Thinking of what happened during the day, looking at the small pile of spirit stones and pills he had distributed, Yan Xuan couldn't help but ask:

"We have encountered a lot of things when we came out this time, last time we helped Senior Brother Chen Xian, and this time it was these people who took the initiative to provoke, why do so many people do evil things outside the sect, isn't it good to do our duty?"

Yan Xuan had asked such a question more than once, and Tang Ping smiled when he heard it:

"Sister Yan, this thing is really not unusual, well, let's take your Yan family as an example, your family is a big family, there must be a lot of naughty and mischievous boys in the family, if those guys are honest in front of the elders on weekdays? But in the place where the person in charge of the house can't see it, is it a tossing chicken and a dog jumping? Human nature is like this, when there are rules, it is natural to be honest, so as not to cause trouble for yourself, but in the place where the rules can't be controlled, you will naturally start to mess around? There are many honest people when they are constrained by the rules, but there are not many people who can be self-disciplined when there are no rules, and the monks are the same. There are many people in the sect, and the most are qi refining cultivators like us, there are many people, and there are many characters and hearts, some are generous, and there are also faithful, but at the same time, there must be greedy, and there are narrow-minded, and people will inevitably have a conflict when they are together, or to see who has good things to take away or who is better than themselves, they are jealous, and they dare not make trouble in the sect, and these people can't take care of these things when they go outside the sect. Besides, the methods of our monks are all those powerful means that can take people's lives, and these people have no rules outside the sect and have the means to kill people, so they naturally do nothing wrong. ”

"Then ......" Yan Xuan asked again, "Last time, Senior Brother Chen Xian said that Xie Yu had killed people outside, and also said that there were still many people who were killed by them, according to this, there are always people in the sect who are nonsense outside, so every year there are some Qi refining disciples in the sect who are afraid that some will die outside, is it really okay for the sect to let go of these?" ”

What Yan Xuan didn't understand was why the sect would let its disciples come and fight outside the sect, only there were strict rules in the sect, but they didn't care about things outside the sect, which seemed very ruthless, unfair, and even a little ruthless.

Tang Ping looked at Yan Xuan's eyes, and then looked at several other partners around him, thinking that as the cultivation of several of his people deepened, I am afraid that such things will be encountered from time to time in the future, and low-level disciples may still have a little unrealistic imagination of this cultivation world, but after all, they must slowly get used to the treachery and cruelty of the cultivation world.

So Tang Ping pondered and said:

"Zongmen...... In fact, it was just a chance for us, and in the sect we could see those high-level senior brothers, and there were also many senior brothers who built the foundation and could be seen at times, and of course, those seniors who had built the foundation could also see it sometimes. This opportunity is that if we work hard, maybe we can become like them, like them. But how to do this depends on your own efforts, even if you have a teacher, it is the same, it is nothing more than to be able to raise some points in your cultivation, and the growth of your cultivation can be faster. But the path of the individual must always be taken by himself. There are so many people in the sect, the Qi refining disciples want to build a foundation, the foundation building monks want to form a pill, and which of the predecessors of the foundation does not want to break through the Yuan Infant? So everybody is busy. ”

After a pause, seeing that several companions were listening carefully, Tang Ping continued:

"To say Dali, there are six major sects in Central-continent, all of which are intriguing with each other, staring at each other, and each sect has spent a lot of effort in this regard, just like the six great powers confronting each other, and they don't dare to relax for a moment; There are countless small families and small sects under each big sect, these can be regarded as various factions and forces within a big country, they are also full of contradictions with each other, each with their own plans, and they may not be loyal to the big sect to which they belong, so the big sect must always have an eye on them, preventing them from colluding with other big sects or making trouble. The two things I mentioned above are the two most important things in a big sect, of course, there are many other things to deal with, those seniors who deal with the affairs of the sect are busy every day, but none of them are related to our Qi refining disciples. ”

After laying the groundwork, it is time to respond to Yan Xuan's question head-on, Tang Ping said:

"Sister Yan, if a Qi refining disciple is gone outside the sect, then it is really gone, it can only be said that he was careless, what the sect has to do is to give these Qi refining disciples a place and exercises where they can practice, that is, to tell him the rules within the sect and the dangers outside the sect clearly, and then there is nothing to do, after all, it is impossible for a big sect to take care of every disciple like a small family cultivating a successor. Moreover, for the sect, the real usefulness of the monks is from the beginning of foundation building, and the disciples of refining qi are almost useless, and the same is true for a few of us. In the future, after we build the foundation, we will definitely be sent to a place to be stationed for a few years and do some things, which is to serve the sect. One more thing, if the five of us can get a Dan in the future, it will be of great use to the sect, after all, the monk is the main force supporting a sect, I dare not say that we can break through the Yuanying, after all, the Yuanying monk has an important role in the foundation of a sect, and it is impossible for a sect to become a big sect without the Yuanying monk. ”

Tang Ping paused again, thinking for a moment how to phrase what she was going to say next, after all, it involved several companions around her, and then she said:

"And many Qi refining disciples, it will always take some years before there will be talents who are useful to the sect, and the qualifications of Qi refining disciples are good, not bad! Good heart, not bad! There may be some seniors who will also accept some manufacturable materials as disciples, but that is just an expectation, if these disciples fall before this expectation is achieved, those elders will have nothing but a sigh or a private revenge for the disciples, not to mention so many mediocre qi refining disciples in the sect, who are in danger outside the sect, and may not even be able to leave a name, except for good friends, no one cares. It is indeed dangerous outside the sect, and people will reveal their true nature as soon as they come out, but speaking of those dazzling characters in the sect, those senior brothers who have built the foundation, which one of them is not so bloody and hardworking, even if he is unwilling to do anything to others, but when he encounters people with bad intentions, he always has to rush forward. Speaking of which, I also want to talk about the children of those predecessors in the sect, that is, those in the sect that they usually say, if they have been raised by their side like babies, it is impossible to have any great success, even if they build a foundation, it is impossible to entrust important tasks, and that is just to let them die in a different place later, and if they have not experienced the tempering of this qi refining stage, they will be gone as soon as they leave the sect. ”

Yan Xuan could hear it, these words reminded her of the senior sister Luo Zhen that Senior Sister Min had introduced for herself, on the night when Senior Sister Luo Zhen was completely enlightened, she was covered in blood in front of the demon beast, if she gave up at that time, maybe even Senior Sister Min would not know that there was such a person, and naturally there would be no Senior Sister Luo to explain her own troubles, thinking of this, Yan Xuan couldn't help but sigh:

"I can't imagine that the cultivation world is so ruthless!"

Tang Ping smiled and replied:

"Is there so much tenderness in the world?"

Yan Xuan thought about his family and nodded.

Tang Ping's words were listened to by several people, although they usually have such thoughts, but they are not as straightforward as Tang Ping said today, even Lu Pingchuan heard some meanings, only that Tang Meizi wants to practice hard in the future, and if she encounters someone making trouble, she will fight back, and if she can't convince them, she can only convince them, so she said:

"Well, what Sister Tang said is good, hehe, I can understand it, but I still don't understand something, we have also dealt with those mid-level and high-level guys a few times, but why are they so unbeaten? That is, the first time it was called An Zhen, it was quite powerful, but later these guys were all useless straw bales, to say that we are all refining qi, they entered the sect earlier than a few of us, and the cultivation time is still longer, but how can it be as simple as defeating us when they meet us? ”

This is indeed a problem, that An Zhen is indeed powerful, but later I met two middle-level monks, and several of them were easily defeated, and I couldn't realize the power of the middle-level monks at all, so I also had a little doubt.

Tang Ping said: "This, it's easy to explain. ”

As she spoke, she looked at it and picked up the teacup in front of her, and the spiritual tea in the cup was still full of the fragrance of tea.

"This truth, my master told me, well, my sixth grandfather also said once, not only for the disciples of Shuiyun Valley, but also for the disciples in the sect, ah, this cup, we can regard the size of this cup as our personal cultivation, the bigger the cup, the higher the cultivation."

After speaking, she handed the teacup to her lips and took a sip, and the tea in the cup was less, and then she put the teacup next to Qian Chao's teacup, and Qian Chao's teacup was still full of spiritual tea.

"Look at it again, the cup is the same size, but the tea in the cup is different, the tea in it can be regarded as a means, the higher the cultivation, the more means can be used, simply put, the bigger the cup, the more tea can be filled. However, the means are not something that you have with the improvement of cultivation, just like the tea in a cup, you always have to pour it in after drinking. The monks' methods were all learned by themselves, and if they didn't learn them, they naturally didn't. ”

She picked up her teacup again, took a sip, and poured herself another full one.

"Middle-level monks are naturally higher than our cultivation, but if there is only a little tea in the big cup, and the tea in the small cup is full, it is not necessarily which cup will have more tea, the monks fight, of course, the cultivation can be regarded as the support of the means, but the decisive victory is still the means of each, but if the cultivation is high, there is no means or the means are mediocre, and the means of cultivation are more and more clever, just like there is only a little water in the big cup, and the small cup is full, which side do you say will win?"

Lu Pingchuan rarely understood, and said: "Naturally, we have more water than them, so we can win them, right?" ”

"That's exactly the reason, that's why although it was difficult for us to deal with that An Zhen for the first time, we were able to defeat him dangerously with our joint efforts."

Li Jian picked up his teacup, looked at the spiritual tea in the cup, and asked:

"Then why don't those senior brothers learn a few tricks on weekdays, don't they know this truth?"

"Naturally, many people know this truth, but, Brother Li, think about it, how many low-level disciples in the sect are worried day and night about not being able to break through the small five levels, and how many high-level disciples are worried about building the foundation, although the means can decide the winner, but it can't help people break through the bottleneck in cultivation, in the final analysis, whether it is the small five levels or the foundation, it all depends on the improvement of cultivation, and the benefits after building the foundation are obvious, and the most direct and most important one is that it can increase a lot of lifespan and make people live longerTherefore, many disciples in the sect often only focus on the improvement of cultivation, and do not regard means as a very important thing. ”

Yan Xuan asked, "Then which is more important, cultivation or means?" ”

After asking this question, Yan Xuan felt that this question seemed inappropriate and a little naïve, so he couldn't help but smile.

Tang Ping also smiled: "Naturally, it's all important, Sister Yan, think about it, if we don't have the means, can we get these things?" ”

As he spoke, Tang Ping pointed to a few small bottles on the bookcase, which contained the seeds of the sunflower, but Yan Xuan did not put them away.

"Low-level disciples, well, it is impossible for ordinary low-level disciples to come here, and it is impossible to deal with the three Luo Chong beasts we met today, the means can allow us to get more good things, and these are more beneficial to cultivation, such as the seeds of this smoke sunflower, Sister Yan, you said that you can refine a kind of Chengyuan Dan, which is much better than the Yangyuan Pill we usually use, and it is more conducive to improving cultivation, and the horns of the Luo Chong Beast, the money boy can be used to refine the weapon, or use it himself, then add a few more means, or take it and sell it, It is also beneficial to our cultivation by dividing it into spirit stones, and the means and cultivation are mutually reinforcing, and they cannot be viewed separately. It's a pity that many people know this truth, but they don't understand it thoroughly. ”

Hearing this, several people nodded, and then they understood why the middle-level disciples they met didn't seem so powerful.

"But there's another point that's not quite fair." Tang Ping said again.

"Oh, what is it?"

"A really good method, Qi refining disciples generally can't learn it."

"What does that mean?"

Tang Ping smiled, looked at Li Jian, and then at Lu Pingchuan.

"Brother Li and Brother Lu, the two of you have a sword cultivation and a body cultivation, Mu Xiufeng and Houtu Temple are both sects with few people, it is precisely because there are too few people that they don't hide their secrets from their respective disciples, even if they don't have a teacher, they can learn good methods, so the two of you don't care."

She added:

"The disciples of the many sects, Jiuxuan, Shuiyun Valley and Qixia Mountain, if they don't have elders or teachers, they can't learn any clever methods, so they can only rely on their own cleverness and try their best to get some spells from everywhere to practice. However, there are not many people with clever means, and they can be counted, so the powerful people we heard about in the sect, such as Luo Ying, Luo Bin, Wen Yuan and Lu Shuang, who were four enemies and hundreds last time, these four people have clever means, among which Er Luo and Wen Yuan have elders, and Lu Shuang is the disciple of the Goose Mirror Fairy of Yueyinglin in our Shuiyun Valley, so the means of these four people are strong, although they are four enemies and hundreds, not only nearly a hundred high-level monks repelled them, but also killed more than a dozen people, isn't it very powerful? ”

Several people nodded.

"Look at a few of us again, Brother Li and Brother Lu don't care, I have both elders and teachers, so I can also learn a lot of methods. Sister Yan, you said that Zhong Yao's predecessor intended to include you in the door wall, and you can apprentice after you pass the Xiaowu level, right? ”

Yan Xuan nodded.

"And you told me, a few times when you practiced at night, that Zhong senior came to guide you, you must know that there are so many people in our sect, how many of them can be so lucky to get the advice of the senior of Jiedan? Therefore, Sister Yan, even if you only have that Fire Sword Technique and Phoenix Breath Technique now, you must have surpassed many Qixia Mountain disciples of the same level in these two spells, so your methods are not comparable to ordinary people. ”

When Tang Ping said this, in addition to Yan Xuan nodding, Li Jian couldn't help but nod, Mu Xiufeng's Cold Moon Fairy had also given him guidance many times, if he said so, what level should he be among the monks of Mu Xiufeng's rank?

"It's you in the end, money boy!" Tang Ping said with a smile.

"How am I?"

"Well, you don't have a teacher, you don't have an elder, and you have a poor Linggen qualification, but at least you have an advantage that others can't compare."

Qian Chao smiled and said:

"Then I'm going to have to listen to you."

"Nothing else, it's just that you're very smart, well, very smart, and, your temperament, although it's not as good as Brother Li, but it's not far behind, to be honest, although these methods of yours are all obtained by yourself, but in my opinion, even if there are teachers and elders among the disciples of the same level, most of them are not as good as you, you are an outlier, but after the small five levels, there should be seniors who will take you under the door."

Qian Chao nodded, he still didn't have any thoughts about apprenticeship, and he would talk about it in the future.

"I just want to tell you that even if the cultivation of a few of us is still low-level, but the methods of a few of us are not inferior to others, so if someone bullies us in the future, we still have to fight, don't worry so much!"

"That's, haha, those are for spirit stones!" Lu Pingchuan laughed.

After saying this, Qian Chao said: "We came out this time, mainly for that ruin, and now it seems that we should almost go there tomorrow." ”

Tang Ping said: "Boy Qian, are you really sure that you can open the ruins?" ”

"It should be about the same."

Yan Xuan asked, "What is there in the ruins that makes so many people want it?" ”

"Sister Yan, I'll know when I get there tomorrow and open it, and I haven't been in it either."