The inn's junior looked at Lu Zhangcha stupidly, his mouth moved but he didn't speak.

"Is this your horse?" Lu Zhangcha asked again.

Xiao Er obediently glanced at the yellow horse lying on the ground, there was still a string of blood beads on the side of the horse's mouth, the blood became foam piled on the huge teeth, the hair was rich in yellow but it was messy, the huge horse's eyes widened, and the snow was bright and transparent reflecting the blue sky and white clouds.

Apparently dead.

"It's my boss's horse...... But last night the reins broke, and it ran away, and we never found it...... What's going on?"

Lu Zhangcha breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that it's yours, this horse has gone crazy, kicked people in the village in the south, and destroyed the crops, I happened to pass by and killed it, ask your boss to carry it away." ”

He said it easily and simply, but these words made the shopkeeper's eyes widen, Xiao Er looked at this handsome boy in surprise, and he didn't believe that such an elegant character had the ability to kill a galloping horse, and the strength of a hundred and ten pounds of yellow horses alone was enough for a person to drink a pot, not to mention that he still had a mad disease?

He really didn't believe it, but he glanced at the trail of drag that had been delayed all the way, Xiao Er couldn't say anything, nodded hurriedly, and peeked at Lu Zhangcha with a frightened gaze and went to tell his boss.

Lu Zhangcha looked at a carriage that was about to travel.

He noticed that someone was watching him, and when the man jumped out of the carriage, he was surprised, "Yuan Lai?"

"Why are you here?"

The two men spoke almost in unison, their voices in unison.

The two were slightly stunned, and then couldn't help but smile.

After a brief conversation, Yuan Lai learned that Lu Zhangcha wanted to continue to go out of the city to Beijing after saying goodbye to Yuan Lai in Xianju that day, but occasionally there were some private matters to deal with, so he was delayed for a day or two, so he didn't come here until now, and he happened to meet Yuan Lai, which was very coincidental and fateful.

It seems that cultivators always pay attention to the word fate, and Lu Zhangcha was very happy with this chance encounter, which was reflected in the smile on his face that was obviously brighter.

"You didn't drive a car, you didn't ride a horse, so how did you get there?" Yuan Lai always felt that something was wrong from the beginning, and after talking for a few words, he suddenly realized that Lu Zhangcha was alone, not even a mount.

Lu Zhangcha showed a subtle smile and said, "I'm used to walking." ”

"Won't you walk very slowly on your legs, aren't you afraid of delaying your trip?" Yuan Lai was very curious.

"I'm not tired, I'm not an ordinary person after all, am I? Lu Zhangcha smiled.

Yuan Lai nodded, and his eyes inadvertently saw Lu Zhangcha's slender hands, well-proportioned and beautiful, which was enough to make many girls envious and admire, and the most important thing was that there was no red mark on these hands, as if the drag of hundreds of catties did not consume the slightest effort.

"Walking is a little slower, but it's not in a hurry. ”

"You still owe me an answer last time, can you tell me this time?" Yuan Lai said suddenly.

Lu Zhangcha knew what he owed, he owed Yuan Lai an answer to the practice, and he was still thinking about the year and month of the last time he said goodbye in a hurry, but he didn't expect that the next meeting would come so soon.

Lu Zhangcha happily agreed: "Of course you can, at any time." ”

"Then get in my car, it's the same road anyway, just enough to give you a ride. ”

Yuan Lai handed out the invitation, and this mysterious disciple of the cultivation sect who was going to the capital nodded without hesitation.

......

......

"So, the young master picked up that person in the car?" Liu Wen frowned and looked at Yuan Lidao.

Yuan Li sat in the groom seat of Liu Wen's carriage, swaying her legs slowly, the horse walked very leisurely and steadily, and the road conditions were good, so she didn't have to worry about it at all.

"Yes, it seems that the young master and that person have known each other for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet here, but I heard that the boy has a lot of strength, it seems that he has dragged a horse of several hundred catties for a long distance and is not tired at all!" Yuan Li replied.

Liu Wen patted the head of the little guy and said, "You don't know it, that son is a cultivator." What's all the fuss about having a lot of strength. ”

"Cultivator??" Yuan Li's eyes widened, and he was quite surprised: "But how can our young master know a cultivator? Huh? Could it be that Mr. Huang Qi is from the door?

His mind turned very fast, but the association was too fast, and it deviated far from reality in a few words.

"Don't guess. Liu Wen shook his head and pondered for a while before saying: " There are two things to go to the capital, one is to take the Northern Sect, the other is to visit the Shi family's mansion, although the second thing is to be done before the Northern Sect, but it is not particularly important, at least it is not as important as Yuan Lai's practice, and when he becomes a cultivator in the future, the people he interacts with and the things he participates in will be very different from now, whether it is me or you, you have to be prepared, the world of practitioners is not the same as the world of ordinary people, and you should not be surprised to see more cultivators in the future. ”

"Oh. Yuan Li didn't seem to understand, but he could also hear that Liu Wen's words were not specifically said to himself, so he didn't say much, nodded, and then turned his head to look at the carriage of Yuan Lai in the middle of the convoy, the carriage was thick and he couldn't see the situation inside, and he couldn't hear the words inside, Yuan Li couldn't help but have more respect for the so-called cultivation world.

"Cultivation is the cultivation of the Tao, so what is the Tao? It is the rules between heaven and earth, and what the practitioner has to do is to perceive and comprehend those rules, realize the Tao, and then grasp the power contained in the Tao. ”

"The more rules you comprehend, the deeper your understanding of the Tao and the more thorough your understanding of the world, you can harness the power of the Dao. ”

But the more you master the Tao and the more you perceive the rules of this world, the more restrictions you will have. In this world, there is an end to life, ordinary people do not live to be 100 years old, this age and life and death is one of the biggest rules of this heaven and earth, and cultivation is not to see the power of the Tao, so as to be willing to be enslaved by heaven and earth, but to ...... Revolt. ”

Lu Zhangcha's expression was a little serious: "The process of cultivation is the process of understanding the rules, mastering the rules, tampering with the rules, and finally creating the rules. ”

"Therefore, as a cultivator, the first thing you have to do is to see the world clearly, perceive the traces of the Great Dao, and then try to use it...... As for the deeper realm, there is no need to think about it, it will come naturally, and when the realm power is reached, then you will naturally know what to do. ”

Yuan Lai nodded, and thought for a while before saying, "Then what is the vitality?"

"Yuan Qi is the instrument that practitioners use to explore the Great Dao, and each sect and each lineage has their own exercises, and then they can obtain Yuan Qi and obtain the most original power. But what I can tell you is that the most important thing in the path of cultivation is always understanding, always the feeling and understanding of the Tao, and the accumulation of vitality is more just a boring accumulation of time. ”

"Cultivation focuses on enlightenment, not vitality. Lu Zhangcha said, his tone was a little inexplicably emotional and pious.

Yuan Lai lowered his head and began to close his eyes and think, so there was silence in the carriage for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, he slowly exhaled.

He finally understood why Liu Chonghu said that he lost, since practice is to master the rules and create rules, then whether it is backgammon or revers, Liu Chonghu has stepped into his rules, Liu Chonghu is trying to master this kind of rules, and he ...... It's constantly creating rules...... It's clear which is higher and which is lower.

"So that's ......" he sighed, and then asked, "I heard that if you want to take the Northern Sect, you must reach the first realm of cultivation, but is there such a thing?"

Lu Zhangcha nodded, and said: "There is indeed such a rule, but this is only a secret rule, but there is no such requirement on the surface, but in previous years, those who can worship the Northern Sect have reached the first realm, which is true, after all, for candidates, if the entrance assessment of the Northern Sect does not enter the first realm, and does not really feel the existence of Yuan Qi and Dao, then it is indeed extremely difficult to pass." ”

Yuan Lai nodded, and then said, "If you want to step into the first realm, is it difficult?"

"It's not difficult to say it's difficult, it's not necessarily easy to say it's simple, if there is a wise practitioner as a master who helps the disciple enter the first realm, then it's easy, after all, the cultivation of the five realms, the first realm is the easiest to achieve, and the subsequent realm is like climbing a mountain. But without Master's help, it would be really difficult and difficult to enter the first realm alone. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Lai sighed secretly, and couldn't help but think of his titular master, and think about himself, he hadn't entered the first realm for three years in the mountain, so it was no wonder that Huang Qi couldn't look down on himself as an apprentice. ”

"Well, one last question. Yuan Lai straightened his body sitting cross-legged and asked, "What are the five realms of cultivation?"