Yan Zhengming walked a little further, then remembered something, turned back, took out a pack of milk cakes from his sleeve, and stuffed it at Cheng Qian in a bad manner: "Take it and eat it, you little dwarf."

Cheng Qian gladly took it, without saying thank you, but just waved his hand casually, signaling the other party to get out.

That day, he finished reading the entire introduction to talismans, had a snack, and suddenly wanted to clean the bottom floor of the Sutra Building.

The bottom floor of the Sutra Building seemed like a pile of rubbish. No one had been here for many years, and over time, it was covered with a layer of dust. The walls and shelves of other places were engraved with anti-moth and waterproof talismans, but there was nothing on the bottom floor. Books that were worm-eaten and had missing pages were scattered everywhere. The contents were also complicated and disorganized, including recipes, wine-making secrets, instructions on how to tend flowers and plants, and even a pornographic picture - the man on the title page had half of his butt eaten by worms.

Cheng Qian had probably been abused by his senior brother for too long. After accidentally seeing the dirtiness and mess at the bottom, he felt very upset for a while and finally couldn't help but decided to roll up his sleeves and clean it up himself.

While cleaning, Cheng Qian came across an unexpected reward - he found a wall covered with tiny calligraphy behind a broken wooden shelf. After dusting off the dense dust and brushing away the cobwebs, he could finally see the words on the wall clearly.

The title is clear: The Magic Way.

Cheng Qian was taken aback. He didn't expect that there would be such a thing in the Sutra Building of Fuyao Sect. He hesitated for a moment, thinking that he shouldn't peek, but when he was about to leave, he couldn't help but think of Bei Mingjun.

Cheng Qian forced himself not to look around and slowly cleaned the entire ground floor, then reluctantly went upstairs and left.

Unfortunately, he regretted his decision after only a short while, and quickly ran back, leaned against the wall, and read it word by word.

That wall recorded hundreds and thousands of ways of practicing magic, all kinds of strange and all-encompassing. Among them were those who became demons through indulgence, killing, obsession... Some became demons voluntarily, and some became demons by chance. However, Cheng Qian soon discovered that apart from those weird methods that made people feel sick, many ways of practicing magic did not seem to be abnormal at all.

There are also those who enter the magic world through swords, and those who enter the magic world through talismans. The classification of the visible and invisible talismans, the methods of cultivation, etc., seem to be no different from what the master usually teaches to the eldest brother.

Cheng Qian has been looking for ways to sense the Qi and draw the Qi into the body, so he has read a lot of strange and bizarre mental methods. He discovered that the method of drawing the Qi into the body recorded in the magic cultivation method here is basically the same as other methods, and even has many similar requirements such as "calming the mind" and "stopping thoughts".

Cheng Qian was full of doubts, so the next day, he couldn't help but ask his master.

Upon hearing this, Master Mu Chun raised his head. For a moment, Cheng Qian felt a black mist flash across his eyes, but it flashed so fast that Cheng Qian thought he was dazzled.

"You're asking about the demon cultivators?" Master Mu Chun seemed to be stunned for a moment, and after a moment's silence, he asked back, "Why did you think of asking this?"

Yan Zhengming covered his face with a sword manual of the Fuyao wooden sword and kicked Cheng Qian hard under the table, fearing that the boy would lose his temper and reveal that he had brought him to the Sutra Tower.

Cheng Qian was nearly knocked down by his kick and hit the stone table with a bang. He immediately fought back angrily, leaving a black footprint on the snow-white satin upper of his senior brother's shoes, and did not bother to answer his master's question for a while.

They often kicked and stabbed each other, but Master Mu Chun was used to it, so he didn't care much. He pondered for a moment and said, "'The 莛 and the 楹, the 烈 and the 西士, the path is the same'. The great way has no path, and different paths lead to the same destination. The demon cultivators are just taking another path. The paths are slightly similar, so it's nothing strange."

After hearing this, Cheng Qian felt that this passage was very familiar. The next moment, he remembered - wasn't this what he had said to trick his senior brother in the Sutra Building?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly raised his leg and dodged the eldest brother's angry second shadowless kick.

Cheng Qian always felt that his master's words were perfunctory, so he asked, "Master, why did we choose this path instead of another one?"

Upon hearing this, Master Mu Chun looked at him quietly for a long time, then said meaningfully: "If no one picks the plums on the main road, they will be bitter. Do you understand?"

These words were like a pot of cold water, pouring all the way from Cheng Qian's crown to his tailbone, chilling him to the core. For a moment, he had the illusion that his master had seen through him.

After meeting Lord Bei Ming, the words "Master of All Demons" were unknowingly rooted in Cheng Qian's heart. In the Valley of Monsters, the big monsters that he thought were almost impossible to defeat seemed to be not worth mentioning in that man's eyes. Even the arrogant Master Zi Peng was frightened by him.

The time when Li Yun was stopped by the eldest senior brother when he was talking about magic cultivation, Cheng Qian had vaguely sensed the general attitude of the crowd towards magic cultivation, but no matter what, he was involuntarily attracted to explore it.

Before asking this question today, Cheng Qian had thought a lot in his mind. Since he already had a bias, no matter how the master slandered the demon cultivators or how he said they were evil and heretical, he would have something to refute. Who knew that the old ginger was still the spicier? Master Mu Chun's words seemed light, but in fact they hit him hard, and immediately turned all the reasons in his mind into "self-righteous flukes".

Cheng Qian's curiosity suddenly vanished, and he could only bow his head respectfully and said softly, "Thank you, Master."

Master Mu Chun stroked his beard, feeling that Cheng Qian's comprehension was beyond his expectations, and he was a little relieved. So, in his joy, he coughed lightly, drew the attention of his disciples, and announced: "My disciples, you must work hard these days. I will take you out for a trip."

"What?"

"Where are you going?"

Several people said it almost in unison, some were surprised and some were happy - for Han Yuan and his ilk, going out for a walk was like celebrating a festival, but for Yan Zhengming, it was nothing short of a bolt from the blue.

Master Mu Chun said, "The Immortal Market, which is held once every ten years, is about to open. You have been sitting on Mount Fuyao all day and have never seen the real world of cultivation. Your master will take you to see the world and visit some old friends. Since both sides have disciples, comparisons are inevitable. Please don't embarrass your master."

Embarrassment...it's simply inevitable.

Yan Zhengming reacted immediately and said, "Master, I won't go and embarrass you. You can take the brothers and sisters with you, and I'll look after the house."

Master Mu Chun looked at him kindly and said, "All the Taoist children can look after the house. There is no need to trouble my Fuyao Sect's chief disciple."

Yan Zhengming said confidently, "How can that be possible? What if something goes wrong in the cave again? What if a thief covets the beauty of our Fuyao Sect and comes to steal?"

Master Mu Chun replied calmly, "I agreed with Daoist Fellow Zi Peng that day that she has sealed the cave. Don't worry. There are talismans at the foot of the mountain and Taoist children guarding the gate. Ordinary thieves can't get in."

Yan Zhengming was still trying to explain, but Han Yuan, who had been rubbing his hands in anticipation, finally couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Brother, why are you acting like a lady from a wealthy family who never leaves the house?"

Young Master Yan was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. He felt that the man named Han was really annoying and left in anger.

Master Mu Chun watched him go away with a smile, stroked Han Yuan's dog head, and threatened with the same kind face: "Xiao Yuan does not seek to make progress, and has not even memorized the rules of the sect. I think you should stay and look after the house."

Han Yuan suddenly became a frost-bitten eggplant.

For the next ten days, there was chaos on Fuyao Mountain, with their chief disciple Yan Zhengming leading the trouble.

In order to avoid going far away, Yan Zhengming pretended to be sick, protested, and did everything he could. In the end, he almost lost face and went to his master to make trouble. He acted so cruelly that he almost died.

Unfortunately, this time Master Mu Chun was determined to get his eldest disciple, who was "raised in the mountains and unknown to the world", down the mountain, and he would not fall for his tricks at all.

Han Yuan was just the opposite. In order to get out, he was reciting the sect rules every moment. However, it seemed that he was not born to be able to recite things. He recited until he was dizzy and ecstatic, but he still forgot some things and couldn't recite them completely. Cheng Qian saw with his own eyes that he banged his head against the wall, looking like a madman.

Even the master has become elusive.

On this day, Cheng Qian placed rice paper on the Qingxin Stone in the yard and stood there silently reciting the "Classic of Purity and Tranquility".

Ever since he got the answer about the devil cultivation from his master that day, he always felt as if he had touched something, but there was a membrane between him and that thing, so he couldn't get in for a while, so he was a little anxious.

Anxiety is not conducive to spiritual practice, so Cheng Qian had to stop doing other things and recite the sutras in silence.

But when Cheng Qian had only written half of it, he heard the door open. Xue Qing went out to answer the door. A moment later, she brought in a round-headed little girl. It was their junior sister Shuikeng.

Shuikeng has half demon blood, so she is naturally different from ordinary girls. She is extremely agile and can even climb trees and go up to roofs, but she still can't speak. In this respect, she is more like a smart little animal, full of spirituality. When she was still an egg, she could judge the other person's happiness, anger, sorrow and happiness through the other person's tone and actions, but she was surprisingly slow in responding to specific words.

The master said that if it was really the half demon blood in her body that was causing the trouble, then it would not be surprising that she could not speak even when she was in her teens.

Shuikeng probably wandered out when the master wasn't paying attention. There are only two things that can attract children: delicious food and fun things. Shuikeng actually prefers to go to the Land of Gentleness because the eldest senior brother is extremely mysophobic. In order to get rid of her as soon as possible, he will prepare a lot of delicious food. As long as she comes, he will use feeding as a temptation to instruct her to harm others. Secondly, she prefers to find Han Yuan - Han Yuan himself is the "funny one".

But she seldom came to see Cheng Qian because Cheng Qian didn't like to pay much attention to her.

And she never paid any attention to Li Yun - because Li Yun had turned her into a toad.

It was rare to see Junior Sister Shuikeng in Qing'anju, so Cheng Qian asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

Shuikeng screamed twice and walked forward with tears in her eyes to grab his trouser leg. Then there was a "puff" sound and the clothes on her back were pushed open by something. Cheng Qian was startled and turned her over. He saw that two wings of an unknown bird had grown on Shuikeng's back!