The dark engulfed the world, Yang Dingtian looked upward and stared at the sky, because the cavern was too deep, the originally cave entrance now only as big as his own palm, therefore Yang Dingtian can only sized up the sky with his palm.
The moon rose high up to the sky, no, not just the moon, but two moon, hovered on the sky above his head.
Su Dongpo wrote that is hoping the person to be long-time, the thousand li(500 km) is altogether beautiful. However, the Moon that Yang Dingtian and his parent currently saw was not the same, there even two moon in here.
Yang Dingtian somehow felt sad and weary at the same time, he glanced at the not-far-away old man, he had his both eyes close for quite sometimes and still showed no sign of movement .
Since this region seemed like hold no danger anymore, Yang Dingtian thought perhaps it's safe for him to let down his guard and get some rest, thus he closed both eyes and soon entered the slumber world.
He woke up after dozens hours later.
Yang Dingtian intended to continue searching the mean to leave the cavern, but he noticed not even a single strength existed inside his body, he couldn't even stand. Several hours without consuming anything had spent his energy with no mean to replenish it, the stored up dozens years of heats had depleted completely in order to free that old man from the icicle.
Several days and nights had passed, Yang Dingtian only drunk the water from the melted ice but no food ever entered his mouth, blood also unceasingly flowed from his body, he wish to stand, but strength had been long gone from his body.
The sky outside was cloudy, not a peep of sunlight managed to breach the dark clouds that had been covered the entire sky, layer by layer.
Snow rained down, with the size as big as his fist, it had spread and filled most of the cavern's entire ground. The old man's eyes remained close and his body stayed motionless, he gradually covered by the heavy snow and after one hour passed, the old man had shifted into a snowman.
But Yang Dingtian also not spared from the same fate, the snow around him thickened, his quantity of heat no longer effective in this situation.
Yang Dingtian shook his body to disperse the hateful white clouds. But it only lasted for a while before they invaded his body again, Yang Dingtian dispersed it once again.
One time, twice, three times...
Finally, his strength to shake had finally spent, the body had drained the last quantity of heat and he could only let the snow buried him, buried his own life.
Suddenly, the snow man which not far from him shook its body, the old man emerged from it and he moved!
He fished out a red thing from his bosom and threw it in Yang Dingtian's direction.
It's a red pill, it fell into the snow and instantly melted the surrounding area, in the snow-white region, the red pill akin to the flame that appeared dazzling.
At this time, Yang Dingtian will to live surged and forcefully pushed out his last strength, his body threw forward and swallow that red pill.
Who care if it poison? He was about to die anyway!
That pill just entered his mouth, it's similar to a raging fire, sneaked in and traveled toward his abdomen, a large quantity of heat burst out, flow inside his bloodlines then going into his whole body.
As if basking in the warm pool, Yang Dingtian's stiff body started to recover inch by inch.
Soon his entire body resembled a combusted steaming stove, his vigor had fully restored. A formidable strength struggled, went all out to burst from his body, Yang Dingtian thought his body had overflowed with so much power.
"Fascinating, it's unexpectedly so mysterious!" Yang Dingtian said in a tone full of shock, he bows to the person ahead of him, "Thank you, Old gentleman!"
"But… your body, why you also didn't eat one?" he wrinkled his eyebrows.
The old man paid no attention to him, eyes closed once again, letting whatever snows accumulated on his body, manifested another snowman appearance.
No matter what Yang Dingtian's says, the opposite party lacked from any responses.
Yang Dingtian's body filled with a large quantity of heat but he didn't know what he must do with it, unable to express anything with this abundant power, in the end he just brandished his fist in the heavy snow carelessly, dance with no real purpose under the rain of the white and icy ball.
The heavy snow get bigger and bigger, in the matter of half of the day, it had piled about two chi (0.33 m), almost buried the old man whole body, Yang Dingtian didn't have the heart to let the old man just got buried like that, thus he would cleaned up the snow from him every once a while.
"This snow really is strong! Pile up so quickly, perhaps several years later, it will fill the entire cavern." Yang Dingtian inwardly thought.
His eyes suddenly turned bright, his heart exclaimed in a wild joy, he fires into the old man, "Old gentleman, Old gentleman, I found a way! I found a way for us to get out from here!"
The old man remained still akin to a sculpture.
Yang Dingtian had truly found the mean to exit this cave, he can make the stair and ram it up to the cold cavern's wall, this cave's entrance should be around several kilometers depth, the snow stair needs to make probably around ten thousands.
Yang Dingtian trod on the snow and made a half foot width, three cuns (2.5cm) thick snow brick, he put the brick on the cold ice cavern wall, melts the brick with own body's temperature, then congealed the ice, the snow brick turned into the small 1st ice brick, mounted firmly on the tall wall.
Spending for one hour, Yang Dingtian had successfully built the first stair, a half meter high ice stair. Yang Dingtian stood on it, satisfied at the result that the stair could bear a weight of a person.
Therefore, he started to make the second stair, the second stair situated in the first stair above 30 centimeters, front 30 centimeters. The stair is step by step slanting upward, allowing him to walk toward the top, if it was vertical, but on stair, then he had no way to traverse it.
For the whole entire ten hours, Yang Dingtian had been inside untold hardships, succeeded in making less than ten ice stairs, if he was tired, he called it quit and rested for a while before resuming the construction.
Ten days later, Yang Dingtian had made 120 ice stairs, from up to bottom already 40 meters.
In the duration of these ten days, the old man still closed his eyes and not once moved from his spot. Never speak a single word. But Yang Dingtian spent his every second to dedicate himself in building the snow stair, when he extremely sleepy, he would lay down and slept on the cold ground, then continued his activity as soon as he awake.
But sadly, he no longer capable to progress much further, the heavy snow had ceased, these 120 ice stairs is the result of all snow material in here. He needed to wait for the next snow rain.
Moreover, the energy from the previous flame pill had been consumed cleanly. Yang Dingtian body started freezing, the strength no longer resided inside his muscle.
He glanced to the sky, hope for another dark cloud to arrive and bring down more heavy snow. But up until now, no clouds below the sunlight's shine.
All of the sudden, the old man raised his eyelids for the first time in ten days. He stared at the ice stair that Yang Dingtian has made, then sweeping his eyes at Yang Dingtian.
Yang Dingtian became excited, he was looking at own ice stair with a proud countenance , he said in an excited manner, "Old gentleman, what do you think about the stair that I just make? We soon can exit this cave! Relax, my stair is reliable, when the time comes, I help carrying you out with my back!"
The old facial countenance devoid from any response, does not have a slightest hint of appreciation, he slowly closed both eyes once more, as if anything has not seen. However, he pulled out a pill from his bosom.
Another fiery red pill!
Yang Dingtian hurried to pick and throw it into his mouth.
Immediately, the entire body starts combusting with flame energy, as if had been full of the inexhaustible strength. Let him be full of the desire that wanted to rampage, but he afraid to bother the old man, therefore can only go all out shadowbox carelessly, vents the energy that burst out within the body.
This pill was too mysterious, Earth absolutely have not known for such a thing. This pill should be precious, perhaps the value reach into a large sum of money. After consuming this pill, Yang Dingtian had been able several days have not eat any meal, but the body not once lack of energy.
Such a precious thing Yang Dingtian not even had one, but the thought to snatch the pill also not bore.
Yang Dingtian grumbled, his body full of energy but unable to vent, incomparably anticipated the heavy snow. So long the snows hit, he could make the ice stair, and soon leave this damned place.
Finally, the sky lord as if heard Yang Dingtian's pray, possibly because the winter's approach. In the fifth days, after Yang Dingtian takes the second pill, the sky stormed on the ground with its snowballs, though it's not big, but it's not small either.
Immediately, Yang Dingtian let out his excitement in a crazy manner, went all out in a bang.
The snow was yet to drift several cuns (2.5cm), he already began making the snow brick.
Suddenly, the old man body moved, dispersed the snow on his body. The old man opened both eyes, beckoned toward Yang Dingtian, his mouth parched out two characters, although he still failed to understand as before, but knew the meaning that he asked him to come closer.
Yang Dingtian strode toward him in excited face, "Old gentleman! It's finally snow! We can exit quickly!"
The old man flashed a faint smile, for these half a month time, this is the first time that the old man smiled.
Then, he stretched out a finger to write a character in snowy ground, Yang Dingtian unable to understand. Then, the old man read out that character, while pointing his own finger to himself.
Yang Dingtian endured his excitement, he said: "Old gentleman, do you want to teach me this world's writing and language?"
The old man did not understand Yang Dingtian's words, he pointed at the character on ground to read as before, then pointing at himself.
"The character that you write, should be meaning 'Me' or 'I' ," Yang Dingtian nodded, then he bent his body and also wrote the ground, he pointed at the word then pointing at himself
"I..." The old man listened and uttered it out without an awkward sound, he pointed at the character that Yang Dingtian wrote on the snowy area, then pointed to himself, lastly, he wrote the same character with the one Yang Dingtian did.
Yang Dingtian couldn't contain his surprise, this old man was awesome!
Only listened and looked one time, manage to read and write it splendidly. Yang Dingtian's character had written very well, has not thought that the old man first writing actually comparable with him.
Then, the old man wrote the character he had written at the beginning in the snowy area again, then read, pointing at himself.
Yang Dingtian hurried to read, then wrote the character in the snowy area, this is the current world 'I' character.
Yang Dingtian's pronunciation and writing were quite accurate, the old man showed a faint smile, he nodded then had written a character in the snowy area, read, pointing his finger at Yang Dingtian.
This time, should be "You" character of the different world.
Yang Dingtian did the same but the character he wrote is "You" from earth.
The old man grasped quickly, and he read very accurate, even wrote better than Yang Dingtian.
The next sequence filled with Yang Dingtian and the old man taught each other language, they identify the eye, the nose, mouth, the hair, the skin, the meat, the blood vessel, the veins, the belly, the foot, the heavy snow, the ice, the stair, sky and other words and expressions.
Yang Dingtian was very intelligent, the old man also extremely intelligent.
Several hours later, the snow had stopped.
The old man had taught Yang Dingtian entire 189 characters, fifty words and expressions. After studying, the old man tested Yang Dingtian's result of learning.
For example, the old man is pointing at the dark cloud, spoke two characters, making Yang Dingtian said the dark cloud's words in this world.
Yang Dingtian said correctly, old man responded with a smile, he spoke incorrectly, the old man slapped him on the spot.
The slap was very painful, but the old man probably sorer, because of his breaking bone, once he slapped Yang Dingtian, he spat a mouthful of blood. Therefore Yang Dingtian didn't dare to make a mistake, after making a mistake, he would slapped himself, didn't give the old man a chance to hit, he hits harder than the old man, hit until his own cheek inflamed, his mouth even spew some blood.
No matter how intelligent he was, for only several hours to study several hundred characters, about hundred words and expressions, of course he would make mistakes. In the end, his whole face had resembled to a pig, his tooth loosened, and saliva no longer translucent but dark red color.
The old man didn't show any mercy, once he made a mistake, the pair of eyes would glared dagger at Yang Dingtian.
Until studies time finished, the old man patted Yang Dingtian inflamed face, making his innermost feelings flooded with warm senses.
"You make the ice stair!" The old man unexpectedly said in Chinese before he closed his eye slowly and entered tranquil condition once more.
"Are you not hungry?" Yang Dingtian asked but the old man paid him no attention, although he supposed to be understand Yang Dingtian's meaning by now.
Yang Dingtian smiled in an embarrassed manner, he reorganized the old man's clothing, combed his hair with the hand, then set out on his quest to make the ice stair.
Day-by-day passed.
The majority of times, the old men just sat without motion, as if he was in Buddhist or Daoist meditation, every ten days, he would give Yang Dingtian fiery red pill, maintaining his life and energy.
Only when the sky started to snow, he opened both eyes, begin to teach Yang Dingtian this world language and writing, while learning the Earth Chinese.
After the snow stopped, two people stop studying, the old man eyes closed and entered Buddhist or Daoist meditation, Yang Dingtian continued to make the ice stair.
The time continued passing the river.
The encirclement of the ice stair on the wall was getting higher and higher, Yang Dingtian's understanding of this world's language and writing also getting more profound. But the old man, he had completely grasped the main Chinese language, he even could pointed out some Yang Dingtian's Chinese mistakes, this old man's wisdom managed to blow his head off.
However Yang Dingtian's study instead became slower, the first ten hours he can study more than 100 characters, but afterward, it's getting harder to understand.
This world completely is the world of military force, the Profound Qi world, Yang Dingtian absolutely didn't understand a lot of the concept, it's really abstract for him.
In order to smooth Yang Dingtian's lesson, the old man even have to speak in Chinese.
Yang Dingtian face would always similar to a pig after every lesson.
The old man is strict and harsh as before, his vision is sharp and threatening.
When Yang Dingtian moved his eyes from him, the old man looked at him with a gentle gaze.
The time passes gradually...
One month, two months, three months...
Six months passed, the winter also passed, the hail of snow was getting fewer and fewer. However, the cold ice stair had almost completed!
The weather is getting hotter.
The language and writing of Yang Dingtian to this world almost completely grasped, usually can also carry on to exchange with the language and writing of this world, had enough understanding to this world.
This world called Chaos Continent!
The land area was bigger than Earth, population more dense than Earth, this is world focused on military force with Profound Qi as the foundation, everyone has different Profound Vein.
If they had a high grade of profound vein then their cultivation talent could be considered as high, If they had a low grade of profound vein then their cultivation talent not even worth to mention.
This is the martial artist world, all things are inferior in front of Martial Dao.
Want to become famous and top dog of the world? Then practices martial art!
Yang Dingtian's eating Roaring Flame Pill every ten days, with dozens types of precious raw materials as the ingredient, mixes the several bloods of fire attribute Profound Beast, refining up under Roaring Flame Sacred Fire, it valued with a large sum of money.
If average people had eaten one, definitely can progress much further in their cultivation, but such a precious thing actually regarded as peach bean to eat by Yang Dingtian here.
Days had gone by, Yang Dingtian's understanding toward this world are getting deeper, but he still knew nothing about the old man.
Who is he? Why he stranded here? Why his body become such weak?
All these still a riddle to him, but he and the old man's sentiment is getting closer, Yang Dingtian interaction with the old man became more friendly than ever, he already regarded this frail looking man as his own family.
After taking the roaring flame pill each time, Yang Dingtian always thought that his whole body overflowed with so much energy, when he's not making the ice stair, he would lash his fish in the air several times to vent the rushing energy.
The old man had drawn one set of graph book of illustrations dealing with boxing in snowy area.
This Fist Arts name is True Yang Fist, altogether had five moves. Each move, consisted of ten steps.
This True Yang Fist looked like very simple, Yang Dingtian only studied 3-4 time, he thought he got the First Move right, feeling proud to himself but then actually saw the cold on the old man's face. The old man wrote in the snowy area:
The way to practice the boxing technique, intrinsic the cultivated Qi, launched the fist forward, lashed out the Qi to attacks. When, the strand of Profound Qi fast flowed from body, this move completed.
Then, the old man closed his eyes and no longer paid any attention.
Yang Dingtian hurried to practice boxing earnestly, he had repeatedly practiced, perhaps reached for several thousand, but felt nothing whatsoever from his punch, no Qi came out from it, instead he was getting tired to the bone, fell to the ground and slept.
When he woke up in the 2nd day, the old man had opened his eyes, had written a full over a hundred characters in the snowy ground.
"This is called Heaven and Earth Secret Art, this was Qi's cultivation chant of the most foundation, every morning act according this law to cultivate your Qi." The old man continued, "You have known about this world language on the whole, but the method of profounder cultivate Qi involves many acupuncture points on the human's body, their veins passage way, this needs special maps and books, these thing you do not understand completely, therefore the methods of these cultivate Qi I can't teach you, will otherwise cause you more harm. This set of chant, but a method of breathing, you can practice it in ease."
"In early morning, practices one hour of the Qi, practices three hours of True Yang Fist again, when you felt the strand of Qi, you told me, then I will teach you the Second Move." The old man said.
"Yes!" Yang Dingtian said.
The old man closed his eyes once again, for the entire for the six months, the majority of times he had his eyes close and rested deeply, as if speaking a few words would decrease his vitality, moreover these six months, Yang Dingtian had taken the roaring flame pill, but the old man ate nothing, he's not even drank any water, but he's never appeared dehydrated or hungry, making Yang Dingtian completely in awe. Although he still concealed his status, but the fact that he possessed that many Roaring Flame Pill , Yang Dingtian speculated that the old man's status is definitely not ordinary.
Yang Dingtian represses all these thoughts and started acting in accordance to the old man's chant, sat with both eyes closed and controlled his breath, cultivating his Qi.
The chant only consisted of several hundred characters, dozens movements, from the nose, to the tongue, to the breath, to the hand signal, fold to the both legs probably, raising the rectum rhythm, all of this must accurate. After dozens work are completed, is a cycle.
After a cycle, Yang Dingtian lower abdomen felt itchy, a heat, as if a mouse fiercely jumped, his body startled, making a small shout punched through his mouth.
"What's wrong?" The old man opened both eyes.
"My belly, as if a mouse had jumped fiercely," Yang Dingtian said.
The Old man facial color one surprised, his face filled with doubt: "Already?"
Then he sighed, "There is always a sky above the sky, really unexpected! Continue, this time don't startled again."
"Yes!" Yang Dingtian nodded, then continues the chant to carry on the cultivation, each cycle needed about 3 minutes to complete. After each cycle, that mousie in lower abdomen will jump, but he tried to look, it suddenly vanished, therefore the entire process akin to a hide-and-seek game.
The entire process, Yang Dingtian as if obtains a fun toy to enjoy himself. It can be said that such a simple Heaven and Earth Secret Art allowed him to enter a strange and mysterious Martial Dao world completely.
After one hour, the Yang Dingtian unwilling heart makes the last attempt.
"Pū..." the result is that the mousie as if really drilled from the deep lower abdomen, kept jumping in steady rhythm.
"How?" The old man opened his eyes.
Yang Dingtian said: "That mousie came out, stay in my belly, gently jumping."
The old man became astonished, shaking his head to say once more: " There is a sky above the sky, really unexpected!"
He had not told Yang Dingtian, other people at least required one month to feel that mouse and sixth month long to keep the mouse in his lower abdomen.
"That process called Attracting Qi, the absorption world vitality to enter your body, then gathered them in the abdomen from your innumerable veins Sea of Qi. That mouse is your initial Profound Qi." The old man said.
"I have Profound Qi?" Yang Dingtian exclaimed in joy.