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Xujiacun.

Xu Ran looked at the woman in white clothes in front of him, and asked with a frustrated look and some unwillingness: "Don't I have the qualifications to practice?"

The name of the woman in white clothes in front of him is Yue Qingyu, from Xuanqing Sect.

Because monsters appeared around Xujiacun, the other party was ordered by the master to come and relieve the monsters.

After dealing with the monsters, the other party thought it was strange that monsters appeared in places like Xujia Village. For the safety of the village, they decided to stay temporarily and investigate the reasons for the appearance of the monsters to ensure that there would be no further trouble before leaving.

It was only on this day that Xu Ran realized that there were people who practiced cultivation in this world, so he took this opportunity to propose to Yue Qingyu the idea of ​​cultivating.

Faced with Xu Ran's request, Yue Qingyu did not refuse, but stepped forward to test him, then shook her head and sighed: "You are not suitable for practice."

Faced with Xu Ran's question, Yue Qingyu replied calmly: "The qualifications are a bit lacking, but that is not the main problem. Your problem is that you lack a little spirituality."

"Spirituality?" Xu Ran was confused.

Seeing his reaction, Yue Qingyu pondered for a while and explained: "In layman's terms, it means understanding."

"Comprehension?" At this time, an exclamation came. This time it was not Xu Ran who spoke, but a round-faced girl with two meatballs on her head next to Yue Qingyu.

Her name is Xiaoqueer, and she came here with Yue Qingyu.

Because she was about the same age as Xu Ran at this time, and she was lively and active, she became familiar with Xu Ran while she was living in Xujiacun.

Xu Ran quickly gained a little fan girl by relying on some small games in his previous life.

He was able to strike up a conversation with Yue Qingyu because of his relationship with Xiao Queer.

Although Yue Qingyu does not have the condescending attitude that Xu Ran imagined, treating mortals like ants, she is so out of this world, so graceful, just like a fairy living in the moon palace, that it is difficult for people to get close to her.

If it wasn’t for Xiao Queer’s relationship, he wouldn’t have dared to bring up the idea of ​​asking the other party to recommend him to join the Xuanqing Sect for practice.

After Xiao Que'er exclaimed, she then explained to Xu Ran, the omnipotent elder brother in her mind:

"Senior sister, how could it be possible? Brother Xu is so smart. He knows everything and understands everything. How could he not have understanding? This is impossible. Senior sister, are you wrong?"

In the eyes of children, those who can play various fun games with themselves and make themselves happy are the most powerful people in the world. It’s that simple.

Xu Ran was also very puzzled by this. If the other party said that he did not have the qualifications to practice, then he could understand it.

But by saying that you lack spirituality and understanding, doesn’t it make it clear that you are perfunctory?

Facing the doubtful looks of Xu Ran and Xiao Queer, Yue Qingyu shook her head gently, "Smartness and understanding are two different things."

After saying that, she was silent for a moment, and then he looked at Xu Ran and continued: "So, let me ask you, what's the explanation for "Qi sinking in Dantian, intention to guard Zifu, and mind wandering too empty?" ”

The sudden question made Xu Ran slightly stunned, then he thought for a moment and replied:

"Just relax your whole body, focus on your lower abdomen, think about nothing, and feel that you are integrated with the surroundings."

"Introduction to the world. Jing, the number that connects the sky, turns gas into liquid, what is the meaning? "

"Absorb the essence of the world, the sun and the moon, let it circulate in the body, and turn the spiritual energy into its own spiritual power." Next, Yue Qingyu asked several questions, and Xu Ran answered them one by one.

After asking, she turned her head slightly, looked at Xiaoqueer and asked: "Xiaoqueer, what do you think of his answer?"

Hearing this, the little bird's eyes shone, and she stared at Xu Ran with admiration and said, "Brother Xu is so awesome."

Yue Qingyu nodded slightly, then sighed softly, looked at Xu Ran and said:

"This is your problem, you are too smart, and you have a certain way at a young age. My own understanding is more mature than that of many people who have lived for more than half their lives."

"If I hadn't checked your soul just now, I would have thought that you were a person who was reborn."

Hearing this, Xu Ran was shocked. Fortunately, his time travel started directly as a baby. If not, his secret would have been discovered.

At this time, Yue Qingyu continued: "But it is precisely because of this that you lack that little aura."

"And that little aura is the key to letting people enter the door of practice."

Listen Xu Ran's heart sank at these words. He somewhat understood what Yue Qingyu meant. It was probably that he had already formed a set of self-understandings. He knew everything and could understand everything, but everything was a bit lacking and he was unable to accept new things. This led him to isolate himself from the door to practice.

It sounds reasonable, but if you look into it more deeply, it feels like nonsense. How could he be willing to give up on the path of cultivation for this reason?

"Fairy, you also said that I am very smart, so can I make up for the lack of spirituality by studying hard?"

She looked at Xu Ran calmly and said, "With your intelligence, you can achieve success in anything you do. There is no need to dwell on practice."

This is almost a direct and clear message to Xu Ran that you have no chance of practicing in this life.

"But I still want to practice."

Little Que'er on the side also said at the right time: "Sister, please help Brother Xu."

Yue Qingyu looked at Xiao Que'er, and then faced her Xu Ran's expression was unwilling, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said:

"I know you are not convinced, and think that you can practice. This is indeed not absolute, but practice can reach the sky step by step, and every step is a chasm."

"Even if you are lucky enough to get into the practice through hard study, but so what? Without spiritual understanding, you will not be able to go far after all."

Just when Xu Ran was despairing, Yue Qingyu sighed softly and continued:

"Meeting is fate, whatever. In this case, I will teach you a technique. After you practice, you will understand what I mean. "What is spirituality?"

"If you can practice through your own efforts and reach the fourth level of Qi training, then it means that I have made a mistake. Then you can come. If Xuan Qingzong comes to me, I will introduce you to it."

After saying that, she stepped forward and pointed a finger at the center of Xu Ran's eyebrows, teaching a technique called "Five Elements Breathing and Inhalation Technique".

Then she looked around, took a piece of dead wood, turned her fingers into a sword, carved it into a wooden sign, and used her spiritual power to carve the word "moon" on it.

She handed the wooden sign to Xu Ran and said, "When you get to Xuanqing Sect, just show this wooden sign."

Yue Qingyu's behavior was really a big surprise for Xu Ran. She thought that the other party must have rejected her by saying this before, but she didn't expect that the other party would actually do this.

Another village has a bright future.

He quickly thanked me.

Yue Qingyu just waved her hand, and then she stayed in the village for a few more days. After confirming that the village was safe, she left with Xiao Que'er.

Before leaving, Xiaoqueer reluctantly took Xu Ran's arm and said in tears:

"Brother Xu, you have to practice hard and reach the fourth level of Qi training as soon as possible. You will surprise Senior Sister Yue and make her look down on you, hum."

"Be sure to hurry up, I'll wait for you at Xuanqing Sect."

Xu Ran just smiled lightly at Xiao Que'er's angry words. He had no grudge against Yue Qingyu, but was very grateful that the other party was willing to leave a path of cultivation for him under such circumstances.

This is a great kindness and must be remembered.

So he touched the little bird's head, comforted and encouraged him a few words, and then bowed to Yue Qingyu.

Yue Qingyu nodded slightly, and then summoned the flying sword, turning the little bird into a stream of light and disappearing in front of Xu Ran's eyes.

......

Perhaps Yue Qingyu's judgment was correct. After a while, Xu Ran concentrated on learning and comprehending the techniques she left behind, but was still unable to get started.

Obviously he knows all the words in the technique, and he can probably understand its meaning when combined, but he just can't follow the meaning described in the technique, realize the existence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and step into the door of practice.

But Xu Ran was not in a hurry.

In fact, now that he thinks about it, he also understands the meaning of the technique Yue Qingyu taught him, just to let him retreat in spite of difficulties.

But Xu Ran naturally would not give up, and he was not in a hurry. He believed that he could definitely do it.

Because he has an immortality fruit and has eternal life.

Xu Ran did not believe that he, with his endless lifespan, would not even be able to reach the fourth level of Qi training.

So, unable to get started, he temporarily put down his martial arts and left Xujiacun.

This is not because he gave up on practice, but because he thought of what Yue Qingyu said before.

According to the other party's intention, he is like an adult, with his own cognition and lacks the nature of a child. This cannot be broken through acquired learning.

The so-called nature is naturally innate.

This is indeed the case. After all, I am a person who has lived a new life. He was an adult in his previous life and was worn out by life. How can he still have the nature of a child?

However, Xu Ran was unwilling to give up. He decided to try to reshape his cognition in his own way.

After leaving Xujiacun, he came to the city and started a business. With some memories and knowledge from his previous life, he became rich in just a few years.

Then he used his wealth to collect books from this world, and invited some teachers to give him classes.

Astronomy, geography, historical miscellaneous notes, Taoist classics, etc., no matter what kind of books they were, he would not reject them and study them with concentration.

Use the knowledge of this world to wash away your concepts of the previous world.

This is the method he came up with. Although it cannot regain the nature of a child, it can wash away some perceptions that hinder one's own practice.

Although his method is a bit crude, I have to say that it is indeed useful.

After several years of study, in the tenth year after he and Yue Qingyu separated, one night, while Xu Ran was reading a Taoist scripture, he suddenly had an enlightenment, and suddenly had some understanding of the exercises that he had never felt before.

With this flash of inspiration, he successfully sensed the existence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. After several months of hard training, he successfully stepped into the first level of Qi training and became a monk.

After becoming a formal monk, Xu Ran thought that he only needed to practice step by step.

But it was not until this moment that he truly realized the importance of spirituality and understanding to practice in Yue Qingyu.

I used to think that the so-called practice only required step-by-step refining and accumulation of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to turn into one's own mana and spiritual power.

As long as you have enough aura and resources, your practice can be overwhelming.

But after becoming a monk, he realized that everything was wrong.

The accumulation of spiritual energy is only the transformation of strength. To break through, you also need to understand the practice, or in other words, after you have enough understanding of the Tao, you can continue on the path of practice after you have accumulated enough strength and realm.

The so-called fact that some people are unable to break through to a certain realm throughout their lives is not only due to insufficient resources, but also due to insufficient understanding of the techniques and understanding of the Tao.

Although he understood this truth, Xu Ran's heart did not fluctuate much. With the Taoist Fruit of Immortality, he had plenty of time to realize the Tao, so there was nothing to be anxious about.

What's more, the town he is in has very thin spiritual energy. Even if there is no such reason, it will take a long time for him to break through.

So, he cultivated slowly and continued to learn to read the book collections of this world.

Twenty years later, his cultivation reached the second level of Qi training. During this period, he said goodbye to many elderly people in Xujiacun.

After another twenty years, which was also the fiftieth year since he and Yue Qingyu were separated, his cultivation level broke through to the third level of Qi training.

At this time, Xujiacun and the people he was familiar with had basically left. However, under his leadership, everyone in Xujiacun had long since escaped poverty and become rich, becoming an existence that everyone envied.

At this stage, Xu Ran felt the difficulty of cultivation even more, because there is a very important node from the third level of Qi training to the fourth level of Qi training, which is called "hearing the Tao" in the world of cultivation.

That is to combine the practiced skills to understand the rhythm of heaven and earth, such as observing the endless flow of streams, observing the vitality of ancient trees, observing the rising of fire, and observing the thickness of mountains and rocks.

No wonder Yue Qingyu would use the fourth level of Qi training as the agreed realm, just because the difficulty of practicing in this realm is not at the same level as before.

To give a simple analogy, the level of difficulty from the first to the third level of Qi training is equivalent to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in mathematics in Xu Ran's previous life, but at the fourth level of Qi training, he jumps directly to advanced mathematics.

The leap is really too big.

For fifty years, Xu Ran looked at the mountains and rivers without any understanding, until one day he took out the wooden plaque given by Yue Qingyu and stared at it all night, but suddenly found that the word "moon" left by the other party seemed to contain the Taoist charm of the dead tree blooming into spring.

And his main attribute is the wood attribute.

It turns out that this wooden sign is not only a certificate that Yue Qingyu left for him, but also an opportunity for enlightenment. Whether he can seize it or not depends entirely on God's will.

Xu Ran, who clearly understood the other party's intention, laughed three times, cultivated overnight, and directly stepped into the fourth level of Qi training.

Then, he took the wooden sign and headed in the direction of Xuanqing Sect.

A hundred years later, Xu Ran was not sure whether Yue Qingyu would still acknowledge the original agreement.

After all, it is too outrageous to recommend a centenarian to join the sect and become a new disciple.

However, no matter what, he wanted to try it.

After practicing for hundreds of years, he deeply realized the importance of sect to practitioners.

The reason why it took him a hundred years to break through to the fourth level of Qi training was not only because of his understanding, but also because he lacked the guidance and resources of others and other reasons.

He believed that if he were a disciple of the sect, it would definitely not take such a long time to break through to the current level.

......

When Xu Ran's wooden sign was handed over to Yue Qingyu, the original Xiao Que'er happened to be at the scene.

At this time, Xiaoqueer has changed from the little girl to a middle-aged woman. Only Yue Qingyu still looks as innocent as when she met Xu Ran. Time has not left the slightest trace on her body.

Under Yue Qingyu's prompting, Xiao Queer recalled the origin of the wooden sign, and the scene when she called the young man Xu Gege came to mind. She suddenly felt a heat in her ears and her face became subtle.

Then she said to Yue Qingyu: "Senior sister, that Xu Ran is too shameless and has no self-awareness at all. You pity him and gave him a chance to practice. However, he turned out to be ungrateful and took his original joke seriously."

"Now that a hundred years have passed, he has only reached the fourth level of Qi training. I am afraid he has become an old man. Isn't it embarrassing for you to recommend an old man who is more than a hundred years old to get started?"

"Why don't you let me give him a few bottles of pills and send him away."

After hearing the words, Yue Qingyu looked at her and said calmly: "Junior sister, since it is an agreement, then it is natural for him to fulfill the agreement and come to the door."

"Practice people, if they have to care about gains and losses in everything, instead of How can we go further on this road if we fulfill our responsibilities?"

Xiao Queer's face froze when he heard this, and he was about to explain something, but at this time Yue Qingyu picked up the wooden sign and walked down the mountain first.

When she saw this, she could only stamp her feet and follow in a hurry.