Cultivate with an African God

Mu Xinghe got his wish, so he stopped getting involved in worldly affairs. He finally stopped, and naturally he couldn't wait to immerse himself in his own world.

But his limelight has not passed.From time to time someone came to visit, asked his opinion, asked for his ideas.Most of the time, Mu Xinghe just watched the dishes, and said a few more words when he was happy, and suggested ideas when he was lazy, and they figured out how to implement them themselves.

Even though Mu Xinghe's attitude was so casual, the number of visitors to the small courtyard increased over time, and some even came from afar to ask Mu Xinghe to evaluate what went wrong with their invention.Mu Xinghe asked for money at the beginning, but when he asked for money, he found that these people still couldn't handle it, so he claimed that he would study Taoism behind closed doors, and only opened the door once a month.

Later, the number of people in front of Mu Xinghe's gate gradually decreased, because when those people gathered together to communicate, they would find that they could rely on each other's wisdom to solve problems. In this case, the goal was achieved, and it was okay without meeting the master.Even they rented a yard not far away, and the lights were still burning in the middle of the night, sometimes it was the sound of knocking, and sometimes it was the sound of loud quarrels.

Everything is getting better.This was originally just a small border town, but now it is becoming more and more prosperous. There are always many novelty things born from here, and there are always many people who come here admiringly.

Compared to those bustling crowds, Mu Xinghe's opponent was even more desolate.

The students of Xuanfa Academy ranged from a dozen children to eight, four, two, and one.

Because there are many jobs to do in the world, and many things that can lead to a road full of gold, no one wants to waste time, let alone spend a lifetime on absurd and borderless spells.

That day Mu Xinghe pretended to go out to buy groceries. He liked the feeling of fireworks in the world very much. Walking in the afternoon, he could hear the sound settling in the cool air like sunlight. How the dust in the sun dances and falls.

He returned home with a handful of things, but saw a thick-armed woman pulling a child from the opposite school. The child was howling loudly, and the woman also cursed angrily: "What's the use of sneaking here all day? Can you earn money? Oh!" , academic method, learn as well as your master? You have learned those techniques, but it is just a trick for people to set off fireworks, it is useless!"

Mu Xinghe stood still, suddenly smiled, and said softly, "Don't underestimate setting off fireworks. Once upon a time, a great wizard who could single-handedly fight the Balrog also used magic to set off fireworks for people."

The woman obviously recognized him, she hesitated to speak, shut her mouth, and dragged her child back. The child snotted and burst into tears, crying distortedly, and shouted for help all the way.Mu Xinghe looked at it for a long time, but in the end he didn't reach out.

The closed door opposite him suddenly opened slowly, and the female teacher from the Xuanfa Academy was still wearing a shabby robe, paler after washing, and a little thinner, like a bamboo pole wrapped in a rag, The eye sockets are sunken, and the wrinkles are lying on the skin, which is an unconcealable exhaustion.She didn't look at Mu Xinghe, but looked at the back of the faraway child, as if watching the setting sun set on the horizon.

Mu Xinghe leaned against the door, hugged his chest, and said casually: "They don't believe it, you just bombard them with spells, anyway, you are better than them, and you should be the one who has the right to speak."

The woman was silent for a long time, then said coldly: "I tried it, that's why I'm here today."

Fall to today?

Is it today that there is no one to teach, or is it alone earlier?

Either way is weird, and everything is possible.

"Actually, if you want to promote the learning of magic, you might as well go to the homes of rich and noble people. They don't have the pressure to survive, and there are always a few who want to learn some miscellaneous knowledge."

Mu Xinghe thought for a while and then opened his mouth, but the woman didn't respond.Mu Xinghe originally thought that she still disdained to communicate with such a wicked person like him, so he turned around and planned to go home to meet his boss, but the moment he turned his back, he heard the woman's whisper thank.The voice was a bit hoarse, with endless turbulent undercurrents.

Mu Xinghe quickly put this little episode in the corner of his heart, and it wasn't until one day when he went out again that this almost dusty memory reappeared in his mind.

The opposite door was tightly closed, and no one swept the fallen leaves at the door. Mu Xinghe only found out after inquiring that the female gentleman really went to the high door to seek her own way out as he suggested, but the result was that most of the time she was caught People drive her away, sometimes she can stay, but she is rejected by others because of her too lonely temper. After all, there is no place for her in the whole Ruan City.

But Mu Xinghe felt that there was nothing he could do. Just as he watched the child being taken away without dissuading him, he understood better than anyone else that the soil of magic arts would eventually be completely exhausted here. The ability to influence is the last flower that blooms in this land, and it will be crushed into dust and mud by the rolling wheels of history.

Mu Xinghe came back and told Shen Xiu about this matter—after all, Shen Xiu's power was on her, he asked Shen Xiu if he wanted to track her down, Shen Xiu only said that it doesn't matter.Shen Xiu said that there was a breath of divine beasts in the northwest, which made him feel at ease and stabilize his realm. If the true energy is limited, there will be fierce battles.

It is not an easy thing to cultivate in this world where spiritual energy is depleted.

Ordinary practice is to penetrate the true energy in the body, connect the spiritual energy of the heaven and the earth, and build a mental world where one's own spells, exercises, and natal magic weapons co-exist.Mu Xinghe was already very good at meditation practice, he could close his eyes anytime and anywhere to sink into the world of true qi, but now he began to realize that everything was no longer logical, the true qi left him, and now the spiritual qi also abandoned him, He can't move forward as in the past, but has to spend a lot of thought to recall his connection with the world and reconstruct the world with the principles in his heart.

It took Mu Xinghe a lot of time to grope for the doorway, and later he couldn't help but become addicted to it.He can see that the land is barren and barren, but he is re-introducing water to the land bit by bit, making grass buds sprout from the land, flowers blooming, trees sprouting branches and leaves, and hills springing up. rise.

The rain and the river returned to his world, his true energy flowed freely in the river, his breath turned into the breeze, his thoughts formed the stars, all the feelings came back, but those feelings seemed to be better than before, he became The Creator here, everything moves with him.

In the dry gully, the heart is open to the sounds of nature.

If it were in an ordinary world, it might be difficult for Mu Xinghe to have such an understanding, but now it is precisely because he has lost it that he can read the principles of the operation of all things and start trying to dig the world by himself.

Losing control of power was originally a disaster, but now it has become his opportunity.

Now every step has become slow and difficult for him, but he enjoys it so much that he even forgets to put on a show when he goes out.

"Is this where Master Mu is?" Shi Chen looked up at the courtyard wall covered with vines, with a bag on his back and a dusty body.

"Yes, yes, he lives here and closes the door every day." His companion was obviously familiar with this place, and soon the companion's attention was turned elsewhere, pulling him, "Let's go, it's nothing Looks good, go to Tiangongyuan! That's where we develop new things. Let me tell you, Li Qiu from Tiangongyuan is no less accomplished in arithmetic than you, and..."

Shi Chen listened to his companion's words, but couldn't help looking back at the small courtyard.

The person living there is a world-renowned person, perhaps not because of him, this small Ruan City will not become a place where all kinds of craftsmen gather, and countless novelty things will not flow from Ruan City to the world like today.But he chose to convert to Taoism after a short period of shining, and he has been silent ever since.Some people say that he is at the end of his talents, but in fact, Shen found that his thinking is clear and insightful, and he is not as good as before.

He didn't want to believe that the mysterious and mysterious past would drag this supposedly shining figure into the mud.

He wanted to...convince him—look at how big the world is, how everything in the world is changing with each passing day, and how the strong ships and guns of the empire are omnipotent. Why would this person abandon such a brilliant future and bury his head in the pile of old papers?

——Yes, he wanted to pull him back!

It was a night of Youdai Qiuse, when he really climbed up the courtyard wall of Mu Xinghe's house, the dead vines covered by his body made a slight cracking sound, but he felt that the beating of his own heart had drowned out all other sounds.The courtyard is quiet, all the furnishings are very old, even the lighting is not a lighting device invented by the other party, but a stone lantern that is used by fewer and fewer people.There was also a lamp burning in the house, indicating that the other party was not asleep.

Shi Shen took a deep breath, intending to jump off the courtyard wall, but here he heard the sound of the door being pushed open.

The man came out with a lantern in his hand, his white clothes were better than the snow, and his moon-white robe looked like the blue sky covered with snow.His hair is like a crow's feathers, his eyebrows are like black ink, and he looks up tiredly, his eyes are like water under ice, only a tear mole at the corner of his eye adds to his beauty.Standing in the lonely autumn garden, he is unparalleled in the world.

At this moment, Shi Shen seemed unable to hear his own breathing, nor could he feel his own heartbeat, so he shrunk subconsciously. After a long time, he took a look, only to see the dead leaves of the trees shaking off in the courtyard.

He left in a daze, and for a moment he couldn't figure out whether he was in a dream.That should not be Mu Xinghe, because that master has a handsome and dazzling appearance like a jewel in the sun, but the people he sees are like snow covered spring fields and moonlight shining on thousands of mountains.

After about a few sleepless nights, he climbed up the courtyard wall again, but even the flame of the stone lantern was extinguished, and the door of the house was opened, and some empty rooms could be vaguely seen.

He didn't know until the next day that the people in the courtyard had left Ruancheng.

The courtyard has been vacant for a long time, and future generations may know that there once lived a person who was astonishingly talented and brilliant in the hearts of new craftsmen like a morning star, but in the end he just buried his head in Taoism and fell silent.Or maybe in a certain diary, I can see a charming and taboo conjecture about this person and this small courtyard.

Mu Xinghe and Shen Xiu had indeed left Ruan City, not for any reason, but because Shen Xiu felt that there was a change outside the pass, and Mu Xinghe's realm was able to stabilize a little, so he could do something.

The empire is bounded by high mountains, and when you climb over the mountains, you will find a vast plateau.When Mu Xinghe set foot on this land, the night had already fallen deeply, and the dark cloud-covered night was not suitable for traveling, so he stopped in his tracks.After a period of rest, Shen Xiu's complexion is better than before, and she doesn't have the shocking feeling of weakness as before.The environment doesn't seem to have much influence on him. He can sink into his own realm anytime and anywhere. Seeing Mu Xinghe stop, he stops to meditate. Mu Xinghe also found a huge rock, and after that he began to practice cross-legged.

When he felt the abnormal movement and opened his eyes, what came into his sight were a few pairs of dark green pupils, breathing deliberately lightly and killing intent on the verge of firing.

be the beast!

No... the spiritual energy is inside, this is a monster!

Mu Xinghe has been walking in the wild all year round, so he naturally knew what would happen to him during his night stay, so he never panicked at all. His true energy gathered in his hands like a storm, and his spells were about to strike!

It was too late to say it, but at the moment when he made a move, blood spattered from the heads of those monsters, and the blood sprayed onto his face, but it was very cold.Mu Xinghe looked intently, and saw that the monster had already roared and fell down. Several icy thorns pierced the head of the monster, and even the blood was instantly frozen under the influence of the cold air.

Mu Xinghe didn't have time to look at who made the move, and another low-pitched beast roar came from behind him——some monsters slipped through the net!

His technique has already been used in an instant, a whirlwind is set off on the ground, and it goes straight to the place where the sound came from. The monster beast was blown up by the wind, and the wind brought thin blades, dyeing the air bloody, but he could see the monster beast coming. Opening his mouth, a bone spur struck him with a metallic coldness and lightning speed!

Although it was unexpected, Mu Xinghe reacted quickly, and a fan covered with green frost suddenly appeared in his hand, and when the fan spread out, the bones of the fan blocked all the bone spurs——

The wind stopped, and the corpses of monsters lay on the ground.

Only now did Mu Xinghe have time to observe the surrounding situation. Shen Xiu had already woken up with a calm expression. Standing aside, there was no trace of true energy fluctuations on his body, which showed that he was not the one who made the move just now.In the distance, a thin figure stood on the stone, with disheveled hair on the sideburns, and it was vaguely a woman. Mu Xinghe had good eyesight, and recognized that the other person was the female gentleman who he thought had gone to the capital or other places to teach.

The female gentleman also recognized him, her voice was low and hoarse, almost tearing apart because of restraint: "Why?"

She walked towards him quickly, her eyes sunk in the shadow of the night, unable to see clearly the emotion in it.

Mu Xinghe didn't answer, so she asked again: "Why didn't you do anything?!"

Mu Xinghe's attack just now clearly exposed the fact that he himself knows how to use spells.But Mu Xinghe did not do anything, and even took a step towards another world.

He knelt down to pick up the bone spur shot by the monster earlier, and the aura contained inside was stronger than he imagined.He had heard from the rumors that these monsters had some evil powers, but now he saw that they were more powerful than the rumors.

He looked at the corner of the woman's clothes, which were stained with mottled dark bloodstains, which were the traces of many battles.Mu Xinghe raised his eyebrows, and said, "I thought you went to the capital and passed on the technique."

But she was not distracted by Mu Xinghe's words, she still asked, "Why?"

Mu Xinghe sighed, and replied: "Because I have no other way, the laws of the world are like this, and the spells will perish here one day."

The female gentleman's voice became lower and hoarse, with a strange stubbornness: "Those who cultivate the Dao break the shackles in order to live forever, and have never believed in fate."

"I don't lack the courage to fight against fate," Mu Xinghe shook his head with a calm voice, "but I can't guarantee that I can be responsible for other people's lives."

Just like the child he saw that day, he can be sure that the child is really attracted by magic and has talent, he can quietly teach him magic, let him explore with his own insights That world is useless, Mu Xinghe's fate is uncertain now, and there is no guarantee that he can be taken away from this world, so he can only watch him spend his life in silence with the ability that will be eliminated by the times.

The luck of this world does not depend on them.

The female gentleman who had been stubbornly upturned slowly lowered her head, nodded, then turned and left without looking at them.

"Hey!" Mu Xinghe was persistent and stopped her, "These beasts are quite powerful, did you keep them under the Guanshan Mountain?"

The female gentleman's footsteps stopped suddenly, and her voice lost its usual coldness for some reason, and became like a sigh in the wind: "...this body of magic should seek some value that has come to this world."

When she was a young girl, she was proud and rebellious, conceited of her abilities, and when she was a little older, she wanted to get the affirmation of herself from the outside world, but she got nothing.In the end, her edges and corners were worn away, and she lowered her head to seek a glimmer of hope, but she still hit a wall everywhere.

With all his abilities, he had nowhere to live in the end.

Now that she is walking among beasts and stepping in blood, maybe no one will know what she has done, nor when she will die, but for her, maybe it should be like this.

She was surprisingly calm.

Mu Xinghe looked at the figure of the female gentleman who was slowly going away, and turned his head to Shen Xiu, his eyes fluctuated in the night wind: "Boss, do you think I did something wrong?"

"Moxiu never feels that he has done wrong things." Shen Xiu's long hair was blown in the night wind. He looked into the distance, as if looking at the future that could not be predicted, "They killed, set fire, betrayed, used, But they feel that everything has never violated the rules in their hearts, and there is no pain or regret, so they can live forever if they walk on a path that is contrary to the morality of the world. This is always the case in worldly cultivation, whether it is magic cultivation or Taoism cultivation, but they must find their own way ', you can understand it yourself. Others can't talk about it."

Mu Xinghe was silent for a moment, then suddenly he clapped his hands and smiled, his brows regained their original clarity: "Yes, boss, you have already made your choice, and I should make mine too."

He pointed to the snow-capped mountains at the end of the plateau from a distance: "Let's go, let's go and fulfill the commission from Grandma Gu."

The author has something to say:

Thank you for calling me the first emperor of the mine, thank you Shen Nianjiu for the mine~