The next morning, Master Mingzong did not come to Fangcao Pavilion, and the three bowls of herbs were brought by Grandpa. Zheng Qiu frowned, picked up the green leaves in the bowl, changed into a short jacket of Qianyun weaving and embroidery, and rushed to Fangcao Building.

Walking into the building, he looked left and right, but he didn't see the figure of the master, maybe the master hadn't come yet.

When he was about to sit down on the tea table and wait, the master's voice came from upstairs: "Come up, the thirtieth floor." ”

It turned out that the master was upstairs, Zheng Qiu hurriedly left the tea house and ran to the patio to float down the first-class dry cloud ladder. When the ladder reached the bottom floor, he stepped up to the stone platform.

The Qianyun Ladder of Fangcao Tower is not only small, but also floats faster than those on the Zongli Mountain Road, Zheng Qiu looked down, so fast, he couldn't help but be a little uneasy, so he leaned in and shrank to the center of the stone platform.

The 30th floor of Fangcao Building is full of large and small pots and clay pots, which are filled with clean water, and all kinds of herbs are planted in the water either standing or lying on the ground. Master Ming Zong squatted on the ground, checking the situation of the herbs.

"Master. ”

Master Mingzong answered, but he didn't turn around, still checking the herbs.

After a while, Master Ming Zong suddenly spoke: "Zheng Qiu, since I have accepted you as an apprentice, Master I will definitely teach you to be the most outstanding disciple, at least in the Qianyun Sect." ”

Master Ming Zong stood up and continued to look at the clay pot placed on the wooden shelf: "I used to study the exercises, do you know why I changed to medicine?"

Zheng Qiu shook his head, he was afraid that the master would not be able to see it with his back to him, so he added: "I don't know." ”

Master Mingzong withdrew his hand, wiped his clothes casually, and led Zheng Qiu to the balcony. The balcony is two feet wide, with three small wooden benches and a rattan coffee table.

Master Mingzong sat on the stool and pointed to the distant sky: "There are many sects of Cloud Sleeves, and there are many talents. If there are many sects, it is inevitable that there will be contradictions, and this little contradiction may make the two sects eventually face each other. Therefore, the stronger the cultivator's strength, the more he can protect important things. ”

Master Mingzong looked at Zheng Qiu and motioned for him to sit down: "Otherwise, you will be like your sister Yunyou." ”

Master Ming Zong spoke very carefully word by word, so that Zheng Qiu could have a more comprehensive understanding of the environment in which the cultivators lived.

If a cultivator wants to improve his strength, it is nothing more than his own realm, excellent exercises, and magic weapons and blades.

The magic weapon blade is very strong, and it also has the fastest improvement in strength, and the strange functions can make up for the shortcomings in the cultivator's realm or exercises.

But the magic weapon blade has a disadvantage, that is, it is easy to lose. Because it is not a cultivator's own thing, it is a foreign object, and if you accidentally fall into the trap of others, the magic weapon blade will even become a burden.

In contrast, there is no such problem with the exercises, and when the exercises are learned, they are their own, and no one can take them away.

For the exercises, Master Ming Zong knows a lot. He told Zheng Qiu that the exercises were divided into two categories: life gong and miscellaneous gong.

Life Gong refers to the core exercises, the realm of the cultivator, the composition of qi, and the trend of the meridians, all of which are related to the life skills he is cultivating.

Generally speaking, a cultivator will only practice one type of life skill, because the meridian trend of life gong is fixed, and the flow of qi will leave an indelible imprint in the meridians. When cultivating other life skills, these marks will clash with different types of qi.

Exercises other than life gong are collectively called miscellaneous gongs, and miscellaneous gongs do not pay much attention to the trend of meridians, and they are not helpful to improve the realm. However, miscellaneous exercises are strange and have many uses, so most cultivators will learn several miscellaneous exercises that suit them to solve problems.

However, some miscellaneous skills can also be cultivated to produce special energy, and they can even be practiced as a life, such as the stone obedience exercise learned by the disciples who built a house in the Qianyun Sect, which is a miscellaneous skill that can be practiced as a life exercise.

No matter what kind of exercises, there is a rule, the harder it is to practice, the stronger it is, and the easier it is to practice, the weaker it is.

At this time, Zheng Qiu asked, "Are there any easy and powerful to practice, or difficult and weak?"

The master nodded: "Yes, the former is the secret treasure of each sect, and the latter is the product of creative failure. ”

The realm of oneself is very mysterious, some people break through quickly, and some people can't break through a few times in a lifetime. Generally speaking, people with good roots, high talents, and strong exercises will have an easier breakthrough.

The realm is the easiest benchmark to represent a person's strength, if the exercises and magic weapons are quantitative changes, then the breakthrough of the realm is a qualitative change, a leap forward.

For thousands of years, there have been examples of defeating opponents across one realm, but there has never been a battle across two realms to win. Therefore, the most important thing for a cultivator when dealing with is the realm, and the higher the realm, the easier it is for a person to gain the respect of others.

Of course, in order to hide their strength, most people will not directly say what realm they have reached, and will only use vague words such as high cultivation and low cultivation.

Master Ming Zong picked up the pot on the coffee table and poured himself a glass of water, he stopped and asked Zheng Qiu: "Apprentice, after expanding so much, what do you think is related to the cultivation of medicine?"

Zheng Qiu scratched his head and thought hard, and after thinking for a while, he tried to answer: "The master asked me to eat herbs to improve the root bones, and just now he said that it is easy for people with good roots and bones to break through the realm." It should be herbs that have a great effect on the realm. ”

Master Mingzong smiled: "What else?"

"And, there's ...... Hmm, does it also help with the exercises?"

"You're pretty smart at that, and you've been able to pick up the clues so quickly. Master Mingzong shook a glass of water in this cup, and his eyes gradually became serious and serious.

"Roughly speaking, cultivating medicinal herbs is just a way to obtain materials, which are used to feed rare birds and beasts, provide materials for alchemy, and enrich the food of cultivators on weekdays.

To break through or consolidate the realm, there are pills, there are pills to assist in exercises, and even special magic weapons and blades are used, and there are special pills.

Everyone in the world is focusing on alchemy, studying how to refine higher-grade pills every day, and pondering how to create new uses for pills. One after another thousands of famous alchemy furnaces, one after another alchemists who have attracted the attention of thousands of mountains, think that alchemy is the foundation of cultivation.

Is this fundamental? No! Absolutely not!"

Master Mingzong's hands were clenched into fists, and his eyes radiated a feverish light. "I have communicated with the elders of the sect for alchemy tens of thousands of times, and I have personally tried dozens of famous pills.

Any pill, no matter how high its grade is or how exquisite its refining techniques are, its most critical medicinal properties are still taken from the medicinal materials of alchemy. Alchemy is just a process of extracting the medicinal components of medicinal materials, concentrating and blending them, and the essence of medicine has not changed in the slightest. ”

Master Ming Zong grabbed Zheng Qiu's shoulders with both hands and shook him dizzy.

The frenzied light in Master Ming Zong's eyes erupted like flames: "One solid qi grass can never refine two solid qi pills, but what about hundreds? thousands? Do you know what that means? raw materials, raw materials are fundamental, it is the foundation of everything!"

As long as there is a sufficient number of medicinal materials, it is a pig, and it can also be enlightened!"