Chapter 53: The Lonely Genius
(Make up the chapter the day before yesterday, hehe, I'm an honest person)
Wang Wuji began to think that there was a problem with his perception, but after repeated confirmation, he had to admit that Li Rui had indeed reached the level of foundation building the Great Perfection, and after this deep meditation, he might be able to directly marry Dan.
Wang Wuji suddenly had a strange thought in his heart, if he gave Li Rui some more time, would his skill be able to surpass his own master? After all, he was only the sixth layer of the Jiedan, and he had experienced twenty-three years from the foundation building to the Jiedan. However, Wang Wuji also knew that it was not so easy to get a pill, not to mention Li Rui's situation, even if he succeeded in getting a pill, it was unlikely that he would want to continue to be promoted quickly. Because in the Creation Sect, Li Rui is a relatively special person.
All the five major sects, the disciples have the following categories, one is the monk after the monk, that is, the child born after the two monks become a Taoist couple, such children because their parents' physique is already much stronger than ordinary people, so most of them are born with the roots of cultivation, and they are also the most respected by the monks who are ready to accept disciples; the second is the good seedlings that the monks who want to accept disciples find by chance when they walk in the red world, such as the strong-minded Sun Fu discovered and received by Princess Shui Rao; the third type is the relatives sent in by the family where the monk was half recommended and half dragged by the monks in the clan to bring them into the Taoist sect to practice, such as Wang Dahe just now; and there is another category, is because of the participation in the mortal royal competition and the final finalist of the "Guiding the Country". Every ten years, the five major sects will open the mountain gate to include the finalists who guide the country, and they do not do this to recruit ordinary royal families and give them a chance to promote to the Dao Sect, but there is a very clear hidden reason.
Perhaps the mortal royal family would never have imagined that the finalists of the "Guiding the Country" selected by them from the royal families of various large and small countries were actually only for a selfish purpose of the five major sects.
Li Rui is such a person who stands out from "guiding the country".
Speaking of which, I have to talk about the basis for the Sect of Creation to accept disciples. The inheritance of the Creation Sect has a long history, it is one of the oldest inheritances known now, and it is also one of the few real Taoist sects, unlike other sects with family, in-laws, bloodlines and even pill charm control and so on as the link of the inheritance path, but has always taken "fate" as the only condition for accepting disciples.
It is difficult to explain the wonder of the word fate, and the fate of Li Rui and Wang Wuji is like this. It was more than 20 years ago, when Wang Wuji had just married Dan and came out to participate in the "Guidance of the Country" on behalf of the Creation Sect, in fact, he was not ready to accept disciples for himself at that time, but was only responsible for selecting disciples for the Creation Sect. According to the agreement of the five major sects, each sect will collect ten members of the "guiding the country", Wang Wuji planned to return to the mountain after receiving enough ten disciples, and did not want to meet Li Rui who had been eliminated on the road, although Li Rui at this time was generally bone-based and ordinary, but he found an inexplicable summoning power in Li Rui's body, and this power was not felt by others at all, adhering to the concept of the Creation Sect, Wang Wuji brought Li Rui to the mountain gate, and it was also regarded as a member of the guide to the country. However, according to the regulations of the Creation Sect, the people selected by the "Guiding the Country" must be sent to a secret place to practice, and Li Rui's embarrassment was that the quota was full, and he could not enter there with others, so Wang Wuji had to keep him by his side.
At the beginning, Wang Wuji didn't care about it, but he just thought that he had made a mistake inexplicably, because he already had a disciple, and he was a monk, so he just passed on a piece of cultivation to Li Rui, and then left him to fend for himself.
After a long time, when Wang Wuji had even forgotten that there was Li Rui, Li Rui suddenly appeared in front of Wang Wuji and asked Wang Wuji to provide follow-up cultivation tips, and then Wang Wuji found out that this person had quietly crossed the feeling spirit and entered the foundation building period, Wang Wuji swore that he had never guided Li Rui, and others would not be idle enough to guide his disciples for him, this kid just relied on his own exploration, and actually stepped into the cultivation path by himself, and even advanced step by step.
From then on, Wang Wuji began to take this apprentice seriously, of course, it was just serious, and he still gave more cultivation resources to the other three apprentices, because Wang Wuji himself was not sure, whether one day Li Rui would be taken away by the sect in the name of "guiding the country".
When these thoughts were disturbing Wang Wuji, he suddenly sensed that Li Rui's eyelashes in the stone cave trembled slightly, and then, Li Rui slowly opened his eyes.
"Now that you have woken up, come out. Seeing that Li Rui, who had just woken up, actually closed his eyes again and was about to continue meditating, Wang Wuji had no choice but to say hello.
Li Rui in the cave paused for a moment, obviously guessing who the person who had just spoken, and soon after he opened his eyes again, got up and walked out.
"Li Rui paid a visit to his master. The clothes on his body were tattered due to the dust and sweat stains accumulated after a long time of meditation, and he couldn't even distinguish the color, and when Li Rui saw the salute, his two brothers couldn't help but cover their noses and take a few steps back.
Looking at the three young people in front of him, Wang Wuji couldn't help but sigh a little, for more than 20 years, he really didn't expect that he would have such achievements on the treacherous road of cultivation, and he didn't expect that these three "flowers are planted here, and willows are planted unintentionally but they become shaded", the big apprentice and the third apprentice who he built with great care are now actually getting farther and farther away from Li Rui, and after cleaning up his mood, Wang Wuji put on what he thought was the most kind expression and asked: "Second brother, tell me about the teacher, when did you step into the great consummation of foundation building?"
When Li Rui heard this, he was stunned and said, "The Great Perfection has passed?" Oh, I said why I haven't seen any progress for so long, and I thought there was something wrong in my cultivation. ”
"What? Could it be that you have been in the Great Perfection for a long time?" Wang Wuji was stupid.
"Probably more than a year. Li Rui nodded, Wang Wuji was speechless, no wonder the master asked me to take good care of the disciples under the door, it seems that the master taught me a very good lesson, and actually let his apprentice stagnate in the foundation building for more than a year, I am still really confused, just as Wang Wuji was about to say something high-sounding, Li Rui spoke again, "Master, then when is it better for me to advance to the Dan?"
"Uh——, this, it's a big deal, it's better to prepare for the teacher, and then personally protect the Fa for you and help you succeed in one fell swoop, what do you think?" Wang Wuji looked at this clear eyes, and he was embarrassed to tell a lie, so he had to delay it and give himself a step.
"Okay, thank you, Master. Li Rui was very happy, and he probably felt that it was the first time that Shizun was so good to him, which had exceeded his cognition.
"Okay, I'll go and prepare now," Wang Wuji said and looked at the other two, "You should learn a little more from the second child, otherwise you will be so worthy of my teachings for so many years." The reproach was palpable.
"Yes, Master. The two saluted from afar and watched Wang Wuji return to his residence.
"Yo, it's fragrant. Seeing that Wang Wuji was gone, Senior Brother Wang Duan walked over with square steps.
"That's it, the foundation has been built to perfection! I can't say when I will surpass the master, and the master won't dare to keep you. It's terrifying!" Liu Xiaochuan followed.
"Senior brother, third junior brother, don't make fun of me. Li Rui bowed and smiled helplessly.
"How dare we make fun of you, we just don't know when you will be assigned by the sect to carry out that mission that will never be recovered!" Wang Duan squeezed his eyebrows, glanced at Liu Xiaochuan, and left with a weird smile.
The people selected by the "Guiding the Country" have to carry out a very terrible task, which is a semi-open secret in the Creation Sect, not to mention that after Wang Duan and Liu Xiaochuan are both monks, they have long been clear about this, so it is normal to use it to intimidate Li Rui from time to time, but when they staggered away, they didn't notice that Li Rui's eyes were flashing brightly, "Is it a mission that will never be recovered? I've been waiting for a long time." ”
Looking around, it was already empty, Li Rui then walked towards the medicine hall of the Creation Sect, Jiedan, although he didn't know what to prepare, but it should be right to take some soul-saving pills to save his life, a disciple like him, everyone in the sect has a lot of cultivation resources such as pills and spirit stones every month.
Along the way, there are always people pointing and saying something, but when Li Ruigang wants to come forward to talk, people always disperse in a hurry, Li Rui saw this, and knew that it was Wang Duan's "pointing the country" The only disciple who can walk at will in the sect, terrifying tasks and the like, so he simply didn't bother with them, so many years he was used to this kind of loneliness of being pointed out and isolated.
Finally came to the pharmacy, before he could speak, the five or six disciples who were in charge of distributing the pills began to talk in a stumbling manner, and finally one of the disciples who seemed to be more mature greeted him, and when he walked in front of him, this one spoke: "Your share has been used up, please go back." After speaking, he looked at him with a complicated expression, as if he was waiting for him to ask a question, in their opinion, Li Rui, who had hardly received the pill, would definitely jump to his feet and ask when he heard such words, and their answer was actually ready a long time ago.
"Oh, that's it," Li Rui nodded calmly, "Then my share of spirit stones is probably used up, right?"
"Yes. Although I didn't expect it to be this sentence, the breaking point is still in the hands of this disciple.
"Thank you. Li Rui nodded again, then turned and left.
"Hey, don't you ask who took your share?" Seeing that Li Rui actually left without care, another disciple hurriedly asked.
"Isn't it my senior brothers?" Li Rui turned around and asked.