The turmoil of evil spirits has passed, and the village of Dakeng has returned to its former tranquility. The villagers still go out early and return late, work separately, and still gather in the wine shop every evening to enjoy the coolness, listening to the chatter of the guests from the north and south. It's just that after that day, Liu Banxian was no longer seen, but no one cared.

Zhao Hong is only busy in the evening, and most of the time, there is no business in the wine shop. He occasionally sat quietly on the stone tablet outside the wine shop alone, looking at Huangren Mountain in a daze.

In the past, with a playmate like Jiang You to play with, life was always more interesting. Now that Jiang You is gone, he is quite bored alone.

On this day, a rickety old man bowed his head and staggered into the wine shop. The old man had gray hair, was covered in dust, and his hair was scattered. His face was like a pimple of bark, tangled together, giving people the feeling that it was in addition to the vicissitudes of life or vicissitudes, in addition to old age or old age.

"Uncle Si, are you back?" Zhao Hong jumped down from the stone tablet and greeted the old man.

This old man is the owner of the liquor store, and his name is Yi Si. Although he opened this unnamed wine shop, he spent most of his time away from home, and basically handed it over to Zhao Hong to take care of. Zhao Hong has been following Yi Si since he can remember. For Yi Si's elusiveness, he has long been familiar with it and is accustomed to it. Moreover, he prefers to be alone and quiet.

Yi Si never talked about his past, and he never told Zhao Hong's parents who they were. Zhao Hong only knew that he had been an orphan since he was a child, and he was picked up and taken in by Yi Si until now.

Yi Si nodded, did not speak, and walked towards the inner room. As soon as he walked to the door, he turned around and asked, "Why, Liu Lao Er hasn't been here in the past few days?" His voice was a little obscure and hoarse, as if he was about to die.

Zhao Hong knew that he was asking Liu Gen, so he roughly told him what happened two days ago, and specifically talked about Jiang You's acceptance as a disciple by Feng Buyu.

Yi Si listened expressionlessly, and when he heard about Jiang You, his brows furrowed, his face groaned, and after a while, he said, "It's a pity......"

Zhao Hong thought that Yi Si would ask for the details of the day in detail, but he didn't expect such a brainless sentence. He couldn't help but be stunned, and asked a little strangely: "Uncle Si, what did you say that it was a pity?"

Yi Si didn't seem to hear it, as if he was still thinking about something.

Zhao Hong asked again: "Uncle Si, do you have something to look for Uncle Liu?" I went to his cave today, but I didn't see him. Why don't I go and look for him in the neighborhood?"

"No, I don't. Ishi shook her head, thumped her back and coughed a few times, then turned around and approached the inner room with a nonchalant expression.

Zhao Hong's heart was slightly cold, and something was not a taste. Over the years, because of Yi Si's adoption grace, he has always respected Yi Si and treated him like an elder in his heart. But every time Yi Si never looked at himself squarely, and never said a word to himself. It can be said that Yi Si has never treated Zhao Hong as a relative or a junior, or a disciple.

But if Yi Si treats himself as an outsider, but he is not like it, he does not lack any food and clothing for himself, even if he sometimes goes out for a long time, he will leave enough money for himself. Sometimes because he was injured because he was naughty and playing, or when he was seriously ill, Yi Si's performance was more nervous than Zhao Hong's, restless, and he was greatly relieved to see Zhao Hong's injury finally improve.

The relationship between the two is very delicate, seemingly close but not close, seemingly far away from it, and some are inexplicable. Sometimes, Zhao Hong will feel a little uneasy in his heart for no reason.

Zhao Hong shook his head and walked away with interest. He sat down at the counter, picked up a book in his hand, and read it to himself.

Yi Si never took the initiative to teach him to read and write, but he could recognize most of the words in the book. He knows that people living in the world should not live in chaos, but always have some pursuits. So over the years, he has asked the customers in the store for advice whenever he has the opportunity, and over time, he has also learned a lot of words.

Time flies, and before you know it, another two years have passed. In the past two years, he still helped Yi Si take care of the wine shop every day, but Liu Banxian seemed to have disappeared and never came back.

At noon that day, he was reading a book at the counter when a familiar call came. He looked up and saw two people standing at the door, one of whom was Jiang You. He hurriedly ran out and shouted in surprise: "Jiang You, why are you here?"

Jiang You patted Zhao Hong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, I haven't seen you for two years, and I've grown a lot taller!"

Zhao Hong punched him in the chest, and said with a smile: "Aren't you the same, you were shorter than me before, but now you are better, but you are taller than me." By the way, who is this?"

Jiang You introduced: "He is my master's only son, and he is worry-free. Brother Feng, he is what I mentioned to you, my good brother Zhao Hong. ”

Zhao Hong and Feng Wuwu greeted each other and knew each other. Zhao Hong asked, "Why did you come down the mountain today?"

Jiang You replied: "This time, I need to go to the city to collect some daily supplies, so I asked Brother Feng to intercede, and sure enough, the master promised to let the two of me go down the mountain." No, we just came down the mountain and came to your wine shop. How's that, that's interesting, isn't it?"

Zhao Hong was grateful, he and Jiang You had known each other since childhood, and they were like brothers. Although they haven't seen each other for two years, it seems that the brother's relationship is still there.

Jiang You said again: "You and my brother haven't seen each other for two years, and I should have had a few drinks with you to catch up with the old days, but I only have half a day, and the things that the master explained must not be delayed." That's why I've asked you to come with us into the city, and catch up on the old days as we go, so that we won't be delayed. ”

Zhao Hong nodded and snorted, at this point, there are no guests in the wine shop at all, and things will not be delayed. However, he thought that Yi Si was in the inner room, so he shouted inside: "Uncle Si, I went out with Jiang You, and I will be back soon......

There was a snort from the inner room, but there was no reply.

Jiang You also shouted: "Uncle Si, don't worry, it's just half a day, we'll go back as soon as we go." Brother, let's go. After speaking, he pulled Zhao Hong and ran away.

Zhao Hong suddenly felt the sound of whirring wind in his ears, and looked intently that the three of them were moving forward quickly. He couldn't help but envy in his heart: Jiang You had only been studying art for two years, and it was really remarkable that he could have such a skill!

The three of them soon arrived in the city of burn-ween, chatting and laughing while browsing the shops.

After chatting all the way, Zhao Hong found out a lot about cultivating immortals from Jiang You's mouth. Originally, like ordinary mortals, he also thought that those masters of cultivation were immortals, but after listening to Jiang You's explanation, he had a general understanding of the cultivation of the human race.

The cultivation of the human race adheres to the five elements as the foundation, and uses the spiritual roots of the five elements to adopt the aura of heaven and earth to improve the realm of mana.

In the land of Shenzhou, the probability of a person with an innate spiritual root can be described as less than one in ten thousand. The innate spiritual root can be divided into five types, namely the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. According to the excellent purity, physical characteristics, and the number of spiritual roots in the body, it is divided into the following categories.

The Heavenly Spirit Root is only a single spiritual root, which is of high quality and pure, so the cultivation speed is quite fast. Since ancient times, there have been very few Heavenly Spirit Roots, and they are all high-quality objects for major sects to compete for and cultivate.

The true spiritual root is to have two kinds of spiritual roots that are not compatible, and the attributes of the two spiritual roots are very abundant, also known as "true double spiritual roots". True spiritual roots are often also the objects of competition and key cultivation by major sects.

Pseudo-spiritual roots are mixed by three or four spiritual roots, or twin spiritual roots that are mutually restrained, and pseudo-spiritual roots practice slowly, and the resources consumed for growth are many times more than the previous two. Each sect will also recruit disciples of pseudo-spiritual roots as ordinary disciples. It's just that they are not optimistic about their future in cultivation, and they are rarely entrusted with important tasks by the sect.

Waste spiritual root, mixed with the five attributes of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Because the spiritual roots are mixed and impure, it is basically difficult for the monks of the pseudo-spiritual roots to cultivate, and there is basically no difference between the spiritual roots and the none, so they are commensurate with "waste", and each sect will not recruit disciples of the waste spiritual roots at all.

In addition, it is recorded that there is an exception, called "mutated spirit root", also known as alien spirit root, which is mixed with two or three spirit roots of the five elements attributes, and under the action of specific chances or special elixir spirit grass, there is a very small probability that it will be mutated or sublimated, forming spirit roots such as wind, thunder, ice, and darkness. Once the mutation is successful, its cultivation speed is by no means below the Heavenly Spirit Root.

As for the mutant spirit root, it is only in the ancient legends, and there is no ready-made example in the human world today. Not to mention that the probability of success of the spiritual root mutation is extremely small, even if the elders of the sect intentionally cultivate for the sake of their beloved children, where can they find those special elixirs? Those several elixirs and spiritual herbs that can promote the mutation of the spiritual root and increase the probability of mutation are also things in ancient legends, and most monks have never even heard of their names, let alone think about it.

According to Jiang You, the reason why Feng Buyu accepted him as a disciple that day was precisely because Jiang You was a golden water dual spirit root, that is, a "true spirit root". And he is a "waste spirit root", so Feng Bu is silent and is not willing to accept himself at all.

Nowadays, there are many sects of the human race cultivating immortals, and the cultivation methods are also different. But among them, the most famous sect is the Five Elements Sect on Huangren Mountain.

The so-called "Five Elements" sect is to practice with the spiritual roots of the five elements. The five immortal peaks under the Five Elements Sect of Huangren Mountain, in addition to catering to the number of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, also have their own unique cultivation techniques.

The first is the "Scorching Flame Palace" of Tengyan Peak, the fire system is established, and most of the disciples under the sect contain fire spirit roots. He is good at refining elixirs, planting countless spiritual grasses, and collecting all kinds of flames and furnaces in the world.

The second is the "Huashun Palace" that destroys Ruifeng, the gold system is established, and the disciples mostly contain the gold spiritual root. Good at refining weapons, the world's famous weapons, armor, magic weapons, etc. are mostly from the Huashun Palace, and even the storage devices and array flags commonly used by the monks are also produced by the Huashun Palace. And collect all kinds of materials in the world, monsters and animal bones.

The third is to ask Fafeng's "Zhaoyao Palace", the wood system is established, and the disciples mostly contain wood spiritual roots. He is good at refining talismans, researching and arranging various magic circles, forbidden and machine bracket techniques, collecting the world's spiritual materials and materials, as well as the essence blood and animal skins of demon beasts.

The fourth is the "Weiyu Palace" of Bolang Peak, the water system is established, and the disciples under the door have many water spiritual roots. Most of the female disciples of Weiyu Palace, among which the core disciples are all female disciples, collecting, captive and domesticating all kinds of spirit birds and spirit beasts, and are good at the art of driving beasts, that is, driving beasts with the power of contract.

Fifth, the boundless peak "Zhenhuang Palace", the soil system is established, and the disciples mostly contain the soil system spiritual root. Zhenhuang Hall has many disciples sent abroad, exploring and mining the world's spiritual materials and minerals, and it is also based all over Shenzhou. It can be said that Boundless Peak controls most of the commercial lifeline of the Five Elements Sect, and is rich enough to rival the country.

Of course, the power of the Immortal Family is far more than the Five Elements Sect, there are countless sects large and small, and some of them are hidden in the deep mountains and valleys, which are unknown and have never been officially counted. Like "Jingci Zhai", "Dajue Temple", "Cold Ice Sect", "Huoyun Sect", "Hundred Craftsmen Gate", "Zoroastrianism", "Qingzhu Gang", "Desperate Valley", "Twelve Thorns of Wind Shadow", etc., are all famous in the human cultivation world and in the ordinary upper class. But in general, although the number of these large and small forces is not less than hundreds, their strength is not enough to compete with the Five Elements Sect. Therefore, whenever there is a matter, the monks of the human race have always looked only at the "Five Elements" sect.

The Terran monks professed themselves to be on the right path and regarded all other races as evil paths. On the land of Shenzhou, there are countless demons and monsters, and the cultivation of the human race itself is a process of fighting with heaven and earth, fighting with evil ways, and fighting with oneself. Not to mention the continuous conquest and killing of the two realms of good and evil, but it is said that the resources for cultivation between heaven and earth are inherently limited, and the major forces often fight because of resources, exercises, magic weapons, talents, and cultivation treasures for the sake of the interests and development prospects of their own sects, and disputes are continuous.

Zhao Hong seemed to have entered a new ocean of knowledge, and while he was surprised, he couldn't help but sigh. This knowledge is far beyond the scope of one's own cognition, and may not have much to do with oneself in the future, but it will never be wrong to write it down carefully, and maybe it will be used one day.