Five Elements Cultivation to Immortality

Chapter 13 - Wooden Shadow Gate

Early in the morning, Li Yan woke up from his dream.

At this time the dawn, Li Yan opened his eyes in a daze into an unfamiliar environment, the roof is no longer the familiar deep black oil-colored wooden beams, but the green and black flat roof.

For a while, he was confused, and slowly turned his head to look around the room, only to realize that this is no longer the old house where he lived for more than ten years, his heart could not help but surge a strange and lonely.

He took a breath, sat up expressionlessly, went to the table and pushed open the window, a refreshing coolness into the face from the open window, so that he could not help but be refreshed.

From the window, surrounded by three peaks, straight into the still somewhat dark green sky, a few stars in the slightly bright air with a hint of morning light from the sky clear sprinkled.

In the valley, black and green vines and shrubs spread upward from the bottom of the valley, layers and layers of ambush, like a monster undulating giant back in the morning twilight, birdsong chirping in the valley, with a hint of ethereal and crisp.

Nearby, there is indeed a pool of water outside the window, the water pool above the silk mist lingering and hovering, as a layer of gauze enveloping it, dense cool air rising curls.

Li Yan stood frozen in front of the window for a long time before the loneliness inside was filled by the view outside the window.

After turning back to the bed and dressing up, he opened the door of the room and walked out. Out of the house, Li Yan to the left side of several room doors, see several room doors are still closed, so they lightened the footsteps, slowly walked to the water pool.

The pool is about four or five feet wide, shaped into an oval, the side of the pool against the wall, there are two or three strands of spring water from the top of the mountain slowly flowing down, along the way to the stone wall moistened with clean water.

Where the spring water, many vine roots have been washed bare, the roots swing with the clear water from the top to the bottom of the spring, the two sides of the water flow has green moss shade luxuriant, forming a number of clear water trough from the top of the mountain and down.

The water pool wave surface slightly rippled, swallowed the many debris on the shore, the water surface thus ripples ripples.

Above the pool water silk white fog hovering and swimming, just like a few white transparent ribbons suspended, the pool water clear, but also do not know how deep, just a glance down to see, the water surface becomes more and more clear black cold up.

Li Yan squatted down, scooped up a handful of pool water, washed in the face, clean into the skin, the skin could not help but a layer of shivers, but it was very painful.

Stand up and look again to the south of the waterhole, where there is a large area that looks like a vegetable garden and a flower garden.

Li Yan was about to go over to take a closer look when a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"That piece is just some greens and a few wild flowers that I planted when I had nothing else to do."

The valley in the morning twilight clear and quiet, sudden voice let Li Yan startled, and quickly turned to look, but saw a person a black robe standing in front of a row of rooms, is smiling at himself.

"Old ...... Teacher!"

After Li Yan saw the man's face, he hurriedly saluted and said again in a hurry.

"It is the student who has disturbed the teacher's rest, so please reprimand him."

The black-robed man was the quartermaster himself, and the quartermaster gave him a slight wave of his hand.

"It's not a disturbance, I've been up for a long time, just meditating and practicing in my room.

This valley is just this big, you will have plenty of time to get familiar with it later, there will be subordinates sending breakfast over soon, after you wash up and use the meal, come to my room here."

Li Yan replied in a hurry.

"Yes, teacher."

After the quartermaster finished giving him a gentle smile, he turned around and walked backwards.

Li Yan looked at the teacher's back, feeling the smile in the early morning just now, reminding him of the painful love of his parents in the old house at home, his heart warmed for no reason.

Shortly after he returned to his room, the woman from last night brought another meal. The breakfast was quite light and tasty, a few steamed buns, a few plates of small dishes, and a large bowl of skinny meat congee.

Li Yan ate very good. Even these unusual food, he did not see much at home, but the heart thinking about the teacher let him go over the matter, a time to also did not taste.

After breakfast, Li Yan immediately walked towards the first stone house at the mouth of the east side of the valley.

Outside the door Li Yan looked respectful.

"Teacher, my disciple pays his respects."

"Oh, you're here, come on in."

A gentle middle-aged man's voice came out from inside, Li Yan did not dare to be slow to walk in.

The room is also a wide wooden bed on the north side, a four or five shelves on the west side, filled with books, the difference is a low table placed on a large carpet in the center of the room.

On the low table there is a pair of ancient lyre, the style is ancient and simple, there are a few spots on the body of the lyre, but very smooth, a look is a long time to be caressed by people caused.

There is a small and exquisite censer in front of the piano, which is inserted with three incense, curling smoke from the three incense tips slowly floating upward, there is a faint smell of sandalwood in the room lingering, the smell of which makes the mind peaceful.

Behind the table, a man dressed in black robes, hands gathered in large sleeves, sitting on his knees, is looking at Li Yan with a smile on his face, it is the quartermaster.

"Come, sit down at the table."

The quartermaster lifted his right hand from his sleeve and pointed to the carpet in front of the case.

Li Yan hurriedly walked to the carpet, took off his shoes and sat in a kneeling position to face the quartermaster, these manners were taught by the old showman before, the quartermaster saw him like this, could not help but smile slightly, then also knew that Li Yan was indeed taught by someone.

"Li Yan, today I will tell you some things about our sect."

After seeing Li Yan sitting down, the quartermaster slowly spoke.

"Yes, teacher, my disciple listens with respect."

Li Yan looked respectful.

"Our family is called 'Wooden Shadow Sect', founded 600 years ago, but generations are not out of the world, often hidden in the deep mountains, not known to the world.

The family martial arts is not passed on the secret, coupled with the requirements of the cultivation of people demanding conditions, looking for disciples is a needle in a haystack, the generations of disciples but two or three people, for the master of this generation, but only for the master of one.

The family martial arts need not say, learn the depth of the high, even if you can not say that the martial arts of the world, but also can be the best generation."

The gentle voice of the quartermaster slowly said, said here he paused.

Li Yan listened carefully!

"Yes, when I entered the city, I heard people say that my teacher was in the midst of ten thousand armies like no one else, but this kind of divine skill is unheard of."

The quartermaster smiled, but just a faint smile.

"In the future, if you practice diligently, your achievements may not be below my master."

Hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly said.

"Teacher's words are too much, how can my disciple compare with the teacher, I think how hard I practice, I can never catch up with him."

The quartermaster said with a smile.

"My generation should have a proud heart, and you and not so."

Li Yan never dared to say more after hearing that.

The quartermaster went on to say.

"I have a reason to go out this time, my wood shadow family in addition to martial arts is not bad, generations of predecessors in the path of herbal medicine is also very deep research.

For hundreds of years, generations of ancestors in the deep mountains to study the way of grass and trees, although not out of the world, but the world travel is there, but also will be hanging pots to help the world, in addition to disease and rescue.

This is also the practice of our family for generations, learning and can not be used, is useless, martial arts is just a means of self-protection for us to walk in the jianghu."

Li Yan heard this, the heart can not help but respect, the heart said.

"It turns out that in addition to martial arts, our school also has this kind of blessing to the people, which is indeed a righteous school."

"I am also in the spirit of this path and practice travel, but unfortunately, five or six years ago, into the deep mountains to collect medicine, accidentally by a nameless poisonous insect injury, after several months of healing, but also no improvement, but there is an aggravation of the color.

I had no choice but to visit many friends and famous doctors, although their medical skills are not necessarily stronger than my teacher, but who knows if any of them know the origin of this poison?

If you know the origin of this insect, you can lift this poison is not impossible, but it is not what you want, but no one knows this poison.

With the passage of time, the poison has slowly eroded within the internal organs, but I still can not find the antidote to the poison method, can only temporarily suppress the poison with internal energy.

However, I can only use internal energy to suppress it for seven or eight years, and now six years have passed, so if we can't find an antidote to the poison, we can only say that it's fate."

Li Yan heard this paragraph, is already astonished, and then look at the quarter military division of the blue and white face faintly flooded with black gas, can not help but face a change of color said.

"Then has the teacher found the antidote to the poison?"

"No, but it doesn't matter, life and death is just fate."

Li Yan said sharply.

"How is this going to work?"

The quartermaster held out his hand and waved it at him.

"Hehehe ...... less peace and quiet, this is the reason why the master came out of the world, want to find a disciple, inherit the sect.

Otherwise, if the legacy is broken in me, then how can I face the generations of sects and predecessors under the nine springs!

But because of the discipline's overbearing heart, non-special physical, can not be suitable, if forced to cultivate, will be reversible meridians, will certainly die.

In the past, the disciples of the family to find, by the successive generations of the head of the world, while hanging pots to help the world to find a suitable candidate, this physique of people although difficult to find, but the world is finally can be found.

But if I follow this method to find a disciple, but I do not have that time. Then I came to the army, there are many boys in the army, and physically fit, I think is the chance must be increased a lot."

Li Yan heard this and thought to himself.

"So the teacher came to the military to better find the disciple. I think the teacher's weird silver needle pulse tying method yesterday is the method to find this special physique."

However, the thought of the painful state of the abdomen, Li Yan heart and a vague sense of fear.

The quartermaster seemed to read his mind.

"This special physique is an invisible physique, which cannot be stimulated to appear without the use of our techniques. Although the excitation is inevitably painful, but also to ensure that the prerequisites for the cultivation of the discipline's heart method necessary conditions.

For the teacher in the army for five or six years, it took a long time to find two people, one was found last year, the other is you."

Li Yan smiled and thought to himself.

"Two people? Isn't it just me and my teacher in this valley? I didn't see Chen An or Li Yin mention them last night either."

Thinking of this, the mind seems to have some kind of impression, the heart of the thoughts flying around, suddenly remembered his own yesterday outside the tent on the school field, that Hong Marshal seems to be saying something.

"The people who were admitted last time or something ......."

When the quartermaster said this, he saw Li Yan froze, and could not help but feel strange.

"Yesterday Hong Linying also also mentioned this matter, how come he still has an abrupt expression."

He did not know that Li Yan was in the middle of his thoughts and did not listen to what Marshal Hong said.

"Are you wondering about not seeing the other person I'm talking about? It's something you actually still need to talk to."

Speaking of which he took a slow breath.

"That person should be your senior brother by calculation, and was only found by my master at the beginning of last year. Do you remember yesterday after testing your physique, my master had asked you if you had read books?"

Li Yan nodded and said yes, this he naturally remembered.

"Your senior brother is not studied, after the introduction I thought under my personal guidance, when it is possible to practice the discipline's heart method.

But I still underestimated the hegemony of the discipline's heart method!

Your brother in the practice of more than a month, in a time when the master into the city and the marshal's deliberations, he took the liberty to run just learn unfamiliar with the follow-up techniques, but because of insufficient understanding, resulting in Qi and blood on the reverse, when the master returned, he had ...... alas!"

The quartermaster said this is already a face of guilt and regret.

"This is also to blame for my somewhat anxious, I have been unable to lift the poison in my body, the situation is getting worse and worse, the matter of the sect heritage can not help but be a little anxious.

In addition to the personal guidance of the master, this method needs to be understood word by word and line by line by the self, and then combined with their own internal conditions, slowly guide the internal qi to walk, step by step.

But that time for the teacher is too confident personally taught under, can be guaranteed worry-free, and ultimately is cast into irreparable error."

Speaking of which, the quartermaster had tears flickering in his gaze.

Li Yan was surprised when he heard this.

"The original early seekers have died, yesterday Marshal Hong seems to say compare qualifications or something, so it seems to be saying that my qualifications, than that early death of senior brother how?

If that senior brother, who is better qualified than me, has ended up like this, wouldn't I be even worse off?"

Thinking of this, he is already the back of the cold sweat has come out.

He looked up at the quartermaster, his mouth mumbled to say something like he was afraid that he could not cultivate, but saw the teacher's gaze of hidden tears and a trace of expectation, the heart and a difficult up.

This is a life-threatening errand, Li Yan's heart for a time indecisive, after a long time, the heart of a fierce cross.

"If you back out like this, then it is possible to be sent directly back to the village by the teacher, then how do you want to face your parents.

Even if better, not sent back, then also have to return to the army from a pawn to do, when it is inevitable to kill the frontier, is life or death, can not be by themselves.

These two results are not what he wants, it is better to fight, not to mention that he is familiar with the private school, later in the study and enlightenment, if you can not understand, never rashly continue down the cultivation is.

Besides, the teacher that all through the sky skills only so that invincible, which is not exactly the hegemony of the martial arts of this school, the world can not get something without effort."

Thinking of this, he looked at the quartermaster's gaze has slowly become firm.

The quartermaster looked at Li Yan's eyes, has understood his thoughts, but also revealed a comforting smile.

"Since that incident, in fact, I have not too much expectation, looking for the right person, think time is no longer enough, it is too ethereal, who knows that the heavens have eyes, surprisingly before I die of depression, and will be dark flowers."