Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 91: A Big Hold Before Forming the Pill

This is Zhao Yifu's harvest season.

After the Zhao clan settled down, he went up the mountain again and gave the "Immortal Song Picture" he had previously painted to Liang Zhongzhi.

Liang Zhongzhi didn't say anything and hung it on the wall of his study.

Then Zhao Yifu felt what it meant to be "favored by the master".

The strong yang and spiritual energy continued to explode in his letter seal, causing the small seal to tremble constantly.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu quickly introduced these Yang and spiritual energies into his own soul and exchanged them for a martial arts holy body.

Originally, only the five fingers of his left hand were strengthened, but now, within just a few days, he has also strengthened the five fingers of his right hand.

However, the Yang and spiritual energy did not stop, but instead became more and more intense.

It seems that there are other people in the sect who are observing the painting.

This immense wealth has finally fallen upon him.

After the strengthening of his ten fingers was completed, Zhao Yifu took a look and decided to start from the basics and strengthen them as a whole.

It would be fine if it was just the ten fingers, but if you continue to strengthen one part alone, it is very likely to cause imbalance in the body.

Therefore, after he made the decision, Yang and spiritual power continuously flowed into and injected into the void.

He suddenly developed a big appetite.

Originally, he ate as much as two adults due to years of martial arts training, and now his appetite has doubled!
The strange thing is that he didn't gain weight even though he ate so much.

This is because the martial arts holy body and the practice of refining essence into qi have efficiently absorbed the nutrients of these foods.

After the new year, Zhao Yifu's cultivation has been improving by leaps and bounds.

He never imagined that while strengthening his martial arts body, he would also speed up the refining of his body's essence.

It was as if a shackle had been unlocked in his body, allowing him to absorb nutrients in a more efficient way.

This nutrient not only comes from diet, but also comes directly from the surrounding outside world.

He thought that perhaps the purpose of the yang and spiritual energy he offered was to allow the gods to continue to untie the shackles on his body.

Under such circumstances, he gradually gained a comprehensive understanding of the contents of the "Chun Yang Seeking the Tao Sutra".

If he went up the mountain to ask again at this time, Liang Zhongzhi would patiently explain to him and tell him about the Pure Yang Dao.

Another month passed like this. One day, Zhao Yifu felt that all the meridians in his body were vibrating. He was inspired and circulated his true energy using the profound principles in the "Pure Yang Seeking the Tao Sutra". Unknowingly, all eight meridians were opened!
The true Qi circulated in the perfect circle of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, gradually making him feel like a virtual circle, and he was unconsciously addicted to it.

"wake up!"

At this moment, a sudden thunderclap sounded in his soul, waking Zhao Yifu up.

He looked up and saw that the picture of summoning gods beside him had been opened, and the Emperor Wenheng with furious eyes was looking at him.

Only then did he realize that it was the portrait of Emperor Wenheng that called him back.

He bowed deeply and then lit a stick of incense to pay tribute to the Emperor.

Zhao Yifu was filled with fear and wondered if he had practiced in the wrong direction. After the incense burnt out, he rolled up the summoning picture and went to find his mentor to answer his questions.

"Master, I might have practiced it wrong..."

He went there in a hurry.

Liang Zhongzhi also suddenly became serious, and then hurriedly checked his condition and asked doubtfully: "It seems that there is nothing wrong?"

Zhao Yifu then told about how he almost got lost in the boundless nothingness.

Liang Zhongzhi became cautious after hearing this.

He said, "This is because your soul accidentally left your body during your breakthrough."

"This is indeed very dangerous, because your current spirit has not been tempered by 'Refining Qi into Spirit' and is very fragile. Once lost in the void, there is no way back."

"But this kind of situation is rare... I'd say it's only been heard of in ancient times by sages. How did you..."

Zhao Yifu looked over in confusion, with a clean and innocent feeling in his eyes.

Liang Zhongzhi paused, then said, "Actually, if we analyze it now, it should be that some people who are naturally more sensitive or have higher comprehension skills occasionally enter such a state of nothingness, and from it they comprehend some principles of the origin of the world."

"These principles were recorded, or summarized and pursued, and gradually, they formed the path of cultivation."

"So you don't have to worry. Regardless of whether this situation will happen again in the future, even if it does, you just need to be mentally prepared and you shouldn't be afraid..."

Liang Zhongzhi didn't say anything definite, but he felt that the probability of Zhao Yifu encountering such a situation again was really low, so he didn't say any more on this topic.

He changed the subject and said, "Now that you have completed the Great Circulation, you should know the next step in your cultivation."

Zhao Yifu sat upright, waiting for his master to teach him.

Liang Zhongzhi said, "You have already mastered your own essence. By doing so, you can gather the essence of the five elements from your internal organs and place it in your Dantian. Then, you can introduce the essence of yin and yang from your meridians to regulate your civil and military abilities. This will allow you to create the Hunyuan Dan."

"This is how the elixir is formed."

"However, at this point, I have only completed the process of refining essence into qi. The path of cultivation has only just begun."

"Once the golden elixir is formed, one can absorb and exhale the essence of heaven and earth to refine the spirit."

"When the spirit is strong, the primordial spirit will emerge."

"Then, once the primordial spirit is cleansed and filled with the essence of heaven and earth, it can achieve the fruit of the Yang God Dao."

"From now on, you can roam freely in the world and be called a true immortal on earth!"

"..."

Liang Zhongzhi talked about a lot of mysteries of the future realm, and Zhao Yifu listened to it with great interest.

As his master taught, he began to understand many of the mysteries in the Pure Yang Sutra of Seeking the Tao, and even naturally understood what to do next.

The next step is to try to form the elixir, but Zhao Yifu feels that he is not in a hurry to form the elixir now, because the principle of forming the elixir is actually to use the body as the furnace and the essence in the body as the spiritual material to refine the elixir.

However, in the next stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation practice, this golden elixir will be the nourishment of the primordial spirit.

Therefore, the step of forming the golden elixir is very important. The state of the physical body actually determines the quality of the golden elixir.

Because when the golden elixir is achieved, the body's essence will be completely restrained and gathered. At that time, the human body can continue to absorb and exhale the essence of heaven and earth, and will no longer be different from ordinary people.

It would have been fine if he didn't have the 'Martial Arts Holy Body' before, but now that he can cultivate the 'Martial Arts Holy Body', Zhao Yi Fu wants to try to cultivate the Martial Arts Holy Body first, and then use the vast essence of the Martial Arts Holy Body to form a pill.

This is his ambition.

But Zhao Yifu felt that there was nothing wrong with his ambition.

He made up his mind and asked, "Master, if I can form a pill, what level of cultivation will I be considered in the world of cultivation?"

Liang Zhongzhi laughed heartily upon hearing this and said, "Only after forming the elixir can you be considered to have truly entered the realm of transcendence. In this vast world, there are countless people who can achieve this."

"But you can rest assured. Such extraordinary people will not easily show up in the secular world."

Zhao Yifu still felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. He said, "What if he really did meet me?"

Liang Zhongzhi said disapprovingly: "If we really meet, we can tell each other our origins. You said you are from the Pure Yang lineage, so let's see what he is like."

This is so reasonable.

Zhao Yifu: "..."

He really appreciated this kind of self-righteousness and felt that his master was a true person.

Liang Zhongzhi added, "By the way, you've been asking me for advice on cultivation this month, and you've made great progress in your practice. But don't forget that the provincial examination is only about twenty days away, so you should prepare to travel."

Zhao Yifu suddenly realized it, and even felt as if he had been in another world. He had been practicing in the mountains for so long that he didn't know how many years had passed. Suddenly, it seemed like the provincial examination was approaching.

He hurriedly bid farewell to his mentor, then went home to make some arrangements, and then took Wu Zhong over Moshan Mountain to Moyang City.

This exam was not held in Moyang City, but had to be taken by water through Xianren Lake to the southeast and reach Nanhu Prefecture City.

Because this is also the provincial capital of Nanhu Province, the provincial examination is held in the provincial capital.

Zhao Yifu came to the house he had been away from for a long time and found that it seemed a little strange... Well, it should be said that it was unexpectedly clean, and it didn't look like no one had lived there for a month.

Zhao Yifu originally wanted to come back to see his cats, but it turned out that these cats were living a really good life.

Although the cat food was eaten up, they actually used a room as a warehouse to store a lot of food that no one knew where it came from.

There is meat, fish, rice and steamed buns.

Wow, they are celebrating the New Year too, right?

Zhao Yifu felt very suspicious when he looked at his yard.

But suspicious so what?

When he came back, the cats all gathered around him, meowing meow meow around him with their beautiful sounds...

What could he do?

Of course I choose to let them go.

Zhao Yifu said helplessly, "I'll be heading to the provincial capital to take the exam soon after I get back. You guys just stay home and behave yourself... That's all. You can live well enough even if you're alone. But I'll still ask Wu Zhong to leave some food for you."

"I wonder if you guys would use silver..."

Zhao Yifu felt that he was probably sick, as he kept chattering to a group of cats.

After spending the entire night smoothing out the fur of every cat, he went out contentedly to visit Teacher Zhou and his friends.

Teacher Zhou has now resigned from his position as academician and instead taken on the title of governor of Mozhou.

The post of Inspector has existed since ancient times, but the supervisory power of the previous dynasty had become a nominal position in Daxu.

Generally speaking, this honorary position is given to certain military officers who need to be commended.

However, when necessary, this position can also be given to civil servants to intervene in military affairs at critical moments.

At this time, Zhou Su asked for orders to suppress the bandits, and the emperor gave him the title of governor of Mozhou to facilitate his work, which was also an advance payment.

Of course, if the bandit suppression is unsuccessful, the title of governor can be removed at any time.

When I arrived at Zhou Su's mansion, I found that the mansion was being cleaned.

There were not even many servants in the house, and only Zhou Su was sitting alone in the study.

Zhao Yifu knocked on the door.

"Enter."

Zhou Su said.

Zhao Yifu stepped in and saw that all the books in the study had been moved out.

Zhou Su smiled and said, "This house is going to be sold, so some of the things are going to be moved back to my hometown in the countryside."

Zhao Yifu asked in surprise, "Why do you want to sell the house?"

Zhou Su said calmly: "Nothing special, just raising military funds."

Zhao Yifu was even more surprised. He asked, "My second uncle must have brought a lot of military supplies, right?"

"Teacher, why would you sell your house?"

Zhou Su said, "I will naturally remember your support, Zhao. However, how could I allow others to contribute their wealth while I can enjoy myself at home?"

"You don't need to persuade me about this matter anymore. Maybe it will become a good story a hundred years from now."

Seeing that he was using "good stories" to shut him up, Zhao Yifu simply stopped talking.

He forgot for a moment and asked, "Where are my elder sister and junior sister?"

Zhou Su said, "They have already moved into the military camp. Once this house is sold, I will move in as well."

"From now on, we will eat and live together with this new army."

Zhou Su spoke with emotion, but in fact, Zhao Yifu knew how difficult it was to make such a decision.

After all, it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Zhao Yifu was helpless. Seeing that Teacher Zhou was working so hard for his daughter, he could only try his best to support her.

After saying goodbye to Zhou Su, Zhao Yifu went to find his old friend Fan Jin.

He wanted to ask Fan Jin to go take the exam together.

Unexpectedly, this time Fan Jin refused with some embarrassment.

Zhao Yifu asked in surprise: "Why is this?"

Fan Jin said shyly, "My teacher said that I should not take this special examination. He told me to polish my knowledge and wait until next autumn to take the examination again."

Zhao Yifu understood after listening to it.

The candidates for this year's Enke exam are definitely a trap, and many bigwigs are well aware of this.

Fan Jin couldn't help but say, "Brother Junxin, how about you wait another year?"

"Wouldn't it be wonderful if we waited a year and then got together and went to the provincial capital to take part in the Autumn Examination?"

Zhao Yifu smiled bitterly upon hearing this and said, "Brother Zichang, I'm afraid this won't work."

Zhao Yifu sighed and said, "I won't hide it from you, brother. My family has suffered a great change and is now in dire straits."

"I'm afraid only passing the second-best list can save us."

Upon hearing this, Fan Jin was speechless and finally just bowed and clasped his hands.

Zhao Yifu knew that he was unwilling to gamble his future with Zhao Yifu, but this was normal.

To avoid making Fan Jin feel bad, Zhao Yifu laughed and said, "That's good too. Brother Zichang can study for another year and have a noble person to look after him. Maybe he can even win the first place in the imperial examination next autumn. Then we brothers can serve in the same court and look after each other."

Fan Jin covered his face and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you for your kind words, my dear brother."

Zhao Yifu waved his hand and said, "In that case, I'll take my leave. Time is running out, so I have to prepare my travel documents for the provincial capital."

After saying goodbye to Fan Jin in this way, Zhao Yifu looked back at Fan Jin's small house outside the city. Hearing the rude voice of the woman cursing coming from inside, he couldn't help laughing.

I wonder what this rough woman will do after Brother Fan Jin passes the imperial examination next year?

Zhao Yifu laughed out loud and went into the city swaying his head.

Now he was only one step away from forming a pill, so he gradually developed a mentality of playing with the world.

As for things at home...

He is not the only one working on household matters.

Taking part in the imperial examination was a way to break the impasse for him, and joining the new army under Mr. Zhou was also a way to break the impasse for him.

If both of them can succeed in increasing the fault tolerance rate at the same time, then the fate of the entire family will be changed.

　It's over today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)