At sunset, a young man was in the dust, carrying a demon beast on his shoulder, strode towards the dining hall, and shouted from afar: "Senior Wang, make braised elk venison meat tonight." Then he put the whole elk on the table.

"Young master, you're back." A thin old man came out of the kitchen and looked at the young man.

"Senior Wang, don't call me young master, call me Yuan Ming." The young man chuckled and helped the thin old man to sit down. person

"Young master, the rules can't be changed, just do what you want. Alright, I'm going to make your favorite braised elk meat. ”

"Thank you Senior Wang, I'll go take a shower and then call my father-in-law for dinner." The young man finished speaking and ran away.

After a quarter of an hour, the young man, dressed cleanly, walked towards the largest room in the center of the valley, walked to the front of the house, and knocked lightly at the door.

"Boy, you're out of the valley again today?" A gentle voice came from inside the house.

"Father-in-law, you are a fairy, and the child can't hide anything from you." The young man said in a mocking tone.

"Don't you see who I am? Within a radius of thousands of miles inside and outside this valley, an ant has thought about it, and I know it, not to mention that you know what you are going to do before you your tail. There was a burst of laughter and scolding from inside the room.

"My father-in-law is the most powerful man in the world," the young man said with a wry smile.

"Stinky boy, don't be a sycophant, I won't eat dinner, come to my house after eating, I have something to tell you." There was another scolding from inside the house.

"If the father has nothing else to do, the minister will retire." The young man ran away with a grin.

"Get out." There was laughter and scolding again in the room.

The young man came to the detached house in the other direction and shouted:

"Senior Li, it's time to eat"

"Senior Xu, it's time to eat"

"Zhuge senior, it's time to eat"

"Senior Murong, it's time to eat"

Then, the young man came to the dining hall and hung out with the thin old man, serving the meal and serving the food. Several old men rushed in, sat down in their own positions.

A few old men dressed as if they had just come from the countryside to work in the fields, all dressed in native clothes and fabrics, but at first glance, the temperament was intimidating, and they didn't dare to look at it directly.

Everyone doesn't talk when they eat, and they work hard. In response to the saying: there is no speech when you eat, and there is no food when you speak.

After eating, the old men said a sentence from their mouths: "Yes, cooking skills have improved." ”

The thin old man didn't do it anymore, and pursed the corners of his mouth and said, "You old guys make a few meals for the old man to taste them, can you?" ”

"Okay, no problem! Then you go and plant spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables. ”

"Then you go and train the beast."

"Then you go and plant the spirit fruit."

"Then you go and inspect the Five Thousand Miles Heavenly Wind Valley."

The thin old man, as soon as he heard these words, immediately did not speak, because these were not his strong points.

When the young man had finished eating, he cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and scraps on the table.

"It's still the young master's heartache and old age, I didn't teach him alchemy in vain, I know the reward."

"You people, who eat my elixir and eat my food, are not grateful, and you are evil."

The thin old man looked at the crowd earnestly, turned and walked into the kitchen, and did his finishing touch.

After the young man helped the thin old man clean up, he saw a few old men sitting at the table discussing the mental method or what cultivation problems they encountered, and offered for everyone to help analyze and discuss.

Suddenly, there was a voice from inside the house, "Oh, I see. ”

The young man felt that this was not something he could mix, so he quietly withdrew from the house and walked slowly to his father-in-law's house, and said secretly: "Father-in-law, is there anything good to find me today?" ”

As soon as he came to the front of the house, he heard a majestic voice in the house, "Yuan Ming, go make a pot of tea", the young man hurriedly took the teapot and filled it with mountain spring water, and then covered it with both hands towards the pot, and in a moment, he heard the sound of boiling water in the teapot, and came to the study house, and saw a middle-aged man sitting behind the table, with a majestic face and full of the atmosphere of the supreme noble.

Yuan Ming grinned, and put the cup full of tea in front of the middle-aged man: "Father-in-law, this is the child Yuan Ming brewed your favorite Wanling tea, please taste it." ”

"How long has it been since we've been talking together?" The middle-aged man stood up, walked to Yuan Ming in front of the table, reached out and gently patted the young man on the shoulder and asked.

"It's been almost a year. Yuan Mingnian looked at the middle-aged man with a nervous face, knowing that when he talked about his heart, it must be a bad thing when he talked about his stinky problem, and Yuan Ming's face suddenly fell.

"Ming'er, sit down, don't be nervous, my father-in-law and you have something important to talk about today and it is closely related to you." The middle-aged man turned back to the table and sat down. Yuan Mingnian came to the chair opposite the middle-aged man, sitting with half of his buttocks crooked, and his expression of fear of being scolded by his father-in-law was clear at a glance.

With a wave of one hand, the middle-aged man suddenly laid an enchantment in the entire house, and even if the people outside used their divine sense, they could not detect the voices of the people inside.

"Boy, why are you getting less and less timid now? If you are incapable of meeting anyone, you must have the courage and bearing to face him, and don't give up your due performance just because you are weak. The middle-aged man opened his mouth and taught Yuan Mingdao.

"Father-in-law, what you taught me is that I'm just afraid that you will say that Ming'er is neither big nor small." The young man beat a drum in his heart and said secretly: "If it weren't for facing your old man, my face would not change and my heart would not beat in front of others." ”

"Naru'er, do you feel like you're being restrained or restrained in front of me?" The middle-aged man seemed to see through the young man's inner thoughts and asked.

"Father-in-law, this is not a thing." Yuan Ming hurriedly denied it.

The middle-aged man knocked on the table with his hand, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Respect people should be respected from the heart, and they should be shown from their behavior, not by bowing their heads and showing themselves as the most humble." Treat your parents with understanding and respect, because we have their blood in our veins; We should treat our masters with respect, because they have taught us the principles and knowledge of how to behave in the world. When dealing with friends, we must learn to understand, support, and help: when dealing with peers or juniors, we must learn to maintain a normal heart, not to compare, and not to oppress; Treat seniors with humility and respect. ”

The middle-aged man paused, and his face gradually turned stern and said, "Anyone who bullies me, I will insult him." My kindness is aimed at those who treat me with kindness, not everyone can get my kindness, this is my way of being a person. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Ming suddenly sat up straight, looked at his stepfather excitedly, and nodded.

"Naru'er, what do you think of me in your heart? Truth be told, I don't blame you. The middle-aged man asked the young man with those doting eyes.

"The father-in-law is fatherly to Ming'er, and he teaches the elders to the younger ones with majesty and kindness." Yuan Ming thought for a moment.

"In your heart, your father-in-law is a good father, a good elder, and a good person, but in the eyes of others, your father-in-law is a high-minded, unreasonable, unapproachable, and indifferent to the life and death of others." The middle-aged man laughed.

"And that about the father-in-law?" Yuan Ming looked at his father-in-law with those incredible eyes.

"Do you want to know why my stepfather is asking you this and telling you what others think of me?" The middle-aged man looked at the innocent young man and asked with a worried look in his heart.

Ming'er listened attentively. Yuan Ming humbly asked for advice.

"What my righteous father wants to tell you is to stick to your own principles and ways, and don't care too much about what others think of you, otherwise you will live in other people's worlds, being pointed at by others and ignoring the meaning of your own existence."

"Ming'er, I understand, stick to your original intention and don't change." Yuan Ming thought for a moment.

"The children can be taught."

The middle-aged man looked at the boy and asked, "Do you know what people live for?" ”

Yuan Ming touched his ears, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Ming'er, I haven't thought about this problem. ”

The middle-aged man looked at him again and said, "You are still young, you have not experienced the sophistication of the world, and you have not experienced the cruel baptism of life; I have not experienced the test of life and death...... So you don't know what it's like to live for. ”

"Do you know what the people in the valley live for?" The middle-aged man continued to ask in a different way.

"Father-in-law, the seniors seem to be living well, doing what they like to do every day, and they feel carefree." Yuan Ming said truthfully.

"No, they are desperate to live in order to survive," the middle-aged man said.

The young man was puzzled and said: "I want to live desperately, and Ming'er sees that the seniors are living well." ”

The middle-aged man picked up the teacup again, took a sip of tea, and continued: "Because you are young, you don't know the value of human lifespan, especially warriors; The maximum life expectancy of an average person is about one jiazi; For martial artists, the maximum lifespan below the Xuan Rank Realm is eighty to one hundred years old; The maximum lifespan of the Earth Tier Realm is within 200 years; The maximum lifespan of the Heavenly Rank Realm is one thousand years; The maximum lifespan of the Ming Rank Realm is 3,000 years old, and the lifespan of the Emperor Rank Realm is 6,000 years old...... They were already dying before they met me, and I was able to break them out of their shackles and regain their lives. ”

The middle-aged man continued to ask, "Why do they keep following me and not want to leave this boring Heavenly Wind Valley? ”

Yuan Ming thought for a while and said, "Because you can give them a new life and give them a future." ”

The middle-aged man nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, I can give them a new life and a future, the most important thing is because I am valuable, that is, they can't see through how high my specific value is, so that they believe even more that I can give them everything they want." ”

"It is precisely because I am valuable that they are willing to grow spiritual vegetables for me, grow spiritual fruits, raise spirit animals, laundry and cook in exchange for what they want."

"In other words, everyone takes what they need, so when you don't have any use value, don't expect others to give you any help, this is the reality."

And don't expose your value to others, when he uses your value, then you will also lose his respect and admiration. Warriors pay attention to admiring the strong and will not bow to the weak. ”

"I want to tell you this to tell you that if you want to be respected by others, you must first have the strength and value, so that others feel that they can expect the benefits they want from you, and the higher the expectation, they will respect you unconditionally."

Yuan Ming nodded thoughtfully, stood up and poured tea for the middle-aged man's teacup.

"You should have learned a lot from these people who followed the vegetable growers and cooks in this Heavenly Wind Valley, right?" The man looked at the young man with a smile and asked.

"I learned a lot from my predecessors: Senior Wang taught me alchemy; Senior Murong taught me footwork; Senior Li taught me to refine weapons; Senior Xu taught me to refine my body; Zhuge seniors taught me swordsmanship, in short, the seniors were very good to me and let me learn a lot of martial arts knowledge. ”

"Ming'er, they are my father-in-law's subordinates, so naturally I will take care of you in all aspects for the sake of my face, but after you go out, you must know that you can use the situation to develop yourself or do things for yourself, after all, your ability is limited. But before and after taking advantage of the situation, you must let others see what you bring to him, then he will be willing to use it for you, otherwise he will not be able to borrow it but will bring himself to danger. ”

The middle-aged man continued to ask, "How many years have you been in Tianfeng Valley?"

Yuan Ming thought for a while and said, "Listening to Senior Murong, it's been twelve years since I came here. ”

The middle-aged man picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea, "Yes, it's been twelve years, do you know how you came here?" ”

Yuan Ming scratched his head and thought for a while, "It's not clear, I saw a vague shadow flashing in my head." ”

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "You definitely don't know, I'm here to tell you how you came to this Heavenly Wind Valley today?" ”

"At that time, when I was cultivating in the valley, my divine sense detected that Murong Qian was fighting with a Chuang Gu people, and the situation in front of Murong Qian was very critical, and he was definitely not the opponent of the Chuang Gu people."

"I saw that the situation was not good, and I went out of the valley to relieve the siege for Murong Qian, and I made a few moves with the people who broke through the valley, and the people who broke through the valley saw that they were not my opponents and fled, and I pursued them behind, chasing farther and farther, until I chased him to the edge of this northern mountain range, and saw him burrow into the forest and hide his breath."

"I then chased the forest as well, and was standing in the canopy of a tree, and swept my mind to a group of wild beasts fighting, and saw a young couple besieged by demon beasts. I subconsciously swept away the beasts and let out a warning sound, and the monsters then scattered and fled. ”

"I was curious to see you, this kid, lying quietly among the branches, not crying or making trouble, and I thought you were fresh, so I took you away. Haha, chasing and losing a valley man, I actually gave me a little kid in return, it's worth it, and then I will bring you back to the valley. ”

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, and said with a wicked smile on his face: "At that time, I felt that it was relatively boring in the valley, and the few who grew vegetables had nothing to do with me. ”

Yuan Ming scratched his head and felt extremely embarrassed, it turned out that my stepfather raised me just when I was a pistachio.

The middle-aged man coughed dryly a few times to ease the awkward atmosphere, and continued: "I didn't think too much about it at that time, and I didn't ask the names of your parents, but I only heard the young woman calling out to the injured man: Husband, Li Chuanhong...... Maybe the man's name is Li Chuanhong. There is also the jade pendant hanging from your neck, which has the carved fine characters of "Huang Zhenshan gave his grandson Li Yuanming". ”

"This is an ancient spirit jade, there is a trace of soul sealed in it, this piece of jade is also called soul nourishing jade, it is relatively rare in this world, I don't know how Huang Zhenshan got it?"

Yuan Ming took out the jade pendant from his chest and asked, "This Huang Zhenshan is my grandfather?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "Judging from the words on this jade pendant, he is your grandfather." The injured young couple in the woods could also be your biological parents. ”

The middle-aged man paused to speak, "I came to you today, first, I want you to know your origin; Second, let you go back to your biological parents; 3. Let you go out and practice. Although your cultivation realm has reached the double level of heaven now, you don't have the experience of rivers and lakes, just like the flowers in a greenhouse, they will wither when they encounter a cold winter, and the cultivation realm that can't withstand the beating is garbage. Besides, anything you cultivate here is not something you have created yourself, but just the Tao that others have provided to you, and you can enjoy the wisdom of others. Even if you cultivate to the same level as him, you can't break through to the highest level, because others can't break through, so let alone you. ”

"Cultivation and cultivation are not only martial arts and self-cultivation, but also mental cultivation, and the state of mind is not strong, not transparent, and cannot reach a higher level."

"The formation I taught you can use it, but if you haven't reached the king level, don't use it clearly, otherwise it will lead to death."

"At present, they have taught you swordsmanship, alchemy, refining, footwork, and body refining enough for you to use to the Ming Rank. The sword move I taught you: a sword kill. If you don't use it at the moment of life and death, others will guess that I taught you, which will cause you to be killed, remember, remember."

Yuan Ming nodded and asked, "What if I go out and can't find my biological parents?" ”

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "If you can't find your biological parents, you will go to the rivers and lakes to practice, and then come back to Tianfeng Valley in twenty years, and besides, you can't even find your parents, then you are not worthy of being my adopted son, let alone using my name." ”

"I know that you are curious about the name of your father, but your father cannot tell you, because what you bring may not be good cause and effect, but it will put you in danger, and when you are not yet able to bear the weight or have the pride of everything, it will never be possible to enter the circle that others have provided for you."

"After you go out, you have to pay more attention, no one can help you in the outside experience, you can only rely on yourself to overcome everything."

Then the middle-aged man took out a secret book from the ring, handed it to the young man, and said: "Because you haven't experienced the rivers and lakes yet, and you don't know that the rivers and lakes are sinister, this is the cultivation of the "Qi Accumulation Technique" that can make your realm look lower than the actual one to two realms on the surface, which will make others ignore your existence and avoid unnecessary dangers. ”

"And this ring is a storage ring, which contains spirit stones and cultivation needs. I have erased the mark on this ring, and you have confessed the Lord with your blood. In addition, he will give you three life-saving sword qi, which are hidden in this token, one is the Ming Rank, one is the Emperor Rank, and one is the King Rank, because at present, people below the Heaven Rank Realm will not pose a threat to you. ”

"I also gave you a spirit beast and asked it to fight with you in the rivers and lakes, and it also wants to go out." The middle-aged man said and released a spirit bird from the beast bag, "This is a flame phoenix, you two exchange souls"

The spirit bird flew in the air, looked left and right, looked the boy up and down, and suddenly said, "Boy, you seem to be very weak." ”

The boy was startled, and opened his mouth wide, unable to believe that this fiery little bird could speak.

The middle-aged man smiled: "How strong is your realm?" Who hasn't gone from weak to strong? ”

The Little Flame Phoenix said: "At the very least, I am now a fifth-order peak beast, and he is only a heaven-level second-level. ”

The middle-aged man continued: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up." ”

The little flame phoenix reluctantly squeezed out a drop of essence blood, the young man also squeezed out a drop of blood, and the middle-aged man wiped their respective essence blood on each other's foreheads, pinched his fingers, and read something in his mouth, so that the souls of the two sides quickly merged, and each other felt each other's existence and thoughts.

The middle-aged man continued: "In the future, the two of you will go through the rivers and lakes together, face difficulties and dangers together, and never give up. ”

The little flame phoenix nodded reluctantly, muttering in his mouth: "The raw rice has been cooked and cooked, what else can I do?" ”

Li Yuanming glanced at the little flame phoenix, and muttered in his mouth: "This little bird turned out to be a chatter." ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Boy, according to your previous bone age, you are seventeen years old this year, and when you have already married and had children in the outside world, when you say goodbye, I want to see the little pistachio, I don't want your old pistachio." He handed the spirit beast bag to the young man.

"If a girl marries him, this kid's ancestor will definitely burn high incense." The Flame Phoenix muttered.

Li Yuanming's face was full of black lines, looking at this little bird, he really wanted to pluck its feathers.

The middle-aged man laughed heartily, "Okay, okay, you go and say goodbye to them, you will leave Tianfeng Valley tomorrow, you don't have to say goodbye to me, I will start retreat tomorrow." ”

Li Yuanming knelt down towards the middle-aged man, kowtowed three times, and said reluctantly with tears in his eyes: "Thank you father-in-law for raising me for so many years, the child will never forget it until he dies, I will not embarrass you." ”

The middle-aged man turned around and waved his hand, "Let's go, we will meet in the future." ”

Li Yuanming left the valley master house with the bird.