Chapter 4: The Sea of Air
According to the description of the blue booklet, the sea of qi is a little bit of the dantian, its location varies from person to person, its size cannot be measured, if the dantian is regarded as the range of the size of a finger, it is not sparse when it is divided into 100 parts, and it is not crowded when it is divided into 10,000 parts.
When the Yuan Qi is in the body for a week, the Yuan Qi will be assimilated with the practitioner, and the assimilated Yuan Qi will be able to accurately sense the location of the Qi Sea in the underworld. If you want to open up the sea of qi, you only need to turn the Yuan Qi into a needle and strike at will in the dark to break through the space barrier and open up the passage into the sea of qi.
However, there is a great risk in opening up the sea of qi, that is, if the orientation is not correct, the needle-like Yuan Qi flow will instantly pierce the dantian. The dantian is the most tender part of the human body, and once damaged, it will cause heart-rending pain. Countless people have been unable to step into the path of cultivation because they cannot bear the pain of the damage of their dantian, and even more, although their cultivation heart is firm enough, because they are unable to do so, their dantian has been completely damaged after being pierced thousands of times, and they have missed the path of cultivation for life. There has always been a popular saying among the folk that "the cultivation of the five hurdles, the failure of the king of Hades", which means that there are five most difficult links on the road of cultivation, and failure in any link means that there is no hope for lifelong cultivation, and in the end, it can only be the same as ordinary people, unable to escape the end of life, old age, sickness and death. And opening up the sea of qi is the first hurdle in the five hurdles of cultivation.
Ye Ling and Qin Moyun didn't know the mystery at first, but after condensing a trace of vitality, they didn't hesitate to stab at will. In an instant, Ye Ling and Qin Moyun felt as if they had been cut in half, and an unprecedented sharp pain surged from their abdomen, and its intensity was almost fainting. Ye Ling and Qin Moyun fell to the ground in an instant, their faces turned pale, beads of sweat as big as beans poured out from all over their bodies uncontrollably, and their bodies continued to spasm and convulsions uncontrollably.
It took a full quarter of an hour for the effects of the severe pain to gradually disappear, and Ye Ling and Qin Moyun sat up sweating profusely, looking at each other with palpitations.
Qin Moyun swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely and asked, "Are you still coming?" Although the blue brochure had already told that "if you fail, no one can stop the severe pain", Qin Moyun never expected it to be so violent.
Ye Ling nodded resolutely, but added, "Before you are fully prepared, you must not try it lightly. ”
Ye Ling and Qin Moyun crossed their legs to adjust their minds completely, and then took turns to take the blue booklet and read it word by word, hoping to get some more help.
After a while, Qin Moyun decided to try again, anyway, it was nothing more than pain, but his life was not in danger. Qin Moyun looked at Ye Ling with solicitation, and Ye Ling hurriedly shook his head, expressing his reluctance to participate again.
Qin Moyun had no choice but to close his eyes and concentrate alone, and then his heart was ruthless, and he guided the Yuan Qi Needle to stab somewhere in the dantian again. Although he had already experienced it once, the sharp pain of the second time was not the slightest difference compared to the first time, Qin Moyun screamed and fell to the ground and convulsed again.
Ye Ling hurriedly went over to help, and at this time, Qin Moyun's body stiffened, and he was unable to make any movements except for uncontrolled spasms. After a long time, Qin Moyun finally recovered slowly, and seeing that Ye Ling was worried, he grinned and said, "Don't worry, it's just pain, it's not a big deal." ”
The two of them continued to feel with all their might, and whenever they felt that they had gained something, they boldly tried, even though they knew that they would suffer extreme pain if they failed. Time passed unconsciously, Qin Moyun had experienced eight failures, and Ye Ling had also made seven attempts, all of which ended in failure.
Qin Moyun took a deep breath and deduced his thoughts again in his mind. Qin Moyun believed that he should have really guessed the location of the Qi Sea this time.
"Nine is the number of poles, this time, it should be the ......" Qin Moyun muttered in his heart.
Qin Moyun gritted his teeth and guided the Yuan Qi Needle to stab down at the position he had identified without hesitation. In an instant, everything was quiet, and there was no pain, and the Yuan Qi Needle had suddenly broken into a void space. With the help of the previous momentum, the Yuan Qi Needle quickly shot into the center of this space, and then exploded with a bang, turning back into a tiny thin air mass, quietly suspended in the center of the space.
"Hahaha, it turns out that this is the sea of qi! I succeeded! I really succeeded!" Qin Moyun was ecstatic and couldn't help but roar.
Ye Ling immediately stopped all his movements and looked at Qin Moyun with both shock and envy.
After a period of crazy excitement, Qin Moyun excitedly grabbed Ye Ling's hand and said anxiously, "Xiao Ling, you can definitely do it." The moment the Yuan Qi returns to the dantian, you must not impose the slightest intervention, on the contrary, you must let the Yuan Qi wander away on its own, and carefully observe its abnormality. Also, when the Vitality Needle is pricked, you have to find a way to let it choose its own direction, rather than you controlling its direction. If you try a few more times, you'll be successful. ”
Qin Moyun tried his best, but he could only summarize these, as for what was abnormal in the return of the Yuan Qi to the dantian, and how to let the Yuan Qi Needle choose its own direction, these details Qin Moyun himself couldn't say, it was like a difficult problem, the solver could solve it, but he couldn't explain why he was able to solve a truth. What Qin Moyun said was indeed the correct experience, but how to achieve it in the end, the key had to rely on Ye Ling's own understanding.
However, Qin Moyun's success at least made Ye Ling understand that opening up the Qi Sea was not illusory, but a real thing. Ye Ling put aside all his previous suspicions and continued to comprehend with confidence.
After the twelfth attempt also failed, Ye Ling finally clarified the clues. Ye Ling found that no matter whether the vitality traveled on its own or stabbed down in the shape of a needle, there would be a moment when it would inadvertently shift to a position, but this shift was very weak, and it seemed to be just a sudden slight tremor on the surface, and it was difficult to find this detail without enough repeated careful observation. Ye Ling was sure that that position must have something to do with the sea of qi.
Ye Ling inhaled three strands of Yuan Qi one after another, repeatedly confirmed the location of that location, and after being convinced, he did not hesitate to release the Yuan Qi needle in the direction of that position.
The severe pain hit again, and Ye Ling fell to the ground, his heart full of frustration and unwillingness.
In a daze, Ye Ling suddenly remembered what Qin Moyun said: "You must find a way to let it choose its own direction, not that you control its direction." Ye Ling instantly seemed to understand the key.
Ye Ling endured the severe pain, tried his best to inhale another breath of vitality, and transformed it into a needle in the meridians, and then suddenly pushed it into the dantian.
Ye Ling roared in his heart: "Go ahead, this time it will definitely be successful!"
At this time, Ye Ling's mind was in a mess due to the severe pain, and he couldn't take into account the direction and strength at all, and it was precisely when Ye Ling thought of this that he decided to hit the sea of qi again. As soon as the needle-like vitality entered the dantian, it naturally galloped towards a position, and Ye Ling forcibly put aside his consciousness and waited for the result to come.
It seemed to be accompanied by a popping sound, and the Yuan Qi Needle broke through the barrier and instantly shot into the sea of qi. Ye Ling hurriedly gathered his consciousness in the dantian, and saw that the place he had identified before was indeed where the sea of qi was.
"Hahaha!" Ye Ling couldn't help but smile heartily. I didn't want the previous severe pain to be gone, Ye Ling's laughter affected all parts of his body, but it aroused a stronger sense of pain, Ye Ling's eyes instantly turned black, and he actually passed out in laughter.
Ye Ling woke up slowly, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Qin Moyun looking at him with a smile.
Ye Ling was excited in his heart, and hurriedly let his consciousness enter the sea of qi. The sea of qi is a strange space, empty, empty, pitch black, and there is no boundary in sight, in the center of the sea of qi, a white air mass the size of a grain of rice floats quietly, and there is nothing else. Ye Ling tried to sprint in one direction, but found that no matter how long he sprinted, when he stopped, he would still be in place.
Ye Ling lingered in the sea of qi for a while before he retracted his consciousness and looked at Qin Moyun excitedly.
Qin Moyun suddenly stood up and saluted, and said jokingly: "Congratulations to Ye Shaoxia for officially stepping into the path of cultivation, and he has dominated the rivers and lakes for thousands of years." ”
Ye Ling jumped up happily, and also saluted and said, "Congratulations to Qin Shaoxia for officially stepping into the path of cultivation, entering the heavens and the earth, and being invincible. ”
The two of them held hands and laughed at the same time.
After frolicking for a while, Ye Ling asked, "The sea of qi has been completed, what should we do next?"
Qin Moyun said: "It is said in the booklet that once the sea of qi is completed, we can be regarded as stepping into the path of cultivation. Now our stage is called the condensation stage, and we need to continuously absorb the vitality from the outside world and enrich the qi sea, until the vitality in the qi sea is full and condensed, and then we can try to impact the Yuan Dan stage. But how to impact the Yuan Dan period, the booklet is not mentioned. ”
Ye Ling nodded, it seems that the matter of the Yuan Dan period can only be understood after entering the Xiuzhen Sect.
Qin Moyun said again: "The sea of qi is so big, if you want to fill the sea of qi, I'm afraid it will take several years. ”
Ye Ling said: "It will definitely take several years for us to practice alone, but if we practice in the Cultivation True Sect, there should be a better way. Mo Yun, I want to go to Guiling City tomorrow, here, I feel uncomfortable. ”
Qin Moyun understood Ye Ling's thoughts, nodded and said, "Okay, we'll set off early tomorrow morning." ”