In all dynasties and generations, practitioners are a special class.

The number of cultivators is extremely small, but their strength is much stronger than that of ordinary martial artists, and they are often the decisive force in battle formations.

Academies everywhere will do their best to select school-age children with good talents and train them with all their hearts, but even so, there is only one in ten thousand who can eventually become cultivators.

Taking Qitian Academy as an example, Lin Yi's classmates back then were either rich or expensive, most of them had been washed with good medicine since childhood, and most of them had at least one of their parents who were cultivators, but even so, most of them still couldn't become cultivators at all.

To become a practitioner, one must first form a "sense of qi" in the process of meditation, so that you can clearly grasp the flow of internal qi in your own breathing and exhalation, and feel the existence of a unique aura that can stimulate the potential of the human body in the countless energies between heaven and earth.

But only if you can really take the initiative to capture and absorb the aura as quickly as possible through some breathing and breathing methods, and let it accumulate in the body according to the cultivation method, reach a certain concentration, and really start to change the physical body, so that people's body functions become different from ordinary people, this can be regarded as a real entry into the hall and becoming a cultivator.

Condensing into yellow buds refers to this step.

The true element power condensed by the spiritual energy in the body of the cultivator of this realm is still too weak, just like the newborn sprouts, and in meditation and vipassana, the true essence of this realm is wisps and wisps, the color is neither green nor yellow, the head and tail bend and chase endlessly, forming a unique cyclone, and the color shape is also very appropriate to describe the new yellow buds.

Shi Jingxiong hugged Lin Yi for a while, and after parting, his eyes were still extremely hot, and he lowered his voice and said in Lin Yi's ear, "Do you know that we have bumped into great luck, and even the spiritual wilderness, which is rare for a thousand years, has been bumped into by us head-on, but at the beginning of this spiritual wilderness, you actually condensed yellow buds so quickly, which really surprised me." ”

Lin Yi also lowered his voice so low that only Shi Jing could hear it clearly: "I had some suspicions before, and I only confirmed this morning that Chen Baoyun came to me this morning and told me this." ”

Shi Jing's eyes widened wider than the copper bell: "She actually went to look for you early in the morning, earlier than me, and told you this?"

He actually rushed back to Jiankang City overnight, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to tell Lin Yi the news, after he inquired about Lin Yi's residence, he also went to Lin Yi's dilapidated courtyard early in the morning, and then he didn't see Lin Yi, and waited for Lin Yi there until it was close to noon.

Now that he heard Lin Yi say this, he woke up to the fact that he and Chen Baoyun were the front foot and the back foot, so Chen Baoyun was simply waiting for the sunrise to meet Lin Yi.

"Could it be that she actually has a deep affection for you and has always had a crush on you?" Shi Jing faced his friend, and he was also open-mouthed.

Lin Yi also glared at him unceremoniously, "Even so, what is my identity now, what is her identity, I and her, are not the same as Shufei?"

Shi Jing froze, scratched his head, and looked around, "Xiao Shufei, she really didn't come." ”

But he immediately became serious again, still lowering his voice, "According to the exact statistics, everything is the same as the previous few spiritual famines, the natural thinning of the spiritual qi has already made it more difficult for the nascent cultivators to change their physique, and the nascent cultivators who have condensed the yellow buds over the years are only one-tenth of the previous years, which is exactly the same as the previous few spiritual famines. I can be sure that few of these classmates present have condensed yellow buds. Lin Yi, you must not give up on yourself. ”

Lin Yi laughed, "Which eye do you see that I have given up on myself, I am just honestly talking about my current situation." Since you even know the exact statistics that people like me can't even know, and you certainly know better than me, how slow the cultivation of a helpless person like me would be in the era of spiritual famine. The huge difference in identity will make those cultivators cultivated at the top of the power even more unattainable like the bright moon in the sky. ”

Shi Jing also fell silent, he knew more secrets, of course he knew that what Lin Yi said was the truth.

"In normal times, you are a treasure, and your talent is really not comparable to that of many people. He was silent for a moment and began to whisper more to Lin Yi: " But the current situation is probably much more severe than you imagined, a large number of elixirs have begun to wither, since last year, in fact, most of the elixirs that can be used for cultivation have begun to be controlled, and because the speed of our spiritual energy in the south is faster than in the north, we currently have only two ways to go, one is to smash the elixir on the cultivators who are already strong, so that they can become more elite faster, less and more refined, and the other is to occupy some areas with unique geographical conditions as much as possible, and the aura has not yet dissipated, but no matter which one, it will lead to a consequence。 ”

Lin Yi understood and said solemnly: "War." ”

Shi Jing also nodded solemnly, "And it is a war between two dynasties, the Northern Wei Dynasty and our Southern Liang, and I am afraid that there is no possibility of peace talks in this war, either you die or I die, because those Northern Barbarians are not fools, and they also know very well in their hearts that as long as they can hold on and persist until the end, we will definitely be defeated." ”

Lin Yi smiled bitterly: "It's only been six years of calm. ”

"There's something you may not realize, and it's relevant to you. Shi Yi looked at Lin Yi with blazing eyes, "It has only been six years since the Holy Lord ascended the throne, and the throne was originally taken by mutiny, but it turned out that the throne has only been six years old and has already come to this spiritual famine, and many people will especially deliberately say that it was his plot to usurp the throne that caused the wrath of the heavens and landed the natural disaster." Now that there are people spreading rumors in various places, the Holy Lord is of course particularly taboo about this, and he will be even more jealous of the powerful ministers of the old dynasty, especially those who do not belong to his henchmen and have been demoted and exiled by him. So you have to be more careful in your words and deeds, in the past, the Holy Decree was quite lenient, you can not be implicated, at least you can live peacefully in Jiankang, but it is not easy to say in the future, no one knows whether the Holy Lord's mentality will change during the special period, and whether his decree will become much stricter. ”

Lin Yi nodded with a heavy heart, he knew that what Shi Jing said was the truth, and he was more worried about his parents who were exiled to raise military horses in the north than his own situation.

Shi Jing knew him very well, and vaguely guessed what he was thinking from his eyes at this time, and patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Your parents and I have actually been helping you inquire, you can rest assured, they are now in good condition except for a little hardship, and if the war breaks out next, your father's situation may be better, after all, the saint is not a faint king, he knows that fighting a war also has to use people, and your father was not the kind of foolish loyalist who was dead-headed, or the kind of filthy official who only knew the benefits and could not do without the old dynasty." It's you... Actually, I came here this time to ask if you would like to join the army. Although Emperor Wu had a clear order that the criminal ministers should not be generals and not be in charge of the army, but you follow me first, even if you are an attendant on the surface, of course I will not be able to treat you as a brother badly. ”

"Do you still want to explain these words to me?" Lin Yi waved his hand, a little emotional, "But it's not necessary to join the army with you, Chen Baoyun also thought of a way, she actually gave me a letter of sponsorship, which allowed me to study in Nantian Academy." ”

When Shi Jing heard this, he was stunned, his eyes full of disbelief.

Monkey King Academy is the best academy in the previous dynasty, but the teachers and teachers inside are all used by the old emperor, and when Emperor Wu of Liang ascends the throne, Monkey King Academy was quickly abolished, and the current Monkey King Academy is just a Tibetan Academy.

Emperor Wu of Liang was previously named Liang, so later he named the country as Liang, Nantian Academy was originally only the most outstanding academy in Liang, but it was moved to Jiankang by Emperor Wu of Liang, and many famous teachers and teachers were transferred from all over the country, which quickly replaced the status of Qitian Academy.

With Chen Baoyun's family background, it shouldn't be difficult for her to enter Nantian Academy, but it is not trivial to get a letter of sponsorship and let someone like Lin Yi become a student of Nantian Academy.

According to Shi Jing's knowledge, in addition to the regular students recruited by the Nantian Academy, there will be no more than five students who are sponsored by this kind of enrollment every year.

"Where did you get such a big face, could it be that you have secretly made a private decision for life?" Shi Jing came back to his senses after a while, and couldn't help but tease Lin Yi, "Or have you already done something unscrupulous?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's just that she's the same as you, she really wants to help me, if you have the ability to help me get such a letter of sponsorship, will you help?" Lin Yi smiled and asked, "Do you have any news about Lin Yuxuan?"

Shi Jing's face suddenly sank, he was silent for a moment, and said, "Lin Yi, if you want me to tell the truth, don't ask." ”

Lin Yi's heart also sank suddenly, and said, "Tell the truth." ”

"She's no longer alive. Shi Jing took a deep breath and said slowly: "I heard that she is not as happy as you, her family flattered the Huang family in Ningzhou and forced her to marry the Huang family as a concubine, but that person was not good to her, she contracted lung disease again, was depressed, and died of illness the year before last." ”

Lin Yi was very uncomfortable, like a stone in his chest.

Birth, old age, sickness and death were inevitable, but he didn't expect it to happen to such a young friend.

Lin Yuxuan's voice and smile were still vaguely in front of his eyes.

He still remembered that once he only occasionally helped Lin Yuxuan carry some heavy objects in the academy, and Lin Yuxuan remembered it and often helped him clean his seat, and all before he and everyone else arrived in class.

Not just for him, she remembers everything that is good for her, and will do what she can to reciprocate, and she will not think that others can know what she has done.

She is a very kind girl, but she didn't expect that not only would she not be able to meet her classmates this time, but she would never see her again in the future.

"Which Huang family in Ningzhou?" Lin Yi asked slowly.

Shi Jing was stunned and said, "It's Mrs. Huang's servant and their Huang family." ”

"This account of her family and the Huang family was written down first. Lin Yi nodded and said.

His face was calm, but his tone was cold.

"Sure enough, it's still my good brother Lin Yi, no change at all. Shi Jing couldn't help laughing, of course he wasn't happy in his heart.

"Shi Jing, Lin Yi, what are you talking about so happily?"

At this time, the enthusiastic voice sounded, but it was always full of smiles, and Fei Yu, who was good at dancing with long sleeves and good at dancing, and several classmates came to toast with wine glasses.