Chapter 5: The Path of Cultivation
"Miscellaneous supervisor, sprinkle and wash the pavilion, the new miscellaneous officer Fang Yuan, this is your number plate!"
After Fa Zhou entered the Qingyang Sect, Fang Yuan was separated from the others, he was sent to a low mountain on the edge of the Qingyang Sect, in front of a slightly old palace, and saw a tall and thin Tsing Yi steward with a bit of thief eyebrows, this steward surnamed Sun, but he was an old man who had served in the Qingyang Sect for more than ten years, and now he was also in charge of more than a dozen miscellaneous servants like Fang Yuan.
He gave Fang Yuan a set of items, including a special number plate made by the Qingyang Sect, a set of cyan robes woven from unknown materials, which were worn by the miscellaneous servants, as well as two Qi Cultivation Pills that could make people physically fit, and a volume of Qi Cultivation Mental Techniques with a somewhat damaged cover, and then led Fang Yuan to shuttle between the mountains and forests, chattering with him about the rules.
"The place to eat is here, one meal every morning, noon and evening, the place to receive the monthly salary is there, remember to come on time at the end of each month, there is a place for the disciples of the Xianmen to cultivate, you can't break in casually, what about the back mountain, but I didn't say that I wouldn't let you enter, but there are many fierce demon beasts, so if you don't want to feed them with your own flesh and blood, it's best not to ......enter casually."
At first, Fang Yuan listened patiently, but then he couldn't help but wander, just looked at the Qingyang Sect Beginner Qi Refining Heart Method and the two Qi Refining Pills in his arms with joy, and Steward Sun didn't care if Fang Yuan listened or not, he just kept talking in front, looking very excited, as if he only had to be happy, it would be enough.
"Senior brother, can we also practice?"
When the steward Sun introduced Fang Yuan to the dog raised by the little lady who sold bean curd in a small town ten miles away at the foot of the mountain ten miles west of Qingyang Sect, he had just given birth to a litter of puppies, one of which looked like a cat, Fang Yuan couldn't help but ask.
"That's natural, isn't it for you to practice the Qi Heart Method and the Qi Cultivation Pill?"
The steward Sun smiled and said: "We, we usually live in this deep mountain, the wind is cold and the dew is heavy, if there is no cultivation on the body, the body bones can not bear it, the immortal gate let us miscellaneous disciples practice some qi practice, this is the meaning, some miscellaneous disciples, lazy not to practice, as a result, on a rainy day, the joints are so painful that they can't stand it, so ah......"
"That'...... Immortal Sect miscellaneous servants can also become disciples of Xianmen?"
Fang Yuan automatically blocked his later words and asked a key question with anticipation.
"Become a disciple of the Immortal Sect?"
The steward Sun was slightly stunned, looked at Fang Yuan's excited expression, and was surprisingly silent for a while, and after a while, he shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "Our Qingyang Sect has this rule, it is said that three thousand years ago, a sect master of the Qingyang Sect was born from a miscellaneous service, and since then, this rule has been passed down, if the miscellaneous disciples can cultivate to the third level or above before the age of eighteen, and then pass the assessment of the elders, they can officially worship the immortal sect to practice......"
"Deacon Joe really didn't lie to me......"
Fang Yuan's heart suddenly had a bottom, and his expression became lighter.
Steward Sun seemed to want to say something, but seeing Fang Yuan's happy appearance, he couldn't help but say nothing, and continued to lead the way in front, narrating and introducing Fang Yuan, even the rules of the fairy gate to the customs and customs, and then to the likes and dislikes of a certain elder, etc., all of which were missed, and took him directly to the back of a large hall in the mountains, in front of a dilapidated house built under the hillside, and said with a smile: "You will live here in the future, and your duty is to sweep the Changming Hall in front of the mountain, and now there is no one living there, but this work cannot be delayed, otherwise it will ......"
"Senior brother understands!"
Fang Yuan readily agreed, and the first thing he found to be able to communicate with this Sun Steward was to interrupt him.
"Alas, seeing that the sun is about to go down, Senior Brother Fang, you have just entered the Xianmen, why don't I go and make two pots of wine and cut half a catty of pig's head meat, first, Senior Brother will help you catch the wind, and second, I can continue to introduce you to the customs and customs in our Xianmen......"
"Don't be distracted, I still have to clean the house today, and wait for the younger brother to invite the senior brother back in a few days......"
"Haha, okay, this is what you said, junior brother, when the time comes, you must drink and talk happily, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return......"
Fang Yuan was just casually polite, but this steward Sun was overjoyed to hear it, and talked a lot, and then he reluctantly left.
Fang Yuan thanked him, and then entered the hut in front of him, but saw that it was very shabby, and the layout was very simple, only a couch, a table, a chair, and a cabinet, and there was an oil lamp on the table, which was covered with cobwebs, and I don't know how long it hadn't been lit, Fang Yuan took out the flint and wiped it a few times, but it was lit, and by the dim light, he cleaned the house before sitting down.
It is estimated that he will live here for a long time in the future, Fang Yuan doesn't mind much in his heart, he is from a poor background, and he lives in the house of his uncle and aunt in Taiyue City, and it is not better than here, at least this house looks quite sturdy, and it will not leak rain, but it is windy at night in the mountains, just sitting for a while, he felt a little cold, and hurriedly got up and closed the window.
"Steward Sun is right, the wind and cold in the mountains are heavy, ordinary people really can't stand it!"
He thought to himself, and his eyes fell on the book of Qi Cultivation Mind on the table, and his eyes lit up slightly.
"Then let's start practicing and resist the cold!"
Fang Yuan is no stranger to cultivating the mind, and even the essentials of meditation and breathing, he has already consulted Mr. Zhu, but due to the door rules, Mr. Zhu is unable to pass on his practice of qi and mind, and now it is the first time he has come into contact with this mysterious method of practicing qi!
However, he is not unfamiliar with the principle, and he has already talked about it in the schoolwork of the fairy hall.
The so-called cultivation is to absorb the heaven and the earth, improve one's physique, and grasp the power between the heaven and the earth step by step.
The path of cultivation is divided into six realms, namely Qi Training, Foundation Building, Jindan, Yuanying, Transforming Spirits, and Mahayana.
And this first step of Qi training, is to absorb the aura into the body, improve their own physique of a process, to achieve this purpose, naturally must first feel the kind of ubiquitous between heaven and earth, but elusive aura, the heart method, this point is introduced clearly, and the method of breathing, the operation of the aura in the body are written clearly, very detailed.
Fang Yuan had a good memory, he only read it a few times, then he wrote down the first Qi Channeling Method, and then carefully went through it in his heart, and after confirming that he had figured it out thoroughly, he sat cross-legged on the bed, adjusted his breathing, and tried to empty his mind.
This is not easy to do, and there are many distractions at every turn, and the mind is like a wild horse, which is not under his control.
However, Fang Yuan was very persevering and patient, he knew that this matter was in a hurry, and if he couldn't do it once, he would try it a second time.
This first day after entering the Qingyang Sect, it passed in this repeated and tireless attempt, Fang Yuan didn't know how many times he had failed, and he didn't even remember whether he had succeeded, until he woke up to the sound of birds and insects on the second day, he realized that he had fallen asleep unconsciously, and he also smiled a little bitterly in his heart, cultivation is really not an easy task!
If he can't do the realm of "concentrating and calming the mind, and being humble like a valley" mentioned in the Qi Mind Method, it is naturally impossible to sense the aura of heaven and earth through the method of breathing, and he has no choice but to get up and do things for the time being, and wait until the evening to continue.
That's it, Fang Yuan silently began his life in Xianmen, during the day, he needed to clean that large piece of Tianji Palace, said to be a hall, but in fact there are four compartments and nineteen rooms before and after, in addition to the statue of the god in the main hall, the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion in the side hall, etc., sprinkled every day, cleaned up, and even repaired the roof tiles, etc., this day's work was done, every time the back hurts, tired.
But what he was looking forward to was the evening practice.
Although this Qi cultivation method was extremely difficult at first, he still persevered.
In the past few days, he failed to control his mind, sensed the existence of aura, and did not take the Qi Cultivation Pill issued by the Xianmen to enhance his physique, because he had heard Mr. Zhu say that practicing together, understanding heaven and earth, and meditating and practicing Qi are the essence.
And the elixir, no matter how good it is, is only an auxiliary means after all, and he doesn't want to use the power of the elixir as soon as he enters the path of cultivation.
Therefore, I made up my mind that I would never take the pill without waiting for the first aura to be cultivated!
Under this perseverance, Fang Yuan spent seven or eight consecutive days in meditation and breathing, even if he couldn't do the requirements mentioned in the Qi Mind Method at first, he still persevered, and finally on a night on the ninth day, he inadvertently entered a state of extreme mystery, and he seemed to disappear and merge into the heavens and the earth, as if floating in the ocean......
At this time, he was still habitual, according to the breathing method on the practice of qi and heart, unconscious, as if out of nothing, faintly, between heaven and earth, there seemed to be some kind of unpredictable force into his body, the mountains were cold and the wind was heavy, but he felt a warmth, like a small snake swimming in his body, gradually making him forget the cold wind around him.
That night, Fang Yuan sat for a night, and when his mind turned, he opened his eyes and saw the sun in the room!
"I ...... I cultivated my first aura?"
When he realized the changes that had occurred in him, Fang Yuan even couldn't believe it.
"I've finally embarked on the path of cultivation?"
He hurriedly looked inward according to the words of the mental method, sensed the faint aura in his body that was almost impossible to find, and immediately laughed.
Laughing contentedly!