Chapter 16: Cultivation in the Cave
Jing'an has been trapped in the stone cave for three or four days, and he still has no clue, and he has tried many methods, even if he walks with his eyes closed, he still returns to this stone cave.
It's useless to be irritable, you have to calm yourself down first, sit cross-legged, and quietly gather all your mind, immerse your mind in the exercises, and keep the method of practicing the soul in your mind. If you can break through, you can really enter the hall and practice the first chapter, and then you can hope to get out.
After experiencing the previous dilemma of life and death, the potential has been squeezed to the extreme, and the scope of mind control has been expanded to the maximum, no matter how hard Jing'an tries, she can't see and hear farther and more detailed places.
Now Jing'an can enter that ethereal state at any time, out of sight, out of ear, but still unable to reach the divine thoughts.
The first part of soul training: Contemplation of the gods, as the name suggests, should be able to see the shadowless and invisible divine thoughts, but the eyes and ears can't touch them, so what is it made of? Is it the sense of touch, smell, and taste? But what does these have to do with the divine thoughts?
I can only take it apart little by little, and the sense of hearing and vision are almost the same, how should the sense of touch be cultivated?
The exercises continued to work, and her mind went blank, and Jing An knew that she had entered that ethereal state again.
Turning off the sense of sight and hearing, I want to refine the sense of touch, and my mind is fully surrounded by the feeling of touch. Feel the change in temperature outside, the sensation of a slight airflow through your skin inside the cave.
Put your hand in the pool and feel the change in temperature.
The mind returned to the time of running for life, and the feelings after the body was injured. I want to amplify these feelings little by little, so that I can remember the feelings that come out of the body triggered by the outside world in various situations.
At first, all kinds of confused feelings are added, and all kinds of feelings are often confused, so that all kinds of feelings are not clear. Jing'an began to slowly pick out.
Immerse yourself in the pain first, and it is still difficult to remember all the injuries you have suffered from childhood to adulthood, and when the wound is healed, you will forget the feeling of pain.
Then start from the most painful place, and the rebirth after eating those river fish is the most painful thing in memory, and the time is very close.
Jing'an's mind began to return to the experience of being reborn, and the memory had hidden that pain, which was the instinctive protection to avoid continuous physical and mental injury. was turned up by Jing'an again, and under his deliberate control, the painful feeling came little by little.
At first, it was still a reminiscence, as if looking at the previous self, but slowly, the body instinctively seemed to remember that feeling, and it was recalled little by little from far and near.
Memories had to interrupt Jing'an several times, not letting him recall that feeling, and other memories poured in, it was the instinct of the body, and he didn't want to be hurt like that again.
But Jing'an's sanity is known, it is just a memory, and it is not possible to really hurt herself.
So Jing'an played back and forth between reason and instinct, and finally under the compulsion of exercises and will, reason gradually defeated instinct. The mind slowly entered the excruciating pain.
The whole body couldn't stop spasming, cold sweat was dripping down, Jing'an seemed to have really returned to the time of rebirth, and under the effect of the exercises, that feeling was constantly amplified.
The details of the pain were also pulled out in the depths of memory, the bone stubble squirmed and healed again, the bone spurs swam among the muscles and flesh, and the blood drilled out along the pores, sometimes tearing the whole body like an ant, and then cutting like a sharp blade piece by piece.
At that time, I could still rely on the transformation of my mind to disperse the pain, but now not only can I not scatter my thoughts, but I also have to gather that painful feeling, constantly amplify it, and recall that feeling over and over again!
In the end, the whole body entered that kind of pain in an all-round way, Jing'an even felt that he was about to die, pain can really hurt people to death, and even fainting is a luxury, and the pain is controlled by Jing'an and occupies all his body and mind.
Jing'an wants to adapt herself to this pain, not numb to it. Adaptation is the only way to conquer it, and numbness is only to be conquered by pain.
Adaptation and numbness are only a thin line, and Jing'an's mind is trying to control it, so that she can continue to experience.
I don't know how long it took, Jing'an gradually mastered the rhythm of this pain, no longer afraid, the spasms of the body slowly stopped, Jing'an could even grasp that the muscles were immersed in pain, the kind of veins that beat because of the strong stimulation. In this way, some of the body's functions are further controlled.
It's really an unexpected gain, even if the exercises can't go any further, with better control over the internal functions of the body, you can also improve your combat power a lot, and the distribution of physical energy and the coordination of body movements can also be controlled more accurately.
When Jing'an completely adapted to this kind of pain from the inside out, the memory slowly retreated, and the feeling returned to reality. A large pool of water flowed around Jing'an's seat, and it was sweat! Jing'an's little face was pale, obviously prostration.
This feeling is very real, as if you are in the scene, I don't know if it is because of the exercises, so that the memory is so vivid.
Jing'an eased down for a while, and then entered that kind of memory again, it must be done, facing pain but like a spring breeze, although I know it, but I am not afraid to experience it, in order to achieve full control.
Constantly entering that kind of memory, then coming out again, and re-entering again, Jing'an repeatedly folded his body and mind. Finally, Jing An found that feeling of absolute sanity again in the midst of pain.
It's a wonderful feeling, like one self standing on one side and looking at the other.
In the midst of real suffering, it is possible to separate the intellect from the senses. Don't let painful feelings affect your thinking and movements.
In the calm of reality, you can bring yourself into the absolutely real memory, so that you can be immersed. Jing'an's control of herself has become smoother and more subtle.
You can feel the pain if you want to feel it, and you can feel it if you want to calm yourself.
Then it was concocted in the same way, the spring breeze was blowing, the sun was warm and shining on the body, and all kinds of comfortable feelings were pulled out in the memory.
After experiencing the previous pain and immersed in the feeling of comfort and relaxation, Jing'an was deeply intoxicated, a little lost in it, and even forgot the passage of time, and didn't even want to return to reality.
Grandpa held his hand and told him about his experience when he was young. One old and one young, sitting around the fire, adding firewood while keeping warm. Serving the hot broth by himself, Grandpa looked at himself, drank it all with a snort, and Le's eyes narrowed!
Grandfather!
Jing'an woke up violently, and suddenly remembered that his grandfather was sick and needed to take care of himself! He must go back! It was so dangerous that he was almost lost in that warm feeling. This may be another demon! It's so pervasive!
Touching the flat stomach and chapped lips that were already hungry, Jing Xin had palpitations. If he hadn't woken up suddenly, he might have been like what his grandfather said, he went crazy and sat down directly.
Staggered, ate something, drank some water, didn't care about resting, and immersed in the memories again, and with a defense, the mind began to switch back and forth between pain and comfort.
Everything fell into place, probably because of the defeat of the demons in her heart again, Jing'an completely controlled the sense of touch in her body.
You can distinguish between various feelings, but you are not affected by them.
Jing An tries to fully open the sense of touch, distinguish the direction of the wind blowing, feel the movement of the water after flowing through the body, analyze their strength, and the changes that occur after passing through the body.
The door to the sense of touch was completely opened, and Jing An realized that the use of the sense of touch was simply too little before. Touch can bring more information than sight and hearing.
Even this state is like a new ability of oneself, but in fact, it only magnifies the sense of touch more subtly. Jing'an is constantly in contact with all kinds of surrounding things, stimulating the sensation of touch. It's like discovering a new world. All kinds of touches that used to be ordinary now feel very new, and they are completely different from before.
I can already establish a framework in my mind through contact, projecting my surroundings into my mind. Combined with sight and hearing, it forms a more accurate perception of the external environment.
Finally one step further!
Jing An tried to make herself more aware of the space around her, mobilizing all the abilities she could mobilize, trying to break through the special terrain she was in now.
It's a pity that in addition to being more specific and meticulous in observing the surrounding environment, it still can't break through. It seems that the shackles of smell and taste must be opened in one fell swoop.
However, Jing'an's breakthrough this time has exhausted the inspiration and mental energy accumulated before.
Fortunately, with the experience of the previous few times, Jing'an has slowly found some rules, and now as long as he takes a break and recovers his energy, he can draw a scoop with a gourd and continue to break through the remaining two senses.
Jing'an found a smoother place and fell asleep deeply. The breathing is gradually even, there is no day and night in the cave, there is no pressure of life and death, and the rest in Jing'an is extraordinarily sweet.
After waking up, he continued to cultivate his sense of taste and smell non-stop, and the remaining two senses were cultivated very smoothly, and the speed was faster than one, Jing'an seemed to have found the trick, or it could be the great terror between life and death before, which fully stimulated his potential.
When the last sense was fully controlled, the environmental framework in Jing'an's mind suddenly became vivid, and all the things around him, no matter how big or small, were all reflected in his mind, and Jing'an could even simulate their state and changes in the next moment.
But contemplating the gods, it still hasn't been reached! It's just a little closer, Jing'an knows that she is only one foot away from the door! It must be something missing?