Chapter 11: Cultivation is Difficult

She has been in this world for more than ten years, and she has understood the truth that the strong are respected, strength is supreme, and the weak will only be bullied.

Therefore, it is necessary to practice in order to strengthen one's body.

If you don't have the strength, you can only be slaughtered by others, and if you don't become a monk, you can only obey the destiny of heaven, and eventually turn into a handful of loess.

As the ancients said: "The so-called cultivation is nothing more than a person changing his life against the sky." ”

Mortals go down the line, inherit the innate qi with the blood of the father and mother, and build the Dan, which is the dantian of people.

Man has become a small world by himself, containing endless things, and the dantian is the source of all things.

Cultivating immortals is retrograde, vainly living with the sky, and the way of heaven does not allow it, so there is a thunderstorm to accompany him, wanting to prevent mortals from changing their lives against the sky.

Generally speaking, from birth to death, people are determined by the destiny of heaven, and the way of heaven is clear, balancing all things, so life has a beginning and an end, accompanied by the cycle of cause and effect.

But greed is the nature of all things, both life and death, in this regard, it is unfair, so there is the idea of cultivating the Tao and becoming an immortal and living with the sky.

All things in heaven and earth have their origins, and when people open the dantian, they are destined to be determined by the destiny of heaven, the avenue is fifty, the heavens are forty-nine, and people are one of them.

And if you want to practice, one of them is enlightenment.

The so-called enlightenment is to introduce qi into the body and break through the shackles of the dantian.

Instantly, the dantian can absorb the aura of heaven and earth, and people can mobilize the aura in the dantian to help themselves open up the meridians, so that the aura runs in the meridians every day, constantly washing the body, forging bones and refining the body, hammering the body, and breaking through the shackles of life.

This is Qi training!

"Pranayama is known to everyone, and it requires thin, long, and even breathing, and gradually achieving fetal breathing."

"But it's so easy, but it's stumped countless people. After all, it is the spiritual root that has poor qualifications and slow progress. ”

Gu Nian put down the qi induction technique in his hand, and couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.

Others have already drawn qi into their bodies in half a month, but she has not moved at all for nearly three months, and the sentence "Linggen Heavenly Moat" is not as good as the outside.

"I still can't give up!"

She got up and came to the window, looking at the rising red sun on the mountains, her eyes were firm, she must set foot on the road of eternal life.

At this moment, the sound of many water suddenly came from outside.

"Senior sister, Elder Zhao asked us to go to the main hall now, it seems that there is something to inform."

"Good!"

The two came to the main hall, but saw Zhao Lao sitting at the hall table, drinking freshly brewed hot tea.

Seeing the two of them coming in, he put down the teacup and said slowly: "March has arrived, and today is the assessment period." You two go with me to the medicine garden. ”

"Yes!"

The two of them looked solemn, and hurriedly followed Elder Zhao to the medicine garden.

I saw him pointing to a herb at random and asking, "What is the name of this medicine and what does it do?" More water, you answer. ”

Many people thought about their elbows for a moment before they said: "Back to Zhao Lao, this is a blood, which belongs to yang, matures every three years, and has the effect of replenishing blood and increasing qi." ”

Old Zhao bowed his head, continued to walk forward, and pointed to one of the herbs and asked, "What is this, and what does it do?" Gu Nian, you answer. ”

"Back to Zhao Lao, this herb is called mountain monkey grass, which belongs to yin, blooms once a year, and matures once in ten years, which has the effect of refreshing and awakening. It has five leaves, green on the outside and red on the inside, which can be dried and soaked in warm water to drink, which has the effect of beneficial qi. Gu Nian blurted out.

Hearing this, Zhao Lao was quite satisfied.

"Where's this?"

"This is a yellow phoenix, which belongs to the yin, and the pollen is ripe every three years, and it can be used as a medicine......"

After that, Zhao Lao asked a lot of medicinal herbs, but Gu Nian had no problem, and he could basically blurt out.

In the past three months, she has memorized the book word for word. As for a lot of water, if you encounter a simple one, you can still answer one or two after a little thought, but if you encounter a more difficult one, you can't say a word for a long time.

Zhao Lao didn't care too much, he also knew that many people were illiterate, and it was not easy to answer some.

Mo Yo recognized dozens of medicinal herbs, and Elder Zhao brought the two back to the alchemy room.

"I can see that your homework has not been left behind, but you still have to study diligently and recognize the herbs as soon as possible. It's still early today, so I'll teach you how to do alchemy. ”

"You are the medicine children of the Rejuvenation Valley, and you also have to learn one or two simple pill refining so as not to lose my face in the Rejuvenation Valley."

Both of them were a little excited, after all, alchemy was Zhao Lao's unique secret method, and he was the only one in the entire Taiyue Sect who could be said to be proficient in the Dan Dao.

The alchemy room has been cleaned by Gu Nian.

Zhao Lao took out two wooden barrels and handed them to the two of them respectively: "Alchemy, it is wonderful, it is in vain for me to study half my life, and I only appreciate the fur, and I will not be able to understand its mysteries in the end." ”

"All kinds of herbs mixed in different proportions may produce different effects, so the dosage of herbs needs to be accurate, and the pharmaceutical process may be cautious and not sloppy."

"The "Miscellaneous Herbs" for you is only the tip of the iceberg of the world, but it is enough for the two of you to benefit for a lifetime."

"But the medicine is poisonous, so before alchemy, there needs to be one more thing to do, that is, "yang soil" and "yin soil". ”

Gu Nian grabbed the key words, frowned and asked, "Old Zhao, what is yang soil and what is yin soil?" ”

"The so-called yang soil is reflected by the purple qi for thousands of years. As for the yin soil, it is the shadow that falls in it. The harmony of the two yin and yang can remove the toxins in the herbs. ”

Zhao Lao smiled, led the two out of the alchemy room, and walked towards the outside of the Rejuvenation Valley.

"The terrain of the Rejuvenation Valley is remote, and these two kinds of soil cannot be obtained, but there is a sharp mountain outside the valley, which has nothing on all sides, and is illuminated by the sun and the moon all year round, so that this yin and yang soil is formed, which is why I want to live in the Rejuvenation Valley."

The three of them soon came to the outside of the valley, and traveled hundreds of meters to the west, and the terrain gradually flattened and widened, and after a while, they saw a sharp mountain hundreds of zhang high standing in the middle of the plain.

Coming to the east side of Jianshan Mountain, Zhao Lao suddenly raised his hand, and at some point there was an extra thin and soft long sword in his hand, and the clear light on the sword body burst out, and his two fingers merged together, and suddenly pointed forward.

Rumble!!!

The slender long sword instantly pierced into the mountain, and the blasted rocks and civil trees flew everywhere, and the ground trembled slightly.

Gu Nian and Duo Shui's eyes widened instantly, their hearts were shocked, and their hearts were stagnant for a moment.

This is the monk!

However, between talking and laughing, opening a mountain and cutting off water is as simple as drinking water and eating, no wonder so many people yearn for the road of eternal life!

The two looked at each other, and they both saw excitement in each other's eyes.

When the dust cleared, Zhao Lao said to Gu Nian: "Under that rock layer is the yang soil, you need to take half a bucket and bring it back to the alchemy room later." Come with me, if you have more water. ”

As he spoke, he led a lot of water toward the land of the shade of the mountain.

Gu Nian didn't dare to delay, and began to fill the soil with the wooden bucket, but as soon as she held two handfuls in her hand, she heard a loud noise from behind the mountain, which startled her.

By the time she had finished loading the earth, a lot of water had already returned with a bucket full of earth, and it was extremely easy.

Gu Nian couldn't help but smack his tongue, it is good to have a lot of strength, and it is much easier to do things.

When the three of them returned to the alchemy room, it had already taken a lot of time.