The sects in the world of cultivating immortals generally set up a transmission hall for teaching exercises, a Tibetan Gong Building for storing all kinds of exercises, and a Qi Refining Mansion for impacting cultivation as a bottleneck, etc., and the names of each sect may be different, but the functions are generally the same. In addition, there is also the largest industry of the sect in the Four Elephants, which specializes in making talismans.

Zhang Quan took Shi An to the Chuangong Hall first.

The temple is the largest of all the buildings here, and only one hall can accommodate more than 500 people at the same time.

"This is the place where mental methods and spells are taught, and once every ten days there is a course that is only open to disciples in the inner gate qi refining period, and it is taught by the master uncle of the inner gate during the foundation building period. Once a month, there is a lecture for the disciples of the Outer Gate Qi Refining Period, which is taught by the four Outer Gate Foundation Building Period Masters, and the premise of listening to the lecture is that the work has been completed on schedule, and there is no bad record of not completing the work on time before. When the ancestors of the Jiedan preach, they can only be listened to by the uncle of the foundation building period of the inner gate, and this time is not fixed, it depends on the time arrangement of the sect master and the elders. ”

Out of the hall, the two walked into the scripture building again. The Tibetan Scripture Building is divided into five floors, the first floor is where the gatekeepers of the Tibetan Scripture Building work and live, and the second floor is the most ordinary data room, both the inner and outer disciples can come in to read, but then they can really come to read only the outer disciples, because the inner disciples have better information, and they are placed on the third, fourth, and fifth floors that prohibit the outer disciples from entering and leaving.

Then the two went to the Fu Gong Field and the Qi Refining Mansion.

It was getting late, Zhang Quan led Shi An to the peak where Yuan Miaozi cultivated, Shi An pointed to the large and small caves on the mountain and asked, "Uncle Quan, who lives in these caves?"

Zhang Quan replied: "The main thing is that the ancestors and uncles live. This abode is very exquisite, although they are all in the same four elephant view, but the amount of aura in each place is very different. The most abundant aura is the main peak, and the cave with the strongest aura on the main peak belongs to the ancestor of the sect, and the other ancestors are also distributed in other peaks and caves with strong aura. The uncles of the Yunzi generation all practiced in the caves where the aura was slightly weaker around the ancestors' caves, and the inner brothers of the Zhengzi generation lived farther away. Our outer disciples don't have a cave mansion, so we can only find a relatively satisfactory place to cultivate by ourselves. I, thanks to the blessing of Elder Yuanmiao, want me to take care of the cave mansion every day, and I can meditate nearby at night, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to cultivate to the eighth level of qi refining in twenty years. ”

They walked around the front yard of the mountain, and it was not until evening that they returned to the cave of Yuan Miaozi. Yuan Miaozi was already meditating in the cave, and when he saw Shi An coming back, he ordered Zhang Quan to retreat and leave Shi An alone to talk.

"Zheng'an, where did you go today?"

"The sect is too big, the disciple ran with Senior Brother Zhang Quan in the sect for a day, and only entered a few courtyards such as the Chuan Gong Hall, the Tibetan Gong Building, the Qi Refining Mansion and the Fu Gong Field. ”

"Now you don't know how to fly, so you're naturally very slow. It won't take much time to go through the sect in time. To be honest, the place of the Four Elephants is still a bit small. Yuan Miaozi said.

This is still small, it's about to catch up with a Xu County town, Shi An secretly smacked his tongue.

"Master, when can I start cultivating?" Shi An asked impatiently.

"It's really an urgent person, I'll tell you the truth of cultivation during the Qi Refining Period first," Yuan Miaozi said: "This Qi Refining Period is the starting point for cultivators, but the physique has not fundamentally changed compared to mortals, and it still needs Yuan Qi to act and nourish the body, oh, I forgot, give you some Bigu Dan, so as not to have to eat with those outer disciples every day, and delay your work blindly." As he spoke, he took out a few red pills from the small pouch on his waist and gave them to him, it was the Bigu Dan, Shi An hurriedly took it and carefully put it in his arms.

"The difference between a Qi Refining Stage cultivator and a mortal is that he also has to absorb a large amount of aura while absorbing Yuan Force, which is very small at first, and as the level increases, the aura required is also increasing. Generally speaking, the aura required for each level of the Qi refining period is about twice that of the previous level, so how much aura is needed for the completion of the Qi refining period?"

"Each level is twice as large as the previous level, the second layer is twice as much, the third layer is four times, and the consummation period is ten layers, so it should be ......." Shi An thought for a while and said, "It's five hundred and twelve times that of the first layer, good guy, so much?"

"How many times does it take to upgrade to consummation the aura that is required to cultivate to the first layer?" asked Yuan Miaozi again.

"Well, I'll do the math, one thousand and twenty-three times. Shi Anxin replied.

"Yes, more than a thousand times. During the Qi refining period, this aura directly enters the Qi Sea, which was originally extremely small, and if you look inside, you can only see a tiny point of light. Of course, the monks' divine sense during this period was very weak, and they could not see the sea of qi inside, so the condition of the sea of qi could not be seen. When they reach the foundation building stage, they can cultivate their divine sense, and then they can see. Your divine sense is far superior to that of ordinary monks, and you may be able to see that you are willing to try a thing or two now?"

"Please tell me the Dharma. Shi Andao.

"Inner vision is the most basic function of the consciousness, and the foundation of the consciousness is in the ancestral orifices, which are located in the middle of the triangle formed by the eyebrows and the eyes. And the reception of divine consciousness is in the sea of knowledge, which is located between the eyebrows, in the depths behind the hall, which is different from the rumors in the world. When looking inward, you should wait for the body and mind to be quiet, and then put your mind on the ancestral aperture, and close your eyes slightly as if you are not looking, and then your own divine consciousness will appear before the ancestral aperture. At first, it is just a trace of light, and it is drifting uncertainly, but it should be slightly collected and condensed with the mind, and then this point of light will be pulled from the outside to the inside, and slowly move down to the sea of qi, and the situation found will be immediately projected on the sea of consciousness, which is the inner vision. You can try it first, and it doesn't matter if you don't succeed, after all, using divine consciousness is not something that can be achieved during the Qi refining period. Yuan Miaozi said.

According to Yuan Miaozi's teaching, Shi An began to try to look inward, and after a while, he opened his eyes and looked a little stunned. Yuan Miaozi knew at a glance that his inner vision was not successful, and he didn't say much, but said with relief: "This is not in a hurry, if you go down and practice a few more times, you may succeed, but if you don't succeed, it doesn't matter." ”

Shi An collected his mind and continued to listen to Yuan Miaozi's explanation: "The sea of qi was originally very small, and it was expanded by the inhalation of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy is continuously inhaled into the sea of qi through the spiritual root, and the more it gathers, the more it forms, the spiritual mist is formed. When the spiritual mist is so dense that the space can no longer accommodate it, it will expand, pushing the expansion of the qi sea, and when it expands to a certain extent, it will enter the next layer, and progress layer by layer, until it opens up enough space for the accumulation of Dan liquid during the foundation building period. The final size of this sea of qi also varies from person to person, and there are also pros and cons. The larger the sea of qi, the more the Dan liquid will be stored in the foundation building period in the future, and the larger the Jin Dan will be in the Dan period, and the stronger the Yuan Infant will be in the future, which is its advantage. The disadvantage is that the greater the sea of qi, the more aura is required for level promotion, and the more difficult it is to improve. The opposite is true for the small sea of air. ”

Shi An asked, "Senior Ancestor, do you think my Qi Sea should be bigger or smaller?"

Yuan Miaozi said: "Hehehe, the size of this sea of qi is not determined by manpower, but by innate physique. Your spiritual root is good, and your spiritual energy is absorbed faster than ordinary people, of course, the bigger the better. ”

"I'll tell you about the method of absorbing this aura. Yuan Miaozi said.

"Isn't it possible to absorb it with a spiritual root?" Shi An said with some questions.

"Silly boy, it's not that simple. Yuan Miaozi said. "The spiritual root is just a channel, and it will not introduce the spiritual energy into the sea of qi on its own. Think about it, after you entered the Immortal Cultivation Realm, did the aura directly enter the sea of qi?"

Shi An shook his head.

"The entry and exit of spiritual energy in and out of the sea of qi depends on a special method to guide it, and we call it the heart method. Different mental methods guide the trajectory of the aura, which is called the Zhoutian meridian. Some mental methods have longer meridians and longer time to guide aura in and out, which is the low-level mental method, and some mental methods have shorter meridians and shorter time to guide spiritual energy in and out, which is the intermediate and advanced mental methods. Different spiritual roots will also have different Zhoutian meridians, and they also have their own formulas when they go through each acupuncture point, so there are different levels of mental methods for each spiritual root. Like Sun Lang's master, it is called "Gathering Spiritual Heart Method", although the five spiritual roots are introduced, but this is the most common introductory mental method in the immortal cultivation world, and its Zhou Tian meridians are extremely long, not to mention, the formulas of each acupuncture point are even more obscure, and they are not worth mentioning at all. ”

"In addition, there is no "Breath Distraction Method" in this mental method, which is the main difference between the single spirit root and the multi-spirit root absorbing the aura. When the single spirit root breathes, it only needs to be considered for a single day of operation, and if the multiple spirit root does the same, it is no different from the single spirit root. Therefore, in order to truly manifest the advantages of multiple spiritual roots, it is necessary to run the Zhou Tian of all spiritual roots at the same time, that is, it is necessary to recite the mantra at the same time. In order to solve this problem, the ancient great cultivator Mr. Qi Ling, whom I told you before, created the "Breath Distraction Method", in fact, the principle is very simple, for example, the monk of the double spiritual root is to guide the spiritual energy of the second spiritual root to enter the next acupuncture point through the acupuncture point in the time gap between the spiritual energy in the first spiritual root and the next acupuncture point, and then repeat this process, forming a situation in which two spiritual roots absorb the spiritual energy at the same time in a period of time. If there is a third or more spiritual roots, the same is true. This is something that needs to be practiced diligently, and it is an important part of the Dorlingen Monks. ”

"It's terrifying!" Shi An imagined that the Five Spirit Root Monks were to use the short time gap of a few breaths at the same time to complete five different mantras that ran every week, and the speed of mind transformation was staggering. He also thought that if Sun Lang used the "Gathering Spirit Heart Method", he would treat the three spirit roots as a single spirit root to cultivate, and the progress would be far behind, it seemed that the guidance of a famous teacher was indeed very different, and he couldn't help but be a little happy.

"Actually, it's nothing, as long as the method is right and practiced diligently, it is not difficult to master. According to the history of the sect, the heart of my four elephants was passed on from the ancestor Qing Meizi, when he was founded, his old man was already in the middle of the Yuan infant cultivation, he will practice all the way to know, refine, and obtain the mental method to summarize the end, forming my sect's secret "Four Elephants Heart Method", both the five elements of the spiritual root of each of their own hearts, the "breath distraction method" also has a special cultivation technique. Of course, only the inner disciples can practice, and the outer disciples can only practice the mental methods that can be seen on the market. ”