Chapter 58: Unilateral Contest
Gao Yuanfeng and his entourage did not take the avenue to bypass Jieshi Mansion, but chose a shortcut to go straight to the county seat. Even if it is a short road, it is about 200 miles. According to the speed of a regular march, it is only seventy or eighty miles a day. In other words, you will need to stay for about two nights on the road.
However, because of Gao Yuanfeng's input, the road was non-stop, and even the meal time was used to hurry, and he walked a hundred or dozens of miles unconsciously.
Of course, the so-called unconscious only refers to Gao Yuanfeng alone. He was immersed in the immortal book, stretched out his hand to have the food prepared by Xiang's mother, and completely forgot the time. Everyone else is tired. The Ranger Camp is a little better, after all, he was born in the Great Wind Thief and the Windless Pavilion, and this kind of daily suffering without food is often there.
And Wen Quan's department is bitter. As a regular army, unless forced to do so, there are strict rules on marching in normal times. The number of miles to walk at a time, the feeding and watering of the horses, the length of time to cook meals, and so on, are clearly defined to ensure that the men and horses are not overly tired and lead to non-combat attrition.
The Ranger Camp did not rest because Gao Yuanfeng did not give the order. Gao Yuanfeng completely forgot about this because Xiang's mother was isolated from the outside noise and was too involved. Except for Gao Yuanfeng, Xiang Ma and Luo Yuxue, who can speak, don't know how far to go on a march.
The people of the ranger battalion marched long distances without complaining, and no one complained, was it because they were more disciplined than Wen Quan's regular army? They were also hungry and wanted to rest. There are two reasons why I didn't complain.
First of all, when I put on a military uniform for the first time, I didn't know what to do like Luo Yuxue, and I thought that marching like this was the practice of the regular army. Secondly, before setting off, Gao Gang repeatedly told everyone to erect the military style and military prestige of the ranger battalion, not to be looked down upon, and not to embarrass the young master. Therefore, these people looked at the friendly troops next to them from time to time, and their eyes inevitably revealed some meaning compared with Wen Quan's department. When he saw that the regular army next to him was not energetic, he was arrogant, "Look, we are doing better than the regular army." So I didn't feel tired, and I was able to endure hunger.
From the demeanor of the ranger camp, Wen Quan felt that Gao Yuanfeng was competing with him in this way, and he refused to admit defeat, so he followed without eating. How did he know that he was just self-righteous, and the ranger camp began to learn through comparison, and later it was psychological superiority that provided the motivation, and he unconsciously developed a sense of competition. None of this has anything to do with the high winds.
Wen Quan thought too much and thought wrong, so he kept gritting his teeth and holding on. But in the end he had to admit that he had lost, and he could hold on, but his men had no desire to compete with the ranger battalion, and one by one they no longer had the slightest image of a regular army, and they staggered on their horses, and some even took off their helmets and hung them on their saddles.
Wen Quan shouted a few times, but instead attracted his subordinates to complain, "This is not a war time, nor is it an urgent military business, so there is really no reason or need to rush like this." Unless there is a disease. ”
Wen Quan pointed to the ranger camp, "The ranger camp has only been formed for a short time, you can't even compare to them, don't you feel ashamed?"
But these veteran ruffians, they don't dare to disobey the military order, but if it is not the requirements of the military order, they absolutely dare to do it, and directly send Wen Quan back, "We are not sick, we have to be compared with them to starve and suffer." Bored. ”
Wen Quan was speechless, he couldn't say that he wanted to compete with Gao Yuanfeng.
Fortunately, at this time, Xiang's mother stopped Gao Yuanfeng, "Young master, it's time to rest the horse." "In addition to the horse's endurance reaching the limit, Gao Yuanfeng has also reached a fixed daily training time.
Gao Yuanfeng raised his head in a daze, "Xiehema, Shala, how do you say it in the fairy language?"
Sara shows the writing of the universal lingua franca on the screen, and pronounces the pronunciation clearly and accurately.
Xiang's mother couldn't cry or laugh, and stretched out her hand to block the screen, "I mean, the team has been gone for a whole day." It's time for them to rest. ”
"Uh? How long did it take to walk all day, not that long. I think it's only been a while. As he spoke, he reached out and lifted the curtain, startled, "Huh, why is it getting dark?"
Riding a horse to the side of the car, Wen Quan, who wanted to knock on the carriage several times and shouted to stop Gao Yuanfeng, saw Gao Yuanfeng sticking his head out, and his heart was happy. Then he heard Gao Yuanfeng's words that he didn't know, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, "Young Master, did you just wake up?"
Gao Yuanfeng raised his head, "Huh, General Wen, what are you doing here, why do you look weak?"
Wen Quan couldn't wait to pull Gao Yuanfeng out of the car and beat him violently, gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "Okay, I can't admit defeat." Don't look like a villain, okay? I'm sorry to say, you get down and ride a horse all day, without eating or stopping. ”
Gao Yuanfeng didn't understand, "Admit defeat, admit defeat, why admit defeat? Are you tired and hungry and don't know how to rest?" ”
"You······ If he continued to say it, Wen Quan was afraid that he would vomit blood and die. With a flick of the horse's head, he shouted to his subordinates, "Rest on the spot." His men slid down their horses and lay down on the ground.
The Ranger Camp did not stop, for the high wind did not speak.
Gao Yuanfeng is not in a hurry, because he is not tired or hungry, and when he was trained by the Gale Thieves, he had some experience in marching. said to Luo Yuxue: "Look at where there is a water source nearby." Pick a place and set up camp, and then make your way tomorrow. ”
So the ranger camp continued on for about two miles, found a suitable source of water, and then dismounted in an orderly manner, cooked food, and set up camp.
When the meal was ready, Wen Quan and his subordinates led the horse and came over boringly. They sent equipment to Gao Yuanfeng this time, but they didn't have the preparation to camp in the wild, and they would find the local government to solve the problem of food and drink on the road. I was tired and hungry, so I had to be cheeky and rub over to find something to eat.
Gao Yuanfeng's ranger battalion, born as a bandit and a killer, has not yet changed from the roots, and regards himself as an official army, so naturally there is no bad habit of the official army fighting the autumn wind, everything is self-prepared.
But I don't want this habit to be changed yet, so that Wen Quan admires it in his heart, "It seems that the little white face does not eat just by his face, and there is indeed a set of governing the army." ”
At this time, Gao Yuanfeng, who was regarded by Wen Quan as an expert in governing the army, did not need to eat, and after going out to excrete, he got into the carriage again and began to practice day after day. Because of Ye Lao's strong irrigation, Gao Yuanfeng has reached the peak of the Chengdan stage in terms of skill accumulation. And in terms of comprehension, strangely there is no bottleneck by nature. What he needs to do now is to transform his internal force from True Qi to Spiritual Qi as soon as possible.
There are three major stages of cultivation, the three realms of the first level are martial artists, and the cultivation in the body is true qi. The mid-level three realms are called superhuman, and what they cultivate is aura. The high-level three realms are revered as monks, and what they cultivate is vitality. The meaning of the beginning of the yuan. The internal force at this stage is called Yuanqi, which means returning to the basics, and the second is the starting point of cultivating immortals.
Transforming True Qi into Spiritual Qi is the first qualitative leap in the cultivation process. Not only does it require the accumulation of true qi, but it also requires the cultivation of divine consciousness. Because this transformation process requires strong spiritual power to mobilize and control, and it requires strong spiritual power to perceive, touch, merge and absorb the natural aura that is free in space.
Just as there are many different gases in the air, there are many kinds of energy in space. When ordinary martial artists practice internal strength and internal and external sense, they can absorb the true qi of the outside world and strengthen themselves.
Aura is to true qi, just like steel is to bamboo and wood, the quality is absolutely different, and the power is naturally different. This is the fundamental reason why Gao Gang and Gao Yuanfeng were knocked away by the noble son on Seahorse Island.
To cultivate one's own aura and absorb the aura of the outside world, one must have a strong physique and spiritual power to a certain extent in order to sublimate one's own true qi into aura, and to perceive and absorb the aura of the outside world. Therefore, if you want to advance to superman, you must first cultivate your divine sense.
Divine consciousness cultivation is not the same concept as internal force cultivation, and the exercises are completely different.
Although true qi is not visible to the naked eye, it can only be seen by looking inward, or by inducing it to change outside the body, causing certain substances in the air to change and bloom, but it can be felt.
Divine consciousness cultivation is abstract. It strengthens the ability of self-control, the ability to think, and the ability to perceive the sixth sense that people maintain when cultivating True Qi. That is, the transformation of consciousness into consciousness in the usual sense.
It's easier said than done, just this step will block more than 90% of the martial artists from the superhuman door, and they won't be able to touch the threshold for life.
For Gao Yuanfeng, however, such an obstacle does not exist. The "Divine Journey Beyond the Heavens" divine consciousness cultivation method taught by Ye Lao to Gao Yuanfeng was the best and strongest technique after the ancestors of his original sect had been tempered thousands of times. Similar to Gao Yuanfeng's previous practice of "Yin and Yang Jue" and "Glimpse of Floating Light", Gao Yuanfeng will be able to get his hands on it, as if he had practiced before, and now he is just reviewing it. It is based on this that Ye Lao further restrained his cheapness, and called Gao Yuanfeng the young master like Gao Cheng and others.
Gao Yuanfeng sat in a wooden barrel filled with medicinal liquid, concentrating on cultivation. Single-mindedly, on the one hand, he worked hard to temper his spiritual power, and tried to release it as much as possible, while urging the true qi in his body to speed up according to the running path of the Yin and Yang Formula and the Five Elements Formula, and absorbing the medicinal power in the medicinal liquid to strengthen his own meridians. When the running speed exceeds a certain level and the spiritual power is fused, the true qi will be transformed into spiritual energy little by little.
Wen Quan and the others were full of food and drink, and after they had enough rest, they were very reluctant to stay with the ranger camp anymore. In addition to the fact that he was embarrassed by his self-righteous competition, it was also difficult for the two sides to get along. After all, one side used to be a bandit and the other side was an official, and this estrangement cannot be eliminated in a short period of time. The most important thing is that Wen Quan has no tents, and there is no superfluous riding camp.
In the wilderness in the cold winter, without tents, it will definitely be difficult to stay overnight. So Wen Quan got up and said goodbye to Gao Yuanfeng, the reason was to go back to the city first to report Gao Yuanfeng's itinerary, so that the county guard could make arrangements.
However, Wen Quan didn't see Gao Yuanfeng, and Luo Yuxue stopped him politely, "General Mingwei is cultivating, so you can't disturb him." General Wen is not a part of the Ranger Battalion, so he can only take care of things at his own convenience. ”
Luo Yuxue thought she was very polite, but Wen Quan only heard indifference. Even if you don't look at the face of your allies, you should look at the hard work of delivering your equipment, and you can't care about the difficulty of walking at night, or apologize for not being able to provide tents? At least, I should say I'll send you or something. Hehe, the Ranger camp doesn't seem to have any plans to get along with friendly forces.
Wen Quan couldn't tell what he felt, and he took his people to the county town overnight.
At dawn, Wen Quan and his entourage returned to the county seat exhausted. He did not enter the city, but led the team to the military camp outside the city. At this time of the day, Wen Chao would show up on time at the barracks and school grounds to practice his troops. The county guards of the Zhou State were not simply civilian officials, but military and political control. In this era of imminent great changes, Wen Chao knows that governing the army is more important than governing the government.
When Wen Quan arrived at the barracks, he happened to meet Wen Chao who had just entered the camp.
Wen Chao was very surprised when he saw Wen Quan, "Why did you come back so quickly?" Did something happen?"
Wen Quan first saluted Wen Chao according to the rules of the military camp, and then said with a wry smile: "Isn't it just a day to drive hundreds of miles." Alas, it's hard to put into words. I'll tell you more about it later. ”
Wen Chao nodded, "It's good that there are no accidents." You go get something to eat and take a break first. Come to me in a little while. ”
Wen Quan clenched his fists to receive the order, and then ordered his subordinates to disperse. I went back to my residence to wash up first, and called a soldier to go to the room to get him some food.
After Wen Chao arranged the day's drills, he went to the office room to wait for Wen Quan. As a result, I couldn't wait for the left and the right couldn't wait, which was very surprising. Although his own son was stubborn, he was outside the barracks. In the army, he was still very disciplined. Where did it go?
Wen Chao had nothing to do anyway, so he walked to his son's room. When I got to the door, I heard thunderous snoring inside. When I pushed the door, I found Wen Quan tilting his head, leaning back in a chair and falling asleep. The chopsticks in his right hand had fallen to the ground, and he grabbed a bite of the cooking cake in his left hand.
"I had to be so tired that I fell asleep while eating. What happened to him?" Wen Chao was puzzled. pity his son's hard work, Wen Chao didn't wake up Wen Quan. Bend down to help him pick up the chopsticks, wipe them clean, and put them on the rice porridge bowl. He used a handkerchief to help Wen Quan gently wipe away the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and then turned around and went out and gently covered the door for Wen Quan.