Fate is immortal

Time flies, and it is midsummer in a blink of an eye.After A Yuan played all kinds of tricks, he gradually became a little bored.

In the past, he was obsessed with cultivating immortals and controlling swords, but it was just a fantasy.Now that he really entered the door, that yearning became even stronger.In just a few months, Ah Yuan seemed to have grown up a lot. He was no longer the carefree boy he used to be. He also lost the joy and leisure of playing in the mountains and rivers. He just thought about how to improve his skills every day.

After the Qi is collected and stabilized, it is the turn to dredge the collaterals.Originally, according to the exercises, Ah Yuan was still far from this step. After all, his small ball of true energy was far from the so-called "dantian full of energy", like a big lake full of water.But with Ah Yuan's unwillingness to be lonely, how could he not even try?

With the basis of moving the true qi, Ah Yuan was able to slowly infiltrate the dantian true qi to the governor channel under the abdomen, but before it reached the perineum and went upwards, it scattered everywhere and could not continue.It doesn't look like diverting water to open a canal, but rather like a naughty boy scratching in the mud with a branch, a shallow stroke, and it will soon return to its original shape.I don't know if it's because of the lack of skill, or because I can't get the method of dredging the collaterals.In this way, A Yuan had to give up this useless attempt, and practiced his true energy honestly, laying a good foundation before seeking a breakthrough.

But true energy cultivation is not a one-day achievement. Although there is a wonderful help from the dream world, the progress reflected in reality is always unsatisfactory.As the growth of zhenqi became slower and slower, Ah Yuan's mood became more and more restless, and the unchanging scenery in the dream became boring.A Yuan began to hate the invisible barrier, and even the green hills around his hometown, as if they were also barriers that bound him one after another.

Qing'er's farewell words kept beating his heart: "I think brother A Yuan has a big heart and aspirations in all directions. Although the green water and green mountains are beautiful, they can't keep you forever. It's better to get out of the house as soon as possible and see it with your own eyes. Go and see what the world is like."

These words really touched A Yuan's heart. Now that he has a whole body of magic skills, but he doesn't venture into the rivers and lakes, the feeling is really like the ancients said, "traveling at night in brocade".It's just that he has never left Xiyuan Village since he was a child, and he has never left the care of the villagers. Now that he has to face the vast and unknown world of flowers and flowers alone, he still has a little hesitation in his heart.What's more, he is also the elder brother after all, so it's really unreasonable to just leave the two younger sisters and walk away.

However, this idea is so tempting that once I think about it, I can't let it go.A Yuan's mind is full of the novel world outside, the joy of reuniting with Qing'er Ning'er, the pleasure of wielding a sword, the demeanor of a hero...

The joy of the initial achievement of the divine skills gradually faded, the progress of the internal skills was slow, and the external skills such as boxing, swordsmanship and light skills could not raise the energy to practice again.Now that the master-student relationship is broken, and no one is forcing him to study, A Yuan was bored for a while.

God seems to agree with A Yuan's mood, the summer of this year is extremely hot, and it hasn't rained a single time since the beginning of spring.The scorching sun scorched the earth dry and cracked, and everything was lifeless, except for the cicadas that kept chirping on the trees, and the little ones running around all day long on the ground.

The water in Mengxi is getting shallower and shallower, almost revealing the bottom.The old waterwheel by the river is also weak, and the water drawn up every day is getting less and less.Seeing the crops and fruit trees wilting, the villagers were full of sadness, so they had to work tirelessly every day to pick buckets of Mengxi water to the mountains and fields to irrigate.

Uncle Shitou traveled far away as soon as spring came into being and has not returned so far. This time A Yuan's magical skills finally came in handy.He braced himself to pick up Uncle Shitou's shoulder pole, which contained two large tanks of water.If so, it would take dozens of back and forth to help the villagers water all the fields and fruit trees.Every time I come down, not only my true qi is exhausted, I can't lift it up at all, even my body is exhausted.

This kind of intensity of labor makes his face swollen to make him fat, and he needs to water every two or three days, which is enough to consume any excess energy of A Yuan.A Yuan, who has been relying on the nourishment of his dreams for several months and hasn't even slept much, finally couldn't hold it anymore, and had to sleep for a few hours at noon every day to recuperate.When I woke up, my whole body was sore and limp, and I didn't want to move, so I just lay on the bed and read a few books, just as a pastime.

Since I wanted to watch it on my own initiative, I naturally had to pick something I was interested in.The hateful thing is that the old man's big book boxes that can be used as coffins are full of books about ancient times, and it's hard for him to collect them.Ah Yuan's head is so big when he hears the word "ancient" now. After a lot of effort, he finally screened out a few books that are not so "ancient", and they are all geographical travel notes. Naturally, one must first be familiar with the geography of China.

Now my sister and master don't even look at him, so naturally they don't care what books he reads.However, recently, Master's cooking skills have become more and more sophisticated. The key is that he is willing to put meat.

After studying hard for a few days, according to the description in the book and what he heard from travelers in the past, A Yuan finally drew a vague "map of the territory of China" in his mind.

This fertile and fertile land that has bred hundreds of millions of creatures has been called Shenzhou since ancient times.

There used to be four big countries on the top of China, like four giant pillars of Optimus, separated on one side.In the center is the vast country of the Son of Heaven, Yunguo, which is the ancestor of all nations, also known as China; Yunguo and the Fengguo in the west are bounded by the Lema River that runs from north to south. It is the Rain Country facing the sea.The people of these four countries are all Chinese citizens. Although they have different countries and borders, they share the same origin, and jointly inherit the most distant and splendid civilization since the prehistoric times.

Shenzhou is the land protected by the gods. It is fertile and fertile, and it has nurtured hundreds of millions of creatures.But at the end of the four directions of Shenzhou, there are dangers and desperation.The north is the land abandoned by the gods, the land left by the flood and desolation, the vitality is extinct, it is a great wilderness.Starting from Lemachuan in the west, the terrain rises all the way, like a ladder to the sky. It is said that it leads directly to Kunlun, the sacred mountain above the clouds.To the south of the big river, there is abundant rain, the rivers and canals are dense like cobwebs, and the lakes, marshes and ponds stretch for thousands of miles, forming a big swamp named Yunmeng.In the hot summer place in the south, the mountains are stretching, dense forests are widely distributed, there are many ferocious birds and beasts, and miasma and poisonous substances.And the east is a vast sea, misty and misty, boundless.Legend has it that there are three fairy islands in the sea, named Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, which have the medicine of immortality and are the abodes of immortals.

In these wild and dangerous places, there are also people abandoned by God.Beyond the vast wilderness, it is said that there is another endless grassland, where there are Hu tribes, who are fierce and wild, and come and go like the wind; on the mountains in the northwest, there are dogs and soldiers crisscrossing them, with ferocious faces, cruel and ferocious; the dense forests in the south are vast and deep. The barbarians here are no different from animals, drinking blood like feathers; there are also islands dotted across the eastern sea, full of Yi tribes, sinister, cunning, wretched and weird.

For thousands of years, under the continuous impact of these foreign races, the pattern of China has gradually changed.The forces of the Fenglei two countries continued to expand in all directions, and small countries appeared on the map, clinging to the main body like new seedlings, forming the Western and Southern countries headed by the Feng and Lei countries.However, the east was extremely prosperous, and the country of Yu, where culture and education flourished, was destroyed by the barbarians for a while, and it was scattered like broken jade into dozens of small countries, collectively called the east country.Only Yunguo, which is backed by the great wilderness, has neither foreign invasion nor contact with other countries. It is as mysterious as the country in the cloud, standing quietly in the center of Shenzhou.

"There is a big river in the west, a sea in the east, a great wilderness in the north, and a great swamp in the south. This Shenzhou is really vast..." A Yuan put down the "Shenzhou Mountains and Seas" in his hand, and seemed to express his feelings. "It is well said in the book that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. If you don't really go there and see it with your own eyes, even if you study for a lifetime, how will you know what the land of China looks like?"

Mengmeng is sewing a new dress, and without raising her head when she heard the words, she said with a deadpan expression: "Then you can go and walk your way. Anyway, your miraculous skills are world-class, who can stop you?"

Since holding Mengmeng like a monkey and doing dozens of somersaults on the roof, A Yuan has been smiling at his sister's anger in a victorious manner, and said with a hey smile: "Master, why should you be angry? I just sigh casually. It’s just the sigh of the ancients. Master, don’t blame, master, don’t blame, haha..."

A Yuan lowered his head and was about to continue reading, when suddenly Mengmeng's intermittent voice came from his ear: "If you really want to go out and have a look, then, you can go, don't worry about the house..."

"What?!...Really?" A Yuan raised his head in surprise, and looked at his sister suspiciously.Although women are fickle, but this has changed too fast, is it ironic?

"Really." Mengmeng said calmly, without stopping the work in her hands.This new dress already has a certain appearance. After carefully looking at the size, style and the light blue fabric, A Yuan suddenly realized something, and tentatively asked: "Old man... did you confess anything?"

Mengmeng remained silent, neither nodding nor shaking her head.

Seeing this posture, A Yuan immediately understood that Mengmeng didn't want him to leave, and it was probably because the old man left a message before he left, and she didn't take it well.After all, the old man still has a bit of conscience. He is out all day, so he really has no right to keep his children from going out.

A Yuan felt ecstasy in his heart, and then felt a little guilty, so he asked with a bit of flattery: "Master, you let the apprentice go like this? Don't you regret it?..."

"What is there to regret?!" The younger sister's master rarely showed a bit of exasperated expression.

"I mean, don't do anything like 'unless you promise me three conditions'?" A Yuan said cautiously.

Mengmeng finally let out a burst of laughter, wrinkled her nose rarely, and said a little coquettishly: "Then do as you wish. First, you must come back before the end of the year; second, take good care of yourself outside, and don't be When people fight, you must not take risks without reason; third, you have to wait until it rains before leaving."

"Disciple respectfully obeys Master's instruction!"

From then on, A Yuan's life was no different from that of his fellow villagers—carrying water, sleeping, and hoping for rain.God finally didn't torture the people of Xiyuan for too long. One day in June, the rumbling thunder finally brought a downpour.

A Yuan ran into the rain with the villagers, dancing and shouting with excitement.And Mengmeng stood quietly under the eaves. In the hazy rain and fog, she couldn't see clearly whether she was happy or sad.

Ah Yuan was leaving, which was a major event that shocked the village.The villagers came to inquire one after another, and the uncles were generally more in favor, patting A Yuan on the shoulder and saying that a good man should aim everywhere, so that he doesn't have to worry about his family.Most of the women were worried about A Yuan, so they repeatedly urged him to persuade him in vain, and gave away a lot of food and clothing, especially Grandma Wan, who looked at her posture and wanted to tie all the old hens that laid eggs to him.

But the mountain god and the river god, who are usually the most difficult to deal with, have no resistance at all this time.Uncle Shitou has not returned so far, so he will not mention it.And Grandpa Wan just looked at A Yuan silently for a long time, and finally didn't say a word.

Xiao Xiao was the one who disagreed with A Yuan's departure the most, and spent all her time trying to coax her A Yuan away.Fortunately, with the old man as an example, A Yuan finally convinced her that her brother didn't want her anymore, but came back after going out for a trip.At the same time, A Yuan also boasted about Haikou, promising countless benefits, and even agreed to the request of catching a big bad wolf back, but Xiao Xiao was still relentless, crying and making noise when he mentioned that his brother was leaving, which made A Yuan I have a headache and can't bear it.

Regardless of whether A Yuan is eager or reluctant, the day when he leaves home is getting closer and closer.

The night before his departure, Xiao Xiaoxiao had to sleep with his brother for everything.A Yuan lay on the long-lost bed and put down the sleeping Xiao Xiao, but he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, sometimes excited and sometimes worried.

A Yuan knew that Mengmeng hadn't fallen asleep either, since he decided to leave, Mengmeng was busy every day, without saying a word all day long.A Yuan naturally knew that the bookworm sister was angry with him, but he didn't know how to coax her.

The moonlight outside the window was like a wash, and everything was silent, only the intermittent chirping of insects and the sound of small breathing.A Yuan gently pasted the chubby sleeping face, got up and looked towards Mengmeng.Unexpectedly, Mengmeng was also looking towards him, met A Yuan's eyes, immediately covered her head with the quilt, and turned away.

A Yuan couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "My good sister, don't be angry, I will come back after going out for half a year at most, is it better than the old man? You, you are getting less and less cute, how good you are as obedient as you were when you were young... "

Mengmeng loved to have nightmares since she was a child, and although A Yuan was naughty when she was a child, she was not as evil-hearted as she is now. She always pretended to be an adult to comfort her sister who woke up from the dream, so Mengmeng relied on him very much at that time. Brother, how is it like now...

"Mengmeng, with me here today, you don't have to be afraid of having nightmares."

"Hmph, I'm only having nightmares when you're here!" Mengmeng finally couldn't help herself, she rolled over and sat up.

"Haha, I know you won't be able to fall asleep if you don't say this!" A Yuan laughed heartily, with an air of pride, "Before I leave, I also ask you to remember three things. First, don't be brave. If you can't do the work, ask the folks to help you. Don't be shy. Second, don't frown with a straight face all the time. The little girl should smile more. Third, stop thinking about your broken dreams, you , I’m just too preoccupied, what are you worrying about? Your brother and I will support the sky falling, so there’s no need for you, a little girl, to think about this and that all day long..."

Mengmeng was so angry that she couldn't speak, she really didn't know what to do to this brother who was thicker than a city wall, so she had to shave her face and shame him.A Yuan hadn't bullied this big sister for a long time, his hands were itchy for a while, and he suddenly reached out to pinch Mengmeng's face.As a result, he leaned forward and pressed Xiaoqi's big tail...

"Ah-ah-dead fox! Let go, let go!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Xiao Qi has a good bite!"

"Brother... sister... Xiaoqi? What are you playing?"

This small courtyard, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly returned to its former noise.

At dawn the next day, A Yuan couldn't fall asleep anymore, so he got up and walked around in the yard.Mengmeng also got up and prepared the meal. It looked like she was going to go to the market instead of going on a long journey.

After the family of three had breakfast, A Yuan went from house to house to say goodbye, and finally came to the entrance of the village with her two younger sisters.

Mengmeng handed the bag to him, and told him again: "Remember to replenish dry food and water on the way, remember to change and wash the two new clothes, there is not much money, save some money, and don't go to restaurants. Don't cause trouble outside... ..."

Xiao Xiaoxiao couldn't speak, but her eyes were full of tears, and she tightly grabbed the corner of her sister's clothes.

Even Xiao Qi seemed to understand that this annoying guy was about to leave, ran to his side for the first time, and rubbed lightly on his leg a few times.

Suddenly, A Yuan's throat became salty, and he was a little speechless. He quickly laughed a few times, patted Mengmeng's shoulder and said, "Okay sister, master, you have told me eight hundred times, don't worry! Xiao, listen to what my sister says at home, and my brother will be back soon. Xiao Qi, you should also listen to Xiao Xiao's words well."

After speaking, A Yuan put his luggage on his back, circled his hands, and shouted loudly: "Folks—take care—" Then he waved to his two younger sisters, turned around and strode away.

"Sister—" Seeing her brother disappear into the distance, Xiao Xiao shook her sister's arm and asked in a crying voice, "When will brother come back?"

Mengmeng bent down, patted her little sister's face, and forced a smile, but her eyes glistened with water...