Late autumn, the cold dew season.
All the red leaves on the mountain have fallen, leaving only the bare tree trunks. Only the cold pines and a small bamboo forest bring a hint of green in this blue and frosty world.
The cave sky is a reflection of the main world outside. The rules of the heaven and earth inside the cave sky are exactly the same as those outside.
Wenwan dried the washed clothes on a clothes rack made of bamboo poles in the yard.
This dress belongs to Wei Ran and has many patches on it. These patches were mended stitch by stitch in Wen Wan's spare time after practicing.
Wenwan then spread her clothes on the clothes drying rack.
Wei Ran bought her several sets of clothes so that she no longer had to wear the old shabby uniforms. She put on these clothes carefully and washed them even more seriously.
As if it were her priceless treasure.
At this time, Wei Ran was even more lazy. If someone who didn't know saw him, they would think he was a disabled person with crippled limbs.
But no matter who has a junior sister who is diligent, obedient, gentle, sensible, and considers everything for her senior brother, she will become lazy.
After Wen Wan dried her clothes, she returned to the house, sat in front of the steps, took off her small wooden clogs, stepped on the wooden floor with her bare feet, and slowly walked to the backyard.
She saw Wei Ran lying comfortably on a rocking recliner, with a small wooden table beside him and a plate of fruit on the table.
Wen Wan knelt down at the wooden table, took out a piece of fruit on the plate, gently peeled it with a knife, and then cut out a small piece.
"Senior brother, ah~"
Wei Ran looked leisurely at the small pond in the backyard. There was a lotus and several lotus pods in the pond. This lotus actually still had pink-white petals in late autumn and early winter, and the lotus pods were also green.
You can tell at a glance that this is no ordinary plant from the aura lingering in the heart of the lotus flower.
Under the influence of this lotus, the small pond was also clean and clear, and there was a koi carp raised by Master Wei Ran in it.
These six koi could survive under the hands of a lazy guy like Wei Ran, so it is obvious that they are not ordinary fish.
Now the important task of fish farming has been transferred from Wei Ran's shoulders to Wen Wan's.
Hearing the gentle voice and smelling the fragrance of spiritual fruit on the tip of his nose, Wei Ran slowly opened his mouth.
"ah……"
The spiritual fruit is delicious in your mouth.
Wen Wan looked at Wei Ran chewing, and felt endless warmth in her heart. She arched her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Senior brother, is it delicious?"
Wei Ran nodded and said, "So-so."
The fruits that came from the sect master have been eaten long ago. The fruits in front of me were picked by Wen Wan from the mountains.
Wen Wan said in confusion: "But, winter is coming soon, and there are no delicious fruits in the mountains anymore."
Wei Ran waved his hand and said, "Forget it."
Every day he had to put on his clothes and open his mouth to eat, which also made Wei Ran's mouth cunning.
It looks like he has taken in a junior sister, but in fact he has taken in a nanny.
The problem is that being gentle still enjoys it.
If you asked her what her dream is at the moment, she would definitely have a slightly red cheek and would say without hesitation that she would raise her senior brother to be white and fat.
Seeing that Wei Ran didn't want to eat the fruit, Wen Wan sat aside and ate it.
It would be a pity not to eat it but to lose it.
She has been hungry, and she will never allow food to be wasted.
"By the way, senior brother." Wen Wan said: "I don't know much about reading. I don't know many words in the latest cultivation method of "The Secret Art of Using a Sword to Brighten the Mind", and there are also many sentences that I don't understand. Can senior brother teach me Taught me."
Although Wen Wan had attended a private school when she was a child, her literacy was limited after all, and a fourteen-year-old girl didn't know anything about the principles of cultivating immortality.
Wei Ran smiled and said, "Tell me about it."
Next, Wen Wan discussed with Wei Ran the content of "The True Secret of Controlling the Sword and Mind".
After a period of hard training, Wen Wan's cultivation is also growing.
Coupled with the Astrolabe Xuan incense burner in the house, placing some spiritual herbs and elixirs in it for burning can form a smoke. Practicing under this smoke can have the same effect as taking the elixirs.
The two discussed everything from the content of the law to the cultivators of immortality.
Wei Ran said: "Practitioners are divided into two categories. One is spiritual cultivation, and the other is physical cultivation. Both of them can also perform dual cultivation."
"Physical cultivation is physical cultivation, which is based on tempering the physical body to improve one's cultivation, such as sword cultivation, sword cultivation, spear cultivation, boxing cultivation, etc. Divine cultivation, which is based on knowledge, secret techniques, and spiritual souls, is metaphysical cultivation. For example, alchemists, formation masters, Yanpup masters, etc."
"Physical skills cultivators are the easiest to get started with, and they account for the highest proportion among the majority of cultivators. The advantage is that they are powerful and consume relatively few resources. The disadvantage is that cultivation is extremely slow and difficult."
"Spiritual cultivators need advanced secrets and knowledge as well as extraordinary divine soul abilities to start cultivating. The threshold is very high. The advantage is that the realm can be broken through quickly, and the requirements for physical cultivation are not very high. The disadvantage is that they are weak and need to rely on knowledge to create things. Cultivation consumes a lot of resources compared to physical cultivation.”
"Whether it is physical cultivation or spiritual cultivation, the tempering of the body accompanies the entire life of a cultivator."
From immortal cultivators, we talked about sword cultivators.
Wen Wan nodded in understanding and said, "Senior brother, the swordsmanship I practice should be regarded as physical training."
Wei Ran nodded and said: "Yes, what is sword cultivation? Sword cultivation is to enter the Tao with the sword, understand the world from the sword, and finally find your own path to immortality."
"The way of swordsmanship is the same as the realm of cultivation. It has four stages from shallower to deeper. The first is sword style, the second is sword energy, the third is sword intention, and the fourth is sword soul."
Wen Wan silently memorized these four kendo realms.
Wei Ran continued: "Sword styles are the moves you usually see others drawing and retracting their swords, cutting, slashing, stabbing, and picking. Everyone can learn these moves as long as they are willing to practice. Once you learn them, you will enter the first realm of kendo. It’s the same general state as seeing mountains as mountains and water as water.”
"Sword Qi, incorporating different ideas into the sword moves, mobilizing the spiritual energy throughout the body to stimulate the powerful sword Qi from each move of the sword, is the second realm. As the saying goes, looking at mountains is not mountains, and looking at water is not water. The sublimated realm .”
"Sword Intent, for those who have reached this level, even a simple movement can open up the world. It seems simple, but it is wielded with a supreme understanding close to the way of heaven. It carries the surging power of heaven and earth. It is a way of looking at mountains. It’s a mountain, and looking at the water is the state of returning to nature.”
At this point, Wei Ran stopped talking and instead picked up the teacup on the side and drank the tea.
Why not drink?
Of course I finished it, otherwise why would I drink tea.
Wen Wan carefully remembered Wei Ran's words, and then asked, "Senior brother, has that reached that level?"
Wei Ran blinked and said, "Me? I'm in an ordinary realm. Work hard. Your understanding will definitely surpass mine."
"Yes!" Wen Wan nodded vigorously and said, "I will work hard and I will never let my senior brother down."
"That's right." Wei Ran stood up from the couch where he had been lying for four days and four nights, and said, "Follow me to a place. Your cultivation level is sufficient. Now you have to enter the next stage of cultivation."
The place Wei Ran mentioned was not far away, in the bamboo forest in the backyard.
Wei stood among the fallen leaves and looked at Wen Wan who had changed into a training uniform beside him.
Wen Wan also carries an ordinary long sword on her back. The Green Bamboo Sword cannot be used and can only be temporarily stored in her own storage bag.
That storage bag was of course the one given to her by the sect master.
Wei Ran bent down and touched the mud on the ground, then rubbed it in his hands.
Then throw it outside.
Under Wen Wan's surprised gaze, these three mud balls turned into three 1.8-meter-tall clay figures.
Wei Ran looked at the clay figure and said, "Always meditating and practicing sword moves in front of the air is not enough to become stronger. If you want to become a powerful sword cultivator, actual combat experience is essential."
"Countless superb sword skills are learned from life and death battles. Junior sister, you must remember that sword cultivators can only become stronger by fighting."
Wen Wan nodded, pulled out the long sword from behind, and walked to the three clay figures.
Wei Ran said: "Outer sect disciples who want to join Dongtian and become inner sect disciples must pass Dongtian's exclusive trial, and Xiaozhulin Dongtian is these three clay figures. As long as you defeat these three clay figures, you will be Passed the test.”
After speaking, Wei Ran walked to a boulder and sat down.
He waved his hand and said, "Let's get started."
Nod gently and deal with it seriously.
Her sword is very fast and sharp. After all, it was trained by Wei Ran himself, and her techniques are somewhat similar to Wei Ran's.
But these clay figures seemed to be able to learn. From being dull at the beginning, they gradually became more flexible. After gradually becoming familiar with gentle attack routines, they began to counterattack.
Fortunately, Wei Ran had a lot of healing medicine in his hand, so he wasn't afraid of Wen Wan getting hurt.
Besides, how can you become stronger without getting hurt?
He spent all the spiritual stones he had on him to purchase cultivation resources.
In this way, gentle cultivation begins a new stage.
