On the blue hillside, there stands a tombstone.

Chu Ling'er knelt in front of the tombstone, her tears had dried up, and her grief was infinite.

After a long time, she stood up, looked at Du Fan, and asked in a choked voice: "Master, people in the village say that people die like lights go out and cannot be resurrected, is that true?"

Du Fan groaned for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Did the people in the village tell you what will happen to people when they die?"

"I will be taken to the underworld by the cow head and horse noodles, drink the Meng Po soup, forget this life, walk across the Nai He Bridge, and be reincarnated ......"

Seeing Chu Ling'er's heartbroken and serious appearance, Du Fan couldn't help but say: "I don't know if there are Meng Po Tang and Nai He Bridge, but I can tell you with certainty that in this world, there is an underworld, and people will arrive there after death." ”

Chu Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and then her breathing became short, and her beautiful eyes were filled with hope.

"Don't look at me like that, such a shocking thing as breaking into the underworld, you can't do it as a teacher. What Chu Ling'er thought in his heart, Du Fan knew it at a glance, and immediately waved his hand and said.

"Master, how did you know about the underworld?"

After this question, in Du Fan's mind, the scene of a trip to the underworld suddenly appeared, ghosts, bull heads and horse faces, black and white impermanence, Lord Yama, these legendary characters he had seen with his own eyes, and the Lingmeng God Venerable who even Lord Yama was very afraid of......

For Du Fan, everything he experienced in the underworld back then was like a dream of Nan Ke, but he was very sure that those were true, because at this moment in his body, there was a yellow spring of yin and evil water, and this extreme element was taken by the Lingmeng God Venerable for him when he was in the underworld.

"It doesn't matter how I know, you just need to remember that when a person is strong enough to a certain extent, those things that seem to go against common sense and impossible are achievable, and it may not be impossible to go back in time and come back from the dead...... Therefore, if you want to save your grandfather, from now on, cultivate well with your teacher, and every time you progress, you are getting closer to hope. ”

Chu Ling'er nodded vigorously, and said in a firm tone: "Ling'er must work hard to cultivate, and not let Grandpa or Master down!"

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Chu Ling'er has been cultivating for ten years, and now she is at the third level of the Qi refining period, and this kind of cultivation speed can only be regarded as middle and upper in the cultivation realm where there are many talents, but Du Fan knows that in the past ten years, this girl has not cultivated much at all, maybe she has a premonition of something, and she can't wait to spend all her time with Grandpa Yan Qing.

Du Fan taught the water attribute cultivation methods such as "The Five Elements of the Big and Small Elements", "The Great Law of Water Transportation" and "The Essence of Qi Introduction", and explained them in great detail.

Chu Ling'er is very talented, not to mention the "Big and Small Five Elements Method", it is the Jindan period exercise method "Water Transport Great Law" and Du Fan's self-created "Jing Qi Yin", this woman can quickly understand and master, and her talent is so strong that even Du Fan is willing to bow down.

After a few days of preaching and teaching, Du Fan gave his Water Curtain Cave to Chu Ling'er, and the forbidden tokens and other things needed to open the cave, as well as the physical work of taking care of spirit beasts and spirit herbs, were also handed over to this woman.

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Du Fan came to the place where the Hundred Waterfalls Spring was located, and laid out a magic circle such as defense, concealment, and isolation, intending to try to break through here.

Stepping into the magic circle, with the continuous change of the magic of his hands, Du Fan's body gradually appeared in the shape of blue ice crystals, and the internal organs were faintly visible, and after a while, the figure was blurred, divided into three, and turned into three ordinary Du Fan, suspended on the ground three feet with his knees cross-legged in a three-legged formation, which was the embodiment of the second layer of the Extreme Illusion Ice Body to be cultivated to the fullest.

The three Du Fan pinched the mantra and recited the mantra at the same time, and at the same time urged the "Essence Qi Introduction" exercise, and suddenly, the spiritual energy of the eight directions rolled and stirred, slowly surging towards the location of the three, and then submerged into the bodies of the three people, and at the same time gave birth to the secret realm of the human body.

In fact, even now, Du Fan has not been able to see the road after the Danhai period, he just speculates, coupled with a strong belief, firmly believes that the potential of people is unlimited, as long as they continue to discover themselves and dig themselves, one day they can break through the existing shackles and reach a new field, and the maturity of the secret realm of the human body is likely to be a milestone.

Now, the secret realm in Du Fan's body is still only in a rudimentary state, and the road ahead needs to be explored, and the process is still long.

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Four years later, Du Fan, who was practicing, immediately converged his exercises, and the three bodies became one.

Du Fan opened his eyes, flicked his big sleeves and withdrew the magic circle, and at this moment, the sound of breaking the sky sounded, and a one-legged bird flew over with a pretty figure, who was the beloved disciple he hadn't seen for four years.

"Master, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know if Ling'er has disturbed you?" Chu Ling'er jumped down from the sky, her posture was graceful, and she landed lightly, like a falling narcissus, her beautiful eyes were smart, and she smiled smartly.

Du Fan shook his head with a smile, signaling that it didn't matter, and then praised: "Yes, it only took four years to cultivate from the third layer of the Qi Refining Period to the peak of the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Period, two or three years faster than the master had expected earlier, it is worthy of the Qiushui Spirit Body, it is really extraordinary...... Of course, this is also inseparable from your own efforts. ”

"Master Xie praised, however, Ling'er can have today's results, thanks to Master's careful cultivation, this great kindness, Ling'er will never forget!" Chu Ling'er put away her smile, gave Du Fan a deep gift, and said solemnly and sincerely.

Du Fan smiled and said: "Master and disciple are righteous, I don't want anything in return for my master, and I don't expect you to have much success in the future, as long as you can understand your own path and know what you are doing, it is enough, and the most important thing is that you have to be happy and live for yourself...... That's what your grandfather expects from you, too. ”

Chu Ling'er's expression was gloomy, but there was a persistent light flashing in her eyes.

Du Fan sighed in his heart, he understood that his apprentice was sunny and cheerful on the surface, as if he had let go of everything, but behind his back he was crying sadly at his grandfather's relics, such a woman who was affectionate and full of gratitude, even if she was not his apprentice, she would take care of her.

After a while, Chu Ling'er smiled and asked, "Master, back then, you told Ling'er thousands of times to prevent Ling'er from building a foundation without authorization, and you also said that you would pass on to Ling'er a set of special cultivation methods that are completely different from today's cultivation realm, what is it?"

"This matter is not considered by the teacher, you don't have to take it to heart, normal cultivation is, but if you have any ideas or comprehensions in the process of cultivation, you must boldly try and innovate, because the path traveled by the predecessors may not be the most correct. After Du Fan groaned, he replied.

Four years ago, Du Fan did have the intention to teach Chu Ling'er the cultivation path of the Danhai Period, but then he changed his mind again, Chu Linger's talent conditions were no worse than his, Du Fan really hoped that she could open up a path that was different from the Danhai Period, even more different from the Jindan Period, and the Yuan Infant Period.

People, after all, still have to go their own way.