Chapter 52: The Ancient Art of Qi Training
After returning to his room, Liu Ruoshui closed his eyes tightly, then took out a silver needle and lightly pricked several acupuncture points on his head.
As Liu Ruoshui cultivated the "Recipe for Longevity", his eyes gradually began to regain his sight. A few days ago, he could actually already perceive the light.
This is a good thing, of course, but it also brings a little bit of trouble.
Although Liu Ruoshui could perceive the light, he did not really regain his sight. Therefore, even if he opened his eyes, he could see things as if he was seeing flowers in a fog, and when he saw the light, he would be extremely stinging, which affected his daily life and battles.
Because of his blindness, Liu Ruoping often "sees" things, and scans them directly with mental power. Although he has lost his color in his world, he is generally no different from ordinary people, and if he fights, he will take advantage of it.
Therefore, when he is blind, it does not affect Liu Ruoshui's "eyesight".
At the beginning, Liu Ruoshui just covered his eyes with a black cloth. But that's just a stopgap measure. After all, Liu Ruoshui couldn't let his subordinates know his situation at this time.
It must be known that at this time, there is already a saying that "the Holy Son of Heaven has a hundred blessings". If it is the legendary true son, even if the sword and axe are added, he will be safe and sound.
If the news of Liu Ruoshui's blindness spreads, it will be very detrimental to his reputation.
Helpless, Liu Ruoshui had no choice but to point on the acupoints of his eyes to temporarily seal his eyesight.
Because Liu Ruoshui covered it up too well, Mo said that Shang Xiuxun and others, even Lu Miaozi didn't find out about this, but just threw the translation to Liu Ruoshui.
Although Liu Ruoshui could let Lu Miaozi read it, he also knew that Lu Miaozi had spent too much effort to translate "The Secret of Eternal Life", and he was already extremely tired at this time. So he was embarrassed to continue to trouble Lu Miaozi.
After all, it's not that he can't see things at this time, it's just that he's just having some trouble.
For Liu Ruoshui, "The Secret of Eternal Life" is too important, and Lu Miaozi's translation may not be completely correct, and there are many empty spaces in it. But at least I was able to take a look.
Therefore, although Liu Ruoshui needs to pay a little price, it is worth it.
The next moment, Liu Ruoshui opened his eyes.
Pain!
As a blind man, Liu Ruoshui has been blind for too long. Therefore, although the light in the room was not very intense, it still made his eyes tingle.
What's more, Liu Ruoshui's eyes are not very sharp, his current vision is not much better than that of patients with high myopia, if it weren't for his eyes, they would have been pasted on the "Recipe for Longevity". Liu Ruoshui may not be able to read the words on it clearly.
Therefore, Liu Ruoshui just glanced at the scroll, and then hurriedly closed his eyes again.
It was just a moment's effort, and Liu Ruoshui memorized all the translations of "The Secret of Eternal Life" in his heart.
After all, for a martial artist in the innate realm, "one glance and ten elements" is not a powerful ability.
"Do you practice the art of qi?" Liu Ruoshui muttered.
Similar to what he imagined, "The Recipe of Eternal Life" is not so much a method of cultivating immortals, but rather a technique of ancient qi practitioners.
The art of practicing qi in ancient times. Ordinary martial artists don't know this term at all, and there are very few martial artists who even know the art of practicing qi. Even if it's Liu Ruoshui. It was only in his first life that he had received a little information about the ancient Qi cultivation technique.
The ancient art of practicing qi is only known to few people, because it was almost cut off in the pre-Qin period, and only a generous person like Xu Fu still has a little inheritance. After the Han Dynasty, the ancient art of practicing qi was gradually absorbed by Taoism. It gradually evolved into the qi cultivation technique that Liu Ruoshui had practiced in his first life.
The art of practicing qi is divided into four realms, refining and refining qi, practicing qi to return to the spirit, and practicing the spirit to return to the void. Refining the Void and the Harmony.
From the most basic refining and refining gas" to the highest level of "refining and combining the void", this process is actually like a small cup. With the breakthrough of the realm, a small bowl is formed, and then there is a breakthrough. It is a barrel, then a pond, a lake, and the sea.
If the realm is not broken, no matter how hard you practice, it will be like a bucket full of water, and you can't hold a single penny anymore, and it will only overflow.
As for the ancient Qi cultivation technique, there was no division of levels at all. If there is anything, there are only two levels: "human" and "immortal".
In ancient times, qi practitioners only needed to breathe and breathe every day, and they could absorb the vitality of heaven and earth for their own use, so as to prolong their lives.
After all, in the ancient era, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant to an unimaginable extent, which was enough for the ancient qi practitioners to carry out such a squander.
Therefore, the longer the Qi practitioner who cultivates the ancient Qi cultivation technique, the deeper the Tao will inevitably be, and there is almost no such thing as being superior.
This is the reason why the ancient art of qi cultivation can be regarded as a method of cultivating immortals. As long as he has enough time, the ancient qi cultivators are enough to become immortals, even if their qualifications are not high.
It's a pity that because of some vague reasons, after the Shang Dynasty, the rapid decrease in the aura of heaven and earth was no longer enough for the ancient qi practitioners to absorb the aura of heaven and earth by means of almost "squandering".
As a result, the ancient qi practitioners withdrew from the stage of history little by little.
"It's a pity, it's just chicken ribs. Liu Ruoshui couldn't help sighing.
The practice method of "The Recipe for Longevity" is indeed very mysterious, but in this era, it can only be called "chicken ribs". After all, at this time, the heaven and earth environment was no longer able to accommodate the growth of qi practitioners.
However, it is not possible to practice, but it can be learned.
Through "The Recipe for Longevity", Liu Ruoshui already vaguely knows what kind of realm he is after "refining the Void and Merging the Dao".
That realm, I'm afraid it can be called "immortal".
The content of the "Recipe for Longevity" is divided into seven chapters, corresponding to the following seven diagrams, which describe various different methods.
There is no doubt that for Liu Ruoshui, the most important thing is actually the first map.
Although Liu Ruoshui comprehended his "Recipe for Longevity" through the "Gewu Heart Sutra" and the "Immortal Seal Method" by alternative means, there will inevitably be some embarrassment.
For example, the first chapter of "The Recipe for Longevity" is actually about the technique of "Qi Collection", which emphasizes replacing the acquired Qi with the innate Qi, and completely replacing the Qi of one's five internal organs, the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, and the Qi of the whole body. However, due to the fact that this innate origin replacement is a little bit of transformation, so while collecting gas for ventilation, it also naturally accumulates its own acquired qi.
There is no doubt that this kind of acquired qi is not a good thing, Liu Ruoshui naturally wants to expel it from the body, but it takes a lot of effort.
What Liu Ruoshui didn't expect was that in "The Recipe for Longevity", there is actually a corresponding method that can easily dissipate the acquired qi in the body.
This alone has benefited Liu Ruoshui a lot. (To be continued.) )