In the future, Earth becomes a relic of the mythical era.

Chapter 230 A Dream of the Spiritual Platform

I thought they might teach me this time?

The patriarch, however, continued to follow the procedures!
"Those who engage in 'movement' have actions and activities, such as absorbing yin to replenish yang, climbing bows and stepping on crossbows, massaging the navel to expel qi, using various methods to prepare medicines, burning thatch and striking cauldrons, adding red lead, refining autumn stones, and consuming women's milk, etc."

"This is a conditioned method, which seeks external things and wants to achieve results quickly. It has many wonderful features, but it is easy to go astray and damage the foundation, just like trying to catch the moon's reflection in the water."

"Would you like to learn?"

Xie Lingxin clenched her fists, looking somewhat pained, and said, "I'm willing to learn!"

Anyway, you're not going to teach me!

As expected, the patriarch was determined to carry out the process to the end!

"There's also the 'Quiet' gate, which involves abstaining from grain and guarding the valley, practicing stillness and non-action, meditating and sitting in meditation, observing vows of silence and fasting, or practicing sleeping meditation, or standing meditation, and entering a state of deep meditation,"

"This is the fundamental way to longevity, the method of non-action, seeking inner peace and cultivating both mind and body."

"But they are clay bricks from the kiln. Like the clay bricks and tiles made from clay at the kiln, although they have already taken shape, they have not yet been tempered by water and fire. If a heavy rain comes, they will surely be ruined."

"Immortality can be attained, but one must not endure calamities and tribulations."

"Would you like to learn?"

Knowing she couldn't learn it, Xie Lingxin still couldn't contain her excitement: "I'm willing to learn! Teach me, teach me!"

After the patriarch finished speaking, he flicked his whisk and disappeared.

"No!"

Above the water corridor, Xie Lingxin suddenly sat up, letting out a mournful cry.

The pain described is so intense that it breaks the hearts of those who hear it and brings tears to their eyes.

"Your Highness!"

Suzhen, who was waving a round fan to the side, was so frightened that her face turned pale.

Xie Lingxin sat there blankly, looking at the surrounding scenery and feeling the cool water vapor.

Suzhen was in tears, looking anxious.

A figure flashed, and Ru Man was already standing on the cliff.

Xie Lingxin snapped out of her daze and quickly said, "It's nothing, just a dream."

He stood up, clasped his hands in greeting to Ru Man, and said, "I'm sorry to have disturbed you, Master."

"Is Your Highness troubled by something?"

Ru Man walked over and looked at the thick stack of papers next to him.

"Or is it because you're too eager to cultivate?"

Xie Lingxin touched the paper beside her and said with a wry smile, "I guess so."

It's true what they say, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night.

You can have such a dream just by taking a nap?
It was Su Zhen's casual remark: "If only the characters in this book were alive..."

This gave rise to a thought in myself: How wonderful it would be to meet Patriarch Bodhi!
As a result, I saw the ancestor in my dream!

That wasn't Bodhi Patriarch, but himself, appearing in the dream in the form of the Patriarch.

Is this what they mean by "read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will become clear"?

Looking back now, he realized that he had already mastered the profound meanings of the three religions and the principles of movement and stillness.

The Primordial Mysterious Water Yin Thunder Diagram, The Tathagata's Descent to Earth and the Divine Emperor's Rule Over the World Diagram, The Buddha Kingdom in the Palm of Your Hand...

Wait, all of these are examples of the convergence of the three religions.

The "Technique" school, to put it bluntly, relies on external rituals, tools, and the power of ghosts and gods.

The techniques of summoning deities and the Yellow God's Transcendence Chapter both fall into this category.

The "Liu" school encompasses the classics of various schools of thought, religions, and philosophies.

I haven't read many books in the Federation, but I read a lot of books in my previous life.

Now he can recite them fluently, and it's no exaggeration to say that he has mastered all schools of thought.

The "Quiet Gate" is a method of non-action, which involves concentrating the mind and calming the spirit, seeking inner peace and cultivating both mind and body.

The basic visualization techniques, including the innate mysterious water and yin thunder, and the Tathagata descending to earth as a divine emperor ruling the world, all belong to this category.

On the contrary, the "movement" gate...

It seems I haven't studied it.

but……

Xie Lingxin recalled what she had seen in her dream and suddenly felt a surge of emotion, forgetting that Ru Man and Su Zhen were beside her.

Concentrate your mind and calm your spirit, let your thoughts enter your spiritual realm.

With a thought, an iron lock appeared out of thin air and crashed down into Flower Fruit Mountain.

The playful, leaping monkey suddenly raised its head, bared its teeth, and let out a roar.

But it was useless. The iron chains wrapped around it and bound it in the blink of an eye, pulling it into the space between his mind and body.

"Squeak! Roar!"

The restless mind struggled incessantly, revealing its ferocious nature.

Lei Zu's consciousness was high above, holding a lock in one hand and making a grasping motion with the other, pulling out a bolt of lightning as long as a whip.

He swung his hand and slapped the restless boy.

"Roar! Squeak! Roar—!"

With roars, the iron lock creaked as it was broken.

Lei Zu remained unmoved, continuing to lash out with his thunder whip.

The whip lashed at the restless monkey's body again and again.

This mischievous monkey showed no restraint or fear whatsoever; on the contrary, the more he was whipped, the more ferocious he became.

In a fit of rage, every single hair on his body stood on end.

"Bear!"

Red flames suddenly erupted from his body!
Xie Lingxin was overjoyed.

Become!

Lei Zu's consciousness reached out and grabbed a ball of flame from the mischievous monkey.

Thunder and fire combine, crackling and popping, burning ever more fiercely.

In the water corridor.

Xie Lingxin flipped her hand over.

"Bear!"

The illusory flames in his sea of ​​consciousness actually ignited in his palm.

Ru Man's eyes flickered slightly: "Innate Heart Fire?"

Xie Lingxin acted as if she hadn't heard anything, as if she had received a new toy.

He tossed the flames back and forth between his hands.

Stretch and shape as you please.

This aroused Su Zhen's great curiosity.

With a thought, Lei Zu drew another stream of water from the Kan Yuan Cave.

A ball of black water reappeared on his palm.

As if a twitch appeared at the corner of his eye: "Congenital kidney yin?!"

A ball of fire and a ball of water danced and twirled in Xie Lingxin's hands, intertwining together. Water and fire were incompatible, yet they coexisted peacefully.

"call--"

He let out a long sigh, clenched his fists, and the water and fire vanished instantly.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the newly refined "golden millet" was now surrounded by a stream of water and enveloped in a ball of flame.

The sounds of dragons and tigers are faintly heard. The heart fire and kidney water, water and fire unite, harmonizing the dragon and tiger!

[Sex: 1103.22/10000 (↑100.00)]

My sexual function has greatly improved!

Xie Lingxin knew that if she hadn't used the Blood Essence Pearl, her life force would have increased just as much!
In that dream just now, it felt like I had completely reviewed everything I had learned.

It allowed him to see many things he couldn't see before, and to understand many things he had already learned but hadn't consciously realized.

Aside from the four gates of technique, flow, and stillness, one sentence is the most profound.

The four elements are in harmony, and the five elements gather together!
The kidneys are the essence of life, and the heart is the place where the spirit is stored.

Kidney water and heart fire are the root of life!

not only that……

With a thought, Xie Lingxin's palm ignited with fire once more.

With his other hand, he grabbed a rock from a nearby mountain and threw it into the fire.

Ordinary flames, when burning stone, will definitely burn it black and brittle, eventually carbonizing it.

But now, in the blink of an eye, the rocks have been burned into a paste.

With a flick of his hand, the flames vanished, and a mass of black liquid appeared, enveloping the molten stone.

In a short while, a perfectly round and smooth bead fell into Xie Lingxin's palm.

Ru Man's face had been twitching for a while, but she still couldn't stop.

Finally, he couldn't help but exclaim, "What a skillful way to refine things in the void!"

"Your Highness's mastery of water and fire is almost supernatural!"

Even though Ru Man is over ninety years old and has seen a lot, he really doesn't know what to say at this moment.

In his previous battle against Tian Quancao, he realized the power of the Buddha in his palm, achieving a fusion of Zen and martial arts, which was close to supernatural.

Now, after a good night's sleep, he has comprehended the laws of water and fire, almost achieving supernatural powers!
In a short period of time, he mastered two supernatural powers!
What an extraordinary talent!

In this day and age, those who can compare to him are probably only those who can master a few palm strikes.

Xie Lingxin was also delighted, smiling from ear to ear.

With a clasp of his hands, the water and fire vanished, leaving only a perfectly round stone bead.

Golden and round.

It doesn't look like a stone, but more like gold.

Of course, it is still a stone, not real gold.

It's just that I refined it into this state.

"Suzhen, you can play with this."

He tossed the "golden ball" to Suzhen, who was full of curiosity, and she played with it over and over with delight.

The little boy couldn't understand how a stone could turn into gold just by being rubbed in His Highness's hand!
Then Your Highness will be rich!
Xie Lingxin chuckled: "Master, do you know how to refine pills and treasures?"

My heart fire and kidney water have returned to their original state.

It's the innate water and fire!
It can internally refine the golden elixir and harmonize the dragon and tiger, belonging to the Jing (静) school.

It can also be used for alchemy and treasure making, belonging to the category of dynamic and static techniques!
Whether it's internal or external alchemy, the essence of alchemy is the same: burning and refining.

The essence of this mystery lies in the harmonious interplay of water and fire.

When used internally, it is used for internal alchemy.

When used externally, it is used to refine immortal elixirs and spiritual treasures!

Now, I have completed all four of my techniques: flowing and static!
Ru Man gave a wry smile: "This old monk only knows a little martial arts; how could I possibly have such good fortune?"

"is it?"

Xie Lingxin was somewhat disappointed.

Although he has refined this innate water and fire, it is indeed a superior "tool" for burning pills and refining treasures.

But he really didn't know how to refine it.

The stone turned into a "golden ball" simply by undergoing a firing process that altered its appearance.

In reality, it is still just an ordinary stone; its essence remains unchanged.

Seeing this, Ru Man laughed and said, "If Your Highness wishes to learn this refining method, this old monk knows a few places."

Xie Lingxin was overjoyed: "Oh? Please enlighten me, Master!"

As Man said, "This method of alchemy and treasure refining is naturally the domain of Daoist practitioners."

"The Taoist school has many origins, including Louguan, Chongxuan, Shangqing, and Sanqingshan,"

"Among them, the most exquisite furnace-firing method is found in Sanqing Mountain, but it is far away in Jiangxi, which is inconvenient for Your Highness."

“In the capital, there are quite a few places where this method is passed down, but the best one is right beside Your Highness.”

Seeing Ru Man smiling broadly, Xie Ling said anxiously, "Master, please stop playing dumb!"

"Ha ha……"

Ru Man said, "Your Highness has forgotten what official position your tutor held?"

"Wang Fu? Bai Qing?"

Xie Lingxin was taken aback, then realized, "Master, you mean the Hall of Scholars?! But isn't that where the classics and histories of past dynasties are kept?"

Ru Man smiled and said, "Does Your Highness not know? This hall was once called 'Gathering Immortals Hall'? It was only later that it was changed to 'Gathering Worthies'."

"The Jixian Hall contains not only historical classics and texts from various dynasties, but also the works of various philosophers and other miscellaneous classics, encompassing a vast array of subjects,"

"Moreover, the Great Zhou Dynasty has more than just the Hall of Gathering Worthies?"

"The Great Zhou Armory, the Qionglin Treasury, and the Daying Treasury—which one isn't filled with countless treasures?"

"However, if Your Highness wishes to learn the method of furnace firing, you may do so at the Jixian Hall."

Xie Lingxin was overjoyed, but then her face fell: "That place is not a place that ordinary people can go to."

Su Zhen then looked up from the "golden ball": "How could Your Highness be an ordinary person?"

"Although the Jixian Hall is where the imperial library is located, Your Highness is the Prince of Jing, so why can't you go there?"

"Besides, with the white tent here, does Your Highness have any fear of not being able to get in?"

Hearing this, Xie Lingxin couldn't hold back any longer and ran barefoot out of the water pavilion.

He ran and shouted, "Bai Qing! Bai Qing! Help me!"

……

Bai Juyi was completely bewildered when Xie Lingxin pulled him to the outside of the Jixian Hall.

This was the place where the imperial court stored and edited books; it was an important location.

Even if he is the Prince of Jing, he cannot step into this place without permission.

But with Bai Juyi around, no one would stop a prince like him.

"It's so big..."

The scale of the Jixian Hall was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Bai Juyi laughed and said, "This place can collect all the books in the world and compile the history of past dynasties, so it is naturally no small matter."

"Your Highness, the miscellaneous arts you are looking for are in another side hall."

Even if it were Prince Jing, Bai Juyi would not have allowed him to run around recklessly.

In other words, he was only looking for some "unimportant" miscellaneous skills and techniques; otherwise, no matter how good their relationship was, Xie Lingxin wouldn't be able to get in.

Xie Lingxin was a little disappointed upon hearing this, and gave up her little scheme.

Whatever.

So be it...

(End of this chapter)