November 13, the sixth year of Shenwu.
Under Lu Yuan's summons, Zhou Qing and Sun Siwen came from Xiangyang for several days and finally arrived at Baling City.
Not caring about rest, as soon as the two of them arrived in the city, they immediately came to meet Lu Yuan.
"Master!"
"Brother Lu!"
When they met just now, Zhou Qing and Sun Siwen couldn't help but excitedly took two steps forward and surrounded Lu Yuan.
The three people have an irreversible relationship. They were all fellow villagers who came out of Dayu County. Since then, they have been inseparable in Changning County, Wugang County, Shaoyang Prefecture and other places.
Lu Yuan has always regarded Zhou Qing as his son and Sun Siwen as his brother. The two of them also regard him as a father and a younger brother, and they love each other and belong to the same family.
Although there is now an additional layer of relationship between the three of them as king and minister, this does not affect the friendship between them.
Moreover, Lu Yuan also specifically emphasized to the two of them that they should not be addressed as king in private, but as usual, they should be addressed as master and brother.
"Haha, Brother Sun, Xiaoqing!"
They hadn't seen each other for two years. When Lu Yuan saw the two of them, he laughed out loud and was overjoyed. He hurriedly stepped forward to hold their hands and looked at them carefully.
Two years have passed, and their appearance has changed a lot. Their breath and temperament have also undergone transformation, and they have undergone earth-shaking changes.
When Lu Yuan went to Xiangyang to teach Zhou Qing, the eldest disciple's cultivation was still at the top of the first-class level and had not yet broken through the innate level.
Now that the innate has been matured, the muscles and marrow have been washed, and the whole person looks like a young five or six years old. From the original thirty-five to six, he has become about thirty now, and he is much more handsome.
It also has a reserved temperament. If you look closely, it looks like a deep fire, as if there is a scorching sun hidden in it, but it is covered by darkness, making it appear more unfathomable and terrifying.
Lu Yuan knew that when the darkness was torn by the scorching sun, the light that bloomed when the sun rose in the east would surely attract the attention of everyone in the world.
'The rising sun in the abyss, is this Xiaoqing's martial arts appearance? '
Lu Yuan withdrew his gaze, thinking secretly in his heart, but his face could not stop the joy. He patted Zhou Qing on the shoulder and said: "Okay, okay, we haven't seen you for two years. Xiaoqing, you have lived up to my trust and have successfully broken through." innate.
And judging by your aura, the foundation has been laid solidly.
Next, as long as we continue to accumulate true energy, understand the world, and cultivate the soul, the day when we will reach the second level of innateness is just around the corner. "
Zhou Qing is indeed a person who has no cheats and can compare with him in his cultivation progress.
Even if he only relied on himself, he quickly established a firm foothold in the innate realm.
It even took a step forward on this basis.
Lu Yuan's original worries now seemed to be completely overthinking.
Even without his help, with Zhou Qing's ability, as long as there is enough supply of elixirs and elixirs, he can break through to the second level of Xiantian in up to twenty years.
There aren't even that many magic pills and panaceas, and even if you have to die for fifty or sixty years, you still have a chance to step into this realm.
Compared to Lu Yuan, Zhou Qing is the real genius.
"The reason why the disciple is here today is due to the master's teachings and guidance. If the master had not come to Xiangyang that day to guide the disciple to break through the innate and the key points of practice after the innate, the disciple would not have been able to stabilize his realm so quickly." Zhou Qing respected his master as always. , extremely humble.
In response, Lu Yuan just smiled, nodded, and sighed in his heart.
'It seems that in the future, our country of Chu will have another Optimus Pillar. '
Lu Yuan was delighted that his disciple had such talent. Then he looked at Sun Siwen and couldn't help but said with even greater joy: "Brother Sun, too. I haven't seen you for two years. He has made some achievements in martial arts and has broken through the second-rate realm. It's gratifying." If this continues, Xiantian will not be far away."
Perhaps because of practicing martial arts, Sun Siwen's figure has become much stronger and stronger, his face has become tougher, his blood is boiling like clouds, and his eyes are gleaming.
There was a fierce aura, although it was concealed by the elegant aura of his years of studying, but it did not become weaker because of it, but became more unfathomable.
Lu Yuan knew at just one glance that the other party was already at the second-rate level in martial arts.
It was just a realm that had just been broken through, so the energy and blood in the body had not been completely restrained, which resulted in this strange and slightly conflicting aura phenomenon.
But based on the other party's character, and with his own guidance, he should be able to completely consolidate this situation in less than half a month.
"Brother Lu spent all his efforts on spiritual elixirs to help me practice. It took me three years to reach the second-rate level. Sun is already ashamed and does not dare to receive such praise."
Facing Lu Yuan's praise, Sun Siwen seemed a little shy and did not dare to accept it.
In the past few years of practice, in the first year, Sun Siwen was studying the essence of Chiyang Magic, studying the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body, and understanding the meaning of Taoist scriptures, which was laying the foundation.
In the next two years, he officially began martial arts practice under Zhou Qing's care.
Except at the beginning, he spent a month cultivating a trace of internal strength, and then strengthened it.
In the second month, Zhou Qing helped him take the divine blood elixir, which began to impact his meridians and achieve a breakthrough.
A magic pill can help someone break through a meridian.
In two years, Sun Siwen took a total of six elixirs, one in four months on average, before he could break through to the second-rate level.
His martial arts qualifications are indeed not as good as those of Lu Yuan and Zhou Qing, and are even somewhat below the average.
If it weren't for the help of the magic pill, it would never be so easy to reach the current state.
Fortunately, if the qualifications are not enough, the realm will come together.
Sun Siwen studied Confucian classics for forty years. During this period, under the influence of Lu Yuan, he also studied Taoism and Buddhism. His state of mind was inherently good. He also served as a local official, went directly to the central government, and served as prime minister. His determination had already been tempered by the world of society and was firm.
In this powerful state of mind, every time he took the elixir, he could easily control the surge in internal energy.
It only takes three or four months to use all the internal energy for your own use, completely consolidate your skyrocketing cultivation, and lay a solid foundation.
Under this step-by-step approach, Sun Siwen seemed to be slow to break through in cultivation, but in fact he was progressing very quickly.
Because what he lacks is just his internal strength.
As long as you take the elixir, you can quickly accumulate internal strength and improve your own cultivation without worrying about your realm.
On the other hand, look at other people.
The realm is not enough. Even if there is a magic pill for him to take, he cannot control the power beyond his own ability.
If you do it forcefully, not only will you not get any benefits, but you may lose control of your strength and explode to death.
If you want to increase your realm, you need to rely on understanding and accumulation, which cannot be compensated by the power of elixirs.
Especially for breakthroughs in innateness, in addition to the need for a large number of spiritual aids, one's own understanding of the world and the control of one's own state of mind are also essential, or even more important.
Because these sentiments are related to the transformation of the warrior's soul.
Only when the soul transforms into innateness can it build the outer body of martial arts, connect it with heaven and earth, and transform into the will of martial arts.
These are all accomplished by the state of mind.
With Lu Yuan's talent, as well as the assistance of many spiritual objects and golden fingers, it took him fifteen years to complete this state of mind cultivation.
Zhou Qing was much more talented than him, but he didn't have so many resources, so it took a little longer, a full eighteen years.
As for Sun Siwen, he studied sages' books since he was a child and has been studying diligently. He later served as a local official and even became a prime minister. His various opportunities were far beyond ordinary people.
Until now, at the age of forty-five, it has taken forty years from the time of enlightenment to practice mental state cultivation before it is considered complete.
Such a profound accumulation, coupled with the guidance and experience imparted by Lu Yuan and Zhou Qing in the past few years, is enough to meet the need for breakthrough innateness.
As long as he has accumulated enough internal strength and a sufficient supply of spiritual objects, he can naturally complete the transformation of his soul and break through his innateness.
It directly eliminates the process of accumulation of mood.
If we calculate based on the current progress of one meridian in four years, Sun Siwen will reach the threshold of innate breakthrough in five years at most.
Even if you include the period of breakthrough innateness, the one-year accumulation of ideas for the outer body of martial arts is only six years.
After practicing martial arts for nine years, he was able to break through his innate abilities, one year earlier than Lu Yuan's original estimate of ten years.
If word of this kind of cultivation spreads out, I don't know how many people will be envied by it.
Therefore, Sun Siwen's shameful statement can really be seen as being in Versailles.
Of course, Lu Yuan knew that with Sun Sisi's temperament, he did not have the idea of showing off, and the other party really felt a little ashamed.
Therefore, he didn't care about it, and just smiled and said: "In this Western Expedition, I repeatedly defeated powerful enemies, and I have a lot of insights into this. My cultivation of the Immortal Way has made some progress, and now I have condensed it, enough to be on par with all the great Immortal Sect Masters in the world. .
After my breakthrough in cultivation, my mastery of the spirit energy became more and more profound.
Various understandings and many insights.
Since Brother Sun feels that his breakthrough is slow, it just so happens that I have returned to my teacher and returned to my country, so I have a lot of free time.
After some time, you and I will choose a good day, and I will personally transfer the spiritual energy to you, refine your body and soul, and help you further your cultivation.
how? "
Lu Yuan said with a smile.
Although in another six years, Sun Siwen will be able to break through his innate abilities.
But as the other party said, this speed is actually a bit slow.
The so-called slow does not mean that his breakthrough speed is slow. But for Chu State, it takes six years to cultivate an innate, which is too slow.
Over in Qianzhong County, although Ji Hui is now in charge.
But the old monk had already told Lu Yuan that with his current physical condition, he could only live for two years at most if nothing was done.
Even if the method of Nirvana is used to extend life, it can only be delayed for five years at most.
And if there is a slight change in the middle, it will only take three or four years.
So in other words, in three or four years, Qianzhong County will no longer have innate control.
Regarding the problem there, Lu Yuan's solution was to train another Yellow Turban Warriors clone in two or three years to replace Ji Hui and take charge of Qianzhong County.
The problem in Qianzhong County can be solved.
But the imperial court also had problems.
Cui Changqing has been working hard on state affairs all day long, and his health is getting worse day by day.
Based on Lu Yuan's observations these days, the other party has at most two or three years of life left.
In other words, in two or three years, Chu State will have no prime minister in charge of government affairs.
At that time, he would have to find someone to step forward to take Cui Changqing's place and help him sort out domestic government affairs.
Looking at the entire Chu State, the only person who could take this position was Sun Siwen, who had his absolute trust and also had sufficient prestige in the court.
Sun Siwen was the Right Prime Minister of the DPRK, although he had to retire in order to practice martial arts in the past two years. But in name, he still holds the position of right minister.
Moreover, in his early years, he was fully involved in the establishment of the Changsha Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom. He was full of disciples and former officials in both the government and the public. He was also the son-in-law of Cui Changqing, so he could completely take over the political resources of each other.
After Cui Changqing left, it was natural for him to take over the position of right prime minister, and no one would be dissatisfied.
With his relationship with Lu Yuan, there was no need to worry about what the other party would do to manipulate power.
Therefore, it has become an urgent matter for Sun Siwen to break through Xiantian as soon as possible.
exactly.
For example, now that Lu Yuan is in the realm of immortality, he can already use the earthly energy cultivated in his body to perfectly pull and activate the immortal energy in the jade piece, and introduce it into Sun Siwen's body to assist the opponent's rapid refining. These are spiritual.
As long as the other party refines the spiritual energy that Lu Yuan originally expected to allocate to him, he will definitely be able to instantly increase his cultivation level to a first-class level.
And he can also open up two or three strange sutras in this realm.
If this effect can be achieved, it can be said that two or three years of hard work will be saved instantly.
Even relying on Lu Yuan's help this time, it is possible that Sun Siwen's soul can undergo some transformation in advance and undergo preliminary condensation and tempering, making it easier for him to break through the innate.
After all, the so-called innateness is actually just equivalent to the preliminary training of magical power in the immortal way, not even the beginning.
Just like the original Anqiu, before he could condense the Qi of the Five Elements, he was already comparable to the second level of martial arts.
Now Lu Yuan has condensed a Qi of the Five Elements, officially entered the Immortal Way, and his magical powers have been extraordinary since then.
A yellow scarf warrior that was randomly trained has the strength of the second level of martial arts.
This magical power is more than enough to help Sun Siwen, who has already accumulated enough, shorten the time for his innate breakthrough by a few years.
'And it would also be beneficial to let Brother Sun break through his innateness early. '
Lu Yuan thought to himself as he looked at Sun Siwen who looked surprised after hearing his words.
Breaking through the innate realm not only requires the accumulation of spiritual objects, internal strength, and mental state, but also has strict age requirements.
If any martial artist cannot achieve a breakthrough in innateness before the age of sixty, then as the Three Treasures of Essence, Qi, and Spirit become exhausted and dispersed, they will never be able to achieve this goal again for the rest of their lives.
That's why.
Many geniuses with enough talent can quickly accumulate state of mind, but they lack resources and cannot complete the accumulation and transformation. They have to rely on time to slowly suffer, and eventually miss the sixty-year-old deadline.
There are also many people who come from famous families and martial arts sects. They are not short of all kinds of materials, but they are not talented enough, and their mental accumulation is much slower. Even until they are sixty years old, they still cannot achieve a sufficient mental state to break through their innate talent.
Not everyone is like Sun Siwen. When he has a good friend like Lu Yuan, he can draw inferences and understand Buddhist and Taoist classics while studying sages and sages, and he can accumulate a state of mind without even realizing it.
Not everyone is like him, who has the support of a good friend and can follow successive local officials and grind in the world of mortals. In the end, he even served as the central prime minister, in charge of the government of a country, and used millions of people in the country to sharpen his mentality.
It is precisely because of these countless strict conditions that are difficult to replicate that Sun Shiwen was able to achieve such an accumulation of state of mind at the age of only forty-five.
For the vast majority of ordinary people, if they want to break through their innate abilities, they can only rely on their talents to accumulate their state of mind.
And these ordinary people are all one in a million, wonderful and beautiful people that are rare in the world.
It took the Five Poison Sect thousands of years of accumulation to produce Lan Cai'er.
Zhou Qing had a blood feud, and with Lu Yuan's help, it took him eighteen years to become a genius.
Lu Yuan himself relied mostly on various adventures and golden fingers.
The above three people can achieve innate breakthroughs around thirty years old. No matter which one they are, it is extremely difficult or even impossible to copy.
As for the heirs trained by other major innate forces, most of them were forty or fifty years old when they broke through the innateness, and most of them were even fifty years old.
That's why.
At Baifeng Temple, when Ji Hui was about to die of old age, he would face such an embarrassing situation and could not find a qualified heir.
Because the people in his monastery who are in a good mood are all senior monks over sixty.
These old monks' Qi and blood have declined, and their energy and spirit have been scattered. Even if they are in a sufficient state of mind, they cannot meet the innate conditions and have no hope of reaching this state.
And some other young people who are talented enough don't have more than ten or twenty years to slowly develop their mentality.
If the state of mind is not enough, even if the resources are piled up, it is just a castle in the sand, a tree without roots, without the ability to consolidate and consolidate. It will completely collapse at the slightest touch, and will run away and die if it loses its strength.
Without Lu Yuan's help, for ordinary people, and for those children of aristocratic families, innate talent is really not that easy to achieve.
From this aspect, Zhou Qing and Sun Siwen are really extremely lucky compared to most other sentient beings and even innate masters.
Zhou Qing was aware of this, so every time he faced Lu Yuan's praise, he would humbly say that it was all thanks to his master.
This is not modesty, but he really thinks so.
If not for Lu Yuan's generous teachings, he taught Buddhist and Taoist scriptures from a young age, explained the various essences of Chiyang Magic, gave him tips on breakthroughs and dangers in the innate world, and provided a large amount of spiritual pills and spiritual energy to help him complete the transformation of his body and soul. Metamorphosis...
There is absolutely no way that Zhou Qing could complete the accumulation of state of mind and cultivation at such an age, and achieve such a smooth breakthrough in innateness.
All of the above cannot be eliminated by talent alone.
Without Lu Yuan, no matter how outstanding Emperor Zhou Qing is, it would be difficult to break through to the top class by himself. Where does the innate talent come from?
The same is true for Sun Siwen.
But for Lu Yuan, helping the two of them was also helping himself.
Let’s forget about friendship.
Let's just say that Zhou Qing contributed a lot to him by offering him the Chiyang Divine Art and the Guo family's treasure house in Yuzhong. Later, he helped him conquer the north and south and made countless achievements.
Sun Siwen also helped Lu Yuan sort out his internal affairs and stayed at the rear, so that he could fight abroad without worrying about domestic affairs.
The contributions of both of them were enough for Lu Yuan to pay so much.
The three of them are in a relationship where each other achieves each other and grows together.
On top of this relationship, coupled with the friendship behind the scenes, this constitutes the stability of the core within the Chu State.
It was precisely because of this that Lu Yuan was so honest with the two of them and was willing to pay so much.
Because the three of them are one.
There is no saying that whoever gives more will suffer.
The monarch and his ministers get along well with each other, the master and apprentice have a deep relationship, and they make the best friends. When it comes to friendship, this is the ultimate in the world.
After Lu Yuan thought about this, he pulled Zhou Qing and Sun Siwen and said with a happy smile: "Xiao Qing is back this time, so don't rush to leave. The situation is stable now and you don't have to worry about war. You don't have to rush back to Northern Xinjiang. Just stay here and spend the New Year.
And so is Brother Sun.
Since you are back this time, stay in Baling and I will personally guide you in martial arts training.
As for He'er and Hao'er, although I grasped their enlightenment, I didn't have much energy to take care of them.
I also want to ask you to be their teacher, responsible for the enlightenment of He'er and Hao'er.
With Brother Sun's talents, he will be able to teach them well for me and give the Chu Kingdom two more talented princes. "
The rare gathering of the three of them made Lu Yuan very happy.
The same is true for Sun Siwen and Zhou Qing.
Therefore, facing Lu Yuan's request, Sun Siwen said happily: "I will live up to Brother Lu's trust."
