Chapter 9: Jade Spirit
Having just broken through the realm, the next step of cultivation in "Freedom and Infinite Qi Alchemy" still needed guidance, so he lay down on the bed, and then took out a piece of jade hanging on his chest and gently pressed it on his forehead.
This piece of jade was picked up when he was seven years old when he went to Wangwu Mountain with his father, and the process of picking up this piece of jade is still a little magical.
There is a stone altar on the top of the main peak of Wangwu Mountain, so it is called Tiantan Mountain. The top of the Temple of Heaven is a must-see place for tourists, but that day Zhang Chenxing was carried to the Temple of Heaven by his father, and he saw a yellow light flashing under his feet, and a jade Huang about three inches long appeared on the stone.
Later, it was from this piece of jade that Zhang Chenxing learned "Freedom and Infinite Qi Alchemy".
Because he learned the cultivation methods of Taoism, he did not hesitate to choose the history department when he was admitted to the university, and specialized in Taoist history.
Now Zhang Chenxing knows that Taoism has ten major caves, thirty-six small caves, and seventy-two blessed lands, and Wangwu Mountain is the first of the ten caves, which was very famous in ancient times. Legend has it that before the Yellow Emperor conquered Chiyou, he sacrificed to the sky in Tiantan Mountain, moved the Queen Mother of the West, and sent the Nine Heavens Xuannu to give the "Yin Fu Sutra" to defeat Chiyou. Since the Yellow Emperor, the emperors of all dynasties have the tradition of worshipping the heavens in the Temple of Heaven Mountain, but it was only during the reign of Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty that the Temple of Heaven was built in the capital because of the inconvenience of transportation. If you go back to the roots, the Temple of Heaven is the holy place where the emperors of the past dynasties sacrificed to the sky.
The maker of this piece of jade is an ancient qi practitioner who practiced in Wangwu Mountain, and he left his Dao system in this piece of jade and placed it on Tiantan Mountain to wait for the destined person.
It's just that this Dao system has high requirements for qualifications, and I don't know how many years it has been buried on the Temple of Heaven Mountain, and it wasn't until Zhang Chenxing appeared that he found a successor.
Adjusting his breathing, Zhang Chenxing quickly entered a meditative state that seemed to be asleep, and in a daze, he came to the top of a quiet and dangerous mountain peak, on which there was a stone altar, on which he was sitting cross-legged.
This scene is not elsewhere, it is the Wangwu Temple of Heaven Mountain, and it is the Temple of Heaven Mountain in ancient times! Today, the top of the Temple of Heaven has been covered by buildings, and it is no longer a natural scene in retrospect.
Opposite Zhang Chenxing, a thin Taoist man in a sackcloth robe sat facing him, sensing Zhang Chenxing's appearance and slowly opening his eyes.
"At that level when the heavens and the earth opened up, did you break through?" Seeing Zhang Chenxing, the old man asked gently.
"Well, after three days of retreat, I finally broke through!" Zhang Chenxing nodded and replied.
After getting Yuhuang, Zhang Chenxing accidentally entered it while sleeping, and then saw this old way. According to this old Taoist, in ancient times, there was a qi refiner named "Xing" who practiced in Wangwu Mountain and created a strange qi refining technique that pointed directly to the origin of the Great Dao. Before Xing Feisheng, he refined a piece of Jade Huang and left his inheritance in it, and the thin old way was the instrument spirit of Jade Huang, and its appearance was exactly what Xing looked like.
Regarding the origin of "Xing", Ji Ling doesn't know much, and he doesn't know whether he didn't have a surname in the first place, or if he later abandoned his surname, in short, with the information Zhang Chenxing currently has, it is impossible to judge the era in which Xing lived.
A happy expression suddenly appeared on the face of the thin Daoist, and he said emotionally: "Okay! As long as you can pass this level, it means that there is no problem with the 'Infinite Qi Alchemy Technique' I created, and your future cultivation will be a smooth road, and you will be able to reach the realm of ascension at ease!"
Seeing that the thin Taoist man actually showed a rich expression on his face, this made Zhang Chenxing very surprised. This piece of jade was only refined at will back then, and only a trace of his own divine consciousness was imprinted into it, so the instrument spirit formed only had very rudimentary wisdom, and there was no emotion at all. Fifteen years after getting Yuhuang, this is the first time he has seen the spirit of the machine show his emotions.
But after a little thought, Zhang Chenxing also understood. When he was ascending, he deliberately left the Dao system, and he must have been very concerned about the exercise he created, so it was inevitable that there would be some obsession left in that trace of divine imprint. Now that I know that there is no problem with the exercises, and the persistence of my obsession has been realized, I have such a happy expression.
"The breakthrough is a breakthrough, but I found some new problems, so I came here to ask for advice. Zhang Chenxing bowed his hand respectfully.
Although this machine spirit has no feelings, after all, he is a substitute teacher and apprentice, and Zhang Chenxing has always been very respectful to him.
"You have broken through the opening of heaven and earth, and you have truly stepped into the threshold of qi refiners, it is normal to have problems. I don't know what questions you have, let's come one by one first, and then I will answer your doubts, and then pass on your true Qi refining and cultivation method. The thin Taoist stroked his beard and said to Zhang Chenxing with a smile.
Zhang Chenxing's performance surprised Zhang Chenxing, he used to have a strained face, no matter what he said, he was expressionless, but now he would show a smile, it's really strange!
Without delving into this issue, Zhang Chenxing talked about the endless flow of true qi in his body, and he didn't know where it came from.
"So that's the question, even if you don't ask, I'm going to tell you. The smile on his face gradually put away, and the thin Taoist changed to a serious expression and said: "The so-called Qi Refiner is, of course, using his body as a furnace to refine all the breath between heaven and earth for his own use. It's just that the breath between heaven and earth changes in life, there are yin and yang, the genus of the five elements, and there is a difference between innate and acquired, and vitality and aura, and of course different methods must be used to refine different breaths, so there are various different schools of alchemy. But when the heavens and the earth were opened, everything was chaotic, and there was no difference between the five elements of yin and yang, the innate and the acquired, if the mystery of chaos could be deduced, it would naturally be able to create a kind of alchemy that refined all the breath!"
"So, the Infinite Qi Alchemy Technique is such a Qi Alchemy Technique?" Hearing this, Zhang Chenxing couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"Exactly! When I was about to ascend, I suddenly felt the wonder of chaotic evolution, and after three hundred years of retreat, I created this qi refining technique! Because this qi refining technique can return to Chaos Wuji, and after cultivation, I can gain great freedom, so I named it "Freedom Infinite Qi Alchemy"! The endless flow of true qi in the dantian you just mentioned is precisely the evolution of the chaotic qi mass absorbing all kinds of breath from the void. Other qi refining techniques can generally only absorb one or a few breaths, but you can absorb all the breaths, and the cultivation speed is naturally several times that of other exercises, and it is not limited by the environment, you can cultivate anywhere!" said the thin Daoist, his face showing pride.
"So that's the case, I thought that true qi could only be generated by refining and refining qi, and it turned out that it could also absorb other breaths!" Hearing that the cultivation speed of this exercise was very fast, Zhang Chenxing couldn't help but get excited.
"We Qi Refiners are to refine Qi, and absorbing and refining all kinds of breaths between heaven and earth is the right way. If you only rely on refining essence qi for cultivation, how much essence qi can you have in your body enough to refine? Even if you cultivate for a lifetime, you won't achieve anything. After explaining casually, the thin Taoist said: "You have passed the level opened up by heaven and earth, and you will have a smooth path of cultivation in the future, and the power you have mastered is completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people. However, if a Qi Refiner refines the breath of heaven and earth, he should naturally respect the Heavenly Dao, and must not be blinded by the power, otherwise the Heavenly Dao will not tolerate it, and sooner or later a heavenly tribulation will fall, and he will die at that time!"
Zhang Chenxing hurriedly asked, "Then I don't know what to do to respect the Heavenly Dao?"
"Heaven and earth give birth to all things and treat them equally, and Qi Refiners should naturally always have the heart of a child, not be strong and arrogant, and not bully the weak, so that they can be tolerated by the Heavenly Dao. The thin Taoist said with a solemn face.
Nodding vigorously, while keeping these words in mind, Zhang Chenxing said: "I understand, I must always keep a normal mind and not let my will be affected by emotions and external objects!"
"Hehe, you don't have to be too restrained yourself, you must be born as a human being, there must be some things common to human beings, such as various emotions and various desires, which are called humanity. How to strike a balance between the Heavenly Dao and humanity is also an aspect that you must comprehend in the future cultivation process. ”
"Oh, I see, it seems that there is no absolute, how to grasp that degree is the most appropriate. Zhang Chenxing nodded and said with understanding.
The thin Taoist smiled again and said, "These are not something that can be mastered in a few words, I will always mention them when you practice in the future." Now that you have become a true Qi Refiner, you can also master some of the means that only Qi Refiners can have, and I will teach you this. ”
"Qi Refiner's Means!" As soon as he heard this, Zhang Chenxing's spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know what kind of means Qi Refiners have?"
"Generally speaking, there are eight skills for qi refiners, which are body, art, dan, talisman, spell, instrument, array, and number. It's just that the way of heaven is infinite and the manpower is endless, and ordinary qi refiners are only proficient in one or two of these skills. The thin Taoist replied.
"I wonder what kind of skill you're proficient in?"
"I'm good at Dan, and I also have a lot of experience in art, and the rest is just a little understanding. The thin Taoist replied.
"Just now you said that you want to teach me the means of a qi refiner, is that to teach me alchemy and spells?" Thinking about the legendary elixir, Zhang Chenxing couldn't help but be excited.
"You have just broken through the heaven and earth to open up that level, the chaotic qi mass in the dantian will spontaneously refine the true qi, this true qi is different from the true qi you refined before, it is the innate true qi! The thin Taoist explained unhurriedly.
Zhang Chenxing had also learned about the realm of cultivation before, and when he heard that he could not refine the pill until the foundation building period, he couldn't help but be very disappointed.
"After all, you have just entered the Qi refining period, and it is too early to learn other spells, but there is a Qi Hope Technique that you can master now. ”
Although it is not yet time to learn alchemy, there is a Qi Hope Technique to learn, Zhang Chenxing is also very interested, and hurriedly asks the Thin Daoist for advice.
The Slender Daoist first explained the function of this Qi Seeking Technique, it turned out that this was a spell that specifically observed the Qi of Heaven and Earth, and after it was transported, he could see all kinds of breath around him.
This Qi Technique is very simple, you only need to run the True Qi to your eyes according to a special route, and after listening to the Qing Thin Daoist explain the trick a few times, Zhang Chenxing began to practice.
At this time, the injuries in the meridians were not yet healed, and the true qi was still hot and painful when it was running, but just after learning the spell, Zhang Chenxing still endured the pain in his body and slowly urged the true qi.
True Qi operated according to the established route, and when it finally converged in his eyes, Zhang Chenxing suddenly felt that his eyeballs were hot, and he hurriedly opened his eyes.
At this moment, he was still lying on the bed in the dormitory, but in Zhang Chenxing's eyes, all kinds of colors in the air in the dormitory were mixed together, and the whole world was like a thin veil of light.
"This mist-like floating color is the various qi that exists between heaven and earth! The five colors of green, yellow, red, white, and black are the breath of the five elements, of which the dull color is the vitality of the five elements, and the bright color is the aura of the five elements. Thinking back to the explanation of the Jade Huang Instrument Spirit just now, Zhang Chenxing put these breaths into the seats one by one.
Heaven and earth vitality is the breath that naturally exists between heaven and earth, while aura is the breath emanating from living beings. However, the aura generally does not exist for too long, and after it is emanated from the body of the living soul, it will be assimilated by the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi after a period of time.