My apprentice is a little weird?

Chapter 446 "Achievement"

Jiang Yan hadn't known when he had already sat cross-legged in the spiritual spring and sank to the bottom.

There is a big world outside the body, and a small world inside the body.

Somewhere, a touch of vitality sprouted out from the body constructed after birth, leading it to evolve forward.

In an unconscious space, Jiang Yan slowly woke up.

There was no surprise, no astonishment, only eyes as clear as a pool of dead water.

The damaged spirituality was compensated, and the gains squeezed out since coming to this world were affected by this, like a pent-up flood bursting its dam or a mighty river flowing back, pouring down to build Jiang Yan's own foundation.

As a result, the surrounding area also spontaneously gained a rhythm of resonance between heaven and earth.

Such accumulation and explosion naturally made him have a question.

"What is my Tao?"

"Although I excel at swordsmanship, and by the standards of the immortal cultivation world, I can be considered a master of swordsmanship, and if I practice diligently, I can achieve enlightenment. But I am also proficient in formations, and can use mountains and rivers as a chessboard and living beings as chess pieces, even reaching the level of the principles of heaven and earth.

He has also dabbled in many strange and unusual arts. He can escape into the government office of Youquan and walk on water to step on the vast blue waves. If he specializes in one of these, he will surely achieve enlightenment in the future."

Jiang Yan raised his hand and stroked the void. Wherever his fingertips passed, sword shadows, array patterns, and runes flashed alternately and then disappeared in an instant.

The skills that once made him stand out among his peers were now like scattered pearls in this chaotic space, with no trace of the thread that strung them together.

"Without connection and coordination, each one is the master, and without the overall Dao running through it all, these skills will only remain at the level of "art", not the Dao."

"So... what is my path? Is it the great path that is already imprinted with subjectivity, or should I seek another path?"

His own master Chi Xiaowen flashed before his eyes. Even though his cultivation was so strong that he could take him, as a child, to visit each family in the East Liao Region to have "friendly exchanges" and help him perfect the rune formation, he later bound himself and imprisoned himself in the sect for decades to seek the "Tao" in seclusion.

There is also a man named Fuling who was encountered in Changping County of Lingxiang Domain. He even bound himself to practice cultivation and entered the mortal world, respecting the "rules" of the mortal world in order to realize the truth.

Monk Shouzheng even went against his original intention and tried to attain enlightenment in the secular world by "breaking the precepts" and seeking the true meaning of "freedom", but he struggled hard but failed to achieve his goal.

No matter how talented people are in this world, those who have realized the truth are like fish in the river, but those who have achieved the truth can be counted on one hand.

Jiang Yan had never thought about this matter carefully before.

He has always been easy-going and proactive in choosing which "path" to follow. If the "sharp" sword path becomes a path first, he will use it as the foundation.

If the "seal carving" of the formation comes first, then it will be used as the basis.

Therefore, at that time, Jiang Yan could not actually empathize with the actions of Fuling and Monk Shouzheng in the mortal world.

He could understand their behavior. After all, there was a path to immortality ahead that they could not embark on, so they could only attain enlightenment through their own efforts and achieve true freedom.

But now, Jiang Yan can somewhat understand their actions.

"If there is a way to become an immortal, who would be willing to stay in the mortal world? It's simply impossible."

Jiang Yan understood and then slowly closed his eyes.

A sense of etherealness began to emerge in his mind. This was not something Jiang Yan did on his own initiative, but happened naturally.

At this moment, Sister Bao, who was wandering over the spiritual spring, suddenly stopped! Her body suddenly froze!

“This! This is…!”

Yin Li on the shore was confused. Her special physique allowed her to sense some unusual meanings, such as other people's emotions.

But since Sister Bao is a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth, her emotions are generally not perceived. But at this moment, one can clearly feel Sister Bao's special emotions of "surprise", "shock", "anxiety" and "joy".

"What happened?"

Yin Li resisted the urge to look back, suppressed her emotions and guarded carefully.

Baojie's figure was fixed in the spring. She no longer had her usual laziness and casualness, but was more serious and nervous.

"It's a sudden enlightenment, and it seems that he is determining the future path! I just don't know what path Jiang Yan will concentrate on this time!"

"True immortals, true immortals, only those who have "attained the Tao" can be considered "true immortals". Those who have realized the Tao are just picking up the leftovers of their predecessors, and they are still leftovers from the abyss."

"The ways of the world are endless. Everyone knows that it is best to carve out a path for themselves, but carving out a path is so difficult. It is far better to follow the path trodden by the sages before us."

"One is a broad and broad road, the other a winding path. It's no wonder that so many enlightened and immortal people have been reluctant to blaze new trails over the centuries. After all, there are already traversed paths ahead, and self-discovery is both a step behind others and requires much more effort."

Thinking of this, Sister Bao couldn't help but worry for Jiang Yan.

She also knew that it was difficult to attain enlightenment. Chi Xiaowen had reached the pinnacle of cultivation but was stuck for more than thirty years. It was only after he took in Jiang Yan that he gradually made progress.

Later, there were the rough man Fuling who realized the truth in the mortal world, and the monk Hua Shouzheng, both of whom showed the difficulty of attaining enlightenment.

How long had Jiang Yan been cultivating? A hundred years? Perhaps not even fifty!

Blinking, Sister Bao was suddenly shocked by her own idea.

"An enlightened person who hasn't achieved enlightenment in fifty years?! Is there really such a genius?"

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Unlike Sister Bao, Jiang Yan was completely focused on himself at this moment.

Shen Ming's imaginary "obtaining" was like a hardworking little bee, constantly differentiating pale red tentacles in his mind, and from time to time he "picked" a delusion and bit it off, smacking his lips.

It can not only satisfy himself but also help Jiang Yan reach the state of "seeing nature", so that he can see the heaven and earth.

Jiang Yan was in a very strange state at the moment. A faint Dao principle spontaneously emerged around him, forcibly raising the "momentum" around him. Even if all his delusions were eliminated and he "peeked into the Dao", he would not have to bear the weight of heaven and earth!

This makes Jiang Yan's path to "getting" smoother.

Figures began to appear before his eyes.

There is him as a baby, a teenager, and a young man. The characters in it are sometimes naughty and sometimes clever.

Crying and laughing made everyone in and out of peace.

Figures also appeared around him, representing what he had experienced along the way.

There is the mischievousness of the junior sister, the cunningness of the senior brother, the caressing "love palm" of the bear mother, and the tenacious whisk of the master.

The sudden advice he gave to Xin Lai when he first met him, the anger he felt when his junior sister stole the spiritual wine from him, the tacit understanding when the master and disciple smiled at each other when they came to challenge him... and so on.

Too many emotions squeezed his heart, and too many figures appeared, almost occupying Jiang Yan's entire vision.

Everyone was vivid, standing leisurely, smiling and waving at Jiang Yan.

"Come on, such a talented disciple must follow my path!"

"Brother, you're walking too fast, and you didn't even wait for me~"

"Hey, baby, why haven't you come to see Mommy for so long..."

"Master~"

A crisp and pleasant sound was heard. Jiang Yan looked up and saw a young girl standing under a peach tree that was so beautiful that it took three people to hug it.

The wind blows, and pink petals fall.

The endless meadow swayed gently, with only two people on it, nothing else.

Jiang Yan looked at the girl who looked like a banished fairy, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.

"Master, I like you so much~"

The love in the girl's eyes was like honey that could not be melted, thickly floating at the bottom of her eyes, and even the thin red at the end of her eyes was stained with this sweetness.

"Silly girl……"

The meadow swayed gently, and the world seemed to be filled with only this scorching, sticky heat, which warmed Jiang Yan's heart. Even the response was tinged with tenderness.

"I like you too, Shen Ming..."

"It's a pity... I can't tell you in person..."

The girl tilted her head slightly, and her smile became more vivid.

"Master, I'm right here~"

Jiang Yan's smile remained unchanged. He raised his hand and gently stroked the girl's cheek, causing her to blush. But his words were so cold.

"Fake can't be true. The real Shen Ming won't remain indifferent after I finish speaking. Maybe he won't even give me a chance to speak~"

The latter sentence was teasing, but it made the girl stunned.

"Haha, go ahead. I will remember you for being so 'gentle', even if you're fake..."

He loosened his grip slightly, and Shen Ming in front of him began to dissipate with a confused look on his face, turning into tiny stars.

In the end, the girl seemed to come to her senses and pouted in annoyance.

"Humph, you are indeed a bad teacher, you only know how to bully me..."

Jiang Yan said nothing, just silently watching the person in front of him disappear...

After the incident, Jiang Yan and a huge peach tree were the only ones left in the green meadow.

Jiang Yan didn't say anything else, nor did he try to find out whether this world was real or fake. He just smiled leisurely and raised his hand to pull off the jade hairpin on his head.

The black hair was silky and smooth, flowing down and blown by the wind.

He took a step forward, walked under the peach tree, and then jumped lightly. He found a comfortable place and lay down lazily. He fell asleep just like that?

In this way, the clouds rolled and the sun rose and set, and for a moment I didn't know what the sky and the earth were.

The years are lingering, spring goes and autumn comes, winter ends and spring comes, I don’t know how many years have passed.

The peach tree withered and grew again, and living creatures appeared under the tree from time to time, but they all ignored the "person" on the tree.

But time does not stop because of this, and it always moves forward firmly.

A grassland gradually became lush and prosperous.

A tribe of mortals migrated here and settled around the peach trees.

The shaman discovered the magical power of the peach tree and began to worship it as a sacred tree, offering sacrifices to it every year and praying for good weather and good harvests.

The sun rises and the moon sets, winter comes and goes, and who knows how many years have passed.

The former tribe has become a small country, and the peach tree is no longer revered as a sacred tree. Some people even call it an evil tree and want to get rid of it.

The leader of the country followed the advice and sent people to cut down the peach tree.

Dozens of strong men, each holding an axe, spent three days to chop it in half.

At the moment the peach tree fell, someone's eyes blurred and he seemed to see a human figure flash by, but he didn't pay much attention.

The gathered people came forward, divided the peach wood and took it home to use as fuel for their fires.

The place was empty, with only a few peaches left, buried in the soil.

Things change and time passes.

After an unknown amount of time, war broke out again in this place. The small country had disappeared, and was replaced by another big country called "Shang", with the black bird as its totem.

The surrounding areas were also devastated, with people suffering everywhere and the people were starving and displaced.

Another group of wandering people came here. Just before they were about to starve to death, they found a peach tree. The peach tree was full of fruits. The fruits were plump and pink, which was very tempting.

They were lucky enough to survive after reaping the peach fruits and settled down there.

The peach tree was once again regarded as a "sacred tree".

Summer and winter alternate, day and night come and go. Peace is a symbol for a country, and war will come again.

This village was not immune.

It happened that a natural disaster struck, the crops failed, the people were starving, and even the bark of the trees within a hundred miles was eaten up.

The peach tree was not immune.

This time, not even the peach seeds were left, they were all eaten up.

Time passes slowly...

After an unknown amount of time, the sky darkened and the earth was dead silent. No living creatures were born. Everywhere was filled with eternal "loneliness" and it was extremely quiet.

Suddenly, a very light breath broke the eternal silence. The sound was as thin as a gossamer at first, with a slight tremor that penetrated time. In a blink of an eye, it turned into a long breath, as if the sleeping mountains had finally stretched their backs!

"Hmm... The peach branches lie in the moonlight, a dream lasting a thousand years..."

In the desolate world, a clear yet lazy voice was heard.

A young man in a green shirt and with loose black hair was strolling leisurely among them. It was Jiang Yan!

Jiang Yan walked in this desolate space, occasionally glancing around to take in the world, but unfortunately there was nothing here that could be seen to the end at a glance, even the ground beneath his feet looked charred and lifeless.

The sky was dark and the sky seemed to be collapsing.

But Jiang Yan was not surprised at all, he just looked at it calmly.

"This experience of enlightenment is truly unheard of."

While muttering to himself, Jiang Yan had already arrived at the place where the peach tree was originally.

He raised his hand and placed it in the air in front of him, as if he was caressing the lush peach tree.

But there was nothing in front of me, how could there be a peach tree?

But just when he stretched out his hand to touch it, a peach tree with lush branches and leaves that took three people to hug suddenly appeared!

Such a vibrant peach tree seems out of place in this desolate and lonely space and is extremely eye-catching.

But what is even more shocking is that the moment the peach tree appeared, it began to radiate outwards with the peach tree as the center!

The green meadow quickly covered the entire world at an alarming speed!

The dark sky turned blue again, white clouds rolled leisurely, the sun was high in the sky, and the breeze was blowing gently.

Everything seemed to have never happened, and returned to the way it was when I first saw it.

Jiang Yan raised his head slowly with calm eyes, and then, another "Jiang Yan" appeared on the treetop!

His black hair was loose, his face was calm and his breathing was even. His body was covered with pink petals, and he even had a warm halo. He was sleeping peacefully on the peach tree, like an immortal traveling in the mortal world.

"Haha, this appearance and artistic conception are really good."

Under the tree, Jiang Yan commented on the "Jiang Yan" in the book with a hint of sarcasm, and then shook his head slightly.

With another wave of the hand, a "well-behaved" figure in memory emerged from this world.

It was the girl named "Shen Ming"!

As soon as she appeared, her eyes rolled, and then she jumped towards Jiang Yan who was on the peach tree!

"Master!"

Next, Jiang Yan saw the girl "Shen Ming" secretly covering "Jiang Yan's" eyes and putting down her ear with a naughty grin.

"Master~Guess who I am~"

Shu Shang Jiang Yan was helpless, but still chose to cooperate with his "good disciple".

In this way, the two of them played and fought, looking like a "kind master and filial disciple".

This "scroll" slowly shrank, gradually becoming as small as an ant, and then fell into a big hand!

“Huh…”Achieving enlightenment” isn’t that difficult…”