Xia Xiao hugged Ah Candle and returned to Xiaobailou, took off her shoes with a very skillful technique, and applied ointment to the soles of her bloody feet. This feeling of pain and itching and not being able to move blindly made Ah Candle grit his teeth, very uncomfortable, Xia Xiao saw that he changed the topic, wanting to make him feel better. These days, she is also hard enough.

"How many times has this been?"

Ah Candle thought for a long time and replied:

"For the sixth time. ”

"Will you go again next time?"

"Go, of course! I won't give up until I know my background. ”

Ah Candle's fighting spirit seems to never be extinguished, and it is a light that is more eternal than the sun. Gradually, she also belongs to the type that has been defeated repeatedly, and the more she fights, the more courageous she becomes. Xia Xiao smiled, naturally she would not say anything frustrating, put down her right foot, and began to clean the sole of her left foot and give it medicine.

"Okay~ I'll accompany you, but we have to think about whether there is any other way. ”

"It's time to think about it. ”

Ah Candle is very serious, they have all reached the end of the road six times, and the initial desert and escape, becoming a fart and urine flow that can be beaten by thunder and lightning in response to all changes. The third time was extremely bold, trying to break the glacier, but Xia Xiao couldn't help it with all his strength, and the result was a baptism of thunder and lightning.

Every failure has brought an extremely painful lesson, although Xia Xiao and Ah Candle have thought about it many times, and they are also summarizing it every time. But at the end of the road, everything happened so quickly that they didn't have time to react, and they were lucky to be able to do what they had planned. Thus, there was a fourth attempt to break through the glacier, a fifth attempt to break through the black clouds, and a sixth attempt in vain.

It was obviously not possible to continue like this, although they didn't know how Zhong Wanli's predecessors rolled down from the top of the mountain, but their situation was getting more and more difficult every time. At first, they felt that the academy was testing their patience, and they were very firm in their thoughts in the face of thunder and lightning, but each time they ended up in embarrassment.

Later, Xia Xiao felt that the academy would not come up with such a simple question to test himself, especially something as important as going to the top of the mountain, so he fell into endless contemplation. Because Ah Candle was unable to move, he slept on Xia Xiao's bed, but he kept looking out the window and looking at the direction of the top of the mountain in a daze.

Whether it's going to cook or what to do, Xia Xiao often looks in that direction, hoping to come up with some tricks.

Ah Candle was in high spirits at every meal, and sat by the window after eating, while Xia Xiao sat on the mat in the living room, propping his head on the low windowsill, looking at the top of the mountain as if he was looking at the sky.

The top of the mountain is like being located among the clouds, after all, it is not surprising that it has the name of Tsutenbon. But is it the height of the mountain or the height of the clouds? Xia Xiao suddenly thought of this question.

There is a difference between the nine heavens in the sky, and no matter how high the mountain is, there will be no cloud height. But how did he break through the cloud and get to the top of the mountain? This question bothered him for a long time, and he couldn't find an answer for a long time, which made him upset. At this time, it looks like a marshmallow-like cloud, and its bravery will not be found until below.

Xia Xiao was about to ask for help from Di Muli's seniors, but halfway through, he realized that he didn't support him and Ah Candle to climb the mountain, so he returned the same way. But I went around and around and went to a few lanes that I hadn't entered for a long time, and saw someone I hadn't seen for a long, long time.

Under the propped up window, there are delicate porcelain dolls, clothed in blood-like soul light in the light of the setting sun, and suddenly there is a god. Xia Xiao looked at it, and his original love turned into not daring to approach, and every porcelain doll seemed to be bound to a living soul. But the old man by the window was still so kind, the same as when Xia Xiao first met.

The first time I saw this toothless old man, it was just when he went up the mountainside, it was snowing, and he held an umbrella, which was a sweet artistic conception. Then...... Shu Shuang is still there.

Time has passed, things have changed, and this is the norm of the Great Wilderness. But this senior seemed to be unrestrained, still grinning at Xia Xiao with a mouthful of missing teeth, as if he had just come yesterday and was passing by at this time.

"Senior, long time no see. ”

Xia Xiao suddenly came to a leisurely mood, walked to the window, and wanted to chat with his seniors. The latter did not refuse, and while putting away his porcelain doll, he said with a smile:

"It's been a while, how are you and your little girlfriend okay?"

Xia Xiao didn't know if the news of his predecessors was well-informed, or he locked himself here all day long, thinking only about mountaineering day and night, and didn't listen to the world's affairs, so he replied:

"Everything is fine, thank you seniors for your concern. ”

"It's common for old guys to care about little guys, and it's you little guys that can make the academy so energetic and inexhaustible. ”

The old man smiled undiminishedly, and asked again:

"What have you been busy with lately? Preparing to make the Tree of Vitality bear fruit? Are you busy breaking through yourself and finding a few more tricks? You, don't be in a hurry to have the complete Five Elements, it's a matter of time. Before that, you have to focus on development, and you haven't fully acquired some abilities, right? ”

"Thank you, senior, but I've been busy climbing mountains lately, so I might have to put other things on hold for the time being. ”

Xia Xiao tentatively said these words, but the old man smiled coldly, thought for a long time, and waited until all the porcelain dolls were put into the room and the board was removed, and then he persuaded:

"The path of climbing the mountain has shown the way for the cultivators, but it is not necessarily a good thing, because of one direction, how many people have missed!"

The old man sighed, chatted with Xia Xiao for a few words, and talked about the precautions for mountaineering, and talked about a lot of experiences. This is one of the reasons why Xia Xiao loves the academy, but anyone who is a senior among them can talk about it a few words. Although I haven't seen him for a long time, the enthusiasm of my predecessors will not wane, and I will not mislead people for talking nonsense. Such kindness made his heart extremely warm when he returned to Xiaobailou.

Xia Xiao didn't look for a way to climb the mountain in the end, which was expected. If the top of the mountain is so easy to go, how can the senior sister be the only one to break through the shackles over the years?

But the senior sister said, many seniors also vaguely realized that the top of the mountain is not to go up, so what is the way to go?

Xia Xiao frowned, and thought for a long time, with many roads blocked, only spiritual power was available.

Spiritual power can drive the physical body, and there are many precedents for the physical body to be absent and the consciousness to perpetuate in the world of practitioners. It is said that the end of philosophy is metaphysics, because there are many things that cannot be solved by mortal science, so they fall into philosophical thinking. However, the advanced content of philosophical reflection is very common in the world of practitioners. This is also the reason why many cultivators pretend to be high and look down on ordinary people, and even the royal power and wealth are not in their eyes.

There are naturally reasons for the emergence of such thoughts, not to mention the problem of the wind moving but the heart, let's talk about the consciousness and the body. One represents the spirit and the other represents the material. Most of the mortal interpretations hold that matter comes first, and spirit comes second, and that the former is the basis for the generation of the latter, and the latter is the reaction of the former. But there is always some consciousness in heaven and earth, caressing all things in the flowers and plants, blowing a breath is a strong wind, and a blink of an eye is the alternation of day and night.

But it is not possible to judge the non-existence of such a thing without a body, so is the criterion for judging a thing based on objective matter, or does it take precedence over mental consciousness?

This kind of question is no longer in the scope of Xia Xiao's thinking, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that his concepts are fallacies. But the biggest difference between a cultivator and a mortal is that he can control his spiritual power, so that he can get out of the shackles of the physical body and truly act like the hands of an entity.

When someone dies in the mortal world, the spiritual power may be crooked, and a few butterflies can be controlled, or the grass can be blown to move, or the brush can write a few words by itself, and even the flowers bloom in winter. The spiritual power of the cultivator can move mountains and seas after control, and he can pick up the stars and the moon. This is the reason why a practitioner can injure 18,000 enemies while standing still. But even if it is relied on, it must be driven by the mind, so in the final analysis, it is still spiritual power.

Ah Candle on his chest arched and curled up his slender body, so that Xia Xiao no longer thought about it, just lowered his head and said softly:

"We'll try again later. ”

Ah Candle didn't even raise his head, but just hummed lightly with his little nose, signaling that he knew. Xia Xiao didn't say much, and closed his eyes with him.

Tonight's thoughts were chaotic, and Xia Xiao was not the only one who couldn't sleep for a long time, but also an old man named Hu Bugui. He woke up in an empty room, surrounded by a motley of runes, and his heavy breathing was like thunder, attracting a tall man to the door.

Realizing his arrival, Hu Bugui asked:

"What's going on lately?"

His voice was extremely weak, even dying, but the man replied in a deep and magnetic voice:

"Not yet. ”

"If something happens, wake me up, my time is running out, at least at the last minute. ”

"Why bother? old thing. ”

Standing in front of the door is Di Muli, only he will call Hu Bugui that, but he will not stop until death, why is it? Is the obsession in his heart so heavy? Di Muli does not understand, he also has his own beliefs, if the academy needs him one day, he will definitely sacrifice himself, but all the preparations Hu Bugui is making now are for Xia Xiao and Ah Candle. No matter how special they are, they don't deserve such treatment.

Hu Bugui was uneasy, always thinking that something would happen to them, so he waited all the time, but he didn't know how long it would take, and he didn't know if he could wait for what he wanted after spending so much time.

"Less nonsense, help me. ”

Hu Bugui had his own insistence, and after speaking, the runes in the room instantly closed inward, filling his body, causing his rickety body to fall asleep again under the runes. When he wakes up, there should be a big event, and he should also reflect his ultimate value. He wanted to use his life to teach his only disciple a lesson and show him the way. After all, Ah Candle's identity is easy to make her go to extremes.

It is difficult to distinguish between good and bad people, everything is the same, but the legendary gods must be more firm in their beliefs than people. Then, it is easier to have extremes of thought. Although everything is speculation, in order to put Ah Candle on the right path, Hu Bugui has worked hard, and it is obviously not enough to teach him verbally, and he must be left with a profound lesson. But such behavior will make her self-condemn, but the situation is changing all the time, and no one knows how Hu Bugui should end. The world is dangerous, and no one knows what kind of person Ah Candle will become in the end.

The black dragon fell into a deep sleep again in the night, and Dimuri leaned against the wooden door and pondered for a long time. He hoped that Senior Sister would make a decision earlier, Xia Xiao and Ah Candle were a complete waste of time if they went on like this, and there was that guy Wang Ling, whose thoughts were becoming more and more dangerous. This year's students are destined to be worry-free, and I don't know what they will do in the future. There is also the journey of the vice-president and the Pope, I don't know where I went.

"Capable people are always on the go, I'm waiting, it's time to move. ”

After Dimuri finished speaking, he walked away with the sheep in the courtyard. The bell rings loudly in the night, rippling in the chest.