Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 102 Ze Yuan
The pace of time never stops for anyone. The scene of the young masters of the Gao family fearfully learning to swim seems to be just yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, they can already play in the water in a professional manner.

During this time, everyone except Gao Jingming inevitably drank a lot of clear stream water, but they still successfully learned the life-saving skill of swimming at this critical moment.

Chen Xuan and his friends spent most of this autumn vacation in their summer resort in the countryside, and the stream was the scene with the most laughter and joy.

Even Gao Jingming, who couldn't get along with his younger brothers and sisters, became quite close to them over time. After all, blood is thicker than water. When a family spends more time together, the affection engraved in their genes will naturally be awakened.

Of course, fighting between brothers is inevitable, but it is not a big deal. Without the favoritism of the elders, their relationship actually gets better and better as they fight. Children don't hold grudges overnight.

I still remember when I first came here, all I saw was lush green waves. When I looked back, there was no trace of crops in the fields, as if they had disappeared overnight. The scene of farmers sweating profusely while harvesting is still vivid in my mind.

Thanks to God, the weather was good this year, and the poor farmers reaped the rewards of their hard work for the year.

Even though one-third of the grain they grow will have to be paid as taxes, they still can't hide the joy on their faces. With the new grain in the warehouse, they make up their minds to cook a pot of rice. The smell alone is so delicious that they can eat three bowls even without any other dishes.

The children were having fun, going up mountains and down rivers, and their figures could be seen everywhere. They were tireless and never missed home. If it weren't for the autumn wind, they could have played like this carefree for the rest of their lives.

Sitting on the stone by the stream, watching Gao Jingming and his brothers playing and fighting in the water, this is one of the few happy moments in their vacation. In two days they will set off for home, and it is time to focus. Those who should go to school will go to school, and those who should play will continue to play. Youth is always carefree.

Chen Xuan picked up a yellow leaf that had floated from somewhere, and his thoughts drifted far away.

I once heard that in the autumn in Jinxia County, the mountains are covered with yellow leaves like golden clouds, surrounding them in all directions. It is a magnificent autumn scene. Unfortunately, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, so I have no chance to see it.

The past has passed, but he always can't help thinking of the people he had met before, Zhang Lanlan who secretly hid the meat pie, Erdan who gave him half a tasteless pie, and those children whose names he didn't know. How are they now?

What actually made Chen Xuan feel a little helpless was that those faces he had thought he would remember forever had quietly faded from his mind. Now he couldn't even recall Erdan and Zhang Lanlan's appearances. It was like there was a layer of frosted glass between them, untouchable and impossible to grasp...

In the past two months, whenever Chen Xuan had time, he would ask Geng Hong about things he didn't understand. He also patiently explained them. Gradually, his knowledge was almost exhausted by Chen Xuan. After all, there were not many basic things to begin with, and to go deeper he had to combine them with practice.

This is not something shameful. Most of the time, they act as his guards, and occasionally other people will join in to answer Chen Xuan's questions. By comparing with each other, they sometimes even cause the guards to fight with each other to verify things, which actually benefits Chen Xuan a lot.

He didn't just ask, but after figuring out the information he wrote it down and compiled it into a book. A good memory is not as good as a good pen.

But Chen Xuan still did not rashly try the things in his mind. It was not because he remembered that practicing too early at a young age would be harmful, but because he still did not understand much about the meridians, acupoints, human body structure and so on. Although Geng Hong and others gave him special guidance, he could not remember everything he saw, so he needed to familiarize himself with it more.

Moreover, meridians and acupoints are inside the body, and you can't figure them out by just someone pointing at your body or looking at pictures in a book. If you are not careful, big problems may arise.

There was one thing that Chen Xuan was gradually understanding, and that was the only technique Liu Changhe gave him to improve his cultivation, which was called "Ze Yuan Jue". According to the saying that the fewer words, the better the technique, although Chen Xuan was not sure why it was named this way, it was definitely a top-notch technique among the top-notch ones.

And Liu Changhe was able to cultivate to the Tribulation Realm with this, and was just one step away from stepping into the Human Immortal level. It seems that it is not an exaggeration to say that this thing is a magical skill.

But it is only a method to improve basic cultivation, without any skills to defend against enemies. Unless a higher realm is used to pile up numbers to crush a lower realm, it will not be of much help in terms of combat effectiveness. There are other martial arts secrets to make up for the combat effectiveness.

This is an internal cultivation method. In the initial stage of practice, it can generate internal force in the body. It can also be called internal breath, blood, etc., just with different names. How long it takes to generate internal force depends on personal roots and talent. As long as you are not an insulator to martial arts, you can start to generate internal force by practicing persistently.

Once you have internal energy, you can move it throughout your body to nourish and temper your body and bones.

It is said to be a superior practice. It is much easier than the crude practices. Most of the crude practices need to be combined with body movements to be effective. For example, in the Qi-calming and health-preserving practice, the body movements must be coordinated with the breathing rhythm, and there are even time considerations.

The Ze Yuan Jue, on the other hand, only required quiet cultivation. Even if one had exceptional talent, one could constantly practice the technique to enhance their power, effectively practicing non-stop. This boost in cultivation could surpass ordinary people's imagination. This wasn't just Chen Xuan's guess; it was precisely what Liu Changhe's annotations stated.

The effect of practicing crude techniques is slow and there are many limitations, so naturally the achievements are limited. It is not as high-level as Ze Yuan Jue, but practicing crude techniques can also be compensated by talent.

The most pitiful are those who don't even have the most basic skills. The little practice they get can only sharpen and temper their muscles and bones at the expense of themselves, hoping that one day they can generate internal strength from the outside to make up for the damage. Such people will have limited achievements in their lifetime. If they cannot develop internal strength, they will suffer terribly in their later years, and limb deformation and illness are the least of their problems.

The practice of Ze Yuan Jue is not known for its speed, it is not a quick way to success, it can be regarded as a persistent and steady process. The internal force cultivated in the initial stage is moderate and peaceful. If it is not deliberately shown off, it is difficult for others to discover the existence of this internal force. However, the internal force cultivated is pure, and has miraculous effects on healing and maintaining youthful appearance, and it is continuous and long-lasting.

Because this kind of internal force is moderate and peaceful, and not extreme, the risk of going astray is small, and it can also be used in conjunction with many martial arts that do not have too rigid requirements. It has some of the characteristics of the Taoist martial arts such as Xiao Wuxiang Gong that Chen Xuan remembered. It is no wonder that Liu Changhe stuffed so many martial arts into him at once, including swords, spears, swords, halberds, fists and palms.

But this thing has both advantages and disadvantages. Zhongzheng Pinghe covers a wide range of areas, but it cannot bring any particular aspect to the extreme. It depends on one's own opinion.

Kung Fu is dead, but people are alive. Even if you cannot bring a certain aspect to its extreme, all things are interdependent and mutually exclusive. With many methods, even the most extreme and powerful methods can be restrained. It all depends on your ability to adapt.

What Liu Changhe instilled was not just a one-shot approach; the annotations were clearly stated. At first, Chen Xuan just couldn't understand it, but with the help of Geng Hong and the others, he gradually got a general idea of ​​it.

In the early stages of this technique, the focus is on cultivating internal energy to nourish the body. In the process of improving the skill, the meridians throughout the body must be continuously opened up in order to truly utilize the internal energy. After all, only when the meridians are opened up can the internal energy be transformed into martial arts and displayed, such as flying high in the air, glowing fists, and using weapons as laser weapons.

Anyway, internal force is the foundation, similar to energy. What effect it can produce depends on the specific martial arts performed. Some body protection exercises can make the whole body glow.

When the meridians in the body are almost opened, the body is tempered and nourished to a certain degree, and strong internal strength is accumulated, it is time to proceed to the next step, to open the Ren and Du meridians to connect the two bridges of heaven and earth, break through the Qi sea and Dantian in one fell swoop, and transform the internal strength of the body into a higher level of innate true qi.

At that stage, one cultivates the acupoints all over the body. The innate true qi is combined with special martial arts to circulate the acupoints to resonate, and one can use sword energy, knife light, fist strength, finger force and the like to injure the enemy from a distance.

When he learned this, Chen Xuan realized that Gao Jingming's sister was actually a congenital master. He said that his sister could swing sword energy from a distance to hurt the enemy. No wonder she was chosen by Prince Qing to be his concubine. When Prince Qing first took a fancy to her, she was definitely less than 20 years old. Such a young congenital master, her martial arts talent is simply amazing.

Before this, they were collectively referred to as the acquired realm.

There is no such thing as first-rate, second-rate, or third-rate. Whoever can kill the enemy is first-rate. If you can't kill the enemy, just bleed to death.

No matter whether the means are despicable or glorious, the one who can stand is the winner. Everything is meaningless if you lose your life.

Above the innate level is the master, and there are specific methods of cultivation. However, Chen Xuan has not yet started to practice martial arts. It is too far away from him, so he doesn't need to worry about it too much.

But the information Liu Changhe gave also made it very clear that there are differences between grandmasters. If one practices the skills of his predecessors and reaches that level and possesses the corresponding strength, he is called a small grandmaster. If one creates his own skills and reaches that realm, has his own ideas, and walks his own path, and the skills he creates lead the trend for a while and are difficult to restrain, he is called a great grandmaster.

Following the path of our predecessors, small masters are common, and there are always a few in a country, but great masters are rare, and one may not appear in a hundred years. Every great master is respected by the world, after all, they are the ones who founded a school of thought.

As for the realm of tribulation, it has risen to the height of spiritual cultivation. Under the resonance between heaven and man, one has the power to control nature. However, it is an extremely dangerous realm. If one is not careful when manipulating the power of heaven and earth, one will suffer backlash. This is the so-called tribulation, which is related to one's own spirit. Chen Xuan currently has no clue about it, and Liu Changhe cannot describe it clearly. It requires personal experience. After all, everyone's mental state is different, and it cannot be generalized.

Since it has risen to a spiritual level, it is inevitable that spiritual problems will arise if you are not careful. The backlash of the power of heaven and earth will come as a result, and this is how the calamity of heaven and earth comes. People's hearts are complicated. Many times, a thought, an idea, or an unintentional behavior will lead to self-doubt and ignorance of consciousness. At that time, the human calamity comes, because when you are born in this world, it is inevitable to have cause and effect with others. A small action will affect your own destiny. Liu Changhe can speak from his own experience in this regard.

Forget about the Human Immortal Realm. Old Liu hasn't even stepped into that threshold yet. Although he's only a hair's breadth away, he has no chance anymore...

(End of this chapter)