The First Journey to the Immortals Volume 1 The First Journey to the Immortals Chapter 3: Cultivation
When his figure was gone, Lian Tuo looked at the object in his hand and found that in addition to the token, there was also a small thread-like book wrapped in the clothes.
The surface of the small book was yellowed, and after throwing his clothes and tokens on the wooden bed, he couldn't help but open them with curiosity.
"Cultivators, taking the aura of heaven and earth for their own use, can have the power to move mountains and seas, fly to the heavens and the earth, and do anything
There is a record in the fairy world, and it is rumored that the ancient immortals can pick the stars and take the moon, step through the void, fight the heavens, welcome the immortal calamity, and win luck with the sky, and survive for 10,000 years and be immortal!
It can be annihilated since ancient times, and it is difficult for future generations of cultivators to have a complete immortal body, so they are called monks, divide new realms, climb step by step, and rediscover the way of immortality
Gathering spirits, condensing qi, building foundations, knotting pills, and primordial infants..."
The small thread-like book was very thin, only eight pages existed, and the first page of the introduction made him feel excited.
It took nearly half an hour, Lian Tuo read the content several times, and finally had a general understanding in his heart.
Most of the content of the small book is a brief introduction to the world of immortal cultivation, as well as the cultivation class of immortal cultivators, among which the realm can be roughly divided into: the three layers of gathering spirits, the nine layers of condensing qi, the foundation building period, the knot pill period, and the yuan infant stage.
This small thread-like book is obviously used by Lingyi Sect to give a simple cognitive introduction to immortal cultivators for disciples who have no knowledge of immortal cultivation and are new to the sect like Lian Tuo.
For many mortals, they don't know that there are immortals in this world, and for immortal cultivators, they can't know and understand.
Like Lian Tuo, although he knows that there are people who practice martial arts in this world, but about a few books and texts that record immortals, he only thinks that he is a peerless master of martial arts among mortals
I wouldn't have believed in any immortal cultivators.
After all, the scope of his cognition is too small!
However, the small thread-like book in front of him and the place he was in at the moment made him feel as if he had opened the door to another world.
The indifference of the villagers, Li Ya's bullying, this short one-month experience made Lian Tuo understand that people can't be too weak, too weak, they can only be unable to accept all injustices.
Thinking of the previous tragic encounter, Lian Tuo couldn't help but hold the book in his hand tightly.
"Gathering the three realms of the spirit, at the beginning of the immortal road, the so-called gathering of the spirit, you need to meditate to feel the aura of heaven and earth, calm the mind, and gradually guide the absorption into the body with the cultivation mantra, so as to transform the muscles and bones of the whole body, and absorb it for a long time, and when the aura is sufficient, you can try to break through, so that the muscles and bones can expand again, and the majestic aura will be turned into spiritual power for your own use. ”
In the room, Lian Tuo was muttering to himself with a small thread-like book.
After keeping the content mantra firmly in mind, he found a relatively clean place in the room, sat down cross-legged according to the method mentioned in the small thread-like book, and began to silently feel the aura of heaven and earth mentioned in the book.
The day alternated, time passed slowly, and Lian Tuo in the room remained motionless in the state described in the book, and the whole person unconsciously entered a strange state.
In the blink of an eye, the night passed, and the morning sun fell on the earth.
In the room, Lian Tuo, who was immersed in a strange state, only felt as if he was dozing off, slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, opened his eyes and slowly stood up.
After a night of groping, he was vaguely aware of the existence of the aura, but the feeling was very vague, and the slightest aura loomed in his feelings, ethereal, as if it could not be captured.
Having said that, this small progress was also extremely exciting in Lian Tuo's heart, but in one night, he had already felt a little bit of the existence of the aura in heaven and earth, and for him, this was already satisfying.
After all, on the road to becoming stronger, we still need to make progress step by step.
Opening the door, a few trees with lush branches and foliage, enough for ten people to hug came into view, and from dozens of meters away, Lian Tuo could even feel the giant tree that had survived for an unknown number of years
The vicissitudes of life that emanate.
After looking at it for a long time, until there was a gurgling sound from hunger, he silently withdrew his gaze,
There was a very quiet bamboo forest behind the house, and after finding a place where there might be wild beasts, Lian Tuo forcibly suppressed his hunger, and finally laid out seven or eight small traps after some manipulation, and then hid his body around.
In the past, when he lived in the village, Lian Tuo often went to a place not far outside the village to set traps to catch wild beasts, and he could be said to have come at a finger for these.
Time passed, and in the boring waiting, an hour passed quickly.
There were not many wild beasts in this bamboo forest, but they were very spiritual and vigilant, far more intelligent than the various beasts he had hunted in the past, although many hares and poisonous snakes walked around the traps he had set, but they all seemed to be aware of the danger, and they avoided it as soon as they approached.
In this regard, Lian Tuo could only wait and see, waiting patiently, hoping that there would be a few people with low spirituality who could be trapped by the trap he set.
However, it backfired, and after a long hour of surviving, the hunger in his stomach became more and more frequent, and with a few wry smiles, he had to give up such passive waiting, and after breaking a stronger and sharp bamboo stick nearby, he stepped lightly into the bamboo forest to find the beast.
Lian Tuo's body was emaciated, and the roots and branches of the bamboo forest were not too dense, so he was looking for it slowly, and he soon saw a white rabbit munching on tender grass nearby, holding the bamboo strip in his hand, and he threw it out fiercely at the next moment.
While staring at it, a white light suddenly appeared behind him, and before the bamboo strip, he had to shoot the white rabbit fiercely.
Turning around in surprise, Lian Tuo looked up and saw a woman standing not far behind him, a few drops of dew falling from the bamboo leaves in the forest hit his long hair, and slowly slid down the green silk, his cheeks were slightly red, and he looked quite delicate.
"It's you... Why are you here. ”
The woman was Yan Xuan, recognizing her, Lian Tuo couldn't help but ask with surprise.
"Ahem, you have just entered the sect, and the master is afraid that you will not be suitable and specially asked me to take a look, by the way, these young beasts do not have the slightest aura in their bodies, what are you doing here?"
Yan Xuan's eyes rolled slightly, and he crossed over to the front and directly grabbed the bloody white rabbit.
"Hunger. ”
Taking the cloth bag, Lian Tuo answered directly.
“...”
Half an hour later, two figures could be seen in many places in the bamboo forest, and white light flew out from above from time to time.
After Lian Tuo explained to him, Yan Xuan remembered that he was still a mortal without any cultivation, hungry in his stomach, and still needed to replenish his physical strength with food.
So, there is this scene in the bamboo forest.
"Okay, senior sister, if you catch too much, it's a waste. ”
Somewhere in the forest, Lian Tuo held two black cloth bags in his hands, and after grabbing another hare and throwing it inside, he couldn't help but say excitedly.
Taking advantage of the leisure time of hunting beasts, Lian Tuo talked a lot with Yan Xuan, and learned that she was not only Yan Kong's disciple, but also a "daughter".
When Yan Xuan was five years old, there was a chaotic war between the two mortal worlds, and many innocent people died in the battle between the two armies, and her parents both died because of this.
The soldiers fought ruthlessly, and the young Yan Xuan happened to be met by Yan Kong passing by when he fled with the fleeing people, and took pity on her to bring her back to the Lingyi Sect, and renamed her Yan Xuan.
As an immortal cultivator, Lingyi Sect is naturally different from mortals.
From childhood to adulthood, Yan Kong fed her with pills, on the one hand, to help her grow and grow, and on the other hand, to improve her immortal physique.
Under the devouring and hoarding of various pills, Yan Xuan's physique improved a lot over time, and after she was ten years old, Yan Kong began to accept her as a real disciple, not only to teach immortal magic, but also to preach the art of alchemy.
For Yan Kong, Yan Xuan is a disciple and a daughter.
Stopping and continuing to hunt, the two found a lot of dead bamboo in a relatively open place and built a fire, and after plucking the hair on several hares, Lian Tuo took the fire and roasted it.
Yan Xuan stood aside and looked at the hare in the fire with a hidden expectation in her face, and from time to time she boredomly splashed the two silver bells in her hand, emitting bursts of pleasant bells.
Under Lian Tuo's skillful technique, a strong fragrance soon filled the surroundings of the two, and the tempting smell of burnt fragrance slowly emanated.
"How about trying. ”
In the middle of the ring, Lian Tuo lifted the roasted brown hare and approached Yan Xuan, and smiled proudly.
Since being brought into the Lingyi Sect by Yan Kong, Yan Xuan has not been in contact with the food used by mortals to satisfy hunger for more than ten years, and at this moment, looking at the roast rabbit in front of her, the corners of her eyes are a little hazy, and after taking it, she tore off a piece and gently put it in her mouth.
The sun had risen high in the sky at some point, and the sunlight was shining on the earth, shining on the two of them through the dense bamboo leaves.
Sunrise and sunset, alternating day and night.
In the middle of the night, in the house where Lian Tuo was, a strange stone circle composed of dozens of rubble was laid out by him.
The stone circle looks chaotic from the outside, but if you look inside it, it feels orderly and full of strangeness.
This stone circle was called by Yan Xuan as an auxiliary formation, and before leaving, she gave this stone circle structure map and a prismatic stone block to Lian Tuo.
Listening to what she said, this auxiliary formation has the effect of condensing the aura of heaven and earth, and cultivating in it can get twice the result with half the effort, especially for those who have just started to cultivate, it is like a divine help.
After returning to the house, Lian Tuo began to look for gravel materials, and after some searching and placement, he finally put out this auxiliary formation.
After hesitating for a moment, Lian Tuo took out a prismatic stone from his arms, slowly inserted it according to the position on the construction diagram, and then came to the middle of the formation, sat cross-legged and sensed the aura in the heaven and earth with all his heart.
As his body and mind gradually settled, it was not long before he entered that strange state again.
It seems that because of the formation, the aura of heaven and earth is far easier to sense than last night, and it is even more as if it can be reached.
Secretly happy in his heart, he hurriedly followed the words of the small thread-like book, silently reciting the mantra and trying to introduce it into his body.
Xu is because this aura is too thin, and he continues to guide for half an hour, but Lian Tuo has never succeeded.
In this regard, he was not in a hurry, it had already been clearly said in the small threaded book that there would be great difficulties in initial cultivation, which had a great relationship with the qualifications of cultivating immortals, and some people with poor qualifications might not be able to step into the spirit gathering period even for a few years or ten years, and they were always wandering in the cycle of feeling and guiding the aura of heaven and earth.
Under the continuous guidance, he has lost count of how many times he has tried and how many times he has failed, and the consciousness in his mind has become inertia, and after failing again and again, he keeps starting a new guidance.
Time keeps passing, and a few hours have passed, during which Lian Tuo has tried no less than 10,000 times to guide.
It wasn't until the morning sun rose again outside that a trace of the thin aura finally began to tremble slightly, but it seemed to be invisibly bound, and the speed was extremely slow.
If you don't look closely, you won't even feel it.