Chapter 18: Preaching
Corn pork rib soup, fried pork slices with bamboo shoots, crispy duck with osmanthus flowers, only to hear the sound of jingling in the kitchen, and after a while, several delicacies have been served on the table.
"Master, I've heard people say that cultivators are all those who eat and drink dew and absorb the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon, but I never thought that Master's cooking skills are so amazing." Qingya pulled the rice in the bowl, and this way of cultivating seemed to be a little different from what he imagined.
"No matter how much we practice, we are mortal bodies after all, and we can't avoid three meals a day. Indeed, with the continuous improvement of cultivation, the monk will gradually no longer have the courage to be tired and hungry, but that also has a limit, I asked the immortals, in order to be able to break through the shackles of this mortal world. Liu Bailu took a bowl of soup and put it in front of Qingya.
"In the past, I practiced alone, and I didn't care about three meals a day. But now it's different, you are growing your body, and you must not live such a hard time with me. Fortunately, the skills I once learned have not been left behind. I haven't gone down the mountain for a long time, and the Qiantang City under the mountain has changed a lot. ”
A few words from Fang Cai, I am afraid that there are more words than Liu Bailu said in a month in the past, the young man in front of him is the first time to apprentice, why is it not the first time to accept apprentices, don't look at Liu Bailu in front of Qingya, she has always been light-hearted, but who can know the entanglement in her heart?
After lunch, Liu Bailu held a pile of books in his hand and put them on the desk.
"Every afternoon from now on, you will read and write here." She looked at the book in her hand and said to Qingya.
"Master, do cultivators also want to read and study like in the Yamashita Academy?" Looking at the well-bound books on the table, Qingya asked puzzled.
"With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses, and with history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall. The book contains the crystallization of the wisdom of the predecessors, and the dialogue with the sages will make it easier for you to comprehend yourself on the way of cultivation in the future. ”
Liu Bailu explained to Qingya while placing a book in front of Qingya, "Let's start with this Analects today." ”
This afternoon, Qingya spent all the time in countless "Zi Yue Zi Yue", until the evening, looking at Qingya shaking his head, Liu Bailu announced that today's class was over.
The corners of her mouth hooked up a faint smile: "Although it is the wisdom of the sages, but after all, it is just the words of a family, as a reference to compare your own words and deeds, don't learn from those nerds and regard these words as formal guidelines, tomorrow we will change the doctrine and learn "Mozi". ”
After dinner, Qingya was reading the Book of Songs at his desk, and this kind of poetry is generally catchy language, which makes Qingya feel more interesting than the tongue-twisting Analects.
I only heard Shizun shouting to him outside, so Qingya put down his book and ran out.
Outside the door, I don't know where Liu Bailu got a big wooden barrel, at this time, the wooden barrel was filled with light cyan water, and it also exuded a medicinal fragrance.
"Master, what is this?"
"This is the diluted medicinal liquid of the Gathering Spirit Pill, and now it is going to lay the foundation for your future cultivation, you should quickly soak in it." Liu Bailu said to Qingya while rolling up his sleeves and putting his jade lotus-like arms into the wooden barrel and stirring.
As soon as these medicinal liquids touched his skin, it was as if he had life in an instant, and he drilled into his body in one go, and suddenly felt that his body was torn, and Qingya took a few breaths of cold air in pain.
"Don't be afraid of pain, don't shout, the first time the aura enters the body, into the limbs and the muscles and veins of the whole body, the pain is naturally unbearable. But you can't help but endure it, once you open your mouth, the aura will dissipate, and the effect will be greatly reduced. ”
So Qingya covered his mouth, endured the pain, and didn't let himself scream. After a long time, it seemed that the body had adapted to it, and the pain disappeared by half, and Qingya noticed the changes in his body.
I felt that there was a trace of qi in my body, and it was circulating around my body along my blood, and at this time, I only heard Liu Bailu's voice coming, "Pay attention to the qi flowing in your body, and guide them to flow towards your lower dantian, which is in your lower abdomen, a little lower than your navel." Clear your thoughts, repeat the cycle, and stop when I tell you to stop. ”
"Then you just listen to me, don't think or answer, and concentrate on channeling the aura. Without a strong body, the aura cannot fill the body, and the skills learned cannot exert its power.
At this time, you can only be regarded as a martial artist, and you cannot become a monk yet. After forging the body, you can practice qi, and when the aura condenses into a sea, you can build a foundation after that. As the saying goes, once you enter the foundation, the immortals will say goodbye forever, and only then can you really step into the path of cultivation.
After that, with the improvement of cultivation, you will cross one bottleneck after another and reach a new realm, Jindan, Yuanying, Shendong, Out-of-body, Spiritual Void, Tribulation, each layer is divided into nine levels, one order and one heavy heaven. Then it is to embark on the supreme immortal road and become an immortal saint. Liu Bailu explained the basic knowledge of cultivation to Qingya on the side.
After an hour, the tingling sensation on his skin disappeared completely, and Qing Ya opened his eyes, only to see that the original pale cyan medicinal liquid had been crystal clear at this moment, and the medicinal effect of the Gathering Spirit Pill had been completely absorbed by himself.
Time is in Qingya's long-distance running training every morning, and then being kicked by his own teacher, reading and studying in the afternoon, and flowing silently in the soaked medicine at night.
During this period, Qingya's physique rose every day, and in the end, Liu Bailu kicked on his body, and Qingya was still able to move like a mountain, never taking half a step back.
Who would have thought that seeing this scene, Liu Bailu exerted his strength again and kicked on Qingya's chest. So Qingya flew out again. In mid-air, I saw her waving to herself and shouting with a smile: "Pass the test, you won't need to train again tomorrow, get up and come back quickly." ”
"The little boy is extremely talented, and if he practices diligently, he will definitely be able to achieve the supreme avenue in the future." Zhu Yun picked up Qingya, wiped the dust on his face and said. Zhu Yun, it is the elf in green, she sends water to Qingya every day, and in the long run, Qingya always feels that it is rude to call people girls all the time, so she gave him this name.
It was another ordinary night, Qingya was soaking in the wooden barrel, and was guiding the air flow in his body to the dantian, when he suddenly felt that a large amount of spiritual energy around him was surging and converging above his head, gradually condensing into a whirlpool. After lasting for a long time, it was like a long whale absorbing water, pouring into Qingya's body.
Opening his eyes, Qingya felt that there was an air mass in the dantian that was slowly rotating, and after the surrounding aura was absorbed by himself, he was swimming towards this cyclone.
At this moment, Qingya finally succeeded in gathering qi, officially entered the qi training period, and became a cultivator.