Chapter 68 Cutting the hair and washing the marrow
In the front yard of Linji Temple, on the wooden couch in the guest room, Chong Lingzi Yang Chaoxi worked continuously and made rapid progress. The cuts and scrapes on his body had scabbed off before he knew it. On his head and in the pores of his body
, but a lot of dirt oozed out, covering his body, and the smell was really unflattering. When he was rescued and returned to Hongdao Temple yesterday, the two senior brothers Huang Shuo and Zhuo Songtao helped him scrub his body, and all the previous efforts were wasted.
"It turns out that practicing Taoism can not only use Qi to exert strength, but also eliminate turbidity and cleanse dirt. But you have to take a bath as soon as possible, otherwise others will smell it and avoid it." Yang Chaoxi had a calculation in his mind, so he started
He made up his mind that no matter where he lived, he would try to get some hot water and take a good bath. Just as he was thinking about this, the sound of knocking on the door came from outside. Yang Zhaoxi adjusted his clothes a little, and then
Step on the cloud shoes and go over to open the door.
Outside the door was a gentle and pleasant female Taoist priest, holding a dark red wooden box in her hand: "How are you, junior brother? I am following the order of Master Yuan Yizi to bring you some lunch. If you need anything else,
, please let me know and I can arrange it for you."
Yang Zhaoxi thanked him before taking the wooden box, and then he asked like a barrage of questions: "I don't know how to call this senior sister? Where is this place? Where did my master Gongsun Zhenren and his three senior brothers go?
?Can you give me some hot water? I want to take a bath, but the smell on my body is a bit rude..."
Naturally, the female Taoist priest smelled the suffocating odor on his body, and she had just endured it. When she heard him mention the bathing matter, and asked a series of questions, she opened her mouth and said: "My Taoist name is Shui Xizi, and this is
Linjiguan... vomit~~" Shui Xizi Luo Rouhua just started speaking, but she couldn't bear it anymore and vomited all over Yang Chaoxi's colorful body.
Yang Zhaoxi was also stunned, feeling extremely embarrassed: "I'm so rude... Senior sister, please give me some hot water first... Cold water is also ok. If you want a wooden basin, I'll take a bath first!" Shui Xizi did it again!
After vomiting for a few times, tears and snot flowed out, but at this time, the image was not much better. Hearing what Yang Chaoxi said, he nodded repeatedly, covered his mouth and left quickly, but he could not stay any longer. Yang Chaoxi
Neither sitting nor standing, a thin figure was messy in the autumn wind that came through the door.
After a long time, three senior brothers, Zhu Jieran, Zhuo Songtao and Huang Shuo, came back. Zhu Jieran carried two buckets of water, one cold and one hot. Zhuo Songtao and Huang Shuo carried a large wooden basin and put it down in the guest room. Zhuo
Song Tao smiled and said: "I heard that Taoist Chong Lingzi wanted to take a bath, so our brothers rushed to bring water. How about it, are you disappointed?"
Yang Chaoxi looked helpless: "Before performing the exercises, 'the pure ones will become clear', but after performing the exercises, 'the turbid ones will themselves become turbid'. I don't know why, but this exercise seems to remove all the dregs from the internal organs."
It was cleaned up. It was just moved outside the body, but the smell is really embarrassing."
Zhu Jieran was a little closer to Yang Zhaoxi, he had already pinched his nose, and said in a low voice: "Did Junior Brother Yang just complete a 'hair removal and marrow cleansing'?! This is really incredible!"
"Senior Brother Zhu, what does it mean to remove hair and cleanse marrow?" Huang Shuo also pinched his nose and retreated to a ventilated place by the window with Zhuo Songtao and Zhu Jieran before throwing out the doubts in his mind.
"Cutting hair and washing marrow is to put it simply, it means reborn. It can also be said that the old bone and blood fascia on Junior Brother Yang's body have actually been replaced. The replaced bone and blood fascia decays into dirt and is excreted from the body, so it is turbid.
The stench is overwhelming." Zhu Jieran still pinched his nose and said, "But if you can achieve the step of cutting off the hair and washing the marrow, you must penetrate at least three Dantians and open up the Rendu and Du meridians. The small Zhoutian circulation can flow unimpeded and enter the foundation building stage.
.There are probably not many Taoist priests in the entire Luoyang City who can reach this level of Taoism."
"If it is so powerful, wouldn't the three of us join forces and be no match for Junior Brother Yang?" Zhuo Songtao also couldn't believe it and asked.
"It's not that exaggerated. In the foundation building stage, the cultivator gradually adjusts the mortal body to the state of non-elimination to serve as a medicine furnace; at the same time, it runs through the small weekly cycle to accumulate and temper enough acquired Qi to serve as a furnace.
Only when you have the fire, medicine furnace and furnace fire, can you try to break through to the stage of 'refining essence and transforming qi'. At that time, you can collect an innate essence (male is the innate yang essence, female is the innate yin essence), and use the innate essence to
After the Qi is quenched into the alchemy mother, you can start the steps of sealing the furnace, refining the medicine, and stopping the fire, and finally develop the inner elixir."
Zhu Jieran let go of the hand holding his nose, took a luxurious breath, and continued, "The realm behind this is mostly legend. Over the past dynasties, those who can practice to the stage of 'refining qi' are rare.
It’s not an exaggeration. As a young man, Junior Brother Yang entered the stage of foundation building, tempered his mortal body, and cut off his hair and cleansed his marrow. He can be regarded as a genius. But there is still a long way to go before reaching the peak.”
"Senior Brother Zhu, then I don't want to continue practicing. I don't understand much of what you said, but I know that 'bigu' means not eating or drinking. Then what fun is there in this life?
"Yang Zhaoxi had taken off all his Taoist robes and soaked himself naked in the large wooden basin. The awkward and unbearable atmosphere in the room had faded a lot.
However, Zhuo Songtao rushed to the big wooden basin and gave him a violent shudder on the forehead: "What are you talking about! The realm that many people seek and cannot get, but here with you, it is not as good as the pleasure of eating and drinking. If the viewer can hear it,
You must be punished! Wash off the mutton smell from your body quickly, so that we can be clean brothers."
Yang Chaoxi pursed his lips and responded, but when Zhuo Songtao wasn't prepared, he picked up a handful of bath water and poured it on him: "Senior Brother Zhuo, we are blessed together, so I will share some of the sheep's smell with you!"
After speaking, he laughed.
Zhuo Songtao couldn't avoid it, and was splashed under his robe, but it was as if he had incontinence. So he looked angry, rushed to the big wooden basin, pushed Yang Chaoxi's head into the water with one hand, and shouted with a smile:
: "Try it yourself first!"
Yang Chaoxi was so weak that he choked a few mouthfuls of bath water. When he managed to free himself, he was not angry and poured out another handful of bath water. Zhuo Songtao dodged to avoid it, and the water hit him.
Zhu Jieran took off his clothes, and even his shoes and socks were wet. Zhu Jieran's face darkened and he joined the battle group. For a while, the sound of laughter could be heard in the guest room.
The three of them were playing around when they heard Huang Shuo spit out the food in his mouth with "Bah, bah, bah". However, his mouth was still numb and bitter, and he was still holding one in his right hand and had bitten it several times.
Mouthful steamed cake.
Yang Chaoxi and the others stopped what they were doing and looked at Huang Shuo. Huang Shuo then said with a bitter look on his face: "This meal is a bit weird..."
Zhuo Songtao also walked towards the wooden box doubtfully: "Who told you to steal Junior Brother Yang's vegetarian meal? This is called worldly retribution... The corn rice looks good... um... poof! The taste... is poisonous..."
While Zhuo Songtao was ridiculing Huang Shuo, he also picked up a wooden spoon, scooped up corn rice and stuffed it into his mouth. Suddenly, he felt a choking spicy taste, which rushed straight into the Niwan Palace, even spraying out of his eyes and nostrils.
Fire is coming. But here, Yang Chaoxi, Zhu Jieran, and Huang Shuo looked at his "crying and crying" expression, and they all laughed wildly.
Zhuo Songtao hurriedly found a porcelain bowl and water from the room, rinsed his mouth several times, and then the situation eased. He stared at Yang Zhaoxi with a depressed look: "This happened because of you. It must have been the previous two offenses. "Junior Sister Hua Xiko, I'm going to take revenge on you this time. Since Junior Brother Huang Shuo and I have suffered on your behalf, just tell us how to compensate us!"
Yang Zhaoxi put on a scoundrel look: "How about compensation! I'll give you all the food in the wooden box. After all, brothers and sisters share the same blessing..." Before he could finish his words, Zhuo Songtao and Huang Shuo They all rushed forward, pressed Yang Zhaoxi into the big wooden basin and rubbed her. The four brothers had spent the past few days in a state of nervousness, but now they were playing together, and they felt relaxed and happy as never before.
After Yang Zhaoxi washed her body, she wiped her body dry with robes that had little smell. Then she threw the smelly robes into a wooden basin, washed them, picked them up and wrung them dry, and looked for some in the guest room. A place was set up to dry. I wrapped myself in a silk quilt and nestled on the wooden couch with my eyes closed and meditative. I was still hungry, but the box of food I had just eaten had been sent back to the Zhaiyuan by Brother Zhu Jieran. At this moment, I had no choice but to Hard to endure. Thinking of what Senior Brother Zhu Jieran said just now about "cutting off the hair and cleaning out the marrow", even though he didn't know the meaning, he still felt that he was indeed somewhat powerful, and he couldn't help but feel complacent.
But it was said that after Gongsun Zhenren had finished his lunch, he explained the whole situation to the master of Yuan Yizi Temple and went out on his own. According to the few words that Brother Zhu Jieran heard, he should have visited various Taoist temples in Luoyang in order to transfer the "Gongsun Sword" that he had practiced for many years. "Dharma" has spread throughout the world. It is unclear whether some old grudges have been settled by the way.
If you want others not to know, you have to do it yourself. The box of weird food that Zhu Jieran sent back was unexpectedly eaten by the prisoner named Feng Yizi in the temple. This female Taoist priest has always been strict and has a very good temperament. It was hard to get along with him, so he accepted the post of prison supervisor. How could he give up after eating the bitter and numb steamed cakes and the extremely spicy corn rice? He called the Taoist priests one by one to yell and scold them. After further investigation, the two instigators, Luo Rou and Cui Wan, were brought out. When they were asked about the cause of the prank, they were both angry and laughing, so they had to scold them severely and ordered them to bring another meal to the front yard. Yang Zhaoxi apologized.
Yang Zhaoxi was wrapped in quilt, hungry, but had nothing to do. He had to cross his legs again and began to practice Qigong: inhale slowly, exhale continuously, collect the mind, condense the thoughts... the state of concentration , the state of guarding oneness, the state of contemplation, goes deep layer by layer, but it is completed in one go. It is much faster than before. The acquired Qi in the three Dantians is like three dragons leaping up, entwining into one stream, and heading towards the perineum. Swooping down, then upward, swimming through the points of the Du Channel, turning back from the Baihui Point, then swimming down through the points of the Ren Channel, and then swimming back to the three Dantians from the perineum...
After running like this for several weeks, it had only been half an hour, but I already felt that the spiritual platform was clear and bright, my sense of touch was keen, my eyesight was getting wider, and my ears were getting longer! The incident of cutting off the hair and washing the marrow did not happen again. Weiwei The passing autumn wind made thousands of cold hairs tremble. Even though I closed my eyes tightly, I could still feel it deeply. I could still hear most of the whispers of the two women on the verandah outside the guest room. When I opened my eyes again, When I went to look at it, I saw scattered yellow leaves hanging on a jujube tree outside the window, and the veins on the leaves were also very clear.
However, what the two women said seemed to be related to me. Only one woman was heard saying: "Sister Luo, you came up with this bad idea. If we talk about it, you are the principal culprit, and I am just an accessory. Besides,
...I am not on good terms with that Chong Lingzi, so I will not go in. It will be the same if you go in alone..."
Senior sister Luo over there also said: "Of course it's different! Junior sister Cui, I came up with this idea just to stand up for you, but in the end I was scolded by that crazy woman Feng Yizi, and you still don't appreciate it. If you take it seriously
Besides, you are the main reason, and I am just going with the flow. So it is better for you to go in alone, so as to show the sincerity of our Linji Temple..."
The two stood under the verandah and argued for a long time, but neither could convince the other. Yang Chaoxi laughed secretly. Sister Luo suddenly said: "Let's fight until tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be no result. This meal is about to be eaten."
It's getting cold, so we have to go in together, put down our fast food, bow our heads, and apologize. This matter can be considered settled. From now on, we can't see each other, so that's it." The two of them had decided on their plan, and then walked side by side towards this side.
The guest room came over. Yang Chaoxi also lost her temper, opened her eyes, and concentrated on waiting for the two of them.
At this time, Junior Sister Na Luo and Junior Sister Cui were already standing outside the room, and the sound of knocking on the door sounded sweetly. Yang Chaoxi, still wrapped in quilt, opened the door barefoot. When she looked in front of her, she was stunned. She had vomited in the morning.
Next to Shui Xizi Luo Rou, who was all dressed up, stood Hua Xizi Cui Wan! She was looking at him with a pair of almond-shaped eyes, a little guilty. Her thin "one" eyebrows were squeezed in the middle, and her thin lips moved slightly,
But he refused to say anything.
Luo Rou pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Junior Brother Lingzi, Junior Sister Dianzao from the Zhaiyuan made a mistake in cooking this morning and put the wrong seasonings, so... I have prepared some more fast food for you, please be patient!"
After saying that, he quietly reached out and stabbed Cui Wan.
Cui Wan's eyes flashed, her eyelashes fluttered a few times, and then he hesitated and said: "Chong Lingzi... we didn't mean to do that. The master of the prison has also scolded us... Just eat the fast food and take care of yourself...
"With that said, he took a step forward and handed over the wooden box.
Seeing that both of them had apologized, Yang Zhaoxi did not want to delve deeper. Besides, the visitor was a guest here, and it would be quite rude to cause a fuss. So he took the wooden box, turned around and put it down on the wooden table aside.
During this turn, accidents and embarrassments suddenly occurred - the step Cui Wan took just now accidentally stepped on a corner of the quilt. When Yang Zhaoxi turned around, the quilt was pulled down by this step, and it fell.
On the ground, his naked body was completely exposed!
"Ah! Ah -" two exclamations sounded almost at the same time.
Yang Zhaoxi's first reaction was to run forward, pick up the quilt, and wrap it around her body in a panic. Cui Wan mistakenly thought that he was coming to humiliate her, so she raised her right arm without thinking, "Pah!"
"——" A crisp sound almost stunned Yang Chaoxi. But it also shocked Luo Rou to wake up, quickly picked up Cui Wan, turned around and ran away.
Yang Zhaoxi took a breath, then remembered something, and shouted to the two figures who had just ran away: "Hey! Aren't you here to apologize... What does this slap mean? What the hell am I &*%#￥^!"