An Yan finally met Xuanyi again. It had been about half a month since the last meeting.
She came at night. When An Yan heard the noise, she thought Chao Jin and Lu Kui had arrived. When she saw it was Xuanyi, she immediately got up from the bed to greet them.
Master Xuanyi is wearing a white robe with black vertical stripes today. He looks more majestic than his previous attire. The veil and whisk remain unchanged, and his temperament is cold and dignified, but more solemn.
"Real person!" An Yan bowed and greeted. The sudden appearance of the other party made him doubtful again.
Xuanyi said "hmm" in a calm tone, her cloth-clad feet hovering in the air a few inches away from the ground, her eyes were quiet, and she felt even more stressed when she was stared at.
"The real person hasn't been here for a long time." An Yan said proactively.
"I have so many things to do recently that I have no time to take care of you." Master Xuanyi said calmly.
"The real person's affairs are naturally more important than mine." An Yan looked respectful.
"I'm asking to see the real person. I just want the real person to give me advice on some issues in my cultivation."
Master Xuanyi turned his hands and found a purple jade pendant in his palm. It was tied with a red rope and had tassels hanging from the bottom. It looked like an ordinary pendant.
The purple jade pendant automatically flew in front of An Yan, and An Yan immediately reached out to take it. However, the moment he held the jade pendant, he felt more stuffy and congested than the jade Nie Nanyan gave him before.
The connection between himself and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to be completely severed, and his body also stagnated and no longer automatically absorbed the spiritual energy.
"The date for the annual tributes between the two countries has arrived. The monks from outside the Three Realms Pass are about to enter the city. The jade that Nie Nanyan gives you can only help you avoid the sight of Xuanjia Guards, but it cannot avoid the detection of the monks." Only Master Xuanyi listened. Said slowly.
"In the future before outside monks leave the capital of the gods, remember not to continue practicing. Otherwise, if something happens, no one will be able to save you."
Master Xuanyi's indifferent words made An Yan's heart tremble.
Are outside monks coming to the city?
Beyond the Three Realms Pass, the Immortal Qin and the Mang Han...
"What are the monks in the outside world like?" An Yan couldn't help but ask.
"This has nothing to do with you." Master Xuanyi said. "Beyond the Three Realms Pass, there are two different worlds from Xuantang. Everything outside the pass has nothing to do with Xuantang. Those monks only stayed in Xuantang for a short time."
An Yan took a deep breath and could only respond: "I understand."
Master Xuanyi's eyes were flowing under the veil, and he asked in a clear voice: "How are you studying the method of dual cultivation?"
An Yan said respectfully: "I have memorized it by heart, but I haven't tested it yet."
"Um."
Master Xuanyi gave another flat response, and then said nothing. An Yan lowered his head, but could feel the other person's eyes looking at her.
After a while, the clear voice that penetrated people's hearts sounded again.
"At noon tomorrow, come to the small island in the center of Yun Lake. I'll wait for you there."
An Yanying claimed that it was, but when he raised his head, Xuanyi's figure was no longer in the room.
The door was open, and the night breeze blew in. Anyan stood there alone, and the bedroom seemed a little empty.
Master Xuanyi's visit this time was different from before. He didn't do anything after making An Yan fall asleep.
Tomorrow at noon...
An Yan felt a little confused.
The night passed and Anyan slept peacefully.
After waking up, An Yan left the Prime Minister's Mansion directly. The brass dragon was still flying in the sky. It was only at this moment that An Yan realized that the guardian of the divine city must have been awakened to welcome the arrival of outside monks.
I just don’t know what kind of power this brass dragon has.
Carrying the purple jade pendant on his body, An Yan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, his five senses did not become dull because of this.
An Yan wandered around Luoyang City for a while, then went to the bank of Yun Lake.
During the day, Yunhu Lake is not as lively as at night. Boats gather together and merchants lie down in the awnings to rest.
Yunhu Lake is so vast that the small island in the center has become an excellent secret place. However, the Jiang family would also invite him to come here to discuss matters before.
An Yan met Chao Jin at the place where the boat was parked. She was the only one today, and Lu Kui did not follow.
"Mr. An."
"Is the real person on the island?"
"It will arrive this morning."
Chao Jin pulled An Yan aside and whispered: "Mr. An, the day before yesterday, my master asked me and Lu Kui to get some things for her. When she came back, she used those things to refine the elixir."
An Yan asked, "What elixir?"
Chao Jin shook his head: "I don't know, but I have seen the things I took in some books. They are all rare treasures in the world and contain spiritual effects that are of great benefit to the human body!"
An Yan became thoughtful and asked again, "Do you know what the real person called me here for today?"
Chao Jin pursed his lips and said, "Master didn't say... but Lu Kui and I both guessed that Master probably planned to use the dual cultivation technique with Mr. An."
"How much do you know about dual cultivation?"
"Our Xuanzhen Sect, whether it is Xuanzong or Zhenzong, does not have the method of dual cultivation. Master should have obtained the method from elsewhere, but I heard that the method of dual cultivation is beneficial to both parties."
An Yan carefully studied the technique that Master Xuanyi gave An Yan before. This so-called dual cultivation is not the technique of combining yin and yang between men and women as he understood in his previous life... Maybe it can be said that, but it refers to the inner body of both parties. Yin energy and Yang energy.
Assisting each other and practicing with each other, this is the essence of the dual cultivation technique.
However, mending the furnace and harvesting Yuanyang were what he had understood before.
An Yan followed Chao Jin by boat to the small island in the center of the lake. When he looked at the shore from a distance, many things became blurry.
The weather is hot at noon, so few people come here, and the place has been cleared under Chaojin's advance arrangements, so no one will come to disturb it.
Chaojin did not go to the island, but left with the boat again.
In the familiar pavilion on the island, An Yan saw the figure of Xuanyi sitting there. She was dressed in a pure white Taoist robe, and her holiness was inviolable.
Master Xuanyi held a fly whisk at an angle and sat there with his eyes closed, unaffected by the hot weather around him. When An Yan walked into the pavilion, he instantly felt refreshed.
An Yan had imagined countless times how beautiful the face under the veil would be. He had seen countless beauties, but none of them could match the outstanding temperament of the person in front of him. He was aloof from the world and unlike ordinary people. Ashamed of oneself.
But with this in mind, An Yan wanted to tear off the veil even more.
He bowed and saluted: "The real person."
Master Xuanyi slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes were as quiet and calm as ever. Being stared at by such eyes, you didn't feel that she was superior, but you couldn't help lowering her posture.
She waved her sleeves lightly, and a tea set suddenly appeared on the stone table, with a jade vase and a thin willow branch inserted inside.
"This is the morning dew taken from the mountain when the sun rises every day." She said softly.
An Yan pondered for a moment, then took the initiative to step forward, picked up the jade bottle and poured it into the teacup, then picked up the cup and drank it.
There is nothing special about it, it seems to be just ordinary water, a little astringent, maybe because there is dust in it.
Master Xuanyi said: "Drink again."
An Yan listened and obeyed, poured another glass and drank it.
"Drink again."
An Yan continued to do so.
Master Xuanyi said slowly: "Although you have opened the sea of qi, there is still turbid qi in your body. If you can get rid of the smelly smell of grains, it will be of great benefit to your cultivation."
After thinking about it, An Yan asked, "How much benefit can it bring?"
"It can increase the speed at which you absorb spiritual energy by another 10%."
Only 10%.
An Yan shook his head and stared at the untainted female crown in front of him: "I seek immortality, but I don't seek the end of desire."
He pondered for a while and then asked: "Master, with my current cultivation speed, how long will it take to enter the spiritual realm?"
Master Xuanyi said: "Don't be too ambitious in your practice. The Qi realm and the spiritual realm are two completely different realms. Some people stay in the Qi realm all their lives, and the Qi sea in their bodies is so huge that even spiritual realm monks are far behind."
An Yan was startled: "Is there still such a thing?"
Master Xuanyi calmly explained: "Everyone's path is different. There are as many monks as stars outside the Three Realms Pass, but they do not get along with each other. Fighting and killing are common. Most of the monks there will spend their time on the realm. It takes several years or even ten years to hone oneself in order to make oneself stronger."
After hearing this, An Yan suddenly felt that this might be the serious monk in those novels about cultivating immortals. A monk like himself, who directly opened the sea of qi and jumped over the realm of the body, was just like paper in front of the monks outside the Three Realms Pass. ?
"What are you thinking about?" Master Xuanyi looked at An Yan and asked suddenly.
"..."
Master Xuanyi's tone was cold: "You are practicing my method, and I am taking the path of immortality. Killing people is not what we want to do. If you just want to become stronger, you will be killed by this idea sooner or later."
An Yan took a deep breath after hearing this, bowed his hands and said, "Remember the real person's teachings!"
Master Xuanyi waved his hand lightly, and the jade bottle tea set on the stone table disappeared out of thin air in an instant.
"A body that is full of yin needs Yang Jade, and a body that is full of Yang needs Yin Beads. Cultivation is a process of constantly replenishing one's own body. The practice of borrowing one's body is to connect two people with each other and borrow each other's Yin Beads and Yang Jade to supplement one's own needs. Refining yin and yang energy to achieve the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.”
An Yan nodded slightly, these were the things mentioned in the dual cultivation method, and the Yin Zhu Yang Jade was the purple-black ball and the golden-white ball that formed the sea of qi in the body.
He has an extremely yang body. The yin bead is no bigger than a fist, but the yang jade is as bright as the day. The entire yin bead is covered with gold and white light, and after refining, it becomes part of the sea of qi.
"What are the side effects of doing this?" An Yan asked.
Master Xuanyi said calmly: "This is something that is beneficial to both parties."
An Yan was puzzled and asked: "If that's the case, then the art of dual cultivation should be extremely popular!"
"..."
There were light waves in Master Xuanyi's eyes, and she said coldly: "Don't ask any more questions."
After saying that, she turned over her hand and took out another pill and flew it in front of An Yan.
An Yan had eaten a lot of food given by Master Xuanyi, so he didn't hesitate this time and directly took it and swallowed it.
"I have set up a barrier on the island, so you don't have to worry about being noticed. You can put down the jade pendant I gave you and concentrate on running your skills."
An Yan had no choice but to follow the guidance of Master Xuanyi step by step. He placed the purple jade pendant on the stone table, and immediately sat on the stone bench and began to use the dual cultivation technique in his memory.
Master Xuanyi did not make any move. She looked at An Yan who was concentrating on training, but her eyes were not as quiet and calm as before.
The sun was scorching in the sky, but it was cool under the pavilion on the island. It seemed like it was far away from the world, and there was no one else except the two of them.
On the bank of Yun Lake, Chao Jin stood on the shore and looked at the blurry island in the middle of the lake. He couldn't help but place a hand on his heart.
Mr. An...
An Yan, who was immersed in the operation of the technique, temporarily lost his attention to the changes around him. He felt that his whole body was opened at this moment, just waiting to mingle with another person.
An Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, felt their hands touch something. It was soft and cold. It actively attached to An Yan's palm, and the spiritual energy channel was immediately opened.
An Yan suddenly opened his eyes at this moment, and was shocked to realize that the pavilion he was in was wrapped in a white light film, and he was floating in the air, sitting cross-legged with his legs crossed.
There was only a hazy white light in front of him, and there seemed to be a figure in the flickering white light, but no matter how hard An Yan tried, he couldn't see clearly what was inside.
"Don't be distracted!"
An Yan suddenly heard the warning voice of Master Xuanyi.
Did she do it on purpose...
An Yan stared at the white light in front of her. When she closed her eyes, she suddenly felt another sea of energy.
It's the real sea!
Boundless, the sea is calm, but full of fairy spirit.
Above the sea of qi, there is a purple-black full moon, and a tomorrow that exudes golden and white light!
An Yan looked at the sea of qi and yin pearls and yang jade in his body, and suddenly felt extremely shabby.
The majestic spiritual energy poured into An Yan's body without any hindrance, wandered in his sea of energy, passed through his Yin Pearl and Yang Jade, and then quickly rolled back into the larger sea.
"Your Qi sea is too shallow, practice your Qi seriously!"
An Yan heard the voice of Master Xuanyi again, but the hazy white light in front of him made him unhappy. He suddenly reached out and grasped the soft and cold hand that was pressed against his palm.
At this moment, An Yan heard her breath suffocate in the white light.
"do what?!"
Master Xuanyi's voice instantly turned cold, and An Yan felt the spiritual energy swirling back and forth in her body becoming restless.
An Yan didn't dare to go too far and looked at the white light and just asked.
"Ma'am...are you in front of me?"
Silence.
An Yan couldn't see anything, she could only feel that the restless spiritual energy in her body was suppressed by something.
And a very light response came back from the white light.
"Um."
