The fingers of Wuxian oozed blood, tightly clasped in the cracks of the rock wall, the green tendons protruded, the body was attached to the vertical cliff, sweating profusely, his knees against the raised stone ridges, which had been cut, and below was the abyss, he was exhausted, and he was trapped in this position for a stick of incense, and there were still several zhang high above it, so that he could climb to the mouth of the cave to rest.

Wuji turned his face sideways again, frowned, and looked at the red sandalwood not far away, lying on the pine tree on the stone wall, covering his face with a hat, Wuji had begged many times, and he always pretended not to hear.

Wuji bit his lip and looked up at the crack in the stone that was a foot high from him, and only by grasping the crack could he climb to the entrance of the cave, because he had already climbed a few feet above, and the height of the climb had increased today.

Wuji couldn't reach out to grab that place, and only by jumping hard could he grab that position, but he thought he couldn't do it, because he had no strength and could only cling to the stone wall like a gecko.

If you can't get by, you can only stay here until noon, miss lunch, and watch Master on the cliff, eating barbecue with relish, and it will continue the next day.

This is something that Wuji is very upset about, because every day the master will take him to the cliff and have to climb, he knows that the master is trying to strengthen his body, but in the past few days, not only has he not been strong, but he has eaten a lot less food and has become thinner.

He first supported his hands for a while, loosened his legs, and then supported his feet for a while, loosened his hands, and felt some strength, gritted his teeth, frowned angrily, and exerted his hands and feet at the same time, the whole body jumped upwards like a frog, and when his fingers were only a palm away from the crack, his body stopped rising and turned to fall, and Wujian secretly screamed, "Not good!" , slid down the stone wall uncontrollably, and when he slipped to his original position, he tried to grasp the crack, but he didn't grasp it steadily, and continued to slide down.

Seeing that he was about to fall into the abyss, Zi Zhan's ears moved slightly, and with a flick of his palm, a rope flew out, and the rope flew quickly towards Wu Barrier, instantly wrapping Wu Barrier's waist, and Wu Barrier's body swayed, and was hung under the tree where Zi Zhan rested, swinging for a long time before stopping.

Wu Jian let out a long sigh, closed his eyes, Zi Sandalwood picked up the hat, and said with a smile: "How about it, do you still have the strength to climb up? If not, then you have to hang here for noon!"

Wuji frowned and complained: "Master, I like to bully apprentices, to find fun, in the world, where is a master like you?"

"Hehe, then you see the world, where is there a lazy apprentice like you, besides, you are bored all day long, and good people are also suffocated, who are you looking for fun?"

"It seems that Master must have tortured Master like this, so Master came to torture me like this. ”

"You're wrong, he doesn't care about me, because his eyes can't see anything. ”

"How so?"

"I don't know about this as a teacher, and he doesn't say it, maybe it's caused by a loss of control in the process of cultivation, don't talk about it. After speaking, he threw the chicken leg to Wuji, "You pass today, eat it first, and then practice swordsmanship!"

Wuji took the chicken leg, and as soon as he finished eating, his body was lifted, and Zi Sandalwood threw the sword to Wuji, "You show the first style of "Willow Wind Sword Technique" to the teacher!"

"Willow Wind Swordsmanship" has a total of ten styles, namely, the spring breeze blows the willows, the green tips on the head, the thousand sorrows hang down the bank, the jasper is emaciated, the flying flocculent wind is clear, the dancing wind makes shadows, thousands of silks, according to the head of the river, the water is cut off, and the dragons are chasing the sun.

The tenth type of 'dragon chasing the sun' is to combine the first nine styles into one type, in one go, the power is huge, just an idea of the withered willow year, the red sandalwood can not be used, and the withered willow can not be made back then.

Unhurried one-handed take the long sword, eyes condensed, one palm lightly supported the sword body, the palm of the hand unfolded, the long sword in front of the chest, trembling slightly, like a willow branch swinging with the wind, this is the first style of "willow wind swordsmanship", "spring breeze blowing willows" of the sword, concentrating for a moment, only to see the long sword waving, the sword is light, the trajectory is undulating, erratic, not in a hurry, flexible and tenacious.

Rosewood nodded and praised for a while, and sighed with a silver beard in his hand, and when the unhindered display was completed, he collected his sword, and returned his hands to Rosewood, Rosewood sighed: "You will show this 'spring breeze and willows' to the fullest, and you are not accurate in your mastery, but it is a pity that although your swordsmanship is fine, it has its shape and appearance, and it lacks internal strength, which can't blame you, your physique is not good, if you have enough internal strength, you can subdue demons and eliminate demons with this style alone, no one is perfect, it's a pity!"

Wu Barrier said: "It's not a pity, it's just a waste of time to practice swords." ”

"Hehe, you're open, don't you want to go to the outside world in the future?"

"I don't want to, the apprentice is used to being alone, and there is nothing in the outside world that the apprentice misses, could it be that the master has lived here for a long time, feels lonely, and wants to go out?"

Rosewood pondered for a long time and said: "It's not, it's just that there is a regret in my teacher's life, and I hope that in my lifetime, I can make up for that regret." ”

"Master's cultivation is so high, have you ever regretted it?"

Zi Sandalwood smiled bitterly: "Who has no regrets, and the cultivation of the teacher is also a mediocre person in this cultivation realm!" You must know that there are people outside the world, there is heaven outside the sky, and the teacher is just a Taoist priest who wanders around, how can he be compared with those famous and decent people, the way of cultivation, there are many methods, a hundred schools of thought contend, the most famous Taoist school I know, the Central Plains Huangshan Yunmeng immortals, Mount Tai Bixia Yuanjun, Songshan Longquan Zhenren, Lushan Feijian Zhenren, there are Kunlun Mountain Ye Yizhen in the west, Tianshan Snow Lotus Lady, Emei Mountain Qinglian Yuanjun in the south, it is said that they have reached the realm of scattered immortals, and they do not know how many times higher than the teacher, and there are some cults, their realm is not under the scattered immortals, but they are ashamed of the decency in order to achieve the goal, do not compromise the meansIt is said that there is an extremely mysterious sect, what religion is not clear, where the church is not clear, and who the leader of the sect is not clear, it is rumored that the four Dharma kings under the teaching have the ability to split the sky and cover the sea, and can destroy a country in an instant, but no one has seen them, maybe it's just a rumor. ”

Listening to Master's description of many famous sects and sects, he felt that there were quite a few cultivators in this world, and he was full of curiosity for a while, and asked, "What are they cultivating for?"

Zi Sandalwood smiled: "This still needs to be asked, of course, it is to attain the Tao and ascend to immortality, and live forever." ”

Wuji asked again: "After immortality, what else can I do?"

"Live with heaven and earth, visit the road of enlightenment, and enjoy comfort and purity forever!"

Unhindered and clear, his eyes flowed, he sat on the ground, and said lightly: "Master said that cultivators should go with the flow, have a pure heart and few desires, and go with the flow, life is like that weed, one year old and one withered, there is life and death, this is nature, this is the Tao, if it is immortal, then it is not going against the path?" Pure heart and few desires, this rock is pure heart and few desires, can exist forever, without thoughts, without feelings, always looking at the world, never thinking, never changing anything, what is the meaning of existence, and those who cultivate the truth are nothing more than trying to turn themselves into a stone?" In fact, Wuji's own heart is also contradictory, he can't understand why he wants to live, he wants to live, but he doesn't know what he is living for, especially the moment he sees his relatives die, he feels that life is painful, there is an innate loneliness in his heart, and his coldness is by no means ruthless.

Wuji's words made Zi Sandalwood fall into contemplation, and after a long time, he said: "What you say, I have never heard it as a teacher, think about it carefully, it is true, spend your whole life, in order to ascend to the Tao, and at the end of your life, all you leave behind is regret, as you said, then why are you still so depressed, shouldn't you be happier?"

"I don't know, I haven't done anything to make me happy since I was a child, I want to live happily, but I always think of death, I want to do something, and before I can do it, I will expect the ending." ”

"Then don't think about it, it's good to live in a daze. ”

There was a hint of cunning in Wuji's eyes, "So, Master, let me climb the rock, it's useless." ”

"Stinky boy, I want to be lazy, isn't this for you to live a few more days, don't you rub it, show me the second style in practice!"

......

In the blink of an eye, Wuji and Master have lived in this Cangyan Mountain for eight years, these eight years, Wuji has done every day is to take a bath and climb the mountain, occasionally accompany Master to play chess, at first along the stone wall to climb up, and then to climb down, Zi Sandalwood said "Up is the pursuit, down is the state of mind, the next is more difficult than the top, if you want to climb up, you need to learn, how to come down." ”

And Li Jian believes that it is all the same, the body has not become as strong as expected, and he is still thin in the master's robe.

I only learned the moves of "Willow Wind Sword Technique", and the rest of the red sandalwood was not taught, because there is no obstacle to condense qi, condensation is the foundation, without this foundation, any advanced spells can not be practiced, and the red sandalwood does not want to touch the injury of no barrier, and no obstacle does not want to be boring.

Rosewood often took out the inner dan in the package at night, and pondered and observed at the lamp, these inner dans were taken out of the demon beast's body after he got rid of the demon beast, some were large and small, with different colors, and some of the inner dan also emitted a faint light.

And in recent years, he often holds a duck egg-sized black stone, engrossed in figuring out, sometimes a figurative figure, is one night, this stone is extremely strange, there are dense small holes on it, take out more times, no obstacle to see, once asked what it is, Zi Sandalwood said: "This stone is called" requiem stone ", is a regret for the teacher's life!"

Wu Barrier puzzled: "What is the regret of a stone?"

"Hey, this stone is not an ordinary stone, it contains powerful mana, and it can't be cracked after twenty years of research for the teacher, if you can crack this stone, you can leave with peace of mind for the teacher!"

Wuji knew that he couldn't help the master, so he didn't continue to ask.

......

Wu Jian lay on a slightly sloping stone wall, closed his eyes and recuperated, he has become proficient in climbing over the years, much easier than at the beginning, and the master is no longer 'watching', he often hides here to be lazy, procrastinating time, so as not to increase the amount next time, but this time he was wrong, and Rosewood hung him from the tree above the entrance of the cave.

The reason is that the entrance of the cave is densely packed with caterpillars, squirming around the hole, the ground can't get down to the feet, the red sandalwood has a little bit of cleanliness, especially don't want to see the caterpillars, the reason is only clear to him, seeing that there are many insects on the tree next to the hole, he ordered to catch and trample to death, and he saw that there were too many caterpillars on the ancient tree, and he couldn't catch them, and it was too disgusting to trample so much, so he thought of a way, he surrounded the caterpillars at the entrance of the cave, and used a wooden pole to lead the caterpillars on the tree into that circle, and the result became what it is now。

Zi Sandalwood pointed to the caterpillars at the entrance of the cave, his stomach was rolling, his face was pale, and he said angrily: "What is this, do you want to disgust the master to death?"

Wu Ji was hung from a tree and explained, "Didn't Master tell me to catch insects? I saw that there were too many insects, so I thought of this method and exhausted them to death. ”

"How can you die of exhaustion, can't you see it, it's all ......there" turned around and pointed to the dense insects, this bite didn't hold back, vomited out the morning food, and after relieving, his face flushed, "You are obviously lazy, and the teacher will punish you for not eating for a day!"

"I'm not dead now, but I'll be dead tomorrow morning, and when the time comes, I'll sweep it away. ”

"Okay, you sincerely make your master uncomfortable, you will hang here tonight, these ......" and vomited again, forcibly holding back, "When will you die, when will you come down!" After speaking, he left angrily, meditated by the waterfall all night, and was hung all night without obstacles, and those insects also circled around the hole all night.

......

The next morning, when the sun came out, all the insects at the entrance of the cave died, and piled up at the entrance of the cave, and became a mountain of worms.

When Rosewood came back to look at it, she was first disgusted, then surprised, and asked, "How did this work?"

Wuji opened his sleepy eyes and said, "Master let the apprentice come down, and then tell the master!" Zi Sandalwood flew up, untied the rope, and after moving his muscles and bones, he picked up a broom, swept the insect off the cliff, and after sweeping it clean, he sat down and said: "The apprentice has a habit of observing this worm, and he always likes to follow behind his partner, so the apprentice formed a circle around them, and they followed one by one, circling in a circle, until they were tired to death, and they couldn't get out of that circle." ”

After hearing this, Zi Tan slowly sat on the stone bench at the entrance of the cave, and muttered: "I can't get out of that circle!" fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he said abruptly: "We are actually the same!"

......

For the next three days, Zi Sandalwood never came out of the cave, holding the 'Requiem Stone' and constantly refining it with spells until he went mad.

I saw that the white hair of the red sandalwood stood up, the eyes were blood-red, the green tendons were bursting up, and the roar was endless, and the barrier could only go over and shout, and the rosewood flew up and almost killed the barrier with one palm.

When he saw Wuji's calm gaze, he controlled himself, his fierce eyes gradually disappeared, he withdrew his raised palm, looked at Wuji, and confessed: "I almost caused a catastrophe!" and sat down on the ground.

After a long time, he looked at Wuji, and suddenly handed the 'Requiem Stone' to Wuji, and said: "You save it for the teacher first, it is an evil thing, and the teacher can't control it for the time being, you don't have true qi in your body, and it doesn't hurt you." After a pause, he said: "For the teacher, you want to go down the mountain, to do something, you stay in the mountain, keep it, and after three days as the teacher, you will come back!" After speaking, he walked out of the cave and disappeared under the mountain after a while.

After Zi Tan left, Wu Ji took the 'Requiem Stone' and said: "What kind of magic does this stone have, it actually made Master almost kill me by mistake, what secret is hidden here, so that Master regrets it so much." After carefully observing it for a long time, I couldn't understand it, "Forget it, this is so important to Master, Master asked me to keep it, then I'll keep it." ”

"Where to put it?" Thinking of the master's worried departure, he always felt that this stone was a little weird, faintly uneasy, and it was not safe to put it anywhere, and he hesitated for a long time with the 'requiem stone' in his hand, and then he thought of a safe place, he climbed under the tree above the cave, this tree was rooted in the crack of the rock, and there was just a gap between the root and the crack of the stone to be placed, and if he didn't reach in and dig it out, he didn't know where he could hide something.

No need to take a bath, no need to climb a mountain, no need to practice swords, no obstacle can be much more leisurely, three days passed quickly, when the red sandalwood came back, no obstacle was still sleeping.

The obstacle was brought up by the red sandalwood, "The inferior man is weak and lazy by nature, which makes the elder brother laugh." Seeing that Wuji's eyes were still closed, "I haven't seen your uncle soon, it's not a joke!"

Wuji opened his sleepy eyes, looked at the green-robed Taoist beside Zi Zhan, and knelt down and said, "I've seen the ...... teacher" suddenly widened his eyes.