Ten days is as long as ten months.

Li Qingtong eats and sleeps every day, sleeps and eats, except for strolling around in the palace and in front of the palace gate, he can't do anything, he can't go anywhere, and he is not even allowed to go to the Taiji top behind the Cereal Palace, the reason is that the mountains and rocks are steep and dangerous, and he can't climb high and climb the danger, so that for more than ten days, he didn't even see the whole picture of the ethereal fairy scenery that ranked first in the "Ten Wonders". But in these ten days of leisure, I finally did one serious thing, that is, I gave my snail house a suitable name - "Qingban Tong Yan".

I finally got through the ten days. When he got up in the morning and finished breakfast, Li Qingtong followed the fifth senior brother Liang Qingshan, the ninth senior brother Xu Qingjiang and the twelfth senior brother Zhong Qinghuo to go back.

Liang Qingshan said: "I will give you two more days to relax your muscles and bones, and after two days, I will officially start teaching you the exercises." ”

Li Qingtong said eagerly: "Trouble Senior Brother to report to the Master, can you start today? I'm really bored and panicked when I'm staying like this!"

"You don't need to report to the master, have you forgotten that when you went to the mountain to worship the master, the master ordered me to teach the art on behalf of the teacher?"

"I'm really sorry, Fifth Senior Brother, I've slept and woken up a few days these days, and my memories are as dull as fog. In this way, it would be even better, let's start today. ”

The two said that they would start and go straight to the Taoist hall in the backyard.

Liang Qingshan said: "The moral exercises of my Qingyang Sect are like mountains, swimming like the sea, unfathomable, and boundless, not something that I, as a disciple, can teach, I just teach you some of the most basic introductory exercises." ”

"Fifth Senior Brother, you are too modest, now among the many senior brothers and sisters on the mountain, I heard that only you and the Fourth Senior Brother have advanced to the fifth order, and they have gradually entered the 'Yuqing' realm. ”

"How can I compare to the fourth senior brother? The fourth senior brother has already stepped into the 'Yuqing' realm, and they are all perfect, but I have just stepped into the threshold of the 'Yuqing' realm with one foot, and the other foot is still stuck in the mud abyss of the fourth order. It's just that I didn't expect you to know about 'Yuqing' too? Who did you listen to?" Liang Qingshan said.

"Last time in the backyard of Ceres, you forgot that as soon as you mentioned 'Yuqing', you were interrupted by Senior Brother Zhong and their shouting to eat. A few days ago, when I was sick and bedridden, I asked the seventh senior sister what the 'three clears' are, and the seventh senior sister told me a lot. ”

"Oh, that's great, save me from continuing to explain the 'Three Qings' realm to you. In fact, these dozen junior brothers and sisters are very hard-working, and their potential is natural, and they all cultivate very quickly. The sixth junior brother, seventh junior sister, eighth junior brother, and tenth junior brother have all cultivated to the fourth order. Although Xiao 16 has only been in the mountain for three years, he has completed the foundation building three years ahead of schedule, and has entered the second-order ranks with Xiao 15. Although most of the others are working hard in the third order, they also have their own merits, especially the fourteenth junior brother, don't look at the age is only fifteen or six years old, and it is only seven or eight years old to enter the mountain, a few days ago I heard the fourth senior uncle say that the second order is about to be completed, and he is sprinting towards the threshold of the third order, which is really terrifying!"

"Are you talking about Senior Brother Qingtai?" Li Qingtong asked in surprise.

"Exactly. The junior disciple of Qingtai is talented and intelligent, and he cultivates hard and hard, and if he continues like this, he will become the leader of our Qingyang Mountain sooner or later. Aside from that, let's get a good grasp of the exercises! Today, however, we still have to start with the most basic starting exercises. ”

"Everything is arranged by the senior brother. ”

"What I want to teach you on this first day is the most basic and basic martial arts in the world - pile gong, called 'three-body pile'. As the saying goes, 'the three-body pile is inseparable', and the three-body pile is the basic skill of all martial arts schools. Look at it—"

Liang Qingshan said that he would demonstrate in front.

"The body is upright, the hands are naturally drooping, the two palms are slowly raised along the side of the body, the palms are upward, the shoulders are lowered, the elbows are lowered; to the chest, the forearms are rotated inward, the hands are clasped, and the knees are squatted and bent at the same time; to the front of the abdomen, the palms are turned into fists, and the hands are strangled to stabilize the qi, this action is called standing dantian. Do you see clearly?"

"See clearly, brother. ”

"In the second move, the left foot is on the heel axis, the toe is broken outward, the right fist drills out along the midline of the body, the left step is advanced, and the left fist is drilled up at the same time, the two fists meet and change the palm at the same time, the left fist is pushed out, and the right fist is withdrawn. Speaking of this, Liang Qingshan turned to look at Li Qingtong.

"Yes. Just stand still, stand still for half a quarter of an hour. ”

I stood for about half an hour, and then I went down again.

"Now it's a retracted pose, come with me, right hand back, forearm outward, palm, raised up, at the same time, right foot followed by left foot, two palms back on the abdomen, stand up. Okay, let's take a break. Remember?"

"Remember, Fifth Senior Brother. ”

"Then you do it again and I'll see. ”

Li Qingtong neatly placed a three-body standing pile.

"Hehe, it's not bad, these three tops, three buckles, three circles, three hugs, three pendulums, three hangs, three curves, three straights, and a nose and eyes. Liang Qingshan said, correcting a few basic actions for him.

"See if you can hold on for two quarters of an hour, be steady, I'll come back later. ”

As a result, as soon as Liang Qingshan went out, a bunch of things arranged by the master trapped him, and when he was done, two hours passed suddenly. When I came back, Li Qingtong was still standing there motionless.

"You've been standing like this?" he asked, surprised.

"That's right!"

"Didn't take a break in between?"

"Nope. ”

Liang Qingshan was surprised to see that he not only had a correct posture and was in line with the essentials, but also stood like a pine and steady like a clock. Ask: "Have you ever practiced three-body piles before?"

"I did practice piling exercises for a few days before, but it wasn't a three-point body, what is it called? I can't remember, but I can only stand for two quarters of an hour at most, and my arms and legs are so tired that I can't hold on, but I didn't expect to stand for two hours at one stop today, and I didn't feel tired. ”

Li Qingtong said, his body still not moving.

"Alright, Seventeen, let's take lunch and go for lunch. You've passed this. ”

The next day, after breakfast, Liang Qingshan took him to the Taoist hall again.

"What I want to teach you today is the most basic basic skill of cultivating the truth in the world—fasting and keeping one, meditating and refining qi. ”

"What does 'fasting' mean?" asked Li Qingtong.

"'Fasting' is the meaning of pure heart, and Xinzhai refers to the inner purity and tranquility. The road is to be empty and quiet, so people's hearts should be pure and quiet, so they should be pure and quiet, so as to merge the road. Therefore, the real fasting method mentioned in 'Xinzhai' is not called fasting when eating a vegetarian drink on the outside, but its original meaning refers to the inner cleanliness of the heart, which is where the subtle meaning of our Qingyang school cultivation lies. The so-called 'keeping one' refers to keeping one's mind, which is an internal practice method to reconcile the form and spirit through introspection. In the Tao Te Sutra, it is said that 'holding the yuan and keeping one', 'carrying the camp and holding the one, can you be inseparable, can you be single-minded and soft, can you be a baby?', and the Nanhua Sutra also says, 'I keep one of them, so as to deal with the harmony', 'only God is to keep, keep and not lose, and be one with God'. These are all about 'keeping the same law.'" In short, keeping one can effectively enter meditation, and meditation can maintain the true qi of the human body, make people live forever, and can also reach the outside of the body and obtain the true meaning of the Tao, so there are mantras such as 'holding one with a saint and being the style of the world', 'keeping the law of oneness, and being the root of all gods'. Here are a few simple tips for you to memorize first. ”

Li Qingtong followed silently a few times and said, "Fifth Senior Brother, I wrote it down." ”

"Then how do you fast, keep one, meditate and refine qi?"

"First of all, people should be in a natural state, loose clothes, comfortable and natural, relaxed, relaxed, walking or standing, sitting or lying, without being confined to form. I'll show you how to sit cross-legged and see it. ”

Liang Qingshan began to explain as he did.

"The two calves are naturally crossed into a figure-eight shape, the feet are pressed under the thighs, the knees are naturally crossed, the hands are stacked on the umbilicus, or the pinch is silently recited; the eyes are slightly closed, the eyes are slightly closed, the eyes are looking inward, the nose is looking at the heart, and the heart is looking at the dantian; then pranayama, inhale long and short, inhale into the dantian, save a little, and then close the abdomen and exhale. At the same time, meditate on the heart formula, eliminate distracting thoughts, leisurely enter the silence, and keep the dantian. Slowly, with one exhale and one inhalation, use consciousness to lead the dantian qi to follow the midline of the lower abdomen, to the perineum from the long neck acupoint, bypass the tail lube and go up along the Du vein, pass through the spine through the life gate, pass through the large vertebral Fengfu acupoint, and reach the top of the brain Baihui; In this way, the intention leads the qi, the intention follows the qi, the qi moves with the will, circulates every day, and opens up the meridians. In this way, the middle finger of the index finger of the right hand is turned into a sword finger, pointing forward, and silently reciting the mantra, and the fingers will have a sense of qi. If you keep doing this exercise, day after day, month after month, year after year, over time, the sense of qi will become stronger and stronger, and the true qi will shoot out from the fingers of the sword. Okay, do it yourself first. ”

Li Qingtong sat like this, sat still, meditated on his heart, and in a moment, his finger pointed forward, and a blue column of air slowly radiated.

"Have you also learned this?" asked Liang Qingshan in surprise.

"Before I entered the mountain, because my body ingested the qi of the demons, Mr. Yibo, oh no, it is the master of Yunzhongzi, it is the master, in order to treat me, in order to dissolve the 'swelling demon qi' in my body, he taught me a concentrating on the mind, exorcism and qi, and taught me to memorize some brief acupuncture points, but the direction of luck and qi is just the opposite of this exercise, and the heart formula is different, but other aspects are similar, so it is very convenient to learn now, as long as the mouth recites the heart formula and does it in reverse. I did it every day before I went up the mountain, at least twice a day, but I didn't see a blue column of air shooting out of my fingers at that time, did I?"

"Seventeen, you're really there! You've learned that. Today's exercise is the first step in refining and refining qi, which is called fasting and keeping one, concentrating and refining qi, also referred to as fasting and condensing qi, and there are still three or four steps behind to really cultivate refining and refining qi, and the sword points to qi, and ordinary people have to practice for five or six years to achieve it, but I didn't expect you to get through it all at once. Although the qi pillar is not very strong, it also means that you have mastered it all, and you are only short of the accumulated fire kung fu. As for why the pillar of qi that appeared on your finger is blue, and the exorcism exercises that Master Bo taught before, these - to be honest, I don't understand it in my heart, let's go and ask the teacher!"

The head of the sect, Xuanjizi, usually practices in the "Supreme Hall", and is in the backyard of the Ceres Palace, which is not very far away. The two came to the front of the hall, lightly buckled the Danmen, and were passed in by the waiter and saw the master.

After listening to the intentions of the two, Xuan Jizi said:

"Your master uncle also mentioned to me that the exercise you practiced before was original to your master uncle's practice of medicine, called 'refining gods and transforming qi'. The original purpose was to let you refine your mind and refine your spirits, and temporarily use it to dissolve and store the demonic obstacles all over your body, because, at that time, as an ordinary person, your body had not been washed and built, and the meridians were very fragile, and you couldn't withstand the impact of this kind of strong demonic energy, so you had a broken bone and vein when you first entered the mountain. Fortunately, you have passed it safely now, and since you have undergone a radical transformation in the past few days, the foundation building has been completed, the meridians have been broadened, and you are tough and thick, your current body has been able to fully resist the impact of this demonic qi. Therefore, as soon as you practiced your internal strength, refined and refined your qi, a part of the powerful qi sealed in the sea of dantian qi was released, fused with the true qi in your meridians, and turned into sword qi and shot out from your fingertips. ”

"Master, how should I cultivate now?" Li Qingtong asked.

Xuan Jizi said: "You can now practice two exercises at the same time, go to the ethereal peak in the morning, be calm and comfortable, sit quietly in the underworld, and absorb the essence of heaven and earth, but don't use the sword to prevent external diarrhea, the main thing is to refine and refine the qi and cultivate the inner body." During the day, according to the arrangement of the fifth child, he practiced martial arts normally. In the afternoon or evening, practice the exercises taught by your master, refine the spirit and transform the qi, use the natural essence absorbed during the morning and day, and the vitality of oneself, and the energy qi sealed in the body as medicine, take the body as the furnace, control it with divine sense, become one, smelt the true qi, and then match it with the sword finger, control the qi with the god, there is no sword in the hand, there is a sword in the heart, there is a sword in the heart, the qi in the hand will be turned into a sword, and finally the qi will be stored in the dantian. Exercising so early and practicing diligently at night, the days are long, the days are long, the days are accumulating, the dry is turned into Kunhe, and the years go by, not only can you completely transform the energy of the demon into your own true qi, but also can refine yourself into a small universe, refining into Dan inside, there is nothing in your hands, there is something in your heart, and what you have in your heart, it will turn into qi in your hands. If you take the days and years, make armor refining tools, drive things in the air, feel free, light as a swallow, fly in the sky, subdue tigers and demons, seal magic weapons, and do everything. ”

"Thank you for your teachings!"

After listening to the master's speech, Li Qingtong was overjoyed, and the brilliant and beautiful prospects made him look forward to God.