Chapter 0012: The Beginning of the Path of Cultivation
Zhou Shaobai didn't expect that the senior brother he had always hated would say such a thing from the bottom of his heart. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
The senior brother seemed to see through his thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, the king is the king." If I'm already losing, why bother fighting. You don't need to change your opinion of me, and if I am still in power, I will continue to bully you until I drive you away. β
Seeing such a righteous and arrogant villain, Zhou Shaobai didn't know what to say, he was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Senior brother, you are so self-sufficient." β
The senior brother waved his hand: "After telling the truth that I haven't said for a long time, it's so enjoyable." Go ahead, and I'm going to keep copying the scriptures. β
So Zhou Shaobai left the stone cave, and carefully returned to Yuping Peak from the original road, and still slept in the wing room Chase Shop with all the senior brothers that night, but many things happened in the past two days, which made him feel like numbness, and Qin Ziling's smile appeared in his mind for a while, and the faces of the master and the head of the house for a while, and the appearance of the senior brother copying the scriptures in a dejected manner, he stared at the treetops outside the window for a night, and never closed his eyes.
At dawn, everyone got up to do morning class, Zhou Shaobai was washing, and someone came to look for him: "Little junior brother, Master is looking for you, go over quickly." β
Zhou Shaobai hurriedly wiped the water stains on his face and went to the master's room in the back wing.
When I entered the house, I saw Chengyu Daoist sitting with a serious expression.
Zhou Shaobai stepped forward to greet him, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
Chengyu opened his mouth and said: "Shaobai, as a teacher, I would like to ask you, how long have you been coming to my Xiyun Mountain Yuping Peak?"
Zhou Shaobai thought for a moment and said, "Back to Master, today is eight years and fifty-six days. β
"Eight years, not too short. What have you practiced in the past eight years?" asked Chengyu.
"Back to the master, the disciple is dull, and in the past eight years, he has also practiced the basic exercises of this sect. Zhou Shaobai said honestly.
Cheng Yu nodded: "If you have practiced the basic exercises for eight years, but you are not impatient, this kind of heart is very valuable. β
He pondered for a while, and then said, "Shaobai, you also know that something has happened in the sect now, and it is likely that there will be great changes in the future. The teacher needs a powerful helper, but your senior brother is very unsuccessful, which makes the teacher extremely disappointed. So, can you help with the teacher?"
His eyes were like electricity, and he looked directly into Zhou Shaobai's eyes.
Zhou Shaobai's heart was pounding, and he said that it was fortunate that the senior brother talked to him last night, otherwise he would not be prepared at all, and he probably wouldn't know what to do.
He remembered what he said to Qin Ziling, "In the past two years, I have to practice diligently and practice all my skills, so that I can go down the mountain to protect you, so that no one in this world will dare to bully you", and suddenly his courage doubled, and his heart calmed down.
"Back to Master, the disciple will never give up!"
Chengyu stroked his palm and smiled: "Okay! Okay! You come with me!"
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Zhou Shaobai followed Chengyu to a bamboo sea behind the mountain, there is a vacant land in the heart of the bamboo sea, and there is a white stone platform in the clearing, but it was originally built with Haobai stone.
Zhou Shaobai had heard that this was the master's exclusive place of cultivation, and the master never allowed anyone to set foot here except for cleaning needs.
"Shaobai, from today onwards, the teacher will teach you the superior exercises of this sect. Chengyu walked to the center of the stone platform, turned around and said to Zhou Shaobai seriously.
Zhou Shaobai hurriedly bowed his head and saluted: "The disciple must practice diligently and live up to the high expectations of the master!"
"Shaobai, it's good to have this thought, the path of cultivation is difficult and dangerous, and only you know the hardships. After the test of life and death, in the end, the person who can be favored by heaven and achieve great success is not one in ten thousand. You have to remember that no matter how great the difficulties and obstacles you encounter in the future, you must also remember what the teacher said to you here and now. Chengyu spoke, and every word was loud.
Zhou Shaobai paused: "The disciple remembers it in his heart, and it is unforgettable." β
"Good. Shaobai, my Xiyun Gate has gone through thousands of years since the founding of the Xiyun Patriarch, which has suffered all kinds of disasters, and it has only now flourished. For more than a thousand years, I don't know how many ancestors of the past generations with extremely high talents wanted to cultivate the right path like their ancestors, but they went mad and killed themselves. Remember, to cultivate the Tao, you must first cultivate the mind, and the heart is right, so that you can cultivate the right path. Chengyu's expression was awe-inspiring.
"The disciple understands, cultivate the mind, and then cultivate the Tao. β
"Good. Shaobai, the teacher is the eighty-second generation of the Xiyunmen Yuping Peak, from today on, the teacher will teach you everything he has learned in his life. First of all, pass on your "Chalcedony Sutra" to the teacher. β
Zhou Shaobai was shocked: ""Chalcedony Sutra, Master, aren't you joking?"
The first stage is called building the foundation, which is mainly to meditate and regulate breathing, and practice qi and essence; and so on, you can study the "Golden Ding Jue", this stage is to be the furnace, the cultivation of the inner Dan, the skill is further than the foundation building period, this stage is called the Ding furnace; after the Ding furnace period is completed, you need to study the "Chalcedony Sutra" This stage is called the province of the body, and after the body is completed, the body and mind of the cultivator can prepare for the next layer of more arduous cultivation.
This first layer's triple cultivation of foundation building, tripod furnace and body saving is collectively referred to as Quy Ren, and if Quy Ren is cultivated, he can enter the next level. There are as many as nine layers of practice in Xiyun Mountain, starting from the first level of Quy Nhon, reaching the second level of Pingyang and the third level of concentration at this time, and at this time ushering in the first Dao Tribulation, which is called chaotic death. At this time, the cultivator is easy to go mad, miserable death, the state is very miserable, so it is called chaotic death, if there is a fate to survive this catastrophe, will enter the fourth level of the heavens, at this time the cultivator's practice has a slight realm, stepping on the sword volley is not a problem. After the opening of the sky, it is the fifth level of candle life, followed by the sixth level of humility, the seventh level of the order, the life coincides with a catastrophe, for thousands of years, Xiyun Guan can safely cultivate the life of the Taoist only a handful, the vast majority of the head of their life, but also stay in this level, no longer improve. If you can reach the eighth level of the dragon safely, it is already an achievement that shocks the ancient and the present, and the Xiyun view of the millennium classics record that the Taoist who has reached the eighth level of the dragon has only two people for thousands of years, as for the ninth level of heaven and man, who can achieve the unity of heaven and man, and the Xia Ju soars, only the original patriarch Xiyun Zhenren has cultivated to this realm.
Each of these nine major strata contains at least three or four layers of difficult and dangerous cultivation, and the path of cultivation is so arduous! Because these nine-layer cultivation is like a nine-story pagoda, the Taoists of Xiyun Mountain also refer to the cultivation of their own sect as a tower, and call the class they are cultivating as several towers, for example, the Chengyu Daoist is now practicing the sixth level of humility, so they call themselves the six towers of Yuping Peak to their fellow disciples.
In addition to the mutual salutation, the dust of the Taoists also carries the role of marking the level of cultivation. For example, only after cultivating to reach the opening of the sky, that is, the Taoist priest of the fifth layer of candle life stage can take the dust, the material of the dust whisk is a horsetail, the material of the dust whisk held by the Taoist priest who has reached the sixth layer of humility is the tail of the deer, the material of the dust whisk held by the Taoist priest who has reached the eighth level of the dragon is the tiger tail, and the material of the dust whisk held by the Taoist priest who has reached the eighth level of the dragon is a tiger tail, and the ninth level, that is, Xiyun Zhenren, it is said that his dust whisker is made of dragon whiskers.
As for the matching swords of the Taoists, the color of the hilt and scabbard is uniform, indicating which vein of Xiyun Mountain the cultivators belong to. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and platinum, corresponding to the nine veins of Xiyun Mountain, are omitted here.
In short, the cultivation of Xiyun Mountain must be gradual and gradual, otherwise it is very easy to go mad. Although Zhou Shaobai had only cultivated the basic exercises, he had also heard of it, so when he heard that Chengyu actually asked him to skip the "Golden Tripod Jue" and directly practice the "Chalcedony Sutra", he was inevitably surprised.
Cheng Yu shook his head: "Of course you don't joke as a teacher, tell you not to study the "Golden Ding Jue" and directly practice the "Chalcedony Sutra", naturally there is a reason to be a teacher, you just need to eliminate distracting thoughts, just practice for three or four hours a day, don't pay attention to too much!"
Since the master said so, Zhou Shaobai could only have no objections, so the master and apprentice began to practice in the green bamboo sea.
Zhou Shaobai sat cross-legged with Chengyu, his eyes half-open and half-closed, the breeze rolled up the bamboo leaves and blew on his face, but he was completely unconscious, and he was engrossed in the blood veins around him.
Chengyu's voice came from his ears: "The five underworlds are facing the sky, the qi of the sky is coming in from the Baihui, looking at the brain, the eyes are bright, the upper body is upright, the soul is calm, the qi is walking in it, and the ...... is integrated."
Zhou Shaobai was calm, and according to his luck, he only felt that his body was slightly hot, and the spiritual platform was chaotic, as if a furnace was slowly burning in his body. He was suspicious in his heart: "Chalcedony Sutra" is not "Golden Tripod Jue", but why does he have a feeling of being a furnace?
Why did I think of the fact that the Master had to practice the "Chalcedony Sutra" by himself first, but he skipped the "Golden Tripod Jue"? Thinking of the various pasts of the monks who had gone mad and died tragically among the brothers and sisters, I couldn't help but worry for a while, it was really feasible to forcibly practice the "Chalcedony Sutra" by leapfrogging?