The Dongju Mountains are formed by thousands of mountain peaks, which are of varying heights and sizes to form valleys and abysses. The trees in the mountains are towering, some have grown for hundreds of years, the body of the tree can only be hugged by two adult men, there are large lakes, small lakes, and waterfalls in the mountains, and wild beasts are rampant, among which there are also powerful demon beasts.

Among the nine peaks, the Qionglou Immortal Hall was established, and the formation of the Protector Sect was arranged, and the nine peaks were shrouded in mist, ethereal and ethereal, and mortals must have thought that it was the residence of the immortals when they saw it, which was the nine inner peaks of the Yufeng Sect.

There are also outer peaks in the Imperial Wind Sect, which are far and close to the inner peaks, and each performs its own duties.

More than sixty teenagers and girls, led by three young men in green robes, walked between the stone moat and the trees, and there was no mountain road directly leading to the Imperial Wind Sect from the outside world, so as to avoid woodcutters and hunters entering by mistake to disturb the tranquility.

The terrain is steep, the stones are everywhere, and it is very difficult to walk, but it does not affect the footsteps of the three young people in green robes, walking easily, talking and laughing all the way. More than sixty teenagers and girls did not have that strength, they took every step carefully, and some of the teenagers who became disciples of the outer sect of refining, alchemy, and talisman making began to complain, and hung behind them with a tired expression.

After the middle-aged man who presided over the recruitment of disciples entered the mountains, he flew away with his sword, and several of the young men and girls had seen such methods. All of them had big mouths, staring at the sky in a daze, and they were even more yearning for the Imperial Wind Sect.

The journey was peaceful, and most of the wild beasts on the periphery were banished, only to encounter a few mischievous monkeys, hares, and pheasants. After stumbling for more than an hour, he appeared in front of him a stone staircase that was one level wide and one step wide.

Climb the stairs and walk hundreds of steps, and you will reach the halfway point of the mountain, where a two-storey pavilion sits in the open space on the mountainside, and there are already several people in different clothes waiting in front of the pavilion, both men and women.

"The disciples of refining weapons come to me" "Those who have been selected for alchemy, don't come to me stupidly"......

Yang Qing and the other twenty people came to the side of an old man in a gray robe and a short stature, the old man checked the number of people, and saw that they were all sturdy teenagers, and nodded with satisfaction.

In the pavilion, the name, age and other information of each person were recorded, a waist tag was sent, and common items such as clothes, wooden basins, and sweat towels were received, and each person was given two thin books.

Each outer peak has a standard type of clothing, and the clothes in the cold iron mine area are gray short robes, and Yang Qing and the others have distributed two sets, and those two books are Xuangong secret books.

"Let's go, follow me to the cold iron mining area, it's time to walk slowly, lunch time will be over" The gray-robed old man said kindly, without a straight face to Yang Qing and the others, leading them down the stone steps and walking towards the cold iron mining area.

The old man walked ahead and began to talk about the cold iron ore area.

The Cold Iron Mine is one of the outer peaks of the Imperial Wind Sect, and it is forty miles away from the nine inner peaks, and these forty miles have been carved out of a wide mountain road to transport the cold iron ore out.

The reason why it is called the cold iron ore area is because there is a small cold iron mine there, this cold iron mine was discovered 20 years ago, and since then, the outer peak of the cold iron ore area has been established.

The disciples in the cold iron ore area have every homework to mine the cold iron ore, and the rough cold iron ore is mined and transported to the outer peak of the refining vessel, and then the outer peak of the refining tool is refined into cold iron.

This cold iron ore has been mined for nearly 20 years, with the improvement of the quality of the cold iron ore, the difficulty of mining has also increased a lot, the scale of the cold iron ore is not large, and in another five or six years the cold iron ore can be mined, and the cold iron ore area will be dissolved.

When the group arrived at the cold iron ore area, it was already noon, and the old man handed over the twenty teenagers to a young man named Zhou Tengyun, and specially instructed Zhou Tengyun to divide the two new disciples into a room.

Zhou Tengyun was less than thirty years old, tall, extraordinary, and indifferent. He is the deacon who manages the ordinary things of the disciples in the cold iron mining area, and this time he will assign stone houses to the people, and he will also explain the homework and rules and other related matters.

There are many stone houses in the cold iron mining area, wide and high, gray like caves, one next to the other, close to each other.

Yang Qing was in a stone house with a sixteen-year-old boy named Lu Zhen, who knew that the boy was one of those who could 'read a thousand words', but he was assigned to the cold iron mining area.

Lu Zhen is two fingers taller than Yang Qing, his body is weak, his eyebrows and eyes are small, his skin is immature, he looks like a scholar, both of them are the same age, and there is no too much restraint.

The stone house is not big, there are only two wooden beds and a table and two chairs, and there are wax tables, teapots and other things on the table, and there are bedding on the wooden beds, all of which are brand new.

"Yang Qing, we will be in the same room for a while in the future, don't we have to help each other" Lu Zhen looked at the stone house and said with a smile. "By the way, what kind of encounter did you encounter to dress up like this?"

"I've been wearing this dress for four days, can I not bury it" Yang Qing grinned, looking helpless. I put my things away, and I was changing into the clothes on my body, and the fabric of the clothes was very coarse and wear-resistant.

The clothes on Yang Qing's body were so dirty that he couldn't see the original state, and he was reluctant to throw them away, after all, his mother sewed them with stitches and threads.

"Tell me about it, I like to listen to stories the most" Lu Zhen was curious, changed into a robe, and put it on his weak body. sat on Yang Qing's bed, his eyes shining.

"It's nothing, it's just that I ran out of the house by myself..."Yang Qing was excited when he was lonely, and Lu Zhen's familiarity made him feel friendly, and he secretly ran out and talked about it.

"You're really that, aren't you afraid that your father and mother will be sad" Lu Zhen was surprised, his pale face was full of disbelief, obviously he didn't understand Yang Qing's behavior, "I was brought here by my father, and my father said that being an outer disciple of the Imperial Wind Sect is better than being a showman, so I'll come."

"I'm afraid that they will be sad, hey, you don't understand" Yang Qing felt guilty in his heart, and then thought again, "Becoming an outer disciple, my father and mother should be very happy." Can ......"

"What kind of book is this" Yang Qing said silently, took out the two books to watch, but he didn't know the words on the books, the books were very thin, and the two books were less than a finger thick together.

"This is "The Sixteen Styles of Innateness", and that one is called "Turning the Breath Decision"" Lu Zhen said casually, took out his two books, and glanced at them nonchalantly.

"Sixteen Styles of Innateness" is an exercise of the innate realm, with a total of sixteen styles, each of which is clearly depicted, and there are key points to detail next to it.

"Transformation and Breath Decision" is also a practice of the innate realm, and it is a breathing technique, which can assist the "Innate Sixteen Styles" to refine the five organs and six organs, and open up the twelve canons. In the second part of the "Turning Breath Decision", it is recorded how to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the operation of true yuan.

"Yang Qing, you don't know how to read, you haven't been to school" Lu Zhen put down the two books and came to Yang Qing's side, his expression unexpectedly revealing cunning.

"My village is poor and there is no school, and I can't read and write," Yang Qingmu replied, and was seriously watching the line and human form in "The Sixteen Styles of Nature", when he suddenly came to his side and startled him.

"Yang Qing, I'll discuss with you, you can't read, you can't read the words in this book, and you can't practice, right" Lu Zhen pointed to the dense boys on "Huaxi Decision", and said inducingly, "In this way, you help me half of my daily homework, and I will teach you how about literacy."

"Really, I wanted to learn literacy from you, but I don't know how to speak," Yang Qing looked delighted, but couldn't believe it.

"Really, we are under the same roof, I won't help you help anyone" Lu Zhen patted Yang Qing on the shoulder and said enthusiastically.

"Okay, that's it, I'll help you do half of your homework, you teach me to read, thank you so much" Yang Qing grinned and thanked sincerely.

So the two of them agreed, took the wooden basin out to wash, and went to the dining room for lunch together.

Meals are picked up in the spacious dining rooms next to the many stone houses, which can also be eaten inside or taken back to the stone houses.

The food here is very good, and the rice steamed buns have meat, vegetarian and soup.

Those who are in charge of the meals are also outer disciples and belong to the "meals" in the outer peaks. In addition, the peak where Yang Qing and others received clothes and other sundries is also one of the outer peaks.

In the dining room, there were many young people gathered to eat, and when they saw a group of teenagers coming in, some smiled kindly, and some looked at it and ignored it.

In the afternoon, Lu Zhen began to teach Yang Qing literacy, starting with the simple and easy-to-learn commonly used teaching.

"I'll only teach you once, you have to remember, you don't have a pen or paper, just write with water"

Lu Zhenjiao was tired, so the two tried the moves of "Innate Sixteen Styles". Each of these moves has strict requirements, and the difference is thousands of miles.

It takes a lot of time to master one formula accurately, and it takes a lot of time to use the sixteen styles accurately and coherently. There are also strict limits on how fast and slow you can switch between moves, and all in all, there is no progress in an afternoon's work.

Yang Qing is keen to be cautious in literacy, firstly, Yang Qing is not stupid or stupid, secondly, Yang Qing is already fourteen years old, and his memory and comprehension are not comparable to children who have just entered the school, and many words, he knows how to read and what it means, but he can't write.

With the increase of Yang Qing's literacy, the speed of literacy will also be faster and faster.

The twenty teenagers who have just arrived in the cold iron mining area are sitting in their respective stone houses about their own things, practicing the "Innate Sixteen Styles", sitting cross-legged on the bed and practicing "Turning the Rest", chatting... They are all curious about this strange environment.

The afternoon passed very quickly, at least Yang Qing thought so, and when he remembered the fiftieth word, it was already dinner time.

After gobbling it up, Lu Zhen was already tired after walking such a long way, and a slight snoring sounded after lying on the bed for a while.

Yang Qing stood on the ground cautiously and constantly adjusted his posture in order to be consistent with the moves in the "Sixteen Innate Styles".

After a break in the practice, his body was a little stiff, so he lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and recalled the words that Lu Zhenjiao knew, so as not to forget, he knew that his entry into the Imperial Wind Sect was only the first step, and he didn't get anything in the end if he didn't work hard.

The outer disciples are no better than the inner disciples, they have a lot of homework to do every day, and only then can they practice the exercises and improve their cultivation.

The daily homework of the outer disciples in the cold iron mining area is to mine the cold iron ore. Each person needed to mine the raw ore of a four-wheeled cart full of red horses, which was about 2,000 catties.

Mining raw ore is not simply to carry the stone to the car, but to first distinguish the cold iron ore from the ordinary stone, and then smash the large piece of cold iron ore into a piece of about 100 catties, and finally carry it to the car.

Cold iron ore is very different from ordinary stones, and cold iron ore is cold no matter how hot the weather is. Good quality cold iron ore is even colder.

Deacon Zhou Tengyun's expression was silent, and he talked about it in a voice, and he said early in the morning, he could start doing his homework after receiving the tools used for mining.