Pei'an County, located in the southwest border of the Chu State, is surrounded by mountains, and the topography is concave, like a basin.

The county seat is not prosperous, there are no specialties, there have been no big officials, there have been some great big people, the only thing that can be called conspicuous is that when night falls, the lights in the south of the city are bright and the dimness in the north of the city, forming a sharp contrast.

The houses and courtyards in the north of the city are all made of yellow fences with prominent colors, and the ground is full of potholes, and even the alleys are narrow and dark, not to mention the streets paved with bluestone slabs, which are only available in the south of the city!

Therefore, whenever people in the north of the city go to the south of the city, they are like walking into a new world, seeing the hustle and bustle of the restaurant, the stone lion in front of the big family, and the singing and dancing in the green building, they will involuntarily marvel again and again, and their faces are fascinated.

Unlike the north of the city, which is silent, the silence makes people unable to sleep, and the biggest dream of the people here is to be able to live in the south of the city, and they continue to struggle for this.

Click.

In the mud crane lane in the north of the city, an ordinary courtyard gate slowly opened, and then a rugged-looking young man walked in with a large bundle of firewood on his back.

The young man was about the age of a weak crown, with a burly figure, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, wearing a rough linen coat hanging on his back, perfectly revealing his strong chest muscles, and looking extremely tall and mighty.

"I'm back." The young man had just stepped into the courtyard, and in the house in front of him, there was a candle flame flickering, and a woman with a slightly bulging belly and a beautiful face slowly walked out, and said softly.

The young man's face was quite ugly at this time, and when he saw the woman's figure, he eased up a little, nodded, put down the firewood, but his eyes fell on the gate of the courtyard, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know how to go home when it's dark, I have to pick up a bundle of firewood, if there is a next time, see how I clean you up." ”

As soon as the words fell, a thin figure lowered his head, reflected in the light of the candlelight, and whispered: "Brother, I'll pay attention next time." ”

Immediately afterwards, the young man who seemed to have done something wrong raised his head slightly, looked at the woman, and called softly: "Sister-in-law." ”

The woman nodded, glanced at the young man, and said with a light smile: "Okay, it's good if something happens to people, say so much to do, little brother, hurry up and wash up and eat." ”

The young man is naturally Shen Yun, and the young man's name is Shen Wu, who is Shen Yun's elder brother.

The parents of the two brothers died in an accident, and they were raised by Shen Wu since they were young.

As for Shen Wu, Shen Yun has always been a little afraid, he snorted slightly, first glanced at Shen Wu's face cautiously, and then came to the water tank on the side of the courtyard, scooped out a basin of water and cleaned it, and then followed the woman into the house.

In the house of the main hall, the furnishings are extremely simple, and there are the spirit tablets of Shen Yun's parents directly above, and then there is a table and three benches, on the table, at this time, there is a plate of green vegetables, a plate of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and three bowls of gruel.

This is the daily life of the Shen family.

After Shen Yun sat down, he wiped the water stains on his hands on his clothes, picked up a potato and stuffed it in his mouth, and devoured it.

For half a day, a drop of water was not stained, and he was already hungry, and Shen Yun couldn't care about his image at this time.

"Slow down, be careful of choking." Shen Yun's sister-in-law is named Chen Xia, who has been through the door for less than half a year, and now that she is pregnant, she can't help but say softly with concern.

Shen Wu washed up, and also walked in, his face was still a little gloomy, and he wanted to teach the young man a few words, but after seeing this scene, he finally slowly closed his mouth and came to the table silently.

ignored his sister-in-law's words, but seeing Shen Wu's figure, Shen Yun couldn't help but slow down a little, seeing that his face softened, he gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, and he shouldn't continue to be scolded later.

"Little brother, tomorrow your brother and I will go back to my sister-in-law's mother's house, it may take a few days to come back, you are at home by yourself, remember not to run around." At the dinner table, Chen Xia stroked her stomach, took a sip of gruel, and said softly.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm not a child anymore, so don't worry about me." Shen Yun nodded and said with a shallow smile.

There is a rule in Pei'an County, but the daughter who gets married needs to go back to her parents' house for the first half a year, first, in order to visit the family, and secondly, to let the family see how the woman is doing in her husband's house.

Originally, Chen Xia wanted to bring Shen Yun with her, but Shen Wu didn't think it was good, so she let Shen Yun be at home by herself for the past few days.

"And remember, don't mess with the little fat dun and them, I won't be home all day long, if I come back and can't see you, I have to break your legs." Shen Wu was on the side, holding the dishes and chopsticks, snorting coldly, and said with a sharp gaze.

Shen Yun drank two mouthfuls of porridge and pursed his lips, noncommittal, but he didn't dare to refute it out loud, otherwise Shen Wu's accusation would be indispensable.

Zhou Xia glanced at Shen Wu, but followed his words and said gently: "Your brother is right, don't mess with those people, especially the monkeys, don't be rash, that won't be good for you." ”

Hearing this, Shen Yun didn't take it seriously, but suddenly remembered the stones and books he picked up in the forest during the day, his heart moved, and he hurriedly touched the clothes on his waist, and felt that he was still there, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't know what kind of book it is, but it doesn't have a title." Shen Yun couldn't help muttering.

Although he had only been in a private school for two years, he spent all his savings because Shen Wu wanted to marry Chen Xia, so that his family could not afford the extra tuition fees and was forced to terminate his studies, but during his study in the private school, he had never seen a book without nomination.

So for a while, the curiosity in my heart became more and more intense.

"Little brother, what did you say?" The brother and sister-in-law cast a puzzled look, and Chen Xia said softly.

"Nothing." Shen Yun smiled brightly and didn't explain.

My brother is illiterate, my sister-in-law runs a pharmacy at home, and my father is considered to be Langzhong, and before he got married, he has been working in a pharmacy, and his culture is not low.

But because of his marriage, he has always felt guilty about dropping out of school, and if he mentions books, I'm afraid it will make the two think more.

Chen Xia agreed softly and began to chatter.

But although Shen Wu is tall and big, he is a dull master, so most of the time, it is the uncle and sister-in-law who are answering.

"Hiccup, I'm full, go back to the room to rest first, brother, sister-in-law, you remember to rest early." At the dinner table, Shen Yun burped, stood up, spoke softly, and walked out of the house.

The remaining two were chattering privately.

The courtyard of the Shen family, excluding the main hall, a kitchen, and two sides, can only be compared to a side room.

Shen Yun's room, located on the west side, because the sky was covered with clouds, the light was not too bright, groping his way to the room, and after taking out an oil lamp and flint on the windowsill and lighting it, the layout of the room was much clearer.

Shen Yun's room is simpler than the main hall, except for a bed made of straw mats, there is only a bench from the main hall, which sits at the head of the bed, just enough to place an oil lamp, which is indeed the case.

After putting the oil lamp, Shen Yun closed the door, and immediately took out the stones and books from his arms with some eagerness, sat cross-legged at the head of the bed, and began to look carefully with the help of the dim light.

The stone is nothing to look at, except for the color, there is nothing peculiar, after a few glances, Shen Yun casually put it on the side of the pillow, and looked at the yellowed book with full attention.

I don't know what material this book itself is made of, not paper, like animal skin, but between the pages, it is extremely thin, about two centimeters thick, it should have some weight, but strangely it is quite light.

Frowning and looking at the body of the book, he weighed it for a long time, but still couldn't see why, so Shen Yun opened the page again and watched.

The opening chapter is still three words of condensation, and the second page is directly opened, and there are lines of small black characters under the dim light, which gradually attract the young man's heart.

The small black letters are a bit unusual, because the annotations are not poems or famous quotes, but about the so-called introduction of the method and the way of practice.

"What the hell is this book?" With doubts, Shen Yun pursed his lips and muttered to himself.

"Practice, practice what?"

"And the spiritual root of cultivation, what is that?"

Shen Yun was puzzled, so after a stick of incense, he flipped through several articles, and then three scribbled characters emerged.

'Building the foundation. “

On the next page, there were no dense black letters, only a few lines of small print.

"If you want to build a foundation, you need to achieve condensation."

After that, there was no more text, and there was a blank space.

Seeing this, Shen Yun had no choice but to close the book, looking at the book he had inadvertently picked up, in his head, thinking back to what he had just seen, in addition to confusion, there was also a little surprise in his heart.

Because the content of the book is like a fantasy, as if in the dark, it opens the door to a new world for him.

"I don't know if I have the spiritual root mentioned in the book?" Shen Yun supported his chin with one hand and muttered.

According to the book, if you want to practice, you need a spiritual root, and if you don't have a spiritual root, it will be in vain to spare your talent, and you will just catch the moon in the water.

The spiritual root is divided into five elements, and in addition, there are some spiritual roots of natural laws, such as wind, fire, thunder and lightning.

Spiritual roots are divided into single spiritual roots and multiple spiritual roots at the same time, and the more spiritual roots people have, the easier it is to cultivate.

In addition to these spiritual roots, there are also two kinds of spiritual roots, which are extremely special, namely the Heavenly Spirit Root and the Bitter Spirit Root.

The Heavenly Spirit Root, which contains the attributes of all the Spirit Roots, can be regarded as a natural cultivator.

As for the so-called bitter spirit root, it is the opposite, it only allows people to have the qualifications to cultivate, and they don't even have attributes, and it is extremely difficult to cultivate.

Many people who possess the root of suffering spirits, leaving aside some great perseverance and adventures, are rarely able to achieve condensation perfection.

"Why don't you just practice it?" Shen Yun sat at the head of the bed, muttering to himself, a little moved.

"Alas...... Forget it, what if something goes wrong, my eldest brother can't beat me to death, so let's go to bed early. After pondering for a moment, Shen Yun shook his head to himself, sighed, put the book next to his pillow, blew out the oil lamp, and said silently.

Lying on the bed, Shen Yun's little hands were pillowing the back of his head, he had just closed his eyes, and the content of the book unconsciously appeared in his mind.

"Well, just give it a try, and if something happens, I'll stop right away." Half an hour later, Shen Yun opened his eyes, and after his little face was entangled, he suddenly sat up and made up his mind.

Exhaling a deep breath of turbidity, the young man recalled the contents of the book, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, interlaced his fingers, silently recited the Dharma, and began the so-called practice.