The joy of the breakthrough made Han Chuang forget his hostility to Hu Dingshan for a while, and he couldn't help but bring a gentle look to the old man's gaze, just like the soft moonlight through the tent.

Of course, when the old doubts passed, there would always be new doubts, Han Chuang frowned, and said, "It's a pity that it's only a half-step contemplation, how can I break through the contemplation period?"

He once studied the book of Qi Concentration Formula, the book will be divided into two parts, that if you want to concentrate your mind, you must first raise your energy, and to cultivate your spirit is to form a golden pill, the description of this part of the book is very detailed, and it is also very valuable for reference, but there is not much description of the concentration, and the only valuable sentence is only one sentence - it comes naturally.

What is a matter of course?

Is the boat straight to nature?

Or is it another way of speaking with the flow?

Han Chuang doesn't understand, as a young man from modern society, he hates the author's obscure Spring and Autumn penmanship, just think you can't write more clearly?

Hu Dingshan looked at Han Chuang with a smile, his dim eyes were shining with dazzling light, and after a while, he said, "You want to know how to concentrate?"

Han Chuang didn't speak, but nodded.

The warriors of the Yuan Dynasty, even if they know that they have no hope of contemplation in their lives, they also hope to understand how to concentrate, which is a very strange emotion, as if contemplation is like a pilgrimage for them, knowing that the glory of God will not come, but still touching the wind that does not exist.

Ridiculous, ridiculous, Han Chuang is doing this ridiculous thing right now, but compared to those ridiculous people, he has enough good reasons, after all- they are all half-step, aren't they?

Hu Dingshan said with a smile: "The situation is the same when no one is concentrating, anything can happen, but to sum up, there are three ways to concentrate." ”

Han Chuang made a gesture of please, lowering his posture very low, which was not only a respect for a senior, but also a feeling of eagerness to know the answer.

Of course, Hu Dingshan also understood this mood, he looked at Han Chuang, just like looking at his former self, who was also so confused standing in the dim moonlight and asking the same question to another person, that person was his father.

A gust of wind blew the tent curtain, disturbing Hu Dingshan's thoughts, but he still had a warm smile on his face, and the slender and deep wrinkles showed a posture of light and shadow in the moonlight. 、

He pondered, summed up his thoughts in his mind, and slowly spoke: "The first method, when the strength is strong enough to break through that layer, it will naturally break through, this is the best way to break through, and the strength is the highest. ”

Han Chuang frowned, and then said, "You mean to break the shackles purely with strength?"

Hu Dingshan nodded and said: "Of course, strength is always your best friend, whether it is true qi, physical strength, or even spiritual power, all power belongs to the category of this power, as long as it is strong enough." ”

Looking at Han Chuang's somewhat moved expression, Hu Dingshan couldn't help but smile and said, "Your appearance now is the same as when I heard this method back then," he stared into Han Chuang's eyes, "You are not afraid, you are not afraid, and even faintly excited, you feel that you have found a way to break through, just because you break through in this way, your strength will be the strongest, am I right?"

Hu Dingshan's elegant tone is addictive, but what really makes Han Chuang addicted is the content of the words, all of which are true, all his thoughts and all his mental activities are expected by the old man opposite.

"Yes, I do," he said, "is there anything wrong?"

Hu Dingshan smiled and said, "No, it's good, it's very good, I like a young man like you who is so energetic—"

Han Chuang felt that he had something to say, so he continued to listen without interjecting.

Sure enough, Hu Dingshan quickly changed his words: "I was as ambitious as you are now, but what happened? ”

Hu Dingshan's tone seemed a little lonely, as if he had lost the most important thing in his life.

"I failed, I broke through the south wall, my head was bleeding, I was almost ruined, and in the end I threw in the towel and switched to a different approach, and I was very glad that I was able to pull back from the precipice, instead of continuing to run headlong and again and again, and it must have been a tragic thing. ”

Han Chuang didn't speak, he listened, listened to every word, every word of Hu Dingshan chiseled into his ears, he was calm, indifferent, and even showed a posture that he had expected.

Hu Dingshan smiled and said, "Are you laughing at me?"

"No," Han Chuang said, "I'm not qualified to laugh at anyone right now. As soon as he finished speaking, he naturally shrugged his shoulders.

Hu Dingshan let out a long sigh and said, "If I could have the mentality you have now, I'm afraid I would have succeeded." ”

"But it can also be ruined. Han Chuang's voice was calm at the beginning.

Hu Dingshan was stunned for a moment, stared at Han Chuang in a daze, and after a long while, he finally laughed out loud and said: "That's right, that's right, what you said is not bad at all, if I continue to persevere, what I will get is likely not to be success, but complete destruction." ”

The corners of Han Chuang's mouth hooked up a beautiful arc, "The most brilliant success is often on the edge of the cliff, and if you are not careful, you will fall." ”

"You're right. Hu Dingshan sighed and said, "It's difficult to break through this path with strength, it's very difficult, I can tell you responsibly, among the ten geniuses, maybe none of them can break through in this way." ”

Han Chuang took a breath, he was a little unimpressed, but Hu Dingshan's conclusive tone made him have to believe every word he said, it was not alarmist nonsense, but real golden and jade good words.

"How difficult is it?" After a while, such a sentence popped out of Han Chuang's mouth.

"It's almost impossible," Hu Dingshan's tone was a little bitter, "Know what my martial soul is?"

Han Chuang didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned this, but he still shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

He can't even peek into Hu Dingshan's strength, and as for the martial soul, I'm afraid he is not qualified to let Hu Dingshan use the martial soul. How strong Hu Dingshan is, Han Chuang doesn't know, he only knows that even if Ling Luofeng in the late stage of concentrating is in front of Hu Dingshan, he has no chance of winning, he has already approached, and even infinitely close to that layer of realm, which is the realm that Han Chuang didn't dare to think about at this moment.

Hu Dingshan laughed, waved his right hand, and a person suddenly appeared behind him.

It really appeared suddenly, out of thin air, without any life, when this person walked in, Han Chuang saw his face, oily mustache, long face, small eyes and no god, who is not Gongsun Sheng.

He was shocked, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Hu Dingshan: "You have already guessed, that's right, Gongsun Sheng is my martial spirit, and I call him a marionette." ”

Real people, or puppets?

Han Chuang couldn't tell the difference, but Gongsun Sheng's strength was undoubted, at least he couldn't think of any way to defeat this man - or a puppet.

"So, you were the one who was operating just now?" Han Chuang asked.

"That's right," replied Hu Dingshan, "you have to experience it for yourself before you can make the most correct judgment." He waved his hand again, and Gongsun Sheng turned into a black light and rushed into his body.

Han Chuang was no longer surprised by the strange things, but when he suddenly saw a "person" turn into a black light and scurry into another person's body, he still felt a little creepy, like thousands of ants crawling on his body.

He couldn't help but shudder and said, "What does this have to do with breaking through the Condensation Period?"

Hu Dingshan didn't answer, but asked a different question: "How is my martial soul?"

Han Chuang closed his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Powerful, very powerful martial spirit." ”

Of course it is powerful, the martial soul can break away from the human body and exert the strength of a martial artist in the Transformation Yuan Stage alone, if this is not powerful, then what else is powerful? Even Han Chuang can faintly feel that the potential of this marionette is unlimited, and one day, his strength will catch up with Hu Dingshan, or even surpass him.

Hu Dingshan smiled and said: "The old man was your age, he followed the ancient martial arts, attached importance to the cultivation of the physical body, and the physical strength was not much weaker than you are now, and at the same time, because of the existence of the marionette, the old man's spiritual power back then was also very strong, not to mention the strength, the old man thought that he would definitely be able to break through the concentrating period with his strength, but in the end he failed." ”

Han Chuang asked, "The reason?"

"Not enough strength. Hu Dingshan sighed and said, "The old man thought that the strength was enough, but in the end, he found that the strength was still not enough to break the shackles, and even at that time, I felt that I had no possibility of breaking the shackles with my own strength." ”

He shook his head and sighed: "What a sad thing, I am so confident in myself, but in the end, I sadly found that I still sat in the well and watched the sky, and underestimated this way of breakthrough." ”

Hu Dingshan's words made the suspicious flame that had just ignited in Han Chuang's heart annihilated, but he secretly said in his heart: "In Hu Dingshan's words, his strength back then was no longer the current me, but there is still no possibility of breaking through, is it really so difficult to break through with strength?"

Hu Dingshan seemed to understand what Han Chuang was thinking, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be arrogant, I didn't break through back then, and I didn't have the possibility of breaking through with force, it doesn't mean that you have no possibility, although in terms of strength, you are weaker than me who was also in a half-step concentration back then, but you also have your own advantages." ”

"What advantage?" Han Chuang's originally dim eyes suddenly lit up, and two dazzling rays of light burst out.

Hu Dingshan smiled and said, "Your martial soul." ”

"What do you mean?" Han Chuang frowned.

Hu Dingshan said with a smile: "Your martial soul is the greatest and perhaps the only possibility to break through the condensation with strength. ”

Han Chuang said: "I still don't understand. ”

Hu Dingshan smiled, looked at the young Han Chuang, and thought, "Yes, no matter how amazing and brilliant you are, after all, you are just a young man under the age of twenty, how can you see yourself clearly?"

He shook his head and said, "Your martial soul is different from mine, your martial soul is used to devour, and devouring can help you accumulate a lot of power. ”

Han Chuang frowned and said, "What do you mean, let me keep devouring other people's true qi?" He couldn't help but think about the Northern Spiritual Skill, the kung fu described by Mr. Jin Yong is also a kung fu that devours other people's true qi, which is somewhat similar to his martial spirit.

Hu Dingshan shook his head and said, "Devouring other people's true qi is just the next choice," his voice paused for a moment, and then said: "Devouring other people's true qi will inevitably cause the true qi to be mixed. ”

Han Chuang nodded and said, "I recognize this, so all along, I have tried to devour the true qi of others as little as possible." ”

Hu Dingshan said: "You can see this, it means that you have a good heart, if ordinary people have this kind of martial soul that can be skillfully snatched, they will definitely keep looking for people and devouring them, then they will fall into the devil's way, although the skill is strong, but it is even more difficult to break through the condensation period." ”

Han Chuang said suspiciously: "Since you can't break through by devouring other people's true qi, what other way is there?" This is the core of the problem.

Hu Dingshan smiled and said, "Your martial soul can not only devour true qi, but also devour the essence qi of heaven and earth." ”

Han Chuang said: "That's right, it is indeed possible. This was an inconsequential matter, even if Hu Dingshan knew, it was nothing, so Han Chuang's answer was very refreshing.

Hu Dingshan smiled and said: "That's right, if you want to break through the contemplation period, you need to do two things." First, continue to strengthen the exercise of the physical body, this point must not be slackened, in addition to the physical body can provide physical strength, but also a container to hold the true qi, to the half-step concentration of the node, how much true qi you can have, is determined by your body. ”

Han Chuang nodded in approval.

His I Ching Five Fists and Nan'a Sword Sutra are both good ways to temper the body, and he has never given up this exercise, so to speak, as a traverser, he understands the importance of the body better than most people in this world.

"What about the second point?" he asked again.

Hu Dingshan said with a smile: "The second point is also the most important, but also the most difficult point to achieve; when the body reaches a certain level, you must find a place where the vitality of heaven and earth is strong, and try your best to devour the vitality, and use these devoured vitality to achieve the purpose of breakthrough, if the vitality of heaven and earth is not enough, it is impossible to break through with strength." ”

Han Chuang frowned and said, "How about the mountain gates of the major sects, can the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi break through?"

Hu Dingshan shook his head and said, "Not enough, not enough." ”

Han Chuang said again: "What about the Cave Heaven Blessed Land of the Sect?"

The Cave Heaven Blessed Land is a place for core disciples to cultivate, and every place is filled with a strong heaven and earth vitality, which can be said to be the cornerstone of the sect, if there is no Cave Heaven Blessed Land, the sect will not be called a sect.

Hu Dingshan shook his head again and said, "It's still not enough." ”

Han Chuang smiled bitterly and said, "If the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land are not enough, then I really can't think of any other place that can meet the conditions." ”

His eyes swept to Hu Dingshan, as if waiting for Hu Dingshan to solve his doubts.

Hu Dingshan also smiled bitterly: "You don't have to look at me, I don't know, this kind of wonderful world is a place that can be encountered but not sought, and the old man has never encountered one in his life." ”

Han Chuang said frustratedly: "Then didn't you draw a big cake for me out of thin air, and in the end it was just a flower in the mirror?"

Hu Dingshan smiled and said, "Maybe, but who knows that you don't have this luck? Maybe you are very lucky, and you may find such a place when you break through." ”

Han Chuang smiled bitterly: "This is too illusory, and I don't want to pin the opportunity for a breakthrough on a miracle." ”

"That's right," Hu Dingshan laughed self-deprecatingly, "I just didn't see clearly enough back then, so I took a lot of detours, and I didn't realize until I was old that sometimes it was fate, and everything went naturally."

Han Chuang smiled: "What about the second breakthrough method? ”

Hu Dingshan said with a smile: "Naturally not, the second path is also the path chosen by most half-step contemplation martial artists. ”

"Tell me about it. Han Chuang said.

Hu Dingshan smiled and said: "It's very simple, the ancients knew very early on that it was extremely difficult to break through the contemplation period with their own strength, so they began to seek help from external objects, and this second method came from this. ”

Han Chuang said, "What should I do?"

Hu Dingshan said: "It's easy to say, first of all, you have to understand that the human spirit is formed by the aggregation of souls, of which the soul is divided into three, namely the heavenly soul, the earth soul and the living soul, and the martial soul is the fourth soul that is attached to the three souls, and it is also the difference between the martial soul and ordinary people."

After a pause, Hu Dingshan said again: "If you want to break through the contemplation period, the most extensive way is to find three different treasures or divine weapons that are consistent with your martial soul attributes, and place this heavenly soul, earth soul and living soul on the strange treasure and divine weapon respectively, and concentrating on it can naturally be achieved." ”

Han Chuang smiled bitterly and pointed to his nose and said, "I finally understand the importance of the sect. ”

Hu Dingshan didn't know why Han Chuang was talking about him left and right, and said suspiciously: "What's the matter?"

Han Chuang smiled bitterly: "Of course it matters, for example, I am a lone ranger now, and it is difficult and difficult to rely on my own strength to gather the three kinds of strange treasures, but if you are in the sect, you can still find the power of the sect." ”

"No wonder so many people want to enter the sect with their heads broken. He muttered quietly.

Hu Dingshan laughed and pointed at Han Chuang, and said: "That's right, that's right, this is also one of the meanings of the existence of the sect, many big sects, there are many elders who think that this method breaks through the condensation period, after the fall of these elders, the treasures and divine weapons left behind can also be used by future generations, which is also the reason for the longevity of the sect." ”

Han Chuang smiled bitterly: "But it's troublesome for me, I've been expelled from the sect." ”

Hu Dingshan shook his head and said, "Don't be presumptuous, don't you already have a divine weapon?"

Han Chuang's eyes flashed, and he said, "You even know the Xuantie Heavy Sword?"

Hu Dingshan smiled: "I am a person who plans and then acts. ”

Han Chuang smiled bitterly and shook his head, Hu Dingshan's meaning was already obvious, he had already investigated all the information about himself, all of himself was in front of him, and there were no secrets at all.