In the 12 years of his life so far, this journey to Haizhou in the south to learn from his master was definitely the most painful one he had ever remembered.
For the whole seven days, he had to follow the butcher into the teleportation array at least three times a day, sometimes even more times, because the butcher said very clearly that the famous sect of Lingxiao sect has been handed down for thousands of years, and the rules are strict and numerous. Just opening the mountain gate to admit disciples is doomed once every five years. And those disciples who are lucky to admit them must arrive at the designated place within the specified day, and be led up the mountain by the immortal masters of Lingxiao sect. Once delayed, this hard won fortune will be broken.
"This year is just the year when the sect started to accept disciples. Otherwise, I think you probably won't have such good luck to get a place to worship Lingxiao sect. But the date they received was set to be the 10th day of April. Do you think we should go?"
Shen Shi, who had already had a big shadow on his re-entry into the teleportation array, was speechless after hearing this. At last, although he was in pain, he still clenched his teeth and nodded his head. Once again, he followed the butcher into the teleportation array, and endured the unbearable pain of ants eating him again and again.
When they arrived at heimu city in Lanzhou on March 29, it was only more than ten days from Lingxiao Zong's order to take over the emperor. Time was already very tight, and Shen Shi could not afford to delay. But for seven days, day after day, he was bitten by ants more than three times a day, which really made him miserable.
With his physical strength, three times a day, at most four times a day, he has reached a limit, almost to the point where he can't even walk. Even the butcher dare not force him to continue. Anyway, calculating the time, he can barely catch up. The two people just walk and stop, and pass it all the way.
Rao: so, even if Shen Shi was given time to rest and recover on the way, by the time the butcher and Shen Shi finally reached Haizhou through the last teleportation array seven days later, Shen Shi seemed to have been seriously ill. He looked weak and could fall at any time.
Looking at Shen Shi's appearance, the butcher was also worried. He quickly took Shen Shi to a secluded house to settle down and let him rest for two days. Only then did the young man's face gradually look bloody and no longer look like a living dead person when he first arrived.
When he recovered a little, Shen Shi still remembered his worship and asked the butcher carefully. He learned that it was the eighth day of April, and there were still two days to go to lingxiaozong to receive him. As for the place to receive him, it was a place called "baixianyan", just outside LiuYun City of Haizhou, where they are now, on the shore of the sea, and they could arrive in an hour.
After knowing this, Shen Shi felt relieved. He thought that he had finally struggled to get here after thousands of difficulties. He thought that in two days, he might be able to worship the world's famous top spiritual cultivation family. Shen Shi could not help but feel hot and yearning.
In addition to his eagerness, when talking with the butcher, Shen Shi casually asked about Haizhou where they were and the situation in Liuyun city. The butcher was also frank and said whatever he knew. If we talk about Haizhou, it is one of the several famous states in the 90 states of Hongmeng. In terms of the land area of one state alone, it is more than Yinzhou and Lanzhou combined. It has always been known as the "first state in the South" of Hongmeng mainland.
Haizhou is an important town in the Hongmeng world for the cultivation of truth. It is extremely prosperous and blessed with many caves and heaven. There are countless cultivation sects in the territory. Among them, the most famous one is naturally the Lingxiao sect, which ranks among the four upright sects in the world.
At present, LiuYun City, where they are located, is located on the shore of the sea. It is the largest city in Haizhou. It is large and prosperous. In the past, monks were like crucian carp crossing the river. There were countless. In addition, the transfer method array in Shanghai is also located in this city. There are nine more in number, which is the icing on the cake. Monks from north to South can be seen everywhere.
"Even if we look at the whole Hongmeng Kingdom, Liuyun city is the first-class prosperous place except for the unparalleled Tianhong city." At the end, the butcher made a conclusion about Liuyun city with such a comment.
The next day, the ninth day of April, Shen Shi woke up early. After getting up, he moved his body a little. He felt light. It seemed that he had almost completely freed himself from the pain of ants. Even his spirit was much better.
The house where he and the butcher now live is a residence on the surface, but in fact it is also a private house secretly set up by a powerful fairy in Liuyun city. On weekdays, few people come here, but everything in the house is complete. Shen Shi looked casually in his bedroom and found the pen, ink, paper and inkstone without much effort. After a little hesitation, he sharpened his ink and took his pen. According to his habits over the years, he began to draw the yin-yang, five elements and ten talismans on white paper.
After fleeing from the Xilu city in a panic on that day, Shen Shi felt like a homeless dog all the way. He was in a state of panic and couldn't stop. He didn't have the mood or the conditions to stick to this habit for several years every day. Until then, Shen Shi seemed to feel some peace in Liuyun city that he hadn't seen for a long time.
The ink is even and light, and the handwriting is smooth and soft. Although he hasn't practiced for more than half a month, his persistent habit over the years still gives him a deep instinct. The Yin and Yang runes drawn on white paper are as complete as ever, without any mistakes.
After writing on five sheets of white paper, he put down his brush. Shen Shi's face looked a little satisfied. He took a long breath and rubbed his wrist. He could not help but think of his missing father again. But now that the matter was over, it was useless to think more. After sitting in silence for a while, he stood up and went out of the room.
At this time, it was already bright. In the courtyard outside the house, the butcher stood up and faced the rising direction. His hands were empty, his eyes were shining, he was deeply breathing and spitting, and his whole body was faintly red. Obviously, he was practicing a Taoist art.
Shen Shi looked at the butcher's palm with sharp eyes. As expected, he saw a Spirit Crystal in the palm of his right hand. The light was shining, and the faint light was continuously extracted from the crystal and absorbed into the butcher's skin.
Shen Shi has seen many similar scenes since he was a child because he was born in the family of disciples around Xuanyin gate and there are many Xuanyin disciples on the first floor of heaven. He knows that this is the cultivation of the butcher's spiritual power in absorbing the spiritual crystal. As for this method, it looks very different from that of the disciples in the Xuanyin sect in the past, but there is nothing strange about it. There are thousands of ways in the world, and there are all kinds of strange things. It is not the same school of law, and the cultivation methods are very different.
I just don't know what the cultivation methods in Lingxiao sect will be like?
Shen Shi stood aside and didn't bother the butcher's cultivation, so he watched quietly. Only after the butcher kept this posture and practiced about a cup of tea, did he stop and stand up. He took a deep breath. Only to hear that the bones around him were making a faint noise and the muscles were beating up. It seemed that the flesh was strong and frightening.
After a moment, the momentum slowly subsided. The butcher shook his neck, looking quite comfortable after training. After standing there and pondering for a while, he seemed to be in a mood of interest. His right hand stretched out and his fingers grasped. A moment later, he saw a low echo of "boom" in the palm of his hand, and a ball of fire condensed out of nothing.
Shen Shi stared at the fireball. An idea flashed through his mind and whispered: "fireball skill..."
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Since the war between man and demon, the immortal way of cultivation of the human race has gone through ten thousand years of development, and it has entered a peak era in this world. There are endless magic powers and wonderful methods. However, in terms of the types of cultivation, in fact, in the final analysis, there are only two kinds of Cultivation: the cultivation of divine powers and the cultivation of five elements.
People who practice all kinds of magical powers and Taoist methods are the commonly known monks nowadays, and they are also the absolute mainstream of the world today. The five element method is the spiritual power that can control the five elements of the world. It is divided into five systems: metal, wood, water, fire and earth. It can be regarded as a deeply learned legal system to exercise all kinds of spells through complex techniques.
However, the five element method is too profound and complicated for most people. Just the lowest level one five element method requires far more energy to practice than the friars who practice ordinary spiritual skills. However, the power of the five element method is actually smaller. For ordinary people, a fireball technique is naturally frightening, and one fireball can burn the human body into coke. But for the monks who practice the aisle method, their bodies are tough and strong. If a fireball hits them, it can only cause a few injuries to the low-level monks in the Qi refining realm at most. If they face the monks in the Ningyuan realm, they can hardly cause any damage at all.
It is not powerful and difficult to cultivate. For a long time, the five element method, which once flourished for a while, has gradually weakened in the Hongmeng world. Now, the five element method has become a kind of legal system that monks despise and has become an accessory to the mainstream practice of God channel method.
Generally speaking, it is the friars who are interested in these five element methods in their spare time, so they can pick up several relatively simple five element methods for cultivation at will. Most of them are the lowest level friars in the air refining realm, because the cultivation in the air refining realm is relatively simple. Basically, there are only the most basic ones, such as absorbing Reiki into the body, solid cultivation, and all kinds of magic skills. Most of them can only start to cultivate in the condensation realm. Therefore, many monks in this realm will choose one or two five element skills, which can also be considered as a self-defense skill.
However, even so, it can not change the decline of the five element method. Even though it is said that in the distant past, the five element method was once powerful. It is said that the power of those high-level five element methods is extremely powerful and earth shaking. However, for many years, no one has seen that scene.
As for the fireball technique used by the butcher in front of him, it is the lowest and the most common one of the five element techniques. It is called the three lower level spells of the five element technique together with the water arrow technique of the water system and the rock stabbing technique of the earth system. It is the simplest and most common five element technique.
The talisman practiced by Shen Shiping in his daily life is actually a kind of small path method specifically aimed at the five element method. In simple terms, various five element methods are composed of yin and Yang, five elements and ten kinds of talisman patterns, which are painted on special talisman paper, and then injected into the talisman paper through a process commonly known as "soul injection", so that a complete talisman can be made.
As long as monks learn a five element method and use the same method to operate their spiritual power and the same kind of talisman, they can use 20% of their spiritual power to urge a complete method. At the same time, the casting speed can be much faster, which can be said to save time and effort. However, there are also some shortcomings. The power of the method displayed through the talisman will be weakened.
It is also because Shen Shi's practice of talisman has a lot to do with the five element method, so he also has some knowledge of the five element method. At this moment, he suddenly saw the butcher exercising this method, and recognized it as the most common fireball method at first sight.
The butcher seemed to hear the movement here. In a twinkling of an eye, he saw Shen Shi standing on the side of the yard, staring at the fireball in his hand. Suddenly, his palm vibrated. He saw that the fireball suddenly brightened up. After a few rapid revolutions, it suddenly broke away from the butcher's palm and rushed toward Shen Shi with a roar.
Even after a long distance, a hot heat wave has already come to Shen Shi's face. Shen Shi stood there staring at his mouth and was at a loss. He watched the fireball rush to his eyes. The heat wave scorched his skin as if it was about to burn.