142 Poetry and distance
As soon as the people landed, they hurried to the tent in the middle of the camp to report for duty—it was the one in charge of registration and sorting, and those who arrived first were lined up first. Sometimes if several people arrive at the same time, the difference between one or two steps may be a difference of one or two days, and it is more likely to be related to whether you can queue up again in the end, and there are not a few people who argue about it.
Fortunately, this time, Ji Tiandu was personally responsible for the sorting, and there were authoritative figures suppressing it, so it was not too much trouble.
As for the monks who had already been numbered, but had not yet taken their turn to enter, they were busy. Most of the people were building tents and residences with their retinue - according to the old man Lou, when the Hidden Spring Valley was opened in the past, as long as the spiritual spring could be found, the monks basically did not go anywhere, and stayed near the spiritual spring until the spring disappeared, and this time it is estimated that it will be no exception.
This time, the spiritual spring was discovered early, and it will probably stay here for a month, and the residence must be built more exquisitely-most immortal cultivators still pay more attention to the quality of life. They are not poor ghosts wandering around, they all have big businesses, and it is normal for them to pay attention to enjoyment.
However, there were also a few people who did not take care of the tent dwellings at all, or were too lazy to waste time on these tedious chores, but found a place near the entrance of the cave, meditated cross-legged, and began to cultivate directly. This diligence really made Huang Chang admire - he silently felt that the concentration of spiritual energy near the entrance of the cave was indeed slightly better than that in other places, but it was extremely limited, and there was no difference in cultivation at all. But those few people are still so conscientious, it's really inspirational!
Seeing his expression, the old man next to him smiled:
"Brother, don't laugh at them, if it weren't for the fact that this time the spiritual spring was hidden deep underground, but came directly from the ground like the previous time, its surrounding area would have been crowded with people long ago. It is not easy for the cultivators in our small place to find a high-quality spiritual vein. ”
It is not the first time that the old man Lou has shown this kind of helpless tone of "we countrymen", Huang Chang can feel the unwillingness hidden in his heart, and suddenly remembered that he had a widely circulated sentence of chicken soup for the soul in his previous life, so he smiled casually:
"Life is not only about the present, but also about poetry and distance—have you ever considered trying your luck elsewhere?"
"What?"
The old man Lou was stunned for a moment, obviously shocked by this famous sentence, but soon grinned:
"Ha, I can't see that Brother Huang is still quite literate...... This phrase is used to coax those little children. ”
He turned his head to look at Qingfeng, the little apprentice who was arguing with Huang Zhao not far away, and sighed faintly:
"If I die in the future, most of that stupid boy will not be able to keep the foundation of Xuanyang Temple, and when the time comes, I will use this sentence to trick him into flying away, so as not to force him to stay here and lose his life in vain, but it is also convenient. ”
Huang Changwan didn't expect that his words would cause the old man Lou to be so emotional, this was not his original intention, he was stunned, and wanted to say something, but saw the old man Lou stretch out his hand, patted his arm, and sighed:
"Brother, you have climbed Kunlun Immortal Mountain since you were a child, and entered the world's top gate sect to cultivate, and you have never been in our mortal world at all, so you don't understand the suffering of this mortal world after all...... Hehe, I think back then, when I was a young man, I was also a handsome man, and when I was in my twenties, I reached the third level of qi refining, and I saw that the middle stage was in sight - this is already very good among mortal monks, but it can't be compared with you people who came out of the Heavenly Immortal Mountain. ”
Later, Master passed away, leaving behind a small hill with a slight spiritual vein. It's just that the quality is not high, although it can help me enter the Tao, and then I want to advance to the middle stage, but it is difficult. At that time, I was also a teenager, and when I think about it, it is really like what you just said...... I don't look down on this little 'reluctance' in front of me at all, I always feel that with the size of the world, so many spiritual vein immortal mountains, so the family sect, I can always find a suitable opportunity for me. ”
So I left the mountain gate with great ambition and headed for the unknown distance...... Since then, he has become a casual cultivator. Then, after more than ten years, he wandered around, killing many people, but he never made an inch in the realm of exercises. Ten years of casual cultivation has only made me understand one truth......"
Speaking of this, the old man Lou waved his arm lightly, pointed to the mountains in the distance and said:
"Although there are many spiritual veins in the spiritual mountains in this world, none of them are ownerless. Even if there were, it wouldn't be within the reach of our Qi Refining Cultivators. Especially if you have no roots and want to find a place to cultivate...... Hehe, that's a lot of work. ”
Old man Lou's words made Huang Chang slightly stunned, and he just wanted to say that this was probably a bit arbitrary. But after thinking about it again, no matter what others do, the place of spiritual veins that he has seen since he came down the mountain is either occupied by the sect family, or there are demons and spirits entrenched, and there is really no place that is vacant. There are even those who have power, but have no spiritual veins, and they do not hesitate to go to great lengths to create a place by means that harm heaven and reason—such as the fake leader of the Salvation Sect.
When I was studying on Kunlun Mountain, I saw the eight comments of "The sky is high and the earth is wide, and this world is endless", and I knew that the world is so big that there is almost no end. And Master Changqingzi also said to him: Hugh wants to see Kunlun Qishan floating in the sky, and he thinks that it is unmatched, but in fact, on the mortal earth, there is no lack of top-level spiritual veins. For example, most of the famous mountains and rivers with a long history are top spiritual lands.
Therefore, Huang Chang always felt that since this world is so vast, there must be many treasures that have not yet been discovered, waiting for him to explore and conquer - the idea is probably similar to that of the old man Lou back then.
But the old man Lou used his own personal experience to tell Huang Chang: Don't think too much. In fact, there are masters in the good places in the world! Think about it, Master seems to have mentioned in passing back then: Where there are famous mountains, there must be temples, and most of the temples are sects. Huang Chang should always be vigilant, don't be careless to offend, or be deceived by others.
...... Huang Chang's thoughts were churning here, and the old man next to him continued to introduce his experience:
"I wandered all the way to this land of praise, met the unequaled son, who was also very young at the time, and helped him do something. Thanks to his attention, I borrowed the Xuanyang View to live in me, so that I could be regarded as having a stable place to cultivate. It took decades to rise to the present level...... People are also old, and this life is like this. ”
At the end, he smiled again:
"I'm kind of a chance. It's not bad that a single casual cultivator can mix up to this point...... Poetry and distance, hum, in fact, for most people in this world, I'm afraid it's impossible to get it if you want to!"