Chapter 37: What is Cultivation?

The forest resolutely shook off the remaining darkness of the night, and stood up majestically and majestically, and the Moonlight Valley ushered in its dull and beautiful day.

Xuanyuan family mansion, Xuanyuan Zhantian strolling alone on the edge of Xuanwu Lake, on both sides are rare strange flowers and trees, nodding gently in the early morning breeze, the fish in the lake swim freely in the water, the flowers and plants by the lake are reflected in the water, echoing several pleasing lotuses in the lake, it is really beautiful.

Yating, is practicing swordsmanship in a vacant lot not far from the Drunken Weng Pavilion, this set of swordsmanship was taught to her by Xiaotian's mother, suitable for girls to practice, and the swordsmanship is exquisite.

The sword she used was made of dark iron and cast, the sword body was thin, like the autumn frost of cicada wings, the blade was extremely sharp, faintly revealing a faint and terrifying cold light, and there was a golden phoenix carving on the hilt, which looked extremely majestic. This sword is called the Thrilling Sword, which was given by Xian'er, the mother of Xiaotian who lived in the Xuanyuan family at that time, when she recognized her as her younger sister, and it was also the thing she loved.

Yating is wearing a light cyan power suit today, her figure is as light as a young swallow, accompanied by the ethereal morning light, the sword moves with her body, dancing as fast as lightning, and the sword light is shining, blending with Yating's blue and weak figure.

Near a vacant space near Xuanwu Lake, Xuanyuan Xiaotian hugged each other with both hands, his head went up, and then he took a step, first opened his left leg, and then slowly separated his two hands, pushed forward with his left hand, stretched back with his right hand, as if tearing cotton, his left hand went straight out almost flush with his mouth, stretched to the extreme, his arm seemed to be straight but not straight, like curved but not curved, from the wrist to the elbow, until the four flat. Pull your right hand under the belly button of your lower abdomen, close to your lower abdomen. The left foot and the left hand rise and fall together, the left hand and the right hand are all five fingers open, the thumb of the left hand is horizontal, the index finger is stretched forward, and the tiger's mouth forms a semicircle. A pair of inky eyes looked at the tip of the index finger of the left hand. The elbows drooped downward, and the back elbows bent inward, like a perfect half-moon. Pull your knees inwards and twist your heels outwards and pull your hands together. The shoulders are broken by the elbows, the elbows by the hands, the waist by the hips, the hips by the knees, and the knees by the feet. Xiaotian's body is still upright, and there is no left and right skew, the heart and qi are stable, the heart and the mind are together, the mind and the qi are together, the top and bottom are connected, and the inside and outside are the same.

Internal strength is born from this, the so-called internal strength is what ordinary martial arts people call internal strength, as long as it is hard work, the internal strength will slowly increase over time.

Internal force and internal strength have nothing to do with spiritual power, spiritual power is the cultivator's absorption of spiritual energy between heaven and earth and its transformation into spiritual power. The internal power practiced by those people in the rivers and lakes and the spiritual power of the cultivators are not the same grade and conceptual thing, and there is still a difference between the two, just like the candlelight and the bright moon.

In the process of entering the body, the aura can wash the flesh and blood of the whole body, drive away dirt, make the practitioner's body fresh and natural, full of divine brilliance, and nourish the spirit. After the aura enters the body, it swells into the abdomen, gathers in the dantian, and turns into spiritual power with the exercises of the practitioner.

The practitioner can make the spiritual power impact the 12 meridians and the 8 meridians of the strange meridians of the body, as well as the 720 acupuncture points all over the body, and let the spiritual power travel through the meridians and run through the whole body, unimpeded. Among the 720 acupuncture points, there are 52 single acupoints, 300 double acupoints, and 50 extra-meridian acupoints. Among them, there are one hundred and eight important points, seventy-two living points and thirty-six dead points.

When a practitioner is practicing, the spiritual power travels between the meridians, gradually improving the essence of the body, strengthening the internal organs, baptizing the spirit, and raising the level of life. When the spiritual power is not in use, it will be stored in the dantian and the broken acupuncture points, the acupuncture points seem to be like a storage room, but in fact, it is the most mysterious treasure of the human body, it is like the life of the human body, and the potential is endless.

In addition to the abdominal dantian, the human body also has an upper dantian, which enters from between the two eyebrows, one inch is the Ming Hall, two inches is the cave room, and three inches is the upper dantian. The upper dantian has a radius of one inch and two minutes, which is a hole in the void, and those who practice it call it the Purple Mansion.

The Purple Mansion is particularly important to the cultivator, it is the place where the cultivator's soul and divine consciousness come in and out.

Reiki is the generator of spiritual power, and spiritual power is the root of the practitioner.

Xuanyuan Xiaotian's morning exercise has always been like this, serious and hardworking, meticulous, in stark contrast to his usual naughtiness. Although his clothes were wet at this moment, his eyes that were as black as ink and deep as an abyss still flashed with a huge look and a face full of determination.

Yating stopped practicing, raised her eyebrows in the Drunken Pavilion, and sighed softly as she looked at Xuanyuan Xiaotian by Xuanwu Lake.

Xuanyuan Zhantian stood in a small pavilion in Xuanwu Lake, looking at the huge lake and leisurely.

"Grandpa, come here, it's time for us to go back for breakfast, my mother said that you should go there today, and grandma and grandma Gu are also there." After a long time, Xiaotian stopped his morning exercise and shouted to Xuanyuan Zhantian in the lake.

"How are you feeling in the last few days, are there any changes in your body?" Xuanyuan Zhantian asked with a smile as he walked up to Xiao Tian.

"There's nothing wrong with it, but I don't think the three-body pose I'm practicing now can no longer improve, is this that I've reached the bottleneck of my practice?"

Xuanyuan Xiaotian blinked his eyes and asked, could it be that he wanted to break through and could cultivate aura.

"Haha...... It's also strange that I haven't told you, what the bottleneck of cultivation is later, you will know later, and it has nothing to do with you now, but your three-body pose has indeed reached the extreme, you don't need to continue to practice, three years of basic training is enough, from tomorrow, grandpa will start to teach you ......! If you still have the opportunity to teach, grandpa will teach you the moves of Xingyiquan. ”

At the same time, Xuanyuan Zhantian was also thinking about how to tell Xiaotian about the cultivator, how to tell his grandson that he couldn't absorb the aura, but he was worried that if he told his grandson, he would not think too much at a young age, which would lead to changes in his mind.

In the past few years, Xiao Tian is still ignorant of cultivation and martial arts, but Xiao Tian is also growing up, and sooner or later he will know about it, and it seems that he has to find a mature time to tell him......

"Daddy!"

"Eighteen masters!"

“......”

In the hall of Xiaotian's house, everyone stood up and saluted Xuanyuan Zhantian.

"Well, Yating, Xiaotian, you go and change your clothes first, it seems that we have a good day today!" Xuanyuan Zhantian looked at a large table of sumptuous breakfast and smiled.

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"Grandma Gu, when will you leave the valley next time? Last time you left me alone, don't you know that I am the closest to you? After you left, I couldn't eat the food you wanted. ”

At the dining table, after Xiao Tian's eyes turned around, he looked at Gu Can with a face full of grievances.

The whole hall was immediately filled with everyone's laughter, and the birds in the small trees in the courtyard were all startled and jumped left and right, and they also aimed at the hall from time to time.

Gu Can couldn't help but be moved in his heart while being funny, although Xiao Tian thought that there were some other ingredients in the tea and rice she thought, but Xiao Tian had been close to her since she was a child.

"Hmph, it's not a lie that I don't like to eat, it's just not for you Grandma Gu, Aunt Gu, you don't know, every day for lunch, just eat two bites and hurry to Changbai Pagoda to listen to the nameless old man's wild ...... Uh, listening to the nameless old man's story, this is already enchanted, and in the long run, it will be worth it!"

Xuanyuan Wuyang taught him seriously, as if most fathers seemed to be very strict with their children.

Xuanyuan Zhantian only shook his head, he knew that his son didn't like that nameless old man, that old man hadn't stayed since he sent Yan Fang last time, he was kind to himself, and the patriarch was very close to him, so he couldn't say anything.

"Wuyang, Xiaotian is still young, how can you want him to do it everywhere in the direction you imagined, it's a little strict! Oh, my Xiaotian, come, come to Grandma Gu, Grandma Gu will hold you and eat, and there will be a surprise for you after eating." ”

Gu Can very much disagrees with Xuanyuan Wuyang's education method, too strict will wear out the child's nature, which will lead to a big change in his heart, and his personality is withdrawn and weird.

"Hey......!" shook his head helplessly, in fact, Xuanyuan Wuyang also has his own ideas, Xiaotian doesn't know how to practice, so practice some martial arts to strengthen his body, and read more books to gain a long insight, so that he may ...... in the future

"Yes, Wuyang, you don't have to be so strict in the future, I know what you mean and think, but after all, Xiaotian is still young, and you are too harsh, and I can't bear it. Xian'er sandwiched a piece of vegetable into Xuanyuan Wuyang's bowl and said softly.

"Let's leave Xiaotian a happy childhood full of carefreeness, this matter is so decided, let's eat!" Xuanyuan Zhantian seemed to have made up his mind, and his face was serious.

"You guys are all weird, mysterious, inexplicable, come to Xiaotian, what else do you want to eat, Grandma Gu will clip it to you. Gu Can was thoughtful and immediately discovered their strangeness.

"Grandma Gu, ignore them, they are like this a lot, I think I'm very happy now...... I'm going to eat that, that, and that......"

"Okay, that's right, eat more, and you can grow taller in the future......"