Halfway up the mountain, there was a rumbling above the clouds, and the rain began to fall like a torrent.

The rain was very heavy, and Ya'er didn't have time to open the oil umbrella before Ling Jiang took her little hand, and the two of them ran quickly into a cave ten zhang away. When they arrived at the cave, their coats were already wet, but fortunately they were winter clothes, and this bit of rain could still hold up.

"Childe, it's raining so hard. Ya'er gasped and said, "It's really unlucky, I'm about to arrive in Tonghai City, this rain is down, we don't want to leave every three or five days." ”

"It's okay, don't worry. Ling Jiang smiled and said, it will take many days to get to Chang'an, and it will not be too late for a day or two.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark, Ling Jiang poked inside, this was a sealed cave, and there was no way to go two feet inside, but there were many stone cracks left on the stone wall, and Ling Jiang still sprinkled realgar powder.

The heavy rain had not abated for nearly two moments, but it became heavier as a gust of wind blew up. Ling Jiang vacated a vacant space in the cave and began to practice his fists and feet. In the past few days, he has not had the time to practice well, and now it is raining heavily, which is just right for him to digest.

Ya'er boredly picked up a branch and painted on the ground.

"Brother Bai, you should hurry up, the cave is just ahead. ”

At this moment, a woman's loud shout came from outside the cave, which made Ling Jiang and Ya'er immediately cheer up. Obviously, people are also planning to come here to take shelter from the rain, but I don't know who is here, and whether their hands and feet are clean.

Ling Jiang walked quickly to Ya'er's side, and poked out along the entrance of the cave, and in the vast rain walked two figures dressed in robes, their faces blocked by hats, and one of them was carrying a sword on his back.

Just when Ling Jiang was suspicious in her heart, the figure walking in front looked up, revealing a delicate face, and she stared at Ling Jiang standing at the entrance of the cave with wide eyes.

"Chen Baohan?" Ling Jiang said in surprise.

Soon, the figure behind her also followed, and saw Chen Baohan standing in place, his body immediately tensed, and his hand subconsciously held the hilt of the sword behind him. He lifted his hat and glanced at the young man in front of him.

"Ling Jiang?"

"Big White?"

Hearing this familiar name, Ya'er couldn't help but run to the entrance of the cave, looked at the two people standing in the pouring rain, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Such a coincidence, it's really Big White Brother." ”

Da Bai and Chen Baohan hurriedly walked into the entrance of the cave and hung the dripping clothes and hats aside. The rain was so heavy that their clothes were still soaking wet. Dabai pulled up his trouser legs, looked around the hole for some branches, and waved his hand to light the fire in front of everyone.

Chen Baohan has long been accustomed to this, but Ya'er has seen this skill for the first time, and she has not blinked for a long time.

"Dabai, didn't you go to sea, why did you come here?" Ling Jiang asked suspiciously.

"I'll be back fifteen morning. "I received a note from you, and I wanted to let you wait for us to go on the road together, but when I arrived at your house, there was no one. ”

"Brother Dabai, where are you going?" Ya'er took out a dry towel and helped Chen Baohan dry his hair.

Da Bai said: "I will send Baohan to Jiangling City to live at her aunt's house for a period of time, if you want to go to Chang'an, I can take a detour to walk with you." ”

"That's great!" Ya'er nodded again and again when she heard this, and with Dabai by her side, she would be a hundred relieved.

I saw Chen Baohan complaining on the side: "Sister Ya'er is really envious of you being able to go to Chang'an, I have long wanted to go to Chang'an to play, but my father is not allowed to say anything." If it weren't for Brother Bai with me this time, I wouldn't even be able to go to Gangneung City. ”

"You're still young, I'll take you when you're older. Da Bai said earnestly on the side.

Chen Baohan puffed up his chest slightly when he heard this: "I'm sixteen this year, not young!"

Dabai pretended not to hear, walked out in the rain, and got some firewood. The most troublesome thing on this rainy day is to make a fire, you have to dry the firewood in advance, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, Ling Jiang's heart can't help but feel a little heavy.

On this night, Ya'er didn't have to keep vigil anymore, Ling Jiang and Da Bai each stayed for half a night. The night was peaceful, and even Ling Jiang felt very relieved when he slept.

The next morning, the rain was still falling, and the mountains were covered with a layer of white fog, and it was impossible to see anything clearly.

Ling Jiang got up early as always, glanced at it, felt a little surprised, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. It wasn't until Ya'er and Chen Baohan woke up that Chen Baohan saw that Ling Jiang was actually boxing, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Brother Ling, you also know kung fu, why haven't I heard of it before?"

Ling Jiang stopped, scratched his head and smiled, "I also started practicing half a year ago. ”

"That's pretty good, too. Chen Baohan nodded, "I want Brother Bai to teach me some skills, but he doesn't want to." ”

Da Bai immediately shouted in a low voice: "What are you doing as a girl learning these things?"

Chen Baohan stuck out his little tongue helplessly and ate dry food silently.

"Ling Jiang, come outside after eating, I have something to tell you. Dabai pinched a piece of dry food and walked out of the cave, he sat on a rock, and the rain fell down the edge of the cave.

Ling Jiang took two or three clicks of cold water to solve the dry food in his hand, and came to Da Bai's side, he pointed to a relatively low stone next to him and said, "Sit down." ”

This cave is about three feet deep, and the rain outside is very loud, as long as the two of them don't talk too loudly, Ya'er and Chen Baohan naturally can't hear what they are saying.

Seeing Ling Jiang sit down, Da Bai asked straight to the point, "Who taught you Na Ling?"

"It's Miss Xi Yao. Ling Jiang explained, "She's a foreigner, what's the matter, is there a problem?"

Da Bai shook his head: "Since you have been practicing this road for half a year, there is naturally no problem." But I still have to remind you, when you go out, you must not easily believe the number of ways that strangers teach you, you don't know if people are not well-intentioned, and it will be troublesome if you accidentally go crazy. ”

Ling Jiang was puzzled: "There are some cultivation paths that can't be learned?"

Da Bai nodded and said seriously: "This is nature. The rivers and lakes are huge, the three factions and nine streams are intricately intertwined, and there are also many cults hidden in them, if you are deceived by those cults, I am afraid that you will never think of it for the rest of your life. ”

Da Bai paused, and then said, "I see the number of paths you practice, are you planning to practice martial arts?"

Ling Jiang smiled bitterly: "Miss Xi Yao said that my spiritual root is useless, and if you want to practice, you can only practice martial arts, and don't think about practicing qi in this life." ”

"I've heard Uncle Nine talk about this. Da Bai nodded, "Since you have this opportunity, you should cherish it, don't look down on those Jianghu martial artists, I don't dare to say it far, at least in the first five realms, although the martial artists will go slower, but when it comes to really fighting, the qi practitioners under the five realms may not be the opponents of those Jianghu martial artists." ”

"Is it so strong?" Although Ling Jiang knew that Da Bai was just kind enough to comfort him, he was still quite surprised. In this way, Miss Xi Yao is also in the Five Realms of Qi Refining, can't she beat those Jianghu martial artists?

"Not really. Ling Jiang thought to himself, "Miss Xi Yao is not only a qi practitioner, but also a martial artist, and she should not be as embarrassed as Da Bai said." ”

Dabai continued, "It's still some time from here to Gangneung City, if you don't understand anything on the way, you can ask me." If you can't solve it in time, it may only make you go further and further apathy, and it will be difficult to turn back later. ”

Ling Jiang said: "Speaking of which, I have a few questions I want to ask now. ”

"You ask. Dabai nodded.

"I want to know what the five realms of Qi refining you call are? Also, after the martial arts crossed the first mountain, I didn't seem to know how to go down. Ling Jiang asked sincerely.

Da Bai thought for a while and said, "Practicing Qi in the Five Realms refers to the five realms of enlightenment, condensation, concentration, separation of the soul, and merging. Do you remember what I told you about the three corpse magic lamps? People have three lights, but the third light is the internal fire, which is usually not lit, and the so-called opening of the light is to quench the body of the lamp with the spirit of the tide or purple qi, so this opening light realm is also called the burning lamp realm. As for the Ten Mountains of Martial Arts, the first is Na Ling, followed by forging bones, ascending halls, golden bodies, and Xuanmen. ”

"Na Ling, forging bones?" Ling Jiang muttered in a low voice, "I see, no wonder I always feel that the recent pile training has reached a bottleneck, it turns out that if you want to go up after punching, you have to forge your bones." ”

Da Bai smiled: "You can punch now, you can indeed climb the first mountain, but you haven't stepped over." I once saw a martial arts practitioner who could foam at the mouth with a flick of his fingers, when can you achieve that kind of strength, you can be regarded as entering the hall, the third mountain of martial arts. Even with the fingers, it can exert amazing strength, and this is the second mountain forging bone. Speaking of which, the definition of the martial arts triple mountain is actually quite vague, some people forge their bones first and then accept the spirit, and some people first accept the spirit and then forge the bones, although they can go up in the end, but there is a big gap in strength. ”

Da Bai paused for a moment, and then he continued: "Fortunately, the person who taught you Naling also knows this truth, and he didn't let you ascend to the sky in one step, but just started with Naling. You know the master of the iron in our town, right? He was raised by his family since he was a child, if he could have laid a good foundation first, how could he have stopped at Mie Mountain now?"

"Na Ling is just laying the foundation, and forging bones is the improvement of strength?" Ling Jiang asked.

Da Bai nodded and said, "Yes, although your spiritual root is useless, but the martial arts foundation is good, if you want, I can teach you how to forge bones tomorrow." Forget it today, after all, it's already early morning, and the spirit of purple qi is not as abundant as it was in the morning. ”

"Thank you. Ling Jiang nodded hurriedly, if it weren't for Da Bai's clear explanation, he couldn't wait to let him teach him how to forge bones immediately. Because I also found out that I have been in the spirit for half a year, my physique has changed a lot, but I can't use the strength I should have, it turns out that my bones are too weak, so I have a foundation but can't use it.

The mountain rain was dripping, and it would take a month to walk from Tonghai City to Jiangling City, and Ling Jiang couldn't help but look forward to whether he would be able to set foot on the second mountain in a month.

"That's right, Dabai. Ling Jiang thought about it, and still asked the question in his heart, "I see that the methods you used in the Old Dragon King Temple before are not like qi practitioners, nor do they look like martial artists, what is going on?"

Da Bai replied calmly: "Because I neither practice martial arts nor qi, but cultivate the Tao." How to put it, it's like the so-called Feng Shui gentlemen in your mouth, most of them only understand some scratches of the surface, and they are not considered cultivators. I have been led into the door by Uncle Jiu to cultivate since I was a child, and both the Dao heart and the foundation have been laid very strong. This is also why after Lao Guo's accident, only Uncle Jiu and I in the town dared to take over this mess. Cultivation is about Taoism, and the higher the Taoism, the deeper the Taoism. Without more than ten years of hard work, it can't be a climate. ”