At this time there was an old man standing in front of the house, wearing a pair of straw sandals with his hands behind his back, a suit made of animal skins, although his hair was gray, but his body was quite strong, his back was straight, and his eyes were full of hope when he looked in the direction of the stream.

As soon as he saw Ling Yao appear, the old man immediately came to his senses, his face was full of smiles, even the wrinkles were squeezed aside, and he shouted happily: "Ling'er is back, I haven't seen you for a day, it's almost dark before you come back, is it lazy and not good at cultivating and running around secretly, the teacher is really a little worried, thinking if it will be taken away by the beasts in the mountains." ”

When Ling Yao heard his master call him "Ling'er", although he had long been used to it, he still blushed slightly: "Master, you have already led me around here countless times, how can there be large beasts around here, just some small beasts, if they dare to offend me, it is not enough for me to clean up, how can they be taken away." ”

"Haha, I know that our Ling'er is powerful, and we can beat the wolf king who is almost one person tall with our bare hands, but we still have to be cautious, didn't we still be chased by a crazy and bloodthirsty black tiger a few days ago, shouting for help, if it wasn't for the teacher to arrive in time and surrender it with one move, I don't know how long you will be chased." The old man said with a smug smile without giving any face.

"Hmph, I didn't want to do anything with it because I didn't want to stick to it because it was covered in blood. Ling Yao didn't buy the old man's tent outfit, "But the master is really powerful, and he can subdue it with one move." ”

As soon as the old man heard Ling Yao praise him, he immediately became even more proud: "What is this, this is just a trivial meaning, if the teacher really launches a threat, all kinds of beasts within a radius of a hundred miles will hide when they see me, if you don't believe it, I will go tomorrow to catch the gorilla who bullied you and threw stones at you to make you angry." ”

"Hmph, it was two days ago, I wasn't sharp enough with my hands and feet, but after today, it's different, I have a force in my body now, if I meet that stupid orangutan, I will definitely knock it down with one punch. ”

The old man smiled and didn't object, but he was slightly surprised when he heard Ling Yao say that there was a force in his body: "Ling'er, do you have an extra force in your body today?"

Ling Yao told him about his cultivation at the Magical Mountain Peak today, and the old man's face was solemn, and his brows were locked, as if he was thinking about something.

Ling Yao saw that the master's expression suddenly changed, and basically he had never seen the master's serious expression like now, so he didn't dare to speak for a while.

After a while, the old man sighed lightly, and his locked brows stretched again, as if he had put something down in his heart: "Ling'er has been practicing hard for a day, and you are hungry, walk into the house, and the master will give you a deer breast." ”

Ling Yao saw that the master had changed back to his previous appearance, and immediately became lively again, and followed the master into the house with a smile and a smile.

After eating the barbecue, Ling Yao praised the old man's cooking skills again, the old man smiled and showed a very proud look, obviously very useful for Ling Yao's praise, it was already dark, the old man cleaned up the table and looked at Ling Yao with a kind face: "Ling'er, it's not early, you are tired today, go back to the house and sleep early." ”

Ling Yao nodded, returned to his room and lay on the bed, the old man saw Ling Yao lying down and closed the door of Ling Yao's room, recalled the power that appeared in his body as described by Ling Yao, and then came to the back of the house alone.

In an instant, the old man's temperament changed greatly, and he was full of gray hair and windless automatic, and he no longer had the kind and kind appearance he had when facing Ling Yao before, but instead became resolute, fierce, and even had a hint of murderous aura, as if a sharp sword out of the sheath made people suffocate.

The old man looked up at the dark sky, his originally somewhat muddy eyes became deep at this moment, and a pair of eyes actually emitted two brilliant rays of light that shot directly into the sky, as if he wanted to see through the starry sky, and his eyes swept over, and the sky actually showed a terrifying scene of the sun destroying the stars and sinking and the collapse of the Milky Way.

The space around the old man's body was distorted as if it was about to merge into this void, and the major beasts and spirit beasts in the surrounding mountains were all trembling, feeling unparalleled coercion in their spirits, and they couldn't even move their legs, so they could only prostrate in the direction of the old man's place and bow down.

The old man looked at the starry sky and said to himself: "Is this the will of heaven, the seal I put on Ling'er's meridians has been broken in this way, the innate spirit body is really as invincible as the legend, can't be stopped, is Ling'er destined to not get rid of the fate that he wants to embark on this road, no, I can't be so cruel, I can't watch Ling'er go to that tragic ending that is almost unchangeable." ”

After a long time, the old man calmed down and turned back into an ordinary old man, but his expression was much more solemn, as if he had a lot more worries.

Ling Yao lay on the bed with his eyes closed, but he couldn't fall asleep, tossing and turning, and finally he couldn't sleep, so he got up and pushed open the door and walked out, wandering to the back of the house: "Hey, master, you haven't slept yet." ”

At this time, the old man just reined in all his qi and returned to his usual state, and said kindly: "Master can't sleep, just take a look here, but Ling'er, why did you run out?"

Ling Yao smiled slightly: "Master, I can't sleep either, why don't we sit here for a while, this starry sky is so beautiful." ”

"Okay, let's look at the stars together. ”

Ling Yao sat on a big stone with the old man, Ling Yao looked at the starry sky and suddenly said, "Master, you haven't told me a story for a long time, and I want to hear you tell me a story again." ”

The old man thought for a while and smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell Ling'er a story tonight, so that Ling'er can hear enough." ”

Ling Yao laughed happily when he heard this, holding his chin with both hands, and looking at the old man, his eyes full of anticipation.

The old man looked at the starry sky, his eyes became deep again, and he said slowly: "According to ancient legends, a long, long time ago, our star field was full of spiritual energy, and naturally generated treasure lands and blessed lands can be seen everywhere, and even innate treasures, innate scriptures, etc. were born. ”

"The so-called innate treasure is that the heaven and the earth have not been born when they have a rudimentary form, and when the heaven and earth are stable, surrounded by all kinds of aura, innate essence, and conceived for thousands of years before appearing, such treasures are all bred with the soul, the level is unpredictable, the function is different, the process of the innate scriptures is also like this, but the direction of the birth is different. ”

"Whoever is fortunate enough to get these treasures are all famous in the world, the earth is full of vitality, even ordinary people can live in this land full of aura for four or five hundred years, over time gave birth to a variety of Taoist systems, schools, strange people and strange people are countless, each Taoist genius has been passed down in succession, it is completely a prosperous and prosperous world. ”

"The heroes competed for hegemony, and a total of five supreme figures were born, each of whom is a genius through the ages, unparalleled in the world, and can penetrate a large galaxy with one punch, and can even affect the pulse of this world, each of them is a well-deserved master of this world. ”

"With such five supreme beings guarding us, even the giant beasts that have been born before the heavens and the earth are opened, and the creatures wandering in the boundless void cannot set foot in our star field to harass us one step, so that we can thrive with peace of mind, unlike other regions in the universe, who are inhaled by the destruction of countless lives at every turn, and are afraid all day long. ”

"It's like us now - the aura is thin, and even the aura in many places has been extinct, there are poor mountains and bad waters everywhere, and some places are lifeless and lifeless. It's good for ordinary people to live to be a hundred years old. ”

Ling Yao blinked his eyes, listening with relish, interrupting the old man's words and asking puzzledly, "Master, are there many star fields in the universe, are other star fields different from ours?"

The old man continued: "According to legend, there are a total of five regions in the universe that have given birth to infinite energy, due to the different energy attributes, each area cannot overlap or fuse, and the middle is separated by endless space-time turbulence, which is dangerous and abnormal, and the energy in each area keeps spreading to form its own star field, our star field is called the spiritual domain because it has a large amount of aura. ”

Ling Yao asked again, "Haven't the other regions given birth to the strongest to protect their own star fields?"

"Yes, but it is difficult for such a strong person to appear, in addition to having unparalleled qualifications, it will eventually absorb a lot of resources and energy, and every time such a strong person appears, it will also consume some of the luck of this star field, if it appears, then it will definitely become the master of that star field, known as the domain master. ”

"It's a great luck that a domain master can appear in a star field, if there are two, it will be against the sky, and it is impossible to appear a third, because the conditions of the next star field will no longer be able to support the emergence of a third, because there are too few domain masters in other regions, so it is not enough to block the attacks of cosmic beings from outside the five domains. ”

Ling Yao then asked, "Since each region can only give birth to a maximum of two Domain Masters, then why do there are five Domain Masters in our Spirit Domain?"

"That's because our spiritual domain has two sources of energy, which are also known as the source of the spiritual domain, while the other star fields each have only one source of energy, the so-called energy source is the first generation of a star field of heaven and earth origin, it is huge, without any impurities, the purest, most primitive and highest quality energy sea. ”

"The source of the two spiritual realms continuously provides our spiritual realm with spiritual energy, innate essence, and the power of the origin law of heaven and earth, and the source of the two spiritual realms is not just as simple as superimposing, so our spiritual realm can have five domain masters one after another. ”

Ling Yao nodded and said thoughtfully, "Then what happened to our spiritual realm to become what it is now?"

The old man looked at Ling Yao and then at the starry sky, his eyes became fierce: "All this is because of a treasure, a treasure that can open a mysterious space, that is a jade plate, which was accidentally obtained by a domain master of my spiritual domain at first. ”

"When I first got it, I didn't know what it was for, but I felt a power on it, a power beyond the five domains, until one time when I went to explore the area outside the five domains and passed through a lifeless desolate planet, this treasure suddenly shone brightly, and it was originally plain and unremarkable, but at this moment it showed complex patterns. ”

The domain master continued to explore this treasure, and the light became more and more intense, and finally the light reflected a portal hidden in the void, and instantly felt the same power as the treasure inside, and then brought the other four domain masters to study, and after a look, he was overjoyed. ”

"Originally, the domain lord was already a peak existence, and there was no power that could allow them to make any progress, but after absorbing a little power here, they obviously felt that the power here was more powerful and could make themselves go further, and two domain masters who had entered their old age were instantly ecstatic when they found that this power could also extend their lives. ”

"But the domain masters of several other realms got this news out of nowhere, and they came to the spirit domain together to ask for the treasures to be made public, and to cultivate together to improve their strength to deal with the threat of cosmic creatures, and the five domain masters of our spirit domain were worried that there was not enough power in that mysterious space, and they didn't want to share such a good place with others, so they refused their request. ”

"But the domain masters of the other domains are not reconciled, there are two who are about to end their lives, and the old domain masters who are about to sit down are trying their best to provoke, and finally they can't resist the temptation, and a total of eight domain masters of the other four domains unite to snatch the treasures. ”

"A large area of the life source of my spiritual domain was destroyed, although it was fighting in my spiritual domain, our domain master could exert his greatest strength, but the number of the opponent's domain master occupied an absolute advantage, and in the end the battle went crazy, our domain master absorbed spiritual energy in order to replenish consumption, and actually sucked one of the sources of the spiritual domain clean. ”

"In this way, I fought with the eight domain masters on the opposite side, and the three domain masters of my spirit domain fell, and the remaining two were also severely injured and disappeared, and five of the other eight domain masters were also killed, and the remaining three were hit hard and returned to their respective star domains, while the jade plate was broken into four pieces in this battle and scattered somewhere. ”

Ling Yao's fists clenched tightly when he heard this, "Then what happened?"

The old man sighed: "Since then, the spiritual domain has been half destroyed, riddled with holes, countless dead and wounded, there are weeping and wailing everywhere, and there is only one source of the spiritual domain left, and no longer releasing spiritual energy but also absorbing spiritual energy from the outside, as if God wants to punish the spiritual domain, I gave you such good luck before, I don't know how to cherish it, and now I want to take it back." ”

"Slowly, the aura of the spiritual realm is getting less and less, from being everywhere to only a few places, to now, it is already a luxury to find a treasure land full of aura, the mysterious peak in the depths of the mountain you have been to is such a treasure land, I don't know how many treasure places like this are left on the whole land. ”

After hearing this, Ling Yao felt a little lost in his heart, now it seems that the mysterious mountain peak is even more precious, and he secretly made up his mind that he must work hard in the future and not let the master down.

The old man looked at Ling Yao and said, "Ling'er, although you have unparalleled qualifications and are very intelligent, the master still hopes that you can live your life happily and ordinarily, and does not want you to embark on the path of cultivation, because this road is more difficult now, and there is no hope, and what you may see at the moment of reaching the top is not infinite beauty, but a cruel ending." ”

"But there is providence in the dark, God doesn't seem to want you to spend your life ordinarily, the power that appears in your body is the best proof of your unlimited potential, even if you deliberately suppress it, I am afraid that it will not end up in obscurity, but will break through the suppression and appear unstoppable. ”

"You can decide for yourself how to choose in the future, the master still doesn't want you to leave the mountain, because even if you come to the end on this road, you will ......" The old man stopped at this point and said nothing, and the master and apprentice talked until late at night before returning to the house to rest.