After three days of recuperation in the Five Elements Mountain, because he had eaten the elixir personally prepared by the Shennong Immortals in the Cloud Realm, the recovery effect was amazing, and he was currently in full condition, even better than before.

After breakfast with the master, a new test is carried out, and through the transmission of the stone wall, the river enters a dazzling world: there is no sky, no earth, no trees, rivers and any other living things, as if in a dream, melting in light.

Jiang He was still looking for the trace of the Holy Beast Qilin, and suddenly felt an extremely powerful metallic fluctuation. Jiang He knew that this was golden thaumaturgy: lightning and thunder. It is a wide range of metallic lightning produced by rapid impact collisions. I once studied and used it once from Master Tianxuan, and after using it, Jiang He felt that the essence and spiritual power of his whole body were overdrawn, and he rested for a long time before relieving himself.

Now this posture and this aura have far surpassed Master Tianxuan, and they are more than a hundred times stronger than themselves.

Jiang He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately used his mind to call for metallicness, hoping to be the same as in the last Suzaku test. It can use metallic properties to effectively resist or avoid lightning and thunder like a catastrophe.

However, to disappoint Jiang He, there are very few metallics that can be called by the mind, and it is impossible to form any protection. Fortunately, although the momentum of lightning and thunder has been generated, there is no action for a long time.

"No, no, I'll kill you if you do this, you can't do it the same way you did with that Suzaku guy. The loud voice suddenly sounded, and Jiang He knew that it was the Holy Beast Qilin, but he didn't see any trace.

"Ah, that holy beast qilin, what do you want me to do?" Jiang He knew that this test would not be the same as before, and hurriedly asked for advice.

"Hahaha, I want you to feel metallic and be ready to avoid lightning strikes at all times, remember! Don't focus on how to resist, but how to dodge. Thunder and lightning can be much faster than a fireball. Kirin said loudly.

"Wow! Venerable Holy Beast Qilin, what you want to use is thaumaturgical lightning and thunder, this is an all-round attack without dead ends, there is nothing to resist in the open space here, how can you dodge" Jiang He was taken aback by the test described by the Qilin.

"I didn't say that I wanted to use lightning and thunder, I just controlled all the thunder and lightning generated by metallicness, and I would slowly increase the frequency and power. Only then did the Qilin understand the reason why Jiang He was defending as soon as he came in.

"Hehe, it's not lightning and thunder, it's just that I misunderstood, so let's start your test. Jiang He's heart is much wider, but he still doesn't dare to be careless when he knows the speed of lightning.

The test began, and a lightning bolt rushed quickly and head-on towards the river, and the river successfully dodged away, followed by two bolts of lightning, one from behind the river and the other overhead. It was also successfully avoided by the river, and then three, four, and five at the same time, all of which were dodged by the river.

Kirin: "Ouch, the young man did a good job. ”

Jiang He: "Hehe, that's your mercy." Jiang He was very happy in his heart to get Qilin's appreciation, but Jiang He knew that the real reason was actually to use the Xuanyuan swordsmanship: the sword qi was concentrated, and the magic of cutting rocks in every step, the best thing about this level of swordsmanship was a "fast", which brought the fast to the extreme.

From the outsider's view, it just passed by the rock, and he didn't even draw his sword, but the rock was suddenly cut off. In fact, it is to concentrate the sword qi on the arm, and when passing through the rock, quickly swing the sword to cut the rock, and then withdraw the sword, the action is done in one go, and the speed is so fast that it is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

Jiang He concentrated the sword qi on his feet, and then felt the metallicness, as long as there was a metallic flash, it was the thunder and lightning attack, and the lightning flash could only be a straight line, so it was easy to avoid. Taking advantage of this feature, the river and the sword qi move quickly, and the Qilin's lightning will not be able to damage a single bit.

As soon as Qilin saw that his several lightning strikes were easily dodged, he knew that Jiang He's strength was not bad, and it was far better than expected. So I started to play, the number of lightning bolts increased, the speed became faster, and the more I played, the more I played, the more I got into a big game. （Happy）

Lightning bolts, strings of thunder, unexpected, flickering. At this time, the rivers were embarrassed, hiding in Tibet, running around, swaying left and right, jumping up and down, not daring to be sloppy at all.

However, the Qilin was still superior in skill after all, and finally successfully hit the river in the ninety-fifth lightning. The powerful current, the dazzling brilliance, and the thrilling flash made the river thunder dizzy, scorched on the outside and tender on the inside.

"Aha, the electricity has arrived, the electricity has arrived, finally the electricity has arrived. The unicorn cheered and was so happy that he seemed to have forgotten that he had come to test the river.

Jiang He lay on the ground again, his breathing was chaotic, and he could slowly recover with a little breathing. Although he was injured by electricity, this pain can't be compared to Suzaku's flames at all, but I don't know if the test has been counted or not.

After resting for a while, Jiang He sat up and asked, "Holy Beast Qilin, I don't know if my test has passed or not." ”

Only then did the Qilin remember that he was only interested in playing, and completely forgot that he was testing the river.

Qilin thought to himself: "It's really too enjoyable, I haven't had so much fun for a long time, I have successfully flashed fifty lightning strikes, even if I passed, but the rules are set by myself, hehe, it's rare to be so happy, it's better not to play again." ”

Thinking of this, Qilin told Jiang He: "It's really a pity, you have to dodge ninety-five lightning strikes to pass, you made a mistake at the last moment." But you're doing a great job, and I've decided that we'll do it all over again. ”

As a result, a new round of activities of unicorn opera began again. This time, Jiang He finally managed to dodge ninety-nine times, but was hit by the hundredth lightning bolt, and the event ended. For this reason, the unicorn is secretly regretful, it should have been said that it was right to dodge a hundred lightning strikes.

Thunder and lightning, the light is very bright, and then the unicorn appeared beside the river without warning, the unicorn in reality is more majestic than the mural, but the majesty seems to contain a trace of naughtiness.

"Hey, Jianghe. Congratulations on passing the dodge test, you've done better than I thought, and I'm going to let you choose a prize. The unicorn kicked its front hooves, lowered its head and rubbed Jianghe's arm with its horns, and then added: "You can choose this short sword made of my teeth, this tooth was accidentally knocked out when I was playing with Xuanwu when I was very young, and it is even more powerful after being made into a short sword, and I also took a very domineering name - Qilin Tooth! (When Kirin was a child, he thought that metallicity was the most powerful of all attributes, and he tried to bite the shell of Xuanwu with his teeth, but accidentally lost a tooth.) ）

Jiang He: "...... Well, the name is quite remarkable indeed. ”

Qilin smiled: "I knew that only Xuanwu's stupid big man had no taste, and said that the name I chose was not distinctive and new." It's jealousy, hehe. (Xuanwu, who was wandering in the Arctic Sea, suddenly sneezed: Ah, am I catching a cold?) ）

River: "......".

Kirin: "Another reward is that teaching you to refine metallicity will make the quality of the metallicity you use or make purer quality. Previously, Manjushri Tianzun's disciple metallurgy was the refining technique I taught. ”

Jiang He: "Holy Beast Qilin, please let me think about it, both rewards are very attractive. ”

There are two rewards: the same is the artifact forged by the golden unicorn with its own teeth, the unicorn tooth, and the same is the weapon and equipment that can be forged by itself with purer quality and better quality-refining art.

Jiang He: "Holy Beast Qilin, I've thought about it, I choose the refining technique." ”

"Ah, why, aren't the unicorn teeth bad?" the unicorn seemed to feel aggrieved.

"The unicorn tooth is a part of yourself, and you personally created the name, it must be unparalleled in the world, unique, but my ability is limited, I can't exert the full power of the artifact, it's just a tyrannical thing, wow, if the tyrannical thing is ruined, it is really intolerable, and people and gods are angry. That's why I chose the Refining Technique, with your Qilin Tooth as my goal, and one day I will be satisfied if I can make a weapon that reaches 1/10,000th of the Qilin Tooth. Jiang He smiled and soothed the Kirin.

Hearing the praise like heartfelt words, the unicorn finally turned from sorrow to joy, and tears to laughter.

Although what Jiang He said was true, the Qilin Tooth, as a weapon personally produced by the Golden Sacred Beast, could never be surpassed. But the ultimate goal of the river is to be peaceful in the world and the people to live in peace, not to become an invincible god of war. Choosing refining, no more, no less, is just right.

It took nine days and nine nights, and finally with his own super high understanding, as well as Qilin's patient explanation, he successfully learned to turn decay into magic, no, it should be the refining technique of turning scrap iron into steel.

Then the Qilin happily opened the light array for Jiang He to return to the Five Elements Mountain and sent Jiang He back.

This time he gained a lot, in addition to the skillful use of dodge ability, he also learned the refining technique, and the most unexpected thing for Jiang He was that he was able to do it for nine days and nine nights without eating, drinking, sleeping or sleeping.

When I returned to the Five Elements Mountain, I immediately happily told the master what I had learned.

Jiang He: "In addition, master, this time I can actually do it for nine days and nine nights in a row, without eating or drinking, and without sleepiness." ”

Master: "Haha, good apprentice, being able to do this means that you have surpassed mortals now." The comprehension of the Tao allows you to get closer to nature, integrate into the environment, balance the five elements, yin and yang, the cycle of heaven and earth, you can already integrate into yourself by absorbing the energy of nature, although you have not yet reached the realm of immortals, but you have stepped into the threshold of the spirit. Gratifying, congratulating. ”

Jiang He: "Master, didn't you say that it takes five hundred years of Taoism to integrate into nature and absorb the aura of heaven and earth?" ”

Master: "That's the average practitioner, and the methods they use are mainly through meditation, chanting sutras, and reciting asceticism, and only by accumulating time can they achieve positive results. And the good disciple is good by nature, has superb talent, and has passed the test of the three holy beasts, and has a faster understanding of the natural heavenly way, benevolence and authenticity, of course, it is not the same. ”

Jiang He: "The master is also an immortal, so ......" Jiang He paused, embarrassed to continue.

Master: "Hahaha, good apprentice, I know what you want to say, you are curious, why you can already absorb the aura of heaven and earth, but you still choose to eat melons and fruits as a teacher." ”

Jiang He's face flushed slightly, and he nodded yes.

Master: "It took more than 100 years of cultivation for a teacher to attain positive results, and like you now, you can live by absorbing the aura of heaven and earth." For us, we can not eat or drink without knowing hunger and thirst, or we can eat 100 meals a day without bloating. When our bodies and the natural world can perceive each other, merge with each other, and promote each other, our excess energy will automatically be converted into the power of heaven and earth, and when it is insufficient, it will automatically be obtained from heaven and earth. ”

Jiang He listened patiently, nodding in agreement from time to time.

The master continued, "However, there is a power in our nature called desire, and this power is very strong, and if your desire is to protect the people of the world, then you will become stronger, and you will reach the power that is enough to protect the people of the world, and if your desire is in yourself, then this powerful power will make you do whatever it takes to make yourself stronger. ”

Jiang He suddenly thought of Shennong and Fuxi, running around for the sake of the world's peace, and thought of the demon god Chiyou, who reawakened himself and regarded life as a mustard.

Master: "Desire originates from itself, it is impossible to completely extinguish, it is your strength, and it is also a part of your life, what you have to do is to find the right direction of desire, not to completely seal desire." A person who has no desires and no desires also has a tacit eye and indifference to the things around him, and only when he has the desire to help others in his heart can he act to help others. Lust is not only a strength, but also an important factor in balancing the heart, and forcing lust to suppress it will cause great suffering. As a teacher, he pursued the truth of the balance of all things all his life, and naturally he would not suppress those harmless desires. ”

Jiang He: "What the master said is wonderful, and the disciple is like an initiation." ”