Chapter 11: The Lack of Souls
Huan Yin is very hard-working, every day from the hour to the child, except for eating and taking care of the chores in the pavilion, he spends all the time practicing, and he refuses to let go of a minute or a second. Sometimes even in the middle of the night, he sleeps on the couch and carefully studies the method of condensing qi.
Duan Yun was very happy to see his apprentice working so hard, even he himself seemed to be infected by Huan Yin's drive, and the pace of life became faster. Duan Yun instructed Huan Yin to cultivate every day in addition to forging swords, and he felt that the entire Sword Pavilion seemed to come alive because of Huan Yin's existence.
Soon, a month passed. Huan is talented and intelligent, coupled with extraordinary diligence, he has made a lot of gains in knowledge. Duan Yun spot-checked Huan Yin once during this period and found that Huan Yin already knew at least half of the content in the column, which made him very happy.
But what Duan Yun didn't know was that in the past month, although Huan Yin had been practicing the method of condensing qi day and night, and had never stopped, he hadn't even gained anything. Huan Yin not only spent much more time on condensing qi than he could cultivate, but he also tried all kinds of ways to make himself cultivate. He had even read all the contents of the first to third floors of Condensation, hoping to find out the problem from the content behind, but it was completely useless.
According to the "Qi Condensation Formula", the first step of the method of condensing qi is to introduce spiritual qi into the body, and after its own refining and transformation, it is injected into the first spirit, so that the power of cultivation can be formed. But no matter how Huan Yin tried, he had never experienced the feeling of aura entering the body. His body didn't seem to have any attraction to the aura at all, and even if he tried the method of condensing the qi thousands of times, it would be in vain.
At first, Huan Yin thought that his understanding of the Qi Condensation Technique was wrong, but he asked the master many times, and the master's answer was no different from what he understood. Moreover, he has a high level of understanding since he was a child, and his ability to understand things is beyond ordinary people, so how could he understand it wrong? Later, he felt that it could only be because of his inferior qualifications. Yes, I have no qualifications, it turned out to be so unbearable, no wonder I was eliminated at the Xianyuan Meeting. But Huan Yin didn't dare to talk about it to the master, the master had high hopes for him, he didn't want to disappoint the master, he could only keep trying hard, hoping that he could succeed once. Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as he succeeds once and experiences that feeling, he will be sure to move forward.
One morning, the master and apprentice were sitting in the side hall for dinner, and Duan Yun suddenly asked: "Yin'er, you have been coming to my Sword Pavilion for more than a month, and I am very happy to see you work hard every day for the master." You have a high talent for knowledge, and you enter the realm quickly, and you have not disappointed your teacher. But now that the teacher has cultivated nothing, I can't see how well you have cultivated the method of condensing qi, so you can tell the teacher about it. ”
As soon as Huan Yin heard the master ask about this, he stopped what he was doing, lowered his head and remained silent. The atmosphere of breakfast suddenly became a little depressing, and Duan Yun saw that Huan behaved like this, and secretly thought that Yin'er must have too poor qualifications, and he worked so hard but had little effect, so he was a little depressed. He was afraid that Huan would be discouraged, so he comforted him: "Yin'er, it doesn't matter, your qualifications are not good, and your cultivation progress will naturally be slower. Today, the teacher will give you a few more spirit stones, use them well, and you will not lose to others. ”
Huan Yin listened to Duan Yun's words, not only did he not feel better, but he felt even more guilty. These days, Duan Yun has already taken out a lot of spirit stones for him to use for cultivation. He knew that the spirit stone was the property of the immortal family, and it was very precious, and what the master gave him was a quantity that ordinary inner disciples could not get at all, even if it was a person who was focused on cultivating by the sect. The Sword Pavilion is now down, and this spirit stone is one of the few, but the master has never been stingy in order to speed up his cultivation. It's just that he tried all kinds of these spirit stones, but in the end, it was as useless as absorbing spiritual energy. Huan Yin finally couldn't help but put down his chopsticks, pushed away the seat under him and knelt down in front of Duan Yun: "Master, the disciple's qualifications are dull, and he has cultivated so far, but he has not yet started. As he spoke, Huan Yin's eyes were slightly reddened.
Duan Yun was taken aback by Huan Yin's sudden move, and hurriedly went to help Huan Yin. Who knew that Huan couldn't kneel on the ground because of this, but he said loudly again: "Master, I want to cultivate immortals, please guide me!"
Duan Yun saw that Huan was behaving like this, so he sat down again. He listened to Huan Yin's meaning, and it turned out that Huan Yin hadn't even entered the door after this month's cultivation. He knew that his apprentice's qualifications were inferior, but no matter how inferior his qualifications were, he could still cultivate, but his progress was very slow. What's more, Huan has no intention of being tired because of his practice all day long, which is not comparable to others at all. Moreover, Huan Yin's comprehension is extremely high and his comprehension ability is amazing, even if the effect of this month's cultivation is worse, he should have cultivated the first level of Qi Condensation Realm almost, how can he not get started yet?
He sat quietly, thinking about the answer to the question in his head. Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind. He thought it was incredible, and he didn't want to believe that it would be the answer. However, this is the only reason that makes sense.
Cultivating immortals is something that ordinary mortals can do, but their hearts are different, their qualifications are different, their efforts are different, and their gains are different. But there is a kind of person in this world, no matter what his heart, qualifications, and perseverance are, he can't cultivate immortals. This kind of person is born with an incomplete soul, or lacks a heavenly soul, or lacks an earthly soul, or lacks both heaven and earth souls. The soul is the main life, so as long as the soul is not lacking, there is no obstacle to life, but absorbing the aura requires all three souls and seven spirits to guide the aura into the body, so the soul is not complete, and the immortal is not cultivated.
Duan Yun took a deep breath and watched Huan Yin slowly arrive: "Yin'er, you come with me." ”
He led Huan Yin into the main hall of the Sword Pavilion and sat down, and then went to the Dharma Hall to get a magic weapon inlaid with three lamps and returned to Huan Yin again, looking at Huan Yin with pity: "Yin'er, there is a kind of person in this world who is born with a lack of soul, and he cannot practice because he cannot attract spirits into his body, and it has nothing to do with his heart, qualifications, and perseverance. The object in my hand is called the Soul Finder Lamp, and it is a magic weapon that examines the integrity of the soul. ”
Speaking of this, Duan Yun paused, and said with some bitterness: "My generation of monks, no matter what happens, be resolute and indomitable. When the teacher suffered great changes, he did not give up this life, and still contributed his meager strength in the sect. You should not lose as a teacher, you know?"
Duan Yun didn't comfort Huan Yin, he was afraid that Huan Yin would be even more depressed because of this. He likes his apprentice very much, even if he can't cultivate immortals, he hopes that he can grow up healthily. Huan Yin is just a child, if he buries a shadow in his heart, it will be difficult for him in this life.
Huan Yin listened to Duan Yun's words, but didn't make a sound, just nodded silently.
Then Duan Yun put a spirit stone into the soul detection lamp, only to see the three lights on it flicker. Duan Yun sent the soul exploration lamp to Huan Yin: "Yin'er, put your hand on the lampstand." ”
Huan Yin raised his head and looked at the master with inquiring eyes, his lips moved, but he didn't make a sound. Then, he raised his hand anyway, but very slowly, as if using all his strength, slowly moved towards the soul-finder lamp.
Duan Yun saw Huan Yin's appearance, and his heart was like a knife. In the final analysis, Huan Yin is still a child less than ten years old, and fate is so unfair to him, making him suffer too much that is not what a child should bear.
It seemed that after a long, long time, Huan Yin's hand finally put it on the lampstand. The lamp in the middle lit up instantly, and there was a colorful mist in the middle of the lamp, which meant that Huan's soul was intact and the seven spirits were complete. However, this is the end of the Soul Finder's reaction. The other two lights weren't lit like they were.
Huan Yin, the soul of heaven and earth is missing. This result was like a heavy punch to the hearts of the master and apprentice. The master and apprentice, one of whom has lost his cultivation, has high hopes for his disciples. A life has been bumpy since childhood, and it is not easy to see the hope of life. However, all of this has come to naught.
Destiny is hard to disobey!
On this day, the master and apprentice did nothing. Duan Yun wanted to comfort Huan Yin, but after Huan Yin knew that he lacked a soul, he no longer had any sparkle in his eyes, so he silently bowed to Duan Yun and went back to the room. Duan Yun sighed heavily, took a sword from the side hall, and sharpened it with a sword sharpening stone for a day in a daze.
After Huan Yin returned to the house, he sat at the desk in the house for a day and didn't eat. He didn't know what he was supposed to do anymore, everything seemed to be laughing at him, and the whole world seemed to be on his side.
"In'er, my child. Suddenly, a voice remembered behind Huan Yin, it was a voice that Huan Yin thought about day and night.
"Daddy!" Huan Yin exclaimed, stood up and turned around, and the familiar face of the loving father appeared in front of Huan Yin again.
"Child, you have suffered. Huan Gong said kindly.
Huan Yin rushed into Huan Gong's arms, buried his head deep in Huan Gong's arms, and tears couldn't stop flowing.
"Daddy, what should I do?"
"Because of my son, before my Huan family started business, they were originally a peasant family and were poor. At that time, the ancestors were helpless and self-made, and there were many difficulties at the beginning of the business. But the ancestors never doubted the path they chose, and they never looked back, even if it was a great difficulty. The ancestors worked hard to lay a solid foundation for my Huan family. Later, my Huan family was like our ancestors from generation to generation, indomitable, and finally achieved the irreplaceable position of the family in the business world. You are the boy of my Huan family, and you are the most optimistic child of my father, what should I do, don't you understand?"
Huan Gong was talking, his figure gradually blurred, Huan Yin wanted to try his best to hold his father, but he couldn't touch anything, he was extremely anxious.
"Daddy!" Huan Yin shouted violently, waking himself up.
It turned out that it was a dream, and Huan Yin fell asleep on the table at some point.
The father's words in the dream are vivid, and in the moment when Huan Yin was most confused, his father gave himself the answer in the dream.
"Daddy, thank you!" Huan Yin opened the window and muttered to the sky.