Countless catastrophes ago, somewhere in Shenzhou, there was a small village surrounded by mountains, the village was not large, and more than 20 families lived. Among them, there is a family, the father died early, and the mother lives with a son who has just turned fourteen, the son is named Ye Yiqiu, who is very clever, lively and lovely. The mother and son planted a few acres of thin land, and Ye Yiqiu went up the mountain from time to time to cut some firewood to sell in the market town, and his life was barely passable.

On this day, Ye Yiqiu got up early in the morning, carried a basket, and carried a machete to go up the mountain to chop wood. His mother told him, "Don't go far, beware of the beasts." Ye Yiqiu agreed and went out.

Ye Yiqiu's village is surrounded by high mountains and dense forests. The mountains on the east, south, and north sides are slightly shorter, and the mountains in the west are particularly tall, and the ancestors have passed down from generation to generation, and there are ghosts and monsters living in the mountains in the west, which are ferocious and terrifying, so people do not dare to go up to the west mountain.

Ye Yiqiu's newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and often go up to the West Mountain to cut firewood, because there are few people who go to the West Mountain to cut firewood, and there are many firewood, which can be quickly filled with backs.

On this day, Ye Yiqiu still went into the West Mountain to chop wood, he kept walking into the mountain and came to a cliff that he had never been to before.

The cliff is very wide, there are dozens of zhang square, and from the bottom, in the middle of the cliff, there seems to be a hole. Ye Yiqiu's curiosity suddenly aroused, and he decided to climb up to check it, so he put down his back and machete, tightened his pants, and climbed up the stone wall.

Ye Yiqiu was like a nimble monkey, and after a while, he climbed to the entrance of the cave and looked inside, and found that it was a dark cave.

Driven by curiosity, Ye Yiqiu had forgotten about the demons and monsters to the clouds, he climbed up to the entrance of the cave and walked carefully along the cave.

The cave is downhill and widens the further you go.

After Ye Yiqiu walked for dozens of feet, he suddenly heard the sound of scooping water from the cave.

Ye Yiqiu's heart suddenly became nervous, how could there be such a sound here, could it be that he was alive and heel? Just thinking like this, the sound of scooping water in front of him stopped, and a voice said unhurriedly: "Little child, I have been waiting for you here for 300,000 years, don't be afraid, come here." “

Ye Yiqiu followed the sound and looked over, and saw a gorilla standing not far away, a foot tall, carrying a large iron bucket in his hand, and an iron chain tied to his feet, one end of the iron chain stretched out to the middle of the cave wall.

Ye Yiqiu was taken aback by seeing this gorilla who could speak human words, but he found that the other party didn't seem to have any hostility towards him, so he had the courage to ask a series of words: "How can you speak human words? Who tied you here? What do you eat when you're hungry?"

Hearing Ye Yiqiu's question, he laughed three times and said: "I am the Demon Lord of the Southern Dipper of the Demon Realm, 300,000 years ago, there was a great war between the demon gods in the sky, our Demon Realm was defeated by the God Realm, I was caught by Luo Shen, beaten back to my original form, and tied here with this demon chain, let me scoop up the water in this hole before letting me go." ”

After a pause, the Southern Dipper Demon Lord continued: "Hmph, don't think I don't know, the water in this cave is connected to a dark river, I have calculated, it will take a million years to scoop it up, until now, there are still 700,000 years. He just wanted to torture me like this, make me lose my fighting spirit, and then obediently listen to him. As for eating, my demon path is very high, and I won't starve to death if I don't eat, hah

Ye Yiqiu exclaimed: "One million years! How long should it be, I have only lived for fourteen years now!"

Nandou Demon Lord: "However, Luo Shen didn't send me to the demon slaying platform, and he thinks about me and him as senior brothers, and he misses the old relationship, so I have to thank him." Forget it, don't talk so much, I'm going to trouble you to do something for me. ”

Ye Yiqiu asked cautiously: "Help you with errands?"

The Nandou Demon Lord smiled and said, "I will naturally teach you, only you can do this! In another ten years, there will be a big conspiracy to be carried out in the demon world, I ask you to find a way to stop it." ”

Ye Yiqiu: "Didn't you say that you were a demon? ”

Nandou Demon Lord: "I've been here for 300,000 years, and I've figured it out, whether it's a mortal or a fairy or a demon, it's better for everyone to live a peaceful life, what's the point of fighting back and forth, don't you say!"

Ye Yiqiu asked timidly: "Nan, Nandou Demon Lord, what do you want me to do?"

Nandou Demon Lord: "I can't tell you yet, what you have to do now is to learn the skills first, and in ten years, the heavens, earth, and human worlds all need you to settle down! From today on, you are my apprentice, you first learn some immortal dao techniques from me, what do you think?"

Ye Yiqiu: "Why should I do this?"

Nandou Demon Lord: "The number of days is like this. Hearing this, Ye Yiqiu hurriedly knelt down and called Master. The Southern Dipper Demon Lord laughed three times and said, "You're so good, please get up quickly!"

The next day, Ye Yiqiu got up early to go to chop wood, and his mother asked if he had only gone to chop wood yesterday, so why did he go again today? Ye Yiqiu was inconvenient to explain to his mother about the Southern Dipper Demon Lord, so he said: "There is no work in the field these days, and the other thing is that I found a place that is particularly good at chopping wood, so I will take advantage of these days to cut more and prepare." “

When Ye Yiqiu walked out of the village, came to Xishan, and climbed to the entrance of the cave where the Nandou Demon Lord was, the sound of scooping water in the cave came to his ears again, and he slowly walked in and came to stand behind the Nandou Demon Monarch.

Hearing Ye Yiqiu come in, the Southern Dipper Demon Lord stopped scooping water, turned around and sat on a stone beside him, and said, "Yiqiu, start learning the most basic homework today, 'open the eyes of the sky', as long as you open the eyes of the sky, you can see all the scenes around you that you can't see, the deeper the skill, the farther you can see." However, those who open the eyes of heaven can only see the appearance of things, and after the eyes of heaven are opened, you can practice "opening the eyes of the law", and those who open the eyes of the eyes can see the essence and changes under the surface of the things around them. Finally, if you open your eyes, you can see all the changes in the whole world, of course, to open your eyes, you must cultivate to the upper immortals!"

Ye Yiqiu: "Master, such a profound spell must be difficult to learn, right?"

Nandou Demon Lord: "It took me 30,000 years to open the Heavenly Eye, do you say it is difficult?" However, at that time, I had not yet cultivated to human form, you are human, it is much easier, and I have already cultivated in my previous life, I will help you bless it again, and it will take at least two years to open the Heavenly Eye." ”

Ye Yiqiu stuck out his tongue and said, "It takes two years to cultivate to open the Heavenly Eye, so how many years does it take to cultivate to become an immortal?"

Nandou Demon King: "Immortals are also divided into high and low, divided into lower immortals, lower immortals, lower immortals, middle immortals, middle immortals, middle immortals, upper immortals, upper immortals and upper immortals, it is difficult to say how long it takes to cultivate immortals, just cultivate into lower immortals, less than a thousand years and more than 10,000 years, this mainly depends on your root apparatus." In addition, there are gods who are one level lower than the immortals, who also have great magical powers, and are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. Taller than the immortals is the Buddha, but the cultivation of immortals and the cultivation of the Buddha take different paths. ”

Ye Yiqiu: "Then I have no hope of cultivating immortals in this life, you know, I can't live for a thousand years." “

The Southern Dipper Demon Lord looked at Ye Yiqiu, "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed three times and said, "Actually, you have cultivated for a hundred lifetimes, and you have a very good root weapon, as long as you obtain the Fa, you can cultivate into an immortal in this life." ”

Ye Yiqiu: "I've practiced for a hundred years, why don't I know?"

Nandou Demon King: "It is impossible for you to know your past life in this life, unless you become a Buddha and can reach everything, then you can know the origin and death of any of your lives, let's start here." ”

Next, the Southern Dipper Demon Lord taught Ye Yiqiu the mental method of cultivating the Heavenly Eye, and asked him to practice it every day, in fact, it was through meditation to stimulate his potential, and then open the Heavenly Eye.

In the following days, Ye Yiqiu practiced at home or in the cave of the Southern Dipper Demon Lord every day according to the method taught by the Southern Dipper Demon Lord, and in a flash, two years passed!

One night, Ye Yiqiu was meditating cross-legged at home, and suddenly felt a flash of light in his brain, and then, his eyes suddenly opened up, and he could see the scene of the Southern Dipper Demon Lord scooping water in the cave at home.

Ye Yiqiu was overjoyed, and hurriedly came to the cave to find the master, and told the master what he saw!

The Southern Dipper Demon Lord smiled and said to Ye Yiqiu: "Your Heavenly Eyes have been opened, the next step, you have to practice the Open Eye, the mental method of cultivation is the same as the Opening of the Heavenly Eye, in the future, you don't have to come back to the cave, you can practice according to the mental method yourself." In addition, you have to travel far away to learn the arts. ”

Hearing that the master said that he should not come to the cave again, but also go out to apprentice, Ye Yiqiu was a little anxious, so he said. "Master, I'll practice here, so that I can accompany you in the cave every day. ”

Nandou Demon Lord: "I was originally a cultivator, but after that, I took the path of demons, and you have to take the path of cultivating immortals, so I can only teach you here, but you must remember that on August 15, ten years later, you must come back to me." ”

After speaking, the Southern Dipper Demon Lord took off a heart-shaped red agate stone pendant tied to the black silk thread as big as a thumb from his body, handed it to Ye Yiqiu, and asked him to hang it around his neck and said: "You can't fly now, let alone soar through the clouds, but this pendant is enough for you to avoid demons and monsters, this time, you are going to go west, to a high mountain called Nanga Bawa, to find a Taoist priest named He Muzi to practice, after you see him, as long as you show him the pendant, he will definitely accept you as an apprentice!"

Ye Yiqiu: "Then what about my mother?"

Nandou Demon Lord: "You don't have to worry about this, I gave her a dream last night, telling her that you want to go out to study art, if she has difficulties in life, I will take care of it!"

Farewell to the Southern Dipper Demon Lord, Ye Yiqiu went home to say goodbye to his mother, as the Southern Dipper Demon Lord said, when his mother saw Ye Yiqiu, she looked at him lovingly and said: "Last night, your master gave me a dream, saying that you have practiced the Immortal Dao for more than a hundred lifetimes, and you will definitely be able to achieve great success in this life, so you can go and practice well! “