Chapter 52: The Great Law of Turtle Breath
In the evening, Miss Li steamed some crabs and sent a few to Qingfeng Dao Chang first. I saw Dao Chang lying prone on the bed, his legs straight, his hands touching his ears, and his breath was deep. Miss Li thought to herself, the Taoist had spoken to me just now, why did she fall asleep so quickly, and her sleeping position was so peculiar. Just as Miss Li was about to leave, the head of the Taoist suddenly moved. The Taoist leader stretches his neck forward, leans his upper body back, and then returns to his prone position later.
Miss Li saw that the head of the Taoist was stretched and retracted like a turtle, and she felt strange in her heart. The Taoist chief seemed to hear something, and opened his eyes slightly, only to see Miss Li standing in front of the bed with a shocked face. The Taoist chief slowly got up and got out of bed, and said to Miss Li, "Well, it's so fragrant! I knew that Miss Li had sent the crab over!"
"Dao Chief, you ...... just now Are you sick?" asked Miss Li curiously.
"No, no! The old man is practicing!" replied Qingfeng Dao Chang while eating crab roe.
"What kind of exercises are so weird?" asked Miss Li again.
"This is the 'Divine Turtle Out of the Water', which is the Turtle Breath Dafa!" replied Qingfeng Dao in a serious manner.
"The little woman still doesn't understand!" said Miss Li.
"The so-called 'Turtle Breath Dafa' means that after a person cultivates, he can maintain a state of breath-holding for a long time like a turtle. Its breathing is long and slender, and it is so gentle that it seems that the outside world does not feel the presence of breath. Qingfeng Dao Chang continued: "Turtle Breath Dafa is also said to be Turtle Breath True Determination. It is composed of four parts: concentration, latent rest, true determination, and determination. This is one of the bionic qi gongs, the breathing qigong. ”
"Does Dao Chief mean that after practicing the Turtle Breath Dafa, he won't be breathing, and that person can still live?" asked Miss Li curiously.
"Miss Li, don't worry! The so-called concentration, that is, to adjust the mind, this method is the preparatory exercise for the turtle breath gong. The practitioner sits cross-legged with an upright upper body and a relaxed and natural body. Loose is smooth, and the veins are comfortable. Clasp the meridian buckle with both hands, hug each other and place it in front of the lower abdomen. The two eyes are hanging the curtain, the eyes are looking at the nose, the nose is looking at the mouth, the mouth is looking at the heart, the tongue is against the palate, and the heart, mind and mind guard the umbilicus, so that the heart and mind do not move. After a long time, I felt that my heart fell, my head and hands were like nothingness, and I only felt that a little true breath in the umbilicus was in and out, and I didn't move. At this point, the first step is complete. ”
Qingfeng Dao Chang paused, and then said: "The so-called latent breath is the turtle breath, and it starts to do the right thing. Seated as above. Shake your nose and inhale deeply. Feel the qi into the navel, inhale eight points of qi, do not inhale full! After the qi enters the abdomen, the mind moves downward, repeating the above formula, calming the mind and calming the breath, and resting. The longer you practice, the longer your patience will become. Remember to take it one step at a time. Inhale once and exhale once, i.e. close once for one breath. After exhaling, adjust the breath evenly and then inhale. For each exercise, you should take at least seven breaths and at most forty-nine breaths. Cultivating to the bottom of the abdomen, not in a hurry, not holding back, and being safe for a long time, the second step will be successful. ”
"Then what is true?" asked Miss Li, who seemed to be very interested in what she heard.
"The so-called true determination can only be cultivated by those who have devoted themselves to it and achieved submerit rest! The old man just took the prone position. The cultivator accepts the breath, guards the mind and mind on the umbilicus, and forgets all the breath in the heart, only a sense of consciousness exists in the hollow hole of the umbilicus, which does not move for a long time, and gradually enters the true concentration. True determination is the work of the turtle's breath, which is quiet in nothing, determined by nature, ignorant and spiritual, and is into true determination. The true Rao realm can only be comprehended by those who have come before. ”
The Taoist chief cleared his throat and continued: "The so-called determination is actually to collect merit. When the kung fu reaches the 'fixed state', the method of reaping the gong should be mastered by the 'dharma'. It's also easy to make a decision on time. Each person has 12 points in their hands, and each point corresponds to an hour. At whatever time you make a decision, use the tip of your thumb to clasp the hour and lay it flat on your lap, and you can accurately make a decision!"
"Dao Chief, have you cultivated the Turtle Breath Dafa before?" Seeing that Dao Leader Qingfeng was speaking in a consistent manner, Miss Li couldn't help but ask.
"When I was young, my master taught and practiced. However, Lao Dao felt that this method was just a great method of health preservation, and he was young and active, so he had not yet reached the realm of true determination. It's a pity!" said Captain Qingfeng softly.
"In time, the Daoist will definitely reach the highest level!" said Miss Li, "Does the Daoist want to go deep into the waterhole and venture to find out the mysterious person?"
"I can't see that Miss Li is clever! Well, the old man wants to see how long he can dive at the bottom!" Before he finished speaking, the Qingfeng Dao Chief found a basin of water and said to Miss Li, "You help me count!"
The Taoist chief leaned down, put his hands on the ground, and dipped his head in the water! When he counted to more than a hundred, the Dao Chief suddenly raised his head and gasped!
Qingfeng Dao Chang wiped the water droplets from his face with his hands, and said, "Strange! Why does this water have a bad smell?" Miss Li pointed to the wooden basin and smiled: "The foot-washing water must smell! Does it taste good?" The Dao Chang looked at it and shouted: "Oh! It's really the old man's foot-washing water!" and then asked, "Miss Li, how long has the old man been holding back?"
Miss Li stretched out her thumb and said to the Taoist: "One hundred and eighty numbers! If it were me, I would definitely not be able to hold back fifty numbers!"
Qingfeng Dao Leader hurriedly said, "No, no, no! I still have to practice more!"
Around midnight, the Taoist chief was about to rest, when he suddenly felt something strange outside the window. Could it be that the mysterious person secretly followed Miss Li to Qingfeng Temple? The Taoist Master picked up the sword, and a swallow turned over and jumped to the window, and looked out of the window carefully, and sure enough, he found a black shadow! Qingfeng Dao Chang gently opened the door, flew towards the black shadow, and slashed with his sword. The black shadow also reacted very quickly, and then dodged the attack, and shouted at the same time: "Old Dao Hugh is messing around! I'm Shan'er!" Qingfeng Dao was taken aback and hurriedly put away his sword!
"Dead old man, poor Dao, see that you are now a soldier!" Shan'er said angrily.
"Why did Shan'er come to our house late at night?" asked Qingfeng Dao in surprise.
"What about Miss Li, is Miss Li at Qingfeng Temple?" asked Shan'er eagerly.
During the day, Miss Li saw the mysterious man by the stream, and Lao Dao was worried that the mysterious man would follow Miss Li, so he did not ask her to go back to the cave, but rested in the temple. I'm afraid I'll hurt you!" After the Taoist chief finished speaking, he shouted loudly into the inner room: "Miss Li! Master Li is here!"
"This dead girl! asked her to pick wild fruits, but she didn't come home in the middle of the night, and Poor Dao thought something was wrong!"
Miss Li walked out of the room with sleepy eyes, saw the master at a glance, and hurriedly said, "Master, I want to go back with you!"
When Qingfeng Dao heard this, he hurriedly said, "No!
Shan'er was angry and said, "Why not? Let's go!"
The Taoist chief knew that he couldn't keep Shan'er, so he hurriedly said, "Wait!