The situation in Tianchi gradually became calmer, the churning fog gradually became thinner, and the vision gradually became clearer.
The three practitioners stood up and began to observe the status of everyone in Tianchi, selecting young people with good qualifications. Whenever they saw a person with strong and strong light, they recorded it. When they saw a person with pitifully little light, The brightness was minimal, so he just shook his head and saw that among the thousands of people who came all the way, there were only two people with good qualifications.
Just then, a Taoist saw Lu Chen, but there was no light on his body. He thought that he was dazzled by the mistake, so he checked carefully several times, but still could not find any light. He had not seen it in more than ten years of practice. This situation has not even been heard of.
He quickly called out to the other two practitioners: "Have you ever heard of someone who entered the Tianchi to baptize their whole body but there was no reaction at all?"
When Taoist Rufa heard this, he already understood that Lu Chen failed again this time. He sighed helplessly: "Hey, you will find out later. Let's continue to check the next one."
Blind Lu was also paying attention to everything in Tianchi Lake. Seeing Lu Chen's state at this time, he put away his guqin and smiled. I am afraid that he is the only one on the field who knows how abnormal Lu Chen's cultivation talent is.
In Tianchi Lake, everything around it has returned to calm, as if nothing happened. The three practitioners quickly opened the barrier of Tianchi Lake and led everyone out.
After everyone stood up, Rufa Taoist stood up and said to everyone: "Baptism in Tianchi only helps you open Tianchi. If you really want to practice, you have to pass the breath test. Use the Tianluo in my hand to introduce the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body and swim around for a week. The Queen of Heaven stores it in Tianchi."
"All you have to do is put your hands on the compass and carefully imagine the scene when you were baptized. The speed at which the compass lights up is the speed at which you are in harmony with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and this is also the speed at which you will introduce Qi into your body in the future. "
"No matter what method is used, as long as it is successfully lit, a standard Tianluo will be generated from it, which means that it has entered the first level of the Qi Drinking Realm." After saying that, the three Taoists nodded to indicate the start.
The three of them worked together to release a huge compass two feet high. The huge compass projected small compasses one after another, appearing in front of everyone for everyone to touch.
Ten minutes later, four people successfully obtained the compass and reached the Qi-drinking state.
Those who can pass the test within ten minutes are basically the children of the family. They have excellent training resources and equipment, plus they have been trained and learned how to practice since childhood. Passing the test is a piece of cake.
Two hours passed, and most of them slowly got Tianluo and reached the Qi Drinking Realm, and they only barely reached the Qi Drinking Realm.
Four hours have passed, and a large number of people have obtained Tianluo. The vast majority of them have obtained Tianluo by luck. There is only a trace of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in their bodies, but getting Tianluo also means that they It is indeed possible to practice.
Eight hours passed, and everyone who participated in the test except Lu Chen had finished the test. By this time, the crowd had been clearly divided into several piles, with those with average talents surrounded by those with high talents in the middle, and those with almost no talents on the outermost edge.
The people on the periphery bowed their heads and were extremely flattering. Looking at Lu Chen, everyone wanted to look at the god of plague and hide away.
Slowly, the crowd began to talk, "Can it work? It's been so long, even a pig has succeeded."
"You don't know, right? This man's name is Lu Chen. He has not succeeded for ten years. He might really be a pig."
"Don't talk about pigs, pigs are smarter than him, he is just a waste, garbage."
"Trash, trash..." The crowd started to roar, pointing at Lu Shen.
After listening to everyone's discussion, the Taoist understood what Taoist Rufa meant by sighing just now.
Although Lu Chen didn't think much about the people's comments, ten years had made him take these things lightly. He still pressed his hand on the compass, hoping that there would be a glimmer of hope. After all, this was really It's the last time.
Another two hours passed. Lu Chen had reached his limit and his eyes dimmed. He couldn't figure out why he was the only one who couldn't succeed. Even with a Tianluo, he could still practice cultivation.
At this moment, Lu Chen felt dizzy and fainted from exhaustion.
When he woke up the next day, Lu Chen found himself lying on the bed. He turned over and walked to the big tung tree outside the village, where Blind Lu was playing the piano.
Blind Lu noticed that Lu Chen woke up and began to play a song that was like ups and downs. The sound was up and down like a man wearing white clothes, fighting in the battlefield in front of thousands of enemies, being cut down once, standing up once, and being cut down again. He stood up again and again, and so on, until finally only one person was left facing the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
When a piece of music is played, the hero steps onto the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, raises his sword and aspires to conquer the world.
At this time, Blind Man Lu pointed at an ant nest under the big tung tree and said, "Do you know what cultivation is for? Do you know why heaven and earth are called heaven and earth?"
Lu Chen looked at the ant nest. Just like four years ago, they climbed up, fell down, and continued to climb up. He has answered this question for ten years, why would grandpa ask it again.
At this moment, Lu Chen thought of everything he had experienced in the past ten years. He felt like a divine light appeared as if everything was in front of his eyes, but it came too late, and it was useless to know the answer now.
Lu Chen was about to say that he gave up, when it suddenly started raining heavily. The rain washed away the ant nest, but more ants moved in soil and built mounds to resist. Lu Chen slowly knelt down and looked inside. .
The blind man appeared behind Lu Chen and said: "It seems that you have found the answer you think you have. Do you still remember the last time I asked you what spiritual practice is? You told me that you want ants scrambling to climb up, really competing with the heaven and the earth." , you also have to compete with heaven and earth."
"You only see the ants climbing up, but you don't see the weather turning cloudy. You see the ants climbing up, but you don't see the ants carrying clods of soil, looking for food, and building a mound of soil outside the nest step by step. Rain. You think they are practicing reality and competing with the heaven and earth, but have you ever thought about not having them just to live, they are just for a goal, have they ever paid attention to your eyes while practicing."
When Lu Chen heard Blind Lu's words, he murmured to himself: "Other people's eyes are the purpose of practice. Others' eyes are the purpose of practice."
Seeing Lu Chen's enlightened look, Lu Xiazi knew that Lu Chen had succeeded, and said to him: "Practice does not necessarily require the use of Tianluo. There are thousands of people practicing without Tianluo. If you I think you want to understand the purpose of your practice, so I will take you to a place for you to practice."
Lu Chen understood that this place that Blind Man Lu was talking about would bring about earth-shaking changes in his life. Blind Man Lu was asking him: Do you have the courage to touch this place? In order to pursue the purpose of practice.
Lu Chen immediately said: "Grandpa, please take me there. I am willing to continue to explore what practice is during my practice. I must become a practitioner. I want to know what I will practice for."
Just then the weather cleared up, Lu Chen's eyes shone with light, and the Pisces disk on his chest flashed, as if he agreed with what he said.
Blind Man Lu asked Lu Chen to stand up. Lu Chen said in confusion, "Grandpa, what are we going to do?"
Blind Lu ignored Lu Chen and just said to himself: "Qingfang Village was not called this name before. During the Genesis Era, a Heavenly Emperor walked out of here. This Heavenly Emperor was revered as the "Qing Emperor". Later, in order to commemorate this Emperor Tian, the name of the village was changed to Qingfang Village, which has been used to this day, and this ancient paulownia tree was planted by that Emperor Tian."
"There is a story that has been passed down in the village. As a descendant of Qingfang Village, if there is a person who wants to practice and has the qualifications, he can go in from this place to find opportunities."
Said Lu Xiazi opened a hidden compartment under the strings of the guqin and took out a circular sign. On the front of the sign was a city, but half of the city collapsed and was filled with fire, but the other half of the city was The area was full of vitality, and a giant tree appeared. This giant tree was just like the ancient paulownia tree in front of me.
It should have been a scene of conflict, but it seemed particularly harmonious because of a silhouette at the junction. The man looked at the city, holding a broken military flag with a green character written on it.
Lu Chen suddenly felt desolate when he saw this scene, and felt that this scene seemed familiar, as if it was a memory of his past.
Blind Lu looked at Lu Chen and explained: "This is a sign passed down from generation to generation in Qingshanfang. It has only one function, which is to open the portal of this ancient paulownia tree. But for thousands of years, no one has entered it, so no one knows What is behind the door? If you really want to practice, you can go in and try, but you only have one chance. If you fail, you cannot go in again."
After speaking, Blind Man Lu pressed the sign against the tree. The sign instantly melted into it, and slowly a black void portal appeared on the tree trunk.
Blind Lu turned to Lu Chen and said, "You only have one chance, so you have to work hard."
"Grandpa, I will succeed this time. When I come out, I will succeed." After saying that, Lu Chen was ready to go in.
"Wait a minute." Lu Blind suddenly turned around and called Lu Chen, neatly packed up Lu Chen's clothes, straightened the Pisces cards, touched Lu Chen's head again and said, "Go, since you are like this If you want to practice cultivation, there is always a way to go and take a look.”
This was the first time Lu Chen saw Blind Lu helping him tidy up his clothes after he became conscious. Lu Chen looked up at Blind Lu, feeling a bad feeling in his heart.
"Go quickly, otherwise the portal will disappear soon." After saying that, he began to urge Lu Chen to go in.
When Lu Chen heard this, he looked back at the villagers in Qingshanfang and waved to them.
Coyotito also waved to Lu Chen. Lu Chen looked back at Coyotito and said, "We will practice together when I come back."
After speaking, Lu Chen walked towards the portal. Just as Lu Chen entered the portal, a beam of green light shot straight into the sky, and he suddenly saw a group of practitioners flying in from a distance.
Lu Chen wanted to remind Blind Lu, but before he could say anything, he was sucked into the portal.
After Lu Chen entered the portal, Blind Lu took back the sign. The surrounding villagers made a gesture to change their appearance, and at the same time saluted Blind Lu: "Goodbye, Master Li."
Coyotito, who was just a child, turned into a petite spiritual beast.
He stood on Blind Man Lu's shoulder and said, "Sir, do you think this is okay? Isn't it a bit too cruel to let him deal with such a future? After all, he doesn't know anything."
At this time, blind man Lu no longer looked like an old man. He was tall and straight, wearing a white plain clothes, a black belt with auspicious cloud patterns around his waist, and his silver-white hair hanging behind his back. He had an extraordinary gentle appearance. , a pair of black eyes looked at the cultivator flying from a distance.
Blind Man Lu shook his head and said calmly: "There is not much time left. The passage to the heavens and the world is almost open. Let's go as planned." Blind Man Lu looked at the Bronze Tree with a little worry on his face. : "I hope it's not too late, the future is up to you, young master."
