Dong Xiaoping didn't know his qualifications yet, but he knew that Yu Tianjun's qualifications were very average, so he wasn't too worried, and slept peacefully until dawn.

Wake up early in the morning and take a look.

Hey, that Huang Menglong is still cultivating, and I don't know if he hasn't slept, or if he has slept and got up again.

After Dong Xiaoping moved a little, he began to cultivate again, although there was no spiritual food, but the aura of heaven and earth could still barely make do.

When the sun rose, the maid brought breakfast.

Huang Menglong was originally sitting motionless with his eyes closed, like a clay sculpture, but as soon as he heard the footsteps of the maid, he instantly rushed over, like a clay sculpture shattered, and a weasel sprang out.

When he rushed to the meal, he found that there were only two bowls of porridge that were the same, and he was a little embarrassed for a while, and laughed twice.

Dong Xiaoping picked up one of the bowls unhurriedly and drank it.

"These two bowls are also porridge made from a variety of spirit valleys, don't waste them. ”

After breakfast, the two continued to cultivate, and at noon, there were two bowls of rice and a plate of fish, and at least half of that fish was eaten by Huang Menglong.

It's not Dong Xiao's paperback, this fish has spines, he doesn't want to get stuck in his throat, and he's not in a hurry, isn't this a secret weapon that hasn't been activated yet.

In the evening, Zhao Yuan came.

She held a stick-shaped jade object, about the length of her forearm and an inch thick. This object is crystal clear, and at first glance it is not an ordinary thing, it should be some kind of immortal treasure.

"This is a mana ruler, you can measure the strength of mana, you have also been practicing for a day, come and test it. ”

Huang Menglong rushed up first and took the mana ruler.

"Hold one end and use all your strength to inject the spiritual energy into it, the long spiritual silk is strong, and the short is weak. ”

Huang Menglong followed Zhao Yuan's words, held one end of it, and poured all the spiritual energy stored in his body into it.

Anyone who has a spiritual root can store spiritual energy, and if the spiritual root is strong, it can store more, and if the spiritual root is weak, it can store less, but the same realm will not be very different.

The use of the Dao method can manipulate the aura stored in the spiritual root, through the meridians of the whole body to make it out of the body, from the palm of the hand is the smoothest path, because of this, a large number of spells are cast by hand.

After Huang Menglong injected the aura, a trace of white flocculent immediately appeared at the end where the mana ruler was held, just like the smoke produced by the burning of a cigarette, which must be the aura rendered by the mana.

The aura grew slowly, and finally settled at a position about half an inch long. Huang Menglong still continued to drive, but the beads of sweat on his forehead came out, and the trace of aura was motionless.

"Okay, you're doing well. Zhao Yuan actually showed a rare smile.

Huang Menglong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "I don't deserve to be praised by the Venerable." ”

Now, it's Dong Xiaoping's turn to test.

Dong Xiaoping somehow thought of the spirometry test when he was studying before, blowing as hard as he could on an air nozzle, but this mana ruler was like a thermometer, and the strength of mana was the temperature.

Hold one end of the mana ruler and drive the aura in the spiritual root to start from the heart, along the arm to the palm, and then break out of the body from the palm of the hand and enter the mana.

As soon as the aura entered the mana, he felt a strong resistance, not to mention half an inch, even a millimeter felt very difficult, and he couldn't help but secretly say: "Sure enough, it's really like sailing against the current, sleeping for a night and cultivating and going back, but how can this Huang Menglong get half an inch, he didn't sleep?"

In the end, Dong Xiaoping's grades were so bad that he could hardly see the line, just a little bit!

Zhao Yuan couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and said, "What's the difference between you and not cultivating? Are you lazy? I told you, if you don't advance, you will retreat! Boy, work hard!"

Dong Xiaoping smiled: "Well, I will work hard." ”

He didn't panic, he spent most of his time studying theories yesterday, he ate less spiritual food, and he slept well, there was not a lot of time for cultivation, and the key was to sleep for a few hours, and it was not surprising that he had this achievement when he returned to the liberation overnight.

Zhao Yuan took back the mana ruler and said, "For the next nine days, I will come to test your cultivation progress every day, and the one with the longest mana line on the last day wins." ”

After Zhao Yuan left, Huang Menglong said with a smile: "Brother Dong, don't be discouraged, there are still nine days!"

Dong Xiaoping sighed: "Maybe the little brother's understanding is too poor, I'm afraid he can't compare to the brother Tai this time." ”

Huang Menglong said: "Eh, you can't say that, it's up to people to make things happen, although you and I are opponents, we have to do our best to compete in a dignified and upright way." ”

Dong Xiaoping hugged his fists and said, "The little brother has been taught." ”

At dinner, Huang Menglong was a lot more gentle, at least he brought the food to the table before eating.

At night, Dong Xiaoping fell asleep with his clothes closed, and Huang Menglong saw that Dong Xiaoping was asleep, and he no longer insisted on cultivating, and also fell asleep.

Dong Xiaoping didn't really sleep, he was wrapped in a quilt and cultivating. In fact, cultivation does not necessarily require cross-legged sitting, just like singing, although standing and sitting is the most common, but if you insist on lying down and singing, it is not impossible, it is just a little awkward.

At this time, although there is only a meager heaven and earth aura, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and one night of cultivation is worth cultivating with spiritual food for an hour, and the most important thing is that at least the cultivation will not regress.

The only regret is that Dao cultivation acts on the spiritual root, and the spiritual root is not consciousness, so it can only be cultivated in world time. Otherwise, as long as the aura is enough, you can practice to the seventh layer in minutes.

In the mana test on the second day, Huang Menglong was still ahead, he was one inch, and Dong Xiaoping was less than half an inch. Seeing this, Zhao Yuan praised Huang Menglong again, and Huang Menglong smiled from ear to ear.

However, Dong Xiaoping deliberately put a little water this time, if he goes all out, he can achieve at least half an inch of results.

From this day on, Dong Xiaoping deliberately acted very diligently, sleeping only four hours a day.

On the third day of the test, Huang Menglong was still ahead, but he didn't lead too much, he was a little more than an inch, and Dong Xiaoping was half an inch. Mainly because Huang Menglong had to make up for sleep in the afternoon because of lack of sleep, and the morning's cultivation was basically canceled out.

Dong Xiaoping is still releasing water, he is practicing except for eating and going to the toilet, and his current strength should be able to have an inch.

On the fourth day, Huang Menglong opened up a little gap again, he was an inch and a half less, and Dong Xiaoping was less than an inch. However, secretly, Dong Xiaoping's true strength is already on par with Huang Menglong.

Starting from Dong Xiaoping's diligent appearance, Huang Menglong was still a little nervous at first, but on the fourth day, seeing that his results were not very good, he secretly thought: "This person can't do well after working so hard, it is estimated that he does not have enough understanding." ”

So he relaxed.

"Hey~ I'm so sleepy, I can't catch up with you even if I sleep for two hours a day...... Brother Huang, I feel that my understanding of this "Against the Water Heart Method" is a little insufficient, can you help the little brother solve his doubts?"

"Of course, if you have any doubts, we can just say it. Huang Menglong replied with a grin.

So Dong Xiaoping pretended to take out some of the more obscure places in the book to ask Huang Menglong for advice, and Huang Menglong actually knew everything and said everything.

can be heard in Dong Xiaoping's ears, it is all pits that are designed to lead people astray.

"I really admire Brother Huang's high spirits, after all, we are opponents......"

"Haha!" Huang Menglong interrupted Dong Xiaoping, "Don't say that, we are both rivals and friends, and we are a dignified contest between us." ”

"Exactly. ”

Since the fifth day, Huang Menglong basically has no sense of urgency, and from time to time he still admires the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and takes a look at the swords, guns, swords, and halberds on the shelves. Especially before Zhao Yuan arrived in the evening, he began to play the piano, with a talented demeanor.

However, Dong Xiaoping had to admit that he played the piano really well. Zhao Yuan seemed to be very surprised when he heard him playing, and discussed it with him.

Dong Xiaoping said secretly: "It's strange, isn't this Zhao Yuan very concerned about their cultivation, and he didn't criticize this guy." ”

However, Dong Xiaoping believes that cultivation is the first place, and he doesn't care about anything else, and has always turned on the mode of crazy cultivation. In addition to eating and going to the toilet and not being able to cultivate, he either cultivated cross-legged or lying down, and he no longer knew how much he was ahead of Huang Menglong.

However, he found that this "Against the Water Heart Method" was really perverted, the higher his cultivation, the faster he regressed. He was absorbing the qi of heaven and earth that floated from time to time every night to cultivate, and at first he would increase his cultivation, but later he would basically not rise or fall, and if he continued to cultivate, he could expect that his cultivation would fall.

On the evening of the eighth day, Zhao Yuan came again.

"Dong Xiaoping, you haven't made progress this time, I don't think you need to compare. Zhao Yuan looked at him with cold eyes.

"Yesterday, I suddenly realized the true meaning of the "Reverse Water Heart Method", which lies in a reverse word, if you don't go against it, you will not go well, if you want to go against it, you will go against it first, and then your cultivation will be greatly smooth, and it is really a subtle and exquisite Tao. ”

"Okay, okay, after all that, it depends on whether it works. Zhao Yuan directly handed him the mana ruler, and after so many days of testing, Zhao Yuan was basically disappointed in him.

Huang Menglong looked at Dong Xiaoping, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't believe Dong Xiaoping's nonsense at all, even if you understand those problems yourself, where can your cultivation go in just one day?

Dong Xiaoping drove the aura to inject into the mana ruler, and the length of the mana line increased suddenly, and it didn't stop until it was about two inches.

This result stunned the other two, especially Huang Menglong, who was only a little more than an inch and a half on the first day, and he couldn't reach two inches today anyway, he was horrified in his heart: "Why did this person suddenly catch up with himself? Could it be that this "Against the Water Heart Method" has broken through the bottleneck?"

"Master Zhao, let me try it. Huang Menglong couldn't wait to test it to see if he would also improve his mana.

However, the result was not unexpected, and it was still quite a distance from two inches.

Huang Menglong looked at Dong Xiaoping blankly, he didn't even hear what Zhao Yuan said clearly, he was surprised, puzzled, and unwilling to constantly shake in his heart: "What is it about this Dong Xiaoping that makes his cultivation soar? Could it be...... This kid has been hiding his strength? Wow, what a sinister and vicious man!"

Huang Menglong stared at Dong Xiaoping's gaze as if he was about to eat people.

"In the last two days, I hope you will continue to work hard, and I will ask my subordinates to send one more fish in a while. Zhao Yuan was obviously very satisfied with today's test.

Fortunately, an extra fish was given for dinner, otherwise according to Huang Menglong's gobbling up, Dong Xiaoping might only be able to eat one fish tail.

After eating, Huang Menglong snorted and hurriedly sat down to cultivate.

Dong Xiaoping said with a smile: "Brother Huang, why don't we discuss the obscurity in the book again." ”

"Hehe, come less!" Huang Menglong* didn't have time to pay attention to him at all, now he just wanted to concentrate on cultivation and catch up with his backward progress.

At night, Dong Xiaoping "went to bed" early, of course, he didn't really sleep, he just lay down and practiced. Huang Menglong was still cultivating hard, even though the spiritual food in his stomach had been digested.

In the middle of the night, Dong Xiaoping suddenly noticed Huang Menglong tiptoeing over to him, thinking: "Is he going to be unfavorable to me? No, Zhao Yuan will not let him go when the time comes." ”