Chapter 45: Spiritual Roots
He is earnest and thought-provoking.
"Are you obsessed?" Guo Xiaodao thought for a moment, and his expression changed.
"Master, is it possible for ordinary martial artists to gain the powerful power of practitioners through practicing martial arts, rushing over the sea, chasing stars and taking the moon, even prolonging their lives, becoming immortals and attaining enlightenment?" Guo Xiaodao asked such a question after thinking about it repeatedly.
"hehe."
When the old monk heard this, he couldn't help laughing, shook his head, stroked his beard and said, "Young man, it seems that you haven't figured out what the biggest difference between ordinary people and practitioners is?"
"Please give me advice." Guo Xiaodao looked humble.
"All ordinary people and practitioners have arms, legs, nose and eyes, but what they don't have is the spiritual root. Do you know what spiritual roots are?" the old monk said with a smile.
"I have heard people mention that spiritual roots are a kind of cultivation qualification, but no one can explain clearly what it is." Guo Xiaodao said continuously.
"Well, no wonder they can't explain it clearly. After all, the people you can come into contact with are not practitioners, and true immortals will not reveal the affairs of the world of cultivation to ordinary people if they are full.
Spiritual roots, in short, are the foundation of practice.
For example, look at the grass, big trees and green bamboos. The part deep under the soil is the roots of the tree. There are countless roots that can absorb water and nutrients to provide their own growth.
Spiritual roots are equivalent to tree roots. A person with spiritual roots can draw a special material from this vast void and endless earth to turn it into his own use.
This kind of material is extraordinary, and ordinary people cannot see or touch, feel it, and even more unabashed. It is called "spiritual energy"!
The reason why practitioners are powerful and live long is because we can absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to continuously strengthen ourselves, elevate ourselves to a higher realm, and finally break the void and become feathered and ascend!" The old monk said in a leisurely manner.
"Spiritual roots! Spiritual energy!" Guo Xiaodao's heart quickly became clear.
In the final analysis, to put it bluntly, the reason why ordinary people cannot practice is because they lack a kind of hardware, which is the spiritual root!
"Spiritual roots are born, some have, some don't, some have good spiritual roots, and some have poor spiritual roots. Different people have different destinies, and they are destined from the moment they are born." The old monk said, and suddenly coughed, and Guo Xiaodao quickly brought the tea to him.
"Master, do people have spiritual roots to absorb spiritual energy? Is there a way for ordinary people to absorb spiritual energy?" Guo Xiaodao asked with a clue.
"Hehe, young man, your idea is indeed wonderful, but if this method really exists, wouldn't it be that there have been many practitioners? Think about it, those powerful cultivation families that have lasted for thousands of years, their ancestors may be the old monsters of the Nascent Soul, but many of them are mortals. Why don't the old monsters of the Nascent Soul to give these spiritual roots to their descendants? It's not that they don't want to, but that's a delusion!" The old monk said decisively.
Guo Xiaodao's heart sank.
Without spiritual roots, one cannot practice. It is like a major iron rule in the world of cultivation. Even those old Nascent Soul monsters cannot be broken, let alone he is a mundane person.
"Master, I wonder if you have any practice techniques in your hands?" Guo Xiaodao asked without giving up after sighing.
"Practice skills? When you come to Xuanye Temple, you don't seek the seventy-two unique skills of Buddhism, but instead want to seek a practice technique that you can't practice at all?" The old monk said in surprise.
"I just want to study the practice techniques and compare them with ordinary martial arts to see if I can find another way and make me stronger. Of course, I will not ask the master's practice techniques for vain. Please give me any requirements if you have any." Guo Xiaodao said carefully.
"I am so old, what else do you want?" The old monk hesitated for a moment, got up and walked into the bamboo house. After a while, he turned back and found a thick black leather book thicker than the dictionary.
The cover is torn and there are four vigorous words written on it:
Purple Palace Heart Sutra!
"This "Purple House Heart Sutra" was obtained by me for a lot of effort. It is also a famous Qi Refining Realm in the world of practice. The whole book is divided into twelve levels, which is only the content of the first six levels of the upper half." The old monk caressed the book book with caress, and the remembrance on his face showed many years of vicissitudes.
It can be seen that in order to comprehend the mystery of the practice, the old monk has read the Purple Mansion Heart Sutra countless times. This book accompanied him through countless ups and downs and became his longest friend.
"Young man, the Purple Mansion Heart Sutra is no longer of use to me, please take it." The old monk sighed and pushed the Dushu over.
"Thank you for the letter from Master." Guo Xiaodao was overjoyed, but took it with a solemn expression.
"I am tired, donor please take care of myself." The old monk coughed and his complexion became a little dim.
Seeing this, Guo Xiaodao quickly got up, bowed deeply, picked up the Zifu Heart Sutra and turned around and left.
When they arrived outside the bamboo garden, the white-bearded monk was waiting at the door.
"Thank you for your recommendation for me. Some incense money is not worthy of respect." Guo Xiaodao shook his cuffs, two small yellow croakers fell out, and gave them to the white-bearded monk.
"Amitabha." The white-bearded monk accepted it.
Afterwards, Guo Xiaodao quickly returned to Tingyu Pavilion, closed the door, and opened the Purple Palace Heart Sutra with excitement on his face.
An hour later, Guo Xiaodao finally finished reading it briefly, and he felt dizzy when he saw it, and he couldn't help but rub his temples.
It is worthy of being a practice technique, and the content is obscure and profound, beyond imagination, and Guo Xiaodao can't understand much.
However, he figured out one thing. This Purple Mansion Heart Sutra does contain only the first six levels of exercises. Every time he practices one level, his cultivation will be improved by a small level, and he can practice up to the sixth level of Qi refining.
Before the sixth level of exercises, there is another "introduction chapter". You must first start practicing before you can officially start the first level of practice.
Although this introductory chapter is difficult to understand, it is actually much simpler than the contents below. Even so, Guo Xiaodao still feels confused.
However, Guo Xiaodao immediately took a deep breath, calmed down, and studied with all his attention.
"You have worked hard to comprehend the Introductory Chapter of the Purple Mansion Heart Sutra, what have you realized? The Introductory Chapter is Enlightenment +1"
Introduction to the Purple House Heart Sutra::1/100
Accompanied by a wonderful voice in vain, Guo Xiaodao couldn't help but shudder, and one or two moments of sudden enlightenment appeared in his mind. Finally, he had a little understanding of the introduction to the Purple Mansion Heart Sutra.
"Introduction: The practitioner concentrates his mind and calms his energy, opens the pores all over his body, and carefully feels the spiritual energy that is free from heaven and earth, and produces the so-called "sensation of Qi", which is a successful entry."
It turns out that the key to practicing the Purple Mansion Heart Sutra is the word "qi sensation", that is, to feel the existence of spiritual energy. If you cannot pass this level, don't talk about practice.
"It is just the simplest introductory chapter, and you have to comprehend a hundred days." Guo Xiaodao is a martial artist in the True Qi Realm. His martial arts world is in his hands. He can learn it by reading the martial arts almost once, but it still takes more than three months to understand the introductory chapter of the Purple Palace Heart Sutra.
"If you can understand thoroughly, can you practice?" Thinking of this, Guo Xiaodao's heartbeat couldn't help but be faster, and his eyes showed infinite expectations.
then!
In the following days, Guo Xiaodao obeyed the Purple Mansion Heart Sutra day and night, studying hard, or studying hard!
Soon, he discovered that there was actually a huge difference between the practice techniques and martial arts secrets.
For example, when Guo Xiaodao practices martial arts, he can practice while comprehending the secrets. It doesn’t matter if he practices wrong. There are many opportunities for trial and error, and he is exploring forward little by little.
But practicing martial arts is like a profound knowledge. If you don’t understand thoroughly, then you will not be able to practice smoothly. If you practice wrongly, the consequences are often extremely serious.
Because "spiritual energy" seems to be an extremely high energy substance, it must be refined and controlled when introduced into the body, otherwise the spiritual energy will run wild or explode in the body and die miserably.
For this reason, you must comprehend all the practice techniques before you can start practicing. You must repeatedly confirm that there are no mistakes, otherwise you are just trying to kill yourself.
Guo Xiaodao is not in a hurry, it’s just one hundred days.
then!
A hundred days passed by, and the progress of the Purple Palace Heart Sutra::100/100
"It turns out that only by doing this can you open the pores all over your body." Guo Xiaodao finally understood all the tricks and naturally started practicing without stopping.
Pores are opened one by one!
Day by day!
However, the bitterness at the corners of Guo Xiaodao's mouth was a little rich, let alone spiritual energy, he could not sense the fart.
A feeling of qi is completely failed!
"Sure enough, ordinary people without spiritual roots can never practice Taoism!" After confirming this, Guo Xiaodao felt anger.
At some point, he once again remembered the isolated island, the cave full of bones.
Chapter completed!