Chapter 02: Killing the evil bandits, Chen Yuan embarked on the path of cultivating immortals
After the man in Tsing Yi left, Chen Yuan also walked into the room with all his belongings.
The cold wind howled, cold to the bone.
Although Chen Yuan's home is not a home, it can't shelter the cold of winter, and the wind and snow will always blow through the windows that have fallen into disrepair.
Light the charcoal basin and bring a bench with one leg missing.
After sitting down, he roasted his frozen hands, and after his hands could be stretched normally, Chen Yuan took out the items that the man in Tsing Yi gave him.
Ten colorful stones, although they are unknown, but the luster on them indicates that they are not extraordinary.
After picking up the stone and looking left and right twice, Chen Yuan put it in his personal pocket. These stones are necessary for him to become a god, and he must not be left casually.
Both books are worn out, and even a book called "The Secret of the Scorching Sun" has been artificially torn off the second half, leaving only a dozen pages.
"This is the magic of cultivating immortals!"
Chen Yuan was overjoyed, according to the introduction in the book, "Scorching Sun Burning Heart Technique" is the most basic method of cultivating immortals, and cultivating according to the content of the formula can attract the aura of heaven and earth into the body.
As long as the aura can be condensed in the dantian, then the first level of qi refining has been reached.
Although the family was poor, his father also sent Chen Yuan to a rural private school for two years, so Chen Yuan could understand the content of the book.
"Although this Scorching Sun Heart Burning Technique is not the strongest cultivation technique, it is enough for a mortal like me."
After a brief look at it, Chen Yuan didn't immediately enter the cultivation state, he didn't know anything about the immortal world now, and there was not much benefit to blind cultivation.
Only after understanding everything in front of you clearly, can you be most sure of cultivating again.
After also putting "The Scorching Sun Burning Heart" into his personal pocket, Chen Yuan picked up another book.
A Brief Introduction to the Monk, a book that provides a brief overview of the basic knowledge of the monk.
From this, Chen Yuan learned that the colorful stones were called spirit stones, which contained spiritual power, which could be used by monks for cultivation and as currency for the purchase of items among monks.
Cultivators can absorb the aura of heaven and earth, as well as the aura in the spirit stones, and they can also use pills to improve their strength.
Among them, the elixir is the most important, which can not only help the monk break through the shackles, but also provide the monk with spiritual power that is many times stronger than the spirit stone.
Although the spirit stone is made of the aura of heaven and earth, the elixir is a fusion of the aura of the spirit stone and the spirituality of the herb, which is particularly helpful to the monks.
"It turns out that the pills in these three porcelain bottles are called Qi Gathering Pills, which are the earliest pills for monks. And it's a one-star elixir. ”
According to the introduction in the "Monk's Profile", the elixir is refined by alchemists, and each elixir has a grade, which is one to nine stars, with the lowest one-star grade and the highest nine-star grade.
Although there were one hundred and eight Qi Gathering Pills in each bottle given to Chen Yuan by the man in Tsing Yi, it was only the lowest level of one star.
Just as Chen Yuan continued to read "A Brief Introduction to the Monk", an uninvited guest came to the house.
"Chen Yuan, come out and die!"
After hurriedly putting away all his belongings, Chen Yuan walked out of the door and found that the two bandits had arrived again, and their faces were scarred.
Obviously, they spared Chen Yuan's life, but the bandit boss did not bypass them and beat them severely.
"Two big brothers, since you are gone. Why do you turn back again? As I said, I will hand over the offering in the coming year. ”
Chen Yuan knew that he couldn't hide from these two bandits today, so he took out the broken long sword given to him by the man in Tsing Yi for the first time.
"It's all because of you. The big boss beat us up. Today you can't pay the offering, so you can only pay for it with your head. ”
The vicious big man who straddled the knife, took three steps and made two steps, quickly came to Chen Yuan, raised the big knife in his hand and slashed at Chen Yuan's face.
The ruined sword stood in front of him.
only heard a crisp collision, and the long knife in the hand of the big man with the shoulder knife was cut off in an instant.
With a shocked look on his face, the big man looked at Chen Yuan with incredible eyes and said in horror, "Where did your sword come from?" ”
Chen Yuan naturally wouldn't say that his sword was given by an immortal.
In fact, Chen Yuan didn't expect that this long sword with many gaps and rusty stains would be so sharp, and just a simple collision cut off the opponent's long knife.
You must know that although the bandits' long knives are not divine weapons, they are mostly forged from fine iron, and their sharpness is enough to cut off the bones of people's hands.
Since the long sword was unusually sharp, Chen Yuan naturally would no longer be afraid of the two bandits.
In a moment of distraction after the long knife in the hand of the big man with the shoulder knife broke, the long sword in Chen Yuan's hand slashed out from the right side, and its target was the waist of the big man.
Chen Yuan knew very well in his heart that the bandits retreated and returned for the sake of his life, because without his head, the bandit boss would take their head.
The so-called first strike is stronger, since the power of the long sword has been confirmed, in order to survive, Chen Yuan, who has embarked on the road of cultivating immortals, will naturally not show mercy.
There was another crisp collision, and the long knife in the hand of the big man with the shoulder knife broke again.
"Wu Lao Er, are you a fool? Why stand still? If I die, this kid won't let you go. ”
Seeing that he had lost his advantage, the big man with the knife took two steps back, and after dodging Chen Yuan's blow, he shouted angrily to the rear.
Wu Lao Er also understood his situation, but he was forced to be a bandit, and his hands did not want to be stained with blood.
Glancing up at Chen Yuan and the big man with the sword, although the two were entangled now, they didn't really see blood.
However, Wu Lao Er can conclude that no matter who dies first, there is no good result waiting for him.
If Chen Yuan died, he would be known to the bandit boss without a fight, and he would definitely be eradicated in front of the big boss.
The prestige of the big boss cannot be lost.
If the sword-bearer died, Chen Yuan might bypass him because he had exonerated him earlier.
Similarly, if this matter is known to the big boss, death still awaits him.
In all cases, he was persecuted because he became a bandit.
"I'm gone!"
Wu Lao Er threw away the long knife in his hand, turned around and ran out of Chen Yuan's house.
Although I don't know what will happen after Wu Lao Er gives up being a bandit, Chen Yuan has an advantage at this time.
Without the help of Wu Laoer, the big man with the knife lost the long knife again......
"Wu Lao Er, you are a useless coward......"
The big man with the sword scolded Wu Lao Er who fled, and he only scolded like this, and the long sword in the air had already come.
Blood spurted, staining the ground with white snow.
Looking at the knife-wielding man who was already dead in front of him, Chen Yuan was not frightened, let alone afraid.
In a turbulent world, people die at any time, whether they starve to death or are killed by bandits, and one or two people die almost every day in a small mountain village.
Although his father was sick, his death was ultimately due to hunger.
Bandits are rampant, and Chen Yuan killed the big man with the sword, which can be regarded as really offending them.
"Gotta leave as soon as possible."
Chen Yuan knew the consequences of really offending the bandits, so he couldn't stay at home, and he had to leave as soon as possible, and the farther he went, the better.
Without disposing of the corpses in the snow, Chen Yuan simply cleaned up and left his home, the home he had lived in for sixteen years.
If his father was still there, he might still be attached, but now he is gone. The house that could collapse at any time in the wind and snow was no longer his attachment.
"I remember that there is a cave in the back mountain, where can I avoid it for the time being, and when I really become an immortal, I will go to find the Qinglan Sect and Xuanyun."
Carrying a simple package and a dilapidated long sword, Chen Yuan walked out of the mountain village and climbed a mountain called Hutou.
Hutou Mountain, there is no beautiful scenery, there is no strange stone waterfall, just an ordinary low mountain.
Because of the lush jungle in the mountains, there are many wild rabbits and pheasants, and the villagers often come here to hunt to subsidize their families.
The cave was discovered by Chen Yuan when he followed the villagers to hunt, because it was winter and there was heavy snowfall, the villagers were reluctant to go up the mountain at this time, so in a short time, the cave would be very safe and would not be discovered.
The mountain wind was too cold, and after entering the cave, Chen Yuan first found some stones to block the cave.
The cave was simply arranged again, and Chen Yuan lay in a relatively sheltered place in the depths of the cave, and once again fell into thought.
For cultivating immortals, he can be said to be an idiot, although he has the "Brief Introduction to the Monk" in his body, but he can't compare to his own experience.
"Next, two things need to be done. First, looking for food, without food, I may have starved to death before I can cultivate to become an immortal, so eating is the top priority. Secondly, I need to reach the first level of Qi refining as soon as possible, and only when I really start cultivating can my fate be truly changed. ”
"A Brief Introduction to the Monk" says that cultivating to become an immortal is cultivating immortality. Since I have chosen this path, I will definitely go to the end. No matter how bumpy the road ahead, it is much better than being starved to death, beaten to death by bandits. ”
With a decision in mind, Chen Yuan began to prepare for his plan.
Cultivating according to the Scorching Sun Burning Heart Technique will definitely occupy most of the time, but before you can really start cultivating, you need to prepare food for the next to three days.
In the cold winter, wild fruits can no longer be found in the mountains, and the most likely thing is some mountain hares.
Villagers hunt mountain rabbits, often use two methods, one is to shoot with bows and arrows, and the other is to trap.
Chen Yuan didn't have a bow and arrow in his hand, only a firewood knife and a broken long sword, so he could only use a trap to catch a mountain hare.
Using traps to catch mountain rabbits, Chen Yuan learned from the villagers, only a few stones and a few sharpened branches can be placed, and they can be placed at the entrance of the mountain rabbit cave, as long as the mountain rabbit comes out of the hole, it will definitely be caught.
The most difficult thing to find was the cave of the mountain hare, but after Chen Yuan's two-day search, he still managed to make seven or eight traps.
"Now I only have to wait a day or two for my food to be available."
Chen Yuan showed a look of joy and took out a bottle of Qi Gathering Pill to cultivate.
"Why has this Qi Gathering Pill changed? It seems to have been promoted from one star to three stars. And my spirit stones, why did they change from ten to seven? ”
Chen Yuan was puzzled, feeling that someone had broken into the cave.
But it doesn't seem to be a thief entering.
Because it is impossible for a thief to steal only one spirit stone, let alone let the Qi Gathering Pill be promoted.