Seeing me like this, the old man was quite satisfied, and while admiring the good situation, he smiled at me and said, "Okay, don't joke with you, the old man has something to tell you." ”

"Senior, please speak." Nodding, I also became stricter.

"To tell you the truth, before you came, there was a high person who expected that today, there will be someone to meet me, what you just asked, in fact, it is not difficult, after so many years, it is not easy to find a treasure holder, but the old man's family, there are still heirs, you go south, to Lingzhou, Hebei to find a Zhikong Zen master, and explain to him the intention, just say, I asked you to come, when the time comes, he will help you find a junior who has the means to help you, but, before that, the old man still has something to ask for."

The other party said, raised his head slightly: "The first half of the old man's life, learning is the ability to hold back the treasure, young and ignorant, do some things wrong, in old age, unbearable, fortunately, after the master to abandon the property and leave home, and learned the art of the valley, the way of fetal breath, today, is the last day of my mortal dust, if there is a fate, when the autopsy, to become an immortal, if not, it will be this, the reincarnation of the past life again, you also see, the sarcophagus in the cave, are my past and present life, things to the present, I can't remember what happened at the beginning, the old man doesn't want to go on like this anymore, if there is still no result this time, please help me burn the corpse to end the hardship. ”

The other party said, looking at me a little tiredly, I was stunned, and said dumbly: "You want me to burn the body?" ”

"That's right, burn these skins, so as not to be burdened by these untouchable things in the next life." The other party said, tilted his head slightly, and said: "The dragon fire on your body is not quite the same as the ordinary one, these corpses are all Taoist, ordinary flames can't help it, but if you burn three kinds of dark fire at the same time, you will definitely be able to kill this thing." ”

After saying these words, the other party sighed slightly, I didn't quite understand what he meant, and frowned: "Senior, it is not easy for you to cultivate to this realm, why should you be so decisive?" If you want to burn the corpse with three flavors, the spirit in your body will inevitably be lost, and when the time comes, you will be wiped out forever. ”

I said and shook my head with a grin, but after hearing this, the other party smiled and said, "That's right, the reason why I begged you is because of this incident." You are still young and will not understand, I have spent most of my life honing myself in order to seek immortals and attain the Tao, my past life, it is the same, you see the sarcophagus behind you, everyone's body, there are traces of Taoist cultivation, I have checked the relevant information, I can basically be sure that my past life and present life, all died in this way, rather than in this kind of thing in an infinite loop, it is better to make a decision. ”

The other party spoke, coughed lightly twice, and then closed his eyes, bathed in the early morning sunshine and stopped talking.

While speaking, on the opposite stone wall, several ghost-faced baboons also moved, the old man was right, these things, really sent Commissar Fan back, a few monkeys came down from the stone wall, threw Commissar Fan to the ground, and then, climbed up the stone wall and roared to this side, the old man nodded, and those guys ran back like a swarm.

I shouted a few times at the stone wall to make sure that Commissar Fan was not ruined by those monkeys, so I quietly breathed a sigh of relief, briefly explained to them, and chatted with the old man who didn't know how many years he had lived here.

His breath of life was not very strong, and a kind of weakness that could be seen was troubling him, but the old man was still very talkative, and when he saw that I was quite interested, he told me about himself.

Specifically, some people who practice Buddhism enter a state of semi-sleep in the process of meditation, with nothing outside their minds and no distractions.

The so-called method of Bigu is a kind of cultivation method without eating, and the Taoist sage Zhuangzi once wrote in "Leisurely Travel", saying: "The mountain of despise Gu shoots, there are gods and men living in Yan. The skin is like ice and snow, the water is like a virgin, it does not eat grains, it sucks wind and drinks dew, rides the clouds, flies the dragon, and swims beyond the four seas"

It is said that these so-called immortals, in fact, do not eat, in order to keep up with the immortals, there are also some methods of cultivating this technique, the more famous, there are three kinds, and they can also be regarded as three levels.

First of all, and the most basic, they just don't eat grains, they take guò in the form of traditional Chinese medicine, fruits, and some special medicines, cut off their connection with traditional staple foods, and try to regulate their bodily functions in this way.

After having a certain effect and foundation, you can enter the second stage, this stage, the main cultivation is to calm down and recuperate, so that your body functions can slow down and slow down, so that people, out of a state similar to hibernation, at this time, people have no desires, no distractions, since they are not bothered by the sound and color of the outside world, their needs for food and water naturally become much less.

In the past, many masters of retreat were willing to maintain this state during the retreat, and they did not force their reaction to their bodies, eating when they were hungry and drinking when they were thirsty, but from the beginning to the end, their intake of various nutrients was much less than that of normal people.

There are very few people who can cultivate to this level, and if they can get through the difficulties, there are still higher-level exercises waiting for them, which is what the old man just told me, the so-called, Bigu Food.

The word "Bigu" means to stay away from grains, and the word "food qi" is an important method of Taoist cultivation, not only in Taoist magic, but also in Chinese martial arts, and in the cultivation system of traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts and Taoist magic, the so-called qi is the most basic element.

This thing is similar to what we call the qi of the air, but it is not exactly the same, normal people's cultivation is gradually gathered and cultivated from the dantian, but there are also some methods, what is taught is to absorb this qi from the outside world for their own use, and Bigu Food Qi is one of them.

Those who adhere to this method believe that if they cultivate the method of Bigu to a relatively high level, they do not need to take in nutrients through guò food, and they can use the qi extracted from the outside world to maintain their own lives, and then get rid of the shackles of food and clothing, and become a truly "free person".