It was getting dark, and Ding Yi came home from get out of class at Xilu Martial Arts Hall.
For others, the word home should mean a warm harbor where parents, brothers and sisters reunite, but for Ding Yi, home has been torn apart.
Many years ago, his parents died due to overwork, leaving only his elder brother to take care of him. Later, with his good hunting skills, his brother not only supported him, but also married a beautiful wife.
Speaking of which, things are gradually getting better these days, and the whole family is reunited and harmonious.
But how cruel is God? Ding Yi's brother had an accident during a hunting trip and was attacked by a first-level monster. How could an ordinary person fight against the monster? Therefore, Ding Yi's brother was seriously injured by the monster. Soon after he came back, Just die.
Before he died, he told his wife to take good care of his young brother. No matter what, he should not let him be as useless as himself. No matter what, he should let him become a practitioner. His wife agreed, and this care was taken care of. He took care of Ding Yi for three full years.
Ding Yi's sister-in-law is named Shen Luoyan. As her name suggests, she is as beautiful as Shen Yuluoyan. However, over the years, she has worked day and night for Ding Yi's studies, working tirelessly and barely eking out a living by doing exquisite hand-made embroidery.
Every time Ding Yi thinks of his sister-in-law's white hair that inadvertently appeared on the temples, Ding Yi's heart feels like a knife. His sister-in-law is only eighteen years old, only two years older than him, but she perseveres so strongly. , so except for being unable to enter the meditation stage, Ding Yi learned all other courses very well and was very excellent.
But Ding Yi still hates himself and why he has been unable to enter the meditation stage. Now there is less than a year left. He must practice hard and break through the meditation stage.
When he walked to the door of his humble home, Ding Yi saw a light on in the house, and a figure sitting quietly under the light, as if he was embroidering something with something in his hand.
Seeing this, Ding Yi felt warm in his heart and strode in.
The sound of footsteps sounded, and the people inside heard it and called out: "Is uncle back?"
The sound is clear and sweet, like the cry of a lark.
"Well, sister-in-law, I'm back." Ding Yi responded and strode into the house.
In the room, a gorgeous and beautiful woman was doing embroidery work with her head lowered. This woman was none other than Ding Yi's sister-in-law Shen Luoyan.
When she saw Ding Yi come in, she couldn't help but raise her head, smiled at Ding Yi, hurriedly put down her work, stood up and said, "Are you hungry? I'll bring you the food right now."
Ding Yi nodded and sat down.
Not long after, Shen Luoyan brought the food in and put it on the table. Looking at the dazzling array of dishes on the table, Ding Yi felt distressed for no reason, and couldn't help but scolded: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to buy such good dishes every time. "
"How do you do that? You are practicing. I heard people say that cultivators must supplement themselves with a lot of nutritious food to practice better. My sister-in-law is not very capable and can't get those monster meats. She can only make these commonplace meals. You can Don't blame your sister-in-law for not cooking well, just make do with it, right?" Shen Luoyan frowned and said.
Once a practitioner enters the realm of emptiness and concentration, he or she will need a lot of energy replenishment every day, starting from breathing in and out.
Although cultivating the mind can improve the strength of the body, it does not increase the strength of the body in vain. Before entering the state of Qi concentration and being unable to introduce the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the only way for a cultivator to obtain energy is through diet.
Conditions like Ding Yi's are naturally not good. They only eat ordinary livestock meat such as chickens, ducks, and pork. Their energy supplement is limited. However, monster meat that can supplement a large amount of energy cannot be eaten.
Monsters are very fierce creatures. Ding Yi's brother, an experienced and strong hunter, was seriously injured when he was attacked by a first-level monster. This shows that it is impossible for ordinary people to obtain it. Monster meat.
But things are different for children from aristocratic families like Pei Jin. They can eat monster meat almost every meal, so their cultivation progress is very fast!
For example, like Pei Jin, when he reaches the breathing stage, with the help of monster meat, he can practice and complete this breathing stage almost quickly, and then start to break through meditation.
Ding Yi was not so lucky. It took him more than a year to start breathing through meditation. This is also an important reason why he has not broken through meditation yet. He cannot keep up with food and cannot breathe quickly. Reach the stage of Dzogchen.
But for Shen Luoyan, this is the best she can do, because ordinary people may not be able to eat chicken, duck, and pork every meal, so she works so hard to make money, otherwise with her craftsmanship, she will only be able to eat chicken, duck, and pork. If you just want to make a living, there is no need to work so hard.
But in order to give Ding Yi as much nutrition as possible, Shen Luoyan went to earn more money without any regrets. Every time she ate, Shen Luoyan silently watched him eat, but she herself was reluctant to eat at all.
So when he heard this, Ding Yi was speechless. What else could he say? It's just that he really couldn't bear his sister-in-law to worry about him anymore, and he still couldn't enter meditation. He didn't dare to tell his sister-in-law for fear of her. You will not be able to bear it after listening to it.
Ding Yi picked up the bowl, took two mouthfuls of rice, and took another mouthful of vegetables. After that, the more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt in his heart. He couldn't swallow the food.
Seeing Ding Yi like this, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but worry: "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with you? Do you think this food is not to your liking?"
Ding Yi sighed, gritted his teeth, put down his bowls and chopsticks, and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't plan to go to school to study anymore!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Luoyan was shocked: "Why?"
Ding Yi wiped his mouth, looked at Shen Luoyan seriously, and said: "Sister-in-law, you have worked too hard these years, and I don't want you to work like this for me day and night again! So...so I plan to Go hunting and make money..."
"No!!!" Before Ding Yi finished speaking, Shen Luoyan reprimanded loudly, "Nothing will do! You must go to school, and you don't have to worry about family matters! You just need to practice peacefully, and the rest It has nothing to do with you!"
"But..." Ding Yi was startled. He had never seen his sister-in-law so angry, but he still wanted to say something, but Shen Luoyan immediately interrupted in a stern tone: "It's nothing, that's it. !You are not allowed to say such things again in the future, do you understand?"
Seeing Shen Luoyan's determined and angry look, Ding Yi nodded helplessly.
Seeing that Ding Yi no longer insisted, Shen Luoyan's expression softened a bit, and he said sincerely: "Brother-in-law, I know what you are thinking, but you really don't have to worry about anything for my sister-in-law. She just hopes to see you soon." If I become a talented person, I will live up to Ling Feng's instructions to me before he died! Do you understand?"
Looking at the beautiful face so close, Ding Yi sighed in his heart, nodded silently, picked up the food and continued to eat.
Although he had no appetite at all, Ding Yi forced himself to eat the food one bite at a time, because none of these meals could be wasted. They were all earned through hard work by his sister-in-law.
Soon, all the food on the table was eaten clean, and no grain was left. Shen Luoyan was satisfied and took the rice bowl to the kitchen to wash it.
After eating, Ding Yi went to his room to practice.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the yard, and Shen Luoyan hurriedly opened the door. It turned out that Mrs. Chen from next door came to give her silk scarf material.
Through the door, Ding Yi could hear Mrs. Chen's words.
"Luoyan, you are really good at embroidery. No, the tailor shop in the east of the city sent me more than a hundred silk scarf materials. Tsk tsk, I think the entire Western Continent belongs to your embroidery work. It's the best." Mrs. Chen said with a smile.
"Where are you? Why don't you all take care of me? Thank you!" Shen Luoyan is so amiable when dealing with others, so many people like to contact her. She is famous for being skillful and gentle.
Mrs. Chen laughed and said, "Why are you so polite to me?"
After saying that, Mrs. Chen whispered again: "Is your servant Ding Yi back?"
"Well, I'm back and practicing in my room." Shen Luoyan nodded.
"Oh, that's good. Haha, I heard that Ding Yi is doing well in school. Luoyan, you are so lucky. If your brother-in-law becomes a high official in the future, don't forget about us. Are they from neighbors?" Mrs. Chen said enviously.
Shen Luoyan was very happy when she heard this and hurriedly smiled and said: "Hahaha, what are you talking about, old lady? If one day my brother-in-law really becomes a high official, I will definitely not let him forget that we neighbors... …”
"Haha, that's good, that's good, then I'll go back first?" Mrs. Chen's voice gradually faded away.
Ding Yi in the room felt all kinds of emotions when he heard it!
He must break through to the meditation stage. He cannot continue like this. Otherwise, how can he be worthy of his sister-in-law's cultivation? How will he ask his sister-in-law to behave in the future?
If he really cannot become a cultivator, my sister-in-law will be heartbroken, right???
Thinking of this, Ding Yi could no longer feel at peace in his heart!
Get rid of distracting thoughts and escape!!
Ding Yi sat upright on the bed, trying his best to get rid of distracting thoughts, trying his best to find the mysterious state of being and not being mysterious.
But the more he persisted and the harder he worked, the more distracting thoughts became in his mind. Between worries about gains and losses, he simply could not settle down.
After several hours, the moon hung high in the sky, and he still couldn't enter the previous state. Although he couldn't escape before, he could still get rid of distracting thoughts, but tonight, he was so upset. Damn it, I can't get rid of all the distracting thoughts.
"Huh..." Ding Yi took a deep breath, suppressed all the distracting thoughts in his mind, and slowly began to adjust his breathing. He couldn't be anxious. The more anxious he was, the harder it would be to stay calm.
After taking a breath, another hour passed. Ding Yi finally calmed down. He temporarily put aside all kinds of thoughts and entered a calm state. At this moment, he had no thoughts at all. He was quietly The origin of the feeling.
What is the origin and where are you? Ding Yi was thinking in his mind, but he had no clue at all. As the Tibetan calendar said, that feeling may only be imagined but cannot be expressed. The origin of each person may be different, or it may be the same.
, but no one knows what it is?
Just know that it is a state, a state of being conservative and not being conservative!
After sitting upright for half a night, Ding Yi still found nothing. Feeling upset, Ding Yi stood up, opened the door and came to the yard.
When he arrived at the yard, he saw that the lights were still on in his sister-in-law's room. Ding Yi knew that she must still be busy working. It was already late at night and she still hadn't rested yet!
Once again, Ding Yi was heartbroken. He turned around and simply left the yard and walked towards the back mountain under the cover of night. He was so confused that he needed some peace and quiet!