In mid-January, it was already late winter and early spring, and a little green shoots were drawn from the ground, but there was still residual snow cover, which had not melted.

In the winter of this year's small county, there is not much snowfall, but it is not too cold.

Yi Chen left the small county town with his feet on the shuttle, all the way south, he wanted to walk around and see.

He is now in the late stage of the eighth layer of condensation, in fact, as early as a few days ago, he tried to impact the ninth layer of condensation, but he was one line short, and he was not successful, as if he was missing something, and he has not been able to break through.

The ninth layer of condensation is the pinnacle of the condensation period, and then it is the foundation building, which is a big hurdle in the condensation period, and it is not easy to step through nature, so Yi Chen was not discouraged, he knew that he needed an opportunity.

So, he planned to walk around, looking for that opportunity.

Volleying in the air, Yi Chen sometimes looked at his feet, he crossed one city after another, and soon, he came to the territory of Qi State.

There is a country within the state, and among the mundane, there are many big countries and countless small countries, and the country of Qi can only be regarded as a small country, but because it is the land closest to Qingxuanzong, no one dares to offend.

Yi Chen came to a small city and stopped, this city is said to be a small city, but it is still much larger than the small county town, there are many big restaurants in the city, but it is not comparable to the dilapidated taverns such as Old Man Zhang.

Yi Chen walked into the largest restaurant, and under Xiao Er's shouting, he walked straight up the stairs, went up to the third floor, and found a seat by the window to sit down.

This restaurant is the only three-story restaurant in the city, the business is very prosperous, on the third floor by the window, overlooking the past, you can see the high city tower of the palace city of Qi.

After Yi Chen casually ordered two plates of sauce meat and a pot of warm wine, he looked at a young man with a somewhat decadent appearance sitting opposite him with great interest.

"It's such a beautiful scenery......" Yi Chen smiled slightly, then looked out the window and sighed.

The outside world, wrapped in silver, accompanied by a little green, is indeed a kind of artistic conception of beauty.

There is a lot more snow here than in the small county.

But at this time, the decadent man in front of him also looked out the window, his face showed loneliness, and muttered.

"The view is good, but it doesn't belong to me. ”

After speaking, he lifted the wine jug in front of him and tilted it into the glass, but no wine fell, and it was not until the whole wine jug was turned upside down that the decadent man found that the wine jug was already empty, which made his face even more depressed.

He is a showman, he rushed to take the exam at the beginning of the month, but now he has returned from the list, no merit and no name, he is depressed, ten years of cold and bitter windows, all of which have turned into clouds and smoke, and now he is alone, even if he can't get the money to renew the wine, after today, he has to return to his hometown and live a life of hard work, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, what does it have to do with him.

There is no place for him here......

At this time, Xiao Er brought the sauce meat and warm wine, Yi Chen smiled slightly, and handed the warm wine to the face of this decadent Xiucai.

Yi Chen didn't drink alcohol, this wine was specially called for this person, and he had already seen that the wine jug was empty.

"Brother Tai might as well have another drink. ”

The decadent Xiucai stared slightly, a little distracted, but did not take the wine jug.

"Why do you want to invite me to drink...... Xiucai was a little puzzled, he had never met this person, and the other party had no reason to invite him.

"Meeting is fate, the scenery here is very good, it's a pity to miss it, I asked my brother to have a drink, and I stopped to take a look. Yi Chen smiled and pushed the sauce meat over again.

"No matter how much I look at it, this place is always not my home, and I can see this time, but I can't see it for a lifetime. Hearing this, Xiucai was slightly stunned, then shook his head, and said dejectedly, but he also took the wine jug, poured himself a glass, and when he put down the wine glass, his face showed self-deprecation, and he sighed lightly.

"The castle tower of Miyagi in the distance is really unattainable......"

Hearing this, Yichen chuckled, and he could see that this person was afraid that he was a fallen talent, which made him sigh a little.

I think when he was young, he also dreamed of studying hard in the imperial examination in the cold window, and then becoming a big official in the capital, but that was just a fantasy after all, the small county town was too far away from the Qi country, and it was impossible for him to participate in the scientific examination.

Of course, now that he has become a monk, he naturally has no desire for these mundane fame and fortune.

"Although the castle tower is unattainable, it is still within reach, isn't it?" Yi Chen smiled, took a slice of sauce meat, but paused, did not move it to his mouth, turned his head to look at Miyagi in the distance, and said lightly, After speaking, he put the sauce meat in his mouth and chewed it with relish.

At that moment, Na Xiucai's body trembled slightly, his eyes were a little stunned, as if he heard something, and the glass of wine that had just been poured moved to his mouth, but he put it down again.

"What do you mean by this...... the gloom on his face faded a little, and he felt that Yi Chen had something to say, but he didn't understand what the meaning was, and his eyes showed doubts.

Yi Chen shook his head lightly, turned his head to look out of the window, seemed to be a little engrossed, and never responded, until a good moment later, he smiled slightly and said softly.

"Next year, the scenery here should still be the same......

Hearing this, Xiucai's expression was shocked, and Yi Chen's words made him feel a little in his heart, as if he had realized something, but he still didn't understand it, but at this time, Yi Chen spoke again.

"This scenery has always been there, as long as you want to see it, it belongs to you...... The same is true of the tower, it has always been there, if it is determined to be unattainable and completely abandoned just because it fell once in the process of climbing it, then how can you know whether you can climb it or not?"

When he came back to his senses, he suddenly looked back, but Yi Chen had already checked out, he looked back at the wine table in front of him, and was slightly stunned.

"It's always been ......" looked at Miyagi in the distance again in a daze, and Xiucai muttered that he knew that he had met a master today.

Yi Chen's words were still in his ears, so that he finally understood the deep meaning, and when he looked at the tall castle tower of the palace, the gloomy look on Xiucai's face was swept away, and a bright light gradually appeared in his eyes.

......

Yi Chen had already left the Qi Kingdom, and after a conversation with Xiucai, he felt something in his heart and decided to try to break through again.

Stepping on the shuttle and passing through several cities, Yi Chen came to a remote deep mountain and stopped, this place is uninhabited for dozens of miles, it is a quiet place, if he breaks through here, he does not have to worry about being disturbed.

Coming to the top of a mountain peak, Yi Chen sat down on the spot, put on a cultivation posture, and after a while, he felt that his breath had reached its peak, so he patted the storage bag and took out two top-grade spirit stones.

But this alone was still not enough, Yi Chen raised his hands, and immediately casually laid out several spirit gathering arrays around him.

He was already extremely familiar with this array, and now his cultivation was very different from before May, and he was very handy in setting up the Spirit Gathering Array.

After doing all this, Yi Chen sat cross-legged again, holding two top-grade spirit stones in his hands, entered the cultivation state, and closed his eyes and sank down, his face was solemn, the difficulty of this breakthrough will be unprecedented for him, and he needs to be cautious.

Soon, a huge amount of spiritual energy surged around Yi Chen's body, almost condensed into substance, around him, several spirit gathering arrays erupted with a strong light, and at this time, Yi Chen ran the spirit gathering array in his body, and in an instant, the spiritual energy within a radius of 100 zhang suddenly roared, turning into milky white qi waves like a tide gathered around Yi Chen!

That's right, with Yi Chen's cultivation in the late stage of the eighth layer of Qi Condensation, as well as the tenacious flesh brought to him by the almost completely refined Blood Spirit Refining Body Technique Qi Condensation Chapter, he was now able to move the Spirit Gathering Array to the point of covering a radius of hundreds of zhang with great ease!

Compared to five months ago, Yichen has already transformed more than one level!

The huge aura frantically surged into Yi Chen's body, endlessly, and after passing through the Spirit Gathering Array, it became extremely pure, surging to all the meridians of his body, and finally surging back to the dantian, making Yi Chen's cultivation that had reached full began to loosen a little again, accumulating little by little, ready to impact to a higher level!

Soon, Yi Chen ushered in the first impact! There was a roar in his body, and the huge aura rushed towards the dantian in one fell swoop, intending to forcibly blast away the shackles, which immediately made his body tremble, and the stagnant cultivation seemed to loosen under this impact, but soon, it fell silent again, becoming unbreakable, obviously, this first breakthrough failed.

But Yi Chen was not discouraged, just as he had said to Na Xiucai before, and now, he put his words into action, and once again accumulated his aura, ready to continue the next impact!

It's always there! The same is true for cultivation, the realm of the ninth layer of Qi Condensation has always been there, not whether you can break through, but whether you are willing to break through!

If it doesn't work once, then twice, twice it doesn't, then three times! Even if it is ten times, a hundred times, Yi Chen is willing to try, he firmly believes that he will be able to break through, this firmness is the most important thing!

The second assault soon began, more violent than before, causing his formation to shake and buzz a little, but it was still unsuccessful, and he immediately began to prepare for the third.

Even if these two top-grade spirit stones are exhausted today, he must break through to the ninth layer of condensation and stand at the peak of the condensation period, so that the foundation building can be in sight!

Not long after, the third impact came, Yi Chen's body was full of sounds, he felt that the shackles were loosening more and more, it seemed that after a few impacts, he would completely step on that hurdle, and thus step into the ninth layer of condensation!

But at this moment, Yi Chen suddenly opened his eyes, looked up at the sky, frowned, and at this moment, there was a dark cloud above his head that began to slowly converge, and sometimes accompanied by thunder and roar!

"Tribulation?!"