Chapter 6: A New Beginning

After Xiaotian returned home, his father didn't ask much, and after the father and son had dinner, Xiaotian went back to the house to meditate. In the middle of the moon, Xiao Tian sneaked out of the house again and came to the foot of the hill to practice. After turning on the physical activity, he took out the book of the old man Yunyan and flipped through it.

Someone behind me asked, "What are you looking at?"

Xiao Tian heard the voice and knew that it was the master, so he couldn't help but say happily: "Master, are you here?" and then respectfully handed over the soul splitting technique, and said in his mouth: "This is what the disciple accidentally got in a cave today, and I was about to ask the master to take a look." ”

The master took the book, turned a few pages, and knew the wonder, and his heart was suddenly shocked: "Who is this person, but he can study the soul to such an extent? Although I am not a person of extreme power, I am not a weak person in my cultivation, and my life experience is rich, but I have never seen or heard that others have such insight. I was shocked and groaned, but I didn't answer for a while.

Xiao Tian didn't know what the master was thinking, and when he saw that the master didn't speak, he didn't bother. The master pondered for a while, had a decision in his heart, his face was solemn, and he said to Xiao Tian: "Xiao Tian, I have something to ask you, you have to think about it and then reply to me." ”

Xiao Tian didn't know why Master asked this, so he was stunned for a moment before replying, "What did Master ask me about?"

"Let me ask you, are you willing to endure hardships for the sake of cultivation?"

"Master, the disciple is willing, and the disciple is not afraid of hardship. ”

"This is not ordinary suffering, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the most cruel punishment in the world, have you thought about it, are you willing to bear it?"

Xiao Tian couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart when he saw that the master said so seriously and terrifyingly, but he still nodded and said, "Master, the disciple is not afraid, the disciple is willing to bear it." ”

The master nodded, and suddenly put his hand on Xiaotian's forehead.

Xiao Tianzheng didn't know why, and suddenly, he felt a sharp pain rolling in his brain, as if there were thousands of needles in his mind, and he felt that his whole head was suddenly rising and shrinking, as if it was about to explode, and he couldn't help screaming and rolling on the ground.

Suddenly, the sharp pain disappeared again, and Xiaotian's mind was full of desire, but he couldn't stand up for a while.

At this time, Master said solemnly: "I just let you experience the pain of cultivation, this kind of pain is probably less than one in ten million compared to what you will experience in the future, and the deeper the cultivation, the longer the pain you have to bear, maybe you will have to endure this kind of heart-piercing pain for days and months, are you willing to bear it?"

Xiao Tian was tormented by the severe pain just now, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, is cultivation so painful? In that case, why are people in this world willing to cultivate?"

The master sighed and said to Xiao Tian, "Child, there are as many cultivators in the world as a carp crossing the river, but not everyone needs to suffer this kind of hardship. Needless to say, people who do not have great ambition and perseverance will not be able to endure these pains and torments. But this kind of pain is nothing more than the pain you suffer. There are many talented people in this world, and the path of cultivation is extremely smooth, and they do not need to endure a lot of hardships, and they can naturally master all kinds of supernatural powers. There are still some people who are not outstanding in qualifications, but they are resolute, can endure all kinds of hardships and tortures, and can attain the road after ups and downs, which others cannot. However, you do not belong to either of these categories. Your essence is actually a person who can't cultivate, although you have an adventure and embarked on the path of cultivation, but your qualifications are too poor, even if you have endured all the hardships that no one in the world has suffered, you will not gain anything on the way to cultivation, and it is already extremely difficult to break through the foundation building level, at most you can live for decades more than mortals. However, after all, it is the path of the heavens and the earth, so that you have obtained this soul dividing technique, and you don't know it as a teacher, which is a curse or a blessing for you. ”

He let out a long sigh.

Xiao Tian was still a little dazed, and the master said again, "How did you get this book?"

Xiao Tian then explained the matter in detail, and after listening to it, the master said to Xiao Tian: "This old man Yunyan can be regarded as an unborn genius, it is rare that he can have such insight and creation in this place where he cultivates and has poor resources. However, the will of heaven made people, although this exercise was created, but the time limit had reached before cultivation, and it was sad and lamentable!" After a pause, he continued: "Although I said that I accepted you as a disciple, I only pitied you at first, but I only had simple intentions and commendable will, and I didn't have too high expectations for you, and I didn't really regard you as a disciple in my heart. Since the providence of heaven has allowed you to obtain this soul division technique, and you are interested in cultivation, then from today onwards, the teacher will officially accept you to get started and pass on your cultivation path. You're kowtowing to me three times. ”

When Xiao Tian heard the master say this, he quickly knelt down, kowtowed three times respectfully, and said, "Master is above, and I will be worshiped by my disciple." The master accepted the salute and said warmly, "Good boy, get up." After Xiao Tian stood up, he continued: "I will teach you the principles of cultivation today. If the direction is wrong at the beginning, then the cultivation will be half the effort, and the time will be wasted. The path of cultivation is first in the physical body, and second in the soul. If the body is not strong, the qi cannot be tolerated, and if the qi cannot be tolerated, then the cultivation cannot be advanced, and the law cannot be applied. However, people in this world often have many mediocre talents and few people with different talents, and most of them do not wait for the time limit for cultivation to achieve success, so over time, cultivators strive to break through the bottleneck in a limited time and enter the next realm. This method is a last resort, but it is to quench one's thirst, and one day when the strength is exhausted, there will be no time to wait, and eternal life will not be able to attain the great way. This kind of cultivation thinking is considered to be the supreme truth in this heaven and earth, and it is even blindly followed by the monks of the world. The first thing that the teacher wants to tell you today and that you must follow in the future is that you must keep in mind that refining the physical body is the first essence of cultivation, and condensing the soul is the second essence of cultivation, and the two must go hand in hand and complement each other, otherwise, you will inevitably go astray and have no hope of attaining the path for the rest of your life. What realm a person's cultivation can reach is limited by the innate spiritual root. People who have the innate five elements of spiritual roots, called the heavenly spiritual root, affinity with all the heaven and earth vitality, it is extremely easy to cultivate, if the quality of these five spiritual roots is not much different, it is called the top-grade heavenly spiritual root, such a person is the only demon talent in ten thousand, and they are the objects of coaxing by various sects and cultivation families. The next ones are the four spirit roots, the three spirit roots, and the double spirit roots. A single spiritual root is the most basic requirement for becoming a monk, and people who do not have a spiritual root cannot cultivate because they cannot accept the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi into their bodies, such as you, Xiaotian. In addition to the number of spiritual roots, the quality of spiritual roots is also an important factor, and the two high-grade double spiritual roots that are born together are often better than the middle and lower-grade three spiritual roots that are not mutually regenerating. Therefore, the innate spiritual root quality determines a person's foundation, but more important than this is the individual's acquired efforts. Many top-notch talents, and even some demonic talents, rely on their innate advantages to have a good starting point, a high starting point, and are unwilling to endure hardships in cultivation, and do their best, and in the end they can't break through the bottleneck, and there is no lack of precedent for them to fall without being able to survive the disaster. If it is said that the spiritual root is innate and cannot be changed, the divine soul can be improved through acquired efforts. Throughout the ancient and modern times, there have been many powerful people, but are all of them extremely outstanding demonic talents with innate spiritual roots? Of course not, after all, excellent innate spiritual roots are available but not sought, and those with excellent spiritual roots among powerful people are also extremely rare, and most people's spiritual roots may not be excellent, and some even have extremely poor spiritual roots, but this does not prevent them from taking the lead on the road of cultivation. The reason for this lies in the condensation of the acquired soul. Throughout the ages, all those who have great supernatural powers only have poor spiritual roots, and there are no weak spiritual souls, and you should remember this. After countless generations of research, the cultivation technique of the divine soul has been quite mature, but as far as I know, there is no one whose research has surpassed this old man, but unfortunately, his research is only an idea, and has not yet been verified. In my opinion, the main point of his soul splitting technique is not only to put forward the theory that the soul can be split, but more importantly, he believes that a person's soul can be split again. It is necessary to know that the cultivation of the divine soul is more dangerous than the refining of the physical body, because the divine consciousness is invisible, hidden in the sea of consciousness, once it is injured, it is extremely difficult to recover, and even eternal life, it is to cultivate the divine soul, almost all of them start from the word warm and nourishment, with the help of all kinds of strange treasures, nourishing the divine soul continues to grow, ordinary people are not able to raise it, how can we talk about splitting? There are already some powerful people who have found another way and put forward all kinds of theories about false souls and soul possession, and some people have cultivated according to this, and have achieved remarkable results, but the matter of dividing the soul is indeed unheard of. However, if this method is feasible, once the soul splitting is successful, the cultivation speed is not twice as fast as that of ordinary people, at least it is also a double number. If you divide enough five souls, it is equivalent to recreating a heavenly spirit root, and because it is originally from one soul, there is no difference in quality, it is definitely a top-grade heavenly spirit root, and the cultivation speed is several times faster than that of a top-grade heavenly spirit root, which is simply against the sky. Master said a lot of things, and Xiao Tian was only dumbfounded.

Seeing this, the master couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hehe, I have said too much to you now, and you can't understand it anymore." Xiao Tian, you just need to know that this soul splitting technique is a blessing and a curse for you, and it is more of a curse than a blessing. It is a blessing, it means that it brings you an unprecedented path of cultivation, and gives you, a wasted person who is basically unable to cultivate, a chance to attain the path of enlightenment; it is a curse, it means that no one has walked this road, and all the difficulties and obstacles in it need to be conquered by yourself, and this road is extremely dangerous and there is no way back, if you fail, you will become a crazy person in a delirious way, or at worst, your soul will disappear between heaven and earth, and you will not even have a chance to be reborn. Are you going to think about it, this way?"

Seeing that the master said solemnly, Xiao Tian also lowered his head and pondered for a while, before raising his head and asking softly: "Master, I don't seem to have any other way to go, right? No matter how dangerous the future is, I can only take this road and fight to the death." ”

Master nodded, very satisfied: "Good boy, you are right, I really did not misunderstand you. Even if you are the body of the top-grade Heavenly Spirit Root, you dare not assert that you will be able to attain the Great Dao, immortality, and travel in the universe, not to mention your congenital extremely poor waste physique? But what a monk cannot lack is a brave heart who knows the danger and calmly responds to it, that is, to seize the creation of the heavens, to survive in the land of death, even if the Tao is eliminated, it is not in vain to fight vigorously in this earthly world, it is better than a mortal life to do nothing. Throughout the ages, those who have attained the Great Dao and are free to walk between heaven and earth, regardless of their qualifications, have a resolute Dao heart that is indomitable and never fearless, so that they can overcome the many tribulations on the way to cultivation and reach the final destination. Child, you should remember that the heart that you embark on the path of cultivation today must be clear about what you want, and you will never regret it even if you die. So, from today onwards, it's up to you to write your own legend. ”

Xiao Tian listened to Master's words, silently remembered them, and nodded heavily.

Master also said, "From today onwards, you can't cultivate in the same way as in the past, and in the future, your cultivation must start from the two aspects of refining the physical body and condensing the divine soul, and you must go hand in hand, and you must not slack off. There are many techniques for refining the flesh in the world, but most of them are to strengthen the muscles and bones, and after the ordinary monks have practiced the muscles and bones strong enough, they will focus on the improvement of the realm, but they do not know that they have gone astray. The matter of refining the physical body is nothing more than breaking and then standing, constantly breaking and reassembling the original organizational structure of the body, and repeatedly improving its tolerance between continuous fragmentation and reorganization. This process is endless, even if you become a great cultivator in the future and can travel the universe, you still need to constantly use natural energy such as cosmic storms and space turbulence to improve the structure of your physical body, so that it can withstand the erosion of various energies, so as to ensure that you are immortal, otherwise, once the natural energy you encounter is beyond the scope of your physical body, your physical body will not be able to keep it. From now on, you will go into the mountains and forests every day to fight with wild wolves, and you must not use weapons, but your flesh will be sparse and you will not be able to come back if you can't hold on. Don't let the wolves damage your guts. The five internal organs of a human being are the places where the essence and qi are contained, and once damaged, it is difficult to repair them, which greatly affects the progress of cultivation. After the flesh is tempered, it will gradually be replaced by tigers, leopards and bears until fierce beasts and demon beasts. In addition, from today onwards, you will not be able to sleep anymore, and the teacher will teach you another meditation method, and you will meditate instead of sleeping every night to condense your consciousness. ”

After listening to Master's words, Xiao Tian couldn't help but be stunned, and muttered, "Master, are you sure that the cultivation path you taught me is correct, not to play tricks on me?"

When the master heard this, he immediately laughed and wanted to blame him angrily, but seeing that Xiaotian, a child of more than ten years old, not to mention the dangerous cultivation method, and it was normal to not be able to understand his own painstaking efforts, so he patiently said: "If you are an ordinary person, you don't have to use these dangerous methods, but your physique is already extremely poor, and your cultivation started later than others. This path is something you want to do, and I won't force you to choose whether to cultivate or not. After speaking, his eyes were blazing, staring at Xiaotian.

"Master, the path is voluntarily taken by me, and of course I have to cultivate. ”

"Okay, I'll teach you the cultivation method, you have to memorize it by heart, and when you go back today, you have to meditate according to the law, and tomorrow morning, you will go into the mountains and forests to fight the wild wolves hand-to-hand, remember not to bring weapons. After the master finished speaking, he dictated two passages of the method, and after Xiao Tian memorized it, he left.

After Xiao Tian returned to the house, he sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to meditate according to the master's teachings. When I sat for about a cup of tea, I felt in a trance, and I wanted to fall asleep, so I hurriedly pinched my thigh with my hand: "Master said that I can't sleep from tonight, how long have I been sitting and want to sleep?"

I don't know how long I slept, but I felt that the sun was dazzling, and I woke up suddenly, and the sky was already bright. He was annoyed in his heart: "Master told me not to sleep, why am I falling asleep again?" and hurriedly got up, my father had already prepared breakfast. After a quick two bites, he only said that he was going to hunt, so he hurried out of the house and walked into the mountains and forests.

When he entered the mountains and forests, he encountered some pheasants and rabbits, and he had no intention of catching them, knowing that there would be no wild wolves on the edge of the mountains and forests, so he walked into the depths of the forest. Thinking of fighting with wild wolves, I couldn't help but feel a little scared, and my heart was pounding.

The deeper you go into the mountains and forests, the trees are thicker, the sunlight is sparse, and the sounds of various birds are gradually silenced, and the mountains and forests seem quiet and peaceful. Xiao Tian knew that the quieter the place, the more likely it was that there would be fierce beasts, and his heart became nervous, and he walked cautiously while observing the movements around him.

Suddenly, he heard a breeze gently passing by, his six senses were far beyond mortals, and he had an intuition that there were animals behind him, Huo Di turned around, and a wild wolf appeared about seven or eight meters behind him, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he sneaked quietly, obviously taking him as a predator.