Li Xiuping didn't expect that Chu Yan would suddenly break through, but it was a good thing. After all, it was not always a good thing if she kept suppressing it deliberately. Since she had such an opportunity, let it take its course. It was Yang Erni who wanted to break through. I'm afraid it might be a little difficult.
Firstly, because Yang Erni's own talent is limited, she will definitely not be able to catch up with Chu Yan in practice; secondly, because of her previous experiences, she has a problem with her character, so that she has a demonic heart, and is attacked by Li Xiuping with his sword. She wanted to seal it, so her future practice can only unlock Li Xiuping's seal little by little.
Although Yang Erni would gain huge benefits by breaking the seals set by Li Xiuping, she must also break those seals. And no one can help, she can only rely on herself.
As the sun rose in the east, everyone left the post house and headed in the direction of Tianchan Temple. The men naturally followed. After all, Li Xiuping said that he would help them save their companion, and in exchange, he would wait for them. After their companions left Tianchan Temple safely, they needed to take Li Xiuping to the ruins they discovered.
Tianchan Temple has always been low-key, and the mountain of Tianchan Temple is also low-key. It towers into the clouds and reaches into the blue sky. It has nothing to do with Tianchan Temple. It is just an ordinary mountain, and then a temple was built on the mountain. , it is neither a place where spiritual energy gathers, nor a heavenly paradise, and its location is not even as good as many second-rate sects that Li Xiuping has seen.
However, the eminent monks of Tianchan Temple built an astonishingly defensive array according to the terrain of Tianchan Mountain. As soon as Li Xiuping arrived at the foot of the mountain, he could feel the mystery of the array. At this moment, the sound of Yaoyao bells was heard coming from the mountain. uploaded.
Along the way, Chu Yan kept asking Li Xiuping what happened last night and about the Qi refining period. When she heard the bell, she stopped, allowing Li Xiuping to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Li Xiuping was willing to explain to her when the time came. Even if he couldn't figure out many issues about cultivation himself, he was willing to use his brain to figure it out at this time. As for Chu Yan's well-intentioned attempt to hide the breakthrough she had made from Yang Erni, But he was taught a lesson by Li Xiuping, saying that he would break through if he said it was a breakthrough. It was not a bad thing, and there was nothing he could not say. As for Yang Erni, if she has a grudge because of this, then her job as a senior sister will be in vain.
In fact, Li Xiuping also wanted to use this incident to temper Yang Erni's character. As long as Yang Erni could pass this level, many problems in the future would naturally be solved, but the effect was somewhat beyond Li Xiuping's expectations.
Yang Erni didn't seem to care about the fact that Chu Yan had entered the Qi refining stage. She really didn't care and wasn't pretending. This made Li Xiuping a little curious about what she was thinking.
When the bell stopped ringing, Li Xiuping said: "Let's go, hike up the mountain first, and persist as much as possible. It will be good for your practice. If you really can't hold on anymore, just tell me."
Chu Yan and Yang Erni nodded at the same time and followed Li Xiuping to start climbing.
The mountain road was rugged, with steps and flat ground. At first, the two little girls didn't feel much. After all, they had learned nothing from practicing with Li Xiuping for so long. But as they continued to climb higher, Yang Erni obviously couldn't hold on any longer.
In similar situations in the past, Chu Yan usually couldn't hold on first, but now that Chu Yan has entered the Qi refining period, her overall situation has been greatly improved. Even if she reaches the top of the mountain like this, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
Although Yang Erni was in so much pain that her feet began to tremble a little, she gritted her teeth and persisted without speaking out.
Even the layman Qingming praised this little girl's tenacity, so Li Xiuping didn't say anything. He just slowed down a little so that Yang Erni could continue to persist without being so painful. Her body reached its limit and could bear it, and only in this way could she break through her own limits.
If you are not as talented as others, you will naturally have to endure more hardships. Although you may not get much reward if you endure hardships like this, if you are not talented and cannot endure hardships, you will not be able to achieve anything, let alone practice this path.
As Li Xiuping slowed down, they who were the first to go up the mountain were gradually chased by the pilgrims, and the originally deserted mountain road suddenly became lively.
Li Xiuping raised his eyes and glanced at the mountain road ahead, only to find that he had only walked about half of it.
It really complied with the saying "Look at the mountain and run to death". This Tianchan Mountain does not look high, but it is not easy to climb to the top. Li Xiuping has a feeling that this is probably the same as Tianchan Temple. It’s related to the sect-protecting formation.
If it were in its heyday, we would have been able to see the clues, but unfortunately now, we can only feel some subtle mysteries. So while continuing to climb the mountain, Li Xiuping asked: "Senior, do you think this road is normal?"
The layman Qingming smiled slightly, and naturally knew what Li Xiuping meant, and said: "This is one of the effects of Tianchan Temple's formation. The purpose is to allow people who go up the mountain to use this method of climbing to eliminate their impatience. Naturally, all that is left is the sincere heart to worship the Buddha."
Li Xiuping was stunned.
Chu Yan said at this time: "No wonder those people built the sect on a very high mountain. It turned out to be for this."
She thought: "That's right. If there is any enemy who wants to take revenge on them, they will be almost dead from exhaustion when they climb to the top of the mountain. How can they still have the strength to fight? Then the revenge will naturally not be avenged."
Master Qingming and Li Xiuping looked at each other with bitter smiles.
This statement is possible for some ordinary sects, but sects like Tianchan Temple naturally don't need it, because if Tianchan Temple really has enemies, they are all flying around with swords, naturally. I don't care about the rugged mountain road.
However, what Chu Yan said is not completely unreasonable. When any sect is founded, the reason why it chooses a mountain top is not only for the so-called gathering of spiritual energy, but also to demonstrate its intimidation and unite the ordinary people at the foot of the mountain. Will look towards a certain mountain.
In addition, it shows that they have severed their relationship with the world and have lived among the mountains, far away from the world...
After walking like this for a while, Li Xiuping looked up at the sun and said, "Let's take a rest for a while. Looking at the situation, by the time we reach Tianchan Temple, it may be noon anyway, just in time for lunch. "
As soon as she heard this, Chu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that she couldn't hold on anymore, but she was worried that Yang Erni wouldn't be able to hold on.
As for their master, Chu Yan is really unpredictable and easy to talk about everything. But when it comes to practice, she is even more strict than the old teacher at the school and will not be soft-hearted at all.
Yang Erni sat down directly on the steps, rubbing her knees with her hands. She was sweating profusely and breathing heavily.
Li Xiuping sat down next to her and asked with a smile: "How do you feel?"
Yang Erni didn't notice that Li Xiuping was already sitting next to her. When she heard Li Xiuping speak, she was startled and was about to stand up to salute. However, Li Xiuping put his hand on his shoulder and was unable to get up.
Li Xiuping said: "Don't worry about the red tape."
Yang Erni nodded, looked back at the remaining stairs, and said: "I feel that the mountain here is more difficult to walk than other places. At the beginning, it didn't feel like anything, but the higher you climb, the more difficult it becomes. just like……"
Li Xiuping smiled and said, "It's like there's a heavy burden on you?"
Yang Erni nodded.
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "I have encountered this situation before, and it is much more serious than this, so I asked you to persist, because it will be of great benefit to your practice."
Yang Erni nodded.
She never liked to talk, so after nodding, she fell into silence.
Li Xiuping continued: "Your junior sister has entered the Qi refining stage, aren't you envious?"
Yang Erni was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Envy."
She continued: "But I know it's useless to be envious. In terms of cultivation, I am not as good as my junior sister. I know this very well."
She looked sideways at Li Xiuping and continued: "Actually, although the two seniors didn't say it, I know that they don't think highly of me and feel that if Master accepts me, Master's reputation will be tarnished."
Li Xiuping asked: "What about you, what do you think?"
Yang Erni fell into silence. After a while, she raised her head again. Her small face was full of confidence, and her eyes were shining with a strange light. She said: "I am not as good as senior sister. This is my nature. No one can change it. Master naturally can't." No. But since Master has accepted me as a disciple, I will try my best to do what Master has told me to do. As for what I can do, I have tried my best."
Li Xiuping was a little shocked, but then he was very relieved. The hand on her shoulder patted her shoulder gently and said: "It's enough if you think so. I said that I accept you, and I don't want you to No matter how great your achievements can be, I just hope that you can live a better life than others in the future. Of course, that is without me."
He looked at Chu Yan in the distance and said: "The same goes for your junior sister, so no matter how far you can reach in the future, I hope that you can help each other and remember that you are the same sect and are my disciples, Li Xiuping. .”
Yang Erni nodded and said, "Disciple, I have written it down."
Li Xiuping continued: "I'm not worried about your junior sister, because she has a kind heart and can think of others in everything. Of course, I'm not saying that you are not kind, but no matter what you do in the future, even if you have to follow Even if the whole world is your enemy, your junior sister will definitely stand by your side without hesitation, so I hope you can treat her the same way she treats you."
Yang Erni nodded again, this time without speaking.
After a while, she said: "Junior sister, she is... very good."
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "You are not bad either. Remember, talent is not the decisive factor in everything. If you can think like before, it means that your situation has basically been solved. Next, you just need to work hard and practice. Just do it, don't worry about what kind of rewards you will get. If you can achieve the level I mentioned, then your cultivation will not fall behind your junior sister too much."
But Yang Erni whispered: "Actually, it's okay for junior sister to walk in front of me. If I surpass her, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing."
Li Xiuping naturally heard this, so he looked incredulous.
He had never considered this issue.
It turns out that in his heart, he also felt that Yang Erni was inferior to Chu Yan. Now Chu Yan is leading the way because Chu Yan has talent. This is a matter of course.
In other words, between Chu Yan and Yang Erni, although Yang Erni is the senior sister, Chu Yan has always played the role of the strong one, so she can naturally maintain the kindness in her heart, and naturally be able to do everything for Yang Erni, the senior sister. For your own sake.
And Yang Erni herself has no talent, and she knows it very well, so it is natural for her to be inferior to Chu Yan, so at most she will be envious, and will still regard Chu Yan as her junior sister. But if Yang Erni suddenly walked in front of Chu Yan, would everything still be like this?
If Yang Erni is really surpassed, can Chu Yan really maintain her current mentality?
Li Xiuping discovered that he had always been worried that Yang Erni would have problems, but he never thought that Chu Yan would also have problems.
Now that Yang Erni said this, Li Xiuping felt that maybe he should focus on Chu Yan.
Yang Erni's talent is indeed not as good as Chu Yan, but Yang Erni is also outstanding, and cultivation has many factors besides talent and blessings, so it is not completely impossible for Yang Erni to surpass Chu Yan.
Apart from anything else, Li Xiuping is the one who has no talent, because he does not have the qualifications to practice at all. This was clearly demonstrated when the major sects came to him when he was in Qingyang County.
At that time, who could have thought that Li Xiuping could reach the heights he is today? I am afraid that even now, those who went to find him find it unbelievable.
Although this is related to many things that happened to him, since those things can happen to him, why can't they happen to Yang Erni?
Especially in Yang Erni's previous situation, he left a majestic sword intention in her body. As long as Yang Erni can solve her own problems, she can directly possess those sword intentions, which will be of great help to her practice.
Li Xiuping breathed out gently, looked at Yang Erni, and asked: "What will you do if one day you surpass her?"
Yang Erni was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I won't hide it, I will tell her directly."
Li Xiuping nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go. If you can't hold on, remember to tell me. In fact, at your current age, it's already amazing that you can hold on to this point, so don't feel embarrassed to speak up. Sometimes, You have to tell some things before others will know. If you don't tell them, others can only guess. Since it is a guess, it is inevitable that the guess will be wrong, and misunderstandings will naturally arise."
Yang Erni nodded.
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "When you arrive at the academy from now on, you will definitely go to the Chaoguan Tower. Then you will be grateful for being able to come to Tianchan Temple today."
Yang Erni had heard of Guanchao Academy and knew that it was the place where the master practiced, similar to these sects of cultivation, and their master was the junior uncle of Guanchao Academy.
In fact, Yang Erni didn't care about the existence of Guanchao Academy, but every time Master talked about Guanchao Academy, it was different from usual, so she also wanted to visit and see what kind of place it was...
