Sitting on one side of the table, looking at the steaming food on the table, Xiaodao kept telling himself in his heart that he must remember this meal as a send-off, this is not just a table of food, this is their blessing and reluctance to themselves. Xiaodao held back his touched expression and made himself look very happy, eating like a child. They watched him eat silently, without saying a word, Xiaodao knew their reluctance and expectations, and what they could do was not to worry them in the future.

After eating, Xiaodao left Aunt Wang's house without stopping for much and walked towards the only small shop in the village. Although his family doesn't sell much, he can still buy some appetizers, and Xiaodao wants to buy some appetizers for Old Man Zhang. Uncle Li, the owner of the shop, saw Xiaodao coming, and hurriedly said very enthusiastically: "You kid has a good future, you did so well in the exam, don't forget your Uncle Li when you develop in the future!" ”

Xiaodao also teased: "Uncle Li, do you want to give me something?" I don't want much, just some appetizers and a few bottles of liquor! Xiao Dao put his hands on the counter and looked at Uncle Li with a smile. Uncle Li also laughed when he saw me like this: "Send it, send it, your kid has this good thing, and your Uncle Li didn't give you anything, say what else the kid wants." ”

Coming out of Uncle Li's shop, Xiaodao carried a few appetizers such as pig's head meat and peanuts in his left hand, and two bottles of liquor with a high number of heights in his right hand, and walked briskly towards the Taoist temple on the mountain. He knew that Old Man Zhang must still be waiting for him, because they said that they would have a good drink and say goodbye to Xiaodao.

Master Zhang felt that fate was like this, don't refuse when you come, don't resist when you separate, everything goes naturally. That was the Dao heart he cultivated, but the small path couldn't do it, and he was still very reluctant to leave the master in his heart. When he returned to the Taoist temple, he came directly to Old Man Zhang's room, and Old Man Zhang was really pretending to meditate and cultivate, but in fact, he had been waiting for him to come back.

Xiaodao hurriedly put the things on the small wooden table, filled the wine glass, and respectfully went to invite the master. It may be that Xiaodao suddenly looked so respectful and scary, and the old man suddenly shuddered. A little uneasy said: "You may not be holding back your fart if you are so respectful to me suddenly, you quickly say your purpose, otherwise I won't drink your wine, I'm afraid you will poison me."

Xiaodao smiled and said: "Old man Zhang, look at how much you think about it, how can you say that I am also your apprentice, shouldn't it be nice to the master, and what's the benefit of poisoning you and me?" I think you'll leave me a clever plan or something, and I'll use it when I'm in danger, right, my dear master. Xiao Dao looked at Old Man Zhang with an open and pious expression, hoping to get a positive answer from him.

Old man Zhang heard his apprentice call him that, and his jaw almost fell to the ground. said with a disgusted face: "What I said, you kid was waiting for me here!" Your master and I don't have any tricks, and I'm not Zhuge Liang. But what! It's not nothing, either. ”

As soon as Xiaodao heard Old Man Zhang say this, he felt that there was a play, so he quickly sandwiched a piece of pig's head meat between Old Man Zhang and said: "I know that Master, you must be that kind of unfathomable master, there must be some amazing family background or shocking secret." Come on, master, tell me everything, and destroy my knowledge of you to your heart's content! Come on! Xiaodao slapped his chest hard, looking at his appearance, how could he still be a little tragic!

The old man's face was black, and his expression was a little remorseful, as if he was a little regretful about picking him up, and said, "What are you in your little brain, are you reading too many novels?" If I had that background, would I have lived here for so long? I was really blind at the beginning, so I saved you. The teacher is unlucky! ”

Xiaodao whispered a little embarrassed: "Then master, do you really have nothing to give me?" I'm going down the mountain tomorrow to join the WTO! I'm your only disciple, aren't you afraid that I'll die before I get started! ”

Old man Zhang saw the aggrieved look of his apprentice, and said happily: "It's not that I don't give nothing, but I still prepare a little surprise for you to ensure that you like it." As soon as Xiaodao heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he hurriedly hammered Old Man Zhang's back awkwardly, and asked him again and again how strong he was and if he needed to add more strength. The posture of a high-end masseuse made the old man Zhang laugh.

In the end, under Xiaodao's repeated coaxing services, Old Man Zhang still didn't last long and took out the things. When Xiaodao held the card in both hands, Xiaodao's hands were trembling, his lips were trembling, and his heart was turbulent. It's all money! Old man Zhang said: "I know that you need money when you pretend to slap others in the face in the future, so I prepared it for you in advance, how about surprise." ”

At that moment, Xiaodao hurriedly put the card into his trouser pocket, held Old Man Zhang's hand tightly, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Master, you are really the best master in the world!" I can't repay your kindness to me in my life, I can only repay your kindness by being a cow and a horse in the next life, master! ”

Old man Zhang pushed his apprentice's hand away with a look of disgust and said, "Okay, don't act with me, you are not an actor, why do you have so many performances!" He took another piece of meat and said, "My money is not so easy to take, there will be something for you to do in the future, but I will contact you then." ”

Suddenly, Xiaodao had a bad premonition, how could he feel that all this was an old man's trap? Old man Zhang won't keep playing tricks on him. But after thinking about it, I was relieved, I went to a strange big city, and if I didn't have any money, it would be really miserable. Besides, the master is just his apprentice, even if he doesn't give money, he must help him do things. So Xiaodao simply didn't want to do so much, and drank with the old man in a down-to-earth manner, and then took the responsibility of a disciple.

watched Old Man Zhang fall drunk on the bed and cover him with a quilt. Xiaodao cleaned up the meal, left a note on the table and went back to his room. Carrying the travel bag that had been packed on his back, he took a closer look at the room that had been with him for many years, then slowly closed the door of the room, carefully walked through the courtyard, came to the gate of the Taoist temple, and slowly opened the door.

Xiaodao knows that this departure will be a major choice in his life, and the future may be waiting for him with opportunities or various tribulations, but he must move towards the goal in his heart, no matter what challenges the future holds. Because he knows that cultivators also need to experience the warmth and coldness of this world, otherwise it will be difficult to improve their state of mind by hiding in the mountains and cultivating all the time.

The reason why I chose to leave silently was because I didn't want to see Old Man Zhang's sad appearance, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to control my emotions. The trail gently closed the door of the Taoist temple and walked firmly down the mountain. It was dark outside, but his heart was bright. Walking on the way down the mountain, the mood is excited and parting, because from now on this Taoist temple may become desolate again. The feelings in his heart were mixed, and Xiaodao suddenly felt that his state of mind had improved, and that his understanding of the world had changed. So Xiaodao used his own mental method and found that his practice had improved.

The practice of Xiaodao is called "Refining the Humble Heart", which is one of the core exercises of Old Man Zhang's master. It is said that if you can train this mind to the realm of Dacheng, there will be no problem even ascending. Because this set of heart decisions is used to assist the Dao method, once the heart decision is completed, then the Dao method will be superb, and the broken void is not a problem. However, another characteristic of this heart decision is that it is very difficult to cultivate, because after cultivating to a small level, the state of mind that needs to be cultivated is constantly improved.

The so-called state of mind is to perceive the various emotions and moods of life, such as the joy of success, the grief of the death of a loved one, and so on. With the various emotions of these worlds to perceive the deep meaning of the Tao, each new understanding of the Tao will improve one's state of mind. This was also the main reason why Old Man Zhang traveled down the mountain, while few of the other retreating disciples succeeded in their practice.

Of course, the current trail is still only Xiaocheng, and the realm has just broken through the qi training period. The realm of cultivation is generally divided into the body refining period, the qi refining period, the spirit refining period, and finally the refining void period. And each realm is divided into three small levels, which are the early, middle and late stages, and the current path is only at the beginning of the Qi refining period.

However, I heard the old man say that most of the people under the mountain practice some exercises transformed from martial arts, and they pay more attention to the polishing of their strength and body, so they are different from the Dao cultivation method of Xiaodao, they do not require themselves to feel the aura between heaven and earth, they pursue another kind of Tao.

It's just that the current Xiaodao doesn't know how powerful they are, and can only compare their combat power with themselves when they meet, so this time the cultivation of entering the WTO is a great challenge for Xiaodao, and there are many unknowns in any aspect.

The place where the trail is located is the northeast of Huaguo, where there are many famous mountains and rivers, and there are few man-made development and destruction here, so the scenery is extremely beautiful, but this also leads to the living standard here is not particularly high, for example, if you want to take a train to travel, then you have to rush to a small county dozens of kilometers away, because only there you have a train station.

Xiaodao did well in the college entrance examination this time, and was admitted to Jingcheng University, which is said to be a relatively good university, where there are beautiful women, where the academic atmosphere is strong, where there is full of freedom, where students do not prevent falling in love, and it is precisely for these reasons that Xiaodao applied for Jingcheng University. Originally, Xiaodao never regarded himself as a Taoist, and an unreliable old man was his master, so Xiaodao was essentially a normal big boy, the only difference from ordinary boys was that he had extraordinary abilities.

Thinking about the beautiful world outside, Xiaodao was a little impatient, so under the cover of the night, he increased the speed of travel to the maximum, if he passed by the passerby at this time, then the passerby would only feel a gust of wind blowing, and almost invisible Xiaodao's figure, but how could he meet passers-by in the deep mountains in the dark night, so Xiaodao didn't have any worries along the way, it could be said to be running all the way.

For the night, the trail's wild running has no effect, at most it is just another black shadow in the night. After a period of running, Xiaodao finally came to the outskirts of the small county town before dawn, so Xiaodao rushed out of the woods in one jump, like a tired bird landing on the ground.

Patting the dust and leaves on his body, Xiaodao looked around, and found that there was no one around, and then slowly walked towards the small county town, the trail here is still very familiar, in order to buy some things for the old man that the village does not have, Xiaodao has been here a few times, and once Aunt Wang's daughter Xiaojiao had a high fever in the middle of the night, and there was no car in the village to the county seat at that time, and the doctor in the village had no way, Xiaodao ran all the way with Xiaojiao and the master on his back, so Xiaodao was still more familiar with the road in this county.

When Xiaodao came to the outside of the train station, it was already two hours later, Xiaodao didn't have a lot of money in his hand, so he was not willing to take a taxi, maybe he was used to this kind of frugal life, so he walked a few kilometers to the outside of the train station.

Look at the time is already more than 8 o'clock in the morning, Xiaodao casually found a breakfast stall to eat something and entered the station, maybe everyone will have this kind of mood, the first time to go out to a strange city. I want to get to school as soon as possible to see what the place I live in the next few years will be like, and I have a little ambivalence about my hometown.

I found that there were quite a lot of people on the train, but fortunately, I asked the teacher to buy a ticket in advance, otherwise I guess there would be no seats. In fact, all of Xiaodao's stuff is a travel backpack, which contains a few clothes and documents, and a little cash and the card given by the old man in the wallet. I suddenly remembered that the card given by the old man hadn't checked the balance yet, so it wouldn't be just a few hundred yuan! I secretly thought in my heart, the first thing I did after getting off the car was to check the balance, the old man wouldn't pit his poor apprentice when they were separated!

Just when the trail was still thinking nonsense, the train had already started, rushing to the place that everyone longed for. At this time, Xiaodao had time to look at his fellow passengers, sitting next to him by the window was a middle-aged uncle, who looked like a white-collar worker who went out to work, and his clothes were still a little fashionable. Opposite were two girls, both wearing hats and black masks. I just took a general look at it, and I felt that I was in good shape.

Xiaodao didn't pay much attention to what their faces looked like, after all, their hats were pressed relatively low, which showed that people didn't want to be known easily, so it would be rude to be too probing about what people looked like. Xiaodao thinks he is a handsome and sunny gentleman, how could he do such an impolite thing! Unless he meets a beautiful woman, he will not easily break through his bottom line.

Seeing that there was nothing special, Xiao Dao slowly closed his eyes and prepared to take a break. After all, he didn't sleep all night, and three hours passed in a flash, and the train stopped on the platform of a provincial capital, and most of the people went down. The train stays at this large station for up to 8 minutes, and the platform is full of people coming down to breathe and smoke.

After being woken up by the radio on the car, Xiaodao also came to the platform curiously, he wanted to feel the different atmosphere of this stop, and he also had mixed feelings in his heart. He has not been to any big cities, and his first trip was to the capital of China, and it would be a lie not to be excited, not because he was afraid or worried about anything, but because it would be a new starting point in his life.