Chapter 5: Guided Breathing
"I, I don't have the strength to catch pheasants anymore, who will help me!" Xiaolong muttered, no matter how strong a person is, there are times when he can't hold on, this time there is a little bit, if Baili Bean doesn't help him, he may be better, this gang, that trace of warmth activates the pain in his heart.
Late autumn is ten, the cave is cool and breezy, fortunately it is a dead hole, only one exit, as long as it is blocked, the wind will be very little, the day is warm, the night is full of cold, but this cold is cold, how can it chill people's hearts. The hot pain can't hide the coldness in my heart. Baijiazhuang is the place where he grew up, but this place makes Xiaolong have no feeling, no good feeling, no warmth, except for Brother Baili Dou.
The nine-year-old Baili Wu didn't know what the world was, nor did he know how big the outside world was, and he had no direct contact with people outside.
No, he suddenly remembered a person, that sloppy Taoist priest, wasn't that person the outside? I don't know if he was still there, Xiaolong thought of this, dragged his heavy body towards the beach, and walked to the place where the pheasant had once roasted, and there were still scars there.
The old Taoist priest was very vicious, and seemed to be even more brutal, but I don't know why, Xiaolong always felt that that person was sent by heaven, because it was a master, he could teleport, the speed was so fast, I had never seen such a powerful person, thinking of this detail, Xiaolong was full of confidence to wander along the riverbank, hoping to meet him again, lonely like a fallen leaf in the riverbank.
Stepping on the gravel by the river, stepping out of the rhythm of fate, life is like this, your top may change the direction of the mother's fate, people do not really have the ability to predict the future, only the will to fight for the future.
The hot back, smeared by the whirring river breeze, the branches of the old forest swayed, brushed and brushed, like the tide of the sea flowing in the forest, the chill jumped on the forehead, condensing cold water droplets.
I didn't see the strange Taoist priest until I walked to the Dragon Swallowing Pond, so I shook my head helplessly, sighed and returned to the cave, let's spend the night first.
As soon as I walked into the cave, I saw a familiar figure, it was the old Taoist priest.
He sat quietly in the corner of the cave, motionless, and by the faint light the old man stared as if in contemplation.
Xiaolong was secretly surprised, it didn't take long, why was this old Taoist priest so depressed? After a closer look, the black qi on his face became heavier, and the white places were even paler, without blood, and the sharp and bright light in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a gray death mist.
"Wolf cub, you're here!" the old Taoist priest's voice was a little hoarse, low and weak.
"I'm coming, but not for revenge. ”
"Wolf cub, why are you walking unsteadily?"
"Old Bullnose, you don't seem to be very good. ”
The old Taoist priest chuckled with his only strength and said, "Ha, you little rabbit cub, you don't let people talk." ”
"You old monster, you look quite bluffing, and those who don't know think it's a mandrill and a wild ghost in the mountains. ”
"Are you from the Baijiazhuang in front of the Falling Dragon Cliff?"
"Yes. ”
The old Taoist priest finally turned his head to look at Baili Wu and said, "You are injured, why did your father and mother beat you so ruthlessly?"
"I don't have a father, my uncle beat me. ”
"Oh, where's your father?"
"Dead, I killed you. ”
"How do you know that you killed me?"
"Because everyone said so, and not only killed my father and mother, but also more than 300 people in the village. ”
"You're a scourge. ”
Xiaolong told him about the situation when he was born, and of course he listened to others.
"Well, yes, yes, I saw you get into the Dragon Swallowing Pool some time ago, the pool of water is something that ordinary people don't dare to go into, I saw that you can stay underwater for a long time, I don't know how deep you dived and how long you stayed?"
"Two feet, three minutes. ”
The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "It's already great that you can be like this at this age, but it's a pity that it's not powerful enough, it seems that I am certain to die." ”
When Baili Wu heard this, he smiled lightly, his back hurt, he held back his laughter, and said: "I was tortured, scolded, and bullied like this, and I never wanted to die, but what happened to you, an old immortal?"
"Wolf cub, though, if you're willing to help me, maybe I still have a chance to live. ”
Baili Wu said: "I can't even help myself, and I can help you, impossible." ”
"You can help me, because I feel that you can, and you have an energy in you that ordinary children don't have. ”
"No, what's that?"
"Reiki, a kind of ability that can surpass ordinary people's cultivation and become immortals. ”
"Become an immortal, don't dream, I only know, the fox and the python can be cultivated into an immortal, how can a person become an immortal, don't tell jokes, people are dying, and joking, is it a grievance that is afraid of death?"
"You're right, it's better to die laughing than crying, but I'm not kidding this time. It's just that I'm worried that you don't have aura, you're just an ordinary child, if you don't have aura, you can't dive to the bottom of the pool, you can't dive to the bottom of the beach, and no one can save me. ”
"Old Niubi, don't say I'm a doll, no one dares to go into the water even if it's an adult. ”
"The adults you are talking about are ordinary people, and you are not ordinary people, I can feel a kind of power from you, that kind of power I have felt in a certain person, but yours is very weak, but as long as you cultivate the corresponding internal strength and mental method, you can do it. ”
"Exercises?"
"Yes, you have to master this exercise within ten days, then you can breathe in the water, endure the water pressure, as long as you can get to the bottom of the pool, I can be saved. ”
"I said old cow nose, aren't you crazy, that beach gets into it and gets involved in the bottom, no one knows how deep it is, and you have to crush me to death by bleeding to death, don't think I don't understand. ”
The old Taoist priest's eyes flickered and said, "I think you don't have the talent to learn this exercise, you are just a little waste." ”
"You're a waste, how do you know I can't do it if you haven't learned?"
"Then you dare to learn, if you don't have the courage to learn, don't dare to Tianlong Pond, then forget it. ”
When Xiaolong heard this, he said angrily: "Is there anything else I'm afraid of? The adults in the village in this area don't dare to come, hmph." ”
The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "Come on, I will teach you this exercise, as long as you have aura, this exercise can be cultivated, if you don't have it, it will be useless." It's a channeling technique that directs your air flow through your body. ”
"What is channeling?"
"If I say it too carefully, you won't understand it too much, just follow my instructions and try to do it. ”
The old Taoist priest meditated cross-legged, making movements slowly in his hands, very difficult, but he still finished the full set of movements, the whole person's movements were like a lotus flower blooming, and it was a bit like pouring a night pot, serving dishes, and like digging out dung, Xiaolong looked at his movements and thought of some strange pictures.
"Pay attention to your breathing when you move, you can't breathe like you usually pant, you have to use the power of your dantian, press your hands on your abdomen, take a deep breath and exhale slowly, alas, by the way, that's what it looks like. ”
The old Taoist priest said and took out a small bottle from his arms, and the small bottle poured out, and three white and fat little meat worms fell out, the size of a baby's little thumb, squirming on the palm of the old Taoist's hand.
The old Taoist priest's index finger and middle finger were put together, turned into a finger sword, and clicked continuously on the acupoints at different positions on Baili Mist's body, as if he had drawn a picture on him, a bit like the veins of the stars in the sky, although Xiaolong didn't understand, but he could feel that this seemed to be more similar to the position of a string of stars in the starry sky.
The three little insects were white and chubby, and Xiaolong looked curious and asked, "What is this for?"
"You can swallow it when you're hungry!" the old Taoist priest finished and threw the little dragon.
Xiaolong took the worm and said with a smile: "Don't think I dare not eat it!" After speaking, he raised his head and swallowed it.
If this were other children, such as Baili Feng, they would never dare, but Xiaolong himself did not eat less insects, and once dared to eat anything when he was hungry.
After an hour and a half, Xiaolong finally couldn't practice anymore, and said, "I didn't expect to be so tired from panting and stretching my arms and legs, this guidance technique is really strange." ”
"Actually, what guides is the aura of heaven and earth into your body, but you don't understand what I'm talking about now, just practice it, after all, it's only ten days. Remember, come to me every hour from tomorrow and I'll teach you how to practice. ”
"I said the old madman, the old Taoist, the strange old man, what's the use of you teaching me this? Isn't it better to practice in the water?"
"Haha, wolf cub, you'll know soon, if you want to practice this channeling technique well, you will naturally know your ability to go into the water. It's just that the time hasn't come yet, so don't go by yourself, plus you're still injured, and diving is very dangerous. ”
"Don't worry, I still understand this bit of common sense. But why do you come in the morning?"
"You still have a lot of problems with this baby, and the purple qi comes from the east in the morning......"
"What is Purple Qi from the East?"
"Ahem, don't ask yet, just come early in the morning, otherwise you won't be able to practice this exercise. By the way, you can get something to eat every morning, I'm hungry. ”
"Then I'll send you some tonight. ”
"Also...... Okay!"
"I'm staying here tonight, my uncle isn't at home, and no one cares where I am at night. There are a lot of workers in the house, so I just entrust my work to them. Since I can save your life, I'll try it. ”
On the pole head of the month, Xiao Baili fog drilled into the courtyard wall of a family, caught a chicken, catching a chicken is skillful, to twist the neck of the chicken, the neck of the chicken is thin, a twist will be broken, immediately out of gas will not be noisy to attract the dog.
The walls of this courtyard are very high, and I haven't turned into it before, somehow, since I practiced the guidance technique, I climbed over the wall and crossed the ridge like walking on the ground, and the strength of my feet was like a civet cat, and the flesh of the outer soles of my feet fell silently, and my waist was also very tough.
In this way, ten days arrived in the blink of an eye, practicing every day, and Xiaolong also found that he was as light as a swallow, stealing chickens and dogs became flexible and vigorous, running up the road with wind under his feet, and arrived in a few miles between blowing ashes.
Said to study for ten days, on the eleventh day, the old Taoist priest has not let himself go into the water, but is hungry for the chicken on the village, well, the fifth uncle's chicken is the fattest, it used to be because the courtyard wall of his house is one zhang high, and now the tree and the wall are like walking on the ground, it is better to try whether this zhang can be turned up.
Thinking of this, the assistant ran, and the power under his feet actually grabbed the wall directly, like a wild cat, two and a half jumps, and his body was more like a slingshot, so he grabbed the wall and turned over into the courtyard.
The three big dogs were sleeping there, and this time they landed and fell directly to the three dogs. One of the dogs opened his eyes vigilantly and whispered, and then the other two dogs also woke up, and were about to bark, when they found that it was Xiaolong, and they shook their heads and rubbed against Xiaolong.
It's also strange to say that Baili Wu has no good relationship with people, but he has a good relationship with dogs. This is also because his family has stolen all over, began to be chased by dogs, and later had experience, as long as the dog is delicious, it will be able to hand over quickly, which is much stronger than people, many humans pull down after you wipe your mouth, and you don't appreciate it.
Three dogs escorted, the little dragon came to the chicken coop, put his hand into the chicken coop, skillfully touched the belly of a hen, lightly touched, the chicken was honest, pulled out, twisted the neck, a set of actions flowing, tied the stones and ropes prepared in advance to the chicken, and threw it to the stronger outside. He retreated three feet back and rushed to the wall, and the three dogs followed suit, but the little dragon went up to the wall, and the three dogs were still a long distance away from the dog, and reflexively bounced back.
As soon as the little dragon left, the three dogs snorted anxiously, as if their good friends had said goodbye.
Xiaolong knocked lightly on the wall outside, and whispered: "Big black, two white, three yellow, I'll leave first, and I'll come to see you another day." ”
Sure enough, the three dogs snorted a few times and then went back to sleep, which was the goodbye.
In the past, the little dragon could not run in the early morning or night when the cold wind was biting, but now he was hot when he ran, without any sense of tiredness, and ran all the way, not only was he not tired, but he also had a kind of pleasure.
After practicing for another hour and a half, in the morning glow, the old Taoist priest sat next to the Swallowing Dragon Pond and said, "It's time to go into the water and try it." ”
Xiaolong got into the water, the first practice is how to swallow water, the so-called swallowing water is not really swallowing water in the water, where is the water vapor after swallowing? It is accurate to press the air in the stomach out and then inhale it into the lungs by pressing the water, which is quite difficult here.
With the guidance technique, the body's ability to guide qi was rapidly strengthened, and Baili Wu instantly felt the benefits of this exercise, and he could actually inhale a strange qi into the body from the outside world, which could be stored in the dantian or any part of the body. Channeling is done at the same time, so that the breathing can be valuable, and the guidance can be like a fish in water. The two complement each other and are inseparable.
After practicing for a while, an old man and a young man roasted an old hen next to the Swallowing Dragon Pond.
It was a little cold when he first came out of the water, but it was quickly warmed up by the fire, and Xiaolong was very excited, whether it was the depth of his dive or the level of swimming, the breath-holding time had been unprecedented, and even doubled.
However, the old Taoist priest's face was even worse, his face was like a withered corpse, his shape was like a dead corpse, his anger was like a gossamer, and his voice was deliberately much quieter, as if he was saving strength.
The old Taoist priest said: "Little wolf cub, you are really a person with aura, and you are making rapid progress, so let's do it, in order to be 100% successful, practice again tomorrow." Tomorrow you prepare a rope thirty zhang long, and set it aside, so that I can pull you up in case something happens to you. ”
When Xiaolong heard this, the old man thought quite thoroughly, and it seemed that as long as he could meet the standard, there was no danger. But there has always been a strange thing in Xiaolong's heart.
"Old man, why did you ask me to do this? Are you seriously injured?"
The old Taoist priest even wanted to save the strength to sigh and said, "Don't ask first, I'll tell you when I'm saved." You should be as light as a swallow by now, and your strength has increased, yes or no?"
"Yes!"
"This kind of exercise is very powerful, it is absolutely impossible for people to practice, its name is Guiding Breathing Technique, also called Reiki Technique. It is an internal strength secret book that absorbs the aura of heaven and earth and uses the aura, and this secret book I accidentally obtained from a secret room in the Void Mountain. There were two corpses in the secret room, stabbing each other with a sword, I don't know how many years, I turned out this book from their bodies, and the two of them seemed to have died because of the robbery of the secret book of internal strength. ”
"Where's Void Mountain?"
"You kid is a wild child, you don't know anything, I can't explain it to you one by one, you give me some strength, otherwise I won't survive tomorrow." ”
"Okay, then I won't ask more. ”
"This guide is the two great powers, I just got this book of internal strength when I was very excited, this book is not the original own, but the two people copied the stone carvings on the wall, the content written on the wall is more than this book, but there are more instructions, such as practicing to a certain realm can live with heaven and earth, longevity than Nanshan, can be invulnerable, can be invulnerable, can be demons and demons, can be cultivated into immortals......"
"But if everyone practices this, isn't everyone an immortal? And since this exercise is so powerful, why don't you practice it, and if you practice, you won't die? ”
"I can't practice!"