Spring goes to autumn, the world is troubled, seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, Nanxi Village has not changed much in the past few years, only more residents have been added, and some people have changed.

For Cheng Chen and his family, it hasn't changed much, and over the years, Cheng Chen has sometimes gone out to look for the possibility of healing him and Cheng Bo, but there is still no way to change their current state of cultivation.

In the past two years, Cheng Chen's frequency of going out has begun to decrease, and only sometimes he will go out in order to find medicinal materials for Xiao Xingyun to build a foundation, after all, Xiao Xingyun needs to prepare for foundation building when he reaches his age.

Only by having a strong physical body can it have a more obvious effect in future cultivation, after all, if you want to absorb the aura so that the body can withstand the irrigation of energy, you must have a strong body.

Cheng Xingyun is thirteen years old unconsciously, he has become a little teenager, but he has grown a lot taller, his face is slightly dark, his eyes are bright, his face is slightly thin, he has begun to build a foundation recently, in order to strengthen his body and bones, he has suffered a lot during this time.

Today I just came back from outside, walking down the street shirtless, slightly reddened by the setting sun.

But the little one didn't care, and as he walked, he looked at both sides of the street, wanting to find something interesting, and followed by a one-armed old man walking slowly, looking older than he had been seven years ago.

Walking to the entrance of the courtyard of the hut where he lived, at this time, from another courtyard more than ten zhang apart, came out two women, one tall and one short, the shorter was a young girl, with a thin figure, delicate cheeks, eyes bent like a crescent moon, hair tied into a ponytail, slightly yellowish, wearing red clothes, about twelve or thirteen years old.

When he went out, he saw Xiao Xingyun with his bare upper body on the street, and quickly turned around, ashamed: "Cheng Xingyun, why don't you wear clothes, you are not ashamed at all"

Taller behind the little girl was a middle-aged woman, not tall, with an ordinary appearance, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and holding a parasol to shield the little girl from the sun. The woman looked at Cheng Xingyun and said with a smile: "Xingyun, you are about to start practicing, and you don't pay attention to yourself, and you still think you are a little child." ”

Cheng Xingyun was also a little embarrassed when he saw this, and hurriedly ran to the bamboo house and said, "Aunt Yuan, I don't want to either, I smeared the liquid medicine today, and my upper body is still stimulated, Yue'er, I'll go out with you tomorrow." With that, he ran into the door.

When the little girl heard the voice, she turned her head and said coquettishly, "Yes, tomorrow my mother is going to the town, and I am alone at home, and I want to go to the stream to catch a butterfly and accompany me." ”

After speaking, he looked at his mother behind him to see if she agreed. Mother Yuan nodded helplessly, knowing that if Cheng Xingyun went, Uncle Cheng would definitely go, although he couldn't know Uncle Cheng's specific cultivation, but he also knew that at least he was a cultivator who had exceeded the Gathering Spirit Period, much stronger than her, who could only reach the late stage of foundation building.

In this Nanxi Village, there is no need to worry about safety, not to mention that in the past few years, she is very clear about the character of the Cheng family, so she has to look at Uncle Cheng. He bowed down and said, "Uncle Cheng, tomorrow I will go to the town to find some medicinal materials for Yue'er, and I have to trouble you to take care of Yue'er." ”

In the past seven years, the relationship between the two families has become very good, and the two peers are rarely able to find companions and often play together. Over the years, Uncle Cheng has also been accustomed to often acting as bodyguards for the two little guys, after all, it is rare for the two children to find their peers, and it is normal to be playful. He nodded and said, "Don't worry, by the way." ”

Yuan Yue also shouted happily: "Grandpa Cheng, thank you so much." ”

Cheng Bo also smiled and waved his hand, walked into the courtyard, and Cheng Xingyun lay on the bed in the bamboo house, and said to Cheng Bo: "Grandpa, am I really about to practice?" Seeing that Cheng Bo nodded, he asked curiously, "Then grandpa, can you tell me about cultivation?" ”

Cheng Bo took out a wine jug and a water bottle from the storage bag, threw the water bottle to Cheng Xingyun, opened the wine jug and took a sip, and replied: "It's time to tell you about cultivation, the so-called cultivation is to absorb the aura of heaven and earth, our Tianling Continent has been full of aura since its birth, and the aura of heaven and earth can not only exist in the air, but also in various elements such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and even water, fire, stones, and land. ”

Cheng Xingyun said curiously: "Anything, can a small animal also become a cultivator?" ”

Cheng Bo nodded and replied: "Yes, those beasts can become spirit beasts once they form a spirit pill, there are spirit beasts in other places to survive, spirit beasts are powerful and can even gather into a group, and there are flying spirit clans, sea tribes, and some land beast races, not only beasts can become spirits, but even flowers and trees can become spirits, and once they absorb enough spiritual energy, they can transform into elves." Of course, the intensity of cultivation is different, and in the hundreds of thousands of years of cultivators, cultivators have been divided into many levels based on the strength of absorbing aura. ”

After finishing speaking, he took another sip of wine, and Cheng Xingyun said with interest: "Then how to divide it?" ”

Cheng Bo closed his eyes and enjoyed the sweetness of the wine, and then continued: "If you want to practice, you must first build a foundation, lay a good physical foundation, and then you can practice, many ordinary people's physique may not be able to completely and successfully complete the foundation building in a lifetime, there are many people in this world who stay in the foundation building period, and now they are building a foundation for you, although you have passed the physique, you can't be lazy."

Cheng Xingyun nodded, he understood that this was for his good, Cheng Bo was also satisfied with his demeanor, and continued: "After the foundation is completely built, it can be regarded as entering the real threshold of a cultivator, and his physique can absorb the aura of heaven and earth and gather it for his own use, which is called the Gathering Spirit Period. After absorbing the aura of heaven and earth sufficiently, the elixir can be condensed, and after the pill is formed, it is the elixir period. After the elixir period, the soul should be strengthened, and the soul of ordinary people is extremely fragile, so they need to cross the soul with aura, and after success, the soul will be strengthened into the soul, which can be called the soul period. After the soul period, you can use the soul to cultivate, and when you cultivate to the same as the physical body, you will reach the realm of the mysterious and mysterious, which can be called the return to the Xuan period. ”

"And after that?"

"After the return to the Xuan period, it is called the order to comprehend the law of life and death, the premise is that the body must die once, from life to death The soul understands the law of death, and then reshapes the body by the law of life, and after resurrection from death, it reaches the stage of life and death."

"What if there is no resurrection."

"That is naturally dead, after the stage of life and death, you need to understand the laws of heaven and earth, if you can penetrate one, you can become holy on the ground, it is a holy level."

Hearing this, Cheng Xingyun blinked depressedly: "It's so far away, are there many laws of heaven and earth?" This kind of law must be terrible, has anyone reached it? ”

Cheng Bo said enviously: "I don't know how many laws exist in this piece of heaven and earth, but the laws of heaven and earth are too terrifying, and it is rumored that there are only four beings in the entire southwest region, all of whom have created one of the most powerful forces in this region. For example, the royal family in this southwest region, as well as the Holy Sword Pavilion, the Haoyue Palace and the Phantom Dream Tower, it is said that hundreds of years ago, there were people who became saints, and each of them mastered a law of heaven and earth. After that, you don't have to ask, it's too far away from you, and it's useless to know. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Bo thought of his own situation in his heart and stopped talking about it quietly.

Cheng Xingyun suddenly heard that there was such a high level among cultivators, and he was also shocked in his heart, and he lay on the bed alone and thought about it.

Cheng Bo put away the wine jug, sat on the edge of the bed, and meditated slowly. Despite his incurable injuries, he continued to absorb the aura every day.

At night, Cheng Xingyun went into the back room to rest by himself, while Cheng Bo continued to meditate.

Early the next morning, before the sun rose, Cheng Xingyun walked out of the inner room, and saw that Cheng Bo had opened his eyes and hurriedly greeted him.

After serving Cheng Bo with a wooden basin of water from the room, he went to wipe his face clean. After a while, Cheng Bo took Cheng Xingyun out of the room and walked towards the courtyard.

At this time, Aunt Yuan on the other side also led Yuan Yue to walk on the street, Yuan's mother was slightly tired, but Yuan Yue had her eyes open, holding a small umbrella in her hand, and they both saw each other, Cheng Xingyun and Yuan Yue hurriedly greeted the elders on both sides. Aunt Yuan respectfully asked Uncle Cheng again, let go of Yuan Yue's hand and left the village and rushed to the town.

After the two little guys met, they hurriedly and excitedly discussed where to catch butterflies later, and the group slowly walked towards the depths of the village, leaving the street and stepping on a path, and after walking for less than half an hour, there was a stream, about less than two meters wide, the stream was not deep, and it flowed down slowly.

There were some willow trees hanging down their branches and falling into the stream, and as the stream slowly swayed, there were some bare stone hills in the distance, but they were not high. The stream here is shallow, the aura is slightly weak, and it is about four or five miles away from the village of Nanxi Village, and very few people generally come here.

Along the stream, the two of them played in the water for a while, and watched the small fish fry in the stream swim in the water for a while. I didn't stop until I came to a place where some small wildflowers were blooming. Looking at the various flowers, there were dewdrops on them, and the two of them hurriedly tried to avoid wetting their clothes as much as possible, and Cheng Bo walked slowly not far behind him and didn't care.

In the depths of the wildflowers, he finally saw a colorful butterfly fluttering on several flowers, and behind him, Cheng Bo took out two insect traps from the storage bag and handed them to the two. The two hurriedly took it and went around one left and one right.

Cheng Xingyun saw the opportunity to take a pocket of the net, but he didn't expect the butterfly to fly to another place as soon as he flapped his wings, and hurriedly took a few pockets, all of which were dodged. Yuan Yue, who was watching, was anxious: "Cheng Xingyun, you are so stupid." ”

Cheng Xingyun's face was slightly red and said, "Cut, you know how to watch it." After saying that, he didn't care about the dew anymore, and waved his net pocket while chasing after the butterfly. Yuan Yue no longer teased him, picked up the worm net and joined the battle group.

In the distance, watching the two of them hurriedly chasing butterflies, Cheng Bo also smiled with relief, Cheng Xingyun has not had any friends to play with in the past few years, until Yuan's mother and his family entered Nanxi Village from the outside seven years ago, and the little guy found a playmate, which is also one of the few childlike moments for the two little guys. After all, the Heavenly Spirit Continent respects spiritual power, and in the future, they will all start cultivating, and at that time, it will not be as carefree as it is now.

A few minutes later, the two finally caught the butterfly, and the colorful butterfly was still flapping its wings in Cheng Xingyun's net pocket and wanted to fly out. Yuan Yue also hurriedly ran over, looked at the butterfly and said happily: "This butterfly is colorful, it's really beautiful, little butterfly, I don't have many playmates, I can only play with you when I go home, don't worry, I will definitely take care of you, and I will send you back in two days." ”

Looking at the sweat on the faces of the two, Cheng Bo said: "Since you have caught it, go to the stream to wash your face." ”

A few people came to the stream again, Cheng Bo also took out a worm cage and put the butterflies in, Yuan Yue also brought out a few small wildflowers, which were also inserted in the cage, and the butterflies saw that the flowers began to fly around it. After washing their faces, the two gathered around the insect cage and looked at the butterflies inside, discussing curiously.

At this time, the sun had slowly risen from the east, Yuan Yue saw this and hurriedly moved to the shade of the willow tree, Cheng Xingyun pouted when he saw this: "It's been several years, why are you still so squeamish, you don't like this bit of sunlight." ”

Yuan Yue lowered her eyebrows and said, "I don't want to either, I've been weak since I was a child, and I haven't gotten better for a few years." ”

Cheng Xingyun was embarrassed when he saw that Yuan Yue was sad, and hurriedly comforted: "It's okay Yue'er, you can start building the foundation immediately, and it will get better when you can cultivate the aura." ”

Yuan Yue looked at Cheng Xingyun, was silent for a while, and said, "Xingyun, you have been building a foundation for a while, how do you feel." ”

Of course, Cheng Xingyun said arrogantly: "I feel that must be very good, but it hurts too much when building the foundation, but I can resist it, and my cultivation will definitely not be low when the time comes." Yue'er, you have to persevere well when the time comes, so that you can practice better in the future. ”

Obviously, he was more worried about Yue'er's thin physique, Yuan Yue looked at Cheng Xingyun and didn't answer, just nodded. Then he took some water from the stream and introduced it into a small bowl in the insect cage with a long pipe, and then the butterfly stopped flying and waited on a small flower.

At this time, Cheng Bo walked to a slightly distant waterhole, and the aura in his hand flashed, and after a while, a few half-foot-long fish floated out of it, where the stream aura was weak, and the fish were not very fat.

After skillfully disemboweling and cleaning with a knife, he walked to the two of them, waved his hand and sucked a few dry branches from the side, raised a fire, sprinkled spices on the fish, and roasted them. After ten minutes, after baking, I divided two for the two little ones.

Cheng Xingyun ate unceremoniously, Yuan Yue first thanked him before catching it, and slowly tore a piece with his hand before putting it in his mouth and chewing.

Cheng Xingyun quickly finished eating one and picked up another one from the fire. Suddenly thought of something, and said to Yuan Yue: "By the way, Yue'er, I see that you and Aunt Yuan go out every day after the sun sets, what are you going to do." ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I don't have many things at home, so I'm looking for some necessities." Yuan Yue looked at the caged butterfly and replied softly.

Cheng Xingyun sighed, but he didn't ask, Cheng Bo glanced at Yue'er, but he didn't say anything.

After eating the fish, the two of them played under the shade of the trees by the stream for another hour, when the sun had risen. Seeing this, Yuan Yue hurriedly said, "It's almost noon, Grandpa Cheng, let's go back first." ”

Cheng Bo nodded, and Cheng Xingyun also knew that Yue'er was weak and could not suffer from strong sunlight, so he hurriedly got up. At this time, Yuan Yue had already raised an umbrella to cover his head, and the three of them walked along the side of the stream in the direction they had come, when they suddenly heard a soft sound, although the sound was not loud, the three of them could hear it clearly.

Only Cheng Bo felt it the most, but under the investigation of the aura, there was nothing unusual. Although the three of them didn't know what the sound was, they saw that Cheng Bo was normal, so they retracted their curiosity and continued to walk back, after all, there is often the sound of the wind blowing branches falling in the forest by the stream, so they don't have to care.

Half an hour later, the three of them had already walked on the street, and sent Yuan Yue back to the yard first, Yuan Yue thanked Cheng Bo first, carried the worm cage and then said to Cheng Xingyun: "Xingyun, let's send the butterfly back the day after tomorrow, after all, the little butterfly may not survive after a long time." ”

After Cheng Xingyun agreed, Yuan Yue walked back to their courtyard alone, because of the existence of the protective formation, Cheng Xingyun was also a little relieved, not afraid that she would be at home alone, not to mention that Cheng Bo could also pay attention to the movement of the formation at any time.