Chapter 074: It's Really Like It's Ordinary
The four twelve-level elixirs, the first sect is inner vision, body refining, and medicine; the second sect is spiritual elixir, revolving, and golden soup; the third sect is fetal movement, infant, and yang god. As for the fourth sect there are three levels of realms, Feng Junzi didn't tell me, and I couldn't imagine it.
Why is Jin Tang called Jin Tang? Feng Junzi said in front of outsiders that the alchemy I learned was directed by the golden elixir, and used the four words "Golden Pills Great Completed" to describe the realm of Jin Tang. What kind of elixir is Jin Tang? Is there really a golden inner elixir in the body? No, of course not! The so-called golden elixir is actually no elixir. The elixir is embracing the elixir with the elixir and the elixir is transformed. The elixir returns to its origin, gradually refines it, and returns to the innate nature. When the final realm is perfect, the "inner elixir" that the person in the alchemy has worked hard to practice has disappeared. Alchemy and alchemy are refined, and what is going on?
Many people often like to talk about some nouns when reading some books introducing alchemy. The most common one is to refine essence into qi, refine qi into spirit, refine spirit into emptiness, and refine spirit into emptiness. Later generations have also answered two sentences about the emptiness and the Tao, breaking the void, etc. Here we ask, how can the spiritual spirit be replenished? This means that the primordial spirit is finally fully revealed and there is no need to be refined again. The ultimate goal of refining the primordial spirit is "the consciousness of the spirit into the spirit consciousness". If the spiritual elixir is the free body and mind in the body, then when the golden elixir is at the realm of great success, the golden elixir is our own normal body and mind.
The so-called golden elixir is not called the disappearance of the spiritual elixir, but I am a person himself, and the so-called golden elixir refers to me. People who watch costume movies and TV, become monks and practice, some call themselves Taoists, and some call themselves real people. So what does real people mean? Real people are not called casually, and the great success of golden elixir can be called real people. You still look like an ordinary person, but the difference is: his primordial spirit is one with consciousness, the body and mind are one with spiritual elixir, and the vital energy and true elixir are one. This is the mental method of "Jin Tang". Feng Junzi once summarized it in four words: "Move the furnace and change the cauldron".
I remember that Feng Junzi gave me the mental methods and formulas of the three realms of "spiritual pills", "replace" and "Jin Tang" one by one. The mental methods of "Jin Tang" are not complicated, they are just moving the furnace and changing the cauldron. In my previous practice, I used the body as the furnace and cauldron to practice the inner elixir, and collected the free body and mind in the state of concentration. This body and mind are also transformed and refined, and they are used to sense external objects. In the end, the free body and mind must be integrated into one with the normal body and mind, and transform the furnace and cauldron into a golden elixir. This step seems simple and easy to understand, but the state cannot be successful even if it is not.
Why is its name called Jintang? Because at this point, the Taoist foundation has become stable, and even if the cultivation level does not move forward, it will not be lost. There is an idiom called Jintang, which means this. Buddhist cultivation also has similar things. Their saying is "transformation of the reward body". It is said that the reward body has been transformed to attain the fruit of Arhat. I don't know what an Arhat is, but I now know what a real person is.
Feng Junzi told me that Jin Tang's mantra was to quote a sentence from "Laozi": "The magical artifacts in the world cannot be done, and they cannot be held accountable. Those who do things fail, and those who hold them lose. Therefore, because the sage does nothing, there is no failure; there is no attachment, so there is no loss." This passage can be too big, and it is indeed a state of no attachment and no loss. The so-called spiritual elixir is gone, and the realm will naturally not be lost, but people have changed and become a real person who is innately complete. However, I think that although this mantra is exquisite, it is still too obscure for ordinary people, and it is not as good as another sentence.
This sentence is the couplet I saw on the archway of Jingwu Cave Heaven: "Mountains are not mountains, water is not water. Mountains are still mountains, water is still water." When the golden elixir was perfected, I was not me, but was replaced by the me of me, but I was still me. This is my own innate body and mind. I have to admit that being able to enter the Jintang realm today is not because of the spiritual energy of Jingwu Cave Heaven, but seeing the couplet when I entered the door. Things in the world are so clever. Feng Junzi once said that the great success of Jindan does not only require qualifications and insight, but more importantly, it is my opportunity. Today is my opportunity.
I thought I had only sat for a while, but when I opened my eyes, I found that it was already dawn. I walked out of the bamboo house and looked up at the sky. There was still a colorful pillar of light hanging high in the sky with the dragon head tower. Looking at the sky from afar, half a red sun was gushing out! I remember when I first realized the realm of the spiritual elixir, I walked out of the house and found that everything in the world became vivid and different. This time, my golden elixir was perfect, and I felt that the difference was myself, I was still me, but I was a different person.
When I saw the sunrise, I remembered that it was the second day. I didn't expect that my meditation had been so long! It was broken! I skipped class last afternoon, didn't attend evening self-study, and didn't go back to the dormitory overnight. I didn't ask for leave, and I don't know what the teacher would think. Will Sister Ziying and Axiu be anxious to find that I'm missing? I have to go back to class quickly! I was about to walk, and walked through the bamboo forest to the archway of Jingwu Cave Heaven. Only then did I remember that Qingming Mirror had not been taken yet. I ran back and put away the Qingming Mirror. The colorful light column disappeared, and Jingwu Cave Heaven was immediately covered by white clouds and mist. I thought about it, and then went to the Zhuguo Forest and picked all the five Zhuguos and put them in my pocket. After hesitating for a while, I took away the "Night Pearl".
I didn't go back to the dormitory, but went directly to the classroom. I came early, and the morning reading time was not yet available, but there was someone waiting in front of the classroom door. I saw her beautiful figure standing in the morning breeze from afar - it turned out to be Teacher Liu Feier.
"Shiye, you disappeared for three days and three nights, and you didn't even say hello. What happened?" Teacher Liu looked at me with a complaint, but more of it was concerned.
Three days and three nights? I was so shocked that I almost screamed! I thought it was the next morning, but I didn’t expect that three days and three nights had passed! The trouble was so big. I quickly explained: "I’m sorry, Teacher Liu, I encountered an unexpected incident and didn’t have time to ask for leave. I didn’t expect that it would take three days to go......"
Teacher Liu interrupted me: "Shi Zhixiu has told me that something happened to you at home and she needs to go back for a few days. I helped you ask for leave from the school...I was worried about you. After you said those words to me that afternoon, they disappeared the next day...I am afraid something happened to you."
"Aren't I doing well? What can happen?"
Teacher Liu: "I went to your house the afternoon before yesterday. Your house was fine at all, and you didn't go home at all. That's why I was even more worried. I know you are not an ordinary person. I think you may be going to perform some special tasks... I'm afraid you will be in danger."
"What? Have you been to my house? Then my parents..."
Teacher Liu: "Don't worry, I didn't say you were missing at school. I just said I went to visit my home, and said you performed well in school. I just wanted to see if you were back home..."
"Teacher Liu, are you waiting for me? How did you know I will come today?"
Teacher Liu: "I knew you were missing, so I asked Shi Zhixiu again. But she told me that you just said hello to her in the noodle shop, saying that there was an urgent matter at home and asked her to ask for leave for you and left... I have been very uneasy these two days. I stood at the door of the classroom every morning, waiting for when you will come back." When Teacher Liu spoke, he could clearly see that he tried to control his expression as calm as possible, and there was something to hide in his tone.
She cares about me now, but she doesn't know how to get along with this kind of relationship. There is indeed a little embarrassment between me and her, maybe we need to let it go. I changed the subject and asked, "What time is it, why aren't we going to class yet?"
Teacher Liu: "Ishino, are you okay? Today is the weekend."
"Oh, sorry, I forgot."
Teacher Liu: "Shiye, don't hurry to leave, I have something to give to you."
"What?"
Teacher Liu: "You just wait for me in the classroom, and I will go back."
After saying that, Teacher Liu left in a hurry, and he was still very anxious. He looked at the direction and went back to the dormitory. Time was not long, so she took a very delicate box and returned to the classroom. She handed me the box and said, "Open it, put it on."
There was a little commanding meaning in her tone, and she unconsciously used the tone of the teacher speaking to the students. I opened the box and there was a very exquisite men's watch, a round dial, and a calendar on the dial. I was surprised: "Teacher Liu, is this watch for me?"
Teacher Liu: "You don't even know what week you are today. You ran to the classroom so early and asked me why I haven't been in class yet? You need this thing."
"But how do you know that I will remember the wrong day and the wrong time today?"
Teacher Liu: "This watch was originally intended for my father. Now I give it to you, so you can wear it."
"How can I be embarrassed... This is what you want to give to the old man."
Teacher Liu: "I'll just buy another piece. If you need it now, I'll give it to you first. Don't refuse me, you have also given it to me."
Actually, I didn't want to refuse. I was very happy that she gave me something. I put my watch on my wrist and the length of the strap was just right. Teacher Liu didn't ask me what I had been doing these days, but just told me to be careful and not have anything happened.
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When I said goodbye to Teacher Liu and walked out of the school gate with a watch, I felt like I was a different life. These three days were long and short, but it was like a moment for me. When I walked to the west gate, I happened to meet Shang Yunfei coming in from outside. This fake monk never looked at me when he walked. When others greeted him, he nodded slightly. However, today it was very strange. I greeted him, but he walked towards me and stood in front of me and looked up and down for a long time.
"Shang Yunfei, what's wrong with you? I haven't seen you for three days, don't you know each other anymore?"
Shang Yunfei: "Congratulations, Shi Zhenren!" Yunfei's words "Zhengren" were very serious. After saying that, he stopped entangling and turned around and left by himself. Hum? He saw that he could see that I had reached the level of great success of the Golden Pill?
I walked a few steps forward and arrived at the entrance of the noodle shop. From a distance, I saw Sister Ziying wearing an apron and holding her hair to sprinkle water on the roadside in front of the noodle shop. I walked over and greeted, "Sister Ziying, the roadside is gray. You go in. If you sweep this wine, I will do it."
When she heard my voice, she almost jumped and turned around: "Ono, you are back, you are worried about your sister!"
"I'm sorry, I have something to do, but I didn't expect it to take three days to go there."
Sister Ziying had three points of coquettishness and worry in her expression, but when she saw me closely, her eyes changed. She walked over, stretched out a finger and gently touched my face, and said softly: "Congratulations, Shi Zhenren!"
This sentence is exactly the same as Shang Yunfei, but his tone is very different. Shang Yunfei said it was plain and calm, while Sister Ziying said it was shy and timid and uncontrollable surprise. What happened today? They all saw that I was different from the past. Did I write the four words "Golden Pill Great Success" on my face?
At this time, Axiu heard the sound and ran out of the store door: "Brother Shino, are you back?...Congratulations!"
She actually said this, which made me feel uncomfortable: "Axiu, what's wrong with you? Why do you congratulate me when you open your mouth?"
Sister Ziying said with a slightly red face: "Oye, I want to ask you what's wrong? Even if you have achieved great success in the Golden Pill, you don't have to show off like this... I understand, do you want to surprise me and Axiu, right? I want us to know."
"Shake the market? What did you say? What's wrong with me?"
Axiu spoke: "Brother Ishino, my sister and I know, you can put it away."
"Collapse? What to pack up?"
A Xiu: "Don't you know it yourself? Or are you afraid that no one in the world will know it? Don't you have a mirror magic weapon, find a place where no one is, and take a look at it yourself."
The more they said they became more and more strange, and they hurried through the noodle restaurant and entered the kitchen, and took out the Qingming Mirror. I was still the usual me in the mirror, and I wouldn't even recognize myself, but I was a little confused. Guess what I saw in the mirror? I saw the halo around me!
I have known that there is light in the Qingming Mirror. Feng Junzi took me to the market for the first time to find a master. The first person I found was Mr. Gao. At that time, Mr. Gao was practicing Tai Chi on the playground. When I saw him holding his hands round, there was a cloud like Tai Chi between his palms, and at the same time, his whole body was covered by a faint golden light. Now, in the mirror, there was light all over me. This light was not a faint golden light, but a layer of halo flashing, with purple in gold, and a vague flow of colorful colors. Damn! Why is it so exaggerated? I have become a Christmas tree in a church!
At this time, Ah Xiu also came in: "Brother Ishino, have you seen it? Why don't you put it away?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what's going on, how can I accept it?"
A Xiu shook her head: "What I learned is different from what you learned, and I don't know what you did... Why don't you ask Feng Junzi, didn't you two make an appointment to meet tonight?"
"Axiu, how did you know? Also, how did you know to ask me for leave from Teacher Liu?"
A Xiu blinked and replied, "I found out that you were missing, so I went to ask Feng Junzi. Feng Junzi actually said he didn't know either, but he told me that you had something to be quiet after three days of appointment. I guessed that you must have some secrets from others. You may have something to do in these three days, so I went to Teacher Liu to ask for three days off for you. This Feng Junzi is really unreasonable!"
So that's it. A Xiu always seems to have prejudices towards Feng Junzi. I'm gone. She thinks it's Feng Junzi who is making trouble. Fortunately, Feng Junzi made a three-day appointment with her, and A Xiu went to ask me for three-day leave.
At this time, I remembered the five juicy fruits and the stone beads in my pocket, and said to Ah Xiu: "Tell Sister Ziying that the door will be closed early tonight, and I have something to show you."
A Xiu: "What? You can't take it out here."
"Good stuff, it's not suitable to take it out here. I'll go home with you tonight, and you tell Sister Ziying."
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"A Xiu, how can I eat like you! Give me... Xiaoye, have you found the Zhuguo tree? There are five at a time! Where did you find it?" At Sister Ziying's house, I took out the Zhuguo in my pocket and put it on the table. When A Xiu saw Zhuguo, she was not polite, so she picked up one and sent it to her mouth. Sister Ziying's eyes quickly, and hit her on the back of her hand, took away all the Zhuguo, and asked me in an extremely amazed tone.
I was not very easy to answer because Jingwu Cave Heaven is the forbidden area of the Mei family, and I am not suitable to tell others. But I don’t want to deceive Sister Ying, so I can only tell the truth: “It was also a coincidence three days ago. I accidentally entered a blessing in the Cave Heaven. Once I entered meditation, I sat there for three days and three nights, and the golden elixir was greatly improved. Zhuguo was also found there. If you want it, there will be some in the future. But that place is very special…”
Before I finished speaking, Sister Ziying interrupted me and said, "Oye, stop talking, I understand. You must have found the cultivation cave of senior masters. People like you don't have a support for the Taoist temple of high-ranking sects. The most important thing is to find a blessed place suitable for practice and no one can disturb me. I discussed this with A Xiu some time ago. Last time I went to Feijin Peak, I wanted to tell you that Feijin Rock is a good place, but I met Qiye... Since you found it yourself, this is a blessing for fortune and you can't tell others easily."
I explained: "Sister Ziying, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't want to tell you that the situation in that place is a bit special."
Sister Ziying smiled: "The misunderstanding is you. I really don't want you to tell me... If someone else finds the entrance and exit of the Immortal Cave, it will only be secretly kept in order to avoid accidents. How could you do that? You even come and tell me that you have found the blessed land of caves and picked these fruits there. You must know that you are not inseparable from you and me. In the future, you should not mention such things in the future. If I have the opportunity in the future, if you want me to see them, you should just take me directly. You'd better not tell me about these things, and I can't ask for them. Ono, do you understand?"
Before I could answer, A Xiu said, "Sister Ziying, Brother Ishino is not a fool. He can understand as soon as you say it. He said so much as he said just one word! Tell me quickly, how do you deal with these fruits from Brother Ishino?"
Sister Ziying: "He is not a fool? I think he is so stupid and cute!... Ono's cultivation has reached the realm of the great success of the golden elixir. He can take Zhuguo and transform the medicine into vital energy. However, this method can't be used in excess, and the two have a single effect. I think it's better to refine elixirs, so that it won't be wasted."
A Xiu: "That's great, my sister can refine a lot of yellow teeth pills!"
Sister Ziying: "Axiu, you are trying to make yellow teeth pills again!... Only Zhu Guo can't make yellow teeth pills, and now we can't get all other medicines in our hands."
I asked, "What should I do? Can I still refine medicine?" I gave Zhu Guo to Sister Ziying, just to let her refine medicine.
Sister Ziying: "Don't worry, I can use Yijingguo to refine the 'Dragon Head Pill', which is just right for you to take after you have completed the Golden Pill."
Dragon-headed Pill? My red fruit has to be under the Dragon-headed Tower. Sister Ziying refines Dragon-headed Pill for me. Is this God's will? I heard Ah Xiu pull my sleeve and ask, "Brother Shiye, what other good things have you found? Take it out and let me see?"
"There is really a good thing... Look... guess what this is?" I took out the "night pearl" and held it in my palm.
"Shuizhuan! Brother has found this good thing? Sister, look, this is the waterzhuan." A Xiu took the stone beads and handed them to Sister Ziying.
Sister Ziying looked at the stone bead in her hand and said curiously: "Is this the water-breathing rhinoceros? I have only heard of it. This is the first time I have seen it today."
"Wait, do you think it is a water-breathing rhinoceros? Isn't it a night pearl? It is a magic weapon that can glow, brighter than a desk lamp."
Sister Ziying: "Ono, you are so interesting! Who can refine a magic weapon just for use as a lamp? Isn't it okay to light the lamp directly? What kind of soul magic power is consumed? All magic weapons in the world have wonderful uses that ordinary items cannot... A Xiu, since you are so familiar with Pishuixiu, you must know its wonderful uses, right?"
Ah Xiu: "Of course I know, Brother Ishino, come and try it."
"How to try?"
A Xiu: "You can't try here, go, go to the bathroom... stand in this big wooden barrel."
Sister Ziying's bathroom does not have the common ceramic bathtub, but it contains a large oval wooden barrel. I washed the "Hundred Flowers Soup Bath" prepared by Sister Ziying for me in this wooden barrel. The comfortable and enjoyable taste is still endless. Now, Axiu pushed me to the bathroom and asked me to stand in this big wooden barrel. I don't know what to do?
After I stood up, Axiu Bishuixiu gave it to me: "Brother Shiye, please put the beads in your mouth, don't worry, it is clean."
This bare bead is the size of a numb core and is just in your mouth. It’s just that this way of use is too weird! It’s inconvenient to talk with the beads in your mouth, so you can only ask A Xiu with your eyes.
A Xiu: "Okay, now use the magic spells of the harem to protect the whole body with spiritual consciousness... Well, the water-breaking rhinoceros is bright."
At this time, Sister Ziying happened to walk in. When she saw me standing in the wooden barrel covering my mouth and giggling, she bent over with a smile: "Ono, close your lips quickly, your teeth are shining out!"
A Xiu: "Sister, come and help me, let's pour water on Brother Ishino together."
What is this to do? Do you want to help me with the shower? I am still wearing clothes! Before I could think too much, the water had already poured over. Sister Ziying just poured it on me, while Ah Xiu took a basin of water and poured it down. I was ready to turn into a chicken with soup, but strangely, the water splashed on me, like raindrops hitting lotus leaves, and it was not wet at all!
Sister Ziying and A Xiu were laughing and laughing like playing games. Water kept splashing on me, like mercury sprinkled onto glass, without any moisture. It seemed to be invisible to the naked eye. I understood the wonderful use of this "Shui Biling Rhinoceros" and also knew why it appeared in Jingwu Cave Heaven? The portal of Jingwu Cave Heaven is open on the red stone pavement. According to the usual water level of Jushui River, the entrance is several meters deep below the river surface, and you have to dive in and out. The sect leaders of Mei's past dynasties could not go back and forth like a rooster, right? Water Biling Rhinoceros can avoid water. As long as the practitioner knows the method of internal breathing, he can also close his external breathing for a long time, so that he can enter and exit freely under the water. The portal and method of entry and exit are so cleverly designed! But I don't understand why the water Biling Rhinoceros will stay there and not be carried with you?
The water in the wooden barrel had already flooded my calves. Both of them were laughing and splashing water and stopped to look at me. I stepped out of the wooden barrel, and saw that there was no trace of water on my body, and even my shoes and socks were clean. I looked at them again, and suddenly my face turned red. I turned my face and my heartbeat was involuntarily accelerating. It turned out that the water was just now, but the water did not touch me, but instead splashed a lot on them. They were all wearing ordinary silk home clothes, wet by the water, and pressed against their bodies, and their body curves were almost visible! I saw the outline of Ziyingyi under the wet outer coat, and also saw a pair of full and strong girl breasts on Axiu's chest, even the two raised crimson color were revealed. This kind of clothes was almost translucent when wet, and Axiu's little girl didn't wear a bra at home.
The two of them obviously realized that Sister Ziying's pretty face turned red: "Axiu, see what you did... Go and change your clothes..."
I stood in the bathroom for a while, and probably waited until they went back to the room to change their clothes before walking back to the hall. I asked, "Axiu, do you like Pishuixi? If you like it, you can use it for fun, but you can't give it to you, because this is not my thing."
A Xiu: "Brother Shiye, you should keep it yourself, it might be useful. Sister Ziying and I don't go into the river to catch fish."
Seeing that it was getting late, I was still thinking about the date with Feng Junzi, so I said goodbye to them and was about to go back to the dormitory. Sister Ziying saw that I was leaving and advised: "It's so late, just stay here. You haven't lived here before...I've cleaned up your room..."
A Xiu said unhappily: "Aren't you a great success in the Golden Pill? Are you still afraid that there will be monsters here to eat you?"
There was something in Axiu's words, and Sister Ziying, the "witch" was standing beside me. I quickly said, "It's not what I mean, I'm just afraid of disturbing you..."
Sister Ziying smiled and said, "I'm thankful that you are not afraid of us disturbing you. This is your house and your home. It's too late, don't leave...I won't eat you."
"But, I still want to meet Feng Junzi."
"Aren't you meeting in a daze? You don't have to go there!" Ah Xiu even knew this, and I had nothing to say. It was too late, just stay there.
This house has a two-bedroom and one-living room structure. The room prepared by Sister Ziying for me was originally her Danfang, and she now lives with Axiu. After washing up, she walked into my room. There were not many things inside, but each piece seemed delicate and elegant, obviously carefully arranged. The desk, armchair, lattice, and wardrobe were all made of white pear wood, with only extremely thin transparent varnish, revealing natural fresh patterns. The bedding on the bed was new and exuded a faint dry fragrance of grass and trees. In a corner of the wall beside the pillow, there was a white soft kelp woven futon, which should have been prepared for me to meditate.
I was about to take off my clothes and chang, but I heard A Xiu knock on the door: "Brother Ishino, can I come in?"
"Come in, the door is not inserted."
A Xiu walked in with a white glaze porcelain cup in his pajamas and placed it on the bedside table: "This is the Rong Yang Shen Lu prepared by Sister Ziying for you. It is beneficial to have a drink before resting."
"Thank you!"
"Don't thank me. If you want to thank me, thank Sister Ziying... If you want to go out of your mind to see someone, you won't disturb you. We will take turns to protect you outside the door."
"Dharma? No need, you can rest too."
"You don't have to say whether to rest or not, we don't have to say it ourselves." After saying that, Ah Xiu walked out the door and closed the door. The hour was almost here, and I was in a hurry, so it was hard to delay with them. I didn't meditate and was lying on the bed and went out for a trip. Before leaving, I heard a conversation between them outside the house-
A Xiu: "Sister, has Ishino's cultivation reached a state of superb level? This is unlikely!"
Sister Ziying: "No, I think he is just out of the way and has not been transformed. His Taoism is really mysterious! Who taught him? He has such a courage!"
A Xiu: "What's wrong? What's the matter with being brave?"
Sister Ziying: "Does he usually practice the method of detachment in the school dormitory? No one protects the Dharma, what should I do if there is any accident?"
A Xiu: "It's nothing, don't worry! There is a person in our class named Shang Yunfei, do you know? He is a disciple of Ge Jujizan Living Buddha in Guangjiao Temple, and his cultivation is very strong. His dormitory is next to Shiye, and their beds are separated by a wall. It is impossible for ordinary evil things to approach there..."
They continued to speak, and my Yin God had already flew away.
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"Oh my god! There is a ghost!" Feng Junzi screamed in surprise, and the Yin God stood up and wanted to fly away.
"Feng Junzi, don't leave, it's me!" I shouted loudly from behind.
Chapter completed!