Because it was not the first time to come, Xiao Mo was familiar with the way, so naturally he would not be unfamiliar, so it didn't take long for him to come to the ancient pavilion in the north of the outer courtyard again.

Just like the first time I came here half a year ago, the ground around me is still barren and grassy, and people who come here for the first time will definitely be surprised, but for Xiao Mo, it is not surprising that someone deliberately made it look like this.

He ignored these weeds, and directly floated his body, and the whole person was like stepping on a fire and rising into the sky, and the fire spirit cloud step had already unfolded, and a few flashes had already entered the four-story cyan building.

Push the door open and dodge in.

This time, Xiao Mo did not stop downstairs, but came directly to the fourth floor and slowly looked around.

The fourth floor of the library pavilion is very small, only half the size of the first and second floors, but it is also neatly kept, and various ancient books are divided into categories and arranged on the shelves. And around each major type of bookshelf, there is a wooden sign that appears horizontally, marking the category.

There are five main categories.

Miscellaneous records, rumors, ancient histories, formations, and - books on the way of the heart.

Xiao Mo turned around it a few times, and he couldn't be sure what kind of Zhan Ruoshui was looking at here, so in the end he could only give up and silently keep the book catalog here in his heart.

Then, he went to the books and looked at them twice.

After a while, his eyes lit up, he took out two of them, took out the inner courtyard disciple token and swiped it, a burst of light lit up, and the green light flashed on the two books, Xiao Mo put them in the storage bag and turned to leave.

Reading in the Library Pavilion does not require permission, but to take away the books in the Library Pavilion, you still need a certain amount of permission, fortunately, Xiao Mo is now a disciple of the inner court, and he has enough qualifications, as long as he records the identity information of the borrowed, he can take those books away and watch.

Of course, after a certain period of time, it will be returned, if it is not returned, someone will naturally come to the door to collect it, and after a certain time limit, it is estimated that a certain amount of merit coins will be paid.

After returning to the Wind Stop Retreat, Xiao Mo immediately opened the two books he had borrowed and watched them.

These two books, one is called "True Heart Diagram" and the other is called "Zhao Theory", both of which explain some mysteries of the mind and record the key to breaking through the realm of Qiwu.

There is a saying in the "Sincere Diagram": "Heaven and earth are one and the same, the heart dwells in all things, and all things are prepared for me." ”

Its biggest point of view is: mind and matter, mind and reason, mind and sex, knowledge and action, reason and desire, reason and qi, void and reality, are all one and inseparable, the so-called movement and stillness, the benevolent person to heaven and earth and all things as one.

This is the origin of the Qi Realm.

Looking at it, Xiao Mo gradually immersed himself, only to feel that the content recorded in this book opened his mind, and constantly merged with what Zhan Ruoshui said to him at the beginning, making him gradually less mysterious about the realm of things, but suddenly became enlightened.

Now, just wait to break through the ninefold peak of the Freedom Realm, maybe Xiao Mo can try to break through the Qi Matter Realm, of course, whether he can succeed or not still depends on his creation and understanding.

Before the opportunity comes, there is no need to force it; when the opportunity comes, the door will open by itself.

In the following time, Xiao Mo didn't go anywhere, he retreated in the Wind Stop Essence House, preparing to break through the eightfold realm of the Joyful Realm first.

However, after three days of retreat, Xiao Mo found that the speed was not enough, and the more he wanted to break through, the more difficult it was to calm his mind, which made him realize that he was a little anxious.

"Okay, let's hold off for a while, do something else, and when the mood calms down, the eightfold bottleneck of the Escape Realm will naturally no longer be an obstacle. ”

"And ......"

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo's eyes flickered, and he recalled in his mind the requirements for entering the Five Great Secret Realms, entering the secret realm, not only requires cultivation above the Qi Matter Realm, but more importantly, it also requires a lot of meritorious deeds, the worst Heart Refining Grotto also costs 50,000, and the most expensive Five Extremes Secret Realm and Purple Light Qingyun Cave even cost 200,000 at a time.

There is no doubt that as long as Xiao Mo wants to enter these five secret realms, the expenditure of those meritorious deeds is indispensable, and in the future, changing the major exercises will also require meritorious deeds, and the amount is not small.

Thinking like this, Xiao Mo realized that he had such a great need for meritorious service, so he made up his mind that for the time being, he could not just blindly pursue cultivation, and it was also necessary to take advantage of this time to accumulate some meritorious deeds and prepare for the future.

As soon as his mind moved, Xiao Mo made a move, and a pale yellow letter appeared in his palm, which was a letter of recommendation written by Zhan Ruoshui for him to Master Zhongli, a Danshi of the Zhidao Palace.

"After being delayed for so long, it's time to take this letter of recommendation and see if you can become Master Zhongli's apprentice and learn some knowledge of alchemy. ”

"If I can set foot on the Dan Dao, perhaps, not only can the meritorious matter be solved, but it will also have certain benefits for my cultivation growth. ”

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo no longer hesitated, tidied up his clothes, carried the letter of recommendation, and turned around and walked towards a somewhat peculiar cyan building in the upper right corner of the inner courtyard.

Here, it is the alchemy hall of the school palace, where all alchemists and alchemy apprentices live here.

Although the Alchemy Hall is not one of the seven halls and six halls of the Daoist Palace, its status is still extremely lofty, after all, the pill is almost related to all aspects of every monk's life, and some powerful pills can even make people break down obstacles, improve their cultivation, increase their chances of survival, and even bring the dead back to life.

Therefore, the pursuit of powerful elixirs in mind cultivation is in no way inferior to the pursuit of various exercises, secret tips, heart yuan soldiers, and even secret treasures, etc., and sometimes because the demand is too great, this demand even exceeds the above.

Therefore, the cultivation of the alchemist may not be the first line in the Supreme Daoist Palace, but the status of the alchemist must be high, especially the senior alchemist who can practice more than three grades of pills, and he can become an elder in the Supreme Daoist Palace.

And an alchemy master like Zhongli Danshi, who is a top-level alchemist who can refine the four-grade pill, is second only to the mountain lord in the Supreme Dao Palace, the seven deputy mountain masters, and several powerful elders, and can be ranked in the top thirty at least.

Therefore, he has his own independent Dan Courtyard, which is divided into three halls, covering a vast area, with a total of more than 30 rooms and all kinds of equipment.

These rooms are not only for his daily cultivation and residence, but also for the residence and work place of some of his alchemy apprentices and low- and middle-level alchemists.

Every alchemy master, there are at least hundreds of people under him to serve him, of course, most of them are some miscellaneous labor, transporting herbs, cleaning and cleaning the Dan furnace, and those who can really learn from him and help him are only the disciples he personally received, as well as seven or eight low-intermediate alchemists, and the rest, but they don't have this qualification.

When Xiao Mo came to Master Zhongli's Dan Courtyard, what he saw was a busy scene of people coming in and out, and the air was filled with all kinds of strange medicinal fragrances, as well as the faint smell of sulfur smashed by the wind, which was a little pungent.

But for these, Xiao Mo didn't care, touched his nose, he squeezed through the crowd, walked in, handed the letter in his hand to a housekeeper at the door, and asked him to give it to Zhongli Danshi, and then waited in place.

After a while, a young girl in Tsing Yi walked out with an old man with a white beard and hair, but extremely energetic.

The old man's eyes were like electricity, and he found Xiao Mo standing in the courtyard at a glance, who was out of step with the miscellaneous servants around him, and suddenly a dazzling light flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Xiao Mo and said in a deep voice: "You are the apprentice recommended to me by the daughter of the Zhan family, it doesn't seem to be anything special, why should I accept you?"

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Xiao Mo immediately reacted, the person in front of him was none other than one of the only three alchemy masters in the Zhidao Palace, the fourth-grade alchemy master Zhong Lishan.

And his criticism of himself is also reasonable, after all, no one can accept an apprentice just based on a letter of recommendation from a junior disciple, so Xiao Mo was not flustered, he had expected it, and he did not immediately defend himself, but just saluted him respectfully, and said respectfully: "Xiao Mo, a disciple of the inner courtyard, has seen Master Zhongli!"

"Hmmm......"

Seeing that Xiao Mo did not become flustered and busy because of his own questioning, but looked polite and courteous, with an extraordinary bearing and indifference. A faint look of appreciation flashed in Zhongli Danshi's eyes, and the look in his eyes softened.

However, his eyes eased, which did not mean that he was about to give up the previous question, but looked at Xiao Mo and asked again: "A letter of recommendation alone is not enough for me to accept you as an apprentice, tell me yourself, what is special about you that is worthy of me to accept you as an apprentice?"

"This ......"

Xiao Mo's eyes flashed, and he suddenly smiled slightly: "I don't know if a sincere and simple heart to the Tao is enough?" If it's not enough, the master will take a look at this ......."

After speaking, I saw that in front of Zhongli Danshi and the girl in green clothes, he suddenly moved his fingers, and a large amount of heart vitality suddenly burst out from his fingertips, and after these heart vitality left his body, he exploded in the air at the same time, and then turned into a faint red flame, constantly changing.

The red flame elongates and divides into seven, then slowly turns to pale gold, jumps in the center, presents a stamen, and the periphery is extended and turns into petals.

A short moment later, in the void, seven golden lotuses the size of thumbs appeared for no reason, clustered together, forming a 'Dan' character, slowly floating in front of Zhongli Danshi, and under the red firelight, his face seemed to be ruddy and extraordinary.

"Huh?"

When Xiao Mo had just made a move, Zhongli Danshi couldn't help but move his eyes, and there was a solemnity in his eyes. When he finally saw the seven golden lotuses, turned into a Dan character, and floated in front of him, a faint touch of emotion finally appeared in front of his eyes.

"Ancient alchemy, fire surging golden lotus, very good, I didn't expect that you have never learned alchemy, and you actually had the opportunity to get such a magical pill technique. Although this Danshu is only the most rudimentary Danshu, it is no longer very useful now, after all, it is rare, just by your luck, I will count you as passing. ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and said with a smile: "Of course, the most important thing is that even if you get one or two alchemy techniques by chance, no one will generally be willing to bother to learn them. ”

"In addition, practicing alchemy, it is easy to see the strength of a person's soul perception, and soul perception is one of the important conditions for refining pills. ”

"Very good, from today on, you are one of my Zhong Lishan's newly accepted disciples, wait for Xiao Tong to take you to find a room to settle down, you first familiarize yourself with the surrounding environment, tomorrow during the day, Xiao Tong will take you to see me, and then officially perform the apprenticeship ceremony!"

"Yes, thank you, Master Zhong. ”

When Xiao Mo heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly withdrew the fire surging golden lotus in the void, and bowed to Zhong Lishan in front of him.

From this moment on, he has officially become one of the apprentice disciples of Dan Dao Master Zhong Lishan, although this disciple is still very watery, after all, it is not like when the inner court was promoted to the core disciple, he chose one and specialized.

In the life of each alchemist, he will accept dozens of alchemy apprentices, and these alchemy apprentices are all considered his disciples, but there will not be a few who can really inherit the mantle and inherit it in the end, and get his name and recognition.

Only those who have really made achievements and been promoted from an alchemy apprentice to a junior alchemist, or even an intermediate alchemist, are eligible to officially worship the alchemy master. Now this kind of apprentice-style disciple is just a name, and he has the qualifications to learn alchemy from him, but he will not get the real inheritance, and his status is still very different.

If, in the end, these alchemy apprentices are too poorly qualified, or their character is not good, the alchemist can expel him at any time, and this kind of thing is not uncommon in history.

However, Xiao Mo's original purpose of coming here has been achieved, he doesn't have to be a good person, let alone want to become his personal disciple, but to learn a certain amount of alchemy knowledge from him.

After completing his studies, firstly, he can earn a meritorious service by relying on this, and secondly, he also wants to see if he can discover some other mysteries from the Xuanhuo Ding if he embarks on the road of alchemy.

Zhong Lishan nodded at Xiao Mo, turned around and went back to the inner courtyard, but in the same place, the girl in Tsing Yi who had accompanied him out before stayed, glanced at Xiao Mo, and said with a faint expression: "Childe, please come with me!"

After speaking, he didn't wait for Xiao Mo to reply, he took the lead and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Looking at the look of the girl in Tsing Yi, Xiao Mo was strange for a while, and didn't understand that she always gave people a sense of alienation, as if she would not be very close to anyone. But this has nothing to do with him, although he saw that the girl's expression was not kind, but it was not bad, nodded and followed.

ps: second update. Four thousand words.

Thank you for the red envelopes of Hua Fei, 933197740 demonic spirit, Niu Xuliang and others that year, thank you~