On August 20, the auspicious day of the zodiac, the head of the sect, Qingyang Zhenren, summoned the four elders Chiyang Zhenren, Shaoyang Zhenren, Yin Yang Zhenren, Mingyang Zhenren and more than 20 elder disciples to come to the Heavenly Master Cave. The Heavenly Master Cave is the place where the patriarch of the Qingcheng faction opened the mountain to preach, and now it has become the center of the elders of the Qingcheng faction.

"Fellow Daoists, I invite you to come here today to witness the recruitment of closed disciples by the Poor Dao, and please give me a lot of help in the future. Qingyang Zhenren loudly announced the door rules, instructed Zhou Heng to kneel and knock on the statue of the Sanqing Holy Statue, the statue of the patriarch Zhang Tianshi, and then the elders, and finally said: "From now on, your Taoist name is 'Changheng', I hope you will practice the Dao diligently, accumulate merits, and carry forward the Qingcheng lineage." ”

Zhou Hengwei should be.

Everyone stepped forward to congratulate.

After everyone left, Qingyang Zhenren called Zhou Heng to his cultivation Danfang and asked him how his cultivation foundation was. Zhou Heng did not hide it, and told the master that he had taken a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, had rested on the family exercises, and now the foundation had reached the standard, and hoped that the master would give him guidance on further cultivation and how to practice "Qingyun Sword Spy".

Qingyang Zhenren was surprised and delighted, and carefully inquired about Zhou Heng's practice feelings, and then said: "From your body, it can be seen that you have taken the elixir immortal grass, you have sufficient qi, and your foundation is also very strong, which saves a lot of time for future cultivation, which is very rare." You must know that you only cultivated to this point when you were sixty years old. ”

Zhou Heng didn't know where he had come.

Qingyang Zhenren explained: "The stage of cultivating immortals handed down from ancient times is refining and refining gas, refining gas and transforming gods, refining gods and returning to the void, refining the void and merging the way to achieve the position of heavenly immortals, and we in later generations have divided each stage into the foundation building period, the rotation period, the enlightenment period, the fusion period, the heartbeat period, the spiritual silence period, the yuan infant period, the out-of-body period, the distraction period, the merger period, the tribulation period, the Mahayana period, and after becoming immortals, it is scattered immortals, earth immortals, heavenly immortals, Xuan Xian, golden immortals, Taiyi earth immortals, Taiyi heavenly immortals, Taiyi Xuan Xian, Taiyi Golden Immortals, quasi-saints (Da Luo Jin Xian), saints ( Each stage is divided into the early stage, middle stage, and late stage. ”

Zhou Heng had already seen those names in "Daozang", so he didn't feel strange, but he was not very satisfied with his entry, and he could even be said to be a little deflated. He thought about what Qingyang Zhenren said and asked, "Master, what does it mean to become an immortal?"

Qingyang Zhenren explained: "The lifespan of a person is limited, and the lifespan of a cultivator can be extended with the increase of skill. The first realm belongs to the basic stage of cultivating immortals, and can only be counted as a spirit person, with a lifespan of up to three hundred years. The second realm is called the real person, and the lifespan can reach 800 years. When you reach the third level, you can only be called powerful, and you can live to be 1,200 years old, and the so-called 'attainment of the Dao and ascension' must at least reach the fourth level. The lifespan of immortals is also limited, only a few thousand years, more than 10,000 years, it is inevitable to encounter three disasters and nine disasters, a thousand years of catastrophe, escape too many thousands of years, can not escape the destruction of the form and gods. Even if it is an immortal, it is just a longer lifespan, or there is some convenience when re-entering reincarnation. As for 'longevity and longevity with heaven and earth', it will not be possible until you become an immortal. As a teacher, he has just reached the second out-of-body period of the third stage, and he is still 10,000 steps away from the immortals. ”

Zhou Heng was excited when he heard this, and asked, "Master, I heard that there were many people who became immortals in Qingcheng Mountain before, right?"

Qingyang Zhenren's face showed a look of helplessness, and he said in a low tone: "Yu Ruofeng, the tenth generation head, said that he had reached the Heavenly Immortal Stage before he ascended, he was the last immortal in Qingcheng Mountain, and no one had reached the Immortal Realm after that. ”

Zhou Heng felt strange and asked, "Why? I don't think it will be a matter of qualifications." Over the past three hundred years, there must have been many disciples with excellent qualifications. Is it because the Dao Fa has been lost? Or is it because the treasures needed for cultivation are hard to find?"

Qingyang Zhenren looked at him, his eyes showed appreciation, and said: "The Dao Law has not been lost, what is lost is a Beihai Xuanyu, which was found by Zhang Tianshi in Beihai with great difficulty, and dozens of immortals were created, and they were lost in the hands of the eleventh generation master. That piece of Xuanyu is two feet square and one inch thick, and it can save twice as much time as sitting and practicing, it takes a thousand years for ordinary people to cultivate to the immortal realm, it only takes four hundred years to have Xuanyu, and even two hundred years for disciples with excellent qualifications. Speaking of this, Qingyang Zhenren's eyes were full of longing, and he sighed: "Since the loss of Xuanyu, the cultivation path has become extremely difficult, and it has been too much hardship for the teacher to reach this step, and the future is even more worrying. You must know that if you cultivate to the point of great power, you can only live for 1,200 years. If you fail to cultivate to the immortal level by then, you must be reincarnated and reincarnated, and all your previous achievements will be wasted!

Zhou Heng hesitated: "Maybe I can find a good jade." ”

Qingyang Zhenren didn't care, and replied casually: "Then dare to ask for it, but it's not easy." Up and down Qingcheng, thousands of Taoist priests searched for hundreds of years, but they couldn't find a satisfactory treasure jade. Because the requirements for the jade jade used in Xiuzhen are extremely high, there can be no flaws, and there will be a catastrophe if there is a trace of variegation. This kind of jade should be one foot square and one inch thick, which is difficult! It is extremely rare for a good jade to be three inches in size. There are many mottled and impure jade in the world, and it is even more difficult to find jade without variegation than to ascend to the sky!"

Zhou Heng no longer answered, and instead asked, "Master, what is a Heavenly Immortal, an Earth Immortal, and an Autopsy Immortal?"

Qingyang Zhenren replied: "Go with the flow, and the power will soar to the day, which is called a heavenly immortal; hidden in the valleys and mountains and forests, and subtly become an earth immortal; after military liberation, the body is destroyed, and the Yuan Ying cultivates into a corpse dissolving immortal, also known as a scattered immortal." Among the three, the heavenly immortals are the top, the earth immortals are in the middle, and the autopsy immortals are the lowest. ”

Then Qingyang Zhenren pointed out a few more words of practice and told him to go back to practice.

Back at the residence, Zhou Heng took out the three-foot square jade heart from the Qiankun bag, and according to the size described by the master, he used the sword to cut off two pieces, each two inches thick and two feet square. The remaining chunks are still in the bag. Then he took a piece of jade heart to practice, and felt that it was really good, and it was easier to restrain his mind than his usual cultivation.

After breakfast the next day, he and his disciples went to the Heavenly Master Cave to listen to the scriptures. Today's lecture is Qingcheng Elder Chiyang Zhenren, and the content of the talk is the cultivation of Waidan. The head and all the disciples were there, and more than a thousand people were silent. Zhou Heng listened attentively and kept it in mind.

The lecture ended in less than an hour.

Zhou Heng saw the master walking out, and hurriedly walked over, saying that he wanted to ask questions.

Qingyang Zhenren was very happy that he could study diligently, and hurriedly led him to the Danfang where he practiced.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Heng took out the two jade hearts that had already been prepared.

Qingyang Zhenren froze after just one look, and the hand holding the jade heart trembled!

After carefully inspecting it for a long time, the more he looked at it, the more excited he became, his old face was swollen and red, and finally he couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God, this is really a jade essence!"

"Is this thing useful?" Zhou Heng couldn't tell which jade essence was more effective than Beihai Xuanyu.

"It's so useful, this is a priceless treasure!Quick, go and invite the four elders to come!" Qingyang Zhenren hurriedly ordered Tong Mingyue, and Mingyue ran away.

"The jade essence is better than the Beihai Xuanyu, you look at this color, the whole body is crystal clear, there is not a trace of variegation, this is the coveted jade! And there are as many as two pieces at once, it is really a thousand joys! With these two pieces of jade essence, the flying immortals can be expected! The cultivation of ordinary people can be shortened to two hundred years. As a teacher, there are still ten layers to reach the third level, and with the jade essence, it will probably not take thirty years!"

While he was talking, the four elders arrived. Everyone looked at the jade spirit and was so excited that they couldn't speak. After a long time, Chiyang Zhenren said: "Senior brother, with a jade heart, I can cultivate to the immortal realm as long as I have a good time!"

Shaoyang Zhenren was the most happy, and said with tears in his eyes: "In the past three years, I have worked hard and made no progress, and now I finally have hope again." Changheng has made a great contribution to the Qingcheng faction, and I hope that the head of the sect will give a heavy reward!"

The head Qingyang Zhenren said with a smile: "The reward is naturally inevitable, I will not treat the disciples badly!" Then his face turned pale, and he said solemnly: "This matter is not to be publicized, I will leave a piece of jade essence for myself, and the four of you will use another piece alternately, you must protect it carefully, and you must not lose it!"

The four elders looked at it again and again, wrapped one of them in a Taoist robe several times, turned around and walked out, and told Zhou Heng one by one when he went out: "You have made meritorious contributions to Qingcheng Mountain, we should teach each other." If you have any questions in the future, please come to us. ”

Zhou Heng seized the opportunity to say to Chiyang Zhenren: "Uncle Shi talked about the cultivation of Wai Dan today, and the disciple still has some questions, and I hope to listen to your old teachings again." ”

Chiyang is really humane: "It's easy to say. Every day is a break in my practice, you just come directly, don't need to report. ”

Before leaving, Zhou Heng found that his master Qingyang Zhenren was still holding the jade heart in a daze, with a look of joy and sadness on his face, as if he had seen a lover who had been separated for many years at first glance.

The next day, Zhou Heng came to the Chaoyang Cave where Chiyang Zhenren cultivated. Chiyang Zhenren had just finished practicing, and he was very happy to see him, and shouted, "Come, come, come in and sit!"

Zhou Heng went in and sat down and said, "Uncle Shi, yesterday you talked about the cultivation of Waidan, I feel good when I hear it, but I don't know what benefits Waidan's cultivation has for cultivation?"

Chiyang Zhenren replied: "Alchemy pays attention to the complementarity between inside and outside. When you reach different stages of cultivation, you should take appropriate pills, which can make your cultivation twice as effective with half the effort. If you can find rare and exotic plants, you may be able to reach the sky in one step. As he spoke, he took out a yellowed old book from under the box and said, "This is the result of hundreds of years of hard work by my master." My master is Master Naidandao and holds Pu Sheng......"

"Hug Pusheng?" Zhou Heng couldn't help but exclaim. He remembered the elixir that his grandfather gave him, the dragon blood bead was given by Bao Pusheng, and he was able to survive thanks to him. I didn't expect that Bao Pusheng turned out to be the elder of the Qingcheng faction, it seems that he is really related to the Qingcheng faction!

Chiyang Zhenren glanced at Zhou Heng and asked, "What's the matter?"

"No, no, I'm very familiar with this name, I heard that a long time ago, there was a Dan Dao master 'hugging Puzi', and the name of Uncle Shi was very similar to him. Zhou Heng said hurriedly.

"Yes, my teacher realized that the cultivation of pills exceeded 'hugging Puzi', so he named himself 'hugging Pusheng'. Chiyang Zhenren continued: "This book is his book, and it contains my new annotations. You can take it and see it. Alchemy is easy, good medicine is hard to find, senior brother said that you have cultivated to the second level of the first realm, I still have something here that you may be useful. After speaking, he poured out ten golden pills from a purple red gourd, shook the gourd again, and found that there were not many more, so he simply handed the gourd to Zhou Heng: "This is a furnace of 'Returning Divine Pill' that I searched all over the country fifty years ago, collected medicinal materials, and refined it, and now there are fifteen pills, all of which are given to you." One can cultivate fifteen years of internal qi, and if you have enough internal qi, you will soon be able to complete the kung fu of refining qi and transforming gods. If the internal qi is insufficient, the internal qi must be cultivated first. Do not overdose at one time, then the internal qi of the whole body will be transformed into the essence of the gods, the internal qi will be exhausted, the limbs will be paralyzed, and you will go crazy. This pill only has the power of transformation, and has no effect of replenishing the gods, so remember it. ”

Zhou Heng took the Dan book and thanked him in every way. Back at the residence, it was late at night. He took out a large piece of jade heart, sat cross-legged, and then poured out a pill from the gourd, put it in his mouth and meditated and practiced. After a while, the mist in the dantian was steaming, and it went straight up to the Mud Pill Palace, and after arriving at the Mud Pill Palace, it circled for a long time, gradually condensed, and turned into a drop of divine essence, which was stored in the sea of marrow. It took a long time for the dantian to calm down. At this time, he felt that the spirit that had been agitated in him had become a little empty, but his brain marrow had become very full, and even his senses were much sharper.

Zhou Heng knew that he had more divine consciousness than the early stage of foundation building, so he was not afraid of spiritual exhaustion, so he took another Divine Pill. After exercising, I felt that my brain was filled with a lot, like a stream turning into a lake, and the waves were undulating.

After taking five Divine Pills in a row, the essence of the gods in the Mud Pill Palace gradually turned into a human form, the size of a fist, the primordial spirit was first formed, and the eyebrows were not clear enough, but the internal qi of the dantian had been reduced by half.

At this time, the rooster crows at the beginning, and the east becomes white. He paused for a moment, but he didn't know that his skill had grown from the beginning of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building overnight.

In the morning, Zhou Heng followed everyone to the Heavenly Master Cave and listened to Shaoyang's lecture on "Fu Gong".

Shaoyang Zhenren gave a general discussion of Fu Zong: "Fu Gong is the combined name of Fu and Gong. Fu refers to the symbol and figure written on yellow paper and silk, which resembles words but not words, and seems to be a picture but not a picture; Taoism claims that the talisman is the text of the gods, and it is a talisman letter that conveys the will of the gods, and it can be used to summon the gods to scare ghosts, subdue demons and suppress demons, and cure diseases and disasters. The style of the talisman is strange. It can be summarized into four main categories. The first type is called 'compound text', which is mostly composed of two or more small characters, and a few are formed by the combination of multiple horizontal and vertical twisted strokes. The second type is called 'cloud seals', which are said to be the heavenly books of the heavenly gods, which are actually talismans that imitate the changing shape of the clouds in the sky or the body of the ancient seal. The third category is called 'spirit runes, treasure runes', which are more complex circles and lines. This is the most numerous and widely used type of talisman. In addition to the bending strokes, there are often some Chinese characters, such as the sun, the moon, the stars, the edict and so on. The fourth type is called 'rune', which is a kind of talisman that combines the image of the god with the rune. ”

"Taoism attaches great importance to the writing method of the talisman, drawing the talisman does not know the trick, but provokes the ghosts and gods to laugh; When drawing symbols, you must be sincere. Sincerity is spiritual, insincerity is ineffective. The charm, yin and yang are in line with it, only the most sincere people in the world can use it, and the sincerity is not enough, and it is naturally not effective. Therefore, it is said that the essence of heaven and earth is combined with the essence of all things, and the spirit of mine is combined with the god of all things in heaven and earth. The essence is attached to each other, and the gods and gods depend on each other, so the fake size paper calls on the ghosts and gods, and the ghosts and gods have to be right. ”

Zhou Heng listened to it with relish, but he felt that there were still shortcomings. At the end of the lecture, the crowd dispersed, and he followed behind Shaoyang Zhenren and asked about the details of writing the spirit rune.

Shaoyang Zhenren invited him to the "Shangqing Palace", asked him to sit down, and then said: "There is a key point in the talisman, that is, the luck of the talisman, which requires the calligrapher to usually have internal refining skills, and the talisman is issued to the end of the pen when the talisman is issued, so that the essence is attached to the talisman. 'With the essence of the Tao, the simple ink of the cloth, and the essence of things. ''Fu Zhu Mo'er, how can he be spiritual, and he who is spiritual, my true qi is also.'' Therefore, it is said that there is no positive shape in the talisman, and it is spiritual. 'The talisman is only a form, and what works is the essence attached to it. ”

Zhou Heng felt that his eyes suddenly brightened, and then asked: "There are many talisman patterns, how to prescribe the right medicine and choose the most effective talisman?"

Shaoyang Zhenren took out a booklet that was not too thick from under the meditated futon, handed it to Zhou Heng, and said: "Because you have made great contributions to Qingcheng, I will give you this book, here is the method passed down by the ancestors, and there is also a summary of my own years of experience, you take it to see, if there is anything you don't understand, come back and ask me." ”

Zhou Heng didn't expect to get so much, and couldn't help but thank Shaoyang Zhenren again and again, and turned around happily to leave.

ps: King Kong cheats are the martial arts of the pig's feet obtained in Lin Zhengying's world, after being strengthened by the main god, the pig's feet are only used for self-defense in the main world, and the current cultivation of the foundation building period is to use the "Qingyun Sword Codex" given by the sect to practice and knock medicine.