To put it bluntly, Shi Jiuyang once again and seriously doubted his birth!
Ordinarily, ordinarily, ordinarily, the gap between the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect and the Nine Immortal Sects shouldn’t be so big!
Shi Jiuyang is not unfamiliar with the Nine Immortal Sects. It should be said that he not only understands it, but also knows a lot about it. His master once explained all aspects of the Nine Immortal Sects to him in great detail!
According to what Master said, Shi Jiuyang's understanding and impression all along is that the Nine Immortal Sects are the highest and most superior order in this world and are unparalleled.
It is indeed unparalleled.
They are only among themselves and can be compared with each other!
but.
Below them is the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect, which is only half a rank lower than them!
Further down, half a rank lower, are the major sects in the world!
So, now, who can tell him what is going on?
Was it his understanding from Master's narration that was wrong, or was it Master's own understanding that was wrong?
Why is there such a huge gap between him, the first-rank disciple of the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect, and the first-rank disciple of the Nine Immortal Sects?
Moreover, Lingxiao Sect is not the most powerful sect among the nine immortal sects!
The first Shinto Sect and the second Taiyuan Sect are almost the "recognized" rankings by the outside world. As for the third to ninth, they are always controversial and chaotic. There is almost no actual ranking. Each of the seven Immortal Sects
A family can be the third or the ninth.
Now, even if Lingxiao Sect is third!
The third is still like this. The recognized second and first, what kind of excellence will the first-rank outstanding disciples in their sect be like?
Thinking of this, Shi Jiuyang really felt a little hard to breathe.
So suffocating!
Too scary!
It’s unbelievable!
It’s too unacceptable!
The other one seems to be hanging high in the sky, while this one is just on the ground, or at most, standing on the top of a mountain.
But even the highest mountain, how can it compare with the sun and moon in the sky?
That is fundamentally, completely, completely two kinds of existence!
The Ten Thousand Medicine Sect and the Nine Great Immortal Sects, the tenth and the first nine, that is, one is "the highest on earth" and the other is "ordinary in heaven"?
…
Fortunately, Shi Jiuyang is in the true realm.
Because the body of a monk in the True One Realm has entered a certain level of "oneness", his mind and consciousness are actually relatively pure, condensed and concentrated, and are quite resistant to impact.
But Shi Jiuyang was hit repeatedly today.
And all of them are the kind of impact that can cause a major blow to him.
One blow, Shi Jiuyang was shaken physically and mentally.
After the second blow, Shi Jiuyang became a little uncontrollably dizzy.
Tired.
Tired.
I don't want to do any thinking.
I don't want to investigate it carefully.
I just want to leave this guy in front of me, find a place where no one can see me, and have a good sleep.
Everything will be over in one sleep, even if the world collapses and yin and yang are reversed!
But after all, this is just an "idea", an idea that instinctively emerges from consciousness in the face of unacceptable facts.
The advantage, or power, of being a monk in the True First Realm is that both body and mind can support and rely on each other. When the body is hurt, the heart can be the support, and when the heart is shocked, the body can also be relied upon.
The magic formula in the body was not moving but automatically, flowing slowly. Under the rise and fall of Qi and blood, Shi Jiuyang's mind and consciousness, which had been shocked and turned into broken glass, regrouped and recovered at a very fast speed.
The cost is what it should be.
Junichi!
If the sun and moon are in the sky, there are light clouds dotting it.
Instead of being shrouded in thick clouds, bitter rain and bitter wind.
"Hush!"
Shi Jiuyang exhaled slightly, his breath long and continuous.
He is still waiting for Xu Guangling's answer!
What did Shi Jiuyang ask just now? He asked Xu Guangling's age.
To be honest, this question is really hard to answer!
After experiencing three different times and spaces, Xu Guangling really didn't know how to calculate his "age".
Especially from the second life to this third life, how much time did he spend in that indescribable boundary wall?
In this world, it may be just a moment, or it may be that countless thousands of years have passed.
The fact is that under different time and space scales, time is just a "pseudo-concept" that does not exist and cannot be measured at all.
Therefore, he has no age.
Just ask if you are eighteen years old!
"Maybe ten? Maybe twenty? Senior, I forgot the specific age." Xu Guangling spread his hands and said quite sincerely.
Shi Jiuyang nodded and believed his lies.
Well, I believed his lies.
This is actually a very normal thing, especially for practitioners who have reached the level of enlightenment and above.
It is common for a small retreat to last three to five days; for a medium retreat, it is common for ten or twenty days; for a large retreat, it is common for several months or even years.
And if you have been in several major retreats, few practitioners will remember exactly how long it has been.
The most important thing is that no cultivator will remember this thing!
In practice, especially in retreat-style practice where the entire body and mind are immersed, there is indeed no concept of time.
At least for Shi Jiuyang, it is still a bit difficult for him to tell how old he is this year. Even if he wants to anchor the specific age within a ten-year range, he needs to think carefully and calculate carefully.
However, I am old.
It's understandable that I can't remember clearly.
At such a young age, your boy has already entered "Alzheimer's disease" prematurely?
Well, even if you have dementia at a young age, it is still excusable.
We are all practitioners. Who doesn’t know something about spiritual practice?
Moreover, although this junior is a junior, his cultivation is only one level lower than him! He must have experienced small and large retreats.
Shi Jiuyang nodded and let the question go.
He also did not ask Xu Guangling how many orifices he had opened or which stage he had entered.
Xu Xiaozi is already quite sincere when he can reveal his cultivation frankly! If he continues to ask on this issue, he will really be bullying the smaller, going too far and overstepping his bounds.
"So, Xiao Xu, have you figured out how to compensate me?" Shi Jiuyang began to relax his posture, leaned back slightly, leaned on the back of the chair, and asked Xu Guangling with a chuckle.
This compensation or something is, of course, a joke, and it can be regarded as an interaction between the two.
In the past, there was really no easy interaction between a monk at the True First Realm and a monk at the Condensation Realm, a senior from the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect and a junior from the local Qinglin Sect.
In casual conversation, there is nothing to talk about.
In terms of spiritual practice, let alone talk about it.
The common areas where both parties can "interact" are too few and insignificant.
But it's different now.
Lingxiao Sect, the realm of enlightenment.
Ten Thousand Medicine Sect, the true realm.
Shi Jiuyang was not as good as Xu Guangling in terms of sect origin, and Xu Guangling was not as good as Shi Jiuyang in terms of personal cultivation.
The two of them can definitely go back and forth and go back and forth countless times! There are so many things they can talk about about practice, about sects, about the practice world, or in other words, about outlook on life, values, and world view.
Moreover, it will be beneficial to both parties.
Back then, Shi Jiuyang's master was from the Wanyao Sect and met a monk from the Ziyang Sect.
The two parties became close friends as soon as they met.
Later, the monk from the Ziyang Sect became the guest elder of the Wanyao Sect, and Shi Jiuyang's master became the outer deacon of the Ziyang Sect.
The close friendship between the two has continued and extended to their respective descendants.
Shi Jiuyang had no intention of recreating his master's fate.
But that is undoubtedly a template.
A template that could be used as a starting point for the relationship between him and Xu Guangling.
As for the story after the beginning...
Let's go and see.
Maybe tomorrow, the two of them will be strangers to each other.
Maybe tomorrow, the two of them will become close friends.
Maybe tomorrow, the two of them will neither be strangers nor become close friends, but will simply have a relationship as fellow Taoists who can confirm some spiritual practices.
It doesn't matter.
All good.
It will be all right.
But starting from here, it’s pretty good, isn’t it?