Chapter 3: Unexpected Disaster

Storage bag, Qingfeng sword, five-element robe, white jade pendant, these are all the items Xiao Mian received from the steward hall as an inner disciple. Then he took out the ancient scroll, porcelain bottle and Hunyuan stone from Yuanxu, looked at them left and right, and was inexplicably happy.

I, Xiao Mian, am finally a cultivator!

Xiao Mian's father failed in the exams many times, so he named his son Qingyun, taught him to read and write since he was a child, and asked him to read widely so that he could gain fame in the future. Xiao Mian had the ability to remember everything he saw, but he had no intention of gaining fame. He only had a special liking for books about ghosts, gods and chaos. Because of this, Xiao's father beat and scolded his son a lot, but Xiao Mian never changed his ways.

Later, Master Yuanxu said that he had a predestined relationship with him. Xiao Mian was surprised and happy, but he was a little nervous, fearing that his cheap master was a charlatan. When he saw the immortal atmosphere of the Five Elements Sect, Xiao Mian was convinced. Now that he was playing with his own sword and robes, Xiao Mian was naturally happy and excited.

Fortunately, Xiao Mian had a firm mind. Although he was only twelve years old, he was quite mature. After being happy for a while, he put away all the things.

Xiao Mian now had no cultivation and could not even use the most basic low-grade storage bag. This also stimulated Xiao Mian to practice to the fourth level of Qi training as soon as possible. After all, the reward hanging in front is always more convincing than the spur from behind.

After calming down, Xiao Mian picked up the ancient book.

"Five Elements Qi Transformation Secret" is the entry-level practice of the Five Elements Sect. It contains both the cultivation methods of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as the methods of double, triple, quadruple, and even five elements.

Of course, the better the universality, the more popular this secret book is, which in turn means that its cultivation effect will not be particularly good.

This is indeed the case. Those who are gifted with heavenly spiritual roots or even earthly spiritual roots will never waste time practicing the "Five Elements Qi Transformation Art".

For Xiao Mian, it is lucky to have the "Five Elements Qi Transformation Art" to practice, so how dare he complain, not to mention that Xiao Mian doesn't know about this at all.

At this time, Xiao Mian is fully focused and has no distractions.

"So that's it! So this is the secret of cultivation!" After a long time, Xiao Mian closed the ancient scroll and muttered to himself, "There is spiritual energy between heaven and earth. The spiritual energy is divided into five elements, and the spiritual roots are also divided into five elements. The five elements spiritual roots absorb the five elements spiritual energy. The single one is pure and fast, and the mixed one is slow. There is also the worry of mutual erosion between the five elements spiritual energy. No wonder the master said that spiritual roots like mine with all five elements are the lowest spiritual roots..."

After realizing his own problems, Xiao Mian's originally high mood was depressed for a while. After pondering for a moment, Xiao Mian picked up the ancient scroll and continued to read.

His father often taught him that God rewards hard work, and his master also said that hard work can make up for clumsiness, and he should encourage himself to be strong. I will do my best if others put in a little effort. It's not easy to get this opportunity to practice. I, Xiao Mian, don't ask to be invincible in the world, but I must have no regrets!

Cultivation, cultivation is to cultivate the heart, and to refine the qi.

For Xiao Mian, the first step is to sense the existence of qi in the body.

This step is exactly the first hurdle that every cultivator cannot cross. It depends entirely on one's own understanding, and even with the guidance of a famous teacher, it is useless.

At this point, Xiao Mian finally understood why Yuanxu Zhenren only asked him to come back and understand it by himself. It turned out that he was also unable to use it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mian no longer thought about whether he had spiritual roots or not, but just meditated and comprehended, hoping to feel the existence of Qi as soon as possible and officially enter the Qi training stage.

This meditation lasted until late at night, until Xiao Mian was unable to sit still because of hunger in his stomach.

Today, Xiao Mian is still a mortal, and he naturally cannot fall behind in eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. Fortunately, although the Five Elements Sect is a sect of cultivators, there are also many low-level cultivators and even mortal servants inside. As an inner disciple of Xiao Mian, he naturally does not need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation. After giving an order, the servants will bring delicious food to him.

However, Xiao Mian was so focused on sensing the ethereal Qi that he had no appetite. He ate a few mouthfuls in a hurry and continued to practice.

There was no conversation that night, and no results that night.

For five consecutive days, Xiao Mian sat in meditation day after day to sense the Qi in his body. Sitting in meditation at night, Xiao Mian was drowsy and seemed to be half asleep. Suddenly, he felt a movement in his lower abdomen, as if something had awakened. Xiao Mian sat up straight with a start, but found nothing when he carefully sensed it. It was really annoying.

Could it be that he sensed the existence of Qi in his body? But doesn't the book say that those who can realize Qi within seven days are all geniuses?

Today is only the fifth day. Could it be that I, Xiao Mian, am a genius among geniuses?

In a daze, Xiao Mian fell asleep. The last thought before going to bed was: Maybe I should go and ask my master for advice.

The next day, after Xiao Mian washed and ate, he decided to go to see Yuan Xu.

There are many mountains in the Five Elements Sect, the most important of which are the five veins belonging to the five elements. Xiao Mian's master, Yuanxu Zhenren, is located at the Yanzhu Peak of the Fire Vein. In addition to the Yanzhu Peak, the other four veins are: the water vein Bibotan, the gold vein Jinxiao Peak, the earth vein Houtuping and the wood vein Changchun Peak, which are known as one ping, one pond and three spiritual peaks.

Because of the vast area of ​​the Five Elements Mountain, people have to fly with swords to travel back and forth. Therefore, disciples in the sect will first learn the sword-flying technique when they reach the fourth level of Qi training. Considering Xiao Mian's special situation, Yuan Xu arranged him at the foot of Yanzhu Peak where his cave was located. Therefore, it was not difficult for Xiao Mian to find Yuan Xu.

It's just that there is nothing to worry about in the world, and mediocre people worry about it.

Xiao Mian just walked out of his courtyard, but saw that Yanzhu Peak seemed to be particularly lively today. There were disciples of the sect in groups of three or two on the mountain road, all heading towards Yuanxu's cave.

Could it be that something happened at Yanzhu Peak today?

Thinking of this, Xiao Mian hesitated whether to go back home and ask Yuanxu Taoist another day.

"Huh? It's you..."

A surprised voice interrupted Xiao Mian's thoughts. Xiao Mian looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Huangfu Wei who was scolded by Yuanxu.

Xiao Mian felt that the Five Elements Mountain was small enough, but he didn't want to make trouble.

He didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble came to him.

Huangfu Wei kept silent when he saw that the person coming was Xiao Mian, but the person walking with him asked loudly: "What? Xiao Wei, do you know this servant? It is said that the servants on Yanzhu Peak are becoming more and more unruly. Even this servant who has not yet entered the Qi Refining Stage can be so arrogant on Elder Yuanxu's Yanzhu Peak?"

After saying this, Huangfu Wei hesitated to speak, looked at Xiao Mian and then at the person next to him; Xiao Mian stopped and turned around, also looking at Huangfu Wei and then at the person who spoke; even many other people around stopped and pointed at the three people.

"What? You are still not convinced? Humph!"

Seeing Xiao Mian staring at him with indifference, the man was about to explode, but at this time Huangfu Wei finally took action and whispered in the man's ear.

The man was stunned when he heard this. He lowered his eyes and saw the jade pendant of inner sect disciple hanging on Xiao Mian's waist. His face changed drastically. He threw away Huangfu Wei and shouted at Xiao Mian: "It's you, kid! Just because you are qualified to wear this white jade pendant that symbolizes inner sect disciple? I, Huangfu Ying, practiced hard for ten years, but I still can't get it. What's your reason?!"

"Huangfu Ying? I don't know him!"

Without even looking at the ferocious face of Huangfu Ying, Xiao Mian turned around and wanted to go back to his own courtyard.

But he heard an angry roar from behind, and a strong wind rushed towards Xiao Mian.

Xiao Mian was shocked: Is this Huangfu Ying crazy?

How dare he kill in broad daylight and in front of everyone just because of a disagreement?

Besides, he had just practiced for seven days and hadn't even touched the threshold. Huangfu Ying claimed to have practiced hard for ten years. Could it be that he wanted to die before he could accomplish his mission?

This is really an unprovoked disaster...

Just then, a clear voice resounded throughout the venue.

"Huangfu Ying, you dare to act wildly in Yanzhu Peak!?"

Just when Xiao Mian thought that he would be seriously injured if not dead, a shout came with the wind, and at the same time, the strong wind behind Xiao Mian suddenly broke, and the wind vortex reorganized, forming a more fierce wind blade than before, whistling towards Huangfu Ying and Huangfu Wei in a split second.

When Xiao Mian turned around, he saw Huangfu Ying's face pale, staring closely at the young man standing in front of Xiao Mian and waving a folding fan.

This young man was the grandson of Yuanxu Zhenren - Lu Chengfeng!

"Not bad, you have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Training Stage, you are worthy of being the number one outer disciple Huangfu Ying, you should be preparing for foundation building, right? But you are showing off your wind control skills in front of me, Lu Chengfeng, do you think the 'wind gathering fan' in my hand is just for show?" Without even looking at Huangfu Wei standing beside him, Lu Chengfeng only questioned Huangfu Ying: "Xiao Mian is a new disciple accepted by our ancestor, and has been reported to the sect. Although he has not yet practiced Taoism, he is an inner disciple after all. Don't you think it is unfair for you to kill him behind his back?"

Huangfu Ying originally just wanted to teach Xiao Mian a lesson, but he was already boiling with blood after being hastily counterattacked by Lu Chengfeng, and he was also interrupted by him in front of many fellow disciples, making it seem like he was going to kill Xiao Mian. He couldn't help but feel angry and anxious, but he used his breath of true Qi to suppress his blood and qi, and he couldn't speak for a while, which was equivalent to tacitly agreeing.

Huangfu Wei standing beside him saw that the matter was getting bigger and bigger, so he had to step forward and explain on his behalf.

"Brother Lu is polite! Brother Ying has no intention of hurting anyone. I just heard that Brother Xiao Mian is gifted and valued by Elder Yuanxu, so I couldn't help but test him. I hope you two brothers will forgive me! If I have offended you, I will apologize on behalf of Brother Ying!"

Xiao Mian was speechless after hearing this. Huangfu Wei is really a talent. He is very good at confusing right and wrong.

Turning to look at the young man who called himself Lu Chengfeng, Xiao Mian knew that he had no right to speak now, so he stepped aside silently.

"Oh? So that's it! Then I'd like to let you fellow disciples judge. A cultivator who has reached the great perfection of the Qi training stage tests a new disciple who has only practiced for a few days? So this is how the number one master of the outer sect of the Five Elements Sect was created? Please forgive me for my ignorance!" Before Xiao Mian could say anything, Lu Chengfeng had already ridiculed him. Huangfu Ying had just taken a breath of true energy and was furious when he heard this: "Lu Chengfeng, don't go too far!"

"What if I bully you? If Huangfu Ling was here, I would respect her. You, ha!" Lu Chengfeng laughed to himself without caring about Huangfu Ying's expression, and then asked: "You are not going to build your foundation, why do you come to Yanzhu Peak?"

"This... Today is the fifteenth day, according to the rules..." Huangfu Wei explained carefully, but was interrupted by Lu Chengfeng carelessly: "Oh, you are here to ask for pills? Then go back! The ancestor recently accepted Junior Brother Xiao as a disciple, and is busy teaching Junior Brothers to practice Taoism. Except for the alchemy tasks assigned by the sect, no alchemy will be made at other times."

As soon as the words came out, the cultivators around shouted.

"What? Do I, Lu Chengfeng, not keep my word?"

While speaking, Lu Chengfeng opened the folding fan in his hand again, and the fan was like a knife, slashing in front of him.

The brothers Huangfu Ying and Huangfu Wei were horrified and retreated. They saw a wind blade shooting out from the fan, brushing past their figures and pouring into the ground. With Lu Chengfeng as the center, it blasted out a circular arc with a diameter of three meters.

The monks around were all speechless. Those who knew the opportunity had already retreated down the mountain.

Huangfu Ying's face turned pale and red, red and black, and finally turned around and left without saying a word.

Huangfu Wei smiled bitterly and chased after him.

"Humph! Jumping clown!"

"Xiao Mian thanks Brother Lu for his help!"

Seeing that everyone had retreated, only Lu Chengfeng and himself were left at the scene. Xiao Mian hurriedly thanked him, and at the same time looked at Brother Lu, who was only a few years older than him, with some envy.

He saved himself with one fan and forced Huangfu Ying back with another fan. This Lu Chengfeng's strength is really unfathomable.

Lu Chengfeng treated Xiao Mian without any airs, and said with a smile: "You and I are brothers, why are you being polite? Let's go, Grandpa is waiting for you!"

After that, Lu Chengfeng went to Shangding first, and Xiao Mian hurriedly followed.

Along the way, the two chatted happily.

After a while, Yuanxu Cave Mansion was clearly visible.

"Grandpa is waiting for you inside. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you in."

"Brother Lu, please go ahead. I know the way."

The two said goodbye, and Xiao Mian entered Yuanxu Cave Mansion.

On the other side, Lu Chengfeng watched him disappear under the gate of the mansion, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he turned around and left.

In the hall of the cave, Yuanxu sat in the middle as usual.

"Are you here? Sit down!" Yuanxu closed his eyes slightly, as if he was in a trance. After Xiao Mian sat down, he asked about his daily life in the past few days, but he never mentioned the topic of cultivation. Xiao Mian secretly wondered why his master was so fussy, so he took the opportunity to ask, "Master, what does it feel like to feel the qi?"

"You are a little impatient, kid. It's only been six days, how can you feel the qi so quickly? Chengfeng felt the qi in half a month, which was considered outstanding. Don't be too ambitious. Well, I will tell you about the symptoms of the qi so that you don't have wild thoughts." Yuan Xu closed his eyes and talked freely, but he didn't notice that Xiao Mian's expression was getting weirder and weirder. After enduring for a long time, Xiao Mian finally interrupted Yuan Xu's explanation: "Master, I... I seem to have felt the qi..."

"What did you say!?"

After a slight pause, Yuan Xu suddenly opened his eyes, and his divine light burst out.