Chapter 184: Slow one, fast two, fight for three (Happy New Year everyone! It

"Cultivation begins with eating Qi, but Junior Sister, you probably don't need to learn eating Qi?"

Cheng Xinzhan called Gu Xinshu to come to the table under the persimmon tree and sit down.

He was still not used to it. Initially, he had called her fellow Daoist for several years. In fact, when they first met, he was startled to see a dragon species and opened his mouth to call her Senior. Later, through contact, he discovered that this dragon species had a childish nature, like a child, so he changed it to fellow Daoist.

This dragon species could not speak and did not know her name, so he kept calling her fellow Daoist for several years. Later, when they became familiar, he inquired about her name, learned about her life experience, knew her dragon age, and brought her to Mingzhi Mountain to live, so he changed his address to Qin'er.

He had called her Qin'er for many years and was used to it. Now he actually had to change it to Junior Sister; it was really unexpected.

Hearing Cheng Xinzhan's question, the girl nodded. To tell the truth, she couldn't even understand how to not eat Qi.

"Then the spiritual energy you have been absorbing should be Water spiritual energy?"

The girl still nodded. Eating Qi was her instinct, but her instinct could only allow her to ingest Water spiritual energy.

Cheng Xinzhan conjured a lead bottle and placed it in front of the girl,

"This is 'Dragon Chant Water Lei Gang'. It has dragon might and water intent; it should be relatively suitable for you. Consider it a greeting gift from your Senior Brother."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

The girl thanked him and put the bottle away, looking very refined.

Cheng Xinzhan felt it was somewhat funny. This dragon girl had a child's nature. Although her nature was said to be quiet, she was not a wooden person. Every time he went out and returned, she would pull him to play in the water. This time, she had transformed into human form and become his Junior Sister, yet she had become distant.

"Junior Sister, why have you become distant now that our relationship is closer? Are you still being formal with me?"

Cheng Xinzhan said with a smile.

The girl glanced at Old Bai and said prettily,

"Old Bai said that human women should be like this."

Cheng Xinzhan squinted over.

Old Bai felt a tightness in his heart, and his beard trembled, "Little Master came to ask what human women should be like. This old servant just read it in a book."

"Don't bring those rigid and bad habits you saw in the mortal world to the mountain, lest you become a laughingstock, and don't mislead people."

Cheng Xinzhan said lightly.

Old Bai could hear that Cheng Xinzhan was somewhat angry. He was terrified in his heart, bowing repeatedly and saying yes, straight away saying he would never dare again.

Cheng Xinzhan turned his gaze to the girl and said, "Junior Sister, don't listen to him. He hasn't even transformed into human form himself, and he is even less of a woman. People have never been all the same. The way you have always been is very good; you don't need to change."

The girl's eyes lit up as she listened, "Is what Senior Brother said true?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and smiled, "Look at Master, what is she like?"

The girl thought about it and only felt that Master acted decisively and vigorously; she really wasn't like what Old Bai said.

But what kind of woman would her mother be? Father always said mother was a strong woman. What kind of woman is a strong woman? Mother passed away when she was very young. Now she only remembers that her mother's singing voice was very good; as for the rest, she can no longer remember.

Father, are you doing well now?

Your daughter already has a sect, has a Master, and has a Senior Brother; she is no longer alone.

The girl's reverie came suddenly. Cheng Xinzhan saw her suddenly dazed and smiled indifferently. She used to be like this often. She had taken his words to heart, returned to being herself, and was no longer formal.

Waiting quietly for the girl to come back to her senses, Cheng Xinzhan continued,

"Junior Sister, you don't need to spend too much effort on eating Qi, but you still need to learn breathing and meditation. Firstly, breathing can strengthen the internal organs; secondly, it can calm the mind and stabilize the spirit; thirdly, you also need to ingest spiritual energy of the other four attributes. Although you can specialize in Water practice in the future, you cannot be completely ignorant of the other four. Since you have entered the Daoist sect, if you only understand one line of the Five Elements Daoist Dharma, that is to be completely ignorant."

"In addition, you still need to learn meditation methods. The Inner Landscape Technique is one of the most mysterious methods in the Daoist sect. Eating Qi is only its most basic usage. Moreover, you are of dragon descent, so sooner or later you will need to meditate on the true dragon form."

Xinshu nodded and said yes.

"Junior Sister, learn the breathing method and meditation method together. I have the breathing guidance mantra passed down by Master here. For the meditation method, Junior Sister, start by meditating and copying the Crystal Palace at the bottom of the pool, then expand the Crystal Palace in your mind by yourself. After your mindfulness is solidified, I will teach you the Five Elements Dharma spells. After the Five Elements are complete, we will talk about the Yin-Yang Dao. How does that sound?"

The girl nodded and blinked, "Xinshu doesn't understand much, just listen to Senior Brother."

In the past days, Green Dragon had basically not cultivated much, so how could she understand these?

Next, Cheng Xinzhan began to teach Green Dragon the Five-Character Breathing Mantra, which also became the beginning of his nightmare-like Dharma-teaching journey.

This Green Dragon had not transformed into human form for long, and she was a stutterer herself. The coordination of throat, tongue, mouth, teeth, and lips was still not understood. After a few hours, Cheng Xinzhan felt that he was not teaching a word mantra, but teaching pronunciation and speaking.

"Alright, alright, Junior Sister, let's stop here for today. Practice it yourself when you are free, and think more about how to pronounce the 【Xu】 character."

Cheng Xinzhan said, rubbing his eyebrows.

"Good."

The girl nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. She had been babbling for a long time and her mouth was dry. She had long since not wanted to practice and hurried to sleep under the water.

Seeing the girl jump into the water in a hurry, Cheng Xinzhan couldn't help but shake his head, thinking,

Master, you really haven't tasted the bitterness of being a Master!

Cheng Xinzhan sighed and entered Wuyou Cave.

He burned incense, changed clothes, sat down with his five hearts facing the sky, closed his eyes, and entered meditation.

He organized his gains and losses during his time overseas in his heart and wanted to think about the path ahead.

Up to this point, he had walked through all three demonic sects, and it was from shallow to deep.

The first time he went to the Southern Frontier, he stood on the side of the Daoist forces and side-door forces in the Miao Frontier to deal with the Southern demonic sect forces headed by Baiman Mountain in the Southern Wilderness.

At that time, his realm was too low, and he didn't dare to go to the front line. Basically, he had no direct conflict with the people of the demonic sect. He drew talismans and repaired tools in a logistics base, and played with swords and practiced steps in his spare time. His understanding of the Southern demonic sect was established from the mouths of Miao Frontier friends.

The second time he went to the West Sea, as a front-line soldier, he faced the newly established Blood God Sect directly. He stayed for half a year, then went deep into the Northern Frontier, traveling east along the northern line, and basically understood the style of the Northern demonic sect.

The third time, which was this recent time, was to go to the East Sea, lurking inside the overseas demonic sect, understanding the division of power of the overseas demonic sect, and seeing some big figures in the overseas demonic sect. These three travels also let him see the similarities and differences of the three demonic sects.

The Southern sect is cunning and cruel, the Northern sect is cold-blooded and ruthless, and the overseas sect is tyrannical and indulgent.

The common point is that they all regard human life as grass.

And they all deserve to be killed.

It was precisely these three travels that let Cheng Xinzhan know that cultivation is not only about seeking the Dao in immortal mountains, but also about demonic dens harming the world. At the same time, it made him clarify his intention of cultivation, which is not only for longevity and leisure, but also for purging demons and defending the Dao.

However, purging demons and defending the Dao is based on one's own strength. Without entering the Third Realm, one can never be on the stage. One can kill small demons, but cannot stop great evils.

Cheng Xinzhan originally wanted to stay in the Second Realm for a long time, open more physical apertures, practice more supernatural powers, and realize the essence of life storage, so as to lay a solid foundation for longevity. However, traveling through demonic dens three times, plus the arrogance of Emei and the evil heart of Longhu, actually gave him a sense of urgency that time waits for no one.

The words of the Sect Master when he went to sea still echoed in his ears,

"This cosmic world seems to have been peaceful for a long time, and the righteous path is prosperous, but once you wake up and look around, it is already internal and external troubles!"

Yes, the chaos in the world has already appeared. If you still don't listen to things outside the window and just sit in the mountain to strive for the perfection of the realm, is this what you want?

No.

!

Longevity is my wish, but I care more about the peace of the world.

This is Cheng Xinzhan's true thought.

What does the perfection of the Second Realm count for in the face of human welfare?

If there is no such beautiful world, even if you attain longevity, what is the difference between you and the stone statue in the temple?

Furthermore, what does a mere Second Realm perfection count for on the road to longevity?

If the Second Realm is not perfect, the Golden Core may be lacking.

But so what? It doesn't matter, just wash it clean nine times!

As for the truth of life storage, it can be put aside for now. After attaining the Golden Core, it is not too late to look back and search for it!

If an outsider overheard Cheng Xinzhan's inner voice at this moment, they would definitely laugh their heads off. A small cultivator in the Second Realm actually speaks of the Great Dao of longevity and human welfare. Isn't this a laughingstock?

But no matter what others think, this is indeed Cheng Xinzhan's true heart.

Now that his original heart is clear, Cheng Xinzhan remains firm and unmoved.

Next, he only considers one thing: Core Formation.

The Golden Core is the beginning of longevity and the source of the Qi sea, which is the essence of the Inner Dan Dao. The so-called gathering wind and drinking dew, eating purple and dining on clouds, eating the Qi of heaven and earth, and receiving the essence of the sun and moon, all boil down to just forming this one Golden Core.

The Inner Landscape is a small world, and the Nature is a large world. Qi is the bridge between the two. Only by introducing the Qi of the large world of nature into the small world of the Inner Landscape can the small world of the Inner Landscape be activated. Only when the small world of the Inner Landscape is alive can we talk about essence, Qi, and spirit.

Among the three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit, Qi is the foundation. Only with Qi can the mortal body be cultivated into a Dao fetus and primordial essence, and only with Qi can the three souls and seven spirits be condensed into an undissipated primordial spirit.

And before cultivating the Dao fetus and primordial spirit, one must first condense the Qi into a Golden Core.

The Golden Core is a seed condensed from the spiritual essence of the large world of nature in the small world of the human body. It is the starting point of transcending the mundane and becoming holy, and it is the beginning of longevity.

In various Daoist lineages, there are sayings about the Golden Core. The Daoist sect calls it the Golden Core, the Buddhist sect calls it the Sarira, and the Demonic sect calls it the Yuan Pearl. There are many subdivisions and aliases here. Just in the many Dharma lineages of the Daoist sect, there are dozens of sayings. The Inner Dan Dao calls it the Inner Dan, the Star-Observing Dao calls it the Ziwei, the Primordial Spirit Dao calls it the Flying Boat, and the Corpse-Dissection Dao calls it the Cicada Essence, etc.

This is enough to show the foundation-like status of the Golden Core in many cultivation Dharma lineages.

The Daoist sect calls it the Golden Core, which naturally does not mean that this pill belongs to Metal in the Five Elements, and it is even less possible that this pill is golden. Calling it the Golden Core takes the meaning of the immortality of the Metal nature and longevity.

In the cultivation of the Inner Dan Dao, to form a Golden Core, one must use the physical body as a pill furnace and Dharma power as a true fire to refine Yin-Yang great medicine into a pill.

Here, the pill furnace is the Huang Ting, the true fire is Dharma power, and the Yin-Yang great medicine is Heavenly Gang and Earthly Malevolence.

The reason why the pill furnace is the Huang Ting is that the Huang Ting connects all the major apertures and vital organs of the human body with the Zhou Tian meridians. Placing the Golden Core here makes it the commander's mansion for moving Qi. With just one thought, Qi and strength can reach any place. Conversely, no matter which aperture is used to introduce Qi into the body, it can always be guided to the Huang Ting. It is precisely because of this that Yin and Yang Qi can intersect here.

Every sect and faction also unanimously places the Golden Core here, so this place is also called the Dantian. As for the aliases and hidden words for the Huang Ting in various sects and factions, if you count them carefully, I am afraid there are no less than a hundred kinds.

The reason why the great medicine is Heavenly Gang and Earthly Malevolence is that Heavenly Gang and Earthly Malevolence are the only innate Yin-Yang Qi remaining between heaven and earth. Yin-Yang Qi is the mother Qi of all things. Forming a pill with Yin and Yang can naturally command the spiritual mechanism of heaven and earth.

The reason why the true fire is Dharma power has two reasons.

First, Dharma power is refined from the essence of heaven and earth spiritual energy introduced into the human body and then completing the Zhou Tian Qi movement. It resides in the mansion and is the soldier, while Yin-Yang Gang and Malevolence is the mother of spiritual energy and is the commander. When forming the Golden Core, one's own Zhou Tian Dharma power and the external Yin-Yang Gang and Malevolence are melted together, which is the soldier worshipping the commander, and also a fusion of one's own Dharma power and the Golden Core. The source of Dharma power in the future will not only be ingesting spiritual energy from the outside world; as long as the Golden Core is full, it can transform into a continuous stream of Dharma power from the Golden Core.

That is: Yin and Yang transform into the Five Elements.

Second, it is true that Heavenly Gang and Earthly Malevolence are Yin-Yang great medicine, but at the same time, when Yin and Yang are attached and formed, some acquired impurities and dirt are mixed in. One must use Five Elements Dharma power to refine and remove the essence. Of course, the more newly born and higher-grade the Gang and Malevolence, the less dirt there is, and the more aging and lower-grade, the more dirt there is.

Now, for the pill furnace, true fire, and great medicine, these three things, Cheng Xinzhan is not lacking in true fire and great medicine, but he is still missing the pill furnace.

Casting a pill furnace, in the Inner Dan Dao, is plowing the court.

The Huang Ting is solid, far surpassing the Five Mansions, and it is not something that can be opened by just introducing spirit into the body. It cannot be done without Gang and Malevolence.

Plowing the court with Gang and Malevolence also has its own requirements. One needs to select two apertures on the body surface that lead directly to the large world of nature as portals, introduce Gang and Malevolence, and then follow the apertures and meridians that have already been opened, straight to the Huang Ting.

Gang and Malevolence entering the body is one as the innate mother Qi and one as the acquired flesh and blood. It is also like water and fire, not to mention the great pain. If one is not careful, Gang and Malevolence will easily solidify and block the apertures. This is the true malevolence rushing the apertures that Cheng Xinzhan experienced before his heart mansion was opened.

To avoid this, one must first refine the lead and mercury that restrain Gang and Malevolence, and lay lead water and mercury liquid along the inner walls of the apertures and meridians.

The portals where Gang and Malevolence enter and the aperture paths along the way are not chosen randomly, right? If it is too long and complicated, it will damage the Gang and Malevolence, leading to the inability to plow the court and also causing the great medicine to be insufficient in weight, making it impossible to form a pill. In addition, it will cause Yin-Yang Qi to be overly contaminated with the acquired blood Qi of the human body's apertures, and when it reaches the furnace, it will not be easy to refine.

How should one choose? This is where it relates to the Second Realm of Life Storage.

If the Second Realm is perfect, and all the Zhou Tian apertures have been explored and opened, then naturally one can find two Yin-Yang paths most suitable for the selected Gang and Malevolence. If one has opened too few or is one-sided, I am afraid that plowing the court will be difficult, let alone forming a pill.

And this, to say a thousand or ten thousand, is just guiding Gang and Malevolence into the body to plow the court and preparing the pill furnace. Cheng Xinzhan feels that he is extremely lucky. The Gang and Malevolence are all complete. In this world, I don't know how many people cannot reach the step of Gang and Malevolence entering the body. Often, they waste their whole lives looking for Gang and Malevolence that fit their own Dao path.

Core Formation is just two simple words, but it is the lifelong pursuit of many obsessed dreamers.

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