Chapter 4: The Tangled Old Man
Pushing the door into the room, he was shocked by the situation in the room: the whole room was only a dilapidated table and two chairs, one leg of the table had been broken, barely cushioned with a few books, the table was full of various experimental props and books, and the floor of the room was almost occupied by books and dirty clothes, and there was nowhere to stay. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
There was also one piece of "furniture" in the roomβa "bed" made of books, if that was furniture.
In addition to the visual impact, there is also an olfactory impact, that is, the pungent smell of medicine that comes to the face as soon as you enter the house, and the smoke is so strong that the candle covers your nose.
"Hehe, I didn't expect to accept an apprentice when I went out, so I forgot to clean it. The old man's rare old face turned red and smiled embarrassedly.
"It's okay, Master, let me do this little thing in the future. Candle Ye smiled, and began to pick up the dirty clothes on the ground one by one, not minding the stains and unpleasant smell on the clothes, "I saw a river not far away just now, I'll go there to wash it, it's still early anyway." After saying that, Candle Ye ran out of the house with his clothes and went straight to the river.
It's not that Candle Ye is deliberately showing favor to the old man, a few years of living alone, he has long been accustomed to all kinds of housework, since people have saved his life, and he also recognizes him as a teacher, so what is it to help others wash a few clothes?
Just as he saw at a glance that Candle Ye was lying before, this time the old man also saw Candle Ye's sincerity at a glance.
"How long...... Haven't been cared for like this?" Thinking like this, looking at Candle Ye's back, the old man's eyes couldn't help but moisten, and at this moment, he actually began to want to cancel his original plan.
"Noβno! No, how long have I been preparing for all this?! The medicine is almost finished, I can't give up here! I give up here, what can I take revenge?!" desperately pulling himself out of the glimmer of warmth that the candle showed, the old man roared in his heart, forcing himself to be ruthless.
Plan, must be executed!
After Candle Ye had washed his clothes, the master and apprentice sat down at the shabby table and began to enjoy dinner.
Of course, the dinner was also made by Candle Ye, using some leftover materials from the old man's house.
After dinner, the old man began his research, while Candle Ye took the dishes and chopsticks to the river to wash, and when he came back, Candle Ye found that there was another bed piled up with books in the room.
"You can sleep here first, and I'll build you another hut tomorrow." The old man said as he fiddled with the flask in his hand.
"Yes, Master. After Zhu Ye agreed, he sat down on his bed, looking at the teacher who was doing research in a daze, and now he didn't seem to be able to help much, because he didn't even know the names of those medicines.
"Anyway, I'll just stay here until God comes to pick me up. Thinking like this, maybe she was really tired, and Zhu Ye felt more and more sleepy, and fell asleep unconsciously.
Seeing that Candle Ye was asleep, the old man just silently took off his clothes and covered Candle Ye. He then continued to fiddle with his lab equipment......
The next day, it wasn't until it was already three poles of the sun outside that Candle Ye woke up.
After waking up, Candle Ye didn't see the master's figure, so he walked out of the house, stretched, and looked around, only to see that not far from the hut, there was another hut.
"Awake?" Master was dragging a wild boar towards here, the boar had almost no external injuries on its body, only a bloody hole in its head, apparently killing with a single blow.
"Hello Master. β
"Well," the old man nodded in agreement, "this wild boar should be enough to eat for a few days, so go and get a knife and cut it." β
But Candle Ye was still stunned next to the boar's corpse, motionless.
"Any questions?"
"Master, I'm ...... I don't dare to cut it......" Candle Ye sneered.
Nonsense, he's not a butcher, it's okay for him to cut meat and cook, but cut a whole pig......
He's a kid who grew up in the 21st century!!
Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but be even more puzzled by Candle Ye's identity, looking at this kid who didn't understand anything, he was obviously not a rich and noble family, even ordinary people shouldn't know anything, but if it was a poor family, how could they not even dare to cut a pig?
But this kid doesn't want to be honest with me, so it's just that it doesn't affect my plans.
"There is always a first time in everything, let me teach you how to cut it. Putting aside the doubts in his heart, the old man said to Candle Ye.
"Yes......"
So Candle Ye, with the help of his master, became a butcher for the first time.
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"Hu ......" put down the bloody knife in his hand, and Candle Ye let out a sigh of relief.
"That's it, the prey that comes back in the future will be handed over to you to deal with. β
"Yes!"
"Anyway...... I don't know if you're interested in cultivating spiritual power?" the old man suddenly asked.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Just kidding, what is it called crossing if you don't cultivate? When you finish cultivating here, you will be a superman when you go back!
"Well, since you're so interested, I'll start teaching you to cultivate when you've had breakfast. The old man said with a smile.
It seems that the plan can be executed.
After a quick breakfast, Candle Ye couldn't wait to run to the open space outside the house, where the master was already standing and waiting.
"Master, let's get started. β
"Don't worry, do you know what to do before you start cultivating?"
"Uh...... Is there any ritual?" asked Candle Ye, scratching the back of her head.
"Of course not," the teacher said, propping his forehead, "Before you officially cultivate, you must first arrange your spirits." β
"Pai Ling?"
"Yes," the old man nodded, "Our body will absorb the aura long before we start cultivating, but at this time, the aura is not spiritual power and cannot be used by us, so we must first eliminate these useless aura in the body before we can start cultivating." β
"I see......"
"Moreover, through the length of time to drain the spirit, it can also be seen that a person's cultivation talent, the longer the time to drain the spirit, the better the cultivation talent. β
"Let's try it then. Candle Ye became more and more impatient.
"Aren't you worried about your poor talent?" asked the old man.
"I'm afraid I can't change anything, right? And even if my talent is very poor, I can still learn alchemy from my master. Candle Ye smiled freely.
He's really not afraid, anyway, he just needs to stay here until God comes to pick him up.
"Hmm...... Okay, let's get started. β
After speaking, the master asked Candle Ye to sit cross-legged on the ground, and then began to explain the method of discharging spirits step by step.
"First of all, you have to learn to look inward. The old man continued, "Only when you learn to look inward can you see where the aura in your body is. β
"Calm down, slowly detach your mind from your body, and then look at your own body, which is called inward viewing. β
As Master said, Candle Ye closed his eyes and calmed down. Gradually, he felt as if his soul had left his body......
Slowly opening his eyes, he was stunned: he was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, but in front of him, there was another self sitting cross-legged on the ground, the meridians of his whole body could be seen clearly, and his whole body was almost filled with fiery red mist, and some places were occupied by white mist.
"Isn't this the separation of the mind from the body? Doesn't it seem very difficult, Master, what should I do next?" Candle Ye, who was still in a state of mind, asked Master.
"Master?" the other party did not respond, but still stared at his settled body.
It seems that in this state, others can't hear it. But how can I change back, Master hasn't said yet, what should I do?" said Candle Ye scratching the back of his head.
So Candle Ye could only wait left and right in a state of mind, hoping that the master would quickly give instructions on the next step.
But the old man didn't say a word, but turned around and looked at the forest in the mountains, which seemed to mean to fight a protracted war.
"I can only change back on my own. "Candle Ye wants to cry without tears.
"Just overlap your mind with your body, right?"
Thinking like this, Candle Ye completely overlapped the appearance of his mind and body, and then closed his eyes.
I opened my eyes again, and then called "Master".
"What's the matter?" asked the old man.
Alas, after all, it's the first time that the mind is out of the body, and it's normal to have difficulties, I just hope that it won't be impossible to do it, otherwise if you can't cultivate, the plan will be over.
"Master, I've been waiting for a long time, why haven't you given instructions for the next step?"
The old man was about to speak out to comfort Candle Ye, but was blocked by Candle Ye's words, and he even wondered if he had misheard it because of old age.
Waited a long time?