Mind Cultivation Record

Under the guise of spying on the Bai family, Xiao Mian dragged Ding Kaishan out of the courtyard of the Jade Hoe Ancestor and accompanied him to wander around Wan Zongyuan.

"Brother Xiao, the Bai family mansion is in the Tianmen area in the center of Wanzong City. Should we go directly there?" Ding Kaishan did not doubt his presence. He only felt that it was commendable that Xiao Mian was so concerned about the peasant family. Mian asked in return: "Tianmen? Earlier, Brother Ding mentioned that Wanzong City has nine districts and thirteen gates. I had doubts about it. The Tianmen of Love is the last thirteenth gate, right? May I ask what is Tianmen?"

"Tianmen is indeed the thirteenth gate in Wanzong City!" While speaking, Ding Kaishan stopped, turned to face south, pointed to the three sacred mountains above Wanzong City, and said: "I told Brother Xiao before However, Wan Zongcheng cannot help but fly, but the height of flying cannot be higher than the three sacred mountains. Ordinary monks cannot fly directly up to the three sacred mountains. They must pass through the Tianmen. In other words, the Tianmen is a teleportation array. , a teleportation array that connects the nine areas on the surface of Wanzong City to the three sacred mountains in the sky!"

Ding Kaishan's words made Xiao Mian even more fascinated by the three mysterious sacred mountains.

"Tianmen is not only the only way to the three sacred mountains, but also the center of the nine districts of Wanzong City. Therefore, it is the most prosperous area in the entire Wanzong City, and every inch of land is valuable. The most prosperous area in Wanzong City Good inns, magic weapon workshops, spiritual herb halls, spiritual beast halls, formation halls and other shops are all concentrated there. Of course, the cost there is not that high, even Brother Yu wouldn’t dare to set foot there easily!”

In a few words, Ding Kaishan gave a clear overview of Tianmen. Xiao Mian nodded secretly after hearing this, thinking that Xuan Lang and Ye Qingguo should not be in Tianmen.

But it turned out that from the very beginning, Xiao Mian had no intention of inquiring about the Bai family. Instead, he dragged Ding Kaishan, a familiar old horse, to try to find his long-lost friend.

"I dare to ask Brother Ding, apart from the Bai family mansion near Tianmen, are there any other places in Wanzong City specifically for alchemists to live?" When he said this, Xiao Mian couldn't help but recall the man who called him all day long. The little girl "Big Brother" and Xuan Lang, who claimed to be an honest person and was proud to be a casual cultivator, couldn't help but smile. Ding Kaishan was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment he said: "There really is such a place!"

Ding Kaishan was talking about a slum at the southernmost end of Wanzong City. Even though Wanzong City is advertised as a holy land for casual cultivators, everything has two sides. There is a paradise for the rich like Tianmen in the city, but there are also slums for poor monks. Assembly point.

Most of the people living in this slum are alchemists, and they are alchemists who are dissatisfied with the Bai family's monopoly on the refining of Wan Zong's original elixir.

I remember that after the Bai family annexed the Alchemy Style, although they inherited most of the heritage of the Alchemy Style, there were still many alchemists who disdained what the Bai family had done and set up their own schools in anger. It stands to reason that an alchemist is a very wealthy auxiliary profession, but it requires a large amount of spiritual grass as a backing. After these self-established alchemists were suppressed by the Bai family, they could not get enough spiritual grass to refine pills. medicine, and secondly, even if they refined the elixir, it would not be able to match the ultra-low price deliberately suppressed by the Bai family.

As time went by, these alchemists naturally lived in poverty.

Many of the alchemists who claimed to be outstanding people who knew the current affairs returned to the embrace of the Bai family, but there were also many alchemists who persisted without giving up for five buckets of rice.

These alchemists gathered together not to make a fortune, but to communicate with each other, study new alchemy recipes, and develop new alchemy techniques. Gradually, they became a scene in Wanzong City, but their poverty remained. Can't be improved.

Now that he heard that Xiao Mian had inquired about the gathering place of alchemists, Ding Kaishan was naturally full of suspicion, but Xiao Mian was too lazy to pay attention to him and just flew south. Ding Kaishan looked at Xiao Mian's retreating figure, shook his head, and had to follow closely.

The courtyard of Jade Hoe Ancestor was in the northeast corner of Wan Zong City, and the slum Ding Kaishan mentioned was in the southeast corner of Wan Zong City. The two had to cross the entire Wan Zong City. Fortunately, Wan Zong City can't help but fly away, otherwise the distance of nearly a thousand miles would be enough to drive people crazy.

Even so, Xiao Mian and the two of them fled for a long time before reaching their destination.

"Huh... Brother Ding, don't tell me: This is how you wander around Wan Zong City on weekdays?" It wasn't until he personally experienced flying from north to south that Xiao Mian became deeply aware of the vastness of Wan Zong City's thousands of miles. Even Xiao Mian felt a little short of true energy, let alone other monks with less total amount of true energy. Hearing this, Ding Kaishan took two deep breaths, and then cursed angrily: "Shit! Who has nothing to do after eating? We usually take the teleportation array..."

"Transmission... teleportation array? Are there mutual teleportation arrays between the nine districts of Wanzong City?" After Ding Kaishan nodded, Xiao Mian asked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Did you let me tell you? Besides, didn't you say you wanted to spy on the Bai family? You're still spying on the teleportation array!" Rolling his eyes, Ding Kaishan muttered in a low voice: "Grandma's bear! I originally wanted to It's really tiring to give him a blow..."

Although Ding Kaishan's voice was very small, Xiao Mian heard it clearly and glared at Ding Kaishan angrily. But the two of them didn't know that because of Ding Kaishan's tricks, some people's arrangements were in vain. Near the teleportation array in the northeast area where the Jade Hoe Ancestor was, there were three or five people whispering to each other, and then lurking down quietly.

Xiao Mian was too lazy to gather his energy with Ding Kaishan. After recovering his energy a little, he began to search the slums close to the city wall.

During this period, Xiao Mian saw that although the monks in the slums were not well-dressed and had no food to eat, their clothing was indeed not as good as other monks in Wanzong City. However, their faces did not have the bustling look of others at all. On the contrary, they were He is indifferent, as if he is at ease, as he should be. This can't help but make Xiao Mian think deeply. As a monk, should he use every possible means and concentrate all cultivation resources on himself, or should he be content with his content and never achieve anything without tranquility?

wrong!

I'm afraid they've all reached their respective peaks!

The great truth is simple, straight to the heart.

It is not good to blindly fish in the lake, but it is also not advisable to blindly retreat. The so-called golden mean, impartiality, and the natural way is the best principle.

This realization lasted only a moment, but it made Xiao Mian feel like he was enlightened.

At this moment, a familiar figure appeared in the corner of Xiao Mian's eyes. After a moment's glance, Xiao Mian's lips curled up slightly and gave a knowing smile.

Not far away, he saw a small stall dedicated to bartering for casual cultivators. On the corner stall, there was a cloth banner with a big word "medicine" written on it. As for the owner of the stall, he was huddled by the city wall, leaning against the city wall, holding a book in his hand, and was reading with gusto. From time to time, he took out a small notebook from his arms to write and draw.

Isn't that person Xuanlang, a casual cultivator?

Thinking again of the huge word "medicine" on the cloth banner, it is obvious that Xuanlang is now specialized in selling elixirs. Looking deeper, Xiao Mian guessed that the elixirs sold by Xuanlang should all come from that young man. The hands of a little girl are astringent.

In this way, Xuan Lang and Ye Qingguo should be safe and sound.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mian turned around and left without even taking a second look.

Now that he was sure that his old friend was safe and sound, Xiao Mian felt relieved. Now Xiao Mian is in the whirlpool of secret fighting between the Bai family and the Nong family. If he rashly recognizes them, it will not be a good thing for either Xiao Mian or both of them.

Rather than that, it would be better to turn a blind eye.

Just as Xiao Mian was about to leave, Xuan Lang's angry shouts came from behind.

"What do you want to do here? Under broad daylight, is there any king's law in Wanzong City!?" Xuanlang's voice was filled with indignation, and his image of a good old man who had always been kind and cheerful was almost overturned, which shows Xuanlang's resentment at this time. Xiao Mian was stunned, and turned sideways without any trace, and saw three people standing side by side in front of Xuanlang's stall. Those three people didn't drink much. Xuanlang. Xiao Mian looked closely and saw one of them looking at Xuan Lang with a smile and whispering: "Brother Xuan, why are you so angry? My young master just wants to get close to Miss Ye, why are you so unkind?"

"Guo'er is still young and doesn't know much about the world. In addition, he is devoted to studying alchemy. He has no time and no need to get close to your young master!"

"Hmph! That's good!" Faced with Xuan Lang's stern rejection, the man was not angry, but said in a friendly manner: "My young master has paid for all the elixirs in your stall today, so pack them up! The payment remains the same. Just put it in your account!”

"You! You have defaulted on the payment time and time again. The payment for last month has not been received yet. Now you are paying for it on credit. How can I trust you?"

"Hey! Brother Xuan, are you not going to do business with my young master? Okay! My young master has always convinced people with his virtue and will never do that kind of forced buying and selling." Having said this, the man looked around. The crowd circled around and said loudly: "But I have something to say first. The elixirs in Brother Xuan's stall are of my young master's liking. If anyone dares to buy them privately, don't blame my young master for getting mad! Don't blame me for not predicting what I said!"

These words made Xuan Lang so angry that his eyes were about to burst, but he remained speechless.

As for the onlookers, they all obviously knew Xuan Lang and the three people who came to make trouble, and they all knew about the entanglement between them. Some of them were pointing fingers, some were whispering to each other, but there were no people who spoke out and saw injustice in the road. Xuan Lang knew that he might not be able to open the stall again today. Although he was anxious, he still planned to close the stall and go home.

At this moment, a voice resounded throughout the audience, deafening.