On the Importance of Chinese Characters

Except for Zhuang Yunzhou and Fang Qiling, there was no one in front of the entire mountain gate. The moment they climbed the stone steps, all the birds, beasts and insects in the mountains and forests disappeared. When we come down, there is only the rustling sound of the frost-white mulberry leaves on both sides of the stone steps being blown by the wind.

This wonderful feeling as if they entered a different space made the two of them look at each other and took another step.

In the main palace, several peak masters were bored just looking at it, so they simply chatted. Meng Changwei, who was the last person to sit on the peak master's position, suddenly thought of a question: "Speaking of it, I have been in the palace for many years, but I have always I don't know how many steps there are in the Zhaonian Stone Steps, can all the peak masters know?"

The older peak masters chuckled: "If you ask the Palace Master about this question, the Palace Master will not be able to answer it. According to the theory, the stone steps are divided into six stages, and each stage tests different potentials. The more potential you have The deeper you go, the more stone steps you walk. Theoretically speaking, the stone steps should be infinitely long, but human potential always has a bottom, but who knows where it is? There are geniuses who don't come out, and there are some who go for a few days and nights."

"I didn't believe it for a few days and nights. Not to mention anything else, Ming Yang is already a monster among geniuses. He only walked the stone steps for a day and a night. No matter how talented he is, he can still surpass Ming Yang's potential." How many times more can it be done?" Meng Changwei spent a total of six hours walking the memorial stele by himself, and his potential is already quite good, otherwise he would not be able to cultivate to the realm of the Great Palace Master at the age of 560, and sit on this shallow water peak The position of the peak master.

"Is there any? Now you and I can't say no. This question needs to be answered by future generations." Although Yin Xunting who answered his question also agreed with his words, he also knew that there are no absolutes in the world.

The old palace lord listened to their argument with a smile, and spoke slowly after their conversation came to an end: "Looking at the stone steps, you can only see a person's potential and aptitude. Of course, there are potential and aptitude factors that determine the success or failure of a cultivation base. , but opportunities, beliefs, and hard work are all indispensable. Take Chang Wei as an example, it took a dozen people longer than him to walk the Zhaonian stone steps back then, but now the same group of people who have stepped into the master's realm of the palace, how many What? The stone steps are only for reference, so that you can have an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the apprentices. Our Baopu Palace has always looked beyond talent and potential."

Everyone should be.

Dai Zhongqin thought of Jing Bo, but felt that she could no longer agree: "If everything really depends on talent, then Junior Brother Jing Bo will not be able to reach his current position." You know, Junior Brother Jing Bo is born with a narrow sea of ​​knowledge. Generally speaking, It is impossible for such a person to become an origin master, but Junior Brother Jingbo did it abruptly. In order to successfully initiate the origin, he forced himself to walk for 60 years. He has never married a wife for 60 years, and he endured a lot of hardships until he succeeded in Qiyuan at the age of 61. After that, every step he took was difficult. Everyone who knew him thought that he would stop now, but he was always caught by him. Break, jaw-dropping.It wasn't until 220 was one year old that Uncle Hengyi went down the mountain and brought him back to Baopu Palace to take him as a disciple, and Jingbo lived some stable days.

Thinking of this, Dai Zhongqin really didn't know what kind of qualification Ming Yang had found, so he said that it was for Junior Brother Jingbo. The way Junior Brother Jingbo cultivated was too crazy and self-abuse, and it was not something ordinary people could bear.

Just as they were talking, Zhuang Yunzhou and Fang Qiling had already walked on the first step of diving into the sea for a long time. This stone step was not difficult to walk at all, but when they looked down, they felt that the first step of the stone step was not difficult at all. The platform does not seem to be far away, so it is not possible to go for so long.Zhuang Yunzhou couldn't help but looked up again, some doubts appeared in his eyes, after counting, they seemed to have been walking for almost half an hour, why did he feel that the distance from the platform hadn't been shortened at all?

"Brother Qiling?" Zhuang Yunzhou asked with his eyes.

Fang Qiling also discovered this problem, he pondered for a moment, and wanted to mobilize the source power to try running, but when he mobilized the source power in the sea of ​​qi, he was shocked to find that his connection with the sea of ​​qi had been cut off unconsciously.

"My source power can't be used anymore."

Zhuang Yunzhou shook his head after hearing what he said.

"Interesting." Fang Qiling evoked a smile, without any sense of panic or fear, his eyes showed some eagerness, "Come on, let me see how tall you are."

Seeing this, Zhuang Yunzhou couldn't help laughing, with some emotion: "You really look the same."

"The same way? What is it like?" Fang Qiling showed a curious expression.

"The way a child sees a toy." Zhuang Yunzhou still remembers seeing his eyes when he couldn't understand, always worried that he would become a test guinea pig, and he was very guarded for a while because of this, but he didn't want to. a big kid.

Fang Qiling shrugged his shoulders: "Life is full of sorrows, if I don't find some fun for myself, life will be so boring."

"It's true." Zhuang Yunzhou's tone was also lighter, watching Fang Qiling take two steps and one step to go up two steps in succession, without any haze at all, he was thankful and admired that brother Qiling didn't die because of the broken sea of ​​consciousness Temperament changed.

Following behind him unhurriedly, Zhuang Yunzhou walked very steadily, which was in stark contrast to the lively person in front.

An hour, two hours, two and a half hours...Fang Qiling has been exhausted from the relish at the beginning. It's not that he's tired, but just bored. He put his chin on Zhuang Yunzhou's shoulder, and he schemingly hooked the other's shoulder and complained. : "Just walking? It's so boring."

Zhuang Yunzhou looked at him sideways, helplessly: "The first platform is very close, shall we walk faster?"

"Oh~~Okay." Fang Qiling sighed, let go of the opponent's shoulder, took two steps, and said casually, "Yunzhou, why don't you sing me a song so that I can walk more motivated .”

I didn't expect much at first, but I didn't think that although Zhuang Yunzhou was a little embarrassed, he still sang seriously: "Two tigers, two tigers, run fast, run fast..."

"Hahahaha," Meng Changwei watched in the main palace, and couldn't help laughing, "Yangming, these two children are quite interesting. Which one do you like?"

"Anyway, it's not that monkey." Yang Ming saw his apprentice being eaten to death, but he didn't find it amusing at all.

"Listen, listen, Yangming will call someone a monkey one day." Dai Zhongqin, as a senior sister of this generation, brought Master Yangming with her since she was a child, and watched him grow up fighting chickens and dogs. , Cultivate a willful dog temper, it can be said that the elder sister is like a mother.Now that he actually said that other people are monkeys, I feel amused, "Do you think it's appropriate for you to bring a monkey back to be Junior Brother Jingbo's apprentice?"

"It's suitable. Jing Bo always has a cold face, looking like a coffin board. I will give him a monkey to play with, and let him follow Lele." Yang Ming leaned on the chair and started eating. The second wave took the sweet potatoes that Zhuang Yunzhou gave at the beginning, and he didn’t count eating them himself, so he distributed a lot of them, “Try them all, my disciples are filial, have you never seen them?”

Coffin Baner Jingbo received the sweet potato thrown by Yangming Lingkong with a cold face: "It's hard to say whether that monkey can be my apprentice, but that young man is suitable to be the apprentice of the senior brother - he can lead the senior brother to be more or less stable. "

Yangming choked at what he said, and Dai Zhongqin let out a 'puchi' laugh: "It's true, every time you meet, it's like a Tmall meeting a Tengu. But, to be honest, Yangming, these two The child has been on the submerged steps for three hours and has not yet reached the shore, which fully proves that the two of them are born with great knowledge and unlimited potential. But this alone is not enough to move Jingbo. Why do you say that young man is suitable for giving Jing Bo as an apprentice?"

"Because his sea of ​​consciousness has been broken." Yangming threw out a big news, several peak masters were surprised, and some showed regretful expressions: "With such potential, the sea of ​​consciousness has been broken?"

Yangming nodded: "Not only that, I've checked and found that this monkey's meridians are naturally broad and tough. What's more difficult is that he has never practiced Yuanli Kungfu, and I don't know why he seems to deliberately suppress his own cultivation when he practiced. The source power of each layer has been tempered repeatedly, and it is extremely thick."

Jing Bo's face finally showed some fluctuations. If what Yang Ming said was true, then this child really seemed to be a tailor-made apprentice for him.Until now, he really had some expectations.

Four hours, five hours... Zhuang Yunzhou and Fang Qiling finally stepped onto the first platform of the stone steps. Fang Qiling unceremoniously landed on the stone platform, completely unaware of the attitude of the peak masters in the main palace. How surprised this is.

"Qianhai steps, actually walked for five hours?!" When they walked for three hours, everyone in the main palace could still treat them indifferently. For a hundred years, Baopu Palace can always find a few people who are born with sea knowledge. Guangbao's disciples came, but when it was four o'clock, the peak masters couldn't sit still. This kind of potential was rarely seen in the history of Baopu Palace. After staying for four and a half hours, it was like playing to break through the sea wall. The power of spiritual consciousness is so powerful, not to mention, these two people walked for a full five hours!

Master Yan Yushu of Xianyuan Peak cleared his throat, and was the first to speak to Yangming: "Brother, brother, can I discuss something with you, okay?"

Yangming saw his senior brother like this and knew what he wanted to say, so he opened his mouth and stopped back: "Don't listen!"

Yan Yushu ignored him, and finished speaking on her own: "In three months' time, there will be 1 young talents waiting for you to pick and choose. As for me, senior brother, I still need a closed apprentice. Qi, you have a moderate temperament, and I am very destined, anyway, you didn't want to accept apprentices before, so can you give it to the senior brother?"

"Senior brother, you are dreaming." Yangming replied with five words, plus a cold squint.

Dai Zhongqin cast a reproachful glance at Yan Yushu: "Yangming doesn't have any apprentices, so he finally fell in love with one, and you want to rob him as a senior?"

Yan Yushu glanced painfully at Zhuang Yunzhou, who was sitting on the stone steps resting, and said to himself, it's a pity, this child is gentle and elegant, with a graceful demeanor, which is really likable, but Yang Ming doesn't let go, he can only comfort himself, maybe only the knowledgeable child Is the sea potential enough?

Zhuang Yunzhou felt that he had enough rest, and stood up: "Brother Qiling, it's getting late, it's better to go up soon."

Fang Qiling thought about it too, sat on the ground with his head up, stretched out his hand, and instructed others with a smile: "Yunzhou give me a hand."

Gaining a helpless and indulgent look and the touch of the skin of the sweetheart, Fang Qiling, who was almost revived with blood, stepped on the second stage——

Then it disappeared in front of Zhuang Yunzhou's eyes in an instant.

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