The midsummer sun shines through the dense trees in the quiet valley, and the light shines through the gaps in the leaves and reflects the stars on the ground. The valley is full of vegetation and trees, and from time to time there is the sound of birdsong.

In the valley, by a secluded stream, two men and a woman stood nervous, arguing over something.

"Senior Sister Liu, let's go, don't worry about Senior Brother Liu, it was the grandson of the elder of the Tianji Sect who was injured just now, and someone of them has already gone back to report the news, and it will be too late if they don't leave. ”

It was a young man in a brocade robe who was dragging a young girl at this time. The young man was dignified, his black hair was neatly coiled on his head, and his slightly thin figure revealed a little wealth under the decoration of brocade clothes. The young man was pulling the girl hard at this time, and Junxiu's face was already full of anxiety.

The girl kept struggling, the cuffs of her shirt had been torn apart in the pulling, but the girl turned a deaf ear, her eyes kept staring at the figure under the tree not far away, and her beautiful face was full of anxiety and uneasiness.

"No, I can't leave Senior Brother Liu alone, Senior Brother Zhang, you are the highest cultivation of several of us, and you are the grandson of Elder Feng, even if they catch you, they won't dare to do anything to you, you go and save Senior Brother Liu, I beg you." ”

The more the girl spoke, the more anxious she became, and there was already a hint of crying in her anxious voice.

The brocade-clothed young man who was called Senior Brother Zhang didn't say anything, he just grabbed the girl and didn't let go, and the other disciple behind him looked at them anxiously, and the irritability in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

"Zhang Zihao, where did you run and injured our elder grandson, I see how you explain this time in the Danyang Sect. ”

Suddenly, a loud shout came from behind, and two young men in strong suits rushed towards them with swords.

Seeing someone chasing after him, Zhang Zihao was even more anxious, and dragged the girl and said: "Senior Sister Liu, let's go, our Danyang Sect is already weaker than the Tianji Sect, and I will definitely be punished if I go back this time, I hope that kid is not seriously injured, otherwise I will not be able to escape the involvement." ”

The girl's heart became more and more uneasy, and tears had already burst out of her eyes: "But we can't leave Senior Brother Liu, he was seriously injured just to save us, and he will die if he doesn't save him." ”

Zhang Zihao was anxious, but the girl kept struggling, so she could only persuade: "Senior sister, I know that you and Senior Brother Liu are in love, but now I really can't care so much, don't worry, Senior sister, when I return to the sect, I will ask my grandfather to save Senior Brother Liu." ”

The sound of chasing behind was getting closer and closer, and the disciple standing next to Zhang Zihao said angrily: "Don't care about that idiot who can only read, it's too late if we don't leave." ”

As he spoke, two young men in strong suits had already caught up, and surrounded the three of them, one left and one right.

The young man on the left raised his sword and pointed at it, and said coldly: "Zhang Zihao, don't think about leaving Luoxia Valley if you don't give an explanation today." ”

Zhang Zihao looked at the two, and a trace of coldness flashed on Junxiu's face: "Just the two of you, you are not qualified to keep us." ”

The young man on the right snorted coldly: "We can't beat you, but Senior Brother Huang Wei has already arrived, we just need to entangle you." ”

"Huang Wei?"

Zhang Zihao was shocked when he heard this, Huang Wei is a genius of the Wuji faction, he has entered the enlightenment period at a young age, and he has broken out of the name of "Wuji Sword" with a sharp flying sword in his hand, and is known as one of the four masters of Cangzhou.

"Senior Brother Zhang, what should I do?"

Zhang Zihao ignored the questions of the disciples beside him, glanced at the two of them and said in a low voice: "You take Senior Sister Liu to go first, and I'll drag them down." ”

The girl was shocked when she heard this, and said anxiously: "But what about Senior Brother Liu, he has been seriously injured, and if you don't save him, you will really die." As he spoke, two lines of tears flowed down again.

The disciple beside him was also very anxious, pulled out and grabbed the girl, and said angrily: "Don't care what that idiot does, Senior Brother Zhang is already very dangerous for us, if it weren't for Senior Brother Zhang who values you, I wouldn't bother to care about you, and let you die with your idiot Senior Brother Liu." ”

"Gao Yong, don't talk nonsense. ”

Zhang Zihao turned around and reprimanded in a low voice, turned his head to the girl and said, "Senior sister, don't worry, when I return to the sect, I will ask my grandfather to save him, I believe that Senior Brother Liu has a great life and will be fine." ”

The girl was anxious at the moment, but she couldn't think of a better way, so she just sobbed softly.

Turning around and glancing at the two of them, Zhang Zihao drew his sword and held it horizontally, his eyes swept between the two. Seeing Zhang Zihao's actions, the two of them also became nervous, staring at him with vigilant eyes.

"Now, let's go. ”

Zhang Zihao suddenly roared, and before the words landed, the man had already drawn his sword and stabbed the young man on the left.

The young man didn't expect Zhang Zihao to suddenly attack, and hurriedly drew his sword to resist, and another young man hurriedly jumped up and ran towards him, and in a blink of an eye, the three of them were already entangled together.

Seeing this, Gao Yong grabbed the girl and began to run wildly, the girl struggled lightly a few times and was dragged into the distance, shouting softly Senior Brother Liu, tears flowed down his cheeks, and from time to time he looked back at a white-clothed young man curled up by the tree, and the two disappeared into the dense forest in a moment.

Seeing that the two had run away, Zhang Zihao glanced down at the white-clothed young man huddled by the tree, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

Turning around and collecting his sword, he swept back the two of them, Zhang Zihao hurriedly withdrew and retreated, and ran into the distance without looking back.

"Chase, can't let them run. ”

The two teenagers ignored the young man who was huddled by the tree, and followed Zhang Zihao's figure to chase after him, and the woods that were still noisy just now suddenly fell silent.

Seeing a few people leaving, the figure curled up by the tree began to stretch out, and a young man in white sat up slowly, the young man was very delicate, and his slightly thin figure made people look like a weak scholar.

"Do you really want to die here today? ”

Liu Xuan sat up with his back against the tree, the blood stains on his white shirt were even more conspicuous, the wooden token on his waist began to swing with his figure, the token was engraved with the words "Danyang Sect", and the bright red token seemed to be scooped up from the blood water, which was no different from the blood stains on his body.

Slightly lifting a breath of true qi, another sharp pain came from his abdomen, and the trace of breath he had just lifted dissipated in an instant.

"It's been five years, and I'm still in the Qi refining period, and even the disciples who started two years later have already begun to build a foundation, but I haven't broken through the Qi refining period yet. ”

Liu Xuan thought unwillingly: "Even if Liu'er is now in the middle stage of foundation building, what if I have read thousands of books, no matter how high my understanding is, I am afraid that no one will know if I die here in the end." ”

Staring at the stream not far away, Liu Xuan remembered the day he first entered the sect five years ago.

"Your qualifications are too poor to cultivate, please go back. ”

An old Taoist in Tsing Yi stood on the stage, looking at dozens of still slightly childish faces under the stage and said expressionlessly, everyone in the audience heard the words of the old Taoist face like ashes, many people began to cry in a low voice, the old Taoist waved his hand expressionlessly, and immediately a disciple stepped forward to lead them out of the mountain gate.

"Wait. ”

Suddenly, there was a shout from the crowd, and everyone looked at Liu Xuan with surprised eyes, Lao Dao frowned slightly, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"Chief, please listen to me. ”

Liu Xuan didn't want to give up this opportunity, in order to be able to participate in the test of the Danyang Sect, he made unimaginable efforts for ordinary people, and all his dreams were shattered in the old words.

Lao Dao looked at Liu Xuan quietly, unlike other children, Liu Xuan's face was not a little childish, and there seemed to be an unknown experience hidden in his deep eyes, such a look appeared on a half-old child that made Lao Dao feel slightly surprised, and he also wanted to hear what this child was going to say.

Seeing that Lao Dao didn't stop him, Liu Xuan imitated the appearance of other disciples and bowed to Lao Dao, it seemed a little funny for his thin body to make such a move, but everyone didn't smile at all, they all looked at him quietly and waited for him to say something.

"Dao Chief, I don't think such a test is fair. ”

The words were shocking, and the audience was in an uproar, many disciples of the Danyang Sect glared at Liu Xuan angrily, and even the people who participated in the test together felt that Liu Xuan was a little ashamed.

Lao Dao didn't get angry when he heard this, but asked with interest: "What's unfair?"

Liu Xuan ignored the eyes of others, and said in a deep voice: "There is no problem with the first qualification of a cultivator, but as far as I know, comprehension is also equally important, otherwise he is just a reckless man, and his achievements may not be high." ”

Everyone was indignant after listening to Liu Xuan's words, a secular person who had not grown up even dared to talk about the scriptures, and now he was ashamed to say that others were reckless. Some disciples looked at Lao Dao, and just waited for him to give an order to drive Liu Xuan out of the mountain gate.

Lao Dao looked at Liu Xuan, his eyes were full of surprise, if that remark was said by any monk above the foundation building period, he would not be surprised, the Qi refining period and the foundation building period are the first qualifications, and as long as the foundation building period is crossed and the enlightenment period is reached, the comprehension will become more and more important, if the comprehension is not enough, often no matter how long the cultivation is, there will be no progress.

Lao Dao stared at Liu Xuan, and the venue suddenly fell into a dead silence, and after a long time, Lao Dao nodded slightly and said, "What you said makes sense, then I will give you another chance." ”

When everyone in the audience heard this, they immediately cheered, and Liu Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and a strange brilliance flashed in his eyes.

Lao Dao waved his hand gently, and the audience instantly quieted down, Lao Dao pondered for a moment, and asked slowly: "Do you know the way of cultivating immortals, what is the Tao, what is the immortal, and what are we cultivating?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the audience began to think, and after a while, a young man raised his hand and said: "The Taoist is the Tao, the immortals are the immortals, and the immortals we cultivate are the immortals." ”

Hearing this, Lao Dao shook his head slightly, waved his hand, and asked the disciple to take him out of the mountain gate.

After a while, people began to raise their hands one after another to answer, but no one's answer satisfied Lao Dao, and gradually there were fewer and fewer people in the audience, and Lao Dao also set his sights on Liu Xuan.

"Do you know the answer?"

Lao Dao looked at Liu Xuan and asked lightly, and the surrounding crowd also turned their eyes to Liu Xuan, and also wanted to see how this strange young man would answer.

Liu Xuan pondered for a moment, and said softly: "The Tao is the process, the Tao is the origin, the so-called Tao can be the Tao, the very Tao, as for what is the immortal, I am the immortal, you are also the immortal, the immortal is also the immortal, everyone can be an immortal, the grass and trees and beasts can also be immortals, the cultivation of immortals, I seem to cultivate is our heart, you have a heart, I have a heart, the grass and trees and beasts have a heart, so they can also be immortals." ”

Lao Dao looked at Liu Xuan blankly when he heard this, his face was full of shock in disbelief, everyone around him was immersed in thinking about the meaning of Liu Xuan's words, Lao Dao also silently recalled Liu Xuan's words, and after a long time, he looked up and asked: "These are all your own realizations." ”

Liu Xuan smiled slightly and said, "It's all the disciples' own random guesses, please don't blame the Taoist leader." ”

After that day, Liu Xuan was admitted by an exception, he was the first disciple of the Danyang Sect to be accepted by an exception since the establishment of the sect, and the elders of the various sects began to compete, wanting to take Liu Xuan into their own door, and Liu Xuan, who knew that his physique was weak, chose to cultivate the fire gate of the Burning Yang Technique, hoping to change his physique with the help of the fierce Burning Yang Technique.

But Liu Xuan's physique was far weaker than everyone expected, ordinary disciples only needed half a year to cultivate to the third level of qi refining, and Liu Xuan spent two full years, and the fierceness of the Burning Yang Jue failed to improve his physique.

Because of the weakness of his physique, Liu Xuan needs to spend a lot of time to precipitate the true qi in his body, and he usually can't cultivate, so he spends his time reading books, the classics of Danyang Sect have basically been read by Liu Xuan, although his cultivation is not high, but the knowledge he knows is probably unmatched in the sect, and Liu Xuan is also willing to explain his perception and analysis of exercises to some senior brothers on weekdays, and he and Liu Yan met in this way.

Five years have passed in a blink of an eye, and all the brothers who started with him have built a foundation, and even some of the disciples who started a year or two later have begun to build a foundation, but Liu Xuan is still at the eighth layer of Qi training, and Liu Xuan, who is soaking in the pile of books all day long, is gradually called an idiot who can only read.

It seemed that the elders also felt that they had lost their eyes, and their attention to Liu Xuan was decreasing day by day. The once dazzling new star has slowly fallen, and gradually become what everyone calls a bookworm.

Liu Xuan didn't care about the eyes of others, he found two ways to improve his physique in the classics, one is to practice exercises, but this kind of exercises are mostly Buddhist exercises, and there is no Buddhism in the whole Cangzhou, and the other is to take the pill of washing the marrow, but this pill is very rare, even the worst effect of the Guiyuan Pill is worth a lot.

Liu Xuan did not give up hope, he has been looking for news for the past few years, and this time he left the sect to inquire about the news of Guiyuan Dan, but he never expected that what he thought was just an ordinary trip would bring such serious consequences.

Retracting his thoughts, Liu Xuan reluctantly stood up with his back against the tree, and moved his thighs with difficulty, and the sharp pain stabbed his heart like a thousand swords, almost making him faint.

"I can't die, I have to survive. ”

Biting the tip of his tongue fiercely, Liu Xuan suddenly felt a lot more sober, a trace of blood slowly flowed out of the corner of his mouth, and he casually picked up the flying sword at his feet and stuck it upside down on the ground as a crutch, Liu Xuan began to move in the direction of Danyang Sect step by step.