Qin Xian fell silent immediately, looking at the sword sutra in her hand, her eyes flickering, thoughtfully.
For a long time, I stretched out my hand to hold it in the air, but felt nothing, only the coldness of the winter wind. I asked, "Grandpa Ge, what exactly is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"
The old man also imitated Qin Xian's movements and shook his hand in the air. The difference was that the palm of his hand gradually became brighter.
The old man opened his palms, and the light ball in his palms flickered.
Qin Xian couldn't help but be attracted by such a magical sight.
“This is Qi, but this is the original form of Qi. If you want to use it, you need various methods.
The Taoist sect pulls out the innate Qi, the Confucian sect extracts its awe-inspiring Qi, and the nine streams of martial arts draw out the true Qi, each of which is different. "The old man gently crushed the ball of light in his hand with his fingers, turning it into three light spots, which were suspended on three fingers respectively, and introduced them one by one.
"What about Buddhism and demons?"
"Buddhism has some troubles with demons. Buddhism does not directly obtain spiritual energy, but needs to cultivate the power of will as a matchmaker. The sect is a bit complicated. I don't have much contact with it. I heard that they need to recruit many followers before they can practice. I don't know whether it is true or not.
As for the demon tribe, they can be divided into demons and spirits. Monsters generally absorb spiritual energy to practice. However, they do not need to extract the applicable part, but swallow it whole, so the spiritual energy is irritable and impure. The initial practice is like drinking tea and eating. It is easy to catch, but! The further back you go, the harder it gets.
Spirits are considered blessings from heaven and earth. They passively receive nourishment from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Once their spiritual wisdom is opened, they will enter the spiritual realm. "
Qin Xian let out a long sigh and murmured: "It's better to be a monster."
The old man raised his eyebrows: "How about spirits? Did you know that spirits are the great medicine in the world! Using them to practice can achieve half the result with half the effort. Therefore, whenever spirits appear, cultivators in the world will hunt them down with all their strength. During the Demon Saint Fault Period, they were once exterminated. , If it weren’t for the Nanshan Gu who conquered the sky and acted ruthlessly, so he could save the spirits and guard Nandan, a group of blessed lands, otherwise there would be no way for spirits to survive in this world."
The old man's fingers shook slightly, and all the separated spiritual energy slipped from his fingers.
Several birds flew in the sky, and then swarmed up. They ate the spiritual energy in a moment, then hovered above the old man's head for a while, and flew away contentedly.
Qin Xian looked at these seduced birds, her eyes gradually became brighter, and she said happily: "Everything really has animism."
The old man lowered his eyebrows and said: "Now you can let that thief teach you the martial arts "Bashan Fist" to hone your muscles and bones, and build the foundation of martial arts."
Qin Xian nodded, and then asked strangely: "Senior brother has been disappearing recently, no one is seen, and I don't know what he is doing?"
The old man picked up the kettle and planned to water the flowers. At the end, he snorted to Qin Xian: "You don't belong to so many sects, so you have to find such an unworthy one."
Qin Xian was a little overwhelmed and said awkwardly: "Senior brother still treats me very well."
"Okay? What can I teach you? The sect is established to teach and practice, and to carry the Tao with Qi, but they don't do business, they just steal other people's things all day long. Instead of teaching people to practice, they teach people to steal.
The practice of Buddhism emphasizes 'not establishing words, pointing directly to the human heart, seeing one's nature and becoming a Buddha'; Taoism emphasizes 'the Tao can be taught, but is not Tao'; even the young Qin and Shu families also pay attention to a bookish style or rhythmic penetration. The strength, you said, how heavy their energy and strength is, no one has weighed it, but at least they can feel it.
Look at thieves' "what you see is what you get" and their fallacies. There is no trace of spiritual practice in them. It's really a cancer. "The old man said angrily.
Seeing Qin Xian's expression of embarrassment, she softened her tone and said, "Well, in fact, the sect is just a medium, a raft leading to immortality. As for how to "clear the mind and see one's nature" and how to find a method that suits you, it depends on each person. Depending on the specific situation, there are many methods in the world, and there is always one that suits you. If you don’t find the right method, you will be wasting your time. You should consider it yourself."
"What? You still don't like hearing it?" The old man's eyes narrowed.
Qin Xian showed an inexplicable sadness and said helplessly: "But Mr. Zhang doesn't allow me to join other sects."
"Did you tell him that you wanted to kill the monkey demon?" The old man thought for a moment and asked unexpectedly.
Qin Xian nodded.
The old man raised the corner of his mouth in a rare move, revealing a child-like and naughty smile: "Boy Zhang, it seems he values you very much!"
Qin Xian thought the old man was mocking her and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"If you can't help yourself, how can you control your mind?" The old man left a sentence that puzzled Qin Xian, and went to water the flowers.
While Qin Xian was talking to Old Man Ge, a man was hiding behind a tree not far away.
Congratulations. In fact, he came back a long time ago. He went to the foot of the mountain to explore the wind. As soon as he came back, he heard the old man scorning the burglar.
Congratulations. I actually planned to pretend not to hear it, but after hearing the words "cancer", I stopped abruptly, held on to the tree trunk, and let out an almost inaudible sigh.
With his usually carefree temperament, he rarely feels sad about spring or autumn, but he has also considered whether door stealing is really suitable for him.
Shaking his head, an uninhibited smile appeared on his face again.
"What are you thinking about? I don't want to live forever. I just want to find someone. It would be more convenient to steal the door." Congratulations said with a self-deprecating smile.
I almost forgot my original purpose, which was always to find her.
"Junior brother!" Congratulations shouted loudly.
Qin Xian's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said in surprise: "Senior brother! Where have you been? I have hardly seen you in recent days."
Congratulations stepped forward and put his arms around Qin Xian's shoulders, grinned and said: "Go down the mountain to explore the wind. You are really right. Nan Xue is looking for you everywhere. The portraits are quite similar, but mine is not that good. The painting made me look too ugly, and if you let me know who painted it, I will pick him up and throw him into the pig pen."
It was expected that Qin Xian was wanted. After all, she was considered a celebrity in Zuzhou, so it was not difficult to find out.
Business was important. Qin Xian stared at Shen Gongxi and said word by word with extreme seriousness: "Senior brother, can you teach me "Bashan Fist"?"
"Of course!" Gong Xi said without thinking.
Then he said, "I plan to teach you even if you don't tell me. Now that you are under restriction, you are better at it and it will help me."
Under the sunlight, the young man was shirtless, holding two stone benches with each hand.
The boy has been like this for two hours.
Qin Xian felt that the scarred wound on her chest suddenly burst open and began to throb faintly.
Suddenly he stretched out a hand to hold his chest and rubbed it slowly.
Qin Xian ignored the sweat flowing into her mouth and gritted her teeth: "Senior brother, stop making trouble!"
Congratulations smiled and said casually: "Who is making trouble? I'm checking whether your wound is okay and whether you need to take a rest!"
"No, I'm fine."
"Let me tell you, this foundation building is not a day's work. If you are too quick and hurt your body, you will lose more than you gain."
"Senior brother, I'm not afraid of hardship or injury, but..." Qin Xian hesitated.
"Tell me, why are you embarrassed about me? Do you want me to find you a little girl?" He said the last part of the congratulations in a deliberately lowered voice.
"no!"
"The little widow?"
"Brother!"
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you, just tell me." Seeing that Qin Xian was anxious, Congratulations waved his hand.
"I'm afraid you'll lie to me."
"When did I lie to you?" Congratulations looked like a child who had been raising a child for several years but found out that it was the one next door.
"Senior brother, what you taught me was "Bashan Fist"?"
"No." Congratulations said matter-of-factly.
"Bang" and "bang" two sounds of the stone bench falling to the ground were heard one after another.
Qin Xian stared at the congratulations intently. After a while, she cupped her fists in salute, turned around and left.
"Building the foundation of the martial arts "Bashan Fist" is not like studying in Confucianism to cultivate your character. If you want to practice boxing, your body and bones are still far away. You have to work hard first, otherwise the practice will be in vain and useless." Congratulations to Lazy Lazy. The voice came from behind.
Qin Xian suddenly turned around: "Senior brother, are you serious?"
"Believe it or not, I will pull you down if you don't believe it!" She said and turned around to leave.
Qin Xian said hurriedly: "Senior brother Haihan, I am not sensible. I am here to apologize to senior brother."
Salute deeply.
Then he picked up the stone bench and dragged it between his hands.
The stars are disappearing and the moon is sinking, and the night is coming to an end, but Qin Xian's crazy energy in training has not stopped.
Congratulations was leaning on a boulder next to a deep pool, holding a vine in his hand. One end of the vine was tied to Qin Xian's body in the pool.
In this deep mountain and secluded pool, even in the hot summer, it is always freezing, let alone this winter.
If it weren't for the medicinal materials grown by the old man, he wouldn't have dared to bring Qin Xian here, lest his newly adopted junior brother turn into a frozen fish.
In the pool, Qin Xian had vines tied around her waist, her face was covered with frost, her hands and feet were numb, but she was still holding up the stone bench, but now there were four stone benches.
Counting that the time was almost up, Congratulations was about to pull Qin Xian up, but the latter said: "Wait a little longer."
This is crazy.
He didn't abuse himself like this when he was building the foundation.
Thinking that Qin Xian's mother was gone, she clasped her hands and bowed to the sky: "Auntie, don't blame me. This is what he asked for. I didn't abuse him."
The fifteenth day.
Congratulations pointed to the big tree in front of the six people hugging each other, threw an embroidered rolled-edged ax to Qin Xian, and said with his hands on his hips: "Finally found a big guy, come on! Cut it down!"
Seeing that Qin Xian was hesitant, she asked again: "What? Do you want to give up?"
"No, it's just that this ancient tree is growing very well. It would be a pity to cut it down." Qin Xian couldn't bear to say.
"Ah, you are a kind person, so stop practicing and let this tree teach you, go ahead." Congratulations said impatiently.
"Senior brother, don't be angry, I'll chop it down."
The twentieth day.
Congratulations: "Make this tree look like toothpicks again, one by one."
Qin Xian: "Okay!"
The thirtieth day.
Congratulations. I got some wool from somewhere and threw it to Qin Xian: "Use these threads to thread the toothpicks one by one."
Qin Xian: "Okay."
Every day after that, Qin Xian would carry four stone stools and carry congratulations from the hut to the foot of the mountain and back again in the morning.
After that, I soaked in the cold pool for three hours, then made toothpicks and threaded them.
The 40th day.
Congratulations. Looking at Qin Xian, the young man can now lift up the stone bench with a hook of his fingers. He can still move freely in the cold pool and can even dive into the depths. He has also worn out all the toothpicks and twine.
"Okay, now you can practice boxing."
Qin Xian is very happy and can finally practice boxing.
But when I thought of Mr. Zhang's words, I secretly clenched my fists again.
Not even close.
