Chapter 8: Life of Entrance

  Like this, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, going out to play games during the day, occasionally fighting in groups, days passed by like this until half a month later, Shuixian applied ointment to his little face with a painful expression, not only angry but also saying:

  "How come you're still getting beaten up by that cold young master? Don't you guys always win? Did you not listen again and charge forward?"

  "Ow, it hurts! I didn't do anything, I was just following Lord Leng's back, not that he's in trouble or anything. But then that big black guy beat me up like this, ahh... so painful!"

  "Never mind, although your eyes and mouth are all bruised, didn't you also get the elixir of immortality? I've heard that you took it immediately, good job! In the future, you should continue to help that Young Master Feng, sooner or later he'll give you something even better!"

  Xiaodou rubbed her face and said: "I'm not doing it for the things he gave me, after a few days, I found out that he's actually a very good person. Hmm, Shuixian sister, do we have to accept other people's things? Can't we just work hard ourselves? These past few mornings, I've been going jogging with Lao Da!"

  "Little Bean, don't be too good to others just because they're nice to you. You have to keep some things to yourself, or else people will take advantage of you. It's not that we're petty or greedy for other people's things, but on this path of cultivation, if you only rely on your own efforts, defeating demons and flying through the skies with a sword will always be just a dream. Not to mention breaking through layers of boundaries to extend your lifespan... This path requires three parts effort and seven parts elixirs, spiritual lands, and assistance from others. You don't understand these things, that's fine. Just listen to me, Water Fairy won't harm you... Ah, right! I'm only a bit older than you, so stop calling me 'sister' from now on!"

  Xiao Dougan smiled a few times and said: "Actually, since that old man finished speaking, every time I call you sister, it feels strange. Alright, then I'll call you Shui Xian, and you can still call me Xiao Dou! Xiao Dou will listen to Shui Xian's words, whatever you say is what it is!"

  "Shui Xian took out a book and said, 'Don't be sweet with your words first, I need to test you first. Can you understand these texts and numbers? How about the Pangu Yi Jing? Once you pass all the tests, I'll teach you the Xiantian Divine Skill..."

  Looks like the silly little bean, learning things isn't too bad either, under the guidance of "Little Master" he's making rapid progress, just wanting to catch up with the clever and agile Water Fairy, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't even keep up with half of her pace, facing Water Fairy, he's utterly defeated!

  However, with the help of Shuixian in this muddled and confused little circle of life, Xiaodou gradually learned some basic knowledge. Although he still didn't understand much, he listened to Shuixian's words and diligently practiced every day. He was the first to get up early in the morning, sat cross-legged on an inconspicuous stone at the top of the mountain according to Shuixian's teachings, and bitterly cultivated the newly acquired Xiantian divine technique, absorbing the first ray of sunlight from the Ling Mountain treasure land at dawn.

  Especially a few months later, Xiao Dou truly felt that there were many channels of Qi in his body running automatically, and when he sat cross-legged, his internal breath grew several times stronger!

  Not even he himself knew that the most mysterious basic Dharma in the Xianxia world - the Innate Divine Art, this art is divided into four layers. After practicing to the first layer, one's magical power will increase with age. To know that this condition can only be achieved by high-level Dharma!

  The second layer is even more profound, directly penetrating all the years of one's life since birth, which is what people often refer to as starting cultivation in the womb!

  The third layer is complete, and at whatever age you are, that's how many years of Taoist practice you have. Then, when you switch to practicing other profound and mysterious skills, you can do so with ease, without fear of the demonic invasion that all cultivators dread. Although it doesn't have much power, these conditions are absolutely the best method for beginners in cultivating immortality.

  As for the fourth layer, basically no one cultivates it. It's too time-consuming and laborious, and in the end, there is no way to achieve the next level of cultivation. Therefore, cultivating the first three layers is enough for people. Moreover, wasting many years of time, even if you really cultivate to the peak of the fourth layer, it's just a matter of having one more innate divine ability. This divine ability isn't something that can be cultivated at will, but rather depends on opportunities and circumstances. What if, unintentionally, you cultivate a divine ability that allows you to transform into a toad? That person would probably cry themselves to death! But Xiaodou is not afraid, this is also the only way out that Shuixian told himself...

  And he, that white-haired old man, on a whim, casually planted a small sapling. Whether it succeeded or not, there would be no loss, just the receipt of Water Fairy's genuine heart!

  But Xiao Dou, this unknown little sprout, a year and a half later, Leng Han Ming had enough of his younger brothers' flattery, unintentionally suffered from insomnia one morning, discovered Xiao Dou's hard work, and launched a fierce attack on him like a stormy rain. Xiao Dou was beaten to the point where he couldn't even defend himself, occasionally counterattacking but getting beaten even more miserably, unable to withstand it, his crude techniques were no match for the incredible skills passed down by Leng Han Ming's father, a top-tier cultivator!

  But Leng Han Ming didn't have any petty secrets or useless magical techniques. Every morning, he would enthusiastically teach these techniques to Xiao Dou, but Xiao Dou was too clumsy and couldn't even defeat himself. It wasn't until much later that he could exchange over a hundred moves with himself, and only then did he slowly master a few layers of techniques. Only then was he able to knock the powerful Lei Zhan to the ground!

  But all this was three years later. Two 11- or 12-year-old boys stood at the edge of a mountain, still habitually gazing up at the sky, chatting and laughing.

  Leng Han's handsome face lit up with a proud smile: "Xiao Dou, with my help to plead your case, you can just call my old man 'godfather' and that'll be great! From then on, you'll have a surname too, the same as me - Leng. We two brothers will conquer the world together, won't that be wonderful!"

  Her eyes were like a mountain peak, her eyebrows were gentle, the corners of her mouth were upturned, and she had a melon-seed-shaped face. Although this little bean was also lovely and endearing, having been with this cold young master for a long time, she always thought of herself as an ugly duckling. At this moment, she blushed and said: "Forget it, your old man's amazing moves took me four and a half years to learn, if I continue to learn his super difficult magic with my stupid brain, I'll surely drive him mad!"

  "Ha ha, little bean sprout, I've told you many times already! That's the so-called number one martial art in the world - the Holy Battle Technique! It was created by a war god from the divine realm, and somehow it ended up in the mortal world. You always forget, but this is the method to strengthen your magical powers, toughen your body, and temper your will. Anyway, you've already mastered it all, so don't practice anymore. In a few years, at the ceremony of becoming a disciple, you'll follow me and we'll start learning magic together!"

  "Why stop practicing, this... uh ~ Sacred Fighting Technique, isn't it 108 levels, the more you practice the stronger you get? I mastered the 16th level and defeated Lei War, if I keep practicing I'll definitely become even stronger!"

  "Little Bean, you don't understand. In the future, when we cultivators compete, we won't be using fists and kicks like those worldly Jianghu people do. We'll be using powerful magical artifacts to settle things. Take that defeated Mo Dajun, for example - he only knew how to wield a sword with his technique, and then use his magical artifact, the divine sword, to instantly defeat monsters. And my protective artifact... you can't even touch me! If I weren't afraid of causing trouble... Hmph! Later on, when I bring out the few attacking artifacts my old man gave me, it'll be even more formidable. So, practicing that is useless. Oh, right - do you know any magical techniques? I see that Water Fairy often teaching you..."

  "Never mind, next time she wants me to master five spells, but I've been practicing for so long and only mastered one spell, Qingming Eye! Ah~ if Good Water Fairy knew that I only mastered one spell, she would definitely cry again, what can I do?!"

  Leng Han Ming suddenly burst out laughing and said: "Qing Ming Yan! Isn't that something you unintentionally cultivated by sitting on the rooftop at night, staring at the stars? You little silly bean! You really don't have any talent!"

  Seeing Xiao Dou's urgent eyes filled with tears, Leng Da Shao couldn't help but feel a great sense of urgency in his heart. After thinking for a moment, he made up his mind and said loudly:

  "Alright, I'm not afraid that you'll master one technique, but rather that you won't even learn one. Are your eyes okay? Fine, let me use the Eternal Sacred Milk that my old man prepared for me to enhance your eyes a bit, level them up by five or six levels, and then flip through the last page of that magical celestial book passed down by the Upper Realm's Great God... see if there are any powerful eye techniques you can learn. Once you master them all, your Water Fairy will definitely be delighted!"

  Xiao Dou couldn't help but burst into laughter and followed him to Leng Da Shao's private room. Meanwhile, Leng Da Shao emerged from behind the wall with a mysterious golden-edged booklet in hand, and then pulled out a colorful small porcelain bottle from beneath the floor tiles, his face twisted in pain as he said:

  "This is the homework left by my old man for me, but I gave it to you, Xiaodou, you must work hard!"

  Xiao Dou nodded his head seriously and said: "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely use my greatest efforts to work hard and won't let you down!"

  Leng Han Ming pulled him onto the bed, flipping through a small booklet while muttering to himself:

  "Although I didn't have much hope for you, but as the big brother, I've been quite righteous to you, huh... Alright, let's talk about eye-related techniques. The Heavenly Eye Technique is also known as the Pupil Technique. Among them, the first is the Reincarnation Eye in the Divine Realm, which has too many layers and isn't fun to play with. The second is the All-Seeing Divine Eye, wow! It's said that even the Second Young Master of the Divine Realm uses this technique, but it doesn't suit you, you don't have the talent, so forget about learning it. The third is the Non-Dual Divine Eye, which is a specialty of those Buddhist monks, and you're not allowed to learn it either. Fourth... Ah, yes! It's the Heavenly Dao Profound Mystery Eye! That's right, my old man taught me this one, Xiaodou, take a look, let's just learn this one!"

  Xiao Dou took the booklet and looked at it, shaking his head: "No way, you see this one is also about some profound moral principles, put down and be carefree, and besides, the fourth one isn't that great. I'll just learn the first one, Water Fairy sister knows I'm number one, she'll definitely be happy!"

  Leng Han Ming suddenly shouted: "This won't do, when I came, my old man told me that the first wheel of reincarnation would take tens of millions of years, let alone practicing it, even if you practiced it successfully, after tens of millions of years, what's the use? It's better to learn something more powerful, otherwise, when you encounter danger, you'll definitely die!"

  Xiao Dou's adorable silly smile said: "Boss, it's nothing, I learned this famous magic trick just to show you and Shui Xian, as long as she's happy!"

  "Cold and stern, his eyes gleamed with a hint of laughter as he said: 'Alright, since you don't like to show off, I'll just teach it to your little water sprite. Okay, so learn this... uh, no, not yet, wait till I recite the incantation and imprint the Wheel of Rebirth's mantra into your mind. Hmph! If it were up to you to memorize these... hundreds of millions of characters! Uh, don't even mention you, I wouldn't be able to remember them either. Alright, sit cross-legged, steady your mind, and behold - the Wheel of Rebirth!"