At ten o'clock at noon, the most solemn worship ceremony of the year began immediately. At this time, the worship items and other items in the main hall had been prepared. Master Yushan wore cassocks and walked slowly to the altar of the main hall with Prince Zhaoyun. The worship ceremony was official. start.
Master Yushan and Prince Zhaoyun purified their hands with incense in front of everyone, offered sacrifices to three animals and grains, and read obeisances respectfully to show their piety and gratitude.
Jining and other Taoist priests stood outside the main hall to watch the ceremony. However, Jining was very surprised today. He had never met a monk after practicing. He originally thought that monks were all mysterious and invisible figures. These monks should still be far away from him. Far away, I didn’t expect to encounter two of them at once today.
Except for the monk in Tsing Yi, he discovered that the master of Chaotian Temple, Master Yushan, was also a monk. He felt that Master Yushan's cultivation level was not as high as any of the monks in Tsing Yi, but his cultivation level was still much higher than his own.
What made Jining feel a little relieved was that Master Yushan was busy presiding over the worship ceremony and did not notice him.
It is said in the Book of Mountains and Seas that monks stay away from the mortal world, and the laws of secular countries are no longer effective against monks. Often a powerful monk does not like a low-level monk, so he will kill the low-level monk indiscriminately. But today I met two monks whose realms were much higher than mine. If they had evil intentions against me, I would have no power to fight back.
Feeling a little uneasy, I had no intention of watching the ceremony. I didn't even bother to receive the New Year's gift, so I hurriedly slipped back to the thatched cottage.
Jining's heart calmed down slightly after returning to the thatched cottage. He took out the wooden box from under the bed and took out the sleeve arrows inside. He thought that although he had reached the third level of Qi training, he had not practiced any spells yet. In fact, he was not much different from ordinary people. And now the only weapon I can defend myself with is the sleeve arrow, and I decided in my heart that I should never leave the sleeve arrow in the future.
In addition, I decided to step up my practice and improve my level. Otherwise, if I meet other monks next time and they treat me badly, I will have no power to fight back. So I decided to go to the cliff of Wuminglingguo to practice every night and return to the thatched cottage during the day. Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth somewhere has little effect on his current state, it is still better than nothing.
The sun had already risen high and it was almost noon. After Jining came back from practicing in the mountains, he rested in the thatched house for a while. After feeling that his energy had recovered, he walked out of the house and walked around. Jining has been sleeping day and night every day for more than half a year. out.
Jining looked at the farmers at the bottom of the mountain who were busy weeding and fertilizing in the fields. He smiled and seemed to be in a very good mood. In the past six months, the green bird's feathers have become more green, and its body has become a little bigger. It saw that Jining was in a good mood, and seemed a little excited, chattering and jumping around Jining.
Originally, Jining proposed to leave here during the Chinese New Year, but Master Mingyu never arranged for anyone to come over to take over. He just asked Taoist Priest Yunfei to come over and explain to Jining that it would take some time before he could arrange for someone. Perhaps there is a big gap between life in thatched cottage and Taoist temple, so many Taoist priests in the temple are unwilling to come.
Looking at the medicinal fields and vegetable fields in the thatched house was considered leisurely, and Jining didn't care. Anyway, the mountains behind were clean and no one disturbed his practice. So Jining carried out his training plan every day, going to the mountains every night to practice regardless of rain or shine, and then returning to the thatched cottage during the day.
Perhaps it was spurred by inner pressure or other reasons, but after more than half a year of hard work, I finally broke through to the fourth level of the Secret of Immortality, which I had not made any progress in the past few days.
When entering the fourth level, Jining immediately felt a completely different feeling from the previous third level of Qi Refining. His five senses suddenly improved, and he felt that the world was closer to him. The animals in the distance in the mountains The screams and the distant "rustling" of the trees in the wind are like my ears; everything in my eyes seems so bright. The crawling sound of spiders on the spiritual tree caused Jining to look up. Incredibly, Jining poured spiritual power into his eyes and could clearly see the spider silk more than ten meters away. Then you can smell the scent left by animals not far away.
Jining was surprised and delighted. Only now could he truly feel the uniqueness of the aura of heaven and earth. In addition, perhaps due to the improvement in mental strength, I feel that my body has become particularly relaxed. It turns out that after practicing the Taoist Qinggong Zongyun Ladder for many years, he could only jump up to a height of more than ten feet with all his body's internal strength, but now Jining can jump several feet high with just one leap.
With the increase in mental power, Jining suddenly felt like he was in control of the world. Now I understand that there is a huge difference between the third level and the fourth level of the Qi refining period mentioned in "Shan Hai Qi Lu". Now I finally feel it, and I also know that the true meaning of cultivation begins from the fourth level. I am now considered to have entered the realm of immortality. The door is open, because you can practice the immortal arts at the fourth level of Qi training. My heart felt hot, and I was full of expectations for the subsequent improvement of my skills.
Jining was still a little happy. He didn't expect that he would reach the fourth level of the Qi training period in more than a year. However, he knew the reason why he accidentally obtained the Nameless Spirit Fruit that time, otherwise he might not even be able to enter the first level now. , I felt the importance of immortality in my heart.
Now that he has reached the fourth level of the Qi training period, the spiritual energy in the place where he practiced under the cliff has no effect on improving his realm. Jining decided not to go into the mountains, and planned to study the longevity secrets in the thatched hut, because it was said in the Book of Mountains and Seas that you can practice some simple immortal spells at the fourth level of Qi training.
There are several magical spells recorded behind the Immortality Art, but I have never been able to understand them. They are recorded in ancient texts.
Jining remembered the annotations on ancient books he bought in Yidu City last time, but he did not study them carefully after buying them. I decided to study this book carefully, thinking about my practice plan for the next period of time, and imagining the realm after successful practice. .
Although Jining's eyes were looking at the busy farmers at the foot of the mountain, his thoughts were actually in the distance, imagining his own improved state with a smile on his lips from time to time.
Jining was so quiet in this beautiful thought that he didn't even notice that Li Ming was walking nearby. When Xiaolu saw a stranger appeared, he jumped on Jining and screamed, waking Jining up.
Today, Li Ming was sent to the back mountain by the steward of Dianzuotang and asked him to inspect the growth of the vegetable fields here. Li Ming was a little surprised when he saw Jining giggling. Li Ming had always thought that Jining was a strict, unsmiling, and unpredictable person. How did he become like this today? . . . . .
Li Ming remembered what inner strength and mental methods a Taoist priest in the Taoist temple had practiced before, and then he became crazy and stupid.
He wondered whether Jining was also practicing the same inner skills and mental skills as a Taoist priest. He hurriedly came over to say hello to Jining. He was relieved when he saw that Jining looked normal. Then he persuaded Jining that if he couldn't practice some internal skills and mental skills, he would go crazy and let him go crazy. Go to a Taoist temple to seek advice from an accomplished Taoist priest. If Jining doesn't know him, he can introduce several virtuous Taoist priests from Chaotian Temple to Jining.
Jining was speechless but felt warmth in his heart. After he was rescued by the two monks, he received help from Li Ming many times in Chaotian Temple. He was still somewhat grateful to Li Ming in his heart. When he saw Li Ming coming, he started chatting.
It's just that Li Ming's eyes were a little straightened after seeing this emerald green bird. Then he took out a few dates from his pocket and fed it to the bird. However, the bird seemed to know Li Ming's mood, and flew away with contempt in its eyes.
When Li Ming saw the bird's disdainful expression, he felt a little depressed and lost the mood to chat. He chatted for a few words in Jining and left.
After Li Ming left, Jining took out some ancient book and started reading the annotations.
Time flies, and it is the midsummer season again. The summer sun is like a fireball as big as a millstone, shining fiercely on the earth, and the heat it emits seems to evaporate all the water vapor in this land. Jining placed a deck chair beside the pool and lay leisurely on the chair with his eyes closed. A hand was waving regularly in the air, as if it was drawing an extremely complex pattern. Suddenly, the hand stopped, and there was a slight fluctuation in the space near the fingertips of the right hand, and then a small porcelain cup for drinking tea appeared out of thin air. .
Suddenly, Jining jumped up from the chair, with a look of surprise on his face. His eyes looked at the broken porcelain cup that fell to the ground after he was startled. He murmured: "I finally learned the immortal magic!"
It has been almost three years since he arrived here from Taoist Temple, and it has been more than two years since Jining and Master Mingyu proposed to leave Chaotian Temple. Perhaps it was because Jining did not go to see Master Mingyu later, and Master Mingyu thought that Jining Since he wanted to stay and there was no suitable candidate for the time being, Master Mingyu put off arranging someone to take over.
After Jining entered the fourth level of Qi training, he practiced even harder. After more than a year of non-stop practice of the formulas, his state still remained at the beginning of the fourth level of Qi training.
After seeing that the practice had no effect at all, Jining began to study the immortal spells recorded in the Secret of Immortality. It's just that practicing magic in the Immortal family is difficult, and there is no one to give guidance. Although Jining has been practicing hard for more than a year, there has been no progress. Unexpectedly, when I was resting by the waterhole today, I accidentally learned the art of controlling objects. , although it can only control very light items, this is the first fairy spell that Jining has learned, which makes him a little excited.
So Jining began to study the art of controlling objects hard again, and soon there were a bunch of broken cups and bowls around Jining. After practicing object control for a period of time, Jining also felt a little tired. Jining felt that although the object control technique did not consume much mana, it was still a bit difficult for Jining who only had the fourth level of Qi training.
