Chapter 3: Transformation

  When Chu Ping opened his eyes again, he found himself back at the top of the mountain.

  "What happened?"

  Several classmates gathered around, their faces somewhat flustered.

  "What's wrong?"

  "My god, Chu Ping, didn't you feel the mountain shaking just now?" Gu Yu stared at his feet and asked loudly.

  "Oh, I was just in a trance!" Chu replied calmly, understanding in his heart that the person must have escaped from their predicament, and the vast aura that broke through the seal had overflowed with magical power, shaking the mountain.

  "It's all over, let's hurry down the mountain. Who knows if there will be an earthquake or landslide? What bad luck! I've never heard of any landslides happening on this mountain before!" Tang Guangbo also said.

  "Alright, alright, let's head down the mountain!"

  Several classmates also echoed in agreement.

  Chu Ping naturally had no opinion, glanced at his hand, and on the ring finger of his left hand, there was an extra emerald green circular ring, a flash of light flowing in it, very spiritual.

  Chu Ping quietly withdrew her hand into her sleeve, without revealing any trace.

  A group of people hastily descended the mountain. It's often said that going up a mountain is easy, but coming down is difficult. Chu Ping endured another round of hardship and suffering, almost rolling and crawling down the mountain. More than ten people ate a meal together, and some made plans to go sing and have fun, but Chu Ping excused himself from several people and returned to his dormitory alone.

  The dormitory was empty, and the other seven people had gone to find a KTV with the girl and hadn't returned. Chu Ping happened to have some free time, carefully thinking about his strange encounter.

  Although there was no one in the dormitory, it wasn't cold. The heating was warm and cozy. Chu Ping stared blankly at the ring on her hand, but didn't know what to do.

  "How can I get what's inside?"

  The first question suddenly came to mind, and the monk in the cave was apparently also rough and didn't think of such a simple question. For Chu Ping, who had never been in contact with cultivation before, it was undoubtedly a high threshold.

  Lost in thought, I suddenly feel a warm flow of air surging inside the Mud Ball Palace, my soul is filled with warmth and comfort in an instant, and a strong suction force also comes from the ring, Chu Ping involuntarily becomes dizzy again, immersed in it.

  Suddenly, it was bright in front of me, and around me was a room with rows of bookshelves filled with various books. Next to it was an antique desk with a thin scroll on it. On the wall hung a four-foot long sword. The atmosphere was spacious, bright, refreshing, peaceful and serene.

  Chu Ping didn't care, and directly picked up the scroll on the table, with two regular script big characters "Qitian" written in a flying dragon and dancing phoenix style on the cover!

  "This must be the cultivation secret manual of that person's sect!"

  Chu Ping muttered to herself, her consciousness dazed for a moment, and she had already exited the ring and returned to reality!

  Fumbling with the soft scroll in his hand, even Chu Ping, who had always been indifferent to anything, couldn't help but feel a little excited.

  Opened the cover, slowly looked down.

  "Since the birth of heaven and earth, all living things have taken it as the foundation of their cultivation. Mountains and rivers are forever, oceans and seas never dry up, yet even the vast ocean can become mulberry fields, and there is also transformation. Transformation is the cause of life and death, therefore only when heaven and earth are long-lasting can they be imperishable!"

  Chu Ping read a few sentences and was delighted with approval in her heart.

  He has also read many Buddhist and Taoist classics since he was young, quiet and calm, not fond of noise, and has some research on those mysterious and mysterious things.

  The pursuit of longevity has always been an unchanging desire for humanity. In those classics, the Golden Elixir of Taoism and the Sharira of Buddhism are also mentioned, and even in modern religious books that are still popular today, they have not been excluded. After reading these simple sentences, Chu Ping's heart was also filled with melancholy.

  "Heaven and earth change, it moves, wind and rain are dark, thunder and lightning work together. It is quiet, the body is like a bright mirror, open and clear. The wind and clouds are unpredictable, but there are only five elements of yin and yang. Therefore, it is said that the true and wonderful secret of manifestation and concealment is to cultivate one's nature and life. There is no other way to say it. All come from the essence of qi and spirit, firmly stored and not leaked. Not leaking, storing in the body, can receive my transmission and prosper. Remembering the oral formula has many benefits, eliminating evil desires and obtaining clarity and coolness. Obtaining clarity and coolness, bright and clean, good to face the Dan platform and appreciate the bright moon. The moon hides the jade rabbit, the sun hides the crow, there is a turtle and snake entwined together. Entwined together, nature and life are strong, can plant the golden lotus in the fire. Using the five elements in reverse order, when the work is complete, naturally one's life will be equal to heaven!"

  Chu Ping again flipped through the specific cultivation and breathing exercises, but in his heart, he was clear.

  "This mantra seems complex, but it's actually just cultivating one's own yin-yang five elements energy, taking heaven and earth as a model, ultimately achieving the state of being heaven and earth oneself, with the sea of qi transforming into the universe. When the time comes, even if mountains collapse and rivers dry up, heaven and earth will still be heaven and earth, and one's own self will not perish, coexisting with heaven and earth for eternity, forever enduring!"

  Chu Ping muttered to herself, but a faint smile appeared on her face.

  "One flower, one world; one leaf, one paradise. In the world, there are no completely identical flowers or leaves, and it is the same with living beings. What our predecessors pursued was the divine method of adapting to the body's spiritual power. To reach the pinnacle, one must ultimately excavate their own self, create a unique spiritual power, and only then can they achieve greatness, laughing proudly between heaven and earth!"

  After reading this passage, Chu Ping suddenly felt a surge of heroic spirit in his heart. "Indeed, the unyielding and indestructible Qi Tian's method can only be used as a reference, not copied. Cultivators are like fish crossing the river, and cultivation secrets are like the sand of the Ganges River. People are different from one another, and only by following the divine ability discovered within oneself can one truly suit oneself."

  The secret of cultivation is as vast as the sea of smoke, but in essence it's just about absorbing and spitting out the primordial energy of heaven and earth, solidifying one's foundation, and in a short hour, Chu Ping had already finished reading the thin scroll, putting it back into the ring, sat cross-legged, his five hearts facing upwards, his entire body's vital energy suddenly concentrated.

  "The first step of the Qitian Sect's method is to refine the three souls and seven spirits, transform the primordial void, and generate infinite changes from it. All things in the world are born from existence, existence is born from non-existence, emptiness has nothing, only then can there be change, and only with change can one grasp the ultimate principle!"

  Chu Ping pondered in her heart, although she had only read for a short hour, but after nearly twenty years of studying the principles of ancient books, her mind had already accumulated countless heavenly repair methods, like sparks, instantly igniting a prairie fire.

  Sit quietly, indulge in empty thinking, and concentrate all thoughts on the baihui acupoint. Silently ponder one's own soul, according to the method described in the book. The dual spirits of yin and yang rapidly rotate, and within a few minutes, an invisible yet existing vortex forms at the baihui point.

  Three souls and seven spirits were instantly engulfed, Chu Ping only felt that the whole person was as if trapped in a rapidly rotating roulette wheel, with an indescribable feeling of dizziness and nausea, but he tightly guarded his spiritual platform with a hint of clarity, his hand seals and incantations flying up and down, relying on these strange seals to connect with heaven and earth.

  In ancient times, among human tribes, there were witches who relied on various dance postures to communicate with heaven and earth, thereby obtaining the power of heaven and earth. The Taoist and Buddhist schools also have hand seals and true words, which are based on this principle.

  Although his eyes were tightly closed, Chu Ping's whole body seemed extremely sensitive, clearly feeling the various spiritual energies swirling around his body and entering through every pore.

  Also, Chu Ping has always been curious about Chinese ancient culture, although he is studying finance and accounting. Traditional Chinese medicine, as the essence of China's several thousand years of history, has sparked his interest, even though he only briefly studied it, but he has a good understanding of the human body's meridians and acupoints.

  Feeling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth entering his body, Chu Ping's heart slightly rejoiced. Along the meridians of his entire body, it slowly circulated and flowed, but when it passed through the Baihui acupoint, he suddenly felt a vast and mighty spiritual power being stirred up by that gentle and flowing spiritual energy. In an instant, it surged like a river, but instead of circulating throughout his body with the spiritual energy absorbed from outside, it directly poured into the whirlpool of his soul, stirring up waves of excitement.

  From the heaven and earth, absorbing the spiritual energy circulating nine times around the body, Chu Ping gradually converged it into the five major meridians of Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, and Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian.

  According to the book, the key to Qitian Sect's cultivation is the five elements of Qi in the body. Consolidating and nourishing the origin will allow it to transform into the vast universe.

  The human body has twelve meridians, but these five are the most important. Because of their simplicity, they are focused on, and because of this focus, great things can be achieved.

  Among these five major meridians circulating and surging, Chu Ping can fully feel the circulation of spiritual energy.

  Because Chu Ping was a beginner in her practice, she could feel the comfort and refreshment even more deeply. It's like someone who is not very healthy, but occasionally gets a cold, feels extremely uncomfortable at first, but after recovering from the cold, they can experience the refreshing feeling of being cured.

  Flowing back and forth among the five major meridians, it gradually returns to the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian and Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian.

  Turtle-snake coiling, nature is firm, yet can plant golden lotus in fire, it's the harmony of water and fire, at that time, it can be considered a small achievement of Gongfa.

  The cultivation was unknown, and it was also unknown how long it had passed. The yuanqi spiritual energy flowing between the two meridians suddenly transformed into a stream that converged in the lower abdomen's qihai, while the hundred convergences of turbulent waves within also burst and dispersed, transforming into a vast and profound expanse of primordial chaos.

  Chu Ping, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and let out a long breath, his face filled with joy.

  He stood up and stretched his body, with a cracking sound coming from all the joints. "Indeed, this is a cultivation secret method! In just two short hours, it feels like I've been reborn!"

  Xī xǐ wú xiàn de Chǔ Píng, zhǐ jué sì zhī bǎi jiào chōng yíng wú bǐ, gèng jiā shén qí de què shì bǎi huì xué nèi, yī piān wú yá de hùn dùn hōng zhàn jī dàng, yī zuò jiǔ céng bǎo tǎ gāo gāo xuán fú zài qí shàng, yóu rú zhǎng kòng zhè hùn dùn de chuàng shǐ zhī zhǔ!