In the past two days, Zhang Jiao's cultivation seems to have reached a bottleneck, and despite the blessing of the Nine Scepters, the Qi in his body can only be cultivated to the Huagai acupoint on his chest. And with the arrival of Guo Jie, his heart throbbed inexplicably, and this part of his cultivation actually showed signs of slowly weakening. So Zhang Jiao found Zuo Ci and Yu Ji.

"The so-called Qi is divided into innate and acquired Qi, the innate Qi is the Yuan Qi, and the acquired Qi is the Qi of all things in the universe. The human soul comes from outside the universe, and the body is born from the mother's womb, and it carries the innate Qi in itself. And with the growth of life, people begin to eat grains, have five senses, and suddenly give birth to seven emotions and six desires, and these passions are heart fire. Our innate Qi will be scorched by the fire of our hearts and slowly dissipated between heaven and earth. Therefore, our practice is to use the body as a furnace to receive the Qi of all things in the universe, and when the acquired Qi is complete, it will slowly turn into the innate Yuan Qi. Then the divine soul used Yuan Qi as a guide to find the source of Yuan Qi outside the universe. When the soul is put into it, it can be called an immortal. When Zuo Ci heard Zhang Jiao's question, he did not rush to answer him, but slowly explained the root of "Qi".

"Will the Innate Qi disappear? Related to the Seven Emotions and Six Desires? Doesn't that mean that as long as you have seven emotions and six desires, you will have a heart fire, and you will never be able to cultivate Yuan Qi! That ......" Zhang Jiao hurriedly asked when he heard Zuo Ci's words.

"Don't worry, listen to me." Zuo Ci waved his hand, interrupting Zhang Jiao's words, then smiled and continued: "The so-called no fire is Qi, it depends on how you understand 'nothing'. People need to eat grains to live, and they have seven emotions and six desires, so the Yuan Qi brought by birth will eventually disperse. This is a normal law between heaven and earth. And we take our bodies as furnaces and accept the Qi of all things in the universe into our bodies, and we also need to use these heart fires as refining in order to turn the complex acquired Qi into innate Qi. ”

"Then since the heart fire will dissipate the innate Qi, wouldn't it be that those Yuan Qi that had just been transformed from the acquired Qi would be gone again immediately? That ......" Zhang Jiao was stunned when he listened, and couldn't help but ask again.

"Where's the furnace, the furnace?! Don't worry, listen to me! Zuo Ci couldn't help but slap Zhang Jiao's head, and continued.

"It's like a pot of water, if you pour it directly into a fire, it will quickly be boiled, and if you boil it in a pot, although it will also evaporate some of the water vapor, most of it will still be unharmed. Therefore, our cultivation is like boiling water in a pot, and the cold water in the pot is like the acquired Qi, and the firewood for burning the fire is the heart fire of the seven feelings, and we add water to the pot while adding firewood, and the water in the pot is just boiling, and it happens to be a whole pot, and at the same time, the firewood for the fire is also burned out at the moment when the water boils, which is equivalent to all the Qi has turned into the innate Qi, understand? Zuo Ci foamed at the mouth and gave Zhang Jiao an example.

"Uh... Still... I still don't understand..."Zhang Jiao touched his head, very embarrassed.

"You elm pimple, come and see this flower on your senior brother's head." Zuo Ci pointed to the top of Yu Ji's head with one hand, and then a bright flower slowly grew on the top of Yu Ji's head.

"Let's take this flower as an example, when you don't look at this flower, does this flower exist in your heart?" Zuo Ci pointed to the top of Yu Ji's head, which made Yu Ji's face black for a while, but he thought that he was arguing with his little junior brother, and he didn't have a seizure.

"No... does not exist. Zhang Jiao wanted to laugh, but when he saw Zuo Ci's serious eyes, he was forced to hold back.

"Then you see this flower now, does it exist? Fresh or not bright? Isn't it pretty? "Zuo Ci is kind and persuasive.

"Drift... Burst... Pretty, pretty. Zhang Jiao looked at Yu Ji's dark face and a bright flower on his head, and he almost couldn't hold back.

That's right, you see this flower and you don't see it, it's all there, but in your heart, its existence and non-existence are only in your thoughts. Even if this flower really grows on your senior brother's head, you can't see it, he doesn't exist. Zuo Ci thought he had finally made sense. It reverted to its indifferent appearance.

"Uh... So... I'm still... It's a little hard to understand. Zhang Jiao still looked at Zuo Ci with a confused expression.

"So the key to this is how do you think about the meaning of 'being' or 'nothing', do you think the water in the pot can be boiled without the participation of fire? When the water is boiled, there is fire in the water, and there is water in the fire, but in a different form of existence. The original cold water and firewood look 'nothing', but is it really 'nothing'? Zuo Ci took a deep breath and calmed his temper. Slowly explain to Zhang Jiao.

"So it's correct to say that some of my Qi is slowly disappearing, and they are like water vapor that evaporates during the boiling of water?" Zhang Jiao seemed to have some understanding.

"The child is teachable!" Zuo Ci exhaled, as if he had thought of something, and blinked at Zhang Jiao and asked, "Is it that the little girl of the Guo family has added another handful of firewood to my little junior brother's heart?" ”

"What did Senior Brother say!" Zhang Jiao blushed a little, thinking of the peach petal birthmark on Guo Jie's forehead for no reason, and his heart was inexplicably throbbing, and he was stunned.

"It's okay, it's okay, I won't get married when I practice, as the so-called more firewood, it's good to boil water!" Zuo Ci squeezed his eyebrows and said to Zhang Jiao.

"......" Zhang Jiao lowered his hair in a daze.

"That's it, the so-called Taoism is natural, and the senior brother doesn't say much. But I see that girl is kind-hearted and virtuous, but it is rare to see good firewood, if the junior brother is interested, seize the opportunity..."Zuo Ci looked at Zhang Jiao's lowered hair and stunned appearance, and suddenly felt bored, patted Zhang Jiao on the shoulder, turned his head and went out with Yu Ji and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.

Within two days, Guo Jie had already become accustomed to the way of life in the countryside, following Liu Yue'e out to soup porridge in the morning and helping to prepare herbs and food in the afternoon. When eating, I am no longer restrained, and the whole person seems to have become much more cheerful and lively.

"There are a lot fewer people here today than yesterday, and it won't be long before my uncle and aunt don't have to work so hard." Guo Jie sorted and sealed the bag of herbs in hand, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said to Zhang Huailin and his wife with a smile.

"It's not hard, niece, you've helped a lot in the past two days. I didn't expect the gentle Miss Guo family to be so quick to work! Liu Yue'e took out a handkerchief to wipe Guo Jie's sweat, and praised with a smile, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that Guo Jie was pleasing to the eye.

"Xiaoru also helped a lot! Today, I was still stirring porridge by the pot for most of the day! The little girl watched her mother wipe Zhang Ru's sweat, and she was jealous.

"Okay, good, Xiaoru is the best!" Guo Jie smiled when she heard this, and rubbed Zhang Ru's little head.

"In the afternoon, let Ah Jiao go to Guo's house with you, and cure Brother Guo's head wind as soon as possible. By the way, I also brought Xiaoru with her, she followed us at home, and she couldn't learn anything, so it was better to follow her niece as a companion. Zhang Huailin looked at Guo Jie and said with a smile.

"Okay, listen to my uncle's arrangement." Guo Jie said with a smile.

The Guo family is a new upstart who has risen in Platform County for more than ten years, and it is rumored that Guo Jianliang, the head of the Guo family, was originally a side branch of a wealthy family in Yingchuan, but because he offended the powerful figures in the clan, he was sent to a remote place like Julu. As a result, because he is good at management and exquisite, he has flourished in Julu in just over ten years.

When Guo Jianliang first arrived in Julu, he still had some surplus wealth, and he was very high-flying, but with the sound of dogs and horses all day long, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, he soon lost all his remaining wealth. One day, he slipped into the green building and spent all day drinking, but he had no money to settle the bill, and he was beaten and thrown on the street. When Guo was dying, he met Zhang Huailin, who was practicing medicine, and was taken home by him to be cured.

Guo Jianliang, who has recovered, has changed his temperament greatly, becoming diligent and low-key. started with a small business, and in just over ten years, it has become one of the top wealthy families in Julu. However, Guo still has a shortcoming, perhaps because he was addicted to lust in the early years, and his health deteriorated. At the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, she was fourteen years old, and there was only one only daughter Guo Jie.

Zhang Jiao didn't know much about Guo Jianliang, he only remembered that when he was a child, an Uncle Guo came to Zhang's house with a lot of gifts during the New Year's holidays. But since the age of ten, I haven't seen him for five years.

Zhang Jiao prepared a few clothes and some sacrificial utensils and put them in the Qiankun bag that Yu Ji gave him, and then put on the sacrificial clothes and walked out of the door, wanting Yu Ji or Zuo Ci to see if there was anything wrong. As soon as I went out, I saw Guo Jie in the courtyard loading a bag of bags into the carriage.

"Are you ready to go?"

"Isn't Brother Zhang going to the priest early in the morning the day after tomorrow, my house is only a few miles away from the altar, so stay at my house for the next two days, and it will be convenient for you at that time." Guo Jie said to Zhang Jiao who walked out of the house. I saw Zhang Jiao's outfit again, his cheeks were red, and his eyes were a little straight.

"Just... With this intention, I also helped Uncle Guo to recuperate and condition his body in the past two days. Looking at the girl's stunned eyes, Zhang Jiao was very embarrassed.

Zhang Jiao wore long hair, a crown made of a wreath on his head, a silk robe, a sparkling jade pendant hanging from his waist, and a scepter in his hand. It looks like a fairy and heroic.

"It's okay, that's fine. It's just a sacrifice, what to do if you're dressed up so beautifully, it's hard for you to go on a blind date! Zuo Ci was as unserious as ever, and the originally extremely serious Sheji sacrifice ceremony turned out to be a light "sacrifice" in his mouth.

Zhang Jiao saw that he couldn't get any advice from his senior brother, so he went back to the room and changed into his usual clothes, and drove the carriage to take Guo Jie and Zhang Ru in the direction of Pingxiang County.