Mortals ask the immortals

Senior Sister Lu Ying explained for a whole afternoon before she almost explained some basic knowledge of cultivation to Duan Qing.

After Senior Sister Lu Ying left, Duan Qing couldn't wait to start trying. He sat cross-legged on the bed, holding a spirit stone covered with spirit patterns in one hand. Duan Qing began to follow the method mentioned in the jade slip. Start practicing.

He closed his eyes and put his tongue on the crocodile. His mood slowly calmed down and his perception gradually improved. Duan Qing could feel that the spirit stone in his hand suddenly became a little different. It was no longer so cold, but became a little warm. A breath of air washed over his hand like a drizzle. Duan Qing felt the breath carefully. It should be the aura that Senior Sister Lu Ying mentioned.

After feeling the spiritual energy, he began to breathe out in a special rhythm according to the instructions in the jade slip, guiding the spiritual energy from his palms through various acupuncture points all over his body, and finally into his abdomen, creating a sea of ​​​​qi in the Dantian called in the jade slip. In this place, the movement of spiritual energy from the palm of the hand to the sea of ​​​​qi is a cycle of exhalation and inhalation.

It went smoothly at first. The spiritual energy continued to emanate from the spirit stone. With Duan Qing's rhythmic breathing, the spiritual energy passed through each acupuncture point smoothly without any deviation. However, Duan Qing found that every time it passed through an acupuncture point, the spiritual energy flowed out. It will weaken inexplicably. When it finally merges into the Dantian Qi sea, the spiritual energy is only about one-tenth of what it was when it first entered the body. Once it enters the Dantian, it dissipates and can no longer be felt.

It continued like this all night, until the next morning, when the spiritual stone in his hand no longer provided spiritual energy, Duan Qing opened his eyes leisurely, with disappointment in his eyes.

He tried it all night, but for some reason there was always only a trace of the spiritual energy left when it reached the air sea, and then it seemed to disappear. Therefore, until now he has not been able to feel a trace of spiritual energy in the air sea.

However, after sitting like this all night without sleeping, it stands to reason that at this time, his whole body should be sore, weak, and tired. However, not only does he not feel tired now, he also feels as if he has taken a tonic. He is very energetic and there is no trace of anything on his body. Discomfort, feeling alive and well.

Looking at the spirit stone in his hand, he saw that it had turned into gray-brown and was covered with cracks. Duan Qing sighed. No matter how stupid he was, he would have guessed that this spirit stone had exhausted its spiritual energy. Although he was almost sure, he still carefully put the gray-brown spirit stone into his small bag and mixed it with Qinjiu. Put it away together.

He got up and walked out of the cabin for a while, breathing in the fresh air of the bamboo forest. Duan Qing had never felt so good. This was the first time he felt so energetic when he woke up in the morning. Although it was a pity that he had not practiced as mentioned in the art of attracting energy. A layer of anger.

He planned to go to Senior Sister Lu Ying later to ask if his situation was normal.

Duan Qing fetched a bucket of water from the well at the entrance of the wooden house, washed his face briefly, and then left the bamboo forest, intending to ask Senior Sister Lu Ying.

This was the first time he walked out of the bamboo forest. He discovered that the bamboo forest was located in a depression on the mountainside of Yanfeng Mountain. With the towering Yanfeng Peak as his back, a waterfall poured down from the top of Yanfeng Peak, forming a small pool in front of the bamboo forest. , and flows down the mountain through the pool.

Carefully passing by the bluestones in the pool, he followed the path out of the mountain col, which was a relatively flat terrain. There were several lofts built against the mountain. Among them, the largest loft at the highest point was where Master Sanyan took him that day. There, the other three are located below it, each at a certain distance.

When he was about to reach the nearest attic, Duan Qing suddenly heard a dull knocking sound in front of him. He took a closer look and saw that there was a tall young man in Taoist robes under the attic, swinging a hammer constantly. Knocking on the bluestone in front of him.

The stone was much taller than the young man, weighing no less than 10,000 kilograms. Duan Qing watched the man hit the bluestone again and again, hitting the same place every time. That place had been smoothed by the hammer. Shined.

But as he looked at it, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. By the way, it was a sound. Shouldn't a hammer hitting a stone make a loud sound? But why is the sound so dull? It seems that the hammer is not made of iron, but... . . It's made of wood, or dry wood. No wonder it makes such a sound.

"Junior brother, what's the point of coming to my place?" Suddenly, the tall young man stopped what he was doing and looked at Duan Qing, making a loud voice.

Only then did Duan Qing see the man's appearance clearly. The young man had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was as tall as Uncle Wang. His wheat-colored skin was not as dark as Uncle Wang's.

Being shouted out by the tall young man, he felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He was really embarrassed to have been peeking at her for so long.

He said a little guilty. "I am the new disciple of Master Yanfeng Sanyan. I am here to find Senior Sister Luying!"

The tall young man yelled, put the wooden hammer on his shoulder, walked towards Duan Qing, looked at Duan Qing carefully, suddenly laughed heartily, patted Duan Qing on the shoulder and said. "Haha, it turns out to be my junior brother. Yesterday, my junior sister came to tell me about you. You are lucky to be under the master's disciples! By the way, I am your second senior brother, Wu Da. You can call me Er Senior Brother or Senior Brother Wu Da can do it.”

The tall young man's tone was very forthright, which made people feel good, and Duan Qing felt very fond of this senior brother Wuda. So he responded with a smile. "It turns out to be the second senior brother. Junior brother Duan Qing has met the second senior brother."

Wu Da looked at the gentle young junior brother in front of him and felt quite happy. He had a straightforward and open-minded personality and did not like to be polite, so he spoke directly to Duan Qing. "You're looking for Junior Sister Lu Ying, right? He lives in the attic over there. Look, it's the one with many flowers and plants in front of the door. I heard from Junior Sister that you have just started and haven't started practicing yet. If there is anything you don't understand in the future, You can come and ask me at any time."

As he spoke, he held a wooden hammer to point Duan Qing in the direction.

Duan Qing heard what the second senior brother said and nodded towards the second senior brother. "I have some questions about spiritual practice that I would like to ask my teacher sister."

The second senior brother couldn't help laughing when he heard that Duan Qing was going to consult Lu Ying. "Hahaha, junior brother, don't go looking for junior sister at this time. She hasn't gotten up yet. Junior sister Lu Ying is famous for being a snoozer. She is obviously very talented, but because she is a snoozer and loves to play, She hasn’t broken through to the mortal realm yet! If you disturb her sleep now, you’ll be in trouble. Senior brother, if you have any questions, just tell me and I’ll tell you.”

Duan Qing then remembered that Senior Sister Lu Ying also came to his place at noon yesterday. It turned out to be no accident! He was a little lucky to meet this second senior brother at this time, so he told the second senior brother his question about using spiritual stones to practice for the first time.

After listening to Duan Qing's question, the second senior brother pondered for a moment and said. "Everyone's meridians and acupuncture points are blocked when they first start practicing. Although you don't feel blocked, part of the spiritual energy will still be consumed when it runs in the body, and how much is consumed depends on the person's talent. The better your talent is, the less it will be lost. From what you said, your spiritual energy is only one out of ten. Junior brother, your qualifications should be just average."

The second senior brother Wu Da is a straightforward person who speaks his mind and doesn't shy away from anything.

Duan Qing still felt a little disappointed after hearing what the second senior brother said. When he was apprenticed that day, he heard Master Sanyan say that his qualifications were average, but at that time he didn't know what it meant.

Now it seems that qualifications are really important to cultivation! Listening to what Senior Brother Wu Da said, people with good qualifications are not much faster in cultivation than ordinary people!

The second senior brother saw Duan Qing's expression and comforted him again.

"Junior brother, don't be discouraged. Good aptitude may not necessarily lead to greatness. Practice is not just based on aptitude. The later on, the state of mind is the most important. And good aptitude only gives an advantage at the beginning. As the level improves, blockage will The meridians and acupuncture points will be slowly opened, and when you reach the mortal realm, the blockage will completely disappear. "

Hearing what the second senior brother said, Duan Qing's heart ignited hope again and asked the second senior brother. "Then how long does it usually take to reach the first level of Qi training, and how long does it take to reach the realm of transformation?"

The second senior brother thought for a moment and said to Duan Qing. "Senior brother, I should have better qualifications than you. It took me half a month to reach the first level of Qi training. As for transformation, I started a little later than senior brother. It has been twelve years now, and it was only in the first two years that I broke through. To the realm of metamorphosis.”

Duan Qing calculated in his mind that his second senior brother's qualifications should be much better than his own. It took him about ten years to break through the mortal transformation. If it were him, it would have taken at least twenty years. . .

The second senior brother saw Duan Qing's appearance and knew what he was probably thinking, so he offered words of comfort.

"Junior brother, cultivation is hard work. Only if you persevere can you achieve enlightenment. Ordinary people have a life span of dozens of years, but as long as we immortal cultivators break through to the realm of transformation, our life span will be 300 years, not to mention the realms that follow. So even if you think ten or twenty years is a long time now, once you embark on the path of spiritual practice, you will find that ten or twenty years are actually just like a fleeting moment, just in the blink of an eye.”