Chapter 2 The Secret of Longevity
Written in oracle bone script, there are more than 7,400 glyphs in the book, and only more than 3,000 glyphs have been deciphered.
Successive generations of owners have recorded their deciphered glyph annotations and conjectures on the practice in small print.
These conjectures are all nonsense, and I haven't even read the whole text, so what do I have to say.
Qi Fang naturally knew the oracle bone script and read the Chinese characters of the book completely.
"The Secret of Longevity" is a top-notch Taoist divine skill, which has extremely high requirements for the practitioner's state of mind, which is similar to the supreme martial arts book of Buddhism, "Yijin Sutra".
There are two core ideas of Taoism, one is Laozi's "non-action", and the other is Zhuangzi's "leisure".
Do nothing, go with the flow.
Lao Tzu said: "The Tao often does nothing and does nothing, if the Hou Wang can keep it, all things will be self-transforming." ”
There is a saying in "Huainanzi": "Do nothing, but conform to the Tao, do not do words, and pass through virtue." ”
Kong Yingda once said: "Let the luck be automatic, no need to build, it is inaction." ”
The successive generations of owners of "The Recipe of Eternal Life" regarded it as a treasure of Taoism, and devoted their lives to research, not to practice the supreme martial arts, but to pursue the immortality of nothingness.
Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong were devastated by Fu Junwu's death, as if they had lost their minds, and they even wanted to be lonely in the mountains for the rest of their lives, just casually practicing the "Recipe for Longevity", taking it as a pastime and comfort, and did not necessarily have the mood to practice the supreme divine skill, watching the sun rise and the moon set, going with the flow, and coincidentally reaching the Taoist "Wu Wei" state of mind, which is in line with the essence of the "Eternal Life Formula" practice, and has been cultivated into a Taoist divine skill that has not been practiced for thousands of years.
The same is true of "Yijin Sutra", Zhuang Juxian does not know that "Yijin Sutra" is "Yijin Sutra", he is poisoned by thousands of years of ice silkworms, in order to alleviate his own pain, he subconsciously operates internal force according to the practice method on the Yijin Sutra map, but has cultivated the supreme martial arts of Buddhism Yijin Sutra.
In addition to this, there is another way that also works. If a cultivator has extremely strong divine soul power and forcibly crosses the level of "non-action", he can also cultivate the secret of immortality.
Qi Fang just conformed to this, during the retreat in the main god space, the "Taishang Induction Record: Foundation Building" made a breakthrough, reaching the second stage of "heaven and man sympathy" realm, the gods illuminate the heaven and the earth, the heart feels natural, and can ignore the requirements of "non-action" and forcibly cultivate the secret of longevity.
Three days later, Qi Fang transformed all the True Qi of the Northern Darkness into the True Qi of the Northern Immortal, and secretly said in his heart: "Compared with the Northern Immortal True Qi, the Immortal True Qi is more refined, runs as expected, and the subtleties are even better. ”
I saw him stretch out his hand, and the dust on the ground flew into the air, turning into a small round ball hanging above the palm of his hand, and the small round ball formed by the dust suddenly dispersed, changing into a bird with wings ready to fly, and the next moment it became a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests, and then it became a dragon that traveled for nine days, and the slender dragon whiskers floated with the wind like waves, lifelike, and wonderful.
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The atmosphere in the Shilong Dojo was a little strange, it was surrounded by a large number of officers and soldiers, and there were some big men wearing Praetorian Guard uniforms among the officers and soldiers, obviously something unusual happened.
When the residents of the city and the merchants passed by the vicinity of the dojo, they all quickened their pace and hurried by, not daring to take another look.
"The Shilong Dojo is the top force in Yangzhou City second only to the Zhuhua Gang, and the owner Shilong is the number one master in Yangzhou, what did he do, he was surrounded by officers and soldiers. Ling Shao, did you say that the owner Shi Long was preparing to raise troops to revolt, and the Sui army got the news in advance, so he sent troops to encircle and suppress it? Kou Zhong stood in the distance, looking curiously.
"Whether it's or not has nothing to do with us, it's the end of the month again, let's think about how to complete Boss Yan's task first, otherwise I'll be beaten again." Xu Ziling pulled Kou Zhong and walked briskly with the passers-by.
"The hateful old thief only knows how to bully the weak and fear the hard." Kou Zhong said hatefully, and said: "I hope I can meet a fat sheep today, preferably the kind of old fool who is a little older, gorgeously dressed, single, and full of worries, and doesn't know if he loses his money bag." ”
"That trip was you, the bastard, who wanted to find the old man, and then saw people grabbing the land and calling the sky, and then fraudulently picked up the money bag and returned it to others, so tired that I beat up the bad word boss." As Xu Ziling's words gradually faded away, the two disappeared into the hurried flow of people.
Stone Dragon Dojo.
"Brother Yuwen is one step late, and the "Recipe for Eternal Life" is no longer in Shi's hands." Shi Long looked at Yu Wenhua in front of him, and his face showed a look of self-deprecation. "A few days ago, someone came to visit one step ahead of Brother Yuwen, Shi's skills were not as good as others, so in order to save his life, he had to hand over the "Secret of Eternal Life" to the person who came."
Yu Wenhua looked noncommittal, and said lightly: "Brother Shi is the number one master in Yangzhou, and the person who comes can make Brother Shi bow his head and admit defeat, and he doesn't even have the certainty of retreating. ”
"This person's name is Qi Fang, and he is only in his early twenties, but the high level of martial arts is rare in Shi Long's life, Shi not only did not grasp the whole body and retreated, but he didn't even have the courage to make a move." Shi Long said calmly, but there was some disheart in his tone.
Yu Wenhua and 'oh', mocked: "There is such a young master on the rivers and lakes, why have I never heard of it, it is my Yu culture and unheard." Hey, Brother Shi, don't be obsessed, lest you bring disaster to the disciples in the dojo. Obviously, I didn't believe what Shi Long said.
"Although Shi is not as powerful as Brother Yuwen, he is full of words, but there is no need to make up lies to protect himself. Since Brother Yuwen didn't believe it, Shi had no choice but to ask Xuan Bingjin, who was on the list of great skills. "Shilong is neither humble nor arrogant. After the "Secret of Eternal Life" was taken away by Qi Fang, the obsession in his heart disappeared suddenly, and he stood up, and his martial arts went further in the face of Yu Wenhua.
"Brother Shi is so stubborn, it's really instructive." Yu Wenhua showed a look of compassion on his face, but he shot without mercy, ruthless and decisive, and punched Shilong in the air.
A cold snap suddenly set off in the room, at this time, the heat had just passed, and the weather was hot, but with Yu Wenhua and a punch, there was a white frost mist in the air.
Although Shi Long's martial arts have made a small breakthrough, it is still inferior to Yu Wenhua, and after the two fought ten moves, Shi Long was injured and escaped from the secret passage prepared in advance.
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"Zhong Shao, be careful."
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had just returned to their dilapidated house with only three walls, but they were surprised to find that there was one more person in the "home".
The man was tall, sitting in a corner with his back against the wall, his head hanging down, as if he were asleep.
"Who are you?" Kou Zhong said loudly with courage. "This is our Yangzhou Shuanglong's territory, and if we want to grab the land, we also have to inquire about who we are."
But the man didn't move.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling glanced at each other, saw the different colors on each other's faces, one left and one right, and walked towards him carefully.
"Ling Shao, am I mistaken, this person seems to be Master Shi, we peeked outside the dojo that time and saw him once." Kou Zhongdao.
"You read that right, he's Master Shilong." Xu Ziling walked over and gently pushed him with his hand. "Master Shi, Master Shi ......"
The stone dragon's body was against the wall, and he fell diagonally, leaving a shocking trail of blood on the wall he was leaning on.
"He's dead." Kou Zhong was shocked, only to feel cold and terrified, the two of them had not seen dead people, but they were still shocked to see Shi Long's body appear in their home.
It turned out that after Shi Long escaped from the secret passage of the dojo, he came to the home of his best friend Tian Wen, but he didn't want Tian Wen to be a sanctimonious hypocrite, and when he saw that he was injured, he sneaked up on him from behind while he was meditating and stabbed him in the back with a dagger.
After all, Shi Long was a first-class master of the rivers and lakes, although he was hit hard, he still fought hard to beat Tian Wen to death, and then fled to the abandoned garden, where he was seriously injured and died.
"It's not good, just now the officers and soldiers surrounded and suppressed the Shilong Dojo, they must be arresting Master Shilong, if someone finds him dead here......"
Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong glanced at each other, and at the same time saw the look of horror in each other's eyes, and suddenly shuddered, the former said: "Hurry up, you must leave Yangzhou City." ”
As soon as the two of them ran outside the house, Kou Zhong suddenly stopped and said, "Wait, maybe Master Shi has some heavy treasures on him, otherwise why would he attract officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress him." ”
Both of them were bold men, and when they thought of this, they immediately returned to the house, groped around the stone dragon, and found a booklet wrapped in an oilcloth from his arms, with three words written on the cover---- The Secret of Longevity.
It has been three years since Shi Long obtained the "Secret of Eternal Life", and he has already secretly left a backup so that he can hand over the original book to save his life when he encounters a strong enemy.
"Martial arts cheats!" Kou Zhong exclaimed, his face beaming with joy. "Ling Shao, let's become a master of the rivers and lakes."
"It's better to wait until you escape from Yangzhou City." Xu Ziling Road.