Sword from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 37 Secret within secret!

The second day after Lai Changming was executed.

Not long after Mu Dao Ren left, Zhou Yi went out to buy some dry food, filled a gourd of water, hung it around his waist, and set off.

After a fierce battle last night, the Yingyang Prefecture army was badly defeated. Li Mi's men were still reorganizing and had no time to take over the victory.

Zhou Yi was not disturbed and left the city calmly.

He headed south, thinking it would be safer to stay away from Taikang.

So we took the road westward.

After traveling seventy or eighty miles in one day, we arrived at Fugu City.

This is a small town. When passing by, you can do some simple shopping and ask the store selling dry food which road is the easiest one nearby.

Find a quiet place by the way.

The innkeeper pointed the way, and Zhou Yi found an inn in the small town to stay for the night.

The next morning, he looked for a way to climb a low mountain.

This mountain is a branch of the Songshan Mountain Range, named Wuyan Mountain. Because there are many crows there, it is also called Crow Mountain.

It is said that this was the first stop where Laozi preached on his journey west.

Zhou Yi had heard of this legend.

"Maybe I can meet a fellow Taoist."

He walked up the mountain with interest, where he saw many beautiful spring scenes.

In the morning, mist rose, soaking the wheat fields and wetting the mossy traces. Climbing the stairs, I saw ancient cypresses covered with lush vegetation, their branches dripping with tears.

When we reached halfway up the mountain, we saw locust buds just beginning to bloom and truffles glistening.

At this time, the mountain breeze passed by, and the clear sound of wind chimes came into his ears. Zhou Yi couldn't help but quicken his pace.

After walking about a few hundred steps, an ancient Taoist temple came into view.

I went up and knocked on the door, but no one answered for a long time.

I pushed the door open and it creaked, and a layer of old dust fell off the door. It turned out that no one had been here for a long time.

As I stepped through the threshold, I saw a wooden sign covered in spiderwebs. On top was the inscription: "I am a wandering Taoist priest, so please feel free to come."

"That's interesting."

He looked carefully but couldn't find any Taoist signature.

Walking inside, there was only a small courtyard, a three-legged altar, and a dusty cushion in front of it.

The statue of Laozi in the hall is also tangled with spider webs.

Zhou Yi shook off the dust on the cushion, then found a whisk and swept away the cobwebs on the statue of Laozi.

Thinking that he was studying the "Laozi Xianger Zhu", he jumped back to the desk and swept away all the dust covering Laozi's eyebrows and eyes.

So that I can open my eyes and take a look at him, the descendant of Huang Lao.

Zhou Yi smiled and bowed.

At this time, the cuckoo took over the magpie's nest, sat cross-legged in this unattended hall, and found peace of mind.

At this time, he recalled the method that Mu Dao Ren taught him and began to meditate and practice Qi.

Slowly raise your hands, bend your fingers slightly as if holding a ball, and close your palms as if holding a crescent moon.
After the cold air condenses in the Chize acupoint, it flows along the water force of the Chize acupoint and enters the Jingqu acupoint, causing the true qi to circulate in a circle in the acupoint.

In an instant, a stream of fresh air surged into the body.

This method really works!
However, Quan Xing's technique was strange and overbearing. When the five elements came into contact and started to work, they immediately triggered the inner demons.

Jingqu acupoint belongs to metal, and metal is the master of killing!

A sharp light flashed across Zhou Yi's eyes.

At this time, I recalled Zhuangzi's "The World of Man" about adapting to the changes in external things and experiencing the balance therein. It seemed that there was an effect of one thing subduing another, and the murderous intent in my heart slowly subsided.

If Taoist Mu were here, he would be so scared that he would jump three feet high.

Even if you understand this method, you still need to realize the deep balance. Otherwise, if the inner demons are not eliminated, it will never produce the effect of promoting the speed of practicing.

Therefore, Changzhi Zhuangzi's "The World of Man" is the only way to practice this skill.

Zhou Yi practiced this secret of the whole nature and connected it with "water and gold" in one day.

As the murderous intent in his heart faded, Zhou Yi made an even more extreme attempt.

The cold air continued to move downwards.

Cross the Jingqu point and arrive at the Taiyuan point!
The cold air circulated in a circle for the second time, and this time the inner demon it evoked was not murderous intent, but a terrifying feeling of falling to death.

Just as Mu Dao Ren said, Taiyuan has the image of a huge abyss.

I felt like my heart was sinking to the bottom of the world. Not only could I not speed up my practice, even the flow of my Qi came to a complete standstill!

A cold sweat broke out on my back.

When Zhou Yi thought about "The Human World" again, the effect became minimal.

"No, I can't force it. It seems I have to study Zhuangzi too."

He began to think of giving up and planned to stop the Baoyuan Qi exercise on the Taiyuan acupoint.

But at this moment.
Suddenly, I felt my head swelling and a figure appeared.

It was the kind-faced Master Sanchi! In the evening at Qing'an Temple, an old monk clasped his hands together. He first said "Shanzai" and suddenly turned to Zhou Yi, muttering in a low voice:

"One should give rise to the mind without dwelling on anything, focusing on meditation, without clinging to external circumstances or thoughts."

Master Sanchi, the Zen mind is immortal!
Zhou Yi's heart suddenly became pure, like a sage, without desires or demands.

The inner demon born from Taiyuan acupoint and the bottomless abyss completely disappeared.

The three major five-element acupuncture points of "combining water, passing gold, and transporting earth" circulate.

Zhou Yi had mastered half of Mu Dao Ren's secret of secrets.

This Quan Xing Kung Fu is extremely evil. If you are not careful, you will become possessed and go crazy. No wonder Zhuangzi needs to be punished.

However, the speed at which the true qi opens up the meridians in the body is also greatly increased.

If the speed of practicing to open up the meridians at the same time was "two" in the past, now it has become "three".

The same is true for the improvement brought about by refining essence into qi.

In other words, if you can maintain this state for a long time, two hours of practice is equivalent to three hours as usual.

The greater the talent, the greater the effect.

For someone like Zhou Yi who has only practiced for a short time and has a weak foundation of true qi, this is like a long-awaited rain after a long drought.

"Lao Mu, Lao Mu!"

"Brothers!"

Zhou Yi was so touched that he would definitely treat Taoist Mu to a drink next time.

If Mu Dao Ren was present at this moment, he would probably spit out blood while shouting, "Don't be too extreme in your practice!"

It took two hours to practice.

A strong feeling of hunger came over me. The refining of essence into energy had reached its limit and I had to seek help from outside.

The human body adapts to the heaven and earth and has its own circulation. When it is full, it overflows; when it is empty, it is replenished.

People who practice martial arts deplete their vital energy and meditate to recover it, not only looking inward, but also unintentionally looking outward.

This is an endless supply.

As for the speed of recovering power, it depends on the method of practice.

However, for every bit of new Qi generated in the body, more True Energy can be stored in the Dantian.

The sudden feeling of hunger at this moment was the manifestation of the secret within the secret of Quan Xing bestowed on Zhou Yi's "Xuanzhen Guanzang".

Chize, Jingqu and Taiyuan. The effect of practicing these three acupoints together is already good enough.

No matter how brave Zhou Yi was, he didn't dare to continue practicing the thenar eminence at this time.

Because the thenar eminence is the "Yinghuo" acupoint.

The cold air is surrounded by the "Xinghuo", you can imagine how exciting it is.

With the current works "The Human World" and "The Eternal Zen of the Mind" involved, it is certainly impossible to suppress it.

"Too much is as bad as too little. Going too far is not worth it."

Zhou Yi thought of the short and fat Taoist priest's kindness and thought while eating his dry food:
"Master Sanchi didn't say that the Zen of the Heart cannot be passed on to others until it is extinguished. Next time I see Master Mu, I can pass this scripture on to him."

"'Eternal Zen of the Heart' is easy to practice and should be of great benefit to him. It can be considered a small way of repaying a favor."

"..."

After escaping from the quagmire of Fule, he burned away another creditor.

Zhou Yi was in a good mood, so his training efficiency was naturally high.

They stayed on Crow Mountain for seven days, and when they needed daily necessities, they went down the mountain to the small town to buy some.

During these seven days, I took advantage of my spare time to clean up the dirty and messy Taoist temple and restore its popularity.

Occasionally, there would be climbers who would mistake Zhou Yi for the abbot of the temple.

On the eighth day, several people in luxurious attire came to the altar to burn incense.

"Is the Taoist priest the master of this temple?"

Zhou Yi guessed something from their posture and was delighted. He immediately said seriously:

"That's right, I am the abbot of Wuyan Temple."

Without wasting any time, several believers burned incense and went to worship Laozi, and then each made a donation.

After they left, Zhou Yi counted them and found that there were more than three hundred five-zhu coins!

Less talk, more money, what a wealthy customer!

It would take half a month of running errands in a tavern to earn that much.

The wealthy guest came to visit and solved the problem of "lack of money" among the 81 difficulties that Jin Chanzi faced.

Zhou Yi was short of money and had originally planned to go down the mountain to Nanyang as soon as possible. This would solve his immediate problem and allow him to stay for a few more days.

It just so happens that I have a faint feeling of breakthrough recently.
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