Late at night, Lin Xiaolu lay on his side on the bed, looking at Master Zhang who had his back to him in the dream, and slowly circulated Zhou Zhenqi.
In the clearly visible dream, he practiced cross-legged, repeatedly using Qi to strengthen the veins in his body, filling his soul, and training his soul to become purer. After a long time, he opened his eyes.
A flash of light flowed from the young man's eyes. Lin Xiaolu stretched himself comfortably, then laughed and said:
"Senior, I feel like I'm about to master the inner elixir you mentioned. Is this thing the same as the elixir of the elixir-forming monk?"
In the cave, Master Zhang had his back turned to him, but the voice automatically sounded in his mind:
"The elixir formed by the monks is the Heavenly Spirit Golden elixir, while the elixir formed by you is the essence inner elixir. The two are not the same."
"Oh~"
Lin Xiaolu nodded blankly, and then continued to ask curiously:
"Senior, I heard from the head sister that forming an elixir can extend a monk's lifespan for five to six hundred years. So if I practice the inner elixir you mentioned, how long can my lifespan be extended?"
"Fifty or sixty years." Mr. Zhang responded concisely and concisely.
Lin Xiaolu:? ? ?
His face fell, instantly disappointed.
As if sensing his depression, Master Zhang's voice soon sounded again:
"Xiaolu, do you think fifty or sixty years is too little?"
"That's right." Lin Xiaolu said depressedly: "One is five to six hundred years, and the other is fifty or sixty years. This is too big a difference."
Zhang Zhenren's laughter rang in his mind, and then he asked with a smile: "Xiaolu, do you know why people die?"
Lin Xiaolu thought for a while. He thought this question was strange. It was normal for people to die. Why should he ask why?
He hesitated and guessed: "It should be because all living things will grow old, sick and die, so it is a natural law for people to die."
"That's right."
Zhang Zhenren confirmed his answer, and then explained to him in detail:
“People will die because they will age, and people will age because the energy of the human body itself is limited.
Many years ago, my ancestor once made a conjecture. The ancestor believed that the essence of life is made up of the fusion of very small points, and these points will continue to divide, allowing the human body to slowly grow from a baby to an adult. Years later, he will grow into a strong young man.
But the splitting of these substances requires some kind of energy. Once the energy is exhausted, the splitting speed of these points will slow down, and eventually the human body will gradually age until death. "
In the dream, Master Zhang explained everything without hesitation:
“In ancient times, in order to seek immortality, some people delved outwards, while others delved inward.
Later, those who delved outwards created a method to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while those who delved inward created a method to develop their own true energy.
The limit of natal zhenqi cultivation is the great magical power of the ancestor. Once it is completed, it can be compared to the Nascent Soul monk. But even if it reaches that step, it can only increase the life span by more than a hundred years at most, and cannot live forever. "
Having said this, Master Zhang sighed and said with emotion:
"In the end, the true energy of one's life is only developed by oneself and is a unique skill. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth relies on the endless spiritual energy between heaven and earth to achieve the effect of constantly replacing the "points" in the body, so it can live forever."
Lin Xiaolu was stunned when he heard this, and then asked thoughtfully:
"Senior, you mean to say that the immortal cultivators live as long as the heaven and the earth because they absorb and refine a large amount of the spiritual energy of the heaven and the earth and turn themselves into a part of the heaven and the earth, so how long can the heaven and the earth live, how long can they live?
And those who practice martial arts and Zhenqi must rely on themselves no matter how much they practice, so are they destined to be unable to escape the category of "human"? "
"That's right."
Zhang Zhenren affirmed:
"The most essential difference between practicing martial arts and cultivating immortality is here. One is to develop one's own energy to the maximum extent, and the other is to absorb external energy to the maximum extent."
"Senior, if I use animal blood to fortify my body, can my lifespan be increased?"
Lin Xiaolu looked at Zhenren Zhang's back and asked: "My boss used beast blood on me twice. The first time was a demon beast in the foundation building realm, and the second time was a demon beast in the pill formation realm. These two times, the beast blood was used on me." Make my body as strong as a dragon. If I continue to use this method, can I increase my longevity?"
Faced with this question, Zhang Zhenren did not reply immediately, but fell into deep thought.
Lin Xiaolu also waited silently for Master Zhang's response, looking very patient.
The time in the dream passed by one minute and one second. I don’t know how long it took before Master Zhang’s voice sounded again:
"Xiao Lu, the beast blood body training method you mentioned is too heavy a burden, and it will never be bearable by human beings in the end. However, if you can practice both the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Pill Technique and the Yi Jin Jing to great success, and thoroughly If you understand the ancestor's opportunity, you may be able to withstand the third or even fourth time of beast blood."
Lin Xiaolu was stunned after hearing this.
He remembered that Master Zhang had said that if he could practice the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Pill to great perfection, he would be able to pass on the great opportunity of his so-called ancestor.
"Senior, what is the great opportunity you are talking about? And who is that ancestor?" Lin Xiaolu asked eagerly.
In the cave, Master Zhang smiled kindly and said:
“Ancestor, it’s Ancestor Chen Tuan.
Chance is the Fetal Breath Jue, the Book of Changes. "
Lin Xiaolu was confused when he heard this.
He didn't know what the Fetal Breath Jue and the I Ching were, but he felt awesome just listening to them.
"Senior, have you learned the Fetal Breath Jue and the I Ching?" Lin Xiaolu asked again.
In the cave, Master Zhang, who had his back turned to him, smiled:
"I had thoroughly understood the Fetal Breathing Technique before I was alive, and had also completed the Zhouyi chapter in the Book of Changes. However, before I could complete the two chapters of Lianshan and Guizang, I was bound by the laws of nature and turned into a piece of withered bones."
Lin Xiaolu opened his mouth when he heard this, but said no more.
Master Zhang told him some things about the past, and he knew that Master Zhang had actually died a long time ago. At this moment, Master Zhang was just a remnant soul, hiding in the murals of the Yellow Sky Mirage Tower until he discovered it.
In the cave, Lin Xiaolu, who was meditating, suddenly became sentimental. He felt that senior masters and martial arts saints like Master Zhang could not avoid the natural law of birth, old age, illness and death. How could He De, a sixteen-year-old child like him, do it?
For the first time, Lin Xiaolu began to doubt his abilities because he really felt the difficulty.
It is really too difficult to defeat immortals with force. No matter whether it is Patriarch Chen Tuan, Master Zhang, or Patriarch Bodhidharma, they have not been able to do it. The possibility of him being able to do it is really too low.
The young man held his chin and sighed sadly.
It's really difficult.
As if sensing the young man's depression, Master Zhang's kind laughter sounded and he consoled him:
"Little deer, don't belittle yourself, just be yourself.
Just because the seniors can't do it doesn't mean that the juniors can't do it. "
Zhang Zhenren patiently explained:
“Actually, the so-called practice is nothing more than three steps.
Learning, summarizing, and innovating are repeated over and over again.
If you do simple things over and over again, the more you do them, the more they will naturally become less simple.
No matter how difficult it is to achieve immortality in martial arts, Xiaolu is still young, has understanding, and has perseverance. In time, he will become a new saint in the world and be famous for generations to come. "
Lin Xiaolu felt better after hearing Master Zhang's words of praise for him, scratched his head and laughed:
"Senior, what you said makes perfect sense. I will definitely practice hard and become the new saint in the world. Hohohohoho~"
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In the early morning, before dawn, Lin Xiaolu, who had practiced Hidden Dragon Sleeping Pill all night, opened his eyes on time. At this moment, he felt refreshed, and there was pure glow flowing in his eyes. This state was described in his words That's it - he's so handsome.
As usual, I got out of bed to wash up, then went out to the yard to do horse walking and start the day's morning exercise.
Not long after he started walking, Tong'er also walked out of the room, yawning sleepily.
