Chapter 63: The First Hearing of Practice
After introducing the origin of the sect, Lin Yan then began to elaborate on the inheritance of the sect.
Their patriarch, Mu Lingzi, was a Dan cultivator, however, when he escaped from the sect, he was unfortunately hit hard, so that the dantian was destroyed, and the meridians were inch-by-inch. Fortunately, there is a transformation of virtual cultivation into shelter, but in the end, it is just a matter of dispersing cultivation and becoming a mortal.
From then on, Mu Lingzi could no longer refine the pill. Poor high-level Dan Xiu, he had to be a pharmacist, mixed in the market, wandered for seven years, and finally died.
Since he knew that his fate was not long in coming, he accepted his only apprentice, that is, Taishi Zu. Taishi Zu is a mortal - at that time, the immortal court was a desperate plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and wantonly recruited the so-called "immortal talents". As long as anyone is found to have a spiritual root, they are promised to be "immortal officials" and sent to the so-called immortal gate to learn the "immortal law". Because of this, Mu Lingzi can't accept apprentices with spiritual roots.
"The alien side branches think that this is the way of my sect. However, they never knew that to practice the Dao of my sect, they didn't necessarily have to have spiritual roots. A mysterious smile appeared on Lin Yan's face.
"Huh?" Shen Yun couldn't help but exclaim. Master's words completely subverted his understanding of spiritual practice.
According to Master, cultivation does not have to have spiritual roots, so can I, as a mortal, also practice?
Thinking that he could fly with a sword like the eldest prince and them, he only felt that the blood in his whole body was about to be ignited.
Seeing this, Lin Yan was full of black lines: "The patriarch once personally said to the Taishi Zuyun, and the Heavenly God Sect is divided into the inner gate and the outer gate. In the outer gate, there is a secret sect directly under the inner gate to protect the court. The disciples in it are all practicing as mortals. Among them, there is no shortage of those who stand out, condense the golden pill, and enter the inner door. ”
"It's a pity that the ancestor died prematurely, and the ancestor has limited qualifications, and in the end he failed to get out of the ordinary. The same is true of the master, the master and the teacher. ”
Shen Yun lowered his eyes, hid the heat in his eyes, and said in his heart: I know that mortal cultivation is not a simple matter.
Lin Yan glanced at him again, and could only sigh - Taishi Zu spent his life trying to find an apprentice with good qualifications, but as a result, he wasted most of his life and had to accept Shizu when his life was about to end. And the qualifications of the master are not as good as the Tai Shi Zu, and the same is true of the master and him. Teachers choose apprentices, and one generation is not as good as the next...... This is probably the "time, fate, and luck" of the Dao Law. The teacher's luck is not good, and the creation makes people.
Now, the apprentice he caught has a mediocre qualification, and it can't be worse. It is said that this kind of thing is "no pole Tailai", he sincerely hopes that the master and his apprentice will start, the fortune will be reversed, and in the future, the apprentice will have the fate to receive good disciples.
Uh, without further ado, let's get down to business.
Lin Yan was stunned, and then said: "Due to the limitations of qualifications, what my master has inherited is mainly the way of mortal medicine. Since the beginning of the patriarch, the masters of all generations have been mixed in the market as pharmacists or healers. As a teacher, he was adrift in his early years and worked as a pharmacist in many places for more than ten years. ”
Shen Yun listened, his eyes lit up: It is not bad to be a Langzhong or a pharmacist. Although it is also a third-class sect, if you don't pass the martial arts exam, you still belong to the untouchables. However, it is indeed a real skill. After learning well, not only will you not worry about your livelihood, enough to gain a foothold in the world, but you will also be able to help the poor and achieve chivalry.
It's exactly what I want!
Sure enough, he heard the master say again: "The qualifications of the teacher are not as good as your ancestors, and in the field of medicine, he is only good at acupuncture." The rest is mediocre. However, when it comes to medicine, it is the true inheritance of your ancestors. As a teacher, he will do his best to teach you these two skills. If you succeed in your studies, you will be a pharmacist or an acupuncture man in the future, and it will be more than enough to support your family. For the rest, how much you can learn depends on your creation. ”
As for the long-cherished wish of the teacher, it is beyond the ordinary...... Hehe, with this qualification, he really doesn't think much about it.
Therefore, he never mentioned the matter of cultivation.
"Master's only request to you is that you must also pass on all the inheritances of the master to your disciples as if you were a teacher. You can't just because you're not good at it, you don't teach or teach. Speaking of this, Lin Yan sat up straight, his expression suddenly grim, "Apprentice, do you agree or not?"
Well, such a requirement was also specially emphasized by his master when he took him as an apprentice.
Alas, who called their qualifications inferior to the next!
The inheritance left by the ancestor is broad and profound, if these descendants only pass on what they are good at to the apprentices who are behind, then it can be seen that in the future, the master will only teach ordinary Langzhong or pharmacist in the end. And the Taoist system that the patriarch most wanted to inherit will eventually be cut off.
Shen Yun hurriedly responded: "Yes, the disciple will strictly follow the master's teachings." ”
When it comes to getting started, that's all that needs to be said. Lin Yan was very satisfied with the attitude of his apprentice, took out a small box half a foot long and three inches wide from his arms, and opened it.
Shen Yun saw two wooden dolls wrapped in moon-yellow silk handkerchiefs in the box.
"This is a diagram of the meridians of the human body, as well as a pair of puppets to assist in memorizing the meridians. There are men and women. Lin Yan stretched out his hand to caress the dolls, "These are all made by your ancestors back then, and they were passed down to your teacher." Now, for the teacher, I will pass them on to you again. Within three days, you will have to memorize this diagram. ”
"Yes. Shen Yun took the wooden box with both hands.
After saying so many words, Lin Yan was exhausted. He cheered up and said, "Right now, it's time for the golden orchid, you might as well try to concoct some." ”
Shen Yun hehe: "A few days ago, the apprentice went up the mountain to collect firewood, and saw that the golden orchid grass in several places was growing very well. I couldn't hold back, so I concocted some according to the method written in the book. ”
Lin Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and chuckled, and said with great interest: "Next time you come, you can bring some over." I'll help you take a look. ”
"Yes. Shen Yun saw that he hadn't said anything about buying medicine, so he couldn't help but ask with concern, "Master, have you had any medicinal materials to buy recently?"
Lin Yan was stunned for a moment and waved his hand: "Don't use it for the time being." What to buy in the future, the teacher will tell you. ”
"Oh. Shen Yun was relieved.
"Alright, it's not too early, you should go down the mountain early. Lin Yan waved at him.
So, Shen Yun carefully took the small box into his arms, picked up the bamboo basket and left.
As before, he left half of today's harvest behind.
Lin Yan looked down at the Changling brocade pheasant and mountain mushroom in front of him, and his eyes were full of smiles.
He was wrong. His apprentice is at least stronger than him in one thing: he serves the master more carefully than he was back then, and he is a good boy who warms people's hearts.
The meridian drawings are drawn on handkerchief-sized silk, divided into two sheets, male and female. On the first silk, there are two pictures, one on the front and the other on the back.
The meridian diagrams were dense, and at a cursory glance, Shen Yun couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp - these diagrams were much more difficult to remember than the illustrations of medicinal herbs.
The main thing is that he has absolutely no idea where to start.
Fortunately, after looking closely, he found that these many lines that twisted and twisted into a network were actually different from each other. For example, some are thicker, others are thinner, like the root system of a medicinal herb. The thick lines are like the taproot of the herb, with many thin lines on them.
So, he decided to start with the thickest line.
In the figure, this thick line is composed of two parts, namely, Ren Mai and Du Mai. They draw a large circle in the human body.
All the meridians were marked one by one on the two wooden dolls, which were less than half a foot long. Compared with the meridian diagram on the silk, their annotations are easier to understand, and where each meridian passes through is very vivid and clear at a glance.
In addition to this, there are many prominent red dots on the dolls. They are all marked with very small black letters next to them. For example, the red dot on the top of the puppet's head is marked with "Heavenly Spirit Cave".
Shen Yun had heard Fu Lei mention acupuncture points before. Seeing this, he suddenly understood: it turned out that these red dots were marked with acupuncture points.
It was immediately decided that when reciting the meridian diagram, not only memorized the body parts and viscera through which each meridian passed, but also wrote down the surrounding acupuncture points together.
After sorting out the clues, the meridian map seems to be less complicated, and it is easy to remember more.
Like memorizing the illustrations in the "Pharmacopoeia", he requires himself to be familiar with the meridian diagram and familiar with it, that is, each meridian must be repeatedly depicted in the sand table.
Before he went to bed that day, he memorized the two meridians of Ren and Du, as well as all the meridians on his two arms.
At this pace, it will take less than two days to memorize all the meridian diagrams. Originally, Shen Yun wanted to suspend hunting two mornings after tomorrow. Now, it seems, is completely unnecessary. He only needs to spend half a day a day.
On the evening of the second day, he finally memorized all the meridian diagrams. At this time, looking at the meridians on the puppet, he found another subtlety: the same meridian itself is also unevenly thick.
Between the meridians, the thickness is different. In this regard, his understanding is that the master deliberately uses thickness to distinguish between primary and secondary meridians.
So, why is the same meridian also thick and thin, and what does the master want to express?
He couldn't help but think of the illustrations in the Pharmacopoeia. In those diagrams, the same is true of each root of all herbs, thick and thin. The thick one is the tip, and the thin one is the tail.
Could it be that the same is true of the meridians? The master used the subtle difference of thickness to indicate the direction of each meridian?
Thinking about it like this, he picked up the puppet and looked at it carefully, and he actually had an illusion: all the meridians were actually alive! In his eyes, they turned into rivers and streams, rushing endlessly.
Heavenly Emperor!
He quickly closed his eyes and shook his head vigorously.
Fixed, he opened his eyes again and looked closely.
Or still!
What a god!
Before going to bed at night, as usual, he sat cross-legged, his heart turned upward, and silently recited the mental formula in "King Kong Fist" in his heart - after familiarizing himself with the "Pharmacopoeia", he realized a fact: those ten sentences are not a ballad, but the mental formula of "King Kong Fist"!
It's a pity that he was so clumsy that he was blind to the mind of the hall owner, and so far he has only understood the meaning of the first and third sentences, and the rest can only be memorized.
However, tonight, when he recited the Dharma mantra again, he felt a hot current surging in his lower abdomen!
It was tiny, tiny, so small that he barely noticed!
What is it?
Could it be...... What Brother Fu said is really angry?
For a while, Shen Yun was ecstatic.
No, at this moment, the faint heat dissipated and disappeared without a trace.
Ah, how so!
Shen Yun gathered his mind and once again vested the mantra of the law.
However, there is no more experience just now.
He tried several more times until he was exhausted, and finally he couldn't get his wish. It was as if that moment was just an illusion on his part.