Chapter 9: Out of the Valley
Alternating between cold and summer, Yang Yan has spent three spring and autumn seasons in Yaowang Valley, during which Xiaotian occasionally came a few times to give Poria cocos pills, and Xiaotian's situation is getting better day by day.
In addition to sleeping every day, Poria cocos is alchemy in the Medicine King Pavilion, occasionally chatting with Yang Yan, and playing with the white tiger, in the past three years, Poria cocos's alchemy level has grown a lot, and it has been able to refine the upper-level three-pattern pill.
Yang Yan's incomplete soul was also temporarily replenished under the elixir refined by Poria Cocos, according to what Poria said, Yang Yan's current soul can maintain a state of integrity for a hundred years as long as it is not seriously injured.
In addition to taking care of the elixir in the valley in the past three years, Yang Yan spent the rest of his time practicing swords and reading the books that Poria gave him.
In the past three years, Yang Yan has been able to practice the "Seven Absolute Sword Techniques" to the point of pure love, but he has just practiced it, according to what Poria said, Yang Yan's talent in martial arts is extremely high, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes a martial arts master.
Of course, Yang Yan's growth in the past three years is not only in martial arts, but also in the book that Poria gave him, which recorded a lot of things in the human world, as well as things in the cultivation world.
According to this "Anecdote of Martial Arts", people who practice martial arts have four major realms, heaven and earth Xuanhuang, and each realm is divided into upper, middle and lower levels. The lower rank of the Yellow Rank is the lowest, and the upper rank of the Heavenly Rank is the highest, and this Upper Rank of the Heavenly Rank is already the end of the martial artist," Yang Yan thought as he closed the book in his hand.
"What's the matter? You're flipping through this book again?" Poria didn't know when she came to Yang Yan's side, looking at Yang Yan in a daze.
"Poria, what is above this Heavenly Rank? Could it be that a martial artist can only reach the Heavenly Rank and never break through?"
"If a martial artist has practiced to the extreme and wants to break through, he can only embark on the path of cultivating the truth and transform the internal force of his body into true qi. Didn't I tell you that?" said Poria in wonder.
"With my current skills, according to what is said in this book, I should be in the lower position of the heavenly rank, and it is difficult for a martial artist in the world to beat me. Yang Yan put down the book in his hand, stood up and looked at the sky and said, "But I always feel that my memory may only be retrieved by embarking on the road of cultivation."
"You practice martial arts to the extreme first, and then a lower-level nine-pattern Zhuji Dan can transform the internal force in your body into true qi, but whether this path of cultivating truth can go a long way, I don't dare to say this," Poria replied.
"It seems that I can only put aside the path of cultivation for the time being, and go out to find the Yang family and Kun Yao first, and figure out what happened to me" Yang Yan thought, glancing at the saber in his hand.
"Poria can't we really get out?" Yang Yan looked at Poria and asked with a wry smile.
"I've told you many times, if I could go out, I would have gone out a long time ago, and I've never been to the outside world to see it," Poria showed a hint of helplessness on her face.
"Why didn't the medicine king let you go out?" I went out alone and never came back," Yang Yan asked.
"I don't know, I want to go out and find my master too"
Suddenly, Xiao Tian's voice sounded outside the valley, interrupting the conversation between the two.
"Sister Poria...... Sister Poria ......"
"Come on...... Poria agreed softly, but her voice resounded throughout the valley.
"This is the power of a cultivator, I don't know how many times stronger than my martial artist," Yang Yan thought.
Although I have lived with Poria for three years, I know that Poria is a cultivator, and her cultivation is not low. But every time Poria showed the power of a cultivator in front of Yang Yan, Yang Yan felt a trace of loneliness in his heart.
If Yang Yan hadn't been in contact with any cultivation things, and hadn't been exposed to those books in the cultivation world, maybe Yang Yan wouldn't have a sense of loneliness in his heart, after all, he now has a powerful power that is different from ordinary people.
At the very least, compared to just waking up, Yang Yan is not much stronger now, and when he encounters those mountain beasts again, Yang Yan can not escape in embarrassment like he did at the beginning.
Not long after, the white tiger entered the Medicine King Valley with Xiao Tian with a smile on his face, and Poria and Yang Yan also greeted him.
"Sister Poria, Yang Yan, I'm here again," Xiaotian said happily.
"Come, I'll take a look" Xiao Tian also quickly stretched out his hand to show Poria cocos.
Poria looked at it and nodded: "Well, the body has recovered, and the soul has recovered well."
"I feel much better, you see" Xiao Tian said as he took a sharp breath of air from the Medicine King Valley, and suddenly felt refreshed.
"The pill given by Yang Yan really has the effect of repairing the damaged soul, I really don't know where this strange guy got it, but it's okay, the Medicine King Valley is lacking the pill for the soul, and now it's all done, and the master will be surprised when he comes back" Poria thought happily in her heart.
"What are your plans to do when you're well?" asked Poria as she came back to her senses.
"Hmm, I want to get back my lost memory," Xiao Tian's face showed determination, exactly the same as when Yang Yan said that he had regained his memory.
"I really don't know what's wrong with the Medicine King Valley, the only two people I've seen have problems with their brains" Poria stroked her forehead with her small hand.
"Hmm, Sister Poria, are you talking about Yang Yan and the two of us?" Xiao Tian pouted.
"Otherwise, I'm going to ask you a question, and you have to answer me honestly," Poria's attitude suddenly became serious.
Xiao Tian was also stunned, shocked by Poria Cocos's serious attitude, and nodded unconsciously.
Poria then asked, "Kui Tian, are you willing to stay in the Medicine King Valley and give up looking for your memories?"
It was the first time for Yang Yan to see Poria with such a serious attitude, and for the first time she knew Xiaotian's full name, and the scene fell into silence.
Xiao Tian's face showed reluctance, but he still shook his head firmly.
"Alas, well. The question just now was asked by my master to ask you, where do you go, the Medicine King Valley will not stop you," Poria sighed.
"The Medicine King asked you to ask me?" Xiao Tian was a little surprised.
"When my master left, he explained that a person named Kui Tian would come to the Medicine King Valley, let me help you treat your injuries, and ask you about your plans when your injuries are healed. If you are willing to stay in the Medicine King Valley, it is naturally best, if you are unwilling, let you leave" Poria thought for a while and said.
"Did the Medicine King really say that?"
"Yes, word for word. And let me bring you something, you wait" Poria said as she flew towards the hut behind her, and soon returned with a jet-black spear in her hand.
"This is what my master asked me to bring to you, saying that it is your thing, if you stay in the Valley of the Medicine King, this spear should not be there, if you choose to leave, then this spear will be returned to you" Poria said as she handed the spear to Xiao Tian.
Xiao Tian looked at the black spear in front of him, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity rose in his heart, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to take it.
"Zi~" At the moment when Xiao Tian took the spear, an electric current appeared on the entire spear, surrounding the spear, which frightened Yang Yan and took a few steps back.
I saw that the original jet-black spear slowly faded under the action of the electric current, and turned into a silver-white spear with electric current.
Yang Yan's heart was full of curiosity, if he didn't take a few steps back, he would probably be injured by electricity, but Poria and Xiaotian seemed to be fine, and Yang Yan once again realized the gap between cultivators and martial artists.
"Martial artist, after all, he is still a mortal," Yang Yan thought to himself.
"Xiao Tian, I didn't expect you to be a rare thunder attribute" Poria was a little surprised when she looked at the constantly growing electric current in Xiao Tian's hand.
"I don't know why, as soon as I touched the spear, the power in my body kept tumbling, as if this power had met a friend I hadn't seen for many years" Xiao Tian said as he looked at the spear in front of him with silver light, and his face couldn't hide his happiness.
"It's your stuff, and it's normal to feel familiar," Poria said.
Suddenly, the entire Medicine King Valley began to shake violently.
"What's going on?" thought to the three of them at the same time.
Poria flew into the air, looking down at the trembling Medicine King Valley, and there were many broken stones rolling down from the surrounding mountains, which were turned into powder by Poria with a wave of his hand.
The violent tremor lasted for a while before slowly weakening and disappearing, and Poria also looked around to make sure that there was no damage before returning to the two of them.
"Weird, I've never encountered anything like this. Fortunately, these elixirs are fine," Poria said as she looked at the two of them suspiciously.
"Hey, something is wrong" After the shaking ended, Poria suddenly felt something.
On the distant side, when the Medicine King Valley shook violently, in a luxurious alchemy room, the old man who was engrossed in alchemy suddenly withdrew the flames, stood up and looked at the sky, and said to himself: "You, you still chose that path"
After a long time, the old man turned around and whispered, "It's time to go", completely ignoring the half-refined pills in the Dan furnace, and disappeared into the room out of thin air.
At this time, the Medicine King Valley returned to calm, and Yang Yan asked at this time, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Tian shook his head, where else was Poria feeling something, and suddenly smiled happily on his face, and said happily: "Yang Yan, hurry up, feel it, is there no longer that feeling of being contained?"
Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then realized it with his heart, he really didn't have the feeling of being connected to the entire Medicine King Valley.
"No, what does this mean?" Yang Yan asked suspiciously.
"Hahaha, that's right, I don't have this anymore, it seems that I have put down something load-bearing. Yang Yan, we can go out" Poria looked at Yang Yan very seriously and said.
Hearing Poria say that she could go out, Yang Yan also felt a little ripple in her heart, thinking in her heart, "I can finally go out, I want to see what the world is like, and the Yang family." ”
Xiaotian on the side also asked happily: "Sister Poria, can you really go out?"
"Really, the prohibition set by the master in the Medicine King Valley is gone, and we can really go out" Poria couldn't hide the happiness on her face.
"When are you leaving?" asked Xiao Tian.
"Hmm, wait and pack your things, I don't know when I will be able to come back when I go out this time, I'll bring everything I should bring" Poria was asked by Xiaotian, and after thinking about it, she answered. Then he looked at Yang Yan.
"I can do it anytime, I'm in no hurry anyway"
"Then let's leave tomorrow, I'll go pack up my things," Poria said, and flew towards the hut.
Yang Yan looked at the blue sky, but there was a trace of emptiness in his heart, "Maybe it's good to live here all the time", I don't know when, Yang Yan got used to life in the Medicine King Valley.
Xiaotian didn't leave, he was chatting with Yang Yan and chatting about some things that Yang Yan looked like in his book. Xiao Tian is also full of curiosity about the outside world, but he doesn't like to read, and every time he comes to get medicine, he has to listen to Yang Yan say something written in the book before leaving.
After Poria cleaned up the hut, she went into the Medicine King Pavilion and never came out again.
"After that, what are your plans?" Yang Yan asked as he looked at Xiao Tian.
"I don't know, only by constantly getting stronger can I get my memories back, so let's work hard to cultivate in the future" Xiao Tian lay on the lawn and looked at the sky.
"Cultivation, can I only keep cultivating and become strong in order to get back my memories?" Yang Yan listened to Xiao Tian's words and thought in his heart.
"What about you?"
Yang Yan looked at Xiao Tian, who had the same experience as him, and didn't know how to answer him, so he also lay down and looked at the blue sky: "I don't know anymore, let's go to the world first, I should be able to find some answers there."
"I also yearn for the world you told me, and I also want to see it"
"Aren't we ready to go?"
The two of them talked and fell asleep.
Poria didn't come out of the Medicine King Pavilion until dark, and saw the two of them sleeping on the grass, and suddenly had a little idea in her heart, and then with a move of her little hand, a ball of water floated out of the stream, and slowly floated above the two.
"It's raining" Poria shouted, and the whole water balloon fell on the two of them, and the two of them were thrilled at the same time, looking at Poria who was already laughing on the side.
"Hahaha, let you not help, sleep here" Poria laughed as she walked towards her cabin.
Yang Yan and Xiao Tian glanced at each other, and their faces showed bitterness.
"Didn't she let us enter the Medicine King Pavilion, how can we help?" Yang Yan said sadly.
"You think about it slowly, I'm going to sleep" Xiao Tian dragged his wet body towards the hut behind him, suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked, "Which one do I sleep in?"
Yang Yan pointed to the room on the far right, and Xiao Tian strode to the room.
There was no word all night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, Poria's voice was resounding throughout the Medicine King Valley. "Yang Yan got up"
Yang Yan pushed open the door, looked at Poria suspiciously, and asked, "Are you okay, why did you get up so early today?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I think I can go out, I can't sleep," Poria replied with a smile.
"It's really strange, I can sleep better than anyone else, but today I'm so angry, well, I'm a little unaccustomed," Yang Yan whispered as he walked towards Poria.
"I've heard all of them," Poria said loudly.
"No, no, I said why hasn't Xiaotian gotten up yet, I'll take a look" Yang Yan was afraid that Poria would teach him a lesson, so he immediately changed the topic and walked towards Xiaotian's room.
"You don't have to go, he's already gone"
Yang Yan still pushed open the door, and the things inside were neat, only a note was placed on the bed, which read, "Yang Yan, I'm going to the mountains, there are things I want." When I get what I want, I'll go back to the world to find you."
Somehow, Yang Yan felt a little sad in her heart, she originally said that she would go together, but she didn't expect Xiaotian to leave alone.
"Yang Yan, Xiaotian left last night," Poria shouted loudly outside.
Yang Yan walked out of the room and walked towards Poria Cocos, who was also a little lost on her face.
"My master said that if he chooses to leave, then his road will be very difficult and dangerous" Poria Cocos remembered the scene last night, when Xiao Tian stood on the edge of the misty forest in the Medicine King Valley and said goodbye.