Chapter 10: Zazen

I heard that I was going to start cultivating in earnest.

Li Muxuan forcibly held back the excitement in his heart, hurriedly sat down, closed his eyes, and adjusted his breathing.

"All methods are inseparable from the innate Qi."

I saw Dong Shan slowly speak: "The first step in cultivation is to sense the existence of the innate Qi. ”

"There are many strange methods in this world that can teach people to directly sense the innate Yiqi, but most of these exercises are crooked and heretical, which can easily make people go mad."

"Do you see the power supply and the wires?"

"Yes."

Li Muxuan replied truthfully.

Hearing this, Dong Shan continued: "In addition to the innate Yuan Qi in the human body, there is also true qi. ”

"True Qi is a combination of innate qi and acquired qi."

"If the true qi in the body is compared to the power source, and the meridians in the body are compared to wires, then the innate Yuan Qi is the glowing electric lamp on our heads at this moment."

"If you don't fill the power supply and sort out the wires first, you want to go to the sky and turn on the lights in one step."

"Then there are only two outcomes."

"One is that the wire is disordered and causes a short circuit, and the other is that the power supply is insufficient, and the innate Qi is weak."

"And the so-called foundation building is to accumulate the true qi in the body, so that it is endless, vigorous and complete, after accumulating a certain amount, the true qi will naturally help people open up the meridians everywhere, so that people can sense the innate Qi."

"Thank you, sir, for your teaching."

Li Muxuan opened his mouth to say that he was taught.

At the same time, he secretly said in his heart.

Trinity is worthy of being a famous and decent family, and there is no opportunism in teaching disciples to cultivate.

The main hit is a stable.

Perhaps this seems to some to be slow.

But in Li Muxuan's view, on the way to cultivation, steady and steady progress is more important than anything else.

After all, there may be when.

was rebuffed by a certain detail that he once despised.

"It's good to understand."

Dong Shan nodded, and then continued, "Now I will pass on your method of accumulating true qi. ”

"Do you know that there are three hundred and sixty-five big acupuncture points in the human body, and the number of easy numbers is nine as the maximum, and nine is true, so each acupuncture point in the human body should be filled with nine mouths of true qi."

"And when a person is sitting in meditation, the six roots are quiet, and the mind is neither scattered nor drowsy."

"In this state, you can melt a breath of true qi every quarter of an hour."

"And when the true qi is metapled, one of them will go up from the Du vein to the Baihui, and then go down to the gingival intersection point of the upper jaw of the mouth, which will turn into 'Jinjin', and the other will go up from the Ren vein to the pulp point of the lower jaw of the mouth, and it will turn into 'jade liquid'."

"At this time, you only need to put the tongue on top of the palate, so that the two veins of Ren Du are connected, and the gold and jade liquid will be mixed in the mouth."

"When mixed, it looks like normal saliva."

"But it's extra sweet."

"That's why it's also called 'nectar.'"

"The sweetness of nectar is not like sugar, but the sweetness of nature, which comes from a steady stream."

"One of the things to note is that after the nectar is formed, don't swallow it often, wait until your mouth is full, your tongue will, swallow it slowly, and naturally send it down to the dantian."

"This process is also known as swallowing and swallowing."

The voice fell.

A little light flashed in Li Muxuan's eyes.

He found that the foundation building method that Dongshan talked about was exactly the same as when he was cultivating on the mountain in his previous life.

It is also the beginning of the foundation, the same is zazen, the same must abandon the distracting thoughts in the heart, the six roots are pure, the tongue is on the top of the mouth, and the nectar is swallowed into the dantian. Turn into true qi and open up the meridians.

It's just that in his previous life, Li Muxuan did it according to this method.

Although the body has improved a lot, there are no other subtleties.

And this life.

This method has become the real foundation-building method.

Extrapolating from this.

Those theories of cultivating immortals in previous lives do not seem to be completely imaginary imaginations of their predecessors, or they may have some merit.

While thinking, the voice of Dongshan sounded in my ears.

"You understood what you just said."

"Juniors get it."

Li Muxuan opened his mouth and replied: "To put it simply, when you sit in meditation, your mind has no distractions and the six roots are pure. ”

"In this process, the true qi is reborn, and it gathers in the mouth through the two veins of Ren Du to form a nectar like saliva, which can be turned into true qi by swallowing it."

"This foundation building is actually swallowing saliva."

Hearing this last sentence, Dong Shan laughed dumbly, but he didn't blame Li Muxuan out loud.

Because that's what he thought at the beginning.

And that's right.

Putting aside the key to it, the process of building a foundation and accumulating true qi is indeed a constant swallowing of saliva.

Immediately, Dongshan said: "It's no problem for you to understand, but it's easier said than done, it's very simple to know how to do a thing, but it's very difficult to really get started." ”

"If you don't believe me, you can try it now and see if you can swallow it."

Between words.

Dong Shan had an inexplicable smile on his face.

He thought it was very simple.

As a result, not long after I closed my eyes, I became drowsy and slept until dawn.

And the reason why he encouraged Li Muxuan to give it a try is that zazen is a necessary part of every orthodox practitioner's cultivation path, and he needs to experience it personally to understand the difficulties.

The second is to deliberately grind each other's temperament.

Whoever is not sincere in his heart will be proud.

Those who are proud often think that they are better than others, and over time their eyelids are easy to narrow and look down on others.

Although because of the lack of contact, Dongshan didn't know whether Li Muxuan was sincere, but a frustration of Li Muxuan's arrogance made him personally realize how difficult things in this world are, and it will be beneficial to his future cultivation.

As for Li Muxuan, what if he succeeds directly?

Dong Shan is not worried about this in the slightest.

There are no distractions in the heart, and the six roots are quiet, these eight words sound really simple.

But for beginners, there are usually only two results, one is that the mind is drowsy and falls asleep unconsciously, and the other is upset, and the more you want to be still, the more you can't calm down.

Besides.

Even if there are really cultivators who can get into the soul at once.

However, as long as the mind moves a little bit during zazen, the qi will move together, and the qi will disperse, and the nectar will not condense.

In the end, it will be nothing.

As for the kind of practitioner who can sit in meditation for the first time, he will condense a mouthful of intact nectar.

It's hard to say whether it exists or not.

But Dongshan has never heard of it anyway.

In the middle of my mind.

After listening to Dongshan's words, Li Muxuan had experience in his previous life, so he changed his mind and followed this method of building a foundation, put his hands on his knees, and tried to swallow his qi.

Seeing this scene, Dong Shan smiled and reached out to pick up the teacup and began to taste the tea leisurely.

In his opinion.

Li Muxuan definitely won't be able to hold on for long.

It didn't take a while.

They will be upset because they can't sense the qi, or they will fall asleep without paying attention.

When that time comes, he can take advantage of the situation to educate this prospective junior disciple who is ranked in the master Zuo Ruotong, frustrate his arrogance, and make the other party understand how boring and difficult the cultivation is.

At the same time, he was able to take advantage of this opportunity.

Test Li Muxuan's heart.

That's it.

Minutes and seconds passed.

I don't know if it's because of the accumulation of experience in previous lives, or because of the fusion of souls in two lives.

Li Muxuan soon entered the state of zazen.

This state is very mysterious, the consciousness is highly awake, there is no distraction in the heart, and the body is crisp and numb.

At the same time, Li Muxuan's tongue was on the palate, and he could clearly feel a few more traces of saliva on his tongue, and the taste was similar to what Dongshan described, with a sweet meaning.

Soon, about a quarter of an hour passed.

Manna fills the mouth.

Seeing this, Li Muxuan followed Dongshan's method without hurry, his tongue cocked, and he swallowed the nectar slowly.

The next moment.

He could feel it clearly.

A warm invisible qi spread out in the dantian, that is, three inches below the umbilicus.

Instantly.

A sense of relief rushed to the heavens.

"Hmm~"

Rao is a calm-minded person like Li Muxuan, and he can't help but sigh.

And see the scene in front of me.

Dongshan next to him suddenly widened his eyes.

"Cheng... It's done? ”