Xiu Erdai's daily essays

0308_ice cave

The top of the mountain where the commandment office is located—it has not been officially named, but it can be called the commandment peak—it is in the same style as the other mountains of Jianxiu Peak, with bare rocks dotted with white snow, and it is difficult to find any weeds.I don’t want to say whether it’s magnificent or not, anyway, it’s hard to live here.

The entrance of the ice cave is at the top of the commandment peak. After jumping in, the scenery changes suddenly, from dripping water into ice to dripping water into air in an instant.

Commandment Peak is an active volcano.But since Yunxiazong was located here, it has never erupted for tens of thousands of years, because the energy was consumed by the punished disciples.

The volcano on the Commandment Peak is different from the one in the mortal world. Because of the spiritual power, the magma inside is not connected together like high-viscosity flowing water, but forms compartments, and there are still gaps in the height direction. Visibly layered.

After entering the ice cave, that is, after entering the magma, you can find a compartment like a bubble.In it, there are rolling magma in all directions, heat waves blowing towards the face, and sometimes magma splashes on the body, but there is always a force to maintain the existence of the bubbles, forming an unsafe resting place.

Going down vertically, after a certain distance, you can come to an empty layer with almost no magma. Standing in the empty layer, you can see restless magma when you look up, and the same restless magma when you look down. There is no difference between up and down. , After rolling around a few more times with eyes closed, I couldn't even tell the difference between up and down.

In the empty layer area, from time to time there will be magma balls smashing from top to bottom, sometimes flying from bottom to top, the speed is fast and slow, the route is irregular, and the two layers are exchanged in such a mess. magma.

Going further down, magma layers and empty layers appear alternately, bubbles and magma clusters jumping here and there. The scenery alone is repeated continuously, but in terms of aura, the more you go down, the richer and purer the aura.The aura of pure fire.

My sister often came to the ice cave to practice when she was in Yunxiazong, and it made her fire root very comfortable here.But even she can only go down to the No.18 floor at most now—one layer of magma and one layer of empty layer add up to one layer.

The foundation building stage can go down to the ninth floor at most, the Jindan stage is eighteen, the Yuanying stage is 27, the deity stage is 36, and the Mahayana stage is 45.These are the data personally measured by Yunxia Sect in the history - the Mahayana period was measured by the patriarch.

According to the records of the ancient fragments, the ice cave probably has 81 floors, so for modern monks, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a bottomless abyss.

0309_Penalty Item

Yunxiazong's punishment items are roughly divided into two types, one is to do things that are beneficial to others, and the other is to do things that are beneficial to oneself.

The former includes completing tasks at the mission office for free, running errands for others, etc., while the latter includes thinking behind closed doors, entering ice caves to hone oneself, etc.

It's so beautiful to let the wrong person be seriously injured and bedridden by just smoking a meal, and have to be taken care of by others.

Every disciple knows that entering the ice cave is beneficial to their own cultivation, but apart from the fire spirit root, every disciple also knows that the taste of entering the ice cave is quite sour and refreshing. Most people would rather grow slowly in their cultivation. And don't torture yourself to that extent.

Even Huolingen, like my sister, soaked it for a few hours each time. The longest time was that it was stuck in the bottleneck and there was no way to go. After soaking for a week, it came out with a haggard face.I had to adjust her body mask for a week.

However, if the Disciplinary Department punished the disciples, it would definitely not be punished by the hour, at least it would be a whole day, and a week can only be regarded as a small punishment, and it is not uncommon to be punished on a monthly basis.So everyone was afraid.

Even knowing that after this kind of punishment is over, the strength will improve obviously, but it is really too painful.The punishment time is slowed down over the time of psychological shadow, which is enough to grow so much at a normal pace.

My dad said: "Hypocritical."

I deeply agree.

You must know that in order to maintain the balance of spiritual power, the ice cave cannot allow monks to enter and practice without restriction.There are too few people going in for a period of time, and the average cultivation base is too low, which will oversaturate the energy and cause the volcano to erupt.But in the same period of time, there are too many people entering, and the average cultivation level is too high, which will excessively consume the energy in the mountain, making it impossible for the spiritual power in the mountain to recover quickly, and in the worst case, it will even destroy this spiritual vein.

Therefore, the ice cave can only be used for the cultivation of the disciples of this sect, and the outside monks can't use it if they want to.The excellent training places similar to the ice cave are basically in the hands of the big sects. Those small sect disciples and casual cultivators want to find places to torture themselves to quickly improve their strength, but they can't get close to such places.

Those who want to use it won't be able to use it, but the sect disciples who have innate advantages are better off. They still avoid it, and it has become a punishment item, so they are forced to use it.

Hehe, it is really hypocritical to be in the midst of blessings and not to be blessed.

0310_ bubble magma

However, even though it is hypocritical, I still have to say——

Is it humane to let Bing Linggen soak in magma?

Because it is dangerous to stay in the ice cave for too long or go too deep, the ice cave not only has multiple magic tools to monitor the situation of every disciple in the cave at all times, but also has special guards who are ready to save people around the clock .These guards are also members of the Disciplinary Department, because it is also a violation of the rules to be in danger in the ice cave if one is overbearing, and should be punished as well.

The punishments given by the Disciplinary Department must be within the tolerance range of the punished disciples, and the disciples who are punished to go to the ice cave for introspection will never be injured unless there is a sudden change in the body or mood—spiritual depression is not considered an injury. The fantasies that are burning are not counted—the ones who will be injured are those who think they are very capable, ignore the advice of the guards before entering the cave, regard the estimated limit of the magic weapon as an underestimation of themselves, sneak down and delay time , and finally the whole thing came.

Cultivators who cannot correctly evaluate themselves must be punished, severely punished.First go to Danxiu Peak to be an alchemist for two weeks, and heal the injury by the way. Also, the treatment fee will be doubled.

Watching my dad's application for using the ice cave, the watchman brother exclaimed: "Fifth floor, one week... Ouch, Second Young Master, why are you Elder Pei? This is a bit ruthless, you have to be a coke beauty when you come out."

What can I do with him?He is the father, he is the master, he is the biggest, and he has always been my only one.

"It's okay." The senior sister next to me looked at the evaluation magic weapon and said, "There is still room for the limit value, but," she looked at me sympathetically, "Ice Lingen, it will be very uncomfortable."

You don't need to say it, I feel like I'm melting when I stand at the entrance of the cave.For this forced self-abuse project, I didn't even want to bring a fur ball, but my hard-hearted father said: "Its cultivation level is no lower than yours. What you raise is a spirit beast that can fight side by side, not a pet. Bring it with you." .”

...But I just kept fur balls as pets. How can I have the heart to let them fight with such a small lump?Besides, my own fighting frequency is considered low among sword cultivators at the same level.

Dad: "What is the relationship between combat power and body shape?"

That's right, back then when the little master uncle was just looking too, he was just as fierce and vicious...

Dad: "And you still feel very proud that you don't fight?"

No, it's not that I didn't fight, I just fought less frequently, and I'm not proud of it...

Dad concluded: "Go and reflect immediately."

Well, you have the final say...

0311_The fifth floor

The spiritual power wraps the body, passes through the first layer, the second layer... until the fifth layer of magma, and finally falls on the fifth empty layer.

Although it seems that the magma layer is more turbulent and ferocious, in fact, the oppression of the empty layer is heavier, because the concentration of aura in the empty layer is greater.

So if you want to rest, it will be easier to enter the magma layer.Note that it only works in magma, not in air bubbles. The composition of air bubbles is the same as that of empty layers.

Floating in the fifth empty layer, above is the fifth layer of magma, below is the sixth layer of magma.There is a layer of aura between the empty layer and the magma, which needs to be concentrated at one point and strong enough to penetrate, and it is easier to penetrate from the bottom to the top than from the top to the bottom.Therefore, if the cultivator is in a coma, there will be no such thing as 'continuously falling until it falls on an unbearable layer and melts until there is no slag left'.

As long as the monks don't intentionally seek death, generally speaking, as many layers of membranes as they can be pierced, and as many layers as they stay, they are temporarily safe.But the kind of "concentrate all the strength, forcefully break through a layer of membrane and squeeze through", what was waiting for him evaporated in an instant.

Of course, in the safe layer, the longer you stay, the less safe you will be. After all, the ambient fire attribute aura in the ice cave is too strong, and other auras will be severely crowded out, causing the aura environment to become unbalanced.It is not suitable for a long-term stay even for a monk with a fire root, let alone a monk with other spiritual roots.

Although the modern comprehension world regards a single spiritual root as the best cultivation talent, but a single spiritual root only means that it is a professional, and it does not mean that it does not need the assistance of other attributes of aura.What's more, the modern admiration of single Lingen can be said to be a compromise of last resort under the circumstances of scarcity of resources.Not to mention that every monk is so absolute, at least most of the monks admit that under the same level of cultivation, the five spirit roots are the strongest, but it is difficult for the modern five spirit roots to cultivate to the "equal level of cultivation" with other spirit roots.

0312_Sword

From the perspective of others, cultivation is actually a very boring thing.For example, I am in the ice cave at the moment, surrounded by magma and air, without any entertainment facilities, it seems that there is nothing else to do except to be in a daze.

But from the perspective of the monk in it, that is, me, even if there are entertainment facilities, I can't have leisure to use them.

The spiritual power inside and outside the body conflicts and fights with each other. I must constantly direct my spiritual power to compete with the indiscriminate attacking spiritual power around me.In terms of amount, my spiritual power is far inferior to the environment, and the only thing I can rely on to win a living space is that my spiritual power can be arranged in an orderly manner.Under order, they can fight and defend more efficiently.

I need to find a relatively weak part of the chaotic aura around me, and move there, just like walking into the opponent's temporary attack blind spot, to get a breather.

Here, as a sword repairman, my sword is also an indispensable partner.Although it seems that there is no physical object to chop, but for a sword cultivator, a sword is not just a weapon, it is also a guiding tool, which can make the spiritual power more concentrated and easier to control and command.

When the sword is swung out, the spiritual power shoots out along the edge of the sword, splitting the accumulated fire aura, and even temporarily creating a layer of ice—of course, the ice layer will be swallowed by the fire soon, but A little bit of safety belt was also made for the time being.

Even if you don't swing the sword, just hold the sword in your hand, this sword that never leaves your body, trains together, hunts together, confronts enemies together, explores together, even cooks barbecues together, digs pits together, climbs trees together... Do all kinds of things together It will also make your own spiritual power more rounded, smooth and easy to control.

The sword is the half body of a sword cultivator, and it is the spiritual object that is most likely to realize the evolution from a magic weapon to a spiritual treasure among all utensils.Among all utensils, the group of 'sword' has always been mentioned as a special category, it is not an item, it is a partner.

Even though my father has always disliked me as a sword cultivator who is not qualified anywhere, but I think, at least in terms of my attitude towards swords, I am still correct.Even though every time something happens, I often don't think about how to solve it with a sword for the first time, but when I hold the sword in my hand, I always feel that I seem to be more determined.

I definitely wouldn't put the sword in a safe place first if I felt it was in danger like I did with the hairball.Sometimes abnormal spiritual power rushed to me along the sword, and I never gave up the sword.At that time, I always used the sword as a battlefield, and used my own spiritual power to compete with the enemy's spiritual power on the sword. I never doubted that it never happened, and my sword would not be able to support in this kind of competition.Every time something like that happens, it's always my sword and I that push back the hostile spirits in the end.

My sword is a magic weapon, but compared to the spiritual weapon of the portable space, I am more confident that the sword will evolve into a spiritual treasure.Maybe the time is long, but as long as I work hard to prolong my life, I believe that day will come sooner or later, just like every sword cultivator has such confidence.