Chapter 18 The Essence of Practice

Chapter 18 The Essence of Practice

"What do you want to say?" Qin Ran glanced at Li Shiyin, took a sip of the ice soda on the table, and asked in a calm tone.

"Tian Wenjin has established the foundation." Li Shiyin said.

"so what?"

"What am I doing?" Li Shiyin asked.

"You want to make alchemy." Qin Ran gave Li Shiyin the answer, "You worshiped at the Alchemy Peak and wanted to make alchemy, but you have no talent for alchemy. Others knew that you wanted to practice swordsmanship from the beginning."

Li Shiyin was silent for a while, then asked: "Is what I am doing now so that I can refine elixirs?"

In fact, she knew that making alchemy did not require practicing swordsmanship every day, digging lakes every day to exercise, and taking medicinal baths every day to strengthen the body.

"No." Kieran answered her truthfully.

What she was asked to do was not so that she could make elixirs, but so that she could learn to practice swordsmanship.

"I came to Danfeng to learn alchemy." Li Shiyin said, "I should go to Jianfeng to learn swordsmanship."

A stupid apprentice is a stupid apprentice after all. As soon as she said this, Qin Ran could send her to Jianfeng without having to take any responsibility, and then come back and continue to live his free and free life of cultivating immortals.

But... Kieran remained silent and didn't speak. He was struggling and examining his heart. He drank all the water in the cup and was still sucking hard through the straw.

The air froze for a while, and he suddenly realized that it was useless to dwell on it. The melon that was forced was never sweet, and the person involved had to choose how to follow other people's paths.

He took out four books from his Qiankun bag and placed them one by one on the table in front of Li Shiyin.

"These are four basic techniques. The first one is a metal alchemy technique..." He tried to keep his tone calm, without any ups and downs. "The second one is called "Dayan Sword Jue". It is a very good swordsmanship. Kung Fu, but only the first two levels; the third book, called "Geng Jin Flying Sword Technique", focuses on flying swords; the fourth book, called "Sword of Heaven".

"One book of alchemy techniques and three books of sword practice techniques. You can choose one to keep, or...

He looked at the mud pit dug by Li Shiyin in front of him and said, "I'll take you to Jianfeng."

Li Shiyin lowered her eyes and reached out to open the page. The handwriting on the page was brand new, as if it had been written just recently...

No, it's not as if, she suddenly remembered that the master would stay up late every day, maybe this was what the master had just written.

"Metallic Alchemy Technique..." The first technique had no name, so she asked aloud, "What's the name of this one?"

"I haven't had time to name it yet."

She stopped turning the pages of the book and raised her eyes to look at Kieran. But Qin Ran looked at the mud pit and just pretended not to know.

"Master created a new technique for me?" She looked at Qin Ran, her pupils trembling slightly.

After a while, she closed the page and said, "I won't go to Jianfeng."

Qin Ran turned back to look at her.

"I'm willing to follow the master's arrangements." Qin Ran didn't say anything, so she continued, "As for the skills, I still have to think about it. I don't know how to make elixirs and practice swords..."

Qin Ran put his hand on the clothes package on the table, looked at Li Shiyin, pondered for a while, and suddenly asked: "Do you still remember what I told you, what is the purpose of practice?"

"Master said that some people practice for immortality, and some people practice for strength."

"Yes." Qin Ran expressed some relief. Although the stupid disciple was stupid, he took his words to heart. He asked again, "Then do you know what the essence of cultivation is?"

"Master never said that."

Sure enough, he is still a stupid apprentice, Qin Ran thought, and answered: "The essence of cultivation is to take the spiritual energy floating between heaven and earth as your own. Spiritual energy is a kind of ephemeral energy. The monks use their skills to plunder this energy from the hands of heaven and earth. to make yourself stronger.”

Li Shiyin listened quietly.

"If I tell you that cultivation is counter-entropy, energy is forced to flow from low to high, but the greater the energy of an object, the more unstable it is. You will definitely not understand." Qin Ran said, "But, if I Let me tell you that the state of mind must be before the state of cultivation, and you can probably understand it.

"Practice will make an ordinary person infinitely powerful. In other words, an ordinary person will suddenly have extremely powerful power. What will happen?"

Li Shiyin understood a little bit, and knew that the master was explaining to her why Tian Wenjin had established the foundation, but she had not yet.

"There is a saying in my hometown that if you have a sharp weapon, you will have a murderous intention." Qin Ran continued, "So in the process of cultivating immortality, cultivating the mind is more important than practicing. If the state of mind cannot keep up with the cultivation level, it will be too powerful. Power can easily make people go crazy.”

Where is the master from? Why are there so many mysterious words in my hometown? Li Shiyin felt strange.

"From this aspect, the better the talent, the faster the cultivation progresses, and the easier it is to become obsessed." Kieran looked at Li Shiyin and said, "Similarly, using pills to increase cultivation can also easily lead to obsession. "

"Having said so much..." he concluded in the end, "I just want to tell you that you can't be in a hurry when practicing."

Li Shiyin understood.

She nodded and asked, "Then how could Tian Wenjin build the foundation so quickly? Didn't her master tell her this?"

"The cultivation philosophy is different. Sword cultivator has always believed in moving forward in an indomitable way and is confident that she can master the power." Qin Ran explained, "Moreover, she has taken pills."

Speaking of this, he sighed, "I warned her before and asked her to try not to take the pill, but she still took it.

"Once people can obtain benefits through simpler means, they are no longer willing to obtain them through more difficult means. This is another harm of elixirs, even worse than the former. It is not an exaggeration to call it poison."

Li Shiyin had already turned into a fool, and she nodded obediently.

Speaking of this, Qin Ran took out two porcelain bottles from the Qiankun bag and put them on the table. He looked at the elixirs and said: "These two bottles of elixirs, one is the foundation building elixir and the other is the spirit gathering elixir. It is of top quality. The Foundation Building Pill can greatly increase the success rate of Foundation Building, and the Spirit Gathering Pill can quickly improve your cultivation level. You can take the Foundation Building Pill now. But..."

He raised his head and looked at Li Shiyin, staring into her eyes, "If you want to take it, then take these two bottles of elixir and go down the mountain."

Li Shiyin lowered her head and thought to herself, the master seems to be very rich. He can also create his own martial arts. He is talented and rich at the same time. Such a master...

She bit her lip.

Seeing her look, Qin Ran took a deep breath, but did not take back the elixir. He left two bottles of high-grade elixirs there, and then suddenly scolded: "What are you waiting for here? If you don't continue digging the lake, you want to Are you going to dig until the Year of the Monkey?"

"Oh!" Li Shiyin nodded, turned around and jumped down into the mud pit, making a loud "bang" sound.

When Qin Ran was confronting Li Shiyin, Huang Feiyu looked at Tian Wenjin, who was frowning, and roughly guessed what she was thinking, and asked aloud: "What do you think of Li Shiyin?"

"What a pity." Tian Wenjin replied.

"What do you say?" Huang Feiyu asked even though he knew what Tian Wenjin was thinking.

"It's too stupid and a waste of talent." Tian Wenjin shook his head and said, "She insists on learning alchemy with top-notch golden spiritual roots. It not only hinders the eyes of others, but also delays herself. She would have been a good opponent, but she gave up on herself early. "

"Is that what you think?" Huang Feiyu asked.

"I thought so."

"I don't think so." Huang Feiyu said.

Tian Wenjin looked at him and wanted to know what he was thinking.

"I think she will definitely be your strongest opponent." Huang Feiyu said.

"On the road of cultivation, hundreds of teams compete to take it. One step is the first, each step is the first. I have already built the foundation first, but her foundation building is still far away." Tian Wenjin replied, "I don't believe it."

"In the journey of cultivation, the foundation is the most important." Huang Feiyu said, "Why don't we make a bet..."

"Top spiritual roots are more important than any foundation!" Tian Wenjin was quite confident, but she obviously didn't understand what Huang Feiyu was talking about. She asked, "Tell me, what are you betting on?"

"In the Dao Conference three years later, Li Shiyin will definitely be ranked higher than you." Huang Feiyu said.

"Where's the bet?"

"You win, I will give you the Qingming Sword." Huang Feiyu said. The Qingming Sword is a treasure that he spent countless efforts to obtain. All Jianfeng disciples know that it is the natal sword of the Yuan Ying stage monks. , is a top-grade magical instrument.

"What if I lose?"

"From now on, you are no longer allowed to take pills that increase your cultivation!" Huang Feiyu said.

Tian Wenjin looked at Huang Feiyu, the two looked at each other in the air, and then she nodded heavily: "Deal!!"