Longevity in Two Worlds: Double Pupils Are the Road to Invincibility

Chapter 156: Concentration (Please subscribe, please vote)
inside the house.

Shi Yi was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed at this time, with a book floating in front of him.

The five big characters "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun" are written on the cover of the book.

At this time, the book was not closed, but opened, revealing the content on the second page.

It is not accurate to say that it is the content, because there is only one image on the second page, a picture of the Golden Crow carrying the Sun.

The image of the Golden Crow Carrying the Sun is static, but if you look closely, you can feel that the pattern on it is moving, but the movement is very regular, and it is a complete dynamic picture.

Of course, only those who are gifted in Taoism and have achieved a certain level of Taoist cultivation will discover, when they look carefully, that the pattern above is moving and is not a dead object; if one does not have the talent for Taoism, he will only see a static picture.

Shi Yi didn't find it strange when he saw this situation.

The same thing happened when he first looked at the visualization diagram in the Mahayana Tathagata Sutra inside the Bodhi seed. When he first started copying it, the image he drew was never right, even when he made a one-to-one replica.

At that time, Shi Yi couldn't understand the reason and thought there was something wrong with the image he drew.

It was not until he came into contact with Taoist practice and had a certain level of Taoist cultivation that he realized that the visualization pictures in the "Mahayana Tathagata Sutra" were dynamic pictures, not just one picture. In order to complete the visualization, he also needed to visualize the "God" contained in it.

The visualization picture moves because it is the "God" that makes the visualization picture alive, and this is also an extremely important step in the Taoist visualization practice.

If you can't even see the changes on the visualization diagram, then you will not be able to practice this technique at all. This can be regarded as the simplest threshold.

This is the most basic way to judge when a new inner disciple chooses to change his practice method.

However, generally speaking, this situation does not occur often. It only occurs in extremely advanced cultivation methods, because the conditions for practicing such methods are extremely harsh, and ordinary practitioners cannot meet them at all.

After Shi Yi practiced Taoism, thanks to his frequent copying of the Tathagata visualization diagrams, he became very familiar with the changes in the visualization diagrams in the "Mahayana Tathagata Sutra". The more he drew, the clearer it became, which also made it smoother for him to practice the "Mahayana Tathagata Sutra".

When Shi Yi chose to practice the "Mahayana Tathagata Sutra", the whole process went much more smoothly than he expected. It didn't take long for Tathagata to catch up with the Three Qi Earth Lords. Soon, when Tathagata was condensing the Yin God, he condensed the characteristics of the Yin God, which made Tathagata's strength surpass the Three Qi Earth Lords!
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Shi Yi opened up two spaces in his sea of ​​consciousness, allowing Tathagata and the Three Qi Earth Gods to keep their distance from each other.

At this time, Shi Yi had almost mastered the "shape" of the visualization diagram in "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun", and now he only needed the last step to comprehend the "spirit" of it.

This step is neither difficult nor easy, and it depends on the individual.

For Shi Yi, it didn't feel that difficult, it just took a long time to comprehend it.

Shi Yi's current situation is that his Yin Spirit has entered the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Diagram" and is visualizing the "God" in it. This is also the reason why he went to the Transmission Pavilion to exchange for the skills.

Normally, one acquires new Taoist techniques, which contain the "spirits" left by the ancestors. To exchange techniques, one uses the "spirits" left by the ancestors in the techniques to comprehend the "spirits" that suit one's own self.

The two are not exactly the same. The former is just a guide. After all, if you can't feel the "God", it will be of little use to just imitate.

Those who learn from me live, those who resemble me die.

This principle is even more prominent in the practice of Taoism.

If one blindly imitates the "gods" of the predecessors, the "gods" that are eventually cultivated will not be the "gods" that the exercises truly contain. The upper limit of the predecessors will become the upper limit of the person imitating, which is difficult to surpass. Therefore, the upper limit of the practice will also become very low.

Only by learning from others and understanding the "God" that suits you can you go further on the path of Taoist practice.

Of course, if the goal of practicing Taoism is not high, then it will not have any impact.

However, the disciples who are able to enter the Taiyi Dao sect to practice are all geniuses in their respective places. The goals of such people in their practice must be high.

At this time, when Shi Yi's Yin Spirit was approaching the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Picture", it was forced to fly into the visualization picture inside the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Picture".

In Shi Yi's senses, he seemed to have entered a starry sky.

A blazing sun stands in the center of the starry sky, and just getting close to it makes people feel afraid.

When the sun is far away from people, they naturally feel close to it, but when the sun is close, people instinctively feel fear.

This is the nature of living things.

This is just like the scene in myths and legends where ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky, the temperature on earth rose sharply, the grass and trees dried up and burned instantly, the rivers dried up quickly, the riverbeds were exposed, and the living creatures were exposed to the sun and quickly roasted into charcoal. The wind blew and turned them into dust, almost destroying the entire earth.

Although this is a myth, if people get too close to the sun, they will perish.

At this time, Shi Yi's Yin Soul had already entered the sun. The surrounding area was extremely hot, which made his Yin Soul feel very uncomfortable. However, there was a layer of eggshell around him to protect his Yin Soul, so that his Yin Soul did not fall into the sun.

But soon, Shi Yi realized that he had entered the visualization picture of "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun".

"As expected, the more profound the inherited method, the more powerful the 'god' recorded in it, and the more powerful the auxiliary effect of cultivation."

"If I had practiced the Mahayana Tathagata Sutra normally and opened the Bodhi seed in the normal way, I think the same thing would have happened. This kind of practice would have given me a more direct and intense feeling, and it would have been easier to comprehend the 'spirit' within it, which would have been quite helpful in assisting my transformation."

"On the contrary, the cultivation methods in Changqing Temple are not as effective as this in assisting cultivation."

"The more powerful the sect, the more complete the inheritance method and the more standardized the path of cultivation."

"It will also be more convenient for future generations to practice."

After Shi Yi confirmed his own condition, he was also quite emotional.

This method of practicing to comprehend 'God' was now even simpler than he had expected.

Originally, he wanted to let the Yin Spirit approach the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Picture" to observe and comprehend the "God" above. This was to slowly comprehend by observing the picture, but now he was directly brought into the visualization picture of "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Picture" to let him experience it personally.

This effect made him feel very good.

At this time, the state of Shi Yi's Yin Shen was the state before the birth of the Golden Crow.

Under the protection of the eggshell, the Yin Spirit gradually no longer feared the temperature of the sun, and even basked in the sun comfortably, growing healthily.

Until one moment, Shi Yi felt that his Yin Spirit was about to appear in the world.

His Yin Spirit rushed out of the eggshell, breaking away from the protection of the eggshell, and felt the danger of the sun. However, he was more eager to grow, so he instinctively broke away from the eggshell and then appeared in the sun.

The scorching sun shone on his Yin Soul, as if it was going to burn him to death. However, his Yin Soul resisted the pain, slowly got used to the sun, bathed in it, and grew rapidly in it.

After growing to a certain size, the Yin Spirit wants to travel towards the starry sky and try to fly away from the sun.

After the Yin God left the Sun, he felt the joy of freedom until one day, when he realized that without the Sun, his growth slowed down. He then chose to fly back to the Sun, carrying it and traveling through the starry sky.

After feeling all this, Shi Yi's Yin Spirit was forced to fly away from the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Picture" and hovered in the room.

Then the Yin Spirit instinctively flew back into the physical body.

"Huh, the inheritance method of the 'Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Diagram' is really interesting."

After an incense stick of time, Shi Yi slowly opened his eyes, feeling quite emotional.

He hadn't expected to comprehend the spirit of it in this way, but the effect was remarkable.

The guide had not mentioned these things before, and I think since it is the first time to experience them personally, the effect will be better.

If you don't comprehend the 'spirit' in this process, the effect will be much worse the second time you experience it, but it is definitely much better than comprehending the 'spirit' by looking at the pattern.

He didn't know the situation of other new inner disciples, but he had now completely comprehended the charm of "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun".

After walking through the growth path of the Golden Crow in the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Map", Shi Yi naturally comprehended the "God" in it.

The whole process was smooth and not difficult at all.

In Shi Yi's estimation, he felt that it would take about two days to comprehend the 'spirit' and grasp the charm of it. The current situation was much faster than he expected.

This also made Shi Yi once again realize the power of large sects like Taiyi Dao Sect. A powerful sect is not only powerful in strength, but also has a more wonderful and powerful method of inheritance.

Shi Yi didn't know whether there were more powerful methods in large sects like the Holy Land, but this method in Taiyi Sect was already a very good experience for him!
"However, I'd better let Yin Shen recover to its peak state first."

In the process of comprehending the 'God', Shi Yi's Yin Shen consumed a lot of energy, and now his Yin Shen is not in its peak state.

Light the nourishing incense and the protective incense in the house. The Yin Spirit will come out of the shell and move close to the nourishing incense and the protective incense to absorb the aroma of the incense.

When the incense burned out, Shi Yi's Yin Shen had recovered to its peak state. During the previous process, his Yin Shen was not consumed that much, so it did not take long for his Yin Shen to recover to its peak state.

If the consumption is too great, Shi Yi will use Tathagata's Yin God characteristic of "All Buddhas come, Tathagata remains unchanged" to quickly restore the Yin God. Since the consumption is not much, he will use the nourishing incense and the protective incense.

To slightly restore the Yin Spirit and reach its peak state, it is naturally more effective and faster to use the nourishing spirit incense and the protective spirit incense.

"Next, I should visualize and practice the 'Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Diagram'!"

Shi Yi had read all the contents of the book "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun" when he was free to recover.

In particular, he understood better the process of concentrating and visualizing the God in the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Diagram". His busyness these days was also for this step.

And now, he was going to start practicing "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun", starting from concentrating and visualizing the spirit, which was also the path of Taoist practice, the path of practice after concentrating the mind and feeling the soul.

Shi Yi is different from others. During his practice, he does not have to worry about the influence of the original master's practice method.

His Yin Spirit was in the space of his sea of ​​consciousness. His thoughts moved slightly, and double pupils appeared in his soul in the space of his sea of ​​consciousness. Then two rays of light, one blue and one red, were emitted.

The two rays of light, one on the left and one on the right, divided the space of his sea of ​​consciousness again.

The original two sea of ​​consciousness spaces in his sea of ​​consciousness have now become four sea of ​​consciousness spaces.

Among the four seas of consciousness, Tathagata occupies one, the Three Qi Earth Lords occupy one, and the remaining two spaces have just been divided out and are still empty.

One of these spaces was prepared by Shi Yi for the "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Picture", and the remaining one was temporarily vacant.

After Shi Yi opened up the space in his sea of ​​consciousness, he stood up again and lit new soul-nourishing incense and soul-protecting incense, and at the same time took a Five Elements Concentrating Mind Pill that he had exchanged from the inner courtyard.

This is a pill used to assist in condensing a new visualization god. It can make the condensation process smoother, protect the Yin God, and at the same time strengthen the visualization god, speeding up the growth process and saving a lot of practice time.

It has a wide range of effects and is also the elixir specially prepared by the Inner Court Alchemy Hall for new inner disciples to change their cultivation.

The price is not cheap, but basically all new inner disciples will exchange it.

Shi Yi naturally had to remain consistent and there was no need to show differentiation in such matters.

When no one is investigating, maybe there will be no problem, but when someone is investigating, there may be some minor trouble.

Now he tackles the problem directly at the root.

There is no need to save these sect contribution points in this situation.

Furthermore, the Five Elements Concentrating Spirit Pill was quite effective when changing to cultivation, and it was also helpful to Shi Yi, so he took it directly without saving it.

If the exchanged cultivation resources cannot be used as a part of cultivation, it would be a waste.

After doing all this, Shi Yi's mind sank into the sea of ​​consciousness.

His Yin Spirit appeared in the newly opened sea of ​​consciousness.

As the thought moved slightly, a new visualization god slowly emerged.

Elements such as the starry sky, the sun, and the golden crow appeared one by one in Shi Yi's sea of ​​consciousness, and then these elements began to combine according to the pattern that Shi Yi had previously sketched.

Take the 'spirit' as the standard and supplement it with the 'form'.

"Golden Crow Carrying the Sun, gather!"

As Shi Yi's thoughts came to mind, the 'spirit' and 'form' quickly combined, and the visualized spirit of "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun" appeared in the space of Shi Yi's sea of ​​consciousness. The entire visualized spirit was somewhat similar to the dynamic picture in "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun", but not exactly the same.

The visualization god of "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun" that now appears in Shi Yi's sea of ​​consciousness is completely visualized according to Shi Yi's understanding, and it is also the visualization god that suits him best.

The entire process of concentrating and visualizing the spirit seemed to take a long time, but in fact it was only a moment. The spirit-nourishing incense and spirit-protecting incense that he lit had just burned a little.

Visualizing the concentration of the mind only takes a single thought to complete.

Of course, the ability to condense the visualization god of "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun" in a single thought was due to Shi Yi's prior preparations. He only started the visualization after all the preparations were completed, so the whole process was so smooth and there were no accidents.

(End of this chapter)