After all, Baoyu was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and apart from quietly going to the ruins, he had never left the village, nor had he participated in the hunting of his clansmen, and had never experienced such a tragic scene. Participating in the fierce battle in person, the blood boiling for a while may have passed like that, but the impact and shock caused to the spirit are such a sober and clear scene that Baoyu can't even look at it.

Seeing the knife and spear slashing into the flesh and blood, and the liver and intestines overflowing from the ruptured body, as if he had experienced the same sensory impact, Baoyu's form and spirit were touched in a certain way. Baoyu survived the battle unharmed, but what would have happened if those arrows had hit him?

The scene in the fixed realm changed again, and countless arrows were shot, as if they landed on his body, penetrating his skin and bones. Baoyu didn't seem to be able to move, and he didn't move, only quietly endured or experienced it in a fixed state. Because he was very awake and knew that this was both real and illusory, just the experiences and feelings imprinted in the depths of his primordial spirit.

I don't know how long it has been, the sound of the fighting has faded away, the tragic scene has gradually disappeared, and the surrounding area has returned to a dead silence. In this absolutely dark space, he is like a helpless baby, waking up from a dream and being trapped in it, feeling curious, scared, and a certain desire and expectation, there is absolute tranquility in the darkness, and uneasiness lurks in the tranquility.

It was a mood he had ever had, inexplicably emerging from the depths of his memory, invading the primordial spirit in the fixed realm, and then he finally saw the light. As soon as this bright light appears, it is a beautiful scenery between heaven and earth, beautiful mountains and rivers can see blue sky and white clouds, distant mountains surrounded by beautiful large lakes, and the beaches of the lake are dotted with all kinds of delicate flowers.

He stood among the trees and bamboos. Beside him were several tall dragon's blood treasure trees, stretching their lush canopies towards the sky in the sunlight. In front of it is a bay of blue ponds, the water is only three feet deep, crystal clear, there are a few verdant lotus leaves sticking out of the water, and there are a few budding five-colored lotus flowers.

The aura between heaven and earth seems to gather here, and being in this beautiful artistic conception makes people's hearts ripple in a comfortable mood. Surrounded by lotus leaves, next to the five-colored lotus, there is a woman bathing in the pool. Her back was facing Baoyu. Only the shoulders are above the water. Due to the ripples of the water, the figure in the water is not very clear, and I vaguely feel that it is so slender and moving.

Baoyu couldn't see her face clearly, because she lowered her head slightly, and her long black hair just covered the side of her face. The ends of the hair are fluttering in the water, and the slender hand is rolling up a lotus leaf, and the water is sprinkled on the hair to comb. Baoyu had never seen her, not anyone he knew in reality, but when he saw this person, he inexplicably felt so familiar. Nature carries with it a desire to be close.

Because he had seen her for many years, in that hazy dream, although he couldn't see her clearly, he inexplicably knew that it was her. Dreams are always ethereal. Even the memories are not so clear, he always stands far away and looks at a beautiful mountain and river, and she is above the mountain. But the fixed state at this moment is clear, as if he has walked into the mountains and rivers. It's so close.

This is both the dream he once had, and the fusion of the various situations he has experienced, the scene around him. More or less, he could find the shadow he had seen in reality, and it was no longer the dream he had at the beginning. Baoyu wanted to know what she looked like, maybe he could see it clearly when he walked to the other side of the pool, but he didn't move.

Because Baoyu knew that he was sitting still, and all he saw was the scene of the primordial spirit, his consciousness was very clear, and he was not in a trance at the moment. Baoyu once cultivated the inner and outer scenes of the Yuan Shen, and he could see the surrounding heaven, earth, mountains and rivers in the fixed realm, and his own body seemed to turn into the mountains and rivers of heaven and earth, his cultivation has always been so natural, the mountain god did not even teach him any secret method inheritance, but only explained to him the mysteries and experiences of various realms.

The last time I "met" the mountain god was two months ago, when the mountain god told him, "Child, since you have cultivated, you will probably enter a deeper realm, and there will be many scenes in the realm. And it doesn't happen in a vacuum, it's all about your experiences or feelings, and there are many things that you don't realize or don't want to think about.

Whether you can remember it or not, or whether you want to remember it or not, in everyone's experience, those deepest feelings will be imprinted in the original spirit, whether beautiful or terrible, not whether you want to or not, as long as it is the yearning or fear in your heart, it will naturally appear in the fixed state. When the time comes, you don't have to think about it, just keep your peace of mind. ”

Baoyu asked curiously why this was? The mountain god explained again.

In the two realms, only by repeatedly refining the muscles, bones, bones, and internal organs and veins can the human body reach a perfect state, can we talk about the final complete breakthrough. After mastering the power of imperial objects in the Three Realms and cultivating the image of the primordial gods, the human will seems to be able to extend to touch and manipulate external objects, then a person's spiritual world must also go through repeated refinement before it can continue to break through.

Because the cultivation of the Four Realms is obviously different from the Three Realms, it can make external objects and body and mind one, as if they are a part of one's own body, rather than simply controlling and touching, and can also give one's own consciousness and will to all things.

So when Baoyu was experiencing all this at the moment, he didn't move or try to move anything, but just clearly realized and maintained a peaceful mind. But it's not a simple experience, sometimes it's terrible, sometimes it's very uncomfortable, it's a feeling that you can't escape from the depths of your heart, and of course, it's also very wonderful, it's very desirable, and it's easier to shock your mind.

Baoyu is not confused in the center of the concentration, but the various experiences and feelings are real, and even cause very subtle reactions. At first, the hairs on his body stood on end during the meditation, as if he was experiencing great pain and injury, but then he became very relaxed, immersed in a wonderful and longing experience.

The illusions that appeared in the fixed realm began with the rampaging rhino beast, which was very impactful, and then turned into a scene of fierce battle with the people of the Feather Nation, which was very tragic and unbearable, and then returned to a silent darkness, and the light and beauty reappeared.

Baoyu stood quietly by the waterhole, as if she did not exist, the woman bathed in the water, combing her wet hair, revealing the soft fragrant shoulders on the water's surface, her skin was so flawless...... Between the five-colored divine lotus and the clear blue spring, there is a certain holy breath. Next...... Baoyu fell asleep, he really fell asleep.

After sitting and practicing in the hut every night, he will naturally fall asleep, and he will not deliberately collect his work and leave his meditation, because this is the place where he sleeps and rests, and when it is time to sleep, with his cultivation, of course, he has not yet reached the realm of sleeplessness and dreamlessness. Only on the white jade throne of that "cultivation treasure land", every time he left his seat, he naturally left his seat, and he would not sleep there.

But this time, he experienced three days and three nights.

Baoyu didn't know how long he had been seated, he didn't even know when he had fallen asleep, he didn't feel hungry or tired anymore, he just slept so soundly that he seemed to stay in the last scene of the fixed state when he fell asleep. Some of his natural reactions may have nothing to do with the fixed realm, and they are no longer deliberate cultivation.

At this time, the patriarch of Qingshan had returned to the village, and happened to be investigating Baoyu's situation, and found that the child suddenly lay down and fell asleep, sleeping quite soundly, full of vitality in his sleep, his body was relaxed and his breath was long, and his posture was like a curled up cat. Then the Qingshan patriarch noticed that Baoyu's expression was a little strange when he fell asleep, and there were some subtle changes in his body.

Patriarch Qingshan walked out of the house with a smile, secretly saying in his heart that this child was already twelve years old and was about to grow up.

Xiao Tian was still guarding the door, and the Qingshan Patriarch told him to notify him and Shui Gu as soon as he found that Baoyu had woken up. Baoyu woke up the next morning, a little different from usual, maybe because he had slept for too long, maybe he had experienced an unprecedented state of concentration, maybe he had exhausted his divine energy mana before entering the meditation, in short, he was still in a trance, as if he hadn't woken up a little.

When the rooster crowed, Baoyu got up from the bed as usual, and walked out of the house in a daze, looking as if he was sleepwalking. The hut had no door panels, and was only covered with thick straw curtains in the cold winter weather, and the altar and the open space in the middle of the village could be seen directly from the doorway.

Baoyu was inexplicably surprised, he saw a lot of strange things, his hair almost stood up, and he also got goosebumps. I saw countless phantoms floating in the air, the appearance of those Feather people with stumps and severed wings, they were dead, but the invisible aura left behind was so manifest and hovering in the village......

At this moment, a dog barked and woke him up, and he saw that the sun was still shining outside the house, and he began to investigate with his senses, and there was nothing abnormal in the village. Fang Cai is just a fantasy that he himself fell into in a trance, but it is intertwined with the real scene, presumably also related to the experience in the fixed state, or he is actually still in some strange state, and as a result, he sees a "ghost".

Baoyu just fell asleep last night, and he didn't leave the work, so there was such a moment of trance, but Xiaotian woke him up completely. Hearing Xiaotian's call, the Qingshan Patriarch and Shui Gu immediately came together, and when they saw Baoyu standing at the door, they all showed surprise. Patriarch Qingshan leaned down and touched his head and said, "Child, you have finally woken up!

Baoyu smiled: "I'm fine, Patriarch Qingshan, you and Aunt Shui are finally back, and the village is fine."

The Qingshan patriarch took Baoyu's hand and said, "Thanks to you, otherwise the clansmen would have suffered a great disaster this time." I never knew that you had such a cultivation, and I have a lot to ask you, so come and talk to my room. ”

The two took Baoyu into the house of the Qingshan patriarch, and Xiao Tian followed a few steps, standing in front of another door and still standing guard. The patriarch of Qingshan asked Baoyu to sit down at the stone table, and Shui Gu was more anxious, so she cast a spell and asked, "Baoyu, who taught you to cultivate?" Is it the mountain god!"

Baoyu frowned, thought for a moment before replying: "Actually, it was you Shuigu who taught me to cultivate, and it started by watching you spin cloth. Later, Xiaotian took me to a place, and I met the mountain god, and the mountain god taught me a lot. ”

The Qingshan Patriarch and the Shui Gu exclaimed at the same time: "What? You have seen the mountain god! Sure enough, it is the mountain god who has appeared......

The water aunt asked again: "I taught you? Could it be that you have entered the first realm when you saw me spinning? How is this possible, you are still too young!"

The patriarch of Qingshan also asked: "When you look at Shuigu spinning cloth, did you also get the guidance of the mountain god?"

Shui Gu then asked, "How could Xiao Tian take you to see the mountain god? The mountain god wants to see you, why doesn't he come to you directly? Why has the mountain god not heard for so many years?"

Then both of them suddenly stopped their voices and looked at each other with a wry smile, realizing that this series of questions made Baoyu have no time to answer. At this time, the Qingshan Patriarch smiled and said, "Child, don't be nervous, tell us what happened?" How did you meet the mountain god, and what did the mountain god say to you?"

Baoyu was a little confused just now. At this moment, he blinked his eyes and replied: "It was really Xiao Tian who took me to see the mountain god, in a far away and hidden place." But I didn't really see the mountain god. I just heard the voice of the mountain god. It was the mountain god who wouldn't let me tell anyone about it. But he also said that if one day my cultivation was discovered, he would have something to tell you the Qingshan Patriarch in private. ”

Patriarch Qingshan's expression was unusually excited: "Really, then you can say it quickly!"

Before Baoyu could speak, Shui Gu turned around and went out, standing with Xiao Tian outside the door, and at the same time casting a spell to cut off the sound inside and outside the door. Because Baoyu said that the words of the mountain god were to be conveyed to the Qingshan patriarch in private, she consciously avoided it.

This made the Qingshan patriarch a little embarrassed, and glanced at the back of Shui Gu outside the door. He said to Baoyu with a pleasant face: "Can you tell me now, what did the mountain god say?"

Baoyu also glanced out of the door with some curiosity and said, "Actually, Shui Gu doesn't have to go away, the mountain god said, Patriarch Qingshan, you will definitely bring Shui Gu with you." So please tell her the same, but don't leak it to more people. ”

Hearing this, the Qingshan patriarch hurriedly got up and went out, whispered a few words in Shui Gu's ear, and invited her back to the house. In fact, the words that the mountain god wants to convey to the patriarch of Qingshan are very simple - he is still there. But I encountered some troubles in my cultivation, so I couldn't manifest my spirit and it was inconvenient to contact people all these years, and I could only do it through special means.

If the Qingshan patriarch heard Baoyu's words, he and Shui Gu went to that "cultivation treasure land", but they should pay attention to covering up their deeds and not be discovered by others. Wait until the place. Baoyu would tell them how to communicate with the mountain gods. All kinds of doubts in their hearts, the mountain god will answer them himself.

The two of them were surprised when they heard this, and the confusion in their hearts for more than ten years finally got an answer, it turned out that the mountain god was still there, but they had encountered some trouble in their cultivation. So these years have been silent. As for how Xiao Tian took Baoyu to find the mountain god, and why did Baoyu have the cultivation he has now. Then I can only consult the mountain god himself.

The two of them hated to let Baoyu lead the way to see the mountain god immediately, but the mountain god had ordered that this matter must be kept secret and not let anyone else notice, so they didn't dare to be careless and anxious. Shui Gu still stayed in the village for a few days, and the Qingshan Patriarch also took the time to go to the Central Valley to deal with various affairs, and told Gu Xin who stayed there before returning to the village.

Next, Shuigu announced that she was going to the mountains to collect medicine, and the Qingshan patriarch also announced that he would retreat because of his busy work for a while ago. Before the rooster crowed, they took Xiaotian and Baoyu into the back mountain, and by dawn they were already walking through the vast primeval jungle. In the past few days, they have asked Baoyu in private, and learned that there is a mysterious ruin in the distance, when the mountain god guided Xiaotian to go, Xiaotian brought Baoyu there again, and they were also very fascinated in their hearts.

There are many doubts in addition to fascination, and they also hope to be answered by the mountain god. For example, who was the Qingshui clan destroyed back then? Why did the powerful foreign enemies from outside the mountains come and go without a trace, and for what purpose? Xiaotian and Baoyu were both found in the ruins of the Qingshui clan's walled city by Lu Village, and the mountain god guided them, could this also have something to do with the events of the past?

When Lord Yue Geng entered this wilderness for the first time as a royal envoy, he also came to inquire about the news of the Qing Shui Clan, but he only confirmed that the Qing Shui Clan had been destroyed, but there was no more discovery. Not long ago, when the monarch sent Xiling to leave the wilderness, the patriarch of Qingshan once again mentioned the old matter, hoping that the country of Ba could investigate the truth about the fall of the Qingshui clan.

It is always unsettling that this matter is not clarified for a day, and Xiling also promised to do his best. But Xiling said that more than ten years have passed since the incident, and the monarch of Pakistan ordered an investigation a few years ago, and he also has no clue, and it is very unlikely that he will find out. The people on Ba Yuan didn't know what was going on here, but the mountain god was still there, and he must have known.

Although they were in a very urgent mood, they were very careful along the way, at least much more careful than when Baoyu and Xiaotian used to go to the ruins, using their mana to hold back their breath along the way, and trying to avoid leaving tracks. They walked through the dense forest, and the dense canopy of trees obscured their figures, and even the birds in the sky were very noticeable, so they were not very fast.

At noon, they arrived at the beautiful waterhole in the mountains, where Baoyu had found and where the water girl had practiced weaving, and rested for a while. Baoyu said: "Shui Gu must have been here, and there is also Gesi who has been refined by mana by the water. ”

Shui Gu nodded and said, "You kid is very careful, I think I did often practice here at the beginning." ”

The Qingshan patriarch looked at the pool, which was the reflection of the light of the trees and the sky, and also nodded: "I think that your aunt Shui did cultivate here back then, and even now, she often comes." ”

Shui Gu turned her head and said, "Patriarch Qingshan, how do you know?......" Speaking of this, she suddenly turned her head again, her face was a little red, and her expression was a little annoyed.

Baoyu suddenly reacted and realized something. Shui Gu had cultivated here, but she hadn't told anyone else, so the Qingshan Patriarch should have found out by himself. This waterhole is very suitable for bathing, is it, is it, could it be that the Qingshan patriarch peeked at the water girl taking a bath...... Looking at the expression of the patriarch of Qingshan again, he also looked a little embarrassed, and he was already silent, probably knowing that he had missed his mouth.

Baoyu is twelve years old, and often listens to people talk about men and women, although he has not really experienced it, he has understood a lot in a vague way. The delicate relationship between the Qingshan Patriarch and Shui Gu, he can see some eyebrows, but what is going on with these two people, no one in the clan dares to ask more, and of course he will not ask. At the moment, it seems that there is still something going on!

Seeing that Xiao Tian was still standing there and looking at Patriarch Qingshan with his mouth open, as if he was waiting for Patriarch Qingshan to answer, he quickly grabbed the dog's ears and twisted the dog's head as well. When she continued to hurry in the afternoon, the atmosphere became a little delicate, and Shui Gu seemed to be angry, and she never spoke to the Qingshan Patriarch. And in front of Baoyu and Xiaotian, the Qingshan patriarch didn't take the initiative to talk to him.

Without saying a word, they crossed the top of the snow-capped mountains in the distance that day, camped for the night in another desolate deep valley, and continued to climb farther peaks the next day to the small basin. When the Patriarch of Qingshan and Shui Gu followed Baoyu through the dense and strange woods, there was a soft light under the shade of the giant trees that covered the sky, and both of them were stunned.

They stood on the white stone path and did not speak for a long time. Patriarch Qingshan subconsciously touched his cheek, well, his hands and face were still there, and then he quietly touched the water girl who was still in a daze. They weren't children like Baoyu or ignorant dogs like Xiaotian, Baoyu was surprised and curious when they first came here, and they were completely shocked.

Shui Gu muttered, "The tree that shines over there is the legendary Xuanyuan Heavenly Emperor's immortal elixir?"

Patriarch Qingshan said in a low voice: "Yes, it should be the Immortal Jade Tree Langji, it is exactly the same as the legend, it can really glow!"

Baoyu asked curiously on the side, "Patriarch Qingshan, it turns out that you know the glowing trees, what are their names?"

The Patriarch of Qingshan explained: "We have never seen it, but we have heard the legend that Emperor Xuanyuan has the Immortal Elixir Langji Tree, which is planted in the Immortal Palace, emitting a glow that can be illuminated at night, also known as Qionglin. I never thought that there would be one here, and I am fortunate to be able to see it with my own eyes in this life! Baoyu, you have been here a long time ago, don't you know what it is?"

Legend has it that the ancient emperors of heaven got the immortal elixir and ascended to the heavens to live forever, and the most famous of the various immortal elixirs is the Langji fruit, which is said to be owned by the Xuanyuan Heavenly Emperor. In fact, before Emperor Xuanyuan, Emperor Taihao and Emperor Shennong had owned it, but Emperor Xuanyuan was the most famous, and the legend attached it to him.

Baoyu shook his head and said, "The mountain god didn't tell me the names of those trees, I only know that they can bear very special fruits, which are condensed by the vitality between heaven and earth. ”

Shui Gu didn't expect that she had seen the legend with her own eyes today, and she also asked, "Child, have you eaten it?"

Baoyu replied with a smile: "I have eaten several according to the method of the Mountain God Sect, and I have absorbed the essence of the Immortal Dao in them. ”