In the blink of an eye, five days passed by. In five days, Lu Jiang almost stood still. He only climbed tenth floors in these five days.
Sitting on the 188th stairs, Lu Jiang recovered his strength and was about to continue climbing the stairs, but he saw the hunched figure who swept the leaves on the stone steps only a dozen steps away from him.
This is an elderly man.
After looking at it for a little, Lu Jiang felt suspicious. The old man was less than 1.6 meters tall, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as thin as firewood. He was wearing gray-white clothes and looked particularly loose, as if a gust of wind could blow the old man away. What made Lu Jiang puzzled and confused was that the old man moved freely, as if he had not felt the inexplicable power on the stone steps.
When the old man turned his head to clean, Lu Jiang suddenly caught the sweat dripping from the old man's face. Only then did he realize that the old man's back had been wet with sweat, which made Lu Jiang feel unbearable. He couldn't help but say, "Old man, if you are tired, you should rest for a while."
Hearing Lu Jiang's words, the old man stopped cleaning and turned around. When he saw the old man's face clearly, Lu Jiang was stunned and felt inexplicably sad. The old man's hair and beard were white, his face was full of wrinkles, and his turbid eyes were a little dull. Coupled with his simple clothes, Lu Jiang recalled his father who was far away on earth. Perhaps, in a few decades, would his father be so old?
Unfortunately... I can't accompany him in his last time.
At this time, the old man smiled and said, "When a person is old, his body is useless, but this little bit of suffering is nothing. Why are you here, brother?"
Lu Jiang woke up from his thoughts and looked at the old man and sighed: "It's hard to say anything, it's better not to mention it. Old man, everyone has that day to grow old. Since you are old, you should cherish your body more and more. Your continuous cleaning will make your body more and more unbearable." Judging from the old man's sweat, he is probably not a spiritual scholar. Even if he is a spiritual scholar, his cultivation is not high, so Lu Jiang advised him like this.
"Haha, thank you for your reminder." The old man's face was full of a simple smile. When he swept to Lu Jiang's stairs, he put the broom aside and sat down slowly. Looking at the more than a hundred steps below, the old man said, "It's rare to see that the young man is not old, so it's rare to get here."
"Oh? What do you say?" Lu Jiang asked in confusion.
"This mountain is the place where the founder of the Tianyun Sect enlightenment. Because of the ancestor, the stone steps here all have the morals left by the ancestor when he enlightened the truth. The higher the cultivation level, the greater the constraints he was. The younger brother's cultivation level should still be in the Qi training stage. Although the constraints he was under were minimal, he could see that his body was not bad at this point." The old man said with a smile.
"The place where the founder of the founder's enlightenment?" Lu Jiang was not only stunned. He did not expect that Siguo Peak would be the place where the founder's enlightenment. What Lu Jiang couldn't understand was that Siguo Peak had become a place where the disciples who violated the sect rules. He pondered for a little, and Lu Jiang smiled bitterly: "Don't be satisfied with the old man, I practiced the Body Refining Spirit Art, so my body would be a little stronger than ordinary people."
"Oh? Is it Li Ling?" The old man looked at Lu Jiang in surprise.
How could Lu Jiang not know the old man’s surprise? There are very few people who practice the power spirit now, and even the power spirit lineage of the Tianyun Sect is gone. It can be seen how much the power spirit has declined. I smiled bitterly, and Lu Jiang said: "Yes, does the old man feel that choosing the power spirit is a bit reckless now?"
"Reckless? Haha, when I was young, I read many ancient books in Tianyun Sect. I have never heard that choosing a power spirit is reckless. Although it is difficult to cultivate a power spirit, there will be people who choose a power spirit at any time. Moreover, those who have achieved extremely high achievements are not only the body, but also the state of mind. Most of the monks today choose to cultivate a tool spirit that is quick to cultivate. Although their strength has improved rapidly, they will also be criticized for future criticism. Of course, this does not rule out that some people are born suitable for a tool spirit." The old man said slowly. His words were very easy-going, which made people feel very comfortable.
The old man's words made Lu Jiang fall into deep thought. He has always been hesitating whether to stick to the path of power spirit. In the past, he had no spiritual practice techniques for the spirit of the spirit, so he had to practice Jiupan. Now, he is in Tianyun Sect and can choose the spiritual techniques for the spirit of the spirit of the spirit at will. However, when it comes to the decision, Lu Jiang hesitated. Jiupan's strength has made Lu Jiang deeply understand, especially the pleasure of physical strength enhancement, which makes Lu Jiang very addicted.
"Everyone has his own path, and the path of every strong man cannot be copied. Sometimes, choosing the right path is more important than going through thousands of hardships." He looked at Lu Jiang who was thinking and said slowly. Then, he seemed to be talking to himself: "Sometimes, the improvement of strength is too slow, which is not a bad thing. Nowadays, many spiritual scholars have delusions to step into the heights that some people can only reach when they are young. Some people want to get things that others have experienced through hardships in their lives in the shortest time. In the vast world, countless spiritual scholars are running around for their strength, but they do not know that cultivation is just a process. Only after experiencing the ups and downs of it can one pass a lifetime. There will be no regrets in this life."
"When you are young, you don't have to go too far for your strength and realm. Some things are natural and you can only gain a lot of money. You don't have to pursue anything deliberately. Otherwise, when you look back on your life, you will find that you have given up too much. Although young is good, you must know how to cherish it so that you will not leave too many regrets."
The old man's words were like a sudden enlightenment, which made Lu Jiang feel enlightened. Looking back at the scene under the gate of Tianyun, the self who looked at the starry sky and made people cry, Lu Jiangxin had an insight. Over the past few months, he had been hesitating whether to give up Jiupan. Isn't it because the cultivation of Li Ling was too slow? Perhaps, as the old man said, cultivation was just a process.
Looking back on modern times, Lu Jiang felt how profound the words of the elderly were. All modern people's lives were busy and under pressure, because too many people wanted to get the wealth and achievements that others had gained in their lives at the age of twenty or thirty. However, they did not know that youth had long gone away. Before they grow old, their hearts were old. Perhaps this was the case.
When Lu Jiang woke up, he found that the old man had already cleaned the stone steps below. At this moment, the old man's hunched body was extremely tall in Lu Jiang's heart. He didn't know what the old man had, but being able to say these words meant that he had experienced too much. Perhaps, the old man in front of him was not ordinary, but even if he was very ordinary, he was an old man worthy of Lu Jiang's respect. Then, Lu Jiang stood up and bowed silently to the old man.
Restoring his thoughts, Lu Jiang sat down again and re-planned his future path. The old man's words had already made him determined to choose the path of the Spirit. He didn't know whether this choice was correct, but even if he knew it was wrong one day, Lu Jiang would not have any regrets. This was his own choice. Even if he was wrong, he would have to walk on his knees.
What Lu Jiang didn't know was that when he just sat down, the old man raised his head slightly, and a strange color flashed through his turbid eyes.
Three days later, Lu Jiang climbed the stone steps again. This time, he gave up the hesitation and burden in his heart, and devoted himself to it. Although he is pursuing strength now, he will not deliberately improve his strength for his strength. During this year, he cannot leave and can only pass the time by climbing the stone steps to hone his body.
At this time, Lu Jiang was standing on the 189th stairs. The inexplicable force was like a towering mountain. Lu Jiang's bones were crackling, sweating all over his body was trembling, and his body was about to fall down. Lu Jiang gritted his teeth, and his forehead was surging, struggling to withstand the pressure.
"The power of this mountain is beyond your imagination. If you want to climb this mountain, why not realize the morality contained in this pressure when you resist?" At this time, the old man's words sounded again. He had swept the stone steps and walked towards the top of the mountain with a broom. When he passed by Lu Jiang, he said calmly.
"Bang!" After hearing this, Lu Jiang became a little more excited and lay directly on the stone steps. When he raised his head, he saw the old man's hunched figure, carrying a broom, walking towards the stone steps above, as if this pressure was useless to the old man.
Chapter completed!