Chapter 15: A Precursor to the Coming Storm
Qiao Yuan said goodbye to Tie Mo and returned home alone, thinking about the strange state just now in his mind, but he never understood the point, he really couldn't accurately describe that state, it was like a dream.
After waking up from the dream, he found that the three thousand catties of firewood had been chopped, and what happened in the dream was only chopping wood, and after waking up, Qiao Yuan could only remember the details of chopping firewood, and he didn't remember anything else.
Qiao Yuan carefully recalled how he got into that state and when he entered, but after thinking about it, it was still too hazy.
I can only clearly remember that I was very attentive to observing and chopping wood last night, one by one.
I don't know how much firewood he chopped, his memory was blurred, and when his memory came back clearly, he saw that Xiao Fengqing was standing beside him and talking to himself, and there were already three thousand catties of chopped firewood behind him.
"Sink into the state of mind, abandon everything, and close all the senses of the outside world. This state of affairs is too subtle to be found. It's just that no matter how much you think about it, you can't understand it, so I'd better leave it for later and study it slowly. ”
Qiao Yuan muttered a few words, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then lay down on the bed to rest. Time flies, and twenty-eight days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Qiao Yuan went to Tie Mo to chop firewood every day, and now he has a goal, not to chop firewood for the sake of chopping wood, but to comprehend the Shenxin Realm at a deeper level, so his progress is also very fast, especially in the middle of the night.
In the dead of night, Qiao Yuan was more likely to sink into his mood with the silence around him, and in the second half of the night, a familiar sense of rhythm quietly emerged.
"Click...... Click...... Click...... Click...... Click...... Click...... Click......"
Qiao Yuan didn't know anything about this, but he felt that he only had the firewood in front of him and the axe in his hand in his heart, and he had completely entered a state of contemplation.
The night is cool and hurried, the night passes in a flash, the sky gradually glows with fish belly white, birds keep flying in the air, and the crisp sound of chirping spreads throughout the whole mountain forest, like a group of diligent dance elves urging the creatures of the mountain forest to wake up.
But Qiao Yuan was not affected in the slightest, like a tireless puppet, repeating mechanical movements, and even his demeanor did not change at all.
Tie Mo had already woken up, and he didn't bother when he saw Qiao Yuan entering the realm of deep heart.
The sun gradually rose, and when it was close to noon, Qiao Yuan suddenly sat on the ground, his eyes showed a thick color of exhaustion, and the clothes on his body were completely wet with sweat, as if he had been in a noisy environment for a long time, Qiao Yuan slowly retreated from his state of contemplation.
"Yes, it's not easy to stay in the state of meditation for so long. I'll make you another bowl of medicinal soup, and you can drink it and rest for two hours before you can get back to normal. ”
Tie Mo seemed to sense that Qiao Yuan had withdrawn from the state of contemplation, and immediately walked out of the room, his face still showing appreciation and said.
Qiao Yuan stood up and nodded at Tie Mo, pulled his cheek and smiled, as if he didn't even have the strength to talk and laugh, he slowly walked to the well and drank two large scoops of water before walking into the house.
After a stick of incense, Tie Mo walked into the house with a bowl of steaming red decoction, Qiao Yuan took the decoction directly after seeing it, and regardless of the bloody breath coming from the bowl, he raised his head and drank it all.
"Thank you, Uncle Tie. ”
Qiao Yuan felt some strength recover after drinking the decoction, and said with a slight smile at Tie Mo.
"You go to bed and sleep for a while, after all, you are still a mortal body, even if you have the support of a decoction, you still need sleep. In two hours, I'll call you. ”
Qiao Yuan nodded, then slowly walked to the back room, lay on the bed and fell asleep.
"This gentleman swears by the Tao, the people present today, no matter if you hide in the sky and the earth in the future, in the sea and the starry sky, this monarch will find you one by one, detain the soul and refine the Tao, in order to avenge today's revenge!"
A young man in silver armor and holding a golden gun hung in the air, his gun pointed in front of him, and a loud cry came out of his mouth.
Then countless figures came straight towards him, blood sprayed like a river of blood, corpses and bones piled up like a red mountain, and the bloody scene made people feel dizzy and nauseated at the sight of their heads.
"Ahh
Qiao Yuan screamed and sat up directly from the bed, his eyes revealing a thick look of shock and horror.
"It's that young man in silver armor and holding a golden gun, who is he? And that mountain of corpses and sea of blood............"
Qiao Yuan raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, his expression gradually returned to normal, his eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he muttered to himself.
It was only as he thought about the scene that it became more and more blurred, until he could only remember the young man in silver armor and holding a golden spear.
"Xiaoyuan, I woke up so early, I heard you screaming just now, what's wrong?"
Tie Mo walked in from outside and asked suspiciously.
"Uncle Tie, it's okay, I had a nightmare just now. By the way, how long have I been asleep?"
Qiao Yuan felt extremely energetic after waking up, as if he had slept for a day, got up and got off the bed, waved his fists and feet, felt that his limbs did not have a trace of soreness, and admired Tie Mo in his heart, and then asked how long Tie Mo had been sleeping.
"About an hour and a half. ”
Tie Mo saw Qiao Yuan waving his fists and feet, looking like a vigorous tiger, and his mental state was also very good, so he nodded and said to him.
"It's only been an hour and a half, and the medicinal soup of the iron desert is really magical. Hey...... Then I'll go on chopping wood. ”
Qiao Yuan smiled and praised the decoction, and then walked outside the house to continue chopping firewood.
At dusk on this day, Qiao Yuan was concentrating on chopping firewood but suddenly heard an explosion in the sky, and the rumbling sound seemed to be that Qingfeng Mountain was about to explode, Qiao Yuan was suddenly shocked, and immediately stood up and looked at the sky.
I saw a huge finger composed of white clouds in the sky straight into the sky, this finger was ten thousand feet long, the fingertips were pointing upward, slowly rushing towards the sky, and it looked like it was about to pierce the sky.
Qiao Yuan had never seen such a scene, his pupils shrank, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was wide open, and his face was full of disbelief.
At the same time, Xiao Fengqing sat cross-legged on the futon in the bamboo house, his right index finger kept pointing out, and then slowly opened his eyes and looked up, as if his gaze could penetrate the roof and reach the clouds to see the monk who had disappeared under the finger of the white cloud.
"Well, I didn't expect it to come so quickly. ”
After Xiao Fengqing finished speaking, he closed his eyes again.
Tie Mo walked out of the house, looked up at the white clouds that were slowly dissipating in the sky, and his eyes showed a look of worry, and his expression was very solemn.
"Uncle Tie, the ............ in the sky"
Qiao Yuan saw Tie Mo's expression, and guessed in his heart that Tie Mo might know the reason for this sky vision.
"Xiaoyuan, knowing that this matter is not good for you, exercise hard. ”
Before Qiao Yuan's words were finished, Tie Mo directly interrupted, and his serious look made Qiao Yuan vaguely understand that this matter must be related to an extremely important matter.
After Tie Mo finished speaking, he walked outside the fence courtyard, walked out of the courtyard and walked straight to Xiao Fengqing's bamboo house.
"Uncle Shi, they found this place so quickly?"
Tie Mo bowed respectfully to Xiao Fengqing and then slowly spoke.
"The formation hundreds of miles away has not completely failed, and they don't know the exact location of this place yet, but they have vaguely guessed that this place has been made. That person was just a monk sent by a lower-level sect to investigate, and his cultivation was too low, he didn't know anything, and it was useless to catch him. ”
Xiao Fengqing slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Tie Mo and slowly looked up at the sky, as if his gaze could penetrate the endless void to see the "they" they said in their mouths, his expression and words were still light, as if he was not worried about "them" finding this place at all.
"Uncle Shi, did the three Tongyuan Sect juniors who let go last time reveal the news? Is that person from the Tongyuan Sect just now?"
Tie Mo nodded after listening to Xiao Fengqing's words, but suddenly asked in a deep voice with a cold light in his eyes.
"What kind of thing is Tongyuan Sect, that person just now should be a foreign monk. Tie Mo, the most important thing for you now is to teach Xiaoyuan well, you don't have to worry about other things, the old man has his own arrangements. ”
Xiao Fengqing smiled slightly, shook his head and said.
After listening to the words, the cold light in Tie Mo's eyes faded, nodded and respectfully withdrew from the door, the solemn look on his face slowly faded, it seemed that Xiao Fengqing's words were a reassuring pill, and it also made Tie Moxin settle down.
On the twenty-eighth day, Qiao Yuan's time to enter the state of contemplation was getting longer and longer, but he never had to master the method of entering the state of contemplation at any time.
"Xiaoyuan, let's take a day off today! You have already exceeded your task, and your mastery of the Sinking Heart Realm is also more proficient, and the training of chopping wood ends here. You have to remember that you should not rush for quick success in everything, and you should not be too persistent when you encounter bottlenecks, otherwise you will fall behind. ”
After Tie Mo went back, he looked at Qiao Yuan, who was frowning, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, his words revealing a strong appreciation.
Qiao Yuan sighed lightly, nodded, and walked slowly towards home.
After a dreamless night, Qiao Yuan got up and freshened up, and his mental state was restored to the best, and then he slowly walked towards the small courtyard of Tie Mo, and began to recall the exercise he had done last night in his mind.
"Uncle Tie, I'm here to start today's workout. ”
As soon as Qiao Yuan pushed open the courtyard door, his loud voice brought out an excited voice.
"Haha, it's early today, come in. ”
Tie Mo walked out of the house, said with a smile, waved at him and walked into the house.
Qiao Yuan followed in, only to see seven or eight stacks of books piled up on the table in the room, which were as tall as people, he was instantly dumbfounded, stunned in place, and looked at the books piled up on the table without blinking.
That's the task of the rest of your time, to read the books and remember the things that are written in them. ”
Qiao Yuan really didn't know what to say, he had guessed before that the final task might be hunting, mountain climbing, and other rather difficult and dangerous exercises.
Unexpectedly, he only needed to read a book, which was already an extremely easy thing in Qiao Yuan's heart, even if he memorized all the contents of the book, it didn't make him feel so difficult.
Qiao Yuan actually likes to read, but he doesn't read much. After all, Qingfeng Village is a closed cottage, and there are really few decent books.
It's just that when he was a child, Xiao Fengqing taught him a lot of words and let him read some simple books.
Although he didn't read any other books when he grew up, he still keeps the simple books from his childhood to this day, and occasionally flips them through when he has free time.
"Ten Thousand Books of Spirit Beasts", "Materia Medica", "Collection of Pills", "Strange Stories of Cultivation", "Precautions for Introductory Cultivation", ............"
Qiao Yuan stepped forward and casually flipped through a few books, muttering the names of the books in his mouth, his face gradually showed excitement and excitement, his eyes opened wide, and the joy in his heart was already overflowing.
"Uncle Tie, this ...... It's all ...... Give me ......"
Qiao Yuan held the book, his mouth was a little dry, and he stammered to Tie Mo, his eyes revealing a look of hope like a flame that was about to erupt.
"Haha...... It's all yours, take it and read it, these books are all about the most basic things in the cultivation realm, remember it carefully, it will be of great use in the future, if you don't understand something, you can come and ask me. ”
Tie Mo looked at Qiao Yuan's hot eyes, laughed and said, but Qiao Yuan didn't look at him, his eyes stared directly at the first page of "Ten Thousand Books of Spirit Beasts", and it looked like he was completely immersed in it.
Seeing that Qiao Yuan ignored him, Tie Mo shook his head and walked out of the door.
The time lasted until the night, and the oil in the oil lamp on the table had been burned dry, and Qiao Yuan woke up from the world in the book.
When he came to his senses, a flash of memory flashed in his eyes, and he whispered to himself, the excitement on his face only increased, as if reading a book was more useful than drinking a few bowls of medicinal soup.
"The fire gibbon, the three-eyed golden tiger, the moon wolf, the two-headed two-horned python...... I didn't expect the type of spirit beast to be like this, it is very different from the beast, each spirit animal has its weaknesses and strengths, as well as life habits and preferences, if you can remember these, you will be able to play with these spirit beasts in the future. ”
Then he looked at the oil lamp that was about to go out, sighed secretly and began to lift the book, and directly hugged a stack of books that were as tall as a person with both hands.
After a short time, Qiao Yuan returned home, read so many books, he was really excited and didn't feel sleepy, and after a little thought, he lit the oil lamp and picked up a book and read it, but after a while, Qiao Yuan fell into the world of the book.