Lin Zining asked Xiao Er to send the food to Wang Zijun's room, and after eating, the three of them washed it well before they went back to their rooms to sleep.

Be careful when you go out, for the sake of safety, Lin Zining has set up an early warning formation in the house of the three of them. Wang Zijun had no mana, and Lin Zining also added a defensive formation in his room.

Back in the room, Lin Zining did not fall asleep immediately, but meditated and cultivated in bed.

Lin Zining remembered that Mr. Bai Yi once told him that cultivation is the kung fu of grinding stones, and if you don't practice for a day, you will have a deficit for a day.

Although it is said that since the big and small Zhou Tian were opened, there is no need for deliberate traction, and the true qi can run freely in the body without stopping all the time, but in this way, it can only maintain the normal consumption of mana, and can hardly increase one's own cultivation.

Only after reaching the realm of warmth and cultivation will the automatic operation of the true qi increase cultivation and promote the ascension of the realm.

The path of cultivation is full of difficulties, and once you set foot on it, it is possible to reach the end of the other side only with one blow.

Lin Zining guided the operation of his true qi while thinking about the path of cultivation.

Starting from the training of the body, there are three levels of nine-layer cultivation realm, such as rushing acupoints, building foundations, practicing qi, condensing, gangcheng, jindan, warmth, and rebirth.

This nine-layer realm doesn't mean walking on flat ground, making a mark every other section, and reaching the end point after walking the nine sections. Cultivators transform the realm before the primordial spirit into three orders and nine layers, which is not arbitrary, but is divided according to the characteristics of the cultivation stage.

Body refining, acupuncture and foundation building are the first stages at the beginning of the cultivation path, and most people regard monks in these three realms as low-level monks, because even the highest foundation building realm at this stage can only achieve seven or eight feet above the ground and fly seven or eight miles.

Take Lin Zining as an example, the Taiyi innate skill he cultivated is the most authentic Taoist method, and his mana is pure and strong far beyond other Taoist exercises, but even so, he can only be ten feet above the ground, and he has to rest for a moment or two after flying for twenty or thirty miles, and it is difficult to continue flying. That day, he took Wang Zijun to go around Luanping County and Zhenhai County, but it took a lot of energy and effort.

The first stage is the stage of refining and refining gas. The so-called refining and refining qi is to train the body's energy into true qi, and use the true qi to penetrate the acupuncture points of the whole body.

After the true qi penetrated through the three hundred and sixty-five acupuncture points, the realm of refining and refining qi was not completely completed.

Why?

Monks who are in the first stage often do not have good control over the retraction and release of their true qi. Just like Lin Zining confronted the Tianzheng Sect monk this morning, if he could freely control the release of his true qi, he could break the long swords of Chen Zhi'an's eight people with just one move, and he could injure everyone without harming people's lives.

In other words, with Lin Zining's True Qi realm and his strength in cultivating the Xuanqing Mixed Yuan Sword Technique, he could have injured the Tianzheng Sect with one move, but he couldn't use his strength well. If you want to use an analogy, it is that there is no treasure mountain but there is no ability to dig treasure.

What is the reason, the level of refining and refining gas has not really passed. It is equivalent to saying that Lin Zining is now using both the power of true qi and the energy of his body. After Lin Zining really cultivated his energy into true qi, he passed the level of refining and refining qi and became a middle-level cultivator.

The three realms of qi training, condensation, and chenggang are self-cultivation and harmony. The key to this stage is to connect the inside and outside, and nourish oneself with the aura of heaven and earth.

Qi cultivation is to absorb a large amount of heaven and earth essence, and turn the gaseous state into a liquid state, the same size, the power contained in the liquefied true qi is several times or even more than ten times that of the true qi. can be thirty or fifty zhang above the ground, fly four or five hundred miles, like an eagle and a goose, and powerful people can even put down a powerful formation with their own strength.

In the realm of condensation, it is necessary to find a point that contains a rich amount of earth-shattering qi, absorb the power of earth-shattering, and then connect with the true qi in the body. When you reach the Chenggang realm, you need to absorb the power of Tiangang. After gathering the power of the earthly demonstrators, he completely drew a line with the mundane, and he was no longer a first-class mortal.

It can be said that in the second stage, every step up is far more difficult than the sum of the difficulties of the first three realms. If there is still a route and direction to be found in the first two stages, when it comes to the stage of refining qi and transforming gods, it varies from person to person, and it is a little elusive.

If nothing else, just look at the word "God" to know, what is God? God is the meaning of the original source power, and it is only when He is willing to reveal His own judgment that others can see it.

In other words, each person's understanding of "god" is different, and the divine power evolved is also different. The first two stages are about cultivating strength and qi, and at this stage, you are cultivating the mind, and the difficulty is not comparable to before.

Thinking of this, Lin Zining unconsciously entered a mysterious state, and the whole person seemed to be wrapped in a warm current, I don't know how comfortable.

In the darkness and darkness, Lin Zining suddenly heard someone talking beside him, and wanted to listen carefully, but he only felt that his consciousness was intermittent, and his voice seemed to be there, and he wanted to call people, but his throat seemed to be stuffed with cloth, and he couldn't make a sound at night, and he wanted to turn his body and move his hands and feet, but his limbs were stiff, his hands and feet were tied, and he couldn't move at all.

I was anxious, and in a trance, my voice gradually became clear, but someone was explaining the Tao, and occasionally someone asked questions in the middle, and the person who taught was also not in a hurry, telling the story, and sometimes asking the person who asked the question, and sometimes asking others to answer. Lin Zining secretly said in his heart: "I can't learn just this bearing, I can't learn this depth of knowledge, and I can't do it enough, and I can't reach this impatience and wisdom." ”

Listen carefully, although this gentleman has a different idea from Mr. Bai Yi's teaching, it also benefits Lin Zining a lot. This person quoted scriptures, made remarks that had never been made before, analyzed the unstated truths of the sages, and allowed students to speak freely, and the remarks of several of the students, Lin Zining also felt very insightful and innovative.

Lin Zining silently listened to the content of the lecture, which happened to be the beginning of cultivation and the content of the three realms during the foundation building period.

If a cultivator is just refining the body, it is no different from a martial artist who cultivates martial arts, and even worse, after all, you are only at the realm, and people are still practicing all kinds of kung fu, if you really think that when you reach the realm, you can fight with these first-class martial artists, and the end is conceivable.

And the realm of punching acupoints, just like the martial arts masters, is to enter the innate realm from the day after tomorrow, no longer just using the strength of a certain part of the body and a few acupoints, but connecting the acupoints of the body together, moving the whole body with one blow, and combining force with breathing, it has the effect of four or two thousand catties.

It is also at this realm that whether it is cultivating martial arts or Taoist exercises, it becomes possible to look inside the body. Mortals only have one pair of eyes, and what they see is a foreign object, and it is impossible to say that they are truly "clear", so the sage Changyu Wenqiu of the era of the kingdoms said that "those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are clear". Because the eyes of mortals are always fixed on others, they are clever and diligent in thinking, and it is not difficult to understand outsiders. But staring at others all day long, thinking about how to use others to achieve their own careers, can the foundation last for a long time? Only "self-knowledge" can "know".

What is "Ming"? The sun and the moon shine brightly. According to what Changyu Wenqiu said: "For people, it is the light of the sun and the moon, the end of the autumn, the change of heaven and earth, and the difference between things and me." If you can not only combine the light of the sun and the moon to understand others, but also be able to perceive the subtle analysis and discernment, you are a sage. It can also perceive the changes of heaven and earth, the flow of luck, and know the difference between things and me, distinguish between people and me, things and me, and find their own place in the world and all living beings, that is, the so-called sacred. ”

The realm of sages has nothing to do with the depth of cultivation, but only with the clarity of the mind.

Changyu Wenqiu has another saying: "If you listen partially, it will be dark, and if you listen to it, you will be clear." In fact, it is the same thing as what is said above, ordinary people think that only by listening to and believing partially, and listening to opinions from many parties can we understand the truth of the matter, but the truth of the matter is not on the outside but on the inside. The so-called "dark" actually refers to an unclear mind, not knowing who you want, what law you want to do, where you want to go, unclear ambitions, and unclear rules. The so-called "clear" means to have a clear mind, to know where you are going, to follow what method to go there, and to look at this place from the other place, so that you can see through the falsehood, understand the self and mix the self with the self. Not only knows where the world is, but also can transcend this realm, there is a little bit of "everyone is drunk and I am awake".

However, for those who practice martial arts and cultivation, the so-called "Ming" first lies in being able to look inward at the body, know the internal situation of their own body, only know their own condition, only can they take themselves as a whole, seduce the internal and external aura, implicate their own true qi with the aura and vitality of heaven and earth, and nourish themselves with the essence of heaven and earth, can they prolong their lives and even live forever.

Of course, if you want to really connect with heaven and earth, your own muscles and bones must not be too fragile, so the first three levels of cultivation are the way of refining the body, rushing acupoints, and building the foundation (refining bone marrow), polishing the flesh from the three aspects of flesh and blood, acupuncture points and bone marrow, and building the foundation of the path.

Hearing this, Lin Zining compared his situation at this time with what he heard, and he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Today's Lin Zining has three problems, one is that his true qi is not smooth, the second is that his mind is unstable, and the third is that he is restless. The reason for the bad luck has already been said, and I will not repeat it.

As for divine consciousness, both Taoists and Buddhists talk about divine consciousness. For example, the first consciousness of Buddhism is the body consciousness, which requires the cultivation of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body, the circulation of the five qi luck, the five senses of sensitivity, and the practice of the five kinds of supernatural powers to pass the first level. The divine consciousness mentioned by Taoism is the meaning of the divine mind and the soul, and all mortals have three souls and seven spirits, and these three souls and seven spirits are the divine consciousness of people.

The so-called three souls refer to "heavenly soul, earth soul, and life soul", and in ancient times, they were called "fetal light, cool spirit, and ghost spirit". The seven spirits are one spirit of the sky, two spirits of wisdom, three spirits for the qi, four spirits for the force, five spirits for the center, six spirits for the essence, and seven spirits for the Ying.

The soul is yang, and the spirit is yin. Among the three souls and the seven spirits, each is divided into yin and yang. Among the three souls. The heavenly soul is yang, the earth soul is yin, and the life soul is yang. Among the seven spirits, the two spirits of heaven and soul are yin and heaven, the spirit and strength of the center are yang and are human, and the elite two are yang and earth.

Among the three souls, the two souls of heaven and earth are always outside, and only the soul lives alone. The three souls of heaven and earth do not often meet together. Among the seven spirits, there are two heavenly spirits, two earthly spirits and three human spirits, and the yin and yang correspond and are never separated. and often attached to the human body. The seven spirits of the human body are all in the hands of the soul of life. The soul is also known as the human soul, and the life of the human race is born from the womb of the soul of the human race. After the soul is in the womb, the energy is distributed on the seven chakras of the body's central vein, and the seven souls of the human body are formed. The spirit is unique to the human body, and after death, the seven spirits dissipate, and the soul also leaves, and the life ends there.

Lin Zining's problem is that his life and soul are unstable, and the three souls and seven spirits have not converged into one, and they cannot coordinate with each other. Since the three souls and seven spirits are not in harmony with each other, how can the seven emotions be coordinated, so the mood is naturally restless.

Everyone in the Sihai Warehouse thought that Lin Zining was decent, stable and generous, but in fact, Lin Zining's seven emotions were not as sensitive as others. For example, there are seven wounds in the seven emotions, which are "anger hurts the liver", "joy hurts the heart", "sadness hurts the lungs", "thoughts hurt the spleen", "fear hurts the kidneys", and "frightens the gall". How to explain this "anger hurts the liver", all the officials must remember that it is not that more anger hurts the liver, in fact, people who are angry often have healthier livers than people who are not angry. How to explain this, the seven emotions and six desires are the inherent passions/desires of human beings, how can they be suppressed, and once suppressed, isn't it contrary to the way of nature?

Lin Zining wanted to listen any longer, but he heard the gentleman, shouting, like a bell ringing. Lin Zining felt that his body was suddenly falling into the abyss, and even if he used his hands and feet together, he couldn't catch anything or touch anything. In a trance, I don't know how long and how deep I fell, Lin Zining suddenly heard a loud noise.