After the disciples left, Ji Lao looked at Chen Heng and the others, and a rare smile appeared on his face.

"The three of you have performed very well in the big competition this time, so that our Dongling Peak has finally raised its eyebrows in front of the other peaks. ”

It can be seen that Ji Lao is really happy, Dongling Peak has been suppressed for too long, this time the big competition has won comprehensively, he, the real manager of Dongling Peak, can also show his face once at the top of the sect.

Although Chen Heng and the others somewhat guessed in their hearts the intention of Ji Lao to say this to them, they still responded in unison: "This is what a disciple should do." ”

Ji Lao was obviously quite satisfied with Chen Heng and the others, and after nodding to them, he sighed: "Wu Lao is right, although the old man is commendable in taking care of various affairs and imparting experience, but in terms of looking at people, he is much worse. ”

The old man admitted that when Wu Lao asked for a replacement at the beginning, even the old man didn't agree very much. Ming Wei aside, Xiu Yuan and Chen Heng, although the strength you showed surprised the old man a little, but after all, you have no experience in participating in the big competition, and in the old man's opinion, you are still inferior to Qian Qing and others. ”

"But you really gave the old man a big surprise, I have to say, the old man really looked away. ”

Ji Lao's words Chen Heng and the others didn't have an interface, but they just looked at each other a little when they heard it, and they didn't know what he wanted to say.

Ji Lao also seemed to see their doubts, and said with a slight smile: "You don't have to guess, the old man asked you to stay, I guess you can also guess, this time you have made a great contribution, naturally I want to reward you well." ”

"Two days ago, because Chen Heng was injured and in a coma, this matter was temporarily suppressed, and now that your injury is almost over, it is time to reward you. ”

In fact, Dabi's achievements are indeed important for each mountain, but the real reward is the resources distributed through the door.

As long as they get good results, the following days will naturally be better.

However, Dongling Peak is different after all, it has not been good for a long time, and there is a lack of resources, and now Chen Heng and the three of them have almost become the heroes of Dongling Peak, so that the people of their entire mountain peak will not go to the final embarrassment.

Therefore, after discussion, Ji Lao decided to reward the three of them.

"After lunch, you go to the second floor of the library to find the old man. Oh, by the way, Chen Heng. In view of your outstanding performance in the Great Competition, the sect has decided to promote you to an official outer disciple, and from now on, you can also enter and leave freely on the second floor of the library. ”

Chen Heng didn't have much idea about the reward or something, even if he became an outer disciple, it was only a matter of time, but Ji Lao's last sentence made Chen Hengda overjoyed.

On weekdays, Ming Wei had already mentioned to Chen Heng that the books on the first floor of the library were only the most basic theoretical knowledge of cultivators, but when they reached the second layer, more records were some special exercises, special skills, and the like.

Although there are also no exercises or martial arts that can really be practiced, those knowledge are not something that ordinary cultivators can understand.

To put it simply, the second floor of the library is all sorted out by those who have qualifications and knowledge, including some secrets that few people know about and introductions to the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.

During the month he spent in Dongling Peak, Chen Heng had read almost all the books on the first floor of the entire library, and now he was truly a qualified cultivator, and he also knew a lot about the system of the entire cultivation world.

But this was not enough, in order to stand out among the many cultivators, he also had to advance to a higher level of knowledge, so he had been hoping to enter the second level of study for a long time.

Now that the opportunity is in front of him, he can't help but be unhappy.

Chen Heng's performance in these days, Ji Lao and Ming Wei are naturally clear, so they can understand his mood to some extent, smile at each other, and don't say much.

"Okay, I won't delay you too much, so hurry up and eat, lest you be late and have no food for a while. ”

Ji Lao waved his hand and signaled that Chen Heng and the others could leave.

Although they didn't know what Ji Lao asked them to do in the library, they thought that the reward should be related to the things inside, Ming Wei and Li Xiuyuan were not disappointed, and even had some faint expectations.

Since Ji Lao said that he wanted to give them a reward, it must be aimed at their current realm, and it won't be too bad to think about it.

The three of them went to the dining hall together, and after a hasty lunch, they hurried to the library.

In fact, the most anxious was actually Chen Heng, Ming Wei and Li Xiuyuan almost finished lunch at his urging.

However, when they stepped into the second floor of the library, they discovered a problem.

They want to eat, and Ji Lao also wants to eat.

"Look, it's so urgent, Ji Lao hasn't come over yet!"

Ming Wei's words looked like he was blaming Chen Heng, but looking at the smile in his eyes, he didn't really care.

Chen Heng smiled slightly, looked at the library, and said, "That's okay, while there is still some time, I'll take a look at the materials here first." ”

Ming Wei and Li Xiuyuan glanced at each other, and they both smiled a little wryly.

They were all several years older than Chen Heng, and they all took care of Chen Heng a little bit, but they didn't really care about anything, but Chen Heng was so keen on cultivation, but it was not something they could do.

Even if Li Xiuyuan has a cold temperament, he is afraid that the time for cultivation on weekdays is not less than Chen Heng, but he just wants to improve his cultivation more and pays more attention to the results, so he does not have Chen Heng's fanatical mentality.

The second floor of the library has significantly fewer books than the first floor, adding up to hundreds of volumes and three shelves.

Chen Heng took a brief turn, and roughly knew what was recorded in the books here.

The materials recorded on the first floor of the library are basically suitable for monks in the post-celestial realm, and if the books on the first level are classified as primary materials, then the second level can be classified as the intermediate level.

Because almost all of the materials here are knowledge that can only be accessed during the condensation period, and there are even some that cannot even be accessed during the condensation period, it is best to use them to lay the foundation.

Chen Heng was about to choose a copy to come out and take a look, but Ming Wei suddenly stopped him.

Facing Chen Heng's puzzled gaze, Ming Wei smiled: "You are really a tireless cultivator, since Ji Lao said that you have been able to enter and exit the second layer freely, then what are you anxious about, I will have time to show you in the future." ”

After a pause, Ming Wei said again: "Your cultivation has also reached the point where you have to advance, how are you preparing for Ning Gang's matter?"

Hearing Ming Wei say this, Chen Heng was stunned, but because he has learned more and more recently, Chen Heng has also become more and more aware that he used to think too simply, Ning Gang is indeed not in the realm, just prepare the Ning Gang exercises.

Raising his head, Chen Heng looked at Ming Wei and Li Xiuyuan seriously, and said, "These are exactly the situations that I urgently need to know now, Senior Brother Mingwei, you and Senior Brother Xiuyuan have both had the experience of Ning Gang, can you tell me about your understanding of Ning Gang." ”

Ming Wei and Li Xiuyuan glanced at each other, and at the same time showed a hint of a smile.

Chen Heng found that after Li Xiuyuan was influenced by Wu Lao, he was now less and less indifferent than before.

Ming Wei nodded and smiled: "I knew that you kid was so anxious, there must be a reason, it turns out that you don't know anything!"

Seeing Chen Heng's embarrassed look, Ming Wei didn't continue to make fun of him, sorted out his thoughts, and said, "Since you have entered the half-step congenital, you can feel the difference between the innate and the acquired to some extent. To be precise, the acquired body realm is a process of quenching the body, forging the body by ingesting the aura of heaven and earth in the air. ”

"This is a process of transformation, gradually excreting the impurities in the body due to the influence of the acquired influence, while forging the muscles and refining the bones, and increasing the energy of ** to the maximum. ”

"And the innate secret realm, in the case of having a huge spiritual power in the body, combined with the aura of heaven and earth, combined with two by two, the power exerted is much stronger than the day after tomorrow. To put it simply, whoever can control more heaven and earth aura and combine it more perfectly, the stronger his strength will be in the innate world. ”

Chen Heng nodded, he had already understood these things when he first stepped into half a step, and he had to thank Cao De's guard.

"But in fact, with your current realm, at most, you are borrowing the aura of heaven and earth, but you are not really in control. Can you understand what it means to control the aura of heaven and earth?"

Chen Heng hadn't paid attention to this word before, but after Ming Wei said this, he suddenly reacted and blurted out: "Is it because of Gang Qi?"

Ming Wei nodded and said approvingly: "That's right, it's Gangqi." If you use three, six, nine and so on to distinguish, then the spiritual power is inferior, the aura is medium, and the gang qi is superior. ”

"You can think about it, the acquired body realm, even if it is a half-step innate state, the energy in the body is only spiritual power, how can it control a higher level of spiritual energy? ”

When Ming Wei said this, Chen Heng had basically understood.

It turns out that the biggest difference between acquired and congenital is here!

Without waiting for Chen Heng to think more, Ming Wei continued: "Chenggang Realm is a process of condensing Gang Qi, so generally we also call it the Condensation Period, only by converting all the spiritual power in the body into Gang Qi and condensing into Dan, can we break through to the second level of the Innate Secret Realm, the Jindan Realm." ”

"But every cultivator in the Chenggang Realm starts differently, and generally people will take the initiative to stop when they are half-step innate and stabilize their cultivation first, which is one of them. The second and most important point is that the Condensation Gang Exercises, the quality of the Condensation Gang Exercises directly affects the speed at which the spiritual power will be transformed into Gang Qi in the future. ”

Chen Heng nodded subconsciously, he understood that stable cultivation was to lay a good foundation, and the Condensing Gang Gong method determined the quality of Gang Qi.

This can be seen from Long Xiangyu's ability to self-disperse Gang Qi, Long Xiangyu must have entered the innate secret realm as soon as possible, so he chose a slightly inferior Condensing Gang Technique, but because of the impurity of Gang Qi, he lost to Chen Heng, so he chose to rebuild.

However, Long Xiangyu will definitely be injured if he does that, and I am afraid that for a long time, he will have to fight against injuries.