Early in the morning, the morning light is faint, the hazy moon residence is still sleeping, on the rugged mountain road, the thin girl carries a whole bucket of water, walks slowly, withered yellow hair, emaciated face, only a pair of particularly bright eyes, as if the night itself, once on the top of the can't bear to look away.

Along the way, the sky gradually burned dark red, light red, orange red...... When she entered the firewood room, a string of the sun burst out from the morning light, tearing the canopy, and the girl put down the bucket and looked at the sun rising from the clouds, so beautiful, so brilliant, above the clouds, shining in the sky, and her heart could not help but burst into joy.

Although the process was more rugged than others, I ended up staying in the Ten Thousand Beginnings. She thought happily.

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Since ancient times, everyone has longed for immortality, but the Tao is harsh, and it is not good material and beautiful jade. Those who seek the Tao but lack talent, even if they find the mountain gate with their own perseverance, they will not be favored, and they can only stay for a long time, hoping that the golden stone will be opened by sincerity. In ancient times, there were great supernatural powers, with a compassionate heart, although they had no intention of opening the door of convenience to ordinary people, but they could not bear to live up to their sincerity, so they opened the outer door, and took in those who had the intention to seek the Tao but lacked talent, and ordered the disciples to teach carefully, and once every two years, they selected materials that could be made and accepted as inner disciples.

But in fact, with a few exceptions, most of the outer disciples cannot become inner disciples through selection, and their talent is beyond the hurdle, and their hundredfold efforts cannot match their talent after all. Therefore, when the news that Murong Shuang, a noble daughter of Northern Qi, was accepted as a disciple by Su Hongye of Yan Luofeng, reached Haoyue Residence, no one was inspired by this, and they calmly finished saying congratulations and dispersed.

Looking at their indifference, Li Yunuan also felt a faint sadness.

Once, she firmly believed that congenital deficiencies could be made up for the day after tomorrow, but she had not moved into Haoyue for more than a month, and she had been hit by reality, and there was indeed an insurmountable wall between geniuses and mediocrities!

What is true qi and what is induction, she listened to Pu Santang's teachers and teachers repeatedly preach on the introduction of the Dao Fa, and tried countless times in private, but she never felt anything. Yang Xue, who lives in the same room, although her talent is mediocre, she can slowly settle down after only three classes, but no matter how hard she tries, she can't sense the qi of heaven and earth.

Because she had the worst grades in the middle of Haoyue, she had to go down the mountain every morning to fetch water and boil porridge, and her weak body was no longer as thin as a piece of paper, but even so, she still didn't understand what the qi of heaven and earth was.

In the stove, the flames licked the dead branches and crackled, and the sparks beated, which reminded people of the flying song and dance of Sister Yun Niang. It's a pity that the country is ruined, and I don't know where my sister is now. Li Yunuan stretched out her hand sadly, and her palm became warm because of the scorching flame. This was originally a natural situation, but because of the longing for loved ones, it gradually became unusual.

The teachers of Pu Santang said that the air is made up of countless tiny particles that cannot be seen by the eye, and the qi of heaven and earth is included in it.

When I burn the fire, I feel the heat because the small particles that are hot by the fire float into my body.

The feeling of the qi of heaven and earth being introduced into the body is not the same warmth?

A series of thoughts came flooding back, and she vaguely felt that she had caught something, but it seemed that she had gained nothing.

What is emptiness, what is qi, and what is the difference between the qi of heaven and earth and air?

What can I do to be like them, to breathe the qi of heaven and earth into my body?

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Confusion struck, turning into a mist that could not be seen, enveloping her. Instinct told her that as long as she dispersed the mist, she would find the truth called the Tao, but she couldn't, her body in the mist was so weak that she couldn't even lift her fingers!

I'm so tired, I seem to be sleeping......

"Jade ......"

The familiar warmth lingered over the sea, she breathed intoxicatedly, and was about to be coquettish, but at the moment of turning over, she fell to the ground. The sharp pain and cold made her open her eyes, and in front of her was a choking white expanse, mixed with a strong smell of burning!

The porridge is scorched!

I actually fell asleep while boiling porridge!

Li Yunuan thought regretfully that after Xiuzhen reached a certain realm, the monk could absorb the aura of heaven and earth to nourish his body, and even if he occasionally ate, it was just to absorb the aura of heaven and earth treasures. However, the outer disciples who have just entered the Tao are too low in cultivation and need grains, so every month, the master will buy grain from the bottom of the mountain and distribute it to various courtyards as an aid to their cultivation.

Outcome...... It's all my fault...... It's a pity that it's too late to boil it anymore.

Listening to the distant bell of the peak, Li Yunuan sighed helplessly, and then continued to interrupt his thinking.

She remembered the Western Regions Rose Sesame Oil given to her by Brother Yeyin, and it took at least 10,000 roses to extract a drop, and it was so fragrant that it was almost crazy, and it had to be placed in a closed crystal bottle, otherwise-

volatile.

That's right, it's volatile!

Air is not really empty, it is a material composed of countless subtle and invisible particles, the so-called qi of heaven and earth is actually a special substance in the air, guiding it into the body, accumulating, quenching the body, is the practice!

After an instantaneous realization blew away the dense fog in front of her, and truly understood what the teachers and commanders said about the qi of heaven and earth, she finally saw the trees in the depths of the mist, and saw a winding road under her feet, leading her to the steep peak at the end of the woods, which could never be climbed.

Did I break the first level?

Li Yunuan thought quietly, joy was quickly replaced by frustration, even if she realized that the air was not really empty, she believed that the qi of heaven and earth did exist, but she could neither see them, nor could she sense them, let alone how to channel them into her body.

Sure enough, if a person without roots and bones wants to practice, it is tantamount to a foolish man moving mountains.

She thought bitterly, not realizing the heart of the thousand-petal lotus flower on the thin bracelet on her wrist, and the bright red drop turned for a moment.

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Breakfast became a pot of scorched rice because of someone's negligence, but fortunately, most of the residents of Haoyue Ju were able to settle down and absorb the aura of heaven and earth, except for the poor culprit, no one really starved.

After freshening up, the girls walked out of the Haoyue House in twos and threes and went to Pusantang on the mountainside.

Li Yunuan silently walked behind the crowd, and when she first glimpsed the doorway, she already knew that it was an almost impossible task to achieve the third layer of condensation in a year. Mo said that she was a mortal who had no qualifications for cultivating immortals at all, and that was the good material and beautiful jade that was selected by the inner gate, and only a few people could reach the third layer of condensation within a year.

After studying for three years, Daozang became a golden pill, and there was only one brother in the world.

Sure enough, the immortal elders never thought of accepting me as an apprentice.

Li Yunuan thought dejectedly, if she hadn't promised Brother Yeyin that she would live, she would have fled by the cruel reality. She even began to be afraid of going to Pusantang, afraid that the teachers of the inner gate would be concerned about the progress of her cultivation.

"Hey, we've been living together for almost two months, and I don't even know that you still have a bracelet. ”

A slightly arrogant voice sounded overhead, and the girl reached out and grabbed Li Yunuan's bony arm.

"Senior Sister Yang......"

She said curtly, Yang Xue was only one year older than her, but she was tall and tingting, and her breasts were slightly bulging like flower bones.

Yang Xue didn't pay attention to her, she just looked at the bracelet on the girl's wrist seriously, looked at it for a while, and said disdainfully: "It's really beautiful, but it's a pity that it's a silver bracelet, and it's not worth a few dollars." This red dot is glazed stone. ”

"Hmm. ”

Li Yunuan replied in a sullen voice, this bracelet was the night when the Northern Qi Dynasty broke through the imperial city, Brother Yeyin took out the bracelet worn on her wrist from the Taimiao, and accompanied her through countless hardships and obstacles.

"Lend me a bracelet to wear!"

Although her words were disdainful, Yang Xue was actually very happy with this delicate little bracelet, and as she spoke, she forcibly pulled the bracelet off Li Yunuan's wrist by herself.

Li Yunuan didn't expect her to be so arrogant, and immediately grabbed Yang Xue's arm angrily, and said fiercely: "Don't give it." ”

This is the only thing she can't lose when she has nothing, and she will definitely not give it to anyone!

The red in the center of the thousand-petal lotus flower was a drop of Brother Yeyin's soul blood.

Unexpectedly, the tail of the crane of this stuffy gourd would also be angry, Yang Xue was suddenly furious, slapped down, and scolded: "A silver bracelet inlaid with a broken stone, and you will treat it as a treasure only if you call it Huazi!"

"What did you say!"

Yang Xue glanced at Li Yunuan with disdain, and said arrogantly: "I saw with my own eyes, there is a little flower in front of Wangxiang Tower, who has no foundation, but he wants to cultivate immortals. begged one after another, and it really made you climb into the Ten Thousand Beginnings. It's a pity that waste is waste, and I haven't been able to settle down after studying for so long, and I wasted the food of Wan Shizong in vain. ”

"Senior Brother Li said that I was just young......"

Li Yu argued weakly, Yang Xue snorted and said, "Senior Brother Luo Wanchuan of Qiandu Peak, who is only ten years old, has already successfully condensed his qi after going up the mountain for half a month. You're only a year younger than me, and you're embarrassed to say you're young?! If you're a fool, go down the mountain early, don't waste everyone's time here!"

"Yang Xue, you-show me some respect!"

Li Yu warmed the real fire, and in her heart, there was a faint black qi diffuse, and her bright pupils suddenly became deep and terrifying.

I didn't expect this muffled little thing to get angry, Yang Xueliu raised her eyebrows, and was about to have a seizure, but because of this, she met Li Yunuan's unfathomable pupils.

“...... You...... You...... Isn't it just a broken bracelet, and you'll treat it as a treasure......! Capable ...... Condensation is successful, do ...... Be an inner disciple ......"

Saying inwardly, Yang Xue found that she didn't dare to look at the girl's eyes, the cold eyes as snow contained a terrifying majesty, making people's legs tremble, and they couldn't help but want to kneel down and beg for mercy!

Just when she was in a trance, another voice sounded, it was Bai Yanxue, who was most likely to be accepted as an official disciple in Haoyue Ju, and found that they were far behind, she quickly chased after them, and shouted to them: "If you delay any longer, you will be late! I don't want to be laughed at by the senior brothers in the inner gate because of you!"

When Yang Xue heard this, she hurriedly got up and chased in front of Bai Yanxue, and was about to slander Li Yunuan for being disrespectful, but Bai Yanxue glared at her, so she had to retreat. Bai Yanxue stepped forward slowly, held the girl's thin wrist, and said, "From today onwards, you can move in with me." ”

"Sister Xie Lu, Senior Sister Xie Bai......"

Li Yunuan said excitedly, tears of grievance flowed down.

Bai Yanxue then took out a handkerchief, handed it to her, and said, "Wiping away my tears, I was seen, and I thought I was bullying the junior sister with my qualifications." By the way, Xu Yuanyuan, who lives next door to me, is a little ...... It's hard to talk, so you have to be mentally prepared. ”

"Hmm. ”

Li Yunuan nodded vigorously, her heart full of sunshine.