The style of the statues here is very different from the usual sculptures, as if they were 3D printed with real holographic scan data, and more vividly, it is like a person standing there and turning into a stone statue, as if he is still alive, but condenses time and space into a moment. Especially the high hairpin Taoist in the middle, which made Ding Qi feel that the cultivator's cultivation realm was even above himself.

Ding Qi's last worship was this statue of the patriarch, and after saluting, he sat in front of the statue and entered the country to induce the divine thoughts. I saw that the stone statue actually smiled, nodded at him and saluted, and Ding Qi quickly stood up and returned the salute. At this time, a scholar in ancient costume on the left walked over and said with a smile: "Little friend is exempt from courtesy! In the lower Song Mountain Wind, this is my master Ling Nanshang Zhenren." ”

There were actually two statues that came to life and turned into real people, standing with Ding Qi and talking. In fact, what Ding Qi saw and heard came from the idea of the god left by the Ming Dynasty scholar Song Shanfeng. According to the tradition of Xiangshui Peak, the statue of the Taoist Ling Nanshang was chiseled by his disciple Song Shanfeng, and Ding Qi worshiped Ling Nanshang to hook up with the divine will left by Song Shanfeng.

Then why did the statue of Ling Nanshang also "come to life"? The idea of the god is equivalent to the condensation of Song Shanfeng's knowledge, and of course there is also the image of his master Ling Nanshang in his knowledge, just like his person, in fact, it is also the master in Song Shanfeng's mind. At this moment, both the master and apprentice appeared to meet Ding Qi, like a meeting through time and space.

What the three of them talked about, outsiders can't possibly know. If someone walked here, they would only find Ding Qi sitting quietly in front of the stone statue of the Taoist, not saying a word or moving. But for Ding Qi himself, it all happened as it was, in his mind. That's right, it's the realm of the heart!

The first level of cultivation at the beginning of the Fangwai Secret Method is the realm, which Ding Qi calls the contemplation realm. The starting point for cultivating the contemplation of the body is the Heart Book Technique, which is a practical technique that Ding Qi mastered in his psychological counseling work, not a secret method of supernatural powers, which was summarized by his mentor Liu Feng. However, if you want to cultivate the contemplation of the body, you must go one step further on the basis of the book of mind, and turn from the book of the mind to the realm of the mind.

To describe it in more detail, the so-called book of the mind is like a detailed archival record, which records and describes all kinds of information, while the mind realm is to transform these information into concrete, intelligent images of time and space and the process of events, like a world that can be constantly evolved. From this, it can be seen that the Derivation Mind Realm is the introductory foundation of the secret method outside the square, and it is also the original creation of Ding Qi.

If there is no such foundation, it is impossible to talk about the breakthrough of the Jing Wenshi and the subsequent layers of realms. The secret method of Fang Wai draws on the similarities of the eight secret techniques of the rivers and lakes, but after all, it is not equal to the simple addition of the eight secret techniques, and has its own unique internal thinking system, which can be called an original secret method.

From the point of view of its purpose, it is to discover and explore the world outside the square, so it is called the secret method outside the square, but from the perspective of means, it may also be called the secret method of the heart realm.

The contemplation of the body realm is only the initial condensation of the mental realm into a rudimentary form, and in each subsequent realm, the secret method outside the square is actually cultivating the mental realm. If compared with the immortal cultivators that Ding Qi has seen, Mr. Ding seems to have no obvious supernatural powers and is unremarkable, but his real excellence lies in the fact that his heart is becoming more and more grand and mysterious.

At this moment, Ding Qi sensed the idea of the gods left by Song Shanfeng, the ancestor of Xiangshui Peak, and his mind evolved into such a communication scene. It seems that he is sitting here facing the statue, but in just a moment, and the mental realm in the exchange of divine consciousness is evolving, the three masters have already left the area of the mountaintop cave mansion and are traveling around the world of Xiangshui Peak.

The Xiangshui Peak in reality, the Xiangshui Peak in the communication of divine consciousness, and the Xiangshui Peak in Song Shanfeng's knowledge back then are integrated in the mental realm. Ling Nanshang, the venerable elder, was like a tour guide, introducing the scenery of this place to Ding Qi, a guest, and leading him to enjoy the tour, while Song Shanfeng accompanied him.

Ding Qi's intention, Ling Nanshang and Song Shanfeng in front of him already knew, he was here to ask for the secret inheritance of the secret realm of heaven and earth and the treasure of controlling the realm.

In the heart realm, the senior patriarch did not sit and teach the law, but exchanged views during the journey, and in the process, he taught the secret method of Xiangshui Peak to Ding Qi, and asked Ding Qi to walk in this world step by step to practice the water Ruyi in his hand, if you have any questions, you can ask at any time. If Ding Qi has his own opinions, he can also discuss them with the two masters.

Ding Qi confirmed many of his previous speculations, and at the same time made many new discoveries. In fact, Zhuang Mengzhou, Zhu Shanxian and others had already speculated that since the cultivation of the Outer Secret Method could discover and open different Outer Worlds, then the original inheritance core of all the Outer Worlds, the Outer Secret Method, should be able to be accommodated, and this is indeed the case.

What exactly is the core of the Xiangshui Peak Secret Method? It is difficult to explain the words in three words, but we can talk about its cultivation process. For example, Song Shanfeng himself was found by Ling Nanshang, and then his master taught him the Fire Gate Furnace Ding Technique. After he had cultivated the Furnace Ding Technique to the Second Realm, Ling Zhenren brought him to the portal of Xiangshui Peak and let him enter the realm.

At the beginning, when Ding Qi had not yet created the Fangwai Secret Method, Shi Buquan and the others had "seen" Xiaojing Lake with the eight secret techniques they had cultivated, and Song Shanfeng, who had successfully cultivated the Furnace Ding Technique, could also "see". But the advantage of having an inheritance is that then Ling Zhenren directly brought Song Shanfeng into Xiangshui Peak, and handed Shui Ruyi to him for sacrifice.

This step is similar to Ding Qi's dedication to refining Jingwenshi, but it is also different. Song Shanfeng did not cultivate the mental realm in the secret method outside the square, but there was a world in Shui Ruyi, which was Xiangshui Peak, and the most basic magic of the artifact of the treasure of the control realm was that it could communicate the entire secret realm of heaven and earth through it. The so-called process of sacrifice is equivalent to opening up the whole picture of the world little by little.

When Song Shanfeng entered, he could sense that Shui Ruyi contained a world, and it was the Xiangshui Peak where he was located, so he condensed a clear Yuan Shen, which was equivalent to the cultivation of the Three Realms, and then he could enter and exit the Xiangshui Peak with Shui Ruyi.

Li Zhiyao is also a member of Xiangshui Peak, and now he is almost cultivating to this point, but he is still a little bit behind. It must be emphasized that the Xiangshui Peak Secret Method can only be cultivated if you have obtained Water Ruyi, and it must be cultivated in this outside world.

This has a premise, that is, it is necessary to get the inheritance, if it is not the aborigines in the secret realm of heaven and earth, it must be led into the door by the master. As for the outer worlds like the Five Heart Valley and the Nine Liberation Sky Islands, it may be more convenient and simpler for the aborigines to cultivate, because they are already living in the secret realm of heaven and earth.

However, the situation of Xiangshui Peak was different, if there was a person outside who only got Shui Ruyi, he would not be able to open the portal to enter Xiangshui Peak until he had cultivated the secret method of Xiangshui Peak to the Three Realms. However, the cultivation of the secret method of Xiangshui Peak must be in Xiangshui Peak, and if you don't come in, you can't cultivate, and if you don't have a master to lead you into the door, this will become an unsolvable problem.

Song Shanfeng was brought in by Ling Nan's Taoist, and then taught him Shui Ruyi and secret methods, and he couldn't get out if he couldn't practice. And Song Shanfeng spent nearly two years of work, and finally initially mastered the magic of the treasure of the control world, and he could hold the water Ruyi in and out of Xiangshui Peak by himself.

According to Song Shanfeng, in fact, Shizun Ling Nanshang also accepted many apprentices, and they were all brought into Xiangshui Peak to teach, but later they really couldn't practice, and they sent some of them out one after another, and they couldn't keep their memories anyway.

These disciples were not forcibly captured by Ling Zhenren, at that time, they regarded Ling Nanshang as a living immortal, and they were willing to follow the immortals to the fairy realm to cultivate, but they didn't practice the immortal method and couldn't remember this experience, and it was like a big dream after returning home. At that time, there were still many people who did not cultivate the secret method, but they also stayed in the secret realm of heaven and earth to live.

Then, after breaking through the Three Realms, continuing to cultivate, connecting the feelings of heaven and earth through the water Ruyi in your hands, and being able to resonate with them with your own consciousness, is to break through to the Four Realms. At this stage, it is no longer necessary to cultivate the Furnace Ding Technique, but it is also a very important auxiliary, which can consolidate its cultivation realm, otherwise it will be difficult to cultivate the Xiangshui Peak Secret Method alone.

Of course, the statements of this realm, the second realm, the third realm, and the fourth realm were all summarized by Ding Qi in the exchange, which was easy to understand, and there was something else in the secret method of Xiangshui Peak.

If you continue to cultivate after the Four Realms, you can't simply sense the world through Shui Ruyi, because Shui Ruyi is left by your predecessors after all, and if you want to go further, you must personally condense this world in the Yuan Shen and become a world in self-knowledge.

This requires the disciples to walk to every corner of the world with Shui Ruyi in their hands, and to refine the world presented in the Yuan Shen into Shui Ruyi, which is not only their own cultivation, but also the inheritance and perception for future generations. When there is already this clear world in the primordial gods, and not just the world sensed through the treasure of the controlling realm, it is equivalent to reaching the five realms.

The fifth realm of the Fangwai Secret Method is called the Heart Disk Realm, which is actually similar to the cultivation of the Xiangshui Peak Secret Method in this layer of the realm. I think that when Ding Qi broke through the heart plate realm, he walked all over the Qin Gaotai world with Jing Wenshi in his hand, condensed the entire Qin Gao Tai world into the heart plate, and also turned into his own heart realm.

Ding Qi was also forced to have no choice at that time, if he didn't cultivate to the heart realm, everyone would not be able to leave the Qin Gaotai world, so he went through all the hardships and dangers to condense the Qin Gaotai into the heart realm, so as to have new discoveries and breakthroughs.

If a person obtains the Shui Ruyi and Xiangshui Peak secret methods, can he go to the Qin Gaotai world to cultivate? The answer is no, because from the very beginning, the world information contained in Shui Ruyi belongs to Xiangshui Peak and is useless to Qin Gaotai.

Therefore, the secret method outside the square is more like a methodology, a formula to solve all unknown problems, and the secret method of Xiangshui Peak is an application method, with the help of the treasure of the control world, specifically to solve the problem of Xiangshui Peak.

When the cultivation of the Five Realms is complete, it is very difficult to go further, and it is difficult for the vast majority of people to advance an inch in their lifetime. In Xiangshui Peak, there is not only the inheritance of the fire gate furnace and the Ding technique, but also the inheritance of the concept of meditation, and the cultivation of the concept of the idea is more assisted by bamboo wine, which is also a means to assist in entering the delusional realm, and whether it can break through the delusion realm depends on the individual's chance.

Ling Nanshang and Song Shanfeng had already broken through the delusional realm back then, and Song Shanfeng's cultivation was better than that of the master, and later reached the seven realms, so he could leave the idea of the god when carving the stone statue of the master.

After breaking through the Six Realms and having a great cultivation, the body and mind are really the same, and they can bring out the original things in the outer world, but it is also equivalent to splitting the form god. This kind of thing must not be done often, but this process is also a kind of understanding, the perception of integrating the self into the heaven and earth.

So how to cultivate to a higher realm, after Dacheng, there is actually no secret method, only the guidance of the realm, and the cultivation varies from person to person and from opportunity to chance. From the realm point of view, the secret method of Xiangshui Peak is to cultivate one's own furnace ding, and pursue the body and mind to become a realm of its own, which is the world of Xiangshui Peak, just like the dissolution of the form and god and then creating something out of nothing.

After reaching this realm, in fact, it has the magic of controlling the treasure of the realm, and there is no need to rely on water Ruyi to enter and exit Xiangshui Peak......

As for the higher realm, Song Shanfeng has not succeeded in cultivating, and can only be described from the perspective of perception, and Ding Qi's current cultivation is not as good as Song Shanfeng back then, so he can only communicate from the perspective of discussion.

The three of them traveled in the Xiangshui Peak in their hearts for more than half a month, watching the mountains and wading through the water, appreciating the dreams and drinking bamboo wine, and also tasting delicious local materials. This experience happened in the mental realm, which seemed to be true and delusional, and it was both delusional and true, but even if you can successfully cultivate in the mental realm, it is also a matter of course to return to reality.

At least in Ding Qi's current cultivation realm, everything that the patriarch can teach has been taught, everything that can be learned has been learned, and Ding Qi still needs to cultivate and seal outside the heart realm. On this day, the three of them drank by the clear stream, which was bamboo wine without dreams, and Ding Qi drank for the stewed fish of the two generations of predecessors.

Ling Nanshang: "Ding Daoyou, the inheritance has been given to you, and this trip will be enjoyable." ”

Ding Qi raised his glass and said: "Thank you two senior ancestors, the younger generation still has one thing to ask for advice at the end, where did this outside world come from?"

Ling Nanshang and Song Shanfeng glanced at each other, and both shook their heads and said, "I can't answer, they are all inherited from the ancestors, and all the knowledge has been passed on to you." ”

Ding Qi actually knew that Ling Nanshang and Song Shanfeng who appeared in his heart were not themselves, but only contained the idea of the god that Song Shanfeng saw and knew back then, which is equivalent to an AI program containing super artificial intelligence in a way that is easier for modern people to understand. Tincey was able to communicate with them, but they couldn't answer more questions than they knew.

But Ding Qi still wanted to try it, and asked, "I have to ask the ancestor what he knows, didn't the two of you guess back then?"

Song Shanfeng sighed and said, "I have indeed guessed based on the layer-by-layer realm of the Xiangshui Peak secret method, has Ding Xiaoyou ever heard of Pangu opening the world?"

The legend of Pangu is not much recorded in the mythological historical materials from ancient times to the pre-Qin period, and the earliest detailed description is found in the Three Kingdoms period, and the main content is that Pangu was transformed into the world. At the end of this sentence, Ding Qi already understood. Song Shanfeng guessed back then that the outside world was transformed by the form and god, so according to Ding Qi's understanding, it may be the transformation of the mental world.

What kind of person has cultivated to what level in order to transform his form into a non-existent world outside the world, or to be able to expand the mental realm into a real world? So where is this person, is his consciousness equivalent to the will of the world or the rules of operation, and is the so-called treasure of controlling the realm condensed and manifested?

Whether this is the case or not, there is no answer, these are just Song Shanfeng's guesses back then. Ding Qi asked again: "Senior Song, according to your deduction back then, if you cultivate the secret method of Xiangshui Peak to the extreme, what will happen to the final realm?"

Song Shanfeng sighed again and said: "I'm still far away, I haven't cultivated to the extreme, I can only call speculation but not deduction." And according to my speculation, it is likely that they have assimilated with this world, and the form and gods have also returned to heaven and earth. ”

Ding Qi was slightly taken aback, got up and saluted: "These days, thanks to the guidance of the two patriarchs, this trip has been enjoyable, and it is about to return, I don't know what else the two patriarchs have commanded?"

Ling Nanshang stretched his sleeves and said: "Don't dare to say what you want, Ding Xiaoyou's original secret method outside the square is really beyond us, or it can save the outer world from being cut off, and it is also of great significance to my Xiangshui Peak, and I thank you here!"

What does this mean? Heaven and earth secret realms like Xiangshui Peak are now inherited in the outside world. If there is a situation like that of the Beast Kingdom, and the treasure of the realm is lost or there is no descendant to practice the secret method, it means that no one can enter it anymore, then the inheritance will be completely cut off, and this outer world will be equivalent to not existing.

In fact, even if the inheritance continues within the secret realm of heaven and earth, there is a possibility of breaking off, such as the Qin Gaotai world, which means that no one can get out. However, the emergence of Ding Qi and the secret method outside the square has made this situation take a turn for the better.

The three of them saluted each other, and when they raised their heads again, the two ancestors in front of Ding Qi had disappeared, and there were no clear streams around them. In the darkness, Ding Qi still sat upright, facing the stone statue standing still. Time actually only passed for a moment, and Ding Qi himself consumed more than half a month of life.