Dream Picking Records

A month later, Wang Xiao finished his practice of Bathing in the Morning Sun and successfully reached the fourth level of Concentration. The armor that came with the technique became more refined and tougher, and the overall state became several times stronger.

During these days, he was busy practicing or taking on missions during the day, and at night he would go to the inner space of the bone box to practice with Master Wang. Master Wang was absolutely serious and responsible, and he would come whenever he was called, and then he would teach Wang Xiao a lesson. The benefits were naturally huge, as he gained practical experience and his spiritual energy skills became more mature. Now Wang Xiao could last for more rounds in Master Wang's hands.

During this time, he lent the bone box to Mr. Huang in the Sutra Library. At first, Mr. Huang was as happy as if he had regained his youth, but two days later, he returned the bone box to Wang Xiao with a curse.

Every time the itchy skin problem was solved, he would go to the first layer of the sea of ​​fire to refine his spirit. After all, the stronger the spirit, the more refined the use of spiritual energy. The spiritual power in Shangyuan Palace increased to the size of a quail egg. Of course, this circle was also refined in the sea of ​​fire, and the quality was absolutely pure and without any problem.

“If I were to face Zhao Qifeng again now, I should be able to suppress him with just a flip of my hand.” Wang Xiao stood up and stretched his body.

"It feels so good to be powerful. I will take the dean as my role model and try to surpass him first."

"Who are you going to surpass?" A middle-aged man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, dressed in white, and looking handsome and elegant, appeared silently beside Wang Xiao.

"Hello, Dean."

"Well, that's good. Your cultivation speed is almost catching up with when I was young." The dean looked at him with approval.

"Thank you for the compliment, Dean. I wonder why the Dean came here in person."

"Is it not okay to care about students?" The dean glanced at him.

Opportunities are rare, and a strong man like the dean rarely has time. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again. Hearing him say this, Wang Xiao smiled and moved closer.

"Dean, I just happen to have a question about cultivation that I would like to ask you."

The elders of the academy were all very respectful when they met him, but this kid was very easy to get along with and climbed up. But this was also interesting, cultivation was too boring, and it was rare to have such a thing after so many years.

"Is it not enough for the dean to pretend to care about the students? Solving their doubts comes at a different price."

"what?"

Looking at the dean's smiling face, it was hard to tell whether he was joking or not. The dean hadn't spoken to the young man for a long time, and now he seemed to be doing well.

"If you have any questions, please tell me."

“Please tell me about each realm.” Wang Xiao seemed to be quite thick-skinned.

"There is nothing much to say about the Self-cultivation Realm. Judging from your previous performance, the Controlling Qi Realm is not bad. Your spiritual power is condensed enough, and the use of spiritual power depends purely on the strong mental power to achieve that effect." Looking at Wang Xiao who frowned, the dean asked back: "Do you want to know what the true path of the cultivation world is?"

"True road? Is there such a thing?" Wang Xiao was curious.

"Normally, if you practice step by step, there will be no problem in breaking through step by step. However, the ninth level of each realm is not the end, but the starting point."

"starting point?"

"That's right, but few people can find the real destination."

The dean looked into the distance and sighed. Wang Xiao knew that he had not finished speaking, so he listened quietly without interrupting.

"It is said that self-cultivation, controlling the Qi, concentrating the mind, and returning to the origin are just the basics, and only after the integration of the Dao can one enter the realm of the master. In fact, none of us have truly embarked on the path of cultivation. Even if we occasionally find the true path, it does not mean that the final achievement will be high."

"The true path of strength is easy to see. You have already reached it. The next three realms are Qi, Shen, and Dao. They are hard to explain and understand..."

The dean sighed again, and then said: "The first level of controlling qi is called controlling qi, but in fact it is just borrowing qi. If there is no spiritual energy in a place or the spiritual energy is exhausted one day, where will we cultivators go?"

"The two realms of Concentrating the Spirit and Returning to the Origin are combined into one great realm, and the two realms are divided by the condensation of the primordial spirit. Therefore, Returning to the Origin can be seen as an extension of the realm of Concentrating the Spirit. So where is the real Returning to the Origin?"

The dean looked at Wang Xiao who was absorbed in thought and smiled slightly.

"It is extremely difficult to achieve the state of harmony with the Dao. Throughout the ages, no one has ever heard of anyone reaching the end of this state. Human beings are insignificant in the long river of history, just like a drop in the ocean. Even if a talented person picks up a brush to write a magnificent life, indulging himself in burning himself is just to create a wave."

"Why practice? To become an immortal, to seek the way, to pray to gods and ask for divination? In the eyes of ordinary people, we are also immortals. In the end, it is just a big dream, without any trace. There is no such thing as a real immortal! But anyone can become an immortal, to live forever or to live a carefree life, it depends on your heart."

Wang Xiao listened quietly and attentively. What the dean said touched him deeply, and his thoughts seemed to fly to those unknown mysterious roads. Seeing that he was lost in thought, the dean did not interrupt him, but stood aside and reminisced about the past.

"Thank you for the enlightenment, Dean. I thought I had honed my Qi Control Realm very well, but I didn't expect there is a way out beyond it." There were stars in his eyes.

"Dean, can I still try to find the true way to control Qi now?"

"There is still a chance. You can abandon your concentration cultivation and fall back to a lower realm to cultivate again. How dare you?"

After a while, the two looked into each other's eyes. The dean seemed to want to look through the boy in front of him, looking for the answer from the deepest part of his heart. In response, the boy smiled brightly, with determination, courage and persistence.

"I know your answer. Do you want my help?"

"The dean is still testing me!" The sunlight shone on Wang Xiao's face, and the young man's unique light was overflowing.

"Of course I have to walk my own path. I am not afraid of staying in the Air Control Realm for the rest of my life. At least I can still fly in the sky."

"Good!" The dean praised his courage and said, "Do you know why I didn't tell you when you were at the ninth level of Qi Control?"

"Well... I don't know."

"I was afraid that you were too stubborn. But then I thought, as the dean, I should always tell the students what I know and let them choose for themselves. If you have any questions, you can contact me through this jade token." After saying this, the dean disappeared silently, and the jade token floated in the air, leaving behind several books and medicines.

After bidding farewell to the dean, Wang Xiao flipped through the books. Some of the covers indicated how to recover after one’s cultivation wasted, some indicated the experiences of pioneers in advancing, and there were also many cases of failure.

Wang Xiao decided to learn lessons from the failures of his predecessors.

Turning the pages, he saw that there was once a genius and evildoer who was very determined but was dissatisfied with the status quo. He fell from the Hedao realm and had to start over again to control his Qi. Unfortunately, he never made any progress in his entire life and lived a mediocre life, becoming just like everyone else.

Some people in the Yu Qi realm ask senior masters to intercept other energy and try to absorb it, but end up losing balance in their bodies and exploding to death.

Some people persevere in the realm of controlling Qi for their entire lives, but eventually turn into dust and return to the earth...

Many cases made him break out in a cold sweat and killed his ideas in the cradle.

"Take a look at some good experiences to cheer myself up." Wang Xiao opened the cover with the successful cases written on it, paused for a moment, rubbed his eyes and shook his head, closed it and opened it again, making sure he was not seeing things.

"Shit! A wordless heavenly book?"

Finding the truth and breaking the path is an absolute secret in the cultivation world. Throughout history, there are only a handful of successful people. How can it be recorded so easily? At this point, Wang Xiao thought it over again, but he had to talk to Ye Xiao first to avoid her worrying.

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"Sister Ye Xiao, I have been running away for almost two months. My family has sent someone to pick me up."

After practicing, Ye Xiao and Xia Qingling sat at the stone table in the pavilion. Xia Qingling stuffed her mouth with pastries to hide her sadness.

"When you have time, come to the Imperial City to play with me, Brother Xiao."

"Don't be so willful next time, or you'll make your family worry. I'll come to see you when I have time, and as a small landlord you have to take me for a good stroll!" Ye Xiao handed her the water and signaled her to eat slowly.

"Yeah, well, we have a deal then!"

Xia Qingling stretched out her little hand to make a pinky promise with her.

"Ahem, Sister Ye, what is Sister Qingling talking about?"

"Qingling is going home and wants to say goodbye to you. How come Mr. Wang has time to come to our place?"

"Hehe, aren't you thinking about Sister Ye?"

"I think Brother Xiao is missing the food cooked by Sister Ye Xiao."

Xia Qingling tilted her head and teased, and Wang Xiao walked over and touched her head.

"Be good when you go home and practice well. Sister Ye and I will come to see you when we have the chance. We'll see who flies faster next time."

"I'm now at the sixth level of concentration. It's you who has to work hard."

Xia Qingling was very proud, but Wang Xiao was surprised. He didn't expect the little girl to be so powerful. She was worthy of being the Taoist spirit body that attracted the attention of the elders.

"By the way, Brother Xiao, this is for you."

As he said this, he took out a token and handed it to Wang Xiao. Wang Xiao wanted to refuse, but when he saw it was a token, he took it.

"Another token. Hey, why did I say again? Oh, by the way, the token of Unreliable Dad hasn't been used yet."

Looking at the token made of special metal and Xia Qingling's last name, he guessed which little princess from the imperial city had come out to play.

"Please keep the token safe. Show it to the guards when you arrive at the Imperial City, and someone will pick you up."

Wang Xiao took note of her instructions and turned to look at Ye Xiao.

"Sister Ye, I came here this time to tell you something. The dean told me something about cultivation this morning. I want to return to the Yuqi Realm to cultivate again."

Ye Xiao was rather puzzled. Xia Qingling opened her mouth into an O shape and immediately asked, "Brother Xiao, do you want to find the true path?"

"Hey, you know?"

"Yes, I have seen relevant records in our study, but there is no information that can help you... But I believe that Brother Xiao will succeed in finding the truth, and then you must help me teach my brother a lesson."

"How did your brother provoke you?"

"Humph, he controls me every day and supervises my training. I can't even have fun."

Wang Xiao was speechless.

Ye Xiao stood up and walked to Wang Xiao.

"Just follow the path you choose. I believe in you."

Before Wang Xiao had time to be moved, she said, "Even if you are disabled, you still have your sister Ye. What do you want to eat now? I will make it for you."

"Why does it feel like a farewell dinner?"

After enjoying the delicious food for a whole day, the three said goodbye. Xia Qingling was picked up by her family, and Wang Xiao found a hilltop to sit in meditation.