Chapter 55: One Year
It turns out that the rule set by the ancestors that the old man mentioned by my uncle-master is that new disciples must practice in Qianxin Academy for a year.
Damn, what the hell is Qianxinyuan? It’s just a small valley with a few shabby houses that are completely different from those quaint buildings outside the valley, and they are made of wood and bamboo.
After I came out of the Huanxin Cave and chatted with the old master for a while, I suddenly remembered what he told me before entering the Huanxin Cave: "Fortune and honor are to be sought in danger." So I asked him where fortune and honor were. It turned out that the old man had tricked me here. When I thought of this, I became furious.
The valley is very small. Apart from these shabby houses, there are only a few vegetable fields, a small pond, a small bamboo forest, and a few trees. What's more annoying is that there are formations set up around the valley. As soon as the old man, the master uncle, left, I wanted to sneak away, but I bumped into the formation and was bounced back. I still feel pain when I think about it now.
After trying several more times, I finally gave up. I walked around the valley several times. There were several houses, one of which was a kitchen with some food stored in it. The temperature in the valley was very low, so the food could be kept for a long time. There were also several vegetable fields in the valley, where vegetables were also grown.
There is a bedroom, and another one is a study room, where many books are stored. The old man doesn't expect me to read those books, does he? Damn, although I am a good student and I love to study and read, but keeping me in this shabby place to read books for a year, isn't this going to kill me?
On the first day, I scratched my head and was upset all day. I thought about and tried every method I could think of, but still couldn't get out of the valley.
The next day, I wandered around the valley all day, covering almost every piece of land.
On the third day, I felt tired and simply slept for the whole day.
On the fourth day, I started to take care of the vegetables in the fields. They would provide me with food for the next year. I watered them, weeded them, and turned the soil. Fortunately, I grew up in a mountain village and learned to cook, wash clothes, and farm when I was very young.
On the fifth day, I was bored and started reading the books in the study. There were many kinds of books, including classical literature, story books, Chinese and foreign myths, and legends from ancient times to the present. But what interested me most were the books about magic and spiritual power.
There was no cell phone signal in the valley, but when my uncle left, the old man told me not to worry and that he would contact my parents every once in a while.
Since I couldn't leave, I could only accept my fate and wait for a year to pass. There happened to be many books introducing spells, spiritual power, and ghosts here, so I took this opportunity to learn more about these areas.
Starting from the sixth day, my life rhythm began to become regular, doing laundry, cooking, taking care of vegetables, reading and studying.
In a book about ghosts and monsters, I saw some things that I could only see in fantasy novels and mythological TV shows before. It turns out that there are not only ghosts in this world, but also monsters. However, the book calls them elves and spirits.
Animals and even plants are actually just like humans, they all have life, self-awareness and thinking. I remember a book called "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" which tells many stories about ghosts and fox spirits. Maybe that is not just the author's fantasy.
Humans can cultivate spiritual power, learn spells, and gain powers that are unimaginable to ordinary people, so animals and plants can naturally do the same. But what surprised me even more was that the book said that animals and plants can really turn into humans when they cultivate spiritual power to a certain extent.
Damn , are there really monsters?
I have some doubts, but I dare not deny it absolutely. After all, ghosts exist in the world and humans can cast spells, so if there really are mountain spirits and monsters, I think it is not surprising.
I also read some books about the introduction and cultivation of spiritual power. The books said that spiritual power has existed since the birth of heaven and earth. The beginning of all things , life, was born from spiritual power. Spiritual power is like the concentrated essence of life's spirit, containing powerful power, and it is also the support for more possibilities, just like the basic conditions of magic.
The simplest and most fundamental way to cultivate spiritual power is to concentrate your mind and feel the spiritual power between heaven and earth. In fact, it is just like the meditation mentioned in novels.
Since then, I had one more thing to do every day, like a martial arts warrior, I meditated every night. According to the method described in the book, it took me more than half a month to master how to feel the spiritual power between heaven and earth and start to practice spiritual power. At the same time, I could also feel the spiritual power in my body more clearly. It was that weak and wonderful energy that supported the formation of spells.
As I continued to practice, I could feel the spiritual power in my body becoming more and more abundant and powerful. At the same time, I also started to read books that recorded various spells. Unfortunately, I couldn't understand most of them, and I couldn't learn them at all, but there were also many simple and easy-to-learn spells.
In the first month, I began to get used to life in the valley. My spiritual power increased a lot, and I also learned a few small spells. The vegetables in the vegetable field seemed to be ripe soon.
In the second month, after harvesting a wave of vegetables, I got some seeds and planted them again. My spiritual power continued to grow, and because of the growth of spiritual power, I was able to skillfully use the spells I had learned before, and I continued to learn other spells.
I originally thought that staying here for a year would definitely drive me crazy, but I didn't expect that a year would pass so quickly. When I saw the figure of Lu Xiaofeng appear at the entrance of the valley, I knew that a year was up. When I walked out of the valley, I looked back at the small valley and suddenly felt that this kind of life was actually quite good.
Maybe it was because life in the valley was simple and peaceful, and my heart was as calm as water, so even though I hadn't devoured or absorbed any ghosts for a whole year, my temples didn't hurt at all.
One year is neither long nor short. The little girl Lu Xiaofeng has grown a lot taller and is now as tall as my shoulders.
When I was tricked into the valley by my uncle's old man a year ago, I cursed him in my heart, of course, I cursed him after he left. But after walking out of the valley a year later, I was still very grateful to the old man.
Over the past year, I have learned a lot of knowledge in the valley, mainly about spiritual power and spells. Since I have embarked on this path, this knowledge is definitely necessary, and for a rookie like me, this knowledge is also urgently needed.
"Uncle Junior, how have you been this year?"
Lu Xiaofeng asked with a smile. I stepped forward, held her little head, and said angrily, "You little bastard, you must have been here before, how do you think I can live?"
The little girl slapped my hand away and looked at me with a surprised look. I chuckled, looked back at the valley, then turned around and walked quickly towards the buildings in the distance.
