Chapter 4: Penance
Xiao Zongtian returned home, he couldn't remember how long he hadn't walked out of this gate, fortunately, his cultivation had reached the advanced realm of Jiedan, and he had long passed the stage of needing food to support his body, so even if he hadn't eaten for a long time, his body was not much different, and the pain in his soul had improved a lot over time, so he wanted to go out for a walk now. Although it has been ten years since she came to this world, her mother has never let herself leave the place where she lives for more than ten miles in the past ten years, because Xiao Zongtian is the only motivation for her to live, and she can't let Xiao Zongtian have any danger, Xiao Zongtian doesn't blame her for this, because in general, Xiao Zongtian is already in his thirties, and his heart is naturally not as impulsive and unreasonable as his relatives, he knows his importance in Meng Siyin's heart.
Xiao Zongtian walked out of the wooden house, the scene outside did not change much, in fact, he didn't know that he had been practicing motionless for half a year, even if he knew it, he didn't care, "Hey, there is such a thick dust on his body, I think it's not a short time." Flicked the dust off his body, took off his clothes and washed them again, and then jumped into the familiar lake. It has been sinking down to the bottom of the lake, in fact, the lake is only a few tens of meters deep, the bottom of the lake is full of aquatic plants, and occasionally there are a few fierce fish, and the sharp teeth make people look intimidating. Suddenly, Xiao Zongtian found a golden light flashing under the aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake, and at first he thought he was dazzled, but after carefully observing which angle for a long time, a glimmer of light did flash from time to time, and he swam there thinking that there was some treasure.
Pushing aside the thick aquatic plants, what was reflected in Xiao Zongtian's eyes were two golden grasses. He had never seen such a strange plant, let alone recognized it. Although I don't know it, it should be very precious, after all, it is not ordinary just from the appearance, and it also has a not weak aura fluctuation. Although I really want to take this little grass away, but I still give up after thinking about it, first, there is no suitable item to preserve, and second, I don't know its specific function, and it may not be necessary to take it away rashly now, so for the sake of insurance, Xiao Zongtian still didn't touch it, but if Meng Siyin was still there, he would definitely recognize this strange little grass, which is a rare immortal grass in the immortal cultivation world for thousands of years, the golden leaf grass. A simple trick was set up for Xiaocao to hide its aura fluctuations, because the aura fluctuations would attract the attention of other people or spirit beasts, and Xiao Zongtian planned to come and take it away later. Covered the aquatic plants again, looked at the surrounding environment, and remembered the location clearly, Xiao Zongtian emerged from the water. The clothes have long since dried, and the rinsed clothes are very old but much more comfortable to wear.
Coming to the familiar house, the so-called seeing things and thinking about people, remembering the scenes of the past, Xiao Zongtian sighed, but soon cheered up, there are still many things waiting for him to complete. Xiao Zongtian, who had been circling around in the house, didn't seem to have anything to do, so taking advantage of the fact that it was sunny outside, he was just basking in his body that had not been baptized by the sun for a long time, bathed in the warm sunshine, Xiao Zongtian felt comfortable, every cell stretched out, and stretched his waist hard.
Because the meridians in the body have all been opened, there is no need for Xiao Zongtian to deliberately cultivate, the true qi in the body will also run along the meridians on its own, endlessly, although the speed of absorption in this way is not as fast as the cultivation, but it is better to last, so the effect cannot be underestimated. Lying down for more than an hour, Xiao Zongtian, who was in a good mood, spent an afternoon resting the entire cabin, looking at the clean and tidy house, although it was still hard and simple, but the last thing that cultivators were afraid of was to endure hardships, and besides, this was already many times better than the wind and rain outside. "It seems that I have to practice well here, and it is too early to go out with my current strength. Suddenly, Xiao Zongtian thought that he had been in this world for more than ten years, and he didn't know how his parents were on the earth, and whether they had recovered from the pain of losing their son, "Hey, it's been ten years, the pain should be healed, my parents hope that you will be healthy and live a long life, your son is doing well here, you don't have to worry." Xiao Zongtian prayed silently to the air, hoping that his parents on earth would be happy and healthy.
Xiao Zongtian hadn't explored the surrounding forest carefully because of his mother's restrictions before, and now he decided to take a good look at the scenery beyond.
Early the next morning, Xiao Zongtian set off with confidence, the east side of the hut was a big lake, the north side was a thousand zhang cliff with no top, and the west and south sides were tall and dense deep forests. There's nothing unusual on this side of the lake, so it's not your destination, so start with the south side.
Entering the dense woods, which are dim and damp, make people feel uncomfortable. And the cries of the beasts came and went. It was a little depressing, but soon this repression was overwhelmed by joy. Because Xiao Zongtian found a lot of medicinal materials, why did Xiao Zongtian know about medicinal materials, because in the interval between cultivation, her mother also taught him to know all kinds of medicinal materials, because the elixir of heaven and earth is also a precious resource, of course, it is impossible to explain all the elixirs of heaven and earth so clearly, for example, Golden Leaf Grass did not introduce it.
Although these are not expensive medicines, they still have some effect when used as a medicinal bath. As for alchemy, it's better to be exempt, I'm not an alchemist, although I really want to become an alchemist, but unfortunately no one teaches me. Just as Xiao Zongtian was relaxing and picking up medicinal herbs, an animal that looked like a leopard but not a leopard suddenly jumped out, with several black hairs extending from head to tail. Before Xiao Zongtian could study it thoroughly, an ice pick smashed over. Feeling the extremely strong energy fluctuations, Xiao Zongtian did not dare to underestimate it. Slapped the ice pick away with one palm. Just knocked out an ice pick, followed by a second and third one. Xiao Zongtian wanted to scold people, and take a few medicines to provoke anyone. So he quickly knocked out the flying attack, and slapped his palm at the wild leopard that was staring at him fiercely. Wild leopards may also feel the danger, so they turn around and run. Not to mention that the speed is really fast, it disappeared in front of him in a blink of an eye, and Xiao Zongtian was bullied for a long time, but the guy who bullied him turned around and ran, not to mention how aggrieved he was, and this was a waste of strength to deal with it.
"A monster beast is so ferocious, it looks like I need to be careful. "Because of what happened just now, Xiao Zongtian didn't dare to enter the deep forest too deeply, after all, his strength is not very strong now, and he can't withstand the risk, and now these medicinal materials are enough for him to use for a few days. So Xiao Zongtian went home.
Time is like flowing water, repeating the same thing day after day. Xiao Zongtian himself didn't know how much time had passed, after all, for cultivation, time was often easy to ignore. During this period, Xiao Zongtian figured out all around, so he was idle and had nothing to do.
It was a midsummer afternoon, and some gloomy weather indicated that he was not in a very good mood, but today was a memorable day for Xiao Zongtian.
I saw Xiao Zongtian sitting on a boulder not far from the house, surrounded by aura that gathered like substance, and the space was squeezed and distorted by the rapidly gathering aura.
Xiao Zongtian quickly absorbed the aura that had been gathered, and the aura was transformed into true qi through the dantian. True Qi continued to expand this dantian and the meridians of the whole body. With Xiao Zongtian's continuous absorption, the aura continued to decrease, and due to the rapid disappearance of the aura, the space that was originally occupied by the aura did not have time to be filled by the air and shattered piece by piece like a mirror, and then quickly recovered. When the aura around the wooden house was about to be exhausted, there was a crisp sound of "pop", and then a powerful coercion emanated from Xiao Zongtian's body, and the small wooden house not far away could not withstand this powerful momentum and instantly turned into powder. After a few moments, the coercion was gone, leaving only a mess on the ground. After more than two years of accumulation, Xiao Zongtian finally entered the realm that cultivators dreamed of, the Xuan Realm. Different from the Jiedan Realm, the body of the Jiedan Realm is still flowing with gas-like energy, but when it reaches the Tongxuan Realm, the energy in the body turns into a golden liquid, "This is the True Yuan Force" Feeling the huge True Yuan running all over the body, Xiao Zongtian slammed his fist into the big stone by the lake. The stone was instantly smashed through a fist-sized hole. "Yes, it's really good, it's still strong and it feels comfortable." Nodding in satisfaction, he withdrew his fist, and everything returned to calm, except for the surrounding circle of animals flashing with frightened eyes, and the vanished cabin, as if nothing had ever happened. And Xiao Zongtian has also changed from his original momentum to an ordinary appearance. Continue to consolidate your cultivation and let Zhenyuan return to calm. However, what made Xiao Zongtian a little annoyed was that the house he built for Meng Siyin was wiped out because of the momentum he had just exuded, and now the only thing left was the storage ring of Meng Siyin on his hand, and he touched the ring on his finger, as if he still felt his mother's temperature. "Mother, how are you doing over there?" Xiao Zongtian muttered for a while, his eyes flashing with a look of remembrance.
Reaching the Transcendence Realm means that you can use True Yuan Force to attack from a distance, but the power is too small and you can only attack targets within two or three meters of yourself, unless you have a flying sword. Xiao Zongtian reached the Tongxuan Realm that he dreamed of, but found that he didn't have a flying sword, which made him very depressed, he used to just think that he could fly with the sword when he reached the Tongxuan Realm, and take the enemy's head thousands of miles away, of course, this is still too far for Xiao Zongtian, and a few hundred meters is no problem. So he forgot the important thing that there was no flying sword, although his parents were known as the Drifting Snow Sword Fairy and the Dream Fairy, and as a famous and surnamed master, there should be no shortage of flying swords, but the man in black came too suddenly that day, and the family of three only cared about escaping, where did they care about anything else. And Xiao Jianlan's storage ring was also wiped out in the self-explosion with him. And Meng Siyin's flying sword is still hidden in Meng Siyin's body. Because of the general flying sword, unless the owner summons it out and lifts the mark, otherwise even if the master dies, the flying sword is still hidden in the master's brain space, which is an existence that does not know how to explain, and it is ethereal and impossible to find, unlike the sea of human consciousness that can be peeped at by others. Everyone has a brain space, but ordinary people can't use it. Unless this flying sword has its own artifact, it will automatically find a new owner, so the general flying sword is buried underground with the owner, and to put it bluntly, it is not much different from a pile of scrap iron. And there was no extra flying sword in Meng Siyin's storage ring, which made Xiao Zongtian very depressed.
Although he was depressed because he didn't have a flying sword, Xiao Zongtian quickly walked out of his depression. Because the improvement of strength gave Xiao Zongtian a lot of confidence, so his exploration of the forest continued to deepen, back and forth he has been around dozens of kilometers within the scope of the clear scrubbing, except for a few demon beasts through the Xuan Realm he dared not to provoke, other low-level demon beasts were abused by him all over the place, it can be said that now the demon beasts that have been abused by him run away as long as they see him, the farther away the better, as long as they stay away from this evil star, why Xiao Zongtian does not dare to provoke the same level of demon beasts, because he has just stepped into the Xuan Realm, and he is not proficient in the use of this level, but he does not have suitable exercises, because his mother knows all the moves practiced by girls, which are not suitable for men, so it can be said that Xiao Zongtian now has a body of cultivation, but he can't do it, which makes him very depressed, but there is no way.
On this day, Xiao Zongtian came to a small river, removed the internal organs and skin of the beast he had just caught, and made a pile of fires, Xiao Zongtian instantly turned into a barbecue master. In this lush deep forest, there is no shortage of anything, let alone some basic spices. The aroma spreads as the meat matures. When the meat was fully cooked, Xiao Zongtian tore off one leg and nibbled quickly. Because of being attracted by the aroma, a white tiger that was several circles larger than an ordinary tiger walked towards the barbecue without fear, without any intention of putting Xiao Zongtian in his eyes, after exploring for so long, Xiao Zongtian naturally knew that the big guy in front of him was one of the overlords around, and his strength was close to the level of the human Tongxuan Intermediate Realm. Swaggered over to the barbecue and sniffed it, then took the grilled meat in one bite and left. Xiao Zongtian was dumbfounded, "It's not that demon beasts are very wary of humans, it's not that demon beasts are very afraid of people." It turned out to be all lies. "Maybe considering that Xiao Zongtian will need to roast it in the future, the White Tiger did not attack Xiao Zongtian. "Hey, that tiger brother, that's my roasted meat, can you be polite, at least say hello." Looking at the departing tiger, Xiao Zongtian shouted. Hearing Xiao Zongtian's words, the white tiger stared back at him very spiritually, grinning at him, but it seemed to have forgotten the barbecue meat that was biting into its mouth, and the meat it was biting down on as soon as it opened its mouth fell to the ground. The appearance of the tiger made Xiao Zongtian laugh. Picked up the barbecue that fell on the ground again, ignored Xiao Zongtian anymore, twisted the big tiger butt and disappeared in front of Xiao Zongtian's eyes. Xiao Zongtian was not angry because his flesh was robbed, but he felt extremely happy to see the stupid appearance of the white tiger just now, maybe it was a kind of spiritual comfort to communicate with a living thing casually after being lonely for a long time.
Because he tasted the taste of barbecue, as long as Xiao Zong was born to barbecue meat in the future, this guy would never be absent, and one man and one beast gradually became tacit. Not long after, Xiao Zongtian had another guest in his house, a spirit fox. At first, the two guys were still fighting each other, but after a long time, they got used to it. Since the two guys joined in the matter of finding meat, Xiao Zongtian didn't need to worry about it, and a wooden house was rebuilt by the lake, but it was no longer the original place, Xiao Zongtian built the house under a big tree, next to the big tree. And the White Tiger and the Spirit Fox seem to have regarded this place as their home, and since then the demon trio has been born. Xiao Zongtian called the white tiger a tiger baby, and the spirit fox was called a little fox.
Sitting on the back of a sturdy and soft tiger baby, holding a cute spirit fox in his arms, Xiao Zongtian didn't mention how comfortable his days were. The three guys got together for a year, and Xiao Zongtian fought with the White Tiger Spirit Fox after cultivation for the past year, at first Xiao Zongtian was beaten every time his nose and face were swollen, after all, the strength gap was there, especially in the face of the extremely fast little spirit fox, but with the familiarity with the guy and the continuous stability and proficiency of his own strength, he finally didn't have to be beaten so badly. During this period, Xiao Zongtian turned the storage ring upside down, and really let him find a secret book dedicated to cultivating the body, otherwise with his original speed, where would he be the opponent of the little fox, but after learning this secret book, although it will not surpass the little fox, at least he can keep up with the rhythm. At the same time, I found a phantom clothes, although the grade of the phantom clothes is only intermediate, it is garbage to say that it is not good, of course, for cultivators, but you can change the shape at will, maybe it is because of this feature that it was collected by your mother, even so, Xiao Zongtian, who was happy, couldn't sleep for three days, and Xiao Zongtian before you didn't see it was wearing old clothes and old robes. Except for the method itself, there is no other harvest for a piece of clothing, but this has already made Xiao Zongtian very satisfied.
"Hey, now should be the time to get out for a walk. "Although there is no time for cultivation, and I pay attention to pure heart and few desires to endure loneliness, but I am alone all the time, and I am lonely and lonely when I think about it. Although there are two guys accompanying him, after all, they can't communicate, they can't communicate, and the racial differences can't be erased in any way.
"Little fox, tiger baby, I'm leaving, I'm glad you have been with me for so long, but if you want to eat barbecue in the future, I don't think there is hope. Looking at two completely different demon beasts in his arms and one by his side, Xiao Zongtian had a lot of reluctance. But even reluctance could not stop his determination to get out of the forest and find his kind. Because only after experiencing loneliness can you know the happiness of having someone to accompany you. The two guys seemed to know Xiao Zongtian's thoughts, the little fox drilled into Xiao Zongtian's arms for a while, while the tiger baby kept walking around in a hurry, and let out a low roar at Xiao Zongtian from time to time. "I know you are reluctant to let me go, but there is no banquet in the world, and I will leave sooner or later. Xiao Zongtian stroked the tiger baby's head and quieted it down. And the little fox in his arms looked at him with pitiful eyes, which made Xiao Zongtian's heart ache. As if he had made up his mind, the white tiger bit Xiao Zongtian's hand, and a burst of pain hit, and before he could understand what was going on, he saw a flash of white light and the white tiger disappeared in front of his eyes. At this time, a burst of information came to Xiao Zongtian's mind, it turned out that the white tiger had voluntarily become Xiao Zongtian's pet and wanted to go with him. Xiao Zongtian touched the tattoo of a tiger on his forearm, and instantly felt a burst of warmth. And the little fox has been lying in Xiao Zongtian's arms, and it seems that he doesn't plan to leave. Then there was a sharp pain in his right hand and right hand, Xiao Zongtian sighed, touched the smooth fluff of the little fox, and sighed in his heart that whoever said that animals have no feelings is a lie.
"Hey, why are you so handsome? Looking at a sword-eyed man in the water, with long hair flowing and a peerless son dressed in white, a little fox standing on his shoulder, like an immortal above the nine heavens. Xiao Zongtian also had to be narcissistic, this appearance was many times stronger than himself on the earth. After glancing at the familiar scene, Xiao Zongtian resolutely turned around and left, maybe he will only come back next year. So Xiao Zongtian also used a silk bag to fill a handful of soil here for the purpose of missing, after all, he has been here for a long, long time, there are bits and pieces of himself and his mother, and before leaving, Xiao Zongtian also went to see his mother, and covered up the hole where his mother was placed, he left this place where he had lived for more than ten years but never left.