Chapter 097 The Difficulty of Refining Qi
Chen Xinghe stumbled in his spiritual practice because he did not have a teacher to guide him, so he lacked a lot of basic knowledge.
After entering Lianfeng Temple, he had already paid attention to making amends.
Whether it is the Qi refining stage or the body refining stage, spiritual consciousness has not yet been generated, but one can still predict the enemy's advance. What is the basis for this?
It's based on perception.
At the beginning of the birth of spiritual consciousness, there must be perception. So where does this perception come from?
Refining qi requires absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, and over time it will naturally induce reactions around the body.
Body refining is inferior in this aspect, but supplemented by mind-strengthening visualization methods, it can also increase perception, and can even surpass Qi refining monks of the same level. This varies from person to person.
At this moment, Chen Xinghe’s practice of the Baolian Sutra belongs to the visualization method.
When other monks practice this mental method, they naturally place a big Buddha on the lotus base and pray for the Buddha's blessing. There is no example of him doing such a reckless thing and placing stars in the sky.
However, the Baolian Sutra is truly miraculous. It actually carries the starry sky and generates a trace of perception.
Chen Xinghe felt that this sense was ethereal, and seemed to have little effect. However, he could not be discouraged after practicing just now, and he did not have high expectations in his heart. He just felt that strengthening the feeling of star power would be enough.
It can be said that the starting point is quite simple and unpretentious. I don't expect any Buddha lotus. As long as I can sense the star power, I won't have the ten thousand merits of Baihua.
Blessed to the soul, the golden lotus platform began to rotate slowly, and the perception of star power gradually strengthened.
"Huh? I didn't expect to gain anything just by getting good grades. I'm so grateful to the Sutra Library of Lianfeng Temple."
He was happy in his heart, knowing that he had to eat the food one bite at a time. The lotus platform's ability to attract star power was not achieved overnight. It might take more than half a year of meditation to see significant progress, but it was better than nothing.
"Very good. I feel very fulfilled just practicing like this."
"Zixiao's foundation-building magical skill cannot be left behind. After all, it has the word "foundation-building" and it has attracted the attention of the Sha family. What if there is some mystery?"
"At least I want to cultivate my inner strength to the Xuanxu realm and explore the possibility of using martial arts to enter Taoism. They say there is no smoke without fire. Since there are legends in the world, there must be a root cause, right?"
Chen Xinghe's practice is equal to three cultivations in one body: Qi training, body training, and internal strength training.
Coupled with visualization, boxing practice, and thinking about body movements, it goes from morning to night.
Others may look tired, but in fact he enjoys it.
If I hadn't made an agreement with Hua Ting to meet every three days, I would have been practicing so wholeheartedly that I would hardly have felt the passage of time.
Just like that, half a month passed by in a flash, and Chen Xinghe discovered that the sixth level of the Diamond Treasure Pillar Magic Skill was almost completed.
Why is it still the Vajra Treasure Pillar Magic Technique? Instead of the Prajna Golden Body Technique?
That's because the medicinal materials have not been used up yet, and changing the body-training method also requires the support of precious medicinal materials, which Huating has not prepared yet.
After half a month, Chen Xinghe has completely transformed the Baoyuan Tongbei Fist into the Divine Ape Ruyi Fist, eliminating the violence, just like the violent ape in the mountains has become a spirit, as agile as it should be, and as grand as it should be.
All the exercises went smoothly, but the Hidden Dragon Holding Yuan Gong made him extremely troubled.
No matter how slow your reaction is, how could you not see how unsuitable you are for drawing spiritual energy into your body, despite the advantage of being a strong sleeper?
The Hidden Dragon Holding Yuan Gong is still at the second level. Last night I could barely feel a trace of spiritual energy. This is because the spring itself has spiritual energy.
Chen Xinghe has learned that the hot spring here is not as simple as boiling water, but is located on a miniature spiritual vein.
What are spiritual veins?
That's where the spiritual stones are hidden, and it's a holy land for cultivation that even hundreds of thousands of miles away may not be able to find another place.
Otherwise, how could Lianfeng Temple take root here? That's because body-refining monks also need spiritual energy to slowly change their physiques, thus adding a little bit of success conditions for future foundation building.
Therefore, these spiritual springs are the foundation of Lianfeng Temple. They are enough to bring spirits into the body in the early stage of Qi refining. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are blessed by nature.
However, it is precisely because of this unique advantage that Chen Xinghe is extremely troubled.
Refining qi is not easy for him. If he practices at this speed, he may be able to achieve qi refining perfection in a hundred years? What kind of foundation will you have to build by then?
The best age for foundation building is before the age of forty-five, and the earlier is not necessarily better. However, if you wait until you are sixty to build a foundation, your blood and physical condition will not be as good as that of young people.
As a result, Chen Xinghe was a little disheartened about the path of qi refining, but after much understanding, he realized that qi refining monks and body refining monks may have the same strength after building a foundation, but their future paths may not be the same.
The road to refining Qi becomes wider and wider.
The road to physical training is getting narrower and narrower.
Perhaps in the end both can reach the same goal through different paths, but the process is still superior to Qi refining.
This is the reality. The higher you go, the fewer the body-refining monks are, but the more qi-refining monks there are. So this world belongs to the qi-refining monks.
Mainstream and non-mainstream!
The masses and the niche!
Chen Xinghe naturally wants to take the mainstream route, because there are more roads to the top. If you keep practicing and walking, you may have no way out. How can you have the time to start over? Wouldn't it be sad then?
Therefore, he could not give up and still insisted on practicing the Hidden Dragon Holding Yuan Gong.
Now that I have felt a trace of spiritual energy, it means that I am not completely hopeless, so I can accept this. It is better than having no spiritual roots...
Everything was fine originally, but today is different from the past.
Someone moved a huge boulder and threw it into the spring with a "dong" sound, causing a large splash of water and forcing Chen Xinghe to exit his deep sleep.
"Yanming, come out to Sajia."
"You are a bitch who only has money in your eyes. You took the upper court's treasure book and sold it. You really took advantage of it. The Sa family will arrest you and take you to the upper court to be punished by the Master of the Discipline Hall."
Chen Xinghe floated out of the water, yawned and said: "If a dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth, what kind of mad dog will come to me and bark? It won't be afraid of the wind blowing its mouth crooked."
"Boy, are you Yanming? The Sa family wants you to know how powerful you are."
It was too late, but in an instant, a fist as big as Shabo was already in front of him.
This punch was very powerful, spanning more than ten feet in a straight line, and it felt like a blow that shook the sky.
Chen Xinghe didn't dare to raise the cauldron, so he lightly stepped on the waves with his feet. Like a divine ape, he raised his fist and hit the cauldron with a "click" sound.
The surrounding mountain peaks swayed, and Shabo's big fist returned just as it came.
The tall monk slid back with his feet, and after landing on the ground, he took five or six steps back with a "thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thud, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump-thumping.
"Great monk, you and I have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future. How dare you come to trouble me with your three-legged cat skills? You really don't know how high the sky is and how high it is."
"Little thing, look at the instrument." The great monk was so angry that he took off a small hammer from his waist, shook his hands and threw it away.
Chen Xinghe took a look: "Haha, good time."
With the sound of wind and thunder, he grabbed it with his right hand. The big net of ashes was already in his hand, and he clasped the hammer head with a "bang" sound.
Although this hammer grows when the wind blows, it cannot change the fact that it is becoming brittle.
Chapter completed!