Chapter 5 [Realm Division, First Practice! ]
Chapter 5 [Realm Division, First Practice! ]
Thinking of this, Lin Xun quickly ate a few mouthfuls of rice, said he was full, and then rushed to his room.
When Lin Chuan and his wife saw this, they didn't think much about it. They just thought that their younger brother was tired from herding cattle and wanted to go back to his room to rest early.
Lin Xun returned to the room and immediately closed the door. He didn't want to be disturbed while he was practicing.
Moreover, if one performs some inhuman actions during cultivation and is seen by others, he or she may be reported to the authorities as a demon.
Brother Aniu, who was standing at the entrance of the village, was muttering incantations, but was mistaken for a demon and drowned to death.
Lin Xun doesn't want to repeat the same mistake. After all, this is a world where gods and demons coexist, and sometimes it is hard to tell who is human or ghost.
After everything was ready, Lin Xun sat on the kang, but he did not start practicing right away.
As the saying goes; "Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood!"
Before practicing, he had to study the basics of the Great Heavenly Immortal Technique carefully, and only after he had mastered the technique, he could practice.
Lin Xun's mind moved, and the Great Heavenly Immortal Art emerged in his mind.
These were golden inscriptions formed by countless tadpoles. They emitted an ancient glow, and for some reason he could understand them.
In this regard, Lin Xun could only understand that this was a miraculous performance when Sun Wukong was teaching him the martial arts, which enabled him to directly understand the immortal text.
"The secret of the perfect communication between the exoteric and esoteric teachings is really wonderful, but unfortunately there is no secret to cultivate one's nature and life. It all comes from the essence, energy and spirit, so keep it well hidden and don't let it leak out."
Through this technique, Lin Xun learned that in the world of Journey to the West, the realms of cultivators are divided into refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, refining emptiness into the Dao, and Taiyi realm.
After that, the technique was not clearly stated. It might be that Sun Wukong felt that there was no need for him to know it, or perhaps the highest level of cultivation of the Great Heavenly Immortal Technique could only be reached to this extent.
Among them, the realm of refining essence into qi requires the practitioner to condense magical power in the body, condense the physical body, open up the limbs and bones, and cleanse the marrow and meridians.
At this realm, cultivation is mainly based on absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon.
If you have special natural treasures or elixirs, you can speed up the process of refining essence into qi.
To refine Qi and transform it into spirit, this state requires the combination of spirit and Qi, and the magic power is attributed to the spirit, thus condensing the primordial spirit.
Basic spells only require magic power to activate, but only the combination of spiritual power and magic power can activate magic weapons, magical powers, etc.
In a sense, only when one enters this stage can one be considered a true practitioner, or what Sun Wukong calls entering the Tao.
Refining the spirit and returning to emptiness, this realm of practice transforms the physical body into the primordial spirit. The practitioner needs to constantly nurture his or her own primordial spirit so that it becomes pure yang and transforms into a yang spirit.
With the help of Yang Shen, practitioners can communicate with heaven and earth, connect heaven and earth, and mobilize the power of heaven and earth.
To reach the realm of Lianxu Hedao, practitioners need to condense the three flowers of essence, energy and spirit in the Niwan Palace and open up the five qi returning to the origin in the heart.
When one reaches this level, one can achieve harmony between water and fire, foresee the future, and have the vast mountains, rivers and land under control.
This realm is not considered weak even in the vast three realms.
As for the Taiyi Realm, it is just a general name. This realm is divided into Taiyi Sanxian, Taiyi Tianxian, and Taiyi Jinxian.
Practitioners at this level need to overcome three disasters and condense the golden elixir before they can achieve success. Once they break through, they will be able to achieve immortality.
Among them, the quality of the golden elixir is particularly important. If the foundation is not enough and the condensed golden elixir is of inferior quality, then one can only obtain the status of Taiyi Sanxian.
Similarly, if one can condense a superior golden elixir, one can leap forward and become the legendary Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Don't underestimate this Taiyi Golden Immortal. Even though Sun Wukong was very talented, he was only a Taiyi Celestial Immortal when he was causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace. He only became a Hunyuan Yiqi Taiyi Golden Immortal after he went through a series of hardships such as the peaches and elixir and left the Five Elements Mountain.
This method of condensing pills and the path to becoming an immortal are too far away for Lin Xun. They are not something he can even consider. Now it is even difficult for him to enter the path.
After watching the Great Heavenly Immortal, Lin Xun had a certain understanding of cultivation. He originally thought that Sun Wukong's test, which was to enter the stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, was easy, but now he realized how ridiculous his previous thoughts were.
It is difficult for ordinary people to have the talent to practice this great celestial immortal technique. The higher the level of the method, the higher the talent required.
If ordinary people do not have the ability to understand, it will be difficult for them to get started even if they spend their entire lives on it.
Before refining Qi into spirit, there is also refining essence into Qi. This realm requires hard work and one needs to constantly absorb and exhale the essence of the sun and the moon to polish the body. It takes an ordinary person at least thirty to forty years to achieve perfection.
Even the magical power of the Great Heavenly Immortal Art would take three to five years, but Sun Wukong could master it quickly.
This is built on its own solid foundation. After billions of years of baptism by the essence of the sun and the moon, countless energies have long been accumulated in its body and only need to be channeled out.
Therefore, the other party can achieve rapid success, but ordinary people do not have this accumulation.
As for elixirs, or quick success from natural treasures, Lin Xun didn't even dare to hope for them. At this moment, his family could barely afford to eat, and these things were not something he could think of.
It can be said that Sun Wukong’s three-month test was no less difficult than ascending to heaven for Lin Xun.
“Nothing is difficult if you set your mind to it!”
But Lin Xun did not give up because he was aware of the difficulties ahead. He was much better off than ordinary people.
Even if he was unable to become Sun Wukong's disciple, if he could learn the basic method of the Great Heavenly Immortal Art, it would be enough to lay a solid foundation for him.
In the future, if there are other opportunities, you may be able to rise to the top and become an immortal!
After repeatedly studying the exercises and figuring out the mysteries behind them, Lin Xun began to practice.
I saw him slowly sitting cross-legged with his legs crossed in a lotus shape, his hands gently folded in front of his dantian, palms facing up, fingers slightly bent.
Lin Xun followed the description in the exercises and began his first practice, refining essence into qi. At this stage, practitioners basically absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, absorbed it into their bodies, and then practiced.
Lin Xun was no exception. It was dark at this time. Outside the house, a bright moon hung high in the sky, like a pearl hanging in the sky, emitting clear moonlight.
He followed the trajectory of the Great Heavenly Immortal Art and began to absorb and exhale the essence of the sun and the moon.
Facts have proved that Lin Xun is not a genius in cultivation. The kind of person who practices Qi training in one day and achieves enlightenment in three days is basically out of his reach.
His practice process was a bit bumpy, just like a child's graffiti, there would always be mistakes, resulting in the failure of the practice.
Lin Xun was not discouraged by this, and continued to practice the exercises unremittingly, trying hard to refine his essence into qi.
When the first ray of sunlight at dawn cut through the darkness like a sharp sword.
Lin Xun then opened his eyes as if waking up from a dream and looked at the gray sky outside.
It turned out that a night had passed by unknowingly, and I didn't even feel the passage of time at all.
It is true that time does not exist in cultivation!!
Lin Xun hasn't even started the stage of refining essence into qi yet, and time has passed so quickly. No wonder those immortals often go into seclusion for hundreds of years.
Lin Xun stretched his body and found something strange: although he had not achieved enlightenment after a night of hard practice, he did not feel the slightest discomfort in his body or mental deficiency.
It seems that this great celestial immortal art is indeed miraculous. Even if one fails to cultivate it, it can be regarded as a method to strengthen the body.
(End of this chapter)