On the Huiwu Square in Shushan.

This square is the daily practice of martial arts of Shushan disciples, and the arena for practicing Taoism and competition.

When Shushan was prosperous, this huge square could be filled with nearly a thousand people.

And now, on this huge square, there are only two lonely people.

Such a contrast makes people feel a touch of desolation and depression.

Mo Yixi came here with Li Xiaodao, he sat on the steps of the square with his buttocks, and patted the position next to him, and said, "Sit, I want to tell you how many categories the cultivation of Shushan is, and then you choose your own homework." ”

Hearing this, Li Xiaodao sat down on the stone steps, nodded and said, "Please also ask senior brother for advice." ”

Previously, he had always used the honorific title of Jianghu people to Mo Yixi, but now he finally worshiped Shushan, and his generation was the same as Mo Yixi, so he should call the other party his senior brother.

Mo Yixi didn't care about the change of title in Li Xiaodao's words, he took a sip of the wine gourd often, and then showed a little reminiscence in his eyes, and said:

"Originally, this kind of thing of teaching exercises has always been taught by the major elders of Shushan, but Shushan suffered a catastrophe a few decades ago, resulting in the scattering of people, and several elders decades ago ended their lives after this, and then the disciples could not continue the fault, so there are now less than twenty disciples in Shushan, and the teaching is done by the senior brother."

Li Xiaodao sighed: "I have also heard about this matter in the rivers and lakes. ”

The catastrophe of Jiang Ming decades ago, because Jiang Ming entered the demon and slaughtered ninety percent of the disciples of Shushan, caused a fault in the disciples of Shushan, so that after the elders ended their longevity, the rest were new disciples, and the task of teaching Dao swordsmanship fell to the only remaining disciple Yin Ruozhuo.

Now that Yin Ruoclumsy is going down the mountain, the only thing that Shushan can handle is the wine sword immortal Mo Yixi.

And Li Xiaodao's mind flashed here at this time, and he suddenly seemed to understand why the old man would agree to let him wear the Taibai Sword.

That old man was Yin Ruozhuo's master, naturally Jiang Ming's master back then, that is, the head of the year named Jiang Juezhi.

He lost his beloved son and ninety percent of his Shushan disciples because of Jiang Ming's change back then, all because this old man forced Jiang Ming too hard and was too obsessed with something.

Now, decades have passed, and the old man can agree to hand over the sword of the seventh generation of the head of the seventh generation who regards Shushan as a taboo to him, which obviously means that the old man has seen through something and understands that some things are too persistent, and he will only leave regrets.

Of course, this is just Li Xiaodao's speculation, and he can't completely determine whether this is the case or not.

He didn't know that even if he couldn't guess everything, it wasn't far off.

Here, Jiujian Immortal lamented the decline of Shushan for a while, and then stepped into the topic, he said: "Shushan cultivation is divided into four aspects, which are swordsmanship, talismans, qi training, and cultivation. As for why you want to choose two subjects instead of all cultivation, it is because people's energy is limited, and more importantly, because some of these four subjects can only be specialized in one. ”

Li Xiaodao nodded, showing an expression of listening carefully.

Seeing this, Mo Yixi suddenly had a trace of strangeness in his heart, and when he saw Li Xiaodao's expression as a good boy who listened carefully, his heart actually gave birth to a trace of satisfaction, which made him a little surprised, and secretly wondered: "Could it be that I was born to be a good teacher?" ”

Swept away those irrelevant thoughts, Mo Yixi began to tell the difference between the four lessons in a straight way.

He first talked about swordsmanship, and said: "The swordsmanship of Shushan is famous in the Six Realms, and Shushan is also named Shushan Immortal Sword School, but swordsmanship is always only a minor course, and the same is true for runes, both of which are minor moves, and the main homework is Qi training and cultivation. ”

Li Xiaodao said with a thoughtful expression: "Is it because as long as the skill and realm are reached, the minor moves will naturally be able to come easily?" ”

Mo Yixi showed a teachable look of admiration, he said: "Cultivation is a container, swordsmanship and spells are water, a one-pound wine jar, even if it is a fifty-year-old flower carving, it is full, it is only a catty, if you want to become a big tool, you must first turn yourself into a wine tank, a wine cellar, a pond, a lake, and even the sea!" By the time it reaches Dacheng, the grass, trees, bamboos and stones can all be used as swords, and there is no way to do it. ”

Li Xiaodao understood, this is the theory of internal force in Jin Yong's martial arts novels, it seems that Duan Yu, Xuzhu, Zhang Wuji and others have all practiced a world-class internal force, and then with a move, even if it is a flower and a flying leaf, it can hurt people.

He then asked, "Then the choice I need to make is to choose cultivation or qi cultivation among my majors, and runes or swordsmanship among my minor, right?" ”

Mo Yixi nodded and said: "That's right, but you don't need to choose the homework of your minor, you yourself have a rare Gengjin sword qi characteristics, and you have obtained a top-grade fairy sword that is better than my fairy sword, if you don't choose swordsmanship, but choose runes, it is definitely a tyrannical thing, and besides, the head of the sect let you go to Sword Mountain to try instead of the Fu Fa Ancestral Hall trial, it is precisely because Shushan needs to re-establish the cornerstone of the Sword Immortal Sect, so it is necessary for you to practice swordsmanship." ”

Li Xiaodao was not disappointed when he heard this, it was his wish to become a sword immortal, so he said: "I also love swordsmanship, so naturally I will not disappoint the good intentions of this Taibai sword and the master." ”

Mo Yixi also knew that Li Xiaodao would make such a choice, so when he spoke just now, he didn't take it into account, and directly pointed out what Shushan needed now.

Li Xiaodao then asked, "I choose swordsmanship for the minor homework, but I don't know what is the difference between the qi training and the cultivation of the major homework?" ”

He couldn't figure it out at this time, there was only one way to cultivate immortals on the earth, that is, to introduce qi into the body, refine qi and transform gods, practice gods and return to the void, and return to the void to become immortals.

But now that he has arrived in the world of the Immortal Sword, he has actually divided into two paths: Qi cultivation and cultivation.

Mo Yixi took a sip of wine, smashed his mouth, looked at the endless blue sky in front of him, and said:

"In fact, there is a distinction between the two and the low, it is very clear, the path of cultivation is a broad road that points directly to the avenue, however, the path of cultivation is a test of people's understanding and perseverance, if there is no understanding, even if the cultivation is useless for a lifetime, and there is no perseverance, when facing many difficulties, in the face of the most difficult time of their own demons.

When encountering some obsessions on the road, if you can't break through them, you will fall into a situation from which you will never recover. In serious cases, they will go crazy and sexless for the rest of their lives, and even worse, they will be wiped out on the spot, and they will not even have the opportunity to enter reincarnation. ”

"And throughout the thousands of years of history of Shushan, the only one who can rely on cultivation to achieve immortality is the first generation of Shushan patriarch Taiqingzhen."

"Therefore, most of the disciples of Shushan choose to practice qi all the way, although practicing qi can also become immortals, but if you want to accumulate enough spiritual power to become immortals in a few hundred years, it is almost impossible, but there are so many in Shushan, the most famous is the twenty-third generation head of the sect, Xu Changqing, the patriarch."

After Mo Yixi finished speaking, he then stared at Li Xiaodao and asked: "These two, although the cultivation path is difficult, compared to it, it can be seen that the hope of immortality is greater, and although the cultivation of qi cannot become an immortal without chance, it will not suffer from all kinds of Dao heart demons." ”

"So, which one are you going to choose? Cultivating the Tao or practicing Qi? ”