Ronan and Xue Lei walked into the room. There were no lights inside. The outside lights only illuminated the doorway. Most other areas were filled with shadows, making it difficult to see clearly.
Xue Lei turned around to find someone, but Ronan relied on his mental telepathy to locate Xiu Shen Yu's position earlier.
Xiu Shen Yu is sitting on the cork floor, leaning against the wall on one side of the corridor, with his left leg crossed and his right leg standing, sitting casually. Not far in front of him is the Tai Chi ball. I don't know if it was due to the exaggeration of the environment. At this time, Xiu Shen Yu was silent and almost gloomy. There was no reaction at all to the two young men who came in.
"Master, Nanzi is here." Xue Lei finally saw where Xiu Shen Yu was and walked over to remind him softly.
Xiu Shen Yu hummed: "Then let's get started."
The straightforward attitude left both Ronan and Xue Lei in a daze.
No matter what the two young men thought, Xiu Shen Yu stood up from the floor and walked to Ronan. He is tall and thin, more than a head taller than Ronan, who is still not fully developed. When standing, he is quite stressful.
"The time I require is from 11pm to 5am, a total of six hours. Ideally, these six hours a day are enough for the first stage of study. The reason why I asked you to arrive earlier today is to Teach the basic techniques and also do some tests to get a feel for it.”
Ronan should be obedient.
Although this monastery master did not make any greetings or opening remarks, and went straight to the point, which was quite strange, his speech was still coherent. I wonder where Xue Lei's so-called "translation" came from.
At that moment, Ronan followed Xiu Shen Yu's request and lay down on the sleeping mat that had been prepared. Xue Lei lit a burner of incense very exaggeratedly, saying it helped relax.
The light is dim and the fragrance is lingering. In such an environment, it is really not difficult to "relax". Ronan closed his eyes slightly, slowly adjusted his breathing, and soon entered the state.
At this moment, Xiu Shen Yu suddenly asked: "Have you learned other breathing techniques before?"
"Yeah, there is."
The chanting breathing technique that Ronan has practiced since he was a child mostly functions in visualization, but it also starts with breathing; and some time ago, he also got a very good demonstration and understanding from the incredible little girl Ruiwen. The rhythm of "soul breathing".
Well, soul breathing can be considered breathing. Ronan thought he still had some experience.
Xiu Shen Yu continued to ask: "Have you entered samadhi?"
"You mean the state of mind? Yes."
Xue Lei, who was standing next to him, said happily: "That's good. I already have a good foundation and I will definitely make rapid progress."
Xiu Shen Yu glanced at Xue Lei and didn't say anything. He just asked Ronan to continue to relax, and at the same time began to tell him some tips on adjusting his breathing.
At first it was just a general talk, but in this atmosphere, Ronan consciously or unconsciously tried to follow the method he described.
Xiu Shen Yu should have an accurate grasp of Ronan's status, so he suddenly changed his way of speaking to be more concise, directly touching on the deviations that occurred during Ronan's attempt, and correcting them.
Sometimes, they would directly put their hands on Ronan's body and ask Ronan's breathing and thoughts to focus on these areas.
At the beginning, it was uncomfortable to have someone control even your breathing. Ronan controlled his breathing while focusing on receiving instructions. His nerves were tense and there was no way to relax at all.
But Ronan had a foundation after all, and he soon discovered that many of the essentials taught by Xiu Shen Yu coincided with his existing understanding, making him quite forward-looking in some details. Breathing control is more relaxed.
Moreover, Xiu Shen Yu's teachings were not particular about the details. They were like a vague sign light, guiding him in front so that he would not get lost. No matter how you move, you should follow Ronan's own habits.
It didn't take long for Ronan to adapt and calm down. He controlled the intensity of his breathing so that there was nothing between his mouth and nose. The mind first focuses on the mouth and nose, and then on the throat, chest, lower abdomen, tail vertebrae, etc.; there are also retrograde visualizations, changing back and forth, and finally the breath is lingering, with no direction and direction, and gradually covers the whole body.
In this wonderful feeling, the body is slightly hot, as if wrapped in warm clouds, similar to a sauna, but not so stuffy and quite transparent.
Later, Ronan's energy was completely focused on the changes in sensation, and Xiu Shen Yu's whispers were naturally blocked. In the end, even the perception of his body was blurred, and his whole figure seemed to turn into a cloud, floating in nothingness.
The clouds expand and contract, and there is a slight difference between the inside and outside, but it can be summed up as the rhythm of one in and one out, a bit like Ruiwen, with her wonderful breath resonance, and the body and mind are blurred. As soon as the thought occurred, Ronan seemed to wake up from a dream and suddenly opened his eyes.
Xue Lei followed Xiu Shen Yu's instructions and looked at his bracelet to confirm the time: "5 minutes and 20 seconds."
"Huh?"
Xue Lei smiled and said: "It has been a total of 320 seconds since you laid down until now."
Ronan was stunned: "So short?"
He thought that time passed quickly, at least an hour or two, but he didn't expect that it only lasted so little. If we only count the time during which he was fully immersed, it would be less than 1 minute?
Xiu Shen Yu glanced at Xue Lei's bracelet: "The time to enter concentration is 7 seconds."
"Seven seconds?"
"Being in one place, knowing everything in mind. Seven seconds is not bad, but it is not short either."
Ronan didn't understand it at all. At this time, Translator Xue finally appeared. He praised: "Sure enough, you have a foundation. The meditation you just entered is actually a process of physical self-examination, just like turning on the device, reading and loading , the faster your brain is, the higher the efficiency will be. You can see within 7 seconds and get the will of Xu Jing, which is very powerful."
Regarding Xue Lei's statement, the master of the monastery was noncommittal: "You can't rely on emptiness, and you can't keep it full for a long time. Remember that breathing rhythm, and we will proceed to the next step."
Although it was difficult to understand, Ronan's teachings to Xiu Shen Yu, who looked really powerful, inevitably gave rise to a different kind of confidence. He recalled his previous feelings and nodded solemnly.
Two minutes later, Ronan took the guidance of Xiu Shen Yu and re-entered the wonderland where the body was inanimate. The body is like a cloud, and the warm heat has been accumulating, but the rhythm of going in and out is there, expanding and contracting all the time, so the heat is not static, but flowing endlessly.
Ronan couldn't see it clearly at first, but after getting familiar with it, his senses became more and more keen, and he slowly sensed the real meaning from the virtual clouds.
In Xiu Shen Yu's theory, entering concentration is only the preliminary stage of cognition. Cultivation requires eliminating the established concept of the body and reshaping it with a sense of concentration.
This is not to ask people to think wildly in their minds. The entity is still the entity, and the breath is still the breath. It just needs to be integrated.
Ronan is also familiar with this method. Isn't it his method of sketching? Don't focus on the exquisite appearance, the focus is on the charm and characteristics.
However, Xiu Shen Yu gave a clear set of images:
"The body is like a gathering of mountains and mountains, and the energy is like flowing water."
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