Seeking Immortality

At the top of Jiuhua Mountain, the ground is covered with snow and ice, and snowflakes are blowing under the howling cold wind. Under the scorching sun at noon, it looks even more pure, like a snow-white paradise.

Although the temperature was low and cold, the moment Xu Qingfan arrived at the top of Jiuhua Mountain, his heart felt warm.

Just as Xu Qingfan had thought before, in the white snow, Liu Huaxiang was teaching Ting'er to cultivate immortality with a kind face, and his tone was very gentle. With Liu Huaxiang's body shrinking day by day, Ting'er was already a whole head taller than Liu Huaxiang. , was listening quietly to Liu Huaxiang's words at this time, with a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes occasionally, but he didn't ask any more questions, he just repeated what Liu Huaxiang said, and then waited for Liu Huaxiang to correct him.

Of course, Xiaobi's huge figure is still indispensable on the top of Jiuhua Mountain. At this time, it is still running and rolling around the top of Jiuhua Mountain just like before Xu Qingfan left. Although Ting'er has paid more attention to cultivating immortals and having close contact with it over the years. It is also decreasing day by day, but this simple Xiaobi can also enjoy itself.

After discovering that Xu Qingfan was back, all the scenes were as Xu Qingfan imagined, Liu Huaxiang's gentle greetings and smiles, Ting'er's deep and silent gaze, Xiao Biwei roared and then ran away, as if he was afraid of Xu Qingfan's revenge.

Seeing this, Xu Qingfan's heart became warmer and warmer. Even Xiaobi's threatening roar was regarded as a greeting. With a slight smile, Xu Qingfan walked quickly towards Liu Huaxiang and Ting'er without hesitation.

As he walked, he carefully looked at the two people in front of him.

Ting'er's appearance has not changed at all from ten years ago. Since her figure has grown and her skills have greatly increased, she has always looked like a young woman in her twenties, as if time has stopped on her.

Although Ting'er's appearance has not changed at all in the past ten years, her kung fu has greatly increased. Xu Qingfan clearly remembers that before he went to the "Jiuji Cave" for retreat, Ting'er had just reached the middle stage of ineditation, but at this time she had already reached the middle stage. There is only a thin line between the peak of the Bigu Stage and the Soul Silence Stage, and the progress is not much slower than that of Xu Qingfan who is practicing in the "Jiuji Cave".

Compared with Ting'er, the carving traces of time on Liu Huaxiang's body are particularly obvious. Compared with the last time, Liu Huaxiang is much older at this time. His old appearance looks like a demon but not a human being. It can no longer be described with human words. , it can only be said that every time Xu Qingfan always feels that Liu Huaxiang's appearance is as old as human beings can be. But when I saw Liu Huaxiang the next day, I found that he looked even older than the day before.

He has found it in many dreams, and Xu Qingfan was always worried that Liu Huaxiang, the gazer, would not be able to withstand the erosion of time and let go. But until now, Liu Huaxiang is still constantly defeating time and pain. Live strong.

Just as Xu Qingfan was sizing up Liu Huaxiang and Ting'er, Liu Huaxiang and Ting'er were also silently sizing up Xu Qingfan who was walking towards them.

Compared with ten years ago when Xu Qingfan had just reached the pill formation stage, at this time Xu Qingfan has completely mastered the spiritual energy in his body, and his aura has been completely restrained, but at the same time he has a kind of elegant, calm and attractive The temperament that attracts people's attention is very special. At the same time, compared to ten years ago. It seems that Xu Qingfan's face seems too pale because he was hit by the "Jiuji Cave" and practiced without seeing the sun, making the scar on his left cheek and the phoenix pattern at the corner of his eye even more conspicuous.

But Liu Huaxiang noticed more that at this time, compared to the hesitation and hesitation that often flashed in Xu Qingfan's eyes before, there was a hint of firmness and confidence. Firmness and self-confidence are not only due to the increase in skill, but also due to changes in mentality. It seems that Xu Qingfan's ten years of cultivation in the "Jiuji Cave" are not just about cultivation. I am afraid that he has thought back and considered Liu Huaxiang's previous teachings.

Thinking of this, Liu Huaxiang nodded with satisfaction. It doesn't matter if people are weak, but they are afraid of being weak all the time. Only through change can there be hope.

"Uncle Liu, this junior is back." Xu Qingfan walked up to Liu Huashuo and bowed to Liu Huaxiang.

Liu Huaxiang carefully looked at Xu Qingfan who walked in front of him, and then said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad. It seems that you have gained a lot from this retreat. The spiritual energy in your body has increased by 40 to 50%. Li Xu It is also the middle stage of Dan.

There is only a thin line between them, but you must remember that the power of the pill-forming stage is not only reflected in the richness of spiritual energy and the purity of Taoism, but also in the understanding of the way of heaven. A monk in the pill-forming stage who has huge energy will Like a reckless man with no strength, although he has power, he can only use the slightest bit. Only when you have progressed in your understanding of the way of heaven can you fully display your power. Do you understand? "

Looking back, Liu Huaxiang has been like this over the years, never missing any opportunity to teach Xu Qingfan.

Xu Qingfan smiled and said: "Disciple understands."

With that said, Xu Qingfan turned to Ting'er again, patted Ting'er on the shoulder, and asked softly: "Ting'er, how have you been in the past ten years? Ahem."

However, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but cough again in the middle of his words.

The moment Xu Qingdan coughed, he clearly felt Ting'er's shoulders tremble, and Liu Huaxiang's expression changed. He stretched out his hand to grab Xu Qingfan's hand pulse, and felt out a trace of spiritual energy to move around Xu Qingfan's body. Liu Huaxiang's brows also He couldn't help but wrinkle up and murmured: "The internal organs and even the Dantian meridians have been damaged. Although the injuries are not serious, they have been corroded and are extremely difficult to heal."

With that said, Liu Huaxiang asked Xu Qingfan, "What's going on?" Didn't I ask you not to practice the mutated withered energy for the time being? How come it has grown by more than half in the past ten years? "

Although Liu Huaxiang's tone was unprecedentedly harsh and his words were not polite at all, Xu Qingfan knew that Liu Huaxiang was worried, so he was not angry at all. Instead, he felt closer to Liu Huaxiang and just slowly told Liu Huaxiang about the accident ten years ago.

After listening to Xu Qingfan's story, Liu Huaxiang couldn't help but smile bitterly, sighing that fate played tricks on him and that he was not thoughtful enough. After a long time, he trembled and took out a blue jade bottle from his sleeve and said to Xu Qingfan: "This is the elixir I have refined over the years. It is called Shengqi Pill. It will help you in your current situation. Take it every day in the future, or it may suppress the corrosion of the mutated dry air. As for your current injuries, we have to slowly think of a way."

After taking the blue jade bottle, Xu Qingfan felt warm in his heart. He naturally knew that Liu Huaxiang would not refine such an elixir for no reason. It was probably because Liu Huaxiang had been worried that Xu Qingfan would encounter such a situation, so he refined it in advance to be prepared.

But Xu Qingfan was not the kind of person who would always express gratitude, so he just quietly put away the "anger pill" and bowed deeply to Liu Huaxiang.

Seeing Xu Qingfan like this, Liu Huaxiang's eyes flashed with an obscure color and sighed. He said: "You have been practicing hard in the Jiuji Cave for ten years, and you must be exhausted. Go back to the room and rest early. We will talk about it tomorrow."

Qingdan responded respectfully.

In the next three months, Xu Qingdan sat in meditation every night to sense the changing rules of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. His mind resonated with the way of heaven, and during the day, he and Ting'er listened to Liu Huaxiang's explanation of Taoism. Although these Taoism were taught by Liu Huaxiang to Ting'er, they were very simple for Xu Qingfan now, but at this time, Liu Huaxiang's slow explanation had its own truth that Xu Qingfan had never thought of. Let Xu Qingfan be inspired a lot.

When Ting'er was practicing alone, Liu Huaxiang would talk to Xu Qingfan alone about some human affairs. Making choices and coping, *station or five elements transformation, the rules of heaven and earth, or human feelings or skills, especially the heavenly perceptions that Liu Hua said, made Xu Qingfan gain a lot. Although the spiritual energy in his body did not increase much, Xu Qingfan could clearly feel that his strength had greatly improved.

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The night was like water.

Xu Qingfan was sitting in meditation in the room. On the one hand, his mind was immersed in the nothingness of heaven and earth, and on the other hand, he recalled in his mind all the things he had learned since he cultivated immortality, or the spiritual energy of skills, or the use of Taoism, and even the coldness of the world. He felt that in a short period of recollection, his previous life was fully revealed in his mind.

Suddenly, Xu Qingfan's heart palpitated, as if he had something in mind, and he felt that something in his heart was suddenly clear. The four spiritual energies in his body also began to wander slowly in a mysterious trajectory. Sometimes they clearly touched each other, but did not interfere with each other. They had different attributes, but they lived in harmony.

"The five elements are indeed interdependent, but more importantly, they can evolve all things. The world is the five elements, and the five elements are the original state of the world."

Xu Qingfan's mind was still empty, and he murmured unconsciously.

After seventy years of cultivation, Liu Huaxiang's guidance in these days, and the various things he encountered in these years, Xu Qingfan finally had an epiphany.

This epiphany is not as exaggerated as the kind of epiphany of becoming an immortal or a Buddha in the mortal world, but Xu Qingfan's epiphany of the rules of the world, that is, the way of heaven, based on his seventy years of feelings. Although this epiphany is still very superficial, it is extremely important for Xu Qingfan's future development.

Xu Qingfan stood up unconsciously, pushed open the door and walked out of the room.

Outside the room, after the door opened, a gust of night wind blew in his face. Although it was slight, Xu Qingfan was shocked.

Then, the Mu Yi aura and Phoenix aura in Xu Qingfan's body suddenly became majestic, and later they became entangled together, turning into a completely different aura, elegant and gentle.

Wood and fire generate wind.

As this elegant and gentle aura became more and more, a breeze appeared around Xu Qingfan, swirling around him. As time became unbalanced, the breeze became stronger and stronger, and soon it turned into a hurricane, surrounding Xu Qingfan and igniting the sky.

But strangely. Although this hurricane seemed to be so powerful, it did not blow up a single blade of dry grass on the thatched house, nor did it blow up a single snowflake on the top of Jiuhua Mountain. Combined with the whistling wind, it felt very strange.

Later, the originally quiet mutant dry air suddenly surged out and merged into the wind. The originally colorless wind turned gray, which was even more weird.

Xu Qingfan, who caused these changes, did not sense these abnormalities at all. His mind was still in the void. He only felt that his body had turned into a powerful gust of wind that could blow to any place in the world in an instant and easily destroy everything in the world.

At the same time, the Jiuhua cultivators who sensed the abnormality on the top of Jiuhua Mountain walked out of the door and looked up at the top of Jiuhua Mountain.

Dozens of surprised or surprised, old or young voices came from the dark void.

"Perceive the world and create magical powers?"

"The way of heaven is felt, and the magical powers are created?"

"Could it be that the person on the top of the mountain has created a magical power again?"

"No, this magical power is still relatively superficial and elementary. It should be created by Xu Qingfan."

"Oh? Xu Qingfan has only been in the Dan stage for ten years, and he has already created a magical power? It's unlikely, right?"

"Did you forget that the person on the top of Jiuhua Mountain is also there?"

At the same time, Liu Huashen and Ting'er, who felt something was wrong, also walked out of the room. Although Ting'er was far from reaching the realm of the Jindan stage, her body's sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was greatly enhanced after being transformed by the magic bead, and she also keenly sensed the abnormality.

Xu Qingfan's expression was blank, his body was like an illusion, and his body was surrounded by a huge whirlwind, floating and sinking.

Seeing this scene, Ting'er's eyes quickly flashed with a trace of worry, and then she took the frightened Xiaobi and walked quickly to Liu Huaxiang, looking at Liu Huaxiang with doubtful eyes.

But Liu Huaxiang's eyes flashed with a trace of relief, and he smiled at Ting'er and said, "Don't worry. Your uncle is just feeling the way of heaven, nothing will happen."

As mentioned above, the strength of the cultivators in the Jindan stage is not because of the rich spiritual energy or the mysterious Taoism, but because of the perception of the way of heaven.

The concentrated expression of the perception of the Way of Heaven lies in the magical powers of the Jindan-stage cultivators.

Every Jindan-stage cultivator will create some magical powers according to his own feelings for the Way of Heaven and his own situation. More or less, the power is far stronger than ordinary Taoist methods. It can be said that as long as there are magical powers, the Jindan-stage cultivators are real Jindan-stage cultivators.

The magical powers mentioned here are very different from the magical powers such as the "Green Dragon Hand" practiced by Sheng Yushan. Those magical powers are the unique skills of various ancient races that the immortals secretly learned, which are very different from the various skills that humans are learning now. This kind of magical power is also called small magical power or pseudo-magic power.

However, Xu Qingfan is now using his own situation and the feelings of heaven and earth to create the Taoist method, which is the most suitable Taoist method for Xu Qingfan to use at present, that is, the magical power unique to the Jindan-stage cultivators.

Looking at Xu Qingfan's situation at this time, the magical power he created is obviously related to the wind, but it is very different from the wind-based Taoist methods popular in the world of immortal cultivation.

It was Xu Qingfan who used the rule of wood and fire to generate wind, and used the wind method transformed by the wood and phoenix spirit. Because of the phoenix spirit, this wind method has more spirituality than ordinary wind methods, and is not as difficult to control as ordinary wind methods. Later, Xu Qingfan mixed the mutant dry air into these wind methods, making this wind method magical power more corrosive with the mutant dry air. Because it was mixed with the wind method, the corrosion of Xu Qingfan's body when he performed it was also much lighter.

After a long time, Xu Qingfan finally woke up from the illusory feeling. As Xu Qingfan woke up, the gray wind around him gradually slowed down until it disappeared, and Xu Qingfan, who had been suspended in the air, slowly fell to the ground.

At the same time, the phoenix spirit, the strange dry air and the wood spirit originally mixed in Xu Qingfan's body also returned to the dantian one after another, as if they were irrelevant.

When he opened his eyes, Xu Qingfan saw Liu Huaxiang and Ting'er standing quietly not far away, looking at him. Liu Huaxiang's face was full of smiles.

"Congratulations, nephew Xu, you have achieved enlightenment and created magical powers. From now on, you have become a true Jindan stage cultivator." Liu Huashen bowed and smiled.

Xu Qingfan was slightly stunned, and immediately understood the situation just now, but walked to Liu Huaxiang and bowed and said: "Thank you for your guidance, uncle Liu. Without your guidance, I would never have reached the realm of being able to create magical powers so quickly."

Liu Huaxiang smiled slightly and said: "I just pointed out the way for you, but the key is still for you to understand it yourself.

At this point, Liu Huaxiang's face suddenly became serious and said: "Since you have realized your own magical powers, I have something to say to you."

Xu Qingfan was slightly stunned, and immediately said: "Uncle, please speak. "

Liu Huaxiang nodded and said slowly: "I see that your magical power has the form of wind, but it just blows by itself without interfering with everything, as if it has spirituality. At the end, there is a feeling of desolation and death. It should be the magical power you created by combining the aura of the phoenix and the two auras of withering and flourishing, right?"

Xu Qingfan nodded and replied: "I was meditating tonight, but suddenly I seemed to have gained some understanding of the five elements turning into the world, so I created this magical power. "

Liu Huaxiang nodded and said: "Although you are not the first disciple of my Jiuhuaqing generation to form a pill, you are very likely to be the first to create a magical power besides Bao Qingyan. It can be said that you have truly reached the stage of forming a pill. But as you said, you have only comprehended a little bit of the rule of the five elements turning into all things in the way of heaven, and the magical power you created is still very superficial and immature, so you must continue to comprehend the way of heaven in the future and constantly perfect the magical power you created. "

"Disciple understands. "Xu Qingfan nodded.

Liu Huaxiang paused and continued: "Except for you Qing-generation disciples, the 17 elders who survived in Jiuhua now have all comprehended and created their own magical powers to a greater or lesser extent, but most of them have only created one or two. Even Xiao Huazhe, who is known as the best master in Jiuhua, has only comprehended six magical powers. Do you know what this is?"

Xu Qingfan said: "Please teach me, uncle."

But Liu Huaxiang sighed slowly, and then slowly said: "Although we humans are the spirits of all things, we are most likely to limit our vision to the things in front of us, even those of us who cultivate immortals. In the world of cultivating immortals, most of the cultivators in the Weiqing period are confused by the limitations of the heavenly way they have comprehended after creating a magical power. Although the magical power they created is getting more and more powerful, they are also lost in the heavenly way they have comprehended, thinking that what they have comprehended is everything in the heavenly way, and thus it is difficult to comprehend other heavenly rules. But they don't know that the heavenly way is magnificent and boundless. , the Heavenly Dao that everyone comprehends is just a drop of water. Everyone understands this truth, but no one can escape this limitation. Every time they sit in meditation, they sense the Heavenly Dao that they are familiar with, and they will never make any progress. It can be said that the first magical power is the easiest to create. The difficulty increases with the later ones. So from now on, what you have to do is to overcome your limitations, look further and further, and have more feelings. Only in this way can you continue to become stronger. Do you understand? "

"Junior understands." Xu Qingfan's body was shocked, and he bowed and responded.

Just now, after he created that magical power, he did have a complacent mood, and now he was awakened by Liu Huaxiang's words.

But Liu Huaxiang suddenly smiled and said, "No matter what, it is a good thing that you can comprehend the Heavenly Dao and create your own magical power. Have you thought of the name of this magical power?"

Xu Qingfan pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "Let's call it the Wind of Desolation."