Jinniu Mountain is a majestic mountain, nearly 1,000 zhang high, standing out among the surrounding low mountains. In addition, the ancient trees on the mountain are towering to the sky, and all kinds of rare species emerge in endlessly, and there is a famous mountain of immortals.

It is rumored that the ancestor of Qizhumen, Qizhu Daoren, watched the whole process of a golden bull demon beast ascending to immortality at the foot of Jinniu Mountain, and was greatly enlightened, and decided to establish a sect here, which is the prototype of Qizhumen.

After thousands of years of wind and rain baptism, Qizhumen has been brilliant and decayed, just like his founder Qizhu Daoren, his life has been stormy, and in the end there is no luck in ascending to the immortal. In the end, the door wall withered, and there was no successor, which is sad and lamentable. But in any case, Qizhumen was once a big faction of the Lingbei generation, and the strict rules and hierarchy in the door were still implemented by later generations.

The top of the mountain is where the main hall of Jinniu Mountain is located, and some important activities will be held in the main hall on weekdays. Further down is the residence of some foundation-building monks such as the House of Elders and the Council Hall of Qizhumen. Further down is the inner gate of the sect, where the core disciples and the inner disciples live.

As for the outer gate, it is located halfway up the mountain, which is basically the gateway of the sect. This is not to say how important the outer door is, but to use the outer door as a protective wall. If there is really a foreign enemy who breaks the mountain protection array and invades, it is good to sound the alarm bell in time. In other words, the outer gate is just cannon fodder for the sect.

Sun Hao was on a winding mountain road at this time, climbing upwards while listening to a disciple beside him introduce him to the situation of the sect.

This disciple's surname is Zheng Ming Sanxing, and he is a very talkative person, and even a little talkative. Since he led Sun Hao, he has been talking endlessly, from the general situation of the sect, to the history of the sect, to some lace news in the sect, there is nothing he doesn't know. At first, Sun Hao could cater to two sentences, but later he was the only one left talking to himself. He was not embarrassed, and he spoke happily.

Finally, the two of them came to several stone houses made of black rocks, and Zheng Sanxing said with some unfinished words: "This is the council of the outer gate, Elder Feng has been stationed here on weekdays, you can go to him to report, if you want to say this Elder Feng, there has always been a small rumor in the sect."

"Elder Feng is here, right, I'll go to him, thank you senior brother for leading the way, senior brother will go to him and leave. Sun Hao really couldn't stand this talkative Zheng Sanxing, so he quickly interrupted him, arched his hand and walked towards the council. Zheng Sanxing pursed his lips a little boredly and muttered back.

Sun Hao breathed a long sigh of relief and walked towards the stone house, he didn't rush in, stood at the door and bowed down and said: "Disciple Sun Hao, today I am fortunate to have successfully refined qi into the body, entered the condensation period, and was able to enter the outer gate, so I have come to ask the thirteen elders for peace." ”

After about a few breaths, Feng Dewei's calm voice sounded in the room and said, "It's the disciple who has been promoted in the miscellaneous area this time, you come in, I have closed the ban, and it won't hurt you." ”

Sun Hao straightened his clothes and walked into the stone house. The room was a little gray, Sun Hao looked left and right, and found that there was nothing else in the house except for a low table and a few futons. Feng Dewei was sitting on a futon at this time, looking at him with some doubts.

Sun Hao didn't dare to slack off, and bowed down and said, "Disciple Sun Hao, see the Thirteen Elders." ”

Feng Dewei didn't say anything, and only after half a sound did he frown and said, "Sun Hao, let me ask you, what's going on with your cultivation." ”

Sun Hao's heart tightened, and sure enough, the elder could easily see his cultivation. But this matter is incredible, if you tell the truth, I am afraid that if you are arrested by Feng Dewei to study, the golden light and blue crystal in the dantian will not be saved.

He calmed down and prevaricated with a reason he had thought of a long time ago: "The disciple doesn't know what is going on, but when the disciple swallowed the pill, there was a burst of heat in the dantian, and there was suddenly a lot of aura in the meridians, and I almost couldn't control it." Fortunately, the disciple was lucky, it took me thirteen days for these spiritual qi to be able to recover the dantian, and as a result, they reached the third layer of condensation. ”

"Uh-huh, tell me where those auras came from. ”

The disciple was a little flustered at the time, and he didn't pay attention to the source of the aura, but remembered that it seemed to be oozing out of the meridians. ”

"Then have you ever eaten any heavenly treasures before?"

The disciple remembered, when I was young, my body was weak, and my father dug up wild ginseng for me from the mountains in order to make up for my body, and I still remember that once I dug up a wild ginseng as big as a radish, and it grew into a human shape, and I had a nosebleed for half a month, I don't know if that counts. ”

Feng Dewei nodded at this time, and said to himself: This kid is lucky, I'm afraid that he has eaten ginseng for hundreds of years in order to store the medicinal effect in his body for several years. Now that he was stimulated by the pill, he forced the medicinal power out of the meridians, and he completed the work of his years of accumulation in one fell swoop.

Feng Dewei didn't dig deeper, this son is just a small hairy head with three layers of condensation, even if he has some adventures, I am afraid that there is no big development with his qualifications. Therefore, his face returned to that ancient well, and he said in a deep voice: "The path of cultivation is a rugged road, and it is your blessing that you can have this adventure, and Elder Ben is very pleased. But you must not be satisfied with this and become lazy. The condensation period is divided into nine layers, and one layer is more difficult to rise than the first, let alone above the condensation. You must guard against arrogance and rashness, be diligent in cultivation, and magnify my Qizhumen. ”

"Disciple remember. Sun Hao bowed his head and said.

Feng Dewei nodded with satisfaction and continued: "My Qizhumen is a Lingbei sect, which has been inherited for thousands of years, and it is strict with the disciples in the sect. Today, you should also remember the three major rules in our sect: first: all disciples in our sect who commit rebellion or betray the master will be punished by five thunders and their souls will be destroyed; second: all disciples in our sect who have mutilated their fellow disciples or killed each other will be punished with a thousand knives and suffer from ten thousand cuts; third: all disciples in our sect who steal the property of the sect and touch the taboos in the door will be burned at the stake and suffer from burning their hearts. Have you ever remembered? ”

"Disciple remember!"

"Okay! These three major rules were created by my ancestor of Qizhumen, and those who violate them will never be spared. Of course, you don't have to be afraid, as long as you abide by the rules of the sect and serve the sect well, the sect will naturally not treat you badly. ”

After speaking, he took out a token from the storage bag and handed it to Sun Haodao: "This is the outer disciple token, it is your credential, you take it to find the two stewards in charge of distributing the cave house and the entrance sundries, and he will naturally distribute the entry items to you." The old man is cultivating here, if there is any major matter in the future, you can come here to find the old man, the old man still has to cultivate, you can go. ”

Sun Hao took the token and retreated, the door behind him moved without wind, and closed again, Sun Hao secretly said to himself.

He did not delay any longer, asked a patrolling disciple for a good place, and walked along the mountain road. I didn't stop until I saw an attic with the Treasure Pavilion written on it. The Treasure Pavilion is a place where Qizhumen stores ritual weapons and legal decisions, and is divided into three layers.

The first layer is only accessible to outer disciples, and most of them are ordinary spells and magic weapons. The second floor is only accessible to inner disciples, and the grade is one level higher than the first floor. The third level is reserved for the elders, and only those who have made great contributions among the disciples can enter. Later, because the location of the Treasure Pavilion was close to the outer gate, the sect simply placed the entrance of the outer disciples here, so that the disciples who entered the sect for the first time knew the location of this treasure pavilion.

There was a gray-clothed young man downstairs who was meditating cross-legged, and when he saw Sun Hao dressed in cloth at first, he thought he was a new disciple, and he ignored it. It wasn't until Sun Hao was shocked by the spiritual pressure that he sat up in surprise and welcomed Sun Hao into the building with a smile.

The first floor of the Treasure Pavilion seemed a little empty, sparsely placed hundreds of magic weapons and jade slips, which were forbidden and sealed, and could only be opened by paying the corresponding spirit stones.

Sun Hao took out the token and explained his intention, although the disciple was a little surprised by Sun Hao's cultivation, he didn't dare to slack off, took out a storage bag, and explained to Sun Hao with a smile: "Senior Brother Sun, this is a storage bag issued by the sect, which contains three spirit stones, a few unified gray clothes for outer disciples, and ten Qi Gathering Pills. By the way, there is also a jade slip, which records some elementary legal decisions and the rules and basic introduction of the door, Senior Brother Sun, you can find out with your spiritual sense. ”

Sun Hao opened the storage bag and found that the three spirit stones inside were the same as the stones that exuded spiritual energy in the Gao Bo storage bag, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "This senior brother, I am a newcomer to the outer door, and I don't know the doorway, but I don't know what this spirit stone is for." ”

This can make this steward disciple a little embarrassed, he is just a disciple of the second layer of condensation, he has never seen a monk who is the third layer of condensation as soon as he enters the outer door, and he seems to be a little white.

However, he didn't dare to ask more, so he just smiled and said: "Senior brother, the door only talks about cultivation, and cultivation is the first, where can I afford you to call me senior brother." However, Senior Brother, you are diligent in cultivation and don't understand these foreign things, so it's understandable, so let me give you an answer. ”

"To say that this spiritual stone is a thing that our monks take root in, it is hidden in the ground, and it is mostly seen in places where the spiritual veins are strong. The spirit stone is rich in spiritual energy, and it is soft and easy to absorb, so the monk can directly absorb it when cultivating. However, his usefulness is not only this, when you are fighting with people, in case the aura is exhausted, you can directly absorb the aura in the spirit stone and replenish the aura. ”“

However, these are not its main uses, this spirit stone is still the most important currency in the cultivation realm, equivalent to the gold and silver of mortals, you can buy some heavenly treasures, pills and magic weapons, so ordinary monks will not easily use the spirit stone for cultivation unless they have to. This spirit stone also has a grade, these spirit stones in our hands are only the lower grade spirit stones, the most common and the most common, there are medium grade spirit stones and top grade spirit stones above it, I have lived for more than 20 years, and I have not seen what the top grade spirit stones look like, and the middle grade spirit stones have only seen once, and the spiritual energy there is enough to be a hundred times that of the upper and lower grade spirit stones. Therefore, there is an unwritten rule in the cultivation world that a medium-grade spirit stone can be worth a hundred high-grade spirit stones, and a high-grade spirit stone can be worth a hundred medium-grade spirit stones. This is the basic use of spirit stones, as for some monks who use spirit stones to set up formations, alchemy, etc., it's not something I can know clearly. ”

After listening to this disciple's words, Sun Hao couldn't help but smack his tongue a little, he didn't expect that just a small spirit stone would have so many doorways. Not to mention those pills, magic weapons, formations, jade slips, spells and the like, it seems that he needs to make up for the basic knowledge of these cultivation realms.

He nodded lightly and said, "Thank you, junior brother, for giving me the answer, but you can also see that I am a layman, I don't know if you have any books here that introduce these basic questions, I want to take a look." ”

The steward disciple chuckled and said: "Senior brother is on the way to the door, this treasure pavilion is a place that sells some Dharma decisions and magic weapons to disciples, and there are indeed things that senior brother wants to know here, but they are not recorded in books, but recorded on jade slips, and specially read by new disciples." It's just that burning jade slips is not free, and burning them once requires three spirit stones. ”

Sun Hao shook his head a little helplessly, he didn't expect that the spirit stone that had just arrived in his hand was about to be spit out, he gritted his teeth and took out the spirit stone in exchange for a recorded jade slip.

The disciple in charge sent Sun Hao away with a smile, and kindly pointed out to him the residence of the steward assigned by the disciple of the outer sect in the cave.

There was nothing wrong with this, a thin middle-aged man welcomed Sun Hao in, he was the same as Sun Hao, he was a three-layer condensation. After Sun Hao explained his intentions, he coldly took out a jade slip and said to Sun Hao: "Here is the distribution map of the caves of Jinniu Mountain, among which the gray dots are the caves where the inner disciples can live, the yellow dots are the caves that have been occupied by others, and only the green dots are you can pick, you can choose yourself." ”

Sun Hao probed his spiritual sense into the jade slip, and a map full of light spots appeared in his mind. Among them, there are only twenty or thirty gray spots, more than half of them are yellow, there are hundreds, and there are only thirty or forty green spots.

Sun Hao considered it and chose a cave that was not too remote and the surroundings were relatively clean. The middle-aged steward threw Sun Hao a token, told him some basic matters of the cave house, and issued an eviction order.

Sun Hao was not angry, he used his aura and walked towards his cave with a flying stride. It is estimated that the reason why the outer disciples live relatively scattered, it was very deserted along the way, and there was no excitement in the miscellaneous area, Sun Hao only cared about the road, and arrived in front of his cave after a while.

His cave is located in the south mountain of Jinniu Mountain, and there are no other caves around, so it is a pure place. Sun Hao followed the method taught to him by the middle-aged steward, and used the token to open the ban and enter the cave.

This cave should have been inhabited, the stone tables, stone chairs and stone beds in the cave are readily available, and the aura in the cave is several times thicker than that outside the cave, but no one has lived in it for a long time, and a lot of dust has fallen. Sun Hao is not a person who is greedy for pleasure, so he used his aura to blow the dust out of the cave, and sat on the stone bed with peace of mind.

He first counted his family background, two lower-grade spirit stones, more than ten Qi Gathering Pills, one Harmony Qi Pill, and an elixir that he didn't know what to use from Xiaobai's hand. These should be enough for your own cultivation for a short period of time. I have limited qualifications, and I just rely on meditation to cultivate, and I am afraid that if I have to cultivate until the Year of the Monkey, the assistance of the pill must not be broken.

He looked at the blue crystal again, it was still the same, unremarkable, without a bit of aura, not at all like a murderous creature that could devour people, he shook his head, and put it back again.

Then he picked up the jade slip that had cost him a lot of money and probed his spiritual sense. Eight big characters appeared in his mind—"The Complete Book of Basic Knowledge of Cultivating Truths."

Sun Hao smiled lightly and thought, this is concise and clear, and continued to look down.

At first, it was a magic weapon, a magic weapon, a weapon created by a cultivator with special materials and special means, and a cultivator who could withstand it was infused with spiritual energy, which was a great help for the cultivator. You can leave the cultivator and hurt people thousands of miles away under the manipulation of the master's spiritual sense, of course, provided that your spiritual sense can go that far. The main form of embodiment is the flying sword, but there are also a few other styles, depending on the creator's wishes. The following also introduces some common materials and refining methods, which are more than a thousand kinds.

Next is the pill chapter, which introduces the basic types and various uses of the pill, as well as several refining methods for the pill in the condensation period, but this is of little use to Sun Hao in a short time, and Sun Hao has never heard of the materials introduced above, not to mention the necessary earth fire and expensive alchemy furnace.

Then comes the spell chapter, which is introduced by Jade Jane that magic is another form of the monk's use of aura, which is to use auras to simulate the elements in nature, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing power. Spells are mainly divided into five element spells, which are in the form of simulating metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and there are some other side spells, each with its own usefulness. Sun Hao paid more attention to the spiritual spells, and the several illusions and spells that directly attacked Zhihai introduced made him secretly surprised, but unfortunately this jade slip was only introduced, and there was no specific spell means, which made him a little disappointed.

Then there is the formation and prohibition chapter, which introduces some common formations and forbidden methods, but it is just an introduction, there is no specific method, which makes Sun Hao cry out.

Finally, some basic knowledge of basic knowledge is introduced, such as the use of jade slips, the use of talismans, how to use spiritual consciousness to transmit sounds, how to effectively use spiritual energy, and other small skills and spells that basically everyone in the cultivation world knows.

Sun Hao basically didn't know anything about this knowledge, and this time he could make up for the knowledge he lacked. He saw the end from the beginning to the end in one breath, and then he stopped and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, it was already dusk, and a beam of sunlight slanted in through the window of the cave, illuminating the cave mansion with light. Sun Hao looked at the birds that returned late outside the window, and couldn't help but think of his parents, a warm smile pulled out of the corner of his mouth, and murmured: Dad, mother, Hao'er is out of breath, Hao'er is an immortal, have you seen it.

The sun is setting, and I don't know whose heart is broken