I am cultivating the golden elixir path in the heavens

Chapter 1: Enlightenment on the Golden Elixir Road at Mount Zhongnan

Zhongnan Mountain.

Li Qingtian was wrapped in a thin, loose green Taoist robe, and his brows were filled with heroic spirit, making him look as extraordinary as an immortal.

Li Qingtian sat cross-legged on the green grass, holding a copy of "Questions and Answers on the Great Elixir". "I have been traveling through time for ten years, but I have not been able to achieve anything. The cultivation methods of all schools and sects from ancient times to the present are completely ineffective. No one has mastered the method. Even Senior Brother Chongyang has only practiced martial arts, hoping to enter the Dao through martial arts, but he has not been able to find the method after all."

"The power of a person is composed of Yin essence and Yang essence. When Yang essence and soul are established, Yin essence and spirit are formed. When the two essences are combined, the spirit is born..."

This is the hidden method in "The Great Dan Questions and Answers"!
"It's a pity that people today don't know the ancient methods and can't get to the door." Li Qingtian sighed, "We know that the method is hidden in this book, but we can't enter this threshold."

The method contained in "Questions and Answers on the Great Elixir" is from the inner alchemy lineage created by Master Ge Tianshi. By cultivating the Yin and Yang essence internally, one can condense the great elixir in the body. It is the supreme method of Taoist inner cultivation.

“Can the elixir be made by combining the energy of nature?” But he can’t take the first step, he can’t harmonize yin and yang, and he can’t reach the state of yin and yang interacting and becoming spiritual.

"Spirit is used by form, and form is born by spirit..."

"They are all based on the birth of God, Yin essence and Yang essence... the key point is still the soul, but can this world be used to cultivate the true way?"

Li Qingtian spent many years in seclusion in the back mountains of Quanzhen, meditating and contemplating, hoping to discover the way to immortality from the Taoist scriptures.

I have read "The Inner Alchemy Classic", "Baopuzi", "The Great Alchemy Questions and Answers", etc. The Inner Alchemy Classic is too ethereal, Baopuzi is too abstruse, only the Great Alchemy Questions and Answers are straightforward and easy to understand.

However, Li Qingtian's ten years of seclusion still yielded no results.

During this period, his senior brother Wang Chongyang had advised him several times to give up practicing Taoism directly and to practice martial arts instead, which might allow him to enter the Tao through martial arts.

Li Qingtian disagreed, "Don't you see that although the Five Ultimates are powerful, they still cannot enter the Great Dao!"

He is wholeheartedly devoted to the great path.

Day after day, year after year, from the age of eight to eighteen, ten years have passed.

"One yin and one yang are called Tao, one gold and one stone are called elixir..."

"The interaction of yin and yang, the yin and yang of human beings, and the yin and yang of the outside world..."

“So, when there is a rainstorm at sunrise accompanied by thunder, absorb its energy; internally regulate the yin and yang essences and gather them into the body.”

One day, Li Qingtian suddenly had an inspiration.

How can we gather energy if the time is not right?
"However, there is no method within Hui's body..." It is true that a skilled cook cannot cook without rice.

There are yin essence and yang essence in the body, but they cannot be controlled by the mind of the hands and feet. If you think about it, it is there. If you think about it not existing, it is not there.

"Do you think by your mind?"

Li Qingtian suddenly felt his eyes brighten and his mind became clear. This method might work.

The next day, early morning.

When black clouds gathered over Mount Zhongnan, heavy rain poured down and winding electric snakes shuttled through the clouds. At this moment of yin and yang, Li Qingtian sat cross-legged on the grass without any worries, letting the heavy rain wash down.

"The yin and yang in the outside world have already begun to blend. Although it's a bit masochistic... but for the sake of practicing the Great Dao, it's worth a try." Li Qingtian took a deep breath, "It's time for the yin and yang in the body to blend as well."

How to gather the Yin and Yang essences in the body?
Li Qingtian has already thought of a way. He relies on his mind to imagine that the Yin essence and Yang essence converge into one, rotate in harmony, and connect with the Yin and Yang in the outside world.

"Gather the energy of yin and yang, like the energy of nature, blend the inside and the outside, the yin and yang are in harmony, the yin and yang are in harmony, this is the way of nature, draw the outside into the inside and follow the tiger and the dragon, and you can make the elixir!"

At this time, there was a misty aura lingering around Li Qingtian, and he gained enlightenment in the rainstorm!
An hour later, the rain stopped and the sky cleared. Li Qingtian felt the warm current in his body and couldn't help laughing, "My way is accomplished!"

"It turns out that I don't have a golden finger. I think it's a natural talent..."

If he didn't have the talent, even Senior Brother Wang Chongyang would never be able to comprehend it in his lifetime.

On Mount Zhongnan, Li Qingtian suddenly realized the great way to the golden elixir.

“Although the inner elixir has not yet been completed, I have already stepped into the threshold of cultivation and achieved a breakthrough from 0 to 1.”

It turns out that the inner alchemy method is indeed feasible.

The Golden Elixir Avenue also exists!

"It can only be triggered under specific conditions, and requires a certain amount of luck, in order to achieve the integration of internal and external, the harmony of yin and yang, and even the collection of natural energy." Otherwise, even if there is a method of practice, it will be difficult to get started.

If you don’t enter the door, you won’t get the method.

Li Qingtian closed his eyes and carefully experienced the integration with nature. The inside and the outside merged alternately. Suddenly, colorful rays of light emerged from the surrounding mountains, each as thick as a chopstick.

These rays of light merged into his body and gathered together. "Is this the Qi gathering before the 100-day foundation building?"

Even with his eyes closed, Li Qingtian could still feel the energy from the outside world surging in. The mist was lingering around him, and the yin and yang were interacting, with the yang essence giving birth to the soul and the yin essence giving birth to the spirit.

His eyesight is clear and his five senses are different from those of ordinary people.

"The inner alchemy method is essentially the golden elixir path. I have practiced hard for ten years and have finally entered the door." Li Qingtian couldn't help but sigh. If he hadn't had a sudden realization today, when would he be able to master the method?
“You can gather Qi for one cycle, and when the time is ripe, you can start the hundred-day foundation-building process.” Li Qingtian already knew the next direction of practice.

After he has built his foundation for a hundred days, magic power will be generated in his body.

"Using form to control spirit, using form to carry spirit, and using form to drive the law, there are all kinds of incredible spells and magical powers!" Li Qingtian thought, "But these are still far away from me."

Zhongnan, Quanzhen Sect.

The Seven Quanzhen disciples were doing morning exercises in the field, some practicing swordsmanship, some practicing boxing, and some practicing martial arts. They did not dare to be lazy or slack.

Suddenly, Qiu Chuji spotted several flashes of light in the back hills. "Brothers, sisters, and brothers, look what that is?"

The seven Quanzhen people looked over and were stunned.

Master Ma Yu muttered to himself, "That place... seems to be where Junior Master Uncle is in seclusion..."

Junior Uncle Li Qingtian has been in seclusion in the back mountains for many years, trying to comprehend the Taoism, and has no interest in martial arts.

"Master once said that the Tao cannot be cultivated. First, the method is difficult to find, and second, it is impossible to enter the door. Could it be that the light just now means that Junior Master has entered the Tao?"

"It seems that Junior Master-Uncle has attained enlightenment!"

"Let's go and see Junior Master Uncle."

The Seven Quanzhen disciples had joy on their faces, but they were nervous inside.

Master, you have said that cultivating the Tao is nothing but a fabrication of our ancestors, a fantasy of the ancients, and a figment of our predecessors’ imagination.

But Junior Master has already attracted a magical beam of light...

This is not a natural phenomenon.

The Seven Quanzhen disciples, led by Ma Yu, quickly ran to the back mountain and saw with their own eyes rays of colorful light entering Li Qingtian's body. They almost popped their eyes out.

"This……"

“I’ve really gotten started!”

All seven of them were numb.

Junior Master Uncle hadn’t made any noise for ten years, but when he did, he made a big splash.

It turns out that the Tao in this world can really be cultivated.

Master Chongyang, you are a liar.

Junior master uncle has already started.

No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you will still experience birth, aging, sickness and death. It is far better to live longer than practicing Taoism, and it is even worse than ascending to become an immortal like practicing Taoism.

They are sour.

There is only envy in my eyes!
"Greetings to my junior uncle!"

Li Qingtian: “…”

The new book is setting sail, gentlemen can collect it!

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(End of this chapter)