The first hermit Beiming

The year 2082.

The hidden country in the north, a sunny morning.

Beiming, a boy who was only eight or nine years old, was running on the road of the national capital Youjicheng, and he was going to the Hermit Academy, and it seemed that he was going to be late. The sound of his clattering run alarmed the pedestrians and vendors in the market, and someone greeted him from afar: "What is the rush of Beiming?

Beiming didn't care about talking to him, his swarthy face was red, and the brown hermit robe had been washed a little white, fluttering backwards in the run, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. He grimaced at the crowd and left them far behind.

When he rushed to the academy out of breath, the teacher Jie Zitui was already in the courtyard, and Bin Hao, Shizhao, and Bai Lixue were also there, also wearing the hermit robes of the uniform style of the academy. They were standing under a huge locust tree, Jie Zitui was talking about something, and from time to time leaves and locust flowers fell gently, and the air was filled with a trace of sweet locust flowers. Beiming didn't care about appreciating the beautiful scenery of the academy, knowing that he had hit the net today, so he had to move over.

Jie Zhitui saw Beiming coming with sweating profusely, and without waiting for Beiming to speak, he shook his head first and said, "You were late for the first day of the new semester? ”

"It's my fault, please punish ...... teacher" Beiming lowered his head and replied in a low voice, his eyes observing Jie Zitui's face, I hope he is not in a bad mood today.

Jie Zitui said coldly: "Don't say anything about punishment or not, I just ask you, Beiming hermit, what are you doing in the academy?"

Beiming was stunned, he didn't expect Jie Zitui to suddenly ask this, and said carefully: "It's just self-cultivation, and you will become a qualified hermit in the future." ”

"But I don't know how this qualified hermit you speak of can be called qualified?"

Beiming thought for a while, and said for a long time: "According to me, to be qualified, there are other things to follow, the first is to have superb hidden arts, able to channel, such as the Xuanjin hermit who can summon the Xuanwu Divine Beast......"

Jie Zitui interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "This is more and more a child's words." Let me ask you, if a person with a very high degree of concealment, without inner concentration and spirit, can he attain communion with all things in nature? ”

Shi Zhao and the others couldn't help but laugh secretly when they heard this.

Beiming's face was calm, and he couldn't see any emotion.

Seeing him like this, Jie Zi was afraid to hurt his heart, and said sharply: "I think that the ancestors of our hermits back then, because they hated war, have sought a way to escape from the world since ancient times, and there are not only ordinary people among the hermits, but also many capable people, like chivalry, strategists, Taoists, Yin and Yang families, alchemists, warlocks, and so on. Later, the hermits gathered the heads of their families, and gradually came to the hidden art that you are now learning that is not hermitted. This hidden technique is all-encompassing, broad and profound, but it only adds up to four words, that is, the unity of heaven and man. Don't underestimate these four words, this is the highest state of being a hermit. If you do these four words, you are a true hermit, and if you can't do it, you are a false hermit. Therefore, you only laugh at Beiming, where do you know that you are also a false hermit now, and even I can't be called a real hermit. ”

Everyone didn't understand what they heard, but only one Baili Xue had always been the most daring, and then said with a smile: "The teacher said so, don't talk about our Xuanyin Country, it is the five hermit countries plus the hermits of all kinds of countries, and there are few real hermits." ”

Jie Zi tweeted: "It's not that I'm alarmist. In order to achieve the unity of heaven and man, the first thing is to cultivate the mind, and the hidden art is still the last stage, otherwise the blind pursuit of the hidden art will lead to the evil road. ”

Although Baili Xue is a girl, she is well-known in the academy for being studious and progressive, so I heard her ask, "Teacher, how do you cultivate your mind?"

Jie Zitui didn't intend to go deeper, and motioned for Beiming to stand in the team, and Fang said indifferently: "I'm not busy." Sooner or later you will know. Today, I want to see how well you practice your water skills, and a holiday should definitely improve a lot. As he spoke, he looked around, as if looking for something.

Shi Zhao whispered to Beiming, who was already beside him: "I just said that the teacher must test us." They didn't believe Xiaoxue just now, but what about now? It can be seen that my hexagram is no longer effective. ”

"What kind of miracle, crow's mouth. Bin Hao threw a disdainful look next to him.

Shi Zhao has been fond of the art of easy hexagram since he was a child, and he is most taboo for others to say that he is a crow's mouth, so he glared at Bin Hao fiercely and said, "Besides, I'm going to fight." ”

Bin Hao didn't show weakness, and replied with a sneer: "I'm afraid you won't make it?"

Bai Li Xue persuaded in a low voice: "You two don't quarrel first, it's better to save some energy and test your true skills for a while." ”

Jie Zitui heard them whispering, but he ignored them, and pointed to the distance with his hand and said, "I see two buckets on the ground over there, one empty and the other full of water, so you can transfer this water to the empty bucket." I'm going to see if you've improved over the past few days. Xiaoxue, it's better for you to come first. ”

Baili Xue took a few steps forward when she heard this, her fingers curled slightly, urging the hidden power in her body, and in a moment she had already conjured up a Xuanwu totem under her feet, and said in her mouth: "Water transportation technique - up!"

I saw that the water in the bucket was like a water snake, spiraling up, and then flew into the empty bucket beside it. The whole process was clean and clean, and the water in the bucket did not spill to the ground.

Jie Zitui nodded silently, his expression seemed to be very satisfied with Baili Xue's performance, and motioned for Bin Hao to come out.

Bin Hao waved his sleeves and suddenly summoned the sword he was carrying behind his back, and the sword quickly stirred in the bucket, and for a moment the sword flew upward, and the water in the bucket seemed to be alive, and was brought up by the sword, and not a drop fell into the empty bucket.

Beiming couldn't help but exclaim.

Jie Zitui shook his head and said, "Bin Hao, I know that you are good at sword driving and chivalry, but I want to see how well your water transportation skills are performed." ”

Bin Hao said: "Teacher, the water transportation technique is too slow, and it doesn't suit my appetite. ”

Jie Zitui looked at his white and immature but somewhat indifferent face, and sighed for a while: "It's okay, it's up to you." After speaking, he looked at Shi Zhao.

Shi Zhao stepped forward, motionless, and then retreated back to his original position.

Beiming was puzzled, and laughed in a low voice: "I said I'm not the worst, Shizhao, how can you ......?"

Bai Lixue hurriedly interrupted: "Beiming, you should first look at the water in other people's buckets before criticizing." ”

Hearing this, Beiming hurriedly looked into the bucket, and was stunned, it turned out that the water in the bucket had already arrived in the empty bucket at some point.

Beiming was dumbfounded, and hurriedly pulled Shizhao's sleeve and said, "You must be really a ghost." ”

"Shi Zhao is using the air exchange, not an ordinary trick. Why can't you see Beiming? In that case, I have no choice but to teach students according to their aptitude. As long as you go the same way, I don't care what method you use. Jie Zitui knew that Beiming was the weakest among these children, so he deliberately said this to reduce the difficulty and deliberately released the water.

Baili Xue and the others also knew this, and they all looked at Beiming.

Sure enough, Beiming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said, "Then, can I pour it in by myself?"

Shi Zhao listened to it and smiled bitterly, pushed him and said, "You don't need to ask." ”

Beiming had no choice but to step forward and began to urge the inner body hidden power with all his might, but unfortunately his qualifications were mediocre, his skills were shallow, and the only hidden power was not very effective, and the water in the bucket did not move for a long time. Beiming was in a hurry, and suddenly exerted his strength, only to see the water in the bucket tilted upward, and there was no movement.

Beiming tossed around to himself for a while, and then summoned again. The water in the bucket still only made a splash upwards. A fine sweat was already breaking out on Beiming's forehead. Baili Xueyin said: "Don't be in a hurry, the more anxious you are, the more you start." When Beiming heard this, he used ten percent of his hidden power, and shouted: "Xuanzhi Water Movement Technique - Disease!" I saw that the water in the bucket suddenly flew up, everyone was startled, and before they could react, the water fell again, drenching everyone's clothes.

Shi Zhao was almost angry, and scolded Beiming bitterly, and Baili Xue endured it for a long time before she couldn't help but chase Beiming.

Jie Zitui looked at the wet teenagers and let out a long sigh.

When I came back from the academy, it was already the season of the lantern, and Bei Mingzi had dinner with Granny Qiao. Although he is an orphan and has no blood relationship with Granny Qiao, Granny Qiao loves Beiming very much, so in Beiming's heart, she has long regarded Granny Qiao as her dearest.

Beiming was stunned because he was thinking about the things of the day.

Granny Qiao looked at him and said, "Okay, can't you give rice to face? If you don't eat it, it will be cold, and what are you thinking about?"

Beiming shook his head and said, "It's nothing." Mother-in-law, if you're sick, wait for me to come back and cook. It's just better, and it's a big deal to be tired. ”

"I'm fine, it's just a little cold, Dr. Hua has already come to see me, and I'm fine after taking medicine. It's just that you go to see Dr. Hua in the morning, are you late for school? Next time I see Jie Zitui and talk to him. ”

Beiming didn't answer, and suddenly said, "Mother-in-law, is there any difference between me and others?"

Granny Qiao was shocked when she heard this, but there was no wave on her face, she touched Beiming's forehead and said, "Why do you ask this?"

Bei Ming said gloomily: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm always the last in the Hermit Academy......"

Granny Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "What should I do, it turns out this, what is this, I won't tell you, the old man of Bailixi still failed his grades in the academy back then, and now he has become one of the three hidden?"

Beiming's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Really?"

Granny Qiao smiled: "What are you lying to?" At that time, he and I were classmates, and his stealth skills were not as good as mine. Later, somehow, he came from behind, not only became a hermit of Xuanjin, but also became the left minister of Xuanyin Kingdom. ”

"This is also strange, I don't know how he can do it, it's really hard to guess......" Bei Ming's face was melancholy.

"What's so hard to guess about this, let me tell you a word, as long as you are willing to work hard, what can't you learn? Even if you can't learn, it's not much worse. ”

Beiming sighed and said, "Having said that, I'm afraid I can't." ”

Granny Qiao said slowly: "What can you do, I can't talk about things in the world, I think our Ming'er is a good person." In the future, it may not be as good as the old man of Bailixi. I'm afraid that I will be able to beat him a lot.

Beiming smiled: "From now on, I will also step up a little more, so as not to live up to your mother-in-law's old words." Speaking of Grandpa Bailixi, why didn't he come to see us after he had been gone for so long? ”

Granny Qiao frowned and said, "That old man has a really strange temper, and he has a good left phase and runs around blindly." ”

The mother-in-law and grandson talked a lot, and they ate dinner until the palm lamp. Nothing to say for a night.

Let's say that Beiming arrived at the Hermit Academy early the next day, and since then he has not been as slack as before. Bai Lixue and the others looked at it for no reason, but secretly wondered.

One day, Jie Zitui gathered Beiming and the others together and said, "Except for Xiaoxue, the water transportation skills of that day are not very good for you. Water transport is the basic of the hidden arts. Learn water transportation skills, and then you can become proficient in spiritism. If this foundation is not good, it will not be taken over in the future. ”

When Beiming heard this, he was puzzled, and asked boldly: "Teacher, I am the most confused. Since Bin Hao and Shi Zhao can achieve the effect of hidden arts through other methods, what is the point of us learning hidden arts?"

Jie Zitui bowed his head slightly and said, "I was about to say this, but you asked first." That day Shi summoned the technique of Qimen Dunjia, and the sword driving technique used by Bin Hao was actually the technique of the Taoist Sword Immortal faction, which was a secret skill owned by their respective families, needless to say. The origins of each family and faction are long stories, and I am too lazy to say it. These spells are naturally good, but they are not comparable to hidden arts. To put it simply, occult art is a spell that communicates with the hearts of all things in heaven and earth, which is also known as channeling. This requires the cultivator's heart to be able to perceive all things, resonate, and reach the realm of forgetting both things and self, and then realize the unity of things and self, as long as this mind is true, the so-called art is just a tool and a way. ”

When Beiming heard this, he seemed to understand a little and didn't seem to understand everything, so he had to say, "I still don't know." ”

Jie Zi said: "It's okay if you don't know it, but you will slowly understand it later." ”

Shi Zhao asked on the side, "According to the teacher, isn't everything in the world able to communicate with me?"

Jie Zi inferred: "All things are one, one is all things, like infinity, and Tao is one." All things in heaven and earth are of the same origin as me, so how strange is it that there is a psychic that can be cultivated and the water element is a psychic of our Xuanyin faction. The other four hermit kingdoms such as the dragon hermit, the dragon hermit, the quail hermit, and the hermit can communicate with plants, metals, fire elements, and the earth respectively, and you must have heard others say this, so you naturally know it. Of course, there are many small hermit countries, and they also have their own different hidden arts, which can be described as innumerable. ”

Bai Li Xue smiled: "In this way, why don't we practice more channeling of several elements, wouldn't it be more good?"

Jie Zitui waved his hand and said: "That's not the case, although there are many hidden techniques, many secret techniques are not passed on. Moreover, human ability is limited, and it is not easy to be psychic with one element, but how easy is it to be psychic with all things? Moreover, it is not a matter of ability alone, everything must pay attention to personal fate and talent. ”

Shi Zhao suddenly thought of something and asked, "Since this is the case, wouldn't it be even more difficult to summon the Xuanwu Divine Beast?"

It's rare that Jie Zitui has all the questions to answer today, and said in a deep voice: "Naturally, it's not easy." We, Xuanyin, have mastered the secret technique of summoning Xuanwu since ancient times. The Xuanwu Divine Beast is in charge of the insects in the world. Therefore, we Xuanyin can summon this species for my use, and as for summoning one of the four divine beasts, the Xuanwu Beast, only Xuanjin Dayin has this ability. ”

"I wonder if the teacher can do it?" Bin Hao, who had been listening to the silence on the side, finally asked out loud.

"I can't. As far as I know, there are no more than three people in the world who are familiar with this technique. ”

Bei Ming hurriedly said: "But the legendary Sanyin?"

Jie Zitui didn't answer the question, and muttered to himself: "It's a pity that the former Sanyin has parted ways." ”

Baili Xue was about to ask again.

Jie Zitui said: "Don't talk about this now." You still need to step up your cultivation in the water transportation technique, and I will teach you the water escape technique in a few days. ”

Beiming and others have practiced water transportation every day since then, Baili Xue is smart, and even relies on the secret skills of the Baili family to directly summon ice and snow, although Beiming is not as good as Xiaoxue and others, but it is also quite progressive. Needless to say, Jie Zitui continues to guide the coach.

On this day, Jie Zitui came to the suburbs to watch them cultivate, and saw that Xiaoxue and the others could summon the river water to a small area to melt the rain and fall, so he nodded and said, "Although it doesn't work, it's okay." ”

Beiming and the others guessed that Jie Zi must have taught Shui Dun, because Du said: "Maybe cultivate Shui Dun?"

Jie Zi pushed: "It's still early. ”

The crowd was disappointed.

Jie Zi pushed: "Although the water escape can't be, but the hidden power secret method is barely enough." ”

Shi Zhao said: "We haven't already learned the secret method of hidden power, and now if we don't teach the new hidden technique, the teacher will have to turn over the old accounts." ”

Jie Zi pushed: "You also listen to me finish speaking, if you want to turn it back, you are not ready yet." You said you have learned, but let's talk about what hidden power is?"

Shi Zhao scratched his head and said, "Although I understand it in my heart, I just can't say it. ”

Baili Xue said: "I'll tell you." Hidden power is the energy that a hermit gathers in his body through cultivation. It's called force, but it's actually qi. The strength of the stealth power is directly related to the power of the stealth technique. The so-called hidden art is the surface, and the hidden force is the inside. Both inside and outside, hidden subtlety. ”

Shi Zhao clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it's the same as what I thought in my heart." ”

Jie Zi pushed: "It's just that I see that you don't know the point of using hidden power." It's time to move on to the Lishui layer. ”

Without waiting for Beiming to answer, Jie Zitui suddenly flew up and flew towards the stream not far away, who knew that he could fall steadily on the water.

Bin Hao said: "I don't want the teacher's light skills to be so good." ”

Jie Zi pushed: "Definitely." Jie Zitui floated down to the shore and said with a smile: "This is the art of standing water." Just gather the hidden power on the bottom of your feet, and with the hidden power and the buoyancy of the water, standing on the surface of the water is also like walking on the ground. Now that your hidden power is limited, you can first stand sand before you stand water. ”

As he spoke, Jie Zi pushed his finger to a sand pit in the distance and said, "You must be able to stand in it without leaving footprints before you can practice standing water." ”

When the people heard this, they did not dare to slack off, and began to practice quickly, but at first they did not understand the essentials, and their feet fell into the sand quite deeply, but gradually they got much better. The partiality is urgent, thinking that he has practiced almost, and after Jie Zi pushes away, he will try to stand up for water, and everyone can't stop him, until he falls into the river several times.