Uncle Jiu: I am Chen Yulou, the leader of the Xiangling gang

Chapter 18, Five Acupoints

"Ninth level of Soul Cultivation Realm?"

Chen Yulou was somewhat surprised when he heard this.

Uncle Jiu nodded and said again: "After the Taoist sect successfully builds the foundation for a hundred days, it is the ninth level of soul nourishment."

"After a warrior successfully builds his foundation in 100 days, he will reach the ninth level of body forging."

"Confucian scholars say that scholars cultivate their qi to the ninth level of heaven."

"Buddhism calls it the nine-level novice realm."

"The spirits and monsters transform into nine forms of demons."

"Of course, there are some smaller sects with their own unique names, but whether they are humans, ghosts, monsters, or gods, or whether they are large or small sects, they all derive their names from the four realms of Qigong practitioners in the pre-Qin period: refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao. These names are derived from the realms that belong to their own race, large sect, or individual inheritance."

“So even though the names are different, they are completely different.”

Chen Yulou immediately understood and nodded.

Uncle Jiu immediately continued, "We Maoshan Taoists focus on inner alchemy practice."

"As the saying goes, the three treasures of heaven are the sun, moon, and stars; the three treasures of earth are water, fire, and wind; and the three treasures of man are essence, energy, and spirit. When essence is abundant, energy is abundant, and when energy is abundant, spirit is vigorous."

“So, spirit, energy and vitality are the appearance of a person’s soul.”

"And the Soul-Nourishing Realm is about strengthening one's own spirit and energy."

"If you want to strengthen your own spirit, energy and vitality, you need to circulate the Qi in your Dantian throughout your body."

"Because humans have three souls and seven spirits, the Heavenly Soul corresponds to the Hunmen acupoint, the Earthly Soul corresponds to the Lingtai acupoint, the Life Soul corresponds to the Guanyuan acupoint, the Corpse Dog corresponds to the Pohu acupoint, the Fu Shi corresponds to the Pi Shu acupoint, the Stinky Lung corresponds to the Fei Shu acupoint, the Swallowing Threat corresponds to the Gan Shu acupoint, the Non-Poison corresponds to the Xin Shu acupoint, the Sparrow Yin corresponds to the Shen Shu acupoint, and the Purifying Filth corresponds to the Zhiwu acupoint."

"So we need to let Qi circulate through a large circle. When Qi circulates through a small circle, it cannot connect to all the acupuncture points."

After hearing this, Chen Yulou's thoughts suddenly became much clearer.

Simply put, the circulation of Qi in the Ren and Du meridians is the small circulation.

But the big circulation is different. Qi is not only in the Ren and Du meridians, but also connects to the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve main meridians. Therefore, when Qi runs a big circulation, it is equivalent to passing through all the meridians and acupoints in the human body.

Perhaps this is the reason why it can strengthen the spirit, or the soul.

"Master, if the Qi in my Dantian can circulate throughout the body, does that mean I have entered the Soul-Nourishing Realm?" Chen Yulou thought for a moment and asked.

"Not bad!" Uncle Jiu nodded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou immediately closed his eyes and tried to mobilize the Qi in his Dantian to circulate, wanting to find a gap into other meridians from the Ren and Du meridians that were running in the small circle. However, after circulating in one circle, the Ren and Du meridians were like a solid wall, and there was no way out.

"Have you discovered that the Qi running through the small circulation route has no way of reaching other meridians?" Uncle Jiu saw Chen Yulou frowning and asked with a smile.

Chen Yulou immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Master!"

"It's as if... as if the Ren and Du meridians are not connected to the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve main meridians. But how could the meridians in the human body not be connected?"

Uncle Jiu immediately laughed and said, "That's right, the meridians in the human body cannot be unconnected!"

Chen Yulou suddenly thought of something and immediately asked, "Master, I heard that warriors need to open up their Ren and Du meridians. Could this be the reason?"

Uncle Jiu heard this and nodded, "That's right!"

"Therefore, there are five important acupoints on the Ren and Du meridians. If you want to move Qi from the small circulation to the large circulation, you must open up these five acupoints."

Chen Yulou immediately pricked up his ears and looked at Uncle Jiu.

"The first one is Guanyuan. It's the most important point on the Ren Meridian, known as the 'Sea of ​​Vital Energy.'"

"The second one is Qihai acupoint, which is the second most important acupoint on the Ren Meridian and is called the 'Sea of ​​Qi'."

"The third one, Mingmen, is the most important point on the Governor Vessel, known as the 'Sea of ​​Yang Energy'."

"The fourth one, Baihui, is the intersection of the Du meridian and several yang meridians." "The fifth one, Huiyin, is the intersection of the Ren, Du, and Chong meridians."

"Only when these five acupoints are opened up can Qi come out from the Ren and Du meridians and flow to the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve main meridians." Uncle Jiu said.

Chen Yulou suddenly understood.

Uncle Jiu looked at Chen Yulou and then warned, "Don't be impatient when opening these five acupuncture points. The most vulnerable part of the human body is the meridians. Similarly, for cultivators, these meridians are also the most important. Any damage will cause endless troubles. So, if you are not sure, don't force it!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou immediately responded, "Master, please rest assured. I know the importance of this matter."

"Okay, then you should go to bed early. I will start teaching you how to make talismans tomorrow!" Uncle Jiu stood up and said with a smile.

"Okay, Master!"

"You should go to bed early too!" Chen Yulou stood up and sent Uncle Jiu out the door.

After closing the door and returning to bed, Chen Yulou's gaze instantly stopped on the Taoist talisman armor given to him by his uncle Jiu. He picked up the small wooden box on the bed, opened it and took out the Taoist talisman armor inside.

Then, he silently chanted the spell: "Rise!"

Suddenly, the Taoist talisman armor grew from small to large.

Chen Yulou looked at the talisman armor, which was made up of pieces of yellow paper the size of a baby's fist.

But what is amazing is that there is no thread or rope between one piece of paper and another. It looks like layers of paper stacked together, but also like a whole. It is very magical.

Chen Yulou glanced at the oil lamp on the bedside and immediately placed the talisman armor on the lamp.

Suddenly, the yellow paper armor emitted a faint yellow light, directly blocking out the finger-thick light.

"Is this a magical weapon?"

"It's really amazing!"

Chen Yulou's face showed astonishment. After all, as an atheist who was born and raised under the red flag, he actually traveled to this world. However, he still did not think that this world was beyond his imagination. However, the scene of his own conferment of Lu and the performance of the Taoist talisman armor now all showed that this world was really extraordinary.

Then, Chen Yulou put on the talisman armor. Although it looked very heavy, he didn't feel any weight at all when he wore it.

"Good stuff!"

Chen Yulou took off the talisman armor, shrunk it, and put it into a small wooden box, then sighed.

Uncle Jiu said that this door armor is the product of the combination of talismans and paper figurines.

Paper figure technique?
There was one more Taoist technique he wanted to learn.

After putting away the Taoist talisman, Chen Yulou didn't think about it anymore. After all, it was true that it was easier to learn than to try. Taoist techniques had to be learned one by one.

Then, Chen Yulou sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and began to explore the changes in his body.

After a while, Chen Yulou suddenly opened his eyes, his face full of shock.

Last night, he discovered Mingyu Gong, or he could draw Yin Qi into his body, so he didn't dare to practice it.

But now he discovered that the Yin Qi entering the body would first gather at the Zifu acupoint, which is the acupoint where Daolu stays, before entering the Dantian. The Yin Qi passing through the Zifu acupoint actually turned into normal "Qi".

Turn Yin into Yang!

Is this the function of Daolu itself?

Or maybe the ancestor who gave him the Dao Lu noticed that he could draw Yin energy into his body, so he gave him this Dao Lu.

"Disciple thanks Grandmaster!"

Chen Yulou bowed to the void. No matter what, it was Daolu who worked.

(End of this chapter)