Ji Taoist

"Oh, I see. It should be... five years, right?"

"Five years? Then your skills are quite low. Those disciples of ordinary sects can complete the process of drawing Qi into the body in two or three years at most. This is the most common skills."

Skills?

Do you mean talent?

Yan Buji smiled bitterly: "Yes, my talent may really not be good."

"It's not all about talent. The word "background" refers to your family background and the general term for luck and opportunity. Some cultivators are born into a family of immortals. They have no shortage of spiritual materials to train their bodies since childhood, and they have no shortage of guidance from their elders. If their talent is better, they will be the pillars of the family. If not, they can be sent out to join other sects. After completing their studies, they can still find a place to survive when they return to the family. If they are extremely talented, even if they don't have the help of their family background, they will soar to the sky as long as they are discovered."

"If you don't have either, if you don't have luck and opportunity, I'm afraid you can only be the bottom of the bottom throughout your life. It's better to return to the secular world and be a worshiper, at least you won't lack wealth and glory."

Gu Li's words made Yan Buji pale and sweat on his forehead.

She also knew that what she said was too discouraging.

Actually, it was a coincidence that this casual cultivator named Ji Bu met them by chance while making perfume and helped them. It was reasonable to give him something to help him practice.

But the key is that he wants to know what practice is and what the practice world is like. Then he can use this information as a reward.

Personal fate cannot be forced.

This person has such poor qualifications but can still embark on a journey of practice. If he turns back and is willing to enjoy wealth and glory in the secular world, it will not be in vain.

But if you still want to follow the dangerous cultivation path, then...

Yan Buji took a deep breath: "Senior, besides this, what do you think I should do to better gain a foothold in the cultivation world?"

"Gain a foothold? Alas, how can you, a casual cultivator, gain a foothold without anything? It's nothing more than looking for spiritual land and spiritual materials, and trying to improve your realm. If you reach the seventh or eighth level of Qi training, maybe some small sects will be willing to accept you as an outer disciple because of your decent realm, and do some dirty and tiring work on weekdays; but in your case, you don't even know how to accumulate mana, how can you improve your realm? Not to mention refining tools and practicing magic."

Yan Buji's face twitched.

Is it so much to ask?

"Is it enough to accumulate mana and find a spiritual place?"

"Spiritual places are not that easy to find. Most of them have owners. Even if there are a few spiritual places with a little more spiritual energy, they are just the remaining corners after the activities of the earth veins and water veins. They cannot be kept for too long, which is not conducive to the retreat of cultivators. Besides, do you think your qualifications can cultivate to the foundation-building stage on the day when your lifespan ends?" Guli asked with a strange look on her face.

"This..."

"I'm not trying to discourage you. You're lucky to have run into us today. If you run into some demonic cultivators, they won't thank you for your help. Instead, they'll extract your soul and refine your spirit, and you'll never be reincarnated! Not to mention these demonic cultivators, there are also cultivators from small sects who capture independent cultivators to mine illegal minerals. Do you want to spend your whole life mining underground in the dark?"

"On the road of cultivation, having a good foundation is more important than you think. Sometimes, a strong foundation will make the enemy think twice even if you're weak, but for an independent cultivator, no one will care about your feelings."

"If you want to be a cultivator, you must have talent, strength, or background. In addition, you have to be cautious and tread on thin ice. Maybe one day when you're walking on the road, you'll be hit by the aftermath of a battle between powerful cultivators, and you won't know how you died. So I advise you to return to the secular world. Even if you never make any progress in your life, it's better than living in fear every day." Guli said.

Yan Buji fell silent.

Guli looked at him and sighed: "Think about it yourself, that's all I have to say. We'll leave first."

Yan Buji stood there blankly. After a long time, he sighed and returned to Liuhuo City with a bitter smile.

On the other side.

Gu Yue asked: "Grandma, isn't it bad for you to hit him like this?"

"Hit? It's to make him realize that the cruelty of the cultivation world is much better than that of the secular world! Yue'er, you have to be careful too. Don't think that everyone treats you well like your family. People who treat you well outside may not be sincere."

"Oh."

Guli laughed: "But I don't think that kid will listen to what I say. People can't learn it by teaching them several times, but they can learn it once. When he suffers a loss and gets fooled, he will regret his choice today."

Squeak!

A fat white worm crawled out of Gu Yue's arms, emitting a thin fluorescent light: "Grandma, Xiao Baibai has a reaction!"

"Oh? It seems that the 'abnormal area' is really here, let's go!" Gu Li's eyes lit up, and she took Gu Yue to the direction indicated by the insect.

......

Three days passed.

Yan Buji sat in the room without drinking a drop of water. If he hadn't thrown the money at the door to ask the waiter not to disturb him, I'm afraid the innkeeper would have reported to the police long ago.

He silently recalled what Gu Li said.

"Does the monk's background determine his future?"

Yan Buji seemed very unwilling to get this cruel and ruthless but very normal answer.

"Let me beg for twenty years, let me be just one step away from entering the path of cultivation, and the final result still depends on the arrangement of heaven?"

Unwilling! ! !

Yan Buji took a deep breath, loosened his clenched fists, and accepted the reality.

Guli didn't need to lie to herself. What she said was nothing more than what Yan Buji had been worried about.

The cruelty of the cultivation world is more intuitive. Ordinary people still have to take into account secular etiquette, but cultivators don't have so many scruples.

What's the point of cursing God for not arranging a good birth for himself, not giving him a great opportunity, and not giving him the talent for cultivation?

Am I asking for too much?

I lost my mother and father when I was young, and I lived to adulthood alone. I got the top secular internal power of blood and essence, and created a large foundation in Linshan City. I could have lived a rich and happy life.

Am I greedy?

No!

I'm just following my desire, my ideal!

My...

desire!

"If I were just a mortal who could do nothing, I would naturally be willing to sink into the mundane world! But today I am only one step away from entering the practice, how can I be willing to turn back?!"

Since I can abandon everything and get today's results, why would I hesitate?

I just wonder, since I have embarked on this road, what kind of attitude should I take to step into the practice world and find the practice path I have always dreamed of!

"I have never had anything."

Yan Buji stood up and looked forward indifferently.

Loss, failure, and even death!

It will not change this fact.

I don't have anything I want.

In other words...

I want everything!