After saying goodbye to Wu Shouxiang, Cheng Shi and I left the dojo of the nine-tailed spirit fox and returned to Cheng's house all the way.

Cheng Shi told me, I won't keep you, you should go back as soon as possible. With that, he went to the room and opened the cabinet and took out the posthumous photo of his son Cheng Hai.

"You take this, and when you get the hang of it, you'll be blessed by my son. He will help you then. Cheng Shi said: "Xiao Feng, I hope that you will achieve great success in cultivation, and in the future, this will also be my son's merit, and he can also find a good home." ”

I took the photo and carefully put it in my bag.

Cheng Shi took the wine at home, toasted me, we cherished each other, and I left Cheng's house. All the way to the dusty train, back to the village. After a short rest at home, I said hello to my grandfather and went to the Zhaojia Temple non-stop.

When I arrived at the door of my mother-in-law's house, I straightened my clothes and knocked on the door. After a short time, Aunt Hong opened the door and saw that I was back, she had a relieved look: "Xiao Feng, did you succeed?" ”

"How do you know?" I wondered.

Aunt Hong said: "I feel that your spirit is different from before, and besides, if you don't succeed, you won't come to our door again." ”

I laughed and didn't say anything, Aunt Hong took me into the hall and went to greet Mother-in-law Fengyan first. After a short time, she hurried back and said to me with a smile, "Mother-in-law wants to see you." ”

I entered the living room inside, and Granny Fengyan was sitting in a rocking chair swinging back and forth, making a gesture to signal Aunt Hong to go out, and there were only two of us left in the room.

"How's it going?" Mother-in-law Fengyan asked: "Listening to your footsteps, there is no heaviness and anxiety in the past, do you have any understanding these days?" ”

I bowed my hand and said respectfully: "Mother-in-law, these days I went to find Teacher Cheng Shicheng from Dagushan, I have had some experience, I have also thought deeply about your question, and I got my own answer. ”

Mother-in-law Stormy Eye smoked: "Then tell me, what is the purpose of cultivation?" ”

"Nine times out of ten, people are unsatisfactory, and being born in Hongchen is the beginning of suffering, which is also the meaning of life. In fact, human life itself is cultivation, and moving a horse and pole is just a way to realize cultivation, which is the same as walking, sitting, and lying down. The purpose of practice is to understand one thing. I said.

"What's the matter?" Mother-in-law stopped her cigarette pouch.

"People can't choose where they come from, but they can choose what they do, where they want to go. To practice is to understand one's purpose in this life. I said.

Mother-in-law Fengyan was silent for a moment: "What if I am not satisfied with this answer and reject you again?" ”

I smiled: "Practice according to the law of cause and effect, if you can't ask for it, don't ask for it, let it be." ”

Mother-in-law Fengyan sneered: "What you said was taught by Cheng Shi's old thing, did you think of it yourself, did you come up with such a set just to deal with me." ”

I said calmly: "I don't do anything to answer questions, and I don't do anything to answer questions, the above words are what I have been thinking and thinking these days, and I don't just say it to deal with you." ”

Mother-in-law Fengyan had a cold face, smoked again, and didn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere in the room was extremely depressing.

Suddenly, she smiled, and the wrinkles on her face were all smiling: "Feng Ziwang, kneel down for my old lady." ”

I was stunned, suddenly understood something, and quickly knelt in front of her.

Fengyan's mother-in-law said: "Feng Ziwang, you are very spiritual, and your origin is also extraordinary, and you have a deep relationship with the old fairy in me." Listening to your words now, I believe that it is worth reassuring and trusting to hand over the hall to you. And remember, the state has national laws and family rules, and the monks have their own rules. Back then, Mrs. Hu Sanye set up six rules and eighteen light rules, don't violate them after you go out of the court, otherwise you and the old fairy will face a catastrophe, these rules will be written to you when you come out of the court. ”

I promised.

Mother-in-law Fengyan said: "You get up, come here, I have two more intimate words to tell you." ”

I got up from the ground and came to her. Mother-in-law Fengyan said: "I can eat you or something, come closer, bring your ears over." "This old lady has a strange smell, especially the smell of e-cigarette oil in her mouth, which can smoke people to death. I frowned in embarrassment, so I had to force myself closer.

As soon as I arrived in front of her, Mother-in-law Fengyan suddenly waved the cigarette pouch pot, and the hot smoke pot was lit on my eyebrows. I was caught off guard, and I fell to the ground with a hot scream, and I felt a fire burning on my forehead.

When I think about it, it's useless to struggle. Granny Eye sat in her rocking chair, crunching back and forth, and I fainted.

Just when I was in a daze, I vaguely saw a young man talking to a vague shadow, this shadow could not see clearly, and his figure was very old. The two of them spoke very intensely, and the words they spoke seemed to be Chinese, but they couldn't understand them when they were connected together, as if they were using Chinese characters to form another language.

At first, the old man's shadow appeared agitated, furious, gloomy and did not express his opinion, but later, under the persuasion of the young man, his figure gradually faded and gradually disappeared.

I looked at this young man very familiar, so I said, "Huang Xiaotian, is it you?" ”

Huang Xiaotian was wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt, he was already clear-eyed, and he smiled kindly: "Of course it's me." My mother-in-law told me about the hall, and I agreed, and the two of us ate in the same trough in the future. ”

"You are my Grand Sect Master, my old fairy." I say.

Huang Xiaotian laughed: "I'm a fairy, but I'm still very young." I think we're quite speculative, but there's something I want to explain to you first. ”

"You say."

Huang Xiaotian said: "The immortal family is not casual, you can follow whoever you want, you must first obtain a license, just like opening a company, the registered address, the size, the main business or something, this is all talked about." Of course, these are the rules of the hall, they are all afterwords, first of all, the Xiangtong must be in tune with the fairy family, and in the future, I will play for you, and I will also go to your body, which requires us to have a heart and work closely together. ”

"And then?" I asked.

Huang Xiaotian said: "I am a scattered immortal, there are some rules that can not be enforced, but there is one that no one can avoid." That is, before you go out of the hall, you have to grind with me three levels. ”

I wondered, "What does this mean?" ”

"I can't tell you the specifics, otherwise how can it be called grinding. These three levels are to see if you are qualified to be a real Xiangtong. Huang Xiaotian said.

"How to test, did you test me?" I say.

Huang Xiaotian smiled: "These three questions are given to you by God, not by me, I am not so capable." I can't explain the mechanism to you, let's put it this way, you are an ordinary person, and now you have to cross to the netherworld and the spiritual world, which is a transgression, and there will be a lot of visions and symptoms, just like you were originally an African, and now you want to live and live in Antarctica, you will definitely not adapt to the water and soil, there will be many unexpected problems, and even the body will not be able to stand it, and there will be serious diseases. These three levels of training are necessary procedures, on the one hand, depending on your spirituality, and on the other hand, depending on whether your body is suitable for contact with the netherworld. ”

I don't seem to understand: "Do all the children have to go through this hurdle?" ”

"Almost." Huang Xiaotian said: "It's just that the form is different. Most psychic people will at least get seriously ill, and this is the beginning of the trial, but many people don't understand that some will recite Buddhist scriptures, believe in Christ, and some will be sent to a mental hospital. In fact, these are the three levels of trials before going out. Some people can't even pass a level. ”

I'm a little nervous, gritting my teeth, what should come will come, don't be afraid. I said, "Okay, I'll take it." ”

Huang Xiaotian said: "The netherworld trials of these three levels may not necessarily come when. I'll tell you a way to do it, to turn a blind eye and not to hear it, and not to be weird. ”

"Okay, can I ask you a question." I say.

"Say it." Huang Xiaotian said.

"You were talking to an old man, who is he?"

Huang Xiaotian was a little embarrassed: "That is my father's yin god, and now it is attached to you." I made it clear to him, I want to cooperate with you to go out of the court, and when the time comes, I will resolve its resentment and let it reincarnate. It's gone, and I'll be able to give you a clue. ”

He yawned: "I'm going to sleep with you so much, so you can do it yourself." If you can't pass these three levels, it means that our brothers are not lucky. ”

As he spoke, he staggered into the darkness of the room, and I hurried after him, but my feet slipped and fell to the ground. After a shake, I opened my eyes again and woke up. It turned out that I had a dream just now.

I got up from the ground and saw Granny Fengyan smoking a cigarette pouch and a pot in her mouth, looking at me with a smile.

"Mother-in-law, I had a dream just now." I say.

Mother-in-law Fengyan smiled: "I know, Huang Xiaotian told you." You should go back and come back after three levels. ”

I secretly complained, why there are so many Taos, I asked her, when will these three levels come.

Mother-in-law Fengyan smoked a cigarette pouch: "Come on, I have opened the yin and yang tricks on you, and the test of the netherworld will come soon." Oh, by the way, Huang Xiaotian didn't tell you one of the most important things, before the three levels are over, you can't leak yang essence, you have to maintain a pure yang body. ”

I blushed and squeaked and shook my head, he didn't say that.

Mother-in-law Fengyan said: "The three tests may not all be painful, and there is also the pink test, you should be mentally prepared." Once the yang essence is not guaranteed, even if it fails, you don't have to come again. ”