Uncle Xu used his spiritual consciousness to examine Jiang Dong's body and found nothing unusual. He felt that Jiang Dong had encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation. If it could not be resolved, his cultivation would probably stay at this point forever.
layer.
But how can this bottleneck be solved?
Xu Bo said that since ancient times, there has never been an effective way to solve the bottleneck of cultivation. This depends on chance and one's own understanding. Some monks accidentally encountered some unexpected accidents or took some magical pills during their travels.
He immediately breaks away from his own bottlenecks. Some monks also break away from their own bottlenecks when they hear some words that make them enlightened or encounter something that wakes them up from a dream. In short, this kind of thing can happen.
Of course, there are some monks who have not found a suitable way to solve their own problems throughout their lives, and have died at their own bottleneck.
Take Xu Bo for example, he has been stuck in the middle stage of his foundation building for a long, long time.
After listening to Uncle Xu's words, Jiang Dong fell into deep thought. For the first time, he felt worried about his cultivation crisis. He frowned and sat by the pool without moving all day, thinking about how to get away from his cultivation.
bottleneck.
The next day, Jiang Dong was still sitting on the edge of the pool, meditating. He didn't think about food or tea, and couldn't get energetic about anything. It was as if he was going to die sitting here if he couldn't find a solution.
Uncle Xu was worried when he saw it, and he was helpless about Jiangdong's matter. After all, this kind of bottleneck must be solved by the practitioner's own perception. Outsiders can't help at all, and there are no suitable herbs to refine here.
It became an elixir to help flush the neck, so Uncle Xu didn't know how to help Jiang Dong.
On the morning of the third day, Jiang Dong was still the same. This time Uncle Xu couldn't stand it anymore. After thinking about it, he came to sit next to Jiang Dong, handed a cup of spiritual tea to Jiang Dong's hand, and then persuaded Jiang Dong with sincere words: "You are like this
Sitting there and dreaming is not an option, why not go out for a walk and relax, maybe the bottleneck will go away by itself."
Jiang Dong lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked at the pool silently, his brows still furrowed like a knot. Looking at this look, people couldn't help but feel sad for him.
When Uncle Xu saw that Jiang Dong was silent, he continued to persuade: "Bottlenecks are mostly caused by the monks' own psychological reasons. Your bottleneck is not because of your own poor conditions or wrong cultivation methods, but because of your desire to win."
Being too eager, eager for quick success, and too eager for success leads to the emergence of bottlenecks."
Jiang Dong turned around and looked at Uncle Xu, as if his words were like throwing a pebble into a calm pool and causing ripples. They also resonated in Jiang Dong's heart. Suddenly he
He seemed to understand something: "So, as long as I indulge it, calm down my mentality, and enjoy life as I want, the bottleneck will automatically disappear after a while?"
Uncle Xu laughed and said, "Not necessarily. Anyway, it will be more effective than just sitting around and thinking hard like this."
Jiang Dong's brows suddenly relaxed. He drank up the spiritual tea in one breath and said happily: "Tell me, where should we go?"
"Look at how anxious you are!" Xu Bo scolded with a smile, stood up and walked towards the house, Jiang Dong quickly followed behind.
Arriving at the house, Uncle Xu sat cross-legged on the wooden couch. He picked up the animal skin map Jiang Dong had brought back from the wooden table next to him, pointed to a mark on it and asked Jiang Dong: "Do you know where this is?"
Jiang Dong sat sideways on the couch, glanced at the animal skin map and said, "It seems to be the Royal Medicine Sect, right?"
"That's right, it's the Royal Medicine Sect!" Uncle Xu said with certainty, "Then do you know what this Royal Medicine Sect does?"
Jiang Dong immediately replied: "The Royal Medicine Sect must be a sect that mainly cultivates spiritual herbs and refines elixirs."
"That's right!" Xu Bo folded up the map and said, "The Imperial Medicine Sect can also be called the Spiritual Medicine Sect. Its location must be a place rich in medicinal herbs. I want to explore its ruins. Even if I can't find any treasures,
We can also pick some herbs nearby and maybe make some elixirs for neck relief!"
Without further ado, the two of them hit it off immediately and immediately packed up and prepared to go south to find the famous ancient sect: the Spiritual Medicine Sect!
After some roundabout work, Jiang Dong and Xu Bo came to Xiangyang City. This is the transportation hub of Shennongjia. All the tourists coming and going get on and off here. It is very lively with people coming and going. Jiang Dong can't help but think in his heart: Xiangyang City is so prosperous, and this place is also bustling.
Are there people like Ding Hao?
After withdrawing some money and buying the tickets, Jiang Dong and Uncle Xu got on the train bound for the Spiritual Medicine Sect.
According to the markings on the animal skin map, the ancient elixir sect should be located in today's Tengchong County, Yunnan Province. Because the map is not precise enough, it can only be vaguely distinguished near Mazhan Township and Ruidian Township.
Jiang Dong and Xu Bo took a sleeper train in Xiangyang City and arrived in Kunming City after more than 30 bumpy hours. After a day of playing in Dianchi Lake, they went west to Baoshan City, and then took a bus from Baoshan to Tengchong County. When they lay down
It was already the fourth day since I left home when I collapsed on the soft bed of the Tengyue Town Hotel.
Early the next morning, Jiang Dong bought a tourist map of Tengchong County, and then he and Xu Bo went north to search for the Spiritual Medicine Sect.
The two of them were playing and searching at the same time, and they felt very comfortable and comfortable.
Tengchong is an area with concentrated volcanoes. It is said that there are 99 volcanoes and 88 hot springs. It is the only place in mainland China where volcanoes and geothermal heat coexist. "There are so many Tengyue Prefectures, and nine of them have no head." It means that most of the mountains here are volcanoes.
"There are so many volcanoes here, will the Spiritual Medicine Sect be here?" Jiang Dong and Xu Bo climbed up to the top of a mountain called Xiaokong Mountain and sat on it to rest.
"Don't you understand this?" Uncle Xu laughed, and then said: "The more volcanoes there are, the greater the chance that the Spiritual Medicine Sect will be here!"
"Why?" Jiang Dong asked immediately, not knowing why Uncle Xu said that.
Uncle Xu sat on a big rock, patted the soil on his trousers, and said: "Volcanoes are formed when magma erupts to the surface due to the pressure from the ground. There are so many volcanoes and hot springs here, which shows that the underground here is
There is a lot of geothermal magma not far away."
"But what does this have to do with the establishment of the Spiritual Medicine Sect here?" Jiang Dong asked again.
"Of course it does matter! The spiritual herbs and elixirs planted and collected by the Spiritual Medicine Sect will eventually be refined into elixirs for use by the disciples of their own sect. A considerable part of them are also used for transactions with other sects, so the output of elixirs is large.
In this way, refining a large amount of elixirs must have a suitable fire source, and it must be a fire source that can burn for a long time and provide high heat. At that time, monks generally used geothermal heat to refine elixirs."
Uncle Xu explained unhurriedly.
Jiang Dong said: "Then could it be that the Spiritual Medicine Sect built the sect's site underground for the convenience of collecting fire? In this case, we would be even less able to find its location."
Uncle Xu also thought for a while and said: "The alchemy room must be built next to the underground magma, but this elixir sect is a prehistoric sect, and I am afraid that the entire Tengchong is within its coverage! So there may be others.
Above ground ruins.”
Jiangdong looked at the Tengchong tourist map and read a few words written on it: Tengchong has no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer. It is known as the "natural botanical garden", especially the variety of Chinese medicinal materials. As the saying goes, "
"Three medicinal plants fell down on one's butt." After thinking of this, Jiang Dong said to Uncle Xu: "There are such good growing conditions here and there are so many varieties of medicinal materials. I'm afraid these are also passed down by the Spiritual Medicine Sect!"
Xu Bo said: "There must be a reason why the Spiritual Medicine Sect was built in Tengchong. Maybe it's because of the suitable climate here, the abundance of herbs, and the convenience of making fire. But maybe it's because of the painstaking cultivation of the Spiritual Medicine Sect that this place has
The herbs proliferate in abundance.”
The two sat on the top of the mountain for a while and then set off according to the previously set exploration route.
Everywhere they went, Jiang Dong and Xu Bo carefully looked for any traces that might be left behind by the Spiritual Medicine Sect, and both used their spiritual senses to explore the ground to see if there were any large holes underneath. If so, it might be the Spiritual Medicine Sect.
Zong’s underground alchemy field.
To find the specific location of the Spiritual Medicine Sect at the location marked on the map is no better than finding a needle in a haystack. What is gratifying is that Xu Bo can rely on his powerful spiritual consciousness to quickly find it. His spiritual consciousness can cover a kilometer.
Although it would be partially blocked by soil and rocks when exploring the underground, it could still reach a depth of six to seven hundred meters underground. Therefore, it took the two of them only five days to basically explore Tengchong.
Filtered once.
But the final result was not satisfactory: apart from picking some common herbs that they did not have, they found nothing else, which was really disappointing.
The last time Jiangdong was able to discover the Beast Control Sect hidden in the mountains, it was probably because of the white bear that he got lucky. But this time, with no clues and no luck, he wanted to find a man who had disappeared for ten thousand years.
Relics are not that easy.
After searching around again and still not finding it, Jiang Dong was completely discouraged. It was really difficult to find a small, perhaps buried, spiritual medicine sect site in the entire Tengchong territory.
After years of wind and rain, transformation and various geological changes, the ruins of the Spiritual Medicine Sect no longer exist.
The two of them once again climbed to the top of a mountain far away from the hustle and bustle, overlooking the mountains and taking in the panoramic view of Tengchong. This was obviously a very happy thing. But with their current depressed mood, they really had no intention of viewing the scenery.
Looking at things, all I can think about is: Where is the Spiritual Medicine Sect?
Uncle Xu sat on the hillside and meditated. While studying, Jiang Dong controlled the magic sword and ran around to fight a few hares. He briefly cleaned it up, used the jerky fireball technique to ignite the collected dry firewood, and then took the rabbit meat.
Put it on the fire and barbecue. As time goes by, the aroma of the barbecue slowly spreads.