Chapter 56, Charcoal in the Snow
Seven years ago, because of helping him, Lu Shan Mountain God gave Pan Long, Han Feng, and Li Qiang a bottle of longevity spirit wine each.
Han Feng drank the wine at that time and was drunk for ten days. Li Qiang took the wine home to honor his parents. Only Pan Long's bottle of wine has not been drunk and has been kept to this day.
He originally planned to give the wine to his grandfather Pan Shou, but when he returned to his hometown later, he already had a better life-prolonging elixir, which could only prolong his life for ten years.
Now, this wine is just taken out and given to Li Qiang - Pan Long can see at a glance that Li Qiang's mother is not in good health, and he is afraid that the end of his life will end.
Of course, Li Qiang also recognized this bottle of wine - he had always treasured the original bottle.
When he took the spirit wine home, he took it out, and before he had time to explain it in detail, his father Li Wen laughed when he heard the word "spirit wine", and praised him for finally knowing how to be filial to his parents, while raising his neck and drinking the small bottle of wine in one sip.
Li Qiang originally planned to let the second elder drink this bottle of longevity spirit wine, but seeing this situation, he had no choice but to wash the bottle with ordinary thin wine and give it to his mother.
Then Li Wen was naturally drunk for ten days, and when he woke up ten days later, he was already over fifty years old, and he suddenly returned to the appearance of about forty years old and his body was still in the prime of life.
Then, two years later, he finally broke through the acquired limit and stepped into the innate realm.
There are actually a lot of people like Li Wen on the rivers and lakes, many martial arts masters have practiced hard for half a lifetime, and the accumulation is enough to step into the congenital, but because of old age and physical decay, the qi and blood are exhausted, even if they have touched the door of the innate nature, they are powerless to push it open.
Masters like this, as long as a life-prolonging elixir restores their bodies to the level of prime, it is natural to step into the innate level.
There are several similar examples in Dingfeng Town.
Last time, Pan Long and Han Feng returned to their hometown and brought back several life-prolonging elixirs. Because of the merits of these elixirs, Han Feng's uncle Han Yong and Pan Long's uncle Pan Xiong have successfully stepped into the innate realm.
Later, Pan Shou and Pan Xiong returned to the Central Plains with two life-prolonging elixirs, and Pan Shou's uncles Pan Xi and Pan Cai, who were of the same generation, also relied on the medicinal power to restore qi and blood, and then stepped into the innate realm.
The four elixirs are the four innates.
Of course, such a congenital is relatively weak, after all, the potential has been exhausted. But no matter how weak it is, no matter how strong or long-lived the innate masters are, they are beyond the reach of the innate Jianghu guests.
can achieve such a congenital, I don't know how many people will be envious to tears......
Li Wen became a congenital master, and Li Jiacun suddenly had a backer. Even though the bandits in Yongzhou are more than one day long, relying on his protection, Lijia Village is as stable as Mount Tai.
It's just that in the past few years, the physical condition of Li Wen's wife Liu has become worse and worse.
She was already quite old, and she had never practiced internal strength. When he lived to be in his early sixties, he was indeed at the end of his life.
If it weren't for the remnants of drinking a little spirit wine before, and extending her lifespan a little, she probably wouldn't be alive now.
But that little bit of the residual power of the spirit wine has now been exhausted.
Before Li Qiang asked a famous doctor to help her diagnose her, the famous doctor said that if nothing else, it would be the end of winter and the beginning of spring......
Now that Pan Long took out the longevity spirit wine, Li Qiang was naturally overjoyed.
But he immediately realized that he couldn't ask for this gift!
Pan Long also has parents at home, and they also need to prolong their lives.
So he immediately refused, and then realized that his mother's chance to live was about to be lost in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel sad, and his voice suddenly choked up.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, hurriedly squeezed out a smile, and held back tears. But there was still a little sparkle in the corner of his eye.
He's not a good disguiser!
Pan Long saw Li Qiang's mind at a glance. smiled and said: "Brother Qiang, you can rest assured to accept it, when I was with Ah Feng before, I was lucky to pick up a big bargain." A total of six or seven life-prolonging elixirs were obtained, and the elders in the family had already taken them. ”
Li Qiang was stunned for a moment and looked at Pan Long in surprise.
"Is there such a big bargain in the world that you can pick up?"
"We were amazed ourselves. Pan Long said with a smile, "Ah Feng also ate a Zhuyan Pill at that time, and it turned out that he was in his twenties and was about to become a father, and he still looked like he was fourteen or fifteen years old, just laughing to death!"
Li Qiang was relieved and deeply relieved.
He was about to say something more, but Li Wen, who had been silent just now, spoke: "Silly boy, don't go and serve your mother to take medicine!"
Li Qiang nodded again and again, and after thanking Pan Long, he and his wife helped their mother back to the inner room to take medicine and rest.
When the children also followed, Li Wencai sighed and said to Pan Long: "I never dreamed that the Pan Long that Ah Qiang knew at the beginning turned out to be the famous Northland Pan Long in the past two years...... I thought it was the same name. ”
"If someone told me what I was a few years ago, I wouldn't believe it. ”
Pan Long replied with a smile, but saved the second half of the sentence.
He was able to cultivate to such a realm, in fact, he was not surprised at all.
With the treasure of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, even if there is no other opportunity, he is confident that he can become a true master by cultivating on his own.
The opportunities he've had over the years have only accelerated the process.
His roots, after all, are still the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Li Wen is not a person who is good at words, and after thanking him with emotion, he basically has nothing to say.
Fortunately, everyone is from the north and children of the rivers and lakes, so there is no need to say too much.
If you have friends and wine, what are you talking about?
After a while, Li Qiang came out of the inner room and saw an old man and a young man drinking.
Both sides didn't talk much, but they both drank quickly.
The wine in Lijia Village is home-brewed rice wine, and the degree is not high. It tastes more sweet than spicy, but it is very refreshing. Pan Long and the father and son of the Li family drank a lot in one go, and in the end, it was Li Qiang, who looked the most burly, who fell first.
There are three people here, the old one is a congenital master, and the younger one is a half-step real person, only he hasn't even reached the innate realm. If he is not drunk, who is drunk?
After a while, Li Wen was also drunk, laughing and talking about the past and the present, and lying on the chair and snoring as he spoke.
Pan Long couldn't help laughing when he saw that their father and son were still smiling when they were drunk.
After laughing, he said goodbye to the Li family's sister-in-law.
"Ah, why are you leaving?" Li Qiang's wife, Zhou, was taken aback and persuaded, "At least stay for a few days." We also have a lot of specialties in Lijia Village, which are worth eating!"
Pan Long smiled and shook his head: "No need, I'm already very happy today." ”
He was naturally happy to meet an old friend, who was doing well, and could also send charcoal in the snow to help, so he felt that the trip was worthwhile.
As for the rest, it doesn't matter.
"I'm whistling all over the world, and I don't need a mount anymore. The carriage will be left to Brother Qiang to transport the goods. ”
He said with a smile and walked out of the door of the Li family. Zhou hurriedly chased after him, but saw that the door was empty, only a long laugh rushed to the sky, and then the laughter echoed in the sky, going farther and farther, and soon dissipated in the long wind.
Pan Long's mood was naturally extremely pleasant, and with this happy mood, he flew hundreds of miles in one go, and unconsciously condensed a little more true qi.
When he landed and rested, he realized that his cultivation had improved a little, and he was getting closer and closer to the real realm of real people.
The so-called real person is nothing more than being able to completely condense and control the true qi of the whole body. So there is no unusual sign on the outside, and it looks like an ordinary person.
This kind of realm is called "back to basics".
And if you can go one step further and connect yourself with nature, you will not only be able to pluck the strings of heaven and earth with your hands and feet, giving birth to infinite divine power, but also make your true qi change at will, and use it infinitely.
That is the realm of "the unity of heaven and man", which is commonly known as the "great master".
After stepping into the realm of the unity of heaven and man, the difference between a martial artist and a sorcerer will basically disappear. Warriors can also cast all kinds of spells at will, and sorcerers can also face people head-on.
For example, Li Wu, he stepped into the unity of heaven and man with martial arts. But when it came time for him to cast magical spells, he was no worse than those powerful sorcerers.
Let's see that he painted the ground as a prison, and only used a sparse forest to firmly lock the "King of Nine Mountains" He Ping'an, I knew that if he wanted to pretend to be a magician, it would be no problem.
Pan Long couldn't experience that kind of realm for the time being, but Bi Lingkong had told him that this was because "all supernatural powers are self-sufficient, and they don't seek anything else". But why is this happening? Bi Lingkong can only say: Empty words are useless, and when the realm is reached, it is natural to understand.
It's like a lot of people understand the saying that "looking at mountains is not mountains, and looking at water is not water", but you always have to really cultivate enough to understand this realm.
Pan Long stopped and went, and soon crossed the Long River valley and saw the Tongtian River to the south.
The Tongtian River is much more abundant than the Long River, and the climate is warmer. Although there is snow everywhere on both sides of the river, the surging river does not mean to freeze at all, and it is still rushing.
At this moment, there are also boats on the river, and the boatmen are skillfully steering large and small boats in the bitter cold, taking advantage of the northwest wind and water momentum, and moving forward quickly.
Pan Long saw that there was a long row of wooden rafts, which were drifting down the river under the control of the boatmen.
"It's also rare to see the transport team of Pai Jiao. He said to himself, "Pai Jiao is also one of the giants across black and white on the rivers and lakes, and even Dajianglian can't suppress them." I've heard about it for a long time, but I don't want to actually meet it today!"
The vast majority of gang organizations on the rivers and lakes are made up of warriors, but there are some exceptions, and Paijiao is one of them.
The people of this organization naturally also practice martial arts, and they have also derived many martial arts schools such as "zombie boxing". However, Pai Jiao is used to compete with the major gangs in the rivers and lakes, and the ability to establish a life in the sword light and blood shadow is not martial arts, but spells.
It is said that there are a total of 36 spells in Paijiao, collectively known as the "Thirty-six Tiangang Method", and the Daomen in the past was also influenced by it, so they summarized and created "Thirty-six Tiangang, Seventy-two Earth Evils, and One Hundred and Eight Runes".
It is said that the Pai sect is divided into two classes, the inner and outer disciples, who mainly learn martial arts and are assessed at the same time. If you go through the assessment and determine that your qualifications and temperament can meet the requirements, you can ascend from the outer door to the inner door and learn the various spells of the Paijiao.
It is said that the spells of the sect are more evil and vicious, and once they are not cultivated or used carelessly, they will harm others and themselves. Therefore, when the high-level teachers teach spells, they are always cautious. Even if they are selected to enter the inner gate, they often have to be assessed again and again before they are willing to teach a spell. It would take at least forty or fifty years to learn all the thirty-six spells.
Whether these "supposed" are true or false? Pan Long is not very clear. But he's always been curious and wants to find out.
Since he met today, of course he has to try to make friends.
So he chased all the way until the sun was in the west, and the wooden platoons docked one after another, so that he could catch up with this group of platoon people.
When I looked closer, I saw that there were small houses on those wooden rafts, and some of the houses had erected earthen platforms at the door, and vegetables were planted on the earthen platforms - growing vegetables in the water is also a spectacle.
Before Pan Long could get in front of him, a big man with an unkind look came up, holding a thick wooden stick wrapped in iron at both ends, and asked very unceremoniously: "This friend, you have been with us for an afternoon, but you don't know what you want to order?"
His clothes are thin, his muscles are knotted, and there are many large and small wounds, so he knows at a glance that he is not an easy character to deal with. People like this are the most vicious, they can fight for their lives without saying a word, and they really don't take their lives seriously at all.
Pan Long was not afraid of his move, and explained with a smile: "I have long admired the prestige of the Pai Sect, and I have always wanted to pay a visit. I finally met it today, and I was really unwilling not to visit and buy a few distinctive things. We apologize if you may be disturbed. ”
The big man nodded, and a smile appeared on his face that seemed to be a little stiff: "Since you are here to do business, then please follow me in the upper row." ”
Pan Long followed him into a wooden raft, only to see that this wooden raft was exceptionally large, and it was covered with a waterproof linoleum cloth, and he didn't know what kind of goods were piled up.
When the two of them had a wooden chop, a thin and withered old man greeted them and asked, "What do you want to buy?"
It seems that this wooden platoon is probably dedicated to business, and it may be called a "cargo platoon".
Of course, Pan Long didn't know what Paijiao had to sell, but that didn't stop him from doing business at all.
He directly took out a small package, which contained more than ten ingots of silver: "To be honest, I don't know much about the situation in your sect. I don't know exactly what you're selling. In short, I want to buy some goods with the characteristics of your religion, no matter how much. ”
He thought for a moment and added, "Money is not an issue. ”
The old man's face was calm at first, and there was a faint helplessness in his expression, thinking that he had seen too many curious guests like him. But when I heard the last sentence, my eyes suddenly widened a little, and my eyes showed a bright brilliance.
"Money isn't an issue?" he repeated heavily.
"As long as you don't treat me as a wronged head and slaughter a fat sheep, money is really not a problem. Pan Long replied very sincerely.
For him, money is really not an issue.