"At the beginning, everything went very smoothly. Just as I had planned, my martial arts advanced by leaps and bounds. Coupled with the progress of alchemy, I was able to provide better elixirs to assist my cultivation. Within five years, I broke through to the peak of the Dao Embryo Realm. "
Duanmu Cheng spoke very slowly, almost pausing between each word. Obviously, he also wanted to carefully recall everything that happened that year.
Gradually, Qin Yi found that Duanmu Cheng's eyes gradually became dim, and his speech suddenly sped up, "But I didn't expect that after I broke through to the Dao Embryo Realm, everything was different. I found that with the time I squeezed out every day, it was simply not enough to meet the time needed for my daily cultivation. "
This point was undeniable. As time passed, the difficulty of advancing to the next level would also increase. Naturally, the time required would also continue to increase.
"Moreover, with the improvement of the level of alchemy. The things I came into contact with also became more and more profound. Sometimes, if I want to study a medicinal herb and refine a furnace of elixirs, it will take several days! I have no time to split, and I want to improve on both sides, but the more and more I feel that the spirit is willing, but the strength is insufficient. "
"It's true that Master values me, but at the same time, he also has high expectations of me. Naturally, his requirements for me were also stricter. At that time, we lived at Master's place. The time was also arranged by Master for us, and I couldn't squeeze out more time to practice martial arts. But my heart was thinking about martial arts all the time. "
Duanmu Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "When I was absent-minded, I don't need to say more about the outcome, right?"
Qin Yi nodded. The outcome of being absent-minded was naturally that he couldn't do anything well.
"My level of alchemy was gradually caught up by Huangfu Ming, and even surpassed by him in the end. And it was at this time that the matter of me secretly cultivating martial arts was finally exposed. "
Qin Yi quickly asked, "What happened next? Did your Master blame you? "
When Qin Yi prepared to practice alchemy and martial arts, Duanmu Cheng almost sternly refused. Therefore, Qin Yi felt that Duanmu Cheng's Master's attitude had affected his current attitude.
Unfortunately, this time, even Qin Yi, who had always been smart, guessed wrong.
Duanmu Cheng shook his head and said, "No, Master did not reprimand me. There wasn't even a hint of criticism in his eyes. However, he gave me a mission. "
Qin Yi asked, "What mission is it?"
Duanmu Cheng said, "We will leave the mountain to train for two years! Most importantly, during these two years, I absolutely cannot reveal my identity as an alchemist. "
Obviously, Duanmu Cheng's master's action had a deeper meaning. He wanted to see how far Duanmu Cheng could go with his Martial Dao.
At the same time, he wanted Duanmu Cheng to experience for himself how he should choose between alchemy and martial arts.
"For the past two years, I've been living in the martial arts world. I originally thought that I was a rare genius in martial arts. Because I cultivated to the Embryonic Dao Realm without anyone's help or guidance. Ordinary people should not be able to do this. "
At this point, Duanmu Cheng suddenly revealed a self-mocking smile, "I didn't expect that I was thinking too much. After I left the mountain, I realized that although my strength in the Embryonic Dao Realm was not the weakest in the outside world, it did not give me much of an advantage. Most importantly, there were signs that my cultivation realm had been forcefully raised by alchemy. Among cultivators of the same cultivation realm, my strength was actually at the bottom! "
Sometimes, the naked struggle in the martial arts world was much crueler than the Alchemy Dao. Whoever had the bigger fist had the right to speak. Once they disobeyed, they might face a fatal disaster!
Obviously, someone as prideful as Duanmu Cheng would not be able to endure such a huge psychological gap.
"What I didn't expect was that at almost the same time I left the mountain, Huangfu Ming also left the mountain. He was different from me. The moment he left the mountain, he appeared in the name of an alchemist. Furthermore, my master was the most famous alchemist in the entire Cloud Sea Region. With his reputation, Huangfu Ming enjoyed incomparably generous treatment the moment he left the mountain. There were countless people following him. "
At this point, Duanmu Cheng could not help but clench his fists, "Master gave me two years, but I did not even last half a year. I returned to the mountain and almost fled."
It was hard to imagine what kind of experience it was to use the words "fled" on such a proud person.
At this time, Qin Yi finally understood why Duanmu Cheng strongly opposed him when he proposed to dual cultivate in martial arts and alchemy. Duanmu Cheng even wanted to give up on letting Qin Yi cultivate the Alchemy Dao.
It turned out that he was an example of a failure. Moreover, it was a complete failure.
Duanmu Cheng took a long time before he finally calmed down. He continued, "After returning to the mountain, master still did not blame me. Instead, he taught me more diligently. Unfortunately, mistakes can be corrected, but the lost time can never be made up for. I failed to live up to my talent. In the golden time when I should have used my talent to advance by leaps and bounds, I did two things at once. In the end, it led to my failure on both sides. "
"And during this period of time, Huangfu Ming used his own efforts to leave me far behind. No matter how hard I worked, it was difficult to return to the original situation. "
Duanmu Cheng sighed and said with an unwilling gaze, "Later, because of some special reasons, master died. Huangfu Ming and I also became enemies! For many years, I have always wanted to surpass him in the Alchemy Dao, but I found that when both of us reached the same realm, it was already very difficult to continue to improve. However, this goal has always been in my heart. I must complete this goal in order to be worthy of myself and worthy of my dead master! "
Qin Yi looked at Duanmu Cheng deeply. From the last words, he already understood the reason why Duanmu Cheng wanted to acknowledge him as his master.
But why did the relationship between Duanmu Cheng and Huangfu Ming break apart?
Duanmu Cheng did not say this matter. Since Duanmu Cheng did not say, Qin Yi naturally would not ask.
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