In the snowy region, deep in the jungle, a simple wooden house stands on the vast snow. The cedars within thirty feet of the surrounding area had been cut down, leaving a huge vacuum. On top of a tree stump in front of the wooden house, a chessboard is placed. The chessboard is composed of 17 straight lines horizontally and vertically, and the black and white pieces are intertwined on the board. On the left and right sides of the chessboard sat two old men, playing with each other, you come and go, so lively. The old man on the left was holding a white man, and I saw that he was dressed in a gray plain robe, his figure was thin, and the sleeve of his right hand was empty, and he was actually a man with a broken arm. The old man on the right is holding a sunspot, he is wearing a cyan robe, a white beard, a red face, and a burly figure than the old man with a broken arm. The two old men drank tea and played in this group of pines, which was also very comfortable.

"Brother Xian, Tian Yuan has been lost, and now that you are embattled, you have lost again. The old man with the broken arm smiled and said to the white-bearded old man holding the sunspot.

"Brother, we have known each other for forty-three years, and every time I play a game, I lose more and win less, I see, I can't surpass you in chess skills in this life, hahaha......" The white-bearded old man said with a hearty smile.

"You have such a fiery temper, playing chess is really wronged by you, it is better to let you go to practice with Yu'er. The old man with the broken arm said with a smile.

"Don't mention that stinky boy, since he got hold of that ancient lamp, he doesn't need us to follow him anymore. I'm so idle now that I'm full of energy, but I don't have a place to make it, don't you say I'm aggrieved?!" The white-bearded old man said that his beard trembled, obviously very excited.

"Okay, don't complain, he's coming back soon, let's go cook, by the way, be sure to hide the wine!" the old man with the broken arm advised.

"Alas, I didn't expect our two masters to come at this moment, and it won't make people laugh to death when they spread it. Okay, I'll hide the wine first, or he'll see it like a fly sees meat," the white-bearded old man grumbled as he walked into the house.

These two people are Ling Feng and Di Xun, since they comprehended that ancient lamp five years ago, they have been singing all the way, and they are like a bamboo. Continuing to march into the depths of the snowy region, this is now the seventh time they have moved home. And Ling Yu also strongly demanded that the two of them not follow. At first, the two old men were not at ease, and always secretly hung behind to observe, but later found that Ling Yu was not only skilled, but even his wisdom was beyond ordinary people. Even if he encounters an opponent who is stronger than him, he can face it calmly. Moreover, Ling Yu's use of "Falling Immortal Jue" and "Nine Turns of Breaking Demons" is even more handy. Whether it is internal strength, divine sense, or combat skills, it is like being reborn, and there has never been a defeat in the past five years. In his own words, if you can fight, you will win quickly, and if you can't fight, you will recuperate, and then challenge when you are strong. What really impressed the two old men was not the speed of Ling Yu's growth, but his strength that never admitted defeat. Therefore, gradually, Di Xun and the others also went with him, but just in case, Ling Feng deliberately made a strand of Ling Yu's hair into a soul lamp, if he was in danger, the two old men could also find him in the first place.

"Grandpa, I'm back, do you have any meat to eat today?" At this moment, a clear voice came from the pine forest.

Di Xun looked up, and a young figure appeared in his field of vision. The boy was more than six feet tall, his wheat-colored skin looked particularly healthy in the setting sun, and his shoulder-length hair was casually draped behind his head. The thick eyebrows are like two sharp swords, and they are heroic. A pair of black eyes are like two cold stars in the clear night sky, blazing brightly. The bridge of his nose is high, his teeth are white and his lips are red, and when he smiles, a small tiger tooth emerges from the corner of his mouth. The knife-like cheeks are sharp and angular, and there is a hint of cunning in the perseverance, this young man is Ling Yu who has returned from cultivation. Now he has faded the youthfulness of his childhood, replaced by a wild masculinity, and only when he smiles, he can vaguely see the shadow of the past.

"Yu'er is back, how is it today, what are the gains?" Di Xun asked, handing a cup of hot tea to Ling Yu's hand.

"It's okay today, and I got to a draw with a two-tailed white tiger. There was also a cunning fox, but before the winner could be decided, it ran away. Ling Yu said with some regret.

"Just do your best in everything you do, and don't be too yourself. Di Xun smiled and patted Ling Yu's shoulder and walked towards the house. Now Ling Yu is a head taller than him, and it may be inappropriate to touch his head again.

Ling Yu was bored sitting outside the house alone, so he took the ancient lamp he carried with him in his hand and played with it carefully. Stroking the warm ancient lamp, Ling Yu's thoughts seemed to return to five years ago.

After the weasel was hunted by the prime man, the corpse was sent to them, and the spell to manipulate the ancient lamp was also searched by Ling Feng from the weasel. Di Xun and Ling Feng studied for a long time before they gradually mastered the method of this ancient lamp. Through that ancient animal skin, Di Xun and Ling Feng learned the origin of this ancient lamp.

As the two of them had guessed, this ancient lamp did come from the Western Desert. Legend has it that the yellow sand of the Western Desert is everywhere, and there are many temples. The disciples of the Buddha family and Buddhism practiced there and purified all sentient beings. It's just that this ancient lamp is not from the current Western Desert, but has been passed down from generation to generation in the distant past. And the specific hand of whose hand this ancient lamp began is not recorded on the animal skin, so Di Xun and the two are not clear. The animal skin only says that this ancient lamp was used by its first generation users to suppress monsters a long time ago, and was enshrined in a very large temple, held by a statue of an Arhat several feet high. Later, the user feathered and ascended, and ascended to the fairy world. When he went to the fairy world, he once told his descendants that if there were no special circumstances, the ancient lamp must not be taken off, otherwise the world would be ruined. But there is greed in people's hearts, and even Buddhist disciples are not exempt from vulgarity. One day later, a walker came to the temple who borrowed the night to turn into a relationship, and the elders in the temple were merciful and convenient. Unexpectedly, the practitioner harbored evil intentions and secretly poured a peerless elixir refined with eighteen precious herbs in the well water of the temple, and the people in the temple fell asleep after drinking it. So, at the third watch of the same night, the walker forcibly took away the ancient lantern with great mana. In an instant, the temple collapsed, the black sand filled the sky, and three huge scorpions crawled out of the temple underground. The three giant scorpions sucked out all the essence of the sleeping people in the temple, and the temple with the peak of incense turned into purgatory on earth overnight. The walker knew that he was in trouble, so he didn't dare to stay for a long time, and secretly escaped from the temple with the ancient lamp.

Later, a Zen master who had gone out to practice in the temple returned, and when he saw the scene in the temple, he knew that the ancient lamp had been stolen. In order to stop the three giant scorpions from running rampant in the world, he traveled far away to find ancient lanterns. How can the world be vast, the territory is boundless, and the Zen master has not been able to achieve his wish until his death. And because that practitioner witnessed the tragedy in the world, he had demons in his cultivation, and he knew that he would not be able to enter the immortal realm for the rest of his life. When he was about to die, he wrote this suicide note in the skin of a 10,000-year-old giant crocodile. Begging for future generations to get the ancient lanterns, they must find the three giant scorpions, suppress them again, and then be sure to return the ancient lamps to the Western Desert. He copied the operation of the ancient lamp on the animal skin, and when he had done all this, he passed away with guilt and remorse.

Later, this ancient lamp fell into the hands of the weasel after several tosses, and it was already vicious, so it naturally ignored the instructions of the practitioners, and just concentrated on cultivating the method of manipulating the ancient lantern. However, this ancient lamp was originally an artifact of the human race, and it needed to be driven by the internal force of a human cultivator. It's a strange beast, and it doesn't know how to cultivate. By chance, the weasel discovered that the essence blood could trigger the ancient lantern, and since then it has been out of control, relying on the power of the ancient lantern to run rampant in the snowy region. It wasn't until he met the three of Di Xun and was killed by a mysterious man in his prime that this ancient lamp fell into Ling Yu's hands.

At first, Ling Yu didn't want to learn how to manipulate this ancient lamp, he thought that this ancient lamp was too evil and vicious. Later, Ling Feng said to him, "There are few utensils in the world that are good and evil, only good and evil people, people with good intentions use it rightly, and people with evil intentions use it evil, and only the heart makes it." ”

From then on, Ling Yu began to slowly practice the manipulation of the ancient lantern. He was gifted and intelligent, and it only took him two months to understand the method of urging the ancient lamp. It's just that he almost doesn't use ancient lamps to fight the enemy, he feels that ancient lamps are a killer weapon, and he won't use them easily unless he has to. So in normal times, he still focuses on strengthening himself.

"Yu'er, it's time to eat. Di Xun's shout interrupted Ling Yu's thoughts.

"Okay, here we are. Ling Yu agreed, carefully took the ancient lamp into his arms, and ran towards the house. Over the years, it has become a habit for him to never leave the ancient lamp.

In the past, when the three of them went out together, they would have dried meat, dry food and rice porridge every day. In the past five years, Ling Yu has not needed the company of Di Xun and Ling Feng, and the two old men have had a lot of time to show their cooking skills, in Ling Feng's words, "It's uncomfortable to be idle, you have to do something." In addition to playing chess and drinking tea with Di Xun every day, most of the rest of the time is spent on cooking. He also used his spare time to brew several jars of Songhua wine, of course, the winemaking was done behind Ling Yu's back. The situation when Ling Yu drank Tianchi Chaolu five years ago made Ling Feng still have a shadow now, so his idea was to resolutely not let Ling Yu drink, and he couldn't let him see it.

Today's dishes are hearty, with wild boar trotters in sauce, steamed rabbit meat, jade snake soup, and stir-fried pine nuts. Although it sounds like an ordinary dish, each dish is rich in essence. It is taken from rare animals and plants such as thousand-year-old porcupines, jade rabbits, two-headed dragon snakes, and cedars. Ordinary people who take more than one bite will have blood and qi surge and their essence will be disordered. Fortunately, the two old men have deep internal strength and can withstand the nourishment of spiritual power. And Ling Yu was originally a freak, so he could digest it.

"Yu'er, how are you feeling lately, are there any signs of breaking through?" Ling Feng asked Ling Yu as he gnawed on the pig's trotters.

"I don't know if this is a breakthrough, anyway, since three months ago, there has always been an inexplicable feeling of swelling in my qi sea, and sometimes even in the middle of my body, the Divine Court has that feeling. Ling Yu replied while drinking the snake soup.

"Huh?" Ling Feng and Di Xun were both shocked when they heard this, and a trace of joy that could not be concealed crossed between their eyes.

Ling Yu was already thirteen years old, and strictly speaking, his cultivation was still outside the threshold of the cultivation world. Because Ling Yu has never crossed the tribulation, that is to say, his realm is not considered to be the Shangyuan realm. Although he can fight across ranks, he is still a small "layman".

"Yu'er, stretch out your hand. Di Xun touched Ling Yu's vein, and then reached out to Ling Yu's dantian. He sensed it for a moment and continued to command: "Yu'er, run the exercises." ”

After a long time, Di Xun slowly withdrew his palm and nodded lightly at Ling Feng.