The towering and upright mountains, the primeval forests lined with ancient trees, and the winding rivers of Wei Yan are like evil dragons roaring towards the endless distance. The rice fields dotted around, the industrious and simple village name drives the big cattle to work in the fields, everything seems plain and warm, as if it is a paradise.

"You've gone to the river again, come back to eat quickly", the village chief kept shouting in the distance, but there was a hint of doting in his eyes. The young man in the river poked out his head, looked at his grandfather on the shore, smiled, stabbed again, and jumped ashore. Holding the big fish in his hand, he happily shouted to his grandfather, "Grandpa, I caught another big fish today."

Looking at the wolf-spitting young man, Grandpa couldn't help but think back to that night ten years and fell into deep thought: that night there was thunder and lightning, raindrops fell like hailstones, and the ground crackled, and the night was as black as ink. The great river, which was calm before, was rolling in an instant.

Grandpa's house was located in the upper reaches of the river in the village, and when he saw a faint light floating from the upper reaches of the river, Grandpa was frightened, hurried out of the house, and made great efforts to salvage it. The last look was even more surprising. I saw a baby sleeping in the light, and a faint light curtain protected his body. It was not washed away by heavy rain or the impact of the river. The baby has an intricate shy and simple pendant hanging from its chest.

"Grandpa, I'm full", the boy's words instantly pulled Grandpa back to reality. When I looked at the tabletop, it was full of fish bones and all kinds of bones left, so I almost ate the plate and left nothing for my grandfather. Grandpa shook his head helplessly, it seemed that he had to make it for himself again, and he didn't know how the child's stomach could fit the amount of food for five or six adults.

"Brother Yue Yan", a slightly immature voice came from outside the door, and a teenage girl ran in bouncing in. Long big eyelashes, big sly eyes, a smile revealing shallow dimples, combing a long ponytail, very playful and cute.

As soon as he entered the door, he obediently shouted again: "Grandpa Zhang". immediately couldn't help but hold the young man's arm, secretly attached to Yue Yan and whispered. Grandpa Zhang found that every time the girl had physical contact with Yue Yan, the old man who followed the girl couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, losing his usual gentleness. But he liked this girl very much.

After the two finished speaking, they took the girl's hand and rushed out, and the young man's voice came from afar, "Grandpa, Mu'er and I went to the entrance of the village to see the excitement", completely ignoring Grandpa Zhang and the old man beside him. Looking at Yue Yan pulling Mu Er's young man, the old man's eyebrows jumped again, and it seemed that only the girl's every move could affect the old man's ancient mirror's unwavering heart. After a brief greeting between the old man and Grandpa Zhang, he got up and left.

Looking at the old man who left, Grandpa Zhang remembered that when Yue Yan was five years old, the old man took Mu'er's girl to the village and lived in peace until now.

The entrance of the village is very lively, there are crowds of people, and under the old willow tree with lush branches and leaves, a middle-aged man stands at this time and said to the villagers: "Our Xiangbei Academy is ready to recruit a group of ten to fifteen-year-old teenagers in this village to enter the academy to study, and those who pass the spiritual power test of this stele behind me can enter the Xiangbei Academy to study, and this stele is divided into nine levels, and only when you reach the third order, you can enter."

"Brother Yue Yan, are you participating?" Mu Er shook Yue Yan's arm. Yue Yan said with a confused face: "What is spiritual power", Mu Er covered her mouth and snickered, and said softly. The old man's eyebrows not far away couldn't help but jump again, but Yue Yan didn't notice it at this time. His mind was all on that spiritual power at this time.

The so-called spiritual power provides a basic source of strength for cultivators to activate skills and hand-to-hand combat, which can strengthen skills and bodies and make them blessed. The levels of cultivators are divided by spiritual power, and the first three levels are knowing spirits, acting spirits, and moving spirits. As long as you reach the stage of knowing the spirit, you can enter the Xiangbei Academy, the spirit is the first three stages of the stele, the spirit is the middle three stages, and the moving spirit is the last three stages, Mu Er said to Yue Yan step by step.

"Mu'er, you know so much, it's the first time I've heard of it," Yue Yan said with a little embarrassment.

I told me all about Grandpa Lin, this is something that cultivators know, and after speaking, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and snicker, his big eyes flashed and narrowed into a slit, and Yue Yan knew that this girl was laughing at herself again. couldn't help but tug at Mu'er's ponytail with his hand. The old man not far away looked at this scene, and his eyebrows couldn't help jumping again.

As he looked at it, he suddenly felt that Grandpa Lin seemed to blend in with the surrounding environment, and it seemed so harmonious, just like a light mist covering the mountains naturally. Yue Yan was surprised, Grandpa Mo Fei Lin is also a strong spiritual power, because Grandpa Lin gives him a very deep feeling, although he and Grandpa are very kind to him, but Grandpa Zhang gives people the feeling of an ordinary old man, and Grandpa Lin gives people a feeling of being very ordinary, but there is an unfathomable feeling, Yue Yan never cared before, but after listening to Mu'er today, he felt a little different, but what was the same, he couldn't say.

Recalling the experience of meeting Mu'er, when Yue Yan was five years old, Mu'er and Grandpa Lin came to their village. At that time, he was catching fish in the river with Ergouzi and Tiedan, a group of snot babies, and Grandpa Lin took Mu'er's hand and walked into the village. At that time, Mu'er was like a delicate porcelain doll, always wrinkled her little nose, and her long hair fell over her shoulders, looking very noble like a princess. The children of the village had seen this kind of dressing, and they all rushed up to the village, chattering around Mu'er.

At that time, five-year-old Mu'er always stood under the big willow tree, watching Yue Yan, Ergouzi, Tie Dan, and Er Ya catch fish in the water. Once, Yue Yan and they raised a fire by the river to grill fish, all kinds of cooking ingredients stolen from home, sprinkled on the fish, and suddenly the aroma was pervasive, attracting Mu'er over, squatting next to Yue Yan to watch the grilled fish, because Mu'er's scattered hair always looked very awkward, and from time to time the hair was put into the fire, so Yue Yan tied Mu'er's head flower into a big ponytail. Although the ponytail was a little miserable, at least it wouldn't fall into the fire again. Slowly, Mu'er became familiar with Yue Yan, Ergouzi, Tiedan, and Erya.

After the man finished speaking, another old man walked out, but the old man's face was a little indifferent. looked at the villagers with some disdain, perhaps in his eyes, this group of rural villagers had no talent to create at all. "This stele is placed here, and in three months we will officially inspect the enrollment academy here," he said, not glancing at the crowd again.

Ergouzi, Tiedan, and Erya quickly surrounded Yue Yan like the wind, "Brother Yue Yan, are you participating?", Er Yatou asked. Ergouzi replied impatiently: "Only you Ergouzi brother is out of the horse, who will compete." After speaking, he wiped his nose, which made everyone laugh.

At night, Grandpa Lin looked at the restless Yue Yan, recalling that stormy night, he knew that Yue Yan might have a lot of secrets buried in his body. After the people from Xiangbei Academy came today, especially after telling the villagers about cultivators, Yue Yan became more and more expectant.

"Grandpa, I want to go to Xiangbei Academy, but I am reluctant to leave Grandpa", Yue Yan said with his head down.

Grandpa kindly touched Yue Yan's head, "Child, the outside world is bigger and broader, you should go and see, you can't stay here for the rest of your life like grandpa", after speaking, he held Yue Yan tightly in his arms, Grandpa Zhang has no children, although Yue Yan has no blood relationship with him, but Grandpa Zhang treats Yue Yan closer than his grandson.

In the middle of the night, Yue Yan sneaked out and came to the stele. The stele is about ten zhang high, and a large bluestone is used as the chassis, and the tester only needs to hold the sensor next to the bluestone to automatically test the spiritual value. Yue Yan looked around and found that there was no one, but he didn't notice that there was Grandpa Lin standing under the big willow tree, and at this time, Grandpa Lin was completely integrated with the big willow tree, and he couldn't see it at all, so he gently held the sensor. But the light on the stele did not respond at all, and Yue Yan was also very shocked. Why didn't the stele react? So, Yue Yan exerted all his strength, and the green tendons on his arms burst out, and at this moment the stele emitted a faint light, which was inconspicuous even in the dark night. Yue Yan sweated profusely and fell under the stone tablet, his heart full of puzzlement.

Grandpa Lin under the big willow tree was also slightly surprised in his heart: "Could it be that Yue Yan has no spiritual power in this kid's body, even an ordinary child should have spiritual power in his body", and disappeared after speaking, as if he had never come. Only Yue Yan was left alone.

The sun was shining, and the sky was just shining, and a faint light had just shone into the earth. But today's big willow tree has long been lively, whether it is a baby who has just climbed on the ground, or a child of five or six years old, as Yue Yan said about them, they surrounded the stele early, and heard the sound of the loudspeaker of the two dogs from a long distance. "Let's let go, let Brother Yue Yan be the first to test", the second dog looked at Yue Yan excitedly, Mu Er didn't know when she came to Yue Yan again like a little loach, habitually holding Yue Yan's arm, Grandpa Lin's brows jumped involuntarily. Gently shook Yue Yan's arm, "Brother Yue Yan, you give it a try and see how many steps you can reach."

Yue Yan's heart was bitter, just like eating Coptis chinensis, he tested it last night. But this stele doesn't give face at all, if you don't try your best to make the stele emit an extremely faint light with brute force, otherwise there will be no reaction at all. Yue Yan smiled awkwardly, and subconsciously pulled Mu'er's big ponytail with his hand, causing Grandpa Lin's eyebrows to jump again.

But fortunately, everyone's attention was completely attracted by the stone tablet, and no one noticed Yue Yan's embarrassed look. The second dog is like a big horn in the crowd, babbling.

"Now it's up to your second dog master to be the first person to eat crabs", after speaking, he snorted, rolled up his sleeves, and strode forward, with his childish face, which made everyone laugh.

I saw the two dogs, gently holding the sensor, the stele slowly emitted light, more and more prosperous, recently stayed in the fourth stage, that is, the two dogs are equivalent to the spirit walkers, fully in line with the requirements of Xiangbei Academy, and there were lively cheers around them.

Finally, the third order of iron eggs, the third order of the soul, the third order of the second Ya, the third order of the soul, the fourth order of the two dogs, and the spirit walker. And Yue Yan and Mu'er have not been tested, one is weak-hearted, and the other is completely unknown.

Looking at Tiedan, Ergouzi, and Erya's faces were filled with cheerful expressions, and Yue Yan was also happy for them. But when I think of my test, I can only smile bitterly in my heart. But this can't stop his pursuit of spiritual power, it seems that he can only exercise his physique if he wants to enter Xiangbei Academy, and he has passed the test of the stone tablet with brute force, and at this moment his face shows perseverance and unwillingness. This is also all in Grandpa Lin's eyes, and the firm eyes made Grandpa Lin a little moved, but he could only sigh helplessly.

After all, the lively day passed, and the whole village flowed in laughter and laughter, because the people here have been farmers for generations, and there have been no spiritual power cultivators, but today there are three cultivators who are in line with Xiangbei Academy, Ergouzi, Tiedan, and Erya, how can they not be happy? A few families are happy, a few are sad, but at this moment, Yue Yan is insomnia, he is constantly thinking about how to increase his strength through exercise, and use his strength to squeeze into Xiangbei Academy.

Light as a fallen leaf, silently falling outside Yue Yan's room, Grandpa Lin looked at Yue Yan lying on the bed, and the spiritual power around his body surged, wrapping Yue Yan and himself, as if isolated from the outside world. Reaching out and holding Yue Yan's hand, the majestic spiritual power came from Yue Yan's spiritual source through the eight paths of Yue Yan.

The spiritual source is the source of everyone's innate spiritual power, and only if the spiritual source is not exhausted, the spiritual power will continue to be generated, moisturizing every inch of the body's torso. When Grandpa Lin's spiritual power arrived at Yue Yan's spiritual source, he found that the entire spiritual source had been exhausted, and there was no trace of spiritual power, just like there was no water in the dry riverbed. Grandpa Lin sighed slightly, and sure enough, as he expected, the spiritual source was exhausted. After speaking, he withdrew his spiritual power and quietly retreated, as if he had never been here.

It's just that Grandpa Lin didn't find that above Yue Yan's spiritual source, there was a huge cocoon lying quietly on an arc-shaped fan-shaped green copper plate, and there were extremely profound and complex runes on the cocoon, densely wrapped around the entire huge cocoon like a spider's web. The fan-shaped green copper plate is engraved with ancient symbols, which looks very simple like words. All the spiritual power was absorbed by the huge cocoon and green copper sheets.

Mu'er is standing under the big willow tree, at this moment she looks as elegant as a white swan, a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world, and has long since lost her playful and cunning appearance in front of Yue Yan. Grandpa Lin appeared beside him and said softly: "His spiritual source has dried up, and he can't cultivate spiritual power." Mu Er sighed lightly: "I feel a little unnatural when I look at him in the morning." It turned out that she was attracted by the stele just the name of the ordinary village, which did not include Grandpa Lin and Mu'er, Mu'er's eyes were always focused on Yue Yan, and the stele couldn't arouse her interest at all, but Yue Yan thought that everything was attracted by the stele, "No matter whether Brother Yue Yan can cultivate or not, Mu'er will not let people bully him."

Grandpa Lin looked at Mu'er's back, wondering if the rest of the family knew about it and regretted the trip. Because a seed is inadvertently sown, it may one day grow into a towering tree, and this seed is not adulterated with any pure seed of interest.

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