Chapter 5: The Mysterious Cave

Xiao Tian looked back, but saw that the master was already standing behind him with a smile. This time he was pleasantly surprised, and asked in a trembling voice, "Master, this... Is this the vitality entering the body?"

Master smiled and nodded, and said affirmatively, "That's right, this is the vitality entering the body." As long as you can control these vitality for your own use, you can be regarded as taking the first step in cultivating immortals. Although he smiled on his face, he sighed secretly in his heart: "Generally, children with spiritual roots, according to the superficial mental method run several times, you can feel the vitality into the body, although I taught this child, although it is not a profound mental method, but it has been taught by some powerful sects when they accept disciples, and with divine consciousness to help him keep it in mind, it took a month for this child to feel it." When I teach him to cultivate, is it just for him to suffer as much as he ends, or is it the consequence of a mortal? In this case, am I teaching him, or am I harming him?" I couldn't help but regret my decision.

But seeing Xiao Tian's surprised and happy look at this time, he really couldn't bear to hit him like this, so he had to force a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Did you just feel a trace of breath along the soles of your feet and enter your body?" Xiao Tian said: "There is a cool air going up the soles of your feet, but you can't feel it in an instant." "That's because the vitality you absorb is insufficient, and you can't swim in your body, you still need to practice diligently, and the vitality that needs to be practiced will not stop entering the body, passing through Dadun, Taichong, Zhangmen, and Qimen, and then entering the liver and then entering the dantian for condensation. Yuan Qi exists between heaven and earth, and it is called aura after condensing into the body. After the dantian qi is sufficient, it can then travel throughout the body, which can be emitted through any part of the body. The aura is sufficient, and the sending and receiving are free, which is called refining qi. After refining the gas, condensing the gas into the dantian, waiting for the dantian to be full, forming a spiritual pool, turning gas into liquid, and building a foundation. After the foundation is built, the spirit pond turns into a pill, and the golden pill becomes a one, which is called the knot pill. Dancheng is a baby, and it is immortal out of the body, which is called the original baby. Cultivating to the Yuan Infant Period, that is, cultivating the immortals, the Yuan Infant Monk can have a lifespan of 5,000 years, but the Yuan Infant is not extinguished from the body, although the body is destroyed, the Yuan Infant still exists, and the life span can be extended by taking the house. Yuanying monk can be said to have immortal supernatural powers, but the matter of taking away is extremely dangerous, if it is to take away the body of a mortal or a person with poor cultivation qualifications, it is useless in addition to more than a hundred years of life, and it is useless to give away a person with good cultivation qualifications, first, the other party must also have supernatural powers to protect the body, or there are elders to give magic weapons to care, and secondly, if the soul of the person who is taken away is strong, then the yuan infant will also be killed. Therefore, the matter of taking away the body is also a last resort, and only monks who have failed to do penance, have no hope of breaking through, or whose physical bodies have been destroyed by natural and man-made disasters will do this, and the matter of obtaining a suitable physical body is also very small. But when a monk reaches this point, breaking through to the Yuanying, and fighting for longevity with the heavens is the right way, these things are still too far away for you. After saying that, he sighed again: "When it comes to cultivation, you need to get started as soon as possible. Ordinary people start formal cultivation at the age of three, and they can't practice the third stage of qi refining before the age of fifteen, and there is no hope of basically building a foundation, and compared to mortals, it is not too much than a hundred years of life. This kid feels that it is so difficult for the vitality to enter the body, when he will cultivate the qi into the dantian, it is difficult to say the first phase of qi refining, and before the life limit of two hundred years old, it is not known how many periods of qi refining he has cultivated, how can he talk about building a foundation?" I couldn't help but be greatly unoptimistic about the future of this disciple.

Xiao Tian naturally didn't know what the master was thinking, and he was still overjoyed. At this point, the dead horse can only be used as a live horse doctor, the master said to Xiao Tian with a strong spirit: "After the vitality enters the body, it can be called aura, you still need to practice more until you can feel the aura entering the body endlessly, through the liver into the dantian." After the dantian is full of qi, then swim around the whole body. If you are a person with multiple spiritual root attributes, you can have multiple meridians to absorb the aura of different attributes, and the cultivation speed is naturally much faster. Xiao Tian said: "Master, I don't have a spiritual root, so I can only work harder than others in order to catch up with other people's cultivation speed." The Master said, "That's nature." But in his heart, he said, "Even if you don't sleep for twelve hours a day, you can't afford to meditate for one or two hours." If you are a person with a good spiritual root and practice diligently for five or six hours a day, you will not be able to catch up with other people's cultivation speed no matter what. If this kid can succeed in cultivation, it will really be a miracle. ”

Xiao Tian had come back to his senses at this time, and said happily: "Master, I can cultivate, I want to tell my father." When the master heard this, he immediately stopped: "No." Once you embark on the road of cultivating immortals, it is the eternal separation of immortals, and the first thing for those who cultivate immortals is to cut off the mundane fate and devote themselves to the Tao. I do not want to see your father as a mortal, and you must not speak of me to him. If you tell your father about this, I will not recognize you as an apprentice, and you will never want to see me again. I see the deep love between your father and son, and allow you to follow your father to live by your father's side, once your father leaves the west, you will go up the mountain with me, and you will never have anything to do with this mortal dust again. I will now pass on your method of condensing qi into the dantian. After that, he dictated a set of tricks, and when he saw that Xiaotian had memorized it, he disappeared again.

Xiao Tian didn't know why the master said this, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to go back home and not mention it to his father, but the joy in his heart couldn't help but fade a little.

I had to practice again the next day, but I didn't feel the vitality entering my body. After practicing for another two days, I felt it again. Sometimes there are and sometimes not, until a few months later, it can barely stabilize the vitality into the body, so according to the method, the vitality into the body is introduced into the aura, and the aura is guided to enter the liver along the meridians, and then enter the dantian for condensation. This process was not easy, and when Xiao Tian could introduce the first trace of spiritual energy into the dantian, it was already two years later.

During this period, the master never appeared, and Xiao Tian didn't care, maybe the master knew his cultivation progress and would appear when he needed to take the next step, and at this time he just cultivated according to the formula wholeheartedly. At this time, he no longer has to rely on the introductory eight styles to absorb the vitality, and he can also absorb the wood vitality when meditating, but it is not as fast as the introductory eight styles, so he does not delay in practicing and meditating, meditates when he is tired, and practices again when he rests enough.

In the past two years, because of the improvement of the washing and improvement of the body's meridians by the aura, Xiaotian's body has changed. Compared to the children of the same age, he was taller and thinner than those children. He is the only child in the whole village who does not give birth, and Mr. Su no longer teaches, so he planted two plots of land on the edge of the village and harvested some rice and vegetables, which are enough for the father and son to eat. The most important change is reflected in his perception, he can clearly feel some sounds within a radius of miles, and he can hear people speaking a little higher. Gradually, he could feel that the cyan wood vitality between heaven and earth was closer to him, and the wood vitality in the grass next to the trees was also stronger.

On this day, I suddenly thought: "The wood vitality in the grass next to the trees is relatively strong, and the wood vitality in the woods is not even more, why don't you go to the woods to cultivate?" Thinking of doing it, he told his father, only saying that he had grown up, and that his father should not do everything, and he should go to the mountains and forests to hunt some rabbits and pheasants, etc., to share his father's worries. His father didn't stop him, but only told him not to go deep into the mountains and forests, to go early and return early, etc., and so on, and it was up to him.

Since then, Xiao Tian has been cultivating in the mountains and forests every day. The mountain is quiet, Mu Yuanqi is really much richer than outside the mountain, and his cultivation speed has also improved, at this time, his agility is far better than that of mortals, catching some rabbits and pheasants is already handy, but he has always been kind-hearted, and he can't bear to kill more, only ten days and half a month to get one back to deal with, there is no shortage of him at home, he can't bring back the prey, and his father doesn't care.

In this way, it was another half a year, and Xiao Tian found that the taller and more lush the trees, the more abundant the wood vitality, and his cultivation in the mountains and forests gradually moved to the depths of the mountains and forests. After cultivating this day, I remembered that I hadn't brought the prey back for many days, so I wanted to take a hare back to give my father a tooth sacrifice.

I saw a rabbit in the glade ahead, quite fat, eating, stopping from time to time to listen, and seemed quite alert. Xiao Tianxin said: "Rabbit, rabbit, I have wronged you to make our dinner tonight." He had taken two more steps, and was about to make a move, when the rabbit suddenly realized that he had scurried forward and disappeared into the grass in front of him.

Xiao Tian has already caught the pheasant and hare now, although this rabbit is cunning, he didn't catch it at once, and he couldn't help but be slightly annoyed in his heart: "Run, see where you can run?" The rabbit flickered left and right, and the trees and grass in front of him were dense, and Xiao Tian would miss it twice when he shot.

This time, the young man's competitive spirit was stimulated, and Xiao Tianxin said: "I don't believe I can't catch you today." "I was ruthless, and I chased even tighter. The rabbit panicked, but dodged left and right, and suddenly ran out of the woods and came to a cliff.

Without the shelter of trees and grass, Xiaotian couldn't help hating: "Now it's up to you how to hide." With all his strength under his feet, he came to the rabbit in a flash, and reached out to fish, and saw that he had caught it, but he saw that the rabbit shrank back, and suddenly disappeared.

Xiao Tian stared at it, but saw a crack on the edge of the cliff, but the rabbit ran into the crack.

After chasing it for a long time and letting it run away, Xiao Tian's heart was very angry, he didn't give up, put his eyes to the crack, and stared in. Due to the effect of the wood aura, he can be regarded as a half immortal cultivator at this time, and the perception of his facial features is far beyond that of mortals, although it is dark in the stone crevice, he can't see it very clearly, but it's not that he can't see. I saw that the inside was getting wider, and it seemed to be a small cave, and the rabbit was squatting in the middle of the hole. There was a faint glimmer of light at the end of the cave.

Due to the prevalence of cultivation in the Chengtian Continent, there are many immortal cultivators, and many immortal cultivators who have cultivated to a high level have fallen for various reasons, leaving behind things such as secret treasures, exercises, and treasures of heaven and earth, among which there are many people who are destined to get it by luck, so as to soar to the sky and become the dragon among the people The deeds are also widely spread in the Chengtian Continent, although the remote mountain villages such as Zhenguan Village are also well known. At this time, Xiao Tian accidentally discovered this cave, and his heart was pounding, and many legends flowed through his mind: "Could it be that this is a secret cave left by an immortal cultivator after his death?"

Thinking of this, I couldn't help sweating in my hands, my heart was beating, I broke both sides of the crack with both hands, and I felt that it seemed to shake slightly, the stone wall was not very thick, and I was more happy in my heart, so I turned around and picked up a big stone, and knocked on both sides of the stone crack hard.

After forty or fifty knocks, a small stone fell from the crack in the stone. Xiao Tian saw that it had an effect, and he knocked harder. After knocking for half an hour, Rao is diligent in cultivation, his physical fitness far exceeds that of mortals, and he is still tired and panting, but he also knocked down a bunch of stones, and the stone crack has become a small hole, which can barely be drilled through.

Xiao Tian couldn't take a break, put down the stone and went into the hole. The rabbit was already very panicked, and when he saw Xiaotian getting into the hole, he turned around and ran out of the hole. Xiao Tian only grabbed the rabbit's ears, held it in his hand, and then looked at the cave carefully.

I saw that this cave is also a square room, and the four walls are smooth, which is obviously artificially opened up, not natural. There was a stone platform in the room, on which was placed a teapot and a teacup, which were already covered with dust. At the end of the cave was a futon, on which there seemed to be a pile of things, and a faint shimmer of light emanated from the futon.

I couldn't see clearly outside the cave just now, but it was close at this time, Xiao Tian looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be startled, it turned out to be a pile of bones, the clothes had already been tattered into ashes, but the bones were as white as jade, and the light flickered.

He was still a child, and when he saw this scene for the first time in his life, he couldn't help but be afraid, and only comforted himself in his heart: "Don't be afraid, he's dead." After a long while, his mind calmed down a little, and he thought: "This senior must be an immortal cultivator, but he died here for some reason." "Thinking that this person may have been a senior master with great magical powers before his death, he couldn't escape death after all, and buried his bones silently in this barren mountain and stone cave, no one knew, and couldn't help but feel sad: "Master said that even if you are an immortal cultivator with excellent talent and vast magical powers, you may not be able to go to the end on the road of cultivating immortals, let alone me, a person with extremely poor talent and only a trace of cultivation hope? Senior, I came here today because I didn't want to disturb me, and I don't think I'm going to be surprised. Although he had not seen any treasures, he was not particularly disappointed, and bowed twice to the bones, then turned and wanted to leave.

Suddenly, he heard a "pop" behind him, and he hurriedly turned around to look, only to see the skeleton leaning back, and the futon under him moved to the side, revealing a small grotto.

In the small grotto, there is a book, made of something I don't know, not mulberry and non-leather, although it has lasted for a long time, it has not rotted.

Xiao Tian stretched out his hand to take out the book, and saw that the book was not thick, only a dozen pages, and there was no title on the cover. When I opened the book cover, there were words written inside. Xiaotian was taught by his father to read and write since he was a child, and he was already literate at a young age, only to see it written: "The old man has limited talent, since he reached the Yuan Infant, he has been practicing hard for many years and has achieved nothing, and there is no hope for the road in this life, and it is inevitable to die after all." However, I hate that God is so unfair, and I divide all living beings in the world into three, six, nine and so on, and the superior people can attain the Tao without penance, and no matter how hard the inferior people try, after all, they will achieve nothing. So he gave up cultivation and escaped into the mountains to study the method of cultivation. With the old man's understanding, cultivating immortals is the first in the spiritual root, and the second is in the divine soul. The spiritual root is strong and the soul is weak, although the early stage of cultivation is twice the result with half the effort, the more difficult it is to break through in the later stage, while the spiritual root is weak and the spirit is strong, and the early stage of cultivation or entry is a little slower, but the later it is, the smaller the bottleneck of the breakthrough. However, the spiritual root is innate and cannot be changed, but the divine soul can be strengthened through acquired cultivation. In addition, cultivators compete with the heavens for longevity, and those with poor spiritual roots do not wait for the soul to be strengthened, and the life limit has arrived, and they are powerless to return to heaven, so what can they do? The old man is poor and has worked hard for a hundred years to study the method of cultivating the soul, but his life is already in danger, and he is too late to cultivate. In the future generations, if you have qualifications as poor as an old man and want to attain the Great Dao, you may wish to practice according to the law. However, this method was only created by the old man himself, and it was not as good as cultivation, and it was not known whether it was effective, so it was no wonder that the old man deceived him. In addition, the soul is the foundation of human beings, and the cultivation is extremely dangerous and painful, and it cannot be cultivated unless the person with a strong heart cannot cultivate it, otherwise he will lose his mind and become stupid, and at the worst his soul will be scattered, and he will not be able to be reborn. Be cautious! The old man of Yunyan is a masterpiece. Turning to the second page, it reads: "Soul Splitting Technique", which seems to be the research experience of this old man Yunyan.

It turned out that this old man was a monk many years ago, and he was also considered a genius when he was young, and after breaking through to Yuanying, he found that he was a genius in the eyes of others, although he could not be said to be a waste material in the eyes of others, but he was nothing. This discovery hit him down, and since then he has given up penance, and he is unwilling to find another way to walk out of a path that has not been taken by his predecessors. He can also be regarded as a person with a bright mind, and he has found an unprecedented cultivation method, but it is too late, and he will go to the west before he can cultivate. So he left the book behind and set up a little mechanism. The bones of immortal cultivators, because of the infiltration of heaven and earth aura for many years, have become more and more solid, the more they have cultivated for a long time, the bones of those who have cultivated to a high level, the better the quality, and the bones of the great supernatural can even be refined into high-grade magic weapons and weapons, so if the immortal cultivator dies unexpectedly, the bones are found by others, and they are often regarded as treasures, or for personal use, or auctioned, which is always a huge fortune. The mechanism set up by this old man is under the futon, when someone comes to the futon, the mechanism is triggered, if the comer takes his bones away, the mechanism is triggered, the grotto will not open, and this person will not get his hard work. If the man does not covet his bones and turns away, the mechanism fails, and the grotto opens. In short, bones and soul splitting can't have both. In the eyes of the old man Yunyan, the soul splitting technique was his life's work, and its value was far greater than the bones he left behind, but in the eyes of other immortal cultivators, this one was still an experimental soul splitting technique, far less valuable than the bones of a Yuanying monk. It's just that Xiao Tian, a child, doesn't know the powerful relationship between this, and has good thoughts, so he got this soul splitting technique; if he is replaced by an older monk, he will definitely not say a word, take the bones and leave, and his painstaking work may be completely lost.

I didn't mention the origin of this, but said that Xiao Tian took this soul technique, and I didn't know what it did, and then saw that there were no other items in the cave, so I bowed to the bones of the old man Yunyan again, turned around and came to the entrance of the cave, and drilled out.

Holding the rabbit in his hand, Xiao Tian said: "Rabbit, rabbit, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to get this soul technique, although I don't know what it is for, but it looks like a baby, I'll let you go." He threw the rabbit, debated the direction, and walked towards Zhenguan Village.