"Ah!" Yanxuan woke up from his nightmare again and sat up immediately.
The room was still dark at night, and Yanxuan could only be heard breathing heavily, but this time there was no Tang Ping hugging her from the side to comfort her, because Tang Ping had returned to Fairy Guhuo's cave. Well, speaking of it, it was Yanxuan who asked her to go back.
After all, Tang Ping has a master. It is inevitable that Senior Guhuo will be unwilling to stay here every day. Furthermore, Tang Ping always has to practice and listen to the master's teachings. Being here always delays her practice.
Another point is that Yanxuan was also troubled by the frequent nightmares that night. Later, Yanxuan also became angry and became cruel to herself. She thought that she would even dare to kill people, so why would she let a person do it? Why do you have nightmares that keep you awake? She didn't believe that she couldn't defeat that nightmare, but she wanted to see if she could have a dark and sweet dream until dawn!
Tang Ping said when she went back:
"Sister Yan, I will go back first. If you have that dream again at night, I will stay with you for a few more days when I come tomorrow."
Alas, I should not have let A Ping go back if I had known earlier. Why is this nightmare so haunting?
After sighing for a while, Yanxuan lay down again.
…
Qian Chao participated in another apprenticeship ceremony. This time, the apprentice was none other than the senior brother Cheng Qantang with whom he was close.
Cheng Qantang finally achieved his wish. Under the operation of his family, a very famous senior Shen in Jiuxuan finally accepted him as a disciple.
This apprenticeship ceremony is naturally different from Yan Shuang's one, but it is still very lively. This senior Shen has a great reputation in Jiuxuan, has many friends, and is the elder of Chengqi Hall, so Jiuxuan Naturally, many people came to congratulate the ceremony from the alchemy-building monks inside, and almost all the foundation-building monks from the inner hall of Chengqi Hall were present. In addition, Cheng Qiantang is quite popular on weekdays. Many senior brothers, especially those who often come in and out of Chengqitang, almost all come, and it has become a lively event in Jiuxuan for a while.
With Qian Chao's relationship with Cheng Qantang, he was naturally invited.
Of course, he was the only one. Among the five of them, he was the only one who had a good relationship with Cheng Qantang, so Qian Chao went there alone on the day of apprenticeship.
The apprenticeship ceremony was indeed very lively and grand, with loud drums and loud music and crowds of people. Senior Shen sat in the middle with a smile on his face and accepted Cheng Qantang's nine bows amidst people's congratulations and applause.
Qian Chao's appearance aroused discussion among some disciples, but Qian Chao was used to it and didn't care.
The appearance of another person next caused quite a commotion among the people, which also surprised Qian Chao for a while. Before he knew what was going on, he heard people nearby talking about "Mei Min Shuang Shuang" and so on. .
Qian Chao didn't know what this meant at first, but he finally understood it after following everyone's gaze.
"Mei Min Shuangshu" naturally refers to two beauties.
There are two female disciples, Mei Qing and Min'e, from Qixia Mountain.
Mei Qing, Min'e, Cheng Qantang, Xiao Xian and one Mo Wen, these five people were all selected or sent to the Wuling Sect from five different small aristocratic families in one place. Long before entering the Wuling Sect, These five people knew each other. Leaving aside the three men among them, Mei Qing and Min'e both entered Qixia Mountain. Unexpectedly, these two are beautiful in appearance and can be said to be the beauty of the country. In addition, they both learned a skill in Qixia Mountain, which is very good. Both of them are equally famous for their alchemy skills, so they were jokingly called the "Mei Min Shuangshu". Later, this name was spread. Not only Qixia Mountain, but also the Qi Refining disciples of the entire sect knew that there were such two people in Qixia Mountain who were not only born with A beautiful woman with excellent alchemy skills.
Since they knew each other and it was an important matter for them to be apprentices, Mei Qing and Min'e had to come to congratulate them and watch the ceremony.
Qian Chao recognized Min'e through Yanxuan, but there were many people separated by him at this time, and many people were constantly coming over to see what kind of beauty the two beauties in the legendary Qixia Mountain were. It was impossible for him to go over and say hello, so he looked at her and gave up.
Cheng Qantang bowed nine times, and then, led by Senior Shen, he saluted the many Dan-Jie seniors who came to watch the ceremony. Then he was led by a senior fellow who built the foundation to salute the many brothers who watched the ceremony.
Qian Chao noticed that when he came in front of "Mei and Min", his senior brother Cheng was particularly attentive to senior sister Mei. Senior sister Mei had always behaved very decently, but senior sister Min was very enthusiastic.
After a while, Cheng Qantang came to Qian Chao.
"Junior Brother Qian!"
Cheng Qantang looked very happy.
"Congratulations to Senior Brother Cheng for becoming a disciple. I wish Senior Brother Cheng success as soon as possible. This is a little thought from Junior Brother. I hope Senior Brother Cheng will accept it."
"Thank you very much. Well, Junior Brother Qian, please stay a little longer. After the apprenticeship ceremony is over, I have something to tell you."
"okay!"
After watching the apprenticeship ceremony, he presented his gifts. After a while of excitement, people left one after another. However, there were always those who were close to him who would stay a little longer and chat more. In this way, Qian Chao waited for more than an hour. This apprenticeship ceremony is finally over.
Cheng Qantang has been busy making arrangements, and together with several of his fellow seniors, respectfully sent away the seniors with status.
Only in the end did Cheng Qiantang say something in front of his master. Senior Shen nodded and saw Cheng Qiantang turn around and walk towards Qian Chao.
"Come on, Junior Brother Qian, you've been waiting for a long time, I will take you to a place first."
Although he was puzzled, Qian Chao still followed Cheng Qantang and flew around the sect. After leaving the area where the alchemy monks were building the cave, he headed straight for the place where the Qi Refining disciples lived.
However, the place where he finally stopped was very clean. Cheng Qantang pointed down and said:
"Junior Brother Qian, look at that house, how is it?"
Qian Chao looked over and saw a large house. It was much larger than the small courtyard where he lived. It was extremely spacious, and the small building in the courtyard also looked very unique.
"Of course it's good. This...which senior brother's residence is this?"
"Haha, it's exactly mine."
"Oh! Senior Brother Cheng's yard is really nice."
"Well, I took over this courtyard from a good senior brother. After he built the foundation, he left this courtyard to me. Speaking of which, I have lived here for many years. But that's it for today. , since I have become a disciple, I will definitely move to Master’s cave. Firstly, it is convenient to listen to the teachings in the morning and evening, and secondly, it is also a good place to practice. So this courtyard... is yours, money. Junior brother!"
"I... mine?" Qian Chao looked at Cheng Qantang in disbelief.
"Haha, of course it belongs to you. I can't live here any longer. Master already has my residence there. Naturally, this place must be vacated. Either return it to Jiuxuan, or someone else will occupy it. Next, this courtyard is good. After the news of my apprenticeship was confirmed, someone came to me to inquire about this courtyard. At that time, I said that I had an owner. Haha, at that time, I didn’t dare to say that I would give this house to you. What about you? You weren't as famous as you are now. I guess if I said your name at that time, someone would probably compete with you, but it doesn't matter now. Haha, Junior Brother Qian, you also impressed me. I didn't expect to join the sect. In less than two years, he has achieved such a great reputation, which is great!"
Qian Chao didn't pay attention to what Cheng Qantang said at all, he just looked at the beautiful yard.
Cheng Qantang saw it and said with a smile:
"The advantage of this courtyard is not only its spaciousness. Come, let's go inside. Let me tell you, the senior brother who gave me this courtyard is also a master of weapon refining. There is a reason why he is unwilling to move out of here even after becoming a master. Yes, you know, under this small building, the senior brother dug out a large cave. There is a fire vein below. The senior brother arranged a fire eye in the cave. When will you see it? When I refine weapons in the Chengqi Hall, I am always here, so you don’t have to always go to the Chengqi Hall to refine weapons in the future.”
Qian Chao was overjoyed after hearing this, and followed Cheng Qantang into the small building.
"Well, all my things here have been moved to the new residence over there. You can move in after you go back and pack today."
"good!"
…
At night, Tang Ping was dragging her time in Nanyutang, unwilling to return to her residence.
As long as he rested at night, he would always see another bloodstained and ferocious and beautiful woman in the nightmare looking at him and sneering among the corpses, and then Yanxuan would always distinguish them carefully as if he had forgotten the past. Who was that woman? It was only when that woman walked in front of her that she was shocked to find that it was herself!
Then he woke up from his dream!
This has been the case since she came back. She seemed to be getting better for a while, but gradually she started to have nightmares like this every night, which made her exhausted!
What is this for?
Could it be that he killed too much that night and was haunted by some evil spirit?
Lai Zai Nan Yutang did not want to go back, so Yanxuan started refining the elixir again when she had nothing to do. However, at this time, she was in a dissatisfied mood, and the two consecutive elixirs were exhausted. Then she couldn't help scolding herself for wasting things, Ming Ming I know that this is not a good time to make alchemy, but I don’t want to leave because I am afraid of having nightmares when I go back!
Alas, if we go back, is it possible that we can still die in our dreams?
Or how about drinking a little wine after you go back and using the power of the wine to sleep until dawn?
While walking back, Yanxuan was thinking randomly.
When standing at the door of his small courtyard, Yanxuan hesitated for a while, but decided to forget it. He had been refining the elixirs for a day today. Because he was disturbed by the nightmare, he didn't make many elixirs. After sitting for a day, he felt a little like... It feels uncomfortable to be stuck together with swim bladder glue and unable to stretch. It is better to go to the place where you usually practice and practice for a while and then come back.
After making up her mind, Tang Ping turned around and changed direction.
With a "whoop", Feng Ling's fire knife made a horizontal slash. Behind the light and fire, there was an equally powerful and identical fire knife that seemed to be rushing to catch up with the previous one!
While dancing the Phoenix Fire Saber, Yanxuan clearly felt that his heart had calmed down a lot, and the haze that had been tormented by the nightmare in the past few days had also been dispelled a lot.
She danced for a long time in the night, and did not stop to rest until she was out of breath.
I feel much more comfortable now and can almost go back to rest.
Yanxuan thought.
"Not bad, girl! You are growing very fast!"
A woman's appreciative voice came from behind.
Yanxuan recognized the voice and turned around quickly. Sure enough, Fairy Zhong Yao was standing there at some point behind him. It seemed that she had been watching the scene for a while.
"I've met senior." Yanxuan saluted quickly.
"No need to be polite, um, when did the double swords come out?" Fairy Zhong asked.
"It was the last time I met Yan Shuang outside and was surrounded and killed."
"Oh, that time, what was it like?"
"At that time... those casual cultivators didn't know what they drank at that time, and they became very defecate all of a sudden. I was guarding the same formation with Brother Lu, and I couldn't let those casual cultivators destroy the formation, but Those casual cultivators were so powerful that I was very anxious, and then I suddenly used my double swords for no apparent reason."
"Well, very good, it is this kind of unintentional gain that is the best. These rumors are indeed just rumors. I thought you were just there to save people, but I didn't expect that you actually used two swords. Very good!"
"Senior, I have a question. Now that I have used two swords, is it possible for me to use a third sword in the future?"
"Haha, you just took out the two swords, don't be in a hurry. As for the third sword, I guess it will be difficult during your Qi refining stage, but then you should find ways to control the sword you wielded with one hand at the same time. If you can use two fire knives to strike first, or strike simultaneously, then you will be great."
"Oh," Yanxuan nodded, finally understanding where he should work hard next.
"Here, I will show you a few sword moves. Keep them in your mind. You may be able to use them in the future. Even if you don't need them, practicing them regularly will be good for you."
"Thank you, senior!"
In the night, like a fire phoenix descending, Fairy Zhong's figure was spinning around in the open space. She also drew out her two swords like Yanxuan, but she showed Yanxuan the subtleties of these two swords one by one. When he came out, Yanxuan's face was filled with joy.
Finally, Fairy Zhong stopped and said:
"Did you remember everything?"
"Remember it!" Yanxuan said happily.
"Well, you're good. You're growing very fast, much faster than I thought. Judging from your situation, it's probably time to break through the fifth level. Unfortunately, I have to go out recently, and we are tense with Mu Yangzong. Get up. The sect has dispatched people, including me. I estimate that by the time I come back, you will have almost broken through the fifth level. Our previous agreement was that as long as you break through, I will accept you as a disciple. This remains unchanged. But..."
Fairy Zhong said as she took something from her body, which was a thin apricot yellow silk ribbon with a small milky white jade bell on it. Fairy Zhong handed it to Yanxuan.
"Wear this on your body. It can be regarded as a token. If you wear it, you are my registered disciple. Maybe I won't be in the sect when you break through the Xiaowu Pass. If the other senior brothers who form pills in Qixia Mountain are interested, It would be troublesome to accept you as a disciple. With this here, they will know that you are my disciple, and then they will arrange for you to become a disciple when I come back."
"Thank you, senior!" Yanxuan suddenly became excited. A few days ago, during Yan Shuang's apprenticeship ceremony, she was thinking about when she could become an apprentice. Now she is almost one step away from becoming an apprentice, so she is full of joy.
The would-be master and disciple continued to talk here for a while. Most of the questions were asked by Yanxuan, and Fairy Zhong answered them. The questions they asked were also about things that Yanxuan didn't understand about daily practice. Fairy Zhong patiently explained them to her one by one. After a while.
At the end, it seemed that he had gone back to rest. It didn't matter whether Fairy Zhong slept or not, but a cultivation like Yanxuan still couldn't do without sleep, so when he was about to say goodbye, Yanxuan suddenly remembered the nightmare that had haunted him for many days. Come, let's think about whether there is any way for Senior Zhong to stop having that nightmare?
After much hesitation, Yanxuan finally asked.
"Oh? Nightmare? What nightmare? When did it start?" Fairy Zhong became very curious.
"It also started after the incident with Yan Shuang. It was the first time that I committed suicide, so I was scared. I often had nightmares at night, and I was woken up by a scare almost every night."
Yanxuan felt a little embarrassed when he said this. After all, he would be the top disciple of this senior in the future, so it was unreasonable for him to be so timid.
However, Fairy Zhong's behavior was completely different. She looked serious and said:
"Girl, tell me the nightmare in detail, don't miss anything."
Yanxuan was naturally curious, why did Senior Zhong value a nightmare so much? I have to tell myself about that scary nightmare in detail. Will I still be able to sleep when I go back now?
However, he still followed Senior Zhong's words and told him the same nightmare he had been having these days.
Fairy Zhong listened carefully. She didn't care at all about where Yanxuan's dream happened or how terrifying it was. Only in the end, she repeatedly asked Yanxuan if he was the ferocious one who appeared in all the nightmares these days. In the end, the woman found out that it was Yanxuan himself?
"That's right," Yanxuan still trembled when he thought of his appearance in the dream, "At least he looks exactly the same as me!"
After he finished speaking, Yanxuan noticed that Senior Zhong was looking at him with a gleaming look.
"senior……"
"Ha ha……"
Fairy Zhong suddenly laughed, making the flowers tremble with laughter. Jiang Yanxuan suddenly laughed dumbly. He didn't understand how his nightmare could make this senior so happy.
"Silly girl..." Zhong Xianzi looked at Yanxuan's confused face and slowly stopped laughing, "Come on, I'll explain it to you, lest you get sick from fright, haha!"
"Do you remember that you asked me before to learn some powerful fire control techniques from Xiang Duo?"
"Yes, of course I remember, but senior asked me to only work on the Phoenix Feather Fire Saber and the Phoenix Breath Technique, and don't be greedy for more."
"Yes, you did a good job. Also, do you remember that time you asked me about the fire spirit? You wanted to cultivate your own fire spirit quickly, remember?"
"Remember."
"Girl, what do you think a fire spirit is?"
"This... junior doesn't know, please give me some advice from senior."
Fairy Zhong did not speak immediately, but sighed first.
"Hey, girl, do you think that if a person is friendly to others, often helps others, rushes to save someone when he sees someone suffering outside, and helps others when he sees someone suffering, is he a good person or a bad person? ?”
"Then... he is naturally a good person?"
"What do you think of yourself? Are you a good person or..."
"Senior... I feel that I, at least, cannot be considered a bad person..."
"Well, I think so too. You are at least a very nice little girl."
When he said this, Senior Zhong looked at Yanxuan, pursed his lips and smiled, and then in the blink of an eye, a scorching wave that could turn people into ashes burst out, and in the dazzling red light, a long-tailed The bird with a red tail circled around Fairy Bell for several weeks and finally landed on her shoulder.
"This is my fire spirit. I have suffered a lot for it. Now it has become somewhat mature and can help me a lot."
Then the cool night breeze swept away the burning smell, and the bird disappeared as well.
This scene left Yanxuan stunned.
"Girl! What can truly be called a fire spirit is none other than the evil that is innate and cannot be abandoned in the human heart!"
"What?"
"You asked me what that nightmare was about, right? Girl, I want to congratulate you here. The self you see in your dream is actually the evil in your heart, but if you can defeat it, subdue it, let If it works for you, it will be your own fire spirit!"
"ah……"
"There are many ways to obtain the fire spirit, but only those who are transformed by the evil thoughts that have been subdued in one's heart are the best fire spirits. The human heart is like the front and back of a palm, where there is good and there is evil. In your heart He is very kind, has a weak temper, and has no intention of harming others. Only the evil thoughts hidden in the heart of such a person that he cannot find are the strongest. In addition, the night you saved Yan Shuang Killing someone suddenly arouses the evil thoughts in your heart. Even if it doesn't show up on weekdays, it's because you always remind yourself what to do. But in your sleep, you can't control those random thoughts. The evil thoughts that have been with you since you were born have arisen bit by bit, meeting you in dreams and entangled with you. What you have to do now is not to be afraid of it. The more you are afraid, the more rampant it will be. Only you can In your dream, you defeated it and convinced it, then you can control it and make it work for you, and only then will you know what the Fire Spirit is."
"It turns out...that's what happened!"
"When you asked me how to cultivate the Fire Spirit, I didn't tell you because you couldn't get enough of it, and I didn't want you to go the wrong way and let your Fire Spirit fall behind. Now it seems that I haven't been disappointed after all. I didn’t expect you to be frightened. Speaking of which, the training of superior fire spirits is somewhat similar to the sword cultivator’s ability to restrain inner demons. You have sword cultivator friends, so you should also know that the sword cultivator’s goal is to maintain the sword. The mind is stable and does not fall into the devil's path. What we focus on cultivating superior fire spirits is to refine the inner demons for our own use. The inner demons are the evil in the heart! People are very strange. The more kind a person is, the more he is suppressed by his nature. The more evil a person is, the more evil a person is, the less good he has on the other side of his mind. Therefore, a guy with a bad mind and a notorious reputation may have good attainments in the art of controlling fire, but But there is absolutely no chance that a superior fire spirit will be with you."
"If a person who specializes in fire control has a sinister heart and only thinks about harming others for himself, then he will never have a high-quality fire spirit. His evil will be exposed, and he will never be able to drive that little bit in his heart. You can't find good thoughts. And most monks can basically embody good and evil at the same time, so there won't be any good fire spirits. Of course, there are also some other methods, such as some methods to induce fire. Although the spirit's mental skills are also powerful, such a fire spirit can only be regarded as an ordinary magic and is not worthy of being called a spirit. Only if you can subdue the evil thoughts in your heart, you can come like this The fire spirit is truly spiritual, and you will know its beauty when you own it in the future."
"Then..." Yanxuan was extremely excited when he heard this. The nightmare he originally thought was his own fire spirit was causing trouble. "How can I defeat the evil thoughts in my heart?"
"The method is simple," Fairy Zhong said, "but it is not easy to do it. It only appears in your dreams, so you can only defeat it in your dreams."
"That's it!"
"But, girl, don't think this is a very simple matter. Everyone in the world knows that fighting with people in dreams does not require strength, and before you defeat it, as long as your hands are stained with blood again, it will The more powerful it is, the harder it will be to defeat it. I just didn't know this at the time, so I suffered a lot."
Yanxuan nodded and thought of another question.
"Senior, what will happen if...if I fail?"
"If you fail, then continue tomorrow night. But if you always fail, you may not be able to sleep well, or your temperament may change at worst, so even if you are in a dream, you must try your best!"
"Thank you, senior!"
Yanxuan now wishes he could go back to his residence and go to bed right away!
After bidding farewell to Senior Zhong, Yanxuan returned to his residence happily. This time, all the random thoughts about the nightmare were swept away. Instead, Yanxuan was even more looking forward to seeing another self in his dream, and then Defeat it with one punch and one kick, and make it bow and obey you. Then you will have a powerful fire spirit. That is really... beautiful to think about.
But what makes Yanxuan extremely angry is...
She couldn't sleep that night!
(Author's words: I only realized after reading the backstage that my story has exceeded two million words, haha. Two million words may not be a big deal. You may not even know how many books and online articles you have read. It’s two million words, but for someone like me who is writing a story on the Internet for the first time, I should remember it. When I noticed that it exceeded two million words, I also looked at the recent data. Well, it’s better than before. It's much better. Here the author would like to express his gratitude to all readers. Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Thank you! According to the structure of many classic oriental fantasy novels, you can definitely tell that the five protagonists in the story have almost just left their infancy. At the end of the year, I started to toddle, so I don’t know how many two million words this story will have until the day it is finished. I will definitely work hard to write this story well. I dare not say it is wonderful, but I will definitely think about it seriously. , go to code, please pay more attention in your spare time, let’s watch the adventure stories behind these five people. I wish you all happiness and health, thank you!)
