Chapter 40: Explaining the Causes
The next morning, Master Ming Zong did not come to Fangcao Xiaoge. The three big bowls of herbs were brought by Grandpa. Zheng Qiu frowned, picked up the green leaves in the bowl, put on a dry cloud embroidered short jacket and rushed to the Fangcao Building.
Walking into the building, he looked left and right, but he didn't see the figure of the master, maybe the master hadn't come yet.
When he was about to sit in the teahouse and wait, the master's voice came from upstairs: "Come up, the thirtieth floor."
It turned out that the master was upstairs, so Zheng Qiu hurriedly left the cafe and ran to the courtyard to wait for the dry ladder to float down. When the dry ladder reached the bottom, he stepped onto the stone platform.
The dry ladder in Fangcao Building is not only smaller, but also floats faster than those on the Zongli Mountain Road. Zheng Qiu looked down and looked down, so fast, he felt a little uneasy, so he leaned in and shrank to the center of the stone platform.
The 30th floor of Fangcao Building is full of large and small pots and earthen jars, which are filled with clear water, and various herbs are planted in the water standing or lying on the ground. Master Mingzong squatted on the ground, checking the condition of the herbs.
"master."
Master Ming Zong responded, but he didn't turn around, and was still checking the herbs.
After some time, Master Ming Zong suddenly said: "Zheng Qiu, since I have accepted you as an apprentice, Master, I will definitely teach you to be the best disciple, at least the best in Qianyunzong."
Master Ming Zong stood up and continued to look at the earthen pot on the wooden stand: "I used to study exercises, do you know why I changed to grow medicine?"
Zheng Qiu shook his head, he was afraid that the master would not see him with his back turned, so he added: "I don't know."
Master Ming Zong withdrew his hand, wiped the clothes casually, and led Zheng Qiu to the balcony. The balcony is two feet wide, with three small wooden benches and a coffee table made of rattan.
Master Ming Zong sat on the stool and pointed to the distant sky: "There are many sects in Yunxiu, and talents come forth in large numbers. If there are many sects, there will inevitably be conflicts. This little contradiction may cause the two sects to fight each other in the end. Therefore, the cultivation The stronger a person is, the more he can protect important things."
Master Mingzong looked at Zheng Qiu and motioned him to sit down: "Otherwise, I will be like your sister Yunyou."
Master Ming Zong explained each word carefully, so that Zheng Qiu could have a more comprehensive understanding of the environment in which the practitioners live.
Practitioners want to improve their strength in three aspects: their own realm, excellent skills, and magic weapons.
The magic weapon weapon is very strong, and it can improve the strength the fastest. Its various functions can make up for the defects of the cultivator's realm or skills.
But the magic weapon has a disadvantage, that is, it is easy to lose. Because it is not the cultivator's own thing, but a foreign object, if he accidentally falls into the trap set by others, the magic weapon will even become a burden.
In contrast, there is no such problem with the exercises. Once you learn the exercises, it is your own, and no one can take it away.
Master Ming Zong is quite familiar with the exercises. He told Zheng Qiu that exercises are divided into two categories: life exercises and miscellaneous exercises.
Minggong refers to the most core technique, the realm of the cultivator, the composition of energy, and the trend of meridians are all related to the Minggong he practiced.
Generally speaking, a practitioner can only practice one kind of life skill, because the meridian trend of life skill is fixed, and the flow of energy will leave an indelible mark on the meridians. When practicing other life skills, these branded traces will conflict with energy of different natures.
The exercises other than Minggong are collectively called miscellaneous exercises. Miscellaneous exercises don't pay much attention to the movement of meridians, and they don't help to improve the realm. However, miscellaneous exercises are various and have many uses, so most practitioners will learn several kinds of miscellaneous exercises that suit them to solve problems conveniently.
However, some miscellaneous exercises can also cultivate a special energy, and can even be practiced as a life-saving exercise. For example, the Shi Tinghua exercise learned by the disciples of Qian Yunzong who built a house is a miscellaneous exercise that can be practiced as a life-saving exercise.
No matter what kind of exercise, there is a rule, the harder it is to practice, the stronger it is, the easier it is to practice it, the weaker it is.
At this time, Zheng Qiu asked: "Is there anyone who is easy to practice and powerful?
Or difficult and weak? "
The master nodded: "Yes, the former is the secret treasure of each sect, and the latter is the product of failure to create."
One's own realm is very mysterious, some people break through quickly, and some people can't break through several times in their lifetime. Generally speaking, it is easier for people with good roots, high talent, and strong skills to break through.
Realm is the easiest benchmark to represent a person's strength. If exercises and magic weapons are quantitative changes, then the breakthrough of the realm is a qualitative change, which is a leap-forward improvement.
For thousands of years, there have been examples of defeating opponents across one realm, but there has never been a victory across two realms. Therefore, the realm is the most important thing for practitioners to deal with. The higher the realm, the easier it is for a person to gain the respect of others.
Of course, in order to hide their strength, most people will not directly say what realm they have reached, but only use vague words such as high cultivation base and low cultivation base.
Master Ming Zong picked up the pot on the coffee table and poured himself a glass of water. He stopped and asked Zheng Qiu: "Apprentice, after expanding so much, what do you think are related to planting medicine?"
Zheng Qiu scratched his head and tried to think. After thinking for a while, he tried to answer: "The master told me to take herbs to improve the root bone. Just now he said that it is easy for people with good root bones to break through the realm. It should be that the herbal medicine has a great effect on the realm. "
Master Ming Zong smiled: "What else?"
"Anything else? And...well, is it also helpful for the exercises?"
"You are quite smart in this respect, and you have found the clues so quickly." Master Ming Zong shook a clear water in the glass, his eyes gradually became serious and serious.
"Roughly speaking, planting medicinal materials is just a way to obtain materials, which are used to feed rare birds and animals, provide materials for alchemy, and enrich the daily food of practitioners.
There are elixirs for breaking through or consolidating realms; there are elixirs for assisting the practice of exercises; even for special magical weapons, there are special elixirs.
Everyone in the world is focusing on alchemy, studying how to refine pills with higher grades every day, and pondering how to create pills with new uses. One alchemy furnace that is famous for thousands of sects, one alchemist after another that attracts the attention of thousands of mountains, thinks that alchemy is the foundation of cultivation.
Is this fundamental? No! Absolutely not! "
Master Mingzong clenched his hands into fists, and his eyes shone with fanaticism. "I have communicated tens of thousands of times with the alchemy elders in Zongli, and I have personally tried dozens of famous elixirs.
Any pill, no matter how high its grade is or how exquisite its refining technique is, its most critical medicinal properties are still taken from the medicinal materials of alchemy. Alchemy is just a process of extracting the medicinal ingredients of medicinal materials, concentrating them, and blending them. The essence of the medicine has not changed in the slightest. "
Master Mingzong grabbed Zheng Qiu's shoulders with both hands, shaking him dizzy.
The frantic light in Master Ming Zong's eyes gushed out like a flame: "A stalk of Gu Qi grass can never make two Gu Qi pills, but what about hundreds? Thousands of plants? Do you know what that means? ?Raw material, raw material is fundamental, it is the foundation of everything!
Planting medicine must be a kind of medicine, as long as there is a sufficient amount of medicinal materials, even a pig can be enlightened! "