"If I can defeat Zhao Jiachu through the window like the Minister of Dali Temple, Xie Captou will not die."

"If I were like the Minister of Dali Temple and knew the immortal method, my aunt and the others would not die."

"If I...I want to be a practitioner, I want to become powerful!"

Chen Ke followed Old Man Li and walked out of the city.

"Is this why you want to practice?" Old Man Li laughed and shook his head after hearing this.

Chen Ke said: "Isn't this enough?"

Old Man Li said: "Enough, but not enough."

"What do you mean?" Chen Ke asked.

Old Man Li pointed to the crescent moon in the sky with a smile and said, "Look at the moon, is it bright?"

"Bright." Chen Ke said. The shadows could be seen under his feet, so of course it was very bright.

Old Man Li said: "When one day you can hold the sun and the moon in your hands, step on the stars with your feet, and the light of the sun and the moon stay in your palms, what do you think cultivation is?"

"ah!"

Chen Ke was stunned. What Old Man Li said was a bit too exaggerated. He held the sun and moon in his hands and stepped on the stars. The stars were so small, could he step on them?

"I don't know." Chen Ke shook his head.

Old Man Li said: "Practice is to let you know. Even if you wait until you know, you will understand."

They walked not slowly, but it took them an hour to walk more than 20 miles. They passed through ancient forests and there was a ruined temple in front of them.

The plaque was broken and only two words remained: Daomen.

Old Man Li took the book held in Chen Ke's arms and said with a smile: "Let's go, come to my house and seek the Tao wholeheartedly."

"Oh." Chen Ke seemed to understand and followed Old Man Li in.

The moonlight in the sky is brighter.

The dilapidated temple is really dilapidated. There are four rooms in the temple in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Only the main hall can still be inhabited. The other three rooms are all in dilapidated condition.

"Ah, there is no bed." Chen Ke looked at the main hall, which only had a cushion made of straw balls. The surroundings were empty and there was nothing. It was really a house with only four walls and it was as clean as ever.

Old Man Li shook his head and said: "What do cultivators do with so many external things? You are familiar with a familiar place. Kowtow nine times to me. Kneel down three times and bow nine times. Don't miss anything."

"oh."

When Chen Ke heard this, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Old Man Li.

Bang bang bang, he knocked his head on the ground. The floor of the main hall was covered with thin floor tiles. After Chen Ke knocked his head for the last time, the thin floor tiles also broke.

"Teacher!" Chen Ke shouted.

Old Man Li nodded with satisfaction, took a piece of broken wood from the side of the straw ball, and said, "This is a meeting gift for you. Don't be afraid to accept it because it is too valuable. Take it well."

"Um... not even this piece of wood..." Chen Ke's voice became smaller.

Broken wood can be easily touched, nothing valuable about it.

Chen Ke is not greedy for Old Man Li's money, otherwise he would really turn around and leave. Old Man Li is really poor.

"Good disciple, do you have money?" Old Man Li smiled and leaned over, "I just gave you the apprenticeship ceremony, do you also want to give me some gifts?"

"I'm not prepared." Chen Ke took out a dozen coins.

Old Man Li smiled and said: "That's enough, that's enough."

Old Man Li took away twelve pennies from Chen Ke and left Chen Ke one penny. After putting it in his arms, Old Man Li said: "From today on, you will read the book I gave you every day and study it carefully."

Enlightenment.”

"Yes." Chen Ke nodded and said, are you finally going to start cultivating immortality?

Chen Ke felt a little excited.

"Go back." Old Man Li said.

Chen Ke was startled and asked: "When we go back, shouldn't you be the one who taught me the magic of flying to the sky and escaping from the earth?"

"Don't be anxious, you can't practice quickly, just do it little by little. How can you fly into the sky and escape from the earth if you haven't even opened your Dantian Qi sea." Old man Li said.

Chen Ke said: "But what should I learn from you?"

"Learn the Tao." Old Man Li said, and then sat on the grass ball.

"What about the immortal magic?" Chen Ke asked.

Old Man Li said: "The immortal magic is in the Tao. Once you learn the Tao, you will have the immortal magic. Don't worry. Go back and come back tomorrow."

"Oh, okay." Chen Ke could only leave.

When he reached the gate of the capital, he found that the gate was closed and would not be opened until dawn. Chen Ke leaned in a hole in the city wall and slept with a few beggars.

In the morning, the city gate opened and Chen Ke returned to the inn early. Sister Qin had already prepared a meal and was waiting for Chen Ke.

"Were you not cheated?" Sister-in-law Qin asked.

Chen Ke shook his head and said: "No, the teacher asked me to go again tonight."

Chen Ke made up his mind that if he didn't come back tonight, he would sleep in Old Man Li's ruined temple.

After eating, and teasing Xiaobao for a while, Chen Ke went to Jingzhao Mansion on an errand.

However, Long Tu seemed to be still dealing with matters related to Zhao Jia's departure and had been busy. Chen Ke did not see Long Tu, so he changed into official uniform and went to stand guard.

After having a free meal at noon, he waited until the afternoon and left the hall early. When he returned to the inn and had dinner with Sister Qin, Chen Ke bought two packs of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for a total of three cents. He gave one pack to Sister Qin and carried the other.

Go see Old Man Li in one package.

The twenty-mile journey looked very far, but he ran very quickly. In less than half an hour, Chen Ke had already reached Old Man Li's ruined temple.

Old Man Li was still sleeping soundly and the door was not closed. Chen Ke knocked on the door. Old Man Li wiped his face and saw that it was Chen Ke and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake he was holding in his hand.

He smiled and asked Chen Ke to come in.

Old Li sat cross-legged, pointed to the open space beside him, looked at Chen Ke and said, "Put your things here."

Chen Ke placed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake next to Old Man Li. Old Man Li nodded with satisfaction and said, "You sit down too."

Chen Ke was dumbfounded. There was not even a second cushion on the ground, so there was nowhere to sit.

"Don't worry about external things, you will naturally have a seat when you sit down."

Old Man Li smiled lightly.

When Chen Ke heard this, he didn't care if there was any dirt on the ground and sat directly on the ground.

Old Man Li asked: "Have you ever put away the gift my master gave you?"

Chen Ke said: "It has been put away, right next to my bed."

Old Man Li nodded and said: "That is a treasure. You still don't understand it or can't see it through. Don't throw it away. Don't say I didn't remind you in the future."

Broken wood or treasure?

Chen Ke planned to go back to study, and he said: "Teacher, don't worry, I will store it well and won't lose it."

Old Man Li said: "I will teach you the Tao today. What Tao do you want to learn?"

"The way of invincibility!" Chen Ke said seriously: "As long as I am invincible, no one can hurt my family and friends around me!"

Old Man Li smiled and said: "Invincible. Yes, but this road is difficult to walk."

"I'm not afraid of hardship." Chen Ke said.

"Okay." Old Man Li nodded and said: "The first step in cultivating the Tao is to refine your Qi. Breathe in the essence of the sun and the moon, absorb the spirits of all things in the sky, and refine your body, so that you can embark on the invincible path. Therefore, the first

Refining Qi in one step. You first practice with me to sense the Qi of all things in the world and find your own spiritual Qi."

Chen Ke followed Old Man Li's example of doing it cross-legged, with his hands on his knees, palms facing up, and his fingers clasped.

Old Man Li breathed out once, and Chen Ke breathed out once.

After repeating this cycle for an hour, Old Man Li asked: "What's the gain?"

"No." Chen Ke said. He felt that the breathing method taught by Old Man Li was not as powerful as that taught by Uncle Wang, but in order to maintain Old Man Li's dignity as a teacher, Chen Ke did not speak out.

Old Man Li looked at Chen Ke's tangled look and said with a smile: "Of course you can't sense it anymore. Your spiritual veins are blocked and you can't absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It's strange that you can gain anything."

Chen Ke heard that his spiritual veins were blocked again, and he asked: "Teacher, my uncle gave me the magic method. I can feel refreshed after practicing it. I originally had chest pain, but after practicing his magic method, my chest no longer hurts."

Yes. Does this have anything to do with blocked spiritual veins?"

Old Man Li said: "The method your uncle taught is just a method of state. The method I taught is the supreme method. How can it be the same? Besides, the spiritual veins are blocked. If you practice his method, you will not be able to open it in your lifetime.

Qi Hai. If you practice my Taoism, you can enter the Tao!"

"Then when can I open the sea of ​​​​qi?" Chen Ke didn't understand what the sea of ​​​​qi was, but the teacher must be talking about the magical method.

Old Man Li said: "If you cultivate the Tao of Immortality, you can open it in seven to forty-nine days, but if you cultivate the Way of Invincibility, it can only open in ninety-nine or eighty-one days! What do you think, should you cultivate the Tao of Immortality now, or should you cultivate the Invincible Tao?"

Chen Ke asked: "Is there a difference between immortality and invincibility? Which one is more powerful?"

Old Man Li said: "There is no difference. The difference is never the Tao, but the people who follow the Tao."
To be continued...