The fat man nodded in agreement, helped Nanfeng fill the rice, and picked out the chicken legs for him. Then he poured the remaining rice into the jar and ate directly from the jar. This was a habit he had developed over the years and it was difficult to change. .
After dinner, the two of them meditated and practiced Qi as usual. As the third watch approached, Ba Ye and Lao Bai came back. It was also time to go to bed, so the two of them took a rest.
Fatty and Lao Bai soon fell asleep. Ba Ye, a night owl, walked out of the cave to play without being sleepy. Nan Feng lay in the corner with his eyes closed, completely sleepless.
After the meridians are unblocked, he has never thought of going directly to the big cave. To be precise, he can go directly to Jushan. As long as he has suffered a thunder tribulation, he can advance to the purple qi. He left Chang'an at the age of twelve and started practicing qi from the Taiqing Sect at the age of 13. He was promoted to live in the mountains at the age of seven, and his speed in practicing Qi was astonishing.
Yuqing Sect is the most stringent among the three sects in accepting disciples. It will not accept bad talents. Yuqing Sect has such a rule that direct disciples of the headmaster must be promoted to the Great Cave within twelve years, and ordinary disciples must be promoted to the Great Cave within twenty-four years. , if not, force him to return to secular life.
At the end of the day, he has only been practicing Qi for five years. It is not easy to reach the big cave within five years, let alone cross the chasm and reach the mountain. Thinking about the current leader of the Yuqing Sect, Long Yunzi, he was already established when the Yuqing Dharma Conference was held in Chang'an, and he was just practicing in the mountain. Calculating this, he was promoted to the mountain at least ten times faster than Long Yunzi. Year.
Although the improvement of his cultivation level made him excited, there were other reasons why he couldn't sleep.
Tian Yuanzi left three pieces of advice before his death. One is to look forward and plan before taking action. The second is to calm down and think far ahead, and weigh the pros and cons. Third, don’t be easy to heart-to-heart with women.
He had always kept these three pieces of advice from Tian Yuanzi in mind, and it was these three pieces of advice that allowed him to survive without any danger.
As Tian Yuanzi said, the reason why people in the world do nothing is because they plan less and act more, without setting a goal, and hastily set off on the road without identifying the path. Only after setting out on the road do they realize that they are not well prepared and can only give up halfway.
What he was thinking about at this time was that he was going to hit the road tomorrow, was he really ready, and had he fully anticipated the problems that might arise.
The answer to both questions is no. He was not prepared and did not look forward enough. The reason why he was eager to get on the road was because Li Chaozong might be looking for a few more pieces of tortoise shells. If he didn't start early, these tortoise shells might be obtained by Li Chaozong.
If you want to take action before Li Chaozong, you must get on the road as soon as possible, the sooner the better. The price paid is insufficient foresight and insufficient preparation.
If you want to be quick, you have to take the risk of being ill-prepared. If you want to be fully prepared, you have to bear the consequences that the tortoise shell may be snatched away by Li Chaozong.
Tian Yuanzi also said that everything has advantages and disadvantages, and if you get the advantages, you will also suffer the disadvantages. Don't think that you can only enjoy the advantages without the disadvantages. Since there are pros and cons, you have to consider the pros and cons.
After calmly weighing the matter, Nanfeng made a decision. For stability, he could not start looking for the Tortoise Shell Book before he was fully prepared.
There are many reasons for this decision, but there are two main reasons. First, it is unlikely that Li Chaozong is looking for the Turtle Shell Book. Wang Zhong and his wife died in the previous explosion, and Li Chaozong lost a lot of help. , the conditions for finding the Turtle Shell Heavenly Book are not met in a short period of time.
Second, the nine pieces of tortoise shell can be interpreted and studied individually. Li Chaozong took the fake tortoise shell from the ancient tomb in the Orc Valley. After getting the tortoise shell, he should be eager to study it. The words on the tortoise shell are ancient ancient texts that have been lost at this time. It will take time for Li Chaozong to try to decipher the words on the tortoise shell.
The essence of just leaving is blind impulse, regardless of the consequences, which is bad taste. The top grade is one who wants to leave in his heart, but can calmly weigh the pros and cons and suppress the thought of leaving without leaving.
Early the next morning, the fat man got up to pack his things. Nanfeng woke up after hearing the sound, "I'm not leaving, I'll stay here for a while."
The fat man was very surprised, "Didn't you agree to it? Why did you change your mind again?"
Since he had already thought of many details before, Nanfeng answered quickly, "Ba Ye is still young and disobedient. I need time to train Ba Ye. I have just entered the Great Cave, and I also need time to familiarize myself with the cultivation at this time. Martial arts I also need to practice. I can't even do Liuhe Quan and Baguazhang well now, and I can't deal with the masters. Also, I have to learn some magic to subjugate demons and catch ghosts, just in case there are monsters and ghosts in the place where the turtle shell is hidden. You won’t be helpless. Furthermore, your eight-part golden body is not strong enough, and the fourth level cannot resist the master of purple energy.”
Nanfeng listed all kinds of things, and the fat man couldn't refute, "What about the tortoise shell? You don't want it?"
"Of course I want it, but we don't have the conditions to look for it now. It's too dangerous to start hastily." Nanfeng said. If you have the ability to get it, fighting for it is progress. If you don't have the ability to get it, if you have to fight for it, you are greedy. Greed is the worst. Ten times Nine times I suffered a loss because of greed.
"Okay, it's up to you." The fat man spread the rolled-up blanket again, "If you feel the time has come, let's go out again."
Nanfeng thought for a while and said, "Let's go when it snows."
"Why do you have to wait for it to snow?" the fat man asked curiously.
"The dragon's veins stretch along the mountains. The places we go to are deep mountains and old forests, so there will be fewer poisonous insects in winter." Nanfeng explained.
The fat man suddenly understood and lay down crookedly, "If I had told you not to leave earlier, I wouldn't have gotten up so early. Let's sleep a little longer."
Nanfeng got up and left the cave, washed his face by the stream, and then began to try the changes brought about by the improvement of his spiritual energy. Not to mention his senses, the big cave was the ultimate in spiritual refining. You could hear the chirping of cicadas two miles away, and you could hear the cicadas five miles away. Squirrels can be seen outside.
In addition to sharp senses, the improvement of spiritual energy is mainly reflected in two aspects: strength and body skills.
Since he has not suffered from the heavenly calamity, the spiritual energy in his body cannot be separated from the outside. He can only urge the energy to help. With a flash of thought, the energy comes out of the Dantian and pours into his right arm. The river stone up to half a foot thick can be easily shattered.
He tried it with a tree again, and with his aura pushed to the extreme, he started to spin and kick, and the hard oak tree as thick as the mouth of a bowl broke in the middle.
Although it can break stones and wood, the hands and feet are so painful. It is true that it can boost the energy, but the spiritual energy cannot be separated from the outside. When attacking, the fists and feet need to contact the target for the spiritual energy to be effective. If you were promoted to live in the mountains, you would not have this drawback.
After testing your strength, apply the body method again, raise your Qi and lighten your body, step on the ground to borrow strength, lift up from the flat ground, lower your head and look down, it should be about five feet above the ground.
With a little help from the treetops, he flew westward. When he tried his best to look back, he found that he had moved about a mile in one sweep, which was exactly half of Jushan's cultivation level.
After a simple test, Nanfeng returned to the entrance of the cave and sat down, recalling Taiqing Sect's Jushan Scripture in his mind.
There are nine levels of Qi training. The Qi training methods at each level are slightly different. It does not mean that you can improve smoothly by sitting cross-legged and meditating to absorb the spiritual energy. When practicing Qi, you need to use the Qi training methods derived from the Nine Sutras to compare with the previous Qi training methods. Make adjustments accordingly.
The rapid improvement of Nanfeng's cultivation did not make Fatty feel discouraged. On the contrary, Fatty practiced Qi even harder. Although the fourth level eight-part golden body was domineering, it could not withstand the full attack of the Purple Qi master, but the fifth level could. He just couldn't resist Taixuan's opponent, and the ordinary Dongyuan Jushan wouldn't be able to hurt him.
Liuhe Quan and Baguazhang are both martial arts skills of Lan Qi Master. Nanfeng chose Liuhe Quan to practice. To practice Liuhe Quan, you must understand what Liuhe is. Liuhe has multiple interpretations. Two of them are used here. One is the direction. Up and down, front and back, and left and right are collectively called Liuhe, and these are the attack and defense directions of Liuhe Quan. The second is the meridians. The human body has twelve regular meridians, six yin and six yang. The six inner and six outer parts correspond to each other. One pair is one unity, and six pairs is Liuhe. This is the luck path of Liuhe Quan.
Liuhe Quan itself is not difficult. What is difficult is to use it skillfully. To attack different directions, you need to quickly adjust the spiritual energy to the two yin and yang meridians corresponding to the direction to increase the power. It must not only be accurate, but also fast. There is no other way but to suffer. Practice, practice makes perfect.
There are a lot of prey in summer and autumn, so there is no shortage of food. Ba Ye is growing very fast. At this time, he weighs seven to eight hundred pounds, and he has to squeeze even into the cave.
There has also been some progress in his training. It may be that Master Ba has grown up and has become more obedient, but whether he is obedient or not depends on his mood.
When Mr. Ba was in a good mood, Nanfeng took Fatty and rode him at the same time. But no, Mr. Ba couldn't get into the air even though he tried his best to flap his wings.
Seeing this situation, Nanfeng changed another method, letting Ba Ye fly up first, and then he and Fatty jumped on the back of the bird one after another. This time it was done, Ba Ye was able to fly despite the hard work.
The words are long, and the words are short. Autumn arrives in the blink of an eye. During this period, the two of them have never slacked off in practicing Qi. Although they have not been promoted, they have accumulated a lot.
In addition, the fat man has been exercising his strength. At this time, he can pick up the hammers and swing them a few times, but he can only swing them a few times. After a long time, he can no longer dance.
Nanfeng's Liuhe Quan also has a small success. The so-called small success means that it can be used but it is not very skillful. As for subduing demons and catching ghosts, there are no demons nearby for him to practice, but he is already familiar with some of the spells recorded in Tianmu Laodao's book, so if he encounters demons and ghosts, he will not be helpless.
However, the spells recorded in the book given to him by Master Tianmu were mostly superficial and could only subdue some ordinary ghosts. If he encountered powerful ones, he would have to restrain his hands.
Not long after returning to the cave, Nanfeng was expecting Zhuge Chanjuan to come, but Zhuge Chanjuan never came. Nanfeng was worried but had no choice but to take out the bamboo tube Zhuge Chanjuan gave him several times to look at the moth borers inside. The borer is still alive, but if Zhuge Chanjuan doesn't come back, the borer may starve to death. Before Zhuge Chanjuan left, he said that the borer would not need to be fed for half a year, and it had been almost half a year since the two separated, and he didn't Even if you know what the borer eats, you can't feed it.
The weather this year has been unusual. It started snowing before November. The snow was not heavy and fell sporadically.
As soon as it snowed, the fat man started packing his things before Nanfeng could say anything.
Nanfeng didn't stop him, it was time, it was time to go.
Fu Nanfeng didn't let the fat man take care of him. The two of them have become familiar with each other since living here, and maybe they will come back one day.
Without bedding, the two of them had nothing to pack, so they bundled two bundles, one for each person.
"Where to go?" the fat man asked.
Nanfeng didn't answer. He originally wanted to go to Taiyi Mountain to get the map back, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind. Taiyi Mountain also has a place where tortoise shells are hidden, so he invited Yuan Anning to go with him and get back the map and tortoise shells. At the same time, he tried to take the piece of tortoise shell there.
"Speak." The fat man urged.
"Go to Chang'an..."