Li Kui sat cross-legged on the suspended boulder, the golden elixir in his body spinning wildly, wisps of true fire overflowing, and he began to refine his form.
Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang Taoist Sect, pointed out in "Xuan Yao Pian": "Refining the nature before refining the Huan Dan, and cultivating the heart before refining the elixir" is enough to show the importance of "refining oneself".
In Wenlou, Li Kui once asked Lu Shidao what self-refining is, and the other party's answer was: refining oneself means refining both the body and the mind. It is not difficult to understand from the literal meaning, refining the body with real fire will achieve an indestructible body.
A flawless body.
The difficulty lies in the word ‘heart’.
The heart refers to the mind, which is easily seduced and pulled by the outside world. Taoists call this restless mind "a wandering mind and a horse", but the heart of cultivating oneself needs to be deeper, which is called Tao.
own way.
In layman's terms, it refers to one's own beliefs, which can be expressed in one sentence: "Hear the Tao in the morning and die in the evening."
It seems simple, but people are actually slaves to something. The world of the outside world is always interfering with the heart that tempts you. It is not wrong to call it an external demon.
When you refine yourself, you refine your heart.
Time passed little by little.
Li Kui's body ignited golden flames, his heart beat powerfully, and the blood pumped out was filled with golden light, flowing to his limbs and bones.
If compared with when he first broke through the pill formation, the new blood in his body now accounts for about 20%. When the ninth refining is completed, the common bones can be removed and replaced with sacred bones to achieve the indestructibility of the Vajra.
However, at this moment, Li Kui's attention was not on the physical body at all.
Because the real fire has begun to temper his soul.
The whole person seemed to be floating in the clouds and mist, and there were many illusions in front of his eyes. The birds were singing and dancing, and the stunning face of the fragrant country appeared in front of his eyes, trying to take him to the bliss.
After an unknown amount of time, the illusion suddenly changed. Many people who had died under Li Kui surrounded him and swarmed towards him ferociously.
If you are addicted to nostalgia, or are frightened and frightened, at least years of hard work will be in vain, and at worst, your body and soul will disappear.
Li Kui stood still, holding the spiritual platform steady, letting the real fire temper his three souls and seven souls.
In fact, he had a trick, using the magical power of marrying dreams to weave two layers of dreams, so that the illusion produced by the mind training would not affect him. However, the way of cultivation is to sail against the current, retreat if you don't advance, and escaping is not Li Kui's style.
Half a moment.
The golden flame dispersed quietly.
Li Kui opened his eyes and immediately took out a bunch of prepared elixirs and swallowed them like beans, activating his magic power to digest the medicine and fill the deficiency in his body. Another full hour passed.
"This time the illusion is more real and more logical than before."
Li Kui exhaled a breath of turbid air, lowered his eyebrows and looked at the pile of bottles and cans in front of him, and then said with emotion: "How can we cultivate if we are a wealthy couple with no wealth?"
Even so, I saw the corners of his mouth raised, showing a bit of joy.
Nine is the ultimate number, and you can refine yourself nine times.
This is Li Kui's second time to refine himself. After the remaining seven temperings are completed, the golden elixir in his body will turn nine, and he will enter the realm of returning the elixir in one fell swoop.
then.
Li Kui took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and left the Hutian space.
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The main house of the courtyard.
"Woof!"
A familiar voice suddenly came to my ears.
"Xiao Hei!"
As soon as Li Kui came out, he saw a dark shadow rushing towards him. He quickly reached out to hug it, holding the dog's head in his hands, and couldn't help but said with joy, "You're back!"
"Woof!"
Xiao Hei was so excited that he stuck out his tongue and licked Li Kui's face.
After not seeing him for many days, his appearance became more vigorous and majestic, and when he stood up, he was a head taller than Li Kui.
"Ahhh... stop licking, stop licking, it's so itchy."
In an instant, laughter and laughter filled the hut.
a long time.
"I never thought my little black boy would be successful! Wow... the name Fu Dou is really cool!"
Li Kui touched the dog's head with a strong sense of pride in his heart: "I think it would be good to call you "Fu Dou" from outside in the future. You are so domineering. We are also the ghost kings in the realm of howling now, so we must have a resounding name!"
"Woof~"
Xiao Hei lay beside him and rubbed Li Kui's slightly rough palm affectionately.
After a conversation, Li Kui learned about what happened to Xiao Hei during this period, and how much effort the little guy put in to rush back to spend New Year's Day with him.
"You can't be anxious in your cultivation now. Your strength is growing too fast and your foundation is unstable. You must practice [Heterogeneous Body Treasure Sutra] well."
(That is, the practice of relieving one’s wishes.)
Li Kui warned.
"Woof!"
In this solo action, Xiao Hei has digested all of Ji Yuan's flesh and blood, and his strength has reached the peak of Howling. If he wants to break through to the Great Howling, he needs to survive a thunder tribulation with a strong body to advance.
This is also a qualitative change in the practice of ghosts. To accumulate a trace of thunder energy in the body, and to break through the hot realm in the future, a trace of the power of the Yang is needed.
Immediately afterwards, Li Kui raised a smile, stood up and waved his fist, "It's our first time to celebrate the Spring Festival in another world. We can't be careless. Let's go out to buy some food together."
"Woof!"
Xiao Hei immediately straightened up and barked excitedly.
"Crunch."
The wooden door opened, and Li Kui took Xiao Hei to the street outside. The noisy sound rushed into his eardrums, and he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Looking around, he saw a sea of people on the street, and the sky was full of people.
The undercurrent of conspiracy that has been surrounding me seems to have gone dormant temporarily on this day.
It is worth mentioning that with the advent of New Year's Day, officials in the Ming Dynasty also took a long holiday of more than ten days, and finally no longer had to get up early to go to work every day.
"Mom, look at that dog, he's so handsome."
Six or seven-year-old children held rattles in their hands and couldn't help but marvel at the thin dogs passing by.
Xiao Hei turned his head slightly and smiled obviously.
Being able to walk with Li Kui in the daytime is probably the happiest thing in Xiao Hei's heart.
then.
One person and one dog ate and drank in Beiping City, bought ingredients for cooking, and returned home near evening.
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Small courtyard kitchen.
The afterglow filtered in through the cracks in the wall.
Li Kui glanced at the thin dog following him and smiled slightly.
The big reason why I declined to celebrate the New Year with Zhu Zhanji and the others was related to Xiao Hei. The little guy had to run around for him and it was very hard.
His world is very big, and although he has few friends, there are people like Meng Ci, Niu Sheng, Hao Pingan, Hao Kaixin, Zhu Zhanji, and Yuan Bin.
In Xiao Hei's world, he is the only one.
Therefore, Li Kui needed to accompany him.
follow closely.
Li Kui looked at the pile of vegetables and meat on the chopping board and clapped his hands: "Young boys, let's start working!!!"
The words just fell.
But when they saw the pots, pans, and brooms, they started moving instantly, and there were excited shouts.
These are unworthy little ghosts who can only possess ordinary things. Xiao Hei brought them back when he saw how pitiful they were.
Of course, Li Kui had no objection to this. It was just a matter of having more pairs of chopsticks.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Li Kui picked up the kitchen knife and started cooking for tonight's dinner.
Speaking of which, he hasn't cooked for a long time.
Smoke drifts from the chimney.
Time passed quietly and the sky became dark.
"Knock knock knock..."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Li Kui looked over and wondered: "Hey, why is she here?"