Chapter 78 Four years, building the second level of the foundation
The five senses refer to shape, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
The six consciousnesses refer to eye consciousness, ear consciousness, nose consciousness, tongue consciousness, body consciousness and spiritual consciousness.
“Monks in the world may practice Dharma, techniques, or magical powers, but they are all unable to achieve great success, all because they do not understand the wonderful purpose of the five senses and six consciousnesses.”
“There is great power outside the body. Heaven and earth, there are small things inside the body Heaven and earth, those who cultivate immortality eat their breath to live forever, and swallow the sky and the earth. However, if the nine orifices are not opened in the big world, the chaos will not die, and the heaven and earth will not be opened. If the small world does not cultivate the five senses and six consciousnesses, it will be like wading blindly in the water, which is dangerous and unspeakable... ”
"Take the nose consciousness as an example: Every time an ordinary person exhales and inhales, he or she inhales all the surrounding breath into the abdomen, and then relies on the power of the chest and lungs to circulate the useful clear air throughout the body and spit out the dirty air. In this process, There is no distinction between pure and turbid, so There is always a lot of useless loss.”
“If you have successfully cultivated your nose sense, you can distinguish the pure and turbid air in the same breath, and swallow all the other miscellaneous and turbid air. Shield. In this way, the swallowing The vital energy of heaven and earth absorbs the spiritual energy of the world, exhales and inhales, and removes impurities. The efficiency of cultivation is several times and dozens of times faster than that of others. If you have this ability, why worry about not achieving the great path and being immortal? "
Late night, Lu Cheng was originally reading the "Nine Questions of Dao Ji" written by Yueshan Sanren and was fascinated, but when he saw that it was obscure and inconsistent with his own practice, he couldn't think clearly for a while, so he put down the "Nine Questions" for the time being and picked up a book. Study this "General Theory of Five Senses and Six Consciousnesses".
Change your thinking and don’t let your thoughts only go in one direction.
The book Lu Cheng is holding now is the Taoist book of Ranmu Mountain stolen by Lin Tianshu. It does not involve the practice of any exercises or spells. It just talks about the role of the five senses and six consciousnesses in the practice of monks. , and there are also some basic maintenance methods and a catalog of related elixirs.
Lu Cheng has now begun to adhere to the maintenance methods inside to enhance his sensitivity in related aspects.
He has cultivated the state of the sword's heart being transparent. Every time the five senses and six consciousnesses increase by one point, the sword's heart becomes clearer and clearer, and the coverage area becomes larger.
Although it does not involve any techniques or spells, it can actually enhance your swordsmanship.
The night was as cold as water, and while Lu Cheng was walking around reading from time to time, putting down the book from time to time to think and comprehend, a calling voice came:
"Help me!"
"Come here and help me!"
Hearing this, Lu Cheng put down the book in his hand and smiled. This was not the first time he had encountered this kind of thing.
Ever since he helped Baidu Golden Silkworm Gu once and used rotten spiritual fruit to improve the relationship between the two parties, Golden Silkworm Gu would call out to him whenever he encounters unsolvable difficulties in the Jiuli world.
“This little bug, what has it caused?”
Lu Cheng shook his head, put the books away, then walked to a rocking chair and lay down, closing his eyes. Gather your consciousness.
As he was swaying under his body, a red light suddenly rushed out from the Taoist's eyebrows on the bed. After turning in a circle in mid-air, the red light fell into the Taoist's arms again:
Entering Jiuli again World, the weather is bad tonight, the clouds are thick, and two of the four suns in the sky are covered by thick dark clouds.
The red light appeared out of thin air and fell on the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu.
Once again entering the insect's perspective and receiving its memory, Lu Cheng no longer felt the same discomfort as last time.
This time it is not yellow sand hills, but a dense forest and pool.
The Earth-Escape Silver Scorpion and Hidden Wing Centipede are no longer around, either because they died in battle or were released by the Golden Silkworm Gu. The two bugs controlled by it now are an Iron-backed Mantis and a Ghost-faced Moth.
“I want that fruit, that fruit!”
“I know, don’t read it.” Golden Silkworm Gu has low intelligence, so its desire is simple and strong. Lu Cheng just When you fall on it, you know the purpose of it calling you:
There is a cold pool in the dense forest, and there is a fruit growing in the cold pool. This strange fruit is very important to you, but there is a guard there. Two very powerful poisonous pythons.
On this trip to Jiuli World, Lu Cheng failed to help Baidu Golden Silkworm Gu get the strange fruit.
In fact, he controlled the Golden Silkworm Gu to the vicinity of the cold pool, took one look at it, and then turned around and left. He suppressed the Golden Silkworm Gu's strong desire and tried to stay as far away as possible:
Two third-level poisonous poisons Pythons, and they are very cautious, guarding the strange fruit in the center of the cold pool, at most only one is a little far away, and the other is motionless.
Lu Cheng's physical body cannot come to the Jiuli world. He may be able to kill a third-level poisonous python by controlling the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, but if he fights two at the same time, the probability of death is more than 90%.
What's more, considering the two poisonous pythons' care for the strange fruit, even if they use a trick to remove and finally steal the strange fruit, they will still have to face their unrelenting pursuit and have no time to devour and refine it. Strange fruit.
The commissioned task failed, and the favorability of Baidu Golden Silkworm Gu dropped sharply.
But there was nothing Lu Cheng could do about it. He had too few cards in his hand. No matter how skilled a poker player was, what else could he do when there was only one minimum two left in his hand?
The next day.
Lu Cheng got up early to practice and hone his sword skills.
Red flame, pure Jun, fiery golden light sword, every flying sword Lu Cheng practiced with the five elements of swordsmanship, the sword energy rose and was cultivated in the chest.
After killing Xuanyin, Chiming, Qingyang, and Bishui, it’s not that there are no third-level flying swords to gain, it’s just that none of the flying swords used by the four of them are third-level high-grade ones. In this case Xialu Cheng would rather continue to use his second-level flying sword.
The five-color sword light of green, red, white, yellow, and black moves around and changes. The sword intention and sword moves are either powerful, sharp, light, tough, or violent.
The five elements of earth, metal, water, wood, and fire change, and the sword is used to draw Qi. Every time after practicing the flying sword, Lu Cheng will even feel that the mana in his body increases, and the sword Qi merges from the outside to the inside.
"Pah, pah, pah."
At this moment, there was a gentle flapping of hands in the courtyard.
"It is rumored that Master Lu Guan's swordsmanship is superb. Only when we see him today will we know that the rumors are even better."
Along with the words, an unusually beautiful female Taoist priest walked out wearing a snow-white Taoist robe with only a thorn hairpin holding her black hair.
This Mrs. Yuzhen is tall and tall. She wears a Taoist robe as white as snow, which fits her body well and accentuates the female Taoist priest's perky breasts, round buttocks and exquisite curves.
Lu Cheng had known about her arrival for a long time and was watching from the sidelines.
But Lu Cheng’s swordsmanship has never been afraid of people seeing it. If he wanted to see it, Lu Cheng could perform various swordsmanship for three days and three nights to show her enough.
Mrs. Yuzhen did not hide it. After using the Five Elements Swordsmanship in Lucheng, she walked out with a light high-five, looking forward to the glory.
"Mrs. Yuzhen, did you have a good rest last night?"
With a snap of his fingers, Lu Cheng's flying sword of golden light turned into a streak of crimson and returned to its scabbard. He looked at the female Taoist priest and asked with a smile.
"Madam is here to ask for the "Nine Questions of Daoji". Pindao will give it to you right now."
"Oh, the viewer misunderstood. The viewer didn't want to read it yesterday. Regarding the classics about golden silkworm Gu, although the little girl really can’t remember where the original book was lost, she wrote some of them silently today, but I don’t know if it will be of any use to the viewer.”
While talking, the woman said. The Taoist priest handed over a dozen pieces of paper.
With such a beautiful woman and such a knowledgeable person, Lu Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He took the paper with both hands and lowered his head to read.
These pages record the habits of the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, its favorite foods, cultivation methods, and some of the author's speculations.
It’s just that such a spiritual insect code cannot be written on more than a dozen pieces of paper. Lu Cheng read it quickly. Although he gained something, he could obviously gain more.
After reading those pages, Lu Cheng raised his head and looked at Mrs. Yuzhen. Just seeing such a lively and jade-like beauty made people feel happy.
"If there is nothing urgent, madam, would you like to accompany me for a leisurely walk in the Chixin Temple?"
"I'll help you, the temple master, to lead the way."
Next, Lu Cheng took Mrs. Yuzhen to visit the garden and fish, and talked while walking.
"Where is Madam from? She has profound knowledge and good conversation. I also know some people, but there are few monks with outstanding talents like Madam and Miss Ling'er."
" The viewer praises me greatly, Ling'er has been raised in a boudoir since she was a child, and I used to be a housewife who never left the house or stepped outside. , I followed my husband to live peacefully in Taoism in the mountains. Unexpectedly, disaster came from the sky, and my husband died in a disaster. I could only live here with my little daughter. How could I deserve such praise from the master of the temple? "
< br>Mrs. Yuzhen and her daughter wanted to stay in Chixin Temple to practice, and Lu Cheng also wanted the classics she had read.
But it is always necessary to find out the details in advance. Although the foundation-building monks can enjoy a hundred years of freedom in a corner, they cannot withstand disasters.
Listening to Mrs. Yuzhen’s response, Lu Cheng pondered in his heart:
“This Mrs. Yuzhen seems to have an extraordinary background, but her husband is dead. How can she be able to cultivate like this? The mother and daughter of the couple escaped safely to southern Xinjiang, which shows that their enemies either have low cultivation level or simply do not like them. "I am a first-class monk." "But the Taoist books she has read are true. This deal can be done." Being a Shinto priest? There are not many things to do. I am willing to offer six hundred spiritual stones to my wife for her practice.”
After much thought, Lu Cheng made such an invitation.
"Thank you, Master, for taking me in."
Hearing this, the female crown seemed to want to cry, and fell down directly.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng of course went to help her. The two bodies came into contact. Mrs. Yuzhen first bowed down and then jumped up like an electric shock. A bright red spread from her neck.
“Master, I, I’m going down first.”
After Yun Yuzhen went down, Lu Cheng also exhaled slightly, a little angry at being teased by this female crown.
"It should be that my husband was killed by his enemy, and he was eager to find someone to rely on. Yan Shimei acted a little better, but he can't just think that his character is inferior."
Between life and death. There is a great horror. In order to survive, men, women and countries in this world have done many things that lose their dignity. It is especially difficult for orphans and widowed mothers.
The days passed like this day after day.
Yun Yuzhen said that she was the chief priest of Chixin Temple, but in fact He Lan did most of the things. There were very few things that she needed to do. Occasionally, she asked for some work from He Lan to play around. Also similar.
The real job of this female crown is to copy and write books for Lu Cheng. Although she is a first-class concubine, she seems to have a lot of background. She has read many Taoist books that even the Ranmushanlin family has not collected. These classics have greatly increased It broadened the knowledge and background of Taoist people in Lucheng.
Four years have passed in the blink of an eye.
View the Five Elements Array with a bare heart.
The seemingly young Taoist sat cross-legged at the core of the formation, with sweat dripping down his face. As his hands waved formulas, the five-element formation flags erected in all directions were filled with different colors. The lightning flashes and connects with the Taoist.
As the technique was running, Lu Cheng's body slowly levitated. In his perception, the world slowly rotated, up and down seemed to be upside down, and the magic power surged through his body, making him neither vomit nor feel happy.
It's just that this level of confusion in perception won't cause much disturbance to him.
Lu Cheng calmed his mind and circulated the five elements' magic power. According to the Five Palaces Forging Yuan Jue, he used the step-by-step method of regulating qi to summarize the sudden surge of the five elements' qi in his body.
After a while, the feeling of confusion slowly subsided, and Lu Cheng's figure slowly descended from the mid-air on the Dharma platform, landing steadily.
Then use your own spiritual consciousness to look inside the body.
“I was just performing the exercises normally, but suddenly I broke through to the second level of foundation building. I originally wanted to strengthen the foundation, but is it too fast to improve so fast?”
The vast majority of monks in the world advance to the foundation-building realm before the age of sixty. Because after the age of sixty, monks' vitality, blood, and vitality dwindle, and the possibility of success in foundation-building is greatly reduced.
The same is true for foundation-building monks who want to achieve great success in Xuan Gong. They must complete Taoist practice before the age of two hundred. Otherwise, the certainty of success will be greatly reduced every time it exceeds one year.
Of course, there is no way to deal with this in this world: the Good Fortune Pill.
"The creation of heaven and earth is not tolerated by ghosts and gods."
This elixir contains the original essence of life. After taking it, it can purify the blood, stay young, and make the monks qi and blood Vigorous, even if your lifespan is exhausted and your final day is just around the corner, you can still keep your body in peak condition.
After taking this elixir, the Qi-training monks will be 120 years old, and the foundation-building monks will be 240 years old and will break through the realm without being negatively affected.
However, the Good Fortune Pill is a fifth-level elixir, and non-real monks cannot practice it.
For hundreds of years, the last rumor about this elixir in the Tongxuan world was that someone stole the elixir from the real person's cave, and was really lucky to succeed in stealing the elixir. However, he was killed before he could take it. Zhenren's disciples came after him and killed him with a sword.
Even so, being able to successfully steal this elixir out of the real person's cave is considered a good move.
For the vast majority of monks in the world, it takes about fifteen or six years for each level of mana to be refined on the ninth level of foundation building. That’s why there are low-level monks who go around collecting medicines and making elixirs, spending more than ten or twenty years. It takes years to refine the elixir and take it to gain one or two levels of power, because it is worth it in the end.
On the contrary, Lu Cheng had no intention of improving his magic power. He realized that he had not built the foundation for a long time, and he still wanted to solidify the foundation and refine the foundation. Unexpectedly, when he was doing his exercises normally today, he could not suppress it at all under the operation of the five elements of magic power, and he naturally broke through to the second level of the foundation building. realm.
Today, it has only been four years since the foundation was built in Lucheng. In the past four years, Lu Cheng has not swallowed any pills to increase his magic power or practiced any such magic techniques.
"A natural breakthrough in mana, the foundation is extremely solid, there is no problem, but how come my mana increases so fast?"
Lu Cheng felt uneasy and looked inward to check himself again, There was still no problem at all, so he could only put this doubt aside for the time being.
What Lu Cheng did not expect at this time was that he was deeply studying the essence of the five elements of swordsmanship. Unless he practiced in seclusion, he would practice swordsmanship every day.
The Five Elements Swordsmanship uses swords to guide Qi, just like in the secular world, a silly boy has practiced an ordinary Xuanmen internal skill, which has no other benefits except being righteous and peaceful. By chance, he has learned a set of powerful and domineering palm skills. .
Internal strength, there is still nothing surprising about the set of internal strength, but as he increasingly studied the essence of the palm technique, and was influenced from the outside to the inside, his internal strength also became extremely yang and strong. Domineering and unruly.
Although Lu Cheng did not use the Five Elements Divine Sword to build the foundation of heaven, his sword energy of the Five Elements Swordsmanship is no less than that of Zhu Jian. From the outside to the inside, it seems that heaven and earth are blended. How can his magic power not be so fast? The growth, which was only achieved today, is the result of his insistence on suppressing and constantly refining his foundation.
Leave the practice quiet room.
Lu Cheng went to the atrium to practice swordsmanship. This was his daily habit. Unless something happened, the sword would never leave his body.
But in the atrium today, there is a girl in white who is wielding swords and flying swords.
There are not many monks in Chixin Temple, except for Lu Cheng and Mrs. Yuzhen. The one who can be called a girl is of course Mrs. Yuzhen’s daughter Yun Linger.
The sword light changes numerously, but there are also traces of deliberate imitation. Sometimes it is guarding Shen Ning, and sometimes it becomes extremely fierce. However, the pyrotechnics during the changes in the sword moves are too heavy, so it is okay to fight with ordinary monks in the same realm. , in unfamiliar situations, she may catch the opponent off guard, but if she fights with a master of swordsmanship, every move she makes will have fatal flaws.
"Uncle Lu, take my sword!"
Lu Cheng did not hide it deliberately, and Yun Ling'er kept paying attention to this direction. Seeing Lu Cheng arriving at this moment, the little girl was so happy that she activated her sword skills and stabbed away with the bright sword light without any hesitation.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng smiled softly, opened his mouth and spit out a burst of sword energy, which directly caused Yun Ling'er's sword light to turn back, and the flying sword was forcefully forced back in front of the girl.
Seeing this eagerness, Yun Ling'er flew up, the man and the sword joined together, and once again used the sword light to stab him up. In the realm of Qi training, the closer the man and the flying sword are, the stronger the magic power and the stronger the sword power. .
This time Lu Cheng didn’t even blow. When he raised his head and looked at it, a chaotic five-element sword energy was generated out of thin air and attacked Yun Ling’er. She barely resisted the sword in mid-air. It can't be stabbed down.
"Uncle Lu, you are bullying people with your profound magic power!"
After landing, he took a few steps back. Yun Ling'er held up the sword in her hand bitterly, but when she saw Lu Cheng's face in front of her, With a look on his face, he sheathed his sword angrily.
"Ling'er, you are so bloody-minded. Uncle Lu, I only used the magic power of the Qi training realm, and I am even not as good as you."
As he spoke, Lu Cheng stepped forward and looked at Yun Ling. He touched the girl's head, messing up the little girl's original hair, and laughed.
After these four years, Lu Cheng has taught Yun Ling'er and Mrs. Yuzhen their sword skills from time to time. They have become familiar with each other and their relationship has grown.
"Your swordsmanship talent is too poor, so just forget it if you can't do it. All roads lead to the big road. Swordsmen in the Qi training realm often can't beat weapon refinement monks in the Qi training realm, so don't get ahead of yourself."
As the saying goes:
Refining alchemy costs money, refining weapons is the strongest, making talismans is the best, and setting up formations is the least.
Weapon refining is the strongest because getting started is not as difficult as elixir refining. Although it is difficult for most monks to become high-level weapon refining masters, as long as they are willing to work hard and add a little talent, they can become a first- and second-level refining master. It's not difficult to be a weapon master.
Even if the magical weapons you refine cannot be sold, you can still use them for your own use, and those who refine them by themselves know the characteristics of the magical weapons best. A pure swordsman in the Qi training stage will probably not be able to defeat the Qi training stage. The weapon refiner. Because people are likely to carry multiple magic weapons with them, and their attack and defense are determined, making it difficult to resist.
(End of this chapter)