Just when Zhang Yang was looking at the wonders on the lake intently, a string of bubbles suddenly appeared on the water, and slowly a beautiful woman with a head and a fish body surfaced, which was actually a mermaid essence. Her big eyes blinked at Zhang Yang, her eyes full of curiosity.

The little mermaid held a wooden comb in her hand, tilted her head to comb her long hair, and asked curiously: "Foolish grandpa, what is this monkey for, why haven't you seen him before, is he new?"

The confused Daxian smiled: "He is not a monkey, and just like you, he has become like this because he has absorbed those powers." His name is Zhang Yang, and he is my new apprentice. ”

After listening to the introduction of the confused immortal, the little mermaid's bright eyes widened and looked at Zhang Yang, and said in surprise: "You have also absorbed those magical powers like me, it seems that we are the same kind." Hello, Zhang Yang, my name is Xiaomei. ”

"Uh, hello Xiaomei, my name is Zhang Yang..." Zhang Yang scratched the hair on his body, with a muna look on his face.

Looking at Zhang Yang's stupid appearance, Xiaomei covered her mouth and smiled: "You look so stupid, I know what your name is, why do you have to introduce yourself?"

Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say. Although Zhang Yang is usually quite flamboyant, he is at a loss once he meets a woman.

The confused Daxian looked at Zhang Yang and shook his head and smiled: "Don't be stunned, I didn't bring you here to see you in a daze." Back then, I stole some magical powers from the major races, and some of those powers were sealed by me in the fairy book, and some of them were sealed in the lake in front of me. Now you jump into the lake and try it out to see if there's anything special. ”

Zhang Yang shrank his neck and said worriedly: "But I can't swim, and I'm naturally afraid of water." ”

The confused Daxian scolded with a smile: "You can even fly now, and you are still afraid of water?"

"Giggles, look at your stupid appearance, you can jump in with confidence, I will protect you. Xiaomei smiled sweetly at Zhang Yang, revealing two white little tiger teeth, which looked very cute.

Zhang Yang smiled, his body jumped forward but unexpectedly pounced on Xiaomei's body with excessive force, Zhang Yang swore to the sky, he was definitely intentional at this time...

Xiaomei was so frightened that she panicked, and hurriedly covered her small chest with both hands, pushed Zhang Yang away, and said with a red face: "Looking at you very honestly, I didn't expect you to be a bad guy!"

"Haha, brother didn't say that he was a good person. Zhang Yang laughed, but unexpectedly, he choked on a mouthful of water for a while, which made Xiaomei laugh for a while.

The confused Daxian looked at Zhang Yang helplessly on the shore and said: "You give me a little serious, I didn't bring you to play, you can have a good experience of whether there is any special feeling in the lake." ”

Zhang Yang waved his hand at the confused immortal on the shore, shook his head and said, "I don't have any special feelings, I just think this lake water is so cool and comfortable!"

"Come on, you bastard boy, it seems that the power in your body is saturated, and you can't absorb any more power. The confused Daxian waved his sleeves slightly, and rolled Zhang Yang from the surface of the lake to the shore.

The confused Daxian kicked Zhang Yang and snorted, "Since the strength in your body is saturated, then accept the most rigorous training as a teacher!"

Zhang Yang suddenly tightened the chrysanthemum, looked at the confused fairy in fear, and then covered his ass and looked at the little mermaid in the lake, grinning: "Little beautiful girl, my brother is gone, and I will come back to you to play happily in the future." ”

"Fuck off, you bastard!" Xiao Meijiao scolded and flicked her tail into the lake.

For about a month, Meng Xiao, Zhang Yang, and Honglian did not stop cultivating for a month, but the war horse's injuries had not completely healed. Even the Confused Great Immortal was puzzled, it stands to reason that an ordinary sword wound would almost heal after seven or eight days of cultivation, not to mention that the war horse was still injured by the sword qi, which would have been easier to heal than a real sword wound.

But that's the way it is, the confused immortal has no choice but to wait for the war horse's injuries to heal slowly.

On this day, the sun had set, and Zhang Yang and the three of them had returned from cultivating in the forest as before. After more than a month of practice, all three of them have made some progress, the most obvious is publicity.

Although Zhang Yang had a magical power at first, he couldn't use it, but later, after the guidance of the confused immortal, he had learned some techniques to control these powers, and created some small moves and small spells by himself. Because of this, Zhang Yang has always narcissistically considered himself a cultivation genius.

Meng Xiao and Honglian were the first to return to the cave, while Zhang Yang, tired of eating wild vegetables every day, was running alone to catch fish in a small river in the middle of the mountain at this time.

About half an hour later, Zhang Yang returned to the cave with a few big fish, and several people found some dry firewood and built a bonfire outside the cave to eat grilled fish.

The four of them, young and old, were eating with relish, and Zhang Yang suddenly asked, "Master, what is the cultivation level of our world, is there also a foundation to cultivate qi or something?"

The confused Daxian was eating fish with his head bored, and said vaguely: "Don't talk when eating, it will affect your appetite." I'll talk about any questions until I'm done. ”

"Oh..." Zhang Yang secretly glanced at him, scolded a few words in his mouth, and then buried his head and ate the grilled fish in his hand.

After eating the grilled fish, without waiting for Zhang Yang to ask again, the confused Great Immortal said, "What you just asked me about is how to divide the cultivation realm, right?"

"Yes, that's what I meant!" Zhang Yang said excitedly, because he wanted to know what kind of realm his current cultivation had reached.

At the same time, Red Lotus and Meng Xiao also showed a curious look.

Zhang Yang looked at Meng Xiao strangely and said, "No, you have been cultivating with your master for more than twenty years, don't you know about the knowledge of the cultivation realm?"

The confused Daxian said: "I deliberately didn't tell him, because the teacher feels that the cultivation journey must be free of distractions, the strength realm is one thing, and the strength of the state of mind is another." What I value more is a cultivator's state of mind, and only when the state of mind is high, can naturally comprehend truths that ordinary people can't understand. ”

Zhang Yang habitually scratched the hair on his body and said: "The state of mind is too profound, you should first talk about how the cultivation realm of this world is divided." ”

The confused Great Immortal waved his hand, signaling that Zhang Yang didn't need to be in a hurry, and then said slowly: "The cultivation realm is divided into four stages, a person has to go through the level of enlightenment from an ordinary person to becoming a cultivator, and enlightenment is the most basic realm. After enlightenment, one must go through heavenly training, and the meaning of heavenly training is to experience all kinds of experiences between heaven and earth, the meaning of which can only be experienced by oneself. After passing the realm of heavenly training, you can explore a deeper realm. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yang and the three of them all looked expectant.

The confused immortal nodded and continued: "The more advanced realms are Ten Thousand Laws and Guiyuan. Ten thousand laws refer to the laws of all kinds, and return to the origin refers to the return of all things to nothing, and all kinds of rules return to the initial realm, reaching the supreme realm of retraining chaos. ”

After listening to the introduction of the confused Daxian, Honglian and Meng Xiao both showed a very yearning look. But Zhang Yang looked very disappointed, and muttered: "I thought there would be realms such as catastrophe and ascension, but I didn't expect that there were only these four realms, it sounds so boring." Speaking of this, he looked at the war horses that were looking for grass to eat by the entrance of the cave all the time, and sighed: "It's not interesting to raise horses yet, I'd better be a carefree horse." ”

Listening to Zhang Yang muttering there, the confused Daxian smiled: "It's good that your thoughts are so plain, only when you have no distractions can you comprehend a higher level." ”

Just as their master and apprentice were exchanging their cultivation experience, the war horse suddenly shouted, which attracted the attention of several people at the same time.

Zhang Yang walked to the side of the war horse and asked, "What are you calling nonsense?"

War Horse looked back at Zhang Yang and said excitedly: "I feel that my chrysanthemum suddenly doesn't hurt!"

Zhang Yang looked at the buttocks of the war horse curiously, and also shouted, surprised: "It's amazing, the wound on your butt is gone!"

The others also came over, and the confused Daxian was surprised to see the change on the horse's buttocks. At this time, several people did not pay attention, and the eyes of the war horse suddenly became a little cunning.

"Your horse is amazing. The confused immortal shook his head, but he showed a hint of a smile and said to a few people: "That's fine, we can leave for Dragon and Tiger City tomorrow." ”

Honglian suddenly cheered, and although she showed a smile that seemed to be very happy, there was a deep sadness hidden in her eyes.

The confused Daxian and the others also saw it, but they didn't break it and laughed with her at the same time.

However, Zhang Yang suddenly showed a very embarrassed look, touched the hair on his body, and said embarrassedly: "Can I shave off all these hairs, it's too embarrassing to go out like this, just like a plush toy." ”

In this regard, the confused Great Immortal was also a little embarrassed, but Meng Xiao suddenly pulled out his sword and pointed at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang was startled, looked back at Meng Xiao, and said in shock: "Isn't it, are you going to kill each other after just knowing each other for a month?"

"Uh, junior brother, where do you want to go, I want to use my own sword to help you shave your hair..."Meng Xiao put away the sword and said embarrassedly.

Zhang Yang was stunned when he heard this, and said with a random smile: "It's me who will be wrong, I'm sorry." But do you have any clothes that you don't wear, if you want to borrow them from me, otherwise if the hair on this body is shaved and there are no clothes to wear, won't it be gone? And don't shave all this hair off my head, I'd rather let these colorful hairs be my hair than be a bald donkey..."

When I encounter something related to myself, I have a lot of publicity, just like a chatterbox. In the end, Meng Xiao really couldn't stand it, so he interrupted his words, and said helplessly: "I can borrow clothes from you, it's not early now, if you want to shave, don't be verbose." Tomorrow we will leave for Dragon and Tiger City, and we must have a good rest tonight. ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "It's easy to say, go back to the cave and shave me now, remember not to shave the hair on my head!"

"Got it, let's go in!" Meng Xiao looked at him with a smile, and Zhang Yang grinned and walked into the cave.

Late at night, Zhang Yang secretly ran outside the cave wearing a pair of big pants, came to the front of the war horse, and saw that the war horse was not sleeping, so he leaned over and asked quietly: "Hades, did you deliberately lie to us that your butt injury has not healed, otherwise why would it suddenly get better today?"

War Horse looked at him speechlessly, and said helplessly: "You ran out in the middle of the night and asked me this, are you all bored?"

Zhang Yang scratched his head and said with a smile: "I'm just curious, just tell me." ”

The horse glanced at him, then staggered to the ground, his eyes closed and ignored him.

Zhang Yang was deflated, kicked the war horse hard, and returned to the hole with an unhappy face.

At this time, the war horse suddenly opened his eyes and muttered: "Stinky boy, you're quite smart, hehe!"

In the blink of an eye overnight, early in the morning, the master and apprentice packed their luggage, and then led the war horse to the west, aiming at Dragon and Tiger City!

The ancient city is full of dust and wind and dust. The city is isolated from the rest of the world and surrounded by mountains.

The dark yellow walls were sprinkled with fallen leaves, and a few thin soldiers were patrolling in front of the city gates, all looking very sluggish.

Zhang Yang's master and apprentice led the war horses into the ancient city, there were few people in the city, and there were few merchants, which looked quite decadent.

A gust of wind blew, and the yellow sand flew on the streets, and the sand and dust covered his clothes, causing Zhang Yang to complain constantly.

However, Honglian, who has always been very lively, was silent after entering the city, and revisited the old place, which was ten years for her.

Honglian looked at the people and buildings in the city with red eyes, and said softly: "It's the same here as ten years ago, there are still so few people. You look at the intersection in front of me, and I seem to hear the beautiful music of my mother that night, and it was at this intersection that my mother and I waited for my father to return. ”

The confused Daxian sighed lightly and said, "The past is like the wind, and everything has become a thing of the past. We have to look forward and not always dwell on some bad memories. ”

"Master, there's a teahouse in front, let's settle down there and rest for a while. Meng Xiao pointed ahead, and several people walked towards the teahouse.

A gazebo was set up outside the teahouse, and Zhang Yang and several people sat in the gazebo to rest.

The guy took a pot of tea, took a sip of tea, looked at the people coming and going on the street, and sighed: "I thought that Dragon and Tiger City would be very prosperous, but I didn't expect it to be so down." ”

The confused Daxian stroked his beard, shook his head and sighed: "The hearts of the people are scattered, and the city is no longer a city." Thirty years ago, the city was prosperous for a while, but because of an accident, everything changed. ”

The ancient city always gives people a bleak beauty, a kind of vicissitudes that follow us.

Being in this kind of environment makes people feel very dull.

Occasionally, I heard the laughter of a few children, but the people walking on the street were like puppets, their eyes were blank, as if they had lost their souls.

"I can't stand it, if I stay here for a few days, I'll be suffocated, why are the people here so depressed?" Zhang Yang drank a cup of tea and shouted.