Chapter 1: Either Tao or Ghost
Shi Chishang had a dream.
In the dream, he returned to the orphanage where he was a child. Because of his weak body, he was often bullied by the older orphans. Every time he ate, the meat dishes were always taken away by them, leaving only a few pitiful slices of potatoes for him.
If it weren't for the son of the owner of the grocery store opposite the orphanage who was good friends with me and often secretly stole food for him from the grocery store, he would have starved to death before he reached junior high school.
Just when Shi Chishang was looking back at his childhood in confusion, a spiritual light suddenly fell from the sky, tearing apart these already blurry memories and making him suddenly wake up.
Trying to open his eyes wide, Shi Chishang wanted to see his surroundings clearly, but for some reason, his eyelids seemed to be extremely heavy. No matter how hard he tried, there was always darkness in front of him, and the surroundings were extremely silent, except for the faintest traces of light. The chill lingers around the body, making people feel inexplicably frightened.
"The foundation-building inner elixir technique is divided into four chapters: refining essence to transform qi, refining qi to transform spirit, refining spirit to return emptiness, refining emptiness to combine with Tao..."
Not long after Chi Shang was frightened, an old voice suddenly sounded in his ears. He could clearly hear that the person speaking was the old Taoist Li Hexian who claimed to be from Heming Mountain.
For some reason, when he heard Li Hexian's voice, the original fear in Shi Chishang's heart suddenly dissipated, and he inexplicably concentrated on listening to the old voice beside his ears.
The more he listened, the more surprised Shi Chishang became, because if his guess was correct, what Li Hexian was telling him was actually a method of cultivating the mind.
(Is there really any way to cultivate the mind in this world? No, even the soul has it. There must be some kind of cultivation.)
Shi Chishang was distracted for a moment, and then quickly calmed down. He was not stupid. Knowing that this was probably the biggest opportunity in his life, he naturally quickly remembered the so-called foundation-building inner alchemy.
Li Hexian recited it for him three times in total. When the third time was over, the old man suddenly said: "This is my Taoist foundation-building inner elixir technique. It can relieve the evil spirit of ghosts for you. I also give you five spells. You can read it." Jade slips can be enlightened by themselves. What your future will be like depends on your own destiny. Remember, the ghost path is not a good path. Don't do evil or do evil things. Remember, remember."
After Li Hexian's voice gradually faded away, Shi Chishang felt his eyelids suddenly loosen, and then subconsciously opened his eyes and looked around blankly.
There was a cold whiteness in his eyes, and it took a few minutes for Shi Chishang to gradually realize that he was in a hospital ward.
Looking around, Shi Chishang was a little confused, and then the previous memories came out like a tide. After a while, he relaxed a little.
"So it wasn't a dream?"
Muttering, Shi Chishang couldn't help but raise his hand and touch the center of his eyebrows. He could sense that there seemed to be a vague cold current between his eyebrows, exuding a violent energy that made people unable to help but feel frantic. Qi, but there is still a gentle breath lingering on top of that power, firmly sealing in all the violent Qi.
At this time, Shi Chishang finally sorted out the entire incident.
First of all, he was in a car accident, but as a blessing in disguise, he got help from Li Hexian. Not only was he resurrected, but he also received a cultivation technique.
After being happy for a while, Shi Chishang frowned again.
What does the "ghost way" Li Hexian just said mean? Did he think that he would leave this Taoist mental method aside and instead practice some ghost method?
Thinking in his mind, Shi Chishang subconsciously recalled the foundation-building inner alchemy. Following his thoughts, lines of text appeared in his mind again. It was obvious that Li Hexian had used some trick to keep this mind in his mind. Law.
Closing his eyes, Shi Chishang concentrated his thoughts according to the mental method. Within a moment, the cold current between his eyebrows quietly began to flow. It circulated in front of his face for several weeks, and then flowed directly to his body.
If someone were around at this moment, they would be able to see that there was a layer of gray gloom hanging over the door in front of Shi Chi Shang, making him look like a living dead at first glance.
I don't know how much time passed, but Shi Chishang suddenly felt that the temperature around him had dropped a lot. He subconsciously opened his eyes and was shocked to see bursts of gray translucent gas filling the ward. However, he just glanced at it, and those gray gases actually It slowly fades away, and then becomes transparent and disappears.
Startled, Shi Chishang pondered for a moment, and silently recited the inner elixir method again, but this time, he kept his eyes open.
Sure enough, as the cold current in his eyebrows began to flow again, the gray gas that had just disappeared resurfaced again, and slowly gathered towards him, sinking into his eyebrows bit by bit, slowly growing the current. Cold flow.
"Dead anger?"
Shi Chi Shang suddenly thought of these two words, and then stared at the gray gas thoughtfully.
If his guess is correct, these gray gases should be the death energy that escapes after death.
But...this is a big problem!
According to the inner alchemy method, the so-called spiritual energy he sensed and absorbed should definitely not be these death energy!
You must know that things like death energy are generated when people age and their body functions gradually decline. People die in places like hospitals all the year round, and a certain amount of death energy accumulates over time.
Could it be that because he was cultivating in the hospital, he was able to induce death energy? If it were changed to the outside world, would it be spiritual energy?
Suddenly, Shi Chishang frowned, because at this moment, an indescribable restlessness surged in his heart, which seemed to be anger, despair, and unwillingness, stirring his mood and gradually becoming chaotic.
At this moment, the warm breath that had been lingering on the cold current between his brows slowly began to ripple, but in an instant, all those restless emotions disappeared, and Shi Chishang came back to his senses as if waking up from a dream, horrified. Touching the center of his eyebrows.
He understood that death aura is the aura produced by the human body when it is approaching death. It naturally contains the emotions of those who are deceased or patients who are approaching death. How many people in the world can face death calmly? Of course, most people are dying when they are about to die. It was full of unwillingness, despair or anger. These emotions had just entered his body along with the death energy, and they affected him.
As for that warm breath, it was probably Li Hexian's method left on him to help him suppress those negative emotions.
However, Shi Chishang clearly felt that with this suppression, the warm breath quietly escaped a little.
This is normal. In any case, the power left by Li Hexian is just rootless water without replenishment. After continuously helping himself to resolve his violent thoughts, it will completely dissipate sooner or later.
Thinking of this, even though Shi Chishang was lazy and frowned, he thought for a long time and knew that the only thing that could help him at this stage was the inner alchemy that Li Hexian had passed down to him. He had to seize that breath and consume it. Before the end, only by cultivating the inner alchemy to a small degree can you suppress the violent thoughts brought about by the death energy.
Shi Chishang may seem lazy on weekdays, but in fact he has a tenacity in his bones. Now that his life is at stake, he puts aside other worries, closes his eyes, and starts practicing with all his strength.
After practicing for more than three hours, Shi Chishang didn't know how much death energy he had absorbed, and the cold current between his eyebrows was more than three times stronger. Fortunately, he had the power left by Li Hexian to resolve the violent thoughts, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to practice like this The method has already gone crazy.
Suddenly, Shi Chishang felt his brows tremble, or his mind trembled, as if some barrier had been broken. The cold current in his body suddenly expanded three times, and then the cold current poured in uncontrollably. Between the eyebrows, within a few breaths, it has gathered into a gray sea of more than ten square meters.
A gaseous sea of more than ten square meters can be formed in the heart of a person's eyebrows?
Before Shi Chishang had time to think about this question, his expression froze and he quickly quit the practice. The next moment, the door of his ward was gently pushed open, and a young man, an old man and a policeman walked in.
Chishang didn't recognize the old man and the policeman, but when he saw the young man, he already knew the other's identity. He immediately stopped his smile and looked at the young man with indifferent eyes.
Seeing that Shi Chishang was actually awake, the young man was about to speak, but the old man held him down, nodded at Shi Chishang and said with a smile: "Young man, how are you doing?"
Looking at his bandaged body, Shi Chishang smiled half-heartedly: "What do you think?"
The old man also reacted and smiled. The young man was a little dissatisfied and frowned: "Who are you talking to?"
Shi Chishang had already recognized the young man as the one who hit him. Hearing this, he glanced at him indifferently, his brows condensed with a cold expression, making his gaze suddenly as sharp as a knife.
The young man's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously took half a step back. He seemed to react immediately, his whole face turned red and he was about to curse, when a policeman who just walked in with him suddenly turned around and glanced at him with a smile.
Uh-huh! At this moment, the young man felt that all the hairs on his body were rising. The curse words that had just rushed to his throat disappeared in an instant. He took a few steps back in embarrassment, quickly lowered his head, and did not dare to speak anymore.
If the fierceness in Chishang's eyes just now was a knife, then the seemingly gentle smile in the policeman's eyes at this moment is like a Tyrannosaurus rex roaring at him. How could this ordinary rich second generation bear such intimidation? He didn't pee his pants on the spot, so the policeman showed mercy.
Looking back, the smile in the policeman's eyes had returned to normal, and he asked, "Hello, is this Mr. Shi?"
Shi Chishang didn't notice anything special about this person, but was slightly surprised by the timidity of the rich second generation. Hearing his inquiry, he nodded and said, "Yes."
"That's right," the police officer smiled, "He is the person who caused the accident today. We have determined the responsibility for this accident. He ran a red light and was speeding. He is fully responsible. It's just that the family wants to mediate privately. I am only responsible. Bring them here."
Shi Chishang snorted and looked at the old man. Just by the look of the rich second generation, he knew he couldn't make the decision.
Seeing Chi Shang looking directly at him, the old man smiled and said warmly: "Young man, that's it. This accident is my grandson's responsibility. We accept it. We just hope you can..."
"How much do you plan to give?"
He didn't want to, but Shi Chishang suddenly interrupted him. Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, he said calmly: "If you want me to let him go, do you need to write a letter of understanding? Okay, how much do you plan to pay?"
The second-generation rich man had recovered a little at this time, and was about to laugh when he heard the words, but saw Shi Chi Shang looking at him again. Although there was no anger in his eyes before, the sarcasm that had just reached his mouth was still on his lips again. Swallowed it back.
I've probably never seen someone like Shi Chishang negotiate with someone with such a cold face. The old man was also stunned, but he was also an old fox who had been in shopping malls for a long time. He immediately smiled and said: "Young man, you might as well make a price, as long as we can..."
"One million." Shi Chishang said calmly.
The old man frowned and said with a smile: "Isn't one million a bit..."
"Does anyone who can afford a Ferrari care about this million?" Shi Chishang said calmly.
The old man was slightly startled, his eyes flashed, as if he was thinking deeply, and after a moment he nodded: "Okay, I will transfer the money to you right now."
Shi Chishang reported his bank account number. After receiving the transfer text message, he called the bank to confirm it in person before signing the mediation agreement.
However, when signing, Shi Chishang also subconsciously glanced at the name of the policeman in charge. It was a very novelistic name, Yao Yanyang. Probably the elder of the policeman was also a novel lover.
