Chapter 244

Xu Yang nodded again and again, indicating that he understood, but then he couldn't help but mutter, "Master, what is spiritual power?"

The corners of Kongyun Daoren's mouth twitched, and he frowned: "You should have heard of the internal force used by martial arts masters, right?"

"I've heard of it. Xu Yang hurriedly responded.

"Spiritual power is somewhat similar to internal force, but the difference is also quite obvious. Internal power is only something produced by your mortal body's exercise, but spiritual power is unique to us immortal cultivators. When the Kongyun Dao people heard that Xu Yang knew the internal force, they breathed a sigh of relief and continued to explain, "As for the immortal cultivators, they are the immortals in your mortal mouths. ”

The more Xu Yang listened, the more curious he became, and his eyes showed excitement.

"There are a lot of things to explain, and now you are on the road with the teacher, let's talk slowly along the way. After the people of Kongyun Dao finished speaking, they took the lead and walked away.

Xu Yang didn't dare to slack off, and followed honestly, but after hesitating for a moment, he still asked, "Where does the master want to take the apprentice? Besides, why don't you fly like you did just now?"

The people of Kongyun Dao didn't even turn around, and replied directly: "Of course, it's where the teacher lives." As for flying, I wasn't really flying, it was just a simple wind control technique. Wind resistance is a small spell for immortal cultivators that can float in the air as long as there is wind. However, casting spells consumes spiritual power, and if you use it for a long time, your spiritual power will be lost. It's like a martial arts master who has no internal strength, or people who don't have the strength. ”

"Don't you have the strength, then you're going to eat?" Xu Yang smacked his tongue when he heard this, but he already understood a little.

"Haha!" a hearty laugh came from the Kongyun Dao people, "It's almost, right?" But the replenishment of spiritual power is not something that can be solved by eating, spiritual power is a kind of energy that our immortal cultivators obtain from heaven and earth. Just like you breathe air, what we immortal cultivators absorb from heaven and earth is aura. And the difference between immortal cultivators and mortals lies in whether they can absorb aura. ”

Xu Yang's eyes showed surprise, and he said, "Master, can it be that if an apprentice can absorb spiritual energy, he can become an immortal?"

The people of the Sky Cloud Dao bowed slightly, but they said, "Yang'er, don't talk about immortals in the future." In fact, there are still doubts about the existence of real immortals, and our immortal cultivators in this realm only know that there are more powerful immortal cultivators in the upper realm. Immortals only exist in legends, and no one has ever seen them. ”

Xu Yang was a little stunned, but he still bowed his head lightly and continued to ask, "Master, what is the Upper Realm?"

"The Upper Realm is a place that is more vast, the aura is denser, and it is more suitable for immortal cultivators to cultivate, and it has a higher status than the mortal realm we are in. A long time ago, we people in this realm called it the Immortal Realm, and we are called Immortal Cultivators because of this. However, judging from various signs, it is not quite similar and is questioned. Nowadays, we call it the spirit world, and we think that it is a place for more advanced immortal cultivators to live. When our immortal cultivators in this realm cultivate to a certain level, they will be able to soar upward. The Sky Cloud Daoist explained.

"Cultivation to a certain extent?" Xu Yang's eyes showed doubt.

The Kongyun Daoist smiled: "Then we have to mention the division of the strength of immortal cultivators. Just as there is a difference between martial arts masters, immortal cultivators are similar. Immortal cultivators' cultivation from weak to strong is divided into five major stages: Qi Gathering, Foundation Building, Dingxuan, Jindan, and Infant Maturity, and each of the first four major stages is divided into four minor stages: Beginning, Middle, and After, as well as the Great Perfection. As for the final infant maturity, it is just a legend, because after breaking through the Jindan Great Perfection, he can no longer stay in this realm, and after surviving the thunder tribulation, he will directly ascend to the upper realm. And one of the reasons why we doubt the existence of the immortal realm is because the infant master does not seem to be much different from the immortal cultivator, but the mana is more profound. Well, mana is another name for spiritual power. ”

Xu Yang nodded while listening to Kongyun's explanation, the look of clarity in his eyes became more and more obvious, and he waited until Kongyun stopped explaining before he said, "What is the level of Master's cultivation?"

The people of Kongyun Dao had been walking calmly, but at this moment they suddenly stopped, turned around, the expression in their eyes was complicated, and their tone was bitter for the first time: "Mid-stage of qi gathering." ”

Xu Yang was also stunned, and stopped at the same time.

He didn't speak, because he didn't know how to respond at the moment, and from what the Empty Cloud Dao people said just now, he could know that the cultivation of the Empty Cloud Dao people was only the second-to-last level of the immortal cultivator's cultivation level.

"Do you still want to become a disciple of the teacher now? What the teacher can teach you is very limited!" The voice of the Kongyun Daoist was flat, and after the words, he ignored Xu Yang and turned to leave.

Xu Yang looked at the back of the Kongyun Dao people, without the slightest hesitation, and quickly followed, "Since I, Xu Yang, have worshiped you as a teacher, I naturally won't change." ”

After hearing this, the people of the Sky Cloud Dao continued to move forward.

Since then, the two have been silent and hurrying on the road, but the atmosphere between the two has become quite dull.

The road was rough along the way, and it actually entered the mountains.

Soon after, Xu Yang's fatigue, which had been relieved by the strange heating delivered by the Kongyun Dao people, resurfaced due to the trek.

At the same time, there were bursts of pain from the original wound under his feet, but he didn't hum half a sentence, just gritted his teeth and silently followed behind the Kongyun Dao people.

What Xu Yang couldn't see was that a small opening was opened in the center of the right palm of the Kongyun Dao man, and one of the small eyes was staring at Xu Yang behind him without blinking.

The face of the Kongyun Dao man showed a look of satisfaction, and after bowing his head slightly, he accelerated his pace.

Xu Yang, who was behind, could only speed up, and followed behind the people of Kongyun Dao without delay.

I don't know how long it took, but I only saw the sun gradually setting westward.

The pain in Xu Yang's feet had already hurt into his heart, but he didn't dare to say it clearly. Because he was worried that the people of Kongyun Dao would be unhappy because of this, if there were twists and turns in the matter of apprenticeship, the gains would outweigh the losses.

However, after this situation lasted not long after, Xu Yang could no longer support it.

After all, he was still a child, and his body was not strong, so he soon found it difficult to keep up with the pace, and slowly fell behind.

He was anxious in his heart, and was about to explain to the people of the Sky Cloud Dao, but the other party suddenly stopped.

"It's here!" The Kongyun Daoist smiled and looked at the small eyes of Xu Yang in the palm of his right hand, and when the palm of his hand opened again, the strange eye in the palm had disappeared, and then his right hand was raised and pointed forward.

Xu Yang followed the direction pointed by the people of the Sky Cloud Dao and looked ahead.

There was a canyon in front of it, but it was shrouded in a thick fog that made it difficult to see inside. Such a situation made Xu Yang not know why.

Without waiting for Xu Yang to ask, the white light in the right hand of the Kongyun Dao man flickered, and a white disc half the size of a palm appeared in his hand.

He made a few strange gestures with his left hand, then tapped his index finger lightly on the disc.

When the white light of the disc flickered, the dense fog in front of the canyon suddenly rolled over, and it automatically opened a road that could accommodate one person.

"Come in with the teacher!" "After the empty cloud dao man finished indifferently, he put the disc in his hand behind him and walked forward, "The dense fog in front of us is the formation of the canyon, if ordinary people want to enter the canyon, unless they are proficient in the way of the formation, they will turn in place and enter the valley." The disc in the hand of the master is called the array disk, which is the thing that controls the formation in the valley, as long as he enters the corresponding magic trick like Fang Cai, he can control the formation in the valley. ”

Xu Yang followed closely behind, and after passing through the dense fog, he saw the Kongyun Dao people enter the magic spell into the disc again, and the passage in the dense fog then disappeared.

At this moment, Xu Yang officially looked at the canyon, this canyon is not wide, only a hundred zhang square, and there are only a few simple thatched huts.

After the Kongyun Dao people put the disc into the storage ring, their eyes showed a look of nostalgia, and they muttered while leading the way: "This is the Kongyun Valley where the master lives, and there is a medicinal herb garden behind the thatched house, and next to the medicinal herb garden is a small stream, which is quite convenient for using water. ”

Xu Yang followed indifferently behind him, and soon entered the hall of the main house.

The floor and seats in the hall were full of dust, and the white light on the right hand of the Kongyun Daoist flickered, and then spread regardless of it.

His robe swept slightly, and white light carried through the entire hall. When the white light disappeared, the hall was bright and clear, and only a ball of mud appeared in the hands of the people of the Sky Cloud Dao.

Xu Yang's eyes showed excitement, and the people of the Sky Cloud Dao showed this hand, which made him even more fanatical about cultivating immortals.

Then he followed the people of the Sky Cloud Dao to walk through the various rooms, and listened carefully to the people of the Sky Cloud Dao introducing the uses of the various rooms, and the cleaning of the room was naturally done by the people of the Sky Cloud Dao.

After a stick of incense, Xu Yang and the people of Kongyun Dao finally came to a bedroom.

"Yang'er, you will live here from now on. The voice of the Kongyun Daoist was cold, and a ball of mud in his hand popped out of the window, "Starting tomorrow, I will officially teach you the Dao method for the teacher, as for whether you can cultivate successfully, it can only depend on the will of heaven." ”

Xu Yang's eyes showed respect, and he nodded again and again: "I understand." ”

In the early morning of the second day, Xu Yang and the people of Kongyundao had breakfast early and gathered in Xu Yang's bedroom.

"Before you officially cultivate, you must first learn the meridians and acupoints, so that you can run the Immortal Cultivation Exercises. Yang'er, can you read?" opened a book in his hand and asked Xu Yang.

Xu Yang looked nervous and said a little shyly: "The apprentice has secretly learned outside the private school, but he has only learned some skins. ”

The people of Kongyun Dao were quite surprised, and after glancing at Xu Yang with great meaning, they began to explain to Xu Yang the knowledge of the meridians and acupoints of the human body according to the book in their hands.

For what Xu Yang did not understand, whether it was about literacy or meridian acupoints, the people of Kongyun Dao were serious about it, which made Xu Yang very grateful.

To the surprise of the people of Kongyun Dao, Xu Yang's memory and comprehension ability are excellent, and he learns very quickly, and he basically memorizes the basic knowledge of human acupoints and some immortal cultivation within one day.

Xu Yang was even more excited about this, and felt that he was one step closer to cultivating immortals.

A few days later, Xu Yang was meditating alone in his bedroom, holding in his hand the introductory exercise book that Kongyun Dao had given him a few days earlier.

He frowned, closed the book in his hand, and the three big characters of "Lingyun Jue" appeared in front of him on the letter, but he didn't care, his eyebrows were deeply locked and depressed.

It's no wonder that after Xu Yang received the basic knowledge taught by the Kongyun Dao people, he ran into trouble when cultivating the exercises, and he was actually frustrated in the crucial step of getting started!

At the moment he looked around, and the bedroom was no different as usual.

Suddenly, his expression became unusually serious. I saw that his hands suddenly pinched, and two fingers of each hand came out to cover his eyes.

When the fingers were removed and the eyes were able to see again, the originally ordinary eyes were glowing with an extremely faint blue light.

At the same time, Xu Yang's eyes scanned the surroundings, the bedroom was still a bedroom, but some faint five-colored points of light appeared in the air. Although the color of the light was extremely dim, he still vaguely observed it.

He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, feeling his surroundings attentively, but he didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Yang let out a long breath, and there was a gloomy look in his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, he looked tired. The five-colored points of light in front of him had disappeared without a trace, and Xu Yang knew that it was not those points of light that had disappeared, but that his small spell had failed and could not be observed with his eyes.

Xu Yang's small body fell on the bed, and his eyes were a little hollow.

Those five-colored points of light, he knew what they were, they were the aura between heaven and earth, and mortals could only see them briefly with special methods.

The Heavenly Eye Technique that Xu Yang used just now was a small spell from a mortal Daoist, which was taught by the Empty Cloud Daoist in order to help Xu Yang check the aura.

However, although Xu Yang saw the existence of the aura, his body could not feel the other party. If you can't feel the aura, you can't absorb it.

This is exactly the problem that Xu Yang has encountered for several days, he can't feel the existence of the aura!

At this step, he stalled!

Xu Yang was distressed in his heart, according to the people of Kongyun Dao, as long as the body felt the aura of heaven and earth, he could inhale the aura of heaven and earth into his body by running the exercises, and officially stepped into the path of cultivating immortals.

Generally speaking, after feeling the aura, as long as you learn the exercises, you can basically cultivate immortals.

As for whether you can feel the aura and how long it will take to feel it, it depends on a person's qualifications.

People with good qualifications are very sensitive to the aura of heaven and earth, and some people can even feel the aura of heaven and earth as soon as they are born.

People with poor qualifications may not be able to feel the existence of the aura of heaven and earth for the rest of their lives, and Dengxiantai is a place to test a person's qualifications and feel the aura of heaven and earth.

Of course, there are only a few people who can easily feel the aura of heaven and earth, which is rare in a hundred years. Therefore, whether you can cultivate immortals, in addition to qualifications, also depends on a person's perseverance.

This is also the day when Xu Yang's qualifications were extremely poor, and he was strongly oppressed as soon as he stepped into the stone steps of Dengxiantai. But in the end, with tenacity, he still climbed the ninth stone step.

If it weren't for his poor qualifications, maybe he would have been able to set foot on Sendai.

However, these were no longer meaningful to Xu Yang, and he knew from the population of the Sky Cloud Dao that his qualifications were not good. I just hope that diligence can make up for my shortcomings, so I have been feeling it with my heart for several days.

Although he didn't feel it all the time, listening to what the people of Kongyun Dao said, it took him several months that day to feel the existence of the aura and successfully step into the path of cultivating immortals, which made Xu Yang feel somewhat comforted.

During this time, in addition to his usual daily life, he felt the aura of heaven and earth, and strived to truly cultivate immortals as soon as possible.

Time flies, and ten years pass in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, Xu Yang was concentrating on watering the herbs in the herb garden, and every time he saw any weeds in them, he would pull them out with small wings.

At this time, Xu Yang is no longer the little beggar he was originally, with a slender body, a white robe, and although his appearance is ordinary, he has not seen the sun under the formation in the valley for a long time, so his complexion is jade and white, and he has a dusty temperament.

He is already nineteen years old, like an elegant scholar.

At this moment, a call came from the hut, "Yang'er, come here!"

Xu Yang did not hesitate when he heard this, stopped what he was doing, and hurriedly walked towards the place where the voice came from.

Soon after, he came to the front of the hall and looked at an old Taoist in a green robe sitting in the center.

Needless to say, of course, this person is a person from Kongyun Dao, but at this time, he looks older than ten years ago, and he looks like he is drooping.

"Master, why did the apprentice come here?" Xu Yang bowed to the people of the Sky Cloud Dao and said respectfully.

The Kongyun Dao man had a kind face, and with a wave of his right hand, a palm-sized cyan paper appeared in the void.

He grabbed it with one hand, and with a hard grip, the paper automatically ignited, and a hearty voice spread through the void, "Hehe!

"Yang'er, are you going out of the valley to greet your Heavenly Spirit Master?" the Sky Cloud Dao man commanded, and at the same time, he had already taken out the array disk that controlled the formation of the Sky Cloud Valley.

Xu Yang's face was straight, and after answering, he hurriedly went out. As he hurried towards Taniguchi, he recalled the cyan paper that the Kongyun Dao people had just caught, and there was a hot look in his eyes.

He knew that it was a special talisman made by immortal cultivators, and it was widely used.

The one just now is a transmission note, which is used for long-distance transmission or communication between inside and outside the formation, and it is an extremely ordinary talisman seal.

When he thought about this, Xu Yang had already come to the thick fog at the mouth of the valley.

Almost at the same time, the fog in front of him rolled over, opening a small passageway. He knew that this was the master in the hall, opening the relationship between some of the formations.

Xu Yang didn't say a word, and walked out quickly. As soon as he came out of the formation, he saw a short and bloated monk in his forties standing in front of the valley mouth.

Xu Yang recognized this monk, this monk was a friend of his master Kongyun Daoren, the Tianling Zen master of Tianling Temple.

Although there is actually no teacher-student relationship between this monk and the Kongyun Dao people, the Kongyun Dao people still let Xu Yang call the other party his uncle, which shows the intimacy of the relationship between the two.

"Uncle Tianling, my nephew is late, please forgive me. As soon as Xu Yang saw the other party, he immediately bowed and saluted, and then turned sideways to give way, "Uncle Shi, please come in!"

The Heavenly Spirit Zen Master nodded slightly, glanced at Xu Yang, and said with a light smile: "Okay!" After speaking, he set off into the formation. And Xu Yang naturally followed behind the other party honestly.

After the two entered the valley, the valley mouth formation was closed again.

Seeing this, the Heavenly Spirit Zen Master chuckled and said, "Your master is still so cautious, always opening this valley protection formation. I heard that this array is called the Five Peerless Heavenly Cloud Array, which has both offense and defense, which is quite wonderful. It took a lot of thought for your master to buy the array equipment for this formation that day! You should have heard of this, right?"

Xu Yang said respectfully: "The master rarely mentions this kind of matter with the juniors, so it is the first time the juniors have heard of it. When he had finished speaking, he said no more.

"Ahem! I see. When Zen Master Tianling heard Xu Yang's words, he coughed lightly twice and then consciously stopped the topic boringly.

Not long after, Xu Yang and Tianling Zen Master came to the front of the hall, and the people of Kongyun Dao had been waiting here for a long time.

"Master!" Xu Yang bowed to the people of the Sky Cloud Dao.

After the Kongyun Daoist nodded to Xu Yang, he smiled and said to the Heavenly Spirit Zen Master: "Heavenly Spirit Daoist, please come in!"

The Heavenly Spirit Zen Master smiled and said, "Hehe! The poor monk is disrespectful. With that, he entered the hall first.

Subsequently, the people of the Sky Cloud Dao also entered it. And when Xu Yang entered the hall, the two of Kongyun Dao and Tianling Zen Master had already taken their seats as guests and hosts.

Xu Yang was silent, and after pouring fragrant tea for the two of them, he bowed his head and stood behind the people of Kongyun Dao.

At this point, the Sky Cloud Dao talent asked, "Heavenly Spirit Daoist, I don't know why you came to the Humble House this time?"

"It's not for the sake of the day, but other Taoist friends have repeatedly mentioned it to the poor monks, and I hope you can also participate. After tasting the fragrant tea, Zen Master Tianling put down the cup and said.

The people of Kongyun Dao frowned slightly, and said, "Hasn't Poor Dao already replied to that matter?" Poor Dao has no interest in those things anymore, and just wants to live the rest of his life in peace. ”

Regarding the invitation of the Heavenly Spirit Zen Master, the people of the Sky Cloud Dao directly refused without thinking about it.

When the Heavenly Spirit Zen Master heard this, he was not angry, but smiled and said, "Hehe! Fellow Daoist of Kongyun, how can the poor monk not know what you think? The poor monk came this time and mentioned that matter again, so he naturally had the confidence to impress the fellow Daoist. ”

After these words, he set his eyes on Xu Yang behind the people of the Sky Cloud Dao.

The people of Kongyun Dao were still frowning, but they didn't refute, but turned their heads to Xu Yang and said, "Yang'er, you step back for the time being, and have important matters to discuss with your Heavenly Spirit Senior Uncle for the sake of your teacher." ”

"Obey the order!" Xu Yang replied, and then retreated obediently.

Leaving the hall, Xu Yang glanced at the hall, his eyes flickered, but then he shook his head and returned to the herb garden behind.

Although he was very curious about the conversation between the Kongyun Dao people and the Heavenly Spirit Zen Master in the house, since the Kongyun Dao people ordered him to go out, he naturally knew that the matter discussed by the two people in the house was not something he should know.

After half an hour, the Heavenly Spirit Zen Master left the hall alone, and Xu Yang was once again called into the hall by the Kongyun Dao people.

"Yang'er, for the teacher to have something important tomorrow, I have to go out, it may take a lot of time. During the departure of the teacher, you will take care of yourself, and now go and help prepare some dry food for the teacher. As soon as Xu Yang entered the hall, the Kongyun Dao people directly commanded.

Xu Yang was stunned when he heard this, and he had doubts, but he didn't say much, and after answering, he went out directly to do something.

Tomorrow morning, Xu Yang stood in front of the valley mouth, looking at the dense fog that gradually closed at the valley mouth and was silent.