On this day, after having breakfast at Chunxiang Hall, Tang Ping and Qian Chao chatted for a few words, and then strolled towards their residence with Yanxuan.
Yanxuan originally thought that the two of them were going back to their residence to continue practicing, but when they reached a fork in the mountain, Tang Ping took her hand and walked up the mountain.
"A Ping, aren't we going back? What are we doing in the mountains?" Yanxuan asked in confusion.
"Sister Yan, the practice is the same no matter where you practice. The room we live in is too cramped and cramped. Come, I will take you to a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers. You can practice in the same way. You don't have to be bored in the room. ." Tang Ping replied.
After hearing this, Yanxuan stopped talking and followed Tang Ping up the mountain. Tang Ping did not choose a high mountain. She also let Xiaobai out on the way. The little white fox ran around the two of them, extremely happy. Unknowingly, they reached the top of the mountain.
When they reached the top of the mountain, Tang Ping was fine. Yanxuan had always lived in the deep courtyard of Yan's family. This was the first time he climbed a mountain. When he reached the top of the mountain, his face was covered with powder and he was out of breath.
Tang Ping saw that Yanxuan was tired, so she took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to her. Yanxuan was not polite to her at this time. When she found out that it was for a drink, she removed the stopper and took a few sips to quench her thirst and calm herself down.
"It's nice there." Tang Ping selected a clean and flat large bluestone, stood on it and looked around with satisfaction. She lightly kicked Xiaobai who jumped up with her toes to drive it away, and then like a magic trick, she took out two He put the futon on it and said to Yanxuan, "This is it, Sister Yan."
Yanxuan went over and sat down on the futon. She just drank something and rested for a while. She felt much better. She said to Tang Ping: "Aping, how long do you have to practice? I won't be so tired when I climb a mountain." Can’t breathe?”
This question amused Tang Ping, and she replied: "It's very fast, Sister Yan, it's really fast." Then she turned to Xiaobai who was squatting aside and said, "Sister Yan and I are going to work hard, you Be good and don't run around or make trouble for us. If you do, we'll let you play here. If you can't, we'll have to put you in the bag again, do you understand?"
When Xiaobai heard this, he didn't want to go back into the bag. He jumped aside and nodded to Tang Ping.
After breathing evenly and gathering his mind, Yanxuan and Tang Ping began to practice hard on the top of the hill.
I have to say that the place Tang Ping chose is really good. Although the mountain is not high, it has a wide view. Although the surrounding mountains are dense, it does not affect the mist blowing. The soft mountain breeze carries the sweet fragrance of unknown wild flowers passing through their hair and noses.
Yanxuan soon entered the strange realm of holding Yuan Shouyi. She seemed to be floating in the forest as if nothing existed, and she seemed to be a whole with the entire forest. For a moment, she even felt that she could count the entire forest. How many leaves are rustling after the breeze.
Several bees and butterflies were hovering around a mountain flower tree. After careful inspection, she found that the transparent wings of the insects were waving so slowly. The more she stared at them, the more so. The longer she stared at them, the more they were circling. The bug seemed to be frozen there.
An ant in the grass is dragging a grass seed that is almost as big as its own body back to its burrow. Every time its six short legs like thin black lines kick hard on the ground, Yanxuan can hear a series of drum-like sounds if he is willing. Thump sound.
As time goes by, the sun climbs higher and higher in the east, and the warm sunlight shines through the branches and leaves on the shoulders and cheeks, which is so comfortable, like bathing in warm water.
A weak leaf could not withstand the teasing of the mountain wind and flew away with the wind with a snap. A grass seed on the ground had slept for a long time and was trying hard to poke out a few curious buds from the soil. All of this made Yan Xuan watched with fascination.
Not far away, a bird that wanted to catch insects clung to the bark of a tall tree and turned around a few times. Then it pecked at the trunk with its hard and slender beak. For some reason, every time it pecked, it There was a sound of tapping cloud cards.
Just as she was about to get close to look at the bird, she suddenly heard someone calling her "Sister Yan, Sister Yan" from far away. When she opened her eyes, it was Tang Ping holding Xiao Bai and smiling at her. Yan Xuan took another closer look. Sure enough, I heard the sound of cloud signs in the Chunxiang Hall in the distance. It turned out that the sound of cloud signs just now was not made by birds. Unexpectedly, the morning passed quickly without realizing it, and it was lunch time.
After lunch, the two girls returned to their residence and rested for a while. When it was time to study, Tang Ping took Yanxuan and ran out again, so Yanxuan left her alone.
The two of them found a pond this time, and a clear mountain spring poured into the pond. The water in the pond was clean and clear, and flowed out quietly from the other side, forming a quiet river. stream. The two of them sat cross-legged by the pond.
Tang Ping also looked carefully into the water and found that there seemed to be fish swimming among the aquatic plants at the bottom of the pond, so she said she would find a fishing rod to play here in a few days. Yanxuan also felt that the scenery here was very good, but they were not here to enjoy the scenery, so he pushed Tang Ping's arm, and the two began to work hard at the edge of the pond.
This afternoon, Yanxuan felt like a leaf falling into the pond, floating quietly on the water, surrounded by the white clouds and blue sky reflected in the sky, feeling indescribably leisurely and comfortable.
While she was relaxing, she was accidentally knocked over by a fish that came to the surface for air. It caused ripples in the water. Then her mind followed the fish and dived into the water, among the forest-like aquatic plants. Walk through it or chase and play with other fish.
It wasn't until the sunset that the two girls reluctantly left the pond.
"A Ping," Yanxuan asked as he walked, "when can we start practicing according to the mental methods of the Jade Sea Sutra?"
"Sister Yan, in fact, as long as you can successfully enter Baoyuan Shouyi during meditation, it will be fine. However, my sixth grandfather once told me that this meditation skill is the most basic. Now we are practicing the "Jade Sea Sutra" 》 is the most basic mental method. In the future, if you enter the inner sect and practice various other high-level mental methods, this meditation will still be the foundation. Although the two of us have good spiritual roots, I don’t think we need to be greedy. We might as well do it now Lay a stronger foundation, no less than a few days away."
Yanxuan was convinced after hearing this, nodded and said: "Well, I'll listen to you, Aping."
Unlike the two women who were calm, Qian Chao was in trouble.
The source of this trouble is naturally his spiritual root.
Qian Chao expected that his spiritual roots might hinder his practice, but in his heart he didn't really care. Just like when he was practicing calligraphy when he was a child, he saw the calligraphy written by his father flying and phoenixes dancing with extraordinary momentum. Even the calligraphy written by his mother was also beautiful and spiritual. Only when he picked up the pen and landed on the paper, the horizontal and vertical lines were uneven and the strokes were like a drunkard pushing a cart or a lame donkey pulling a grinder.
For this reason, he was very angry with himself at first, but later he calmed down and eliminated his playful thoughts, and copied the copybook seriously. After time, his handwriting finally made his father nod slightly. , which made him extremely satisfied.
However, it took him several years to practice calligraphy, and this practice only lasted for one year in Youming Valley. If he couldn't enter the inner gate after one year, it really didn't matter whether he could go to the outer gate or not. Firstly, Qian Chao felt that it would be embarrassing if he entered the outer sect, but he did not lag behind others in anything he did; secondly, if he could not succeed in training in Youming Valley, who could guarantee that he would succeed in the outer sect?
If that doesn't work, go back to Qian's house?
Therefore, after Qian Chao became proficient in meditation and entered Baoyuan Shouyi, he began to practice the Jade Sea Sutra.
I read the "Jade Sea Sutra" once, put down the book, and recited it silently in my heart. I thought about the essence of those few hundred words, and recalled the chapters that the senior brother Guan Shanqi who enlightened me had emphatically explained, After understanding the distribution of Qi, meridians, and apertures in the human body, Qian Chao believed that he had a thorough understanding of the "Jade Sea Scripture" and began to formally begin with a slight nervousness.
However, it backfired. I thought I could experience what it was like to practice spiritual practice, but it was like throwing a stone into a well. I thought I would hear the splashing sound of the stone hitting the water. Unexpectedly, the well But like a bottomless abyss, the stones thrown in seem to keep falling but never reach the bottom.
His Dantian was quiet and without any abnormality, just like an abandoned dry well. No matter how Qian Chao urged it according to the mental method of "Jade Sea Sutra", there was no change until the sound of cloud sign sounded. When meal time came, Qian Chao opened his eyes angrily and went to Chunxiang Hall gloomily.
After returning to his residence and taking a short rest, the money rush started again. I don’t know how long it took before I finally felt it. It was like a thin ant crawled out from the Dantian, shrinking and crawling slowly along Qian Chao’s Qi veins. If Qian Chao hadn’t been paying attention and urging him all the time, Maybe he had to turn around and crawl back. After crawling reluctantly for a week, Qian Chao opened his eyes again but was exhausted.
The room was dark. When he opened the door, he realized that it was already dark. He had already missed dinner time. Because he was tired, he simply climbed into bed and fell asleep.
The next day, after breakfast, Qian Chao sat cross-legged in his room again. This time, it was the same as yesterday, and his Dantian was still as silent as a dry well. Near noon, Qian Chao felt what seemed to be a thin The black ant-like breath finally slowly came out from the Dantian. At this time, the cloud sign for lunch rang. He simply did not go to lunch and concentrated on urging the thin breath to wander through his own Qi channels. Suddenly, when the last week was over, the sun was already setting, and it would be dinner time soon.
The two days of practice made Qian Chao feel sad.
During the lecture that day, Brother Guan Shanqi once said that at the beginning of this practice, you will feel like the spring breeze entering your body. After a long time, you will feel like boating on the lake. Although there is no raft or oar, you can still slowly However, after it circulates around the sky, people will be able to have sharp ears and eyes, light body and good health.
Senior Brother Guan said it well, but Qian Chao felt that when he was doing his exercises, the aura in his body was like that of a dying person. After doing the exercises for a long time, he felt even more tired and exhausted.
I didn’t expect that poor spiritual roots would be such a drag!
During dinner, Qian Chao hurriedly wanted to go back to his residence, but Tang Ping called him from behind. The girl asked Qian Chao about his practice with concern. Qian Chao could not say that his practice was difficult, but he only said that he was not making progress. big.
Tang Ping told Qian Chao that this practice requires a lot of time and effort, and he must not have the intention to achieve it overnight. During weekdays, he might as well go to the nearby mountains and forests to find a quiet place for meditation, which is better than being bored in the room.
A few days passed like this, and Qian Chao also followed Tang Ping's instructions and found a place with beautiful mountains and rivers in the valley to practice alone, but the result was still as disappointing as the previous two days.
Perhaps he was anxious and his mind was not stable during practice. In the next few days, he sat for a whole day without even a faint breath appearing in his dantian. This made Qian Chao even more anxious.
As a last resort, on the fifth day, Qian Chao went to Xiaozhuxuan in Tingtao Pavilion to seek advice from Senior Brother Guan Shanqi.
This Xiaozhuxuan is located on the highest floor of Tingtao Pavilion. However, when we got there, we found that there were quite a few people waiting outside. Many of them were female disciples who came in groups, their expressions were both nervous and expectant.
Qian Chao waited patiently for nearly an hour before he was called in. Senior Brother Guan was sitting cross-legged behind a case. His long hair didn't even have a hairpin, it was just casually hanging around, looking relaxed and carefree.
After the ceremony, Qian Chao asked Senior Brother Guan for advice on difficult matters in his cultivation.
After listening to this, Senior Brother Guan asked Qian Chao several questions from the Jade Sea Scripture, and Qian Chao answered them one by one.
After listening, Senior Brother Guan couldn't help but frown slightly, because Qian Chao's answers were basically correct answers, but why was his cultivation not going smoothly?
So Senior Brother Guan asked Qian Chao what his spiritual root was, and then said some innocuous words, telling Qian Chao that his understanding of "Jade Sea Scripture" was not biased, which was a good thing, so Qian Chao should not be impatient. Cultivation matters should come slowly, and should not be rushed forward impatiently. After he returns, he should be focused on it and persevere, and he will definitely gain something. Then he sent him out.
Qian Chao understood that Senior Brother Guan must have guessed that his spiritual roots were in a mess and that was why he was like this. He had no solution but to say something nice and send him away.
The thought of Qian Chao is even more depressing.
Unlike Qian Chao's boredom, the progress of the two girls Tang Ping and Yan Xuan was going smoothly, and they finally started to practice the Jade Sea Scripture.
Due to their excellent aptitudes, the two of them were able to smoothly move the breath from the Dantian to the various Qi channels and apertures in the body. After completing a cycle, Yanxuan finally realized what it was like to feel ecstatic, even though he was still sitting cross-legged. , but I felt that if I lightly touched the ground with my finger, my whole body would float. At this time, when I look around, I feel that the light is divided into five colors. Everywhere I look, I can distinguish the smallest details. The joy in my heart cannot be expressed in words.
The same is true for Tang Ping. She didn't work hard before, but now that Yanxuan is supporting each other, she is no longer lazy and her progress is slow.
Similarly, Li Jian also realized the beauty of this practice. After meditating for a few days, he realized that he could enter the realm of holding Yuan Shouyi at will, but his realm should be that of holding Yuan Shouyi. Because there were still one or two things in the "Jade Sea Scripture" that he didn't quite understand, he went to Xiaozhuxuan to ask Brother Nagguan for advice. However, he went later and only met Qian Chao at the entrance of Tingtao Pavilion.
Brother Guan asked about his spiritual roots as usual, and then patiently explained his doubts. It was not until Li Jian understood the entire "Jade Sea Scripture" that he thanked him and left.
Then Li Jian did not go back to his residence, but wandered over and found a secluded place, sat on the ground and meditated, and began to practice according to the mental method of the "Jade Sea Sutra".
Li Jian's qualifications are only above average, and his progress is much slower than that of Tang Ping, Yanxuan and the other two girls. Even so, if Qian Chao could know the circumstances of Li Jian's first revision of the Jade Sea Scripture, he would probably They will all be envious to death.
Under the urging of Li Jian's thoughts, the breath of Dantian passed through the body along the Qi veins of his body. After a week was over, Li Jian opened his eyes again and felt that this feeling seemed very familiar. There were mountains and trees around him, and the mountain breeze When the wind blows by, whether it is the gentle swaying of branches or the whistling of green leaves, in his eyes, they are no longer just a piece of sand, but one after another, and they are well-proportioned. He can clearly know which two branches will be there and when. By touching them together, you can also know which leaf will eventually sway away without being affected by the wind. This feeling was just like how he could feel every sword that struck him, every spear that struck him, and every arrow that shot at him during the bloody battle at Luo Jing City. However, at that time, he only thought that it was his instinct bursting out between life and death, but he did not expect that after reading "Jade Sea Sutra" for a week, that feeling came back, and became more and more clear.
It seems that I am destined to come here to practice! Li Jian sighed in his heart.
Only Lu Pingchuan, who has the best qualifications, is the most carefree at this time. He doesn't take the practice seriously at all, and has no practice at all. He has been walking through the mountains and ridges for days, identifying the tracks of wild beasts, and is thirsty. Have a few sips by the mountain spring, and look for some wild fruits when you're hungry. He roasted wild eggs and dug out wild beehives. I don't know where I caught a few pheasants today, so I plucked the pheasants, gutted them, put them on sharpened sticks, and grilled them on a bonfire. The roasted fat dripped into the fire and made a sizzling sound from time to time. , the aroma of barbecue is accompanied by green smoke wafting in the mountains and forests.
At this time, Qian Chao opened the door angrily, and after entering the room, he threw himself on the bed. It was another day with no progress.
During dinner just now, Tang Ping seemed to have something to ask Qian Chao, but she stopped when she saw Qian Chao's face was gloomy.
In fact, Qian Chao himself wanted to ask Tang Ping how to practice the "Jade Sea Scripture", but it was obviously his poor qualifications that caused the current difficulties in practice, so what was the use of asking her?
Will she have a way to solve this problem of poor qualifications?
It's even more impossible. Even if she is a child of an aristocratic family, she is just a young body-training disciple like him. What can she, a little girl, do about things that even senior brothers are helpless to do?
Besides, even if she had the means, why would she help herself like this? With my inferior spiritual roots, I probably want to enter the outer sect. What qualifications do you, a future outer sect disciple, have to ask the granddaughter of a great monk to help you? We have known each other not long ago, and it can be said that they met by chance. The only thing they have in common is that they both ate at Chunxiang Hall.
Thinking of this, the fear in Qian Chao's heart when he first met the children of the aristocratic family came back and became stronger. He knew that this was probably due to low self-esteem.
It's ridiculous that I taught Tang Ping how to make friends on that bronze carriage. Now it seems that Tang Ping's way of making friends is the right way. When you are too different from others, even if others are willing to compromise, how can you keep up? How about getting up?
Isn't this a joke?
He suddenly heard that there was still his luggage in the cabinet. There were two books in it. The red-covered one was the practice experience of his ancestor Qian Shoulin. The ancestor said before he left that if You can learn a thing or two about difficulties and sufferings in practice, otherwise don’t read it. After all, everyone’s practice is different. Aren’t you already suffering enough hardships now?
Suddenly, Qian Chao jumped out of bed and opened the cabinet.
