Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 476: Tempering the Heart and Will
There is a legend circulating among the people of Ba State that many years ago, the basin where the two countries of Ba and Shu were located was a vast ocean.

Above the sea, there is a stone pillar that leads straight to the sky.

If someone could find this pillar of heaven in the vast ocean and climb up along it to the top of the sky, he would see a towering divine gate.

Behind the Divine Gate is the world of gods, called Baiyujing.

As long as you reach the God's Gate, even if you just stand in front of the God's Gate, you can listen to the teachings of the gods and learn the knowledge taught by the gods.

And if someone could cross the divine gate, he could immediately shed his mortal body and become an immortal!

Unfortunately, this stone pillar connecting heaven and earth, as well as the divine gate that communicates between humans and gods, were both destroyed in the catastrophe that almost destroyed the world.

The pillars of heaven broke, the earth's backbone was cut off, the sun and the moon changed, the stars moved, and the vast ocean turned into mulberry fields.

From then on, the flood water in the land of Bachu poured down from Kuimen, and the former sea turned into its current appearance.

The lower half of the broken pillar of heaven turned into Wushan Mountain, which is still the residence of the Wu King. It is also one of the few places in the world where one can communicate directly with the gods.

The upper half of the Pillar of Heaven, along with the Divine Gate, drifted into the depths of the universe and disappeared.

Ever since that world-destroying catastrophe, all living beings in the world have lost the opportunity to cross the Divine Gate, enter Baiyujing, and transform themselves into gods.

Even today, with the emergence of many secret realms in the world, no cultivator can transform into a god and enter the world of Baiyujing. Only the gods in Baiyujing can use various methods to project their divine thoughts into the human world.

However, most of these divine thoughts were twisted and crazy, extremely dangerous, and made everyone suspicious and curious about the scenes in Baiyujing.

Shang Lu was not sure whether the folk legend of "Tianzhu Divine Gate" was true or false.

No one in the world today can explain exactly what happened in the catastrophe that happened thousands of years ago.

Because in the previous crazy and chaotic dark age, people competed to eat each other, and even those who had experienced the catastrophe in the past were beaten and eaten by countless people in the dark age...

As for the classics from ancient times, they were trampled and destroyed in that era of madness and chaos.

Nowadays, many monks who study the ancient times can only find the secret of the catastrophe between humans and gods from the broken classics and the secret realms that appeared in recent years.

Even the claim that the catastrophe occurred three thousand years ago may not be true.

Maybe closer, maybe farther.

However, the legendary "Tianzhu Divine Gate" does exist.

However, contrary to popular belief, several mainstream schools of thought in the world today, whether it is the witch school, Confucianism, Taoism, or even the Yin-Yang school, novelists, etc., all believe that the "Heavenly Pillar Divine Gate" not only exists in the universe, but also in the human body.

However, the "pillar of heaven" in the human body was also cut off in the catastrophe that year, and the "gate of God" was completely destroyed.

Therefore, today's cultivators must rely on spiritual objects to repair the damaged "Pillar of Heaven".

Then crawl step by step towards the "God's Gate".

The seventh level of cultivation is called the "Tiantian Realm" because from this level onwards, cultivators must begin to repair the "Heavenly Pillar" meridians in their bodies.

It is also from this realm that one officially embarks on the "road to heaven".

If you want to repair the Pillar of Heaven, you must communicate with heaven and earth, and let the upper, middle and lower dantians in your body transform into the three treasures of heaven, earth and man, and then enter the realm of resonance between heaven and man, and gradually achieve the unity of heaven and man, and the unity of inside and outside.

This is the use of star marrow, earth milk and millet.

According to the introduction in the manual, the so-called star marrow is an alien object.

This kind of thing fell to the earth on meteorites.

It was attached to the meteorite and its shape was very similar to Tai Sui - like a ball of sticky blood mud.

After the star marrow falls into the human world, it will release a strange and tempting aura, causing people and animals who discover it to have desires, and they can't wait to swallow it up. Then they will go crazy and mutate, and start to attack and devour their own kind.

Therefore, when the star marrow was first discovered, many cultivators speculated that it was the evil blood and rotten flesh of the mad god from outer space.

It is an evil and highly poisonous thing!
To the extent that, for a long time, whenever a meteorite fell in a certain place, the local government would become very nervous and send monks to search for the star marrow and burn and destroy it.

It was not until later that someone discovered that the weirdness and chaos of the star marrow could be purified.

After being purified, the star marrow is not only rich in spiritual energy, but can also help people repair their upper dantian and communicate with the heavens. This is why the star marrow went from being despised and feared by everyone to being a sought-after commodity overnight.

Unlike star marrow, earth milk has been valued by the world since its discovery.

The earth milk comes from a dangerous place. It is a rare product obtained by cultivators when they refine their spiritual essence in the dangerous place.

It not only carries a strong yin energy, but also contains extremely strong vitality.

The coexistence of yin energy and vitality is extremely rare, which naturally attracted the attention and curiosity of the monks.

After some research, the monks were pleasantly surprised to find that earth milk can help repair the lower dantian and help people connect with the earth. Therefore, many monks speculated that earth milk should be related to the underworld.

But no substantial evidence has been found so far, so speculation remains speculation.

As for Qianjia Su, its origin is much simpler than that of Xingsui and Diru.

The monks in the farming families and the wizards who are proficient in spiritual plants will select spiritual seeds from the grain paid by the people during the autumn harvest every year.

These spiritual seeds will pass through the hands of tens of millions of people, then be fermented using secret techniques and sown in the secret realm.

Although the origin of Qianjia millet is simple, its output is closely related to national strength and people's livelihood.

If the country is prosperous and the people are strong, the yield of millet in each household will be very high.

On the contrary, the millet yield will be reduced, or even disappear completely.

Nowadays, in the various secret realms of the Ba Kingdom, the production of millet is much lower than before.

However, neither the central government in Wushan, nor the five county governments and the major clans believed that the reduction in millet production was their problem.

The destruction of the enemy country, the laziness of the people, and the impact of natural disasters and bad years...

They can find many reasons.

In short, it can't be their fault.

Qianjia Su can not only repair the middle dantian, but also play a connecting role and assist cultivators in communicating with heaven and earth.

Although he had three spiritual objects in his hands and Shang Lu's cultivation had reached the perfection of the Zhoutian stage, he could not refine them immediately and try to break through.

According to the advice given by Lu Dao, what he needs to do now is to consolidate his cultivation and refine his mind.

Shang Lu had just raised his cultivation to Zhou Tian Perfection, so it was inevitable that there would be ups and downs. Only by consolidating properly could he avoid accidents caused by fluctuations in his cultivation during the breakthrough.

As for refining the mind, ever since the great catastrophe thousands of years ago, practicing has become an act that goes against the will of heaven. Not only will one either make progress or regress, but one will also encounter numerous dangers and obstacles.

Especially when one breaks through to the Tongtian realm, even if one has truly embarked on the path to becoming a god, one will encounter the three-talent calamity of heaven, earth and man. If one fails to cope with it well, even if one does not die in the three-talent calamity, one will leave hidden dangers due to poor surviving of the calamity, which will affect one's future cultivation.

Therefore, Lu Dao wrote the five words "cultivate your mind first before practicing" in large characters on the manual.

It was to remind Shang Lu not to rush for a breakthrough, but to cultivate his mind and refine his character first.

Once your mind is firm and your cultivation is stable, you will enter a mysterious realm where you can vaguely sense the nebula transformed from the collapsed pillars of heaven in the depths of the universe, as well as the divine gate standing in the nebula.

Only at that time would he be able to take the star marrow, earth milk and thousand-family millet, refine them, sense the heaven and earth, use the power of heaven and earth to repair the "pillar of heaven" in his body and complete the breakthrough.

At the same time, Lu Dao also used the manual to tell Shang Lu that breaking through the Tongtian realm cannot be done anywhere.

It is necessary to find a mountain range adjacent to the town, stand on the top of the mountain, absorb the energy of heaven and earth, watch the world, and make a breakthrough.

If you can't find such a place, although you can still make a breakthrough, the success rate and effect will be greatly reduced.

When Shang Lu saw this, an idea of ​​the best location immediately came to his mind:

"The mountain range next to the town? Isn't that Longya Mountain where the Witch Academy is located?"

The Witch Academy is located halfway up Longya Mountain. It is a blessed place and is not suitable for breaking through to the Tongtian realm.

But you can go to the top of Longya Mountain.

Not only does the environment there meet the requirements for a breakthrough to the Tongtian realm, it is also right next to the Witch Academy. There won't be any evil spirits there that would dare to disturb, sneak attack, or kill people when he is breaking through.

Even Lu Dao suggested to Shang Lu in the manual, asking him to consider a breakthrough at the summit of Longya Mountain. Finally, Lu Dao also left a set of methods for refining the mind in the manual.

This mind-refining method called "Quenching the Heart" has many similarities with the inner alchemy secrets that Shang Lu had learned before.

So after reading it once, he remembered most of the content.

After reading it twice more, you will know it by heart.

After putting down the manual, Shang Lu began to cultivate his mind.

But he heard Sanniang say to him, "Eat your meal first."

"Oh yeah, I haven't eaten yet."

Shanglu touched his belly.

He had been reading so seriously that he forgot about being hungry. But when he heard Sanniang mention this, he immediately felt a strong sense of hunger and heard a "gurgling" sound from his stomach.

Shang Lu soaked in the spirit pond for nearly two months without eating a single grain of rice. Fortunately, the spirit pond was rich in essence, otherwise, let alone washing away the pollution and refining the evil miasma, he would have starved to death long ago.

"Sanniang still cares about me. Okay, I'll listen to you and eat first!" Shang Lu agreed with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Uncle Huai quickly ordered the grass elves and flower fairies to bring the roasted python meat to the main room.

At the same time, he secretly complained in his heart: "I care about you too, but I don't dare to disturb you."

Shang Lu didn't know what Uncle Huai was thinking, he just ate the python meat in big mouthfuls.

Unfortunately, this time, he still was unable to gain any new magical powers from the python meat.

While Shang Lu was eating the meat in big mouthfuls, Sanniang scooped out some meat paste from the pot used to refine the spiritual roots of the Basagoton in the yard and asked Shang Lu to eat it as well.

This meat paste is not quite the same as the Bashe meat, but more like the Jiao meat that Shanglu used to eat.

Shanglu didn't ask about the origin of the meat paste, he just ate it.

He believed that Sanniang would not harm him.

At the same time, some previous experiences also let him know that there are many invisible ears hidden in this world, so some things should not be asked lightly. Once heard by invisible ears, it will bring about terrifying existence.

Perhaps it was because he had been hungry for too long, or perhaps it was because his cultivation had improved and his five internal organs had become stronger, which made Shang Lu's appetite tonight much greater than usual.

Fortunately, Sanniang had anticipated this situation and led Uncle Huai to prepare enough food, which prevented Shang Lu from not having enough to eat.

After eating and drinking, Shang Lu first practiced the Dragon and Tiger Power. After stretching his muscles and bones, he began to train his mind.

After he entered into meditation, Sanniang secretly made a gesture to Uncle Huai.

Uncle Huai understood what he meant, and immediately made his true body - the big locust tree standing in the middle of the yard, stretch out its branches as much as possible, covering the entire house under its branches and leaves, thus blocking out all kinds of noise from the outside and leaving only the sounds of nature.

Sanniang raised her hand and gently waved towards the wick spirit lying inside the oil lamp.

A few wisps of breeze flew out from her hands, wrapped around the wicks, pulled them out of the oil lamp, and rolled them out of the hall.

When Shang Lu first started to cultivate his mind, he was easily disturbed by external factors, whether it was noise or the changing light of the fire, it would affect his cultivation.

Not to mention that these wicks will release fragrance after burning.

Although these scents have a calming effect on the mind and are helpful for reading and practicing, they can interfere with and produce side effects when one is cultivating the mind.

Several wick spirits were not happy that they could not soak in the lamp oil and burn themselves, and tried to struggle to stay.

Of course they couldn't beat Sanniang and were all taken out of the hall.

Afterwards, he was severely beaten up by Uncle Huai, who had a gloomy face.

Shang Lu, who has cultivated his mind, has a clear understanding of the things happening around him.

Because the Heart Tempering Method will not allow him to directly enter the state of oblivion of both himself and the world.

On the contrary, after activating the Heart Tempering Method, Shang Lu even became extremely sensitive to the surrounding situation.

It is for this reason that Sanniang asked Uncle Huai to block out the outside noise and take the lamp wick spirit away.

But this also made Shang Lu curious: Sanniang seemed to know a lot about the matter of refining the mind? But where did she know all this?
Shang Lu's mind began to wander from then on.

Fortunately, the mind in the internal organs reacted quickly, and under the stimulation of the Heart Tempering Method, blazing flames emerged.

The raging flames of the heart fire not only burned away Shang Lu's wild thoughts, but also enveloped his mind.

At the same time, the Yin-Yang Bell in the Five Organs Temple rang, and together with the other four statues, it made the fire of refining the mind burn more and more fiercely.

However, the fire that forged the heart did not cause any harm to Shanglu and the statue of the mind.

On the contrary, the mind seems to be still being tempered by the blazing fire of the heart, becoming more and more energetic and radiant the more it is refined.

However, all the distracting thoughts in Shang Lu's mind were burned in this process.

Time flies, and the distracting thoughts in Shang Lu's mind are gradually burned away.

He finally entered into a mysterious state of oblivion of both himself and the world once again!
(End of this chapter)