Shen Muzhi, who had learned to look inward, endured his excitement and began to try to absorb qi.

Qi acceptance is to use one's own mind as a guide to introduce those spiritual qi that are free between heaven and earth around the body into the body, temper them, and turn them into their own use.

According to the book, Shen Muzhi released his mind from his body and began to explore the world outside his body.

Outside the body, no more than inside. The environment is more complex and relatively dangerous.

Fortunately, this house was located in the middle of a barren mountain and forest, and there were no cultivators around, so Shen Muzhi's first attempt was quite smooth, and he soon discovered those auras that were active in the air like elves.

When Shen Muzhi tried to move his mind closer to those elves, those elves seemed to sense his mind, and they stopped their movements one after another, and after a moment of stagnation, they suddenly rushed towards his mind.

Shen Muzhi suddenly heard a bang in his mind, and as soon as his eyes turned white, he lost consciousness.

It took him a long time before he woke up again, and by this time, he had already withdrawn from that mysterious feeling. However, he could feel that there was an extraordinarily agile 'qi' in his body at this moment, wandering aimlessly along the meridians.

Although the first attempt just now was not too successful, there was an aura that had been introduced into his body, which made Shen Muzhi couldn't help but be happy.

It's just that as soon as this joyful emotion came to his heart, Shen Muzhi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and his face suddenly turned pale.

It turned out that the new 'aura' collided with the qi that Shen Muzhi originally had in his body.

When a new customer meets an old owner, there will naturally be a spark.

The new guest wants to swallow the old master, the old master wants to suppress the new customer, no one will accept anyone, and no one will admit defeat.

Shen Muzhi, who had no experience and no guidance from his teacher, was completely helpless, so he could only hold his stomach, grit his teeth and endure it, letting the two of them in his body start a fierce struggle.

Fortunately, the old owner was quite familiar with the house he had lived in for two years, and after some contacts, he gradually gained the upper hand.

After it gained the upper hand, the pain gradually weakened, Shen Muzhi was finally able to separate his mind and carefully check the situation in his body, gradually, he also saw the clues, plus some of the content about qi acceptance in the book, Shen Muzhi began to try to control his 'qi' to devour the new aura.

The old master had the upper hand, but now with Shen Muzhi's help, all of a sudden, like a tiger with wings, it didn't take much effort for the new guest to be scattered and swallowed up by the old master.

The 'old master', who has eaten a full meal, is much stronger than before. It was originally a fist-sized mass of loose gas, but now it is not only twice as large, but also condensed a lot, and the color has also changed from the gray color at the beginning, to gray-white, and some black substances have been repelled from this qi, submerged into the surrounding meridians, and disappeared.

He had been practicing Qi for two years, and the Qi in his body was no bigger than a fist, but now he had only tried to absorb Qi once, but he had doubled this Qi, and even seemed to have become a little more refined. Such a harvest couldn't help but surprise Shen Muzhi, and he paid more and more attention to this cultivation in his heart.

Just like Xuan Cheng said before, with the help of the cultivation method in this book, he can at least be a little more sure of going to Strange Stone Valley.

Thinking of this, Shen Muzhi hurriedly sat upright, intending to continue to absorb qi into his body.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden movement outside the house.

Shen Mu's heart tightened, thinking that it might be Xuan Cheng coming back, but also worried that it was some uninvited guest. After a moment's hesitation, he took a stick from the corner against the wall, and slowly leaned towards the door.

The movement outside the door was getting closer and closer.

Shen Muzhi grabbed the stick and clinged to the wall next to the door, holding his breath, extremely nervous.

Finally, the movement reached the door, and a foot in cloth shoes poked into the room first.

When Shen Muyi saw that foot, his heart sank, and then the wooden stick in his hand knocked down from top to bottom without hesitation.

However, as soon as the stick was halfway down, it suddenly stopped.

A middle-aged face with dark skin was looking at him in horror. After being stunned for a moment, he screamed, threw away the bamboo basket he was carrying, turned around and ran.

Shen Muzhi looked at the distant back, he was a little weak against the wall, and his back was already sweaty.

At this time, there was movement outside the door again.

Shen Muzhi, who had just relaxed, had to cheer up again, grabbed the wooden stick on the side, and looked out of the house.

I saw a green light, like a swimming dragon, swift and sensitive through the dense bamboo forest, with the sound of breaking the wind, flying towards this side.

After Shen Muzhi saw it, he grabbed the wooden stick in his hand and fell to the ground with a thud.

He has seen this light, it is Xuan Cheng.

Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, the green light arrived in front of the house, Xuan Cheng jumped down from mid-air, and then with a wave of his hand, the sword light disappeared into his sleeve.

Shen Muzhi looked at this scene in surprise and curiosity, and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of swordsmanship is this?"

Xuan Cheng showed a rare smile and said, "When you practice the cultivation method in the book of 'Empty Mountain' to the Fengfu realm, you can do the same!"

"Fengfu Realm?" Shen Muzhi was stunned for a moment.

He vaguely remembered that these three words were mentioned in the book, but all of a sudden, he couldn't get in touch with them.

Xuan Cheng explained to him: "Cultivation is generally divided into twelve realms, namely Kaishan, Qugu, Tonggu, Yangguan, Fengfu, Shentang, Pylorus, Sea of Clouds, Purple Palace, Tianfu, Lingxu, and Feixian. Among them, these twelve small realms are divided into four stages. The first stage is the introductory stage. Generally speaking, those who are able to get started with cultivation can successfully pass this stage. The second stage is the first watershed. Those who can successfully pass the second stage and enter the third stage are considered masters. As for the last stage, the people who can successfully enter this stage are all big people with heads and faces in the mountain world!"

After listening carefully, Shen Muzhi couldn't help but be curious about Xuancheng's realm, so he asked, "Then what realm are you?"

Xuan Cheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his expression became serious, and said: "There is one thing you must remember in the future, the matter of the realm cannot be asked casually, especially between people who are not familiar with each other." ”

When Shen Muzhi heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend!"

"It's fine. Those who don't know are not guilty! It's normal for you to not understand this rule when you come into contact with this matter for the first time, but you must keep this in mind in the future!" Xuan Cheng's expression softened a little.

Shen Muzhi nodded hurriedly.

Suddenly, after Xuan Cheng glanced at him, his expression moved slightly, and he said, "Stretch out your hand." ”

Although Shen Muzhi didn't know what Xuan Cheng was going to do, he still did it.

After Xuan Cheng reached out and pinched his wrist, he whispered: "Relax, don't resist." With that, a slightly sharp aura poured into Shen Muzhi's body along Shen Muzhi's wrist.

Shen Mu subconsciously repulsed and wanted to resist, but as soon as this thought came out, Xuan Cheng's voice sounded in his ears again: "Don't resist!"

Shen Muzhi hurriedly suppressed the instinct to resist, and the aura in his body, which had doubled in strength, was suppressed by his mind, like a well-behaved little beast, quietly curled up in the sea of qi, motionless.

Xuan Cheng's aura was like a dexterous little sword, quickly shuttling through Shen Muzhi's body, and soon came to the sea of qi, after seeing Shen Muzhi's aura, he circled around it twice and retreated.

Then, Xuan Cheng let go of Shen Muzhi's hand, looked at him with a strange expression, and said, "Yes, the mountain has already begun." ”

Shen Muzhi, who had already heard Xuan Cheng talk about this cultivation realm, couldn't help but feel a little happy when he heard Xuan Cheng say that he had already opened the mountain, and at the same time felt a little surprised, is this cultivation such a simple thing?

Xuan Cheng seemed to see his thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "The reason why you can open the mountain so quickly is because you already had qi in your body before. It's as if you already have a seed in your body, and this time you water it, and it sprouts. But that doesn't mean that your path will be smooth in the future. On the contrary, because the qi in your body before was not very pure, if you want to break through the Mountain Opening Realm and enter the Qu Gu Realm in the future, it will be relatively slow!"

When Shen Muyi heard that it would be slower to ascend to the realm in the future, the joy in his heart was suddenly swept away. However, Xuan Cheng continued: "But you don't have to feel discouraged. You can enter the mountain opening realm so quickly, although it has a certain relationship with the original qi in your body, but it also shows that your own understanding is still good. The quality of a person's cultivation will be directly related to whether his second and third stages of cultivation are smooth or not. So, as long as you keep going, you're sure you'll have a good result!"

After Shen Muzhi listened, his heart shook again.

Soon, however, he thought of his next trip to Strange Stone Valley. This trip to the Strange Stone Valley, he is imperative, and there is not much time left for him, so he can practice for a few ten or eight years before going to the Strange Stone Valley to 'settle accounts', so it doesn't matter to him whether the second and third stages are smooth or not. He probably won't have a chance to try these two stages!

Xuan Cheng watched the change in the expression on his face, and after a deep groan, he spoke: "I know, I can't persuade you." However, I still want to say that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Instead of you going to die now, it's better to wait two more years. ”

Shen Muzhi smiled bitterly and said, "I can wait, but my eldest brother can't afford to wait." ”

Xuan Cheng looked at him with a complicated expression, and after a moment, he sighed and stopped talking.