Chapter 22: Cultivation, Realm
As a cultivator on the bright side of Laohuai Village, Meng Cheng has an important duty in addition to taking care of many matters in the martial arts hall every day, that is, to protect the peace and tranquility of the village. After returning from the Nameless Mountain, Meng Cheng, who had been busy all night, went to the blacksmith shop and the carpenter shop successively, retrieved his weapons and armor, and went to Kou Huai's house nearby to report the situation in the mountain to him.
The old man who had just woken up was wrapped in a quilt, drinking hot tea, his old face was not a little bloody, his overly long white beard was draped outside the quilt, I don't know if it was the reason for the wet and cold air, there was a thin layer of hoarfrost on the white beard, and the big black dog that had been accompanying the old man was also listless at the feet of the old man, and the black dog had a pinch of red hair on his forehead, which was particularly conspicuous.
The old man put down the teacup, shook off the water stains on it, stretched out his hand from the quilt, and asked for the long sword that Meng Cheng hung on his waist, there was an open-mouthed unicorn on the scabbard, with angry eyes, vivid, there were red flames in the claws, the tail was like a black iron pillar, smooth and soft, and there was a black bead inlaid at the hilt, and there was a clearly visible flesh-colored stripe inside the bead.
The old man pulled out the long sword, the tip of the sword was a little cold, pulled out a sword flower, the air made a sound of flames, the sword body slashed on the armor on Meng Cheng's body, and there was a sound of iron colliding, except for stirring up a little spark, there was no trace on the armor, the old man nodded with satisfaction, and returned the long sword to Meng Cheng, the old man said, "Now in the village, in addition to the nineteen of us, there are also several guests from other states, although they don't say it, but we can't not know, after all, we will have to ask them in the future." Among the eighteen of you, you are the only one who is diligent in cultivating and breaking that barrier, and even I envy you. β
Meng Cheng took a step back and saluted respectfully, "Don't dare to be." β
The old man waved his hand, "You and I know who is hiding in the mountains, those cannibalistic beasts, there will be a second and a third time." We can rely on the old locust tree to block for a while, absolutely not for a lifetime, during this time we will hand over the task of inspection to Wang Zailiu and Wanli, you can teach your skills to the group of children in the village with peace of mind, and send them out of the village one day earlier, we can also make a counterattack one day earlier, by the way, if you encounter the iron flow of the forest shop in the mountains, no matter what he does, you are not allowed to care, especially remember this. β
Meng Cheng bowed, "Yes." β
Leaving the old man's room, Meng Cheng turned around and came to a slightly remote house, knocked on the iron door, and after a while, a handsome woman dressed in plain clothes opened the door and let Meng Cheng into the courtyard.
The furnishings of the courtyard are simple, with only a stone table and a peach tree, on which there is also a monkey.
Meng Cheng relayed what Kou Huai had explained, and left the long sword and armor in the courtyard, Wang Zailiu said that he didn't need these, but Meng Cheng still insisted on leaving the things.
Walking out of the house where Wang Zailiu stayed, Meng Cheng returned directly to his own home, Meng Cheng's home is much larger than other villages, because his home is backed by the Nameless Mountain, so it can be said that their backyard is the entire Nameless Mountain.
The martial arts hall was set up in the backyard, and there were wooden stakes, weapons depots, and healing rooms in the courtyard, and several tiled houses were built in the courtyard for the students of the martial arts hall to live.
A few years ago, the martial arts hall also recruited children from other villages as students, but because Mengcheng's teaching was too strict and harsh, few people were able to pass the first round of tests, let alone persevere, so in the years since the establishment of the martial arts hall, there were only three students, one of whom was his own son.
Sun Shiliang is Meng Cheng's big apprentice, originally lived in Liushu Village, dozens of miles away from Laohuai Village, a year ago, the cave beasts of the Nameless Mountain suddenly came down the mountain to make a rebellion, although the riot was quickly stopped, but Liushu Village was also slaughtered by them, Sun Shiliang came to the martial arts hall at that time, and swore to avenge the villagers.
Meng Cheng's other apprentice is a little girl named You Xianyi, the little girl's parents are businessmen in Tianxiang County, the reason why they put their daughter in the martial arts hall to cultivate is because the little girl likes it, and secondly, because the business is too busy and there is no time to take care of the child.
Before dawn, Sun Shiliang had already gotten up, filled the water tank in the courtyard with water, chopped firewood, made some breakfast, and after eating, practiced boxing according to Meng Cheng's explanation.
Sun Shiliang has been here for a year, this year, in addition to boxing every day, I have never seen him do other things, although the young man attaches great importance to boxing, but in his heart, to be a swordsman who steps on mountains and rivers, and is the ultimate wish.
When Zhou Tianshen came to the door of the martial arts hall with a bamboo basket on his back, he happened to meet Meng Cheng, and the two came to the backyard together, and it didn't take long for others to arrive one after another.
A total of eleven people sat in a circle, Meng Cheng stood in the middle, and first introduced what cultivation is.
Meng Cheng said, "Cultivation is cultivation, the main way, cultivation is very simple, in layman's terms, it is to refine the aura, cultivate the body, as long as you find the trick, and then after day after day of perseverance, you can get the equivalent reward, and before cultivating, the first thing you need to determine is to find your own path, only by determining which kind of path you are cultivating, you can cultivate according to the corresponding cultivation method, and you can avoid detours on the way to cultivation." β
"There are kendo, sword, gun, boxing, and humanity. β
"Before cultivating, there is an important step, quenching the body, quenching the body is divided into ten levels, the first five levels are called the medicine mountain, during this period, you can forge your body's bearing capacity by soaking the medicine, the last five levels are called climbing, only through the real tempering of the body can pass this level, at this time, if you want to pass the drug assistance, then you can only get one result, the foundation is not strong, and you can't carry out the final rush. Only by tempering one's body to the point that it can withstand the invasion of spiritual energy can it be considered a great achievement, and after the body is tempered, one can carry out the most basic human realm cultivation. β
"The realm of monasticism is divided into four levels, the human realm, the earth realm, the heavenly realm, and the divine realm. β
"The human realm, mainly pay attention to the cultivation and tempering of the human body, there are seven meridians and eight veins in the human body, only when they are all developed, can it be regarded as the real peak of the human realm, and it can be regarded as the beginning of the real road to immortality. β
"The talent realm, just touching the threshold of cultivation, is only stronger than mortals; the human mountain realm, like mountaineering, others can only reach it in a day, you can take an hour; the human realm, the peak of the human realm, the body can withstand low-level magic weapons, but it is only relative to the human realm. β
"Landscape, you can learn to use the magic tools and spells related to land walking, shrinking the land into inches, accumulating soil into mountains, are all spells related to the landscape, as the realm continues to climb, walking on the land is becoming more and more handy. β
"The realm of earth and fire is like the realm of talents, at this time, the cultivator can use the land under his feet for a short time with the help of cultivation, the realm of the earth, which is taken from the gravity of the earth and uses the power of the earth to confront the enemy, and the realm of earth and Tibet, where he can hide himself in the land and truly become the master of the land. β
"Heavenly realm, people who have cultivated to this realm are not like ordinary cultivators, who pay special attention to the value of force, but more of a kind of freewheeling, rising with the wind, going against the wind, how happy they come. β
"Tiankan Realm, just touched the threshold of the Heavenly Realm, it can be regarded as rising with the wind; Tianwei Realm, with the help of the power of the sky, deters the enemy; Tianshi Realm, conforming to the heavenly situation, you can go against the wind. β
"The divine realm cares more about the freewheeling than the heavenly realm, cares about the vicissitudes of heaven and earth, cares about the warmth and coldness of the world, but cares more about my own cultivation and longevity. β
"The Divine Formation Realm, with the prototype of the immortals, can be regarded as stepping into the path of immortality with one foot; the Divine Convergence Realm, every move is like a mortal, and the Great Dao is cultivated into the restraint; the Divine Artistic Conception, the person who has reached this step can already be regarded as an immortal. β
"Feathering soars, embarking on the true path of immortality. β
Meng Cheng paused, "This is the path of cultivation and the realm. β
Meng Cheng said, "After talking about the realm, you have to mention the lifespan of a cultivator. Human realm cultivators can live to be about 200 to 220 years old, earth realm cultivators are 300 to 460 years old, heavenly realm cultivators are 700 to 900 years old, and God realm cultivators are close to immortality. β
Wang Duozhan, who was sitting in front of Meng Cheng, grew his mouth excitedly, and asked urgently, "Uncle Meng, what realm are you?"
Meng Cheng coughed dryly, "Dizang Realm, Eight Levels." β
"Wow. Another cheer, this time it was You Xian.
The little girl clenched her fists, and her little face was crimson, "It turns out that the teacher is so powerful, I've really come to the right place, isn't it Senior Brother?"
The little girl asked Sun Shiliang, who was sitting on the left, and Sun Shiliang nodded, "I also want to become a cultivator like a teacher." β
After a brief introduction, Meng Cheng began to make important arrangements for everyone's cultivation.
Sun Shiliang and You Xianyi have already reached the ninth level of quenching, and now they are only one chance away from breaking through the tenth level. After that, the two of them will say goodbye to Meng Cheng and go to study elsewhere, because compared to Meng Cheng who is alone, the gang is more suitable for the two, which has been said long before the two of them quenched themselves.
Sun Shiliang chose kendo, and You Xianyi chose boxing.
I still remember the first time the little girl came to the martial arts hall, at that time, there were still many students who came here to practice in the martial arts hall, they each said their own choice of the way according to Meng Cheng's requirements, there are many people who choose the way of the sword, or the way of the sword, only You Xian Yi chose boxing, the little girl's voice just fell, it attracted everyone's ridicule, especially a fat boy from Tianxiang County, who was also from Tianxiang County, laughed the loudest, the little girl looked at the fat boy's mouth, and directly punched out the fat boy's front teeth, the fat boy covered his bloody mouth, and ran out of the martial arts hall crying, in fact, the two did not have much grudgeIt's just that the parents of both sides are doing business in Tianxiang County, and the back and forth of businessmen will inevitably cause some friction, and the parents of the two did not expect that the business would involve their children, and what they didn't expect was that after that, You Xianyi had already made up her mind that in the future, as long as someone dared to laugh at her, she didn't say much, and went straight to the fist, and after that, no one laughed at You Xianyi for being a female man.
The other nine also clarified their own ways.
Zhou Tianshen chose humanity, humanity is not as chic as kendo, domineering sword, sharp gun, and heavy fist, but it also has its own advantages, that is, morality.
Convincing people with virtue, morality, nature, and humanity is the most bumpy road in the path of cultivation.
Choosing humanity with Zhou Tianshen are also Ma Xiandi and Wang Cunyuan, both of whom do not like to fight and kill, so humanity should be more suitable for them.
After the selection, it is time to start the official monasticism.
As Meng Cheng said, the first five levels of quenching are called medicine mountain, which is to be piled up with medicine, so he led everyone to the recuperation room, and eight wooden barrels were placed in the room, and the wooden barrels were filled with hot water, and there were all kinds of flowers and leaves floating on the water surface, all of which were beneficial to the quenching body, and could be picked on the nameless, Zhou Tianshen and other eight people stood in the medicine barrel, and the medicine just soaked the neck, Meng Cheng asked Meng Ruhan, Sun Shiliang, The three of You Xianyi stood guard outside the door, in case anyone disturbed, closed the door, Meng Cheng spread his legs, clenched his fists, and made a crossed fist, urging spiritual power, a wave of energy fluctuated in his fists, Meng Cheng smashed his fists to the ground, energy ripples centered on Meng Cheng, spread around, passing through the medicine barrel, the spiritual power urged the medicine in the medicine barrel to exert its effect, the potion evaporated into gas, filling the entire room, the gas soaked everyone's clothes, penetrated into their bodies, Zhou Tianshen only felt that the bones and flesh seemed to be separated, the gas walked between the two, faster and faster, faster and faster, and finally, converged in his lower abdomen, gradually forming a cloud of mistγ
At first, the aerosol was just a thin film-like existence, vaguely visible, but as the potion evaporated, the gas filled the entire room, and there was nowhere to go, so it all poured into the lower abdomen of the nine people, Zhou Tianshen only felt that his lower abdomen was full of gas, and his stomach was bulging, which was particularly uncomfortable.
Meng Cheng retracted his fist and spit out the turbid air in his chest, the mist in the room gradually drifted away, everyone opened their eyes, the sun had set outside the window, and only the red glow at the end was left.
Meng Cheng explained to everyone, "Now each of you has a spiritual mist in your dantian, this thing is the essence of medicine, only when the spiritual mist turns into water droplets, can it be regarded as breaking through the pass of the medicine mountain, this time I prepared the medicine for you in advance, you have to prepare it yourself every day in the future, and come to the martial arts hall, it only takes a month, you can carry out mountain climbing and cultivation." β