Tongtian Bamboo Repair

Chapter 72 Torment
In the Qingzhumen Courtyard, an old man in his sixties was watering several gourd vines.The breeze blew, and the small gourds on the vines were gently blown and swayed slowly.

The old man looked at these swaying little gourds, with a trace of reminiscence on his face.I seem to have seen him staring at the gourd under the gourd stand next to the house when he was a child.When he was a child, there were many people in his family. Although there was enough rice, there was always not enough food to eat. These gourds were often made into dishes for meals. This was his deepest memory of his childhood.

After fifty years of separation, I don’t know if my parents are still alive.When the wood spirit root was detected, my family was very happy for a while, thinking that there was an immortal master in the family.But after he really came into contact with cultivation, he realized that it was extremely difficult for people with weak spiritual roots to enter the Tao.

And his wood spirit root seems to be particularly weak. Other servants can absorb the spiritual energy of 30 to [-] years and can enter the Tao by force. Even if it doesn't work, they can buy a Qi training pill and enter the Qi training state.But he is the only one who, after all these years, is still a bit shy.

A few years ago, he gave up the idea of ​​becoming a Taoist.So what if you go to great lengths to enter the Tao?Lifespan is no longer enough.

He sighed and looked east in the distance.At the end of this bamboo sea is Zehai, his hometown.Now he has accomplished nothing and cannot return to his roots.The lonely distance, the distant guestland, the hometown that cannot be returned.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Uncle Wang, are you okay?"

The old man was startled by the sound. He looked back and saw Qingqing standing in front of his small courtyard.He had met Qingqing a few times and knew that this girl had entered Taoism and was now working under senior brother Zhang Miao in the sect.

He hurriedly took a few steps forward, showed a smile to Qingqing, and said, "Why does Senior Sister Qingqing have time to come to my place? Please rest inside."

He welcomed Qingqing into the small courtyard, and Qingqing glanced at the gourd vines in the courtyard, then smiled and said to the old man: "Uncle Wang, I came this time to ask for something."

Hearing this, the old man was a little strange. He said: "The old man is already dying. He can't carry it on his shoulders or lift it with his hands. How can I help Senior Sister Qingqing?"

Qingqing smiled, pointed to the gourd in his courtyard and said, "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask for some gourd seeds."

"You want gourd seeds? Why do you want gourd seeds? Do you also want to plant gourds?" The old man was even more surprised.

"It's not me who wants it, but senior brother Zhang Miao. If you have it, senior brother Zhang Miao is willing to pay a big price to buy it." Qingqing said with a smile.

Even if it is a big price, how much are the gourd seeds worth?The old man listened to her words, but his face suddenly became thoughtful.After a while, he suddenly composed himself, and then said to Qingqing: "Senior Sister Qingqing, if Senior Brother Zhang wants gourd seeds, I have an extraordinary seed here."

As he spoke, he walked into the house. After a while, he walked out again and took out a cloth bag.When he opened the cloth bag, there was a slightly red seed inside.

The old man held the seed and said: "I have been planting gourds here for 50 years and have harvested many seeds, but this seed is the most special. This is a mutated gourd seed. It has absorbed A lot of spiritual energy, almost transforming into a spiritual plant seed. Such seeds are also very rare in Zehai."

After saying this, he paused, and then said again: "I am already old, and there is no chance to advance to the Qi training realm. I hope to use this seed to exchange for Brother Zhang Miao's mercy and help me return to Zehai. Go back to my hometown." A handyman who enters the sect cannot leave the sect at will. The moment he enters the sect, it is equivalent to selling himself to the sect.If you want to leave the sect, only the sect will let you go.

The old man is very old. He is over 60 years old and has achieved nothing in the way of spiritual practice. Now he wants to go home more and more, to the place that haunts him.And this wish is also a luxury for him.Until today, Qingqing came to find him.

He didn't know if he could get Zhang Miao's mercy with this mutated seed, but he knew that if he didn't give it a try this time, he wouldn't even have a chance to talk to a big shot like Zhang Miao in the future.

He had also heard of Zhang Miao's reputation. He was a rare monk in the sect who treated the servants well. At the very least, he was willing to communicate with the servants and listen to them.If Zhang Miao is willing to help him, then he has hope of leaving Qingzhumen and returning to his hometown.

Thinking of this, he involuntarily knelt down and said to Qingqing: "I dedicate this seed to Senior Brother Zhang Miao. I only ask for the mercy of Senior Brother Zhang Miao. I am already old and useless to the sect. I just want to ask for the mercy of Senior Brother Zhang Miao. I am already old and useless to the sect. Just I pray that the fallen leaves will return to their roots and their bones will be buried in their hometown.”

He was already in tears as he spoke.But Qingqing suddenly became embarrassed.She didn't dare to make the decision for Zhang Miao, but the words of the handyman in front of her made her feel sympathy.Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I will tell senior brother about this, but I don't guarantee that senior brother will respond. You have to understand this."

The old man was very satisfied when he heard this. He quickly said: "I know, I know..."

Qingqing sighed and finally left the courtyard.She took away the mutated gourd seed and the ordinary gourd seeds that the old man had accumulated over the years.

After returning to Zhang Miao's house, she placed the gourd seeds in front of Zhang Miao and told him what the old man said.

After listening to Qingqing's words, Zhang Miao also sighed and said: "I didn't expect that there are still people in the Servants' Court who have not been promoted in 50 years. Isn't this 50 years of wasted time in the Servants' Court."

Qingqing nodded after hearing this, and said: "Senior brother is very talented, so naturally he doesn't understand the pain of people with weak spiritual roots like us. If I hadn't received the help of senior brother, I would probably still be accumulating spiritual energy, and my promotion would be far away. In fact, There are quite a few people like Uncle Wang, but when their youthful energy is worn away, they often become unable to recover and no longer have the ambition to make progress."

This kind of mentality is very common among people with weak spiritual roots. When their spiritual roots were first detected, they were also one of the "talented" people who were qualified to touch the path of cultivation. At that time, they had a certain Unwilling to admit defeat, Jin believes that it doesn't matter if they have weak spiritual roots. As long as they are given a chance, they can cultivate the great path and become an immortal master that everyone respects.

When they entered the sect's mess hall, they were surrounded by people with weak spiritual roots who were selected, and among the masters there were people with inferior spiritual roots and medium spiritual roots who were better than them.In this environment, the sense of superiority of being one out of a hundred or one out of a thousand is gone.

Next, what they have to face is the torture of weak qualifications. This is a kind of torture that no matter how hard they try, it is difficult to improve their cultivation.When the people with low spiritual roots and medium spiritual roots who entered the Tao at the same time all entered the Tao, they were still struggling with spiritual energy.This blow is huge.

Don’t be afraid of not working hard, but be afraid that your efforts will not yield results.The most tortured thing in the world is that God has opened a window for you, but this window is very narrow. Even if you try your best, you may still be stuck in this window, unable to advance or retreat. Stuck here with no hope of escape.

(End of this chapter)