In the blink of an eye, it had been more than twenty days since Gu Ming came to the Moon Moon Sword Sect.

Tomorrow is the time for the "monthly vacation" agreed with the master, and today he will ask the master one by one about the problems he has encountered in his recent cultivation and study, and Lin Ziqian also patiently analyzed and replied to the apprentice.

Gu Ming asked: "In the 'Ten Treatises on Cultivating Truth', it is mentioned that 'all things in the world, those who have spirits have roots!', the essence of spiritual roots is 'the grace of heaven', why do some people have spiritual roots, while some people do not have spiritual roots? Why are there differences in the awakening and grade of spiritual roots?"

Lin Ziqian replied without thinking: "The saying 'the spirit has roots' is very wonderful, and I have doubted it before. The teacher believes that the spiritual root is the root of everything, and everything in the world has a spiritual root, and it cannot exist in this world without a root, but not the spiritual root of all spiritual things can be manifested. At present, there are only cultivation exercises based on the five elements of spiritual energy in the cultivation system, so the test of the spiritual root attribute is limited to the five elements spiritual root. To give a simple example, the heavens bury seeds (spirit seeds) in the soil (the body of each living being), and these seeds grow into grass, shrubs, and pines, cypresses, peach, and pear trees due to different varieties, but because we only know that peach trees and pear trees can bear fruit, we focus on cultivating peach trees and pear trees, so we turn a blind eye to other flowers and trees that we think are "useless", which is why you think that some people do not have spiritual roots. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at the disciple who suddenly realized and kept nodding, paused, and then continued: "However, even if they are all peach trees, due to the different sizes and thickness of the seeds, the germination time is also different, and the state of growth is also different, which is the reason why the spiritual root awakening and the spiritual root grade are different. ”

Listening to the master's explanation, Gu Ming had a feeling of being sudden.

After savoring it carefully, Gu Ming continued to ask: "In the Wenshi Zhenjing, it is said that the essence of cultivation is 'refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, and refining gods and returning voids', why can't it correspond to the level of cultivation one by one?"

Lin Ziqian pondered for a while and replied: "The Wenshi Zhenjing is a classic left over from ancient times, and because it was written very early, it cannot correspond to the current cultivation system, but on the whole, it is still right. ”

After taking a sip of tea, he slowly explained further to his disciples.

Refining and refining qi, here "refining" refers to refining the essence of heaven and earth, aura is the essence of the sun and the moon, which belongs to the innate essence, and essence is the essence of the human body gathered and nourished, and belongs to the acquired essence. Cultivators refine the essence of innate and acquired essence and transform it into vitality, which is called "turning qi". The three levels of gas refining, foundation building, and Jindan are also the three states of vitality condensation in essence, the vitality of the refining period is gaseous, the vitality of the foundation building period is liquid, and the vitality of the Jindan period is solid, so these three levels are also called "the realm of qi" in ancient times.

Refining Qi and transforming the gods, the "gods" here refer to the primordial gods. Yuan Baby, Transformation God, The three levels of breaking the void are also the three states of the primordial spirit in essence, the primordial infant is condensed and sprouted through refining, and the cultivator refines the spiritual power of the primordial infant into the primordial force to nourish the primordial infant's spiritual body, at this time the cultivator's primordial infant is still very weak and cannot leave the body for too long; the primordial infant of the cultivator in the incarnation period turns into the primordial spirit, and can turn the primordial spirit into the primordial force, at this time the cultivator's primordial spirit can be separated from the body and independent of heaven and earth; the primordial spirit in the void breaking period is completely full, and the boundary between body and spirit begins to blur, and the primordial force can be turned into virtual power, and the cultivator at this time can unify the essence, qi and spirit outside the body to form an incarnation。 Therefore, these three levels were also called "the realm of transformation" in ancient times.

The level of immortals pays attention to "understanding the heart of the Dao, consolidating the foundation of the Dao, and achieving the fruit of the Dao", so the three levels of the earth immortals, the heavenly immortals, and the golden immortals are also called "the realm of the Tao" in ancient times.

Gu Ming pondered the explanation that the master had just made, and after pausing for a while, he asked again: "It is also mentioned in the "Ten Treatises on Cultivating Truth" that 'cultivators can prolong their lives by strengthening their bodies with qi, and eventually live with heaven and earth', can cultivators really live with heaven and earth?"

Lin Ziqian said with a smile: "Everything in the world, there is life and death, there is rise and fall, this is the way of heaven. "True Immortal Preaching Collection" talks about "the reason of all things, do your best, exhaust your nature, so that life, life, life to be in harmony with the Tao, when with the heaven and the earth to be strong, and for a long time" is talking about "unity with the Tao", from the point of view is the best state of cultivation of the cultivator, when it reaches that realm, the cultivator is all in harmony with the way of heaven, and can only live with the heaven and the earth by integrating into the heaven and the earth, do you think the cultivator at that time is still a cultivator?

Lin Ziqian laughed for a while and continued: "Since there are too few records of the level of cultivating immortals in the existing classics, it is unknown how many immortals will live as teachers! However, as far as the Shenzhou Continent is concerned, cultivators in the Qi refining period can enjoy the top lifespan of a person, about 120 years, 150 years if the foundation building period increases, 200 years in the Jindan period, 300 years in the Yuan Infant Period, 500 years in the Transformation Period, and 800 years in the Void Breaking Period. Under the whole world of the Shenzhou Continent, it is extremely rare to have a thousand-year lifespan. ”

Lin Ziqian said it very appropriately, Gu Ming understood it at once, and then he continued to ask: "It is recorded in the 'Chronicles of Divine Scenery' that somehow, in the past five hundred years, the spiritual energy of the Shenzhou Continent has decreased by nearly thirty percent, especially in the last two hundred years, the speed of spiritual energy reduction is still accelerating. The author really suspects that there is some ulterior conspiracy here!"

"The strange secretary of "Shenzhou Fengwuzhi" collects most of the legends, folk rumors, and rumors in the world, and many of them are fabricated or exaggerated, and their credibility is not high. However, it is an indisputable fact that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth in the Shenzhou Continent has decreased, which is also the fundamental reason why cultivators today rely more on spiritual pills in their cultivation, but where is the root of the problem? ”

"Oh, oh!" Gu Ming thought so, after all, his cultivation was too low, since it was the biggest secret in the world, it was better not to explore it again.

After sorting out his thoughts, Gu Ming asked again: "It was mentioned in the book 'The Beginning of the Dan Dao' that it was enough to use the Qi Seeking Pill during the Qi Refining Period, why did the master insist on letting me use the Qi Replenishing Pill?

Lin Ziqian looked at Gu Ming with a smile this time, flipped his right hand, put the two pills on the table, and said with a smile: "The first-order Qi Seeking Pill and the second-order Qi Replenishing Pill are both pills that cultivators often use in their daily cultivation, in essence, they are all to help cultivators speed up their cultivation in order to quickly replenish their aura, the only difference is that the second-order Qi Replenishing Pill contains more aura than the first-order Qi Seeking Pill, and the aura is purer." Generally speaking, it is indeed enough for Qi Refining Stage cultivators to use Qi Seeking Pills to cultivate, but Dan Masters are different. Cultivating with Qi Seeking Pills, impure aura will often leave dark wounds in the cultivator's body, and some impurities in the pill will also be stranded in the acupoints, meridians, and even the sea of qi around the body with the operation of the aura. For ordinary cultivators, the impact of these dark injuries is nothing to them, and when they cultivate deeper and deeper, the impact will become smaller and smaller. However, for Dan masters who need to control the aura finely, the meridians are blocked, the aura is not smooth, and these little influences are very serious, and the higher the level of the Dan Dao, the greater the impact, and sometimes even fatal. Therefore, the use of high-grade pills in order to lay a solid foundation during the Qi refining period has become the consensus of the current Danshi world, and some Dan masters even use the third-order Qi Condensing Pill for cultivation during the Qi refining period at the risk of exploding their bodies for the sake of some disciples with outstanding qualifications. ”

This is the end of today's "extracurricular tutoring", after Gu Ming respectfully thanked Lin Ziqian, he returned to his room with satisfaction and happily cleaned up the room.

Later, after bidding farewell to his master and senior brother, he used his identity token to receive a horse at the stable of the Mochizuki Sword Sect, and rode the horse in the direction of Dashishan. (Ladies and gentlemen, don't be surprised that Gu Ming can actually ride a horse.) You must know that "etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics" are only one day for those who cultivate the true spirit in the Qi refining period)

It's time to go home!

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This time, Gu Ming went home, galloping all the way, and felt like returning home. In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now it is boundless;

The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Jiangcheng flowers in one day.

Ha, ha, ha!

Li Laohan counted the days and seemed to know that Gu Ming was coming back in the next two days, so he prepared a large table of good dishes waiting for him early. When he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance getting closer, Li Laohan's face flushed and his eyebrows were overjoyed.

Gu Ming looked at Li Laohan standing at the door from a distance, and he kept waving his hand right away from the horse, because he was too anxious to ride the horse, he almost "couldn't stop" when he got closer.

The grandfather and grandson have not seen each other for a month, Gu Ming said grandfather on the left and grandfather on the right, and Li Laohan was full of joy when he heard it. I saw him holding Gu Ming's hand, looking left and right, and praised repeatedly: "Good, good, good!

Grandpa still calls Gu Ming a mountain boy, it's good to have such a nickname, but grandpa feels kind when he calls it.

The two of them entered the house together with a smile, and Li Laohan kept picking vegetables for Gu Ming, and at the same time asked about his grandson's situation in the Moon Sword Sect with concern.

Is it bitter?

Are you tired?

Is the immortal master stern or not?

Do you get along well with your brothers?

Has anyone bullied you?

Regarding Li Laohan's series of questions, Gu Ming did not feel any impatience, but happily told his grandfather everything about his experience in the past month. Of course, Mingyue's little brother can't be said to be stupid and cute. When he said that the master was very good to him, and even did not hesitate to spend cultivation to help him cultivate, Li Laohan sighed: "Shan Yanzi, Immortal Master Lin has been kind to you and recreated, you can't live up to his expectations of you!"

When Gu Ming heard this, he immediately solemnly assured his grandfather that he would treat him with the courtesy of his closest relatives, and cultivate and study with a hundred times the effort, in order to live up to his teacher's kindness.

When he mentioned that he had reached the early stage of Qi refining and officially stepped into the threshold of cultivators, Li Laohan laughed, drank the bowl of wine in his hand, and said to his grandson: "Our mountain girl has a future!

The two talked a lot, and while Gu Ming was talking about his own affairs, he also kept caring about Li Laohan's recent situation.

Li Laohan said with a smile, an old mountain guest has lived like this all his life, what can he do, he is just worried about whether his grandson will suffer when he goes out alone. Hearing this, Gu Ming was both happy and grateful.

The time at home passed quickly, and for five days, Gu Ming helped his grandfather with housework at home, except for insisting on cultivation in the morning and evening. Originally, he wanted to follow his grandfather to search for the mountains as before, but his grandfather resolutely refused, thinking that the main task now was cultivation, and he was not allowed to do anything unrelated to cultivation.

On this issue, Li Laohan was very stubborn, and in order not to make his grandfather angry, Gu Ming had no choice but to make concessions.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and it is time to separate, Li Laohan pulled his grandson, although he was reluctant in his eyes, Li Laohan still urged him to set off early. With the help of Li Laohan, he turned over and got on the horse, took the package handed by Li Laohan on the horse, and rode away from his home in Dashishan.

Gu Ming didn't look back, he knew that Li Laohan had been standing at the door and watching him leave, although he had experienced this kind of thing many times in his previous life, he was not used to this kind of parting.