Dedicate One’s Mind

The next morning, Wu Yi got up early and moved the door seal. It was still dark outside, but there was a faint light. He placed the beads and the candlestick at the door. Its simple appearance made it look like an ordinary palace lantern. Who else could If you can discover the secrets, it's probably like this.

The morning stars were sparse, occasionally mixed with the sound of insects. Looking down from the top of the mountain, it was difficult to see clearly due to the darkness of night, but this hazy feeling was what Wu Yi enjoyed the most. He could put aside his fighting spirit and enjoy a moment of tranquility.

Wu Yi stood outside the cave, crossing his arms with his hands behind his back, his clothes blown up by the morning breeze, quietly waiting for the sunrise.

I don’t know how long it has been, but the sun rises, and I see the morning light driving away the darkness like a tide, and the sky and the earth are bright.

The sun is rising, the yin and yang are stirring, and it contains good fortune. If you practice at this time, you can get great benefits. Unfortunately, Wu Yi's sense of energy has not yet arisen, and he has not even sorted out the vitality in his body. How can he dare to absorb the external spiritual energy? Then the spiritual energy will be chaotic. Channeling is a serious trouble. So Wu Yi was just enjoying the scenery and relaxing his mood.

Just because Wu Yi couldn't use Chu Yang's Qi, it didn't mean that others couldn't use it either. Just for a moment, Wu Yi saw four or five senior brothers standing on big rocks or standing on the top of trees, breathing in spiritual energy, and they were condensed around them. The mist is like smoke and gauze, and you can tell at a glance that it has entered the Qi gathering stage, and can gather the Qi of heaven and earth on the body surface. One or two of them nodded to Wu Yi when they looked up at the peak, and Wu Yi nodded in return.

The energy of the early sun lasts very short and will dissipate after the sunrise. Seeing that the senior brothers at the foot of the mountain turned and left, Wu Yi also walked into the cave. The beads at the door sparkled under the sunlight. Yesterday, After Wu Yi finally understood how to sense beads, his mind sank into the beads and saw a scene that surprised him.

Different from the scene I saw last night when my mind was deep, there was a bright light in the bead, and the light became more intense towards the center, but it was not dazzling, but it made people warm and very comfortable.

With his familiarity with flames, Wu Yi easily found the flames and the black beetles jumping alive in the flames.

When he saw Wu Yi for the first time, Black Beetle jumped up in fright. After falling down, he realized that he was too embarrassed. He looked at Wu Yi warily and asked seriously: "What are you doing here? The spiritual energy accumulated in one day is not enough for me to teach you the skills."

"I just came in to take a look, I didn't do anything." Wu Yi glanced at the black beetle and said casually, and then looked at the changes in the bead.

Knowing that Wu Yi was not here to urge him to do the exercises, Black Beetle could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. He understood that he had no ability to expel Wu Yi, so he simply ignored Wu Yi's presence and continued to absorb the light around him.

As the black beetle continued to swallow, the light gradually became sparse and dim. It was obvious that the black beetle had gained a lot of benefits, but Wu Yi didn't care, because he also saw that the flames surrounding the black beetle were also much stronger, so there was no need to worry. When the black beetle becomes stronger, it will burst out of flames.

He even discovered that he could control the flame and cut off the absorption of external light. Although he was severely warned by the Black Beetle, Wu Yi was reassured after understanding that he could control the Black Beetle's training speed.

Wu Yi was planning to continue watching the changes inside the bead when a sound of footsteps suddenly came from the outside world. The restless Wu Yi quickly dissipated and his consciousness returned to the outside world.

After returning to the outside world, Wu Yi looked at the bead thoughtfully. Is it possible to enter the bead only by concentrating on it? But now there is no time for him to try, because outsiders are coming.

The visitor was Lin Tian, ​​but Wu Yi got up earlier today, and the cave door was wide open. When Lin Li, who was dusty with the weather, went up the mountain, he saw Wu Yi standing at the door at a glance.

"Master, this is today's meal." Lin Li took out the lunch box from behind and placed it on the stone table by the door.

Wu Yi nodded, picked up a pot of water and said to Lin Li: "Well, it's not easy for you to go up the mountain. There are not many treasures on the top of the mountain. This is the morning dew I collected. It's sweet and refreshing. Although it won't do much to strengthen your muscles and bones, at any rate Quench your hunger and thirst.”

Lin Li took the kettle, took a sip, took away the lunch box left yesterday, and excused himself.

Looking at Lin Li's back, Wu Yi looked at the leaves on his head that had not been cleaned up and the shoes stained with red soil. He stroked the thin down on his chin with his right hand, thoughtfully.

After pondering for a long time and seeing that Lin Li was about to disappear from sight, Wu Yi finally stood up and followed Lin Li in front of him at a leisurely pace.

The plank road passed through a small bend, which was the blind spot at the top of the mountain. Lin Li looked left and right, and after confirming that no one was there, he got into the grass on the side. Looking along the direction of Lin Li's progress, he could vaguely see the grass separating to both sides, and some grass There were tread marks on it and the broken parts were dry. It was obvious that it had not been broken in a day or two.

Wu Yi, who was following Lin Li, saw this scene and had no intention of continuing. He turned around and went back to his cave. Today was another small class and he had to tidy up his clothes. Wu Yi could also roughly guess the cause and effect.

It wasn't until today that Wu Yi understood that Lin Li's promise to him that he would never be late in the future was to walk up the back mountain. Lingxiu Peak was steep and hundreds of feet high. In addition, there were only a dozen disciples, and even if some of the disciples brought servants, they only numbered in the hundreds. , the most important thing is that the disciples live in the south of the mountain close to the sun, which means that the north of the mountain is an uninhabited land, and the north of the mountain naturally becomes the back mountain. Wild beasts are rampant, poisonous miasma is everywhere, and the surface is red soil. There were some cases where servants brought by disciples strayed into the back mountains and never returned.

Pushing this matter back, it is not difficult to wonder, why did the built plank road fail, and instead chose an extremely dangerous road? If you push further, you will get an answer that makes Wu Yi extremely angry. Someone at the foot of the mountain is preventing someone from delivering food to him, or at least delaying the time of delivering food to him.

"Are you so despicable? If it weren't for the kindness of Lin Li and his son, wouldn't I be starved to death by these people on the top of the mountain? Shuzi, damn it." Wu Yi clenched his hands into fists and muttered to himself.

"No," Wu Yi seemed to have thought of something and clenched his fist with his right hand and hit his left hand, "Since there are people blocking the mountain, how Lin Tianyi, the son of a strong man, can deliver food under their eyes must be those people who deliberately opened a loophole. No matter how courageous these people are, they will never deprive me of my food. So why do they do this?" Wu Yi fell into thought.

After a while, Wu Yi came out of the cave and went to morning class. Along the way, he was still thinking about the purpose of those people. Did it anger him? It was better for Lin Li to use this cruel trick to gain his trust. Before obtaining more evidence, Wu Yi could only choose to remain unchanged in the face of changes and wait for the situation to develop.

Because Wu Yi was walking and thinking about problems after going out today, the bell rang twice before arriving at the main hall. After sitting down, he found that the class of new disciples was packed with seats, but there was no one among the old disciples. I don't know if it was... What news did they get.

After class, Wu Yi realized why none of the old disciples were willing to come. It turned out that today's lecture was on miscellaneous subjects.

As the national religion of the Dayu Kingdom, the Xiantian Yiqi Sect not only relies on the immortal masters to teach, but also relies on a group of people who have not achieved Taoism in the Taoist temple to teach them miscellaneous knowledge, and rely on them to enter the court or serve as local gentry to help the sect control Government and opposition parties.

The content of miscellaneous studies covers everything from chess, music, calligraphy, painting, astronomy and geography. If you succeed in your studies, you can become a learned man, but for these disciples who are determined to cultivate immortality, they are naturally not interested and all of them are listless.

Taking a closer look at the professor on the stage, Wu Yi found that he was an old man with gray hair. His cloudy eyes were narrowed and his body was hunched. Facing the tired look of the disciples below, he didn't take it seriously and was minding his own business. As he talks, he seems to have entered his own world.

Since Wu Yi entered Yiqi Taoist Temple, this is the third time he has listened to a lecture. However, the last professor taught about cultivation methods. This content has been explained by other professors. I can’t guess who it is, but today I will explain miscellaneous studies. Professor Wu Yi had a guess in his mind that it should be Professor Liu Zhiyun. It is said that he was a historian before he entered Taoism and was proficient in human affairs.

Although he was a little disappointed when he knew at the beginning that he was not explaining the method of cultivation, as Liu Zhiyun's explanation on the stage deepened, Wu Yi listened attentively and with relish, nodding and smiling from time to time.

There is no other reason. Before he escaped from Dayu Kingdom, Wu Yi also studied these contents in Taixue. Compared with the real method of the Immortal Sect that he first came into contact with, he was obviously more familiar with it. Since Liu Zhiyun is explaining things in Daewoo, it can be compared with the original Daxuan Kingdom.

It has to be said that Liu Zhiyun is still extremely talented. He deserves to be a historian. In just two hours, he explained everything from the organizational structure of the Dayu Kingdom to the customs and customs of each state and county. He can be said to know astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom. Everything is included. However, the disciples below were all drowsy, and Wu Yi even heard a slight snore coming from behind. It could be said that among the dozen disciples, only Wu Yi was really serious about studying.

After saying that today's class was over, Wu Yi, who was still unfinished, realized that it was over. The disciples around him hurriedly left after cursing, which showed how impatient they were.

Just when Wu Yi was about to turn around and leave, a sentence came from the stage: "Disciple Jiayou, please wait a moment."

The positions in the main hall are arranged according to the order of the heavenly stems and earthly branches, but since there are only twenty or thirty disciples in total, the arrangement of the heavenly stems and earthly branches cannot be completed.

Silently counting the positions in the palace, Wu Yi was surprised to find that it was him whom Liu Zhiyun called on the stage. When he looked up, sure enough, Liu Zhiyun had a kind face and looked at him with a smile, stroking his beard with his right hand, showing an air of immortality. appearance.

But at this moment, Wu Yi heard a disciple behind him saying to another person: "The master is going to teach people to learn his miscellaneous knowledge again. It's just that when we enter the sect of immortals, we naturally seek immortals and visit the Tao." , where do you find the time to learn these things?”

The sound was neither loud nor quiet, but it was enough for Wu Yi to hear. Even with the sharp ears and eyes of a cultivator, Liu Zhiyun sitting on the stage might also hear it.

After hearing these discussions, Wu Yi didn't hesitate for a moment, stood up and walked to the futon at the front, performed a standard Taoist ritual, and asked respectfully: "What are the instructions from the master?"

Observing Wu Yi's behavior, Liu Zhiyun nodded and smoothed his beard and asked, "I've never seen you before, but you're here for the first time."

"Well, the disciple was introduced to the mountain gate by Master Wang not long ago, and he only listened to two lectures in total."

"Then how far have you reached in your cultivation? Have you ever realized the sense of Qi?"

Wu Yi smiled bitterly and said: "This disciple is dull and has missed many courses, so he has gained nothing so far."

Liu Zhiyun said oh, then stopped asking such questions, changed the topic, and said: "I think you seemed to have gained something in class before, but you have studied miscellaneous subjects before."

Wu Yi nodded and said: "The master's expectation is good. The disciple is also an official, so he knows a little bit about it because of his exposure to hearing and seeing when he was young."

"The most important thing in practicing cultivation is to follow nature and be relaxed. Since you have a good grasp of miscellaneous studies, I have a book explaining miscellaneous studies here. Take it and read it while you practice." Liu Zhiyun said. He pulled out a book from the sleeves of his robe. The title page was yellowed, showing that it was old, and the corners were smooth, showing that the original owner cared for it.

Wu Yi's eyes flickered, but he did not forget to take it with both hands. He held the book to his chest and thanked: "Thank you, Master, for the reward."

"Go down." Liu Zhiyun waved his fly whisk and said calmly.

Wu Yi made a bow, stood up slowly, and went out.

I saw Wu Yi being stopped by Liu Zhiyun before, and some disciples deliberately slowed down their pace. Those with sharp ears naturally heard the conversation inside. Now when they saw Wu Yi coming out with a book in his hand, they all had complicated eyes, and some even looked arrogant. The sarcasm could not be concealed.

Ignoring their gazes, Wu Yi walked out calmly, with a steady walk and an expressionless face, which disappointed some people who were interested in seeing his joke.