The sky is filled with yellow sand, and there is no trace of life for thousands of miles. The only exception is a thin and thin figure struggling to move forward in this boundless sea of ​​sand. This person is none other than Zhang Zheng, who was thrown out of the Cave Heaven Residence earlier.

She has been walking around in this hellish place for nearly a year, and the respect she initially felt for the cheap master has long been worn away, leaving her with countless resentments.

If she was given another chance to start over, although she would still choose this path, she would definitely beat up that dog master first.

I don't know what kind of strange thing the Jingze tree floating in the Dantian is. She was a mortal body and didn't feel tired after half a year without eating or drinking.

Zhang Zheng raised his head and looked far away for the thousandth time. He saw endless yellow sand, and even the air was dry and dry. Not to mention the water plants, not even the scorpions common in the desert were seen.

.This is like another magical place.

This year she also tried to practice, but the spiritual energy here was too thin, and the speed was really hard to praise. It could be said that even a drop of water a day would accumulate into a small puddle, but the spiritual energy in her body continued to follow the meridians.

Can't hold it even for one lap.

Cultivation didn't work, so she simply devoted herself wholeheartedly to enlightenment.

What is her way?

Zhang Zheng was puzzled. She had only been involved in spiritual practice for five years. She was asked to memorize a practice method according to the script, but she did not hesitate. However, she still did not understand the meaning of the word Tao.

Master Biandi always emphasized the importance of Tao. If you don’t have your own Tao, you cannot truly embark on the path of spiritual practice. However, he did not tell her what Tao is and where to find it.

A hurricane broke out from the ground, and Zhang Zheng, who was unprepared, was blown straight away by the wind, rolling around in the air, and finally landed in a panic, with a mouthful of sand stuffed in his mouth.

"Zhuzi, where can I escape!"

Zhang Zheng was about to get up when a powerful roar almost broke her ears, so she quickly lay down and burrowed into the sand, leaving only half of her body exposed.

Soon, two figures, one black and one brown, rushed past her head.

The chasing brown dot suddenly threw out a golden magic weapon like a pagoda. The magic weapon circled and expanded in the air, covering the sky and the earth in an instant. The man in black could not escape, and the blue light in front of him surged, but he could only

It lasted for half a quarter of an hour and then suddenly shattered. The pagoda immediately put it into the body of the tower, and then retracted it to its original shape and was taken back into the sleeves of the man in brown clothes.

The man in brown clothes was exhausted at this moment and could not even support himself in the air, so he had to stay down temporarily and prepare to return to the sect after his spiritual energy recovered.

He had just concentrated on the fight, but as soon as he stood on the sand, the man in brown noticed that there were small insects hiding in the dark.

"Who is here!"

Knowing that he had been exposed, Zhang Zheng hurriedly climbed out of the sand and explained tremblingly: "Junior is just lost. I don't know that senior is here to catch the bad guys."

The man in brown clothes looked at Zhang Zheng with his eyes like a torch, and saw that Zhang Zheng's aura was shallow, but he was only at the first level of Qi training, so he finally felt less vigilant, but...

"How come you, a Qi-training monk, are here in Fansha?"

Zhang Zheng did not dare to hide everything, so he had to tell half the truth: "I am originally a disciple of a small sect in Huaiyin. When I was chased by monsters two days ago, I was in a panic and didn't know where I went. When I woke up, I was here.

"

Seeing her, she was about to burst into tears, feeling extremely wronged and said, "I thought I was going to die here, but I'm so lucky to have met you, senior. I beg you, senior, if it's convenient, if you can give me a ride. I will be grateful and repay you."

The martial arts uniform she was wearing was already in tatters, and there were a few sharp scratches on it, which was indeed consistent with her statement.

The man in brown clothes now believed most of it. This little monk must have been unlucky enough to break into a certain teleportation array. He was not that kind of cold-hearted monk. This place was uninhabited for thousands of miles. If he let this child go, he would probably die here.

"I am the elder of the outer sect of Wanxuan Sect - Xiao Tu. It is not difficult to take you on a journey, but after doing this, I will return to the ninth level of Wanxuan Sect. Huaiyin is too far away from here. If you are willing, I will

You take it to Wanxuanmen territory."

Zhang Zheng originally wanted to find a way out elsewhere, so naturally he was very happy and agreed repeatedly.

Xiao Tu took the spirit nourishing pill, meditated for a while to regain his spiritual energy, then summoned the flying sword and prepared to set off. Zhang Zheng's cultivation was too low to even stand on the flying sword. Xiao Tu thought for a while, made a decisive decision, and heroically pinched her

In the arms, speeding away.

Xiao Tu used the long-distance teleportation charm twice and finally arrived at the gate of Wanxuanmen Mountain before sunset.

Zhang Zheng finally stepped onto the solid ground. Her face was so pale that she couldn't bear the nausea and said thank you to Xiao Tu.

Xiao Tu caught a glimpse of her bloodless face and frowned slightly, "You're too weak, girl."

"In three months' time, there will be Wanxuan Sect's admissions test. If you are confident then, come and give it a try. Entering the sect can be regarded as a kind of protection."

Zhang Zheng once again thanked this senior who met by chance. She knew his good intentions, but she knew that with her current qualifications, it would be extremely difficult for her to enter a large sect. Even if she was lucky enough to get in, if she could not realize the Tao and cultivate within a few decades,

Since there is no way to break through the foundation building, it is better not to delay the sect's training of outstanding disciples.

Seeing that she had no interest in it, Xiao Tu frowned slightly. Everyone had their own circumstances, and he couldn't force her, so he stopped thinking, but his impression of the girl had dropped a bit, and she was not a good person.

generation.

After the two parted ways, Zhang Zheng set off for the market at the foot of the mountain. This is an area under the jurisdiction of Wanxuanmen, and many monks live there. They have been trading here for a long time and gradually formed the prosperous market that is now bustling with people.

Apart from the ten Qi-Building Pills distributed by the sect before, Zhang Zheng only had tattered clothes on her body. There was a red fruit that she picked casually in the pocket of her clothes.

Zhang Zheng, who was impoverished and white-sleeved, attracted a lot of people's attention as soon as she stepped into the market. The people around her may not say they were noble or wealthy, but at least they were clean and tidy, unlike her who was so tattered that she looked like a beggar who came from nowhere.

Even the vendors who usually solicit business at the entrance of the market looked at each other in disbelief and refused to come forward to talk. They looked so poor and could not even get a single reward for leading the way.

Zhang Zheng turned a blind eye to the disdainful looks on him and walked straight towards an old man setting up a stall on the roadside.

"Excuse me, senior, do you collect qi-boosting pills here?"

Qi-Building Pills are a popular commodity, and they can't even be rated as high-grade pills. That is, only some small sect disciples and casual cultivators can use them. The big sects distribute at least first-class Spirit-Building Pills.

The old man raised his drooping brows and glanced at her impatiently. Seeing that she was a poor little girl, he couldn't help but frown. He paused for a moment in expelling her and said casually: "Five low-grade spirit beads. If you don't want to, just leave."

In today's world of cultivation, spiritual stones are the common currency. Spiritual stones are divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. The exchange difference between each grade is one to one hundred. However, high-grade spiritual stones are difficult to find, and few monks are willing to exchange high-grade spiritual stones for low-grade spiritual stones.

Stone. And there are spirit beads under the spirit stone. Ten spirit beads are equivalent to one low-grade spirit stone.

Zhang Zheng knew that Qi-Building Pills were not very popular in this prosperous world, and it was rare for the old man to be willing to buy her Qi-Building Pills. He did not dare to refuse, and immediately handed the bottle containing ten Qi-Building Pills to the old man.

The old man only saw the correct number and threw it into the corner of the stall. He counted out five low-grade spiritual stones from the storage bag and handed them to Zhang Zheng.

Zhang Zheng collected the spirit stones. With her current meager assets, she could not afford to live in an inn. She had to find a small sect as soon as possible.

"Senior, how do you sell this map?"

Seeing that she was about to buy something, the old man's face brightened slightly, "The cheapest one is a low-grade spiritual stone, and the most expensive are ten low-grade spiritual stones."

Zhang Zheng had no choice but to spend money and buy the cheapest one. She felt distressed thinking that she had spent one-fifth of her assets in one go.

"Come to take the Wanxuanmen entry test?"

Seeing the pain on her face, the old man couldn't help but wonder where the monk came from to be so poor, so he asked casually.

"No, I just want to join a small sect."

Is there anyone who came here and didn’t want to enter Wanxuanmen? The old man looked at her in surprise when he heard this, and thought that this girl’s qualifications were too poor.

but……

The old man shook his head at her, sighed and said: "Then you are here at an unlucky time. If the small sects around here usually open the mountain to recruit disciples every day. As the Wanxuan Sect disciple test is approaching, these small sects have not confiscated their disciples in order to avoid their sharp edges.

At least we have to wait until the Wan Xuan Sect disciples have completed the test before recruiting any more disciples."

The Wanxuanmen disciple test, Zhang Zheng thought for a moment, means that she has to wait for at least three months. During these three months, food and accommodation are not a small problem.

The old man seemed to have noticed her difficulty, and no one was visiting the stall at the moment, so he took the opportunity to kindly give some advice, "Wanxuanmen specially prepared room and board for the monks who came to enroll. I see you are so poor.

You can just go there and make do. If you are lucky enough to enter the Wanxuan Sect, you will be a great blessing."

This is a good place to go. Zhang Zheng has no other choice. The cheapest inn in this market is only a low-grade spiritual stone for one night. Although I don’t want to enter the Wanxuan Sect, it is better to just give it a try than to live on the streets.

too much.

Zhang Zheng bowed slightly to the old man gratefully. Although the old man was not very friendly, he helped her a lot.

Follow the map all the way to the western suburbs of the market, and at the end is the Wanxuanmen Inn.

There are three residences at the front and back, arranged in a three-character pattern. The inn becomes more luxurious and luxurious from the front to the back. The last floor even houses a spirit gathering array.

Of course Zhang Zheng didn't know this.

Perhaps because it was still early, the front door of the inn was crowded, so Zhang Zheng walked up to a monk on duty and respectfully explained his purpose.

The monk is wearing a simple gray robe, and the black tag on his waist reads Wanxuanmen Li Jing in white letters.

Li Jing is just an ordinary outer disciple. This month it happens to be his turn to be on duty at the inn. Whether this job is good or bad depends on time. If he can meet the nobles, some benefits will leak out from their fingers.

It's enough for an ordinary disciple like him to struggle for more than ten years. But most of the nobles arrive here about ten days in advance, so if Li Jing is unlucky, he will most likely not meet them.

After all, he was a monk from Wanxuan Sect. Although Li Jing felt regretful, he did not neglect his duties. He dutifully introduced Zhang Zheng to the scale of this place and gave her a housing token.

Zhang Zheng is powerless and poor. The two rows of rooms at the back of the inn are occupied by those who are either rich or noble. The token Zhang Zheng was assigned is "C character - 23". With this token, she can be free.

Go in and out of your room.

Zhang Zheng quickly found "No. 23" in the room in column C. He put the token on the recessed area of ​​the door. He saw a wave of water rippling and he was inside the door in a blink of an eye.

Unexpectedly, the room that looks only ten square meters from the outside is actually quite different inside, ten times as big as it is. It’s just extraordinarily simple, except for a plank bed, a set of tables and chairs and two bottles of Bigu Pills placed on the tables and chairs.

, nothing else.

The Bigu Pill is a relatively common first-level mid-grade pill. There are 30 pills in two bottles. There are still nearly three months before the disciple test. One pill can last for ten days, which is just the right time.

After Zhang Zheng put away the Bigu Pills, she sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate carefully.

On the way here, she thought about it carefully. Although she wanted to enlighten to the Tao as soon as possible, it was obvious that she had not touched any shadow of the Tao in the past two years of wandering. The reason should be that her understanding of the Tao was too shallow.

If you don’t know what the Tao is, how can you understand it?

Since you are going to take the disciple test of Wanxuan Sect, why not try your best? If you get in, as a large Zhengjian Sect, there will definitely be books about Tao in its library. Sharpen your sword and chop wood, wait until you understand

If you understand the Tao, maybe it will be easier to understand the Tao.

As for whether she would be kicked out of the sect or experience humiliation after being lucky enough to enter the Wanxuan Sect and have not made any progress for decades, so what, since she came here for what she asked for, the rest was not worth worrying about.

Having figured it out, Zhang Zheng decided to use these three months to practice hard and strive to break through to the second level of Qi training. The more you can cultivate, the more opportunities you will have. Even if you can't enter Wanxuan Sect, you can still gain one for yourself.

Save your life.


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