Chapter 15: Make a Friend
Following the original path all the way down, Li Ding soon came to the previous hall again, but found that there was already a person waiting for him here. The man was white-haired, had a feminine complexion, and sat cross-legged on a futon in the main hall with no informality. Looking at his outfit, it is somewhat similar to Hu Yishu, and it should also be the predecessor in Jinguangmen.
"You're Li Ding, right?" Seeing Li Ding appear, the old man asked Li Ding.
Li Ding nodded and said, "The kid is Li Ding, I don't know what the seniors call him?"
The old man got up slowly and said, "My name is Ye Lianhai, you should call me Elder Ye." ”
"Elder Ye?" Li Ding said suspiciously, looking at the old man's feminine face, but his tone of voice was so approachable, and he suddenly remembered what Elder Yu had confessed.
On the way up the mountain, Yu Lao had already told Li Ding that there were three halls in Jinguangmen, namely Tianyuan Hall, Tianwu Hall and Medicine Hall, and these three halls were respectively in charge of Hu Yishu Hu Hall, Xu Wuzhou Xu Hall Master and Huayang Huatang Master. There are various exercises for cultivating vitality in Tianyuan Hall, and as long as Qiyuan is successful, you can choose the exercises that suit you. Tianwutang is a place to learn martial arts, and you can learn martial arts that suit you from person to person, while Yaotang is a place to refine various pills. In addition, there are four elders in Jinguangmen, namely Qiu Zhengyi, Ye Lianhai, Liu Yu and Liu Yun, and according to Yu Lao, this Liu Yu and Liu Yun are still a pair of brothers and sisters.
The person who took Li Ding up to Feiyuan Pavilion before should be Hu Yishu, the hall master of Tianyuan Hall, if nothing is wrong, the old man in front of him is the second elder Ye Lianhai.
Elder Yu once confessed that he must be respectful to these people, and thinking of this, Li Ding hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please forgive the boy for being rude, I have seen Elder Ye." ”
Ye Lianhai looked at Li Ding's respectful appearance, couldn't help nodding, and said: "You kid is interesting, but you don't need to be polite, I still have some friendship with the old Yu family, since you are specially recommended by him, you naturally have to take special care of it." ”
"Special care?" Li Ding said in his heart, but listened to Ye Lianhai continue: "Why did you first arrive, you don't know much about the situation in this sect, follow me out, and I'll tell you some things." As he spoke, he walked outside the main hall first.
"Oh. Li Ding answered and hurriedly followed. The two of them followed the stairs in front of the main hall to the left and went up a mountain path.
On the way up, Ye Lianhai kept explaining to Li Ding the things in the Jinguang Gate, Li Ding could feel that Ye Lianhai did it on purpose, although Yu Lao had explained some before, but it was not so detailed, and these are also things that Li Ding urgently needs to know now, so he listened very seriously.
"I saw the smoking house on the left. While talking and walking for a while, Ye Lianhai suddenly pointed to a string of buildings on a hillside on the left and said: "There is a canteen, if you are hungry, you can go there and ask for some food, but all the food needs yuan." ”
"Yuan coin?" Originally, when Ye Lianhai said about the cafeteria, Li Ding felt a little hungry, but the latter sentence made Li Xia ask suspiciously. Ye Lianhai kept going up under his feet, and said as he walked: "It is the common currency in the Golden Light Gate, you can exchange the gold coins for Yuanwu Pavilion." ”
These words made Li Ding stunned, and the gold coins he came from there followed behind Ye Lianhai and said with some embarrassment: "Elder Ye, I'm ...... I'm an orphan, and now I'm empty-handed, so what gold coins are there? ”
Ye Lianhai said without looking back: "Actually, most of the people who enter the Golden Light Gate are civilian disciples, and the gold coins are a little more valuable to you, but there is a simple way, which is to get a little tired." ”
Now that he has entered the Golden Light Gate, Li Ding naturally has to adapt to life here quickly, and it is impossible to ask for gold coins, so he hurriedly asked, "I still hope that Elder Ye will tell me one or two." ”
"You can go up the mountain to pick herbs and give them to the people in the medicine hall, if the herbs you pick are in good condition and can be used for alchemy, you can exchange them for the corresponding yuan coins, which is also the usual method used by those new disciples who have just entered the Jinguang Sect before, but it's just ......"
"Just what?" Li Ding hurriedly asked, but when he saw Ye Lianhai turn his head, a strange smile flashed on his feminine face and said: "It's just that there are a lot of disciples who go up to the mountain to collect medicine, and you are a newcomer who can't find good medicinal materials at all, if possible, you can go and find my granddaughter, she may be able to help you." ”
"Your granddaughter, is she very good at picking herbs?" asked Li Ding.
When he was in the tribe, Li Ding often followed the head man to go up the mountain to collect medicines, and he still knew some common medicinal herbs, but he just listened to Ye Lianhai's meaning, and the herbs needed in the medicine hall should not be ordinary goods.
"You'll know when the time comes, it's not that I deliberately sold Guanzi, the reason why my Jinguangmen can become one of the top sects on the continent is that some necessary means are still indispensable. ”
As he spoke, he turned around a bamboo forest, and a wide hillside with dozens of small houses appeared in front of Li Ding's eyes. I saw that the houses were far away from each other, at least dozens of feet, from the bottom of the hillside to the top of the hill, and on the opposite hillside, many of the same houses were built in the shadow of the trees.
Walking to a hut, Ye Lianhai stopped and said: "These are the houses of the disciples under the door, one room for each person, and this room is arranged for you in advance, and you will be here to rest and practice in the future, but you have also seen that the reason why the houses are so far away is to prevent being disturbed during the cultivation, so it is best not to go to the door casually if you have something to do in the future, you know?"
Li Ding hurriedly nodded and responded, "Got it." What Elder Ye had explained before, Li Ding must have also taken it to heart. ”
"You kid is really interested, originally let a disciple tell you about this matter, but Hu Yishu insisted on letting me come, saying that he was afraid that the disciple would forget to tell some things. By the way, tomorrow will give you a separate Qiyuan ceremony, so don't be late. Ye Lianhai said.
"Qi Yuanli?" Hearing this, Li Ding was surprised and delighted, and he didn't know what to say for a while. However, Ye Lianhai didn't pay attention to Li Ding's expression at all, and turned around and walked down the mountain, until Li Ding reacted and remembered that when he forgot to ask Ye Lianhai what the name of his granddaughter was, Ye Lianhai's figure had disappeared behind the bamboo forest.
Standing still in front of the hut, Li Ding looked around. The cottage is very simple, with blue bricks and black tiles, one door and one window. The previous hall was on the lower left side of the hillside, and the large training ground was far on the right, hidden among the treetops. From a distance, after the proving ground of cliffs on three sides, the wide passage was the only way up the mountain.
Inside, there was only a small table and two wooden chairs, except for a wooden bed, but it was very clean. After straightening the quilt, Li Ding lay down, combing the feeling of entering the Golden Light Gate in his heart. Bidding farewell to Yu Lao and coming to this place that is even stranger than before, what Li Ding needs to do is to adapt as soon as possible.
Yu Lao's eager eyes seemed to be right in front of him, no matter what it was for, even if it was just to live up to Yu Lao's high expectations, and to live a good life in this world, he must also need to improve his strength, and if he wants to improve, he must start practicing as soon as possible.
Thinking that Ming Yu will be able to carry out the so-called Qiyuan, close his eyes Li Ding tried to let go of his nostalgia for the past, let go of all meaningless burdens, since he has arrived at Jinguangmen, then don't think about anything and practice hard.
Just as Li Ding's mood calmed down, there was a commotion outside the hut. One rolled over and sat up from the bed, opened the door and looked out, only to see three teenagers arguing over something.
"I think this Wind Spirit Fruit will be sent to the Medicine Hall, maybe it can be exchanged for fifty yuan, which is enough for the three of us for food for the next ten days. One of the chubby teenagers said.
"I said, Zhou Hong, how come you only know how to eat?" A tall young man holding a red fruit herb in his hand said: "Look at the color of this wind spirit fruit, the aura is right, if you give it to Junior Uncle Xue Yun, maybe he will be happy to give us a few Ning Yuan Dan, it will not be more cost-effective than you eating a few meals." ”
"yes, yes, maybe you can get some yuan coins, so it's more cost-effective. Another sturdy boy chimed in.
When Zhou Hong heard his companions say this, his chubby face seemed to be embarrassed, but he finally nodded and said, "That's good, it's up to you, but I found this herb, and I can take a few more Ning Yuan Dan." ”
"Hehe, it's good to say, my brothers won't let you suffer. The tall boy patted Zhou Hong on the shoulder, and walked towards the hut where Li Ding was with a smile.
The three teenagers Li Ding naturally didn't know each other, and when they saw the three coming, Li Ding just looked at them in a daze, but when the three of them walked past Li Ding's hut, the tall young man stopped and looked at Li Ding.
"This brother...... I don't think I've seen it before?" With a look of doubt, the tall young man asked Li Ding.
Seeing the questioning, Li Ding hurriedly replied: "I'm new." ”
After listening to Li Ding's answer, the faces of the three of them were obviously stunned, and the young man named Zhou Hong suddenly said: "Well, I remember that this hut used to be lived by Chen Yu, but since he advanced to the second grade alchemist, he has lived on it. As he spoke, Zhou Hong pointed to a row of huts on the hillside.
When Li Ding looked up, he found that Zhou Hong and the others showed a look of envy in their eyes, and it seemed that the hut above was a little different.
"Isn't it just a second-grade alchemist, when I break through to the Imperial Spirit Realm, I can live on the opposite hillside. The tall boy suddenly said with some disdain.
The other teenager smiled faintly and said: "I said that if you enter the high spirit, you can blow it, among the same sect that entered together in the last session, except for the little demon girl, the eldest sister and the little uncle Xue Yun, you are counted as one who has entered the Ning Yuan Realm, but if you want to break through to the Imperial Spirit Realm, I don't think you can do it at all in ten years." ”
"Hmph, Shi Ming, don't believe it, although I can't compare to the little demon girls, I am confident that I will be able to break through the Imperial Spirit Realm within eight years. Gao Jin said resolutely.
As soon as Gao Jin's words came out, Zhou Hong and Shi Ming stretched out the stone with a smile, and even Li Ding couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Is there a big difference between 10 years and 8 years?
Everyone laughed, and Gao Jin seemed to have discovered the loophole in his words, and hurriedly said: "If you have the ability, you can also make a guarantee, if the two of you can break through to the Imperial Spirit Realm before the age of twenty-five, I will ...... I will give you horses to ride. ”
"Alas, let's not talk about it, twenty-five years old, when we are all grown up, who will ride you. Shi Ming smiled honestly, but looked at Li Ding and said: "My name is Shi Ming, this is Gao Jin, this is Zhou Hong, I don't know if my brother is practicing under that teacher's seat, since I have met, make a friend." ”
In fact, Li Ding already knew the names of the three from the previous conversation, and after saluting the three of them again, he said: "My name is Li Ding, I just went up the mountain today, I ...... I haven't had a teacher yet, so I don't have a teacher yet. ”
Hearing this, the three of them were stunned again, and their expressions were more exaggerated than when Hu Yishu heard Li Ding say his age. Shi Ming was stunned for a moment and said, "It looks like you shouldn't be young, and there is still a while before Menqing, you must have been recommended, otherwise ......"
"If you want to become a cultivator, Qiyuan's golden age is before the age of twelve, after which the power of the bloodline in the body will gradually disappear, and then think about Qiyuan's possible surname will become very small. Zhou Hong continued Shi Ming's words.
This couldn't help but surprise Li Ding's heart, Yu Lao Ke had never told him about it, he was almost fifteen years old this year, this is not to say that Qiyuan's success may be pitiful, but why did Yu Lao still insist on letting him go up the mountain.
Li Ding was at a loss for a moment, but he heard Shi Ming suddenly say: "Brother Li Ding, don't care too much, in fact, there are many precedents for the success of Qiyuan after the age of twelve, maybe you are also one of them!"
"yes, yes. Seeing that Li Ding's face suddenly became dazed, Gao Jin also hurriedly said: "It seems that Brother Li Ding has just gone up the mountain and needs to take a good rest, let's not bother here, let's talk later." ”
As he spoke, Gao Jin pulled Shi Ming and Zhou Hong and quickly walked up the hillside, leaving Li Ding, who was at a loss, standing in place.