xiao woke up faintly, and Ling Ran rubbed his sour limbs.

Xiao Xiao found herself lying in Ling Ran's arms and sleeping for a long time, and she was a little embarrassed, but at this time, her face was bloodless and she couldn't blush.

After the test of life and death just now, the relationship between the two seems to be closer.

She took out two pills from her body, swallowed one herself, and motioned for Ling Ran to eat it too.

"What is this?"

Ling Ran looked at the red pill in his palm and asked curiously.

"Qi replenishing pill, replenishing qi and invigorating blood. ”

"Old Yantou refined?"

"Sort of, you eat it. Xiao Xiao tilted his head and said.

Seeing Ling Ran swallow it in one gulp, Xiao Xiao nodded,

"You have also suffered a lot of injuries, the Qi Replenishing Pill can help you recover, we can't go back tonight, it's dangerous to walk in the dark, we're going to spend the night in the woods." ”

Ling Ran nodded, he didn't want to run into another wild boar.

Xiao Xiao saw his thoughts,

Laughing lightly,

"Don't worry, it's a very small luck to see two strange beasts in one day, there are actually not many strange beasts around this piece, this black-skinned wild boar is already the most powerful, with its corpse here, other strange beasts don't dare to come." ”

Ling Ran was much more relieved when he heard this.

"Xiao Xiao," Ling Ran said suddenly,

"What's wrong?"

"I can't see you're so good!"

"Hee-hee", Xiao Xiao blinked his big eyes and said with a smile,

"It's okay, but there's still a big gap between you and a real martial arts master. ”

Ling Ran thought to himself, how old are you, the average master is basically an old man and an old lady, but,

"Xiao Xiao,"

"What's wrong again?"

"Thank you for saving me again, counting up to saving me twice. ”

"Hmm~ It seems to be true," Xiao Xiao frowned and thought,

"How are you going to repay me!"

How can I repay it? Ling Ran didn't think about it, but he was poor and white, and he didn't have any ability, so how could he repay him? Could it be that he made a promise?

So Ling Ran couldn't answer Xiao Xiao's question for a while, and touched his nose in embarrassment.

"Haha, Ling Ran, why are you so funny?" Xiao Xiao laughed, and his chest hurt when he smiled.

Ling Ran hurriedly asked her to stop laughing,

"I really want to remember, there is a saying in our place called 'killing people to pay off debts and paying money', Xiao Xiao, you saved my two lives, I have nothing else to repay you, I can only pay back your two lives!"

The more Ling Ran spoke, the more solemn he became.

"Huh~ What kind of life, didn't I save you in vain if I paid for my life. Where are you going? Do you remember where you're from?"

Xiao Xiao suddenly became interested.

"No, I just suddenly remembered this sentence, hehe. Ling Ran smiled.

"And~"

The two of them were poor and began to rest and recover.

Soon the mountains and forests were covered in darkness.

In the middle of the night, Ling Ran woke up several times, dreaming that he was stung by a scorpion and arched by a wild boar, so he simply didn't sleep and kept up the night.

A few sparse stars dotted the sky, and the two of them sat under a tree, and they didn't dare to make a fire, covering Xiao Xiao's light jacket, and sat together tightly to keep warm.

Xiao Xiao is meditating and practicing, and has always maintained a sitting posture.

The waking night is the hardest, and it is deep in the mountains and old forests, except for the bright snow that can provide a little light, everywhere is dark.

As soon as some wind and grass are blowing, Ling Ran is like a great enemy.

In the end, he simply learned from Xiao Xiao and practiced meditation.

When I closed my eyes, the mind in the "Essays on Practice" naturally popped out of my mind, and I unconsciously recited it silently in my mouth.

"The spirit travels the world, the air sinks into the river, the detention is leading, the top is down, the bottom is up, the break is standing, the building is destroyed, the destruction is ......"

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Ling Ran seemed to be able to see the scenery around him with his eyes closed, tree trunks, snow, and Xiao Xiao......

But immediately Xiao Xiao suddenly disappeared from his side, Ling Ran looked around blankly, surrounded by tall tree trunks, the ground was still thick with snow, the traces of the fight during the day had been smoothed out, and the body of the wild boar was gone, and there was only him in the world, as if there was only him in this world.

"Xiao Xiao!Xiao Xiao!" Ling Ran shouted.

The sound was far away, not even an echo, there was silence.

A snowflake fell on his face, two, three, the snowflakes fell like goose feathers, Ling Ran wanted to hide, but the snow was really big, and it buried him to his neck in an instant.

Ling Ran was flustered and had difficulty breathing.

The snow fell, quickly covering his mouth, his nose, and his eyes.

Ling Ran thought he would be buried alive and struggled desperately.

However, in an instant, the snow that had buried him flew back into the sky one by one, and the bare trunks of the trees quickly sprouted green shoots.

The snowflakes went quickly, and in a moment the snow on the ground had completely disappeared, revealing a dark, solid earth.

A drop of water seeped out from the black soil under his feet, and slowly flew from Ling Ran's face to the sky, Ling Ran looked into the water droplet, and there was a clear reflection of himself in it that was also looking at him.

The water droplets fly higher and higher, farther and farther.

Ling Ran stretched out his right hand and grabbed the water droplets in his hand at the limit distance.

Spread out your hands, and the water droplets turn into patterns in your hands,

Same as on the cliff.

The water marks quickly dissipated.

I don't know when it was already dawning, and the sun was shining through the branches of the trees into the forest, and the air smelled of the cold winter morning.

Xiao Xiao had already woken up and was standing not far away looking at himself, his mouth open wide, forming an "O" shape.

"Ling Ran, what have you done!" Seeing that Ling came back to his senses, Xiao Xiao also came back to his senses and shouted.

Only then did Ling Ran realize that the ground was still covered with thick snow, and there were no green shoots emerging from the trunks, but he didn't know when he stood up and stared at his palm, which was empty.

Ling Ran was at a loss for a moment, he didn't know what was going on, he just thought he had a strange dream.

Xiao Xiao walked quickly to the front, pushed Ling Ran around and around, and looked up and down a few times.

After a night of recovery, she has gotten much better.

"What's wrong?" Ling Ran raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"Whew!"

Ling Ran didn't understand whether Xiao Xiao was sighing or relieved or in what kind of mood he was feeling?

"What the hell is going on? ”

Xiao Xiao held his chin, frowned neatly, paced around Ling Ran in a circle, and was silent in thought,

After a while, Ling Ran finally couldn't hold it back, put down his raised arm, and said,

"Xiao Xiao, if you have any questions, just say it, I will definitely know everything!"

Xiao Xiao stopped his steps, stood in front of Ling Ran, stared at his face and squinted and asked,

"Have you practiced before, how long have you been practicing, and where did you practice?"

As soon as the exit was a series of questions, Ling Ran was confused,

"Where have I ever practiced, the first immortal cultivation book I read was given to me by you. ”

Ling Ran's head shook like a rattle.

"Hmph~ You said that you haven't practiced, maybe it's just that you don't remember, who knows where you came from, maybe you were kicked out of a certain immortal gate in Zhongzhou. ”

Xiao Xiao couldn't deny it, obviously didn't believe Ling Ran's answer, and didn't forget to mock him.

Ling Ran smiled bitterly, not understanding what Xiao Xiao's asking had to do with her initial surprise,

"Does what you're asking have anything to do with your previous surprise?"

"Of course it matters! Do you know that just now you crossed the first threshold of cultivating immortals - the Gate of Heaven and Earth!"

Zenith Gate!

The four-character voice shook Ling Ran's heart.

The first step for a person who cultivates immortals is to penetrate the gate of the zenith of heaven and earth, and only after this step can the aura enter the body, so that the road of cultivating immortals can be truly opened.

"I got through the zenith gate?"

Ling Ran muttered to himself.

"You have to know how difficult this step is, almost the vast majority of people who want to cultivate immortals can't step this hurdle in their lifetime, Ling Ran, you have only been in contact with immortal cultivation for a few days?

The more Xiao Xiao spoke, the more angry he became, and he seemed to be dissatisfied with Ling Ran's concealment.

Ling Ran also knows something about the Zenith Gate, knows that this is the most basic step for immortal cultivators, and also knows that this step is difficult, everything is difficult at the beginning, not to mention opening the road to cultivating immortals.

But he really hasn't cultivated, there is no doubt about this, looking at Xiao Xiao's slightly angry appearance, he whispered,

"Maybe I'm talented?"

Although the voice was small, Xiao Xiao could hear it clearly,

Talented?

Xiao Xiao was angry and laughed, he had never seen such a gold paste on his face.

Shaking his head, he ignored him.

Seeing this, Ling Ran cautiously tried to ask, "Have I become an immortal?"

"No, it's because my cultivation has improved, a small step towards becoming an immortal?" Ling Ran immediately corrected.

"You are still a little self-aware", Xiao Xiao pouted and said, very unconvinced, and asked,

"You really don't remember if you've ever cultivated, and you didn't hide it from me?"

Ling Ran smiled bitterly in his heart,

"Xiao Xiao, I really don't remember that I have ever cultivated", Ling Ran pointed to his head.

Hearing this, Xiao Xiao sighed,

If he remembers......

Thinking about this, Xiao Xiao shook his head and threw out the unrealistic ideas in his head.

Seeing that Xiao Xiao was not so angry, Ling Ran asked, "What happened to me just now?" I dreamed that you suddenly disappeared, and I have been looking for you for a long time. ”

Xiao Xiao paused and said,

"That's your dream, it's not a dream. ”

Seeing that Ling Ran was puzzled, Xiao Xiao continued,

"When I woke up, I didn't bother you when I saw that you were cultivating, I didn't take two steps and faintly felt some abnormal movement around me, and when I turned around and found that you actually stood up, I sensed that your body seemed to be running a mental method!"

"Does this mean anything?" Ling Ran vaguely guessed, but still didn't understand,

"When you practiced before, the mental method would not work, and the first operation of the mental method represented the penetration of the zenith and earth gates!"

Ling Ranzui looked big, and Xiao Xiao didn't speak, giving him time to react.

After a long time, Ling Ran finally recovered,

"Then how should I cultivate next?"

Hearing this, Xiao Xiao shook his head lightly and looked into the distance,

The sky was clear and clear as always, with excellent views.

"I don't know, Cangyun is no longer a suitable place for cultivating immortals. ”