Outside Li Cao's small courtyard, Li Yiyi waited for him, obeyed the teacher's orders, and guarded the door so as not to be disturbed.

In the house, Zu Zhenlin and Li Cao sat opposite each other. Li Cao is twenty-two years old this year, and he can no longer practice exercises casually, so he needs to explore his own spirit attributes and find exercises with the same attributes. And today, Zhenlin is going to probe his spirit seed attributes.

Li Cao was instructed by Zhenlin, his body relaxed, he didn't think about it, and sat still. And Zhenlin injected his own aura into Li Cao's body according to the secret method, up to the dantian. Li Cao's body lit up with fluorescence, and there was a little emerald green on the top of his head, and a small sapling appeared out of thin air.

Zu Zhenlin withdrew his aura, and Li Cao returned to normal. Unexpectedly, his attribute turned out to be the most wasteful wood attribute, although the wood attribute aura is close to the aura of various attributes of heaven and earth, but it has no attack power, and it can't fight at all, so there are tens of millions of exercises in the world, but there are very few wood genera.

Li Cao saw that Zhenlin's face was embarrassed, and took the initiative to speak: "If the son has any difficulties, it doesn't hurt to say it directly." ”

Zhenlin thought about the wording and said, "Brother Li, I said don't be sad about you, I probed your spirit seed attribute, for wood." The aura of this attribute cannot be combated, which means that it is useless. However, by practicing the exercises, you can still increase your lifespan. ”

When Li Cao heard this, he was not depressed, and said with a smile: "Brother Zu is fine, this is all fate." In fact, I still like my current life, following Mr. Yang to study medicine, sharing some things for the old man, treating the people in the village, and repaying their kindness. Speaking from the heart, I want to learn from you, but not for anything else, I just think that if I am strong, I don't have to drag my feet every time I go hunting in the mountains, I can help. Since you can't learn, it's nothing, everything is as usual. ”

Li Cao doesn't have any big ambitions, just a little cautious, content with the status quo, and content.

Zhen Lin looked at his sincere face, knowing that what he said was from his heart, so he didn't worry that he would have a knot in his heart because of his waste attributes, "Brother Li is open-minded and admirable. ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I've lived a hard life since I was a child, and I know that I don't deserve anything, and if I can get it, I'll be very happy. But if I can't get it, I won't be sad, it can only mean that it doesn't belong to me. Li Cao said.

Zu Zhenlin said with regret: "It's a pity that Brother Li's spiritual cultivation is so tenacious, it's actually very suitable for cultivation." But it doesn't matter, I happen to have a book of wood exercises here, I will transcribe it to you, you can practice according to this, and you will definitely be able to live a long life, two or three hundred years old. And aren't you very interested in the formation? Once you have cultivated the aura, you can activate the formation. ”

"Okay, then I'm welcome. Li Cao said with a smile.

Zu Zhenlin said to do it, picked up the pen and paper, and began to write. It is also thanks to the fact that from childhood to adulthood, his father strictly required Zhenlin to read through the books in the family collection, and Zhenlin had an excellent memory, so he was able to complete the exercises and write them down. The exercises written by Zhenlin are the only wooden exercises in the ancestral family's collection, and at the end of the book of exercises, it is called Zhang's exercises, which should be written by a person with the surname Zhang.

Zu Zhenlin wrote quickly, and the font can only be called dignified, without everyone's demeanor, and it is not as good as Li Cao's words. Give him the exercises and explain them to him one by one until he understands them.

"Brother Li, at dawn tomorrow, I will come to you to protect the Dharma for you and refine the spirit seed. Zu Zhenlin said, "Then you can look at the mantra of the exercises, and save the time when something goes wrong." ”

"Okay. ”

After Zu Zhenlin finished explaining, he left, and the little girl followed.

"Master, what is Brother Li's attributes, can you take him as an apprentice?" Li Yiyi asked curiously.

"He's not fit to practice my exercises, so I can't take him as an apprentice. Zu Zhenlin said.

"Ah, I thought I could be his senior sister, when the time comes, I will call him Brother Li, and he will call me Senior Sister, how interesting. The little girl was a little regretful, but she quickly thought of another question, "Master, can Brother Li still cultivate? Do you have any other exercises to pass on to him?"

"Of course, I have already handed it over to him, let him study it carefully, and wait for him to protect the Fa tomorrow, refine the spiritual seed, and see if he can become a cultivator. ”

However, Zhenlin didn't have much hope for him to become a cultivator, at most he would become a long-lived old man.

"Little girl, starting tomorrow, we are going to start practicing seriously, Master, I will teach you some martial arts, so that you can fight tigers and slaughter wolves. "Zhenlin Road.

"Really, Master?"

"Of course. ”

Zhenlin still has high expectations for this apprentice.

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At night, there is silence and insects chirping. Suddenly, the birds in the mountains were startled, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the heavens and the earth.

Zhenlin heard the sound of shouting and crying in his sleep, and couldn't help but wake up. Through the window, I saw a fire in the sky. Zhenlin hurriedly rushed out, and the village was already in chaos.

"Childe, what's going on?" the old woman's voice came from behind her.

"Master, what's wrong?" the little girl also came out.

Zu Zhenlin listened to the shouting, as if there were mountain bandits in the village.

"Yiyi, take grandma into the house and stay there, don't come out. Zhenlin shouted.

At this moment, two torches flew into the courtyard, and then rushed in more than a dozen people holding steel knives and wearing armor, mercilessly, and their strength should not be underestimated, and a few people went straight to Grandma Li and the little girl.

Zu Zhenlin didn't have time to think about it, he immediately took out the cold jade knife from the storage ring, and used the 'ten steps' of his body to flash through their encirclement, blocking in front of the old man and the little girl.

Several people advanced and retreated in a measured manner, cooperated tacitly, and turned to deal with Zhenlin, raising their knives to each other.

Looking at the fire outside, listening to the cry of the roof tiles, you can think of the tragic situation of the villagers, Zhenlin clenched the cold jade knife, and the blade of the knife was quickly wrapped with gray gas, and he tried his best to cut the river with one sword, and the land was broken and spread for several zhang. Under the sword, flesh and blood fly.

"Grandma, follow me, let's go out first. ”

Zu Zhenlin wanted to rescue the two of them first, and then save the others.

Suddenly, a person appeared in front of him, also wearing the same armor as the enemy, and slapped out with one palm, Feng Wu Nine Days, and the palm of the palm dispersed Zhenlin's previous attack and saved the undead companions.

Zu Zhenlin's face was solemn, this person's strength was not weaker than his own, he was crazy about running his aura, and his momentum was rising steadily.

A few flickered, and three more people appeared, surrounding Zhenlin in the middle, and they didn't speak, and immediately struck out, killing them. In the face of four guys who are not weaker than themselves, Zhenlin fell to the bottom in an instant, stretched thin, and tired of coping.

The other enemies were not idle, and they wanted to attack Grandma Li and them.

Zu Zhenlin couldn't help but save it, regardless of the danger of depleting the spiritual energy in his body, he cut off the river with one sword, thundered with a punch, thundered, and the sword roared, knocking the four people back. Then follow the 'ten steps', the figure is like an antelope hanging horns, the trajectory is untraceable, as if appearing in front of the old man and the girl out of thin air. The enemy felt the speed of the earthquake forest again, and was even more frightened.

"Yiyi, take grandma away. ”

Zu Zhenlin stopped the enemy.

Li Yiyi bit her lip to prevent herself from crying, dragged her grandmother, and ran towards the gate. Seeing them go out of the gate, the sword flashed and blood splattered.

Zu Zhenlin's eyes were about to split, and he roared, unwillingness and anger surged into his heart, and the aura in his body was like a river bursting its embankment, pouring thousands of miles. Leave no room for retreat, draining the last aura in the sea of qi. Zhen Lin Zhou's body was full of radiance, and tens of thousands of swords composed of spiritual energy shot out, continuously. The enemies fell to the ground one after another, and in the end, the four men in black were left to resist desperately, and the aura wrapped itself in an attempt to exhaust the aura of the Earthquake Forest. It's a pity that it backfired, the aura protection layer gradually melted, and the flying sword still continued to pour out. In the end, in their unbelievable gaze, the flying sword passed through the body, and ten thousand swords pierced through the body, worthy of the name of the martial art 'Ten Thousand Swords'.

The enemy was wiped out, and Zu Zhenlin was also exhausted in spiritual energy, falling to the ground, breathing almost nothing, like a dead man, surrounded by ravines.

The loud noise and the magnificence attracted more enemies to surround him.

"What's going on?" a strong voice came, followed by a strong man on a black horse.

"Boss, we don't know what's going on, it's just that all the people who entered this courtyard are dead. Someone shouted.

"What, they're all dead?" the man couldn't believe it, "well, time is pressing, since we're all dead, let's take the bodies of our people and retreat quickly, or else we won't be able to cover up." ”

The strong man was also a decisive person who killed decisively, and did not bother with the life and death of his subordinates, and immediately ordered a retreat.

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry, leaving a purgatory on earth.

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The rain slapped on his face, and gradually Zhenlin regained consciousness, opened his eyes, and it rained heavily, and blood was everywhere. The village is in ruins, with severed limbs and corpses.

"Yiyi, grandma......"

Quake called out to them, hoping that they would escape, though the hope was slim.

'Vomit', spitting out blood, Zu Zhenlin's last move, forcibly, the spirit veins and acupoints were all damaged, the sea of qi was exhausted, and even the pills in the storage ring could not be taken out.

Zu Zhenlin crawled out of the yard, regardless of the muddy water all over his body, but his hope was shattered, and the little girl and Grandma Li were lying on the ground, their faces were bloodless, and their heartbeats and pulses were completely absent.

"In the future, I will definitely not let Yiyi suffer again, and I will definitely make my apprentice live a better life. The conversation with Grandma Li flashed through my mind one after another.

"Ahh Zhenlin cried out in pain, ignoring the blood in his mouth, and the pain deepened.

Revenge, Zhenlin only has one thought of revenge now. However, the body reminded Zhenlin that if he didn't heal, he would die, and suddenly remembered that Li Cao's family had a spirit stone that could replenish the aura of the Qi Sea.

Zu Zhenlin found a piece of burned black wood and stood up strongly, trembling all over his body, and was about to fall at any time. Moving forward step by step, I don't know how many falls I fell, as if there was no end to the road I walked, I fell again, I really couldn't stand up, the rain blocked my vision, I didn't know how far I was, and I didn't even know if I was going wrong?

Abandon?

"Master, you're very powerful, aren't you? Can I be as powerful as you?"

The sweet smiling face of the little girl, the crisp voice swirling in her head, Zhenlin tried to stand up again, but before he could stand up straight, he fell back into the muddy water.

I used my hands and feet together, and climbed forward by feeling, but I don't know how long it took, the rain fell like soybeans, and finally came to the foot of the mountain, and Li Cao's house became a ruin.

Zhenlin dug out the spirit stones he had buried, twenty-four, and put them all beside him. Hold your legs with your hands and meditate, hold two spiritual stones, run the exercises, and the spiritual energy enters the body and nourishes the sea of qi.

These spirit stones belong to the lowest grade spirit stones, containing scarce spiritual energy, plus the activation formation, there is even less spiritual energy. Zhenlin absorbed all the aura of the twenty-four spirit stones, and only ripples rippled in the sea of qi. But it was enough for him to take out the elixir in the storage ring. After taking out the elixir and eating it, Zhenlin prepared to meditate and practice exercises to repair his injuries.

Li Cao's body fell in the courtyard, with a knife stuck in his left chest, and he seemed to see him move in a trance.