Chapter 6 The cool breeze soothes the spirit and the bright moon illuminates the soul
The method of visualization is not to visualize the shape of the breeze and the bright moon, but to visualize its divine will.
The breeze is refreshing and carefree, caressing but not violent, refreshing but not hurting the soul; the bright moon is in the sky, eternal and everlasting, and the essence of the twelfth yin nourishes all things.
Shi Xuan's soul seems to be sitting cross-legged on the sea of consciousness, and the surroundings are like going out early in the morning, facing the gentle breeze, and being refreshed. The breeze blows through the soul, taking away all the acquired impurities that are usually contaminated, and at the same time, it is anxious, restless, excited, and angry. All kinds of emotions come due to events and disperse due to the wind. They no longer leave a mark on the soul and obscure the soul. Gradually, a clear and clear soul emerges.
The bright moon on the top is like a wheel, rotating slowly, driving the inner energy into it, and then it is like rain falling from the sky, falling down in streaks of the essence of the bright moon, pouring on the soul, Shi Xuan's soul follows the rhythm of the breeze, The essence of the bright moon that falls on it is absorbed and nourishes its soul, and then the impurities are taken away by the breeze.
This lasted for an unknown amount of time. When Shi Xuan felt that his soul had grown much stronger and the absorbed essence had reached saturation, he ended the visualization and exited concentration.
The soul is intangible and qualityless, while the inner energy is intangible and qualitative. There is a huge gap between the two. It is difficult for the inner energy to directly nourish the soul. Even if the energy and blood nourish the soul, it can only be completed because of the mysterious connection between the body and the soul. That’s why it is necessary to build a bridge between the soul and the inner Qi through visualization, and transform the inner Qi into essence that the soul can absorb. Of course, these are just some of the functions of visualization at this stage. When the state of mind becomes advanced in the future, inner visualization can lead to the corresponding laws of heaven and earth. At that time, you can directly absorb the essence of heaven and earth and comprehend the laws of heaven and earth.
After Shi Xuan woke up from sedation, he adjusted his breathing slightly and found that the internal energy accumulated today had been consumed to the tune of 7788%. The Qi moving route in "The Secret Record of Xing Qi" begins to transport internal Qi. Of course, now we can only follow the small Zhoutian route contained in the two parts of the Twelve Regular Meridians and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Shi Xuan concentrated his mind and controlled the inner energy to flow out of the Dantian. He felt that after this visualization, he could control the inner energy more easily after his soul grew stronger.
After a few weeks of Qi movement, the inner Qi continuously absorbs the heat escaping from various parts of the body, and has doubled in size. Compared with the previous Qi movement method, the efficiency is several times higher.
After moving his Qi like this for three hundred and sixty-five small weeks, Shi Xuan stopped. The circulation of qi for such a large number of days is just right, and the dissipated heat has just been absorbed. If the qi is circulated again, the body's origin will probably be transformed.
Based on the internal energy accumulated during this Great Zhou Tianqi movement and the internal energy consumed by visualizing and strengthening the soul, Shi Xuan roughly estimated that it would take more than four months to accumulate the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, and According to the "Yushu Twelve Rivers and Eight Lakes Seventy-two Great Rivers Qi Secret Records", the time to open the seventy-two small meridians is about seven months. In addition, how long does it take for the soul to grow to the peak of the soul-strengthening stage? Du Bai had no experience in the past, so Shi Xuan could not estimate it, because he did not know the strength of the soul at the peak of the soul-strengthening stage.
The troublesome problem now is that it costs about two taels of silver to replenish the food consumed every day. This can be done by going to a restaurant to prepare a good banquet. However, Shi Xuan does not require good craftsmanship or good ingredients, so it only costs two taels. Money, you can imagine how much he ate. The neighbors were amazed that Shi Xuan's appetite was more than twice as big as before.
Calculated based on time, Shi Xuan needs about 700 taels of silver to complete the Qi-nurturing period. However, after buying medicine and exercising in the past few months, he only has less than 400 taels of silver left, leaving a gap of 300 taels. Ah, you must know that the annual income of ordinary people in Fucheng is only twenty or thirty taels of silver.
But at this time, Shi Xuan didn't want to go out and find some kind of job to make money. Now was the time when he could see obvious progress in his daily practice, and he wished he could practice one day as two days.
Shi Xuan thought about it and decided to sell the small courtyard when the time comes. After all, when he is able to cultivate his Qi, he will travel around the world to seek immortality and seek Taoism. In addition to entrusting the Xu Laodao clan to take care of the small courtyard, he does not want to sell it. The value of the small yard is about two hundred and eighty taels. I am not in a hurry to sell it. I have enough money to last me for seven or eight months. I will slowly find a buyer and I should be able to sell it for a good price, and then deduct the tooth shop. Between expenses, government administration and deed taxes, there should be two hundred and forty taels of silver in the account in the end.
In addition, after selling the small courtyard, I still need to rent a clean house for about four months, which will cost more than ten taels of silver. Alas, it looks like there is still a shortfall of about eighty taels of silver. Well, if you want to steal a rich man or something, it's not difficult at all with your own Taoist methods, and you won't leave any clues. It's just that I'm used to obeying the law, and it seems difficult to make up my mind to do this unless I'm at the end of my rope. Just save this method until the end when it really doesn't work anymore. If you really get to that point, you won't have any psychological burden.
In this way, while Shi Xuan went to the tooth shop and put up a sign for selling small courtyards, he asked shopkeeper Liu to help him invite his friends who worked in the yamen to have a meal together. They got to know each other, and later sold the house to the yamen and paid the deed and tax. When the time comes, you won’t be hacked badly.
Of course, Shi Xuan's main focus is still on practice. He has never slacked off at all in "Yushu's Twelve Rivers, Eight Lakes and Seventy-two Rivers" and "Qingfengmingyuezhenzhenfa" every day. Over the past month, the strength of the soul has improved by leaps and bounds, and it is no longer as exhausted as it was when he first came here, after just one or two spells. There has also been great progress in the internal energy. Not only has the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians been accumulated, but I finally managed to open up a small meridian after several attempts, and I got out of hand and opened up twelve meridians one after another. .
At noon that day, Shi Xuan returned to the small courtyard after having lunch. Before he could sit down, he heard the knocking sound of the door knocker of the courtyard door. Shi Xuan thought it was someone from Yaxing who was bringing someone to see the courtyard because he had to practice every day. Because of this, Shi Xuan and the people from Yaxing made an appointment to take people to see the yard after noon, and it would not exceed an hour.
The dental shop has brought people to see it several times before, but they have never reached an agreement on the price. Shi Xuan is not in a hurry. The money he has can still be used for two or three months.
Shi Xuan opened the courtyard door. To his surprise, the person outside the door was not from Yaxing, but an acquaintance, a handsome young man in his twenties wearing a brocade robe.
Before Xu Laodao went out to seek immortality, he created another martial arts "Gui Zhen Gong" based on the "Gui Zhen Jing" that was both internal and external and stayed in his clan. The Xu Laodao family was just a relatively wealthy businessman family before, and was often blackmailed by gangsters. Later, they collected some tricks and secrets based on this martial arts, and many masters were born, and they gradually became famous in the world. With his famous name, he bought land in Xia'an Mansion, dealt in silk cloth and secretly sold salt, and he was considered a powerful person. It's just that Xu Laodao himself is not very good at martial arts, and the secret manuals he wrote are not enough for hurting people, and there are no good matching tricks. Therefore, the Xu family can only be regarded as a third-rate family in the world.
Ten years ago, Xu Laodao returned to Xia'an Mansion. Although he did not return to live with the family, he did not cut off contact with the family. The Xu family was very fawning over this ancestor. They are delivered during holidays, and many high-quality children within the family are also selected and sent to this fairy-like ancestor professor. It is a great blessing to be able to learn a little bit of the ancestor's magic.
It's a pity that although these children are very talented, they don't seem to have much understanding of Taoism. Instead, they learn things like physical training and Qi very quickly. Xu Laodao himself had great expectations for another monk in his family, but when this situation continued, he gave up and concentrated on teaching Du Bai. As for those children, all the masters in the family were sent back to the Xu family after they had reached the Qi-nurturing period, and the Xu family was not allowed to send any more children.
However, Xu Laodao also revised the content of "Gui Zhen Gong" based on his experience in fighting or discussing with martial arts masters over the years, and added the secret tricks he collected, and he also had an explanation for the Xu family. .
The young man who came to our door today was none other than Xu Tianqi, one of the most talented children in that group. He was sent here when he was ten years old. It only took him six years to enter the Qi-nurturing period. Unfortunately, after entering the Qi-nurturing period, He didn't pay much attention to the practice of visualization. He just focused on the cultivation of inner qi. In addition, he also practiced the new qi movement method of "Gui Zhen Gong". After two years, there was no big progress in Taoism, and then Xu was The old man sent it back to Xu's house.
In the world of martial arts, those who can enter the Qi nourishing period before the age of twenty are all talented disciples of famous sects. Therefore, Xu Tianqi's eighteen-year-old inner master's realm is very prominent in the world of martial arts. Xu Tianqi likes this kind of thing very much. Feelings, he has been wandering around in the world since then, had some adventures, and gained a huge reputation - praised by many people as a master who can be ranked in the top twenty among the younger generation. Xu Tianqi is actually secretly not very convinced. He thinks that if he had not come from the Xu family, he can only be regarded as second-rate now (after the "New Return to True Power"). Although we have not been able to open up the beginning of the Eight Meridians, Ren Duer Although he has strong internal energy, he is still in the top ten. It is not impossible to think of the name of the fourth martial arts master.