"What's the matter?has Yan'er passed the test?" In the evening, a figure stood independent of the grass house, and it seemed that Ling Xing and the others had been waiting for a long time, but it was Ling Xing's old friend Ling Huizi.

"Of course, I'm so smart, how can I not pass? The old man's test is too simple. Wang Chengyan rushed from behind Ling Xing to Ling Xing's body and replied first.

"Yes, yes, you kid, my old friend is finally not lonely now. Ling Huizi said happily.

"Yan'er, it's up to you to cook today, in the past, you watched cooking for the teacher next to you, and you want to learn some fur, right? Ling Xing said.

"Okay, I've wanted to do a big job for a long time, old man, the food you cooked is really unpalatable, 'baa'!" Wang Chengyan grimaced.

"Stinky boy, it's not delicious and you still eat so much!" Ling Xing scolded with a smile.

"That's no way, I even went to pick wild fruits during the day to eat, and the taste of wild fruits is much better than the old man's cooking. ”

"You ......" Ling Xing didn't know how to exit for a while.

"Okay, Yan'er, I also want to try your craft, you go cook, I also want to know how your master tested you, let's go. Linghuizi urged Wang Chengyan to cook, and the old and the young were busy.

Ling Xing shook his head and walked into the grass house by himself.

"Yan'er, what test did your master set for you?" Ling Huizi asked beside Wang Chengyan.

"Take the ghost crying stone, which is the black and cold stone in the basket. ”

"Then how did you get the stone? As far as I know, it's not easy to get the Devil's Crying Stone. ”

"I watched the old man chop stones with a knife, and I also learned to chop stones with a knife, which made me feel pain all over my body, so tired, and then I found that the water in a pool could make it easier for me to cut stones, and after I sprinkled water on the stones, I finally cut down a stone, stinky old man, who misled me before!" Wang Chengyan said indignantly.

"So that's the case, it's indeed the style of an old friend, and the old friend is teaching you to question it. ”

"Learn to question, shouldn't the master teach the right way to the apprentice? Why mislead the apprentice?"

"You don't know this, but when mortals learn, most of them rely on the experience of their predecessors, and few people question it, and dare to question the wisdom of their predecessors. ”

"Oh, is that really the case?" Wang Chengyan wondered.

"When you grow up, you will understand, and when you grow up, you will understand how much courage it takes to question a senior, but you are still a child now, and you don't need to bear any pressure. ”

After listening to Ling Huizi's words, Wang Chengyan seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but finally nodded.

After a while, dinner was ready, and the three of them gathered around a table in the grass house.

Ling Huizi took a bite of the dish first, and he quietly exclaimed: "Well, the meal is well done, boy, work hard in the future." ”

Ling Xing also took a bite of the dish, however, after Ling Xing tasted it, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at Wang Chengyan with a calm face and said, "Yan'er, is this what you mean when you say you want to do a big job?"

Wang Chengyan didn't know why, he said, "Yes, isn't the food I cook delicious?"

Wang Chengyan said as he took a mouthful of food in his mouth, however, after tasting a bite, he also silently put down the dishes and chopsticks and stopped eating, he lowered his head, his face was slightly red, and he was embarrassed.

"Ahem, ahem, Yan'er cooks for the first time, and it's normal for people to make a little mistake, old friend, you don't have to take it to heart. Linghuizi persuaded and said.

It turned out that Wang Chengyan was talking to Ling Huizi at that time, but he misunderstood the salt and sugar, so that the food he made was either too sweet or salty, and it was really difficult to swallow.

"Old friend, you don't have to protect him, if you do something wrong, you will be punished for seven consecutive days, and you will be punished for retrieving a fist-sized ghost crying stone every day, and in addition, you will cook the meals in the future. Ling Xing first looked at Ling Huizi, and then at Wang Chengyan.

"Old friend, this, this...... Yan'er is still young, so she doesn't have to ......."

"Old friends don't have to intercede anymore, I know that Yan'er is still young, so I have to educate from an early age. Ling Xing waved his hand to interrupt Ling Huizi's words, and then spoke.

"Okay, since Yan'er is your disciple, you have the final say, Yan'er, don't blame your master, your master is also for your good. Ling Huizi saw that Ling Xing could not persuade him, and turned to enlighten Wang Chengyan, for fear that Wang Chengyan would blame his old friend in his heart.

"Yan'er obeys the master's orders!" Wang Chengyan, who was originally sitting, got up and bowed respectfully to Ling Xing.

"Okay, boy, you can change your mistakes, it's not bad!" Ling Huizi exclaimed.

Time flies, seven days have passed in a blink of an eye, in these seven days, Wang Chengyan not only has to go to retrieve the Ghost Crying Stone, but also has to prepare three meals a day, which can be said to be very hard, but he has never said anything, just diligently obeyed the orders of the teacher.

On the eighth day, on this day, Ling Xing called Wang Chengyan to his side and wanted to teach him the Tao, and Ling Huizi traveled by himself again.

"Yan'er, today, as a teacher, I will teach you the Tao, you have to listen carefully. At a table in front of the cottage, the master and apprentice sat opposite each other.

"Hmm!" Wang Chengyan nodded.

"I think your Linghuizi seniors also told you something about me and his age, but do you know why I and your Linghuizi seniors can live for so long?"

"Yan'er doesn't know, is it because you and Linghuizi's predecessors are both supernatural?"

"It's true that I and your Linghuizi seniors have supernatural powers, but this is only one of them. ”

"Why can we all live so long? Because we are all cultivators, also called cultivators, cultivators, cultivators, but teachers tend to be called cultivators. ”

"Old man, why do you tend to call it a cultivator?" Before Ling Xing could finish speaking, Wang Chengyan asked.

"Cultivating immortals is too ethereal, and I am afraid that it is unknown whether there are immortals in the world; and what is true when cultivating the truth? What is the truth? The true is false, sometimes even we ourselves can't tell the difference, how can we falsely claim to cultivate the truth? Therefore, as a teacher, we advocate the way of cultivating the Tao and cultivating one's own body. ”

"Old man, do I want to cultivate the Tao like you?

"The so-called Tao is also illusory, then you have to find it yourself, you can only understand it, you can't say it, if you can say it, then it's not the Tao. ”

After a conversation between master and apprentice, Wang Chengyan was in a fog and couldn't understand almost anything, and finally, he asked, "Old man, do you have to cultivate the Tao before you can have supernatural powers?"

"Well, that's right, all supernatural powers are created by cultivators, and different supernatural powers have different powers. ”

"Great, then I also want to cultivate the Tao, and then create supernatural powers!"

"Well, Yan'er, do you know that supernatural powers are not created casually, they are all qualified to participate in the enlightenment of the most powerful people, like those who have cultivated to a low level, the supernatural powers in their mouths are just a little bit of the skin of the real supernatural powers, just like fireflies compared to Haoyue, not worth mentioning. ”

As if a basin of cold water had been poured on him, Wang Chengyan opened his mouth and no longer said that he wanted to create supernatural powers.

Seeing Wang Chengyan's appearance, Ling Xing couldn't help but regret and said: "That's it, what are you doing with these things for the teacher, you haven't cultivated the Dao yet, so you shouldn't be attacked too early, lest you lose your Dao heart." ”

After hearing Ling Xing say this, Wang Chengyan's mood improved, but he was still a little uneasy.

"Cultivation, where is the end of the road, I don't know as a teacher, I hope that in the future you can surpass the master and respect me, okay, I will teach you some general steps of cultivation. ”

Wang Chengyan sat up, listened quietly, and only listened to Ling Xingyan: "To cultivate the Tao, you must have a spiritual root, and anyone who has no spiritual root cannot cultivate the Tao." ”

With a bang in his head, Wang Chengyan was shocked, but Ling Xing continued: "Originally, it was true that cultivation must have a spiritual root, but now it is not necessary, but the cultivation speed and achievements of those with spiritual roots are far greater than those without spiritual roots, and this is all due to the blessings of the predecessors." ”

"It is precisely because the cultivation speed of those without spiritual roots is too slow and their achievements are low, so the cultivation world has given up on them, otherwise, the cultivation resources will not be enough. Ling Xing said.

"Master, what kind of spiritual root are the seniors of Shizun and Linghuizi? Does Yan'er also have a spiritual root? What is a spiritual root?" asked Wang Chengyan.

"The spiritual root, the potential veins of the human body, or explicit or hidden, the explicit one is called the spiritual root, and the hermit is called the hidden spiritual root, and there is no superiority or inferiority between the two; I am the spiritual root of the five elements, the old friend is the spiritual root of fire, and the five elements are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; and you are the hidden four spiritual roots, and the only lack of water spiritual roots. Saying this, Ling Xing stopped, waiting for Wang Chengyan to digest it.

"The path of cultivation can be roughly divided into such several realms, they are from low to high in order of practicing qi, building the foundation, knotting the Dan, the primordial infant, refining the gods, refining the void, and then going up to the teacher is not known, but the teacher believes that there is a higher realm. ”

"Okay, I think you can't digest it for the time being if you hear too much, and it's more likely to make you bored, so let's pass on a Taoist method for the teacher, this Taoist method is obtained from a monument for the teacher, and then adapted after more enlightenment, called "Zonghenglu", this method is only recorded in the cultivation method of refining the void, and it cannot lead to the upper realm, and it has been more enlightened for the teacher for many years, but it seems that something is missing, and it has never been able to create a higher method, you have recognized a lot of words these days, and I believe you can read some of it. ”

Ling Xing had an extra slightly thin quaint book in his hand, and on the cover, the three gilded characters of "Vertical and Horizontal Record" met Wang Chengyan's eyes.

Ling Xingzhen handed over the "Zonghenglu" to Wang Chengyan, and at the end, reminded Wang Chengyan: "Yan'er, this is the teacher's private property, don't pass it on to others, the origin of this book is unknown, the fewer people who know, the better, otherwise I am afraid of causing trouble." ”

"Yan'er knows, Yan'er won't reveal the secret of this book, please rest assured. Wang Chengyan assured.

"Okay, that's all for today, you take this book and read it first, if there is anything you don't understand, then ask the teacher. ”

"Yes!" Wang Chengyan smiled brightly, holding the book and leaving.

After Wang Chengyan left, Ling Xing pursed his lips and smiled, and he said, "Yan'er, don't let your teacher down." ”

Young people are always anxious, especially when they encounter strange and new things, and they can't help but try them before they give up.

In a forest, Wang Chengyan was reading the "Vertical and Horizontal Record" in the daylight, and he flipped through it casually, but found that the vertical and horizontal record was only seven pages, and it had already been counted as the cover.

Except for the cover, each page only introduces the cultivation methods of a realm, and those cultivation methods are mysterious and obscure, even for adults, I am afraid it will be difficult to understand for a while, let alone a five-year-old child?

However, Ling Xing chose to trust a child, could it be that Ling Xing is discerning?