Chapter 12: I Am the Immature Man
Mu Heng sensed the existence of the aura, and used the filtering principle of relative movement to force the aura into his body and gather it in the dantian.
The aura inhaled into the body is not just a layer of mist. After transforming from the aura of the outside world to Mu Heng's aura, Mu Heng was able to sense that he could mobilize these aura, which should be what he saw in the book called spiritual power.
Mu Heng tried to direct these spiritual powers to travel throughout his body, starting from the heart, and traveling the entire bloodline in the direction of blood circulation.
Mu Heng, who had been holding his breath in the water for a long time, seemed to have replenished enough oxygen under the nourishment of spiritual power at this moment, and the feeling of suffocation was swept away.
Mu Heng now didn't need to worry about the cold invasion and lack of oxygen in the pool water, and he floated freely in the water.
On the contrary, Luo Yunjin on the shore is like an ant on a hot pot at the moment, her anxious emotions are all over her pretty face, and the movement of pacing back and forth also shows her inner panic at the moment.
This time, Mu Heng stayed in the water longer than any before, and he was worried that something would happen to Mu Heng. But he knew that Mu Heng had realized that this crucial step must not be disturbed, and if he was disturbed and could not take this step, the chances behind him would inevitably be even more slim.
I kept praying in my heart that Mu Heng was safe, and it was best to smoothly comprehend the water aura.
Finally, the sense of oppression in Luo Yunjin's heart gradually strengthened, and he couldn't help but want to grasp Mu Heng's current state, so he also jumped into the cold pool.
As his body entered the water, Luo Yunjin saw Mu Heng not far away, who was constantly observing the surrounding situation with his eyes open, and his face was filled with a smile of victory.
Mu Heng also noticed Luo Yunjin who went into the water to find him, so he stretched out his right hand and gave a thumbs up, signaling that Luo Yunjin was fine. With such a person around him who is always worried about himself, Mu Heng's feelings for this world have gradually become closer.
After confirming that Mu Heng was fine, Luo Yunjin's hanging heart also quietly landed, so he didn't bother Mu Heng anymore and quickly flew out of the water.
Mu Heng in the water continued to absorb the spiritual energy, and then guided the spiritual power to wash his body, from blood to bones, inside and out. With the nourishment of spiritual power, Mu Heng felt the impurities accumulated in his body slowly penetrate out from every pore of his skin.
"I didn't expect cultivation to have such benefits, isn't this what the book talks about!" Mu Heng recalled the description of the effect of the protagonist's cultivation in various novels in his previous life, isn't it like he is now.
Time flew by, Mu Heng felt that his body could no longer contain the excess aura, and the impurities overflowing from the surface of his body were almost imperceptible, and he realized that he was about to break through.
Using his greatest endurance, he tried his best to perceive the water aura, and at the last trace of aura entered the body, like the last straw that crushed the camel, breaking the swelling depression that Mu Heng felt.
Immediately afterwards, a sudden openness permeated every part of the body, this should be a breakthrough, I finally embarked on this road, the first level of the Ten Directions Realm. So, Mu Heng didn't stay longer, spread his legs, took a frog step, and swam towards the water.
"Senior sister, I finally succeeded!" Mu Heng danced and told Luo Yunjin his good news.
"Congratulations, senior brother!" Luo Yunjin knew that this was a matter of course, but he was also happy like a child, as if he was more excited than breaking through.
Originally, Luo Yunjin had the impression that breaking through the first order of the Ten Directions Realm was a very small thing, and among the people she had met, she had never heard of anyone who was stuck in the first order of the Ten Directions Realm.
Mu Heng has been accompanied by her all the way, and she has rescued her from wandering on the edge of death several times, and after staying up for so long and finally succeeding, Luo Yunjin has a sense of relief that the child has finally grown up.
"Senior sister, let's go back, we will continue to trouble junior sister tomorrow." Mu Heng thought that he had planned to take a day off today and accompany Luo Yunjin to frolic for a while, but he was disrupted by his epiphany, and he felt a little unhappy.
"Okay, senior brother, the fish we caught is still waiting." Luo Yunjin is happy for Mu Heng's breakthrough, as for catching fish and playing, it may not be so necessary.
"Speaking of which, junior sister, can you monks eat meat?" On the flying sword, Mu Heng suddenly thought of a question, aren't the monks meat, wouldn't it be lonely to catch a fish by himself.
"Senior brother, who have you heard say that the monks don't eat meat, and the monks say that they don't eat meat, they mean that those foods with strong smells will have a foul smell after eating, which will promote lust and affect others. Moreover, not eating meat is only not advocated, and there is no mandatory requirement. Luo Yunjin listened to Mu Heng's strange question, and felt funny in his heart, so he patiently popularized common sense to Mu Heng.
"Oh yes? It's me who misunderstood. ”
"Besides, in addition to pursuing the Heavenly Dao and understanding the rules of the Great Dao, our cultivation is also for the sake of living transparently and freely, and we can't satisfy our appetite at all, so what's the point of cultivation." Luo Yunjin then said.
"I see, what my sister said makes sense." When Mu Heng heard this, he also felt that what Luo Yunjin said was indeed reasonable.
"I don't eat much now, just because when I get to the Bagua Mirror, I can use my aura to replenish my energy, and I don't necessarily need food."
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Mu Heng cleaned up the carp refreshingly, and after picking it up, he stuffed the carp's belly with polished rice. I pulled a leaf from a plantain tree, spread a layer of polished rice, put the carp in the leaf, wrapped it and bandaged it, and then wrapped it in four or five layers of plantain leaves.
The carp raised in this pollution-free environment drinks mountain spring water, eats all-natural food, and has living water to play in, so the taste must be no different.
A little water was sprinkled on a burning fire, the carp was wrapped in red firewood, and covered with dry earth, and a natural oven was born.
Do all this, pull Luo Yunjin to sit aside, and wait for the carp to be cooked.
"Senior sister, do you know any tools that can be used to keep time?" Mu Heng had already completed the perception of the water element and successfully absorbed the water aura, so he wanted to test his affinity for the water element according to the previous plan. The test definitely needs a timer, and that's why I just asked.
"I've got it." Hearing this, Luo Yunjin took out a strange compass from the bracelet, with the number of twelve earthly branches, which was very similar to the clocks on the earth, Mu Heng glanced at it and understood its usage.
"Tomorrow I need my junior sister to do me a favor, I need to test my speed of absorbing a level of aura." The speed at which oneself absorbs aura cannot intuitively express the affinity for the elements.
But in the comparison of the five attributes, which aura has the fastest absorption speed is the highest elemental affinity for this attribute.
"No problem." Luo Yunjin readily agreed.
Thinking of the plan Mu Heng had made before, Luo Yunjin thought for a moment and asked with some concern: "Senior brother, do you really want to try every element?" ”
Originally, I didn't think that this plan was so difficult, but after following Mu Heng for more than ten days, Luo Yunjin felt that it seemed a little unworthwhile to take such a risk to do this.
Now that he has realized the water aura, it is better to cultivate the water attribute spiritual root, himself, his senior sister and the master are all cultivating the water attribute, are you still worried that you can't help Mu Heng advance?
"Senior sister, you are different from me, you are a water-attribute top-grade spiritual root, and the cultivation that you can complete in the blink of an eye, I may need a long, long time. I have to find out which of my five attribute spirit roots has a higher affinity for the element, even if it's just a little higher than the others, it's worth fighting for. "When Mu Heng knew that the quality of his spiritual root was extremely poor, he had already accepted the difficulties of his cultivation path.
A small step now is a big step in the future, since there are better options, then why choose the bad ones.
Speaking of this, Mu Heng remembered a sentence he had seen in the book before, and said to Luo Yunjin: "Senior sister, in my hometown, there was a philosopher who said that the mark of an immature man is that he is willing to die heroically for a certain cause. And now, I'm that immature man. ”
Luo Yunjin looked at Mu Heng solemnly when she heard this, her resolute face had a fearless expression, she understood that behind such an expression, there would be endless suffering.
Looking at the man in front of him who was talking about his immaturity, Luo Yunjin's heart was imprinted with a majestic figure, obviously saying that he was so mature, but he said that he was immature. I couldn't help but ask, "Senior brother, how old are you this year?" How to speak, old-fashioned. ”
"I'm twenty-two years old." Mu Heng looked at Luo Yunjin and his appearance, and habitually sighed that he was old.
"It's only twenty-two!" Hearing Mu Heng's answer, Luo Yunjin sighed in surprise.
"It's smelly of fish, it should be cooked." Mu Heng didn't notice Luo Yunjin's exclamation, and the smell of fish interrupted the conversation between the two.
Peeling off the burnt outer layer of plantain leaves, the innermost layer is still green, and the carp is not affected by the heat.
When the last layer of banana leaves is peeled off, a strong fish fragrance, mixed with the fragrance of polished rice, spreads, constantly stimulating Mu Heng's taste buds.
Mu Heng folded two branches as chopsticks, pinched the softest and most tender fish on his belly and handed it to Luo Yunjin: "Senior sister, taste it." ”
Luo Yunjin, who took the chopsticks, smiled at Mu Hengbao, and then gently took a bite of the tender fish, the rich umami reverberated in the mouth, accompanied by the freshness of the rice grains, and couldn't help but praise: "It's delicious, senior brother, you are so amazing." In the end, I didn't forget to give my brother a thumbs up.
It is said that Luo Yunjin is on this immortal mountain, everyone is only busy with cultivation, and few people specialize in studying food for the sake of appetite, so after they don't need to eat, they rarely have time to eat.
This time the fish meat really made her feel a little impulsive to satisfy her appetite.
"Eat more if it's delicious." Mu Heng also tasted the fish, and the full sense of happiness was about to overflow from his mouth.
Sure enough, high-end ingredients often only require the most modest cooking methods.