"Xiao Qi, you have grown up, you have your own ideas about many things, you have been resolute since you were a child, which is also my reassurance. Although you have done well enough, I can only tell you, old man, that it is still not enough, because you will have to face more than many people imagine in the future. ”

"I know it's not fair to you, but this world is like this, that's why I have to do this, old man, if you want to become strong, you have to learn to face up to your own flaws, the power of the Origin Fragment does give you an advantage that ordinary people can't match, but in the same way, you have to really know how to control this power, rather than simply relying on it. ”

"In addition, that black power should not be revealed unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise it will bring you death. ”

"Okay, if you talk too much, you should be too long-winded with the old man, and in the end, Xiao Qi, you have to remember that no matter what dangerous moment you encounter, your life is the most important thing. ”

"Chirp"

In the early morning, the sun rises in the east, the autumn dew sprinkles on the earth, and a burst of birdsong resounds in the lush mountain forest, adding a bit of noise to the quiet early morning mountain forest.

"Boy, where are you?"

"Boy, are you still alive?"

At this time, a shout sounded in the quiet mountain forest, and the hoarse voice like sawing table legs startled away a group of birds and beasts, causing a burst of chickens, flying and dogs jumping. Then, I saw a black and white donkey sneakily scurrying back and forth between the mountains and forests, barking on a mouthful of big teeth, looking around vigilantly, and scanning the mountains and forests back and forth with big round eyes, as if looking for something.

"Hey, boy, are you still alive?"

Soon, the old donkey, who was glancing wildly, found Jiang Xiaoqi, who was covered in dust and had blood on his cheeks, lying messily in a weedy pile, his eyes closed and looking like he was out of breath, no matter how the old donkey shook, Jiang Xiaoqi, who was unconscious in the weeds, showed no signs of waking up.

"Boy, if you don't wake up, I'll slip away with your things?"

Seeing that Jiang Xiaoqi still didn't wake up, the old donkey's big mouth was about to grin to the root of his ears, his two big eyes were dripping and spinning in his eye sockets, quietly moving his steps, leaning down, biting the space bracelet on Jiang Xiaoqi's wrist, pulling it off hard, glancing at Jiang Xiaoqi with a mouthful of big teeth, and making a gesture to run into the mountains and forests.

But the next moment, the old donkey's steps suddenly stopped, because it found that its hooves were being dragged by his hands, and it was difficult for him to get rid of it no matter how much he struggled.

"Boy, you're awake, I just saw a horse bandit running over to take away your bracelet, old donkey, I took a lot of effort to snatch it back for you, No, here you go." ”

Turning around, the old donkey swept away the frustration on his face, and replaced it with a tired look, the skin and flesh on his face were pulling, his face was full of drama, and Jiang Xiaoqi, who woke up on the ground with a mouthful of big teeth, explained, how cheap and cheap the expression was.

An hour later

"Huh, Grandpa Shi is really ruthless. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly opened his eyes, looked at his bloodstained clothes, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pull, and he said with a little helplessness in his words.

At this time, he looked extremely miserable, and his body was covered with colors, but most of them were skin injuries. The meridians in the body were not damaged, and the Qu Chi, which had dried up last night, also became full at this moment. And the arm spasm caused by the brutal impact last night has also healed at this moment, leaving no hidden danger.

Although Jiang Xiaoqi was beaten in a coma last night, he still vaguely heard the words of the man in black before leaving, that's right, the figure in black last night was Old Man Shi. However, Jiang Xiaoqi had no time to say anything to the old man, he had already passed out, and when he woke up, he saw the obscene appearance of the old donkey next to him sneakily trying to escape.

"Boy, what's the matter with your injuries, why were you beaten so badly. ”

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi who opened his eyes beside him, the old donkey pretended to be concerned and asked, but no matter how patient it was, he couldn't hold back his laughter in the end, which immediately caused Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes to roll his eyes.

"Those kids. ”

Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoqi stood up suddenly, slapped his head, and remembered the most serious problem. All the horse bandits died violently last night, and there were still two people left outside the cave not far away, and if they realized that something was wrong, they would attack the innocent children.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoqi was about to dodge away, but the old donkey on the side grabbed the corner of his clothes with his mouth. Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoqi turned his head with some doubts, and then, Jiang Xiaoqi saw the old donkey snorting helplessly at the grass not far away, and then, under Jiang Xiaoqi's gaze, he walked slowly towards the grass not far away.

"Wow yes"

Then, Jiang Xiaoqi's cheeks darkened and saw that the bloated figure of the old donkey jumped three feet high, swept directly in front of the grass, and shouted with his big teeth, looking like a cerebral palsy patient.

"Ahh

Just when the old donkey showed his cerebral palsy side, Jiang Xiaoqi was surprised to see that a petite figure suddenly ran out from behind the grass, covered in dirt, compared with him at this time.

Frightened by the old donkey, the petite figure hurriedly trotted out of the grass, looking timidly at the grinning donkey in front of him.

"Brother Donkey, when did you start abducting and selling children?"

Looking at the timid figure not far in front of him, Jiang Xiaoqi's face flashed with doubt, and he teased the old donkey's grinning appearance.

"You're kidnapping children, your whole family is kidnapping children. ”

Hearing the ridicule behind him, the old donkey's old face darkened, and he glanced at Jiang Xiaoqi with a pair of big eyes, and retorted with his tongue.

"Brother Donkey, why is there only one child, and the others?"

Looking at the dirty little girl in front of him, a trace of puzzlement flashed on Jiang Xiaoqi's face, and he couldn't help but ask out loud. The child in front of him was the little girl who seemed to have discovered herself last night, and was brought here by the old donkey at this time. Immediately, Jiang Xiaoqi squatted down, beckoned to the little girl in front of him, and motioned for her to come over.

Although Jiang Xiaoqi was in a mess and his clothes were covered with dust, his kind face was much better than the old donkey's grinning demeanor, so the little girl chose Jiang Xiaoqi without hesitation in comparison, and timidly trotted to Jiang Xiaoqi, looking at him curiously.

Squatting down and picking up the dirty little girl, Jiang Xiaoqi reached out to help her wipe the dirt on her face, and then turned his eyes to the old donkey who walked leisurely.

"I didn't know, but I woke up from the broken house this morning and saw this little guy and a note on the wall saying that the children had come home. ”

As he spoke, the old donkey spit out a crumpled note from his mouth, raised his hooves and handed it to Jiang Xiaoqi, looking at the little girl in the latter's arms with two big eyes, baring two rows of big teeth, and showing a smile as kindly as possible.

"It's Grandpa Shi's handwriting. ”

Shaking off the saliva on the note, Jiang Xiaoqi took it apart and looked at it, recognized the handwriting on the note at a glance, and his hanging heart suddenly relaxed. With Old Man Shi's delicate thoughts, he naturally thought of it, but Jiang Xiaoqi regretted in his heart that he had never spoken face-to-face with Old Man Shi, and now it seems that the old man really left this time.

"What's your name?"

Wiping the dirty cheeks of the little girl in his arms, Jiang Xiaoqi asked softly with a smile on his face.

"I don't have a name. ”

It was the first time to be cared for so kindly, the little girl seemed a little timid, lowered her head and folded her fingers, rubbed the mud in her palm, and said timidly with a pouting mouth.

"Then where is your family? ”

The little girl's words made Jiang Xiaoqi stunned for a moment, and immediately comforted her. Then the old donkey's cheap words came from the side, staring wide-eyed, trying to pretend to be friendly, but in the eyes of the little girl, it was like eating people, so frightened that the little girl hurriedly turned her head away and buried her head in Jiang Xiaoqi's arms.

"Little sister, tell my brother where your home is, and we can send you back. ”

Glaring at the old donkey on the side, Jiang Xiaoqi patted the little girl in his arms, comforted him softly, and then asked the same question as the old donkey. After being away from home for so long, her parents are always a little worried, so it is better to send her home first.

"I don't have a home. ”

Wiping off the dirt on her face, the little girl combed her messy hair, revealing her puffy cheeks, raised her head, stared at Jiang Xiaoqi who was hugging her with a pair of clear big eyes, and whispered.

"Ah, it's an orphan. ”

Hearing this, the old donkey on the side hurriedly came over, his ears swayed regularly, his eyes were round, and he said with his tongue in his tongue.

"I see you like an orphan. ”

......

"I said, boy, you don't really want to take this little girl with you. ”

On the rugged path, the old donkey looked at Jiang Xiaoqi, who was holding the little girl in his arms, and whispered with a pair of ears, deliberately lowering his voice, as if he was afraid that the little girl would hear it.

"Xiaohua has forgotten a lot of things, and she doesn't remember that she has a family, such a young child, we can't leave her here alone. ”

Teaseing the little flower in his arms, Jiang Xiaoqi heard the muttering of the old donkey beside him, turned his head, and said after thinking. As for Xiaohua, it is the name that Jiang Xiaoqi just gave to the little girl, which is the same as his Xiaoqi, easy to remember.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, some youkai often take the form of children, and specialize in eating casual nerds like you. ”

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's flat expression, the old donkey glanced at him obliquely, this time he did not deliberately lower his voice, but skimmed the little girl in Jiang Xiaoqi's arms with his big round eyes, and howled at Jiang Xiaoqi beside him in a loud voice as always.

"Grandpa Donkey, Xiaohua is not a monster and can't eat people. ”

Listening to the howl of the old donkey on the side, Xiaohua's clear eyes looked at it, and the crisp words provoked the black line in the old donkey's head. I couldn't be angry with a little girl, so I just turned my head directly, looked into the distance, and no longer paid attention to the two people who were fighting.

Night falls

Finally, before the sun set, the group found an inn, which was covered with dust, and it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time. However, being able to find a place to settle down is quite satisfactory to Jiang Xiaoqi.

"Brother Donkey, have you ever seen someone open up all the thirty-three meridians?"

After lulling Xiaohua to sleep, Jiang Xiaoqi got up and came to the fire, added a few dry firewoods to it, a question flashed on the handsome face reflected in the firelight, and turned his head to the old donkey on the side and asked.

It had been nearly three months since the last time the meridians were opened, and in the past three months, the spiritual power in his body seemed to have encountered a bottleneck, no matter how he devoured the spiritual power of heaven and earth, or refined the spiritual crystal, the growth of spiritual power was so weak that it was almost insignificant.

"Hey, boy, you've finally found out. ”

Next to the fire, the old donkey was holding a pig's leg and gnawing hard, when he heard Jiang Xiaoqi's inquiry beside him, wiped his mouth and showed his big white teeth, squinted at Jiang Xiaoqi beside him, and grinned with a big mouth. Listening to its words, it seemed that Jiang Xiaoqi should have suffered this situation.

"If it is said that 10,000 years ago, if a human warrior wanted to open up all the thirty-three meridians, as long as there were corresponding exercises and strong spiritual power to support it, it would not be difficult. ”

"But now that the environment of this world has changed, it is almost impossible to reproduce the peak powerhouse of the past. Naturally, it is necessary to open up all 33 meridians, and the difficulties are visible to the naked eye. ”

"It's very rare that you can force through the thirty-one meridians. ”

Speaking of this, the old donkey's expression was a little low, his tongue slipped out of the corner of his mouth, his eyes looked around aimlessly, and he said to Jiang Xiaoqi on the side.

"After the environment changes, is there really no way to open up all the thirty-three meridians?"

After the thirty-one meridians were opened, Jiang Xiaoqi was brought a majestic spiritual power that was incomparable to martial artists in the same realm, making this his advantage. However, there are no absolutes, in case he encounters a monk who is better than his spiritual power one day later, this will become his shortcoming, what he wants to do is to cultivate each realm to the peak and lay a solid foundation for each layer, which is also what Old Man Shi taught him before leaving.

After last night's battle with Old Man Shi, Jiang Xiaoqi also understood more that the genius of the same realm you think is very strong, but the world is so big, there will always be a stronger existence. Old Man Ming Ming Shi suppressed his cultivation in the late stage of the Four Manchu Realm, but his combat power far exceeded that of so-called Holy Land geniuses like Wang Zhong, which also made him see more clearly that even if people were in the same realm, there would be an insurmountable gap.

If Old Man Shi suppressed the realm to the same level as him, Jiang Xiaoqi would not be absolutely sure that he could defeat Old Man Shi, all he could rely on was the majesty of spiritual power, but these were under Old Man Shi's almost comprehensive suppression, there was no advantage at all.

Unconsciously, Old Man Shi cast a shadow on Jiang Xiaoqi's heart, as soon as he thought of this, the corners of Jiang Xiaoqi's mouth couldn't help but smile, he didn't expect that as soon as he was born, he was taught a lesson by the person closest to him, and it was so profound.

"There are solutions, it depends on whether you want to do it or not. ”

smashed his mouth, the old donkey's eyes rolled, and his wriggling bloated body came to Jiang Xiaoqi, snorting and saying with white breath.

Nodding, Jiang Xiaoqi's expression did not change, staring at the old donkey's cheek, but did not speak, signaling him to continue.

"Didn't the old man say, it's up to you whether your cultivation is self-contained or a different path, since he said so, he must be reminding you, which means that you should stop cultivating along the previous path, and know how to keep pace with the times. ”

"Although there are no words on the surface, those old guys have already begun to cultivate the golden generation, groping for an ancient cultivation path, allowing them to start from the most primitive way, hoping to break the pattern of the existing world. ”

The more he talked, the more energetic he became, and the old donkey spat and stars flew all over the sky, and he was gushing around the fire with his teeth and claws. Jiang Xiaoqi on the side did not interrupt, listening quietly, the old donkey obviously knew more about these things than him.

"And you, if you want to break the restrictions of the thirty-one meridians, the best way is to follow the most primitive cultivation method like those people, use yourself as a furnace, and cultivate to break through the shackles. ”

"The main thing is that I am afraid of hitting you, so my old donkey didn't explain too much. In fact, according to the grapevine, in recent years, several unborn geniuses have broken the shackles one after another and condensed all the thirty-three meridians, and that kind of strength has been invincible in the same realm. ”

Staring at Jiang Xiaoqi beside him with big eyes, the old donkey grinned sheepishly, seeing that posture was not at all what it said, for fear of hitting Jiang Xiaoqi's young heart, it was more like instigating him to break the routine.

"Brother Donkey, how did those earliest people cultivate, and why do you say that kind of cultivation method is the closest to the origin?"

Listening to the old donkey's 'flickering', Jiang Xiaoqi frowned, his words were a little puzzled, and after holding his chin in contemplation, he immediately turned his head and asked with doubts.

"Have you noticed that no matter how much you try to suppress the spiritual power in your body, it is still in a relatively vain state, and it has not reached the level of condensation you expected?"

The old donkey leaned upright, lying on a shabby futon on all fours, holding a hay in his mouth, and questioned Jiang Xiaoqi beside him.

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoqi nodded subconsciously. It's not that he agrees with the old donkey's remarks, but that he lacks a standard in his heart, and he doesn't know what standard the so-called condensation in the old donkey's mouth has reached. However, after thinking about it, Jiang Xiaoqi's mind came back to the scene of the battle with Old Man Shi last night, and his brows couldn't help frowning. If you look at it according to Old Man Shi's realm standards, the spiritual power in his body is only vigorous, not condensed.

"Let me tell you this, that feeling is like treating the Quchi as an independent space, the spiritual power is a sponge, and the advantage you have is that the space is larger than others, and the sponge stored naturally is more. And the so-called primitive cultivation method is to compress the sponge and then put it into that space, so how many advantages do you think you will have in the same realm?"

As if seeing the doubts in Jiang Xiaoqi's heart, the old donkey turned over, leaning his huge head against a porcelain pot, and said with an analogy.

"Hiss"

Hearing the analogy of the old donkey, Jiang Xiaoqi vaguely had a rough standard in his heart, so that a martial artist in the same realm could be said to be not on the same level at all. Even if he possessed a powerful spiritual power that ordinary people could hardly match, under this cultivation method, he would be crushed without any advantage at all.

If it is really as the old donkey said, to reach such a realm standard, it is not impossible to open up all the thirty-three meridians.

"Brother Donkey, tell me, how did the ancestors cultivate?"

The old donkey's words undoubtedly aroused Jiang Xiaoqi's curiosity, and immediately saw him learn the old donkey's expression, rubbing his hands and approaching the old donkey, his cheeks showed a look that was almost flattering, and he said with a smile.

"In exchange for the origin of the Spirit Array, I will teach you the most original cultivation method. ”

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's posture of planning to empty the white donkey, the corner of the old donkey's mouth showed a look of disdain, and a pair of big eyes widened, as if he had seen through Jiang Xiaoqi's thoughts, and held his head high.

"Brother Donkey, I'll definitely teach you about the relationship between the two of us, let's talk about it first. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi, who was seen through by the old donkey, was unaware of it, and continued to lean in front of the old donkey, with a smile on his cheeks, and said with a smile on his cheeks.

"Phew, you're so thick-skinned that you want to take my things empty-handed, it's impossible. ”

Regarding Jiang Xiaoqi's increasingly thickened skin, the old donkey's head was dark, and he opened his mouth to scold, even if Jiang Xiaoqi blew the sky today, the old donkey would not be left with his empty gloves.

......

"This is the most fundamental cultivation method?"

Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the crumpled parchment roll in his hand, his expression couldn't help but be stunned, his eyes looked at the oil stains that had not yet dried up, and his throat was a little dry.