Chapter 2: The Fire Boy
"Qiao'er, my father plans to send you to the family!" After some thinking and hard work, Li Jixiu said to Li Qiao one day.
"What am I going to do?" Hearing such words, Li Qiao, who also knew that his cultivation of immortals was hopeless, was a little puzzled.
Regarding the affairs of the clan, in his previous life, Li Jixiu briefly mentioned it a few times, and the location of the family was familiar to Li Qiao except for the name, everything else was unfamiliar.
"In addition to the monks, the clan also needs a large number of mortal clansmen to maintain!"
Although it was only a short sentence, the smart Li Qiao knew that he was going to work after a little thought, or could it be said that he was going to serve people? Li Qiao, who thought like this in his heart, did not say what he thought in his heart, but thought of another question: "Then can I go home often?" ”
Li Jixiu shook his head: "The clan is not as close as home, and the distance is not close. ”
In fact, Li Qiao didn't want to go, but he knew that he shouldn't count what he said, and with some expectation for his father, he said: "I can't cultivate immortals, go to see others cultivate immortals?" That's fine, too! ”
He didn't know that this opportunity to go to the clan was not so easy, but after his father Li Jixiu knew the news that the clan was going to recruit people, the result of this period of continuous travel, the Xiuxian family needs mortals to do some chores, but not just any clansman can, those adult clansmen with thin blood who know what they have experienced in the dark over the years? Basically, the laymen of the clan who have the opportunity to approach the monks will be cultivated from an early age.
Li Jixiu sent Li Qiao to the clan, but also in the face of the situation of the fifth generation, worried that there would be no more children or no qualifications, so he wanted to send the second son into the clan, this kind of mortal directly cultivated by the family, it is easy to get close to the family monks, even if the fifth generation is beheaded, it can also provide some protection for the descendants of the family.
Time flies, two months later, it is close to the day when Li Qiao is going to go to the clan, before leaving, Li Qiao's parents have explained to their son who is about to go away.
"Qiao'er, after arriving at the family, you must behave well and listen to the words of the elders......" Most of his mother's words are like this, since she knew that Li Qiao was going to travel far away, this woman integrated her care into her daily life, and also taught Li Qiao skills such as cooking and washing clothes in a short time, but because she felt sorry for her son, most of the time she just let Li Qiao watch and learn, and I don't know how much he learned.
Compared to his mother, Li Qiao's father said some news that he didn't know before.
"Don't think about cultivating immortals, you can't cultivate anything without qualifications, but you will be driven away by the family......"
"Cultivating immortals looks good, but they can't have offspring, and becoming a lowest-level monk will only make it more miserable......"
When he said these words, Li Jixiu's expression was very solemn.
And these words undoubtedly set off a ripple in Li Qiao's heart, he always thought that he couldn't cultivate immortals without the qualifications to cultivate immortals, but now listening to his father's meaning, he can cultivate immortals without qualifications?
"These words are for the father's own judgment, don't talk nonsense......" Looking at the doubts on his son's face, Li Jixiu added.
No immortal cultivation qualification does not mean that you can't cultivate immortals, five generations and beheaded, counting up is also out of monks, Li Jixiu has heard many stories of testing without immortal cultivation qualifications and successfully cultivating immortals, but that kind of monks almost all have limited achievements, no inheritance and resources, most of them have wandered at the bottom of the qi cultivation for a lifetime, and there are also examples of indiscriminate cultivation and death.
Not to mention others, Li Jixiu himself can occasionally feel the existence of aura in a certain state, thinking that the qualification is too low, and the same resources will consume more, so this kind of qualification is equal to no qualification, although so, Li Jixiu has never had the idea of trying to cultivate, if there is the protection of the family, it is okay, it is better not to practice indiscriminately.
The world of cultivating immortals is very dangerous, bad luck, and the fall is an instantaneous thing, and the monk he wants to become in his family does not need to have any dreams of immortality, nor does he need to overcome obstacles and constantly break through the realm to move forward, as long as he is a monk, he can support a place of survival for his family within the family.
said that he would explain solemnly, but he was afraid that Li Qiao would take the wrong path, his son was still young, and he would not be by his side in the future, so he had to explain it to rest assured.
"Actually, I can cultivate immortals, right?"
"Yes, but you can't fix it without the permission of the family...... At the least, it will be abolished and expelled, and at worst, it will be directly executed......"
This sentence made Li Qiao feel for the first time that death was not far away from him, but in the face of his father, he still expressed the doubts in his heart: "Why is this so, isn't it okay not to occupy the resources in the clan?" ”
"People's desires are endless, and if you don't cultivate, you're done, and if you really cultivate, you can do everything. There is no hope, and what kind of mess is filled. Speaking of this, Li Jixiu showed a stern look and said: "You kid remember what your father said today, don't make mistakes, there is more than one person in the clan who died because of this, don't let your father lose your son." ”
Li Qiao's heart sank, and he knew the seriousness of the matter, so he nodded heavily. And his focus has shifted from whether he can cultivate immortals to the other question he just mentioned: "If you cultivate immortals, you can't have a queen?" The family won't let it? "If that's the case, wouldn't the family monk be miserable?
Hearing this topic, Li Jixiu smiled slightly, shook his head twice in a row, and then answered the question behind: "The family won't let it?" How is it possible, the immortal cultivators are all immortal cultivators, so how can they limit themselves. ”
Then he continued: "Immortal cultivators can have a future, but they need to take some precious elixir at the beginning of cultivation to maintain it, the higher the cultivation, the higher the requirements for the elixir, except for the descendants of some major sects, the general immortal cultivator family cannot afford to use it." For the vast majority of monks, this is negligible! ”
On the eve of parting, Li Jixiu explained many things he knew to Li Qiao, not to expect his son to have any benefits, just don't make mistakes because of ignorance.
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In the center of Wangxian Town, a three-zhang flying boat soared into the sky, taking away a group of five young children of the Li family here, and these children would arrive at a side of the Li family, where after several years of study, they would serve the family monks there.
Unlike the little panic that other children showed when they first sat on the flying boat, Li Qiao was full of novelty about this feeling, and wanted to see the outside world from the window of the flying boat, but he was not tall enough, even on tiptoe, and could only see some of the sky from an oblique angle, except for the blue sky, which was the occasional flashing cloud.
He could see it even from the ground, and it was much wider, and he wanted to see the feeling of the earth under his feet.
Looking back not far away, he saw the middle-aged man who received several people from him, and the middle-aged man who was sitting cross-legged at the moment also looked at him, the other party was not angry but threatening, his eyes seemed to have light, Li Qiao immediately became honest, and gave up the idea of jumping up and taking a look.
This is the monk! His eyes were so powerful, and the moment such a thought flashed in his heart, the dream of cultivating immortals rose from his heart again, and then shattered again in an instant.
The monks are infinitely beautiful in Li Qiao's eyes, but the reality is that some monks have their own worries.
"Li Qiao!" Watching the flying boat go away, Li Jixiu whispered the name of his second son, when he took this name, he also had the expectation that his son would become the best among people, but now it seems that his hope is destined to fail.
And after the flying boat soared into the sky and completely lost its trace, Li Jixiu and his wife left separately with the other clansmen who sent their children away.
For the monks of the Li family, the family's sphere of influence is not large, especially here is only a side line separated from the family, the sword flight, for the monks in the foundation building period, a distance of a thousand miles, can go back and forth two times a day, but for mortals, it is almost an uncrossable distance, not that mortals can't travel far, but the road is treacherous.
After less than half a day of flight, the flying boat landed in a canyon among the mountains, and Li Qiao also began his own learning path.
As mortals of the Xiuxian family, children are basically literate and have some words, but they are inevitably uneven, and for the systematic cultivation of these children, literacy and hyphenation are essential, in addition, some basic elixir identification is also a compulsory course.
In this Li clan land, there are not many monks, but there are more than 100 monks, and there are thousands of mortals served.
After three years of study, Li Qiao became a fire-burning boy, there are many mortals, and there must be no shortage of fire-burning cooks, and a teenager of his age generally can't do too much.
In the smoke, Li Qiao, who has grown up a little, will be contaminated with some fireworks if he doesn't pay attention, and some places on his little face will become black.
If at the beginning, Li Qiao still had a trace of the illusion of cultivating immortals in his heart, but after a few years of calmness and busyness, he basically didn't think about it.
Not to mention any opportunities to cultivate immortals, even if he usually has no chance to get close to the family monks, and his father's idea of letting him get as close to the family monks as possible will not see hope in the short term.
The news that Li Jixiu knew that the mortals who served the monks in the family were easy to get close to the monks had been passed down from the elders, and at that time there were few people in the family lineage, which was normal, but with the passage of time, the number of clansmen increased, especially the idea that many ordinary clansmen had the idea of having a few more testing qualifications like him, and the number of family members continued to soar, and the situation had already changed.
Li Jixiu is a mortal, he has never walked far from Wangxian Town in his life, how can he know the specific situation of the clan, if he knew this situation, he would definitely not send Li Qiao here.
Despite this, Li Qiao's situation is not bad, after all, they are all people of the same clan, and there is nothing oppressive about it, and it generally does not involve the struggle for power and profit within the family, and no one generally pays attention to his small role at the bottom.