After listening to Zhu Youxiang's introduction to the magic of the "Xuantian Demon Punishment True Technique", Xu Yan naturally had expectations in his heart: according to the routine, the protagonist of the story met an ordinary old man who taught stunts on the side of the road, and these old grandfathers were either the first masters in the world in the past, the grandmaster of a certain sect or the hidden demon world master - anyway, they are all very powerful and very talented big people.

Now, according to the routine, this cheap master of mine, Zhu Youxiang, her identity shouldn't be an ordinary person, right? She is on the side of the Daming Cultivation Realm, and she should also be a famous generation of grandmasters, or she is a generation of witches who have killed countless people with arrogance, so that we can match the life of our protagonist!

Xu Yan was cautious: "Xuan Yun, uh, I don't understand the rules of your cultivation realm, but there is one thing, I want to ask, if you are presumptuous, please don't be surprised?" ”

Zhu Youxiang raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "If the son has something to say, please say it." ”

"Then I'll take the liberty of it: Xuan Yun, what level have you reached in your current cultivation realm?"

Zhu Youxiang smiled: "No wonder Gongzi said in advance that he was presumptuous, this is really good, in my Daming cultivation realm, if you are not relatives, friends, teachers and friends, rashly inquire about the cultivation of others, this is indeed a taboo." However, I don't have anything to hide from Childe - I'm now at the middle level of foundation building. ”

Xu Yan was still ignorant of the various realms of the cultivation realm, and he asked Zhu Youxiang: "Then, Xuan Yun, this foundation building intermediate level, according to the progress of cultivation, is it high or low?" ”

Zhu Youxiang patiently introduced to Xu Yan that cultivation is divided into levels and realms. Starting from the lowest level that Xu Yan is now in, the enlightenment period, cultivators have to go through the enlightenment period, the early stage of qi induction, the intermediate stage of qi induction, the peak of qi induction, the early stage of concentrating, the intermediate stage of concentrating, the peak of condensation, the early stage of qi training, the middle stage of qi training, and the late stage of qi training. Only then can he reach the realms of Zhuji, Jindan, and Yuanying - in fact, according to Zhu Youxiang's thoughts, it is simply superfluous to introduce Xu Yan to the realm after the Qi refining period. Anyway, he probably has no hope in this life.

"As for whether the foundation building intermediary is high or low, this one. It's hard for me to say it myself - according to the Ming Cultivation Realm, I am qualified to be called a real person only after I have the Golden Pill, and I am indeed far from this goal.

However, for ordinary practitioners, this height of the foundation building intermediate level is not so easy to achieve, and it will take fifty or sixty years to go from the completely blank enlightenment period to the foundation building intermediate level. ”

Zhu Youxiang smiled, and she said with a little pride: "My martial arts pay attention to entering the Tao with a sword and entering the holy with a battle. Although it is a little risky, when it comes to the progress of cultivation, it is still much faster than that of other sects. Coupled with the love and care of the master, my qualifications are not too clumsy, and I am willing to work hard in my cultivation-"

Although Zhu Youxiang modestly said that her qualifications were only 'not too clumsy', Xu Yan looked at her smug expression, which was clearly a reserved smile unique to Tianzhong - she said with a smile: "Yiwu's cultivation progress is also much faster than that of my senior brothers. According to the records of the master, I started from enlightenment, and in just seven years, I reached the middle level of foundation building. This progress is the second in the past thousand years, and it is only under Xu Haibo, the founding ancestor of the Sword Saint Gate! ”

"Congratulations, happy Puben!"

Xu Yan didn't bother to care whether Zhu Youxiang was the second thousand-year-old or the thousand-year-old hundred, anyway, he only knew that this guy was boasting very good. He couldn't help but congratulate him. Immediately asked again: "Then, Xuan Yun, according to the standards of your Da Ming cultivation realm." You are now building a foundation in the realm of the middle level, in the cultivation realm on your side of the Ming Dynasty. Is it considered a grandmaster? ”

Zhu Youxiang's face was slightly red, she had always been proud of her talent and intelligence, and her cultivation progress was rapid. She really wanted to tell Xu Yan that she had profound skills and strong strength, and she was already a great figure in the cultivation world, but helplessly, she still had a bit of shame, and she really couldn't say such words that ignored the facts-in the cultivation world, to be recognized as a person who has reached the grandmaster level, the world's accepted standard is that at least a Yuanying-level master can be regarded as qualified to open the door and establish a faction.

According to the level of cultivation, Zhuji, Xindong, Jindan, Yuanying...... Zhu Youxiang himself knew that his mid-level foundation building was still 108,000 miles away from the level of a Yuanying-level master, and no matter how much the cultivation realm lowered its standards, it was impossible to treat a cultivator in the foundation building period as a grandmaster.

This guy really can't open a pot!

Zhu Youxiang replied very unhappily: "This, my cultivation time is still short, although my progress is not slow, but I have not been able to reach the realm of real people and grandmasters for the time being-" She glared at Xu Yan a little annoyed: "Childe, you have repeatedly asked about this matter, what is the purpose?" Childe, are you still going to learn? ”

Although Xu Yan didn't have much experience with girls, looking at Zhu Youxiang's embarrassed expression, he also knew what it meant to be "annoyed and embarrassed", so he immediately reined in the precipice and raised his hand to surrender: "The master is on top, the apprentice knows that he is wrong, and he doesn't dare to talk more!" ”

Zhu Youxiang gave him a roll of his eyes: "Hmph! ”

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The first step in cultivation is to find the sense of qi.

According to Zhu Youxiang's teaching, Xu Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, his waist was straight and his shoulders were hanging, and he meditated to find the sense of qi in his body. According to Zhu Youxiang's requirements, during meditation, Xu Yan was required to "have no distracting thoughts, sink into the dantian, hold the truth and keep one, and the mind is like a child, and the snow is white", but this simple step is not so easy to do.

The human brain, this thing is the most mysterious, when Xu Yan meditated, he obviously let himself not think cranky, but his brain couldn't help but think about all kinds of complicated things, he thought of Gong Xueting, Chen Yaoyu, Zheng Qiuyi, and Zhu Youxiang...... To put it simply, Xu Yan, who had no prospects, thought of the beauties anyway, and all kinds of mixed thoughts struck, he was so excited that he couldn't concentrate at all, and sat cross-legged for two hours, but he didn't even find a sense of hair.

Xu Yan was also a little anxious, he was a little worried: "Sitting like this for a long time and getting nothing, does this mean that you don't have the qualifications and talent to cultivate?" ”

Zhu Youxiang also understands Xu Yan's worries, but this matter. She had no choice but to comfort Xu Yan and said, "Childe doesn't need to be in a hurry." It is inherently difficult for newcomers to pass the level of qi sense meditation. The most important thing is to pay attention to the qualifications of the practitioner. People's thoughts and ideas are not controlled by themselves in the first place, and it is of course very difficult to completely suppress them all at once and not think about them.

Meditation into meditation is a process that goes from shallow to deep, and finally reaches deep meditation. Generally speaking, the Xiuzhen sect likes to recruit teenagers or children as disciples, why is that? It's because children are not deeply involved in the world and have simple minds. There are no distractions, and it is easy to reach the state of meditation when meditating. And Childe is twenty years old this year, and he has experienced a lot, and his mind is naturally not as simple as a child, and it is natural that he should be slower when meditating to find qi, and Childe does not have to worry about this, one day does not achieve two days, and two days does not achieve three days. Anyway, we have a lot of time, so Childe doesn't need to rush.

Well, I have a meditation trick here that I would like to teach to my son, which is called "Listening" - the so-called "Listening". It is to listen to your own breath and use the rhythmic sound of your breath to bring yourself into the realm of deep meditation. Methods of listening. It is to listen to both ears, that is, to get rid of the noise of the outer world. If you enter a state of silence, listen to your own breath.

Son. When you listen to the breath, 'listening' is not the goal, it is just to help you concentrate on meditation, not to die to guard your ears, nor to listen to the sound of breathing. The meaning of "listening" is to concentrate on the mind, as long as you follow the route of exhaling and breathing, and slowly do it as if listening without listening, this is right. As for the speed and slowness, thickness, depth, and length of the breath, we should go with the flow and do not forcibly control it, so as not to deliberately do it, but fall into the inferiority. The magic of this trick lies in the intentionally or unintentionally, and it is difficult to describe. ”

Listening to Zhu Youxiang's teachings, Xu Yan also let go of his anxiety and settled down to calmly look for opportunities to feel qi. He repeatedly flipped through Zhu Youxiang's handwritten cultivation method, and carefully experienced the feeling of "vastness" of silence.

The hard work paid off, and finally, at twelve o'clock that night, after more than three hours of meditation, Xu Yan finally found the sense of "qi" that he had been looking for—he felt that the dantian in his lower abdomen was suddenly warm, as if there was a furnace burning in it. Xu Yanxin had no distracting thoughts, breathing deeply and rhythmically, he followed the instructions on Zhu Youxiang's manual, slowly used his mind to exercise the dantian in the lower abdomen, and with the rhythm of breathing, the heat at the dantian was introduced into the meridians little by little, and let it slowly swim all over the body.

This time the meditation lasted for six hours, and according to the instructions of Zhu Youxiang's manual, Xu Yan relied on his breath and mind to turn the heat flow in his body around the meridians of his body six times, and he felt a little tired, so he finished his work and dispersed.

This was the first time that Xu Yan really felt the "qi sense" in his body, and the first time he had successfully meditated and lucked. I don't know if it's a psychological reason or if the luck is really effective, after the exercise, Xu Yan feels energetic, full of energy, and full of vitality in every gesture.

The first time the cultivation worked, Xu Yan was still quite excited, and he really wanted to find Zhu Youxiang to tell him about his experience. It's just that he looked at the time and found that it was already three o'clock in the morning at midnight, and it was estimated that Zhu Youxiang was also asleep, and Xu Yan didn't want to disturb her.

Xu Yan thought so, but unexpectedly, the bedroom door was immediately knocked. Xu Yan was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that at this time, there was no one else except Zhu Youxiang.

He hurriedly opened the door, and sure enough, it was Zhu Youxiang standing at the door with a smile.

Xu Yan impatiently told Zhu Youxiang: "Xuan Yun, do you know, I was ...... just now"

"I already know." Zhu Youxiang smiled lightly and said: "I would like to congratulate Gongzi - just now, Gongzi has found the qi sense of the dantian and meridians in his body, according to what we say in the cultivation realm, this is called enlightenment!" Congratulations to Childe, who has taken a gratifying first step on the road of Xiuzhen, and asks Childe to work harder and strive to improve every day. ”

Xu Yan hurriedly politely said a few kind words such as "Thanks to Xuan Yun, you have good guidance". But suddenly, his face froze, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "Xuan Yun, how do you know that I just managed to find the Qi Sense?" Why did you come here so coincidentally, at three o'clock in the middle of the night, I had just finished my cultivation, and you came over right away? ”

Zhu Youxiang glanced at him in surprise: "What's so strange about this?" Childe, don't forget, Childe, you and my cultivation are just a wall. Since I have taught Childe's cultivation path, then when Childe is cultivating, of course I should pay attention to it. lest you have the trouble of going mad. ”

Xu Yan was shocked: "Ah, across the wall." You know what I'm doing? ”

Zhu Youxiang said lightly: "I am a monk in the foundation building period, and I want to do this." It's not hard for me - however, I have no intention or interest in snooping into the daily life of my son. It's just that I suddenly felt a faint qi running in a very close place around me, and I began to pay attention to it, and then I realized that it was Gongzi who had successfully enlightened. This is a rare happy event, so I took the liberty to congratulate my son. Unexpectedly, it was misunderstood by Childe. ”

"Oh, I see!"

Zhu Youxiang explained it this way, but Xu Yan still felt a little weird, and he was not relieved - now, she knew that there was a clairvoyant living next to her, although she firmly stated that she was not interested in the lives of ordinary people and would not peek casually, but Xu Yan still felt uncomfortable. Thinking that his every move might be seen or sensed by Zhu Youxiang at any time - Xu Yan secretly reminded himself that he should remember to say goodbye to Mr. Cang in the computer and a large number of good boy movies that people like to see.

Zhu Youxiang told Xu Yan that he had successfully found the sense of qi. Starting tomorrow, Xu Yan will be able to go out to resume his normal study and life - with a sense of qi, Xu Yan can run the "qi" of the meridians in his body anytime and anywhere, and he can cultivate no matter where he is. It doesn't have to be shut up at home. Of course, the effect of such cultivation is definitely not as good as Xu Yan's closing the door and meditating. But Zhu Youxiang still built yì Xu Yan had better find time to go out every day, and it was good to go to class. It's okay to take a walk, don't stay at home and practice.

On this build yì. Xu Yan also felt strange: Isn't it often said in ancient books? Master XX locked himself in a cave, closed his face to the wall to practice, and only broke through the barrier after ten years, and since then he has beaten my opponents all over the world and become the first in the world, which shows that cultivating this thing still has to concentrate on closing the door to practice in order to achieve the best effect, but Zhu Youxiang is doing the opposite, letting himself go out for a walk, what is going on?

For Xu Yan's doubts, Zhu Youxiang couldn't say anything, anyway, this is what her master taught her back then, don't practice with your head down, and take a certain amount of time every day to move and relax, so that the effect of cultivation will be better. Therefore, now, she has accepted an apprentice from the outer door, Xu Yan, so she also painted the gourd and taught it to Xu Yan in the same way.

According to Zhu Youxiang's guess, he thinks: "The martial arts of the Sword Saint Gate of this sect enter the Tao with battle, and the cultivation is also a combination of movement and static." I'm afraid that blind meditation is not in line with the purpose and essence of this exercise—well, the master should think the same way, right? ”

Xu Yan welcomed Zhu Youxiang's opinion: he hid in the inner wall of the cave and practiced for twenty years, practiced peerless martial arts, and was invincible in the world after leaving the cave, and then killed all the enemies. This kind of story looks very cool to write in a martial arts novel, and it sounds very bold and inspirational, but if you really want to let yourself be the protagonist, Xu Yan still has to hurry up and thank Bu Min - what are you kidding! What era is it now, the ever-changing information age, there are so many wonderful things outside, there is a lot of entertainment, in order to build the avenue, I will sentence myself to 20 years in prison for no reason, I am afraid that no one will do this kind of thing, right?

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At seven o'clock the next morning, Xu Yan woke up by himself and got out of bed by himself.

Last night, Xu Yan and Zhu Youxiang discussed the experience and tricks of practicing, and talked until four o'clock in the morning, and he rested for less than two hours, but now when he gets up in the morning, he is full of energy and refreshed, and he does not show the fatigue of lack of sleep at all.

Xu Yan washed up, checked the class schedule, and found that today was Thursday, and it was time to take statistics class. Xu Yan simply packed up the notes and textbooks that he could use in class, and then sat down at the table again and began to look at the cultivation manual that Zhu Youxiang had written for him.

The content of the cultivation manual written by Zhu Youxiang is not long, it is more than 5,000 words, but the classical Chinese she uses makes Xu Yan a little laborious to recite and understand. Fortunately, the booklet is only about ten pages, Xu Yan silently recited it a few times, slowly pondering the content inside, but also has some insights. When he was reading the manual, he could feel that the aura in his body was also running slowly, which proved that Zhu Youxiang was right, as long as he got started, cultivation could be carried out at any time.

After reading the book for an hour, Xu Yan got up and packed his schoolbag, went out to say hello to Zhu Youxiang and went out.

Statistics is a public course, but it is an elective course for students of all majors in the University of Economics and Business. A few minutes before class, Xu Yan hurriedly entered the class and saw that there were already many people sitting in the classroom, but most of them were students from other departments, and there were few familiar faces. Xu Yan exhaled slightly-although he also knew that the ugly daughter-in-law would always have to meet her in-laws, and he would have to meet with the classmates sooner or later, but it would always be good if he could drag things out. (To be continued......)