Chapter 4: Gathering Qi into the Body
After seeing Xu Ziye's swordsmanship, Ling Ling was convinced. He looked at Master eagerly and asked expectantly, "Master, when will I be able to cultivate the Non-Empty Technique?" ”
"It's too early to think beautifully! The basis of sword training is body refining, and the basis of body refining is qi induction. If you practice swordsmanship from the beginning, it will only be an attic in the sky, and you will only laugh and be generous when you go out to show it. Xu Ziye shook his head, shattering Ling Ling's illusions. He reached into the void again and dug it out, took out a small gray book that was not good-looking, and threw it into Ling Ling's hand.
Ling Ling took a closer look, and a few words were burned with gold leaf on the cover of this book, which together was called "Qi Induction Jue". He raised his head and looked at Xu Ziye puzzled, waiting for Master's explanation.
Xu Ziye pointed to the book, then to the air, and said with a smile: "Disciple, our cultivators must not be able to do without something called aura. Reiki is such a thing as a very ethereal thing, and mortals can't even notice it. As a monk, the biggest difference between you and mortals is that you can feel the aura of control. In ancient times, if a mortal wanted to become a monk, he had to find an external force to forcibly break through, and the process was very difficult. However, when the Five Domains Sect was first established, several Terran ancestors broke this situation. ”
"The ancestors of our human race are eloquent and strategic, and they have opened up the exercise "Qi Induction Formula", so that the monks of the world can break through the shackles on their own, attract spiritual energy, and step into the path of immortals." When Xu Ziye said this, his face was full of awe and sincerity.
"As a first-class Lei Linggen's best qualification, as long as you follow the steps on these pages of the book, you will definitely be able to break through to the Qi cultivation period in these few days. Come on, the teacher is very optimistic about you, if there is anything, just call twice, I can hear you. With that, Xu Ziye waved his sleeves and turned to leave.
Ling Ling was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Master, what are you going to do?" Xu Ziye's body froze, touched the tip of his nose with some embarrassment, and replied, "Fishing." ”
"Oh, you always fish slowly, I'll go to you when I break through to the Qi training period." Ling Ling nodded, but suddenly thought of something, and asked again: "Then, can you do fishing without the Air Force?" ”
"Good apprentice, teach you another truth for the teacher, don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Xu Ziye's face was gloomy, and he left without looking back. Looking at the master's back and walking to the lake, and then flashed, disappearing in place, Ling Ling shrugged his shoulders, sat cross-legged, opened the book and read intently. Soon, all his attention was gravitated, and for a moment all he could see was the slightly scribbled drawings on the book.
"Concentration, freedom. The gas enters the dantian and is condensed and formed. The meridians are smooth, and the passage is broken......" Ling Ling looked at those abstract stick figures and neatly arranged children, and silently recited the content in his heart. After a stick of incense, he finished the first nine pages, set the book aside, and began to close his eyes.
Ling Ling sat on the stone face, his back straight, like a Bodhisattva sitting on a lotus. He stretched out his arms upward, stretching the meridians in his body, feeling a stream of "qi" between heaven and earth slowly injected into his body. It's almost noon now, and the yang energy is at its peak. The white clouds in the sky were quiet and peaceful, but Ling Ling seemed to vaguely hear the loud roar of thunder and lightning hidden in it.
Some particles from thunder and lightning enter the body along with the "qi". That was Lei Yuan, a substance that only the owner of the Thunder Spirit Root could feel, and it was the cornerstone of all Lei Cultivation exercises. Suddenly, Ling Ling's body felt a little numb, and it was a little sour.
For the first time in his life, Ling Ling felt this wonderful feeling, and he didn't dare to be careless, and the whole person was as still as a sculpture. He was pleased to feel more and more "qi" entering his body, and the wall membrane blocking his meridians was being smashed open by the "qi" swimming in his body. As more wall membranes disappeared, Ling Ling felt an indescribable pleasure in his whole person, as if he had been washed by clean water.
The lake pushes against the shore and carries the water up the reef. Xu Ziye sat on a boulder on the other side of the lake, holding a fine fishing rod in his hand, fishing quietly. While feeling the movement of the bait hanging from the fishing line, he observed Ling Ling's situation with his divine sense.
Seeing that Ling Ling had tried seriously and had taken the right steps, he was satisfied with the withdrawal of his divine sense. At that moment, he felt something bite the bait he was hanging, and he was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but have the illusion that he could fill the bucket today.
The little fish below the surface kept testing the bait with its own nose. Seeing that there was no movement, it relaxed and boldly bit it! Just when Xu Ziye wanted to close the rod, suddenly, a larger fierce fish burst out from the water plant next to him, swam to the side of the small fish, bit it and the bait away in one bite, and then made a gesture to run.
Seeing this, Xu Ziye was furious, immediately threw the fishing rod aside, and casually pulled out a short sword from the air and jumped down. A moment later, he crawled up with the big fish in his left hand and muttered that he was going to have a whole fish feast tonight.
Xu Ziye sat down again, put the fish that had slept peacefully back into the void with the short sword, picked up the fishing rod again, and prepared to continue his fishing career. At this time, he suddenly remembered that his body was still wet, so he casually muttered a few words of law, and a cloud of mist appeared behind him, releasing a strong wind to dry the water on his body.
Xu Ziye nodded with satisfaction and continued to fish with a rod. For a while, Hong Yangfeng quieted down. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone had their own thing to do and not bother each other?
Time passed quickly, and by the time Ling Ling had finally finished meditating, the scorching sun in the sky had turned into a soft and bright silver moon. The moonlight is reflected on the lake, and with the evening breeze blowing, the calm surface of the lake suddenly becomes sparkling, like a sea of stars falling into the lake.
Ling Ling felt very comfortable. He stood up, then lowered his head, scanning his body. The original clean clothes were firmly absorbed on the skin, sweat and dirt were dripping all over the body, and I felt a chill in my back after being blown by the wind.
Ling Ling looked around and found that there was no one around, so he quickly took off his red strip and jumped into the water to swim freely. When he got ashore, he hurriedly dried his clothes, found a set of clothes from his luggage and put them on. Just when he finished changing his clothes and wanted to call his master, he heard Xu Ziye's voice sounding behind him:
"No need to scream, I was here when you undressed. The kid has developed well, and he is so talented at a young age, and he will definitely be able to please a good wife in the future. Xu Ziye looked at Ling Ling, who was frozen in place, and quipped.
After all, Ling Ling was still a sixteen-year-old boy, and his ears were slightly red when he heard this. He was worried that his master had some special habits, so he hurriedly put on his clothes neatly. After covering all the skin that could be covered, he turned around and bowed: "Meet Master." ”
"Well, that's good, it only took six hours to break the air membrane, which is very good." Xu Ziye stepped forward, activated his divine sense, and carefully observed the position of Ling Ling's dantian. Seeing the true qi that burst out from time to time, Xu Ziye nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Now that you have become a monk, how do you feel?" ”
"Well, it's very comfortable, and I breathe a lot easier." Ling Ling thought carefully for a while and gave an answer. Suddenly, he thought of something, looked up at the night sky, and asked, "Master, what time is it today?" ”
"It's been six hours since you apprenticed on the first of September, what's wrong?" Xu Ziye looked at him with curious eyes and replied. Ling Ling sighed with some emotion, looked down at his hands, and muttered, "Today I will be sixteen years old......
"Huh? Is it your birthday? Then I wish you a good birthday, and this advanced cultivation of the first level of Qi cultivation will be regarded as my reward for you. Xu Ziye patted Ling Ling's wet chicken nest head and dried his hair with true qi.
"Go to bed early, you sleep in that smallest room. In three hours I will wake you up and teach you the exercises. Xu Ziye turned around and made a gesture to leave. Ling Ling hurriedly stopped him, and asked nervously and excitedly, "Master, can you tell me what you practiced today?" ”
"It doesn't hurt to tell you, remember: from this day onwards, you will have to run up and down the mountain ten times every morning after you get up, and you must finish it in three hours, otherwise I will whip your ass with a rattan; After lunch, I will teach you a set of boxing techniques, and you will practice for an hour every day to try to train your body well; Next, I want you to practice your swing, you need to swing 5,000 times, and then you can eat after the practice. After the meal, you meditate and breathe for two and a half hours to improve your cultivation; In the last half hour, you can do whatever you want, but you can only stay on the peak for these three months, and you can't go out. ”
"Come on, young man, we've all come here like this in our life." Xu Ziye smiled and patted Ling Ling, who was pale. Ling Ling swallowed his saliva and asked astringently, "Master, am I really not going to be trained to death?" ”
"It's so easy to practice death! You are a first-class spiritual root, and you are born with a strong physique, and your uncles of the second-class spiritual root have all carried you, and there is no reason why you can't! Master said righteously, with a face that was not pretentious. Ling Ling gritted his teeth and said indignantly: "Yes! ”
"Well, no complaints, good. You feel like you eat something, drink some water, and go to sleep. I went out and met a few people. I'm leaving. Xu Ziye nodded, and a spirit sword made of true qi suddenly appeared under his feet, and flew out suddenly. Ling Ling was stunned until the master turned into a meteor and disappeared from view, and then he reacted.
"Sure enough, I slowed down when I was carrying me...... Ling Ling muttered to himself as he quickly took out two steamed buns from the luggage prepared by Steward Liang and stuffed them into his mouth, and devoured them. He hadn't eaten for six hours, and his hungry chest was pressed against his back.
After eating, Ling Ling felt that his mouth was a little dry, so he took the cup in his luggage and went to the lake to get a glass of water. With the mentality of one last meal, he didn't care if there would be any germs, so he picked up the cup and poured it down.
After eating and drinking, he grabbed the package non-stop and rushed to the smallest wooden house that Master had said. Pushing open the broken door, he was greeted by a clean and tidy yet destitute room. A bed rests against the wall, and next to it is a table with a half-burned candle on it.
That's all the furniture for your new home. Ling Ling had no problem with Master's extremely simple lifestyle, and threw the package onto the table and threw himself on the small bed. After a while, a slight drowsiness came from the house. The six-hour breath had exhausted the boy's physical strength and spirit, and he still needed to rest as soon as possible to prepare for this morning's practice.
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The stars and the moon glowed softly silver, illuminating Xu Ziye's path. He drove his flying sword to a certain mountain. After flying for a few minutes and making sure that there were no onlookers, Xu Ziye stopped the injection of true qi and suspended it in the air.
He stood on the sword without looking back, and showed a playful smile: "Who has been following me?" Xiuwei is not as high as me and still engages in tracking, come out quickly! ”
As soon as the words fell, a shadow appeared behind Xu Ziye and saluted him. Xu Ziye's face was slightly startled, turned around, and returned a salute.
"It turned out to be Senior Sister Zero. What's wrong with you? What do you do with me when you don't sleep in the middle of the night? Bullied by the senior brother in charge? Need me to help you beat him? Xu Ziye looked at the slim beauty in the moonlight, clasped his hands on his chest, and quipped. Ling Qiao coughed lightly and said embarrassedly: "Senior brother said he laughed." ”
"Haha, no kidding. Now follow me because of my brother's business, right? Xu Ziye touched his chin, looking unsurprised. Seeing that Ling Qiao nodded, he smiled again: "Don't worry, I will teach him well." As much as I learn from the Master, He can learn as much as He can learn. ”
"My brother has been more detached since he was a child, and he often says some unbelievable and strange things. Brother Lao has a lot of trouble, he is actually a very good child, and he is kind by nature...... "Ling Qiao was about to say something good, but he saw Xu Ziye wave his hand and stop himself.
"Don't worry, after a few hours together, I like my apprentice very much. He is very honest, although he doesn't look at it, but there is a spirit in his eyes that he doesn't admit defeat, he should be very stubborn and have a lot of ghost ideas on weekdays, right? He laughs. Ling Qiao nodded, and also smiled: "Senior brother Mingjian." ”
"Alright, it's not too early, let's go to bed. You are a girl, you sleep late and have dark circles under your eyes, and my senior brother's eyes are above the top, but I dislike you. Let's go, get something for your brother, goodbye. Xu Ziye shook his hand and left with the flying sword.
Ling Qiao looked at his dashing back, shook his head, and sighed secretly: "The master and apprentice are really exactly the same, and the senior brother in charge is really right." Immediately, she remembered Xu Ziye's admonition, her face was slightly red, and she quickly made up her mind and flew to the mountain to which she belonged.
It's not that I'm worried that the senior brother in charge will dislike it, but I'm just afraid of dark circles.
Well, it's just that I'm afraid of dark circles.