Chapter Seventy-Eight: A Trip to the Palace of the Heart
The biggest difference between the Vipassana Mind Palace method and other mind methods is that this method is not just a test for the practitioner alone.
"Thirteenth Senior Brother," Sixth Senior Sister An Yun said softly, "You are entering the Heart Palace for the first time, you don't need to do anything, just remember to keep your heart and concentrate, just don't be frightened." ”
Lin Yi nodded a little puzzled. The master taught him some methods of operating internal forces, but today it is clear that the seventh senior brother is going to make a breakthrough, and they are just pressing the formation on the side, so it seems that they are also going to the heart palace.
The master stroked the white beard and said, "The law of the heart palace is different from common sense, and it is useless to say more. I'll explain it to you later, so let's get started. ”
The twelfth senior brother Qi Hao was only twelve years old, and he was still a half-old child. He pulled Lin Yi's sleeve and said, "Senior brother, our cultivation is the shallow, sit here with me." ”
Being called a junior brother by this kid who is only half a head taller than the little monk Shi Ran is quite funny. Lin Yi smiled and nodded, and sat down cross-legged with him.
The seventh senior brother Kang En is a shepherd's child from the Yunxi Plateau, with a dark complexion and a simple face. At this time, he sat in the middle of the crowd and said solemnly: "In this way, it will be hard for everyone." With that, he closed his eyes and entered the inner breath cycle.
All the brothers and sisters also meditated and breathed separately. The master paced slowly in the field, and the crutches in his hand swung a complex arc, guiding the circulation of breath for tens of meters around.
Lin Yi hurriedly closed his eyes, and according to what he had learned in the past few days, he began to operate the internal force cycle.
Soon after, a glimmer of light began to appear in the darkness in front of him, at first as if he had closed his eyes for too long, and then the spots of light became more and more distorted, turning into distorted lines, shaking ground, and gradually clearing the sky.
He stood on a wasteland, surrounded by a thick mist.
He subconsciously wanted to open his eyes, but found that he couldn't. It's as if the whole person has come to this other world.
"Thirteenth Senior Brother, don't panic. Qi Hao tugged at his sleeve again, "The first time is always shocking." ”
Lin Yi found out that this little senior brother was next to him.
Isn't it an inner horizon, but a truly independent space?
"The two of us have the shallowest cultivation, and we have come to the safest peripheral position, so let's go find them now. With that, Qi Hao led the way to the thick fog.
The two walked not far away, and they saw An Yun and Jian Xicheng. An Yun grabbed his shoulder with concern, while Jian Xicheng looked into the distance with an indifferent face, ignoring him.
"Thirteenth Senior Brother, remember to keep your mind," An Yun said gently, "Go deeper, the cold wind in the fog will gradually become dangerous. ”
They continued to walk towards the depths of the fog, and soon after, the Master appeared in front of them with his hands on his back.
"Lin Yi," the master turned around, facing the direction of the wind, "this is Conn's heart palace, a space that exists in everyone's body. The way to get here comes from an ancient magic of our clan, now you are not the body, but the soul illusion, the wind here will cause you harm, if you can't bear it, you must exit in time. ”
The Master's crutches propped up the ground and continued his sermon as he trembled forward.
"Retreat to the lightest place of the fog, meditate and run according to the method I taught you, and you will gradually wake up. If you are too seriously injured here, it will cause great damage to the inner breath of the body, so remember not to do anything about it. ”
"You can't learn how to enter the Heart Palace, but to open up the Inner Palace, you need to support each other. ”
As they spoke, the wind rose and the water rumbled, and they came to a river.
There is a section of city wall on the riverside, a small brick building more than three meters high. The brothers and sisters are all gathered here.
Conn stood beside the small building, his hands slightly raised, as if he was doing something with force.
The master stood by the river, pointed to the rushing river, and said: "This is the source of Lao Qi's inner connotation, although the day after tomorrow will continue to absorb the qi of heaven and earth through cultivation, but the spiritual source in this source is difficult to improve, and it can be said that it represents a person's fundamental qualifications." Some people's source is a small stream that reaches its bottleneck very early. Some are large rivers that are capable of having plenty of spiritual power. Some are frozen icebergs for a long time, which are difficult to melt and condense. Some are lakes that can easily bring spiritual sources into the inner breath. It is even said that in ancient times, there were people whose inner content was like the Hanhai, which was inexhaustible. Lao Qi's spiritual source is not a particularly turbulent river, and it can be described as an excellent qualification. ”
"How to use the source is the inner house. Extracting spiritual sources, attracting heaven and earth, breaking through the realm, and controlling martial arts all start from the inner house. The creation of the inner house accompanies the whole life and will continue to strengthen with the improvement of the realm, but the first development determines the quality of the inner house, which is extremely difficult to change the day after tomorrow and has a far-reaching impact. ”
Fifth Senior Sister Cai Xue smiled and said: "Because of this, we would rather not open the inner mansion and not enter the qi vein, and also hope to be guided by the master, probably because we have too high expectations for ourselves." ”
"Whether it is worth delaying the cultivation time, it is difficult for the old man to generalize," the master sighed, "The essence of the method of the heart palace is actually no different from that of ordinary hearts, both of which are to shape the channel in the internal circulation and condense the spiritual bridge. The difference is only in the method of the heart palace, which concretizes everything and is easier to understand. More importantly, you can be helped by others to open up an inner house that is difficult to reach by ordinary methods. ”
Kang En already had a little sweat on his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "I must stabilize the spiritual wind here and forge the palace wall, so I will leave it to you." ”
The master stuck his crutches into the mud and sand on the ground, nodded and said, "The old man must also maintain the stability of the heart palace here. Xicheng, you come to lead the team. Xiaoxue, you come to guide the two newcomers, Twelve and Thirteen. Be careful, don't force it. ”
"Master, rest assured. If it's too windy, I'll go back. The fourth senior brother took the iron rod he was accustomed to in his hand, and walked forward first.
Walking upstream along the river, the wind howled, and there was a dull pain in the face.
"Thirteenth Senior Brother, the fog here is called a mental barrier, which will confuse the direction, and even disguise the road, forming a trap like a mirage, just like our unpredictable hearts. ”
The fifth senior sister, Cai Xue, is tall and fair-skinned, with yellow hair, and is said to be from a foreign music family. Her voice is like an empty valley orchid, listening to her eloquently, it is like a beautiful song, and even the cold wind blowing on her face seems to be lighter.
"The wind here is called the Nian Blade, and the deeper you go to the Heart Palace, the more fierce it becomes, and if the Heart Palace owner loses control of his emotions, the Nian Blade will be much stronger. Conn was well controlled, and there was little wind in this position. ”
The Twelfth Senior Brother was a little unconscious and said, "Last time, a storm was formed in my Heart Palace, which caused a lot of trouble to the senior brothers and sisters. ”
The fourth senior brother standing at the front of the team said lightly: "You are simple-minded, you can't control your emotions, and the storm formed is white, which is easy to deal with." He turned his head sideways, swept over Lin Yi coldly, and snorted, "If it is a person with a bad heart, there will be black, and that is the mortal danger." ”
For some reason, this fourth senior brother has been targeting him everywhere. Although Lin Yi didn't care, he was still a little puzzled, and turned his head to look to the side, facing the focused eyes of the sixth senior sister An Yun.
An Yun's cheeks flushed, and she hurriedly looked away.
This gentle and beautiful sixth senior sister also seems to pay some unusual attention to him. Is that guy not used to him because of this?
He sighed, it seemed that there were too many troubles like this.