In April, the weather in Pingjiang Province is quite hot, and the climate of Linwu Island is quite cool and pleasant because of the water on all sides, and it is still a little cool in the morning and evening. At the fourth watch, the night was still very deep.

Shen Changning woke up naturally from the meditation, she got up and got some hot water in the copper basin, finished washing up briefly, and walked out of the door. Outside the house, the bright moon hangs high, and the white clouds cross the sky, making the night very clear.

Changning walked to the stove, Rong's and Qingdai had not yet gotten up, the house was quiet, but there was still a small red clay stove left in the stove, and a pot of medicinal soup was slowly simmered on the stove over low heat. The medicinal materials of this pot of medicinal soup were soaked in wine for twelve hours, and they stayed up all night, and the medicinal properties were completely melted into the medicinal soup. Changning poured out the decoction, no more, no less, just a bowl, she blew it a little, and drank the medicinal soup in one gulp.

The medicinal soup is hot but not hot, as soon as the warm soup enters the abdomen, she feels a hot current flow from the stomach to the limbs, Changning put heavy iron rings on his hands and feet, and carries a wooden sword to go out. The mountain wind blew on her thin clothes, and she didn't feel the chill at all, and she went straight to the top of the mountain along the winding and rugged path of the mountain.

From the courtyard where they lived to the top of Qingchi Peak, there were a total of 921 steps, and she had been walking this trail since she was three years old, and she had been walking for seven years, and she could go up the mountain with her eyes closed. She walked neither fast nor slow, the time between each step was almost the same, her breath was light and long, and the iron rings weighing dozens of pounds did not affect her movements at all. From the bottom of the mountain to the top, peach and plum trees are planted all the way, so the temperature in the land is low, and the peach and plum are blooming, and the flowers are blooming. The clear glow reflects the place, the clear snow is red, the flower shadow is horizontally oblique, it is the world in April fragrant flowers, the peach blossoms in the mountain temple begin to bloom.

Such a beautiful scenery, even if Changning has been watching it for seven years, he still doesn't get tired of it. She walked all the way to the top of the mountain, and just after drinking the medicinal power of the decoction began to urge, her body gradually became hot, she did not untie the iron ring, and stood on a flat ground on the top of the mountain with her feet like piles, slowly moving the joints of her body, ankles, wrists, arms, shoulders, neck, and head...... When the joints and muscles of her body have been moved, she pulled out the wooden sword behind her back, slashing, stabbing, teasing, and sweeping...... Changning's every form is performed very slowly.

With the swordsmanship, the thin five-colored essence in the stars and moon that ordinary people can't see gradually condenses around her, infiltrating her body bit by bit, and fusing with her full body of true yuan, and after she has performed the swordsmanship once, her sword momentum has changed, from not slow to open and close, and the sword style is like flowing water, and in the end, after this set of swordsmanship has been performed by her more than a dozen times, the sword momentum is more and more successful, and the eighteen styles seem to turn into a move, endlessly.

At this time, the moonlight is faint, the sky is like a thick ink dripping from the water, from extremely dark to faint, the moonlight gradually falls, the golden crow faintly reveals a head in the milky white clouds, the glow between the mountains is reflected, the purple gas is dense, condensed around Changning's body, and it seems to have a thin layer of purple veil on her body. The more urgent Shen Changning's swordsmanship became, the sneering wind hung on her sword peak, but her breath was not chaotic at all, and the true yuan condensed above her head, "Bang!" Following her last slash, the wooden sword was actually transported out of a sword qi and slammed into the mountain wall, leaving a shallow mark on the mountain wall. Changning breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly used the basic sword technique again, this was the last time to close the momentum.

Shen Jian stood on the side and looked at his granddaughter with satisfaction, this set of basic swordsmanship has a total of eighteen styles, each of which stretches the human body to the extreme, and there are strict regulations on the position of the sword pointing and the posture of raising the sword, which is a big test for beginners, ordinary people want to perform fluently, at least three or four months of hard practice, and each sword style is performed more than a thousand times, but He'er has practiced jiu-jitsu since she was a child, and these movements are not difficult for her, and it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of tricks, and it is easy to have an unstable foundation, so he let her practice the sword twenty times every morning, There are more than 600 times in January, and the swordsmanship is slightly successful.

After Changning finished practicing the swordsmanship, he didn't bother to talk to his grandfather, "Ah Weng, I'll go freshen up." ”

"Go ahead." Shen Yan bowed slightly.

Changning walked into the cave on the top of the mountain, and a bucket of steaming medicinal bath had been prepared inside, Changning took off his practice clothes and sat cross-legged in the medicinal bath, allowing his body to automatically absorb the medicinal properties in the potion. The basic swordsmanship she cultivated was not so much a swordsmanship as a body refining method, and with the swordsmanship itself's fortune mantra and medicinal bath, it could achieve the effect of tempering the skin, flesh, tendons, and periosteum. Only then did Changning know why Ah Weng didn't start to let himself cultivate until he was ten years old, he was too young, his spirit was insufficient, he couldn't cultivate at all, and his body couldn't support such a strenuous exercise.

"Does the girl want water?" Qing Dai came in with a cup of warm water, Changning took the warm water and took a few sips, "Girl, the three girls of Fucheng just sent someone to send a post to invite you to visit the fairy temple fair, do you want to go?" Qing Dai asked.

Every year on April 13th, 14th and 15th, it is the fairy festival of Pingjiang Mansion in Pingjiang Prefecture, every household will go to the south of Pingjiang Mansion Fuji Temple to enter the incense, Fuji Temple is also known as Lu Zu Temple, Immortal Temple, set up by Lu Zu, the ancestor of the medical door. It is said that April 14 is the birthday of Lu Zu, and if you go to Lu Zu to see the incense on the same day, you can be blessed by Lu Zu and will not be sick. Fuji Temple is in Gaoqiao Street in the south of the city, because the incense is vigorous, the flow of people is numerous, a large bazaar has been formed around the Taoist Temple, and the Xuanmiao Temple in the north of the city is two famous downtown in Pingjiang Mansion. Every year on the Immortal Festival, the Fuji Temple will hold the * event, there are many believers who come here to make incense, one comes to ask for the blessing of Lu Zu, and the other is to play the temple fair.

"It's almost April 14?" Changning didn't expect the days to pass so quickly, sure enough, there was no time for cultivation, she was just starting to practice, and it was only a month in the blink of an eye.

The three girls of Fucheng that Qing Dai said are the three daughters of the eldest son of the Shen family, the Shen family respects Shen Jun very much, the ancestor of Shen Tuan, Shen Tuan has lived on Linwu Island for many years, the Shen family has filial piety every month, Changning has almost all the food and clothing on weekdays is supplied by the Shen family, she didn't know her life experience, she felt that the eldest aunt was too good to herself, and she was even more ashamed after understanding her life experience, Changning pondered whether to make some health incense pills for her aunt and cousin, Ah Weng study has books on nourishing incense, just for Eminem and Zhongbo to get some.

"It's the third year of junior high school today." Qing Dai said with a smile, "The girl has been patronizing the practice during this time, and she has even forgotten the time. ”

Changning and the others all absorbed the medicinal properties of the medicinal bath, and changed a basin of clean warm water to rinse off the decoction on their bodies, "You take my reply down the mountain, prepare my luggage for me, and I will go to Fucheng on the tenth day of the new year." ”

"Okay." Qing Dai was overjoyed, she hadn't been to Fucheng to play for a long time.

Changning put on clean clothes and walked out of the cave, Shen Jian was already sitting under an old pine, there was a stone table, three stone piers, a set of tea sets on the table, and a bamboo spring spring. Changning sat opposite his grandfather, filtered the mountain spring with bamboo charcoal silk, lit a small stove to boil the mountain spring, and waited for the boiling water to cool down but then rushed into the tea bowl, the tea leaves in the bowl were tumbling endlessly, and the fragrance of tea rose with the steaming water, "Ah Weng, the third cousin invited me to visit the temple fair of the Fairy Festival, and I went to Fucheng on the tenth day of the first year." ”

After Shen Yan waited for the smell of tea to spread, he picked up the teacup and drank the dry tea soup in one sip, and said with a slight bow: "The temple fair is mixed, most of them are liars with no spells, but it is not guaranteed that there are high-ranking people among them, so it is good for you to see and see." ”

Changning asked curiously: "Ah Weng, there are so many Taoist temples on our Linwu Island, are there qi practitioners in them?" ”

Shen Shu said: "But all the Taoist temples recorded by the government are all secular dojos of various sects, how can there be no qi practitioners? When you go out, you must not show off your life, you must know that beginners like you are the most dangerous, those who walk the rivers and lakes will not harm ordinary people at will, but they have no scruples about cultivators, and you are not better than ordinary people, if someone wants to be unfavorable to you, I will not be able to save you. ”

"So, Ah Weng, are you going to teach me a few life-saving methods?" Changning looked at her grandfather eagerly, the exercises she is practicing now are all Xuanmen Qi cultivation kung fu, double cultivation of life, which is of great benefit to cultivation, but there is no magic application, the only swordsmanship that can be used against the enemy is mainly based on refining the body, and what she wants is to learn a few magic techniques.

"Don't you go to the rivers and lakes to show your way, what are you doing to learn those small skills?" Shen Shu is reluctant to teach his granddaughter spells, and beginners are most likely to be seduced by some small paths, change their temperament, covet pleasure, and do not want to forge ahead.

"How can a spell be considered a small path? Aweng, you've said that beginners like me are the most dangerous, so at least you should teach me a few self-defense techniques, right? Changning retorted unconvinced.

Shen Shu was helpless, "The self-defense technique is inseparable from your cultivation, you are only in the pulse period, and the true yuan is stronger than the foundation building period, even if I teach you the escape technique now, you can't escape a few feet away, with this idle time, you might as well run a little farther with two legs." And your red silk and yin and yang ring are good weapons against the enemy, if you really encounter danger, you can sacrifice these two magic weapons, which are much more useful than spells. ”

Changning was hit hard by her grandfather, fortunately, there was also red silk, yin and yang ring comfort, during this time in addition to practicing the sword, is to visualize the sea inheritance, study the three items left by her parents, red jade pendant she still can't see anything strange, and she doesn't see any bloodline, but the red silk and yin and yang ring are very familiar with her, these two magic weapons don't need her to practice and nourish at all, they are very obedient, if it weren't for Ah Weng talking about these two magic weapons, she forgot that these two are not toys but magic weapons.

Shen Tuan taught his granddaughter, "When fighting with people, it doesn't mean how many kinds of spells you can use and how many magic weapons you can win, the main thing is to see whether you can learn and use magic weapons, whether you can use magic weapons, instead of learning everything, it is better to specialize in a few things, and our Qingjing faction does not practice spells, only cultivates supernatural powers." ”

Changning obediently taught, "Ah Weng, what's the difference between supernatural powers and spells?" ”

"Divine power is the perception of the heavenly way talisman, each person's perception is different, the comprehension of the divine power is also different, people who do not have enough understanding may not be able to comprehend the divine power in their lifetime. Spells are spells, and they can be cast if they have a true element, generally speaking, the same type of spell supernatural powers, the effect of supernatural powers is better than spells, of course, there are exceptions. ”

"Isn't the foundation building true element much thicker than the Tongmai period? But don't gas extraction, vein, and foundation building all belong to the refining and refining gas realm? Changning asked again.

"The Tongmai Realm just allows you to open up the second pulse of Rendu, the big and small Zhoutian, and step from the acquired to the innate one, and at this time, you can't condense too much true yuan in your body. But after entering the foundation building period, there will be true yuan seeds in the body, in terms of our sect's cultivation method, after the completion of the Tongmai realm, the true yuan seeds will automatically condense in the body, and the number of true seeds varies according to personal qualifications and opportunities, some people can condense three, some people have six, and some people have nine.

The supernatural powers I am talking about are also conceived in the true seeds, and in each true seed there is an imperfect supernatural power talisman. When cultivating, it is necessary to introduce the true element into the true element seed, slowly cultivate the true seed, and turn each true seed into an endless spring that generates the true element. ”

"Ah Weng, is it true that the more True Yuan seeds, it means that this person has the best qualifications." Changning asked.

"Not necessarily, the cultivation of the true seed is the kung fu of the water mill, the more the true seed, the longer the cultivation time, if the opportunity is a little worse, and the longevity is over, the true seed has not been completed, and there is no chance of the road to immortality." Shen said.

"Ah Weng, how many true seeds do you have in your body?" Changning asked.

"Nine." Shen Tuo said.

"A-Weng is amazing." Changning starry eyes looked at his grandfather, according to Ah Weng's meaning, there are at most nine true seeds, and Ah Weng has nine that can be cultivated into a golden pill within a hundred years old, Ah Weng is really powerful!

Shen Shu smiled, "He'er will be more powerful than Ah Weng in the future." ”

"I'll try." Changning said seriously.

Shen Shu said: "It's okay if you go to Fucheng to live for a while, and I will go out in a few days." He paused and shouted, "Crane." ”

"Awn?" Changning looked up at his grandfather.

"Although our sect doesn't talk about fighting with others, if someone really bullies you, you don't have to keep your hands, let alone be merciful, your two magic weapons are more than enough to deal with ordinary foundation building monks." Shen Shu is colorful.

"Ah Weng, you mean, if someone wants to hurt me, I can—" Changning said hesitantly, thinking that he would misunderstand what his grandfather meant.

"You're going to kill him." Shen Xuan's words made Changning's eyes widen, and Shen Shun smoothed his granddaughter's hair, "Monks are not allowed to fight at will in the territory of the country, if someone plots against you, he must be a cult monk, the cult monk is the most treacherous and vicious, you are inexperienced, don't talk nonsense with these people, run away if you can, kill if you can, otherwise it is better to die if you fall into their hands." ”

Changning said: "Ah Weng, I will stay at my aunt's house obediently and not go out at will." "She said before that she would do it with people, but it was just an excuse to learn spells, how could she really do it with people, she had never even killed a fish, let alone killed someone.

"These are all experiences in the rivers and lakes, not for you to use this time." Shen Guaner.

Changning smiled and pulled his grandfather's sleeve, "Then Ah Weng, tell me a few more stories about the rivers and lakes, and I'll make you tea." ”

"You!" Shen Jian smiled helplessly at his granddaughter, and told her a few well-known events in the cultivation world.