The Path to Becoming Immortal

Hearing their conversation, Ning Ping couldn't help but look strange, their conversation was too strange.

Although he could see respect in Feng Ziyi's attitude, there was also a sense of casualness in it. They didn't look like master and apprentice at all, but more like grandfather and grandson, or friends. Anyway, it was extremely strange.

"Oh? He actually won the first place in Manniu Island, not bad!"

The old man's slightly turbid eyes looked Ning Ping up and down again, and nodded continuously.

"Okay, I got the person, I'll go to work first! By the way, this is the thing that promised this guy, put it here!"

After saying that, he gently placed a storage ring on a big stone next to the old man.

"Then Master and Junior Brother, I'll go first!"

After saying that, Feng Ziyi gave Ning Ping a look, and disappeared in a twist.

"Come on, little friend, come and sit! I'm Xiaoyaozi."

Xiaoyaozi shook his head helplessly, raised his hand and gestured to the opposite side of the stone platform beside him.

"Thank you, senior!"

Ning Ping did not hesitate at all. After bowing, he sat down directly.

It was strange that in front of this old man, he felt very calm and did not sense any danger from him.

"Haha! No need to thank me, and no need to call me senior. I should thank you. My Xiaoyao Temple can be safe for ten thousand years again."

Xiaoyaozi laughed happily, and then pointed to the storage ring on the table.

"These are all the things promised by the crazy kid, right? You should put them away! This is what you deserve."

Ning Ping nodded silently and put the ring on his finger.

"Good character! How about it, are you interested in joining my Xiaoyao Temple?!"

Hearing this, Ning Ping's heart moved slightly and fell silent.

I could not see anything on the other person. He was no different from an old man among mortals, but in this ordinariness, there was an illusion that he was facing the stars in the sky.

"Then what do I need to do to join Xiaoyao Temple?" After a moment of silence, Ning Ping asked back.

"What?" Xiaoyaozi was stunned, then he reacted and laughed.

"We cultivators, of course, cultivate for immortality! You don't have to do anything for Xiaoyao Temple. You have already taken ten thousand years for Xiaoyao Temple! It is a blessing for Xiaoyao Temple that you have joined it!"

Ning Ping was shocked when he heard these words. These ordinary words contained great generosity.

Since the other party can be Feng Ziyi's master, his cultivation is naturally extraordinary. You should know that I can't sense it at all.

But even so, I didn't feel any pressure from the other party.

In fact, the other party's words were particularly humble.

"Then may I ask how many people are there in your Xiaoyao Temple?"

While talking, Ning Ping looked around. This cliff cave looked simple and casual, and even a little dilapidated.

"Don't call me senior all the time. Just call me Xiaoyaozi. It sounds more comfortable. It's just a name!"

"Besides me, there are three other disciples. Two are in Chaoyang City, and one is wandering outside. I don't know where he went."

"Only four people?" Ning Ping exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right! Why do we need so many people? Oh, after you join, there will be five!"

Ning Ping was speechless for a while. After pondering for a while, he looked at the three words "Xiaoyaoguan" and his heart moved.

"May I ask Xiaoyaozi, what is Xiaoyao!"

Xiaoyaozi smiled lightly and said meaningfully.

"Haha, it's not that complicated. In fact, it's just to make yourself happy and do things that make you comfortable!"

"Oh? I'd like to hear more!" Hearing this, Ning Ping couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

This statement really coincides with his previous insights.

"What is freedom? Freedom means following me, and following me is human desire. So for my freedom, human desire is the way of heaven!"

"Many cultivators think that since they are practicing, they naturally have to put aside their desires. Of course, in a certain way, putting aside their desires can make people more focused on the practice itself, but that is not the self!"

"My Xiaoyao Sect advocates self-freedom and doing what one wants."

"I have learned. I am not the only one who is on a path of practice that belongs entirely to me!" Ning Ping nodded in agreement.

"You are an ascended cultivator, right?"

But the next sentence from Xiaoyaozi made Ning Ping almost jump in fright.

Ning Ping's eyes shrank suddenly, and his whole body tensed up.

"Haha! Don't be nervous, just an ascended cultivator! Who doesn't have a little secret!"

Seeing Ning Ping getting very nervous, Xiaoyaozi laughed to comfort him, and then said mysteriously.

"Then I'll tell you a secret, I'm also an ascended monk!"

"Oh!?" Ning Ping's tension was slightly relieved after hearing this, and he asked with great doubt on his face.

"Then how did you know that I was an ascended monk?"

"You have a residual aura of space on you, and it has caused great damage to your body. If I'm not mistaken, there should be some problems with the space channel when you ascended..."

Speaking of this, Xiaoyaozi also looked puzzled, as if he didn't understand some things.

But Ning Ping was shocked by these words, and his actual situation was really similar to what the other party said.

So, he said with a slight flash of his eyes.

"Yes, I am indeed an ascended cultivator. Just as you said, something went wrong during the ascension, causing me to be seriously injured!"

However, Ning Ping did not tell the whole story of his smuggling.

Fortunately, as Xiaoyaozi said, everyone has some secrets, so he just nodded slightly and did not ask any more questions.

"Are there many lower realms?" Ning Ping's heart moved. He had heard that there were many lower realms before, so it was a good opportunity to learn more.

"You think there is only one lower realm? There are thousands of lower realms! But they are all hidden in this vast universe and there is no trace to be found!"

"Oh! That's it!"

Ning Ping's heart was slightly shocked. He thought that there should be more lower realms than the cultivation world where he was, but he did not expect that there were so many.

"Well, I see that your body has been almost reshaped, but there is no soul in it! I guess your soul has also suffered a serious injury! It just so happens that you should practice well here!"

Xiaoyaozi smiled at Ning Ping and then closed his eyes to practice.

Xiaoyaozi's words seemed to have some kind of magic in his ears, and Ning Ping's heart returned to peace, and he closed his eyes involuntarily.

He didn't know how long it had been, but without noticing, a very strange aura emerged from Xiaoyaozi, and it spread quietly and bathed Ning Ping in it.