Chapter 215 From the Beginning of Autumn to the Fall of Frost
Full of tea and food.
The so-called tea is a spiritual drink.
The Hundred Medicine Hall itself was built on a small mountain with small spiritual veins. There were still many spiritual plants produced in it, and the four old men seemed to have some energy, so the meal served to Xu Guangling was full of sincerity.
Because I couldn't prepare much in advance and my time was limited, the meals were relatively simple, but Lingyin prepared four or five items, small in quantity but large in variety.
This was probably because I didn’t know what Xu Guangling would like, so I probably gave him everything he could.
Of course Xu Guangling gave him face and tried some of everything.
The body at the Taoist level also provides another convenience, that is, you can taste the taste of even a simple meal.
This can basically be classified into the syllogism of seeing that a mountain is not a mountain.
When practitioners are at a low level, their eating behaviors and habits are not much different from ordinary people. Generally speaking, they only have a better appetite and eat more.
When practitioners gradually reach the intermediate level, their body levels undergo greater changes. In terms of diet, they gradually become farther and farther away from ordinary people. The delicious food before tastes the same now, and the delicious food before does not taste good anymore.
At this moment, when I entered, I just felt disgusted.
So seeing mountains is not mountains, seeing water is not water, and in terms of diet, it has entered a stage that is both special and universal.
The so-called "sipping the wind and drinking the dew" is not a joke.
During this period, the monks either abstain from grains or consume spiritual food and drinks that match the monk's stage of cultivation.
Xu Guangling's current body has passed this stage again. Everything he eats, whether it is spiritual food, tastes good in his mouth.
But it's impossible for the four old men to know this.
Seeing that Xu Guangling liked these spiritual drinks but did not dislike the food, they roughly judged Xu Guangling's rank.
This judgment did not make the few old men look down upon Xu Guangling. Instead, it made them feel that Dr. Xu was more real and no longer the complete foggy existence before.
Moreover, the cultivation level of this level shows such great ability and superb knowledge, which is more than enough to prove that this doctor Xu has an extraordinary background!
Where did Dr. Xu come from?
Several old men had emptied their wealth, and Xu Guangling did not hide it too much. He said "I have some fate with the Qinglin Sect", which made the four old men opposite him overjoyed and even extremely surprised.
Especially the patriarch from the Qinglin Sect.
However, the old man didn't jump too much. Like the other two old men, he always put the control of the conversation in the hands of old man Yun.
Eating at the same table is indeed the ultimate magic weapon to bring people closer together. After having enough tea and rice, Old Man Yun felt that the heat was almost there, or in other words, even if the heat was not enough, he didn’t know if there would be another opportunity for a heart-to-heart conversation and a long conversation.
Yes, probably not.
Because of this, he was anxious and asked the questions that all the old guys wanted to ask the most:
"Dr. Xu, given the conditions of the elderly among us, what do you think should be better for our daily practice?"
Age-related degeneration of cultivation is irreversible.
This is common sense in the spiritual world.
Therefore, Old Man Yun did not expect any shocking answers from the other party when he asked this question. However, given the extraordinary background of the other party, if he could reveal something, even a little bit, it would slow down the regression of their cultivation.
, which is enough to be an endless joy.
"Lao Yun, how do you usually practice?"
Xu Guangling asked.
Old Man Yun's daily cultivation is very simple. Not only him, but the four old men's daily cultivation are also very simple.
In other words, not just the four of them, but all the old men in this situation, their daily cultivation is very simple.
Practitioners at this stage are actually in the dual state of "cultivation-ordinary people".
On the one hand, their path has been cut off for a long time, and there is no chance of improvement. Slowly, their minds wander and lose their upward aspirations. All of this happens naturally. There is no such thing as corruption, but the world.
This is the norm for almost all low-level cultivators.
In this case, it is not accurate to use simple cultivators to locate them.
In some ways, they are like retired professional players or other professionals who have retired.
But it would be wrong to say that they are just ordinary people.
They still have some cultivation skills.
Moreover, behavioral habits, even ways of thinking, etc. are more similar to those of cultivators than to ordinary people.
The [Huitong Garden] of Baiyao Hall has gathered a large number of such people, and most of the elderly cultivators in the state capital probably know this place.
Mr. Yun usually gets up before midnight in the morning.
One aspect is that the elderly sleep lightly, but more importantly, as we get older, the time for cultivation is gradually limited.
In the past, you could practice at any time of the day, as long as you made reasonable arrangements.
As I get older, I can no longer do it in the evening due to weak energy, I can no longer do it in the afternoon due to my faintness, and I can no longer do it in the noon due to my impatience.
, or heart agitation, an instinctive agitation that essentially comes from the body rather than the psychology.
No matter how slowly you go, the morning time will be enough, because you have to eat and digest after eating.
The period from eating to completing digestion is also not suitable for cultivation.
Counting it down from night to morning, what are the suitable times for practicing in a day?
What ghosts! There are no ghosts at all, there are only mornings and even earlier mornings!
Therefore, Old Man Yun’s daily practice time is divided into two times.
Once in the early morning, basically in the second half of the night after waking up every day, at that time, I mainly focus on quietness, move my hands and feet, and let go of the old and absorb the new.
After sunrise, when the sun first rises, do the second practice. At this time, focus on movement until the whole body is sweating.
Do this twice a day, the first time focusing on "nurturing", and the second time focusing on "training". Nurturing and training both complement each other, and nourishing and training complement each other. The former supports the latter, and the latter feeds back the former.
As he said this, Old Man Yun's indifferent tone was filled with restrained and deep emotion.
"Doctor Xu, I feel that my understanding and appreciation of spiritual practice are better now than when I was young. However, my body is getting worse and worse!"
"Doctor Xu, I am not afraid of your jokes. Every time I wake up now, I feel that my cultivation level has declined a little more than yesterday. I will retreat if I practice. If I don't practice, I will retreat even more. No matter what, I will retreat."
What Old Yun said made the other three old men look sad.
They also have every reason to be upset, because Old Man Yun’s previous peak cultivation level was at the late stage of Condensing Yuan. His cultivation level was both high and his foundation was solid. The result was that his current cultivation level was declining very slowly, and the three of them
That won’t work.
Especially Old Man Ling, those who know his past know that he is a cultivator, but those who don't know his past simply look at him now, he is just an ordinary bad old man.
Cultivator?
If you have almost no cultivation at all, you are not a cultivator!
"normal."
Xu Guangling nodded without any words of comfort.
The old men didn't want to hear comfort from him, and they didn't think he could say anything to comfort them, because normally, young cultivators and old cultivators are completely different existences, and it is impossible for the former to understand them at all.
The latter!
Seeing Xu Guangling nodding calmly, Old Yun, including the other three old men, felt their hearts drop.
Xu Guangling's expression was indifferent. In their opinion, it was closer to indifference.
But at this moment, they heard Xu Guangling say: "Old Yun, come out and take a look. Use the posture that you are most accustomed to and familiar with. It is also the posture that is used most in daily practice."
The one you are most accustomed to and familiar with?
Is it also the most commonly used in daily practice?
Xu Guangling's words made Old Yun stunned, and he even thought about it for a while. After thinking for a while, he tentatively made a pose, but after making it, he immediately made adjustments.
And in the next step, he adjusted again and again and couldn't decide.
What should have been the most natural request, a simple request, made Old Yun feel confused for a short time.
It's like asking someone:
"Do you know what you look like?"
Don't talk about the inside, just the appearance.
Logically speaking, you know it.
Not just knowing, it should be extremely clear.
But in fact, that may not be the case.
And the [truth] about this matter may not be as simple as most people imagine.