After listening to the story, Li Qu got sick and left Fenglai Building and went home.

As soon as I went out, the sky began to rain lightly again, intermittently, the spring breeze and spring rain, which was originally extremely beautiful.

Du Zimei, a Confucian saint of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a beautiful poem of "Good rain knows the season, when spring happens;

But Li Quzhi always felt that February 2 of this year was different from previous years, full of unpredictable atmosphere. If there are insects that are countless times stronger than humans, they will desperately flee to avoid bad luck from befalling them.

When Li returned home from illness, he saw a brand-new cotton jacket on the edge of the bed in the room. Li Quzhi knew that this was sent by his grandfather himself.

There is a kind of coldness because the old man thinks you are cold, and there is a kind of warmth that is grateful to the old man.

Li Quzhi put on his new jacket, came to the desk, recalled the two stories that the storyteller and the girl had just said, and thought about it carefully.

Mr. Zhang once told Li Quzhi that if he wanted to analyze one thing clearly, he needed to find four things:

The first is "knowledge", that is, to know enough information and understand enough materials, which is the basis of analysis.

The second is the "context", which is to establish the axis of time and event, time and character, and character and event around the central point.

The third is "cause and effect", that is, we should try our best to analyze what is the cause of this event, and what is the effect after it happens?

The fourth is "contradiction", that is, to find out where it is not normal, customary, and cause and effect, and plan in advance to prevent accidents.

In the past three years, whenever Li Quzhi encounters something, he will sort out and analyze it like this.

Li Quzhi took out a pen and paper, wrote knowledge on the paper, context, cause and effect, and contradictions, divided into four columns, and filled in everything he saw and heard, but after a while, Li Quzhi found that when it came time to analyze the "cause and effect", he was stuck. First, in terms of knowledge, there are characters, but the behavior of the characters is very few, so it is impossible to analyze the reasons through behavior; second, in terms of context, whether the time context is nearly ten days, starting from Mr. Storyteller coming to the town, or is it longer, from Tie Guan Li coming back from the barracks, Tie Zhongtang coming to the town, or even farther Lao Chen coming to the town......

But Li Quzhi still analyzed some clues from it, a large number of outsiders came to the town, and there are all kinds of outsiders, it must be something big about the town recently.

So Li Quzhi wrote down four sets of words on paper, and he had some clues, but he never got the result. So Li Qu's illness simply put it down, no longer thought about it, and found a book to read at random.

This habit was taught by Mr. Zhang to get sick to Li.

Once, Mr. Zhang said: "A gentleman has nine thoughts: seeing Siming, listening to Sicong, Se Siwen, Maung Sigong, Yan Sizhong, Respectful of things, doubting and asking, thinking about difficulties, and seeing what is right."

Li Quai's illness opened what Mr. Zhang said and asked: "I can't think through it for a long time, I am confused and sad, and my heart has thousands of knots, what should I do?"

Mr. Zhang replied: "Don't worry for a while, calm down, cross the east window at night, and then think about it." ”

The book that Li Quzhi found was called "Strange Chronicles", and it recorded extremely strange things.

There was a matter about Sanming Mountain, which aroused Li Quzhi's great interest.

According to legend, there are Jiming Mountain, Fengming Mountain, and Heming Mountain in the world.

The rooster cries in the mountains, and the rooster cries the world white. Jiming Mountain is located in the Dajin Dynasty, the mountain is abrupt, the vegetation is luxuriant, the lonely peak is inserted into the clouds, it is beautiful and magnificent, and it is called "a pillar of towering heaven". At the bottom of the mountain, there is a Jiming Temple, and there is a golden body of the Buddha who is eight feet in the temple.

Fengming Mountain, Phoenix Yiming sage appears. Fengming Mountain is located at the junction of the Song Dynasty, the Dajin Dynasty and the Daxia Dynasty, the mountain is steep and the valley is deep, the rapids are stacked with waterfalls, the mountains are verdant, the small bridges and flowing water, among them, the "hanging stone waterfalls" and "the thousand-year-old vines" can be called the wonders of the world. There is a huge stone on the top of Fengming Mountain, which is the place where the alchemist ancestor Wei Boyang alchemist, and it is engraved with "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", which is respected as the "King of the Ancient Danjing". There is a Fengming Pavilion built on the mountainside of Fengming, every time there is a saint in the world, there must be "the phoenix title book, swim on the holy side." ”

Crane Ming Mountain, Danhe a fairy life. The forests of Heming Mountain are luxuriant, the pines and cypresses are forests, verdant and dripping, surrounded by double streams, mountain streams and streams, and there is a sound. Crane Ming Mountain, the mountain shape resembles a crane, the mountain Tibetan stone crane, the mountain immortal crane. Heming Mountain is the place where Zhang Daoling, the patriarch of the Heavenly Master and Taoism, promoted Taoism and founded Taoism, and is known as the "Ancestral Garden of Taoism". There is a crane singing on the top of the mountain, every time the immortal soars, there is a crane chanting to the sky, flying out of the Taoist temple, leading to the ascension.

Among them, there is also a story about Fengming Mountain in the book.

Legend has it that there are five phoenixes in Fengming Pavilion, the red phoenix, the yellow one, the green one, the purple one cormorant, and the white one Honghu. When there are sages in the world, one of the five phoenixes will choose a book suitable for the sages from the Phoenix Pavilion, and then hold it in its mouth and fly to the sages.

There have been four times in the history of the Phoenix Pavilion that five phoenixes took a book together and gave it to the sages. Among them, the strangest one was the birth of Emperor Shun.

Emperor Shun, born in a peasant family in the southwest of Pingyang, was born from the essence of Shun's mother.

When Emperor Shun was born, he had a strange body shape, two pupils in his eyes, the palm lines were like the word "Bao", his head was large and round, his face was black and square, his brain ball was prominent, his eyebrow bones were raised, and his mouth was big and fist-bearing.

As soon as Emperor Shun was born, his mother died.

At that time, the five phoenixes of the Phoenix Pavilion had a dispute over what book to title, Chifeng chose the book of Taoist practice, the book of the emperor's majesty, the book of the emperor's majesty, the book of virtue in the world, the book of the pill of utensils, and the book of poetry and songs.

The five phoenixes all felt that the book they had chosen was the most suitable, and they couldn't argue, and no one was convinced, and then Honghu proposed to simply choose the all-encompassing book.

The book was sent to Emperor Shun by five phoenixes, which aroused the jealousy and resentment of his stepmother, especially after his younger brother Xiang was born, and he did not have a good life.

On weekdays, after Emperor Shun worked, he would open the all-encompassing book for study.

Emperor Shun realized the "way of making weapons" from the book. Emperor Shun went to the Yellow River to make pottery, and saw that the pottery embryos made by the craftsmen were rough, and the pottery fired was not good for use and useless. So, Emperor Shun visited the craftsmen, familiar with the process, and then used the book to learn, research and improve the method, repeatedly explored, keep improving, and finally studied the method of "Shun pottery", fired pottery to change the old view, become exquisite technology, beautiful and durable.

Emperor Shun realized the "way of government" from the book. Emperor Yao is located in Emperor Shun, Shun is enthroned as the Son of Heaven, the capital is in Puhan, and talents are recommended in a large way. The "Eight Kai" and "Eight Yuan" were used to govern civil affairs, and the "four murderers" such as the untalented son Hun Dun of the Dihong clan, the untalented son of the Shaohao clan Qiqi, the untalented son of the Zhuan clan and the untalented son of the Jinyun clan were exiled to remote and barbaric places. The appointment of Yu Zhishui completed Yao's unfinished business. Emperor Shun revised the calendar, sacrificed to the four seasons of heaven and earth, the gods of mountains and rivers, summoned princes from all over the world, and held a grand ceremony. In the year of his accession, Emperor Shun patrolled various places, sacrificed to famous mountains, summoned princes, inspected the people's conditions, and set rewards and punishments. Under its governance, politics and religion are great, guests from all directions are served, and Shungong is praised from all over the world.

Emperor Shun realized the "way of morality" from the book. Emperor Shun's stepmother later gave birth to three children, every time it was time to eat, the stepmother and the three children she gave birth to were full of food and drink, but Emperor Shun could only sleep on his stomach, but no matter how his stepmother treated him, he always greeted him with a smile and was humble. Once, Emperor Shun's younger brother Xiang asked Emperor Shun to dredge the well through his stepmother, and then sealed the well with soil, in a vain attempt to seal Shun in the well and suffocate to death, Shun dug a passage from the side and escaped by himself, but Emperor Shun had no complaints. This well is Shunjing. Emperor Shun asked everyone to be "straight and gentle, generous and chestnut, rigid and not abusive, simple and not arrogant, filial piety to parents, and harmony with neighbors".

Emperor Shun realized the "way of cultivation" from the book. Emperor Shun practiced, breaking the mirror very quickly, and at the age of thirty, he broke the mirror to the Seven Realms. Later, Emperor Shun swam to Cangwu Mountain, and dreamed at night that there was a Da Luo Jinxian sitting in a Yao car, supported by Ni Shi Yugai, descending from the sky, and the next day he successfully entered the eighth realm. Emperor Shun swam to Cangwu Mountain for the second time, and dreamed of a strange substance with a human face and a snake body at night, asking Emperor Shun why he connived at his subordinates to kill his children and grandchildren, and finally imprisoned the last nine cubs who had already expressed their submission. The monster didn't listen to Emperor Shun's persuasion, and called for a violent wind and rain, purple lightning and green thunder, and Yun Mengze set off layers of huge waves, wanting to flood Cangwu Mountain. Emperor Shun had no choice, he was alone to help the sky, and the avenue was shattered and trapped by the monster dragon. The next day he sailed west, at the age of three hundred and thirty-three.

Legend has it that after the death of Emperor Shun, his two concubines searched for their husbands for thousands of miles, went to the foot of the Sanfeng Stone, and died crying in front of the tomb of Shun. There is a stone box behind the tomb of Shun, which is engraved with the words "Shun seal". After the death of the second concubine, their maid held the stone box and handed it to King Yu. King Yu opened the stone box, and there was a suicide note in the stone box, but no one knew what was written on the suicide note.

Putting down "Strange Chronicles", Li Quzhi inadvertently glanced at the lower right corner of the book cover, the above nine years of Shaoxing, Li Quzhi muttered: "It turned out to be a book published three years ago, why haven't I seen it before, it's very strange."

Suddenly, there was a cone pain in Li's sick heart, and his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he was about to spurt out a mouthful of blood. Li Quzhi gritted his teeth, forcibly swallowed the mouthful of blood, and said vaguely: "It seems that this Haoran Qi and Tiangang Qi really can't be cultivated at the same time, but I just like to do difficult things and people who are in difficult places. ”

There are eighteen majestic passes in the human body, among which between the sixth and seventh, and between the twelfth and thirteenth, there are two insurmountable moats.

Li Qu successfully broke through the first realm before his illness, and when he entered the second realm, he broke through the seventh Xiongguan dangerous pass, and then broke through to the twelfth with a lot of energy, and by the thirteenth time, the mountain was covered by heavy snow and a vast expanse.

The qi dragon in the body was divided into two, Haoran Qi hit to the left, Tiangang Qi hit to the right, and the result was like two handfuls of water hitting the wall, splashing everywhere, and returning again and again in vain.

But Li Qu's illness is not in a hurry, and the water drops wear through the stones, naturally.

I'm afraid that Haoran Qi and Tiangang Qi are like the two of them carrying water together. Originally, a bucket full of water was drawn from the well, but the two people carrying the water were not in unison, and they sprinkled all the way, and finally when it was time to irrigate, they found that only the water at the bottom of the bucket was left, and it was not as good as one person carrying water.

So Li Quzhi had to find a way to keep the two of them in the same step. If you keep the same pace, the strength of two people is still greater than that of one person, and the water they carry is more than that of one person.

Li Quzhi has always warned himself that the road of life must be good, not just to be able to endure hardships. To endure hardship is to endure hardship, just to endure hardship, not necessarily a point of hard work and a point of harvest, because there must be a good method.

For example, if you go from the town to Tai'an, if you go on horseback, you can go back and forth in a day, the time is fast, and it will not be too hard. But you choose to walk, which is time-consuming and very hard.

Li Quzhi took out the ubiquitous "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon", and studied the diagram of the meridians and acupoints of the human body.

Li Quzhi almost didn't ask Lao Chen at that time: "This "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" can be seen everywhere, so isn't it possible for everyone to become a qi practitioner?"

Lao Chen seemed to have guessed what Li Qubing wanted to ask, and said: "There is a fundamental difference between practicing qi and practicing martial arts. The practice of martial arts pays attention to 'poor literature and rich martial arts, diligent study and hard practice'. Therefore, there are far more people in the rivers and lakes who practice martial arts than those who practice qi, and the reason lies in the requirements of practicing qi on people's 'roots'. ”

After Lao Chen finished speaking, he took out the map of the Xiongguan in the world painted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty 1,200 years ago, and then continued: "Just like this map of the Xiongguan in the world, the meridians are the official road, and the acupoints are the Xiongguan, which is the so-called 'root'. The quality of the 'roots' is, first of all, whether these official roads have been cultivated, how well they have been cultivated, and whether they can walk a person's small road or a straight official road that can run parallel to the eight troikas. If you want to walk from Jiayu Pass in the west to Shanhaiguan in the East China Sea, you need to pass through many Xiongguan Passes, whether it is Ningwu Pass, Pingxing Pass, or Juyong Pass. In the end, how many people can be accommodated in each Xiongguan? You marched forward with tens of thousands of troops to Juyong Pass, and found that there were only less than 1,000 people living in Juyong Pass, what should you do with the rest of the people?

Lao Chen looked at Li Quai, as if he was waiting for Li Quai's answer, as if it was not, and then continued: "How did you walk from Jiayuguan to Shanhaiguan, this is the 'law'. Many people will say, go straight, this must be the closest, but walking straight is not necessarily a road, you have to walk along the road. Then many people will say, then take the nearest road, but the nearest road is not necessarily the fastest, because the nearest road often means that it will go over the mountains, so it may seem closest, but it may actually take longer. This is the importance of the Fa, and different Fa will teach you to take different paths. Wealth, couples, and land, you can't touch them now, and I'll talk to you about them when I have the opportunity to talk to you later. ”

Li Quzhi glanced at Lao Chen at that time, and said, "Then what's the point of you letting me see this meridian acupoint diagram?"

Lao Chen smiled: "Didn't I already teach you a method of luck? But, twelve, you must know that there is no definite law, and if you often look at this picture, you may be able to see your own way, and this is what I told you, 'seeing nature can be approached'." ”

After that, Li Quzhi often looked at the two pictures together. Li had thought about letting Haoran Qi and Tiangang Qi go their own ways before he was sick, but there were two very prominent problems in this way, one was that he needed to be multitasking, and the other was that people might not be able to find two meridians that did not cross at all, and even if there were, some of the meridians would be sheep intestines. Therefore, Li Quzhi felt that this way was not working.

So how can we solve the current problem, give up one of them and stop practicing, Li Quzhi has 100,000 unwillingness, and 100,000 unwillingness.

He originally practiced Tiangang Qi first, and then the night Mr. Zhang left, he left a book of "Ximing Notes", which recorded the cultivation method of Haoran Qi, Li Quzhi practiced it without hesitation, for this matter, Lao Chen had a great temper, but it was not easy to do it.

I stared at this meridian acupoint diagram for a long time, and still couldn't think of a suitable way.

Li Quzhi muttered: "When the tree has leaves and the sun sets, and people have exhausted their thoughts, do their best and wait for the destiny of heaven." ”