Chapter 104: The Secret of Life
Chapter 104: The Secret of Life (Seeking Votes at the Beginning of the Month)
"This is what you want."
Grandmaster Tongxuan handed over a jade slip.
Cheng Xinzhan took it and looked at it carefully. There were four words written on the jade slip:
"Nine Yang Refining Eyes".
"When you practice this method, the Yang energy can go directly into your eyes and help you open up the eye orifice and the Yang Palace. At the same time, this method also records a pupil technique called the 'Nine Yang Returning Pill Pupil', which can break through obstacles and has the effect of warding off demons.
“After you open up the Yang Palace, the pupil technique will be naturally refined. When you are ready to draw the Yang Gang into your body, come find me again.
"The Yang Palace is being developed quickly, so it is better to be slow than to be hasty. Haste can easily hurt the eyes, and eye injuries are difficult to treat. You must be careful."
Cheng Xinzhan did not have the method to open up the Yang Palace, so when he asked the master whether he could use the acupoints to refine tools, he also asked for the method to open up the Yang Palace. Unexpectedly, he accidentally obtained the pupil technique. After thanking him repeatedly, he left with satisfaction.
When they arrived at the Worry-Free Cave, cats and dogs pounced on them. Now, these two had achieved some success in Qi training and were very spiritual. The third sister was no different from a ten-year-old child, while the eldest brother was intelligent and steady, almost like an ordinary person.
The physical body was still sitting cross-legged, but it was just meditating and absorbing air. The evil in the physical body had long since dissipated, and it could walk normally.
Just over ten days ago, the day before Wen Sukong went out to transcend the tribulation, all the true evil that was blocked in the body's hundreds of orifices and meridians had been transformed into evil water by thunder and forced out of the body.
It happened half a year earlier than several teachers had expected.
Save up one pound and three ounces of evil water.
Wen Sukong remained silent for a long time when she knew this number. She even thought that this disciple would never feel pain again from now on because he had already experienced the ultimate.
You should know that when a cultivator of the second realm draws evil spirits into his body, under the suppression of lead and mercury, the amount will not exceed one or two at a time.
The half liang of Yangming Yuntang Gang in Cheng Xinzhan's hand can transform into a cloud as big as a mountain. With his one jin and three liang of evil water, if he wants, the transformed miasma can cover the entire Meiji Mountain!
In order to hold the evil water, Wen Sukong specially made a lead bottle for his apprentice.
She said that only when a new evil spirit is born can such a large amount of evil water be seen at one time. As it is slowly mined and traded in the future, no more than one or two ounces will be seen on the market.
Cheng Xinzhan has accumulated so much evil water now, and he can trade Ganglu or other evil water with others in the future. Even if it is two for one or three for one, he can ensure that he can reach the second level without worries.
As for whether he wants the sect's spiritual energy, it depends on his future golden elixir nature.
After dispelling the true evil, Cheng Xinzhan immediately entered the physical body and went to find his master, wanting to return the bamboo stick. After all, this was a treasure that had been refined over several generations.
The 23rd generation master of Meiji Mountain searched for bamboo shoots and planted bamboo, the 24th generation master cut bamboo into sticks, and it was not until the 25th generation, that is, Wen Sukong, that people started to store talismans and replace acupoints. It took three generations of hard work, but no one used it. The previous generation planted trees and the next generation enjoyed the shade, and he just happened to run into it.
But at that time Wen Sukong glanced at him, frowned and said,
"Will your body be used again?"
Cheng Xinzhan was very embarrassed at that time. He didn't know whether his master wanted to take the opportunity to give him the treasure or he really despised it. He almost ran away.
But no matter what, this treasure of Meiji Mountain was finally passed into his hands, and it has been passed down for four generations.
There is no need to explain the benefits of this bamboo body, so he usually uses the bamboo body to study magic and refine Qi with his physical body, making progress in both at the same time, and his speed is much faster than that of ordinary people.
Now that all the orifices in the body have been unblocked and the golden palace has been opened, he is back on the right track. Even though there are hidden injuries caused by the true evil acupuncture points, he still needs to rely on water mines to slowly heal them.
Everything has its pros and cons. Cheng Xinzhan first opened the Fire Palace, then the Thunder Palace, and then the Gold Palace. He gained an advantage in attacking and fighting, but the Earth Palace, Water Palace, and Wood Palace, which were responsible for nourishment and vitality, were not opened. Now he relied entirely on the vitality of thunder. Otherwise, the recovery of his body would be much faster than it is now.
Now, Cheng Xinzhan plans to open his eyes, but the eyes of his bamboo body and physical body have not been opened yet.
The orifices of the bamboo body are only three houses and five palaces, namely throat, nose, ears, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.
These were all refined into the bamboo body by Wen Sukong using talismans instead of acupoints.
From now on, if the bamboo body wants to add acupoints, Cheng Xinzhan must first open the acupoints of the physical body, comprehend the innate meaning and acquired effects of the acupoints, and after mastering them, draw talismans to simulate the acupoints, seek the truth through the false, and then refine them into the bamboo body.
When the bamboo body has all the orifices and meridians unblocked, then, if Cheng Xinzhan is willing to abandon his physical body, his soul can move into the bamboo body and ascend as a spirit.
Even if he didn't want to give up his physical body, if he had the opportunity to cultivate a second soul and inhabit the bamboo body, then this body would be the top-notch incarnation. If he could go one step further and achieve a second immortal body...
Cheng Xinzhan shook his head and decided not to think too much at the moment. Just keep moving forward with your feet on the ground. The most important thing at the moment is to continue to open up your mind and connect the inner and outer world. Everything starts with refining Qi.
An ancient sage of Inner Alchemy once said: Qi refining is originally a state, but it is too profound and difficult to understand, so it is divided into two states: Qi refining and life storage.
In fact, when Neidan Dao was first established, there were only four realms of practice for mortals: Qi Refining, Golden Elixir, Yuanying, and Hedao.
Refining Qi means refining essence into Qi, connecting the inner and outer heaven and earth, using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish the essence and blood of the body, opening up the hundreds of orifices in the heavens, and then refining the essence and removing the dross in the hundreds of orifices, refining the Qi of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang from the body, which is the first step to achieving immortality.
The golden elixir is the result of refining qi and transforming it into spirit. When the qi of yin and yang and the five elements are combined into the golden elixir, divinity begins to be born. From then on, my life is in my own hands.
The Yuanying is to refine the spirit and return to emptiness, to become a baby, and to return to the original state.
To be in harmony with the Tao means to refine the void and unite the inside and the outside.
However, at this level of Inner Alchemy, the first level is really hard to endure. It is unknown how many years it will take to open up all the acupoints. For a novice who has just started practicing, just trying to figure out the meaning and function of the hundred acupoints is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Therefore, it is better to practice another way.
Faced with the precarious situation of the Taoist tradition at the very beginning of its establishment, fortunately, there was a providential will of heaven, and a large number of Inner Alchemy predecessors emerged at that time, who reorganized the first realm and split it into two, namely the Qi Refining and Life Storage realms, and clearly listed the innate divinity and acquired efficacy of some important acupoints. This preserved the Taoist tradition and made Inner Alchemy the mainstream and the first great way today, which also formed the current Inner Alchemy practice spectrum.
After the redivision, it is made very clear that at the beginning of the practice, the five major orifices of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys must be opened up. The so-called five internal organs store the essence and do not discharge, so they are full but not solid. This is the basis for realizing the five elements.
By taking the five elements of spiritual energy into the internal organs, and then refining the five elements of essence from the internal organs, the five elements of essence circulate and circulate, which can open the crimson palace, gather all the essence and blood in one orifice, and increase life span. At this time, even if the hands and feet are broken, or the chest is pierced, as long as the crimson palace is intact, the life can be saved.
After the opening of the Five Palaces, the Five Elements magic must have been mastered, and this is also the beginning of the art of longevity.
As for the Three Houses, it is best to open them. They are used to comprehend the natural phenomena of the sky. In addition to the Five Elements, they are also closely connected with the Five Elements. But if you really don't have the time and energy, you can also open the Crimson Palace first and enter the second realm.
The second realm is called life treasure. As the name suggests, it means to realize the truth of life and explore the treasures of the physical body.
The mysteries of the hundreds of orifices in the heavens can be explored in depth in this realm.
This state has an eye-catching name, called "supernatural power". If you open the acupoints and understand its mystery, you can practice the corresponding supernatural power.
For example, clairvoyance, super hearing, stomach and gallbladder, kingdom of God in the palm of your hand, and the list goes on.
The more acupoints you open, the more beneficial it will be for your subsequent practice. It will also be of great benefit to fighting and protecting the way. However, the time it will take will also be longer. It all depends on your personal choice.
Can you turn back and open your mind after reaching the third or fourth realm? Yes, it is possible, but if you don’t have the time and energy for the second realm, then the third realm is busy with elixir washing and the fourth realm is busy with infant care, so it is even more impossible to turn back.
If you really don't want to waste time practicing, you just need to open up the acupoints on the yin and yang meridians that connect Huangting to the outside world. Then you can draw the yin and yang evil spirits from the outside world into your body, and flow them into Huangting, which is Dantian, through the opened acupoints. When yin and yang are in harmony, the dragon and the tiger will meet, and the golden elixir will be formed, and you can enter the third realm.
At present, whether judging from the arrangements of the various teachers or following Cheng Xinzhan's own inner thoughts, he will definitely have to hone himself in the first and second realms for a long time, and naturally the more orifices in the heavens and hundreds of them are opened, the better.
He was familiar with "Zhou Tian Bai Qiao Nei Jing" and recently started to learn the method of refining. Naturally, he thought that the acupoints could be used as palaces to nourish the spirit and as containers to store qi, so why couldn't they be regarded as furnaces for refining tools?
Taking the opportunity of restoring "Taodu" as an opportunity, he decided to try out his ideas.
Taodu is a Yang Fire Sword, but in the acquired world, the five elements are easy to obtain, but Yin and Yang are hard to find. Taodu has the nature of Yang Fire, so it should naturally go one step further to pure Yang. If the focus is always on fire, it will fall behind. Yang can resist fire, but fire cannot contain Yang. What's more, Taodu is made of excellent materials, including both iron from outer space and ancient Yang wood, so it should not be limited to flying swords.
And he has two bodies, a bamboo body and a flesh body, and he practices "The Secret Meaning of the Longevity Taiyuan Manifestation of the God". Naturally, he will use such a rare family background to the utmost. He can let the inner god carve talismans and refine them, and at the same time separate a soul and spirit from it to refine, which can make both a magic sword and a flying sword, which is a pure yang sword.
The reason why the current cultivation world divides flying swords, magic swords, and body swords so clearly is, after all, due to two reasons: one is that precious materials are scarce, and it is difficult to simultaneously meet the requirements of swiftness and agility, closeness to magic and spiritual communication, and sharpness and toughness; the other is that the sword master has limited energy, and is unable to simultaneously take into account spirit refining, magic refining, and blood refining, as well as the cultivation methods contained in these three refinings.
But unfortunately, the sword "Taodu" and its owner Cheng Xinzhan can do both of these things!
In the future, "Taodu" must be gradually refined into a pure yang sword, while also gaining the advantage of a flying sword and the spirit of a magic sword. This is bound to be an extremely long process.
Since you want to refine the Pure Yang Sword, you naturally need to use the Pure Yang Furnace and the Pure Yang Fire.
The acupoints in the human body that can be used as the furnace of yin and yang include the eyes, heart and kidney, gallbladder and stomach, etc. However, Cheng Xinzhan's heart and kidney govern water and fire, and the gallbladder orifice has become the seat of the Thunder General, leaving only the eyes, which are the most suitable yin and yang palaces.
The Daozang says: The essence of heaven comes from the sun and the moon, and the essence of man is hidden in the eyes. It also says: The essence of the five internal organs and six bowels all flow up to the eyes and become essence.
The eyes are the sun and the moon in the small world within the human body. They are in perfect harmony with yin and yang. They are also the essence of the internal organs and secretly conform to the yin and yang to control the five elements.
In the internal view of the human body, the left is yang and the right is yin, so the left eye is the yang palace and the right eye is the yin palace.
As for the yang fire in the furnace, the first choice is naturally Yang Gang. Introducing Yang Gang into the picture now is also a preparation for the formation of the golden elixir in the second realm in the future.
He now happened to have in his hand a Yang Gang bestowed by a sword immortal, the "Yangming Yuntang Gang". As for the lead and mercury that suppressed the Yang Gang, he could just melt the lead bottle used to hold the "Yangming Yuntang Gang".
Now everything is ready, except for opening up the Yang Palace.
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Early the next morning.
Cheng Xinzhan controlled his body to the top of the mountain, facing the east, waiting for the sunrise.
At the beginning of the morning, the sky was getting slightly brighter. He relaxed his body, closed his right eye, and focused his left eye on the bright spot.
Slowly, a little red appeared.
He immediately started practicing the "Nine Yang Eye Refining" method, pressing the Ming acupoint on his left eye with the fingertips of his right hand using the fire method. When he felt the warmth, he used the two-word mantra "hush" and "ha" to circulate his qi alternately, breathing in and out six times, performing nine levels each, while gazing at Dan Hong.
The left pupil moved, and a rune recorded in the "Nine Yang Refining Eyes" was drawn in the eye socket, and the rune showed its own divine meaning.
Then, among the infinite yang energy emitted by Danyang, a ray of yang energy fell into his left eye, casting a hint of red on his left pupil, but it was invisible without careful observation.
He didn't stop practicing until the morning sun turned from crimson to gold.
After the morning sun turns to gold, the Yang energy is too strong and it is easy to hurt the eyes if it is introduced into the eyes at this time.
Today is July 30th, the last day of the month and also a rare free day for him.
Seeing that Cheng Xinzhan was working hard, his apprentice Jiang Weishan allowed him to rest on the last day of every month.
Whenever he had a break, Cheng Xinzhan would go to the same place.
Songlu Lake.
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Green Chi can not only play "High Mountain" now, but as a dragon that can sleep for a hundred years, she can even calculate the months and days.
Today is the end of the month, he will definitely come.
Green Chi was also ready, with a pair of wet eyes exposed above the lake, looking in the direction of Mount Meiji.
This person came very early today.
When the green dragon saw the cloud coming, he spit out the conch and pretended to play it casually.
Cheng Xinzhan, who was still in the air, couldn't help laughing. This green dragon only blew the conch when he came, but wanted to act like it was practicing all the time.
He thought so in his heart, but as soon as he landed, he immediately started clapping.
"I never expected that you would be able to play such a difficult piece as "When Will the Bright Moon Rise?"
"Gudong!"
Upon hearing this, the green dragon opened its mouth and smiled, but the conch in its mouth slipped away and fell into the lake.
She quickly lowered her head and picked up the conch again.
She just couldn't get rid of this bad habit and couldn't help laughing.
Seeing this, Cheng Xinzhan also smiled.
He couldn't help laughing in front of her.
When Cheng Xinzhan approached, Lu Chi felt something was wrong, or rather, the right feeling from before came back.
She looked at Cheng Xinzhan suspiciously.
This green dragon was too lazy and had not yet refined its horizontal bone. In daily conversations, Cheng Xinzhan mostly had to guess what she was thinking.
Now he saw the green dragon's eyes wandering around him. He thought about it and guessed her doubts. Just now, after he had refined his eye orifices, he did not change into a bamboo body and came directly here. This was probably the first time he walked in the sect with his flesh body after his true evil acupuncture. So he explained,
"I was ill before, so I changed my body to walk around. Now, my body is fully healed, and I have changed back to my original body."
As he spoke, he pulled open his clothes to reveal his chest.
Seeing this, Lu Chi quickly closed his eyes.
"look!"
Cheng Xinzhan said.
The green dragon slowly opened its eyes.
Her eyes suddenly widened. Why did that man have dragon scales on his chest? Hey, it seemed to be the one she had given away.
"Thank you for the scale. I encountered an enemy outside the sect and saved my life thanks to your scale that blocked my chest. Later, I was injured and the scale took root in my flesh and blood. I can't give it back to you."
Asking for a monthly ticket at the beginning of the month~
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