Zi Yang

  "Speak." Xuan Yuanzi raised an eyebrow and looked at Mo Wen.

  "Senior's collapse of the house is to let us understand that the spiritual energy in the body really exists, as long as we use our hearts to think about it, we can control it." Mo asked.

  Xuanyuanzi's expression changed to calm upon hearing the words. He reached out with his hand from three zhang away and grabbed a grey brick, flipping it over so that it hovered in mid-air one foot above his palm. "What the eyes cannot see is also real. The mind is the same way; although it may be empty and vague, it exists."

  Everyone heard the words and responded in unison, Xuan Yuanzi shook the house, aiming to let everyone understand the true existence and great power of spiritual energy with a magnificent scene, and transcend the ordinary people's idea of "seeing is believing".

  "Essence rises, cycling through the heavenly orbit." Xuan Yuanzi reached out and stroked Mo Wen's head.

  Don't ask, Wen Yan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Relying on his mental intention, he smoothly guided the spiritual energy out of the Qihai. With one inhalation, the spiritual energy rushed through the Renmai in front of his chest to the Baihui, and with one exhalation, the spiritual energy flowed back from the Baihui down the Duzhong meridian to the Qihai. The entire process took about half a cup of tea's time.

  "Do you know why your Qi can flow so smoothly?" Xuan Yuanzi asked.

  "Thanks to Xuan Yangzi's guidance on the Turtle Breathing Method and the seniors' help in unblocking the meridians." Mo Wen asked himself. At this time, the spiritual energy inside his body was running extremely slowly. When running slowly, if he changed breath halfway, it would disperse his mind, but the Turtle Breathing Method solved this problem. When the spiritual energy rose to the Ren Channel, he remained in an inhalation state, and when it sank from the Baihui Acupoint on the top of his head, he was in a full exhalation state throughout. In this way, breathing not only did not disperse his mind but also assisted his mind in controlling the spiritual energy, which was the wonder of the Turtle Breathing Method. Moreover, when moving the spiritual energy, it was inevitable that there would be distracting thoughts in his heart, and with distracting thoughts, the breath would become disorderly. At this time, Xuan Yangzi's reminder of the acupoint positions through intense pain ten days ago became the best guide. Those painful positions he would never forget, and as long as he didn't forget the location of the heavy acupoints, the spiritual energy could accurately find its path and wouldn't go astray.

  "You have a deep accumulation of good fortune, gathering the wonderful methods of the Upper Clarity sects in one body, making rapid progress, and after entering the gate for three months, you can already circulate energy through the Ren and Du channels. If it were an ordinary Daoist, at this time they would still be sweeping the floor with a broom." Xuan Yuanzi turned around and walked towards the Eastern Hall, with everyone hastily following behind him.

  Returning to the Eastern Temple, Xuan Yuanzi once again guided Baili Kuangfeng and others in using their minds to guide their Qi. Using one's mind to guide one's Qi is the foundation of cultivation, it is the gate to entering the Dao, and must be clearly understood.

  The other four were not mediocre either, they just didn't understand the "qi" and "intention" before, but after realizing that they could operate the spiritual energy in their bodies with just a thought in their minds, the invisible shackles in everyone's hearts were immediately broken, and under Xuan Yuanzi's guidance and protection, each of them circulated their qi through the heavenly orbit without any danger.

  "When the flow of Qi is smooth and unobstructed, one can practice sitting meditation to cultivate internal energy. By embracing the heavenly Qi of Qian and the earthly Qi of Kun, the two energies are merged in the Dantian (elixir field) to harmonize the dragon and tiger energies. The essence of Qian and Kun is stored within oneself, borrowing the energy of heaven and earth for one's own use."

  Xuanyuanzi held his wine cup and occasionally took a sip, "If you don't have the protection of your seniors, when practicing Qi circulation, you should sit in a lotus position. It's absolutely not allowed to stand up, as you all only have the Ren and Du meridians open, while the Yongquan and Laogong are not yet unobstructed. Standing up to circulate Qi is prone to deviation."

  "Dare I ask, Master, when can we attain the Eight Extraordinary Meridians?" Mo asked, taking advantage of Xuan Yuanzi's momentary distraction while drinking.

  "Ren Du Er Mai is the main meridian of the Qijing, and when the main meridian is unblocked, the other six meridians can be opened at any time. However, I am only teaching you the method of cultivating Qi, and in the future, when the leader of another sect teaches you other skills, they can open up the blocked meridians at will and use them freely." Xuan Yuanzi replied.

  "The method of cultivating Qi has been passed on to you, so be diligent in your practice. If someone takes the round bead from the altar, just put the wine jug here and I will take it away myself." Xuan Yuanzi put down his wine bowl.

  "Senior, stay your step." Ba Li Kuang Feng said loudly.

  Xuanyuanzi heard this and turned his head to look at him. Baili Kuangfeng bowed his head and said, "Senior is leaving now?"

  "False transmission of a thousand volumes, true transmission of one sentence. The method of cultivating energy is easy to understand at once, but it's hard to persist in it." Xuan Yuanzi's voice was still echoing, but he had already disappeared.

  After Xuan Yuanzi left, everyone looked at each other in dismay, none of them had expected him to leave so hastily, coming and going in a hurry, the total time spent on the two sermons was not even two hours.

  "It's empty. He might really never come back." Baili Kui Feng walked up to the wooden platform and picked up the wine bowl placed on top of the wine jar, only to find that there was no more wine in it.

  Everyone was deeply grieved by the news. Although they had not been with Xuan Yuanzi for a long time, he had shown them great kindness, and it was hard to part with him suddenly without feeling a sense of loss.

  The huge sound of the house collapse had already startled the people in the main hall, and at this time, many Taoists gathered outside the gate. When the crowd walked out of the main hall, the Taoists had already started clearing the ruins.

  "The Daoist master will pass on the Qigong method to us, and said that he won't be coming back again." Mo Xun stood beside Qingyangzi in the ruins, earlier everyone wanted to lend a hand to clean up, but was stopped by Qingyangzi, there is a distinction between superior and inferior, these tasks are done by miscellaneous workers, they don't need to do it themselves.

  "It's good that you left, if you come a few more times, you will have nowhere to settle." Qingyangzi said with a smile, pointing at the ruins.

  Qingyangzi and Shanzhen, Liu Shaosheng also came over and asked, "Daozhang, what skill will we practice next?"

  "I'm not quite sure either, but I suppose it's medical skills. You've been punished for your crimes." Qingyangzi smiled again.

  "What makes you say such a thing?" Liu Shaoying's face turned pale in an instant.

  Qingyangzi smiled and turned away, without answering Liu Shaoyang's question.

  As they couldn't intervene to help, the crowd could only return to their rooms to rest. The next morning, Mo Xun got up early and went out to find that the collapsed house had been cleared away. The adjacent houses were intact and unaffected, which showed that Xuan Yuanzi's previous actions were not reckless, but also revealed the depth of his cultivation. If he had even half of this ability, it would be enough to protect himself and survive in a chaotic world.

  Before this, Mo asked, thinking that the three-year study would be tense and urgent. Unexpectedly, it was not so. After Xuan Yuanzi left, no one came to teach him for a long time. He spent his days reciting scriptures in his room, practicing meditation, and occasionally going out with others to tour the mountains and enjoy the scenery.

  Everyone learned together, day and night, familiar with each other's temperament, the relationship became more intimate. At this time, no one resented Bai Li Feng's recklessness, nor did anyone laugh at Liu Shaoqin's cowardice. Ye Xiao's bold words were no longer surprising to others, and Liu Song's elegant fingers were no longer scolded by everyone as childish. With close feelings, no one regarded Qian Sui and Ajiu as outsiders, and they got along extremely happily.

  However, what made Mo Xun feel a bit annoyed was that Ajiu seemed to have taken a liking to him and would often come to ask about the scriptures. In fact, those scriptures were not profound, but Ajiu just used it as an excuse to talk to him. These things Mo Xun naturally saw through, but he pretended not to notice, treating Ajiu only as his senior sister, even when they were in the same room, he strictly followed etiquette and did not make any improper moves.

  Because Xuan Yuanzi only taught the method of practicing Qi, Mo Wen and others only practiced Qi but did not know how to use Ling Qi. The greatest benefit brought by the small practice of Qi was that the night vision gradually became clear, and after a month, the night vision was as clear as daylight.

  Mo Wen didn't like to expose his body in front of others, so he went alone to the Dongshan hot spring to bathe after it was dark enough that he could see the road. People are afraid at night because they don't know what's hidden in the darkness; once you can see things clearly, the darkness isn't scary and is no different from daytime.

  Dongshan has several hot springs, the one where people used to bathe is the largest, but the water temperature is not high, it's very suitable for winter bathing, and by spring the spring water becomes a bit cold.

  He didn't ask, hesitated for a moment and didn't get in the water, turned around and headed north, after walking a few more miles, there was another hot spring, this hot spring above was filled with thick fog, just looking at the fog you can tell the water temperature is relatively high.

  After glancing around and finding no one in sight, Mo Wu asked where he was going. He had just walked to the edge of the spring, loosened his clothes and belt, when he discovered a blue Taoist robe neatly folded on a rock by the spring.

  Among the crowd, only Senku had the habit of folding his clothes before getting in the water, and since Senku never wanted to bathe with everyone else, Moai immediately guessed that it was Senku in the hot spring.

  Don't ask if you've never seen the original form of a thousand years, curiously surrounded by the warm spring, as a result, the fog above the spring water is thick and heavy, and nothing can be seen in the water.

  The eighteen-year-old boy was full of curiosity, and without asking, he ran to the edge of the spring, grabbed the robe along with the small clothes inside, and shouted into the spring, "Haha, come out quickly and let me take a look, otherwise you'll have nothing to wear."

  As soon as this was said, a sound came from the water, but it stopped after a moment.

  "I won't tell them, only I know, you come out." Don't ask for hurry.

  There is still no movement in the water.

  "This is what you get for being so nosy, don't blame me, see how you can get back." Mo didn't ask and was already excited, shouting as he turned around and ran away.

  After practicing qigong, his breathing became calm and his footsteps light. Without asking, he ran back to the Taoist temple, smiling secretly all the way. In his mind, he kept thinking of the embarrassing situation where Qian Sui had no clothes to wear.

  "Don't ask, where are you going?" Ye Xiao Yao walked out of the door and saw Mo Wen who was secretly laughing.

  "Qian Shuai was taking a bath in the East Mountain, and I bumped into him. I took his clothes, let's see how he gets back?" Mo Xun smiled and shook the Taoist robe in his hand at Ye Si Yu.

  "Hahaha, great, let him stay in the water for three days." Ye Xiao Yao patted Mo Wen's shoulder and laughed heartily.

  "I didn't take a bath." Just as the two of them burst out laughing, voices came from the west side.

  The two of them heard this and turned their heads at the same time, only to see Qian Shou holding a scripture book standing at the west courtyard gate, wearing a Taoist robe neatly on his body, with dry hair.

  "Whose clothes are these?" Mo asked, puzzled, shaking open the Taoist robe, a refreshing air came forth, and at the same time, the small clothes wrapped inside fell to the ground.

  Ye Xiangyao lowered his head and picked up an object, glancing at it sideways "This is a woman's bellyband...".