The small courtyard is not big, but it is very clean and warm, compared to the ordinary disciples' houses, it is indeed more generous, there is almost everything in the house, even pots and pans, there are a lot of pastries and melons on the table, and then there are all kinds of books, most of which are related to cultivation.

Of course, Li Mengzhou also found that these books were wrapped in some magazines and other messy things.

There is a stove in the house, and there is a green feeling on all sides, because the house is made of bamboo, and even the tables, chairs and benches are made of bamboo.

Jiang Zihua picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, gestured to Li Mengzhou, and said, "You're welcome, just eat it." ”

Li Mengzhou was not polite, but he didn't eat either.

As if sensing Li Mengzhou's confusion, Jiang Zihua explained: "Although only the inner courtyard has an independent courtyard, didn't I tell you, if I want to enter the inner courtyard, I can enter it at any time, so I can still have an independent courtyard in the outer courtyard."

But the house in the inner courtyard is still different from here, because the houses are built with fairy bamboo, that is, green bamboo cultivated purely with the aura of heaven and earth, which will overflow with green spirit in all seasons, which can refresh the mind and is also very good for visualization.

Even after the stage of Amaterasu's visualization, the practitioner will still meditate every day, and the breaking of the realm is carried out in the visualization, of course, there are exceptions when encountering certain things, so as to break something, to break the realm, or to break the realm in battle, but the latter is more difficult and more dangerous.

Most people will not choose this way, and practicing in a house built of immortal bamboo in the inner courtyard of the palace can also stabilize the state of mind, which has many benefits, so many of the senior brothers and sisters in the inner courtyard of our palace rarely go out, and it is naturally difficult to see, except for Senior Brother Ning Si, who most often appears in the outer courtyard because of his duties. ”

Jiang Zihua patted Li Mengzhou's shoulder and said earnestly: "Boy, your cultivation path has just begun, and there is still a long way to go in the future, so you must work hard." By the way, how old are you this year, and when is your birthday?"

Li Mengzhou seemed to be a little unable to react to the rapid shift in the topic of Jiang Zihua's painting, and was stunned for a moment, then said: "Seventeen years old, March birthday." ”

The corners of Jiang Zihua's mouth twitched, he didn't expect this little junior brother to be a few months older than him, this is really unreasonable.

But he obviously wouldn't say it, so he immediately changed the topic, took the fruit bowl on the table to another table, Jiang Zihua sat down on the bamboo chair, and said, "Since I said that I want to guide you, then if you have any questions about cultivation now, I will answer all your questions, senior brother." ”

Li Mengzhou did have a lot of questions, but he felt that those more profound questions were useless even if he asked Jiang Zihua, and what he wanted to do now was to know how to be baptized by Amaterasu.

So he immediately inquired.

Jiang Zihua frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Although Amaterasu visualization is the first realm in cultivation, it is actually not a complicated matter, otherwise those who have not entered the mountain gate will not be able to enter the visualization casually. I believe that during the introductory test, Senior Brother Ning Si also told you that visualization is just a thought, as long as you think and have the qualifications, you can enter the visualization, and there is no special skill.

But it is not so simple to enter the heavens and the earth, in the visualization must really understand the way the heaven and earth aura operates between the heaven and the earth, that can be witnessed in the visualization, the heaven and earth aura presented in the consciousness are all formal, they also have a natural route, each trace of the heaven and earth aura is different route, many are also connected to the fate of some people.

Therefore, the so-called rebellion against the heavens and the earth that is often mentioned in the Taoist collection is also to visualize the aura of heaven and earth, find the silk thread that is most intimate with you, and then find the end of it, so that you can know your fate.

Of course, this is just a way of saying that it is impossible for anyone to do it at the visualization stage. Even after entering the Five Realms, it is rare to hear that anyone can see the end of the aura of heaven and earth.

If you want to enter Amaterasu from your visualization, you must first understand the reason, and then find your own way, and then the Dao Heaven will have a sense of it, and after the Amaterasu is baptized, you will be able to open the door of the sea of air, and when the door of the sea of air is opened, it will naturally be able to enter the realm of far-reaching. ”

Li Mengzhou frowned and said, "How to find your own way?"

Jiang Zihua grabbed a handful of melon seeds in the fruit bowl, and while sipping on the melon seeds and spitting the melon seed skin, he said: "The so-called finding one's own path in visualization does not mean the true Dao, every practitioner is looking for his own path, and many people have not really realized even if they have entered the four realms. There is no way to say this with your mouth, but you will understand it when you visualize it, so there is no shortcut to entering Amaterasu from visualization. ”

After thinking about it, Jiang Zihua felt that it was not very accurate, so he said: "In other words, to seek the Tao in visualization is to find one's own mind, and everyone's mind and thoughts are different, so the Tao is also different. You just have to be true to your heart and know what you want. ”

Li Mengzhou was thoughtful, although he didn't have much hope at first, but Jiang Zihua's words did touch him a lot.

The mind is the way.

What you think about is the path you want to take.

Stick to your heart, face the fog, step on the thorns, and still move forward.

Maybe......

Li Mengzhou looked at his hands, maybe his own way originally existed, he has always walked on this road, although there have been hesitations, hesitations, and fears, but he has never thought of turning back.

Especially on the day Ye Sangyu left, the day he set foot in the capital, this belief became even stronger.

Li Mengzhou suddenly realized something, the road was originally under his feet, maybe this road was not easy to walk, and it was easy to get lost, but in fact, deep down he always knew which direction to go.

......

Jiang Zihua was silently spitting out the skin of melon seeds, and he was never tired of it.

Suddenly, he frowned slightly, glanced up at Li Mengzhou, and then continued to lower his head and swallow melon seeds.

In a trance, he woke up shocked, looked at Li Mengzhou in front of him with a shocked face, and didn't even realize that the melon seeds in his hand fell to the ground.

As if in disbelief, he rushed out of the courtyard and looked up at the sky.

Directly above the small courtyard, there is a thick cloud condensing.

Lightning whistled through the clouds.

I don't know when the moon is gone, and the stars are getting brighter.

In the center of the clouds, there was a pillar of light.

The golden light is shining.

Lightning crisscrossed and thunder exploded.

After a while, Amaterasu fell.

Jiang Zihua looked at this picture with a confused expression, although the facts were in front of him, he still felt very unreal.

What is this?

It's obviously a stunned boy who has just entered the visualization, why did he inexplicably enter Amaterasu again?

Jiang Zihua can almost be sure that Li Mengzhou has just entered the meditation today, according to the time, I am afraid that there is not half a day, although such a thing is not unique, but it happened in front of Jiang Zihua's eyes, it is a little incredible.

Even if many demonic talents are able to enter Amaterasu soon after contemplating, it will take at least two or three days, and many more will take months or even years, and it will take less than half a day to enter the visualization and then enter Amaterasu, which in itself is an incredible thing.

"Where did this monster come from?"

Jiang Zihua watched Amaterasu descend and then slowly dissipate, he rushed into the house without saying a word, staring at Li Mengzhou as if he were looking at some strange thing.

Mo said that Jiang Zihua was very confused, and Li Mengzhou at the moment was also very confused.

He didn't expect to be in Amaterasu so soon.

Amaterasu's baptism came suddenly, causing a tingling pain in the meridians, but it did cause him some torture, but fortunately, it was within the scope of bearing, far easier than when Ye Sangyu was forcibly baptized by Amaterasu.

But this feeling is still very profound, if Ye Sangyu was countless times more painful than this at that time, it is difficult to imagine how she endured it.

Li Mengzhou suddenly felt a little sentimental.

Although after Amaterasu's baptism, his whole body seemed to be fused in the warm sun, which was extremely comfortable, but it could not eliminate some of the throbbing in his heart at this time.

......

The movement of Amaterasu's baptism is naturally easy to be noticed, especially in this Rimiya mountain gate, almost everyone can see the pillar of light descending from the sky.

This is a very common thing in the world of practitioners.

However, since it happened in the mountain gate of the Imperial Palace, it means that the person who entered Amaterasu must be the candidate who entered the Imperial Palace today, after all, the disciples of the Sword Academy have already passed the stage of Amaterasu's visualization.

The mood of the people who witnessed Amaterasu's scenery was more or less complicated, and they secretly guessed the identity of the person who was undergoing Amaterasu's baptism.

In a small independent courtyard in the inner courtyard of the palace, surrounded by a large lake, there are fish swimming in it, and under the influence of Amaterasu's baptism, all jump out of the water, but it is a spectacle.

An old man in a green robe sat on a bamboo chair in the house, with a few small dishes on the wooden table in front of him, holding a pot of wine in his left hand, looking at the picture of thousands of fish leaping in the lake outside the house with slightly blank eyes, and took a sip of wine very calmly.

Three steps away from the wooden table in front of the old man, stood Ning Haoran, his eyes also focused on the scene of the arrival of the apocalypse and the lively appearance of the fish in the lake afterwards.

With a smile in his eyes, his lips moved slightly, and he said: "Among the people who entered the palace today, there are many people who are still in the stage of visualization, but if there is no opportunity, it is difficult to be baptized by Amaterasu suddenly, after all, they have been contemplating for many years, and they have not advanced an inch. Although it is unlikely, it is very rare for a young man surnamed Li to enter the visualization at the age of seventeen, and it is nothing to enter the amaterasu on the same day. ”

Ning Haoran turned his head to look at the old man in the green robe in front of him, stepped forward, helped him clip a piece of fish meat and put it in a small bowl, and said, "This fish is the fish in the lake, and with this prosperity, it will be even more delicious." ”

The old man in the green robe glanced at Ning Haoran lazily, picked up the chopsticks and knocked on the back of Ning Haoran's hand, and said, "Clean these messes, this fish has already been cooked, can it suddenly change its taste?"

Ning Haoran said with a smile: "Although the fish meat will not change its taste, the mood is different, the atmosphere is different, and the taste of eating will always have some subtle changes in my heart." ”

The old man in the green robe shook his head and said, "Entering the meditation at the age of seventeen is nothing, and the visualization of Amaterasu is originally just a saying, which is not a cultivation realm, but it is also a rare thing to visualize Amaterasu for half a day, and it can be regarded as a little interesting." ”

The old man in the green robe looks a little old, but the main reason is that his face is a little decadent, and his skin is not very good, and it is difficult to see how old he is.

This old man is the dean of the Sword Academy of the Imperial Palace, the first sword cultivator in Jiang Kingdom, and Xue Wangwu who has entered the twilight of the Five Realms.

Although Xue Wangwu didn't care, Ning Haoran was still a little surprised, after all, Xue Wangwu said three interesting words.

There are not many things that can be interesting to Xue Wangwei, except for wine and meat, of course.

Ning Haoran hesitated for a moment and said: "Teacher, although my Sword Academy has a certain status in Jiang Country, it is not at the peak after all, the Academy will not talk about it, and the Star Picking Mansion is pressing on our heads, that Shen Qiubai is an extremely proud person, no one in the younger generation can compete with him, even if it is the senior brother and the North Zang Feng of the Academy, it is only on the same level as Shen Qiubai, if it can't be defeated, my Sword Academy will still be under the Star Picking." ”

Xue Wangwu ate meat, drank wine, and said flatly: "This is your young man's business, I don't care." Although your senior brother is very talented in swordsmanship, his personality is a bit bookish after all, and many times he can't be happy, which goes against the essence of sword cultivation. This is also the purpose of I let him walk in the world, that is, to temper his mind. The Sword Academy needs new blood, but it doesn't need blood that is coated with impurities. ”

Ning Haoran said: "Senior Brother is a person with a good temper, but it doesn't mean that he is a weak person, everyone has their own way of cultivation, maybe such a senior brother is the best for him." ”

Xue Wuwu was noncommittal, frowned slightly, and said: "But if the sword cultivation sect wants to carry forward, there must be a character who can take charge of himself, he can be fearless, he can be extremely proud, he can ignore all the rules of the world, and he has the courage to break the rules of the world." The more such people, the better, but such a road is bound to be difficult and dangerous, and it is extremely easy to die halfway. Maybe the Dao of sword cultivation is like this, and it is precisely because of this that it is slowly withering. ”

Ning Haoran was silent.

The path of cultivation is not easy to follow, especially the unique sword cultivation.

There are too many constraints in the world, there will always be some rules that cannot be broken, and under the pressure of reality, it is not easy to be happy and revengeful, to hold the sword in a chic manner, and to have no scruples.

This is not something that can be done if you want to, even Xue Wangwei has some kind of shackles in his heart, some people are unwilling to break it, and some people don't have the courage to break it.

This world is inherently complicated, and the human heart is the most complex thing, and only those who have attained enlightenment with a sword heart have the purest heart.

to have the courage not to be afraid to break any rules.

The more things a person cares about, the more he is unable to do what he wants, and even those who do what they want on the surface may have hidden stories in their hearts.

......

Facing Jiang Zihua's ghost-like gaze, Li Mengzhou said helplessly: "I don't know what's going on, I entered Amaterasu inexplicably, I was still a little worried, but now it seems that this is also a very simple thing." ”

Simple?

It's a simple thing?

Jiang Zihua thought seriously for a long time, and felt that maybe for those demonic geniuses, this was indeed not a difficult thing.

But recalling the first time he entered the meditation and then entered Amaterasu, compared with Li Mengzhou, wouldn't he be weak and become scum?

This is somewhat intolerable.

How can we say that we are also a famous genius of the Sword Academy, how can we be compared to a newcomer.

On the issue of face, Jiang Zihua was very serious, he coughed slightly, and said: "This matter is difficult to say, and it is easy to say, for this genius, of course, it is a matter of hand." If it weren't for the guidance of this genius, and you kid has some understanding, how could you get into Amaterasu so easily. ”

Although Li Mengzhou felt that this also had some truth, he still couldn't help but retort: "I haven't seen a genius who sneaks peek at other girls' baths." ”

Jiang Zihua was speechless for a while, and glared at Li Mengzhou in annoyance.

He was done thinking about the calf.

This is a handle that Li Mengzhou holds in his hands, if this relationship cannot be maintained well, it may be bad luck at any time.

This is a big hidden danger for him.

grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing hard, Jiang Zihua said vaguely: "You don't threaten me with this, you were also in the small courtyard at the time, and you can't get out of it yourself, if this incident happens, I'm not the only one who is unlucky, you'd better be careful with me." ”

Li Mengzhou said disapprerovitically: "Aren't you the strongest in the outer courtyard, you can enter the inner courtyard whenever you want, and you claim to be a genius, you must be a very famous figure in the palace." I don't care, it's a big deal to be punished, but you're really notorious. ”

Jiang Zihua sneered and said, "Do you think I will be a person who cares about reputation, this outer courtyard is my territory, and it is very easy for me to rectify a person, so that you can't even find a place to redress your grievances." You'd better have a better attitude towards this genius, and if you don't like it, you have good fruit to eat. ”

"Then thank you for your good fruit, and give more when the trouble comes, so as not to eat enough. ”

"Don't worry, I can definitely kill you!"

"If you can't kill me, what can you do? You kowtow to me and call grandpa?"

"Good boy, you dare to take advantage of this genius, you are so bold!"

"Master has no other advantages, but he is bold. ”

Li Mengzhou and Jiang Zihua stared at each other with big eyes, puffed out their cheeks, and their faces were red and their ears were red.

Jiang Zihua snorted and said, "It's rude, you white-eyed wolf, you only kindly guided you today, and you repay me like this?"

Li Mengzhou snorted coldly and said, "You were the one who shouted first." ”

Jiang Zi painted: "It's obviously you!"

Then the two of them were slightly stunned for a moment, recalling carefully, but they couldn't remember how the two of them quarreled.

It seems to have come to this point very naturally.

looked at each other, and felt quite bored, and continued to talk and laugh on their shoulders, as if nothing had happened just now, and they were in harmony.