The days in the mountains are simple and repetitive, a year has passed in a blink of an eye, the thirteen-year-old Ming Xuan has already practiced the martial arts taught by his grandfather, after entering the martial arts, there is no too much restraint from the previous practice, and the physical progress is not as obvious as before, although Ming Xuan inevitably lacks the motivation to move forward in his heart, but he still insists on practicing hard.

"Finish work!" Ming Xuan closed his momentum and ended the day's practice, now except for the time for reading and writing at night, the rest of the daytime time is at his disposal, because it is already a breeze for Ming Xuan now, so Ming Xuan compressed the time for collecting medicine, and the rest of the time was spent on practice.

It's almost dusk, and it's time to go back to make dinner, a qiē is still the same as usual, I don't know if grandpa is used to Mingxuan's cooking or Mingxuan's cooking skills have improved greatly, at least now grandpa didn't eat straight frowning, but today grandpa's two eyebrows are almost stacked together, eating the food woodenly, only since he entered the martial arts, grandpa has basically let Mingxuan go, let him arrange it independently, and because of this, although Mingxuan is only thirteen years old, he is more mature and self-reliant than other children。

However, seeing his grandfather like this, Ming Xuan didn't dare to come out, his previous experience told him that Ming Xuan was generally in this situation, that is, something big was going to happen, and often Ming Xuan did something wrong, and then what he got was definitely a severe punishment, thinking about it, Ming Xuan's heart became more and more up, and the appetite that had been beaten to eat was slowly tasteless.

"Hmph......" Grandpa finally broke the strange atmosphere.

"It's still coming after all...... Ming Xuan's heart was blocked, it seemed that today was inevitably a burst of reprimand and punishment.

Grandpa looked at Ming Xuan drooping his head, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and immediately thought about the joints clearly, this kid must have thought that he had done something wrong and was ready to accept punishment. Grandpa shook his head helplessly, smiling bitterly.

"There's something I want to tell you......" Grandpa adjusted his tone to try to ease the atmosphere.

"Hmm......" Ming Xuan was obviously immersed in the bitterness and didn't feel these changes.

"Tell me about your current cultivation. Seeing that he was still like this, Grandpa didn't bother to dwell on the matter.

"Is it a matter of cultivation?" Ming Xuan was a little surprised, and looked at his grandfather blankly, usually when he did something wrong, his tone would not be so friendly.

"......" Grandpa was speechless directly at his stupid face.

"Uh...... , this and this ....... Ming Xuan immediately adjusted his feelings, in his heart, there was nothing happier than being free from punishment.

"It seems that after entering the martial arts, the progress of the body has slowed down a lot, and it is not as obvious as before, and the help of martial arts for the body does not seem to be as great as that of the mud fist. Ming Xuan thought about it and quickly sorted out his feelings about practicing.

"Well, these are all normal, in fact, I also understand your situation this year, and I also feel this thing, I didn't figure it out at first, but gradually I also have some ideas and found out where your problem is. Grandpa summed up his thoughts.

"What's the problem?" Mingxuan also wanted to know what his problem was, his own family knew his own affairs, in fact, Mingxuan was depressed for a long time, and he didn't dare to ask his grandfather, for fear that he would not work hard enough, so he had to practice hard and feel the slightest progress.

"It's about the environment, it's about the state of mind, you've been practicing alone, there's no contrast, there's no pressure, and there's a lack of motivation! So it gradually became a cultivation for the sake of cultivation, in the past, you were eager to break through to the realm of martial arts, so you were full of motivation, plus the previous effect was obvious, and the progress was rapid, so you became more and more motivated, which also stimulated your potential, so you can break through quickly, and now you have broken through the martial arts, reached your goal, and your state of mind has come down, plus the cultivation breakthrough of the first order of the martial artist seems a little far away, the goal is not clear, and you are just self-training, there is no pressure, so the motivation is insufficient, and the natural cultivation progress cannot get up。 Grandpa reasoned and analyzed him.

"Actually...... But...... , So what should I do?" Ming Xuan felt very aggrieved in his heart, in fact, he practiced harder than before, but after thinking about it carefully, he did practice every day, just like completing a task, he finished practicing after practice, unlike before, he was practicing with enthusiasm and expectation, carefully feeling every change in his body, he was ecstatic for a little progress, and couldn't wait to start a new round of practice.

"If the root of the problem is found, then the solution is simple, change the environment, change the state of mind. ”

"Change the environment, change the state of mind?" Mingxuan was confused.

"Yes, the martial artist cultivates martial arts, what is martial arts, it is the skills used in battle, practice is one of them, but knowing it does not mean that you will use it, let alone use it flexibly, understanding and using it are completely different things, when martial arts exert his greatest ability, it is against the enemy, not a useless practice alone, only through guò fighting can you find your own shortcomings, in order to use it more flexibly, and to make greater progress, this is the change of the environment I think. ”

"Well, how do you change your state of mind?" Ming Xuan seemed to be greatly inspired, and he couldn't wait.

"In fact, changing the environment and changing the state of mind are compatible, a person enters a new environment, the same state of mind will change, enter a happy place, people will also be infected, become happy, if you enter a strict place, you will naturally put away frivolity. So if you enter a fighting environment, then you will pay full attention, concentrate, observe your opponent's every move, carefully control yourself, and do not leak any flaws to the opponent, and naturally your state of mind will change. ”

"Oh, but how do you go to find such a place?" Ming Xuan thought for a moment, as far as he knew, there didn't seem to be such a place, and his world was too small.

"Yes, right in front of you......" Grandpa pointed in the direction of the mountain.

"Yamanaka?"

"Yes, in the future, you will practice martial arts in the water stream every morning, familiar with and perceive, and go to the mountains to hunt and collect medicine in the afternoon, remember that hunting is done by yourself, and you can't rely on external forces, such as making traps or something, fighting directly with it, of course, you have to grasp it yourself, since you are learning swordsmanship, then tomorrow you will go to the iron shop in the town to build an iron sword. "Grandpa said to do it, and things were immediately arranged and implemented.

It was night, Ming Xuan tossed and turned, although he broke through the martial artist and stepped into the threshold of cultivation, and his confidence was also very strong, but for now, it was comparable to a young man, and it was okay to deal with ordinary beasts, but when he encountered some slightly more powerful and ferocious, it was estimated that it would be very troublesome, and it was difficult to take his life, even those experienced old hunters in the town would inevitably suffer. Take the last time Uncle Li and the six of them set layers of traps to trap a leopard, but they still let it run away, and they were bitten hard, a large piece of meat on the thigh was gone, a bloody piece, almost the legs were miserable, I remember that when I saw it, my legs were a little trembling, I didn't think that I would have to face it on my own so soon, and I suddenly regretted why I didn't cultivate well before, at least it could be stronger than now, and it also strengthened my confidence.

After "staying up" all night, Ming Xuan got up early, and had to rush to the town to build a sword, the previous practice was replaced by a wooden sword, and now he can have his own real sword, and he was somewhat looking forward to it, but when he thought that he would have to go to the mountains in the afternoon, this mountain that he had collected medicine countless times made Ming Xuan have a sense of fear for the first time.

The town is still as lively as before, but Mingxuan has no mood to play, and his heart has been a little uneasy, and he went straight to the blacksmith shop, and the master of iron, Uncle Wang, Mingxuan, also knows, Uncle Wang is also a hunter, and usually goes up the mountain to hunt or something, but unlike other hunters, he also has the skill of striking iron, and the ironware in this neighborhood is basically made by him.

"Yo, isn't this Xiao Xuan, why did you come to my iron shop today? Do you want to get a kitchen knife?" Uncle Wang was also surprised by Ming Xuan's arrival.

"No, Uncle Wang, I want to fight with an iron sword. ”

"Sword, what do you want that thing for?" In this town, either they all make kitchen knives and other household use, or the hunters make some hunting forks, hunting knives or something, and very few people build iron swords.

"That, that, what......" Ming Xuan didn't know how to explain for a while, after all, the matter of cultivating is a very distant thing for this peaceful little mountain village, and there are also things that others don't know, and if they do, they don't know how big a storm it will be.

"Do you see that Brother Liu is learning Taoism in Da Mingguan, and he is very handsome with a sword on his back, just like imitation ......" In the eyes of others, Mingxuan is just a child after all, and it is common to yearn for heroes and knights.

"Uh, hehe......" Mingxuan was worried that he couldn't find an excuse, but he didn't expect Uncle Wang to help him find it, he said that whatever it is, he has to find an excuse to deceive him, which is too bad.

"Okay! There's no problem with this! I think your Uncle Wang also opened an iron shop in Xuancheng back then, and did a big deal! He didn't take on the work of building weapons, building an iron sword, a piece of cake! Xiao Xuan, you go shopping everywhere first, and it will be done in three hours!"

Taking advantage of this time, Ming Xuan also went to sell the medicinal materials in his hand, bought some medicinal materials that his grandfather wanted to use, and also bought himself some bruised medicinal materials for backup, just in case.

Looking at this iron sword, which was still a little hot, Ming Xuan's heart was excited, he finally had his own weapon, and the previous uneasiness was swept away, but there was a burst of anticipation: What will happen when you enter the mountain in the afternoon?