The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 32: The Mystery of Life and Death, the Four Stages of Qi Training

The night is hazy and the moon is bright.

Outside the Tengluo Cave, Xuanming sat cross-legged on the spot without paying attention to details, doing two things at once: on the one hand, he seized the time and closed his eyes to digest what he had gained; on the other hand, he guarded the doe and waited patiently.

The world perceived by the spiritual sense is different from that perceived by the naked eye, especially after he achieved the status of a true person, this special feature was magnified, and there was a sign of him seeing the world with the Dharma Eye.

Spiritual perception is like a mirror, reflecting everything and projecting it into the entrance hall. In this process, the superficial appearances of all things are stripped away, reflecting more inner things, such as aura, rhythm, truth, etc.

In Xuanming's spiritual perception, the doe is a contradictory entity of yin and yang. The deathly aura on the doe's body is getting thicker, while the vitality of the fawn in her belly is getting stronger. She is using her life to protect her offspring. Even the fawn itself has yin and yang. Its strong desire to survive makes it instinctively fight against death.

Life and death transform during childbirth, and yin and yang alternate between life and death. This is the most genuine emotion of life and the simplest and most profound truth in the world.

Xuanming felt fortunate to have encountered such an opportunity just after coming out of retreat, but he also felt unfortunate, because behind the opportunity was the withering of life, and a tragedy was unfolding.

The deer demon is very competitive.

Perhaps realizing that time was running out and the situation was urgent, she tried her best and gave birth to two fawns.

Xuanming was inspired and woke up at this time.

He opened his eyes, and the yin-yang fish disappeared deep in his pupils. Seeing this scene, he stroked his beard and said, "What a blessing."

Sika deer usually give birth to only one deer at a time, and deer that have become monsters are more likely to follow this rule.

This is because the higher the bloodline, the more difficult it is to have offspring.

But the deer demon in front of him had given birth to two children. Judging from the strength of the yin and yang aura around them, they should be one male and one female.

Yin and Yang complement each other, Qian and Kun coexist, and the meaning is better.

However, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.

The better the meaning, the greater the crisis.

The doe cannot bear this blessing, so she encounters disaster when she is pregnant.

The day she successfully gives birth to a child is also the day she dies.

"Good fortune and misfortune are interdependent, and the laws of nature are unpredictable!"

Sighing silently in his heart, Xuanming's eyes fell on the two little deer. They were indeed the sons of the deer demon. They were different from ordinary deer. They were able to stand up right after landing. Although they were staggering, they looked extraordinary.

The two little deer hummed and hawed, showing their childishness.

Human-like love and sadness appeared on the mother deer's face. She half collapsed on the ground. She used the last of her strength to lick the sticky liquid off the fawn's body, nudged the one that came out first with her head, and called to Xuanming, her eyes, face, and voice full of pleading.

This is a mother entrusting her child to someone else.

Make plans for your children and do your best.

With a sigh, Xuanming did not refuse and promised: "This deer was born because of me. It is predestined for me. Don't worry, I will take good care of it."

There was a glimmer of light in the doe's gray eyes. She looked at Xuanming with gratitude, turned her head and nudged the other fawn, calling out to beg again.

Unfortunately, Xuanming flatly refused.

“When water is full, it overflows; when the moon waxes, it wanes; good fortune cannot be taken up entirely; otherwise, it will become the opposite, causing more harm than good.”

"This deer has nothing to do with me."

"I'm going to disappoint the layman."

The doe looked lost and sad.

At this time, an excited voice came.

"Brother, I have gained a lot this time. I got several good materials. After I go back, I will be able to make a good magic weapon."

It was like the sound of immortals. The doe's eyes lit up. She looked at Xuanyang, who was approaching from afar with a rosy face, and nudged the other fawn with her head.

Xuan Yang:!!!
After a moment, seeing Xuan Yang agree to take care of the other deer, Xuan Ming stroked his beard and nodded.

He gave the mother deer a magical power, and the two fawns were born safely; Xuan Yang killed the wolf demon and showed mercy to the mother deer, also giving the two fawns a glimmer of hope.

Every peck and every sip is a fixed number.

It is only right that each of the brothers should get a deer.

After taking a last look at her child, the doe let out the last cry of her life. She died miserably with endless attachment and reluctance, and the light in her eyes completely disappeared.

Mother and son are connected.

The two fawns called out instinctively.

The sound of Yo Yo is very touching.

Xuanming waved his sleeves three times in succession, his magical power surging, and he dug the pit, buried the bodies, and filled the soil in one go.

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After burying the doe, he felt something in his heart and frowned slightly. He looked into the depths of Canglong Mountain, tapped his toes lightly, and flew into the air. With one step, he covered hundreds of feet, just like the legendary shrinking the earth into an inch.

At the same time, he waved his whisk, and three thousand silver threads wrapped up Xuan Yang, who was holding the two deer, and flew away like flying a kite.

After a while, two figures appeared from the air.

A goshawk transformed into a man in black with a gloomy face, and a silver wolf transformed into a young man in white with a handsome appearance. Both of them were filled with demonic aura. They were great monsters in the mountains, corresponding to the human cultivators in the Qi training stage.

"It seems we are a little late."

The wolf demon in white spoke with a gentle voice.

Seeing the eagle demon set out to chase, the wolf demon's eyes turned cold and warned: "From the looks of it, there are human cultivators here in seclusion to break through. Since they understand the rules and didn't rashly go into the mountains, and have already left, I advise you not to make trouble."

"Killing this man is a small matter, but affecting the unity of the demon race in Canglong Mountain is a big matter. If this man is involved in something else, and you act rashly, attracting the attention of the human race and delaying the great cause of the king, you deserve to die."

The black-clothed eagle demon snorted coldly: "Of course I know the severity of the situation. I have memorized their auras. If I encounter them in the mountains next time, I will make sure they never return."

Two figures crisscrossed the mountains and forests.

Xuanming took one step and covered several hundred feet, galloping all the way.

He didn't stop until he entered the Qiuzhen Temple.

"finally reached!"

Xuan Yang said with a sense of relief. He had been let off all the way and his eyes were so hard to open because of the strong wind.

At this moment, he had a direct feeling of the speed of the Qigong Master, and was in awe. "You have worked hard this time, Junior Brother. I still need to consolidate my realm. When I come out of retreat, we can talk in detail."

Xuanming flew away and headed straight for Zangdao Peak.

As for the two fawns, he suggested that Xuanyang be temporarily handed over to Changning to raise, because the woman was meticulous and she had experience in breeding. There was always something in common between raising chickens and deer.

Ask for advice in the thatched cottage.

Xuanming sat cross-legged in seclusion to digest what he had gained.

Control the magic power, adapt to the strength, comprehend the principles of heaven and earth, and observe the imprint of Tao in the body.

Experience the difference between training essence and training qi, clarify the major and minor changes between them, and understand yourself in detail.

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Time is short in this world, and there is a lot of haze here.

Three months later, Xuanming came out of seclusion.

Going into the courtyard, he raised his hand and flew the sword.

The peach wood sword rang as it flew up from the table, straight into the sky, breaking through the clouds and mist, flying out of Baili Fuyun Mountain, over Baili Fuyun County, and flew until it reached three hundred miles. With one sword, it beheaded several robbers who had blocked the road, robbed and killed people, before returning.

After just half a cup of tea, it was back in its sheath.

Looking at the power of his own little trial, Xuanming was extremely satisfied and radiant.

His Hunyuan Taoist foundation is the perfect Taoist foundation of returning to oneness from everything and returning yin and yang to the origin, with the blessing of "Hunyuan Yiqi Jue" and "Waijing Bazhen Fa", the experience of comprehending "Huangting Waijing Yujing" twice, and the accumulation of reading and understanding of nine hundred Taoist scriptures.

With the accumulation of advantages, Xuanming's breakthrough this time was a great achievement, and the benefits he gained far exceeded his imagination. His condition was better than ever before.

Taoism, magic power, physical body, spiritual perception, etc. are transformed from the inside out, and the degree of development of Dantian is different and the increase is different.

The lower Dantian was developed early, so the magic power and physical body were increased the most. The magic power increased from a lake to an ocean, increasing hundreds of times. The physical body showed signs of icy skin and jade bones, and the strength and defense were enhanced dozens of times.

The upper dantian is only driven by the two major dantians, and its spiritual perception benefits the least. Even so, it breaks the limit of 100 miles and can cover an area of 300 miles. This is a qualitative leap.

Not to mention, the distance of flying a sword is closely related to the strength of spiritual perception. Just like this experiment, he, who has just entered the Qi training stage, can fly a sword for three hundred miles and kill demons and monsters with just a thought.

The sword-wielding skill was upgraded to the sword-wielding supernatural power, and the supernatural power is one of the reasons why practicing Qi is superior to practicing Jing.

The beings in this realm have a deeper understanding of the principles of heaven and earth. They have passed the stages of recognizing the Tao, entering the Tao, learning the Tao, and knowing the Tao, and have entered the stage of understanding the Tao. They have a clear understanding of their own path and have taken a solid step. The Dharma is no longer tangible but has its own characteristics, and has both form and spirit.

Under the nourishment of the Dharma, the technique has transformed into supernatural power.

in other words:

To practice essence is to seek the way and learn the technique, for the leaves.

Practicing Qi is a branch of the cultivation method of Mingdao.

Xuanming's Tao is Hunyuan, which is to trace the root, to transform nine into one, to simplify from complex, to explore the beginning and the end, which is a circle.

Thanks to the guidance of the Huangting Sutra, he had a clear idea of his own path at the beginning of his Taoism.

And the training of spirit should be focused on Tao, which is the root.

Leaves, branches and roots, from shallow to deep, from the outside to the inside, make up the tree of the practitioner's path.

Of course, this is Xuanming’s own understanding.

Whether it is right or wrong can only be known after communicating with other people in the Qi training realm.

Since the founding of Qiuzhen Temple, no real person has ever been born. Even the founder of the sect, Qiuzhen Taoist, has never really taken any step, and no one can guide him.

The sect has methods of practicing Qigong, which was initiated by Master Qiuzhen after he received the inheritance from a True Man of Four Symbols.

Unfortunately, this real person was born as a casual cultivator, he was ordinary and had limited talent. During his lifetime, his cultivation level only reached the first level of Qi training, and his cultivation method also only reached the first level.

Fortunately, he had a broad vision, and his insights pointed out the direction for Xuanming, recording the specific division of the four realms of Qi training:
The Great Circulation connects the eight extraordinary meridians and can increase the practitioner’s lifespan to three hundred years.

Return to the innate, and return to the innate from the acquired, the life span of the cultivator will be increased by a hundred years.

Condensing the golden elixir, forming the dragon-tiger golden elixir, the cultivator's life span will be increased by another hundred years.

When the holy fetus is gathered and the spirit and energy begin to form a spiritual fetus, the practitioner can experience changes over six hundred years, and his lifespan will correspond to the number of thirty-six.

Taoist practitioners are not good at fighting, but are good at maintaining health and prolonging life. Those who practice Qigong have a longer lifespan and can live dozens or even hundreds of years longer than practitioners of the same level.

The classics left by the Four Symbols Immortal also recorded the three basic principles of Taoism, allowing Xuanming to have a clearer understanding of his own strength.

The Tao begins at one, is established at three, is accomplished at five, flourishes at seven, and reaches its peak at nine.

The Tao is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, and there are nine grades.

The first to third grades are the lower level of Taoism foundation. Such practitioners have no hope of achieving Qigong immortality and have limited potential. Although they have mastered profound magic, they are still considered ordinary people.

The fourth to sixth grades are the foundation of the intermediate path. Practitioners of this type have the hope of becoming Qigong immortals. The higher the grade, the greater the hope. They can truly transcend the mundane world and have the power to destroy mountains and split rivers.

The seventh to ninth grades are the superior foundation of the Tao. Such practitioners have the hope of becoming a True Lord of the Gods. Likewise, the higher the grade, the greater the hope, and they can destroy the heavens and the earth and move mountains and seas.

In simple terms, the stronger the foundation of Taoism, the greater the potential, the more benefits you will gain each time you break through, and the stronger your strength will be.

The spiritual perception of a cultivator in the Great Zhoutian Qigong stage who has reached the intermediate level of Taoism is three hundred feet, or three miles.

Those with a superior foundation of the Tao will increase tenfold.

For a perfect foundation builder like Xuanming, the distance will increase tenfold, which is three hundred miles.

Judging from his spiritual perception alone, he is comparable to a Qi training master who has condensed a golden elixir.

This is the power of a perfect foundation builder!

He looks down upon his peers and has an invincible power.

Although Xuanming has no desire to compete and is more concerned with his own practice and path, in this unfathomable world, the stronger you are, the better.

The Taoist Institute is closely watched by all Taoists.

Not long after the retreat sign was taken down, three generations of Taoists heard the news and gathered at Zangdao Peak, even Xuanxu and Xuansu came out of retreat.

　Xuankong has been changed to Xuanyang. Thank you very much for your guidance. I was busy today and felt dizzy and confused while writing.

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