Chapter 21: Eating Qi and Not Dying, The Great Night Does Not Brighten

It has been more than a month since returning from Zhenwu Mountain. Every day, besides throwing resumes, Zhang Fan was practicing the 【Source of North and South Sects】 method behind closed doors.

At first, there was a feeling of upper body like frost and lower body like true fire burning.

As of today, that difficult feeling gradually dissipated, replaced by a warm, numb feeling... like the sun shining, penetrating into the pores.

Especially when holding one and entering stillness, he could perceive the wonder of various changes in the body—sinking like money falling, floating like a treasure horse soaring, the conscious spirit gradually calmed down, the primordial spirit returned to emptiness, seeing lotus flowers blooming all over the ground, and in a blink of an eye, it was like white snow flying all over the sky...

Zhang Fan knew that he had succeeded in gathering medicine, returned to true yang, and after the primordial spirit absorbed and strengthened, it produced various 【External Scenes】 that nourished the flesh.

Ancient alchemy books say that when yang energy is sufficient and the primordial spirit is strong, one can observe 18,000 external scenes, which seem true but not true, seem false but not false, empty and wonderful, nothing is not there.

In other words, Zhang Fan's primordial spirit gradually strengthened, and began to gradually break through the lowest way of perceiving the world—【Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body, Intention】, gradually seeing many external images that ordinary people cannot see.

Besides that, Zhang Fan's body also underwent no small changes. The wonder of flesh and blood strengthening and the change of intelligence and agility were secondary...

In the past few days, every time night fell, he could always perceive the root of the device flourishing, nine reversals, making him feel like he was in a furnace, agitated and crazy.

Zhang Fan knew that this was because his essence and qi were too flourishing, kidney water boiling, and it must be refined with heart fire, Kan and Li intersecting, keeping the innate primordial essence from leaking. This is the method of refining essence into qi.

In this way, this skin bag can become more and more strengthened, the tripod furnace changes, and the primordial spirit naturally benefits.

This is what Daoism calls 【Dual Cultivation of Nature and Life】, cultivating both the primordial spirit and refining flesh and blood.

Therefore, the Pure Yang Patriarch once said: Cultivating nature without cultivating life is the first disease of cultivation; cultivating life without cultivating nature, it is difficult for the yin spirit to enter the saint after ten thousand calamities.

Dual cultivation of nature and life is inseparable.

Besides that, Zhang Fan's demand for food was reduced a lot. At first, practicing the 【Source of North and South Sects】 method, he still needed to eat one meal a day. Later, even if he didn't eat or drink for two or three days, he was still energetic and vigorous.

The ancients said, the people take food as heaven.

Food determines the way and route of evolution, and it is equally important for ordinary people, and even for Daoist practitioners.

Alchemy books say, those who eat meat are brave and fierce, those who eat grain are wise and skillful, those who eat qi are divine and long-lived, those who do not eat do not die and are divine.

Although ordinary grains and meat can nourish flesh and blood, strengthen tendons and bones, and make ears and eyes intelligent... however, because of the human body's innate structure and digestive system, over time, it is inevitable to produce impurities and damage essence and qi.

Therefore, ancient Daoist priests or monks pay attention to not eating after noon, allowing the body to be in a clean state for a long time.

Even modern science has gradually discovered the benefits of 【Fasting】. Fasting for more than 12 hours, the liver will consume the last glycogen storage, and the body's energy supply will begin to consume fat, so the popular 168 weight loss method is based on such a theory.

At this time, the body enters a ketogenic metabolic state, which can effectively reduce inflammation and has great benefits for the brain, metabolism, and cardiovascular system.

Fasting for more than 24 hours will induce the body's autophagy function, convert damaged old proteins into usable new amino acids, update tissues in the body, repair the body, anti-aging, etc.

From this, it can be seen that although our body relies on food, it is also constrained by food.

The so-called cultivation is to start changing from "food" which is heaven, returning to the light, swallowing spiritual energy, so that one can reach the realm of those who eat qi are divine and long-lived. As the cultivation deepens, one can even achieve Bigu (not eating).

Going further, one can be like the ancient alchemy masters, those who do not eat do not die and are divine.

That is the realm that only the cultivation of Land Immortals can look up to.

"Refining longevity, refining longevity... The path of cultivation is so magical."

On this day, Zhang Fan woke up from cultivation, feeling the changes in his body, only feeling incredible.

Over time, not to mention truly long-lived, at least he can live longer than ordinary people.

Of course, because of awakening the divine ability, Zhang Fan had already overdrawn a lot of lifespan. Now practicing hard is just to compensate for the loss, otherwise he would only live shorter than ordinary people.

Dying young is also highly expected.

"Damn..." Zhang Fan thought of his own crux and couldn't help but spit.

If others awakened divine abilities, they would definitely be happy and invite the world to a banquet, but for Zhang Fan, it was like getting a terminal illness. It was really because his time in the Daoist gate was short, and he was barely at the 【Qi Worker】 rank, like a newborn baby wielding a peerless divine weapon. The danger can be imagined.

"Let's stop here today."

Zhang Fan stopped practicing and prepared to go out.

Daoist Pojie introduced him to a job.

Logically speaking, Zhang Fan merged with the Zhenwu Jade Tablet and should have stayed on the mountain. Both safety and cultivation could be taken into account.

"Now that you have descended the mountain, if you want to reach the 【High Merit】 rank as soon as possible, then go to work."

Every time he thought of this advice from Senior Brother Pojie, Zhang Fan felt extremely strange...

In this era, can you cultivate immortality and longevity by being a corporate slave!?

"Night Does Not Brighten Culture Co., Ltd..."

This is a cultural and creative company specializing in Daoist-related products.

Zhang Fan's position is website management and maintenance, with a three-month probation period, one day off a week, and a monthly salary of 4,000.

In an environment where graduate students walk everywhere and college students are not as good as dogs in June and July, such treatment is considered good.

Nowadays, it is not comparable to ancient times. Just as Daoist Pojie said, even if it is a Daoist practitioner, he can only mingle with the light and dust, and he also has to eat, have his feet kneaded, and make money...

Daoist Pojie said that if Zhang Fan can be hired, his cultivation should have a not-weak improvement in a short time, and of course, he can earn some money to support himself.

"Night Does Not Brighten... The Great Night Does Not Brighten... This is Daoist secret language..." Zhang Fan chewed on this name and suddenly remembered.

When Patriarch Sanfeng discussed whether there is a method of life and death in cultivation, he once said:

Rootless tree, the flower is empty, shadowless and formless, hard to draw a map.

Nameless, but listen to the call, capture it into the middle of the creation furnace.

Operate the Samadhi Fire of the Zhou Tian, refine the vacuum to return to the Great Nothingness.

Visit the Immortal Capital, receive the Heavenly Talisman, only then are you a man of a man.

Once the conscious spirit is agitated, the Great Night Does Not Brighten and suffers heavenly punishment.

The Great Night Does Not Brighten is to describe the agitation of the conscious spirit. Even if one has the cultivation of the Golden Core's wonderful transformation, one will also suffer loss, like the world is dark, and there will never be a day to stand out.

This is also the calamity that Daoist practitioners fear most.

If the primordial spirit enters the Great Night Does Not Brighten, the cultivation will retreat and be lost, and even memories will be lost.

That day, Zhang Fan read the 【Dao Secret Record】 and also saw this sentence when seeing the introduction of the 【God-Demon Holy Fetus】 method...

The most ferocious in the world, God-Demon Holy Fetus, gather thoughts as medicine, must enter the realm of the Great Night Does Not Brighten!!

For Daoist practitioners, that is a nightmare, but for those who comprehend this method, it is a must-go path.

From this, it can be seen that the danger of this method and the terror of this path are really not something ordinary people can imagine.

"Night Does Not Brighten... Why does this name sound so dangerous..." Zhang Fan muttered.

Before Zhang Fan practiced, he didn't feel anything, but now he felt some taboos.

"Hmm? Is this company in Taoyuan Square?" Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, and his complexion gradually became strange.

Taoyuan Square is a famous fierce place in Yujing City, and locals also call it Taoyuan Corpse Field.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 22 =====