Chapter 5 Sleeping Practice
A copy of "Tao Yin" opened a new chapter in Gu Qingci's life and opened the door to a new world.
It is an endless sea of spiritual practice, and it takes a lifetime to explore the mysteries of it.
In the most important stage of forging the body before cultivating immortals, the aura of heaven and earth is drawn, impurities are washed away, and life is sublimated.
This is the practice expounded in the Tao Yin.
Different from ordinary cultivation methods, the ancient scripture "Tao Yin" actually has five stages of cultivation, which are called the Five Realms.
This is very rare, and most practices only have four realms.
At the very beginning of the cultivation of "Dao Yin", the skin and flesh were tempered with aura, because the strength of aura, every time it was tempered, it had to be tempered nine times, which was a long process and could not tolerate impatience.
When the strength of the flesh and blood has been tempered to the extreme, and the impurities inside cannot be washed, this stage is completed.
After flesh and blood, there are the meridians, bones, viscera, and finally the most complex and mysterious mind, that is, the head.
This last step is not found in many cultivation methods, and even the immortal cultivation system recorded in the book does not mention this fifth realm.
"Tao Yin" is a practice method that cultivates the human body to the extreme, and has a complete and perfect practice concept, which is very consistent with Gu Qingci.
He saw in the academy that many immortal cultivators who had gone far on the path of cultivating immortals had to cultivate each realm to the extreme before they could advance to the next realm.
Even when the time is about to break through, you have to suppress the realm and continue to cultivate, and you have to wait until you can't suppress it before you have no choice but to break through.
This is done to make the foundation as solid as possible.
If a realm is a pool, some people fill the pool with stones, and on the surface it looks like the stones are full of the pool, but in fact there are many gaps, and the pool is not filled at all.
Some people pour water into the pool, so that there will be no gaps, and when the water is full, they will naturally enter the next realm, so as to maximize their potential.
Before practicing, Gu Qingci found in the academy that this kind of cultivation method of directly quoting aura to forge the body was too radical and the error tolerance rate was too low, so few people practiced this mystical method, and Baiyun Academy rarely taught this ancient scripture.
The Tao Quotation is very difficult to practice, and it is said that no one in Baiyun Academy has been able to practice this ancient scripture for a long time.
This year's first class is a rare teaching of "Tao Yin", and it is foreseeable that these students will have a chance to choose again in the future.
But Gu Qingci had no choice.
There was a small earth stove next to the ancient well, Gu Qingci was busy all day, took a bath, and washed away all his exhaustion.
He began to practice the Tao Yin.
Calm your mind, turn your heart to the sky, and run the mystical method of "Tao Yin" to feel the gorgeous and colorful aura.
The process of practice is very boring and requires a lot of patience and perseverance.
This boredom is most intense at the beginning of the spiritual phase.
For the first seven days, Gu Qingci had fallen into this extremely boring cultivation without any breakthrough.
He is like a man who is looking for an oasis in the desert.
This is related to talent, people with good talent are naturally sensitive to aura, and they may be able to cross this stage in a few hours, while people with poor talent will take a long time.
Seven days is already a long time.
On the evening of the eighth day, he finally communicated with the first ray of aura.
It's like a faint light pouring into a dark world.
Slowly, in the boring practice, Gu Qingci finally communicated to the world of aura, which is a gorgeous and colorful world, he was in this world, surrounded by aura, he didn't notice it before, only after practicing.
This is the world as a practitioner sees it.
There is a big gap between mortals and cultivators in the world.
Continuous cultivation and continuous breakthroughs are not only the sublimation of life and breaking the shackles, but also the world in the eyes will also change with the improvement of the realm.
Is this the essence of cultivation? Gu Qingci has a clear understanding in his heart.
After passing the stage of feeling qi, it is the real practice of "Tao Yin".
He ran the mystical method of "Dao Introduction", and wisps of spiritual energy were as thin as needles, densely packed, enveloping Gu Qingci's whole body.
The aura is like a needle, all over the body, so that every inch of skin and flesh is baptized, and there is no room for a single mistake.
This is a very difficult thing to do at the beginning of the practice.
Gu Qingci did it.
In the next moment, all these needle-thin auras entered Gu Qingci's epidermal flesh and blood, and every inch of his skin was invaded by these aura.
The huge and pure power was released in his body, and the flesh and blood of ordinary people could hardly withstand such power, although there were no wounds on his skin, but a sharp pain came from Zhou's body up and down, and it continued, and Gu Qingci didn't even have the strength to grit his teeth.
It was the aura that was refining every inch of his skin and flesh, this belonged to the surface refining, it was just the beginning, and there was a deeper refining.
In the midst of the constant severe pain, he used all his strength to run the "Dao Yin" and completed the first refining process with difficulty, and the time was so long.
It's a hellish practice.
This kind of cultivation method is too dangerous, if you are not careful, you will fall into hidden dangers, those students who have good conditions and have a way out will naturally not choose this kind of cultivation method, only people like Gu Qingci who have no other choice will practice.
After completing the first tempering with difficulty, Gu Qingci ran the method of warmth, and the cultivation method of "Dao Yin" was too violent, and every time he refined, he had to carry out nine times of spiritual energy cultivation, so as not to fall into the dark injury.
The aura was like a clear spring, flowing through every inch of Gu Qingci's skin, and he felt that his whole body was crisp and numb, like a tired person soaking in a hot spring.
Reiki can be tempered by needles, and it can also be warmed like a clear spring, which is one of the greatest miracles in the world.
After nine rounds of spiritual energy recuperation, Gu Qingci felt that his flesh and blood were filled with a magical power, which was not much, but his life felt sublimated.
Is this the essence of life?
Gu Qingci took the first step in practicing the "Dao Yin", although the process was very difficult, he was still a little surprised, because compared with the book record, his process was very easy, and many people couldn't even complete the first step, which was also the reason for the decline of this ancient scripture.
It was late at night, so he took a shower and fell asleep refreshed.
When he woke up, it was still before dawn, and the results of his Dao Yin practice made him sleep better, but the time was shortened.
Gu Qingci's skin is better, it is not white, there is a faint crystal luster, it looks full of aura, the muscle lines are not obvious, but it is full of power.
Compared to the past, he has been reborn, and this is just a practice.
Because of his practice, he found two problems.
The first one, as he practiced, became more and more extraordinary, and it was obvious from his appearance at a glance that it required a mantra to hide.
This problem is very easy to solve, the regulations of Baiyun Academy, after three months of entry, you can choose a cultivation method, and after half a year, you can choose an auxiliary left path method, the so-called left path method, which refers to alchemy and refining tools, if you enter the inner courtyard from the outer courtyard, there is also a chance to choose the immortal cultivation method.
Of course, the quality of these methods is certainly not comparable to that of students, but they are much stronger than those of casual cultivation.
Most of the students of Baiyun Academy are pointing directly at the Great Dao, and there are not many people who specialize in alchemy and refining these side doors, which is too hindering cultivation, so they put the idea on the miscellaneous servants, if a casual cultivator becomes an alchemist or a refiner, his status will skyrocket, these people are not highly talented, and they are not as hopeful as practicing the Left Dao.
The second problem is the most serious, and that is that there is not enough time for practice.
Gu Qingci had to work four or five hours a day, plus three hours of sleep, so at the end of the day, his cultivation time would be less than four hours.
Compared to those students who practiced every day, his talent was not as good as others, his resources were not as good, and even his cultivation time was far inferior.
Many years later, he is likely to be a handyman, and it will be difficult for him to reach the other side of his ideals all his life, looking at those students, lamenting that the gap is insurmountable, and he has been reduced to a mediocre person.
Although there is a mysterious ancient pattern, which gives Gu Qingci a trace of confidence, this ancient pattern has not been recovered, and the hope is too slim, and he may not be able to wait for the opportunity to recover in his life.
Moreover, he couldn't develop the psychology of relying on this mysterious ancient pattern, a truly powerful immortal cultivator, his cultivation couldn't rely on external objects.
Walking into the bamboo forest, Gu Qingci fell into deep thought, he had some ideas.
If cultivation becomes an instinct, is it possible to practice and sleep at night at the same time?
He slept as much as he spent cultivating in a day, and if he could make perfect use of his sleep time to practice, then he would be able to spend twice as much time a day cultivating.
At the very least, he won't spend less time practicing than those students.
This thought made Gu Qingci's eyes light up.
The ancient academy, with rows of bookshelves, Gu Qingci sat here quietly to see if there was any experience from his predecessors.
He thought that in the long years, he must be the only one who had the idea of using the night to cultivate.
Absorbing the wisdom crystallization of predecessors is far faster than cultivating by oneself.
Sure enough, he found some related notes, and the contents of them benefited him a lot.
Spiritual practice cannot become a constant human instinct like breathing.
Therefore, the key to sleeping is to adjust the state of sleep, so that when the body is dormant, there is still a little energy left to practice.
There are some experiences in the notes of the predecessors, which are some spiritual cultivation secrets, Gu Qingci combined these experiences, and when he went to bed at night, he also began to try.
On the first night, when Gu Qingci was sleeping, his hands and feet kept moving around, these movements were regular, not too big, and should be perfectly controlled.
Otherwise, if you make a mistake in your practice, the consequences will be very serious.
When he woke up, Gu Qingci was completely aware of last night's movements, and he analyzed it carefully.
"There were five mistakes last night, serious mistakes, and there are still ...... to improve tonight"
"Tonight, keep up the good work. ”
"Cultivation is a noble art, and I will work hard for it. ”
Fortunately, Gu Qingci lived alone, otherwise his heroic sleeping posture would frighten many roommates.