The Ten Thousand Souls Recipe has been passed down to this day, but I am afraid that there is no cultivator like Zhang Zhao, who has not felt a trace of breath flowing in his body for several months. Each Qi training method is similar, first feel the flow of the breath of your own meridians, and then attract the qi of the five elements outside the body to merge with your own breath, and use the qi to gather and transform into shapes, so as to emit qi or transform into substances.

Zhang Zhao couldn't feel the slightest breath of his own breath, of course, he couldn't further control the qi and draw qi, and the gathering spirit transformation was even more far away. Later, even the elders of Yangxian Hall no longer bothered about this matter, and they ate, drank and joked as before every day, although Zhang Zhao couldn't feel the disappointment in them, he also knew that everyone was completely desperate about their own qi cultivation.

Anyway, there was no hope, so Zhang Zhao practiced on his own according to the second step of the Ten Thousand Souls Technique. When I meditate every day, I only feel very comfortable with a cool area around my body, but there is no abnormality in other than that.

Zhang Zhao found another way, and used the golden light in his brain to form an aura to complete the practice of the Ten Thousand Souls Recipe step by step. In addition to the fact that there is no half-point breath fluctuation between gestures, the Ten Thousand Spirits Recipe can be regarded as completely mastered.

On this day, Zhang Zhao came back from breakfast, and after practicing the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique, he was thinking about going to the lake to relax, but the black-cheeked monkey rushed into the house, pulling him and calling desperately, Zhang Zhao thought it was hungry, and pushed away the dried meat and cheese.

The black-cheeked monkey has been eating and drinking for months, and has grown quite strong, standing up more than three feet tall, and it pulls Zhang Zhao's clothes and runs towards the backyard, with short screams from its mouth from time to time.

Zhang Zhao felt a little strange, and as the black-cheeked monkey came out of the backyard, sure enough, it stopped screaming and just pulled him away. Zhang Zhao walked with it and gradually entered the woods, but the direction was different from the green space in the forest where he usually went.

Zhang Zhao was a little confused, he didn't know what the black-cheeked monkey was going to do, and he walked for half an hour, and it was more than ten miles away from the small courtyard. There is no road left in the forest, and the ground is full of old branches and leaves. Sunlight can only condense into thin pillars of light through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

Stopped, knowing that it didn't understand, Zhang Zhao still asked, "Where are you going to take me?" Seeing him stop, the black-cheeked monkey squeaked again in a hurry, grabbing his shirt and pulling it continuously, still pointing in a certain direction in front of him.

Zhang Zhao was bold and curious, and there was no worry of getting lost, so he walked all the way in the direction it pointed, and then the terrain gradually became higher, Zhang Zhao climbed and jumped for a long time, and felt that he was far away from his residence, and the sunlight on his head gradually became stronger, and the trees were shorter.

His eyes lit up, and a large number of flowers of various colors bloomed on the branches, stretching up along the gentle terrain with no end in sight, and when he looked closer, he realized that they were all unknown fruit trees, and some of them had borne small fruits. There are many kinds of fruit trees, with different heights and heights, and the flowers bloom in different colors, and the fragrance is fragrant everywhere.

Zhang Zhao saw that Lingxiao's eyes were green all day long, and he didn't know that there was such a scene in the depths of the other side of the woods, so he walked briskly in the direction pointed by the black-cheeked monkey, looking at this new world, and secretly surprised in his heart.

The black-cheeked monkey suddenly pulled violently, Zhang Zhao looked in the direction it pointed, and there seemed to be something under a large area of fruit trees full of white flowers not far away, he quickened his pace and walked closer, a gray monkey fell in a pool of dried black and purple blood, and his body was curled up on his side and lay on the ground motionless.

Zhang Zhao didn't know how many cows, horses, and livestock had bled him, and when he looked at the color and range of the bloodstains, he knew that the monkey was afraid that he had been dead for a long time. As he expected, when he reached out and touched it, he had already lost his heartbeat and breathing.

He shook his head at the black-cheeked monkey, signaling that the monkey was hopeless. The black-cheeked monkey was not reconciled, and stepped forward to pull the dead monkey, and even tried several times in vain, and finally stopped.

Zhang Zhao stepped forward and rubbed its head, and was about to turn back, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the dead monkey seemed to move. He hurriedly watched intently. Only then did it turn out that the dead monkey had a high belly, and it seemed that it was a pregnant female monkey.

The place that seemed to move just now was the belly of the dead female monkey, Zhang Zhao stared at it carefully, and a small protrusion bulged out on the bulging belly, and there was indeed something moving in it.

It seems that before the baby monkey was born, the female monkey bled to death, and this is often the case when horses and cows give birth, Zhang Zhao has heard people talk about this kind of thing before, and he is not surprised.

He remembered that during the two days he had lived in the Baitou tribe, he had heard from the shepherds that if the cows and horses had difficulty giving birth, they would have to be disemboweled, and the chances of survival were still very high. Zhang Zhao stretched out his hand to take out the strange knife, spread out the golden light in his brain to probe, and sure enough, he felt that there was something wriggling in the mother's abdomen, Zhang Zhao lightly lowered the knife, and under the guidance of the golden light perception, he made a slight cut along the lower abdomen of the female monkey, and a small paw stretched out.

Zhang Zhao accurately opened the abdominal cavity with a few strokes, and took out a little monkey from it, this newborn little monkey was covered in blood, the color of the hair could not be seen, and the small body trembled slightly. Zhang Zhao didn't dislike it, took the little monkey in his arms, turned around and ran all the way back to the courtyard.

I found a dry cloth to wipe the blood off the little monkey's body. Zhang Zhao wrapped the little monkey around his chest and cooked a meal for the elders. The black-cheeked monkey also followed him into the Yangxian Hall, and when several elders saw that Zhang Zhao had blood stains on his body, he was followed by a black-faced monkey. They all asked questions, and Zhang Zhao showed the little monkey to everyone while telling.

The black-cheeked monkey behind him was very nervous, his two paws grabbed Zhang Zhao's clothes like they were holding on to dry meat that day, and slowly saw that the elders had no malicious intentions, so he relaxed, but the little monkey in Zhang Zhao's arms was very weak, his eyes were closed, and only the chest and abdomen that fluctuated slightly with a small breath proved that he was still alive.

The elders didn't care about eating, and asked Zhang Zhao to get something to eat, or Shu Jiuling had some experience, so he asked Zhang Zhao to bring some rice soup, and dipped his hand in the mouth of the little monkey, the little monkey was really hungry, just licked it, and then struggled to move his head and lift it up, obviously looking for something to eat.

Zhang Zhao dipped in the rice soup and fed it a few mouthfuls in succession, and the little monkey sucked it like a baby, and when there was a little bottom in his stomach, he fell asleep on one side of his head. The black-cheeked monkey was also very happy on the side, and squeaked a few times.

All the elders admired the benevolence of the black-cheeked monkey, thanks to which it pulled Zhang Zhao to save the poor little monkey. Zhang Zhao packed his things, wrapped the little monkey in his arms and went back, and when he arrived near the small courtyard, the black-cheeked monkey screamed a few times and ran to the woods behind, Zhang Zhao understood that it was going back, so he waved goodbye to it.

Go back to your cabin. Zhang Zhao took out the old clothes he brought from home from under the bed and spread them on the bed, putting the little monkey aside. After packing up his things, Zhang Zhao closed his eyes after reciting the scriptures, thinking back on the experience of this day, he felt very novel, but he didn't expect that there was a world on the other side of the woods.

Zhang Zhao thought about the large splendid flowering fruit trees, and his eyes gradually became heavy, but at this time, the little monkey squeaked and whined on the side, he reached out and picked up the little monkey, and the little monkey arched a few times in his arms, and then raised his head and squeaked a few times. Zhang Zhao saw that its movements and demeanor were similar to the last time he wanted to eat, so he went to the stove to make a fire, boiled some rice soup, and dipped his little finger in it after it was cooled.

The little monkey was really hungry again, the little mouth sucked very hard, Zhang Zhao looked at its cheeks that moved because of eating, and found that this little monkey was completely different from the black-cheeked monkey, its coat color was a little whitish, but there were two oval black eye circles on both eye sockets, not like the black-cheeked monkey from the side of the head to the jaw.

This time, the little monkey obviously ate a little more, and did not fall asleep after eating, and looked at Zhang Zhao with his eyes open, Zhang Zhao teased it for a while, and then fell asleep in a daze.

When he woke up again, he was already a little later than the usual time to get up, Zhang Zhao hurriedly finished the exercise, wrapped the little monkey in his arms, wrapped it in a strip of cloth, and then walked down the mountain quickly.

At this time, the kitchen under the mountain was already busy, the fat master hung up the livestock and waited for him to kill, Zhang Zhao apologized repeatedly, and while being careful not to touch the little monkey in his arms, he silently recited the requiem incantation. He finished his work with ease, carried his things and went back to the back mountain, and everyone in the kitchen was so busy that no one noticed that there was an extra living creature in his arms.

Zhang Zhao returned to the small courtyard and put down his things, the black-cheeked monkey was waiting there again, he held the food box in one hand, hugged the little monkey in his arms, and followed the black-cheeked monkey into the main hall of Yangxian Hall, several elders looked at it and laughed: "Zhang Zhao, this time you have a companion, I didn't expect that the next disciple of our Yangxian Hall was actually a monkey." ”

The black-cheeked monkey is very smart, and he also knows that everyone is not hostile, so he felt bored for a while, jumping up and down in the hall to play, but he always dared not approach Pang Feiyang at a distance, and the hall suddenly became lively, Zhang Zhao held the little monkey in his arms and grinned on the side.

After more than ten days like this, the black-cheeked monkey and the crowd became more and more familiar, every day when he came to the backyard and occasionally brought some fruit to come, presumably from the fruit forest that day to pick, at the beginning it just took a few pears, saw Zhang Zhao eat happily, and gradually brought some strange-shaped melons and fruits, Zhang Zhao was really full, the dried meat he made that the black-cheeked monkey ate happily, and the fruit brought by the monkey He was also full of praise.

Later, Zhang Zhao simply went down that road again, carried a basket back, and brought it to Yangxian Hall for the elders to taste. Although the place where the black-cheeked monkey took Zhang Zhao was not too far, there were more than 20 miles of mountain roads. The Yangxian Hall itself is relatively remote in the upper echelons of Lingxiao, and the place is even more uninhabited, with ripe fruits and beautiful flowers and pleasant scenery, Zhang Zhao is not too far away, and he really wants to go once a day.

The little monkey rescued these days has grown bigger, and occasionally pokes his head out in Zhang Zhao's arms to see, in the daily rice soup, Zhang Zhao sometimes adds some meat foam, and the little monkey eats with relish, and sees it growing up day by day.

After more than a month, the little monkey can already squat on Zhang Zhao's shoulder, and the black-cheeked monkey has a lot of strength in addition to sending fruit and eating some dried meat on weekdays, and he actually learned to carry a food box and send it to Yangxian Hall.

As the little monkey grew up, the gray fluff on his body became dense, and the color of his coat became pure white and flawless, and the oval black circles of the two eye sockets were still very conspicuous, which looked a little funny. It is not only fast, but also extremely smart, Zhang Zhao raised it for more than three months, and he can understand some of the meanings in Zhang Zhao's words. Zhang Zhao couldn't smile every day, and he couldn't say how happy he was.

Zhang Zhao has been in Lingxiao Mountain Gate for almost a year, killing pigs and cooking all day long, playing with two monkeys, and living a carefree life.

On this day, he came back from the back kitchen, the two monkeys were waiting in the yard early, the black-cheeked monkey had grown to the same height as Zhang Zhao's shoulder, the little monkey squatted on the shoulder of the black-cheeked monkey, as soon as Zhang Zhao came back, it dropped the black-cheeked monkey and jumped on Zhang Zhao, the black-cheeked monkey now likes it more and more here, all day long either carrying the little monkey to play outside, or helping Zhang Zhao carry the food box to deliver food, the elders of the Yangxian Hall joked that if this black-cheeked monkey knows how to cook again, it can replace Zhang Zhao's position.

As usual, Zhang Zhao squatted on his shoulder with the little white monkey, and the black-cheeked monkey carried the food box and followed behind to send it to Yangxian Hall, several elders of Yangxian Hall were worlds apart from a year ago, their bodies were much stronger, all of them had ruddy complexions, and their voices were loud, especially Sheng Jin, a big face lined with a bigger head, and the originally red face was now even more oily.

Zhang Zhao has not made any breakthroughs in the Ten Thousand Souls Formula, and the elders no longer insist on it, Liu Feng just casually said some practice experience every day, and then Sheng Jin said some swords, Leng Pingyuan talked about the rare and strange stones on the five mysteries, Cheng Yanzi taught him how to recognize people and judge things, although Shu Jiuling was blind, his knowledge was extremely extensive, and he talked about a lot of miscellaneous classics. Uncle Jiuling was also very strange, Zhang Zhao could actually understand, and when he asked, he knew that there was a gentleman in the town who didn't charge money.

In addition to teaching the children in the town to read and write, that gentleman also taught some human truths. The most common truth on the lips is to understand everything carefully, trust your own judgment, and not listen to others. Uncle Jiuling heard what Zhang Zhao said, and he was also quite enthusiastic about this gentleman who was talented but committed to the town, and sighed that he couldn't see it.

As soon as he entered the Yangxian Hall today, Zhang Zhao felt that everyone's eyes were a little wrong, and the last time he was like this was when he was apprenticing a few months ago. Before he could speak, Sheng Jin preemptively said, "Zhang Zhao, do you still remember? Today is the year that you have been here in Lingxiao." ”

Zhang Zhao was pleasantly surprised: "Uncle Sheng, how do you remember it so clearly?"

Liu Feng let Sheng Jin take the lead, and said hatefully: "How can he have that memory, a few of us counted the days and said, today happens to be a whole year since you came, and he listened to it." ”

After Zhang Zhao finished packing up his things, he happily went to Elder Gu's place, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw several young people standing in the hall, all surrounding Elder Gu and not knowing what was going on.

When Elder Gu saw Zhang Zhao come in, he hurriedly pointed at him and said, "You few don't bother me, he gave me all those dried cheeses, you want to say it yourself." ”

Before Zhang Zhao could understand what was going on, a pretty girl in a long green dress turned around and walked up to him, and asked in surprise, "This junior brother, all those delicious things here from Uncle Gu were all sent by you?"

The girl in the green dress has her hair combed into a long braid and hangs down on her chest, her eyebrows are black, her eyes are bright, although her complexion is slightly dark, her nose and mouth are ordinary, but her demeanor is lively and has a unique charm.

Seeing Zhang Zhao nodded, she hurriedly asked, "Where did you get these things from?"

Zhang Zhao replied honestly: "Every day, Uncle Sha sends it to the back kitchen for me, and I will bring it to Uncle Gu." ”

The girl in green was overjoyed: "It turns out that we have it in the back kitchen, and I'll go get some tomorrow." ”

Zhang Zhao wanted to explain that those things were specially for himself and the fat master, but he couldn't speak, the girl in green looked at him, and asked with a smile: "This junior brother is very old-looking, is it specially sent by the back kitchen to send things to Uncle Gu?"

She looked Zhang Zhao up and down, and suddenly found the green jade plate on Zhang Zhao's waist, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Why do you have this? Senior Brother Mo, come quickly, is your jade plate lost?"

A handsome young man in white came behind her, first smiled at Zhang Zhao with a pleasant face, and then looked at the girl in green: "Senior Sister Tian, what are you talking nonsense?"

The green-clothed girl pointed to the jade plate on Zhang Zhao's waist and shouted, "Look at it, isn't the jade plate on his waist your chief disciple?"

Senior Brother Mo followed her fingers and saw that it was really a lot, touched his waist and said with a smile: "Mine is still there, and Lingxiao is not only one of my chief disciples, how can I say that it is mine when I see a piece?"

However, Senior Brother Mo immediately came to his senses, and he arched his hand at Zhang Zhao: "This junior brother, Mo Junfeng, the chief disciple of the Xia Jing Martial Hall, I don't know which hall this senior disciple is?"

Zhang Zhao hurriedly replied: "I have met Senior Brother Mo, I am the chief disciple of Yangxian Hall, and my name is Zhang Zhangzhao." ”

Before Mo Junfeng could answer, the girl in green jumped over: "Wow, you are really the chief disciple." She looked at Zhang Zhao's face and asked, "How old are you?"

Zhang Zhao hugged his fists at her and said, "This senior sister, I am seventeen years old this year." ”

Mo Junfeng smiled: "Senior Sister Tian, don't scare Senior Brother Zhang. He introduced Zhang Zhao: "This is Tian Yuqin, the daughter of Tian Yingxiang and Tian Shibo. In our Lingxiao, no one can afford to mess with the characters. ”

Tian Yuqin ignored Mo Junfeng's ridicule, still stared at Zhang Zhao and asked, "When did Yangxian Hall have a chief disciple, why don't I know." ”

At this time, several other people around Elder Gu also walked over, and a young man in red said with a smile: "That's right, this junior brother, why don't you tell Senior Sister Tian about being the chief disciple, without her consent, your chief disciple doesn't count." ”

Tian Yuqin shouted angrily: "Gu Yan, if you laugh at me again, Ming'er, I will go to the back kitchen to get those delicious foods, and I won't give them to you at all." ”

Gu Yan said nonchalantly: "It's not that I don't have long legs, I won't pick them up myself?" Uncle Fang likes me, I'm afraid I want to be a little more than you." ”

Tian Yuqin couldn't tell him, so she stomped her feet angrily and ran out of the hall from Zhang Zhao's side.

Gu Yan took a step forward and hugged his fist at Zhang Zhao: "Gu Yan, the chief disciple of Huiwu Hall, I just heard that this junior disciple is called Zhang Zhangzhao, right?"

Zhang Zhao hurriedly returned the salute: "Zhang Zhangzhao has seen Senior Brother Gu. ”

Gu Yan was open-minded, and turned around and pointed: "This is my sister Gu Xianrong, who is also from Huiwutang." ”

Behind him stood a girl in red, with a handsome appearance, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were slightly raised, giving her a heroic aura like a man. Zhang Zhao hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Senior Sister Gu." ”

Gu Xianrong casually replied without speaking. A slightly chubby young man next to her stepped forward: "Senior Brother Zhang, my name is Jiang Lei, and I am the chief disciple of Tianshu Pavilion. ”

These young people looked extraordinary, and Zhang Zhao came in to see that they were also very familiar with Elder Gu, but what made Zhang Zhao a little disappointed was that there was no Mo Suyan among them.

A few people said a few polite words to Zhang Zhao, and they all went out to leave. Elder Gu watched them leave, rubbed his forehead and said, "These guys are really annoying, at first the girl surnamed Tian took some cheese and dried meat from here, and then they all came to me." All the things you sent them were gone. ”

Elder Gu introduced a few people just now, and Zhang Zhao realized that they were all the children of Elder Lingxiao. Tian Yuqin's father was Tian Yingxiang, the former head of Yaowutang, and Mo Junfeng's father was Mo Wen, an elder of Jingwutang. Jiang Lei's father is Jiang Tai, the head of the Tianshu Pavilion, but the father of Gu Yan's siblings is the only Gu elder Gu Qianzhong who has broken through the Yin and Yang realm in Lingxiao.

Among the various halls and pavilions of Lingxiao, the three halls of deacons and councils are only eligible to join as elders, the Eagle Hall is completely destroyed, and the Haw Par Hall is abandoned and waiting to be built. There are only two pavilions of the Outer Martial Arts Hall and the Tianshu Divine Soldier, plus the two halls of the dining hall and miscellaneous affairs, a total of eight chief disciples, Zhang Zhao became the chief disciple of the Yangxian Hall is purely crooked, and the three of Mo Junfeng, Gu Yan, and Jiang Lei, who are the chief disciples, do not know.

Zhang Zhao asked, "Uncle Gu, who are the other chief disciples?"

Elder Gu said: "You should have seen the canteen, it is Zhu Liang." The name of the miscellaneous hall is Liang Xiu. The chief disciple of Yaowutang is Tian Yingxiang's apprentice, and he is also the son of our Lingxiao Elder Yan, called Yan Qiuqiu. The chief disciple of the Mighty Hall is half of your senior brother, and it is my second disciple Shi Wei. ”

When Zhang Zhao heard this, he asked again: "Who is your eldest disciple, Uncle Gu, and why doesn't he become the chief?"

Elder Gu frowned: "What do you care about so much, come and practice the sword." Tomorrow I have something to do down the mountain, so you don't need to come here. ”

The next day, Zhang Zhao finished his work, took the little white monkey and the black-cheeked monkey to deliver the meal, and had nothing to do, and wanted to catch a few fish by the lake. So the little white monkey sat on his shoulder, the black-cheeked monkey carried the bucket, one person and two monkeys went to the lake to play for a while, Zhang Zhao untied the raft, the black-cheeked monkey did not dare to go down, and waited on the shore with the little white monkey on his back.

Zhang Zhao lay on the raft basking in the sun, spreading out the golden words in his mind, perceiving the big fish swimming in the lake, and when he touched the branch and was about to make a move, he heard the black-cheeked monkey on the shore scream a few times, Zhang Zhao closed his eyes and shouted casually: "Black face, don't worry, I'm almost done." "Blackface is the name given to the black-cheeked monkey by the elders, but Zhang Zhao calls his monkey "Xiaobai".

Just as Zhang Zhao was about to start stabbing the fish, he felt that something suddenly flew quickly within the area of the golden light transformation in his mind. A loud "bang" fell on the water next to the raft, splashing on Zhang Zhao's face.

Zhang Zhao was taken aback, and when he opened his eyes, a green-clothed girl on the shore jumped and shouted: "You kid dare to lie to me? Uncle Fang said that only you have those things, and if you don't want to give them, forget it, and let us run for nothing." It was Tian Yuqin who couldn't get the delicious food as he wished.

Zhang Zhaogang wanted to explain, but when he saw that Tian Yuqin was about to step on the pair of shoe prints by the lake, he hurriedly rowed back on the raft and shouted, "Senior Sister Tian, don't be angry. I wanted to tell you yesterday, but you're gone. ”

Tian Yuqin kept walking around the lake: "You kid is lying by the lake and enjoying, but I let Uncle Fang scold a few words of gluttony, you don't give me more delicious food today, I'm not done with you." ”

Zhang Zhao was about to agree, the figure by the woods by the lake flickered, and several people came out, it was yesterday that he saw those people at Elder Gu's place, his eyes fell on the face of one of them and suddenly froze, there was no girl dressed in white among those people yesterday, it was Mo Suyan who Zhang Zhao met here by chance a year ago.

Tian Yuqin turned around and shouted, "Finally catch this kid, we have to let him take out more food." Then she looked at Mo Suyan and shouted, "Senior Sister Mo, what you said is true, how do you know that he is hiding here?"