Chapter 4 The Methods and Realms of Practice
After watching the hunting party leave, the tribesmen of the tribe were busy in the clearing, and the huge tribe always had endless work.
Women sit on stones in the tribal clearing, basking in the warm sun, threading threads tanned with animal tendons through long, slender and sharp iron needles, holding several clean animal skins in their left hands, stitching and threading, sewing animal skin clothes for their men and children.
Some women returned to the stone hut and came out with a pile of animal skins in their arms, which they spread out to dry on the boulders, and used the warm sunlight to dispel the dampness. On summer nights, the humidity is too strong, and there are often moldy hides that lose their hair and become unwarm. After doing this, they went back to the stone house to do other things.
Dozens of old men with gray sideburns sat in the open space, picked up the medicinal materials that had already been dried, smashed them with a stone pestle, grinded them into fine powder, and mixed and stirred different medicinal powders according to a certain ratio according to the more than a dozen formulas of the tribe to make various medicinal powders.
Among these prepared medicines, there are medicines that are specially used to stop bleeding and heal injuries, and there are also drugs that have a miraculous effect on detoxification.
When the tribesmen went into the mountains and forests to hunt, they often bled and were injured, and they carried these strange medicinal powders with them to save their lives when necessary.
There are also middle-aged men who have not gone hunting, who have stayed in the tribe to protect the safety of their tribesmen, and are also busy at this time.
Some people sharpened iron swords and knives made of fine iron on the rough rocks to make them sharper and more lethal, and some made arrows for bows and arrows.
The raw material for the arrows comes from a shrub that the elders of the tribe called the arrow wood. The tribesmen cut down the branches of the arrow wood and brought them back to the tribe, and after a simple treatment, they became arrows with incredible lethality.
Although there are better fine iron arrows in the tribe, those fine arrows are sold in by traveling merchants from outside the mountains, and the entire Mo tribe has very little storage, and traveling merchants sometimes may not be able to see them once a year.
Therefore, the tribesmen still use more arrows made of arrow wood.
The texture of the arrow wood is hard and heavy, and the tips of the branches naturally have a sharp edge, which is enough to pierce the flesh of a beast with a little sharpening. In addition, arrowwood is widely distributed and can be found almost everywhere in the mountains and forests, so there is no need to worry about the lack of materials.
Now, Mo Fan and the other half-grown children were sitting cross-legged in the tribe's clearing, and in the middle of this clearing there was a boulder, on which the clan's elder Mo Yuan was sitting. He holds a book of animal hides in his hand and teaches the children about the experience of cultivation and hunting.
The children pricked up their ears and listened carefully to the teachings, which were summed up by the ancestors of the tribe with blood lessons and were extremely precious. In the future, they will also use this experience to hunt in the vast mountains, and the stakes are so high that they dare not slack off in the slightest.
Clan elder Mo Yuan looked to be in his fifties, his jet-black hair was dotted with a few strands of silver, he often had a kind smile on his face, his eyes were bright, revealing the light of wisdom and vicissitudes, and a trace of essence flashed in his dark eyes from time to time, indicating that his cultivation was not weak.
He looked at the children's immature faces and inquisitive eyes, looking well-behaved and sensible, and couldn't help nodding in his heart, feeling very gratified.
"Grandpa Mo Yuan, is our tribe's method of tempering the physique really created by observing the fierce beast?" At this moment, a childish voice suddenly sounded among the children, and Mo Fan's immature little face showed a look of doubt.
"Yes, Grandpa Mo Yuan, is this true?" the children's eyes showed a light of hope, and they looked very interested. It is at the age of curiosity that they have a desire to explore anything they don't understand, to figure it out.
Patriarch Mo Yuan was not bored with the children's doubts and questions, but was very satisfied with the children's performance.
"The method of absorbing the aura of heaven and earth...... It was indeed founded by our Terran ancestors when they watched the fierce beasts swallow and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. Mo Yuan said with a smile.
Then, he sorted out his thoughts, seemed to be caught in memories, his expression was a little trance, and he narrated in a vicissitudes of life.
"We human race are naturally weak in flesh and weak in strength, and we have neither the sharp claws of wild beasts nor the great strength, so it is difficult to fight with the terrible fierce birds and beasts in the mountains and forests. There are also often powerful beasts that break into the tribes of the human race, bringing disaster and even destruction to the people.
People lived in fear and struggled on this land, and this kind of life lasted for an unknown number of years.
Later, in the extremely distant and ancient years, the wise ancestors of the human race were unwilling to be reduced to the blood food of demons and fierce beasts, and they tried to pursue and explore ways to make the human race strong, fearless of hardships and dangers, stepping into the dangerous and reckless mountains, observing the cultivation of fierce beasts entrenched in the towering mountains, hoping to learn from the fierce beasts to swallow the essence of the sun and the moon, so as to find a way to make our human race strong.
After the continuous efforts of countless ancestors, repeated deductions and verifications. In the end, the great Terran sages finally got enlightenment and understanding from the movements and postures of the fierce beast spitting out the essence of the sun and the moon, and created the method of refining the essence of heaven and earth that belongs to our human race. ”
"In this way, our human race can gradually become stronger by cultivating by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, strengthening our body, and hunting the fierce beasts that break into the tribe, and entering the reckless mountains to obtain food, and the survival situation of the human race is no longer so difficult. ”
When the patriarch Mo Yuan talked about the sages of the human race observing the cultivation method of the fierce beasts and the creation of the human race, there seemed to be a surging and vigorous flame flickering in his eyes, and his expression was extremely fanatical, full of awe and worship for the sages of the human race.
"So is this how our tribe cultivates the method of swallowing?" the children asked.
"Yes, that's right. ”
The old man saw that the children's dark eyes were shining with curiosity, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said affirmatively.
The children were all shocked by what Mo Yuan said, and their expressions were extremely excited, and at the same time, they admired the ancestors of the human race, and their enthusiasm for cultivation was extremely high.
"Alright, be quiet, listen to me continue. Mo Yuan smiled and waved his hand to calm the children down, and then taught them the knowledge of cultivation.
"Cultivation begins with tempering the physical body, and a person's physique is the foundation of cultivation, and only by laying a solid foundation can we break through to a higher realm in the future. The physical body is divided into six realms: body forging, blood coagulation, refining organs, marrow washing, bone sacrifice and inscriptions, and each realm is divided into the early stage, middle stage, late stage and consummation. The first thing you need to do now is to build your muscles, temper your body, unleash the potential of your physical body, and lay a solid foundation. ”
"Forging the body, as the name suggests, is to exercise a strong physique, so that the flesh and muscles of the whole body become strong and powerful, full of qi and blood, enhance the strength of the human body, and the initial development of physical treasures, paving the way for the subsequent breakthrough of the realm.
Coagulation, swallowing and absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, refining the essence in the body, condensing every drop of blood circulating in the body, so that the blood contains more essence and power. The condensed blood circulates and flows back and forth in the body, constantly washing the body, removing blood impurities, and the flesh and bones of the whole body are much denser than when the body is forged.
Refining the organs, swallowing the essence of heaven and earth, so that the five organs and six organs can be tempered. Reaching this realm, the ability of the flesh to refine the essence and qi in the food and the speed of injury recovery increased dramatically. It is said that there are powerful cultivators whose internal organs are as crystal clear as jade, reaching the point of swallowing gold fossils.
Washing the marrow, that is, cutting the hair and washing the marrow, removing the impurities and dirt of the body, making the body light and agile, as if reborn.
Sacrificing bones, sacrificing bones, making the bones of the whole body dense and hard, comparable to fine iron, and the flesh is basically tempered to the extreme, preparing for the next realm inscription.
Inscriptions, inscribed runes on the bones of the whole body, although they have not left the realm of the physical body, but it is already the pinnacle of the realm of the physical body, and the runes engraved on the body can be used to communicate the aura of heaven and earth, and the power is unpredictable. ”
When the children heard the words of the clan elder Mo Yuan, their dark eyes suddenly became much brighter, and their immature faces were also full of longing.
An older child asked curiously, "Grandpa Mo Yuan, have you cultivated to the Inscription Realm?"
"No, I just cultivated to the Sacrificial Bone Realm. The inscription is an extremely special realm, it needs to master the power of the rune in order to enter this realm, and our tribe is not ......" Speaking of this, Mo Yuan's expression was a little gloomy.
However, the children didn't notice it, their faces were full of excitement, and they continued to ask, "Grandpa Mo Yuan, what is the rune?"
"The rune is a symbol imprinted by the laws of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth in the bloodline of powerful beings and manifested in the bones, containing mysterious and unpredictable power. Remember, only by mastering the mysteries of the runes can you embark on the path to becoming strong. ”
The children's eyes showed endless yearning.
For a moment, Mo Yuan's gaze swept over all the children in the clearing, and he asked in a loud voice:
"Do you understand all these realms of cultivation?"
"Understood, Grandpa Mo Yuan. The children replied loudly with resolute eyes.