Corn and pork ribs soup, fried pork slices with bamboo shoots, crispy duck with osmanthus, all I could hear was the clanging sound in the kitchen, and within a few moments, several delicacies were already served on the table.
"Master, I heard people say that ascetics eat the wind and drink the dew, absorbing the essence of the heaven, earth, sun and moon. I never thought that Master's cooking skills are so amazing." Qingya pulled the rice in the bowl, This way of cultivating Taoism seems to be somewhat different from what I imagined.
"No matter how much we practice, we are mortals and cannot avoid three meals a day. Indeed, with the continuous improvement of cultivation, monks will gradually no longer dare to be tired and hungry, but there is a limit. , we are seeking immortality and asked, isn't it just to break through the shackles of this mortal world?" Liu Bailu scooped up a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Qingya.
"In the past, I practiced alone and never paid attention to three meals a day. But it is different now. It is the time when you are growing up. You must not live such a miserable life with me. Fortunately, the skills you have learned have not fallen behind. It has been a long time. Even before we came down from the mountain, Qiantang City at the foot of the mountain had changed a lot."
The few words he just said are probably more than what Liu Bailu said in a month before. The young man in front of him is his first apprenticeship, and it is not his first time to accept a disciple. Don't look at Liu Bailu in front of Qingya. Bai Lu has always looked calm and calm, but who can know the tangle in her heart?
After lunch, Liu Bailu held a pile of books in his hands and placed them on the desk.
"From now on, you will read and write here every afternoon." She said to Qingya while flipping through the book in her hand.
"Master, do practitioners also have to study and study like those in the mountain school?" Qing Ya asked in confusion as he looked at the well-bound books on the table.
"Using people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses, and using history as a mirror, you can understand the ups and downs. The book contains the wisdom of the predecessors. Dialogue with the sages will make it easier for you to understand in the future."
Liu Bailu explained to Qingya while placing a book in front of Qingya, "Let's start with this book of The Analects of Confucius today."
Qingya spent this afternoon with countless "Zi Yue Zi Yue" until the evening, looking at Qing Ya shaking his head, Liu Bailu announced that today's class was over.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Although it is the wisdom of the sages, after all, it is just the words of a family. Just use it as a reference to compare your own words and deeds. Don't be like those nerds who regard these words as formal guidelines. Tomorrow we will change If you want to learn one's own theory, just study Mozi."
After dinner, Qing Ya was reading the Book of Songs at his desk. The catchy language of this kind of poetry made Qing Ya find it more interesting than the convoluted Analects of Confucius.
Qingya put down his book and ran out when he heard his master calling him outside.
Outside the door, Liu Bailu got a large wooden barrel from somewhere. At this time, the barrel was filled with light blue water and exuded a medicinal fragrance.
"Master, what is this?"
"This is the diluted liquid of the Spirit-Gathering Pill. Now it will lay the foundation for your future practice. You should soak it in quickly." Liu Bailu rolled up his sleeves and stretched his jade lotus-like arms into the barrel to stir. While talking, he said to Qingya.
As soon as the liquid touched his skin, it seemed as if it came to life in an instant. It penetrated into his body, and he felt as if his body was being torn apart. Qingya took a few breaths of cold air in pain.
"Don't be afraid of pain, don't shout out. When the spiritual energy enters the body for the first time and enters the limbs and bones of the body and the muscles of the whole body, the pain will naturally be unbearable. But you must endure it if you can't help it. Once you open your mouth, the spiritual energy will dissipate out. That way The effect is greatly reduced.”
So Qingya covered his mouth and endured the pain to prevent himself from screaming. After a long time, it seemed that the body had adapted, and most of the pain disappeared. Only then did Qing Ya notice the changes in his body.
I felt that there was a trace of Qi in my body, which was circulating around my body along with my blood. At this time, I heard Liu Bailu's voice, "Pay attention to the Qi flowing in your body and guide them to flow to your lower Dantian. It's on your lower abdomen, a little below your navel. Clear your mind of distracting thoughts, repeat it over and over again, and stop when I tell you to stop."
"Next, just listen to me, don't think or answer, concentrate on guiding the spiritual energy. To practice, you must first exercise your body. Without a strong body, the spiritual energy will not be able to fill your body, and the skills you have learned will not be able to exert its power.
At this time, you can only be regarded as a warrior, not a monk. After exercising the body, one can practice Qi. When the spiritual Qi condenses into a sea, then the foundation can be built. As the saying goes, once you enter the foundation building, you will never see the immortal world again. Only then can you truly enter the path of cultivation.
Later, as your cultivation level increases, you will overcome bottlenecks one after another and reach new realms, such as golden elixir, Yuanying, divine movement, out-of-body experience, spiritual deficiency, and transcending tribulations. Each level is divided into nine levels, one for each level. Then he will embark on the path of supreme immortality and become an immortal and a saint. "Liu Bailu told Qingya the basic knowledge of cultivation.
An hour later, the tingling sensation on his skin disappeared completely. Qingya opened his eyes and saw that the originally light cyan liquid was now crystal clear, and the effect of the Spirit Gathering Pill had been completely absorbed by him.
Time spent training in long-distance running in Qingya every morning, and then being kicked away by his master, reading and studying in the afternoon, and soaking in the medicine liquid flowing silently at night.
During this period, Qingya's physical strength increased day by day. In the end, Liu Bailu kicked him, but Qingya was still able to remain motionless and never took a step back.
Who would have thought that upon seeing this scene, Liu Bailu would exert force on his feet again, kicking on Qingya's chest. So Qingya flew out again. In the air, he saw her waving to him with a smile and shouting: "If you pass the test, you don't need to train anymore tomorrow. Come back as soon as you get up."
"My young master is extremely talented and if he practices diligently, he will surely achieve the supreme path in the future." Zhu Yun helped Qing Ya up and wiped the dust from his face and said. Zhuyun was the elf in green. She brought water to Qingya every day. Over time, Qingya always felt that it would be rude to call him a girl, so she gave him this name.
It was another ordinary night. Qingya was soaking in a wooden barrel and was guiding the air flow in his body towards his Dantian. Suddenly he felt a large amount of spiritual energy coming from around him and converging on his head, gradually forming a vortex. After continuing for a long time, it poured into Qingya's body like a long whale sucking water.
Opening his eyes, Qingya felt that there was a slowly rotating air mass in his Dantian. After the surrounding spiritual energy was absorbed by him, he was swimming towards this cyclone.
At this moment, Qingya finally succeeded in gathering Qi and officially entered the Qi training period and became a cultivator.
