Chapter 14 A Brief Discussion on Cultivation

"Although I have stopped here and have not been able to make an inch of progress for decades, I firmly believe that there must be a mysterious realm on it. Zhang Laodao raised his head, looked at Li Qingxuan, and said: "Walking the world as a teacher, although I can't meet such immortal figures, I have seen countless mysterious deeds, as well as all kinds of strange places, which can not be created by manpower. That kind of handwriting must be a person with the Divine Passage Method. ”

"There must still be a road ahead, but I don't have the opportunity to see it. Maybe it's because the heart of seeking the Tao is not strong, and those immortal characters don't want to see me. "There must be a road ahead, but I don't have the opportunity to set foot in it for the sake of my teacher." After a pause, Zhang Laodao said in a deep voice: "Immortals, with infinite longevity, there are endless opportunities. Everyone in the world seeks immortality, don't you want to live forever?"

"Those who have cultivated true qi are comparable to internal strength. Those who have cultivated the true qi can be compared to the great masters of martial arts, and they can pick flowers and fly leaves, and they can hurt people. "Apprentice, are you willing to be inherited by me?" Zhang Laodao said every word, and it was like thunder in the sky.

Li Qingxuan's heart was like a quiet lake, but at this time, it seemed to set off a stormy wave, his heart was surging, and he wanted to open his mouth and want to agree. However, Zhang Laodao didn't wait for him to speak, but suddenly beckoned and said, "Come here." Li Qingxuan subconsciously replied: "Okay." ”

There was a soft thud on the ground. Zhang Laodao flicked his fingers, and when Li Qingxuan opened his mouth, something flew out and landed in Li Qingxuan's mouth. I don't know what it is, but it is extremely soft and slippery, and it melts in the mouth, and immediately turns into a mouth full of cold water, and before he can react, the cold water has already flowed into his body.

"This is a Gu worm. Zhang Laodao coughed lightly twice and said: "You have learned medical skills from your teacher, and you know that most poisons are made of plants, plants, or poisonous snakes, insects, ants, etc., but I am a live poison. To put it bluntly, the insect poison is alive. Zhang Laodao said a lot of words, and it seemed that he couldn't suppress the injury, he stroked the placket on his chest, and then said in a low voice: "In mysterious terms, it is Gu worm, Gu poison." ”

Li Qingxuan was like being struck by lightning, standing in place, speechless for a while. "You have cultivated your true qi, and you can suppress the Gu worms now, but in another thirty years, you will definitely be devoured by the Gu worms. Zhang Laodao's expression was still flat, "If you can cultivate your true qi and release it, you will be able to expel the Gu worms from your body." ”

"Maybe you are too plain and think that you only live for a few decades, and another thirty years is enough. But as a teacher, I still have to tell you, this Gu worm wakes up every three years, and every time it will gnaw at the bone marrow, erode the internal organs, and affect the blood. If you cultivate true qi and release it, you can avoid suffering. ”

"Don't think that I am bluffing you, this is a record of the medical book I occasionally got when I stayed in a village in Nanzhao Kingdom, and I walked the world for more than ten years to find all the materials to refine two or three, and this is the last one. "With this kind of Gu magic, the immortal magic powers in this world must not be false. ”

Zhang Laodao said slowly, as if he was telling a calm story, without any waves, he sighed and said: "I don't blame me, who let the apprentice have such a heart at a young age, quiet as a mirror, like a hermit who lives in seclusion and breaks through the red dust." You have such a plain mind, you are really a precocious person, but I am afraid that you also regard the immortal magic and Taoism as foreign objects, and the things of immortality are regarded as idle, and for the sake of inheritance, you have to make this decision and force you with Gu poison. ”

Li Qingxuan was silent for a long time, as if he was standing on a wooden stake, and after a full half an hour, he raised his head, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Master, when did I say that I didn't want to cultivate?" Zhang Laodao was slightly stunned. Li Qingxuan looked up to the sky and was speechless, Master, he has lived for nearly a hundred years, has countless experiences, and his eyesight is not bad, but why did he look away from me?

He is young, he has no experience in the world, and at most he hears about it, and he knows the dangers of the world, but how can I get such a transcendent state of mind? Sensing that there seems to be a worm in his body, Li Qingxuan felt a little vomiting. He looked at Zhang Laodao, who was stunned, and was a little helpless.

The next morning, at the beginning of the morning, there was a slight movement outside the bamboo house. Zhang Laodao lay on the bed, wrapped himself in a quilt, and said lightly: "I slept for the teacher, and someone outside is looking for you." ”

It was Fan Heihu's family who came, with big bags and small bags, red cloth gifts, tea and wine, and they came to give gifts. A small plate in front of him contained a dozen taels of silver. Fan Heihu did enough courtesy, found his relatives, neighbors and friends, and the bustle was extremely lively.

Looking at this scene, Li Qingxuan suddenly remembered that he saw the dowry team in the city a few days ago, and the scene was very similar to these people. He secretly smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Fan, what are you doing here?"

Fan Heihu pulled out the little girl whose condition had not yet completely recovered, pointed to the open space in front of Li Qingxuan, and said, "Xiaoyue, come and kneel." "After a day, the little girl's complexion was much better, but she was still a little pale, and most of them were the same when she first recovered from a serious illness. "Brother Li, thank you for saving me, otherwise Xiaoyue would have died. The little girl was a little timid, and after whispering, she knelt down to the ground.

"That's not going to work. Li Qingxuan hurriedly stopped her and didn't let her kneel. But the little girl is also a stubborn character, and she wants to kneel, but in desperation, Li Qingxuan has no choice but to support the little girl with her true anger and prevent her from kneeling. The little girl couldn't kneel, and some tears were about to fall in her eyes, and Li Qingxuan saw that she was busy helping her up.

Fan Heihu was a rough man, patted his chest and said loudly: "From now on, if anyone is dissatisfied with Li Jialangjun's medical skills, I, Fan Heihu, will be the first to go to his house to seek justice!"

Li Qingxuan said a few words modestly, Fan Heihu took his hand, and said a few words of thanks, and in the end, he patted his chest and said: "Li Langjun, but there is a dispatch in the future, I, Fan Heihu, will definitely fight the fire, and I will not give up!" "Uncle Fan, there is no need to be like this. Li Qingxuan bowed his hand and said.

Fan Heihu shook his head and hurriedly asked everyone to send the gifts in. Li Qingxuan hurriedly shirked it. Fan Heihu grabbed him, shook his head and said: "This is not good, my mother-in-law has asked the old people in the village who know how to count etiquette, these are all to be collected, this tea and wine, here is the consultation fee, and the silver taels paid to Dr. Liu yesterday I wrapped a red envelope here, and I came to give it separately." ”

The consultation fee is more than a dozen taels of silver, which is actually more valuable than the many gifts here. Fan Heihu chops firewood every day, from morning to night, but he is just supporting his family, and he may not even be able to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt, where can he get so much money?

Li Qingxuan swept through everyone and knew that the money was borrowed, he groaned for a while, and only accepted two pots of wine and a bag of tea, and the rest, no matter what Fan Heihu said, he didn't want to accept it. As for the silver taels, Li Qingxuan only took over the medicinal materials of more than one or two silver yesterday, and said that he would not accept anything.

Now Li Qingxuan already has four hundred and sixty taels of silver in his hands, so the more than ten taels of silver in front of him is not much for him, but for Fan Heihu, it is a big debt. "Li Jialangjun...... It's really ......" "It's really benevolent." A few of the older ones sighed.

After thanking the etiquette, Fan Heihu wanted to take Li Qingxuan home again, "I have already set up two tables of banquets at home, and Li Langjun can't shirk it." Li Qingxuan postponed it slightly, then heard an old voice in his ear, and said indifferently: "Go, I'll help you watch your more than four hundred taels of silver as a teacher, go, go, don't drink too much." Li Qingxuan was shocked.

He realized that he was the only one who heard Master's words. And Fan Heihu was still holding his hand, and the rest of the people were still persuading him to go to his house to eat and drink. It turned out that the master's old man's method of transmitting sound into the secret was not yet known to him, Li Qingxuan was slightly stunned, and he had already been pushed away by everyone.

At the banquet, naturally everyone praised it, mostly saying that Zhang Daochang's successor after medical surgery, Li Jialangjun was benevolent and righteous. After all, he hasn't reached the crown yet, and Li Qingxuan is quite happy to hear it, but his nature is plain, and after listening to it too much, he seems to be more indifferent.

Although there were many toasts and thanks, Li Qingxuan only drank two glasses. "Li Langjun's medical skills are superb and his character is excellent. "It is worthy of being a famous teacher and a high apprentice. "It seems that Suzhou Mansion is going to have another Xinglin magic hand. This kind of praise has been heard many times on the table. When he returned to the bamboo house, it was already night. After thanking the person who sent him back, Li Qingxuan watched the other party leave, and then turned around and entered the house.

After half a month, they all cook porridge with spiritual water, and the mystery of the golden pill is difficult to keep. Moreover, Li Qingxuan, as a disciple of Zhang Laodao's apprentice, did not hide it. "This golden pill is indeed extraordinary, it is really like an elixir. Zhang Laodao sighed: "This golden pill is comparable to the elixir, it is bound to be refined by the immortals, it seems that this immortal thing is indeed true." ”

In the past half a month, Li Qingxuan has been cooking porridge and cooking, all with this spiritual water, not only Li Qingxuan's roots and bones are getting better and better, but Zhang Laodao's injuries can also delay the deterioration. Originally, Zhang Laodao thought that he only had a lifespan of ten days, but now it seems that if he takes spiritual water porridge and rice every day, it will be enough for him to live for another two months. He took a deep breath, beckoned to Li Qingxuan, and said, "Come here." Li Qingxuan stood in front of the bed according to her words, bowed her head slightly, and listened to the teachings.

"This golden pill is indeed an elixir, these days, I have asked you to use the golden pill to soak a glass of water at night in addition to porridge and rice every day, which shows that the effect is excellent. Zhang Laodao was very satisfied, nodded and said: "In just half a month, you have cultivated all the content of this kendo enlightenment chapter, and with the golden pill spiritual water, your physique is more and more good and beautiful." Originally, although I wanted to preach the Fa to you, you are already a young man, and although you have good qualifications, your roots and bones are in the process of condensing and forming, and the road ahead has been somewhat solidified, so you are not the best candidate to teach the Fa, but because of Jindan, the shackles on your body can be ignored. ”

"With such a great creation as Jindan, a great opportunity, as a teacher, I believe that you will definitely be able to achieve great achievements. Zhang Laodao said: "These days, I watch Jindan soaking in water, gradually shrinking, the smaller it is, the more condensed, so the effect of soaking in water is also weakening." I carefully observed that the inside was completely solidified, and it should be boiled in boiling water. "Jindan's matter, and put it aside. ”

Zhang Laodao's face gradually condensed, and he said in a deep voice: "As a teacher, I have found some clues on this sword path enlightenment chapter. Li Qingxuan was slightly startled, what is the difference between the true chapter of the sword path and enlightenment? Zhang Laodao commanded: "You take the fire." ”

Li Qingxuan hurriedly lit the fire lamp and escorted the lamp to the bed. Zhang Laodao put the three pieces of treasure paper of the true chapter of the sword path enlightenment on the fire, and burned it immediately. Li Qingxuan exclaimed in surprise. "Don't worry. Zhang Laodao threw the three pieces of treasure paper that were almost burned to the palm of his hand to the ground. The treasure paper turned into paper ashes and rolled to the ground. A silver ball rolls out of it.

The silver ball rolled out, lost its restraints, and suddenly turned into a piece of silver paper. "That's the case!" Zhang Laodao was pleasantly surprised, and said, "Quickly bring the baby." Li Qingxuan was very frightened in his heart, he hurriedly took the silver paper, shook off the paper ash, only to feel that the silver paper was full of silver, as if it was flooding, although it was paper, but Li Qingxuan touched it, but it was as smooth as silk.

The silver paper was crowded with dense small characters, and before he had time to see clearly, he sent it to Zhang Laodao. Zhang Laodao held the silver paper in his hand, only glanced at it, and laughed. Laughing and laughing, tears fell. "Immortal Secret Technique...... It's a pity that the teacher's life was not long in coming. ”

"It is also a great pleasure to be able to know the path ahead after a lifetime of cultivation. "That's it, you can have such an opportunity to create, that is the will of heaven, and you will definitely be able to go further in the future." With this golden pill, your future will inevitably go farther than that of a teacher, and with this true sword path, you will definitely become a sword immortal. ”

Zhang Laodao looked out the window and said with a smile: "Master, it turns out that above the release of true qi, there really is another realm of Xuanqi. Zhang Laodao was crazy and out of shape, Li Qingxuan was a little curious, his eyes swept over the silver page, and he saw that the four fonts above were the most conspicuous, exactly: Wuzhen Kendo.

Another day. Night. Zhang Laodao finally came back to his senses from the enlightenment of the true sword, and he said in a deep voice: "What is recorded in this is a flying sword technique, but it is different from the flying sword in ordinary legends. This flying sword is called a sword pill, which is a small sword made of gold or jade, boiled into a soup, and drunk into the body. ”

Li Qingxuan was very curious when he heard this, but if he wanted to boil a small sword into soup, how high should it be? If he wanted to drink the soup, he had to burn his throat and internal organs before the small sword condensed, and burn his life to death?

Zhang Laodao took the silver paper and said: "This is to teach people how to draw a fire talisman, and use that fire talisman to boil the small sword into soup." And below is the recipe for a medicinal soup, which can make people eliminate the poison brought by this little sword. ”

"The small sword is one foot and three minutes long, the jade quality is good, and the gold is secondary, if you can get a thousand years of peach wood, lightning wood and other aliens to carve this sword, it can also be compared to the best jade. "When the small sword is made, it must be engraved with runes first, and in addition, after the small sword is taken, it will be highly poisonous, and the medicinal soup can eliminate this poison. Zhang Laodao also felt extremely strange, after all, he had never seen such a secret technique.

Li Qingxuan vaguely felt that Master's voice trembled a little. Zhang Laodao is now nearly 100 years old, and he has only seen that there is still a way forward on the road of cultivation, and its center is difficult to settle, needless to say. Looking at the silver paper, after a long time, he withdrew his eyes, he looked at Li Qingxuan, and said, "It is imperative that you still need to cultivate your true qi and release it." ”

Li Qingxuan nodded slightly. On the table there is a book of cheats, two fingers thick, written in blue, bound with thread. The night breeze blew in, blowing the oil lamps slightly swaying. Candlelight shakes. I saw that on the cover of the book, there were five big characters: Tai Zhou Tiangong.