Shan Heyuan gradually got used to his life as a cultivator and lived according to the behavior pattern of a monk.
This morning, Shan Heyuan had just finished running his mental method for three and a half weeks when there was a knock on the door outside, followed by a shout: "Fellow Taoist, your report is here."
Shan Heyuan quickly shouted: "Here he comes -"
Shan Heyuan stood up and opened the door.
Outside the door, the monk who delivered the newspaper had already left with his sword, leaving only a square wooden talisman thrown at the door.
Shan Heyuan picked it up carefully, wiped off the dust on it, and carried it back to the yard.
Shen Duheng was practicing cross-legged in another corner of the yard. Shan Heyuan did not dare to disturb him. He quietly entered the room with the wooden talisman in his arms and sat upright in front of the workbench in the living room. He piously placed the wooden talisman on himself. Put it on your forehead and use your spiritual sense to read the contents inside.
After swiping, Shan Heyuan felt countless words appear in his mind:
[Immortal Lord Donghe breaks through to become a god, and Fengjian Sect adds another elder! 】
[Elder Yanzong Dengjiao reappears in Da Luo Nine Turns Pill]
[It is rumored that the new batch of Dapeng birds in the Blue Bird Palace are expected to awaken the bloodline of the Golden-winged Dapeng]
…
This is news in the world of cultivation!
It was Shan Heyuan's first time to read a newspaper from the world of cultivation, and it was also his first time to read a newspaper with his spiritual consciousness.
He was amazed by the way it was forced into his mind.
He took the talisman farther away and saw that this palm-sized wooden talisman was engraved with runes as thin as hair. If he looked at it carefully, the runes seemed to be moving, which made him dizzy.
It seems that even simple talismans cannot be directly mastered by people with no basic knowledge.
Shan Heyuan observed for a moment, put the talisman on his forehead again, and read the entire newspaper carefully.
"Fengjianmen, Yanzong, Qingniao Palace, Changxingmen..."
Shan Heyuan took the wooden talisman off his forehead and muttered to himself what he had just read.
Just when he opened his eyes, a figure in red suddenly stood in front of him.
"!!!" Shan Heyuan was so frightened that he almost jumped up from his chair. He looked closely and saw that it was Shen Duheng, "Brother Shen?! Have you finished practicing?!"
Shen Duheng nodded: "Report?"
Shan Heyuan patted his heart and raised the talisman in his hand: "Yes, the talisman master in the village suggested that I order it. Do you want to see it?"
Shen Duheng took the wooden talisman directly, but unlike Shan Heyuan who needed to put the wooden talisman on his forehead, he simply scanned it with his spiritual consciousness and read the contents directly.
While Shen Duheng was reading the newspaper, Shan Heyuan raised his head and looked at his expression.
The orange sunshine in the early morning streamed in from the window, and Shen Duheng's tall figure stood in the semi-dark shadow. Shan Heyuan could not quite capture the details on his face, but only felt that his expression was a bit complicated.
Don't know where he is from? Do you see familiar terms when reading the newspaper?
Shen Duheng read very quickly, and returned the wooden talisman to Shan Heyuan in just a few seconds.
Shan Heyuan held the newspaper talisman: "These newspaper copies are quite interesting."
Shen Duheng remained expressionless: "It won't hurt to take a closer look."
Shan Heyuan twisted his butt and got closer to Shen Duheng: "Brother Shen——"
Shen Duheng leaned back: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Shan Heyuan: "Um, haven't you lost most of your previous memories? Can you remember anything when you read the newspaper?"
Shen Duheng: "With just these few words, what can you think of? You are still in the mood to read the newspaper. When will you determine your own skills?"
The mental method that Shan Heyuan is practicing now is the basic mental method distributed by Taihe Sect.
This technique does not contain any moves. It simply teaches practitioners who can sense spiritual energy how to absorb, circulate, refine and store spiritual energy.
If a practitioner wants to formally embark on the path of cultivation, he must learn a specific method.
Mentioning this, Shan Heyuan sighed: "Brother Shen, you just want to change the subject, right?"
Shen Duheng raised his chin slightly, signaling him to speak quickly.
Shan Heyuan stood up slightly, twisted around and took down a pile of wooden charms from the shelf next to the workbench. He sat down again, pushed aside the debris on the workbench, put the wooden charms on the table, stretched out his hand, and arranged them in a row. Open it and show it to Shen Duheng.
Shan Heyuan: "These are the mental methods that I have access to now. I took a rough look at them and haven't decided which ones to learn yet."
Shen Duheng stared at these old wooden talismans of different colors: "Where did you get these basic skills?"
Shan Heyuan: "I borrowed it. Senior Brother Ma, the village chief, Zhong Shuran - the talisman master in the village, they lent it to me."
After Shan Heyuan finished speaking, he looked up at Shen Duheng expectantly: "Brother Shen, do you have any suggestions?"
Shen Duheng: "Which one do you most want to learn?"
Shan Heyuan hesitated for a moment, stretched out his fingers and pushed out the light brown wooden talisman that had faded the most from the row of wooden talismans: "Sword manual, I want to learn this."
Shen Duheng: "What's the reason?"
Shan Heyuan: "The best job for sword cultivators is to find a job? I heard that whether you want to take the sect exam or find a job, more than 80% of the positions will be open to sword cultivators - Brother Shen, is there something wrong?"
Shen Duheng flicked the wooden talisman back with his fingers and said with a mocking look on his face: "A swordsman who is not determined will accomplish nothing. Second or third option?"
Shan Heyuan dug at the table nonchalantly, and then selected two pieces from a pile of talisman pieces: "The second is talisman cultivation. Zhong Shuran said that if I am cultivating talismans, I can ask him for advice on anything I don't know. The third one is alchemy cultivator, and alchemy cultivator is relatively rich."
Speaking of the latter part, Shan Heyuan felt a little ashamed.
He could feel that Shen Duheng didn't think highly of his attitude when choosing a profession. Maybe it was because this guy was a sword spirit and didn't have a good impression of monks who didn't practice swords religiously.
Shan Heyuan coughed lightly and said bravely, "What do you think?"
Shen Duheng stretched out his hand and picked up the worn-out talisman at the edge: "Why not choose a planter?"
Shan Heyuan looked at the wooden talisman in his hand: "Isn't the path of a planter cut off? I heard from Senior Brother Ma and others that in history, the planters with the highest level of cultivation are only at the Nascent Soul stage. If you choose a planter, you will have to cultivate to the Yuan Ying stage. There won’t be any suitable exercises after the baby is born, right?”
Shen Duheng: "Not every monk has to follow the path of his predecessors and refer to their predecessors' techniques."
Shan Heyuan whispered: "That's what I said, but I don't think he is the kind of person who can create his own exercises. If there is no way out after cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage, it will be difficult to change the exercises by then."
The two were speechless for a moment.
Shen Duheng looked at the wooden talisman on the table: "If you don't consider any factors, what do you want to learn most?"
Shan Heyuan's eyes swept over the pieces of wooden talismans, and finally fell on the wooden talisman held by Shen Duheng, and pursed his lips.
Naturally, it is better to learn to plant and feel comfortable.
But if he can't cultivate to a high level, he won't be able to go home.
Shan Heyuan put away the wooden talisman: "I will think about it for a few more days."
Shen Duheng watched him take away the wooden talisman in his hand: "Are you free today? I will take you to the town."
Shan Heyuan's eyes widened: "Huh?"
Shen Duheng: "These basic exercises are too confusing. I will show you other versions."
Shan Heyuan: "What other version is there? I have basically gone through the basic exercises in public libraries and bookstores, and they are similar to these..."
Shen Duheng interrupted him: "Are you going or not?"
Shan Heyuan nodded decisively: "Go!"
Ten minutes later, Shan Heyuan followed Shen Duheng and got on the Artemia headed for the town.
The Artemia was empty except for the two of them.
Shan Heyuan sat next to Shen Duheng, glanced around, and whispered: "You don't go out much, how come you are more familiar with the town than me?"
Shen Duheng: "How do you know I'm not going out?"
Shan Heyuan was speechless. He really didn't know whether Shen Duheng was at home or not.
However, Shen Duheng is a sword spirit, so he can't be too far away from his body, that is, he can't be too far away from him. He should usually be at home.
Does this "can't be too far apart" mean that it will be fine if both parties are in the same town?
Artemia travels through the ground and quickly delivers them to their destination.
Shan Heyuan stood on an unfamiliar street, looking around confusedly, unable to guess where Shen Duheng was going to take him.
Shen Duheng raised his eyes and looked at the pedestrians around him, then chose a direction: "Let's go."
Shan Heyuan raised his hand to block the sunlight shining on his face: "Where to go? The grocery store?!"
Shen Duheng actually took him to a chain grocery store!
Shan Heyuan was very familiar with various grocery stores, but he had never been to the one in front of him.
The items in this chain grocery store are too expensive, and many of them are high-end goods shipped in from outside.
He can't afford it.
So, there are still exercise books in the grocery store?
Shan Heyuan went into the grocery store with Shen Duheng with his head full of questions.
Shen Duheng took him directly through the shelves and reached the corner.
Then, Shan Heyuan discovered that there were actually a bunch of wooden charms on the shelf in the corner. Maybe because no one had touched them for so long, there was some dust on these wooden charms!
Shan Heyuan's eyes widened, he gently picked up a wooden talisman, turned to look at Shen Duheng beside him, and seeing that he had no objection, he gently placed it on his forehead.
As soon as his consciousness sank in, he immediately read the trial part of the wooden talisman.
This is a basic alchemy wooden talisman. In the introduction, the author uses a few words to explain the essence of alchemy in a simple and profound way. Even if Shan Heyuan has no foundation in alchemy, he can understand it.
His previous reading of the Alchemy Technique was obviously the same as reading the Chemistry Book!
The basic exercises here are so well written!
Shan Heyuan put down the wooden talisman, his eyes sparkled, and he lowered his voice: "The basic skills here are written very clearly!"
Shen Duheng: "Look at this again."
Shan Heyuan took the wooden talisman and found that it was the basic technique of a sword manual.
The content of the trial reading is also very clear. It even explains clearly which meridians the spiritual energy should go through when practicing swordsmanship, why it should go through these meridians, what effects it will have if it goes through other meridians, and the consequences of going wrong.
Shan Heyuan saw the requirements inside and knew that this sword manual was not suitable for him. As a mortal who grew up in a civilized society, he did not have the qualities that a sword practitioner should have.
If he cultivates forcefully, he will definitely not be able to cultivate beyond Nascent Soul.
The same goes for the alchemy technique just now. He probably doesn't have the talent for alchemy. If he chooses alchemy as his major, he won't be able to cultivate it beyond Nascent Soul.
Shen Duheng handed over the basic exercises one by one, and Shan Heyuan looked at them one by one.
As he read, his consciousness consumed more and more, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.
After seeing these basic exercises, he understood in his heart which ones were suitable for him and which ones were not suitable for him, and for what reasons. Instead of blindly choosing based on feeling like before.
After trying out each exercise, the last exercise handed over by Shen Duheng was the cultivation master's exercise, called "Hua Chun Jue".
Shan Heyuan's consciousness swept over it, and his eyes were immediately attracted by this technique, and he read it fascinatedly.
This planting technique is so interesting!
It wasn't until the trial reading section was over and Shan Heyuan's reading came to an abrupt end that he came back to his senses, holding the exercises in his hands and looking at Shen Duheng blankly.
Shen Duheng said: "This is the best book you can see so far. Do you see the path you want to take in the future?"
Shan Heyuan: "I have the best talent in planting, and I have the greatest chance of success on this path."
Shan Heyuan clutched the wooden talisman tightly: "You are right, I should choose the planter."
Shen Duheng: "You can think about it for two more days."
"No need to think about it, I will choose the planter." Shan Heyuan exhaled a long breath, "Brother Shen, you are so awesome. If you didn't bring me here, I wouldn't have known you could have such good basic skills. Law. They are so good, why are they piled up in the corner?"
Shen Duheng didn't answer, he just raised his feet and walked forward.
Shan Heyuan was immersed in the excitement of having chosen the exercises and followed him straight to the checkout counter.
The cultivator behind the counter looked at the goods and made an offer to them: ""Hua Chun Jue", I will benefit from 12,000 spiritual beads."
Shan Heyuan's eyes widened and his voice became tight: "How much?!!"
The cultivator looked at him, repeated it, and asked: "Fellow Taoist, should I pay for spiritual stones or spiritual beads?"
Shan Heyuan touched the pocket on his waist, his face twitched, and he wanted to put the wooden charm back on the counter, but he didn't want to let it go. He stood there stiffly and muttered: "Why is it so expensive?"
The cultivator was about to say something.
Shen Duheng took out a bag of spirit beads from his arms and handed them to the cultivator: "You click some."
The cultivator scanned it with his spiritual consciousness and nodded to confirm that the number was okay: "Wrap it up for you?"
Shen Duheng: "No, just take it and go."
After saying that, Shen Duheng turned to look at Shan Heyuan beside his shoulder and signaled to leave.
Shan Heyuan tightly grasped the "Hua Chun Jue" he just bought with both hands, sniffed and followed Shen Duheng, and whispered: "Why is this technique so expensive?"
Shen Duheng: "Do you know why it is dusty?"
Shan Heyuan nodded sadly. The basic cultivation method he borrowed from the village chief was only worth more than 400 spirit beads, but this "Hua Chun Jue" cost a full 12,000!
No wonder it’s dusty!
Shan Heyuan said to Shen Duheng: "Thank you, Brother Shen! I will pay you back together."
He didn't ask Shen Duheng where he got the spirit beads. He knew what this sword spirit was capable of.
Shen Duheng had no reaction: "Practice hard and take out the broken sword as soon as possible."
Shan Heyuan nodded: "I will!"
The two took the Artemia back again.
Because they had just spent this huge sum of money, both of them fell into poverty.
But sitting on the Artemia, Shan Heyuan was so happy that he almost bubbling with joy. He couldn't help but look at Shen Duheng frequently all the way.
Shen Duheng couldn't stand him. When he looked over again, he held down his head to prevent him from moving: "What were you looking at along the way?"
"Look at you!" Shan Heyuan said happily, "Brother Shen, you are such a good person!"
The corners of Shen Duheng's mouth twitched.
Shan Heyuan stared at his speechless expression and laughed: "Brother Shen, are we friends now?"
Shen Duheng was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Shan Heyuan didn't mind at all that his new friend was cold on the outside and hot on the inside. He touched the wooden talisman in his hand cherishingly and decided to practice hard after returning and strive to repay Shen Duheng as soon as possible.
The highest cultivation level of a planter is not high, but he is never short of money!
