When Lin Jiu spent the night in the firewood room for the first time in Fengtai City, he had a heart, and rolled the map on his body and the clothes that his grandfather had changed when he died into a small bag and hid it in a place that only he and Xiaobai knew.

After Xiao Bai killed the couple, Lin Jiu asked Xiao Bai to take the small bag back the next day, but in Dingfu Lin Jiu couldn't always carry it with him, so he tied the small bag under Xiao Bai's body and let Xiao Bai carry it all the time, otherwise how to go to Baishan Sect without a map in the east, the east border is so big.

"Let's go, I still don't understand this map, let's go ahead and ask for something to eat, and by the way, inquire about the current location" Lin Jiu got up and went to lead the horse.

Momo nodded and said, "I have to find a place for me to take a shower and change my clothes, I can't smell it myself." ”

Lin Jiu smiled and turned over on his horse, pulling Tao'er up as well.

The two of them continued to walk south along the road, but they didn't see the village and the residents for an afternoon, Lin Jiu wondered, this saw the tall Luoyun City in the distance at the border, although they didn't go in, but there should be villages around the city, this road also has, although it is not a big road, but it must be the way people come out, why don't you see the village for so long, this road has been to the south and saw a hill in the distance, Lin Jiu sped up the speed of the horse running, and wanted to go to the foot of the mountain to see if there was a village.

When it gets dark, I finally ran to the side of the mountain, although the mountain is not high, but the green is very good-looking, there is indeed a family at the foot of the mountain, and there is smoke from cooking, Lin Jiu and Tao'er dismounted, led the horse to the house, walked to the house, walked to the front and found that it was three grass houses, a small courtyard was circled with a fence outside, and there were a few chickens, Lin Jiu stood at the door and shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”

After a while, the grass hut in the middle squeaked open the door, and an old man with a cane came out, looked at Lin Jiu at the door and said, "Are you still in a hurry so late?"

"It's such an old man, this place is unfamiliar, my sister and I missed the time in a hurry, and there was no place to stay for a while, I just saw someone here on the road, so I thought about coming over to beg for saliva to drink" Lin Jiu said slowly.

"It's okay, the mountain village man lives here alone, and it's hard to come and talk, come and come, young man, please come in. ”

"So it bothered"

"Get out of the way, come in," said the old man, turning and walking into the house.

Lin Jiu bolted the horse to the door and led Tao'er into the house.

The furnishings are very simple, the kitchen on the left is the cooking, the bedroom is on the right, and the hall in the middle has only a table and four benches, and the old man sits in the middle and points to the stool and says, "Sit down and have a cup of hot tea, there is porridge boiling on the fire, and you will eat together later." ”

"Thank you in advance, grandpa."

"It's okay, I don't think the clothes and accents of the two teenagers are like the people near Luoyun City, I don't know where the two are home?"

"My sister and I are from the Han Dynasty"

"Han Kingdom, the old man is so old, I have never heard of any Han Kingdom here."

"We are passing through the wasteland from the southern border of the Yuntian Continent, the Han Kingdom on the southern side. ”

"Yuntian Continent? haven't heard of it, the wasteland? Could it be the wasteland on the west side of the border?"

"Exactly there"

"Oh my God, when I was young, I heard that you can only get here with your big caravans, and that wasteland is very big."

"Yes, it's quite big, it's been almost two years"

"Then why don't you enter White Sands City with the caravan?"

Lin Jiu thought for a while and said, "Don't hide it, my sister and I were slaves who were sold here, and my sister and I managed to escape." ”

The old man was not surprised when he heard this, nodded and said, "I see, it's better to run out, when I was young and working in Baisha City, I saw slaves who were sold here, women were usually sold to brothels in the city, or then sold to other cities in the interior, and most of the men were bought by the sect, and it is said that they were used as medicine jars, I don't know the specifics." ”

Lin Jiu was afraid for a while when he heard this, but fortunately he didn't run away from the city, if he met a master in the sect, Xiao Bai might not be able to beat it

"Then old man, I want to inquire, how to get to Daqiu Country?" Lin Jiu asked cautiously

"Daqiu country, it's in the southeast, far away from here, there are only two countries here, Dajin and Daqiu, both of which are vast and big, and the farthest door in my life is only to the border of Daqiu country, and I have been walking for almost a year by carriage. ”

"It's so big."

"Of course, the road you take is still a relatively narrow place in the Jin Kingdom, so why are you going to Daqiu Country?"

"Go to visit relatives," Lin Jiu hurriedly said

"Oh!" The old man obviously didn't believe it, but Lin Jiu didn't say it, and he was embarrassed to ask again, and then Lin Jiu asked for some other names on the map, some of the old man knew, some didn't know, but what he knew was very detailed.

Later, the three of them had dinner together, Lin Jiu boiled hot water for Tao'er, let Tao'er take a bath, he wiped his body himself, and then took a set of his own clothes for Tao'er to change, and Tao'er went to wash his clothes.

The two of them were busy until midnight, and then they slept on the floor of the hall, and the next morning the two of them left the old man, and by the way they asked for some fire and salt, and they could catch some game on the road, and the old man sent them to the mountain pass on foot, and looked at them far away before going home

After a few days, the two rode to a fork in the road, and there were three roads, one to the east and two small roads, one to the north and one to the south.

"Brother Jiu, which way to go?"

"Daqiu Country is in the southeast, it is said that we have to go east, but the road must be crowded and eventful, let's take the south path, anyway, it is far from Daqiu Country, and we have to change direction when we turn back."

"Okay, I'll listen to you"

Lin Jiu turned the horse's head and walked towards the south, he didn't deliberately let the horse run too fast along the way, first, he was not in a hurry, and second, he was afraid that he would run too fast and then tire the horse, so he definitely didn't want to walk if he couldn't walk, and the two of them didn't walk dozens of miles at noon.

While the two were discussing whether to walk around and find someone to eat, or to go to the roadside woods to hunt game, the path took a big turn and went straight east, but there was a man walking on the side of the road ahead.

From the back, he was very tall, almost a head taller than Lin Jiu, his body was very thin, he was wearing a dark blue tights, his back was very thin, his hair was tied up on the top of his head, he was holding a long black face in his hand, he was walking slowly, the pace of the horse was definitely faster than him, and he slowly walked to the man's side, the path was very narrow, almost brushing the person's body, Lin Jiu and Tao'er looked at him curiously, and the person with the sword happened to turn his head and look at Lin Jiu and Tao'er.

It was a young man, not very old, Lin Jiu felt that he would be a few years older than himself, his thin face was angular, his eyes were not big but his eyes were very soft, his skin was a little dark, the three of them looked at each other, and they didn't say a word, the horse drove them and walked forward, and after noon they didn't find the village and people's house, so they had to park the horse in the forest.

Hit a hare and pack it up and prepare to bake it to eat, Lin Jiu just roasted the rabbit, he saw the young man walking along the road again, the young man turned his head to look at the two of them and continued to hurry, Lin Jiu wanted to shout if he wanted to be together, but he felt that he didn't know or forget it, and the young man took out half a piece of bread from his arms and took a bite and continued to walk forward, after Lin Jiu and Tao'er finished eating, Lin Jiu said" Let's sleep here, I was afraid of something going wrong last night, and I didn't sleep well all night, just let that kid go forward more, so as not to meet him again in a while, and look at that guy and feel cold"

Tao'er nodded and didn't speak, and lay on the grass with Xiaobai in her arms.

When he woke up, it was already evening, and Lin Jiu got up and saw Tao'er holding Xiaobai in a daze, so he asked, "You woke up a long time ago?"

Tao'er turned her head and smiled and said, "You woke up, you were still snoring when you slept, you didn't think about anything, I just thought about Brother Jiu, what kind of Baishan Sect did you get there, if you were accepted in and started to practice the immortal law, what should Tao'er do?"

Lin Jiu touched Tao'er's head and said, "Are you still afraid that I will leave you behind?" When the time comes, if I am accepted into the door, I will beg the master to let you also learn the immortal method." ”

"But, will they take girls?"

"Nonsense, haven't you heard of the legendary fairy?

"It's also ha"

"Let's go, we'll have to find a place to spend the night before it gets dark."

The two rode on horseback, Lin Jiu added a few horsewhips to let the horse run, and when it was dark, he didn't meet a place to rest, and he didn't find a fork in the road along the way, and he didn't meet the young man with a sword again, Lin Jiu thought to himself that the horse had been running for so long and didn't see the man, this young man walked very fast, it was impossible to see the hell in broad daylight, when Lin Jiu was thinking, he vaguely saw a few houses on the side of the road in front of him in the moonlight, one of them was still bright, Lin Jiu sped up his horse speed and ran towards the house.

When they arrived at the front of the house, they saw that it was a few dilapidated old houses that no one lived in, Lin Jiu and Tao'er dismounted and walked towards the bright house, and when they arrived at the front of the house, Lin Jiu tied the horse, bowed his head and said to Xiaobai in Tao'er's arms, "Let's go in first, if it's safe, you can go get some food and come back." ”

Xiao Bai jumped down from his arms as soon as he heard this, flashed into the grass next to him, Lin Jiu took Tao'er with his hand and walked towards the house, the house was in disrepair and there was no door, after entering, he could see it all at a glance, there was no furniture in it, there was a fire in the corner, and the young man with a sword was sitting next to him, looking at them and smiling. He motioned for them to sit down as well.

Lin Jiu looked at the young man who didn't seem to have malicious intent, and pulled Tao'er to sit in the corner opposite him, the young man didn't mind seeing them sitting so far away, and reached out to take out a complete cake from the package next to him and stretched out his hand to hand it to the two of them.

Lin Jiu waved his hand and said, "Thank you, no need." ”

The young man nodded.

At this time, Xiaobai ran in from outside the door, holding a pheasant in his mouth.

The young man smiled and said, "At noon, you surpassed me, and soon I saw you roasting game on the side of the road, and I was still thinking that these two young men could hunt at a good level, and they caught a hare so quickly, it turned out that they had helpers." ”

"Hey, are you much older than us?" Lin Jiu said unconvinced.

"It's not a lot, but it's definitely a few years older than you, where are you two going to play?

"Have you ever seen someone come out to play like this? Everyone is about the same age, why do you ask us like prisoners, and if you want to ask each other, I ask you, how do you run so fast in the afternoon?"

"What's your name?" said the young man, smiling

"My name is Lin Jiu, this is my sister, my name is Wang Tao'er"

"Oh, I thought it was your daughter-in-law who eloped with you, my name is Li Jinliang" The young man didn't forget to tease them.

"Bah, I'm not his daughter-in-law. ”

"Hahaha"

"Hahaha"

The two young people laughed together, in this strange place, such an interesting acquaintance, the two young people found that they were too worried about each other before, and they were a little embarrassed, but walking in this world, how could they not be more careful?

Lin Jiu then began to kill chickens, and said to Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, go and fight one more, what about the four of us, one is not enough to eat"

Xiaobai reluctantly walked out again

Li Jinliang looked at Xiaobai in surprise and said, "Can it understand what you say?"

"Isn't that weird?"

"Seniors are not disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain? If the juniors are offensive in their words just now, please forgive me."

Li Jinliang hurriedly bowed and said

"Spirit Beast Mountain???

Li Jinliang took a breath and said, "The famous sect of the Dajin Kingdom, you don't even know it?

"You say Xiaobai is a spirit animal? Hey, why don't you call your senior?"

Li Jinliang had an expression of wanting to beat people, "Hmph, you are not from Spirit Beast Mountain, and you don't know how to get a spirit beast by your side, why should I call you senior?"

"Hahaha, you've seen through it, tell me quickly, what is a spirit animal?"

"You have to tell me first, where did this white fox come from, why did he listen to you?"

"Hunting" Tao'er hurriedly said, Lin Jiu looked at Li Jinliang and nodded.

Li Jinliang had another look of wanting to hit someone, and picked up the sword on the ground and handed it to Lin Jiu and said, "You just killed me, and you also hunted, the ghost believes it." ”

"Brother Li Jinliang, Xiaobai was shot by Brother Jiu when he was hunting"

"Impossible, a spirit beast that understands human speech can make you hunt and shoot, I don't believe it. ”

"Hey, don't worry about how you got here, you haven't told me what a spirit beast is."

Li Jinliang swallowed and said, " I don't know very clearly, but my father once said that the life of all things in this world can be psychic, but some will die until they die, and those who live and live long lives may be happy and wise, learn human nature, understand human language, and then cultivate like people, and then cultivate the Tao will incarnate into a human body, the same as people, the spirit beast mountain I just said is dedicated to cultivating spirit beasts, and most people in the world are taming beasts, and it is the spirit beast that really communicates verbally like you, and the spirit beast also has a cultivation level, just like the cultivation level of our human beings. ”

"There are still levels of cultivation?"

"It seems that you don't understand anything, you can take a spirit beast with you, you are really a tyrannical thing. Li Jinliang said that he beat his chest.

"Have you recognized the Lord of your spirit beast?" Li Jinliang hurriedly asked again.

"Recognize the Lord, what do you recognize?" Lin Jiu asked puzzled

"Not yet? That's great, sell it to me? I beg you, you can do as much as you want. ”

"I want your life, you don't have the idea of beating Xiaobai, if it weren't for the fact that you don't look like a bad person, I would have to let Xiaobai kill you, it's my friend, I won't sell it."

Xiaobai happened to enter the house at this time, put the pheasant on the ground, and ran into Lin Jiu's arms, turning his head to see Li Jinliang still baring his teeth.

Li Jinliang looked at Xiaobai and said, "I understand people's words, and I am so spiritual, I'm afraid that I can already cultivate, I don't know if the foundation building period is over?"

"What are you muttering? Is there still a foundation building period, what is the foundation building period?"

"Ah, no, nothing. Eat and eat," Li Jinliang hurriedly covered up

"I can tell you, don't fight it, if you provoke it, I can't control it"

"No, no, eat. ”

"Where are you going?" Lin Jiu asked him as he packed up the things that Xiao Bai had just brought back.

"Go to the Hundred Mountains Sect. Where are you and your sister going?"

Lin Jiu thought for a moment and said, "My sister and I went to Daqiu Country to visit relatives, why are you going to the Hundred Mountains Sect?"

"I've reached the bottleneck, my father said that every year the Baishan Sect will recruit new disciples, I want to try to see if it can work. ”

"Bottleneck?

"You don't understand cultivation at all, and you don't understand it either. Li Jinliang said and looked at Xiao Bai, then shook his head again, thinking that such a good spirit beast followed a person who didn't know anything about cultivation.

"Then you just let me understand, anyway, it's okay in the middle of the night," Lin Jiu said impatiently

Li Jinliang nodded and said, "People can practice, and some are born with spiritual roots, so they are more suitable for cultivation, but this kind of person is one in a million, and the chance of meeting them is very small, and some of them may not know that they have spiritual roots when they are very old." As he spoke, he flipped over the pheasant on the fire.

Lin Jiu gave him a look and motioned for him to continue.

"The lifespan of mortals is limited, so I have to cultivate, go against the sky, but not everyone can practice, like I have reached the bottleneck period now, if there is a suitable exercise or opportunity or something, can let me break through, then I can enter the late stage of Qi training, that is, the imperial qi, at that time I can continue to practice, otherwise I will eventually be a mortal, the so-called master of the rivers and lakes, even if I have deep internal strength in old age, it is only a little prolonged. ”

Li Jinliang saw that Lin Jiu was still a little puzzled, so he continued: In fact, practice is self-cultivation, at the beginning are all Qi training, these introductory exercises, are all from the practice of the sect, because some sects recruit disciples, it is impossible for all disciples to enter the Tao to practice, some have not passed the bottleneck period at the age of age, can not control the qi, then can only become an outer disciple, slowly the world of outer disciples more, after a family has children, will pass on to the child to enter the exercises, some are in the rivers and lakes to open the door, accept disciples, in fact, is the world to practice the internal strength, and some people to old age to have a deep internal force, and like me at a young age to the bottleneck period, in fact, in the rivers and lakes is a master of internal strength, If I wander the rivers and lakes, I will definitely be a master, and I will be a master who can become famous, but what's the use, after a hundred years, it will still be a pile of soil, so people like me who are young and have practiced internal skills to the bottleneck period will find a sect to seek a breakthrough, in case they can embark on the road of cultivating immortals, it is better than being a mortal. ”

"Then what is Imperial Qi?" Lin Jiu asked in surprise.

"I'll give you a general introduction to practicing qi, there is a sea of qi in the human body at the dantian, and the introduction of qi into the acupoints throughout the body meridians back to the sea of qi dantian is the beginning of qi practice, the entry to the practice of qi practiced by mortals is different, but it is basically the same, that is, all kinds of internal strength, after practicing for a long time, you can basically strengthen the body, and then learn some fighting moves is a martial arts master, some old people have practiced internal strength for many years, and when the internal force is deep, it will form an invisible air cover outside the body, such as like this" Li Jinliang raised his hand towards the wall is a palm.

The whole house was shaking, and a lot of dust fell from the roof, and Lin Jiu and Tao'er hurriedly got up and patted the dust on their bodies.

"Okay, what are you going to do? Demolish the house?" shouted Tao'er

Li Jinliang stood still and said, "Look at me, there is no dust on me." ”

Lin Jiu and Tao'er saw at a glance that Li Jinliang's body was indeed clean, not even his hair was dirty, and in the light of the fire, they could vaguely see that about an inch out of his body, the dust that was still flying in the air was swirling and sliding to the side, Lin Jiu was stunned.

"See, this is the qigong cover, any martial arts master with profound internal strength and people who have practiced qi to the bottleneck period, this internal force can also penetrate the body and attack others, such as sword qi. ”

Li Jinliang stabbed out the long face in his hand, and stabbed at the door frame in the air, a white light shot out from the tip of the sword and hit the wooden door frame, and the entire door frame flew out, Lin Jiu was dumbfounded.

Li Jinliang returned the sword to the sheath and said" This is the most basic level of imperial qi, in fact, it is not considered imperial qi, but probably this means, in the eyes of the world, I may be a martial arts wizard, but my father knows that I am just practicing qigong is wrong, so I am stuck in the bottleneck period and no longer forward, so I let me go out to Baishan Sect, he is the first major faction in Daqiu country, there must be a better qi practice period, as long as I can break through the bottleneck to get the imperial qi, it is the late stage of qi training, that is to embark on the road against the sky, if I can build a foundation, it would be better, then I will no longer be a mortal, two or three hundred years old, the sword and fly, free。 ”

"Hey, hey, don't fantasize about this big brother, it's time to eat. Lin Jiu patted him on the shoulder.

"Didn't you feel emotionally at all when I told you so much?"

"I'm a fart with emotion, let's eat quickly," Lin Jiu said lightly, but there was a faint excitement in his heart.

"Why don't you go to the Hundred Mountains Sect with you?" When the time comes, don't you want to be an immortal?" Li Jinliang asked tentatively.

"How can an immortal be so good, what if he passes the bottleneck period, and when he reaches the late stage of Qi cultivation, he doesn't build a foundation?" Lin Jiu didn't answer him, and continued to ask

"Then you can only stay in the sect and be a deacon disciple of the outer door, marry a wife and have children for the rest of your life, if you still want to enjoy the glory and wealth of the world, you have to plead with the master, only if the master agrees that you can go down the mountain, you can go out of the mountain, otherwise the people in the later stage of Qi practice are half-immortals in the eyes of the world, and they can't be allowed to act recklessly." But most people end up drinking and hating, and cultivation is a matter of going against the sky, and you have to endure loneliness and hardship, and who doesn't want to use all your means to break through when you can cultivate to the bottleneck, how can there be so many people who go down the mountain to enjoy, and the wealth of the world is a passing thing after all. ”

Li Jinliang saw that Lin Jiu didn't speak and continued, "Just like the current Yuntian Continent, there are only two countries in the eastern border, one is the Daqiu Country, which is the disciple of the Baishan Sect in the late stage of Qi cultivation and is secretly supported, and the Dajin Kingdom is the disciple of the Spirit Beast Mountain, the two countries have coexisted peacefully for hundreds of years, although there are occasional wars between the world, as long as it does not develop to the destruction of the country, the sect will not send people, although there are still some small cultivation sects in the east, but they are basically just in the world, I don't know where Brother Lin came from?"