Chapter 2: Three Souls and Seven Spirits
Deep in the dark cave, a fire was burning.
Next to the fire, the strange man carried a long sword upside down, and from time to time he flicked the burning dry wood. Above the fire, the two hares roasting were overflowing with grease at this time, and the fragrance was fragrant.
"Uh-huh......"
A muffled snort sounded, and the strange man glanced at Ye Tian, who was lying on the ground, and a cold voice without any emotion sounded: "Are you awake?"
Ye Tian opened his eyes, and the firelight came into view, which also reflected the strange man's uncertain face.
Habitually struggling to sit up, Ye Tian was surprised to find that there was no pain in his body, and he forgot his own situation at the moment, and said in surprise: "You are the one who removes the pain on my body?"
The strange man did not answer, still holding his sword and teasing the licking tongue of fire.
Ye Tian was still immersed in great joy, and said to himself: "My name is Ye Tian, dare to ask what the seniors call me?"
Ye Tian thought that the strange man would continue to be silent, but unexpectedly, he stood up in vain, his eyes were as cold as a cold pool, and he looked at Ye Tian and said, "People who are about to die, where are there so many noisy words?"
Ye Tian was shocked, the whole person seemed to be poured down by a basin of cold water, and the pestle was speechless there. Originally, Ye Tian's body was comfortable, thinking that he had been rescued by a master and had been cured, but listening to what the strange man said, the truth did not seem to be as beautiful as Ye Tian imagined.
I don't know how long it took, the strange man's face finally loosened a little, and said, "Young man, do you know why your whole body hurts from time to time?"
Ye Tian shook his head, his smile was a little unnatural, but Ye Tian didn't have more fluctuations in his heart, many years of illness had made Ye Tian see through life and death.
The strange man didn't care about Ye Tian's depressed mood, sneered, and said: "Your life and soul have changed, but you are a great stranger in heaven and earth, this heaven and earth are ruthless, so you can't tolerate it." ”
Ye Tian was hooked by the strange man's words, over the years, he had visited countless doctors with his parents, and the doctors had heard not a thousand or eight hundred, but he had never heard of the matter of life and soul.
Since this strange man can save himself from danger, he must also have some skills, maybe there is a cure, thinking of this, Ye Tian regained his mood, and hope was ignited in his heart.
Seeing that the strange man was still talking, and he was going to continue to narrate, Ye Tian hurriedly listened intently, not daring to reveal a word.
"Heaven and earth have spirits, which dominate all kinds, and live and kill. In the world of life, the blood of parents shapes the body, and the creation gives birth to Lingxiu, and the three souls and seven spirits are transformed. This is a fixed number, and no one has been able to change it since Hongmeng opened it up. There are only a very small number of aliens, or the soul is incomplete, the fire of life is as small as a broken candle, or the spirit is beautiful, close to a certain avenue, and there is no one in ten thousand cultivation qualifications. ”
The strange man said, his eyes fell on Ye Tian, who only felt that those eyes could see through everything, and standing in front of the strange man, he seemed to be transparent.
Ye Tian lowered his head and pondered for a long time, according to what the strange man said, could it be that he has the qualification to cultivate the truth because of the abnormal soul change?
After a long time, Ye Tian continued: "So, my situation is that my soul is incomplete?"
The strange man shook his head and looked away, his dirt-stained skin trembled slightly, and even his tone became solemn: "No, instead of being mutilated, your soul has an extra life soul. ”
Ye Tian was stunned, he didn't know what it meant to have an extra life soul, but he could see from the strange person's reaction that this was definitely extraordinary.
"The three souls are divided into heaven, earth, and man, and the two souls of heaven and earth are always outside, and only the soul of life resides in them. I have traveled all over the clouds, and I have seen countless strange people and geniuses, but even in the heavenly capital where the heavenly spirits and earth monsters gather, I have never seen this kind of situation. Perhaps, that legend is true...... Heaven and earth do not tolerate people, really let me meet them?"
The strange man said, his expression became excited, his figure flashed, and in the next moment, he moved in front of Ye Tian out of thin air.
Ye Tian was startled, the strange figure was so strange, coupled with the cave environment, the fire next to Rao was still making Ye Tian feel a chill in his heart.
"Ye Tian, your name is Ye Tian. Very good! Today, you will enter my door and cultivate with me, and I can pass on your supreme supernatural powers to help you reach the top!"
The strange man's face was only less than an inch away from Ye Tian's face, and his crazy look made Ye Tian's heart tremble.
This strange man is crazy in speech and behavior, not like ordinary people, how dare Ye Tian cultivate with him, but thinking about his illness, he was hesitating, and did not reply for a while.
"You want to disobey my will?"
Seeing that Ye Tian was hesitant, the strange man said in vain, his palm was empty, and he took the long sword thrown on the ground in the air, and slashed it backwards, and a quenching sword qi of life and death tore out, sinking into the hard stone wall I don't know how deep, leaving only a sword mark exuding a compelling aura on the surface.
Ye Tian was shocked by this sword, when his father Ye Wen did not resign, he was a scholar of the dynasty, befriending the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty, Ye Tian followed him every day, and he was also extremely knowledgeable, but even those fierce generals of the brave martial arts crown cover the three armies, they could not match the courage of this strange man.
"Why, don't you agree? Aren't you afraid of death?"
The strange man's tone was piercing cold, and Ye Tian sniffed out that it was a disregard for life. If you don't agree with each other, you will set off a sea of blood to kill.
Ye Tian is not afraid of death, after nearly ten years of illness and torture, his heart has already been tormented like a rock, and it is difficult to shake. Although this kind of indifference in the strange person is very ruthless, any living creature will instinctively fear when facing it, but it does not have much effect on Ye Tian.
"You can kill my body, but you can't twist my mind. ”
Although Ye Tian was grateful to the strange man for helping him, he straightened his waist at this time, his body trembled under the terrifying aura emitted by the strange man, but his eyes were extremely firm, and he looked at the strange man without the slightest intention of backing down.
The air seemed to condense at this moment, and the two faced each other, without giving in.
Suddenly, the weirdo seemed to think of something, and smiled:
"If you don't comply, I'll kill your parents first!"
The strange man didn't talk nonsense, at this time it was like a volcano that had been ignited, and he was about to rush out of the cave with his long sword.
Ye Tian's face changed, the sword of the strange man before was the pinnacle. Don't say it's your own father, even if you want to kill the emperor, thousands of troops will have to be changed.
"No!"
Unexpectedly, the strange man actually coerced himself with his parents, Ye Tian roared, seeing that the strange man was about to carry the sword out, his mind turned sharply, and suddenly remembered that the strange man just wanted to force himself to be an apprentice, and immediately swept the cave, picked up a sharp stone, and held it against his throat.
"If you dare to touch my parents, I will cut myself off here now!"
"Hmph, if I don't let you die, even if the sky wants you to die, don't try to take it easily!"
The strange man was not threatened in the slightest, and with a cold snort, he burst through the air with a fierce qi and hit Ye Tian's wrist. A feeling of soreness and numbness instantly spread throughout his body, and Ye Tian's body softened and fell to the ground.
"You...... Don't kill them. I'll practice with you, you can learn anything!"
Ye Tian lay on the cold ground and spoke with difficulty.
At this time, Ye Tian's heart was full of helplessness, it was not that he was unwilling to learn and practice with strange people, but his temper was too weird, and he wanted to use his parents to coerce him, Ye Tian felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Over the years, because of his illness, his parents have been running around, and he has troubled them too much, and now if they are killed by strange people because of themselves, Ye Tianzhen doesn't know how to atone for his sins.
When the strange man heard this, his figure flickered and fell back to the fire, which was really elusive.
"Hmph, there are not many people in this world who want to worship under my door. You're good, but you don't want to!"
The strange man dissipated a little of his anger, tore off a roasted rabbit leg, took a big bite of a piece of rabbit meat, and began to eat it.
The pressure around him dissipated, and Ye Tian lay on the cold stone, his limbs recovering his strength.
After a while, Ye Tian struggled to sit up, and he didn't care about the rabbit meat, so he grabbed one and started to eat it, no matter what, fill his stomach first, and then talk about it when he has the strength.
Besides, Ye Tian has his own evaluation of the strange man, although this strange man has a strange temperament, fierce and domineering, but it is not impossible to communicate, it is better to follow his meaning for the time being.
Yes, Ye Tian made up his mind to follow the strange man to cultivate first. Even if you go crazy, it's just a death.
Three times and five divided by two to eliminate the roast rabbit, and the strange man on the other side had just finished eating, and his oily palm wiped it on the tattered placket, and then walked in front of Ye Tian, his expression was calm.
After looking at Ye Tian, the strange man sorted out his thoughts and said, "You enter my door, and from now on, you will be my second disciple." Today, I will first tell you about the path of cultivating the truth. ”
Ye Tian was sitting in danger, the strange man had the means to suppress the pain in his body, and this alone had a fatal attraction to Ye Tian. Now the weirdo has to start teaching, whether he lives or dies in the future, he naturally has to learn at the moment.
"The human body is made of flesh and blood, and it is impossible to get rid of the flesh without reaching the state of detachment. Your current cultivation is only laying the foundation for stepping into the cultivation of the truth, and if there is no one to guide you, you will only end up staying in the physical body, and it will be difficult to see the true path of cultivation. ”
Hearing this, Ye Tian nodded. He is only cultivating some superficial qi induction methods now, inhaling the free spiritual qi between heaven and earth into his body, blending it with essence and blood, and refining it into true qi. These means, even the martial artists of the rivers and lakes can do it, that is, the exercise of the body as the strange man said, to lay the foundation for the future.
"And if you want to knock on the avenue, you must refine the soul. There are countless points in the human body, all over the body, and the cultivators call it: the entrance. Each entrance not only connects the meridians, but also hides the dormant power of life, but it is extremely difficult to develop. ”
"Among the thousands of entrances, there are three most important places, namely: the spiritual sea, the heart sea, and the phantom sea. The Spiritual Sea is the place where the three souls reside, the Heart Sea is the place where the Seven Spirits are raised, and the Illusory Sea is the place where the essence of the flesh's qi and blood is stored, and it is the place where life flourishes. ”
"At the beginning of cultivation, I couldn't completely open up the Phantom Sea, I could only hook a little qi and blood essence, refine the flesh and blood meridians, and make the flesh body stronger little by little. After the whole body is cleansed, you can try to open the entrance of the Phantom Sea. ”
"Xiuzhen has developed so far, and there are countless methods that have been passed down to open the entrance to the Phantom Sea. Those who have great perseverance, water drops through stones, do not borrow foreign objects, and completely rely on the blood of a body to chisel through the wall of the entrance; But your situation can be called an unprecedented change, and if you want to succeed in your cultivation, you must find another way. ”
The strange man said, one palm was attached to Ye Tian's lower abdomen, and a heat surge in the palm of his palm, making Ye Tian feel as if he was in a furnace, and the blood in his body was about to be evaporated.
"You have an extra soul in the Illusory Sea, if you only open up the Illusory Sea and don't cultivate the soul, it will definitely lead to unimaginable consequences. But the way of cultivation is gradual, one step at a time. The cultivation of the soul can only be opened at an extremely high level. There's a lot of going on to cross that it's almost impossible for you to do right now. ”
Ye Tian sat honestly cross-legged, and was fascinated by it for a while, but the strange man's words were always mysterious and mysterious, and he thought about it for a long time before he knew his situation.
I was born with an extra soul, which is not tolerated by heaven and earth, so I am riddled with diseases, and if I want to live, I must go against the sky, cultivate myself, and fight for my life with the sky.
The first step of cultivation is to break through the Phantom Sea Entrance, the Phantom Sea is a place to hide essence and absorb qi, ordinary people only need to save enough qi and blood, break through the Phantom Sea Entrance, but they are different from others, there is a life soul hidden in the Phantom Sea, and they have to cultivate the life soul at the same time, otherwise when they break through the Phantom Sea Entrance, the life soul is too fragile, once this life soul is damaged, it will move the whole body, and the remaining three souls and seven spirits will be wiped out in a snap of their fingers, and they will also dissipate in the world.
However, according to the general situation, the cultivation is gradual and gradual, and when you reach the advanced realm, you will start to cultivate the soul, and if you want to directly exercise the soul at the beginning, it is extremely difficult, and Ye Tian is stuck in this step......
After a long time, the strange man saw that Ye Tian came back to his senses, his hands were spread out, and he didn't know when there was an extra thing in his palm.
On the left hand, it is an ancient book, the cover is yellowed, and there is not a word on it.
In his right hand, it was a human-shaped jade carving, and his appearance was plain, but Ye Tian glanced at it a few times, and after looking away, he was surprised to find that the appearance of the statue in his mind suddenly disappeared, and he only knew that it was a jade carving, and he could no longer remember the specific appearance of the statue.
"There are two exercises here, both of which are forbidden exercises that have been lost for thousands of years. The ancient book on the left hand is "Forget the Heavens", which has the power to turn decay into magic. After cultivating, you will be able to erase all traces of your existence from this heaven and earth, and eventually become the existence closest to the origin of heaven and earth. At the same time, you will gradually forget the troubles of the world, forget all the people and things that bind you, and cultivate freely. And the life soul in your illusory sea will also be dissolved and become the nourishment of your three souls and seven spirits, allowing you to achieve twice the result with half the effort in cultivation, far beyond ordinary people. ”
Listening to the strange man's eloquent narration, Ye Tian looked at the wordless book of heaven, and there was a feeling of resistance in his eyes, especially the sentence of forgetting people and things, which made Ye Tian feel an almost ruthless indifference.
He is willing to follow the strange man to cultivate, on the one hand, so that he will not kill his parents, and on the other hand, in order to live. But let Ye Tian forget everything in order to survive, Ye Tian can't do it.
is too forgetful, no matter how powerful it is, in the end it is just a walking corpse.
"What about the other exercise?"
Ye Tian's gaze moved away from the wordless heavenly book and fell on the jade carving.
This jade carving was very strange, Ye Tian tried it several times, wanting to imprint its appearance in his mind. As soon as I turned my head, it was blurry again, and I couldn't remember it.
"This exercise is called "Heaven and Earth Change", also known as the Thirteen Changes of Heaven and Earth. After cultivating, it will incur the jealousy of the Heavenly Dao, and it will rain down immeasurable killing and calamity, and behead and destroy the Dao. This method is extremely dangerous, it is a great forbidden method, even I don't dare to try it easily, it is rumored that not only is it as painful as ten thousand ants devouring my body when cultivating, but I am also always worried about the way of heaven, and if I am not careful, my soul will fly away, and I will not even have the opportunity to be reincarnated. As for you, this exercise is very suitable for you. After all, if you are born with an extra life soul, you will definitely die, and if you cultivate with a death-bound mentality, maybe there will be a little turnaround, hehe......"
The strange man's words fell, no longer spoken, and let Ye Tian choose for himself.
Ye Tian stood for a long time, and after a long time, he finally spoke, and then picked up the jade carving in the strange man's right hand.
"I thought, go back and see my parents first. ”
The strange man put away "Forget the Heavens" and glanced at Ye Tian with deep meaning, but this time he did not embarrass Ye Tian.
"Good. I will allow you to go back for three days, and after three days, if you do not return, you will stay in Huangquan forever with your parents!"
Anyway, the weirdo didn't care what Ye Tian thought in his heart, he just told Ye Tian that if he wanted to continue his life against the sky, he would have to break through to the twelfth level of qi cultivation within at least half a year. Otherwise, even if the strange man made a move, it would be difficult to suppress the life soul in Ye Tian's Illusory Sea. At that time, what Ye Tian will face will be a dead end where his soul will be scattered.