Chapter 40: The Present
Chapter 40: The Present
Mountains, dark night.
The cloud was running through the forest, with a majestic white dragon leading the way in front of it. It was the father of Donghuo's puppy, who was borrowed by the cloud.
A dog and a man walked back and forth at a very fast speed, but without making any sound.
Suddenly, Bai Long'er stopped and looked forward.
Yunqi followed Bai Long'er's gaze.
It was a huge strange tree, at least twenty or thirty feet tall, with broad, dark green leaves shaped like human palms. When the night wind blew, the leaves rustled with such loud sound that it sounded as if there were many people squatting on the tree clapping their hands.
Looking more closely, there seems to be someone on the tree!
There were corpses hanging there!
Seeing this, Yunqi had no expression on his face, his eyes were filled with murderous intent. Half a mile away, he pointed his left hand directly at the demon tree and uttered a spell:
"Incinerate!"
"boom--"
The demon tree suddenly caught fire.
"Ow—"
As fire fell from the sky, the evil tree actually let out a shrill cry.
The giant tree was emitting black smoke and green rain, but it could not extinguish the magic fire that carried a strong destructive implication.
The burning flames shone for miles and burned for about half an hour before the giant tree was reduced to ashes, and the corpses were finally freed.
[Burn] is the mantra he just realized.
During his time in the Miao village, he gained a deeper and more complex understanding of the Dharma meaning of fire.
In the past, when the mantra [burn] was used, it mostly displayed the Dharma connotations of [burning], [blazing], [extreme heat], and [light], etc.
But in the past few days in the Miao village, he watched the Miao people use fire. In addition to using it to drive away evil spirits, fire also dispels the coldness in people's bodies, as well as the fear and loneliness in their hearts. Fire can also burn invisible things.
He thought about it for several days and came to the conclusion that the [burn] mantra could be divided into the [burn to annihilate] mantra and the [burn to purify] mantra.
[Burn] is a mantra of killing and destruction, using flames to kill all evil things. It focuses on the word [destroy] and is about death; [Purify] is a mantra of protection and blessing, using flames to dispel illness, chronic diseases, fear, darkness, distracting thoughts, etc. It focuses on the word [purify] and is about life.
[Destruction] and [purification] are the goals, and [burning] is the means.
From now on, only when [extinction] and [purification] are achieved, the mantra will be considered complete.
Although the [Burning] spell that is being cast now is derived from the [Burn] spell, the meaning of burning and annihilation contained in it is more profound. It has exceeded the scope of ordinary fire and can be called Dharma fire.
The reason why he is here now is to use the [Burn] spell to sweep away the evil demons around the Eighteen Villages of Hongjiang.
He knew that there might be big monsters and evil spirits around the Eighteen Villages of Hongjiang, and he must not provoke them. He also knew that some of the small monsters he had killed might reproduce again in three to five years under the nurturing of the mountains.
Even though he was doing everything now, only Bai Long'er, who was leading the way, knew about it.
But he didn't care. Since he had seen it and since he had the ability, he only asked for one thing: to act chivalrously and have a clear conscience.
The evil creature was destroyed and the flames slowly disappeared. After waiting patiently for a while and seeing that no other evil creatures came, Yunqi gave a signal and Bai Long'er instantly rushed out, digging something in the ashes.
Yunqi, on the other hand, held his hands in a seal, waiting for anything that might come.
But nothing happened, and soon, Bai Long'er came back with something in his mouth.
Yunqi took it with his hand. It looked like a seed. He put it into the cave stone and asked Bai Long'er to lead him to find the next evil place. ————
A few days later, on September 17, I was in front of my house in Lixi Village.
Sit cross-legged in the clouds and enter into meditation.
The "Zhou Tian Bai Qiao Nei Jing" says: The Twelve-Story Tower is the gateway between heaven and man, the key to the circulation of qi, and can be used as the palace of gods.
What this sentence means is that the Twelve-Story Tower is the gateway connecting the small world of the human body and the large world of nature. It is the hub for the flow of spiritual energy and can serve as a temporary residence for other inner gods.
Another difference between the Twelve-Layer Tower and other acupoints is that they can be opened up layer by layer. In this way, the difficulty of opening up one layer of the Twelve-Layer Tower and other major acupoints differs greatly.
In other words, although Yunqi's heart palace is not open yet, he can open one of the twelve floors first, and concentrate on the inner spirit of the heart palace in the twelfth floor. In this way, he can visualize the magic food qi and cultivate the inner spirit in advance. When the accumulated magic power is enough, the inner spirit temporarily living in the twelfth floor will use the magic power to push open the door of the heart palace, sit in the heart palace, and control the circulation of essence and blood.
The clouds have been absorbing the air for more than a year, and the first floor of the twelve-story building has already loosened, so it is not difficult to open it up.
Originally, he was planning to put the matter of opening the Twelve-Story Tower on hold.
He originally thought that visiting the Golden Rooster Clan at Tianming Mountain in the Southern Wasteland would give him the opportunity to comprehend the divine will of the Pleiades Rooster and establish his inner divine core, but he did not expect to make such great progress in this small Miao village. Again, the same old saying:
Things have no constant state, and water has no constant shape.
He planned to open the first floor of the twelve-story building in the Miao village today.
The simplest and quickest way to open the acupoints is to use external force to directly open the acupoints with great spiritual power.
However, this method is only suitable for opening up the first floor of the twelve-story building. If you want to open up your heart palace, I don’t know how rich you need to be to be able to afford it.
Of course, this quick method also has disadvantages. It saves the process of comprehending the essence of the law and honing magic power. This is also the reason why some practitioners who take elixirs to reach high levels are prone to encounter bottlenecks.
This problem does not exist in Yunqi. It's just a matter of prioritizing things and being flexible.
He waved his sleeves, a few flashes of light appeared on the stone in his hand, and a few odds and ends appeared in front of him.
There are seeds, chalcedony, cardamom, gold essence, and some unknown things.
These were obtained by him from sweeping away the evil.
Although the quality of these things is not very high, but when added together, it should be enough to break through one floor.
Yunqiao is more yin and belongs to water in the Five Elements. To be cautious, he picked some spiritual materials belonging to water, and then used magic fire to remove the dross and retain the essence, and refined them into refined spiritual liquid.
Yunqi was multitasking, controlling his body to swallow the spiritual liquid while at the same time looking at the small world inside and the twelfth floor.
Yunqi swallowed the fragrant spiritual liquid and slightly raised his head. The spiritual liquid slowly flowed into his throat, but he closed his throat tightly at the same time, so the spiritual liquid could not enter his esophagus.
Holding back a cough, Yunqi used his mental power to dissolve the spiritual liquid into a ball of majestic spiritual energy, which he then guided to irrigate the twelfth floor.
From the perspective of the inner world, the twelve-story building is like a mountain-shaped yellow fog. What is inside the yellow fog? It is not clear.
At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly came from the inner world, rushing straight to the top of the mountain-shaped yellow fog. The fog on the top fluttered in the wind, and gradually it became difficult to gather into shape. It was slowly lifted by the wind, revealing the true appearance inside.
Yunqi looked at the revealed corner and thought to himself that no wonder it was called a twelve-story building. Doesn't that hollow topaz-like thing look like a single floor?
The twelve-story building is like a jade palace hidden in the mountain mist. Only the roof is fully revealed at this moment, emitting a hazy light.
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