Not long after, the rain that had lasted for three months came pouring down with thunder and lightning. He immediately ran to the gap on the right side happily and used the rainwater that leaked in to wash away the dirt that had accumulated for two or three months on his body.
.After washing, I feel refreshed and comfortable all over, and the fatigue from the past few days has been reduced a lot.
That night, he had a comfortable and peaceful sleep with the sound of rain on his pillow and dreams of green trees and red flowers all over the mountains and plains.
I just didn’t expect that it rained for five days and five nights, but it didn’t rain at all!
Liu Qinghuan sat on the stone in the cave, looking out at the gray sky through the gap, sighing endlessly. This whole year has been full of natural and man-made disasters, either drought or rain, God is going to kill people.
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Fortunately, the cave is high on the left and low on the right. The rainwater that leaked in accumulated in a small pool below, and the excess soaked into the rocks.
Liu Qinghuan has not been idle these days. He has made up his mind to settle here, so he naturally wants to take good care of the cave.
All the stones on the left that could be moved were thrown to the right, and the stones that could not be moved were used as tables and benches, barely creating an open space. They also washed the bedding and clothes and hung them to dry on branches stuck on the ground.
When it is dry, spread it on the big rocks, and then spread it with a layer of hay to make a comfortable bed.
There is still some horse meat. He was very economical along the way. There is no shortage of food for the time being. It shouldn't be too difficult to go to the mountains to find some food when the rain stops.
But if the rain continues like this, it is very likely to cause floods. Two days ago, he got out of the cave and took a look. The stream at the foot of the mountain has swollen into a river. The ancients said: After a severe drought, there will be a big flood, a big flood.
It is also accompanied by plague, and the more people there are, the more dangerous it is. He is alone in this barren mountain, so he doesn't have to worry about it. He just thinks that a situation has happened in Tongda City at this time, and he also thinks that he doesn't know whether the Fu family can
Arrive at Tongda City safely.
Originally, he only planned to stay here to escape the war and famine before leaving, but now it seems that he will have to stay for a while longer.
With nothing to do, Liu Qinghuan remembered the "Zuo Forgetting the Immortality Sutra". He took out the remaining pages and the book, looked at them again, and confirmed that the "Zuo Forgetting the Immortality Sutra" was the real original, so he put away the remaining pages.
, just read books.
It was rare for a little beggar like him to be able to read the words, and the words in the book were so obscure and profound that it made him feel like he was weighing his head when he read them.
The heavy rain finally subsided on the eighth day, but it still kept falling.
Walking out of the cave, I saw the hazy and towering mountains in the rain. The air was crisp and clear, with the coolness of early autumn. The half-dried trees and weeds on the mountain were moisturized and dyed with fresh green. It seemed that they could be seen stretching comfortably in the rain.
He leaned on the branches and stretched himself comfortably.
Soon, he found a field of wild taro beside a stream at the foot of the mountain, and a large area of mountain chestnut trees behind the mountain. All kinds of wild vegetables sprouted up after the rain. There were gradually more wild animals in the mountain.
Occasionally, I would see animal footprints by the stream. Once when I was picking mushrooms in the mountains, I encountered a black bear. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. Fortunately, he was far away and the black bear did not catch up.
Afterwards, Liu Qinghuan became more cautious when entering the mountains. Not only did she always bring the knife with her, she also did not dare to wander around in the mountains without incident.
He found a big stone to block the entrance of the cave, and propped up the arched wooden plank on the gap in the roof of the cave, so that it could get light and protect against wind and rain. He also dug a few traps by the stream, and occasionally he could catch people.
He finally found a small animal like a hare, so he no longer had to worry about food and could only concentrate on studying the scriptures.
"The Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting the Immortality" begins with a sermon. At the beginning of learning the Tao, you must sit still, withdraw your mind and leave the environment. Without being attached to anything, enter the void, and the mind will be in harmony with the Tao. Because the environment is created by the mind, you can only withdraw the mind and make it Only when it is spotless and transcendent can it return to the mind of tranquility and nothingness. Only by trusting and respecting, breaking ties, retracting the mind, simple things, true insight, tranquility, and attaining the Tao can one be able to sit back, forget about the mind, calm down, and get rid of desires. .
Next, I will start to talk about how to practice Taoism, how to sense the Qi between heaven and earth, and how to introduce Qi into oneself to practice.
Liu Qinghuan couldn't quite understand the Taoist texts, but the meridians diagram next to them was clear at a glance.
He sat down with his legs crossed as shown in the picture to sense the so-called qi. However, after only sitting for half an hour, he felt that his legs were numb and he could no longer sit still, and he could not even breathe. Disorganized.
However, he had nothing else to do every day except eating. Coupled with his eagerness to become an immortal, he meditated endlessly. For one month or two months, such a boring thing actually made him persist.
By the third month, Liu Qinghuan was able to sit for two hours without feeling tired, and her breathing and breathing began to keep up with what was written in the book.
Although Qi was still not felt, during the meditation process, Liu Qinghuan felt more and more peaceful in her mind, and realized that she had made great progress, and spent a lot of time meditating every day.
It wasn't until many years later, when Liu Qinghuan recalled this time, that he realized that he had been wandering around all his life, but he felt the most stable and peaceful when he was in this cave. The mountains were lonely, but also quiet, and the hustle and bustle of the world had gone far away. , the little Liu Qinghuan often climbed to the big tree at the entrance of the cave, read scriptures amidst the chirping of birds and insects, and meditated under the tree, her mind as clear as a mirror, untainted by dust.
Winter turns to spring, and half a year passes in the blink of an eye.
Early that morning, Liu Qinghuan was sitting cross-legged under the big tree outside the cave, breathing in and out according to the instructions in the scriptures.
The rising sun slowly rose from the east, and its warm sunlight shone on him through the branches and leaves.
It's March, everything is new, the rolling green mountains are lined with green trees, and red, yellow and gorgeous wildflowers cover the entire mountains and fields, blooming with vibrant vitality.
The breeze blew gently, Liu Qinghuan slowly closed her eyes, and her body and mind slowly entered the realm of emptiness.
I don't know how long it took, but a touch of warmth suddenly appeared in the Dantian of his lower abdomen, and it became more and more intense until it converged into a stream that circulated through his meridians.
Wherever the warm current with a touch of cyan passed through, the internal organs were nourished until it merged into the Baihui point on the top of the head, then flowed back down and slowly returned to the Dantian.
Liu Qinghuan slowly opened her eyes, her eyes clear and clear. She sat quietly for another stick of incense before she came back to her senses from the mysterious realm.
The scenery in front of him was still the same as before, but it was a little different. He saw a drop of crystal dew slowly slipping from the tip of a wild grass in the distance; the branches and leaves of the big tree were swaying in the morning wind, and the veins on the leaves were as clear as In front of me; an ant held a seed high and drilled into a small hole in the ground.
Liu Qinghuan raised the corners of his mouth, joy welling up in his heart. He seemed to have inadvertently reached the threshold of introducing Qi into the body as mentioned in the book, and then truly stepped into the threshold of practice.
I lowered my head and noticed that my whole body was covered with a layer of greasy black mud, which smelled extremely fishy.
Liu Qinghuan quickly got up and rushed towards the stream. She once again found that her body was much lighter than before, she could jump higher, run faster, and seemed to have a lot more strength.
After washing herself in the stream, Liu Qinghuan couldn't wait to go back to the entrance of the cave and sit down, wanting to feel the warmth in her body again.