"There will always be people who will spend their lives for what they protect, and this senior deserves respect. ”

Looking at the slowly closing spatial passage in the sky, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but admire in his heart, although he was just an outsider, he admired Ling Tian's predecessor's righteousness from the bottom of his heart, after all, not everyone had this kind of sacrificing temperament.

With a turn of his gaze, Jiang Xiaoqi once again set his eyes on the battlefield, where a white-haired old man stood lonely, he knew that that person was Ling Tian's senior, because of the wear and tear of cultivation, and at the last moment to fight for his life, this senior had not much time left.

However, just when Jiang Xiaoqi was feeling sorry and full of sadness, a painting scroll that appeared in front of Ling Tian caught his attention, that painting used spiritual power as ink, outlining mountains and rivers, Ling Tian wrote with his hands, splashing ink to his heart's content, swaying his ambition and pride.

At first, Jiang Xiaoqi was just curious and didn't react, but then, he was surprised to find that the spiritual power in his body was actually operating on its own at this time, and it wasn't until now that he realized that his spiritual power had stepped into the Yangxi realm.

Thinking about it in his heart, he couldn't help but think of the thrilling scene in Li Lao's room before, at that time, a strong suction force erupted in his body, swallowing the spiritual power in Li Lao's body, causing his body to be on the verge of self-explosion, and finally, with a roar, his consciousness passed out.

What Jiang Xiaoqi didn't know was that after he fell into a coma, the jade vial in the small medicine basket behind him shot out a faint light and drilled into his qu chi, and it was this faint beam of light that saved his life.

That light was like a guide, guiding the violent spiritual power swallowed by the whale in his body, independently operating the "Nameless Sutra" taught by Old Man Shi, digesting those spiritual powers.

However, the spiritual power swallowed by the whale was too strong, so that Jiang Xiaoqi's Qu Chi was unbearable, almost filling every corner of the Qu Chi, and in the end, that glimmer of light seemed to have human nature, and with a little hesitation, he directly led the violent spiritual power swallowed by those whales and began to impact the barriers of the realm.

The so-called realm barrier is the gap between the two realms, only when the spiritual power of a realm is strong to the extreme, can there be a chance to impact the realm barrier, and only by breaking the barrier of the realm will you enter the next realm.

However, Jiang Xiaoqi's realm barrier was too hard, even if he swallowed so much spiritual power, it took a long time to break through the barrier of Yangxi Realm.

The stronger the resistance to the barrier of the realm, it also means that the higher the extreme that a person can cultivate in this realm, only when the spiritual power is strong to the peak of this realm, it is possible to successfully impact the barrier of the next realm, and naturally, the spiritual power of the martial artist in this realm is also more powerful than that of the monks of the same realm.

At this time, under the outline of Ling Tian's senior's spiritual power, the picture scroll gradually took shape, I don't know if it was because Ling Tian's predecessor's strength was too strong, or because of the scroll itself, the formed picture scroll was lifelike, as if it had come to life, but after Ling Tian finished writing, Jiang Xiaoqi felt that the picture scroll seemed to be missing something, and there was a sense of incompleteness.

However, at this time, he didn't have much mind to pay attention to that picture scroll, because at this moment, his own spiritual power was involuntarily running, and he was a little frightened when he looked like that, he didn't want the previous whale swallowing scene to be staged again, so he hurriedly took over the control of the spiritual power and suppressed the surging spiritual power.

"Whew"

Seeing that the spiritual power had been suppressed so smoothly, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and turned his gaze to the picture scroll in the void, but what surprised him was that at this time, there was still Ling Tian's figure in front of the scroll, and there, there was only a lone pattern left, flickering in the void.

"It's like a map. ”

As a tomb robber in a previous life, Jiang Xiaoqi didn't care about what was recorded in this scroll, but instinctively, he still carved it in his heart, and checked it several times, until there were no mistakes, and he was relieved.

It should not be a mundane thing to make a senior be able to care so much before he dies, while observing the picture scroll in front of him, Jiang Xiaoqi muttered in his heart.

"Boom"

Suddenly, the picture scroll in front of him began to crumble, accompanied by a gust of wind, the picture was like dust, drifting and falling, and then, Jiang Xiaoqi was surprised to find that the painting he carved in his heart seemed to dissipate with the breeze, and that appearance really made him a little confused.

......

"Teng"

Jiang Xiaoqi sat up suddenly, opened his eyes, and found that he was still in the old man's room, and the foul smell permeated the whole house, but to his surprise, on the bed, the old man's figure disappeared, and there was no trace of it.

Carrying the small medicine basket, Jiang Xiaoqi ran outside the house, still not seeing the old man, and finally, in the corner of the wall where he picked up the small jade bottle, he picked up a handful of ashes, according to the special smell, Jiang Xiaoqi understood that this should be the last thing left by the old man.

The breeze blows, the ashes disperse with the wind, and the night is about to fall, and the breeze can blow over the hills in the face of the sunset.

"Seniors go all the way. ”

Standing outside the door, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the breeze blowing over the hill, muttered softly, and then, took out the wine bag from the small medicine basket, sprinkled it on the ground, shook it, and then poured another sip into his mouth, and then stopped staying, and walked in the direction of the mountain.

However, he did not notice that a faint golden light flashed in the corner of the parchment scroll lying quietly in the small medicine basket.

......

A quiet courtyard in the northeast corner of the village, full of peach blossoms, falling flowers and colorful, as if in a paradise, there is only one path in the courtyard, paved with bluestone slabs, extending to the secluded bamboo house behind the peach forest, here, is where Jiang Xiaoqi has lived for 12 years.

"Grandpa Shi, I'm back. ”

Pushing open the small wooden door of the courtyard, Jiang Xiaoqi walked in with the medicine basket on his back, shouted at the hut behind the peach blossom forest, and took care of drying the herbs picked in the medicine basket on the stone mill in the courtyard, and then, took out the jade vial and the old parchment roll from the small medicine basket, put it in his arms, and walked straight to the hut.

"Xiao Qi is back. ”

When he walked outside the door, he heard a kind voice coming from inside the house, and when he heard this, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled on his cheeks, answered, and pushed the door in.

Pushing open the door, a unique smell of wine wafted in, into the nose, following the sound, you can see, on a rocking chair in the center of the house, lying an old man, the old man is wearing a coarse linen shirt, his hair and beard are all white, just like the old man in the mountain village who is farming in the field, he can't see the slightest difference, and he is holding a leaky banana fan in his hand, shaking gently.

Hearing the sound of the door opening and closing, the old man slowly opened his eyes, and Jiang Xiaoqi's figure was reflected in his cloudy gaze, and then, the old man shook the broken fan in his hand, waved at him, and motioned for him to come and sit, looking at the latter's eyes full of kindness.

"Grandpa Shi, I broke through the barriers of the realm and was promoted to the Yangxi realm. ”

Seeing Old Man Shi's movements, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled innocently, moved a chair from the side, sat beside Old Man Shi obediently, and then told the old man in front of him about his realm improvement, but when he told about it, Jiang Xiaoqi's head drooped very low, and his voice was almost inaudible, as if he had made some mistake.

Old Man Shi told him since he was a child that the world of martial artists is very dangerous, and spiritual power is even more poison, let him not touch it, for a child of a few years old, the old man's words are like the truth, although Jiang Xiaoqi was a person in his previous life, but he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, for this old man Shi who raised himself since he was a child, he respected it from the bottom of his heart.

Therefore, while his spiritual power was improving, he didn't have much joy, but he was faintly worried in his heart, for fear of making the kind old man in front of him angry.

"yes, I see. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi's words fell, and the old man Shi answered softly, his cheeks were still kind, and he was not as angry as he thought, and then reprimanded him, his big hand was still shaking the banana fan, and there was a smile on his wrinkled cheeks, as if he had already knew.

"Huh, aren't you angry?"

Regarding the old man's unexpected reaction, Jiang Xiaoqi's heart was even more worried, and he couldn't help but ask out loud.

He clearly remembered that when he couldn't suppress the spiritual power swallowed by his body, and then broke through the Qu Chi and stepped into the path of martial arts cultivation, the old man reprimanded him well, so that his cultivation of spiritual power has always relied on his own devouring, and he did not use his spiritual power to deliberately cultivate, but at the moment, the old man's attitude was abnormal, which made him still a little apprehensive in his heart.

"You've grown up, and from the moment you broke through the Qu Chi and stepped into the path of martial artist cultivation, I no longer objected. ”

The old man's eyes seemed to be open, and he smiled at Jiang Xiaoqi and said softly.

"I didn't let you embark on the path of a martial artist, just to give Mu Lao an explanation, but now that you have spiritual power, and it is not voluntary, I have no reason to object. ”

Gently shaking the worn-out banana fan in his hand, the old man spoke again.

"In fact, I don't agree with Mu Lao's decision, on the contrary, I still think that the old man still thinks that a manly man is born to stand up to the sky, otherwise he will come to the world in vain. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi moved lightly, walked to the coffee table, poured two cups of tea and brought them to the old man, handed them over, and listened to the old man's plain but somewhat domineering narration.

"Of course, if you choose the same as Mu Lao, I won't object, although it is boring to spend a dull life, it is very comfortable. ”

took the teacup handed by Jiang Xiaoqi and took a sip, the old man continued, but with his eyes that were pretending to sleep, he sneaked open a slit and looked at Jiang Xiaoqi who was sitting next to him.

"I also agree with Grandpa Shi's words, a manly husband is born to stand up to the sky, and I also want to see the outside world. ”

Not paying attention to the old man's sneaky gaze, Jiang Xiaoqi snapped his fingers, looked through the window, looking at the distant sky, and his immature cheeks revealed a touch of sincerity and yearning.

Hearing Jiang Xiaoqi's sincere words, the old man quietly turned his head, a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, closed his eyes again, drank the teacup in his hand, and placed it on the small table beside him, and then slowly sat up, looking at the young man beside him with kind eyes.

"Come, tell the old man, what happened when you went to Old Man Li today?"

Helping the old man up from the recliner, Jiang Xiaoqi pushed open the door and followed the old man's steps to walk in the peach forest, telling everything that happened today as he walked.

"No, Grandpa Shi, you see, this is the vial and the parchment roll found in Li's house. ”

As he spoke, Jiang Xiaoqi took out the jade vial with a shining luster and the old parchment roll from his arms, handed it to Old Man Shi, and asked the old man for advice with a puzzled face, he really didn't know what to do with these two things.

"Hey, if I'm not mistaken, this little bottle should contain a fragment that fell from the origin of the water spirit, as for this map, the old man doesn't know very well. ”

Taking the jade vial from Jiang Xiaoqi's hand, the old man looked at it carefully, and after a little discrimination, his words said with a bit of heaviness.

After a pause, the old man took the old parchment again, and stared at the broken corner of the pattern on it.

"Since this vial contains fragments of the Water Spirit Origin, this map should also be related to the Water Spirit Origin when placed with it. ”

After thinking for some time to no avail, the old man shook his head slightly, and said with a little uncertain hesitation in his words.

"Grandpa Shi, what is the origin of the water spirit?"

Regarding what the old man said, Jiang Xiaoqi was confused, scratched his head a little embarrassed, and asked aloud.

"Do you remember what I told you when I was a child? Our world is called the Five Spirits Continent, which is evolved and transformed from the five origin substances, and water is one of the constituent elements of the five elements, and at the beginning of the birth of the world, there were only five origin substances in the world, and this water spirit origin was one of them. ”

As he spoke, the old man looked at the stone-like thing in the jade bottle, swaying gently, and could hear the crisp and pleasant sound of collision.

"Is the water spirit origin very powerful?"

Jiang Xiaoqi knew very little about the world of martial artists, only knowing that the continent that existed in this world was called the Five Spirit Continent, and the martial artist was the master of this world.

"This origin substance has the power to create the world, if someone can get it and control it, then he will definitely become the pinnacle of the world, the Lord has thousands of ups and downs, do you say it is powerful?"

Regarding Jiang Xiaoqi's ignorant question, the old man patted him on the shoulder kindly and patiently explained.

"What about this fragment, will it be able to have great power if you get it?"

Don't be ashamed to ask, let alone this kind old man who grew up with him, Jiang Xiaoqi shook the jade vial as he spoke, listening to the crisp collision in it, as if his impetuous mind was much quieter at this time.

"Xiao Qi, remember what I told you when you broke the qu pool. ”

Stopping, Jiang Xiaoqi took the old man and sat down at the stone table in the peach forest, quietly listened to the old man's story, and nodded from time to time to show his agreement.

"Well, remember, grandpa said that everyone's physical attributes are different, and the spiritual power they cultivate will be different. ”

"Yes, under the influence of the rules of the world, everyone in our world has a different physique, so the spiritual power cultivated is also different, but most of them are summarized in the five elements. ”

Smiling kindly at Jiang Xiaoqi beside him, the old man continued to speak.

"The five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, what are the attributes implied in the physique, then what are the attributes of the spiritual power he cultivates, most of the time, a person will only cultivate one attribute power in his life, after all, most people's physique only implies one attribute of spiritual power. ”

"Outside of most of them, will there be people with different attribute spiritual powers in the same cultivators?"

Listening to the old man's story, Jiang Xiaoqi silently remembered, and from time to time raised some questions, just like in front of him, the old man did not directly deny the spiritual attributes of the human body, but borrowed most of them to replace, obviously, there will be an example of everything.

"That's right, there are exceptions to everything, and there have been many people with two attributes in history, and they are undoubtedly not amazing people, and they have left a strong mark in the long river of history. ”

Regarding Jiang Xiaoqi's intelligence, the old man has seen it in his eyes since he was a child, this child has always been very sensible and talented, although he is not his own child, but he is treated more favorably than his own heirs.

"Then Grandpa Shi, why haven't I felt that my spiritual power contains attributes?"

Jiang Xiaoqi has a general understanding of the concept of spiritual power attributes, but since he broke into the Quchi Realm and embarked on the path of cultivation, he has never noticed what so-called attributes his spiritual power implies, since he can set foot on this road, according to reason, his spiritual power should also have attributes, why is it that he still hasn't noticed it at all?

Hearing Jiang Xiaoqi's question, the old man touched his head dotingly, sighed lightly, and said something that shocked him.

"Because your spiritual power has no attributes. ”