When Xu Qing returned to the sect this time, he did not go back to the small courtyard where Liu Yang and Gao Han lived, but decided to live in the Earth Fire Valley in the future, firstly because the aura of the Earth Fire Valley was stronger, and secondly, because it was more convenient to refine the spirit pill there.

"Stinky boy, I'll let you find a five-hundred-year-old Qingzhi grass, you're good, find me a three-hundred-year-old one, you perfunctory me, right? You tell me how many times this is, forget it, you don't have to count, from today onwards, where do you give me back and forth, I can't afford to raise you here." ”

As soon as Xu Qing approached Xiao Ming's stone room, he heard a burst of angry scolding coming from the stone room, and then a young man dressed in gray fled from it in embarrassment, and even almost crashed into the defenseless Xu Qing.

"Uncle Shi, who made you so angry? Tell me, I'll beat him up for you!" Xu Qing walked into Xiao Ming's stone room, with a smile on his face, teasing.

"Hey, don't mention it, I've changed three people in just one year, and they're all as stupid as pigs!" Xiao Ming said angrily, then looked at Xu Qing, and pretended to be angry: "By the way, how long will you stay when you come back this time? You won't just slip away after alchemy, right? Don't talk to my old man, it's really rude!"

Xu Qing's face darkened, and he said a little gloomily: "My father has passed away, and I won't go back again when I come back this time!"

Xiao Ming also heard Xu Qing talk about the family, and when he saw Xu Qing's face was sad, he comforted: "Boy, don't be too sad, you should be happy for your father, your father is so affectionate, maybe death is the real relief for him." ”

"Uncle Shi, I know all this, I'm fine, I'll be fine after a while!" Xu Qing smiled reluctantly.

"Uncle Shi is really an unpredictable prophet, knowing that I am going to come back, he drove that disciple away to make room for me, Uncle Shi, you are really my confidant!" Xu Qing said with a sudden smile, without a trace of sadness on his face, not that he was no longer sad, but that he buried all the sadness in the deepest part of his heart.

"Boy, I know you are worried about my alchemy skills, hehe, if you want to learn alchemy from me, you have to serve me well, otherwise there will be no door. Xiao Ming smiled, his expression indescribably proud.

Ten months later.

"Senior Uncle, why do I feel very tired after every time I cultivate, and after I finish my exercises, my spiritual sense is almost exhausted?" Xu Qing has been very troubled recently, the Five Spiritual Techniques are very extraordinary, but it is difficult to cultivate, and the Burning Heaven Technique cannot be compared to it at all.

"I advise you kid to change the exercises, there are some peerless exercises, the power is amazing, but the requirements are very harsh, and you need extremely outstanding qualifications to cultivate. Obviously, this is the case with the exercises you cultivate, which are for those who are born with strong spiritual sense. Although Xiao Ming was surprised by the origin of Xu Qing's exercises, he didn't ask too much, after all, everyone has their own secrets, and patiently solved his doubts.

"But this exercise is really very suitable for me, what will happen if I forcibly cultivate?" Xu Qing looked embarrassed, the Five Spirits Technique was very suitable for him, and he was really difficult to give up.

"Then your cultivation will be very painful, and the further you go, the more difficult it will be!"

"No matter how hard it is, I can persevere!"

"When you cultivate in the future, it's best to combine work and rest, don't blindly cultivate, it's best to relax after you finish cultivating, maybe there will be some effect!" Xiao Ming didn't say much when he saw Xu Qing so insisting.

"When I was cultivating recently, I always seemed to be inexplicably disturbed in my heart, as if it was a bit like a precursor to going mad, why is this?" Xu Qing kept Xiao Ming's instructions in mind, and then humbly asked for advice, his face a little worried.

Xiao Ming frowned and was silent, as if he was thinking carefully.

He looked at Xu Qing and noticed that Xu Qing's cultivation had improved rapidly after returning from home, and he was also very relieved in his heart, although Xu Qing was not his disciple, he had always treated Xu Qing as a personal disciple, and he was naturally very worried when he heard that Xu Qing had faint signs of going mad.

A bright light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said to Xu Qing: "Do you know what the essence of cultivating immortals is, or what is cultivating immortals?"

Xu Qing pondered for a moment and replied: The disciple doesn't know, and I ask my uncle to make it clear.

"Cultivating immortals is essentially tempering one's own body, warming the soul with the body, and the soul can be transformed into a primordial spirit, and cultivating immortals is more about the primordial god's perception of heaven and earth, and his understanding of nature. Xiao Ming explained, seeing Xu Qing's confused expression, Fu continued: "People have three souls and seven spirits, and after embarking on the path of cultivation, with the deepening of cultivation, the three souls and seven spirits will continue to condense and become stronger. After the Jindan period, the spirit and spirit are united, and the three souls and seven spirits will be condensed and integrated into the original gods. ”

The more Xiao Ming said that Xu Qing was more confused, what did this have to do with his irritability and madness? He looked at Xiao Ming, his eyes full of questions, hoping that what his uncle said would be clear.

"The three souls and seven spirits are also called the soul, and the power of the soul is the spiritual consciousness; the three souls and seven spirits are transformed into the original gods, and the power of the original gods is the divine consciousness. The strength of the soul or the primordial spirit depends on the state of mind, which is the understanding of the Tao and the perception of heaven and earth.

When a monk is cultivating, he refines the spiritual energy from heaven and earth for his own use, and while refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he will continue to deepen his understanding of heaven and earth, and his state of mind will naturally improve.

If the state of mind is compared to a tank, then the state is the water that needs to be poured into the tank, and if the state of mind is lower than the state, then it is like the water in the tank is already full and then forcibly poured water into it, and in the end the tank can only be destroyed. Xiao Ming patiently explained to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing thought for a moment, frowned and said, "That is to say, I have taken a large amount of pills, so that the realm has improved too quickly, but there is no corresponding state of mind. ”

Xiao Ming looked at Xu Qing and frowned, knowing that he was worried about going mad, so he said: "Don't worry too much, the Qi refining period doesn't need a very high state of mind, in the next two months, you don't need to rush to improve the realm, just carefully understand nature, but after building the foundation, you can't take a large amount of pills to improve the realm like this." After Xiao Ming finished speaking, he shook his head and smiled, after building the foundation, he still took a large amount of the elixir?

In the past, Xu Qing also faintly felt that using a large number of elixirs to improve his skills was a small way after all, not a great avenue, and there were many hidden dangers in the mana that he had not relied on his own hard work to condense, and it might break out at any time in the future, but he knew his spiritual root qualifications, if he didn't rely on the elixir, he might be hopeless in this life, so he could only use a lot of elixir.

Now that he has received a definite answer from his uncle, he has decided to look for elixirs after building a foundation, refining elixirs and refining spiritual roots, so that he will not have to rely on a large number of elixirs to improve his skills.

"Then is there any way to improve the state of mind?" Xu Qing asked without giving up.

"There are many ways to improve the state of mind, such as you can experience in the rolling red dust to hone your state of mind, you can deepen your understanding of heaven and earth to improve your state of mind, etc., but these are not achieved overnight, they need to be accumulated for a long time. If you want to go fast, you'd better take it one step at a time and go with the flow. Xiao Ming said earnestly.

"Of course, maybe you can have an epiphany, and your mood will improve a lot in an instant. Xiao Ming added.