Chapter 253 Self-knowledge
Shi Wu, who was from Luoyue Pavilion, was uneasy. Not only could he get back ten years of food and supplies, but he even had a beating eight years later.
On the mountain road where he returned, Shi Wu knocked down someone in a panic. Shi Wu hurriedly said sorry to the man. When Shi Wu looked closely, he saw that the person who was hit was Lin Ergou.
Shi Wu originally wanted to help Lin Ergou get up and help lift the bucket that he knocked down, but he found that since he came out, many Luoyuefeng disciples were staring at him. He knew that he could not show kindness to Lin Ergou now.
However, when Lin Ergou saw that it was Shi Wu who bumped into him, he not only didn't care, but instead smiled and wanted to go up and say hello.
Shi Wu hurriedly gave Lin Ergou a wink and whispered: "I offended you, pretending to not know me, just scold me a few words."
Lin Ergou was still a little confused when he heard Shi Wu said quickly again, Lin Ergou had to pluck up his courage and said, "You... don't you have eyes when you walk! You don't even look at people!"
Those who were interested in staring at Shi Wu were a little surprised to see Lin Ergou confronting Shi Wu. After all, Shi Wu had just made a splash in Luoyue Pavilion, but unexpectedly he was frightened by the usual timid Lin Ergou.
Shi Wu pretended to be proud and shook his sleeves, pointed at Lin Ergou and then strode away. Before leaving, he whispered: "I have time to tell me."
Lin Ergou nodded in panic, then imitated Shi Wu to shake his sleeves and acted in bad luck. He didn't know how Shi Wu offended them, but since Shi Wu asked him to scold this, he thought Shi Wu wouldn't hold a grudge against him.
While Lin Ergou was still thinking, Zhao Xin, who had a fat face, also came down from the mountain road, and he was still looking very good.
When I arrived at the few words Lin Ergou yelled at Shi Wu, I felt a sense of joy while feeling surprised.
Lin Ergou was lowering his head and picking up the bucket on the ground. When he saw a fat and white hand that helped him pick it up, he subconsciously said, "Thank you."
When Lin Ergou looked up and saw that it was Zhao Xin who helped him, he was so scared that he said hesitantly: "Hello, Big... Brother, Senior!"
When Zhao Xin saw Lin Ergou was not even afraid of Shi Wu, he was afraid of being like this when he saw him, and he was even more happy. He said to Lin Ergou with a kind face: "Ergou, don't do such a heavy job next time. Just wait and report to my Luoyue Pavilion, and say that I asked you to go up. Among our outer disciples of Luoyue Peak, you are the most courageous."
Lin Ergou said as if he was dreaming: "What?"
According to usual words, Zhao Xin would only think that Lin Ergou was dull and stupid, but he had just seen this boy yelling at Shi Wu with his own eyes. He admired his slutty and strife with reason from the outside. Zhao Xin patted Lin Ergou on the shoulder and said, "Fuck me hard, I, Zhao Xin, will never treat you badly."
Lin Ergou hurriedly replied: "Thank you, Senior Brother!"
The senior brother Zhao Xin was so comfortable to hear this. He nodded to Zhao Linergou and left with a smile. He also rushed to Yuefeng Zhou Yan to send a message to his uncle.
Zhao Xin's voice was already loud, and several outer disciples were not far away. When they heard that Zhao Xin valued Lin Ergou so much, they couldn't help but envy him. When Zhao Xin left, two outer disciples who often bullied Lin Ergou were busy and diligently went up to help Lin Ergou pick up the bucket, and kept flattering him, hoping that Lin Ergou could take care of them in the future. This made Lin Ergou even more incredible. He didn't know why Shi Wu could push him to such a good position with just a few words. While he admired Shi Wu in his heart, he also began to look forward to his future path of cultivation.
Shi Wu did not go to Yuefeng since Luoyue Peak, and he would not go there for the time being. He had to go to Guanyue Peak first and ask some things about the sect competition and the cultivation world clearly so that he could be prepared. As for why he didn't go back to Yiyue Peak to ask Uncle Yuan, Shi Wu really didn't know what Uncle Yuan's attitude towards him, and he also had a question in his mind, that was Uncle Yuan's attempts. Shi Wu clearly remembered that after drinking the Caihua Soup, he heard the answer that Caihua Soup was a seed, and later he heard other people's voices in his mind. In fact, Shi Wu already had an answer in his mind, but Shi Wu still had to verify it clearly. Ada had taught him before that if he had made sure that the other party had an intention for him, he could boldly put forward his own ideas. Before the other party's attempt was achieved, you would always be the proactive party.
"Grandpa Ah, no matter what other people's purpose, Xiao Wu will survive well. When I succeed in my immortal skills, I will definitely kill Jin Wei. Then I will go to Shi Qiyu to get the sin back. Then I will hand it to Grandma Ah Jiu to comfort your spirit in heaven!" After Shi Wu made up his mind, he quickly walked over to Guanyue Peak.
Those outer disciples of Guanyue Peak who met Shi Wu on the road came when they saw him. They thought he was going to the cafeteria to wait for dinner, and secretly complained in their hearts that their food must be less.
Shi Wu didn't know what they were thinking, so he greeted a few familiar people and went straight to the top of Guanyuefeng Mountain to find Tang Yizhuo. The only thing he could believe here was Tang Yizhuo. After all, he was Tang Yun's indirect life savior, so this favor could still be used.
Since the end of the incident of Cai Yao Tang, Tang Yizhuo has started meditating and practicing without any worries. Now he is in the middle stage of the Jindan. This time, breaking Tang Yun's death situation made his mind and cultivation vaguely touch the threshold of the late stage of the Jindan. Tang Yizhuo sighed in his heart: "It turns out that misfortune is the basis of good fortune, and blessing is the basis of misfortune."
Shi Wu was in the outskirt of the Tang Yizhuo Cave Palace: "Tang Xianren, Xiao Wu has something to ask about."
Tang Yizhuo heard Shi Wu's voice as soon as he finished muttering, and said with a headache: "Goods and misfortunes depend on each other, good and misfortunes depend on each other."
Tang Yizhuo stood up, waved his right hand lightly before coming to the cave, and the stone gate opened.
Shi Wu was about to go in and sit and chat, but Tang Yizhuo, the master, came out first, and Shi Wu had to follow him and go to the open space outside.
Tang Yizhuo raised his fingers lightly, and two seats wrapped in underground vines appeared in front of Shi Wu. Next to the seat close to Shi Wu, there was a wooden cup containing clear water. Tang Yizhuo said: "Sit down, I am not as generous as Luoyue Peak, but my underground nectar is also a good product."
Shi Wu sat on the rattan chair without hesitation. Although he is now agile and climbing such a high stone stairs is no problem, he is still thirsty. When he saw Tang Yizhuo, he prepared a cup of nectar and asked, "Will Immortal Tang drink?"
"This is only taken out when I was in a hospitality. Tell me, what's the matter with me?" Tang Yizhuo knew that Shi Wu had no trouble and came here in such a hurry, and must have encountered something again.
Shi Wu said straight to the point: "Uncle Tang, I want to ask about the sect competition."
Tang Yizhuo was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then thought that it would be Luo Yuefeng to host the sect competition eight years later, and asked back: "Is it the sect competition that Junior Brother Zhao mentioned to you?"
Shi Wu nodded and said, "Well, after he promised to give me the food and supplies for Yiyuefeng for ten years, he told me about this."
"Then you still took down those supplies?" Tang Yizhuo asked.
Shi Wu affirmed: "Yes, I can't fast if I haven't practiced until the foundation-building stage. Isn't this what you told me? And this is what I am from Yiyue Peak, so it's reasonable for me to ask for it."
Tang Yizhuo looked at Shi Wu and said, "You are right, but eight years later, the sect is better than the big sect disciples of the inner sect on Luoyue Peak, I will definitely be beaten into a pig's head before you admit defeat. As long as you don't deliberately hurt your life, or use magic tricks after giving up, it is reasonable."
Shi Wu added awkwardly: "Maybe there are inner disciples of Gong Yuefeng."
Tang Yizhuo laughed and said with a smile: "Yes, I forgot, you even got into Zhou Yan."
Seeing that Tang Yizhuo was still laughing at him, Shi Wu sighed: "Uncle Tang please touch your conscience and think about how I got involved with Uncle Zhou."
Tang Yizhuo said unhappily: "No matter how you look at it, you relied on your life in a few days, and what you said was your own thoughts. I didn't ask you to say anything if it was you, you would go up and beat him up."
Shi Wu said helplessly: "You don't know how to say it, you just did that."
Tang Yizhuo didn't want to talk nonsense with Shi Wu, so he said, "The sect competition is just right, and the final reward is very rich. But I advise you not to think about those for the time being. It is true that you practice quickly. If nothing else, go back. I may be in seclusion and rush to the realm recently."
"Some, some, and some, there are also things about practicing the exercises. I want you to tell me." Shi Wu said hurriedly.
Tang Yizhuo said strangely: "Shouldn't you go to find the old immortal? If it really doesn't work, you are going to pay tribute to Yuefeng and Zhou Yan. Although he has a grudge against you, you are the eldest disciple of Yiyuefeng announced by Senior Brother Gongsun himself. He will never do anything in the martial arts. Moreover, the Qi Condensation Period's martial arts are easy to understand and cannot do anything."
"Do you think I don't want to find the old immortal? I asked him if he would teach me magic. Guess what he said." Shi Wu smiled bitterly.
Tang Yizhuo was really interested and said, "What do you say to the old immortal?"
Shi Wu replied: "He said it depends on his mood."
Tang Yizhuo said: "Depending on your mood? Is it teaching when you are in a good mood or when you are in a bad mood?"
Shi Wu was really amused and crying now. He replied: "I said the same thing as you, and the old fairy finally said 'It depends on your mood'."
Tang Yizhuo felt a little sympathetic to Shi Wu. The old immortal had a strange temperament. It seemed that Shi Wu couldn't get anything. Tang Yizhuo said: "After all, I am not Gong Yuefeng. You can go to Zhou Yan to bring back the Qi Condensation Period exercises first. If you are really afraid that Zhou Yan will do anything, you can take it to me and let me take a look for you."
"Thank you, Mr. Tang," Shi Wu said gratefully.
Tang Yizhuo waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me, I'm just giving you a favor. Although I had already negotiated with you at that time, to be honest, I still owe you some."
Shi Wu smiled and said, "Uncle Tang, don't be so polite, whoever we follow?"
Tang Yizhuo hurriedly stopped and said, "No, no, I can't stand it if you are so close to you. I will help you once or twice at most, and you have to rely on yourself for the rest."
Shi Wu understood and said, "Well. Uncle Tang will tell me about the division of cultivation in the cultivation world. No one has ever told me until now."
Tang Yizhuo nodded and said, "Okay. The realm I know starts with the Qi Condensation Period, and divides into one to nine levels. At the ninth level, a bottleneck will be reached, and the spiritual energy in the whole body will be saturated and there is no room for absorption. At that time, you need to use external force pills or a place with extremely rich spiritual energy to break through your own bottleneck and reach the Foundation Establishment Period. After reaching the Foundation Establishment, you can start to understand your own Tao, but that feeling is not clear, just like a vague view of a target ahead in the fog. You have to grop forward and keep approaching that target. At this time, the spiritual energy you need will be ten times or even more than the Qi Condensation Period, because at this time you have to learn to control your own spiritual energy so that you can fly in the air. When fighting against the enemy, whether you will fly in the air can often determine the final result."
Shi Wu listened carefully and wrote down silently.
Tang Yizhuo continued: "From the foundation building stage, it is only divided into the early stage of foundation building, the middle stage of foundation building and the late stage of foundation building. These three stages are the process of condensed and refining your own spiritual energy. For example, you are a water tank, and spiritual energy is the water inside. But whenever you use magic, the spiritual energy in your body will be consumed a lot. You need to control the consumption of spiritual energy when using magic in the foundation building stage. For example, when you use magic in the early stage of foundation building, you need to use a large scoop of water in the water tank, but when you reach the late stage of foundation building, you only need a small cup. In this way, although the spiritual energy you can accommodate does not increase much, the number of magic you can use after you continue to condense will be much more than before."
Shi Wu took a sip of nectar and felt refreshed and pleasant, "Is there any way to make my water tank bigger?"
Tang Yizhuo Ruzi taught: "Your idea is very good, but this is about spiritual roots. Orthodox spiritual roots are divided into five types: gold, wood, water, fire and earth. However, I have also encountered rare wind spirit roots, thunder spirit roots, etc. The speed of wind spirit roots is generally higher than other spiritual roots, and the magic of thunder spirit roots is also more destructive than other spiritual roots."
As soon as Tang Yizhuo finished speaking, Feng Yan and Yin Qin cut in Shi Wu's body disdainfully. Feng Yan said: "What I said before is pretty good, but the back is really too obsessive."
Yin Qin rarely agreed: "Lao Yan, you finally said a normal thing. The Fenglei Spirit Root is nothing, but my Water Spirit Root is the supreme among the Spirit Root!"
"Bah! My fire spirit root is the strongest among the spirit roots!" Feng Yan said dissatisfied.
Yin Qin said dissatisfiedly: "Xiao Yan, you are starting to talk nonsense again."
Feng Yan grabbed the three Xuantian chains and said, "If it weren't for the Nine-Piece Cold Lotus Seeds and the Xuantian chain, you would have been sieve by my fire."
Yin Qin said distractedly: "Yes, yes, if it weren't for the Xuantian chain, some of the souls with the fire spirit roots would have been lost to the point of closing their eyes."
Feng Yan also fought back: "It's better than the residual souls of some water-spirited roots that were almost frozen into ice slag by the water-based treasures."
"That means that my water treasure is powerful!" Yin Qin said proudly, not ashamed.
The two of them quarreled in Shi Wu's body, and Shi Wu outside was diligent in learning and asked, "Uncle Tang, what kind of spiritual root are you?"
Seeing Shi Wu's eyes full of anticipation, Tang Yizhuo replied to him: "I am a middle-grade wood spirit root."
Although there were speculations, after getting what Tang Yizhuo said in person, Shi Wu still longed for it: "No wonder Uncle Tang's wood-type magic is so powerful!"
Seeing Shi Wu's true feelings, Tang Yizhuo said modestly: "Actually, my spiritual roots are ordinary, and my Yun'er is powerful. She is a cultivator with two spiritual roots. She not only has medium-grade water spiritual roots but also medium-grade wood spiritual roots. It is a combination of two spiritual roots that complement each other."
Shi Wu enviously heard this, "It's so amazing, no wonder Gongsun Da was at that time... The palace master said that Tang Yun had a chance to survive after drinking the Creation Soup." Shi Wu was excited for a moment and almost called Gongsun Ye as Brother Gongsun. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and corrected him immediately.
Tang Yizhuo thought about it and shook his head and said, "Even so, I won't let her go. Forget it, it's all over, I'll continue to tell you. In addition to attributes, the spiritual roots mentioned just now also have grades, which are low-grade, medium-grade, top-grade, and top-grade, which corresponds to the size of the water tank you just wanted to ask about. Xiao Wu, in fact, many things are determined by heaven, so there is no need to force them too much." Tang Yizhuo learned from Yang Yifan that when Yang Yifan went to Xuanjia Village, he had searched Shi Wu, and the result showed that Shi Wu had no spiritual roots. Tang Yizhuo also believed that even if Shi Wu drank the old immortal's fortune soup, he would at most be a medium-grade spiritual root.
Shi Wu looked forward to saying, "Uncle Tang, why don't you help me see what kind of spiritual root I am now?"
Tang Yizhuo said obscenely: "Xiao Wu, you are now from Yiyue Peak. According to the rules, I cannot detect disciples from other peaks. You can ask the old immortal chief to help you explore, or look at the spiritual root mirror there when choosing exercises for Yuefeng. The color of the corresponding spiritual root will appear on it. The darker the color, the purest the spiritual root and the higher the grade."
Shi Wu was excited when he heard this, "Okay, Xiao Wu will go when he has time. Uncle Tang continues. I remember you are a Jindan stage cultivator. Let me talk to me about the Jindan stage."
Tang Yizhuo originally wanted him to do it step by step, but seeing how he was so studious, he told him: "When you reach the late stage of foundation building, your body will face that kind of bottleneck again. When you use a magic method, your spiritual energy is equal to the external spiritual energy, and you will almost no longer need to consume your spiritual energy, you will start to condense golden elixirs in your body. There has been a saying in the cultivation world that 'As a golden elixir guest, you are a person of our generation'. The golden elixir period is the first watershed in the cultivation world. Some people have exhausted their lifespan until the late stage of foundation building, and even use various elixirs to extend their lives, but they have not condensed golden elixirs. Some people have extraordinary talents and become golden elixirs cultivators before they are a hundred years old. I was the golden elixir condensed at the age of 130. At that time..."
Shi Wu asked, "What happened at that time?"
Tang Yizhuo reminded: "Xiao Wu, this is my experience in practicing wood-type martial arts. I don't know if I will affect your future practice in the future. Are you sure you want to listen?"
Shi Wu was completely fascinated by this time. He heard such a detailed explanation for the first time and nodded fiercely: "I want to hear it!"
Tang Yizhuo had no choice but to say: "At that time, I was in seclusion in a place with excellent spiritual energy, and then used my skills to wrap my spiritual energy around my body. I turned myself into a furnace and cauldron, and after filling my spiritual energy again and again, I refine the wood-based spiritual power in my body. I just felt that the spiritual power in my body was going to crush my meridian bones, but the spiritual power that had previously filled the bones of the meridians was protecting me. It was under this conflict of spiritual power that a golden light began to gather in my Qihai little by little. I was already in a state of meditation at that time, and I seemed to be able to see the golden elixir at my Qihai Sea gradually from the size of my fingernails.
When it gets bigger, when it surrounds into a golden ball, the spiritual energy in my body is absorbed by it. At that time, my demand for spiritual energy was like the demand for water for people who had been thirsty in the desert for several days and nights. Not only did I suck all the spiritual energy in the retreat into my body, but I even absorbed all the elixirs and spirit stones prepared. After the spiritual energy in my golden elixir was saturated, my body began to emit golden light, and I felt an unprecedented force. After breaking through the barrier, I felt that I was no longer an ant in the world. I believe that as long as I follow my path, I will definitely have my world."
Tang Yizhuo told the scene when he condensed the golden elixir. Shi Wu felt very excited. He could imagine how energetic Tang Yizhuo, who had produced the golden elixir at that time, was.
Tang Yizhuo patted Shi Wudao next to him: "Do you think it's amazing?"
"Well! I also want to become a Jindan monk!" Shi Wu replied directly.
Tang Yizhuo suddenly looked indifferent when he heard this: "But I didn't know until ten years ago that my thoughts at that time were just a joke in the eyes of those people. Xiaowu, you can look at it for a long time. When you have someone you want to protect, your Jindan cultivation is far from enough."
Shi Wu actually wanted to ask Tang Yizhuo about Tang Yun’s mother. He could guess something, but he thought that it was someone else’s family matter. If Tang Yizhuo didn’t take the initiative to mention it, he wouldn’t be able to ask. Shi Wu had to say, “Uncle Tang, Xiao Wu remembered it.”
Tang Yizhuo said hmmingly: "As for how to break through to the Yuanying Realm of the Golden Pill stage, I am not very clear. Senior Brother Gongsun said that I would go to the late stage of the Golden Pill to find him, and he would share with me his experience in making babies."
Shi Wu said satisfiedly: "It's already very good. Xiao Wu is really grateful to hear Uncle Tang say this to me so much today."
Tang Yizhuo laughed and said, "You are usually slick, and you look serious like my kindness back then!"
When Shi Wu thought of Tang Yizhuo's anxious and haggard appearance a few days ago, although he looked much better now, he still felt that he could not compare to him. He smiled and said, "Uncle Tang is really good at praising me. By the way, Xiao Wu remembered that I still have something to remember Yuefeng, so he left first."
Before Tang Yizhuo could react, he saw Shi Wu sip the cup of nectar without hesitation, and then ran down the mountain. It was not until he turned around and returned to the cave that he came to his senses. It turned out that this kid was saying that he was not as good as him. Tang Yizhuo chuckled and shook his head, and whispered: "Xiao Wu, grow up quickly."
Shi Wu felt even heavier when he walked to the foot of Yiyue Peak Mountain than when he first came. He looked at the familiar stone steps into the mountain, not knowing whether it was for himself or for others: "I know you are in my body, so before practicing, I must ask some things clearly."
Shi Wu's body was still arguing about who was the Fire Spirit Root and the Water Spirit Root were. Feng Yan and Yin Qin were silent after hearing the words of Shi Wu outside. At the same time, they looked at the location of the Shi Wu soul directly in front of them, but found that the Shi Wu soul in the three Xuantian chains was still asleep.
Chapter completed!