Jiang Dong hurried on. He used to be limping and was most afraid of walking on this kind of mountain road, but now he is comfortable walking on this kind of road. After walking for a long time, he is not tired at all. This makes him aware of the changes in his body.
Added a hint of curiosity.
Just after noon, a small wooden house appeared in front of Jiangdong. This must be the residence of the master He Gang mentioned. But he looked around and found no one. When he was wondering if he had gone to the wrong place, Xu Bozhi appeared.
In front of Jiangdong.
Although they had not seen each other for less than two days, Jiangdong already missed this person very much. He had many things to say to him and many questions to ask him. The negative impact Jiangdong's long-term physical inconvenience had on him was about to begin.
To get a solution, when I saw Xu Bozhi appearing in front of me, I was very excited, and my lips were so tight that I couldn't speak.
Seeing Jiang Dong's expression, Xu Bozhi smiled slightly and said, "I didn't expect you to come so soon. I thought it would take a few more days! How is your health?"
Jiang Dong then said: "Okay, it doesn't hurt anymore!"
Xu Bozhi grabbed Jiang Dong's hand again and examined it. After a while, he nodded and said, "Well, the meridians are smooth and the toughness is much stronger than before! It seems that my guess is correct. You and I are indeed destined for each other!"
"Xu Gaoren, what happened to my body? And how did the Qi Refining Pill you gave me heal my body overnight?"
Xu Bozhi was not in a hurry to answer Jiang Dong's question and said, "Do you all call me Xu Gaoren in private?"
"Yes."
"I don't like this title. The juniors used to call me Uncle Xu, but you want to call me master!" Xu Bozhi raised his eyebrows slightly.
Only then did Jiang Dong realize that it was Xu Bozhi who wanted to accept him as his disciple. He immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, yes!"
When Xu Bozhi saw that Jiang Dong agreed to be his disciple, he was very happy. After all, there are very few people in this world who are suitable for cultivation, and there are even fewer people like Jiang Dong who have had some adventures and entered the world of cultivation. He immediately smiled and said: "
As long as you are willing! Someone wanted to worship me before, but I was unwilling to accept it! If I hadn't seen that you and I were destined, I wouldn't have helped you like this."
Jiang Dong was not used to Xu Bozhi's way of speaking. He always said "old man, old man" or "whatever". He felt like an ancient person was talking. He couldn't help looking for Xu Bozhi's tone and asked: "Master, are you noble this year?"
ah?"
"I am 216 years old this year, my birth year."
"Ah!?" Jiang Dong opened his mouth in surprise and looked at Xu Bozhi in disbelief!
Seeing Jiang Dong's expression, Xu Bozhi stroked the half-foot-long white beard on his chin with his hand: "Why, doesn't it look like it?"
"Is it true?!" Jiang Dong was very suspicious of Xu Bozhi's words. The longest human lifespan is about 125 years, but Xu Bozhi is more than 200 years old. This goes against the laws of nature!
"Is it necessary for me to lie to you? Besides, using the lie of being over two hundred years old to deceive people, doesn't it seem a bit retarded?" Xu Bozhi still smiled and stroked his beard, "Okay, don't dwell on this issue anymore. From now on, you can
You will gradually understand. Now you come with me."
Xu Bozhi turned around and walked away. His body was as light as a cat. He jumped lightly when he encountered rocks or pits. He didn't feel like an ordinary old man stumbling. He was younger than a young man. Jiang Dong's physique was basically
Not his opponent.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the two came to another wooden house located in the valley. This was his real residence. The previous one was just a cover to hide people's eyes. People who came to Xu Bozhi for help all came to the wooden house just now.
, had no idea that he had such a residence inside. So, how did Xu Bozhi find out that someone came to him?
Although it is also a wooden house, the environment here is much better than the previous one. The entire courtyard is nestled among mountains and green trees. There is a pool behind the wooden house, about thirty meters in diameter, with clear water; on both sides of the wooden house
There are a lot of bamboos planted, and there is a small yard in front, where many different types of unknown flowers and plants are planted, making it look like a paradise!
Although it is summer, it is very cool in the valley, without any feeling of stuffiness. Stepping into the wooden house, a fresh and sweet air blows into your face, which refreshes your spirit.
Refreshed! This is a familiar feeling. The small water pool Jiangdong often went to gave him this feeling!
Xu Bozhi brought Jiang Dong into the house and served the tea that had been brewed: "This is my secret spiritual tea. It not only relieves summer heat and quenches thirst, but also has the effect of restoring vitality!" Jiang Dong walked all morning and took it with him.
He had finished drinking that little water a long time ago, and his mouth was already dry, so he quickly picked up the tea cup and drank it all. This drink actually made him feel tired, revitalized his throat, and was extremely refreshing! So he took the teapot and poured another cup.
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After drinking three cups in a row, Jiang Dong put down the tea cup. He tasted the strong aroma of tea in his mouth and felt the infinite power brought to his body. After a while, he asked Xu Bozhi again: "How do you know that I live here?"
Where is the one who came to find you?"
Xu Bozhi chuckled and said, "I'm so capable that you can't imagine! With this room as the center, I know all the trouble within a ten-mile radius!"
"Ah!" Jiang Dong was shocked and opened his mouth again. He really didn't know whether this master was a human or an immortal! "That night I took the Qi Refining Pill that my master gave me, and I felt that all my ailments disappeared.
Did you make such a magical medicine yourself?"
"That's right!" Xu Bozhi replied, "This Qi Refining Pill is made from the spiritual herbs and elixirs I personally cultivated and a unique refining technique. If mortals take it, it will cure diseases and strengthen their bodies! It will help cultivators if they take it.
Improve your cultivation and improve the effect of Qi refining! But it is only for use by low-level cultivators. For people with cultivation like me, there will be no effect at all."
"Cultivation person?" Jiang Dong felt that this word was very fantasy! In the past, we could only see such people in TV programs and martial arts novels, but the person in front of us was actually a living cultivator. It really made people very, very curious!
"Cultivation, also known as cultivating the Tao, means absorbing the aura of heaven and earth as one's own energy based on Taoist exercises, using it to strengthen the body, cultivate one's character, nourish one's soul, and remove the false while retaining the true! Continuously improve your cultivation, achieve longevity, and even ascend to immortality!" Xu Bozhi said.
Jiangdong explained with doubts.
I didn't expect that there are people who cultivate immortality in the world. I thought it was just a myth and legend! Jiang Dong asked again: "Then when you always say that you and I are destined people, do you mean that I also have the potential to cultivate?"
"That's right! When I saw you for the first time that day, I felt that the meridians in your body had been opened and your whole body was smooth. When I saw you for the second time, I found that there was a trace of spiritual energy flowing in your body, so I felt
You must have encountered something strange, so I want to help you." Xu Bozhi said while stroking his white beard with his hand.
"Oh, so that's it!" Jiang Dong understood, so he told Xu Bozhi one by one about his injuries, the shrapnel left in his body, the massage by a Chinese medicine practitioner, and the incident at the small pool, and asked him to explain what happened to him.
Xu Bozhi thought for a while and said: "According to the martial arts, if you want to practice cultivation, you must first open up the meridians, then collect and refine Qi, and then continue to practice further. That pool must be a spiritual place that can produce and release spiritual energy.
Veins, it must be that the shrapnel that entered your body unintentionally helped you open up the meridians that run the spiritual energy, so that you can absorb the spiritual energy!"
Jiang Dong heard this and asked again: "Then am I a cultivator now?"
Xu Bozhi stood up, walked to a bookshelf, took down a book from it, and said to Jiang Dong: "Strictly speaking, you are not yet, you can only be considered as preparing for cultivation, which is what Taoism calls the 'qi refining period'
.When your soul has risen to a certain level, the meridians in your body have been transformed, and the sea of qi can store a large amount of true qi, then you can truly be regarded as a cultivator! At that time, it will be the 'foundation building period'." After saying that, he handed over the book.
past.
Jiang Dong took it and looked at it. It was an old, yellowed book that fell apart every time you turned it over. It was written in ancient seal script Chinese characters both inside and outside. This made Jiang Dong, who was living in the contemporary world, barely able to recognize the simplest words.
After reading these few words, I couldn't help but cast a questioning look at Xu Bozhi.
Xu Bozhi sat on the bed, crossed his legs, picked up the tea, took a sip and said: "This is a cultivation method compiled by ancient cultivators. It has been passed down for thousands of years. Now this is the only one in the world.
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Jiang Dong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and thought to himself: In terms of the time of experience and the things recorded, this book is definitely a national treasure-level cultural relic, and Xu Bozhi just threw it on the bookshelf so casually. Isn't it a bit of a waste of treasure?
ah?
Perhaps seeing what Jiang Dong was thinking, Xu Bozhi added: "There are only a very small number of cultivators in this world. Official orthodoxy and scientific research do not allow such non-scientific things to exist, so we are all trying our best to hide them.
If you are accidentally discovered, you will be arrested for scientific research! Therefore, it is best not to reveal anything about cultivation to others easily, and do not use it to do evil, so as not to invite death! In the future, you must take this path.
Remember this advice from me!"
Jiang Dong nodded, but then a new question popped up: "Nowadays, there are many Taoisms developing and passing on across the country. Don't the cultivator countries there not study it?"
"According to the oral tradition of cultivators, in the late Suiren era 10,000 years ago, there were few humans and nature was still in its primitive development period! The spiritual energy at that time was abundant, so many demon cultivators were born, most of them
It is cultivated from various animals, and the entire world is ruled by them. In order to compete for spiritual energy resources and break away from the shackles of demons on humans, all cultivation sects united and dispatched all monks to create the most powerful monster in history.
A fierce battle between immortals and demons! In the end, the demon was wiped out in one fell swoop and the unkillable demon king was sealed! Countless cultivators died in this war, and almost all cultivation sects also fell and disappeared. Without the restriction of the demon,
, human beings have been able to develop rapidly, multiply and expand. However, this has also directly led to the diminishing number of places with spiritual energy, resulting in a lack of spiritual energy. Due to the lack of spiritual energy for cultivation, fewer and fewer people have achieved success, and the laws of cultivation have gradually transformed into
The current Taoism is developed from the Bagua theory founded by Fuxi after the war between immortals and demons in "He Tu" and "Luo Shu". Although various cultivation terms are related to
It’s the same as before, but it’s based on health preservation, not true cultivation!” Xu Bozhi slowly explained to Jiang Dong.
Only then did Jiang Dong understand the origin of cultivation. It turned out that there was such a long and legendary story in it.