The first gate of the four-gate twelve-story building Dan Road is the inner vision, refining the form, and the great medicine, the second gate is the elixir, the return turn, and the golden soup, and the third gate is the fetal movement, the baby, and the yang god. As for the fourth gate, there is still a triple realm, and the Wind Gentleman didn't tell me, and I can't imagine it.

Why is Jintang called Jintang? Feng Junzi said in front of outsiders that the Dan Dao I learned was Jindan Zhizhi, and used the four words "Jindan Dacheng" to describe the Jintang realm. What kind of pill is Jindan? Is it really a golden inner pill in the body? No, of course not! The so-called Jindan is actually no pill. The spirit of the spirit embraced each other and became a spirit pill, and the spirit pill also turned the spirit back to its source, gradually purified, and returned to the innate after tomorrow. When the final realm was completed, the "Inner Dan" that the people in the Dan Dao had worked so hard to cultivate disappeared. Alchemy alchemy has refined, what is going on?

Reading some books about Dan Dao often has some nouns. The most common is refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, refining gods and returning the void, and later generations have seconded two sentences to return the void to the Tao, shatter the void and so on. Here I want to ask, how to refine the gods and return to the void? This refers to the transformation of the void into reality, and the primordial gods will eventually be fully manifested, and there is no need to refine them again. The ultimate goal of refining the primordial spirit is to "recognize the gods and turn the yuan into divine consciousness". If the elixir is the body and mind that is at ease in the body, then when it comes to the realm of Jindan Dacheng, the Jindan is our own ordinary body and mind.

The so-called Jindan Dacheng cannot be said to be the elixir disappeared, but that I have become a Jindan in itself, and the so-called Jindan refers to me. Watching ancient costumes, movies, television, and Taoist monks who have become monks, some call themselves Taoists, and some call themselves real people, so what does it mean to be a real person? This person, you still look like an ordinary person, but the difference is: his Yuan Shen and Consciousness God are one, the body and mind are one with the elixir, and the Yuan Qi and the True Qi are one. This is the heart of "Golden Soup", and the gentleman once summed it up in four words: "Shift the furnace for the tripod".

I think that at the beginning, the Feng Junzi handed over to me the mental methods and formulas of the triple realm of "elixir", "return turn", and "golden soup" at one time. The mental method of "golden soup" is not complicated, that is, to change the furnace. In my previous cultivation, I used my body as the furnace to cultivate the Inner Dan, which was to collect my own body and mind in the fixed realm, and this body and mind also turned to refine and sense external objects. In the end, the free body and mind should be integrated into the ordinary body and mind, and the furnace Ding is Jindan. This step seems simple and easy to understand, but if you don't reach the realm, you can't succeed after all.

Why is its name called Jintang? Because the realm is at this point, the Dao foundation is already stable, and even if it does not move forward, it will not be lost. There is an idiom called impregnable, which means this. It is said that Buddhism also has something similar called "turning the body", and it is said that the body has been turned to prove the position of the Arhat. I don't know what an arhat is, but I know now what a real person is.

Feng Junzi told me that the mantra of Jin Tang is to quote a sentence from "Lao Tzu": "The artifact in the world cannot be done or grasped." Those who do defeat lose those who obscure. It is because the saint has no action and no defeat, and there is no loss because of no attachment. This passage is bent enough to be big enough, and it is indeed a realm of non-attachment and losslessness. The so-called elixir is no longer in the realm, and naturally it will not retreat, but people have changed, and they have become congenitally sufficient real people. However, I think that although this mantra is subtle, it is still too obscure for ordinary people, and it is not as good as another sentence.

This sentence is the couplet I saw on the archway of Jingwu Cave: "Mountains are not mountains and rivers, not water." Mountains or mountains or water. "When Jindan was completed, I was not me, and I was replaced by the self within me, but I was still me, and I was my own innate body and mind. I have to admit that I was able to enter the Jintang realm today not because of the spiritual energy of this Jingwu Cave, but because I saw that couplet when I entered the door. Things in the world are so ingenious. Feng Junzi once said that Jindan Dacheng not only needs qualifications and understanding, but more importantly, it is the opportunity, and today is my opportunity.

I thought I had only been sitting for a moment, but when I opened my eyes, it was already dawn. Walking out of the bamboo hut and looking up, there was still a pillar of colorful light in the sky, holding the dragon tower high. Looking at the horizon, there is a half round of red sun erupting from the sky. I remember when I first comprehended the realm of the elixir, when I walked out of the house, everything in the world became vivid and different, and this time I Jindan Dacheng felt that the difference was myself or me, but I was a different person.

When I saw the sunrise, I remembered that it was already the next day. I didn't expect my meditation to be so long, and it broke down now! I missed class yesterday afternoon, didn't go to self-study at night, and didn't go back to the dormitory all night. I didn't ask for leave, I don't know what the teacher will think, Sister Ziying and Ah Xiuxian, I am gone, will I be in a hurry? I have to go back to class quickly! I was about to walk, walked through the bamboo forest, and walked to the archway of Jingwu Cave before I remembered that the Qingying Mirror had not been taken yet. Ran back and put away the Blue Mirror Seven-colored pillar of light disappeared, and the Jingwu Cave Sky was immediately shrouded in white clouds and mist again. I thought about it, went to the Zhu Guo Forest again, picked off the five Zhu Guo, put them in my pocket, hesitated for a moment, and took away the "Night Pearl".

Instead of going back to the dormitory, I went straight to the classroom. I arrived early, and it wasn't time to read early, but there was a person waiting in front of the classroom. From a distance, I saw her figure standing in the morning breeze - it turned out to be Teacher Liu Fei'er.

"As soon as Ishino disappeared, you didn't even say hello for three days and three nights, what happened?" Mr. Liu saw me, and there was more complaint in his expression.

Three days and three nights? I was so shocked that I almost screamed! I thought it was the next morning, but I didn't expect that three days and three nights had passed! This is a big problem. I quickly explained: "I'm sorry, Mr. Liu, I encountered an unexpected thing, I didn't have time to ask for leave, but I didn't expect it to be three days. ......”

Teacher Liu interrupted me: "Shi Zhixiu has already told me that she said that something happened to your family and you need to go back for a few days. I've taken a leave of absence for you. ...... I'm worried that you'll be gone the next day after you said those things to me that afternoon...... I'm afraid something will happen to you. ”

"Isn't that okay with me? ”

Teacher Liu: "I went to your house the afternoon before yesterday, but your house was fine, and you didn't come home at all. That's why I'm more worried, I know you're not an ordinary person, and I think there's something special that you might be on a mission...... I'm afraid you're in danger. ”

"What? You've been to my house? What about my parents......

Teacher Liu: "Don't worry, I didn't say you disappeared from school. I just said that I went to visit the house and said that you were doing well in school, I just wanted to see if you came home......"

"Teacher Liu, are you waiting for me? How do you know I'll be here today? ”

Teacher Liu: "I know that you asked Shi Zhixiu again after you disappeared. But she told me that you just said hello to her in the noodle shop, saying that there was an urgent matter at home and asked her to help you ask for leave, and then left. ...... I was very uneasy for the past two days, standing at the door of the classroom every morning, waiting for you to come back. When Mr. Liu spoke, he could clearly see that he tried his best to control his expression, calm his expression, and there was something to hide in his tone.

She cares about me now, but she doesn't know how to get along with this relationship. There was a bit of awkwardness between me and her, and maybe we had to go with the flow. I changed the subject and asked, "What time is it?"

Mr. Liu: "Are you okay with Ishino? ”

"Oh, sorry, I forgot. ”

Teacher Liu: "Ishino, don't be in a hurry, I have something for you." ”

"What's that?"

Teacher Liu: "You just wait for me in the classroom, and I'll go back when I go." ”

After Mr. Liu finished speaking, he hurriedly left, and his footsteps were still very anxious, and he looked at the direction and went back to the faculty dormitory. There was little time, and she took a small and delicate box and returned to the classroom. She handed me the box and said, "Open it and put it on." ”

There was a hint of command in her tone, and she unconsciously used the tone of a teacher's speech to a student. I opened the box, and inside was a beautiful men's watch, with a round dial and a calendar on it. I was taken aback: "Is this watch for me, Mr. Liu?"

Teacher Liu: "You don't even know what day of the week is today, so you run to the classroom so early and ask me why I haven't been in class yet? ”

"But how do you know that today I will remember the wrong day and the wrong time?"

Teacher Liu: "This watch was originally intended for my father. Now give it to you, you can put it on. ”

"How embarrassed am I...... This is what you are going to give to the elderly. ”

Teacher Liu: "I'll just buy another piece." I'll give it to you if you need it now. Don't excuse me, you once gave me a painting. ”

Actually, I didn't want to excuse her, I was happy to give me something. When you wear the watch on your wrist, the length of the strap turns out to be just right. Teacher Liu didn't ask me what I had been doing in the past few days, but only told me to be careful not to have anything happen.

......

Saying goodbye to Mr. Liu, walking out of the school gate with my watch on, I had a feeling of being in a different world, these three days are not long, not short, but for me it is like a moment. When I walked to the west gate, I happened to meet Shang Yunfei coming in from outside. This fake monk never walked without squinting, and when others greeted him, he nodded slightly. Today, however, it was very strange, I said hello to him, but he came up to me, stood in front of me, and looked me up and down for a long time.

"Shang Yunfei, what's wrong with you?

Shang Yunfei: "Congratulations to Shi Zhenren!" Yunfei bit the word "real person" very hard. After saying that, he stopped pestering and turned around and left on his own. Hmmm? He saw it? He saw that I had reached the realm of Jindan Dacheng?

After walking a few steps forward, I arrived at the door of the noodle restaurant, and saw Sister Ziying wearing an apron and holding her head to sprinkle water on the side of the road in front of the noodle restaurant. I walked over and beckoned, "Sister Ziying, the side of the road is gray, you go in, I'll do this sprinkling." ”

Hearing my voice, she almost jumped and turned around: "Ono, you're back, I'm worried about my sister dying!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be three days. ”

Sister Ziying's expression was originally three points of coquettishness and worry, but when she fixed her eyes and saw me, her eyes changed. She walked over and stretched out a finger to gently touch my face, and said softly, "Congratulations, Shi Zhenren!"

This sentence is exactly the same as Shang Yunfei, but the tone is very different. What Shang Yunfei said was plain and unfazed, while Sister Ziying said was shy and timid, and there was an irrepressible surprise. What's wrong with this today? They all saw that I was different from before, could it be that I had the words "Jindan Dacheng" written on my face?

At this time, Ah Xiu heard the voice and ran out of the door of the store: "Brother Ishino, you're back?...... Congratulations!"

She actually said this sentence very uncomfortable: "Ah Xiu, what's wrong with you, why do you congratulate me as soon as you open your mouth?"

Sister Ziying's face was slightly red and said, "Xiao Ye, I still want to ask you what's wrong? Even if you are Jindan Dacheng, you don't have to show off like this...... I see, you're trying to surprise me and Axiu, don't you? ”

"What do you mean by that? What's wrong with me?"

Ah Xiu spoke: "Brother Ishino, my sister and I both know, you can put it away." ”

"Put it away, put it away?"

Ah Xiu: "Don't you know it yourself? Or do you want everyone in the world to know? Don't you have a magic mirror, find a place where no one is around, and take care of it yourself." ”

The more they talked, the more strange I became, and I quickly walked through the noodle shop, went into the back kitchen, and took out the Qingying Mirror. I'm still the same person in the mirror, I won't even recognize myself, but I'm a little blindsided. Guess what I see in the mirror? I see the aura around me!

I can see light in people in the green mirror, and I have known this for a long time. The first time the wind gentleman took me to the market to look for a master, the first thing I found was the old man Gao. At that time, Mr. Gao was playing Tai Chi on the playground, and I saw him in the Qingying Mirror, when he held his hands round, there were Tai Chi-like rotating clouds between his palms, and at the same time, his body was also shrouded in a faint golden light. Now in the mirror, there is also light around me, this light is not a faint golden light, but layers of halo flickering, purple in the gold, faintly colorful flowing. Damn! Why is this so exaggerated? I've become a Christmas tree in a foreigner's house!