Seven days later.

Ye Xingchen's body has completely healed under the care of the old smoker and Ling'er. What made Ye Xingchen happiest was that the old smoker's Bone Burning Pill and Helping Gel actually helped every inch of his body, skin and bones to reach a very tough stage.

According to Ling'er, this has already stepped into the threshold of physical cultivation, and of course it is still far from the real entry.

Physical Cultivation. There are four methods of cultivation for practitioners against the heavens, and one of them is physical cultivation.

First, soul cultivation, as the name suggests, refers to the soul cultivators only rely on cultivating the soul to increase their combat power, they do not have a strong physique, outrageous physical endurance, and some are soul martial arts that seize the instantaneous advantage and preemptively defeat the enemy. Common soul cultivators include alchemists and cultivators in the Great Light Palace of the Western Regions.

Second, internal cultivation, internal cultivation belongs to the most orthodox way of cultivation, through the absorption of heaven and earth aura for one's own use, in the body is constantly compressed, compressed to the peak stage through consumption and then repeatedly, and finally reached a certain critical point when the breakthrough stage, that is, the often said tribulation, so as to seek higher cultivation. Common internal repairs are generally in Zhongzhou.

Third, physical cultivation, physical cultivation is the most foolish way of cultivation, by constantly stimulating the potential of the body, physical training, so that the body's speed, endurance, and strength during confrontation to strike at the opponent, so as to dominate the enemy. This kind of fool-like cultivation method does not require as much physical aura as internal cultivation, but relies on pills to strengthen the body.

Fourth, heterogeneous cultivation, heterogeneous cultivation is a relatively unique type of cultivation, although the cultivation is oneself, the cultivation is also in oneself. However, it will rely on the puppet, the scarecrow, and the rest of the inanimate items to fight, in other words, they will fight through their own attack channels, and they will win and lose both. Because of the peculiar way of fighting, it is extremely rare in the entire Huaxia Continent. It is also usually referred to by practitioners of the other three methods as crooked paths.

At this point, Ye Xingchen doesn't matter, anyway, no matter which way of cultivation is fine, if there is a condition, Ye Xingchen thinks about practicing again, so that he is an invincible existence, and he will not be bullied by anyone and trample on his self-esteem at will.

Now that we have reached the threshold of physical cultivation, it is natural to focus on physical cultivation first. And if you want to learn alchemy after listening to Ling'er's explanation, you have to do a part-time soul cultivator or something.

I don't know where Xingchen found a dog's tail grass and put it in his mouth, lying on the bed with his legs crossed, thinking about the things of this world, when he felt that he was about to clear the fog, Ling'er interrupted his thoughts with a urging sound.

"Dengzizi, Dengzizi!" Ye Xingchen turned his head sideways and saw Ling'er panting.

Ye Xingchen said, "What's wrong?" Ling'er walked to the table and took a sip of tea, and said, "You've been asleep for so long, get up and go to work with me!"

Hearing this, Ye Xingchen took off the dog's tail grass, got up and sat on the bed, and said, "What kind of work?" Ling'er snorted coldly, frowned, and said, "You disciple, don't you want to live in my house for nothing, cheat and eat and drink?" immediately thought of Ye Xingchen's upper body a week ago, and couldn't help but blush, lowering his head and not daring to look at Ye Xingchen.

Ling'er was noisy from the beginning, and suddenly she was shy, so naturally she couldn't escape Ye Xingchen's eyes. Ye Xingchen was happy in his heart, this Nizi is too cute, right? But he did go too far, and he didn't have a sense of guilt? Ling'er suddenly turned straight and nodded, "Let's go, go fishing with me"

Fishing, fishing? I can't kill such a big fish, you let me fish? Xingchen was stunned for a moment, with a question mark on his face. What are you kidding? I saw Ye Xingchen shake his head and said, "I won't, you let me do something else" Ling'er pouted, disdainfully said, "That's okay, you go and chop some firewood, the firewood is in the east of the village" After speaking, Ling'er took out an old axe from under the table with his left hand and put it on the ground. looked at the stars with an inexplicable smile.

Looks like an ordinary axe.

Ye Xingchen glanced at it and said with a smile, "It's very simple." Where's the basket?" Ling'er heard and walked to the kitchen to find the basket. Xingchen bent down to pick it up, and when he grasped the handle of the axe with his right hand, he found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fully pick up the axe. At this time, Ling'er turned around and saw Ye Xingchen's dumb appearance, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's not good to fish, and you can't pick up an axe when you chop firewood," Xingchen snorted coldly, and immediately raised his eyebrows, and muttered, "Evil Gate, I don't believe that even you can't pick it up!"

Hold the axe with both hands and pick it up with all your might. Ye Xingchen realized that this seemingly ordinary axe was not so ordinary.

The handle is earthy yellow because the wood at the bottom of the old handle has turned black, the axe surface is black because the lines of the old axe face are clearly visible, and the "old" tip of the axe is sharpened. Plus, the axe is really heavy.

Ye Xingchen's forehead actually dripped. walked to Ling'er and said, "Give me the basket, I'll cut it" Ling'er held back a smile, gave the basket to the former, and said, "Come back early." ”

"En" Ye Xingchen sighed, and the moment he took the basket, his hands sank again, "This TM is also very heavy" Ye Xingchen couldn't help but scold secretly, and he could only act as if he was fine. Ling'er sneered, looked at the former with a smile and didn't speak. All of a sudden, the weight of the axe and the firewood basket pressed on Ye Xingchen's arms, and at this moment, the green tendons of his two arms burst out, and when he looked at Ling'er in disbelief, a moment flashed in his mind.

Ling'er drew the axe with one hand just now, and also gave the basket with one hand. That expression was very normal!......

Just when Ye Xingchen was puzzled, Ling'er had already walked to the door, looked back and smiled slightly mockingly, "Good job!" After Ling'er left, Ye Xingchen finally figured it out, slowly knelt on one knee, placed the axe on the ground, and slowly slid the basket to the ground. These two seemingly ordinary things are not ordinary at all, could it be that Ling'er deliberately took a heavy axe and made a basket to fool herself? Thinking about it, Ye Xingchen could only tell himself that this was Ling'er exercising himself. I had no choice but to stop drilling the horns.

This time, he learned to be obedient, and first struggled to put the basket on his back and was holding the axe. However, he found that the whole person seemed to weigh more than 40 pounds. The ...... of this TM Ye Xingchen weighed only 110 during the previous physical examination, but now I'm afraid it's 150, right? I couldn't help but smile bitterly, and secretly said, "Eat hard, you can be a master" shook his head and walked towards the door......

In the woods to the east of the village.

Because the villagers came to this village to cut firewood, a large area of the forest in front of it was cut into bare stumps, and the soil on the ground left footprints in various directions. Behind the stumps, the woods were tall and flourishing. There is also a trace of white mist similar to fairy qi around it.

"Huhu" Ye Xingchen gasped, walked to the area that had not been cut, and said with a smile, "It seems that I am still the first person to cut here......

Time flies.

It has been more than a year since Ye Xingchen woke up in the blink of an eye, and according to his age, he has reached the age of 18. During the year, he would chop wood every day, over and over again. There were more and more footprints in the woods before, but there was always only a pair of footprints leading to the depths.

On this day, Ye Xingchen went into the depths to chop wood as usual.

Because he had his eyes closed, he walked very slowly.

The whole land turned black in his mind, and slowly, thousands of jagged footprints came to his mind gray little by little. Ye Xingchen knew that it was someone else's footprints. He seemed to be looking for something.

Suddenly, the corners of Ye Xingchen's mouth raised slightly. "Have" In the mess of footprints, a pair of familiar footprints appeared clearly in dark green. Immediately, the stars strode forward. Every step was on that pair of dark green footprints. Because they were his own footprints. If the old man of the Li family was there at this time, he would definitely be surprised.

Is this still a half-dead junior high school student with a slap?

"It seems to be a little slower than yesterday," Ye Xingchen said to himself. When he found the dark green footprints, he quickened his pace, the basket behind him was no longer as heavy, and the axe in his hand was the same. He is very different from him half a year ago.

About half a year ago, because the sunlight was extremely dazzling, Ye Xingchen once closed his eyes and took a break, and the scene just now suddenly appeared in his mind. It was also the same day, when he put down the axe, the basket. I was shocked and comfortable. When he picked it up again, he was surprised to find that these two things were no longer heavy for him.

It's just that he didn't know that the faint lotus base print in his pupils had become more shiny, and the scars on his body from the previous trauma of school violence were much less. And his soul has also entered the so-called innate realm!

It's just that his soul is innate. is to put him and Li Lao together to fight again. He can stand still so that the old man of Li Jiahefa can't hurt him in the slightest, not only can he dodge with his soul realm, but he can also resist the withered glory palm without being injured. What he lacks at the moment is offensive martial arts.

On the branch not far in front of Ye Xingchen, a flock of birds chirped and flew up. A sloppy old man stood on a branch, and he took a deep breath of the cigarette gun in his hand. There was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he muttered, "It is worthy of the lotus seal......

In the evening.

The old smoker, Ling'er, and Ye Xingchen sat around the table. The old smoker couldn't help but glance at Ye Xingchen, put Erlang's leg down, took a puff of cigarette and said to Ye Xingchen, "You've been staying with me for a year, how are you feeling lately?" Ye Xingchen smiled back and said, "It feels good, I just have something to ask you" Ling'er on the side looked at the former with wide eyes, and said, "What good things do you have to ask us for?" The old smoker waved his hand to signal Ling'er not to interject, and said, "But it's okay to say"

Ye Xingchen smiled, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Ling'er pouting angrily, "Grandpa, look, when the disciple laughs, I know that it must be no good." Ye Xingchen couldn't help but wink at Ling'er, turned his head to the old smoker and smiled, "Old smoker, I want to learn alchemy from you."

Hearing this, the old smoker raised his eyebrows, "Oh, alchemy, why should I teach you?" Ling'er immediately echoed, "Yes, my grandfather doesn't accept apprentices," After speaking, he looked at Ye Xingchen angrily. But looking at Ye Xingchen, he couldn't help but think of that scene again, his little face turned red, and he was shy again. Who knew that this scene was clearly seen by the old smoker. "This girl is not a big girl, it's really right, when did my precious granddaughter be hooked by this kid?" The old smoker thought so in his heart, but pretended to snort coldly and said, "I want to teach you alchemy, and I have to pay a granddaughter, do you say I earn or not?"

Ye Xingchen smiled embarrassedly, to be honest, he didn't know how this could happen, so he had to wait for the old smoker to continue. The old smoker sighed lightly and said, "I never accept apprentices, the old man can't promise you about this, let's change to another one" Ye Xingchen heard this, his eyes darkened, and he said, "Could it be that you don't look down on me because of the old smoker?"

Ling'er just wanted to say no, but was glared at by the old smoker, so he didn't dare to speak, and the old smoker said to Ling'er, "You little girl, come with me." After speaking, he left with Ling'er. Ye Xingchen, who was left alone, sat on the chair and sighed. Just when Ye Xingchen was discouraged, he suddenly thought of taking medicine on the first day, and Ling'er said that she had a way to get the old smoker to agree to teach him alchemy, and his eyes suddenly lit up. "It seems that I have to serve Miss Ling'er well," Ye Xingchen said with a smile.

After leaving the room, Ling'er was puzzled, "Grandpa, isn't his talent very good, why don't you make an exception?" The old smoker said lightly, "Talent is good, talent is good, strength and character are two different things, this young man's transformation is in your grandfather's eyes, but we need to observe the character, not to mention the little girl, do you know?..." The old smoker seemed to smile bitterly and said, "His apprentice of this posture, your grandfather and I are not qualified to teach him"

Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Grandpa, with your strength, you are not qualified?" The old smoker slapped Ling'er's little head with a pipe, and said, "Your grandfather, I will still lie to you?" Ling'er snorted and cried out in pain with both hands to protect his brain, and then asked, "Then grandpa, when will we observe his character? How can he be considered qualified?" The old smoker said angrily, "Wait, in a few days, the Fire Sect will come down to recruit disciples, and many gangsters in the next village will come to our village to sign up, won't they naturally know at that time?"

"Leaving the Fire Sect!" Ling'er blurted out, and after being glared at by the old smoker, he realized that he was too loud, and quickly covered his mouth with both hands, for fear of leaking out. When the old smoker saw that the flame of the cigarette gun was extinguished, he slowly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers. A small flame ignited on the fingers of the old skinned right hand. After ordering it for himself, he said disdainfully, "Hmph, what is a second-rate sect, it's just a little majestic in dozens of nearby villages" The gaze of worship began to appear. "I'm going too, I'm going too." It seemed that something was wrong, and then he said, "No, grandpa, if he is selected by the Fire Sect to be a disciple, then what should you do? Don't you want this apprentice?" The old pipe smiled inexplicably and said

"Everything is certain"