After a while, the fat man ran back, and his face was a little wrong.

I asked him curiously, "What did you eat at noon?" Why did you come back so soon? ”

Fat Dahai sat down angrily, approached me and whispered, "Boss, did you offend my master somewhere?" Now even with me will suffer. Let me tell you, the lunch is not as good as the morning one, and there are at least a few side dishes in the morning. At noon, there was clear porridge, but there were a few more grains of rice than in the morning. I can't go on like this, I'm still growing up......"

I glared at him, "Get out of the way." How old are you, and how old are you? How can I offend your master? I didn't even say a word to him when I came back. Why don't you ask him face to face if you have questions? ”

The fat man shook his head: "I don't dare, after all, it's my master, what he said, how dare I refute it." Also, my master said that in the afternoon, he asked the two of us to read the Buddhist scriptures in the house, and we were not allowed to go anywhere. ”

I put the Buddhist scriptures on my face and lay down on the bamboo bed: "Just look at it, it's a big deal for me to sleep." ”

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a sound of Chu Liuyan outside the window: "Li Yang has a bad attitude and will be punished for dinner once." ”

As soon as I heard this, I became anxious, and shouted out the window: "I said uncle, let's not bring this, but also listen to the root of the wall?" Do you regret teaching me, if you don't like me, just find a car to send me back, there's no need to torture me five times or three times, give me a happy ......"

Before I could finish my sentence, the fat man rushed up and covered my mouth.

I asked him angrily, "Dead fatty, what are you covering my mouth for?" ”

"Boss, stop shouting, you haven't eaten at noon. Dinner is gone again, if you shout again, I'm afraid tomorrow's dinner will be deducted. ”

I think about it, Chu Liuyan will definitely not let me go, and shouting with him that there should be no good fruit to eat.

Fortunately, when I yelled at him this time, he ignored me.

I didn't dare to sleep anymore, so I had to continue to read those Buddhist scriptures with the fat man.

The afternoon was so muddy that I was sweating from hunger. And although Fat Dahai ate lunch, that is, two bowls of porridge, he was also so hungry that he panicked.

He finally looked forward to the evening, but was told by Chu Liuyan that there were only two meals a day here, and there was no dinner.

The fat man wanted to eat more at dinner, but he was overjoyed. Like a deflated ball, he muttered to me, "Boss, it seems that Master still favors you and punishes you for dinner, but there is no dinner at all." Punishment or not punishment is not a bird? No, no, no, I don't want to be hungry when I read Buddhist scriptures, I'm going to starve to death......"

Fat Dahai lay on the bed and covered his stomach and hummed.

As he was talking, Chu Liuyan called us outside and said that if we were very hungry, we could collect gas with him.

Behind these bamboo houses, there is a high slope. Chu Liuyan took us to meditate cross-legged on that high slope.

He told us that the reason why we were given a light diet was to adjust our bodies with a traditional Taoist health regimen. While eating lightly, it is necessary to collect qi, absorb energy, and collect the essence of nature into the body through thoughts, visualization, and swallowing. So as to make the five organs

The qi and blood are clear, the inside and outside are quiet, and the spirit is peaceful. If you keep doing this, you will gradually forget about the feeling of hunger.

Chu Liuyan told us a lot of principles, and I didn't understand anything else, but I only understood what I did, and I could forget about hunger. At this moment, nothing stimulates our desires more than this.

We follow the method taught to us by Chu Liuyan, try to calm ourselves down, and try to swallow the gases in nature gradually into our bodies. After doing this a few times, I felt a little hot in my throat and chest.

Chu Liuyan constantly adjusted our movements and requirements according to the progress of me and the fat man. Gradually, the feeling of heat disappeared, and instead, I could really feel the fresh air in nature, which was gradually channeled into my abdominal cavity. Pure qi spreads from the abdominal cavity to all parts of the body.

Sure enough, as Chu Liuyan said, the hunger in my stomach gradually disappeared.

We breathed in the courtyard and persevered for two or three hours before we were allowed to go back to sleep.

The first day passed in such a mess.

I thought that on the first day, Chu Liuyan just gave us a dismount, and the second day it should be back to normal and teach us Taoism. I didn't expect that the first day was just the beginning, and the second day was the same as the first day, and it was still the same old routine.

Drink clear porridge, listen to chanting, read Buddhist scriptures, and take breath......

Cycle after week, this kind of day has slipped away for more than half a month. Fat Dahai and I both lost a lot of weight. Especially the fat sea, the base itself is large, and it is declining faster, I estimate that he is like this now, and even his own mother may not be able to recognize him when he sees it.

But it's not without gains, first of all, the Buddhist scriptures that Chu Liuyan threw to us, we are familiar with them, although we can't memorize them backwards, but we can already read those scriptures smoothly. In the morning, when the monks were chanting, we were able to follow the silent recitation.

As for the diet, we gradually adapted, and because the effect of collecting qi at night was getting better and better, we did not feel hungry, but felt that our bodies were full of strength. Fat Dahai usually gets sleepy in the afternoon, but now he is full of energy.

I feel that this natural energy intake is far more abundant than eating those whole grains. This may be the original intention of Chu Liuyan to let us do this.

It's just that for more than half a month, Chu Liuyan didn't say a word about teaching us Taoism.

He once said that he wanted us to be locked up with him for two months, which is almost halfway through, and I don't know what he is planning.

This went on for another ten days, and a whole month passed.

Finally, on the morning of the thirty-first day, Chu Liuyan called us to the courtyard and told us that from today onwards, he would pass on the rune technique to us for the introduction.

Hearing the news, both the fat man and I reacted calmly. The past few days of chanting, listening to and reading the scriptures have made us have a great change in our state of mind.

Seeing our reaction, Chu Liuyan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good." Great joy and sorrow, mood swings, is a Taoist taboo. I hope you will be able to leave here with such peace of mind

。 If you want to learn runes well, you must also have this mentality, otherwise it will be useless to learn. ”

Only then did we understand Chu Liuyan's good intentions, it turned out that he did not hesitate to spend a month to hone the mood of me and Fat Dahai. If it weren't for such an environment, I'm afraid it would be difficult for us to reach the current level.

We also learned that there is a temple about two kilometers from here. That's where the sound of the bells and the chanting we hear comes from.

I was amazed at how the sound of bells and chanting could penetrate all obstacles and reach our ears two kilometers away. This cannot but be said to be a miraculous thing.

(End of chapter)

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