Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Two Spiritual Roots
Xu Dao calmed down and read carefully.
The language used in "Hundred Solutions to Cultivation" is not convoluted or difficult, but rather a question-and-answer format with relatively straightforward sentences written on the pages.
Word after word reflected in Xu Dao's eyes, sparks colliding in his mind.
"Immortals and Taoist priests are not gods. They accumulate energy and energy to achieve reality."
"The fetal breath is called a Taoist boy, a boy who seeks Taoism, a toddler. Refining Qi is a Taoist apprentice, a Taoist apprentice, who is beginning to dabble in the truth. Building a foundation is called a Taoist priest, walking on the road, preaching and imparting knowledge. The golden elixir is a Taoist master, and he can spread Taoism all over the world..."
"The Nascent Soul, a real ghost and immortal, reincarnated and immortal, reincarnated and immortal... The God Refiner, the land immortal, experienced the three disasters of wind, fire and thunder, uprooted the house and ascended..."
Quickly opening "Hundred Solutions to Cultivation", many questions and answers came into Xu Dao's mind. Some of them he had seen in the White Bone Temple, and some he had not heard of yet, which greatly deepened his understanding of the concept of self-cultivation.
understanding of the subject.
Because of his short knowledge, just this Taoist textbook that was circulated throughout the world a thousand years ago gave Xu Dao a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
He was immersed in it. Although he could not find the information about foundation building at the first time, he did not feel disappointed in his heart.
While reading and thinking, Xu Dao raised his eyebrows slightly and stroked a sentence on the leather book with his fingers:
"The way of immortality is not evil, and the way of martial arts is not evil..."
This sentence on the leather book was outlined in blood-like cinnabar handwriting, and the font was the size of a soybean. It was written vertically on the leather paper and occupied four lines. It was extremely eye-catching, but the rest of the page was filled with people.
People tore it away.
Xu Dao could only guess from the remnants of the page such words as "prevent the slightest change" and "abide by the Taoist heart".
The leather book in his hand was auctioned off from someone else. The seller had explained in advance that the contents of the book could be guaranteed to be free of tampering and tampering. However, after being passed down for thousands of years, it is inevitable that some pages would be damaged.
Fortunately, Xu Dao combined his previous experience of "enlightening the Tao" and thought to himself: "I think this chapter should teach people not to fall into the devil's path in practicing Taoism and martial arts. They need to abide by the Taoist heart and be careful not to lose their character, so as not to deviate from human nature. But I don't know."
Why did you let someone tear it off?"
The heart of the Tao is a thing. Xu Dao had already received a wake-up call from Wu Zi Lu when he "enlightened the Tao". He was very clear about its importance, so there was no harm in skipping this chapter.
When he continued reading and turned to a piece of paper, his eyes suddenly raised slightly and he became fully focused.
This piece of paper contains information about foundation building.
"Cultivation returns to nature and returns to the true self. What is the true self? The immortal way refines the spirit to find the source of its thoughts; the martial arts refines the spirit and traces the root of its bloodline..."
"Spiritual roots are the foundation of Taoism. They pick up the meaning of mountains and rivers, thunder, lightning, wind and fire, and feel the heaven and earth; they absorb the essence and blood of all things, trace their origins, and transcend the ordinary."
On this page, I first wrote a summary, and then explained it in detail. After Xu Dao read it, the confusion in his heart was cleared, and his thoughts became clear.
It turns out that there are two spiritual roots, one is the spiritual root of immortality, and the other is the spiritual root of martial arts. Both of them are treasures of heaven and earth, but they are neither dead nor living things.
According to the explanation in the book, the Immortal Way refines the Yin God. The human Yin God is unstable, has no talent, and is difficult to become a weapon. However, there is spirituality in the heaven and earth, and gods and other beings will be born. Such beings are born to control mountains and rivers.
, a genus of thunder, lightning, wind and fire, which can communicate with heaven and earth and control the great power of heaven and earth.
Spiritual roots are this type of authority and talent. Taoists refine their bodies, seize their power, and swallow their spirits, which is called planting spiritual roots.
Once the spiritual root is planted, the Taoist's Yin Shen can acquire various talents such as water veins, fire veins, wind veins, and thunder veins, and then can perceive mountains and rivers, thunder, lightning, wind and fire, and have super powers such as being invincible by fire and invulnerable by falling into water.
Used in practicing Taoism, it will also allow Taoists to get corresponding bonuses when practicing magic.
Among them, there are big and small gods of heaven and earth. The small ones are ethereal and ghost-like, and are called "gods and ghosts." The big ones hold power and can move mountains and seas, and are called "gods."
By refining the former, a Taoist can barely understand the nature of heaven and earth, and be promoted to build foundations. However, due to insufficient talent and lack of authority, he can only serve as a small god of the land or city god level, and cannot form elixirs;
Only by refining the latter and above, and having Taoist authority in hand, will one be gifted with excellent talents, able to control wind, thunder, water, fire and other objects, be able to serve as attributes of river gods and mountain gods, and have the possibility of forming elixirs.
As for martial arts spiritual roots, it is more concise. It refers to the bloodline of ancient monsters. When the human body is weak, the Taoist uses the human body to refine the monster body, eat its flesh, knock its bones, transplant its blood, reborn, and strengthen itself.
Although the ancient monsters have long been extinct, their bloodline remains in the world, some are weak or strong, some are mixed and others are spirited.
Among them, those who are hybrids are called "monsters". Taoists who gain their bloodline can transform themselves, strengthen themselves, and build foundations. However, they cannot trace back to their origins, and there is no possibility of forming elixirs.
The essence ones are called fairies, whose bloodline is still pure and can be traced back to ancient monsters, making it possible for Taoists to form elixirs.
In addition to the above introduction, this article also has other extended explanations.
After Xu Dao finished reading the whole article, his head was pounding.
"It turns out that so-called planting spiritual roots means taking away creation. If a person's Yinshen lacks talents, he will take away the talents of gods. If a person's body lacks bones, he will take away the bones of monsters."
Xu Dao stared at the "Hundred Solutions to Cultivation" in his hand. He suppressed his thoughts and quickly flipped through the pages.
When he finished reading the entire book, he closed his eyes and thoughts surged into his mind.
The back of the book also introduces some other problems and dilemmas, which broadens Xu Dao's horizons a lot. But this book is really just one of the popular reading books in Taoist temples a thousand years ago. It is not a profound book. It only covers Qi refining and
The realm of foundation building does not involve too many realms such as Jindan and Nascent Soul.
Fortunately, it has given Xu Dao insight into the truth of the foundation-building realm, making him satisfied.
With his eyes closed, Xu Dao combined what he had thought and learned since practicing Taoism, and reflected the contents of the book one by one.
He thought to himself: "The content in the book may not be entirely reliable, but the general content should be accurate."
"As the name suggests, the realm of foundation building is the first step in building the foundation of the Tao. Spiritual roots are the starting point of this realm. It is not only related to whether a Taoist can enter the realm of foundation building, but also related to the future qualifications and the direction of cultivation.
how."
"The higher the spiritual roots collected for foundation building, the faster the cultivation speed, the deeper the fit with the corresponding spells, and the stronger the strength."
Xu Dao then pondered over the introduction to the step of planting spiritual roots in the book, and concluded in his mind:
"If I want to build a foundation, regardless of the immortal martial arts, I have to plant spiritual roots after completing the Qi and body refining! Among them, to build the foundation of the Immortal Way, I need to hunt down gods and ghosts, obtain their spirituality, and refine my talents. Martial Arts Building
Ji, we need to hunt monsters and fairies, obtain their essence and blood, and refine them into bones."
"Of course, it doesn't necessarily need to be hunted, such as the Immortal Fruit..."
After thinking about it for a long time, the fog in Xu Dao's heart disappeared, and he suddenly felt that the way forward was feasible.