Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 15 Illusory World
As the sun sets and the moon rises, the mountains become more and more quiet. Even if there are occasional insects and chirps, they are embraced by the clear light.

With a gentle lift, Xu Heng lifted the full bucket and the bright moon out of the stream without any effort.

Before today, when he came to fetch water from the spring, he would always do what he could according to his ability, lest he might get injured, but now he could let go of that worry.

The strength of his true Qi may not be able to heal his injuries, but it can at least suppress them to some extent. Now, as long as he doesn't squander his true Qi excessively, the pain of internal burning will not happen again.

Xu Heng shook his head and smiled, then straightened up, but was not in a hurry to turn back. He looked across the stream and towards the depths of the forest.

He thought for a while, stepped decisively on the creek rocks, crossed the stream, and walked up the high ground for a while before finally finding a path that was already overgrown with weeds. Winding towards the top of the mountain in the distance.

"It should be a good place here." Xu Heng silently calculated in his mind and thought: "Look at the distance, with my current foot strength, it will probably take half an hour to reach the top of the mountain, and before collecting Qi, I have to regulate my breath and enter concentration. There also needs to be room for this..."

What Qi Qi refers to here is not the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, but a vigorous Qi machine when the Purple Qi comes from the east.

This kind of qi mechanism is mysterious, subtle and invisible. No one can describe it, but it actually exists in many Taoist classics and even practice methods.

The "Xuanmen Chonghe Chapter" practiced by Xu Heng can almost be said to be the most traditional method of refining qi. Naturally, there is also the theory of sensing purple qi, so he had the idea of ​​​​going to the top of the mountain to try to collect qi for practice.

But now, if you think about it, if you want to climb to the top of the mountain when the purple energy comes from the east, you may have to set off before Yin Shi. Xu Heng frowned when he thought of this.

After he came into contact with spiritual practice, he realized that there was a joint, which was quite different from his previous concept. That is, people who practice spiritual medicine - at least those who are new to spiritual practice, attach great importance to rest.

He is now at the third level of Qi refining. Of course he can stay up for days and nights to keep his energy high, but this is actually not beneficial to his practice. Unless necessary, maintaining the spirit and nourishing the Qi cannot be neglected.

Of course, a practitioner's rest does not only mean falling asleep, but also meditating, entering concentration, visualizing...it's up to each person to do their own thing.

Therefore, Xu Heng had to set off before Yinshi. He didn't have enough time, and he also had another important thing to do before resting today.

Thinking of this, Xu Heng didn't stop any longer. He turned around and walked back to where he came from, striding like stars all the way. It didn't take long before he returned to the courtyard in silence.

He closed the door, collected the spring water, went straight back to the wing, and sat down on the couch. He didn't deliberately meditate, but naturally crossed his knees in the most relaxed posture, then slightly closed his eyelids, and once again, The body and mind are concentrated on the dispatching of spiritual thoughts.

Only this time, he did not release his spiritual thoughts to receive information from the outside world, but tried to direct his spiritual thoughts inward——

It was not as difficult as imagined. Xu Heng felt it was natural and entered a new world. His eyes suddenly opened up and he appeared in a completely empty and seemingly boundless space.

Xu Heng finally confirmed that the sudden vision that occurred when Ling Lingxiu taught him how to use his spiritual thoughts was indeed not an illusion.

At that time, he released his spiritual thoughts, and what he came into contact with was not the outside world, but this brand new world.

But Xu Heng knew nothing about this world. The only thing he could feel was that he, or his 'spiritual mind', could freely enter and exit it. Therefore, he could only put it aside for the time being and return to the outside world——

Until now, he had the leisure to try to explore again. "Is it real or an illusion? Is it real or fake..." Xu Heng's mind naturally drifted between the heaven and earth, but no matter where he went or how far he went, it seemed that he could never find the end, and wherever he passed, there was chaos.

Xu Heng couldn't help but think: "Is it really empty?"

Unexpectedly, just after this thought came out, there was a surge in the chaos, as if something was about to come out, but no progress was made.

Xu Heng was puzzled. Thinking back on why there was a change, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and caught a crucial idea.

"Could it be...?" Xu Heng thought, trying to imagine the courtyard where he lived. As expected, as his thoughts turned, patches of green tiles and white walls, landscapes, and even weeds began to appear in the turbulent chaos. The trails in the game are also completely reproduced.

Xu Heng's heart was shocked, but he didn't expect that the nearly formed courtyard suddenly collapsed. He hurriedly collected his thoughts and stopped the disintegration.

After this incident, Xu Heng did not dare to have any more ups and downs, but the doubts in his heart were still not resolved. His mind fell into the courtyard, followed the path around the mountains and rivers, and came to the side room. He was about to look through the window lattice when suddenly He was startled for a moment.

This situation seemed to be the same as when he came to Qimingyuan. Of course, there were differences...

Thinking of this, the scene in the courtyard suddenly changed. The pool gradually dried up, and the green plants became complicated and messy. Even the path under the feet was once again covered with weeds. However, for a moment, it seemed that it had changed with Xu Heng's memory. Got to be exactly the same.

Seeing such a change, Xu Heng was no longer surprised, but finally determined that this world was completely changing according to his wishes, but...

Xu Heng tried to change his mind, and the scene quickly changed. Mountains rose from the ground, and trees grew. Soon, the winding path to the top of the mountain appeared in front of him. But as Xu Heng walked up, everything seemed to change. Gotta be blurry.

Xu Heng secretly thought that it was true that he had never walked to the top of the mountain. He only looked at it and naturally could not reproduce it. But in this case... what is the use of this world?

Xu Heng lowered his gaze. Where he looked, the outline of a piece of bluestone quickly solidified. Soon every inch of the texture became extremely real. Immediately, it seemed to be held up by an invisible force and flew into his hand. Immediately, he thought With one movement, he left this world.

The next moment, Xu Heng opened his eyes in the side room, raised his hand and saw that it was indeed empty.

"..." Xu Heng was not surprised, but he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Now it seems that this world is just an illusion. Of course, it is not useless. It can even be said that it is a playground where one can do whatever one wants. It may be a dream place that many people desire.

But for Xu Heng, it seemed to be better than nothing.

"That's all." Xu Heng sighed slightly and lowered his hand.

The feeling of being immersed in illusion is not what he pursues, and wallowing in disappointment is naturally not his temperament.

Xu Heng adjusted his state of mind, closed his eyes again, slowly fell into concentration, and began to maintain his mind and nourish his energy.

(End of this chapter)