Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Qiao Yuan's expression has been in a trance for the past three days, as if he had lost his soul, and the whole person has no trace of energy.

When Xiao Fengqing saw this scene, he sighed secretly, and in desperation, he had no choice but to call Qiao Yuan over and have a talk.

"Xiao Yuan, do you know what kind of sect the Hidden Immortal Sect is? This sect is extremely mysterious, very strong, and very conservative, they never trust the outside world cultivators. ”

"The status of the Ming family in the Hidden Immortal Sect is not low, that little girl is a descendant of the Ming family, if she doesn't have enough strength, let alone see her again, it is impossible to enter the Hidden Immortal Sect. Do you understand?"

Qiao Yuan was not a stupid person, so he naturally understood Xiao Fengqing's words, but at this moment, the gloomy look in his eyes was even stronger, and he nodded and didn't know what to say.

"Xiaoyuan, did you meet a black cat in the village some time ago?"

As soon as Xiao Fengqing said this, Qiao Yuan suddenly stayed on the spot.

He wanted to tell Xiao Fengqing about this, but because of Mingruo's departure, he had been in a trance and didn't think about it.

"Grandpa Xiao, I wanted to tell you about this, but since you returned, I haven't had a suitable opportunity to talk about it. ............ the night you left."

Qiao Yuan told the story of meeting the black cat one by one, and did not let go of any details.

"Well, that black cat is indeed grandpa's old friend, named Chongming Fairy, if you meet it in the future, you must treat it respectfully. ”

"Xiaoyuan, she once told you that there is a seal in your body, and grandpa also knows about this seal, and this seal is the key to making you unable to cultivate, but grandpa can't unlock this seal, so you can only wait until you are sixteen years old and open the first seal by yourself, and then you can cultivate. ”

Xiao Fengqing nodded after listening to Qiao Yuan's words, his expression did not show the slightest abnormality, even if he heard the black cat teach him the secret technique, he was not surprised, as if he had already known all this.

"Xiaoyuan, the seal in your body is to protect you, and it is not harmless to you, you will naturally understand these in the future. ”

"As for cultivation............ In this way, after three months, Grandpa will be able to open a gap in the seal, and you can cultivate a little, but it will be quite difficult to cultivate. When you're sixteen and your seal is fully opened, it won't be a problem. ”

Xiao Fengqing said that when he talked about cultivation, he showed a contemplative expression, and thought for a while before continuing.

But these words were a big surprise for Qiao Yuan, and he almost jumped up with joy.

Thinking that I would be able to become a monk in three months, the excitement in my heart was like a dream that had been coming true for many years, but I didn't know that this was just the beginning.

Xiao Fengqing saw the excitement on Qiao Yuan's face, but a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

After all, people need to grow, only when they grow up can they know that they are not carefree, only then do they know what their responsibilities are, and only then do they understand how high this day is, even if they become immortals, they can't fly out of this day.

"Thank you, Grandpa Xiao, Xiaoyuan will definitely work hard to cultivate and not let Grandpa Xiao down. ”

After Qiao Yuan was excited, he said to Xiao Fengqing with a serious face.

"Xiaoyuan, with your words, grandpa is very pleased. But cultivation is not to disappoint grandpa, your cultivation is for yourself, even if you can't cultivate, you are just a mortal for the rest of your life, you are still grandpa's Xiaoyuan. ”

When Xiao Fengqing heard Qiao Yuan's words, his face showed a strong look of relief, but the more this was the case, the more unbearable the color in his eyes became stronger, he sighed secretly in his heart, and said softly to Qiao Yuan.

Qiao Yuan heard Xiao Fengqing's words, and a warmth welled up in his heart, but he also faintly noticed the unbearability in Xiao Fengqing's eyes.

"Starting tomorrow, you go to your Uncle Tie to exercise, and after March, Grandpa will let you practice. ”

Xiao Fengqing took a sip of the teacup, looked at Qiao Yuan and said.

Qiao Yuan nodded, swept away the sluggish color of the past three days, and his listless face became energetic because of the news that he could cultivate.

Early the next morning, Qiao Yuan arrived at Tie Mo's fence courtyard, Tie Mo had already known about Qiao Yuan's affairs, nodded at him, pointed to a pile of firewood and said.

"Xiaoyuan, this month's task is to chop this pile of firewood, every piece of firewood must be chopped neatly, there can be no unevenness, otherwise it won't count, a thousand catties a day, when to complete the task and when you can cultivate. ”

After Tie Mo finished speaking, he walked directly to the pyre, picked up the axe, and waved the axe to chop the wood while explaining the method of chopping wood, and demonstrated it several times before handing the axe to Qiao Yuan.

"Don't underestimate chopping firewood, chopping firewood is a hidden university question, which pays attention to the heart to be quiet, the eyes to be accurate, the body to be stable, the force to be even, any point is not done, this firewood is not neat and irregular. ”

Qiao Yuan took the firewood chopped out by the iron desert, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, he could see that this firewood was very neat and even, and even the weight was about the same, which made his heart eager to try.

Without thinking much about it, Qiao Yuan directly picked up the axe and chopped it, and the sound of clicking kept echoing around.

Time flowed like water, and a young man with an upper body in the small courtyard of the fence kept wielding an axe, and a pile of firewood was piled up in the open space on one side, but the young man's face did not show any relaxation.

Qiao Yuan looked at the human-high firewood stack on the side, frowned slightly, shook his head and sighed, walked to the well, picked up the gourd scoop and drank a large scoop of water, and then walked to the firewood stack and squatted down to pick up a piece of firewood and observed it carefully.

"I have chopped firewood for three hours, but few pieces are in line with the requirements, what is the deep meaning in Uncle Tie's words, I always feel that I am a little bit worse, whenever the firewood is to be completely split, there will be a slight deviation, alas!"

Qiao Yuan looked at the stack of firewood that was tall in Qiren, and then looked at the few pieces of firewood scattered on the other side of the stack, and sighed, with a bitter feeling on his face.

"Xiaoyuan, how was the harvest in the morning? Hey! Five pieces of firewood were chopped, not bad. ”

When Qiao Yuan was sighing, the door in the small courtyard was opened, and Tie Mo walked out of it.

When he caught a glimpse of a few neat pieces of firewood scattered on one side of the stack of firewood, his eyes lit up, and he sighed lightly and praised two words.

"Uncle Tie, I split five pieces in the morning, which is not bad? Are you praising me or hurting me?"

Qiao Yuan heard Tie Mo's words and looked at the few pieces of firewood scattered around, and felt quite awkward, and he really didn't know whether to be ashamed or happy.

"What do you kid know? This little chopping wood contains the Great Dao, and it is not bad that you can chop five firewood in three hours with a mortal heart, and you are not satisfied. ”

"Forget it, you don't understand it, now you just need to split the shape, and the others are not what you can understand now. Let's take a rest first, I'll make you a bowl of medicinal soup, drink it and then continue chopping wood. ”

Tie Mo smiled honestly, said a bunch of words that Qiao Yuan also didn't understand, and then walked to the stove and began to boil the medicinal soup.

"Uncle Tie, what kind of medicinal soup are you brewing, is it delicious?"

As soon as Qiao Yuan heard that there was still soup to drink, he followed behind Tie Mo with a smile and asked curiously.

"Hey...... The medicinal soup of Da Tonic is guaranteed to be the best and delicious, and it will make you more energetic after drinking. ”

Tie Mo had a sinister smile on his face, and the words he said sounded like people knew that this medicinal soup must be extremely unpalatable.

Qiao Yuan was thrilled after listening to Tie Mo's words, and faintly regretted asking about this medicinal soup.

Half an hour later, Tie Mo brought a bowl of steaming medicinal soup, which was black in color and looked extremely infiltrating, not to mention the taste.

Qiao Yuan twisted and pinched for a long time, and still under Tie Mo's strong request, he had to drink the bowl of black and dark medicinal soup, and he felt nauseous in his heart, but he also had to resist the urge to vomit.

Tie Mo saw that Qiao Yuan finished drinking, gave a word of encouragement, and walked into the house.

Qiao Yuan had no choice but to sigh and walk to the firewood stack to continue chopping firewood.

Chopping with an axe, Qiao Yuan was quite fast when he started chopping firewood, but when he found that he had chopped a good piece of firewood like this, he gradually slowed down.

An hour later, Qiao Yuan's chopping speed had slowed down to dozens of breaths before he could chop a piece of firewood, but this firewood was much better than before, which made him feel as if he had caught something, and his expression was very excited.

Two hours have passed, and Qiao Yuan is now chopping firewood to a hundred breaths.

Every time before chopping firewood, he would pick up the firewood and observe it carefully, carefully rub the lines on it, measure the width and length of the firewood with his hands, and then carefully grasp how much firewood to use, and the direction and distance of the axe must be accurately controlled.

The third hour passed, and the sky gradually darkened, Qiao Yuan looked at a small pile of neat firewood on the side of the high firewood stack of Qi Ren, and a smile appeared on his face.

The harvest in the afternoon was far more than in the morning, and at least twenty or thirty pieces of firewood had been chopped, which gave Qiao Yuan the confidence to complete the task of a thousand catties.

The night is slowly falling, fortunately there are no clouds tonight, and the bright moon in the sky can still illuminate the earth a little, Qiao Yuan wielded an axe in the small courtyard intertwined with the moonlight.

Perhaps because the night was quieter, his heart was quiet, and he only focused on how to chop the wood in front of him.

In fact, when he first started chopping wood, the main reason for Qiao Yuan's failure was that his heart was not quiet.

After a day of training, Qiao Yuan's heart also calmed down.

Qiao Yuan's chopping speed is even slower, sometimes a piece of firewood takes half a pillar of incense time to swing an axe, although the chopping is slow, but Qiao Yuan is more proficient in chopping firewood, an axe is basically two neat and regular firewood.

In the middle of the night, almost everyone in the village had fallen asleep, but the sound of an axe could still be heard in the small courtyard of the fence at intervals, almost at about the same intervals, as if there was a certain rhythm.

This sound lasted until the first rooster crow before dawn, and then disappeared without a trace.

Qiao Yuan heard the sound of chickens, put down the axe, walked to the edge of the neatly arranged firewood stack, and counted about sixty or seventy pieces of wood that had been chopped overnight, almost three or four hundred catties.

Qiao Yuan showed a confident smile, walked to the well and drank some water, and then prepared to go home to rest, after all, after chopping firewood for a day and a night, even if he drank the medicinal soup, his arms felt a little sore.

Qiao Yuan returned home and lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep, and the sky outside slowly brightened.

Before the sun rose, Tie Mo had woken up, but he didn't hear the sound of chopping wood in the night, he got up and walked to the yard to take a look, only to see a small pile of neat and regular firewood placed where, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and then laughed, walked over and looked carefully at the pile of qualified firewood.

"This kid has a good understanding, and he almost split three or four hundred catties in one night, which is not easy. I can't hold on for a day and a night, and yesterday's medicine doesn't seem to be strong enough, so I'd better go down the mountain and prepare some fierce medicine for him. ”

Tie Mo stared at the woodstack with a pensive look in his eyes, and then muttered to himself.