Chapter 8 Carrying Water and Testing
"Sleep well and eat well."
My father Li Shanzhu could not teach Li Yunsheng much, and these two should be the best ones to teach. In the past, even if the two of them slept in barren mountains and rivers, they would get up and sleep at one time as usual, and would not have three meals a day.
Before dawn, Li Yunsheng got up early. He first washed some millet and put it in a pottery jar, threw three pitted red dates into it, took them to the stove and simmered them slowly over low heat, and then started cleaning the house.
The furnishings of the cabin are very simple, with a bed, a table, a stool, and an oil lamp. There is not even a bedding on the bed, but only a straw mat. Next to the cabin is a smaller house, with stoves and some ragged kitchenware, a clay pot, a rice jar and a water tank. The rice jar is empty, but there is half a tank of water in the water tank, and the clay pot is used by him to make porridge.
After cleaning, he took out an oil paper bag from his luggage, which contained two kilograms of dried fish. He caught the fish himself and was also pickled and dried by himself.
He cut the dried fish into even small pieces, put them in a hot oil pan, stir-fry several times and put some chili salt. After a while, the aroma of dried fish began to spread across the top of the mountain.
A plate of dried fish and a bowl of millet porridge, Li Yunsheng sat on the table made of a stump under the big locust tree and started eating.
Li Yunsheng picked up the Qi training technique that Li Changgeng had thrown to him before and started reading it.
To be precise, this book should be called "External Disciples' Qi Practice". When you look at the name Li Yunsheng understood that this should be an introductory practice book. After a few glances, he put it down.
This is not because this book is too thin and simple. On the contrary, as the basic method of practicing Qi, many things are said very carefully, carefully to the names of some meridians and the hours of practice.
Li Yunsheng let go so quickly because he read books very quickly since he was a child. Because he had no money to buy books, he deliberately wrote down the content he had read since he was very young. Over time, he didn't know whether it was inertia or talent. As long as he was not very complicated, Li Yunsheng could basically remember everything after reading. This book was an amazing talent, but Li Yunsheng's father was devoted to seeking immortals, and he didn't know that his son had the ability to remember everything after reading. Sometimes he could not help but scold him a few words when he read Li Yunsheng so much that he read. But Li Yunsheng didn't think this was an extraordinary talent. Even for a long time, he felt that this was a shameful method, because he felt that it was no different from stealing books.
He drank two bowls of porridge, fryed dried fish and ate one-third of it, and then cleaned the table and went to wash the dishes.
"It turns out that the process of cultivation is to use one's own spiritual veins as the guide, to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, and to repeat the essence and turn into qi, so it is called practicing qi." Li Yunsheng murmured to himself while washing dishes.
He had a habit of reading books, and he wrote it down first, and then recalled in his mind that this basic Qi training technique was a bit incredible compared to the books he had read in the past, but it was very interesting. He felt that it was more interesting than any book he had read in the secular world.
After washing the dishes, he had already understood this basic Qi training technique and understood why Yang Wanli asked Li Changgeng to give him this book.
"If you use different methods of breathing and breathing according to the book, and use essence to transform qi and use qi as the power, you can make the strength endless and you can complete the task of carrying 20 loads of water from the mountain to the mountain, which means that Master is testing me."
He washed the dishes and wiped them clean, and neatly placed them on the rack next to the stove. He shook his head and said in thought: "There are more twists and turns in the minds of these immortals than in our city vendors."
Next he took out the shoulder pole and two wooden barrels from the house, and looked at the sky that should be Mao hour. "If I sleep at Hai hour, I will have eight hours in total. With my current physical strength, I will take at least one hour to carry a load of water back and forth, and at most eight tons of water a day."
"So if you can carry ten loads of water today, it means that the method of breathing and breathing in this book is effective."
Thinking of this, Li Yunsheng carried two barrels down the mountain.
The first load of water was carried on the mountain, just like Li Yunsheng probably. It took him more than an hour, but he was already panting, feeling that his feet were as if two large iron blocks were tied, and it was extremely difficult to move. However, he did not follow the breathing method of the Qi training technique. He wanted to experience it himself. Is it really different from using it or not?
After a short rest, he went down the mountain again.
This time when he was carrying a load up the mountain, he began to follow the breathing methods taught in the book, trying to make the pace on his feet consistent with the rhythm of his breathing. Although he could not be proficient, Li Yunsheng realized that during each inhalation, a very comfortable and cool air flowed out from the soles of his feet, instantly eliminating all the fatigue on his body.
efficient!
Li Yunsheng's calm heart was filled with ecstasy.
The shock of "Immortals" is heard and heard that I have never experienced it personally. Although what I have learned is only the foundation, during this breath, Li Yunsheng felt like he was stepping on a lotus and climbing up to the blue sky.
As he became more skilled in using the method of breathing luck in the book and his steps became lighter, his curiosity about the fairy palace became stronger and stronger. He had no real sense of eternal life, but he was very curious about the Taoist Dharma that could make people achieve eternal life. This desire for knowledge, which has been suppressed from childhood to adulthood, finally broke out completely at this moment.
However, on the first day, Li Yunsheng did not complete the task after all. Even with the help of the breathing technique, he only carried nine loads of water. Because in the previous calculations, he did not count his body's fatigue value. After carrying the first load of water, his body's body's body's body was different from the load of water. Moreover... even with the help of the breathing technique, his body's musculoskeleton could not withstand such high-intensity labor.
Li Yunsheng is a very modest person. He knows his strengths and his weaknesses. He stops when he finishes carrying the ninth load of water. Although he can still carry a few loads if he grits his teeth, his body will probably collapse soon. It is better to proceed step by step and practice the method of breathing luck and his movements more proficiently before completing the task.
And what Li Changgeng told him was three days.
In fact, in Li Changgeng's opinion, Li Yunsheng couldn't stay there for a day. Twenty loads of water were carried from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Even he had to spend a lot of effort. Originally, Yang Wanli had stipulated that nine loads a day, and if he didn't have much work, he would pour twenty loads. The twenty loads were just a casual statement. He had seen many young men from aristocratic families. Not to mention twenty loads, they couldn't stand it if they asked them to carry water and live on the mountain. They wanted to run home immediately to complain to their parents.
As soon as the autumn harvest arrived, the people in Baiyun Temple were so busy that they forgot the sun and the moon. In a blink of an eye, three days passed. Li Changgeng was carrying a few bundles of rice to the glutinous rice field in Baiyun Temple. As soon as he put down the rice, he saw a middle-aged man walking towards him.
The man is very short and has a strong figure. He has many patches on his clothes but is very clean.
"Oh, senior brother, I haven't seen each other for a long time!"
Li Changgeng greeted him with a silly smile on his face.
"I'm dirty and don't wear well. This is in the temple, not in your house. What if I meet a guest who comes to the temple? How many times do you want me to say it to you to have a better memory?"
Li Changgeng, who was more than eight feet tall, was scolded by his senior brother less than five feet tall so that he didn't dare to raise his head.
"The junior brother whom Master asked you to bring in a few days ago, he came from Yingzhou like you. He has no relatives here and knows nothing about the Immortal Palace. Master is not free, so I will tell you, take care of you."
The eldest brother finished speaking with a serious expression, and walked straight past Li Changgeng.
"oops!"
Li Changgeng slapped his head suddenly, then ran towards the back mountain, rushing around the mountain road like a mad cow.
When he came to the foot of the back mountain panting, the scene in front of him surprised him: a little boy was carrying two buckets of water on the hillside, trotting along the winding mountain path with an extremely light pace.
When he realized that the child was Li Yunsheng, Li Yunsheng had already disappeared into the lush forest.
"So fast!"
Li Changgeng sighed and thought to himself that he not only misread the child’s identity, but also misread his skills!
And just as he was feeling, something even more shocking happened.
Chapter completed!