A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 286: Unreliable Great Clear Realm

Duan Rong swept his spiritual sense and found that the person standing outside the gate was Zhu Xiaoqi. He immediately sheathed his sword, leaped up, pulled the bolt and opened the gate.

The spring sunshine shone on Zhu Xiaoqi's profile. She looked at Duan Rong with a faint light in her eyes.

After a few breaths, Zhu Xiaoqi smiled brightly and said, "Hey...whose son is this? I almost didn't recognize him!"

Duan Rong asked, "How is it? Isn't this outfit good?"

Zhu Xiaoqi blinked his eyes. "Not bad! Clothes really make the man!"

Duan Rong said, "We are about to go on a long journey, so we need to get dressed to show our strength! Xiao Qi, what do you want from me?"

"I almost forgot! The master told you to come over for lunch at noon!"

"Have a meal?"

"Yes. You and Miss Yu are leaving tomorrow. I'm asking you to come over for a farewell dinner!" Zhu Xiaoqi said as he turned to leave, saying, "Remember to come!"

Duan Rong looked at Zhu Xiaoqi as he walked and talked, and asked, "Why are you panicking?"

Zhu Xiaoqi pointed at the sun above his head and said, "Look what time it is? I have to go back to pick up vegetables!"

Duan Rong smiled slightly and closed the gate. He looked at the willow branches dancing in the wind in the courtyard, his eyes filled with emotion.

After the Elite Selection Meeting, he got the Ice Toad Venom. Also, he wanted to avoid visits from all sides, so he went straight into the Wild Boar Mountain and began to practice in seclusion.

Duan Rong is an orphan, and he has always envied those who have perfect clan relationships.

Especially at this time, when other people encounter such embarrassment, their parents will come forward to block the contacts between all parties for them. They have a scale in their hearts to judge which ones are superficial friends, which ones are deep friends, and which ones do not need to be paid attention to.

But he doesn't have this fate!
Later, just as he returned to the city from Wild Boar Mountain, he encountered Jie Daohan's tracking. Due to the delay, he did not visit people he should have visited, such as Xiao Zongting and Ximen Yong.

In terms of human relations, he was somewhat impolite.

Duan Rong went out immediately, first to the herbal medicine shop, and bought two old mountain ginseng and two ganoderma lucidum. Then he went to the jade shop and bought a pair of high-quality jade ruyi, which he put in a wooden box.

Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Duan Rong carried these things and went to Xiao Zongting's courtyard.

Xiao Zongting and Xiao Yu were drinking tea and chatting in the main room. When they saw Duan Rong come in, they were both startled.

Duan Rong had always looked unkempt and sloppy before, but that look was very much to Xiao Zongting's liking. However, when he saw his outfit today, Xiao Zongting really frowned, because he felt that Duan Rong's outfit did not have the rough and fierce look of a warrior at all.

But when Xiao Yu saw it, she thought it was very pleasing to the eyes, and smiled: "Where have you been these days? I looked for you twice, but there was no sign of you."

Duan Rong smiled and said, "I went to the mountains to practice martial arts."

When Duan Rong said this, Xiao Zongting and Xiao Yu's eyes flickered.

Unexpectedly, Duan Rong has already advanced to become a registered disciple of the sect and is still so diligent.

Especially Xiao Zongting, the look he gave Duan Rong was obviously deeper. He praised in his heart, this is the true nature of a martial arts fanatic!
Xiao Yu received the gift that Duan Rong brought for Xiao Zongting. She stood up and made a cup of tea for Duan Rong. The three of them sat in the main room and started chatting.

At this time, the three of them had no grudges in their hearts, and soon they became very lively. Xiao Yu smiled and glanced at Duan Rong from time to time with her beautiful eyes.

After Zhu Xiaoqi prepared the dishes, he called a few people to the side room to sit at their seats.

During the banquet, Xiao Zongting opened a jar of aged wine.

Zhu Xiaoqi couldn't hold his liquor well, and after drinking a bowl of wine, he started to feel dizzy and started talking nonsense.

"The silly boy is gone! Miss Yu is gone too! Only the master and I are left alone in this yard..."

After they finished eating, Xiao Yu helped Zhu Xiaoqi to the bed in the inner room to rest.

Xiao Zongting sat on the armchair in the main hall and called Xiao Yu and Duan Rong over.

Xiao Zongting's face was solemn. He glanced at Xiao Yu and Duan Rong and said coldly, "You two kneel down!"

Seeing her father's serious expression, Xiao Yu turned her head to look at Duan Rong, then knelt down.

Duan Rong saw Xiao Yu kneeling down. He and Xiao Zongting were master and disciple in name as well as in reality, so Xiao Zongting could bear his kneeling.

Duan Rong also knelt down respectfully!
Xiao Zongting looked at Duan Rong, nodded, and took out three secret books from his arms, putting two in Duan Rong's hands and one in Xiao Yu's hands.

"The secret book in your hands is a medium-level martial art that I practiced when I was young, the Thirteen Soul-Severing Styles."

"This martial art has great openings and closings, and is resolute and powerful. Xiao Yu may not be suitable for practicing it. When you enter Taiyi Sect, you can choose another martial art that suits you. This martial art can be used as a way of mutual reference. Study it in your spare time."

"Duan Rong, this Thirteen Soul-Severing Styles, in my opinion, is quite suitable for you to practice. But what martial arts should you choose and how to practice it in the future? I can no longer teach you, you have to figure it out on your own!"

"There is also a light skill called Cloud Snake Step, which I acquired when I was wandering around in the martial arts world in my early years. I will pass it on to you as well!"

"Duan Rong, I don't have a son, so passing these things on to you is a way to leave some memories for myself. But I understand that you must have your own ideas about how to go in the future!"

Xiao Zongting obviously had something else in his words!
Xiao Zongting said, glancing at Xiao Yu. He already knew Xiao Yu's feelings for Duan Rong, but they were both still young, and now they were going to the sect. Who knew what the final outcome would be?
He passed these two martial arts to Duan Rong in the hope that he would understand his feelings and not let Xiao Yu down one day.

Duan Rong looked at the two secret books in his hands, his eyes slightly reddened.

He had read the spirit of Xiao Zongting's weapon before.

Xiao Zongting taught him these two martial arts without reservation and taught him everything.

Duan Rong was touched and knocked his head to the ground. "I will never forget the kindness of Master Xiao in teaching me!"

Xiao Zongting said, "Get up. Duan Rong, you have done a favor to my Xiao family, you don't have to do this."

Duan Rong remained motionless.

Xiao Zongting said: "Xiao Yu, you should get up too! Help Duan Rong up!"

Xiao Yu's face turned slightly red. She felt that when she and Duan Rong knelt down to worship Xiao Zongting, it was like worshipping their parents.

Xiao Yu helped Duan Rong stand up.

Xiao Zongting looked at the two people standing in front of him, and thought of his beloved daughter and disciple who would leave tomorrow, and he suddenly felt empty in his heart.

Xiao Zongting waved his hand and said, "I'm tired, you guys go down."

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu walked out of the main room.

At the door, Duan Rong looked at Xiao Yu and said, "We're leaving tomorrow. You should stay with the old man."

Xiao Yu nodded and said "hmm", and Duan Rong immediately left the courtyard. Xiao Yu watched Duan Rong's back disappear before he withdrew his gaze.

Duan Rong returned to Liulu, closed the gate, and sat in the pavilion in the courtyard.

He first put aside the Thirteen Soul-breaking Styles and carefully read the Cloud Snake Step. This Cloud Snake Step secret book was a complete one, and Duan Rong's mastery of the Cloud Snake Step was directly obtained from devouring the spirit of Xiao Yu's anklet, which was the same as the achievement of practicing the original secret book.

However, the realm he reached afterwards, the minor success realm of the Cloud Snake Step, came from his accidental enlightenment while galloping and leaping in the Wild Boar Mountain.

The Cloud Snake Step at this time is very different from the original secret book.

And the subsequent improvement came from the enlightenment he gained after achieving the state of great perfection. This was a kind of forced improvement by learning from others' experience, and it did not have the layer-by-layer and natural accumulation of the original secret book.

When Duan Rong looked at the secret book of Cloud Snake Step at this time, he felt like the clouds were clearing and the sun was shining.

Many details that were rough and inadequate suddenly became clear.

Some of the footwork he used to forcibly bypass the missing parts are recorded in complete and detailed form in the secret manual.

"So that's it!..."

Duan Rong became more and more delighted as he watched. He took the secret book and started practicing in the yard.

There was an afterimage of his body, his footsteps were erratic, and his eyes were becoming clearer and clearer.

"The brilliance of this Cloud Snake Step lies in the details!"

Duan Rong suddenly walked along a willow tree and reached the top of the tree. Then he stepped on the tender branches at the top of the tree, leaving a residual shadow as he floated back and forth.

Duan Rong suddenly leaped from the treetop to the roof of the kitchen.

Duan Rong's figure was as fast as a ghost as he ran across the rows of tiles, but the roof, which had been in disrepair for a long time, did not make any strange noise.

Duan Rong's figure suddenly floated, and he landed lightly on the ground, standing steadily in the middle of the courtyard.

The moment he landed, he still tilted his head, looking intently at the Cloud Snake Step secret book in his hand.

Duan Rong studied the secret book attentively, and once he understood it, he started practicing in the courtyard.

By dusk, Duan Rong had completely re-done the second half of the Cloud Snake Step!

In fact, this kind of light Kung Fu is extremely difficult to practice if it is practiced in the normal way!
However, Duan Rong directly attained the mastery level of this light skill by devouring the spirit of the weapon, which has laid a solid foundation.

In his subsequent practice, he also achieved the later realm through his own way.

At this time, he looked at the original secret book again, which was equivalent to sorting out the evidence, checking for omissions and filling in the gaps. All adjustments were actually adjustments to the details.

As the sun set and a lingering rainbow spread across the courtyard, Duan Rong finally finished reading the last page of the Cloud Snake Step secret book.

Duan fusion on the secret book, the heart is filled with the joy of harvest.

The revised Cloud Snake Step is obviously much more powerful!

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he looked at another secret book on the stone table in the pavilion. Although he had been practicing hard for an entire afternoon, Duan Rong already felt tired.

However, he didn't want to rest at all because he still had a big question to explore.

It was already time for lunch, but Duan Rong had no time to eat. Besides, he felt that after having eaten so many delicious dishes at noon, he should be able to hold on.

Duan Rong picked up the secret book on the stone table and went into the inner room.

By dusk, the light in the room had dimmed.

Duan Rong lit the oil lamp and sat cross-legged on the bed!

He wants to study the issue of the Qi realm!
By devouring the spirit of Jie Daohan's sword, he has achieved the first level of knowledge and insight of the Withered and Flourishing Prajna Sword.

Moreover, he also had the secret book of Thirty Soul-Breaking Styles given to him by Xiao Zongting.

If he wasn't going to the sect tomorrow, he really wanted to go into seclusion for a while and study carefully.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged on the bed, and immediately began to refine the true qi from his internal breath according to the true qi refining method of the Kuruo Prajna Sword!
It is different from cultivating internal breath. Cultivating internal breath requires standing in the Hunyuan stance, because internal breath originates from Qi and blood, and internal breath is condensed from the surging Qi and blood.

But practicing true Qi is different!

Its method of circulating qi does not require you to stand still, but to sit cross-legged!

Although Duan Rong has already achieved the first level of knowledge and insight of the Withered and Flourishing Prajna Sword, he still needs to work hard to achieve true success.

You need to refine the true Qi from your internal breath bit by bit!
Duan Rong himself didn't expect that he would sit cross-legged like this for the entire night!
It was not until the cock crowed that he suddenly opened his eyes. After a night of hard training, there was only a faint and undetectable wisp of true energy in his dantian!

Duan Rong couldn't help feeling depressed. He had adapted to the crazy speed of cultivation, and there were obvious results from his daily practice.

It was really hard for him to accept that after practicing hard for a whole night, he could only refine a faint and almost undetectable wisp of true Qi!

"With this kind of progress, when will I be able to achieve the first level?"

Duan Rong also knew that such progress was achieved without the help of medicinal supplements. If he had the help of medicinal supplements, his cultivation speed would have been much faster.

However, this problem can only be solved after he enters the sect.

However, Duan Rong suddenly thought of a question at this moment.

This morning, he was practicing in the courtyard, and suddenly he entered that state of great clarity again!
At that time, in his dantian, true qi was actually being refined from the internal breath at a very fast speed. In just a few breaths, the true qi that was refined was actually much stronger than the true qi that he had refined after a night of hard practice!

But later, as soon as he had a thought, the state of great emptiness and clarity collapsed!

At that time, before he had time to think, Zhu Xiaoqi came and interrupted his thoughts.

Thinking about it now, that kind of vast and clear state is quite magical!
In the state of great emptiness and clarity, one can briefly step into the next state and achieve it almost directly!
But its disadvantages are also obvious. As soon as the mind moves, it will immediately collapse and has almost no practical value.

Duan Rong suddenly remembered that he took part in the apprentice escort assessment at about this time last year!

During this moment, he forgot his mind for a moment and slashed at the chief instructor Xiao Zongting with a knife.

Zhao Mu was so scared at that time that he jumped up and down and cursed at him!

Now that I think about it, he had entered into this kind of great and clear state at that time!

Duan Rong felt that this ability to occasionally enter the Great Void and Bright Realm was not like the ability to devour weapon spirits, but came with his soul!
This ability is actually possessed by the original body itself.

He just inherited it!

Because, Duan Rong recalled the memories of his original body and found that he had had several similar experiences when he was a child!
However, this ability is useless and cannot be controlled at all. You don't know when it will be triggered!
And even if you accidentally enter, as long as you have the slightest thought, it will immediately dissipate.

When the original body was a child, he experienced this state and felt dazed for a moment. He suddenly woke up and thought he was sick. He was scared!
Duan Rong recalled some old events from the depths of his memory and smiled slightly. He immediately put the Great Void and Bright Realm behind his mind. This thing was too unreliable, uncontrollable and unreliable!
Seeing that it was almost dawn, Duan Rong immediately blew out the oil lamp and lay down with the blanket. He would leave Xiangu County and go to the sect today, so he might as well get some sleep and regain some energy!

　Thanks to the book friend "Holding the Moon and Saying Goodbye" for his generous reward! I have nothing to repay you with, so I can only repay you with my life!

　　Throw it down!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)