Chapter 35: Bottlenecks and Demons
Xiao Wu didn't leave immediately after leaving the stone house, but walked around, he didn't care about other people's guesses about his identity, anyway, he had obtained so much spirit grass now, and he was ready to retreat and practice for a while again, but according to the speed at which he used the spirit grass, this one hundred and fifty plants was not very many. Xiao Wu couldn't help but put his mind on the last alchemy prescription again, the unilateral value of the effect on the cave building period can be imagined, no wonder the red-clothed ancestor can have so many wealth ores and pills in his hands. Since he has already sold two, it is useless to keep the last one in his hands, it is better to sell it in exchange for something that is useful to him now, anyway, he doesn't want to become an alchemist, and it is a waste to keep it unilaterally. After figuring it out, Xiao Wu carefully screened the remaining shops this time, and finally chose a shop specializing in buying and selling spiritual grass and walked in.
"Uncle, that kid really didn't leave, but turned around for a long time, and finally went to Fengling Hall. ”
"That shop of the Feng family, it seems that this person still has treasures that have not been sold, and he went to the Feng family for a long time, it seems that he still wants to exchange for the spirit grass, is it really a subordinate of an alchemy master? It's a pity that we don't have the elixir in our hands, otherwise we can keep this person." Hey, forget it, we didn't come in vain this time, not only received several special materials, but also got two kinds of cherished unilateral. Don't stare at that person anymore, there's no need to anger the alchemist behind this person. ”
"If this person came out secretly and sold it, or if he killed people and took it, let's ---"
"You'd better not think about it too much, it's better to have more than one thing, it's better to put your mind on cultivation, and when you cultivate to a solid foundation, you won't care about that bit of wealth. ”
"Yes, my nephew is delusional. ”
"With the qualifications of the two of you and the vigorous cultivation of the family, you don't have to fight each other for a little resource like those peripheral disciples, as long as you can advance, you will have the wealth that looks red now,......
Xiao Wu didn't know that there was someone behind him, and he wouldn't hear the conversation between the old man and the young man, and even if he did, he would say a few words in agreement, he was just this valuable thing, can you not worry about it.
The stone door of Fengling Hall was opened, and Xiao Wu walked out accompanied by a middle-aged fat man, and the other party also hoped to cooperate again, and proposed to invite him to the clan as a guest, but Xiao Wu politely refused. The fat man was not angry, but watched Xiao Wu leave the door with a smile.
Xiao Wu was really satisfied this time, he used the alchemy formula in his hand not only in exchange for nearly five hundred spirit grass and a spirit pill, but also in exchange for a basic spell set, which contained seven ordinary small spells. This time, I finally got everything I wanted, and the next thing is to leave here safely, return to my secret cave to cultivate, and wait for the things to go south until I finish consuming the resources in my hands. Otherwise, with so many resources in his hands, if he was killed outside, wouldn't it be cheaper for others.
Xiao Wu turned around again, and didn't notice that he was being followed, and his heart relaxed a little. Walking out of the garden, he did not return to the county town the same way, but walked quickly towards the depths of the forest, and after passing a small hill, he changed his costume and walked in the direction of his cave. Along the way, Xiao Wu tensed his nerves all the time, and his divine sense kept scanning the surroundings, but fortunately, there was no robbery along the way. Xiao Wu didn't know that because he walked through the forest and fields like this, he finally got rid of the three unscrupulous people behind. They paid attention to Xiao Wu after they saw him in and out of various stone houses in the market, and after Xiao Wu left alone, the three of them made up their minds. It's just that none of the three of them thought that Xiao Wu chose to walk around in the forest, and none of the three of them were veterans who had done stalking, killing, and stealing goods, and they lost people after passing through a piece of farmland, so they could only helplessly look for the next target.
It took Xiao Wu seven days to return to the cave, touching the wooden bed that was still fixed on the stone wall with a sigh, but he just went out for a trip, not only to get what he urgently needed but also to kill two wrongdoers. It's only been less than a month since I left, but I feel extremely nostalgic when I come back here, as if this place has become my home and my roots.
It took a good day to get rid of the physical and mental fatigue after sleeping in the bed, and after this period of time, the injuries on the body were so good that they could only see the scars they talked about, and the internal injuries had already healed on the way back, and Xiao Wu was shocked by his ability to recover.
The following things are much easier to do, and Xiao Wu, who has no worries, has entered a state of constantly taking spirit grass to cultivate. In the boring cultivation, Xiao Wu could feel the continuous growth of his cultivation mana every day, and his heart began to strengthen his confidence.
The speed of cultivation this time was much faster than before, and the reason was that Xiao Wu did not hesitate to take more than ten spirit herbs a day, and finally it only took more than half a month to reach the peak of qi induction. Xiao Wu felt the fullness of mana in his body, took out Rong Yuandu, and began to participate in the research again, and finally put away the bamboo slips. The bamboo slip also mentions some preparations that need to be made to break through to the solid foundation, in fact, it seems very simple, only three conditions need to be achieved to break through the bottleneck. The first is to accumulate mana to the peak of the ninth layer, when the mana is full and overflowing, the second is to be calm and calm without distractions, to ensure that the divine consciousness covers the whole body and does not leave the body, and the third is to swallow a strong elixir and use the powerful spiritual power on the elixir to impact the spiritual acupoint. For the ordinary qi induction period if you want to cultivate to the peak of the ninth layer, you must continue to accumulate and increase the mana to improve your cultivation, more than ten years of time is essential, and the peak of the ninth layer wants to break through the bottleneck before the age of thirty is the most promising, as for the probability of breaking through, it is only one percent, but if you don't break through once, you will never have a chance again in your life, so the number of solid foundation monks is not very much, Xiao Wu thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to take a risk now. He has now entered the peak, and the aura has begun to disperse, even if he takes the spirit grass now, he can't improve it, and Xiao Wu has also prepared four spirit grasses of the same kind that contain rich spiritual power, which should also be used as pills, if he can't break through now, the probability behind him will not be too great, if it really doesn't work, he is thinking of other ways to try it, anyway, he still has a lot of spirit grass in his hand, and he can quickly repair the mana back after failure.
Xiao Wu took out the four spirit grasses and put them aside, and began to calmly close his eyes and recite the first layer of Rong Lingdu, trying to slowly withdraw his divine thoughts to himself, his own figure began to appear in his mind, and slowly became clear, he seemed to be sitting in a void, surrounded by darkness. After a while, Xiao Wu opened his eyes, frowned and thought for a while, and closed his eyes again to empty himself, but after a while, he had to open his eyes again. After trying a few more times, Xiao Wu couldn't enter peace of mind for some reason, as long as he took back all his divine sense, he could no longer maintain peace in his heart, and his own experiences kept appearing in his heart, and his familiar faces kept appearing. He finally gave up meditating, and went straight to bed and fell asleep, hoping to try again when he woke up.
The next day, Xiao Wu began to meditate again, but he was still interrupted by all kinds of distracting thoughts, but if his thoughts were released, he could easily enter the state, which was very strange. He encountered the first bottleneck since his cultivation, and this bottleneck turned out to be that he could not enter a state of meditation and condensation without his mind concentrating on himself. He kept trying various methods, but in the end it was always not feasible, there were always distracting thoughts, and his body always felt that he could not cooperate.
After a few days, Xiao Wu began to stop meditating, went out of the cave to stand outside the village for a long time, began to constantly recall his own experience, since he was a child, he was cared for by his parents, and his carefree days ended until his father was bedridden when he was ten years old, and then his parents died one after another, sad and sad, starving, lonely and helpless, and then encountered war capture, labor, escape, capture, escape, capture, escape, and cultivation. Scenes kept flashing in front of his eyes, his heart was full of grief, frustration, fear, anger and all kinds of emotions, stirring his whole body hot and unbearable, Xiao Wu had an urge to yell and wreak havoc, wanting to destroy everything in front of him. Suddenly, a beam of spiritual light flashed between his eyebrows, and a cool feeling suddenly came out of his head, and in an instant, he rushed to all corners of his body, and suddenly felt that the restlessness of his whole body disappeared at once. "Heart Demon", Xiao Wu suddenly understood what had happened, it turned out that he had met the heart demon. A few days before the separation, Kou Yuhuan told Xiao Wu about some experience of advanced solid foundation, including mentioning the inner demon. But at that time, it was just casually mentioned that Kou Yuhuan did not encounter the heart demon, and the vast majority of immortal cultivators would not encounter the heart demon when they advanced to the solid foundation, so there was nothing special to introduce, only that the heart demon would make people go crazy until death. Xiao Wu also recalled the psychological changes in the past few days and the reaction in his body and heart just now, and finally determined that he had just encountered the inner demon, but why he encountered the inner demon was not clear at all.
Why is it so difficult for him to stick to his original thoughts and meditate and condense his qi? In fact, Xiao Wu didn't realize that he was different, and his difference was that the speed of his later advancement was too fast, and he had lost his Dao heart. Cultivation is the way to survive against the sky, and the hardships and dangers against the sky block countless people on the way, and people need to spend years and decades to accumulate strength to break through the obstacles. And Xiao Wu just wanted to break through in a very short time, and he didn't have enough unswerving thoughts, so there was naturally an obstacle in his heart.