Those who do not plan for a lifetime cannot plan for a temporary period.
The length of a time is not the length of a lifetime; the shortness of a time is not the shortness of a lifetime.
When the first-level disciple Xu Yishan also began to withstand the warmth and coldness of human beings and feel the world's human emotions, facing the highly talented family members who had been secretly competing with him, Xu Yishan at that time sighed secretly in his heart and left "sadly".
Since then, Xu Yishan has never attended a family gathering.
He also gradually became a marginalized member of the family.
"Yishan, the path that my teacher has asked you to take is a bit difficult. You have to be mentally prepared."
This is what the teacher said at the beginning.
Xu Yishan is prepared.
But when the gap really came, he found that the psychological preparation he had made before was still not enough.
No, it should be said, it is not enough!
At that time, Xu Yishan was really sad.
At first, he was indeed very confident and indifferent, but when ten years passed, twenty years passed, and thirty years passed, his practice progress became unbearably slow, and he slowly fell from the center to the edge in the family.
The edge, and then even the teacher ignored him for a long time...
Xu Yishan almost collapsed.
Almost.
What allowed him to get through it was the "Yishan".
During the entire period of Tongmai Realm, there was almost no place worth visiting.
Xu Yishan walked that stretch of road slowly and slowly, almost in a completely water-milled manner, which took fifty-four years.
In the family, the fastest one to complete the Tongmai process was only twenty-three years.
Many others are also within thirty years.
As for those within forty years, they are already the second-class talents of the family.
And he has been there for fifty-four years!
"This junior is completely useless!"
This is the consensus of many people in the family.
Even if there were still objections in the first thirty years, by the forty or fifty years, there would be no objections at all.
It's just useless.
That night, the meridians were completely opened and the body was awakened. Xu Yishan was neither sad nor happy.
It's sad, in fact, it's not sad at all. The seventy-nine-year-old enlightenment, if placed outside, will make many practitioners in the world jealous and red-eyed.
But that's just the outside.
Regardless of his status as a son of a fourth-grade family or as a disciple of a heaven-level monk, he seems too unworthy for his age and at this level, at least, it is not suitable for him.
Therefore, no sadness or joy is the best description.
Everyone who knows each other, within the family or outside the family, will always ask questions when they meet.
"Yishan, how is your cultivation now?"
Even some old and miserable people can ask this question with a smile, knowing that they are facing a person who is worse than themselves.
This person is a junior, and he was once high and popular. There is nothing more fun than talking to this person.
Some sneered and ridiculed in person.
More often than not, there is still sneer and ridicule hidden in the heart, but what is shown on the face is "concern" and "comfort".
Such care and comfort make me want to vomit just once I hear it.
Xu Yishan listened to it for twenty or thirty years.
After getting enlightened, Xu Yishan went to see the teacher.
He hasn't seen his teacher for decades.
During the entire stage of opening up the meridians, the teacher seemed to have completely "free-ranged" him.
"How do you feel?" the teacher asked.
"good."
Xu Yishan pondered for a long time before replying like this.
"Really good?"
“Really good!”
What's so good about it?
First, Xu Yishan discovered that even though he was practicing so slowly, he was able to achieve enlightenment as quickly as a grinding mill. No matter what happens, the road ahead won't be more difficult than the previous road, right?
At most, that's probably it.
And he still has plenty of time.
The second is that Xu Yishan discovered that this kind of thing is just that.
Once upon a time, he was a descendant of a noble family and a heaven-level disciple. He was high and mighty since he was born, and then he "reached the sky in one step."
In the past, his heart was also high. Although he felt disdainful and natural about the compliments and flattery from many people inside and outside the family, in fact, he still enjoyed it in his heart.
Then……
Then he peeled off this "innate" coat with great difficulty and ease.
It was painful when it was peeled off, but when it was completely peeled off, he found that the pain was gone, not even a trace, and what was left was indescribable relief in his heart.
The teacher took him on another trip.
Went to the same place we went before.
Ice and snow.
Twenty-six in the past, seventy-nine today.
After an interval of fifty-four years, I revisited my old place.
The cabin that was there is no longer there, and the place is covered by dense jungle.
The master and the apprentice took action and built a new log cabin in that place, which was similar to the original one.
In the cabin, the bonfire was lit again, and the food was cooked again. Looking at the rustling in the mountains outside, after being stunned for a long time, Xu Yishan stood up from the table and bowed deeply to the teacher.
"Why are you worshiping me now?" the teacher said with a smile.
"Disciple, do you need any more reason to worship your master?" Xu Yishan also said with a smile.
"You little kid!" the teacher pointed at him and yelled with a smile.
Yes, when he was nine years old, he was a little kid. When he was twenty-six years old, he was a little kid. Now, when he is seventy-nine, he is still a little kid.
Here is the teacher.
But the seventy-nine-year-old "little kid" can no longer wallow in the ice and snow.
He just lay down in the ice and snow and slept for one night.
After one night, decades of dust accumulation were all melted away by the ice and snow.
It's like turning back time and returning to the beginning.
"Yi Shan, I will teach you the secret method of opening your body."
"This is a request from an adult specially made for you."
The next day, the teacher said to him.
Even though decades of experience have made Xu Yishan extremely calm, he was still shocked when he heard these words.
Both surprised and frightened.
grown ups.
Please.
A great monk of heaven level said this.
——What virtues and abilities does he have, that he deserves the teacher’s trouble?
Moreover, judging from the situation, the teacher had already requested the secret method, and I don’t know how long he had to wait for it.
"I am the only disciple like you, and I will probably not accept him again in the future." The teacher smiled very calmly, "Whether you strive for success or not, whether you strive for success or not, you will get closer.
No matter how far you go, even if you become a saint in the future, you will still be a disciple of this small heaven as a teacher."
"Teacher, this disciple is not even on earth level yet." Xu Yishan said with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes.
If he doesn't lower his eyes, his tears will flow out unsatisfactorily.
Of course, it's no use lowering your eyes.
The teacher said nothing more and just passed on the secret method to him.
This time, the master and apprentice did not return together.
The teacher left, leaving Xu Yishan alone in the ice and snow.
"Yishan, you can practice here. When you pass the test again, you can go see your master."
Xu Yishan just stayed there.
Heaven and earth are companions, and ice and snow are companions. If you are thirsty, you will sip ice and drink snow. If you are hungry, you will sip ice and snow. You will only occasionally hunt some prey to feel satisfied and full.
The day is full of snow.
The wind howls at night.
It's quite happy.
Yes, your cultivation will grow day and night, and you will be pure and happy.
One year, five years, ten years, twenty years...
After twenty-eight years, Xu Yishan achieved great success, broke through to the earth level, and became a monk in the Qi Entraining Realm. From then on, there was a separation between human and human level monks.
The vast majority of cultivators will never be able to take this step in their entire lives.
At this time, Xu Yishan was only one hundred and seven years old.
"With great success in condensing Qi, one will not be afraid of cold and heat. With great success in unblocking meridians, there will be no disease. With great success in opening one's orifices, life will be doubled."
What kind of "extended life span"?
The lifespan of an ordinary person is about a hundred years.
The lifespan of condensing Qi to opening the meridians can be one hundred and two, one hundred and fifty or even one hundred and eighty years.
It is not unusual to have a great success and a lifespan of one hundred and eighty, and then three hundred, four hundred, five hundred and six hundred.
And based on the inheritance that Xu Yishan has received, if he only lived to be 300 years old for such a great enlightenment, he would really die young, and it would still be a very young death.
On this basis, one hundred and seven years old is considered the beginning of life.