Journey to the West: Beginning with the Apprenticeship of Bodhi Patriarch

Chapter 67: Stop leaking the medicinal energy and nourish the meridians

On the mountain road of Wanshou Mountain, there was a fierce fight. Jiang Yuan fought with a black bear thief monster. The whisk blocked left and right, while the red sword showed its ferocity. The whisk hit and the red sword chopped. One was a righteous cultivator, and the other was the monster king in the mountains. The one was devoted to guarding the mountain and protecting Wuzhuang Temple, while the wood mother tried to steal the grass and return the elixir.

The two weapons displayed divine power, and they fought back and forth, neither of them giving way. Look at the boy's protection, and the thief's stubbornness. One said, "You, Mu Mu, will surely suffer." The other said, "I swear to take it if I am immortal."

The battle lasted from the end of Haishi to the beginning of Maoshi. The sky in the east was seen to be slightly whitening. I don't know how many rounds they had fought. The boy's power became apparent and a plan came to mind. He pretended to smash the Yu Ding, but actually hit with a whisk.

The Black Bear Thief Monster knew that the Yu Ding was heavy. If he used the red copper knife to block it, he would be shaken to the point of weakness. If he was hit, he would be dead. He wanted to dodge the Yu Ding, but the whisk came hitting him, so he hurriedly raised his knife to block it.

What a treasure this jade whisk is, the jade handle is born from the essence of Kun Yuan, and the whisk tail is the treasure of Laojun. The black bear monster was knocked down, fortunately it was blocked by the red copper knife, otherwise he would have died.

Even so, the black bear thief monster no longer had any fighting power and fled.

The thief was shocked. How could the little demon say that there was only a Taoist boy on Wanshou Mountain? This man was very powerful, how could he be his match? He was full of treasures and had the aura of an immortal. He woke up at this moment and realized what a disaster he had caused.

Before the thief could take two steps away, Jiang Yuan jumped up with the Yu Ding and threw it down from above.

Yu Ding hit the monster's head, causing it to reveal its true form, a black bear, and fall to the ground.

Jiang Yuan collected the tripod and went to look for the demons, but they had already scattered. He looked at the black bear and sighed in his heart, "This demon is the most powerful one I have ever conquered in my life, but the Wood Mother blocked your heart, so you deserve to suffer. How can you practice without worrying about the Wood Mother and eliminating the God of Desire?"

Let alone the two gods, on the path of cultivation, the five people must be stable. If there is any instability, it may cause trouble. If the mind is unstable, the nature will be wild; if the mind is unstable, it will be restless; if the mother wood is unstable, desire will come to mind.

Like Mahāśyapa, who truly saw, these black bears all caused the wood mothers in their bodies to harm each other.

Just as he was about to go back to the temple, he suddenly saw the gate of the temple in the distance open and two boys walked out.

It was because the two boys woke up and heard the noise and rushed over, only to see the black bear trembling and panicking.

Jiang Yuan walked over and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! This is a demon who is causing trouble. He is a familiar thief. He came to steal the herb and let me kill him. You two should deal with him hastily and don't ruin the blessed land of the immortals."

The second boy said tremblingly: "Brother Guangxin, you actually have such magical powers. We are shortsighted. My master said that Brother Guangxin protects the mountain and keeps it peaceful. It is true!"

Jiang Yuan picked up the whisk and said with a smile: "Don't say anything else. I am guarding the mountain and will not allow evil spirits to invade."

The second boy bowed: "Thank you, Senior Brother Guangxin!"

Say it.

The second boy dealt with the black bear, and Jiang Yuan assisted from the side. After they had dealt with it hastily, he returned to the Taoist room to cultivate his mind and warm the cauldron.

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There is no year in the mountains, and I don’t know the years until the cold ends. Before I know it, thirty years have passed.

Jiang Tong'er has been guarding the mountain for thirty years. He patrolled the Wuzhuang Temple before noon and protected it from being lost. While guarding the mountain, he did not forget to practice and nourish himself. After thirty years of hard work, he finally gained something.

During this day, it was getting dark.

Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged in the Taoist room, observing the cauldron and furnace. With the help of his soul and the five people, the fire was kept burning. The golden cauldron and jade furnace had not been sealed, but no medicinal vapor leaked out. It was because the cauldron and furnace had been warmed up successfully, and the four major medicines had all their medicinal vapors stored inside.

The boy assisted with the true breath, allowing the Yuan Shen and the five people to rest. He was happy in his heart, thinking: "The warming and nourishing work is halfway done! Now I will make sure that the medicinal energy does not leak out, and I will just wait for the great circulation in the body to warm and nourish it, and then the work will be complete."

Jiang Tong'er thought of the teachings of the master before he left. This step of warming and nourishing has the distinction of storing the medicinal qi and the acupoints of the great Zhoutian in the body. Therefore, the acupoints in the body need to be warmed and nourished by the primordial spirit and the human fire of the five elements. When the acupoints are like boiling soup, the work is done. The acupoints of the great Zhoutian in the body refer to the 360 ​​acupoints. All these 360 ​​acupoints need to be warmed and nourished.

Jiang Yuan recalled that the book in the Sanxing Immortal Cave said that the human head has a complete Zhoutian, with a round head that reaches the sky and square feet that touch the ground, so there are 360 ​​acupoints. In this way, there are 72 acupoints in the head, 207 acupoints in the body, and 81 acupoints in the feet, totaling 360 acupoints, which corresponds to the number of the Great Zhoutian.

Jiang Tong'er thought to himself, "If you want to open the acupoints of the Great Circulation, you should start from the head and end with the feet. When I taught Mu Mu to practice the Circulation in the past, I knew that the 81 acupoints on the feet were the most difficult. There are 81 acupoints on the feet, and each one has its own difficulty."

He knew clearly in his mind that to warm and nourish the acupoints of the Great Circulation, one must start with the head. There are 72 acupoints on the human head, with the Fengchi acupoint being the first. This acupoint should be warmed and nourished first.

Jiang Yuan was not in a hurry. He waited until his soul was full of energy and vitality before he let his soul work with the five people to warm and nourish the Fengchi acupoint.

The primordial spirit and the five people entered his Fengchi acupoint, and with the magic of the primordial spirit, they raised the gentle fire to warm and nourish him. When the gentle fire rose, he felt warmth in the lower part behind his head and his mind became clear.

The reason is that 'Fengchi acupoint is connected to the spirit and has the function of improving eyesight and refreshing the brain'.

However, this acupoint has not yet felt like being boiled in hot water, and it still takes time to warm and nourish it.

Jiang Yuan then left the Taoist room. Not long after, two boys came and invited him into the hall for tea and food, and presented him with seasonal fruits. He gladly agreed.

After the meal, the two boys came forward and asked, "Brother Guangxin, our master has been gone for more than 30 years and has not returned. There is no news from us, and we are worried from time to time."

Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged on the futon and said with a smile: "Two junior brothers, you have just entered the sect and you don't know how to practice. Time is like a passing cloud, it cannot be counted, it cannot be counted!"

The second boy asked, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Yuan asked: "Two junior brothers, when practicing, you often lose track of time. Looking back over the past hundred years, or even several hundred years, you can often practice in silence. There have been several generations in the human world, but here, in more than thirty years, you can't do much."

The second boy asked, "Brother Guangxin, how many years have you been practicing?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Hundreds of years, too many to count."

The two boys were both surprised and said, "It's been hundreds of years."

Jiang Yuan said: "The Tao is hard to come by, immortality is hard to seek, and a few hundred years is nothing."

The second boy asked, "We have been disciples for several decades, so we dare not imagine that it will be hundreds of years."

Jiang Yuan smiled but said nothing. It would not be difficult for these two boys to live for ten thousand years as disciples of the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, because they have spiritual roots like the ginseng fruit tree. For them, immortality is hard to come by, but it would be very easy for them to learn from the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi.

The second boy said, "Brother Guangxin, our master is away now, and we two have no understanding of our practice and cannot realize the Dharma. What should we do?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Be patient."

The two boys had no choice but to give up, and after paying their respects, they went out of the hall to play, trying to put the matter aside so as not to disturb their minds.

When Jiang Yuan saw this, he secretly admired that these two boys had good personalities and were able to put aside all their worries, which was also a great ability.

If one has such ability, the God of Desire and the Wood Mother will not be easily invaded.

Jiang Yuan thought to himself, "To be accepted as a disciple by the Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, he must be quite capable. And with the Dharma in his body, he is finally able to enter the sect."

(End of this chapter)