Purple jade is gray and mute, with cloud patterns hiding dirt.
Yang Chaoxi took a quick look and realized that the jade had been sealed for so long that its luster had been wiped away by dust and water vapor.
So without hesitation, he brought it to his mouth and breathed a few breaths, then picked up the hem of his robe, rubbed it and wiped it. After a few breaths, he took back the purple jade, and then he looked at it carefully:
The jade urn is cylindrical in shape and fits the thumb perfectly. Its texture is translucent and its whole body is smooth and shiny. Under the candlelight, it glows faintly with splendor. The inner wall is smooth and edged with moiré patterns; one side of the outer wall is carved with a ferocious beast, and the other side is a string groove.
It is used to hold the bow string. Under the giant mouth of the Taotie, there are two small holes, which can be passed through with silk thread to tie it to the wrist to prevent it from falling.
No matter the shape or decoration, it is definitely not like a Shimen object, but rather an antiquity from the Han and Wei dynasties. When I was still in Shangqing Dynasty, Han Fengqiao, my master Chengxuzi, had such one. It is said that my ancestor was a military general and passed down from generation to generation.
Then he often tied a silk thread and hung it around his neck, which made a group of young Taoist priests envious of him.
Han Fengqiao also said that Yuzhen is a scientific name, and warriors often call it "pushing finger". It is put on the thumb to prevent being cut by the bow string. Therefore, almost everyone in the army is accustomed to shooting.
Most of them are made of bone, horn, bamboo and wood. Those who can afford the jade tool must at least be a school captain, a soldier, or someone with a generous salary.
While Yang Chaoxi was playing with the purple jade talisman, he wondered how the previous owner of this thing was, how distinguished he was, how majestic he was, and how he could run through Yang at a hundred steps.
Unexpectedly, when he was rubbing it, he accidentally scratched the bloody scab on his hand. A line of bright red blood slid across his fingertips, stained the purple jade talisman, and immediately dipped into the giant mouth of the Taotie relief sculpture.
Yang Zhaoxi was about to wipe it off when he suddenly felt a tremor in his fingers. Immediately, a wave of heat accompanied by numbness and itching rushed from his hands into his mind, like lightning and flint.
Like a blessed soul, the thoughts immediately wrapped up a few strands of inner breath, and quickly counterattacked along the path of the heat flow. Immediately, following the touch between the fingers, they poured into the purple jade.
"Buzz——"
A deafening bell rang, causing his thoughts to almost burst out. Yang Chaoxi closed his eyes tightly and concentrated, all his thoughts focused on the purple jade in the palm of his hand.
Looking around with my mind, everything I touch is a thin layer of gold. The golden color is overflowing with color, like a huge cloth bag, and many imperceptible "swastika" characters are like swimming fish, floating in the thin waves of golden light.
It flew back and forth. When the thought touched the golden color, it immediately stirred up circles of striations. Those "swastika" characters immediately panicked and fled in all directions. With countless pulling forces, they actually tore a slit on the golden "cloth bag".
A round gap.
Thoughts passed through the gap and poured into the "cloth bag", only to see that there was nothing in it, and it was vast and vast. There was no sun, moon, stars, and no heaven and earth in the four directions. It was like a gray "house". However,
There is no caisson, no masonry underneath, and no windows, walls or pillars on all sides. I really don’t know what the purpose of this place is.
While he was doubting, his mind suddenly moved, and a hand seemed to be hanging down on the "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" by his side. As if by some strange coincidence, the "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" was actually wrapped up in his thoughts and suspended on the gray "cloth".
"In the bag", the size has expanded more than ten times, like a stack of "Baye Sutra" as big as a table.
Yang Zhaoxi was startled, and her thoughts flew back. Her whole body was trembling, her eyes suddenly opened, and she looked intently. The purple jade still rested quietly in the palm of her hand, not flying or moving, and there was no ripple in the ancient well.
The blood that soaked into the relief had already been wiped clean at some point. Only half of the dried blood stains remained on the fingertips.
Looking at his side again, the stack of "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" just now was indeed missing! Yang Chaoxi casually put the purple jade pot on his right thumb, took the candlestick, turned over and started searching carefully. However, he searched for a long time.
, but where is the shadow of the scriptures?
Yang Chaoxi was extremely annoyed and sat back on the couch. When the lamp was shining on the collapsed area, he saw that the eight collapsed stone bricks were neatly arranged at the bottom of the pit about two feet deep.
And under the raised stone letter, there is a section of copper rod connected. The copper rod is slightly slanted, and the surface is coated with a layer of stone grease, so it has not been rusted even though it has been several years. The copper rod is nested downwards.
The complex mechanism contains connecting rods, ratchets, levers, balls, shafts, bearings, gears, etc., which cannot be clearly seen due to the limited lighting.
Yang Zhaoxi turned his attention back to the purple jade in his hand. Thinking of the strange scene he had just perceived with his mind, he couldn't help but feel horrified: Could it be that the stack of "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" had actually been included in this little jade
Zhezhong?!
Instantly, he remembered the Qiankun bag that Liu Xiaomu always carried with him. It had the ability to store all kinds of things. It was indeed very useful! If this purple jade jade tool could also be a magic weapon that could hold all kinds of things, then he would have spent his time in vain.
This journey has been full of twists and turns.
In a moment of thought, Yang Chaoxi began to try to recreate the method of sending his thoughts into the Purple Jade Trap by mistake——
First, calm your mind and circulate the heavens, then concentrate your thoughts, activate the inner breath, go from Zhongfu, pass through Yunmen, pass through Xiabai, and go down to Chize... Follow the veins of the Taiyin and Lung Meridians in the hands, gather at the fish's edge, Shao Shang Er
Between the holes, the purple jade is wrapped heavily.
Then, with his mind as solid as a needle, he followed the huge mouth of the gluttonous relief sculpture and plunged in. Sure enough, he saw the huge golden "cloth bag" just now. Without any hindrance, his mind drove away the disorderly swim.
The "Swastika" character left and came to the gray "house" again. No surprise, I saw a stack of "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" as big as a table, floating in front of the "eye", not far away
Not close, neither increasing nor decreasing.
The thought "heart" was overjoyed, and it immediately separated a strand, like a tentacle, to roll up the large stack of "Dharma Cleansing Sutra" and felt it was as light as nothing.
Then with a thought, he retreated out of the purple jade tower. However, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the "cloth bag" with golden light flowing, and hundreds of "swastika" characters, surrounded by four seal characters, quickly passing by.
Yang Chaoxi once followed his master, Chengxuzi Han Fengqiao, and learned the technique of dyeing hair for several years. He happened to recognize that this "tadpole seal" was exactly the four top-heavy characters of "Infinite Ring".
At this moment, my mind was pulling the "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" out of the purple jade. But I heard a soft "click" sound, and the sutra had fallen to my hand, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Yang Chaoxi's eyes were filled with brilliance, she was overjoyed, and her excitement was beyond words!
I had seen Liu Xiaomu's Qiankun Bag before, and if I said I was not envious of it, I would be deceiving myself. However, Master Chang Yuan once said that that kind of magic weapon comes from the Western Regions, is hard to come by, and is rare in China. It is hard to find. Therefore, he
Only then did he stop searching.
Unexpectedly, today, I accidentally found this thing in this stone room with desolate walls. I couldn't help but feel excited, danced, and started fisting and kicking casually in this stone room——
The nine life-fighting postures, Cuiyun Taoism, Seizing Fist, Zhuojia Fist, Cangjie Fist, Hundred Beasts Fist, Thousand Buddhas Palm, Wind Catching Shadow Hand... All the boxing techniques I have learned throughout my life are displayed, and I feel that my feet are light and my body is smooth.
The body and mind are in harmony, the strength comes from the heart, and the heart is full of joy! The wounds on the body and hands are no longer painful. The more I beat, the more comfortable I feel, and the more I beat, the more comfortable I feel all over my body!
A few words from the "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" began to flash in my mind like stars, and they actually felt very reasonable!
The breathing in the mouth began to gradually change the rhythm according to the scriptures. Even though he was sweating profusely, his hands still kept moving, as if he was matching his breathing, looking for appropriate moves from a bunch of fists and kicks. Sometimes he imitated apes.
Sometimes it imitates the shape of a tiger, sometimes it moves like a nymph, and sometimes it soars like an eagle... Unknowingly, a little golden light seems to appear in the lower Dantian, but it is quickly absorbed by the innate and acquired Qi, and is brought into the cycle of heaven and earth.
After a long time like this, Yang Chaoxi felt slightly tired and finally stopped his fists. Finally, he felt that his stomach was pounding with gold and drums, his throat was on fire and smoke was coming out, and his whole body was almost exhausted. He was really hungry and thirsty.
I had no choice but to go back to the stone couch, dig out the water hyacinth and the leftover biscuits, and devour them hungrily!
After the cake was dry, Yang Zhaoxi threw the gourd away and went to read the "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" so that he could follow the points he had just understood and study it carefully.
However, after his thoughts suddenly changed, he jumped out and caught the gourd that had not yet landed. Immediately, according to the method he had just figured out, he separated his thoughts, carried his inner breath, wrapped it around the gourd, and immediately moved towards the "Infinite Ring"
(Purple Jade Trap)" Win one and get free!
But in the blink of an eye, the clear water gourd disappeared out of thin air. When his thoughts poured into the "Infinite Ring" to explore, he immediately "saw" a gourd that was half a person tall, hanging in the air, motionless, as if it was there originally.
Same.
Yang Zhaoxi felt proud. He immediately concentrated his thoughts, moved his inner breath, took out the water hyacinth, threw it aside, and began to try the functions and tricks of the "Infinite Ring" bit by bit.
After about half an hour, I finally figured out some clues:
For example, this "Infinite Ring" can only accommodate dead objects, but cannot contain living objects. The reason is that he found several rat women near the ventilation holes in the corner. However, after several attempts, he could not put the rat women into the "Infinite Ring".
"Ring"; but if you crush and kill the rat woman, you can be included in it.
Another example is that if you want to put a dead object into the "infinite ring", you must wear the ring on your hand and touch the object so that your mind and inner breath can wrap the object before it can be included in it. If you want to take it from the air, it is
Absolutely not.
Another example is that a dead object that is too large cannot be wrapped by his thoughts and inner breath, nor can it be included. For example, the stone couch under his body is not only huge and heavy, but also integrated with the stone room. He wants to move the whole thing away, but it is also a wishful thinking.
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In addition, because there are too few dead objects to try in the stone chamber, it is impossible to find out for the time being how many things this small "infinite ring" can hold without being filled up. I can only stay out of here.
, and try again.
After struggling like this for a long time, I looked back at the bronze spoon, the stone couch and the image of "He and Luo depend on each other", and I felt that it was no longer as mysterious as before.
However, there was a hole left on the stone couch, which was really a hindrance to taking a nap. He immediately picked up the bronze spoon, reversed the previous order, and tinkered with the nine keyholes, and then restored the stone bricks piece by piece to their original appearance.
After doing this, I put down the candlestick and breathed a sigh of relief. I picked up the "Dharma Marrow Cleansing Sutra" and prepared to strike while the iron was hot and understand more verses. Unexpectedly, at this time, tiredness finally came late.
Yang Chaoxi let out a long yawn, and his eyes suddenly felt like lead, and all the energy in his body was drained away. After a few breaths, his body tilted, fell on the stone couch, and finally fell into a deep sleep.