In the evening, Tao Wenbao came back. The kitchen servant Chen Sangu prepared a banquet in the main room, and Li Bochen and Tao Wenbao drank a few drinks. Getting along with this pig bank director was like taking a breath of fresh air, and I didn't feel any restraint at all. He kept urging him to drink, so Li Bochen drank more. Unconsciously, he became drunk and talked more.
Tao Wenbao asked him if he had ever practiced cultivation. Li Bochen thought that he could not hide this kind of thing from others, so he told him directly.
Tao Wenbao sighed: "Chen'er is also clamoring for spiritual practice, but I have never come up with a charter. Mr. Li is a spiritual practitioner, so what do you think?"
Li Bochen thought to himself that I am just a dabbler, so I don't have much to say. But since the boss asked, he had no choice but to think about it and said: "Tao Gong comes from a wealthy family. He wants Dingchen to practice swordsmanship. It is for martial ethics and to strengthen his body. But when it comes to strengthening his body, he must practice martial arts. The effect is better. Has Mr. Tao asked anyone to see Dingchen’s qualifications in practicing Buddhism before?”
Tao Wenbao said: "When he was five years old, I had someone look at him. He was told that his qualifications were acceptable and he could get started. But how far he goes in the future depends entirely on the support of his family."
Li Boxen understood that this meant that Tao Dingchen's qualifications were not very good. Practicing this kind of thing depends on both talent and financial consumption. Except for a very small number of extremely talented people, most of the rest have to rely on various geniuses and treasures to support themselves. Not to mention anything else, it is just that the energy in the body of a cultivator circulates, the vitality is strong, and the appetite is larger than that of ordinary people. If even having food at home is a problem, practicing cultivation is just a dream.
There is also this reason for my slow entry. Although you can eat well in the army, there is still a huge gap between "eating well" as a practitioner.
Li Boxen thought for a while: "Tao Gong's family status is naturally not a problem, but there is one more thing. Once a person practices cultivation, spiritual power will spread within his body. Some evil spirits and resentful ghosts like to be close to people with strong spiritual power. That's right. In more serious cases, you may also provoke some dangerous secret spirits, which is also a drawback of practice."
Tao Wenbao nodded repeatedly, replenished wine for the two of them, and drank a glass first: "Exactly. I just considered this - the higher the level of cultivation, the greater the risk. I heard that there are some experts I provoked the devil while practicing, and ended up going crazy and lost my life."
"Sigh... That's why I can't make up my mind. I want Chen'er to live a wealthy and stable life, but I'm afraid that with the current situation in the world, the peaceful and prosperous days will not last long. Does Mr. Li know? It is said that a few days ago, Wanyou City It was conquered by the Demonic Kingdom.”
Li Bochen was startled and felt that he was almost awake from the alcohol: "What!?"
He immediately realized his gaffe, but luckily Tao Wenbao was too drunk to notice him. He breathed a sigh of relief and drank the wine in front of him, but his heart still didn't calm down.
Wanyou City, like Wuliang City, is also a military fortress. Both cities are located in the Dangtu Mountains of Xueyuan. Wanyou City is about three hundred miles away from Wuliang City. It guards the pass between the old lands of Sui and Li. He remembered that when Sui Buxiu came to Wuliang City to preside over the construction of the Zhongzhou Barrier, he said that the barrier in the Wanyou City area had been completed, and from now on, defense could be turned into offense.
But in less than a month from that time to now, Wanyou City was breached! ? How did it break? !
Li Bochen couldn't help but pour more wine for the two of them, and drank three glasses in a row himself. Although Tao Wenbao is a shrewd businessman, he probably doesn't know much about military affairs - he just sighs now because he doesn't know what it means to have the city broken.
Wanyou City was occupied by the Demon Kingdom, which not only meant that the Zhongzhou Barrier, which had consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, was useless, but also meant that the Demon Kingdom had finally gained a stronghold in the Dangtu Mountain defense line. If we can hold our ground, we can attack east and west in the future, and even cross the Dangtu Mountains and directly take the mainland of the six countries.
Can they stand? Li Bochen thought about it carefully and felt even more frightened. It is the middle of winter now, so it is inconvenient to increase troops. What's more, Wuliang City, which is closest to Wanyou City, has lost its troops and generals, and can barely protect itself, let alone reinforcements.
Without some shocking reversal, it would only be a matter of time before Wuliang City was captured again.
Seeing the look of surprise on his face, Tao Wenbao sighed: "Yes, I am as surprised as Mr. Li. The war on the front line is not going well, and I am afraid that in the next few decades, there will be another big conquest in the country. When that happens... Who can guarantee that my family will not be ruined? If Chen'er was a cultivator at that time, he might be able to make a living and protect himself like Mr. Li."
Li Bochen couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: Tao Wenbao was too optimistic. Decades from now? I am afraid that the worst result is that in two or three years, the northernmost old lands of Sui and Li will become battlefields littered with corpses!
At this point, both of them were a little uninterested. Then we drank a few more glasses of wine, ate some snacks, and then dispersed.
Li Bochen washed his face with some cold water in the water room in the front yard and felt a little more awake. He went back to his room to get the half bottle of wine and drank slowly while standing in front of the door.
It's freezing cold, but the night sky is clearer because of it. Brilliant stars spread across the sky, and the glow shines brightly. He let out a breath of white air and couldn't help but sigh again. A few days ago, he wanted to settle the matter and live a stable life, but tonight he heard that Wanyou City had been breached, and his heart was in turmoil again.
If the demonic kingdom really attacks Sui and Li, how can they find a place in the world? I'm afraid I have to cross the ocean to go to those legendary ancient continents.
If you want to survive in such troubled times, you can only make yourself stronger. This is a cannibal world. If you don't become a strong person, you will only become more trapped and even die. He doesn't like this kind of world, but he knows that he can't change it and can only adapt.
Spirit Master... Spirit Master... He secretly recited it several times in his heart. My qualifications for practicing cultivation are mediocre, and the only way to become stronger is probably to be a "spiritual master" - if that is true.
He couldn't help but said in his heart: "If there is really a mysterious spirit attached to me, please give me some clear instructions. If it can help me live well in this troubled world, I don't mind giving you something." .”
He read this three times and then listened. But the night was lonely, and there were only one or two dog barks faintly heard from the distance. All that was heard was his own voice.
Looking at it again, there were only one or two wintersweet petals falling, and there was not even a hint of wind.
He smiled and drank the rest of the wine in one gulp. Probably everyone in this world will be like me and feel that I am a unique person. But maybe the end result is that they are all ordinary people after all. There will indeed be extraordinary people in the world, but it won't be me.
This ability to control Yin spirits...may be just some unknown ability related to his origin. Aren't Yu, Jiao, Rakshasa, and Xumi all born with supernatural powers?
Many people don't fully understand this truth until they are 30 or 40 years old, but I understand it earlier than they do.
Li Bochen held the wine bottle and walked back into the house.
But as soon as he took a step, he suddenly stopped.
He felt as if he knew what the "secret spirit" attached to him was.
