Chapter 17 Apprenticeship

At that moment, the scream became more and more fierce, and the bird's wings fluttered and then flew out and stopped two steps.

Lu Chengfeng wanted to get up again, but he felt a tingling in his back, and he saw clearly that not far away, a snake with a whole body and a body as thick as a baby's arm was half-arched, and it had already made an attack posture.

He has seen this kind of snake, called 'Zhu Yeqing', it is extremely poisonous, if it is bitten, it will die in a moment, and this snake is already relatively large in its kind, and the poison is even more violent.

In a moment, his entire back lost sensation, his tongue began to go numb and he couldn't speak, and he was already weak to stand up.

After a scream, the bird's wings flapped and flew up, and the head of the snake shot out like an arrow from a string.

In the flash of light, the sharp claws swept over the snake's head, and grabbed its back hard, and the snake's body was suddenly wrapped around the black feathers, but the snake's head had already reached the bird's neck, and was about to bite off. Unexpectedly, the bird seemed to have expected it, and the hook-like beak of the eagle was pecking at the snake's eye at a very fast speed. The snake's head was suddenly bloody, and the bird shook its whole body and threw the snake away, slamming into the tree.

After a few rapid screams, the bird's wings flapped and flew over with lightning speed, and there was a fierce pecking around the snake's head, and the snake's body shook a few times before it stopped moving.

At this time, Lu Chengfeng had already lost all consciousness, he only felt that he had difficulty breathing, his mind was dizzy, and his hands were frantically trying to grasp something, but he didn't catch anything. In the moment before he lost consciousness, the red shadow still came to his mind, and he stared at the smiling, big-eyed girl in the darkness.

I don't know how long it took, in a daze, he only felt his lips cold, as if something was dripping down, and someone kept pushing his arm, "Wake up, wake up, wake up......"

His eyelids slowly opened, but he saw an old face full of stubble looking at him, "Who are you?

As soon as the words fell, the old face looked up, and suddenly there was a burst of laughter.

Lu Chengfeng's consciousness gradually recovered, and after he struggled to sit up, he saw that this old man was the senior of Shushan that he had met before!

The old man took a sip of wine and said, "You kid is really fateful, if it weren't for the incessant calling of this 'Northern Darkness Dapeng' that woke me up, you would have died in this wilderness and no one would have found out!"

"North Styls...... Dapeng?" Lu Chengfeng deliberately accentuated the tone of the word 'Dapeng', and looked at the figure that was extremely inconsistent with its name.

The Northern Underworld Roc is actually formed by a kind of fish called 'trekking', which originally lived in the Netherworld Sea north of Mount Meru, and did not see the light of day all year round. Every hundred years, they travel to the West in droves. Since they are swimming against the current, they have to never stop. In addition to fishermen casting nets along the way, there will also be many reef undercurrents, and many fish will die halfway before they reach their destination. The rest of the fish continued on their way, but the closer they got to their destination, the colder it became, and at one point it froze when it caught water, and if it stopped due to physical exhaustion, it would freeze in an instant. Only one-tenth of the fish can reach their destination, and the remaining clouds swim until the end of the river will encounter a huge waterfall called 'Longmen Waterfall'. Longmen Waterfall pours down to the high cliff, and the water is extremely turbulent. They rely on their remaining physical strength and must jump smoothly before they have a chance to turn into a roc. Many fish have been swept away by the turbulent current the moment they jump, and there is no second chance. In the process of 'jumping the dragon gate', most of the fish have been washed away by the current, and there are very few who are lucky enough to jump over the dragon gate. After jumping up, there will be a large group of black bears waiting for them at the end of the waterfall. Only a fish with good luck, physical strength, and perseverance can turn into a fish and complete a gorgeous transformation. Perhaps only two or three of the 100,000 fish will be able to turn into the Northern Underworld Roc after going through all the hardships.

Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but be amazed when he heard this, there are such strange birds in this world, "Then why did they go through all the hardships and turn into Peng birds?"

They worked so hard to ensure the continuation of the race, because there is also a large bird in the Netherworld North Sea, called the 'Dark Osprey'. This bird is very numerous, and it is their nemesis, as soon as those fish come out of the water, they will be eaten immediately, so they have to hide in the sea all the time, but because they can't see the sun, many fish will die in the sea, and even once to the brink of extinction. And this kind of dark osprey, the most afraid is the North Underworld Dapeng, so in order to get rid of this state of not seeing the light of day, they can only trek thousands of miles to jump the dragon gate. But even if they are lucky enough to turn into a roc, they will have to rush to the Netherworld North Sea all the time, and they need to exercise their strong wings with a long flight. Only in this way can we block a hundred in the confrontation with those dark ospreys. But the hardships and dangers along the way have already consumed most of their physical strength, and if they are the slightest uncertain at this time, they will fall to a height of 90,000 miles and die. Hundreds of thousands of fish, migrating once every 100 years, trekking hard, and finally successfully turning into a roc may be only one, or not one. If they survive the fall, they will revert to chicks, and it will take a long time for them to fly again. Moreover, this kind of Netherworld Roc is extremely spiritual, once it is rescued by someone after falling/falling, they will protect the rescued person at any cost in the future, and will not abandon until death.

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest!"

Lu Chengfeng only had this one sentence in his mind, and in the face of the cruelty of the survival of all things in the world, all words seemed empty and pale. At this moment, his heart seemed to be touched by something, and he wanted to speak, but in the end he just opened his mouth and couldn't say anything. In the end, I had to reach out and gently stroke the bird.

"The bird seemed to be very lucky, it fell from a great height, but broke its wings, and it was probably because of the lush trees here that saved its life. Your kid is even luckier, and he saved it by chance, and he will swear to protect you to the death in the future! However, once this kind of Dapeng flies high, it will have amazing spiritual power, and there are many cultivators who can't ask for it, so you have to be careful to protect it until it flutters its wings and flies high again!"

"No wonder the seniors invited it to drink last night!" Lu Chengfeng pursed his lips and smiled.

"I, Xiao Xiaoyao, never invite people to drink, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see this kind of strange bird in the world in Shushan, it's really a creation!" Xiao Xiaoyao laughed out loud as he spoke.

Lu Chengfeng looked at the bird with a straight face and said, "You deserve a name, since you are so persistent, I will call you 'obsession' in the future!"

"Obsessed with a lifetime, trekking for a walk!, good ......" Xiao Xiaoyao looked up and laughed.

Lu Chengfeng got up, took out the bowl that he had drunk obsessively from the entrance of the cave and said, "I, Lu Chengfeng, will borrow flowers to offer Buddha today, thank you for the life-saving grace of the two seniors!"

At this moment, in his heart, this Northern Darkness Dapeng is no longer a bird in the ordinary sense, but a senior, a predecessor who is better than others.

After the two of them touched each other, half a bowl was fed into the bird's beak, and half a bowl was poured into their stomachs.

Xiao Xiaoyao laughed and said, "I, Xiao Xiaoyao, only believe in one kind of person in my life, a person who values love and righteousness." You've never seen me before, but I've watched you grow up and know you well. Therefore, I will pass on this cultivation method to you, if you are good at cultivating, you will become a great tool in the future!" said as he handed over a white sheepskin scroll, "This is the cultivation method from Qi cultivation to Jindan, if you concentrate on cultivation within half a year, you will definitely be able to stand out in the competition of the Yellow Order disciples in the future!"

Xiuzhen is divided into nine realms, refining qi, building foundations, knotting Dan, Yuan Ying, transforming gods, refining void, merging, Mahayana, and crossing tribulations, and each layer of the realm is divided into three stages: beginning, middle, and post.

From refining qi to knotting Dan, it is a first glimpse of the doorway, which is relatively simple. Only cultivators who have reached the realm of the late stage of foundation building can use qi to drive things and fly with swords, so that they can be regarded as a true cultivator. Although there are not a few people who have attained the knot, the time it takes to cultivate varies from person to person, and there is a world of difference. Some people may need ten or even twenty years, while those with spiritual roots, especially fire spiritual roots, may only need half a year to a year, which is a full ten to twenty times shorter distance, which is why cultivation needs innate spiritual roots. However, if the breakthrough is too fast in the early stage, the cultivation obstacle in the later stage is also greater than that of ordinary people, and the cultivation of spells will naturally be limited, and it will be more difficult to break through the bottleneck.

Yuan Ying to the realm of refining the void is an extremely difficult stage of cultivation, and most of the cultivation is in this middle stage, and it is difficult to break through the refining void in their lifetime. And among them, the Yuanying realm is a watershed, and it is also the initial stage of cultivating divine consciousness, if it is not well controlled, if the initial primordial spirit is destroyed, the consequences are unimaginable. If you can break through the primordial infancy, it is inevitable to turn into a god. If you want to reach the realm above the Yuan Infant, you need to have great perseverance and patience on the part of the cultivator, and if you relax a little, you may retreat to the Dan stage, and you will not do anything in your life. After trying his best to break through, as long as he concentrates on cultivation and is assisted by a magic elixir, it is not difficult to achieve the transformation of the gods. When you reach the realm of transforming into a god, you can get out of your body and wander out of the world. Refining the void is the process of the gradual strengthening of the divine consciousness, and only in this way can we break through the limitations of the mortal body.

The cultivation time varies from person to person, most people are in this middle stage all their lives, and only those who are born with spiritual roots can break through the bottleneck of refining and reach the upper realm.