While meditating, Jin Ziming experienced deep tranquility.

First, the flesh, flesh and bones are reduced to an empty shell, and then the skin is melted away. The whole person is transformed into air or aura, and the consciousness travels freely in the world, as if coexisting with the long river of time.

This allowed him to experience the depth, emptiness and mystery. Everything seemed so pure and simple, but it also contained Taoist charm.

A kind of enlightenment came to his mind, and he seemed to be enlightened and able to discover the essence of things faster.

The feeling of emptiness begins to come whenever you want, and the feeling of complete nothingness can often be reached.

After insisting on this practice of being in harmony with heaven and earth for a year, he condensed the colorful soul energy into a tight ball, like a bright pearl.

The ascetic-like practice was not always efficient. He secretly felt that without new techniques, it would be difficult for him to improve.

The human brain eventually has its limits. Since the skills have come to an end temporarily, without a guiding light, the only option is to calm down and polish the state of mind.

Once, Huang Xiucai's family was going to offer incense in a temple on the mountain. In order to deal with the intrusion of wild beasts and bandits, they forcibly dragged him along.

In the temple, smelling the sandalwood, listening to the Buddha's music, and looking at the devout believers, he found that his colorful soul felt more rounded and mellow.

The host also said that he had a predestined relationship with the Buddha and gave him many scriptures as gifts. After returning home, Jin Ziming read them by the river when he had time.

The Heart Sutra made him understand that all people's troubles come from unfulfilled desires. He is only in his twenties now, so it is impossible for him to have no desires.

He can still set lofty goals, but when he encounters troubles, he temporarily lowers his original demands and establishes a stage goal that is easier to achieve for himself, so that he does not have to worry about unfulfilled desires;

And after achieving it, gradually raise the goal and lead yourself to keep improving.

There was a young man named A Ming in the martial arts school. His childhood sweetheart ignored their vows and got engaged to a new scholar, which made him miserable and gave up on himself. It also affected the practice of other students in the martial arts school.

Lao He was very annoyed and wanted to deal with the little guy, but Jin Ziming dissuaded him. He called the young man to his room, took out paper and pen, and said:

"A Ming, now write me twenty shortcomings of that girl."

"Okay, Master Jin." Forced by his power, the young man reluctantly picked up the pen and thought about it for a long time before he could write four sentences:

"Sometimes she has a bad attitude toward me", "My mother doesn't like her very much", "She has a weird personality, sometimes I don't understand what she wants", "She's not very good at cooking", and then Xiao Ming can no longer write

Nothing else.

Jin Ziming inspired:

"Xiao Ming, think about it again, for example, whether she is filial to your parents, whether you are interested in her hobbies, her attitude towards your martial arts practice, if you don't have a stable income in the future, will she be good to you?"

A Ming's mind suddenly opened up and he listed nearly thirty shortcomings at once.

Jin Ziming picked up the piece of paper, looked at it with satisfaction, then threw it on Xiao Ming's face, and said with hatred:

"Since this girl is this kind of thing, are you stupid, still thinking about her so much?

You should invite your brothers out for a drink immediately to celebrate getting rid of this girl with all the problems in advance. Congratulations that you are now free and can find a better girl."

Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment, thinking about it, this was really true, he quickly thanked him, and happily went to invite people to drink.

When you can't get a person or a thing, you might as well think of him as worthless. This way, your worries will be lessened, and you can happily run towards a new future. Why not?

In addition to continuing to play chess with others, Jin Ziming began to spend more time observing the daily lives of mortals.

Watching their joys, sorrows, joys and sorrows, and even experiencing the hardships of life of the lower class people, gradually, some changes occurred in his mentality.

Late one winter night, he was in a daze by the river. On his way home, he met a middle-aged couple dressed simply.

The two of them were holding hands happily. The man looked like a worker carrying goods at the dock. He said excitedly:

"Honey, I'm so lucky today. I've always had work and earned a total of twenty-three copper coins."

The woman seemed to have just returned from the maid, and she responded happily:

"I also earned twelve copper coins today."

"Then let's go to the east gate now and go to Grandma Wang's shop to grill a few more meat skewers to celebrate."

"Okay, okay, go right away!"

In the cold night, although the cold wind blew on my face, this simple conversation was heartwarming and touching.

Jin Ziming stood in the darkness, feeling moved first, then tranquility and harmony, and then a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, making him suddenly realize:

It turns out that life is like climbing a mountain. Some people only stand at the foot of the mountain, such as this couple, but they can still be content and happy;

Some people can climb to the mountainside, turn around and look at the ordinary lives of people below, and feel happy and satisfied in comparison;

There are still a few people who, after unremitting struggle and hard work, finally climbed to the top of the mountain to see the magnificent scenery in the distance and the busy people below.

This is a beautiful world that people on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain cannot appreciate. It is another level of happiness.

Everyone can be content with the situation and be content at different levels. What about you?

Mountain climbing has just begun, so you might as well set your sights higher and see more people on the top of the mountain to inspire more motivation for upward progress. Maybe one day you will also be able to see the small mountains.

As soon as I thought through this section, I felt a roar in my mind. The colorful air beads that had been polished to perfection completely solidified. They were strung on the blue tube that ran through Lower Dantian and Baihui, spinning happily and spontaneously.

He suddenly realized that his soul had advanced to the early stage of the third level and could now spread out to a distance of nearly seven miles. Everything he passed could be clearly seen.

What surprised him even more than the breakthrough of Yuan Shen was: he cultivated the upper Dantian!

"Xiao Chong, your doom has come." Jin Ziming raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing an evil smile.

The soul worm seemed to feel an extreme danger, and it began to struggle desperately, trying to escape from Jin Ziming's consciousness space.

But at this time, the shield had deformed and turned into an open cocoon, which was suddenly closed and wrapped in it.

Jin Ziming used his soul power to transform into a sharp blade, and when he was about to insert it, he killed the poisonous insect that had tortured him for several years.

Suddenly, his soul received a message, which was actually the little insect begging for mercy:

"Don't do anything yet, I am willing to recognize you as my master. I come from a clan of soul insects with noble blood.

After a serious injury, he lost most of his memory and lived in the human world. After changing hands several times, he was accidentally acquired by the low-level monk named Tan Wu.

I will definitely become stronger again in the future and be of great help to you."

"I don't believe you, especially since you are still in my soul. It's too unsafe."

"No, I can swear in the name of the soul master that I will serve you as my master.

And now that your strength is higher than mine, you can set up a soul cage to imprison me inside. When needed, you can call me out with just a thought to assist your attack."

Jin Ziming thought for a while, it was too weak now, so it would be a good choice to have a helper like this. He could imprison it first.

As for that oath, he couldn't believe it. He would wait until he could completely control the insect in the future before letting it out to harm others.

But for now, regardless of whether it is useful or not, there is at least no harm in making this guy swear a poisonous oath.

So the two enemies who had fought to the death for many years reached an agreement and made peace. Jin Ziming set up a cage in the corner of the soul and threw the bugs in.

Jin Ziming was twenty-three years old, his body was stronger and stronger, and his eyes were deeper. He knew that it was time to leave Youtang City.

After the last three years of practice, in addition to the promotion of the soul, the cultivation level has reached the peak level of the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage, and may break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage at any time.

In terms of swordsmanship, the combination of man and sword has been practiced for a long time, but the power of the sword has not been realized.

The "Thousand Layer Wave" has already developed three hundred and twenty-eight layers of waves, which are extremely powerful. It may be able to compete with late-stage Foundation Establishment monks or even Dzogchen monks.

There were still more than six years left before he turned thirty. Since he didn't know the entrance examination time of Lingyun Sect, Jin Ziming had to complete the foundation building as soon as possible and rushed to Nanfeng Continent.

He put his foreign martial arts and sword manuals on the table, wrote a simple letter, left it to He Ning, and then left.

Jin Ziming first went to a medium-sized city, teleported to Qilin City in the northeast of Xijin Continent, and then teleported to Chaosong City in Beikui Continent. Then he changed to walking and headed south.

He takes things as they come along the way, and travels and learns with a relaxed and happy mood. What he needs most at this stage is to see more and learn more.

He tasted food and wine in the city, went to the market to pick out his favorite things, experienced tranquility and harmony in the small town, watched the smoke and butterflies flying in the fields, watched the morning mist by the lake, hunted wild beasts in the forest, and recalled those years in the dark.

Life in the vast forest.

The polishing of his state of mind has left him only one step away from the foundation-building stage, but what kind of opportunity will it take to break through?

Along the way, Jin Ziming visited many Taoist temples and temples and read many collections and scriptures. He admired the great wisdom of both from the bottom of his heart.

More than a year after leaving Youtang City, Jin Ziming climbed up an unnamed mountain along a gravel road and found a small temple on the top of the mountain called "Jiuxia Temple".


Chapter completed!