Chapter Twenty-Five: Refining Grains and Transforming Essences
"You're done?"
Outside the window, Wang Zixi looked at Chen Yun inside with a strange expression.
He had just heard Senior Brother Ning's words, and he rushed over as soon as possible to see if it was true.
At this moment, although Wang Zaixi did not use Zhenqi to enter Chen Yun's body for examination, he could see that Chen Yun's eyes were clear and slightly imperceptible blue light, and it was obvious that the foundation building was completed.
This is what Taoists call "blue-eyed square pupils are immortals".
Generally, after the completion of the 100-day foundation, the central channel will be opened, and the body will change in several aspects.
The first is that the eyes have blue light, and the second is that it will be "reborn" to a certain extent.
For example, bones that did not grow well will gradually become "positive" after the foundation is built.
In addition, the skin will be white and smooth over time.
The so-called "color is moistened, and the joints are stronger" is said to be so.
At present, Chen Yun has just finished building the foundation, and only his vision has changed.
Others need to change over time, and it doesn't seem to be too easy to notice.
Wang Tsai used to be in the realm of a first-class mage, and his cultivation was superb, so he could naturally see the changes in Chen Yun at a glance.
Chen Yun said without arrogance or humility: "Yes, senior brother." ”
Wang Tsaixi asked rhetorically: "Do you know that Senior Brother Cai Rujin is the most gifted person since I preached the Taoist Temple?" ”
Chen Yun didn't understand why he was saying this, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
Wang Zixi sighed: "It took him a full month to build the foundation with such a talent, and you ...... I remember that it has only been more than 20 days since I taught the foundation building exercises. ”
There is another sentence he didn't say, that is, Cai Rujin successfully built the foundation in a month and took four Zhuji Dan.
What about Chen Yun?
As far as Wang Tsai knew in the past, except for a Yin Yang Xingchen Grass given by Uncle Zheng Wen, there seemed to be no other external things to help.
It's scary to be so talented.
Chen Yun was as modest as ever, "Maybe I was lucky, and I succeeded by mistake." ”
Wang Tsaixi stared at him for a long time, and then said slowly: "You asked Senior Brother Ning to pass the word, I think I want to learn the method of refining the grain and refining the essence, I won't tell you, I preach the Taoist temple to select young people to work and pass on the Fa, one really needs people to work, and the other also has the intention of selecting people to inherit the Taoist sect, otherwise it is better to recruit some fixed long-term workers, why should I be dismissed at the end of the five-year term?" Now that you have successfully built the foundation, I should pass on the method of refining the essence of the valley, or not, I happen to be free today, and I will teach you the method of refining the essence. ”
Chen Yun was overjoyed, "Senior Brother Xie." ”
Wang Zixi said: "Do you know what is refining grain and refining essence? ”
Chen Yun shook his head, "I don't know, I also ask my senior brother to teach me." ”
Wang Tsaixi fiddled with the aging and shedding of the wooden bark of the wooden railing of the window, and said clearly: "Before refining the grain and transforming the essence, you need to understand what the essence is, and the essence is divided into the innate essence and the acquired essence, the innate essence is inherited by the parents, innate, hidden in the kidneys, and the acquired essence is the subtlety of the water valley, that is, after the person eats and drinks, it is born through the stomach and spleen, and if you take the initiative to cultivate, the subtlety of the water valley will be transformed into the acquired essence under the action of the stomach and spleen, but the active cultivation is more, and the less is less if you do not take the initiative to cultivate." ”
This is all valuable knowledge, and Chen Yun listens attentively.
"The essence of the water valley transported by the spleen and stomach is transferred from the spleen to all the organs, bodies and organs of the whole body to maintain the normal operation of each viscera and organs. The acquired essence continues to enrich the essence of the kidney, the kidney essence can transform the vitality, is the original ancestor of the qi of the human body's various viscera shapes, and promotes the growth of the human body, such as sufficient heart qi can promote the blood operation of the whole body, sufficient lung qi can promote the body's qi to descend and have a knot, etc., if the acquired essence is weak and can not be turned into qi, the organs and tissues will lose their moisture, nourishment, and physical fitness will decline, of course, this is the content of the refining and refining qi stage, I am just saying to you for the time being, you don't have to pay attention. ”
Wang Tsaixi explained very carefully.
Chen Yun bowed his head slightly while listening, and he also listened very carefully.
"What we and other cultivators have to do is to transform the subtlety of the water valley into the acquired essence as much as possible, enrich the essence in the kidneys at the same time, nourish the body, strengthen the body, and one day achieve the 'radiant' state where the essence permeates the whole body, then the refining of the grain is completed, and the process of transforming the essence of the water valley into the essence of the acquired essence is called refining the essence of the valley."
Wang Tsaixi said this and asked: "Then it is impossible for the essence of heaven to be consumed all at once, if you leave it alone, it will make the body become restless and leak and waste, so we want to hide the essence, do you know how to hide the essence?" ”
Chen Yun shook his head, "I don't know." ”
Wang Tsaixi tore off a piece of wood and wrapped it around his fingertips to play, "The kidney can hide the essence, but the kidney hides the innate essence, and what we want to store is the acquired essence, which is to let the acquired essence turn into the innate essence when refining and refining the qi in the future, so the acquired essence is generally not hidden in the kidney, but hidden in the eight veins of the Qi Jing, especially the second vein of Rendu is the best place to hide the essence." ”
He did not immediately inform the secret method, but explained the principle and precautions of refining the grain and refining very carefully.
This talk is an hour.
Chen Yun roughly understood the principle, which probably meant that after eating something, he used the secret method to take the initiative to refine the acquired essence cultivation form, laying the foundation for refining and refining qi in the future.
If the 100-day foundation building is to dig the foundation groove, then the refining of the grain is the real foundation, and it is necessary to inject material into the empty foundation, and this substance is the essence of the day after tomorrow, and in the final analysis, it is still the foundation.
At the end, Wang Tsaixi finished explaining.
He asked, "Got it?" ”
Chen Yun bowed his head and said, "Thank you for your advice, I roughly understand." ”
"Okay." Wang Tsaixi will be thrown away by him to play with the tattered wooden veneer, stretched out his hand, and a book appeared out of thin air in his palm, "This is "Hua Jinggong", you study it carefully, if there is something you don't understand, let people talk at any time, I will come over to tell you how to do it." ”
Generally, long-term workers learn the cultivation method, and the disciples are not obliged to teach, at most occasionally mention one or two sentences.
It can be said that Wang Tsai did this, and he was already half of Chen Yun's master.
In other words, some masters may not be as careful as Wang Tsai taught in the past.
Chen Yun took "Hua Jinggong" and said gratefully: "Thank you, senior brother, for being so kind." ”
Wang Tsaixi waved his hand and didn't say anything, turned around and slowly left the place.
As soon as the people left, Chen Yun turned back to the table and sat down on the stool, and opened the "Hua Jinggong" to study.
The first sentence seems to be the general outline: "The kidney, the main sting, the foundation of the seal, and the essence." ”
There is also an outline below, Chen Yun silently recited: "Only the Tao gathers the void, accumulates the void and generates the spirit, condenses the spirit and turns the qi, and gathers the qi into the essence." ”
Reading this, he stopped, and said in a puzzled way: "Shouldn't it be refining and refining Qi, how can it be written in the "Essence Transformation Method" to concentrate the spirit and transform the qi, and gather the qi into the essence?" ”
Chen Yun was a little puzzled and continued to read.
Next is a mantra, which he carefully studied word by word: "The essence of the sun, the splendor of the yin, the fusion of the two qis, and the incarnation of all things...... temper, raise its clear air, lower its turbidity...... It is the three things that are all different from the spirit and spirit, and it is the feeling of the three things...... One life is two, two is three, and three is all things, so the god is voided, the god is transformed into qi, the gas is refined into essence, and the form is adult...... All things contain three, three to two, two to one, know this Tao of the mind to keep the form, nourish the form and refine the essence, accumulate the essence and transform the gas, refine the qi and the gods, refine the gods and return the void, and the golden pill is completed. ”
This article "Hua Jinggong" is five or six thousand words.
Because Chen Yun watched it carefully, half an hour had passed since he finished reading.
After reading it, he understood why the outline was written "concentrating on qi".
"Before the parents were alive, they did not have the six senses of eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, so the monk had to reverse the cultivation of the innate path, and only turned off the six senses, ignoring it, hearing it, and thinking about it. All audio-visual thoughts are the abdication of the primordial spirit, and the knowledge of the gods is in charge, and there are delusions of the six senses, so if you rely on reading and listening to the theory of thinking, you will not attain the Tao. ”
Chen Yun secretly pondered, "The essence transformation is mainly divided into two parts, one is the essence of refining the valley and transforming the acquired essence, and the other is the acquired essence of cultivation, which is like qi, so it is necessary to concentrate the spirit and transform the qi, if you can't concentrate the spirit, you can't control the stomach and spleen, and transform the acquired essence." ”
He continued to stare at the study of "Huajinggong".
The essence of the work is divided into static work and kinetic work.
Jinggong is the essence of refining the grain and transforming more acquired essence, and the dynamic gong is to nourish the body and strengthen the body.
What is Jinggong?
Meditation is generally done in sitting, standing or lying down, or walking.
However, no matter what kind of posture, we must pay attention to the word "quiet".
This tranquility is not to be quiet, but to be able to see nothing, hear nothing, know nothing, ignore and not hear, hold the mind to be quiet, be cautious inside and outside, and control all changes in the body with the original spirit.
All the functions of the human body are restored in the state of static pole, and all things also grow from the stillness.
This is what Lao Tzu said: people can always be pure, and heaven and earth will return.
The exercise is relatively simple, it is nothing more than practicing boxing.
Its purpose is to speed up the body's absorption of acquired essence and become stronger.
Lao Tzu said: The mover, the foundation of stillness.
Therefore, we must not just meditate without exercising, but move to strengthen the body and calm down the body.
I only know how to meditate and cultivate, but I don't know how to practice martial arts to strengthen my body, and I have been meditating for a long time, and my body is sick.
How can a sick body carry the way?
The weak body is often invaded by demons, which is what the predecessors said, "sitting quietly and cultivating the qi to wither".
Chen Yun suddenly thought that in his previous life, Master Xuyun of the Republic of China had a serious illness and almost died, which was the aftermath of only knowing Jinggong and not moving.
"The so-called movement generates yang, and if you don't move, your qi and blood are stagnant, and the body's yang qi is insufficient.
He finally understood why the preaching concept requires people to practice boxing, practicing martial arts is the way to generate yang and strengthen the body, if the body is not healthy, and if the yang is not born, it is difficult to enter the concentration, and occasionally enter the meditation, but also in the confusion.
"And practicing the Five Elements Fist is to better absorb the essence of the day after tomorrow."
Chen Yun bowed slightly thoughtfully.
The exercises also indicate the method of breathing and breathing for practicing the Five Elements Fist, which is completely different from Chen Yun's previous practice according to the moves.
Only then did he know that the Five Elements Fist he practiced before only had "shape" and no "meaning".
"No wonder I've been practicing for so long, and it's not working."
Chen Yun knew that it was not Wang Tsai who was hiding it, but that the Five Elements Fist with the breathing and breathing method would consume the acquired essence when he practiced it.
He didn't succeed in building the foundation at that time, and if he consumed a large amount of acquired essence, his body would collapse because of it.
I have to say that Wang Tsai used to teach himself really hard, and he could achieve the best cultivation effect step by step.
Chen Yun is very grateful to Wang Tsaixi.
Let's study Huajinggong again.
He didn't rush to try, but continued to ponder the exercises.
After making sure he understood what was going on, he was ready to give it a try.