Jining was a little disappointed with the collection of books in Chaotian Guanjing Shutang. Seeing that it was still early, he continued to browse. Jining continued to read. Although he had achieved some success in practicing the Secret of Immortality, he still felt a little tired after reading all kinds of books for such a long time. .
Time flies very quickly, and Jining has been in Jingshu Hall for most of the day. It was already dusk, and the drums of Chaotian Temple were already beating. Jining saw that he had gained nothing in Jingshu Hall today, so he was about to leave.
At this time, Jining accidentally saw a thick book in the miscellaneous category, called "The Strange Records of Mountains and Seas". He opened it and read many interesting stories about cultivating immortals. Since entering the second floor of the Secret of Immortality, Jining Know that many of the things recorded in this book are true. After looking at the sky, I decided to borrow the book, so I picked up the book and walked out.
I asked the steward if I could borrow this book. The steward saw that it was not a Taoist classic, so he asked Jining to register it and took it away.
Monks have the habit of not eating after lunch, but there are also Taoists who do not follow this habit. You can eat in the Dianzuotang in Chaotian Temple. Jining has never been there. I wanted to go to see it, but seeing that it was getting late, he still took the The borrowed books were hurriedly returned to the thatched cottage.
It was already dark after returning to the thatched cottage. Jining washed some fruits and lit an oil lamp.
Then he began to read the Strange Records of Mountains and Seas. The contents in the book were all-encompassing. The descriptions included heaven and earth, vegetation, spiritual objects, birds and beasts, immortal ways, and some biographies of immortals. Jining also found it quite interesting, so he started to read it carefully.
It seems that the author who wrote this record of mountains and seas is not an ordinary person. Jining guesses that he is also a person who cultivates immortality. A biography of an immortal in the book recorded some common sense about cultivating immortals, which gave Jining some common sense about cultivating immortals.
The book divides the cultivation of immortality into the Qi refining stage, which is the Qi refining stage; the foundation building stage, which is the foundation building stage; the golden elixir stage, where the liquid is solidified into elixir; and the Nascent Soul stage, where the elixir is shattered and transformed into infants. Generally, each stage is divided into early stage, middle stage, late stage and perfection, and there are three stages in the early stage. The various stages of cultivation are distinct, so the path of cultivation is generally said to be divided into ten levels. The first three levels of the Qi refining stage are the introduction to immortality, and anyone with spiritual roots can achieve it; the difference between the middle stage of the Qi refining stage and the early stage is that in the middle stage, the spiritual power in the body can be released outside the body, and some items can be simply controlled; only those who enter the late stage of the Qi refining stage can After entering the Immortal Cultivation Method, in the later stage of Qi refining, you can use your spiritual power to control various magical weapons. The most common one is to control the spiritual sword, which is called sword-controlling skill by ordinary people!
From the later stage of Qi training to the Great Perfection, if you have the opportunity, you can enter the foundation building stage. The foundation building stage is the real door to enter immortality. There are some explanations about the various stages of foundation building later, but after the golden elixir stage, there are no details.
In addition, the spiritual roots are explained. Spiritual roots are divided into attributes such as gold, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, wind, and thunder. Pseudo spiritual roots: spiritual roots with four or five attributes, which are very complex but not sufficient. The spiritual roots of each attribute are incomplete and the cultivation speed is very slow. True spiritual root: a spiritual root with two or three attributes, with abundant spiritual roots for each attribute. Cultivation speed is faster. Tianling root: a single spiritual root with only one attribute, and the spiritual root is abundant. The cultivation speed is several times faster than ordinary spiritual roots, and there is no bottleneck in forming pills. Mutated spiritual roots: Two or three types of five element attributes are mixed together. The mutated and sublimated spiritual roots have attributes such as thunder, ice, darkness, and wind. The cultivation speed is no less than that of the heavenly spiritual roots. The book mentions that there is only one spiritual root among ten thousand, while the heavenly spiritual root and the mutated spiritual root are the odd ones among the spiritual roots and are rare in the world.
In addition to people who can practice immortality, those birds and beasts can also become monsters by chance, and monsters are generally divided into seven levels. Each level is basically the same as a human monk. For example, the first-level monster is equivalent to the middle stage of human Qi refining, the second level is equivalent to the perfect Qi training; the third level is equivalent to the early and middle stage of foundation building, the fourth level is equivalent to the late stage of foundation building; and the fifth level monster is equivalent to the middle stage of foundation building. Beasts generally have the beginning of intelligence, which is equivalent to the cultivation level of a human being in the early and middle stages of pill formation; the sixth-level beast is equivalent to the cultivation level of the late stage of pill formation; the seventh-level monster is actually not a monster anymore, it can already transform, and is quite The initial level of Nascent Soul cultivation compared to human beings is actually almost the same as that of human beings later on. Monsters that have not yet developed their spiritual intelligence before the fifth level are generally no match for human monks of the same level, while monsters after the fifth level are generally much stronger than monks of the same level.
The book also gives a brief introduction to some heaven and earth spiritual objects. For example, ores are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, top-grade and top-grade according to their fineness, while elixirs are classified according to their age and fineness.
Jining learned from the book that the jade pendant Mr. Yu gave him was made of Julingtong jade. Julingtong jade can gather the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If it is a spiritual weapon made of high-grade Julingtong jade, it can also filter It has the function of purifying the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Wearing the Jade Soul Gathering Jade Spirit Artifact to practice can speed up the speed of cultivation. It is something that cultivators yearn for. Ordinary people wearing spiritual weapons made of Julingtong Jade can also cultivate their moral character and prolong their lives.
Jining couldn't help but sigh after seeing it, but he also had some understanding of his current state of cultivation. He knew that he was currently at the second level of the Immortality Art and the middle level of the early stage of Qi refining, and had not yet reached the second level of perfection.
So Jining closed the book Shanhaiqilu. When he closed the book, he saw that the last page of the book was a map, which marked some caves and blessed places. However, although Jining traveled around with his master since he was a child, the area was actually the land of Qilu. . In the southeast corner of the map, a place separated by the sea is marked as the Immortal Abandoned Land.
The river in the Immortal Abandoned Land looked familiar to me at the foot of the mountain. After taking a closer look, I discovered that it was the Yulong Mountains and the Yulong River where I lived. Jining stared at the map blankly and murmured about the abandoned land of immortals and the abandoned land of immortals. He also guessed the reason why his previous practice of the Immortality Technique had no effect at all. If he doesn't have spiritual fruit, he probably hasn't entered the first level of Qi training yet. It seems that there is too little spiritual energy in this world.
Jining closed the book, walked out of the house, and stood in the night. His heart could not be calm for a long time. It was a place abandoned by immortals. His original fiery mood suddenly fell to the bottom, and his newly ignited ambition was shattered by the words "The Land Abandoned by Immortals". . . .
Although Jining still practices the Immortality Technique every day, he has just been stuck on the second level of the Qi Refining Stage and has not been able to make any progress. Because he knows the reason for the abandoned land of immortals, he feels relieved and is no longer as persistent as before.
After practicing for a few hours every day, I would practice calligraphy and read books, and also go for a walk in the fields. Although the rice had been harvested, there were still many nameless grasses in the fields growing with difficulty against the cold wind. Looking at these nameless grasses, Jining felt emotional, how similar he was to these grasses.
Time flies, and the past few years have passed. One morning after finishing his meditation, Jining realized that it had been almost three months since he borrowed Shan Hai Qi Lu. Perhaps because he was in a bad mood recently, he had not returned to Chaotian Temple to return the book, and was planning to go to Chaotian Temple.
Although I don't care much about the New Year and the holidays, Jining feels that he misses his master very much recently, and suddenly he feels that he has a lot to say to his deceased master. So I planned to go to Yidu to buy some things after going to Chaotian Temple, and wanted to pay homage to the master.
Jining has read "The Strange Records of Mountains and Seas" many times, but after learning about the Land Abandoned by Immortals, although he was reading it, his mood was different, and it was difficult for Jining to be interested in other contents. After Jining finished his daily meditation practice, he washed up and ate something casually. Then Jining took all the money with him, took out the book "Shan Hai Qi Lu" from under the bedside, and walked towards the mountain road to Chaotian Temple.
Perhaps due to his mood, Jining turned a blind eye to the scenery on the roadside, but he saw a few mountain flowers swaying in the wind, which looked so unique. A few mountain flowers reminded Jining of a few sentences in Shan Hai Qi Lu.
"The way to cultivate immortality is to go against the will of heaven. Although the way of heaven is ruthless, there is always a glimmer of hope."
"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth exists between heaven and earth, and in the vegetation and spiritual things." I have read this sentence many times. When I saw this sentence again today, Jining was shocked and then suddenly felt enlightened.
Thinking that because of the few nameless spiritual fruits that I accidentally obtained, I was able to practice the second level of the Immortal Art and entered the path of immortality that no one else had ever entered before. This should be the fate of immortality!
Jining murmured softly in his heart, "Although the way of heaven is ruthless, there is always a glimmer of hope.".
And the fruit tree on the edge of the cliff in the deep mountain can bear spiritual fruits, which shows that there should be spiritual energy in that part of the world, otherwise it would be impossible to bear spiritual fruits. Maybe this is a place abandoned by immortals, but everyone has their own destiny, and they need to find it by themselves. After Jining figured this out, he couldn't help but roar towards the distant mountains, scaring the birds and animals in the mountains. commotion.
Jining's mood improved a lot, thinking that this vast world should have its own fairy fate.
After returning the "Qilu of Mountains and Seas" to Chaotian Guanjing Shutang, Jining walked towards Yidu City.
Perhaps due to the change in his mood, Jining saw that the scenery in front of him was a little different from before. A wide stone path in the Taoist temple stretched to the foot of the mountain. There were rows of tall thousand-year-old ginkgo trees on both sides of the stone steps. The Chaotian Temple surrounded by mountains looked fairy-like. wave.
Jining looked at the crowds of pilgrims weaving incense on the stone path. The pilgrims and tourists thought they were kneeling down to worship various gods, but suddenly they felt their insignificance. Jining knows that the only person in this world who can bless him is himself. When you have strength, you will be the god of this world.
Although I am a beginner of cultivation at the second level of Qi Refining, my mind is already different from that of these ordinary people.
Because there are so many pilgrims in Chaotianguan, many vendors gather at the foot of Chaotianguan Mountain, making the place extremely lively. At this time, several coachmen soliciting passengers saw Jining dressed as a Taoist priest and ran over to ask Jining if he wanted to take the bus.
It seems that the Taoist priests in Chaotianguan are relatively wealthy, so these coachmen should be given a taste of the sweetness.
Jining did not insist on getting on one of the carriages and headed towards Yidu City. This coachman was very talkative and knew a lot about Yidu’s customs and strange things in the past.
However, the coachman Du Yidu talked about an incident that happened before. Let’s talk about a vendetta that took place in Yidu City. A group of big shots with well-known names in the world hunted down a young man for a rare treasure.
In the end, the young man was chased and had no choice but to die on Duanxian Cliff. The coachman said that the world is unfair, and as long as you have the strength, you will treat murder as nothing.
As Jining listened to the coachman's excited words, Jining's heart was still filled with emotion, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all, but his eyes had a hint of coldness!
The coachman seemed to feel the coldness in the air, and did not dare to speak anymore, just driving the carriage.
Chaotian Temple is only more than ten miles away from Yidu City. Jining arrived at Yidu City in less than half an hour. Jining threw a few pieces of silver to the driver and left.
