Chapter 8 Cultivation
After Fang Zhu finished speaking of Lieyang Sect, he told Li Daoyuan some basic common sense in the world of cultivation. Li Daoyuan took this opportunity to raise several questions in his heart. Unconsciously, the sky completely dimmed during the conversation between the two of them.
Seeing that night fell, Li Daoyuan said goodbye to Fang Zhu and returned to the cottage where he lived with a cushion. He first tied the green brocade bag to his belt when he was about to leave. Now he already knew that this brocade bag called storage bag was actually a low-level magic weapon.
Don’t look at this storage bag as big as a palm, but the space inside is almost the same as a camphor wood box. Except for not being able to store living things, other items can be put into it, and the weight will not change as a result. Almost every monk in the world of cultivation will carry a storage bag on his body.
Li Daoyuan imitated Fang Zhu's appearance when he was meditating and sat cross-legged on the cushion he had brought back. He lowered his head and read the Xuanshui Jing seriously. Then a black spiritual light flashed across his palm, and the book suddenly disappeared out of thin air.
"With this storage bag, it's really convenient," Li Daoyuan patted the tip of his waist and said happily, then naturally folded his hands in front of his belly button, looking at his nose and his nose, and starting his second practice in his life.
This time, meditation and practice were completely different from the feeling of the formation the day before yesterday. Li Daoyuan didn't move like a statue. After sitting cross-legged for an entire hour, he could not sense a trace of spiritual energy flowing into his body. Instead, his feet began to numb and his whole body was sore. At the same time, a sensation of drowsiness also climbed into his heart.
Only then did Li Daoyuan personally realize that the first step in practicing Fang Zhu said was to subdue the true meaning of the sleeping demon. Only when the cultivation level reaches the mysterious orifice state, the spiritual energy in the body can be circulated in a great circle, and then meditate and practice will not be disturbed by sleepiness, but instead, the spirit will become more and more relaxed.
Moreover, because of the flow of spiritual energy around the body, the body sitting cross-legged will no longer be stiff, and then it will feel sour and numb. However, starting from the realm of the mysterious orifice, the next practice will encounter a bigger problem, that is, the inner demon that will be produced when it will occur.
After Li Daoyuan persisted for an hour, he frowned and came back to his senses from entering into meditation. The effect of this practice was not ideal, or it could be said that there was no progress.
"It seems that I can only take some risks and try the method my senior brother gave me."
Li Daoyuan murmured to himself, then closed his eyes and recited a low spell.
The method Fang Zhu gave to Li Daoyuan was very simple and widely circulated among ordinary disciples. You only need to temporarily separate your own soul and body from your body to sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy around you, and then return to your soul to continue practicing according to the previous induction.
However, this action is very dangerous. After all, the natal soul is not protected by the body, it is just a weak soul, which is very easy to be damaged, and it is very troublesome to be nourished once the soul is damaged and recuperated.
Li Daoyuan was considered a newborn calf and was not afraid of tigers. When he had just finished reciting the spell, his whole body suddenly shook, and a gray light ball as big as a walnut flew out from the top of his head.
For a moment, Li Daoyuan felt that the world in front of him was completely different from what he had seen before. The space around him had completely turned into a gray color, and dozens of balls of five-color watercolors that seemed to be diluted by water slowly floating in the air.
Li Daoyuan's natal soul did not dare to stay outside his body for too long. He sensed the direction of the black spiritual energy a little, and immediately got into his body and started practicing again.
This time, only half a cup of tea passed, Li Daoyuan noticed a wisp of black spiritual energy and drilled into his body.
Li Daoyuan quickly ran the Xuanshui Jing and guided the absorbed water-attributed spiritual energy along the veins to an acupoint that was not filled with spiritual energy. However, when he filled the acupoint with a small half, the spiritual energy flowing in from his body suddenly stopped without warning.
Li Daoyuan opened his eyes and shook his head with a wry smile. He could no longer resist his sleepiness. He stood up from the cushion, moved his muscles and bones in the cottage, and then lay on the mat and fell asleep.
The next morning, Li Daoyuan tidied up the Taoist robe and went out to the cottage where Fang Zhu usually lives. Seeing that his senior brother was still closing his eyes to practice qi, he did not go forward to disturb the other party, and stood quietly outside the house and waited quietly.
I saw a strong wave of spiritual energy emitting from Fang Zhu's body. Li Daoyuan could feel a wave of heat coming towards him, as if a stove was burning in the other party's body.
After circulating a large circle, Fang Zhu slowly retracted the spiritual energy exposed to his body. Then he finished his practice and opened his eyes to Li Daoyuan who had been waiting here for a long time: "Junior brother, don't be discouraged. Cultivation is not a matter of one day or one night. It took me a total of eight years to fill the spiritual energy holes all over my body."
"The further you practice, it will be extremely difficult, but the benefits you gain will increase exponentially. Not to mention that your status in the sect will increase, just talk about lifespan. A monk from Xuanqiao Realm who is just like me can live for two hundred years. Master is a monk from Yuli Realm with a lifespan of three hundred years, and a monk from the Revitalization Realm with a lifespan of up to five hundred years, while a monk from the Spirit Infant Realm can survive in the world for a thousand years."
"I understand the truth that my senior brother said, but I have poor talent. I don't know when I want to cultivate to the Xuanjiao Realm in this life," Li Daoyuan said in a low voice. After the setbacks last night, he finally realized that cultivation was not as simple as he had imagined.
"There are many ways to increase your cultivation. Meditation and hard work are just basic skills. We monks can also increase the cultivation speed by swallowing pills or some treasures of heaven and earth. In addition, the effect will be different when practicing in a place with rich spiritual energy in the Cave Heaven and Blessing Land. I have a medium-grade water-attributed spirit here, so I will give it to you for daily practice," Fang Zhu continued to comfort and took out a black medium-grade spirit stone from the storage bag on his waist and threw it to Li Daoyuan standing below.
"I don't receive any reward without merit. Why do I have the nerve to accept such a precious gift from you, Senior Brother?" Li Daoyuan reached out to take the spirit stone and said with some surprise.
"You and my brothers are talking about this. As long as you practice the auspicious cloud technique with your heart, it will be the greatest help to me," Fang Zhu waved his hand and smiled. It was obvious that he was much more generous than the stingy old barley.
Chapter completed!