This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 33 This is the first step to immortality

As the night deepened, the croaking of frogs in Yinxian Valley only served to highlight the tranquility of the valley.

Perhaps because they had experienced some exciting things earlier, some people were somewhat anxious a while ago, and today they received good news, so the people in the valley slept particularly soundly tonight.

Of course, perhaps beyond the naked eye, there is also the reason that the spiritual energy is moving strangely tonight, nourishing the people in the valley and making their souls calm.

However, in the entire Hidden Immortal Valley, there was a person who had originally fallen asleep but woke up in a state of restlessness.

This person is naturally Liu Hongyu.

At this moment, after Liu Hongyu woke up, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He always felt that something was wrong.

By the middle of the night, the frogs had stopped croaking, the chickens, ducks, cats and dogs had all gone to sleep, and everything was very quiet.

The bed board creaked as Liu Hongyu turned over. The more he lay there, the more he couldn't fall asleep, but the more he lay there, the more energetic he became. Then he turned from lying on his side to lying on his stomach, and finally turned over again to lie on his back.

No, no, no!

I must have forgotten something, something important!

History varies greatly from place to place in the world, so there are some folk myths derived from "A Record of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty", and there is the folk image of Monkey King, but there was no book "Journey to the West".

Otherwise, Liu Hongyu might have understood Zhuang Lin's deep meaning during the day.

But even so, Liu Hongyu had an instinctive intuition that made him realize that something important must happen tonight!
Tonight, tonight.
Suddenly, Liu Hongyu opened his eyes abruptly.

During the day, Zhuang Lin knocked him on the back of the head and pointed at the word "night" and said, "It's okay." Okay!
Three hits to the back of the head, at three o'clock in the morning!
Liu Hongyu suddenly sat up from the bed, then threw back the quilt and jumped off the bed, hurriedly starting to put on his clothes.

After a series of "ding ding dong dong" sounds in the room, Liu Hongyu realized that he was too excited and might disturb Mr. Mu and Xiao Wen, so he moved more gently, but he did not slow down at all in putting on his clothes.

After waiting for a while, Liu Hongyu dressed in the dark, quietly opened the door, and tiptoed out of the house.

He glanced at the neighboring room, which was quiet. It seemed he hadn't woken anyone up, so Liu Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief. He then trotted towards the clinic, opened the gate, and left.
Normally, Mr. Mu should have woken up when Liu Hongyu made a noise in the house, but he slept very soundly and deeply tonight.

Not only did Mr. Mu not wake up, the noise Liu Hongyu made after leaving the house did not alarm the nearby neighbors who should have been alert.

At this moment, on the road in Yinxian Valley, only Liu Hongyu was rushing towards Ningxin Bookstore, the valley middle school, with excitement and nervousness.

He ran all the way to the school, but it was also pitch black without a single light. Liu Hongyu's steps became lighter.

The excitement just now was replaced by calmness.

Liu Hongyu walked carefully to the back rooms of the school, passed the library, and came to Zhuang Lin's living room, which was also dark and quiet.

Liu Hongyu lingered in front of the door for a while, frowning and sighing. He wondered if he was overthinking, and then wondered if he was too late.

Look up at the night sky, the bright moon is high in the sky and the sky is filled with stars, it is so beautiful and mysterious.
"Crack~"

A crisp sound was particularly obvious in the quiet night, and it startled Liu Hongyu so much that his mind and body trembled slightly.

This is the sound of a ruler!
school!

Liu Hongyu immediately came to the front, trying his best to suppress his inner excitement, then walked up the wooden corridor step by step, and carefully opened the door of the school.

In the classroom behind the gate, behind the teacher's desk, Zhuang Lin just sat there, as if he had not left since get out of class.

"Master, have you been waiting for me?"

Zhuang Lin opened his eyes and looked towards the door. It was exactly midnight.

Liu Hongyu's face was still clearly visible in Zhuang Lin's eyes, and he could even feel the other party's excited and nervous heartbeat.

Zhuang Lin didn't follow Patriarch Bodhi's example and asked questions even though he knew the answer. He just smiled and started talking.

"Come in, move a cushion and sit in front of me!"

"Yes!"

Liu Hongyu responded and was about to enter the school, but as usual, he brushed his shoes with the brush on the side of the corridor, and then walked into the school as calmly as possible.

When Liu Hongyu took the cushion and sat in front of Zhuang Lin, his heart, which had finally calmed down, began to get uncontrollably excited again.

Yes, how could he not be excited? He had waited for so long, and his dream was finally coming true. How could he not be excited? But Liu Hongyu suddenly thought of what his master had said outside Wuling City before.

"But Master, didn't you tell me to be a good mortal first?"

The fact that he could still think of this sentence at this time shows that Young Master Liu really listened to it and was not overwhelmed by excitement. His character is evident.

Zhuang Lin smiled.

"Then let me ask you, are immortals human? Is there a contradiction between being a good mortal and being a good immortal?"

Liu Hongyu was stunned and had no idea how to answer.

But in my heart, there seemed to be a vague response.

Liu Hongyu's behavior at this moment was also within Zhuang Lin's expectations. He put away his playful attitude and restrained his smile. He no longer provoked the person opposite him, nor did he keep the other person in suspense. Instead, he started directly.

"Okay, let's think about it later. Now close your eyes, listen to your breath, and calm your mind!" Liu Hongyu didn't think about it anymore after hearing it. He immediately closed his eyes, tried his best to calm himself down, listened to his own breathing, and relaxed his mind little by little.

Zhuang Lin felt that Liu Hongyu's aura was gradually calming down, but there seemed to be some excitement in it, so he couldn't completely calm the waves.

Zhuang Lin didn't say anything. He took the pen beside him, dipped it in ink, and threw it towards Liu Hongyu.

A drop of ink flew towards Liu Hongyu.

The ink dot on Liu Hongyu's brow made his forehead feel slightly cold, and made him subconsciously feel this change.

As Liu Hongyu focused on this drop of ink, he seemed to forget everything. The ink remained between his eyebrows, but the coolness continued to seep into his body. His consciousness followed this feeling all the way to his Niwan acupoint.
"Duo~"

It was as if the cool feeling was always a complete drop of ink, which fell into a body of water at this moment.

Although the ink was small, it created ripples. In these ripples, Liu Hongyu felt that his body was swaying with the ripples.

What is this? Where is this?
At this moment, although Zhuang Lin could not hear people's inner voices, he seemed to feel Liu Hongyu's mood fluctuations with the help of this little ink.

Zhuang Lin's voice came from far away with an ethereal feeling.

"This is the depth of your mind, your spiritual sea. You have felt the spiritual energy, but your spiritual perception is not yet complete. Today I will help you one step further. Remember, where your heart is, there is the lake. When your heart moves, the waves surge. You are not watching the lake, you are the lake. Slow down your thoughts and let the waves go. Let your mind follow the waves and watch the world."

As Zhuang Lin's words resonated in his mind, Liu Hongyu felt as if he had transformed into a lake, its ripples flowing outward, gradually breaking free from their shackles. In an instant, it filled the entire school, and the next moment, it rushed in all directions.
Light, a faint light appeared.

The light gradually became clear from a vague halo.

The dim world seemed to gradually brighten, and colors other than ordinary halos appeared.

At this moment, the world visible to Liu Hongyu changed. Everything began to become colorful, the world became extremely clear, and the heaven and earth appeared in another way!
The spiritual energy, like the dreamy mist and wisps of silk ribbons, wanders between heaven and earth. The brilliance of the stars in the sky and the brightness of the moon are unprecedented.

Liu Hongyu forgot about excitement and nervousness, and was only shocked by the incomparable shock produced by this vast and mysterious magnificence!

This is a brand new world, a world invisible to the naked eye.
Zhuang Lin's voice came at this moment.

"The first step on the path to immortality is called awakening the spirit, which is divided into illuminating the Qi, opening the acupoints, and penetrating the meridians. I use ink as a guide to stimulate the perception of your spiritual sea of primordial energy. At this moment, you feel the illuminating Qi."

Having said that, Zhuang Lin paused and continued speaking.

"Now that you understand the Qi of Heaven and Earth, you can begin to absorb the Qi and open the acupoints in your body. It doesn't matter if you don't understand what I'm going to say next. I'll teach you the immortal classics and you can study them carefully later."

After saying this, Zhuang Lin waved his hand lightly, and under the traction of the formation, this small action stirred up the spiritual energy of the entire Hidden Immortal Valley, making the spiritual energy collide with Liu Hongyu's mind more violently, while at the same time he continued to speak.

"Between heaven and earth, within the six directions, its qi flows through the nine states, nine orifices, five internal organs, and twelve joints, all connecting to the weather."

Tonight, Zhuang Lin taught his only disciple attentively without holding back. As he explained and guided, Liu Hongyu, who seemed to understand something, had already begun to draw spiritual energy into his body.

Gradually, Zhuang Lin's voice disappeared, and the lake that Liu Hongyu's mind had transformed into also returned to calm, but his cultivation did not stop.
Before dawn the next day, Zhuang Lin tapped the table lightly with his knuckles.

"Boom~"

The crisp sound, like a knock on the door, woke Liu Hongyu up. He opened his eyes and saw Zhuang Lin sitting opposite him.

"Master, this is not a dream."

"What dream or not? Go wash up now, then hurry back to the clinic and get some sleep, or I won't see you again and cause another commotion!"

Liu Hongyu was stunned for a moment, until he subconsciously stood up and found that his body was itchy. He scratched his face and grabbed a piece of black thing with a smelly smell.

Then suddenly, Liu Hongyu felt that his body was full of this stuff, and his nose smelled many strange odors.

Liu Hongyu immediately realized that this was the hair removal and marrow cleansing in martial arts novels!

"Ah, Master, I'll go wash it now."

As he spoke, Liu Hongyu ran out carefully, fearing that the filth on his body would fall into the classroom.

Zhuang Lin shouted with a smile.

"You can use the bathtub in my room—"

"No, I have a way—"

When Liu Hongyu's shout was heard, he had already rushed out of the school, taking off his clothes as he ran. By the time he ran to the small river in the valley, all his clothes had been taken off.

Then Young Master Liu leaped up and grabbed his clothes and jumped into the river.

"Puff~"

Over at the school, Zhuang Lin knew what was happening without even looking, and couldn't help but grin.

Going straight to the river to take a bath and wash clothes at the same time, you are really amazing!
However, although Liu Hongyu has just begun to embark on the path of immortality, he no longer has to worry about catching a cold.

I just don't know if my disciple will run naked or even pass by the school again.
In order to avoid irritating his eyes and just in case, Zhuang Lin chose to leave the school and go back to take a short nap.

(End of this chapter)