Chapter 62 Entering the Tao
The mountains are high and the forests are dense. In early spring, the weather is no less cold than in winter.
With his feet on dead leaves and broken branches, Pei Ning held a long sword in his hand and carried an iron bow and quiver on his back.
She was wearing a gray dress, with tightly tied cuffs and a straight waist.
Lin Bai also wore the same outfit, except that the hairpin was replaced by a black hairpin and he also wore a copper ring on his hand.
After seeing Qu Chengjia off yesterday, Lin Bai ran away without stopping.
Of course, it was very dangerous at that time. If Song Qing turned against him immediately, it would be a big deal.
But now it seems that the immortals have great contempt for ordinary people. Even the deep-minded Song Qing did not take Lin Bai seriously at all.
Lin Bai felt that these immortals may not understand that a lion must fight a rabbit with all his strength, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they may be worse than a rabbit.
"What's wrong with you?" Pei Ning asked when Lin Bai stopped.
Lin Bai looked at the way he came and said, "I always feel like something is following us."
Having seen black cicadas and moths, Lin Bai did not dare to look down upon the monk's methods at all.
Although I am not afraid of deducing the clues, if others follow me closely, it doesn't matter whether they deduced or not.
"We have been careful enough. We will shoot all the birds and beasts that come close. If Song is really found, it will not be a crime of war. You and I will admit it." Pei Ning smiled magnanimously.
She followed Lin Bai into the mountains yesterday, and until now she had decided that Qu Chengjia wanted to silence Qu Chengjia without asking Lin Bai, and she was just cooperating with Lin Bai.
"He came after me." Lin Bai looked at Pei Ning and said, "Actually, you don't have to go with me."
After hearing this, Pei Ning immediately changed his expression, glared at Lin Bai fiercely, and walked forward.
"Why are you so anxious..." Lin Bai glanced back, then hurriedly followed, he was careful not to apologize, and it took him a long time to coax him.
Lin Bai and Pei Ning were trembling because of Qu Chengjia's presence before, and they didn't even dare to do small movements, let alone practice.
Now that Qu Chengjia has left, and there are pursuers behind him, the matter of cultivation cannot be slowed down.
A warrior has no chance of winning against a Foundation-Building Immortal Master. Only after entering the Tao can one have a slight chance of victory...
The Immortal Technique that I obtained earlier is called Ruyi Jingxin Jue, and it is stated at the beginning that it needs to be practiced in a place filled with spiritual energy.
Lin Bai and Pei Ning didn't know how to tell whether the spiritual energy was full, but they immediately thought of the place where Qi Zhen died.
You can tell at a glance that the area is different from other places. It belongs to a blessed land, and it should be a place filled with spiritual energy.
But the cave has been known to everyone for a long time and is not considered a secret.
Therefore, Lin Bai and Pei Ning avoided it, and instead went to find the place where Pei Wuyong hid the secret.
At that time, Pei Ning was reminded by Sister Zhen and found the secret.
Because of this, Lin Bai concluded that there should be a blessed place for practice nearby.
The two searched for that place and searched for another twenty miles before finally discovering a small cave entrance covered by dead leaves of shrubs.
The cave is not deep, but very narrow, allowing only one person to enter. After walking more than ten feet crookedly, we reached the end.
The innermost one is slightly larger, but only about two feet in diameter. There was a stone futon in the middle, and there were some ashes from burning incense on the ground.
Nothing else.
I can't tell if it's a blessed place, but living here, my whole body feels warm and very comfortable.
The two looked around cautiously before finally sitting down and talking.
"I was still thinking about what kind of formation my old friend would set up to prevent us from entering." Peining had a smile on his face.
"How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air? When I diagnose a woman's pulse, I have to put a piece of gauze over her. How can I have an old friend?" Lin Bai didn't expect Pei Ning to mention this again.
"Haha." Pei Ning sneered, took out the Ruyi Jingxin Jue from the baggage, and winked at Lin Bai, gesturing to take a look.
In fact, both of them had seen it many times, and Lin Bai had already kept it in mind.
However, seeing her cautious look, Lin Bai obediently came to her side and took a closer look.
Their heads were almost touching, and their breaths were touching.
Pei Ning frowned slightly, obviously taking it very seriously. Lin Bai occasionally peeked at her lips.
"This Ruyi Jingxin Jue is an introductory method to practice, and it has the effect of calming the mind. It is suitable for people with average qualifications to practice."
"According to the book, the first step is to feel the aura and detect where the aura is. The second step is crucial, which is to introduce the aura into the body, cleanse the whole body, and then change the body constitution, so that the aura can be better absorbed into the body. , forming a change in the sky, using spiritual power to drive magic. ”
"This second step is a little more dangerous. It's best to have an elder or someone you trust to protect you."
Peining said the annotations recorded on the formula
When she said this, she turned her head slightly to look at Lin Bai and said, "You keep peeking at me. Do you want to sleep with me because men and women live alone in the same room?"
"We are still running for our lives, am I that bored?" Lin Bai frowned, as if you looked down on me so much.
"Yes." Peining nodded, "You have slept with an immortal master, how can you care about my mortal body?"
"Let's talk about cultivation first..." Lin Bai felt that Pei Ning's ability to carry out yin and yang eccentricities was getting stronger.
Sure enough, Pei Ning stopped looking for trouble and started serious discussions with Lin Bai.
Both of them were young and cautious in nature. After discussing for a long time, Lin Bai insisted on coming first.
After all, it was the first time. Lin Bai was worried that something would go wrong with Pei Ning, but with Shi Pan around, he was a little more sure.
Pei Ning was not a shy person. Seeing Lin Bai's determination, she agreed and just held the sword to protect the law.
Lin Bai sat cross-legged on the stone futon, closed his eyes and let his mind go.
People have appeared on the stone plate. According to the method contained in Ruyi Jingxin Jue, silently feel the spiritual energy veins around you. However, it was useless. After sitting for a long time, I did not feel the presence of spiritual energy in the stone plate...
"According to Ruyi Jingxin Jue, future practice cannot be separated from spiritual energy. If this is the case, wouldn't it be impossible to practice in a stone plate?"
Lin Bai thought about it for a while and then opened his eyes.
"How is it?" Peining asked with concern.
Lin Bai shook his head and said, "I'll try again."
I closed my eyes and didn’t enter the stone plate this time. Only return the body and mind to tranquility, isolate the five senses, do not ask about foreign affairs, and do not hear external disturbances.
After a long time, Lin Bai felt nothing. Instead, he felt that Pei Ning's mood seemed to be getting more and more tense, as if he was very worried.
Opening her eyes and meeting Peining's gaze, she was as calm as water.
Lin Bai knew her well. She was always like this, even if there was a turmoil in her heart, she could act like nothing was wrong.
"You go out first." Lin Bai said.
"As if I'm happy to stay here." Peining laughed, turned around and left the cave.
After a while, he came in again, holding a rope.
"If something happens, remember to pull the thread. I...I'll come see you in an hour." Peining put one end of the thread into Lin Bai's hand and went out with the sword.
After she left, the cave became even quieter. Lin Bai waved his sleeves to extinguish the torch and continued to close his eyes.
I don’t know how long it took, but I seemed to hear the subtle sound of trickling water.
After distinguishing for a long time, it was determined that the sound came from under the stone futon.
The "water" seemed very light, slowly rising up, but becoming less and less.
Lin Bai felt as if he was bathing in "water", and the water slowly soaked into his body from his skin.
Like a slight acupuncture, the "water" enters the skin, followed by flesh, blood, organs, and muscles.
The pain intensified, as if I had become dirty clothes, been soaked in water, and then been beaten with a stick.
I don’t know how long it took, but this feeling like a shrew doing laundry disappeared. The water-like spiritual energy slowly entered the sea of qi in the body with the breathing.
Man has two great secrets. One is the sea of consciousness, which is the place where one’s destiny is. It can condense spiritual consciousness and realize the magical power of one’s destiny. The mystery is not explained in detail in the method.
Another secret is the sea of qi, which stores spiritual energy and uses it as a basis to drive spells with spiritual power. As the cultivation level gets higher, the Qi Sea becomes thicker and stronger.
The two secret treasures complement each other and form the foundation of spiritual practice and the beginning of the great road.
Lin Bai closed his eyes and felt the slightest trace of spiritual energy slowly entering the sea of qi from three acupoints.
There are spiritual orifices within the human Qi sea. There are at most nine or at least one orifice. The number of spiritual orifices is the so-called "qualification" for practice.
The more spiritual apertures are born, the smoother the path of cultivation will be. If one is born with nine orifices, then the golden elixir will also have a smooth path. If there is only one orifice, the path of cultivation will be extremely difficult.
However, this is only a rough statement. The quality of your qualifications depends on your character, the strength of the Qi sea, the amount of spiritual energy you can hold, and your destiny.
But no matter what, the number of spiritual apertures is the most direct judgment to distinguish the level of qualifications.
However, there are no absolutes. Once God has given the spiritual aperture to open it, it means that the road to greatness is not yet complete. There are also many so-called "poor qualifications" who only have one or two spiritual apertures, but they go further on the road to greatness.
Especially the higher the level of cultivation, the number of spiritual apertures is not as important as one’s destiny.
The sea of qi has spiritual orifices, but the sea of consciousness is different, because the destiny has been determined and will not change until death.
One’s destiny is crucial to the direction of one’s spiritual path. Just like Qu Chengjia, whose natal life is a black turtle in the river, practicing water-related exercises and numerology can get twice the result with half the effort. You can also learn the magical power of deducing traces from the black turtle.
After a long time, Lin Bai only felt a trace of spiritual energy gathering in the sea of qi, which in turn traveled throughout his body and became spiritual power that he could use.
But too little. Firstly, his qualifications are indeed average; secondly, the spiritual energy here is too thin.
"Qu Chengjia said that my qualifications are not very good, but he said that Sister Ning's qualifications are good. Sister Ning must have more spiritual apertures than me...and this is a desolate place, so there must be less spiritual energy."
When he opened his eyes, he saw Peining looking at him.
"How long has it been?" Lin Bai asked.
"One day and one night." Pei Ning stared into Lin Bai's eyes and asked, "How is it?"
"I have entered the Tao." Lin Bai smiled.
Entering the Tao means entering into cultivation, which is already the first level of Qi training.
"It's different after sleeping with an immortal." Peining's tone contained no emotion or anger.
"If you sleep with me now, you can be considered as sleeping with an immortal." Lin Bai said shamelessly.
Pei Ning couldn't help laughing, and Lin Bai also laughed.
This time they saw hope for the future, and both of them felt more relaxed.
"It's up to you." Lin Bai touched his stomach and felt a little hungry, "I have a lot of experience, and I will tell you all about it."
Peining shook her head and said, "No matter how stable you are, I will protect you." She was very cautious and took out a water bag and a deer leg.
Lin Bai was not pretentious and naturally agreed.
And vaguely, Lin Bai felt that after entering the Taoism, the stone plate should change.
(End of chapter)