It took a while for Lu An to get up from the river and walk back to the yard soaked.

I understood that I came back when I saw Lu An's appearance, patted my thigh and laughed loudly: "Young people are more impulsive, they don't cherish their bodies so much, be careful when they use it in the future, they will be old, and they will have more than enough strength but not enough strength." ”

Lu An didn't know how many words he scolded this old man, turned his head and said with a smile: "The experience of the seniors, the juniors remember." ”

understood that the laughter stopped abruptly, and scolded angrily: "Stinky boy, Lao Tzu is a martial artist in the realm of a grandmaster, and his health is very good, and I am not a chick like you." ”

Lu An said softly: "Everyone in the world is old, but they don't accept it, they don't accept the old, they don't accept the old." After saying that, he shook his head.

Ren understood how to prove it later, and Lu An nodded yes.

I was angry and understood, and I really wanted to hammer Lu An to death with one punch.

Lu An smiled and went back to the house to change his clothes, although he couldn't fight head-on, he couldn't lose on the scene.

By the time Lu An came out again, he had calmed down, and an old man was sitting there alone with his eyes closed.

Lu An approached and sat cross-legged as he understood.

He said clearly: "Boy, give me the bottom, what do you want to do after that?"

"After that?" Lu An paused for a moment, not knowing what to say.

After understanding what he asked, he was not in a hurry to urge Lu An to answer, and said to himself: "I guess I won't be able to stay in this place for a long time." ”

Lu An then asked, "Are you finally leaving?" and breathed a sigh of relief.

Ignoring Lu An's provocation, he continued: "Isn't it a little too boring to nest in this small Ning Kingdom at your age......?" In other words, you have lived so wonderful and thrilling in the past two years, will you grow vegetables and pick tea here for the rest of your life?"

Lu An shook his head affirmatively and said, "I went home this time just to see this hometown, and I didn't plan to stay here forever." ”

Knowing this, he was immediately happy, and said with a smile: "The young man still has some ideas, since you want to go out and see Chuang Chuang, then I will reluctantly let you follow me." ”

Lu An sighed and asked, "You old man is very bad, I think I will be sold by you after you." ”

He waved his hand and said, "You are not a daughter of a good family, you can be worth a few dollars if you sell it, and how can you be so unconfident in yourself? ”

Lu An stared at it and didn't speak, and he kept looking at it with a scrutinizing look for a long time.

Seeing that Lu An didn't speak, he turned his head to look, and was looked at by this look, so he hurriedly turned to the side.

Lu An immediately smiled and said: "The eyes are dodging, the mouth is twitching, there must be a ghost in the heart, let's talk about it." ”

He snorted and said, " That's up to you, a young man like you who thinks you're smart, who doesn't know the world, hasn't seen the world, and doesn't know how to practice, is estimated to die in the hands of others after going out for two or three days, and it's too late to regret it when the time comes, you must know that the outside world is completely different from your Ning Kingdom, relying on the second-grade strength that you have blindly practiced can't go a few miles at all, you may drink water outside, eat a meal, look at others a few times, and you will already be splashed with blood on the spot, and the means of cultivators are all invisible, only you can't think of it, you can't do it without them, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity, you haven't equipped yourself with a sword, you can go out and drink soup in the blink of an eye。 ”

When Lu An heard this, he smiled slightly, and thought to himself, persuasion failed, and now it is a threat, and it is estimated that it will be a temptation to wait for the meeting.

Then he pretended to be frightened and said, "Is the outside world so dangerous?

Knowing how to close his eyes, he replied with a deep face: "That's for sure, so people who can live to my age are real old rivers and lakes, follow me and keep you safe." ”

Lu An hesitated on the side for a long time, and said weakly: "Since it's so dangerous, I thought about it carefully, I think I'd better stay in this small place honestly." ”

understood that he was caught off guard by Lu An all of a sudden, and felt that sooner or later he would be angry and vomit blood.

"Although you are here, but you can't take care of yourself, look at now, you have been seriously injured, your strength is greatly damaged, if you bring another drag oil bottle, when the time comes, I will go to drink soup together, is it a pity, you can say, after all, I am so old, but I am still young, I am only 14 years old, I don't even have a daughter-in-law, I think it's a pity, so I still don't go out, honestly grow vegetables and pick tea here, in two years I can also go to a daughter-in-law, give birth to a big fat boy, just I have a little savings, this small life should also be enjoyable。 After Lu An finished speaking, he still looked pity and helplessness.

understood that when I saw this expression, I secretly cursed in my heart that I was really a scoundrel stinky boy, a scoundrel better than me. The hand is tight and loose, loose and tight, and I really want to hit it directly.

But then I understood that I still forced a smile and said: "Then you can't think so, compared to the danger outside, in fact, there are still more good things in the outside world, for example, you want to find a daughter-in-law, the women outside are much more beautiful than here, you have to have a face, you have to have a figure, and you have to be versatile, not to mention how good." ”

Lu An wanted to look at it like a fool.

understands that this is realizing that Lu An is just a 14-year-old kid, and he is still at a loss for this thing, and he doesn't feel as if he is unattractive, and he has exposed himself.

He coughed lightly and said, "What do you want?"

Lu An thought for a moment and said, "It seems that becoming an immortal cultivator is more attractive to me." ”

Hearing this, he immediately asked: "Are you stupid, kid, why do you have to be a cultivator? You are so old, you have long passed the most suitable age for enlightenment, you may only be able to stay in these three root realms for decades in your life, and besides, your own talent is not good, and if you really embark on that road in the future, you will probably be a cannon fodder." After saying that, he shook his head.

"Isn't it bad?" Lu An asked rhetorically.

He shook his head and said: "It's not very bad, it's very bad, since I was a child growing up in a poor and remote place like Ningguo, where spiritual power is blocked, the three roots of Linghui Yuan have long been solidified, even if I forcibly let you practice, plus all kinds of resources to assist you, in the end, you will break through the three roots realm at most and reach the Puyu realm, count you a little luckier, break through the Puyu realm, and reach the Dongtian realm, what's the use?" People in this realm, not to mention all over the street, but it can be regarded as a big handful, if you want to reach the realm of Sanqing and get ahead, it should be impossible for you in this life. If you are a few years younger and have me here, then everything is possible, so follow me honestly and let me take you to the peak of martial arts. ”

Lu An listened to it in a fog, and understood part of it a little, if he went to cultivate immortals, it would be impossible to become a master in this life anyway.

Lu An continued to ask: "Old man, if you say so, then won't I be able to become a master in my life on the road of cultivation?"

I understood that hearing Lu An ask this, I felt that there was a drama.

Then he said: "Boy, what is Xiuzhen paying attention to, do you know?"

Lu An shook his head and said, "I don't even know the so-called realms you said, I know this." ”

"Then I'll tell you a little bit about this complicated history. After he said that, he stood up and patted his buttocks.

According to legend, a long time ago, there was no distinction between cultivating and practicing martial arts in the world, there was only a general name, temporarily called refining the body, people in that era lived in a dire environment, demons were rampant, natural disasters were raging, people in order to survive, they could only fight against these things, but compared with them, the human body is too weak, and resisting it is really just an egg hitting a stone, so each ethnic group can only migrate, from the beginning of a certain place, to move in all directions, in order to survive a vein, so that in the end, people will not be extinct。

It is said that after more than 20 ethnic groups, only 5 ethnic groups finally found the last suitable place to survive, and these ethnic groups also suffered heavy casualties at that time, but fortunately, they all retained the seeds of hope. Slowly, there are the East China Sea, Southern Xinjiang, Western Regions, Northern Territory, Zhongzhou, and Five Regions, in the final analysis, they are actually the same ancestor.

After that, there is a period of recuperation and continue to fight, but all people are people, it is because they are creative and destructive, they use the different characteristics of these 5 places, and use various ways and methods to cultivate their bodies to fight against those demons, and then it is a protracted demon war, in the end, fortunately, we won, the demons were completely suppressed, but they could not kill them all, it is said to be suppressed in a mysterious demon domain in Zhongzhou.

After the end of the war, people began to live and reproduce normally, the number of ethnic groups in various places grew day by day, and then there was a problem again, the external conflict had just ended for a period of time, and the internal conflict began again, and the friction between the various ethnic groups intensified day by day, and finally evolved into a big war, the purpose of which was to prove who was the true orthodoxy of the human race, among which the northern border was the most powerful, because of its resource-scarce environment, their cultivation method became the most special, the most difficult, and the final combat power formed was also the most powerful, and it also played the most critical role in the demon breaking war at that time。

The cultivation method in the north is known as the five elements of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, so at that time they had a sect called the Sun and Moon Sect, at that time due to its strong combat power and unknown reasons, it actually caused the four major sects in the other four places to join forces to encircle and suppress, and finally gradually became a big war between the five places, this is a tragic war, the number of dead and wounded, up to billions, it is said that all the snow-capped mountains in the north are because those snow-capped mountains are piled up of human bones.

But even so, the Sun Moon Sect in the Northern Territory still stands, which shows how terrifying its combat power is.

However, no matter how powerful the Sun Moon Sect is, under the encirclement and suppression of many parties, it is only a matter of time before it fails, but in this big war, the five landslides and the earth cracked, the lives were devastated, and even the sun and the moon were chaotic, and when the five places were in chaos, there was a turning point, that is, the sudden appearance of the demon beasts of the four directions, which were respectively known as the Dragon God of the East China Sea, the Queen of Ants in the Southern Frontier, the Snake Emperor of the Western Regions, and the Snow Emperor of the Northern Territory, which calmed down the people of the all-out civil war.

But the strength of these Quartet Demon Beasts does make people feel desperate, their appearance seems to be an appointment, four appeared at the same time, it is said that there was also a riot in the Demon Domain of Zhongzhou at that time, at this time our human race realized the seriousness of this civil war, the long years of the war, resulting in their own combat power greatly damaged, so that they could not defeat these demon beasts at all, they could only be defended,.

The monsters of the four sides rioted at the same time, and all parties could only stick to their own doors, which could be prevented and destroyed, and finally remained so deadlocked.

Unconsciously, an interesting balance has been formed, and if there is one who is the most beneficial, it must be the north, and it has been given a chance to survive.

But what's even more interesting is that later there was a side that broke the balance, also the north.

The sect master of the Sun Moon Sect at that time couldn't bear to see the people in the north carefully surviving in the mouth of the beast, and he couldn't bear to see all living beings facing the threat of extinction again.

Cold wind, heavy snow, late night, carrying a sword, walking alone, into the mountains.

A day later, the wind stopped and the snow was quiet, and the sect master returned to the northern city covered in blood, with the head of a demon beast behind him, and the snow was endless as far as the eye could see, but a blood line extended from the sky to the northern city.

The sect master destroyed the Snow Emperor, and the original balance was broken in an instant, and the ice beasts in the north were without the leadership of the Snow Emperor, and the dragons were leaderless and directly collapsed.

After that, the combat power of the northern realm was dispersed to help the other four places resist the beast tide, and the other three demon beasts began to shrink and no longer show up easily, until now.

But what I never expected was that after the situation stabilized, the other four places and four sects actually joined forces again, planning to encircle and suppress the northern border, the Sun Moon Sect was not so lucky this time, and the sect master had actually reached the point of running out of oil after killing the Snow Emperor.

In the end, the sect master showed up and had a secret negotiation with the four sects, and the result was that the Sun Moon Sect disappeared from the world.

Since, the Sun and Moon Sect, which has existed for tens of thousands of years, has disappeared, and all the disciples of the sect have been dismissed, some have retired gloomily, some have joined the Quartet forces, and some have become rangers to travel in all directions, but it is said that there is a person who has taken over the sustenance of the sect master and disappeared into the world.

After a series of naturalization arrangements, the original 5 giants became 4 giants, and the human race finally ushered in the days of recuperation, and then there were civil strife again and again, but they were all small-scale, and there were only two ways of cultivation left in the world, one was to cultivate the truth, and the other was martial arts.

understood that he told the story in one breath, and hurriedly took out a pot of wine and drank two sips, but Lu An listened to it with relish and had another understanding of the world.

After listening to so much, it seems that there are a lot of questions in my head, but I just wanted to ask, and as soon as the words came to my mouth, I felt that I couldn't say it.

But as soon as the mouth opened, I remembered the root of human inferiority, human desires, these are the reasons why people are human, and these may be the reasons, but they are not the answers they want.

Lu An thought about it and scratched his head, not knowing how to describe his current mood, with a distressed expression.

Clearly glanced at Lu An's expression, and said lightly: "Aren't you surprised? As a person from the north, I still have to learn about this history, but I didn't expect it to be so murderous, right? Every sentence I just said is a word that is qualified to be written with blood, every sentence, every paragraph, is qualified to be remembered because of enough blood, this is a history written in blood, not a history written by the victors, cultivating truth, cultivating the Tao, and cultivating immortals?"

continued: "Therefore, it is not important to be a cultivator, it is important to be a strong person, and a clenched fist is the reliance on walking in this world, and to be a person should be like that sect master, one person guards one city, one fist blocks four sects, one sword kills the Snow Emperor, and one body stands in the world, this is a true immortal." ”

Lu An didn't speak, just listened quietly, and the old man's voice in his ears was still chattering.

Lu An got up and left directly, ignoring the old man who was still complaining on the side, got up and stretched, and said, "The story is quite tired, get up and move your body." ”

As soon as Lu An finished speaking, his mouth finally stopped.

Lu An took out a steamed bun, took a bite, and ate the steamed bun in his mouth, but his mind was really blank, and he wanted to think, but he should let it go.

Understood, and stretched out his hand.

Lu An glanced at the old man, took one and handed it to the old man

Two people, one old and one young, squatted on the threshold, nibbling on steamed buns, without words.

Suddenly, Lu An seemed to think of something, took out two steamed buns, walked straight to the courtyard gate, and then walked out.

Knowing curiosity, he followed, with a look of doubt.

I saw Lu An kneeling on his knees, kneeling in front of an old man, shaking his hand, and then handing the steamed bun in his hand to the old man's hand, and then shaking it for a while before Lu An got up and left.

When Lu An returned to the house, he understood that he had returned to his previous posture and sat cross-legged.

Lu An said lightly: " The old man, when I have memory, he was already sitting there, deaf, dumb and blind, there was no way out, he could only stay in this place, the neighbors would more or less give him something to eat, the old people used to take care of us, I grew up eating a hundred family meals, and it was he who ate a hundred meals to support the elderly, so to speak, I and he were the same kind of people, timid, helpless, but they all had the desire to live, in the end, the people who were still alive in this alley turned out to be me and him, and now there are only one or two families in this alley, this winter。 ”

After that, Lu An didn't continue.

nodded clearly and said: "It's not a bad thing, for him, maybe it's a good thing, in his life, the first half of his life may be extremely beautiful, and the second half of Lu Anzhi is extremely quiet, maybe he is very lonely, and now he can finally usher in this moment, and his old friends are waiting for him below, which can be regarded as relief." ”

Lu An seems to understand whether he understands or not, but he still feels sad in his heart, the familiar alley is still there, but the familiar people are gone, a few years ago, several teenagers ran around together, playing wantonly with wooden sticks, and several old people sat on the threshold to enjoy the coolness. In the blink of an eye, there is now only a teenager and an old man left.

Lu An shook his head, he still couldn't control this emotion, he came up again all of a sudden, took a deep breath, turned his head and said clearly: "Old man, you told such a long story earlier, but you haven't told me what I asked." ”

Seeing the instantaneous change in Lu An's mood, he was surprised, and when he heard this, he patted his head and said with a smile: "This is simple." First of all, martial arts, it is divided into 4 stages, namely Mangfu, Martial Husband, Grandmaster, and Martial God. ”

Lu An asked rhetorically, "Old man, reckless man, are you sure?"

He waved his hand clearly and said: "Don't talk nonsense, listen to me, what is the commonly known reckless man, that is, a person of your level, without systematic cultivation, inexplicably has the strength of the second grade." But when it comes to the martial arts realm, it's different, people here are mainly skilled, strength alone is not enough, but also skills, fist and leg methods, sword skills, sword intentions, sword intent, etc., so people at this level attach great importance to skills, and a powerful five-grade swordsman can kill ordinary six-grade martial artists, which is the advantage brought by skill theory. And then in the back is the realm of the grandmaster who can open a sect, that is, the realm I was in before I was injured, people in this realm value understanding, basically have a deep understanding of a certain thing, and comprehend a certain realm, otherwise it is just a powerful 7-grade martial artist, not a grandmaster, but the threshold of the grandmaster is what everyone is pursuing, but it is unattainable, and then the martial god, you don't have to think about it. ”

"Why don't you think about it?" asked Lu An.

"Because I haven't reached this level, and I've never seen anyone like that. "Clearly.

"Why do I feel that you are talking so messily?" Lu An said scratching his head.

"This is my understanding, you can understand that it means that you and I are a level of people, so the world has prescribed a grade system, a total of 10 grades, 1 to 3 grades are what I call the reckless realm, 4 to 6 grades are the martial arts realm, 7 to 10 grades are the grandmaster realm, 7 grades are the small grandmasters, 8 grades are the grandmasters, and the 9 and 10 grades are called the great masters. Explained clearly.

"Then how is it decided?" Lu An said puzzled.

"The basis before the grandmaster is the strength of your internal strength and the size of your strength, but when you reach the grandmaster, it is different, it is the realm, what is the realm of the martial god above 10 grades, I don't know. The following is the realm of cultivation, although I don't know much about it. "Clearly.

Lu An nodded.

"The so-called three root realms are the spiritual root realm, the wisdom root realm, and the edge root realm, these three realms are related to the future of this person, so most people start practicing from a young age, the sooner the better, in fact, there are many people who start practicing at your age, but your talent is not good, the more talented people are, the more attention they pay to this stage, and the foundation is really important. After that, it is the Puyu Realm, the Cave Heaven Realm, and the Earth Fairy Realm, these realms are the gap in strength, and they are also the realm with the largest number of people, most people stay in this realm until they die, generally speaking, those who can reach Puyu before the age of twenty are geniuses, and the realm after that will be slowly polished. After that, it is a very strange realm, the realm of tribulation, a very magical realm, some people may not have to stay, and some people may have to stay for a lifetime. He smiled clearly.

Understood and paused, and glanced at Lu An, who had always been curious about the baby's expression.

Understand, he continued: "Martial artists don't have to cross the Heavenly Tribulation, they can act recklessly, but the cultivators can't, what they do is originally to go against the sky, the pursuit of the mystery of immortality, everything you did before will be fed back to you in the Tribulation Realm, this has another name, called the Little Thunder Tribulation." ”

"Doesn't that mean that bad people will die in this realm?" asked Lu An.

Ming shook his head and continued: "No, some demons may also enter the next realm in an instant, and some good people have stayed here for a lifetime, so this may have something to do with the state of mind, and I don't understand it very well." ”

Lu An nodded, indicating that he seemed to understand.

"After that, it's the Shangsanqing realm, the Shangqing realm, the jade Qing realm, the Taiqing realm, as long as you are at this level, you are basically a bigwig-level character, corresponding to the martial arts master, but they are basically in retreat, and they rarely show up, mainly because they are afraid, that is, the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao on them, because they still have the thunder tribulation behind them, and they have passed the so-called sub-holy realm, and the vast majority of them have fallen here, and the people who have really survived the thunder tribulation can be called immortal cultivators in the sub-saint, and then there is the legendary immortality, it is said that there will be another heavenly tribulation, and then they can be with the sky, but no one has ever seen what it is, it's all legends. "Clearly.

Lu An listened carefully, for fear of missing a little detail.

"It's already detailed. Lu An said with a grin.

"A long time ago, when I asked my master this question like you, I didn't listen carefully, and I remembered such things, and I forgot everything else. "Clearly.

"Your master?" Lu An asked, looking at the old man's appearance, he felt that it should be a long time ago.

understood and immediately said: "I also have a master, otherwise, I might have died a long time ago." ”

After understanding that sentence, his eyes instantly narrowed slightly, and his tone became lower: "It's a pity, I didn't die, but my master died, and he died very miserably, maybe I will die very miserably in the future." ”

Huh?

The autumn wind rises, the yellow leaves fall, and the killing intent is full.