blogombal Chapter 33 Cultivating Both Body and Spirit
Chapter 33 Cultivating Both Body and Spirit
After leaving the training ground.
Li Cunzhen quickly returned to his quiet room.
The quiet room is small and square, with windows facing east, allowing sunlight to stream in directly at midday.
He sat cross-legged on the futon, facing the window, adjusting his breathing.
Before long, the sun rose to its highest point, and sunlight slanted in through the window, falling on Li Cunzhen.
Gathering the essence of the sun and collecting the radiance of the moon.
This is the fifth stage of reversing life, which involves two of the most important steps in gathering medicinal ingredients from heaven and earth.
Of all the forces of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon is the purest, and the essence of the sun is most vigorous at noon.
If you miss this time, you'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Li Cunzhen dared not hesitate for a moment and hurriedly activated his technique to absorb the essence of the sun.
The method Zuo Ruotong taught him can be summarized in eight words.
The heart is in harmony with the sun, and the spirit is one with the light.
Li Cunzhen closed his eyes and focused his mind, directing his attention into his dantian.
The golden Yin pill pulsated slightly, in sync with the heartbeat, emitting a warm and gentle heat that slowly spread through the meridians to the limbs and bones.
He relaxed his body, letting his pores open.
The sunlight shines on my body, carrying a pure, warm yang energy that flows into my body through my pores.
This yang energy slowly descends along the meridians and eventually flows into the dantian.
As a result, the Yin Dan seemed to be nourished, and its pulsation frequency gradually increased, absorbing, integrating, and storing the incoming Yang energy.
The whole process was unhurried and calm, like a stream flowing into a river, silent and natural.
Li Cunzhen felt his body gradually becoming fuller.
It is not the kind of fullness that comes from being well-fed and watered, but a deeper fullness that comes from the very source of life.
It was as if parched land had received a gentle rain, every vein was stretching, and every pore was breathing.
The feeling was so comfortable that Li Cunzhen quickly became immersed in it.
So, about 15 minutes later.
Li Cunzhen sensed the weakening of Yang energy, so he slowly stopped practicing, first closing his eyes to regulate his breathing for a moment, allowing the Yin Dan in his Dantian to return to a stable state, and then opened his eyes.
He exhaled a breath of stale air and checked his internal condition.
The Yin Dan solidified further, and the true Qi in the Dantian became even more abundant, circulating smoothly and without hindrance.
Although the changes in both are minor, they will eventually lead to a qualitative change over time.
Feeling the changes in himself, Li Cunzhen stood up with satisfaction and stretched his limbs.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Senior brother, are you there?"
It was Lu Jin's voice.
Li Cunzhen walked over and opened the door, only to see Lu Jin standing at the door, with a few fallen leaves stuck in her white hair, looking somewhat hurried.
"Junior Brother Lu," Li Cunzhen stepped aside, "Come in and sit down."
Lu Jin waved his hand, and without entering the room, stood at the door and cupped his hands in greeting: "No need, Senior Brother, I just want to say a few words."
"Please feel free to speak."
Lu Jin scratched his head and smiled somewhat embarrassedly:
"Senior brother, today Master instructed me and Junior Brother Mu Xuan to learn from you and focus on tempering our lives."
"I agree with that. My elders have always said the same thing since I was a child. They also said that one should cultivate both body and mind."
Li Cunzhen nodded, waiting for him to continue.
"But I think the biggest feature of our Trinity Rebirth Triple Regeneration technique is not its recovery ability and enhancement of physical attributes."
Lu Jin scratched his face: "Then can we prioritize cultivating life force a little earlier and postpone cultivating sexual energy a bit later?"
Li Cunzhen glanced at him, feeling somewhat speechless.
How did this silly kid end up becoming one of the Ten Elders?
He's a disciple of the Lu family, yet he asked such a question.
He sighed inwardly, but kept a straight face and said, "Junior Brother Lu, you can't think like that."
Lu Jin looked up at him.
Li Cunzhen said seriously, "The so-called cultivation of nature without cultivating life will make it difficult for a spirit to become a saint even after countless eons; cultivation of life without cultivating nature will make one a fool with the same lifespan as heaven and earth."
"As spiritual practitioners, our goal shouldn't just be to see how high our combat power is, but to distinguish truth from falsehood and see ourselves clearly. Only in this way can we live a more enlightened life and avoid unnecessary troubles."
"No matter how high your combat strength is, if you don't understand the mind and see your true nature, in the end you'll just have brute force. Even if you're strong at the Reverse Life Triple Realm, it's just a means of protecting your path, not the foundation of cultivation."
Lu Jin was taken aback for a moment, then quickly cupped his hands and said, "I have learned a lot! Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."
Li Cunzhen waved his hand: "We're fellow disciples, no need to be so polite."
Lu Jin chatted for a few more minutes, mostly about trivial matters related to his cultivation, before taking his leave.
It comes quickly and goes quickly.
Li Cunzhen watched his figure disappear through the courtyard gate and shook her head.
The kid came here today to ask this question not because he genuinely doesn't understand, but because he has another purpose.
But it doesn't matter, I just need to focus on my cultivation.
Li Cunzhen didn't take the matter to heart. He closed the door, sat back down on the meditation cushion, and continued his practice.
............
Time flies, and the days pass like an arrow.
Eight years have passed in the blink of an eye.
In a quiet room deep within the Sanyi Gate, Li Cunzhen slowly opened his eyes.
He is sixteen years old this year, which is the transition period from adolescence to youth. He has grown tall and strong, with broad shoulders and a slender waist.
His features are more defined than when he was young, exuding a calm and confident aura.
The only thing that remained unchanged was his eyes.
It was black and white, clear and transparent, as if it had never been tainted by the world.
After eight years of arduous cultivation, he has completed all the practices of refining essence into qi and has officially entered the stage of refining qi into spirit.
The body is full of vital energy, and the circulation of Qi throughout the body is unimpeded. The true Qi in the dantian is so abundant that it seems to be overflowing.
In his cultivation of the Threefold Reversal of Life, he made a qualitative leap.
Two years ago, he successfully condensed the Yang Dan and entered the second level of Reverse Life.
Unlike Yin Dan.
Yin Dan is the condensation of one's own essence and vital energy, an internal life force; Yang Dan is the condensation of the power of heaven and earth, an external convergence of Yin and Yang.
Once the Yang Dan is completed, Ni Sheng changes the nature of his body from the inside out.
Now, with his full power of internal energy, a portion of his body has been able to transform into Qi.
For the past eight years, he has devoted almost all his time to cultivation.
Nothing major happened inside the Sanyi Gate.
The disciples in the sect came and went; some went down the mountain to gain experience, while others went out to visit friends. Only Li Cunzhen stayed on the mountain, cultivating, gathering qi, and condensing elixir day after day.
The only thing worth mentioning is...
Three years ago, Ghost Hand King went up the mountain.
Five years had passed, and the old man's appearance had changed drastically.
He was no longer slovenly; he wore a clean gray long gown, and although he still had only a few strands of hair, it was neatly combed. He had lost his fierce air and gained an indescribable kindness.
If his old enemies were to see this, probably no one would recognize him as the infamous Ghost Hand King of Quanxing.
Perhaps this is what is meant by "appearance reflects the heart, and the heart determines one's actions."
Looking at his changes, Li Cunzhen felt a lot of emotions.
Then Ghost Hand King carried a bundle. When he opened it, there was a thick stack of letters inside. Li Cunzhen counted them; there were dozens more than eight hundred.
Each one had a person's name and place of origin written on it.
The story of how Ghost Hand King saved people, including the time, place, cause and effect, is written very clearly.
"Eight hundred for seventy-one, the extras were made on the way to Sanyi Gate."
Ghost Hand Wang put the bundle on the table and patted it: "From Shanxi to Shandong, from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River, I've been traveling and stopping for more than five years, and I've finally collected enough."
Li Cunzhen casually flipped through a few pages without looking at them closely, and then put the bundle away.
"Mr. Wang, you are so generous!"
Li Cunzhen gave him a thumbs up and took out two booklets from his sleeve:
"I keep my word. The method for reversing the eight directions to activate electromagnetic force, as well as the method for strengthening the body with electromagnetic force, are all written in here. One copy is for you, and the other is for the Jiyun Society."
Ghost Hand King took the booklet, flipped through a few pages, said nothing, put the booklet in his pocket, cupped his hands in greeting to Li Cunzhen, and turned to leave.
Li Cunzhen snapped out of his reverie and was about to continue his cultivation.
A familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Brother! Master wants us to go to the main hall!"
It is Li Muxuan.
Eight years have passed, and his voice has changed from a crisp child's voice to a clear young man's voice, but his somewhat off-key tone remains unchanged.
Li Cunzhen was taken aback upon hearing this.
Then, as if he remembered something.
He stood up, straightened his Taoist robe, and pushed open the door to go out.