Chapter 18: Divergent Paths

"The apprentice meets the master, congratulations to the master." Zhang Shi said while saluting the old man in the upper seat.

The old man waved his hand kindly and smiled: "No need to be polite, it's just a normal sitting, not to mention congratulations." ”

After the two exchanged a few words, Zhang Shicai asked, "I don't know what the master is calling disciples today?" ”

"Have you gotten the results of what you went out to investigate?"

"Yes, the disciple once left a divine sense mark on the demon, and traced it all the way to the Kun Gen border, but unfortunately, when the disciple arrived, the demon had already been wiped out first, and the disciple suspected that there might be an evil sect in the Kun and Gen domains behind the scenes. A few days ago, the master was in retreat, and the disciples first reported the investigation to the Chaochen Palace, hoping that they would pay attention to the traces of evil paths in the domain recently, but what was wrong? ”

The old man smiled and replied, "You did a good job, the teacher just heard that you brought the child back to the sect before I asked, is that child special?" ”

Zhang Shi was a little puzzled, Shizun has never cared about these little things, could it be that something happened to Feng Yun? He has been running around these days, and he only returned to the sect a few days ago, and he has not yet seen Feng Yun.

Now when asked by Shizun, he had to tell the truth: "That kid is haunted by yin death and resentment, and I am afraid that he will not be able to refine his qi, but he has a smart mind, and it happened that the apprentice was hit by the magic weapon of the demon at that time, and fortunately the kid was able to get rid of it, so the apprentice was ready to give him a chance." ”

The old man smiled and asked, "You said that the kid helped you get out of trouble?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Shi had to tell the cause and effect to the master.

The old man pondered for a while before he said slowly: "According to what you said, that child's origin is indeed innocent, maybe it is really his chance......"

Zhang Shi was a little apprehensive in his heart, he didn't know what happened to Feng Yun, but he attracted the attention of his master, and couldn't help but ask cautiously: "But what happened to that child?" ”

The old man looked at Zhang Shi's appearance, he didn't know what he was thinking, and replied with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's not a bad thing." ”

"A few days ago, the dragon gate test was held among the registered disciples, and the child came out on top, and the teacher only heard from Senior Brother Wang when he was chatting with several other elders today when he was chatting with tea, and he was almost time to accept apprentices, I wanted to take advantage of this dragon gate test to see if there were any good seedlings, but I didn't expect that the child could not refine qi after passing the Psychic Illusion Array, which made him so disappointed."

After hearing this, Zhang Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a smile on his face. He said to himself, "This kid is doing much better than I expected." ”

Seeing Zhang Shi's relaxed expression, the old man continued: "It seems that you like this kid very much, are you going to let him refine his body?" ”

"Yes, the apprentice originally thought that if he hadn't given up the path of cultivation in the future, he would change a volume of the Hundred Flames Tempering Body Sutra for him, but he didn't expect him to be better than the apprentice thought."

The old man nodded: "It's been a long time since I've seen a child who has been able to pass the Psychic Illusion Array, it's really worth it for you to change a volume of body refining exercises for him, as a teacher, remember that Yi Mingxian also has a body refining servant by his side, don't you want to follow suit?" ”

Zhang Shi frowned slightly when he heard his master mention Yi Mingxian, shook his head and said, "The apprentice didn't want to take Feng Yun as a servant. ”

The old man said noncommittally: "You also know the current situation in the sect, as a senior disciple of the teacher, you will inevitably be involved in it, and it is always good to be more prepared, so as not to be overstretched and fall behind." ”

"Disciple knows."

Seeing that Zhang Shi agreed, the old man didn't say anything more, and waved his hand to let him go down.

"Hey, the old man, everything is good, but his temperament is a little pedantic."

On the other side, at the foot of the mountain.

Feng Yun opened his eyes, his expression full of confusion. He had a long, long dream, and from birth to death, he lived his whole life.

He slowly recalled this big dream, in which his name was Wang Jun, the son of the head of a cultivation sect, and a lover named Xue Lan. Thinking of this, he realized that his face was full of tears.

"Yes, at the end of the dream, Xue Lan and I both died in the fire of the True Yuan."

Feng Yun wiped his face twice, and when he wanted to sit up, he found that his body was stiff.

Feng Yanli, who was playing the pulse fist on the side, noticed that Feng Yun was awake at this time, and hurriedly walked up to help Feng Yun sit up.

"Good brother, you're finally awake."

After that, he looked at Feng Yun, and when he saw Feng Yun's confused look, he couldn't help but be a little nervous: "Feng Yun, you're okay, don't scare me, Deacon Luo said that there will be no sequelae." ”

"Feng, Yun. Yes, I'm Feng Yun. Feng Yun's voice was hoarse at this time, and Feng Yanli saw that he wanted to speak, so he put a pillow on his back before pouring him a bowl of water.

Feng Yun took it and drank it in one gulp before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Yanli took the empty bowl and said: "You have been asleep for two days, you don't know how scary your face was at that time, it was almost like a dead person, if it weren't for Deacon Luo personally checking your pulse and saying that you were just exhausted, just rest for a few days, I thought you would be bad." ”

Feng Yun listened to what Feng Yanli said and gradually regained his thoughts, he only remembered that in the end he reached the top of the stage, as if a middle-aged man was reading a book leisurely, and then his eyes went black and he fainted.

At this time, he remembered the most critical thing and asked urgently: "How is the Longmen Meeting?" ”

Feng Yanli suddenly laughed: "Don't worry, after you reached the top of the stage, an elder appeared and said that the competition was over, and the deacon arrived later and got the results left by the elders, Jiang Lin was second, I was third, and you were naturally the first!" ”

"Didn't you see the ghost they looked at at that time, I can eat two more bowls of rice now when I think about it."

After hearing this, Feng Yun couldn't help laughing, he really didn't expect that he would win the first place before.

Feng Yanli finally relaxed when he saw Feng Yun smiling: "Are the last few steps so terrifying?" In the past two days, you have dreamed and laughed and cried, and you often call a name," Feng Yanli's expression became a little ambiguous, "Tell me, who is Xue Lan." ”

In normal times, Feng Yun would definitely punch Feng Yanli's hateful face, but now that he heard the name Xue Lan, he only felt bitter in his heart.

had to show a wry smile and change the topic: "The Dragon Gate Trial is over, what about the reward?" ”

Seeing that Feng Yun didn't want to say more, Feng Yanli didn't ask, and followed Feng Yun's words and continued: "The next morning, I sent it to me and Jiang Lin in public, that superb health soup is really different, much more powerful than what we usually drink, you don't know that after drinking, I have been hot and itchy all over my body for the past two days, which is similar to the feeling I felt before washing the marrow." ”

Feng Yanli was about to say more when a knock on the door interrupted him.

I don't know who it is, Feng Yanli hurriedly went to open the door.

The door opened, and a young man in a blue and white robe stood outside.

"Senior Brother Zhang!" Feng Yun recognized at a glance the person outside the door, it was Zhang Shi, who had not seen him for a few months.

Feng Yanli heard Feng Yun shout, and couldn't help but think of the inner disciple that Feng Yun had said before, and he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly welcomed Zhang Shi in.

Zhang Shi came to Feng Yun's bed and looked at Feng Yun with a smile.

"It's been a long time, but you didn't not not disappoint me, but even did better than I thought."

Feng Yun couldn't help but be a little happy when he heard Zhang Shi's praise.

"Why is Senior Brother Zhang here, I thought you would only see me after I became an official disciple."

Zhang Shi's expression was a little complicated, and he said, "I came this time to give you a reward for the Dragon Gate Test." ”

After that, Zhang Shi patted the brocade bag on his waist, and a pottery vase and a small square box fell into his hand, Feng Yun had already seen this scene on the way to Lingtai Sect, and knew that this brocade was called a treasure bag, and Feng Yanli didn't have this treatment, at this time he couldn't help but widen his eyes, but he was not familiar with Zhang Shi, so he didn't have the courage to ask questions to the inner disciples.

"In this bottle is Tongmai soup, which is the best health soup you said, and in the box is Tsukidan."

Feng Yun took it, opened the bottle and smelled it, a strong aroma of herbs came to his face, the taste was very similar to the health soup, but it was much stronger, "It seems that the health soup we usually drink is this Tongmai soup mixed with water." Feng Yun couldn't help but say secretly in his heart.

"I'm here today, in addition to handing over the reward to you, I also want to talk to you." Zhang Shi's expression became a little serious.

Feng Yanli has always been very eye-catching, and immediately said, "I'll go out and have a look." With that, he walked out and gently closed the door.

Feng Yun had some guesses in his heart, he had "learned" a lot from Wang Jun's memory, and naturally thought of his current situation.

Seeing Feng Yun's serious appearance, Zhang Shi nodded and said, "You have been in the Lingtai Sect for nearly five months, have you made progress in your cultivation?" ”

Feng Yun was a little frustrated and said, "...... No, I've been cultivating very seriously, but I haven't found anything except that my body has become stronger, and I haven't experienced the feeling of fever and ethereal after cultivation that they said about Yanli. ”

Zhang Shi bowed his head slightly, and said in as soft a voice as possible: "Feng Yun, if I said that I knew from the beginning that you would not make progress in your cultivation, would you blame me?" ”

Unlike what Zhang Shi thought, Feng Yun was neither angry nor confused, just smiled bitterly and waited for him to continue.

Seeing that Feng Yun was not angry or sad, Zhang Shi was a little uncomfortable, so he had to continue: "The so-called qi refining cultivation is to first open up the meridians to complete the foundation, and then refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as the true element to exist in the meridian dantian, and you have been haunted by yin and death since you were a child, and in addition to impurities in the meridians, there are also heaven and earth in the meridians, and it is even more difficult to get through. ”

After hearing this, Feng Yun sighed, it turned out that his months of cultivation were in vain.

Seeing that Feng Yun's mood became depressed, Zhang Shi said again: "Do you remember what I said to you? ”

Feng Yun raised his head and looked at Zhang Shi and replied softly, "Remember, heaven and earth do not abandon man, but man abandons himself. ”

Zhang Shi nodded happily: "That's right, although you can't refine qi, there is another way to practice, and that is refining the body." ”

"Refining?" Feng Yun muttered as he pondered the memories of refining his body in his mind.

"Different from Qi refining and cultivating the True Yuan, body refining is to directly cultivate our body, making our body as strong and powerful as a demon beast. I don't dare to say that this path will definitely help you solve your body's yin and death resentment, but if you don't want to die early in middle age, this is your only choice. ”

"Is it the only choice......" Feng Yun also remembered the content of the refining body he had seen in the book at this time. The body refiner changes his body bloodline in various ways to make himself stronger, and the master can even open mountains and rivers, which is not far behind the qi refiner.

"But the road of refining the body is not easy, although the refining of the body is quick and the threshold is low, but the process is mostly very painful, the pain of changing the flesh and blood may not be easier than the torture of you being tortured by yin death and resentment, and the more you go to the back, the more difficult it is to cultivate, and it is difficult to practice to achieve great success. Because of this, those who practice the body in our Kun Domain cultivation world are often looked down upon and criticized. ”

"That's why I let you cultivate here for a few months, I think it's not easy for you to come these days, but if you choose to refine your body, such a life of being looked down upon may continue, can you bear it."

"The three choices I told you at the beginning are still valid, whether to go back to Longyan Kingdom to live a life of great wealth or fame, or to endure the white eyes of others and continue to practice. I will come to see you again in three days, you think about it, if you still insist on staying and practicing, then I will change a volume of the Hundred Flames Tempered Body Sutra for you. ”

With that, Zhang Shi gently patted Feng Yun's shoulder and got up to leave.

After Zhang Shi left, Feng Yanli walked in, I don't know what Senior Brother Neimen said to Feng Yun, but seeing Feng Yun lying on the bed alone and pondering, he couldn't bother, so he had to quietly continue to open the pulse.

Feng Yun lay on the bed and his mind was disorganized, and he said to himself in his heart: "Thinking about it, Kanyu doesn't seem to be very kind to seeing body refiners, and I don't know what year and month it is, and the Immortal Feather Sect is still not there, and the Yin Death Resentment ......."

He felt the slight chill in his body while thinking about it, although it was much better than it was before, but the cold in his bones was still there, as if all the cold had retreated into the depths of his body.

At this moment, Feng Yun seemed to see something, it was obviously pitch black, but he could feel many turbid breaths entangled in it, Feng Yun wanted to see more clearly, but suddenly felt like he had been thrown into a whole block of ice in his brain, cold and stinging.

"Shhhhh Feng Yun couldn't help but gasp in pain.

"Wait! This is...... Could this be my dantian? Thinking about it, he tried the method he remembered, and sure enough, he saw the cloudy gas again.

Feng Yun was a little dumbfounded: "I can look inside!" I don't even have a foundation, but I can look inside! "As the name suggests, inward vision is to use divine consciousness to explore the condition of one's own body, and the premise of being able to endoscopic is naturally to cultivate divine consciousness.

“…… I didn't even reach the realm of oneness to have divine consciousness. He closed his eyes decisively and concentrated on concentrating on his senses. After a while, the images around him reached his mind, including the figure of Feng Yanli, who was boxing, was also vaguely revealed.

Feng Yun opened his eyes in surprise. "Sure enough, it's divine sense."

Thinking about it, the reason why his spiritual power is so powerful is either that he Feng Yun is really a gift, or that he may really be the Wang Jun in his memory, and for some reason his soul was reincarnated without dispersing, so that not only did he not lose his memory, but even left behind part of the divine consciousness condensed in the One Realm.

Feng Yun's heart was beating like a drum, he couldn't believe it, telling himself that he had just inherited Wang Jun's memory inexplicably, after all, suddenly telling you that you are actually a completely different person, everyone will be confused and even difficult to accept, but now the truth does not seem to be the case.

"That's right! If I am really the reincarnation of Wang Jun, it must have something to do with the last shining bone book in my dream! Yes, yes, the light in Baishan Pass at that time was very similar to the light of the bone book! It's still with me! At that time, his intuition told Wang Jun that this bone fragment should be a book, but after checking it for a long time, he didn't find anything special, and no words appeared, so he left it on his body and prepared to study it again when he had time.

Feng Yun took a few deep breaths, closed his eyes and condensed his divine sense to look inward again.

He checked the dantian again, and made sure that there was only a turbid aura there, so he changed his target, Lingtai!