Chapter 14 Breakthrough and Travel
In half a year, Shi Xuan also quietly visited the three ghosts of Fang and his son, and lived a very good life. Xu Tianqi kept his promise and, according to Shi Xuan's instructions that day, invited an old monk to come and pretended to subdue the evil ghosts here. Then he donated money on behalf of the Xu family to change the house into a temple, offering to suppress evil ghosts, eliminate disasters and pray for blessings, commonly known as Fang Yu, and his boys and girls under him. Finally, the old monk held a grand ceremony to consecrate the temple. In private, he wrote various rumors about Pudu Bodhisattva into a storybook and a play, and promoted it everywhere in the city, while shouldering the task of collecting the Dharma of the Divine Way.
Because it was renovated, the temple was repaired in just over four months. When Shi Xuan went there, he saw Fang's mother and son who used incense and vows to maintain their bodies, and their entire soul body lacked a strong and gloomy smell. Even if they appeared in front of others at night, they would not be regarded as ghosts at the first time. Moreover, because they could not use incense and vows to practice, there were always two hours a day that was shrouded in smoke. If there were golden light, auspicious clouds, and qiongyin, they would look like a real god.
Fang was very grateful to Shi Xuan, as if he was a cow or a horse, but Shi Xuan did not take it seriously. He was just a simple task, even just talking. Most of the things were arranged by Xu Tianqi. Fang and Xu Tianqi did not think so. Without Shi Xuan's guidance on the mystery of the gods and explaining the role of sacrifices, they could not think of how to arrange them even if they wanted to break their heads. They didn't even understand why the world attached much importance to sacrifices. They simply thought it was a manifestation of filial piety to ancestors, and did not associate sacrifices with temple prayers.
They thought so, Shi Xuan could not stop it. He could not say that he had just read the notes of the Taoist seniors collected by Mr. Xu. This was just the most basic knowledge in the Taoist sect, and it did not involve the specific issue of how to practice the Taoist sect. If you really want to explain it, maybe you would have to take out a few notes for them to read, which is very troublesome.
Of course, Shi Xuan did not see Xu Tianqi. This guy is indeed not leaving his home and practices martial arts with peace of mind. He just came with many elders in the family once on the day the temple was consecrated. The words to Shi Xuan were conveyed through Fang's family. Mu Jin was also pulled by Xu Tianqi to practice martial arts every day and almost cried.
Meng Yuqiong and Xu Jinyi left Xia'an Mansion more than two months ago and went back to Luojing. According to Xu Tianqi's meaning, these two girls, especially Xu Jinyi, have been secretly asking about Shi Xuan's residence. However, only the Xu Laodao's existence was the only one who had the Xu family and the group of children who had sent to practice martial arts to know that the elders could definitely keep secrets. Those children are either not in the family or have been privately advised by Xu Tianqi. In addition, they were secrets, so they could not find out Shi Xuan's whereabouts until they left.
Shi Xuan was a little disappointed. He originally hoped that Xu Jinyi would come to the door after the news of the Xia family. He was not greedy for beauty, but just wanted to see if she had the talent for practicing Taoism, patience and perseverance. If so, she could pass on the Taoist tradition to her. Shi Xuan checked Du Bai's memory fragments and knew that Xu Laodao actually always hoped that there would be someone in the family who inherited his Taoist tradition, but he hadn't found it, so he extinguished his heart. Now Shi Xuan is not practicing "Gui Zhen Sutra", so naturally he hopes that he can find someone to inherit this Taoist tradition. It would be better if he could be a member of the Xu family.
Since Shi Xuan didn't come, she didn't force her, which only means that she didn't have this opportunity. It would not be too late to pass on her if she saw talented, patient and perseverance in the future.
In the past six months, there have been people from the yard who have been visiting him one after another, but Shi Xuan is not short of money now and is unwilling to spend time finding a place to live again, so he kept dragging him and planned to sell it before leaving.
At the hour of Hai, it was late at night and people were quiet. Shi Xuan sat cross-legged on the cushion and followed the route of "The Record of Qi-Two Rivers and Eight Lakes and Seventy-Two Rivers in the Yushu" and moved the internal energy. After passing through the twelve meridians, the eight extraordinary meridians and the seventy-one small meridians, the internal energy gradually condensed. Then, under the command of Shi Xuan's will, it rushed to the node of the last meridian. Although the internal energy was like a tide, the node blocked there like a solid embankment, and it hit three times in a row, but it failed.
Shi Xuan could not have imagined that the last meridian was so difficult to open. Originally, after opening the 71st meridian, it was expected that it would be able to achieve the acquired Great Zhoutian within half a month, but now a month and a half have passed, it is still impossible to open the last meridian. Fortunately, Shi Xuan's Qingfeng and Moon Shining Divine True Method is still very progressing. Although he still has not reached the threshold of the peak of the Soul-Strengthening Stage, his soul strength has been greatly strengthened and he has made significant progress in controlling his emotions. Therefore, Shi Xuan is not shrouded in disappointment and impatient emotions.
Shi Xuan stopped practicing qi, calmed down the emotions that had just risen, and then clarified his thoughts and entered into concentration. He planned to practice the homework he had imagined today before practicing qi.
The bright moon shines and the breeze blows. Shi Xuan feels that his soul becomes stronger and more ethereal in the nourishment and removal of impurities again and again. He feels that his spiritual consciousness can control every corner of the soul, and everything is in his own control.
Shi Xuan suddenly became alert, his thoughts suddenly rose, and he looked down at his soul. Unexpectedly, he would almost get into a devil if he was a little impatient. In visualization, if he could control every corner or feel similar, it would be a sign of being obsessed.
Fortunately, Shi Xuan has always cooperated with visualization and practice in the method of realizing the gods and collecting thoughts, so he became alert at the critical moment and pulled away from his thoughts. After waiting for a while, he calmed down and began to visualize again.
After visualizing, Shi Xuan could not have imagined that after this almost as if he had become possessed, his soul would become more transparent, and a faint light would appear. The peak of the Soul-Strength Stage that he had never thought of before, now it seems that he has touched some thresholds and no longer can't find the direction like before.
After exiting from the meditation, Shi Xuan did not immediately transport his internal energy, but got up and tried a trick in a small room to wrap the silk fist included by Xu Laodao. The fist wind was restrained and his footsteps moved. After a set of fist techniques, Shi Xuan sweated slightly on his head, but his spirit was particularly calm.
Seeing that after a set of boxing techniques just now, Shi Xuan's body and mind were adjusted to the best, he sat cross-legged again, closed his eyes and breathed, and re-carried his internal energy again. During this qi operation, Shi Xuan locked up the idea of opening up the meridians, as if he had forgotten it, but simply controlled the internal energy to run.
Shi Xuan felt that his twelve meridians were twelve rivers, and the seventy-two rivers continued to flow into the river, while the eight lakes regulated the rivers and rivers. If there were more water in the river, the river water would enter the lake, and if there were less water in the river, the lake water would enter the river; if there was more water in the river, the river water would enter the lake, and if there was less water in the river, the lake water would enter the river. With breathing, the body seemed to have become a complete whole, but there was a defect that appeared there conspicuously.
Naturally, the internal energy accumulates and rushes towards the last meridian. Shi Xuan's soul, which had just become much stronger, can control this internal energy more easily than before, make it thinner, and make it rush to that node faster. Shi Xuan seemed to feel a loud bang in his body, and the accumulated internal energy had already rushed open that node, expanding and nourishing the meridian. Shi Xuan endured the numbness and it let the internal energy pass through this meridian and finally rushed back into the river. The true energy in his body flowed, endlessly, like an arm that used his fingers, free and easy.
Controlling the calming of the internal energy, but does not interrupt the natural turnover of the internal energy. This is one of the signs of the acquired Great Circle. If the internal energy can turn around on its own, it will not be afraid of cold and heat. If you encounter enemies, you can naturally defend yourself. Generally, there is no need to deliberately mobilize the internal energy when making moves. Every move is natural.
Shi Xuan opened his eyes and felt that the dim candlelight in front of him was warm and stable. He seemed to be able to hear the wind blowing through the leaves, blowing through the water, blowing through the clouds in the distance, seeing the small swirls in the air, seeing the flying dust, and sensing the movements and still scenes everywhere in the small yard.
Finally, we have achieved the acquired Great Zhoutian, and it is finally time to leave here.
Although it was time to leave here, Shi Xuan still had many things and items to deal with, so he could not leave it for a while.
In the next few months, Shi Xuan was busy dealing with the debris in the yard and consolidating his cultivation. Because he needed to take away only two sets of clothes (including one set on his body), silver, the scriptures of the True Sect, talismans, mirrors, special incense, several utensils for making, and several Taoist notes, so there were many other debris that needed to be processed, such as Xu Laodao's clothes and personal belongings. Shi Xuan took them to his grave and burned them, and then gave a sacrifice to him, which was considered a farewell.
The materials of the talismans have been transformed into talismans during this period. In addition to the sixteen talismans left by Xu Laodao, Shi Xuan has also drawn more than thirty pieces. In addition, the remaining talismans he used before Du Bai to paint, totaling 65. However, the talismans were not placed in the package, and they were all classified and placed in the dark bags on the sleeves of the Taoist robe, at the waist and in his arms for easy access.
Shi Xuan destroyed all the utensils used to make medicine soup and put them in medicine baths, and then took them to the remote suburbs to bury them with a technique of gathering soil. In short, the utensils related to Taoism were treated in this way. Shi Xuan gave them to beggars on the street, such as extra clothes.
In addition, when the Yashang brought people to the yard again three months later, Shi Xuan did not bargain anymore and sold it according to the buyer's quotation of 270 taels of silver. After the yamen's deeds and tax payments, plus the Yashang's income, Shi Xuan finally got 229 taels. In this way, Shi Xuan had a total of 235 taels of silver and some copper coins on him.
In this way, one day in March, Shi Xuan carried a package on his back and followed the crowded crowd, he stepped out of the gate of Xia'an Mansion, left the place where he had been staying for more than a year, and embarked on his way to seek immortals and Taoism.
Chapter completed!