Chapter 5: Descending the Mountain
"The teacher really looked away...... Dao Xuan Zhenren got up from his seat, walked to Mo Wen and looked at it carefully for a while, "I didn't expect you to be a genius." β
"The master praised it falsely, and the disciple is stupid, how can he be regarded as a genius." Mo Wen lowered his head, his heart poundingβnot excited, of course, but nervous.
But Dao Xuan only regarded Mo Wen's reaction at this time as excitement, he was actually very happy now, after all, accepting a disciple with extraordinary qualifications and accepting a disciple with average qualifications were completely different things.
"Don't ask, today's teacher will pass on your spirit control technique and the method of sacrificing magic weapons, you need to practice well, and then you can go down the mountain." Dao Xuan Zhenren smiled.
"Down the mountain? Master, where am I wrong? Please forgive Master. Mo Wen was "shocked" and fell to his knees with a thud, his heart beating faster - this time not nervous, but excited.
"Get up quickly, I'm not driving you out." Dao Xuan Zhenren couldn't laugh or cry a little, "Chang Jian didn't tell you, when my Qingyun disciple cultivates to the fourth layer of the Jade Qing Realm, he can go down the mountain to find the materials for refining magic weapons, and each depends on chance...... If you don't want to, there are still many magic weapons left by your predecessors on Tongtian Peak. β
"The disciple is willing to go out and practice." [Haha, I can finally find time to go to Kongsang Mountain, and my luck can be comparable to Zhang Xiaofan...... He can get both the Blood Eater Orb and the Soul Dementor, so there's no reason why I can't find a magic weapon that can compare to him. γ
"That's very good." Dao Xuan Zhenren nodded with satisfaction, "The art of the Imperial Spirit is the foundation of all laws, and the rest of the Dao methods can be self-realized." Chang Jian, don't ask him to pass on some practical Taoism before you go down the mountain. β
"Yes."
After a short time, after Dao Xuan Zhenren taught the true method, he let the two go back to the room. Looking at the backs of the two of them in the distance, Dao Xuan Zhenren showed a trace of doubt on his face: "I obviously saw that he was a middle-aged person that day, why is he a genius now?" β
On the way back to his residence, Chang Jian finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and turned back to Mo Wen who was following him and asked:
"Little junior brother, with your qualifications, why did it take so much time to cultivate the first layer of Taiji Xuanqing Dao?"
"How do I know?" Mo Wen looked confused, "At first, I practiced very hard, but later on, I entered the realm quickly, and I don't know why. β
"Don't think about that." Chang Jian looked at Mo Wen's hard thinking (pretending) and said loudly.
"Got it. Senior brother, what is the difference between the Dao Law and the Spirit Guarding Technique? Mo asked.
"The essence is the same." Chang Jian replied, "All kinds of Dao methods are high-end applications of the art of controlling spirits, such as the art of fire incineration, which is to use one's own spiritual power to attract the fire and spiritual power between heaven and earth to incinerate the target; The art of controlling the sky is to bring yourself up with your own spiritual power, that's all. β
"However......" Chang Jian changed his words, "the Dao method created by our ancestors is much more subtle than our direct spiritual control in many subtleties, and we may not be able to use even half a cent of spiritual power to do what we have to do with spiritual power." That's why I'm going to learn this, you know? β
"I see." [Isn't it the difference between direct calculation and calculation with theorem formulas?] γ
"Alright." Chang Jian opened the door and sat on the edge of the bed, "I'll teach you some practical Taoism now, listen to it with your heart, and remember it by heart." β
Chang Jian talked about it all night, starting from the most basic Taoist methods such as the technique of igniting fire, the technique of gathering water, the technique of condensing ice, and the technique of guiding thunder, etc., and talked about the technique of fire incineration, palm thunder and other attacking techniques, and finally mentioned the "Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique" of the Qingyun Gate Famous Earthquake Cultivation Realm. When it comes to the "Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique", Chang Jian looks yearning, just like a child who longs for candy.
"Senior brother, is that 'Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique' really so powerful? Neither will you? "Don't ask knowingly.
"Nature." Chang Jian was a little disappointed, "Not only must you be profound, but you must also have a divine blade to fully display the power of this true technique." I'm still a little worse off, and the magic weapon fairy sword is even worse. β
"Oh...... I see. β
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The Chang Arrow of the Dao Law or something was handed over to Mo Wen in one night, and then it was only by personal hard practice that he could master it, so the next day, Mo Wen said goodbye to Chang Jian and Dao Xuan Zhenren, and began his journey of finding heaven and earth spiritual objects to cultivate magic weapons.
Carrying a bag of luggage, carrying the second senior brother Chang Jian and giving him an iron sword, Mo Wen walked down Tongtian Peak.
"Hawkers, it's just a guy for self-defense, but the quality is not bad, does Qingyunmen have a professional blacksmith?" Mo Wen walked on the mountain road and played with the long sword in his hand.
Qingfeng Sword: Two stars (excellent), a sword made of fine iron, a sharp weapon for killing people, but it is still a mortal iron.
"The sword is good, but it's a pity that it's not suitable for me." Mo Wen sighed, and the second senior brother Chang Jian also made it clear when he handed him this sword, which could only make Mo Wen's travel life a little more convenient - after all, although the unified Dao robe of the Qingyun disciples was very deterrent outside, it was also very hateful, so the disciples who traveled abroad needed a long sword to deter ordinary people, at least there were disciples in Tongtian Peak who would send a sharp long sword when they went down the mountain.
Mo Wen's attributes at this time are:
Physical comprehensive quality: two stars (a very small number of ordinary people can achieve through unremitting exercise)
Soul Comprehensive Quality: Four-Star Lower (Cultivated Person)
Mastery of power: spiritual power: quality (three stars), quantity (four stars)
Skill:
Swordsmanship (Battlefield) (Expert), Swordsmanship (Dexterity) (Mastery)
Qingyunmen Taoism: Many practical Taoism based on Taiji Xuanqing Taoism passed down by Qingyunmen.
Exercises practiced:
Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao (the fourth layer of Yuqing Realm): The true method of Taoism can make heaven and earth powerful.
Dafa Prajna (Xiaocheng): The highest secret method of self-cultivation in Buddhism.
Combat effectiveness evaluation: Four-star median (elite), in this era of immortals, Buddhas, and demons, you are enough to be regarded as a master, but you are only a third-rate, and you are also the weaker category among third-rate masters.
That's it, Mo Wen, who can already use the power of the Dao method to hurt people, is it so useful to carry an iron sword that does pure physical damage on his back?
Two days later, Mo Wen walked out of the Qingyun Mountain Range.
"Whew, it's so far away from the sect, you should be able to rest assured." Mo Wen, who had been looking east and west along the way, put away his curious expression, "It's really tiring to pretend to be an ignorant child in the past two years, but I can finally relax." β
[Well, the general outline of the first volume of the "Book of Heaven" is under the 'Necronomial Abyss' in the 'Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Caves' of Kongsang Mountain, and Kongsang Mountain is three thousand miles to the east...... Then go all the way to the east, collect spiritual objects along the way, refine magic weapons, and then find a way to go down the 'Necromantic Abyss'. Mo Wen thought about it for a moment and made a decision.
Three thousand miles, that is, fifteen hundred kilometers, is a long distance, if you walk slowly on only two feet. Now Mo Wen has to walk this distance alone enough to cross most of China, fortunately, he is not an ordinary person, and he can fly.
Along the way, this fantastical and beautiful world really opened Mo Wen's eyes: all kinds of strange beasts; Thousands of thriving flowers and trees; Magnificent rivers and mountains, simple and hospitable farmhouses...... Of course, there are also evil beasts and blinding scum, just like now.
"Boy, hand over everything you've got on you!" A big man in tattered clothes with a meaty face holding a rusty iron knife and a group of ragged minions blocked in front of Mo Wen, "Look at your kid is a white and pure scholar, don't force us to be rough!" β
"Hey...... How many times has this been? "Mo Wen has a headache. [Is there really so much brain-dead in this world? The guy who walks alone in the wilderness and carries a sword on his back may be a scholar? Even if you are a scholar, you must be a scholar who is not easy to bully, how can you be afraid of you amateur robbers......]
"Toast and don't eat and drink!" The big man looked at Mo Wen with disdain, and rushed up with his little brother with a big knife.
[If you are cut by this weapon, you will definitely get tetanus.] Mo Wen looked at the reddened rust on the knife and thought to himself. [This can be regarded as an attack with a special status.] γ
As a result, there is no doubt that a thousand ants can't beat an elephant either, and the result is that Mo Dao's method is useless, and the three swords and two swords gave each of these robbers a one-way ticket to hell. Then I found some silver and a nice magic weapon material from them......
Looking at the evaluation five-star thousand-year-old cold iron in his hand, Mo Wen sighed, he had already harvested a lot of magic weapon materials of this level this month, and there was not a single high-level thing......
[I don't have high requirements, I just want a seven-star magic weapon like Xiao Fan. Mo Wen closed his eyes, folded his hands, and shook his head at the sky.
Blood Devouring Bead: Seven Stars (Rare) (Sealed), 800 years ago, the black-hearted old man of the Demon Sect used a peerless murder weapon that swept the world, refined from blood-turning green jade, which can absorb the essence and blood of living creatures, and the power is endless. But the fierce aura contained in it will affect the master's mind and make people thirsty for killing and warlike. Now it is sealed by Puzhi, one of the four great monks of Tianyin Temple, with the "Great Brahma Prajna" true method, but I don't know how long the seal that has lost its source can suppress it...... The nemesis is the Excalibur "Tianya".
At that time, when he saw the Blood Devouring Bead from Zhang Xiaofan's body, Mo Wen was really startled, after all, the Blood Devouring Bead is not the strongest in this world, and there is an ancient sword 'Zhu Xian' on it...... Nima's power system in this world is almost capped, you must know that the evaluation given by the Traveler's House is only nine stars in total.
Therefore, Mo Wen doesn't look down on these five-star materials, and says that here I want to talk about the level judgment of items, the star rating of items is judged according to the materials, of course, some materials will also increase the star rating during the refining process; Then the evaluation of the item is based on the craftsmanship of the item...... Mo Wen admits that he doesn't have the skills of those refining masters, so he can only try to find high-star materials.
Maybe God heard Mo Wen's prayer, or that Mo Wen's heavenly family finally began to exert his might, and in the next few days, Mo Wen found five six-star materials in a row, with different attributes, namely glazed fire jade, ten thousand years of Xuantie, immortal bamboo, frost and ice, and Kunyan.
"Gold, wood, water, fire, earth...... All five elements are complete. But why aren't there any seven-star ones? Mo Wen looked at the materials in front of him, feeling a little happy and a little depressed.
"Forget it, it's still nearly a thousand miles away from Kongsang Mountain, and I don't believe I can't find the materials of the Seven Stars." Waving his hand to put the six-star material in front of him into the space, Mo Wen cheered up and continued to move towards the east.
Within a thousand miles of the west of Kongsang Mountain, the mountains are continuous, there are few people, Mo Wen has been walking here for nearly five days, all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants have made him miserable, you really can't imagine how many lurkers are in a small place in this primeval forest, in the soil, in the trees, and even hanging in the sky...... And what bothered Mo Wen the most was that in such a harsh environment, he didn't find any good things.
"Damn, did you run out of good luck the other day?" Mo Wen waved his hand and froze the big spider in the air in front of him into an ice sculpture, while complaining.
After walking for several miles, Mo Wen, who still hadn't found anything, found a clean place to sit down - he was just a little tired, and in this dangerous jungle, Mo Wen had to stay in good shape at all times.
After using the technique of gathering water to moisten his throat, he got up and drew a warning circle with the Qingfeng Sword centered on the stone he was sitting on, and then sat cross-legged on the stone and began his practice for the day. Cultivation is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Without perseverance and patience, one cannot enter this world that belongs to monks.
After more than a month of cultivation, Mo Wen had already stabilized his current realm and was familiar with the many techniques taught to him by Chang Jian. Among them, the three basic Dao methods of gathering water, igniting fire, and condensing ice are the most proficient...... Mo Wen has not yet cultivated to the realm of Bigu, these small spells used in life are naturally very familiar, followed by the basic magic circle called "Spiegel" but used as an alarm - how can you do it without any precautions when you go out? After more than a month of practice, Mo Wen can draw on the ground with his eyes closed.
The basic circle "Mirror" can help the user to dispel distracting thoughts and make his mind like a mirror. This is the primary effect, and the secondary effect is that once a living creature enters the circle, the owner of the circle will notice it...... This was supposed to be a perfect magic circle for early warning, but unfortunately the insects are also living creatures! Every night when Mo Wen was cultivating, the faint light emitted by the magic circle would attract a lot of insects, and Mo Wen had to get used to cultivating in the environment where countless insects crawled around him, and he also had to interrupt his cultivation from time to time, because many of the insects here were poisonous...... You can't be climbed on top of this guy.
In fact, Qingyunmen has a formation to solve this situation, just like Tianyin Temple has a "Prajna Heart Circle", and the advanced formation of "Mirror" "Suppressing Evil Spirits" can deter the surrounding snakes, insects, rats, ants and some demons with low cultivation...... It's a pity that Mo Wen tried several times, but he couldn't activate the magic circle.
"It's still not enough." Mo Wen opened his eyes and slashed the centipede approaching him into two pieces with a sword, and then looked at the sky, "It's almost dawn, let's get ready to go." β
He took a few wild fruits from the space and put them to his mouth to nibble, Mo Wen smoothed out the traces of the magic circle with his feet, and then continued to move east.
At this time, it was just before dawn, the stars were dim, and Mo Wen walked in this dense jungle by the dim moonlight. Discarding the kernel in his hand, Mo Wen reached out to remove the branch that was blocking the front, and found a flash of thunder in front of him.
"Something!" Mo Wen was startled at first, and then added a wind resistance technique to himself, urging his whole body's spiritual power to chase after the thunder light.
Thunder Sable: Three stars (elite), thunder is a strange beast, and the ordinary sable is mutated by the influence of the thunder system of heaven and earth. Although his strength has strengthened a lot, he still can't change his timid nature.
[Thunder is a treasure of heaven and earth! Mo Wen's heart was hot, he had heard Chang Jian say that the magic weapon of the thunder system was very rare, and the most famous was the divine sword "Tianya" in the hands of the withered master during the Great War of the Righteous Demon eight hundred years ago.
The sable is a small animal that is already running fast, and after being strengthened by the power of thunder, the speed is even more amazing, and Mo Wen can only hang far behind the thunder light with all his strength, and he can't catch up.
The thunder marten gave full play to its timid nature as a mink rat, and Mo Wen chased it for a whole day and night, during which he hacked to death several large beasts with fierce appearance but only two stars in combat power. Perhaps it was because it couldn't run anymore, and the mink no longer changed direction, and Mo Wen followed it for nearly a quarter of an hour, and finally before the sun rose, he blocked the little animal in a stone cave.
Lei Mink lay on a blue stone, baring its teeth at Mo Wen, and a subtle electric light traveled all over its body, as if it was about to launch a thunderous blow as long as Mo Wen stepped forward.
Mo Wen completely ignored the hostile Lei Mink in front of him at this time, and his eyes were completely attracted by the stones under Lei Mink.
Thunder Stone (Six Stars): The spirit stone stands on the top of the mountains, is not destroyed by the thunder, for a long time, this stone has the power of the thunder, but unfortunately the vicissitudes of the sea, the treasure has been buried in the ground for a long time, and the spirituality is gradually lost. (Everything has an expiration date...... οΌ
"It's a pity, if the spirit is not lost, this stone should have seven stars." Mo Wen sighed a little disappointed, and casually played a trick, trying to trap the thunder marten.
Seeing this, the thunder marten let out a sharp whistling sound, and then a huge thunderbolt came out of it, shattering the magic trick played by Mo Wen, and slashed straight over.
What's going on? Mo Wen drew a circle in the air, secretly using spiritual power, and a cyan Taiji diagram with golden light appeared in front of him, blocking the thunder.
"Huh......" Mo Wenchang took a breath, first used the softness of Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao to reduce the power of the thunder, and then used the Dafan Prajna to resist, and finally took the sudden blow of the thunder mink. At this time, the little guy was lying on the thunder glowstone in a languid manner, squeaking weakly.
Seeing that the thunder mink's fur suddenly lost its luster and the thunder glowstone that suddenly flashed under it, Mo Wen didn't understand why this little animal had borrowed the power of the strange stone to send out a blow that surpassed his own strength. But it was also injured by the violent thunder spirit power on the strange stone because of this.
Seeing Mo Wen stretching out his hand to grab him, Lei Mink closed his eyes resignedly. Looking at the trembling appearance of the little animal, Mo Wen felt amused for a while, and threw it aside casually with the neck of the thunder mink, Mo Wen held the thunder glowstone in his hand, and ten seconds later, Mo Wen, who received the prompt, put this piece of material into the space. Then he drew a magic circle directly on the ground and sat up on the spot.
Although Mo Wen took over the thunder with the characteristics of the two true laws just now, it also caused a great burden on his body, coupled with the day and night of catching up, Mo Wen's combat strength at this time was less than a quarter of his full state, of course, he had to recuperate.
The mink who was thrown aside by Mo Wen opened his eyes, his swarthy little eyes rolled, and then looked at the person who had been chasing it for more than a day suspiciously, as if he couldn't understand why this person had been chasing it for so long if he didn't eat it. Seeing that this vicious creature had taken over his lair and snatched his treasure, the mink grinded his teeth, and finally turned back and burrowed into the woods...... Home and baby can be found again, there is only one small life.
The cave was quiet, and only Mo Wen, who was sitting cross-legged, was left with a clear glow reflected by the blue light emitted by the formation.