Chapter 18: The Way of Cultivation
"What's that?" Fu Manlou exclaimed, pointing to the behemoth in the distance that even the dense forest could not hide. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Although I don't know how long it is, just the upright torso is a hundred feet high, and even if it is more than ten miles apart, it can be clearly seen.
The dark and shiny torso, the hideous and full of evil snake heads, Rao is well-informed Fu Manlou was also completely shocked.
"Mysterious beasts? How is it possible, how can there be a mysterious beast in that place. β
The mysterious beast is the alien incarnation of the fierce beast, because it can absorb the Xuanhuang gas between heaven and earth, over time, forging the body and refining the gods, once it forms a beast pill, it will derive some kind of magical power, which is extremely powerful.
Fu Manlou is no stranger to the Mysterious Beast, not long ago, he also received a Xuanhu, and the Mysterious Beast that died in his hands could not be counted on both hands, but he had never seen such a big one, just by looking at it, a large number of goosebumps would involuntarily appear all over his body.
"That'...... It's not a beast. β
"If it's not a mysterious beast, how can it grow so big?" Fu Manlou was incredulous.
"Yes...... Demon beasts. Liu Chengying gritted his teeth and said.
"Demon beasts?" Fu Manlou's face was full of ignorance, obviously he had never heard of this word.
"In the primeval period, Pangu broke the sky, chaos opened, and one gas turned into three clears. The three clearers are Xuanhuang, Hongmeng, and Netherworld. Xuanhuang practiced qi, Hongmeng forged the body, and condensed the underworld, which can be said to have their own merits. Liu Chengying said expressionlessly, "Those of us who cultivate Xuanhuang, in the final analysis, are nothing more than that Xuanhuang Qi. Absorbing and exhaling Xuanhuang Qi, consolidating the foundation and cultivating the Yuan, and strengthening the innate Xuanling, this is also the most suitable cultivation method for our human beings. can cultivate a way, but it is not only the existence of metaphysical cultivation. β
"It's not just Xuan Xiu?" Fu Manlou seemed to have heard such a secret for the first time, and the curiosity of the whole person was mobilized to the greatest extent.
"There are also demon cultivators and contemplative cultivators."
"As Senior Brother Liu said, what I am cultivating is a breath of Xuanhuang Qi, so this demon cultivator is absorbing Hongmeng Qi, and Spiritual Cultivation is Netherworld Qi?" Fu Manlou is very smart, just from Liu Chengying's words, he touches the bypass and thinks thoughtfully.
"Not bad. Senior Brother Fu, do you know why this entry into the third mile is called the forbidden place for our mystical cultivation? Liu Chengying asked, pointing to the swampy jungle in front of him.
Fu Manlou shook his head, "I only know that when a person of Xuan Xiu steps into it, not only will his cultivation be greatly suppressed, but if he stays in it for too long, he will even shake the fundamentals, and he will be seriously injured at least and fall at worst." β
"Because there's no Xuanhuang Qi in it." Liu Chengying replied in a deep voice.
"The Qi of the Three Qings, the Xuanhuang Zhongzheng is peaceful, and the Hongmeng is extreme and manic, the two complement each other, and generally coexist between heaven and earth, but the number is different. Xuan Huang Sheng, then Xuan Xiu Wang. Hongmeng is strong, and the demon cultivates the honor. There is general, there is special, this into the three miles, is a special existence, how it is formed, there is no evidence, it is not important, as long as you know, the atmosphere of this square inch of land, completely isolated from the Xuanhuang gas. Without the Xuanhuang Qi, the Xuanhuang cultivators will be like boundless roots, and the consequences will be self-evident if they are suppressed and invaded by the Hongmeng Qi. β
Hearing this, Fu Manlou suddenly bowed his head to Liu Chengying, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Senior Brother Liu, for your words today." Listening to your words, it is better to read a book for ten years, and the ancient sages are honest and do not deceive me. It was only at this time that I realized how naΓ―ve I was before, and I still regarded myself as a hero, but I didn't know that I was the frog at the bottom of the well. β
"Hey, Senior Brother Fu is serious, if I wasn't born in such a family, maybe I might not be as good as Senior Brother." Liu Chengying also sighed, but in an instant, his eyes fell on the sky-high snake shadow in the jungle again.
"Demon beasts are more different than mysterious beasts, even if they are below the same level, there is a world of difference. Putting aside the rest for the time being, it's just that this spiritual wisdom can't be compared to the mysterious beast. The longevity of life has made the demon beast have almost human wisdom, and even surpass it. β
"Senior Brother Liu, I still don't know something. Senior brother, I've seen some of the world, why have I never heard of the existence of demon beasts? Fu Manlou asked shamelessly.
"We and other cultivators all know that heaven and earth are divided into nine continents, Penglai, Yingzhou, and the abbot are called immortal continents, and they are ethereal, unless the sun rises, ordinary people have no chance to see it. In addition, the Spring and Autumn Period, Wuhu, and Julu are for Dingzhou, and my junior brother was born in the Spring and Autumn Period Dingzhou. Immediately followed by the three continents of Chicheng, Xuanliang, and Langyuan, which are collectively known as the three continents of the earth, and we are now located in the Xuanliang continent. Talent is divided into three, six, nine and so on, and so is Jiuzhou. Needless to say, Xianzhou is self-explanatory, but all those who practice are all yearning. Dingzhou As far as I know, the three clear qi between heaven and earth is incomparably strong, and any place, if you get the three continents, it can be called a blessed land. As for the earth, to be precise, in fact, this is the land of the peach orchard that is assigned to ordinary people to thrive, the qi of the three clears is thin, and the proportion of Xuanhuang and Hongmeng is out of balance, if it is said that this place can barely meet the basic conditions of Xuanxiu, then it is enough to call it a forbidden land for demon cultivation. When Liu Chengying said this, his tone suddenly paused, and then he muttered to himself, "But things are not normal, who would have thought that such a snake demon would be bred in this lonely Hongmeng land in front of me." β
"No wonder Senior Brother Liu always talks about cultivation on weekdays, not metaphysical cultivation, it turns out that it is not a slip of the tongue, but people born in Dizhou and others sit in the well and watch the sky, but they don't know that in addition to metaphysical cultivation in this world, there are other ways to practice." Fu Manlou muttered to himself.
There was a long silence......
"I wonder what happened to the two of them?" Fu Manlou suddenly whispered, full of worry.
"Life and death depend on their fate." Liu Chengying sighed, the appearance of the snake demon completely disrupted his plan, and even shook his previous confidence.
"Then the evil obstacle won't come out, will it?" Looking at the snake shadow in the distance again, Fu Manlou still had palpitations.
"Probably not, this jungle is arguably its only hiding place. In it, it is almost invincible, but once it dares to come out, life and death are not what it says. Liu Chengying said with a gloomy expression, it can be said that the appearance of this snake demon completely disrupted his plan, if it wasn't for the inability to enter this jungle, he really wanted to tear it alive.
"Hong'er...... It's Hong'er, she escaped. Suddenly, Fu Manlou exclaimed.
Following the prestige, sure enough, a beautiful red shadow was fluttering among the towering trees in a panic, fleeing outward at a very fast speed.
Although there was not the slightest scar on her body, the face of the woman in red was gray, and the look of horror in her eyes made people feel pity.
The panic and fear that she had never felt before, in a short period of time, eroded her nerves that she thought were strong.
It was only now that the woman in red discovered that she was not as fearless as she imagined, let alone as powerful as she imagined, and it could even be said that she was still just an insignificant ant in the face of real danger.
From the time Zhan Bai reminded her to run away, on the short journey, she looked back countless times, and she saw the most terrifying scene in her life.
Zhan Bai in mid-air was devoured by the strange snake without the power to resist, and then there was a team of nearly two hundred people from the two sides, even if they scattered and fled, they could face the strange snake that almost flew into the sky, the speed was extremely fast, and the fierce sucking power could be rolled up between their mouths, and they could only let out a helpless scream.
With her innate perception of danger and the scimitar in her hand, she was able to escape from the mouth of the snake several times, and the strange snake did not continue to entangle after missing itself a few times, but turned to other food. The same food, in the eyes of the strange snake, the woman in red is no different from others, and it can speak people, and even knows how to give up a small grass and chase the whole forest, anyway, the general reason is that she finally succeeded in escaping.
When the whole person jumped down from the last big tree and landed on the ground, the endless feeling of prostration eroded the whole body almost instantly, and he could no longer support his slender body, and fell to the ground in a shaky manner.
"Hong'er, are you alright?" Fu Manlou helped the woman in red in time and asked in a concerned tone.
"Sorry...... He's dead. Leaning on Fu Manlou's arm, the woman in red said extremely weakly, her pale face full of apology.
"Let's not talk about anything else, where are you hurt?" Fu Manlou held the woman in red with one hand, and quickly took out a bottle of healing medicine from his sleeve pocket with the other hand.
The woman in red shook her head and closed her eyes in pain.
Perhaps, for a long time to come, she will live in nightmares.
"You're not dead, how can he die." Compared with Fu Manlou's care, Liu Chengying's voice was extremely cold, without the slightest hint of pity and pity.
"Senior Brother Liu......" Fu Manlou looked at Liu Chengying dissatisfied, but was stopped by the woman in red who slowly opened her eyes.
"I saw it with my own eyes, he ...... He was devoured by a strange snake. β
"Hmph." Liu Chengying snorted disappreciatively, "Tell me what happened in detail." β
Liu Chengying didn't care what Fu Manlou had to do with his companion woman, at this time he just wanted to know Zhanbai's whereabouts.
Fu Manlou originally thought that with Hong'er's character, she would refuse, but she didn't expect that in the face of criticism, she rarely nodded and agreed.
This woman, known as Hong'er, is obviously not a very good lobbyist, but she just bluntly described all the things she encountered after entering the jungle with Zhanbai.
"That's it, I'm probably the only one who escaped."
"Senior Brother Liu, it seems that he is really dead." Fu Manlou sighed and comforted.
Zhanbai was personally brought by him, so he sincerely regretted what happened to Zhanbai.
Liu Chengying was silent, staring coldly at the jungle swamp in front of him.
"No, since the snake demon is guarding the Yanji Flower, why wait until it blooms before you do it. As Hong'er said, the snake demon can actually speak, obviously his spiritual intelligence is not low, and with that almost invincible cultivation, there is no need to do this snake painting thing. In order to divert the bad mood of his junior brother, Fu Manlou had to repeat his old tricks and ask like a curious baby.
"No, it's because it's so smart that it comes up with this praying mantis to catch the cicada and the yellow finch in the future." Liu Chengying sighed leisurely.
"Huh? What do you mean by that? Fu Manlou said curiously.
"Because in addition to banning the elixir, Yanji Flower has a more lethal side effect. After ingesting the smoky flower, on the same day every year, he will experience a period of terrible weakness. And that day will undoubtedly be his biggest flaw in the future. Senior Brother Fu, please forgive me for hiding this matter before, after all, this is undoubtedly the biggest secret for those who take it. Yoo Seung-ying apologized.
"What, a period of weakness once a year?" Hearing the side effects of the fireworks flower, Fu Manlou couldn't help but exclaim again, such a domineering side effect, for ordinary people, I really don't know if it is a treasure or a peerless poison.
If you can't use the pill to improve your cultivation, and even every year, you have to go through a painful period of weakness, if you are unlucky, you will be approached by the enemy that day, wouldn't you only have to wait to be killed.
"The reason why the snake demon waited until Zhan Bai put away the fireworks with the jade box before he started was because he didn't want to take it immediately, which was really calculating." Thinking of the snake demon's methods, even Liu Chengying had to be amazed.
"Senior brother, I still don't understand?"
"Because it's a snake demon, even if you embark on the path of cultivation, you still can't completely get rid of your habits, and one of them is regular molting. I don't know how often the snake demon molts, but there's definitely a pattern. For snakes, molting is a test of rebirth, but also a painful ordeal. In order to avoid overlapping the molting period and the time it takes to take the cigarette, the snake demon is really well-intentioned. Liu Chengying said, and couldn't help but applaud the snake demon.