Shi Potian travels through Linghu Chong

Chapter 5: The Heart of a Child (Please read and collect)

"Brother, Chong'er, let's go out and eat something first."

Wild ginseng soup can make up for the deficiency of blood and qi, but it cannot fill your stomach.

Shi Potian had been practicing for three hours since he entered the state of "forgetting both himself and the world" in the morning. His stomach was already empty and was rumbling.

Yue Buqun stood guard for three hours, but still did not drink a drop of water.

Ning Zhongze asked the two to sit in the front hall, and he went to the kitchen to bring out the food that had been prepared in advance.

Yue Buqun asked: "Chong'er, how did you enter the state of oblivion this morning? What did you think of at that time? Or did something happen?"

In the Huashan Sect, only he and Shi Potian have entered the state of oblivion of both self and the world.

Yue Buqun wanted to sum up his experience in order to enter the state of oblivion of both himself and the world again.

Shi Potian thought for a moment and said, "I just felt that Master's wife explained it very well and it made a lot of sense. As I listened, I couldn't help but circulate my inner strength according to what Master's wife said, and then I entered."

If someone else said this, Yue Buqun would definitely think that the other person was being perfunctory, or even think that he was mocking and making fun of him.

However, looking at Shi Potian's clear eyes, he knew that Shi Potian really knew nothing and had entered the state of "forgetting both himself and the world" in a daze.

Yue Buqun asked again: "What did you realize?"

Afraid that Shi Potian didn't understand, he changed the question and asked, "What were you thinking about when you were practicing internal energy?"

Shi Potian looked confused: "Practicing inner strength is practicing inner strength, is there anything else to think about? I didn't think about anything."

Yue Buqun was startled, then suddenly understood, and murmured, "So that's it! So that's it! Is this what 'Misfortune is the root of fortune, and fortune is the root of misfortune'?"

Ning Zhongze happened to walk in with some food and asked, "Brother, what are you mumbling about?"

Yue Buqun did not rush to answer, but first said to Shi Potian: "Chong'er, eat first, I have something to say to your master's wife."

He then motioned Ning Zhongze to follow him to the inner room, and after confirming that Shi Potian couldn't hear him, he said, "Junior sister, I know why Chong'er was able to enter the state of oblivion of both himself and the world!"

Ning Zhongze asked: "Why?"

Yue Buqun said: "Although Chong'er has forgotten the past, this has not affected his talent and intelligence. Instead, it has allowed him to be free from the influence of worldly affairs, free from distractions, and enter the state of 'forgetting both the self and the world' with a pure heart."

Ning Zhongze's eyes lit up: "Chong'er, is this a blessing in disguise?"

Yue Buqun said, "Yes. Junior Sister, you must not tell Chong'er about this. During this period, do not force him to do anything or not. Let everything take its course. If you do something wrong, it will ruin his mood and make him have distracting thoughts. It will be difficult for him to enter the state of forgetting both himself and the world in the future."

Ning Zhongze nodded in agreement, but he had many questions in his mind: "Brother, although Chong'er has forgotten the past, he also has many confused memories. Will these memories not affect him?"

"He said that when he practiced in the past, he would enter a state of oblivion. Is it a memory disorder? Or something else?"

"Also, you told me before that the state of oblivion is extremely difficult to enter, but it is not difficult to interrupt. Chong'er's blood and qi were so depleted that he should have woken up long ago, but he continued until his body could no longer bear it before waking up. Why is that?"

Yue Buqun smiled bitterly and said, "Junior sister, I am not a god who can predict the future, how can I know everything? What I just said is just my speculation, whether it is right or not is still unknown."

On the other side, Shi Potian wolfed down his food for a long time, but when he saw the two of them still not coming back, he shouted, "Master! Master's wife! The food is getting cold, why don't you come and eat?"

"Coming." Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze responded and went back to sit at the table in the front hall.

Yue Buqun asked: "Chong'er, when you were practicing your internal energy, didn't you feel any discomfort in your body?"

Among Ning Zhongze’s several questions, the first ones are not important and will not have much impact even if you don’t know the reasons.

The last one was related to Shi Potian's health and even life, so Yue Buqun did not dare to be careless and asked immediately. He thought that Shi Potian was too focused and immersed in cultivation that he did not notice the abnormality of his body.

Unexpectedly, Shi Potian nodded and said, "Yes! Isn't it the same when practicing internal energy?"

Yue Buqun: “???” Who told you that to practice internal energy you have to train yourself to the point where your energy and blood are depleted and you can barely stand up?
Yue Buqun was shocked and angry: "Who told you this?"

Shi Potian saw Yue Buqun getting angry and stammered, "Yes, old man."

After saying that, he realized that something was wrong.

The person who told him this was the old man named Xie Yanke.

But, according to his master and his mistress, the old man and Ding Ding Dang did not exist. They were his imaginations because he had amnesia and his memory was disordered.

The internal energy he practiced with the old man was wrong, and he would die if he continued practicing it.

What the old man told him, that feeling hot and cold and unbearable pain in the body are all normal symptoms of practicing internal energy, may be false.

Yue Buqun was stunned for a moment, then realized that the old man Shi Potian was talking about was Xie Yanke, the hermit from his "confused memory". His anger instantly turned into helplessness.

"Chong'er, a lot of the things you remember about practicing Kung Fu are just imaginary and wrong. You must not follow them."

"To cultivate internal strength, you must proceed step by step. Don't rush for quick results. If you find anything wrong, you must stop immediately! Don't do what you did today, and practice until your Qi and blood are depleted before stopping!"

As he was speaking, Yue Buqun suddenly realized that he had overlooked a key piece of information, and hurriedly asked: "Chong'er, can you control yourself and never withdraw from the state of oblivion of self and other things?"

Shi Potian nodded and said, "Yes, I..."

He wanted to say, "I cook for the old man every day in the mountains. I stop when it's almost time to eat." But then he thought that this was all his imagination, and his master and his wife didn't like it, so he changed his words and said, "I can."

Yue Buqun was overjoyed.

Shi Potian was able to withstand the discomfort of qi and blood deficiency and maintain himself in a state of "forgetting both himself and the world". In all likelihood, he could really enter the state of "forgetting both himself and the world" on his own initiative!
After the meal, Yue Buqun once again used Zixia Qi to nourish Shi Potian's body and stimulate the remaining medicinal power. After confirming that Shi Potian's health and blood circulation had recovered, he took him to the quiet room again.

In order to reduce variables, Yue Buqun asked Ning Zhongze to teach Shi Potian the knowledge of qigong as he did in the morning, while he pretended to leave, hid outside the door, and observed Shi Potian's situation.

Shi Potian didn't think so much. Listening to Ning Zhongze's story, he unknowingly entered the state of "forgetting both himself and the world" again.

Yue Buqun's breathing stagnated.

Even though he had been mentally prepared and was looking forward to this happening, when he actually saw with his own eyes Shi Potian enter the state of oblivion of both himself and the world so easily, the huge impact it brought still made him a little dazed!

An opportunity that countless martial artists would never get in their entire lives was within Shi Potian's reach!

Yue Buqun felt mixed emotions.

In contrast.

Ning Zhongze was just excited and happy.

She was afraid of disturbing Shi Potian, so she didn't even dare to change the tone of her voice or the speed of her speech.

Until it is confirmed that Shi Potian has completely entered the state of "forgetting both himself and the world" and will not be easily interrupted.

Ning Zhongze stopped, walked quietly to the door, and said to Yue Buqun: "Brother, you stay here to protect Chong'er, I will go to make the medicinal food."

(End of this chapter)