Chapter Ninety-Eight: Pre-Qin practiced qi, Jiang You preached
Jiang You followed the crowd into the city gate, as soon as he entered the door, a bright morning sun sprinkled on his face, his eyes narrowed, and he saw that the sky at this time had changed, changing the dark red and gloomy appearance in the gray world, showing indigo, there were a few white clouds floating in the air, and the rising sun showed a corner on the eaves of the rows.
The golden sunlight shone on the empty street, and the wooden door at the far end of the street creaked open, and out came a middle-aged man with an open chest, walked to the door and yawned, and then stretched beautifully.
Diagonally opposite the attic on the left, a carved wooden window opens, revealing the face of a delicate woman who has not yet been dressed.
In the back right, a sleepy-eyed boy came out with a wooden basin in his hand and splashed the sewage from the wooden basin into a tree pit by the door.
Sewage splashed, this good splash on the street leading the big ox of the old man cloth upper, the angry old man scolded, the boy rubbed his eyes, and hurriedly ran in with a wooden basin.
The people behind Jiang You walked past him and entered the street, and the deserted street suddenly became noisy, shouting mixed with the cries of animals one after another, and the dust on his feet was flying, illuminated by the golden sun, like a dream.
Jiang You muttered, "Is this a role-playing?" But this is not the same as the Qin Dynasty recorded in the history books, the productive forces at that time were so developed? ”
Jiang You looked back at the outside of the city, and the outside of the city had indeed changed, the gray mist had turned into a cyan mist, with lush forests on both sides, and a winding loess road in between.
Just as Jiang You was staying in the cave of the city gate, he regained his consciousness and saw a hand behind him grabbing his shoulder.
Jiang You leaned slightly to the side, turned around while dodging, and standing in front of him was the young man who had shouted to himself on the city wall before.
The man looked at Jiang You suspiciously, and interrogated Jiang You together, asking him why he was dressed so strangely, whether he had a guide on his body, what he did when he came to the city, and what the stone he was carrying behind him was.
Jiang You didn't say anything, thinking about what kind of situation this was and how he should solve it.
Seeing that Jiang You didn't speak, the man grabbed Jiang You's collar with one hand and wanted to take him to the side of the room for careful interrogation.
Jiang You thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a clue, so he decided to wait and see what happened.
On the side of his body, he flashed the big hand he grabbed and said with a smile: "I'll go with you, why bother?" ”
The man had also practiced his fists and feet in the army, and when he saw Jiang You flashing his hand so easily, he immediately became vigilant, and shouted, his right hand was already pressed on the hilt of the other sword at his waist.
As the man shouted, a group of black-armored soldiers with spears suddenly came on both sides, surrounding Jiang You in the middle, Jiang You still looked light-hearted, without any nervousness, this kind of expression also made the young man even more nervous, this person is really a madman!
Just as he was about to draw his sword and make a move.
"Stop!"
A loud shout came from behind him, and then a middle-aged man came separately from the armor soldiers, first carefully looked at Jiang You, and then suddenly gave up his hand, "Mr. is an overseas qi practitioner who came to the Twelve Golden Immortals Association!" ”
"Twelve Golden Men?"
When Jiang You heard this, he immediately understood what the huge black shadow he had seen in the gray mist was something.
The legend of the twelve golden people has different opinions in later generations, and there are three versions: one refers to the twelve large bronze statues cast by Qin Shi Huang after unifying the six countries in order to prevent the people from rebelling and collecting all the soldiers from the world.
The second is that Qin Shi Huang said that in order to suppress the dragon qi of heaven and earth, Qin Shi Huang dissolved Dayu's Jiuding and cast gold people.
The third is that Qin Shi Huang has the world's soldiers and Jiuding to cast twelve golden people, which are arranged in Xianyang Palace to draw the essence of the sun, moon and stars and help Qin Shi Huang live forever.
Each of these three legends is more outrageous than the other, and later generations still mainly adopted the first theory in the historical records.
"Historical Records" recorded: "Collect the world's soldiers, gather Xianyang, sell it as a bell, twelve gold people, weigh a thousand stones, and place it in the palace." ”
Jiang You used to think so, but at this time, when he saw the twelve golden people in the gray realm and the Chaoxian Hui said at this time, it felt like it was more inclined to the most outrageous third!
Often the most outrageous answer is the truth of the facts!
Jiang You knew that the city was actually holding a meeting of the twelve golden people, so he followed the other party's words.
After the man heard Jiang You admit it in person, his attitude immediately became flattering, Emperor Qin has been pursuing the way of immortality for a long time, and even sent Fang Shi Xu Fu at the expense of a lot of money, and took the boy and girl to the fairy mountain, looking for the elixir of immortality for him, no one in the court and the opposition dared to complain about this, the so-called upward and downward effect, the Qin Emperor did this, and even the people below asked for Xuan, and the matter of practicing qi and breathing was extremely enthusiastic, and the status of the qi practitioner became hot all of a sudden, and he became the guest of honor of the Zhumen embroidery household in the city.
Some time ago, Xu Fu, who was sent out to find the elixir, actually came back, claiming that he had found the elixir of longevity for the first emperor, but this elixir was contained in a purple gold wooden box, and under the lightness, it would leak immortal energy, and it was necessary to let a large number of qi practitioners form a large array, recite the green words, and sacrifice to the sky before they can open it and take it.
After hearing this, the first emperor waved his hand and summoned the world's qi practitioners to meet Xianyang.
These qi practitioners, qi practitioners are all outsiders, not in the outline, often have strange dresses, do amazing things, Jiang You's modern outfit is also common in that group of people, this man had already seen Jiang You in the city before, and deliberately asked his subordinates to test him to see if he was a country maniac, got the news, and came here to cheat and cheat.
But Jiang You's bearing is extraordinary, surrounded by armor soldiers, he still regards it as idle, this kind of contempt is not something that can be pretended, the man is also a long-time battle, he has seen the world, and he immediately knew that Jiang You's ability was not small, so he hurried over to settle the favor.
Jiang You said a few words to this man, and he basically figured out the inside and out of the matter, and felt funny in his heart, how can the public in this world be virtuous, and the reality is not much different from thousands of years ago.
Jiang You followed a few people to walk over, looking left and right along the way, looking curiously at Xianyang City during the Qin Dynasty.
This action fell in the eyes of the man, and it became the evidence that Jiang You had been practicing in the mountains and forests for a long time, and he still didn't know the changes in the way, so he was even more careful, thinking in his heart, this person didn't look at his age, maybe he was an old man who had practiced qi.
The post house is similar to the government guest house in later generations, although it is not very luxurious, but it is clean and tidy, the environment is quiet, after Jiang You came in, he opened a small courtyard for him alone.
After that, the man brought a register and asked Jiang You to register, Jiang You picked up the carving knife, and wrote the small seal of his name on the bamboo slip crookedly, after writing, Jiang You also looked at the other names on the registration, wanting to see if there were any acquaintances, and found that they were all names of people who had never heard of it.
After registering, the man informed Jiang You that the Twelve Golden Immortals would be set for three days later, and that there would be someone to pick them up at that time, and they could take a turn in Xianyang City these days, and if they needed to lead the way and introduce them to someone, he would be on call at any time.
Jiang You sent this person away with a smile.
As soon as this person left, there was a knock on Jiang You's door, it turned out that he was a qi practitioner who lived in the same place and came a few days earlier, and saw that a new person had joined, and invited him to join their exchange meeting.
Jiang You thought that this was just a trick made up by the First Emperor's Underground Palace in the Gray Realm, and these were some nobodies who had not left their names in history, so there should be nothing to communicate with.
But Jiang You thought about it, the pre-Qin Qi practitioners have been shrouded in a veil of mystery in later generations, and at this time there are Taoism and Buddhism. Qi practitioners are the oldest existences.
Thinking of this, Jiang You put a smile on his face, got up to open the door, and there was a bald middle-aged man standing outside the door, with two beards hanging down on his lips, thin and sparse, thin and short, with a sense of comical joy.
"Hello, I'm Jiang You, who are you?"
Jiang You didn't learn the words of the ancient humanities Zou Zou, and directly used modern grammar to communicate, which directly made the visitor stunned.
The man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Under Ge Yun." I've seen Mr. Jiang You! ”
"I'm not a gentleman, just call me Jiang You!"
The earliest meaning of Mr. was born first, and later because our nation has ancestor worship and a sense of reverence for people older than themselves, Mr. evolved an honorific title, which corresponds to the posterity, Jiang You doesn't want to be called Mr. by the ancients, and he can't say that he is the posterity, so he just calls the name directly.
But this behavior was directly regarded by this Ge Yun as Jiangyou, all things are born with me, all things are only with me, and there is no distinction between you and me, which is already the realm of the unity of heaven and man, and suddenly admiration rose.
Enthusiastically pulled Jiang You to their exchange meeting, of course, people don't call it this name, and the serious way to say it is Taisu Taoist Association.
Jiang You followed Ge Yun into a small courtyard, which was also where Ge Yun stayed, and as soon as Jiang You came in, he found that there were quite a few people inside, a total of seven or eight.
In the Qin Dynasty, there were no stools, everyone sat on the floor, the reason why they didn't say they were kneeling and sitting, the main reason was that these people sat very relaxed, with one leg stretched out, one leg half curled, and the body leaned back to support it with their hands, some leaned against the wall, some were attached to the case, and some supported their heads with one hand, and some simply lay flat.
Dressed up in an oversize and simple style, the degree of skin exposure is quite high, and there is no difference between wearing a few pieces of rotten cloth on the body.
After Jiang You looked at these qi practitioners, the image that had always been tall and mysterious suddenly collapsed.
Aren't these people really the ancient Matt-killing non-mainstream? Well? It seems that they are really not mainstream!
Ge Yun pulled Jiang You into the room and enthusiastically introduced Jiang You to everyone, Jiang You had heard the names of these people one by one, and he had no impression in his mind.
When they saw Jiang You's dress, they knew that Jiang You and they were both like-minded people, and they welcomed Jiang You's joining.
Everyone chatted a few words first, and under Jiang You's deliberate guidance, they exchanged their cultivation experiences.
After listening to it, Jiang You knew that they also had a way to follow, mainly following the red pine nuts, Guangchengzi's word of mouth, and then borrowing from the sage's classics.
For example, there is a sentence at the beginning of the Yellow Emperor's Neijing, which sets the tone of qi training, "Tranquility and nothingness, true qi follows".
This sentence is really just a literal meaning, when practicing qi, the state of mind should be relaxed and comfortable, without attachment, and the true qi will naturally flourish.
Jiang You felt that it was the time of the pre-Qin period when the aura was abundant, so he could practice the qi so easily, but it was a pity that the aura here did not recover to the time of the pre-Qin period, otherwise Jiang You could also feel what kind of good life the ancestors lived.
After that, it is the classic of Lao Zhuang.
"Yuandu thinks that he can protect his body and live his whole life, and he also says that the essence of the Tao is slender and dark; To the extreme, faint and silent. Ignore and listen, hold your mind and be quiet, and your form will be self-righteous. It must be quiet and clear, there is no labor in the form of a woman, there is no shaking of the female spirit, but it can live forever. ”
When I practiced qi in the pre-Qin period, it was so simple, it was so thresholdless, just a simple meditation, and the true qi was self-generated!
After listening to this, Jiang You snorted straight at the flowers, which has no reference value at all.
Just when everyone was telling their methods and experiences, it was Jiang You's turn to lobby.
Jiang You thought about it for a while, and decided not to fool these sages casually just because this place was an illusion created by the First Emperor's Underground Palace, and his attitude was correct and he told it seriously.
"What you are talking about is the method when the aura is abundant, but unfortunately, there is very little aura in the place where I live, and when your method comes to me, I'm afraid it won't be applicable."
"Oh? There is also this kind of place, so Jiang You, why don't you move to live elsewhere? ”
"It's hard to give up your hometown, and it's hard to leave your homeland!"
Jiang You found a similar reason, didn't dwell on this issue, and continued: "So I found a method suitable for practicing qi in a place where the aura is thin, you can also listen to it, maybe it will be useful in the future!" ”
"Wonderful, wonderful, please say!"
These pre-Qin qi practitioners, the exchange meeting has been held several times, with such a simple method of qi cultivation as theirs, how can there be so much to communicate? There is nothing to say in a few words, so I always hope that new people will join in and bring new perspectives, new thinking, and new ideas.
This time, when Jiang You had his own set of qi training methods, he immediately became energetic, his eyes glowed, and he listened attentively.
"I use myself as the furnace, my thoughts as the fire, my breath as the wind, and my true qi as the medicine, and I refine an inner pill in my body."
Jiang You didn't say that he had a common longevity work, there was no fixed cultivation method for the longevity together, it all depended on the creation and play of the cultivators and the creation of chance, the upper limit was extremely high, and the lower limit was also extremely low, it was useless to say it, he was talking about the Jindan Qigong of the later generations.
Although he had not cultivated, he still knew the basic concept.
Although these people's Qi cultivation techniques are simple, their comprehension is extremely high, and they immediately thought about it when they heard Jiang You's words.
"Jin Dan also does not come out of the five elements. All things are generated, knotted by yang, and born by yin.
The foundation of the yin is the foundation, and the yang is the beginning. Yang cannot be independent, and Yin cannot be self-generated. All kinds of people are one person. Judging the two instruments, after dividing from the chaos, because of the trillion liji, the sentence bending and stretching, because of the formation of the parents to return to the original, each to its root changes.
Yin and yang take each other, and the law is standing. Kan one is separated from two, from yin to yang. Fire is one water and two, from yang to yin. Water is two fires and one is one, the former is like the latter, and the latter is the true source of cultivation in the body. Heavy mystery and seclusion, implicit truth, double metaphor lead and mercury two yin, water two also. On the fire fire, the host is self-controlled, and the fire is also. Between heaven and earth, it is like the five elements. In the field of the human body, the heart is a fire, and under the lungs, it is one; The kidney is a reservoir of water, and it is the second of them. Enough open fire one water two, for the ancestor of the Tao. It is not difficult for the enlightened to practice, and it is not difficult for the immortals. ”
When Jiang lobbied, there was silence in the room, and everyone listened to it with fascination, and their eyes were full of brilliance.
"That's it? What about the back? ”
Jiang You originally planned to say a paragraph, but he didn't expect everyone to refuse to let him go, pestering him to continue talking, they could hear that there must be something behind, and it was definitely not over.
Jiang You had no choice but to be a copyist shamelessly and continue to read again.
When Jiang You spoke, everyone was sometimes happy and sometimes frowned, the most outrageous thing was that after Jiang You finished speaking, there were a few people sitting cross-legged on the spot, and after a while, they saw a golden light on someone's body, and two white gases erupted from their nostrils, bringing out amazing heat.
The other vision was different, that is, the face was red and the white gas came out of the top of the head.
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Jiang You was dumbfounded, he also knew a general outline, a specific cultivation method, Jiang You didn't understand it, this is the same as only giving a mathematical formula, Jiang You only knew that such predecessors had proved it, just use it directly, and then he gave this mathematical formula to these people, and they could directly prove this formula, and they used different proof methods!
Ge Yun laughed, got up from meditation, and took the lead in bowing to Jiang You, "Mr. Passing on the grace of merit, Ge Yun is unforgettable, I am willing to be a disciple of Mr. in the future, and pass on Mr.'s knowledge!" ”
In later generations, there is a saying about the three immortals, which is about meritorious service, virtue, and speech.
Among them, merit and virtue are temporary, only Liyan is the highest, Ge Yun's sentence seems to be willing to regard Jiang You as the founder of this set of thoughts, worship him as the ancestor, and pass on this remark, which is already the highest courtesy in ancient times.
As Ge Yun bowed, the other qi practitioners all bowed in unison.
Jiang You suddenly felt that he was sitting on wax, and quickly got up and helped everyone up.
"You don't have to be like this, it's just my family's words, I don't know whether it's right or wrong, and after it is circulated, it's just to make future generations laugh!"
"Sir is too modest, if it is wrong, why were we all able to practice just now?"
Jiang Youzheng was shirking back and forth with everyone, and suddenly a flash of inspiration, no, they have already comprehended the cultivation method from the general outline, so can I prostitute it for nothing now?
Thinking of this, Jiang You said, "Everyone, we are communicating... Since everyone has some understanding from what I just said, it is better for everyone to say the cultivation method that they have comprehended, if you still remember my love, don't hide your selfishness, everyone should make progress together! ”
Everyone suddenly admired him to a higher level, and the general outline of the people themselves said, afraid that someone would not understand it thoroughly, and then let everyone communicate from the beginning, it was really a realm of god-man meritlessness!
"Okay, I'll come first, I, Ge Yun, swear to the sky, I will never hide my secrets, if you violate this oath, heaven will punish you!"
Ge Yun took the lead, first set an example, and said the exercises he had comprehended.
The people after him also followed Ge Yun's example, first taking an oath, and then sharing the exercises.
Jiang You was fascinated by what he heard, and in just a moment, he got six excellent qigong methods.
But I have a qi immortal skill, and practicing qigong is not of much use to me, what I lack is spiritual exercises, soul exercises. Horizontal exercises.
Why don't you take this opportunity to get a good handful of wool?
Jiang You's eyes couldn't help but glow with a faint thief light at this time!
Maoshan sage takes the internal qi formula
Lying on the side, the right flank to the ground, miniaturized two feet, head to the south and east, both hands are fixed, close to it, close the internal qi, and try to open the throat and pharynx, so that seven pharynx and one exhale if the illness is convinced, one swallow two swallows and one spit, and then one seven swallows and one exhale; and pranayama to make the breath in and out evenly, and swallow before the time, all forty swallows; It is a meditation and refinement; Sit on the knees, cross your hands and hug your knees, hold your breath, puff your abdomen 27 or 37, vomit when your breath is full, and breathe more, especially not to make your breath rough, adjust, and hold your breath 27 or 371 to exhale, so that the abdomen is adjusted to rest, or sweat out of the head and feet are hot, this breath is all over the place, that is, when full, three levels and 100 sections, Xuantong is suitable, ten years of immortal, old and young.
The old scriptures are all thought, I am afraid that it is annoying, but it makes it difficult to do the mind, and the convincing is based on the fetal breath, but there is no thought, and the work of self-integration and yuan. If you do it for a long time, you should know how wonderful it is. Servant travels to Mengshan, meets this sage, the age can be fifty years old, its spirit is clear, quite different from the vulgar. Because of the question, Yun Zhenguan has traveled to this mountain, without his name, and calls himself an old man. The servant worshiped him diligently, and was given this trick, which is very beneficial and wonderful! Wonderful!
(End of chapter)