After successfully breaking through the barrier, Xu Dao finally changed from a schoolboy to an apprentice and entered the gate of immortality on the journey of practicing Taoism.
This time, with the help of Wu Zi Lu, his breakthrough process did not have many twists and turns.
However, the difficulties, depression, and perseverance of practicing Taoism for the past three years all flashed through Xu Dao's mind instantly, making him sigh with emotion.
From then on, Xu Dao was able to use spells, draw talismans, and refine magical weapons... His status and strength were completely different from those in the realm of fetal breath.
In terms of lifespan alone, Xu Dao can already live to be 150 years old, which is half as long as a centenarian.
For a time, Xu Dao was immersed in the great joy after the breakthrough, and could not extricate himself for a long time...
However, the realm of Qi refining is only the beginning of the cultivation of immortality. After that, there are steps such as foundation building, elixir formation, and Nascent Soul. Each step requires several times of the previous one, dozens of times of effort and opportunity.
Even in the realm of qi refining, there are three stages: the early stage, the middle stage, and the late stage. Each process requires painstaking efforts to cultivate the true energy and practice the skills.
No one without perseverance can cross it.
Among them, the early stage of Qi refining refers to the state where the Yin spirit can walk under the moonlight after leaving the body, without fear of wind and rain, and can come and go freely, which is called the "night tour" state.
In the middle stage, when the true energy is strong and the Yin Shen is condensed, you can walk under the sun and swallow the sun essence, which is called the "day travel" state.
In the later stage, the Yin God can directly touch all things in the world without the help of physical bodies, magic weapons and other objects. It can purely use the Yin God to move objects and cast spells. At this time, the Yin God can be powerful or small, and can be virtual or real.
, called the realm of “driving things out”.
"The road is difficult..."
Thinking of this, Xu Dao woke up from his joy in time. He thought for a moment, quickly seized the opportunity, and began to understand the various mysteries of Yin Shen.
Xu Dao's Yin Shen is bathed in the moonlight, as if he wants to merge with the moonlight.
He vaguely seemed to hear rustling and snapping sounds. This was an illusion brought to him by the Yin God being burned and refined by the moonlight.
At the same time, a small amount of pain appeared in his heart.
Although moonlight is soft and not as explosive as sunlight, it can still be regarded as a kind of yin fire, which is transformed from sunlight.
If the soul of an ordinary person is illuminated by the moonlight, not only will they not be able to use the moonlight for their own use, they will even be directly exposed to or burned to death by the moonlight.
Fortunately, the true energy in Xu Dao's Yin Shen is constantly flowing, bringing him a slight sense of coolness, which can alleviate the pain. As time goes by, Xu Dao will get used to this pain and disappear.
After just taking ten breaths of bathing, Xu Dao suddenly realized that his true energy was growing so fast that it was comparable to the previous half-hour of practice.
A clear realization flashed through his mind: "Sure enough, only if you can use the Yin God to swallow moonlight after the Yin God leaves the body, can it be regarded as 'qi refining practice'."
The purpose of the fetal breath state in the Taoist period is to cultivate the true energy and turn the three souls and seven souls into the Yin God. The significance does not lie in the amount of the True Qi, but in the presence or absence, and whether the Yin God can be maintained.
The real refining of qi begins with escaping the Yin Shen.
Because breathing only through the mouth and nose of the physical body, its efficiency in absorbing moonlight is far inferior to that of the Yin God.
The Yin spirit is outside, swallowing up the moonlight with every part of the body, as if it is one with the moonlight, indistinguishable from each other, unlike the physical body, which can only use the mouth and nose to grab it with small mouths.
This situation is like the hot weather in summer. One is to jump directly into the water and be thoroughly cooled from head to toe, and the other is to hold water in your hands and pour it slowly to drive away the heat.
The efficiency of these two methods is very different.
In addition to the efficiency of practice, Xu Dao found that the world had become much more real.
He looked up and could directly see countless moonlight spreading down from the lunar star, endless and endless.
There are still many stars twinkling, and the world is filled with countless kinds of breath, spiritual energy, miscellaneous energy, popularity...
Looking back at his physical body, Xu Dao could still see blood surging around his physical body, showing that his physical body was fresh and full of vitality.
The first out-of-body experience is extremely shocking and rare for Taoists.
It is rumored that some Taoists with extraordinary talents appear as ghosts at night and travel around the world during the day.
His ability to move from the early stage of Qi refining to the middle stage overnight was not only due to his extraordinary talent, but also the various benefits brought by being out of the body for the first time.
Realizing this, Xu Dao bathed in the moonlight and sat cross-legged in the sky.
He calmed down, quickly swallowed the moonlight, and began to polish and increase the true energy in his body.
The talisman of the Tuna Method was embedded in the center of his Yin Shen's eyebrows, and was flickering slightly, corresponding to the misty white moon in the sky, causing the moonlight to pour into his body continuously.
The moonlight was like a tide, ebbing and flowing, and the true energy in Xu Dao's body grew stronger than ever before!
With Bigu Pills as a guarantee, he does not need to distract himself from taking care of his physical body and can concentrate solely on his practice.
One night, one day.
At night, you breathe in the moonlight to increase your true energy; during the day, you avoid light and practice magic to train your Yin spirit.
Soon, three days, five days.
Seven days, ten days...more than ten days passed.
Xu Dao has yet to return to the physical body.
It wasn't until he completely digested the benefits of his first out-of-body experience that he came back to his senses from the enlightenment-like practice experience.
Xu Dao didn't know how many days had passed at this time, but he estimated that it should be within thirty days. Because the physical blood and energy were still strong and showed no signs of drying up.
Sighing in his heart, Xu Dao felt a little nostalgic for the state of cultivation he had just experienced, but the novelty of being out of the body for the first time had passed, and he could no longer return.
"Return to the physical body." This thought came to Xu Dao's mind.
After a slight hesitation, Xu Dao had just settled on his thoughts. Before Yin Shen could make any move, an irresistible suction force came from his physical body, sucking his Yin Shen away suddenly.
In just the blink of an eye, Xu Dao realized that he was already wearing heavy armor, and his body no longer felt light and agile, as if he had fallen into water, making it difficult to move.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that the so-called "heavy armor" was actually his physical body.
Xu Dao's Yin spirit has returned and is hiding in the flesh.
After returning to the physical body after a long interval, his consciousness and body felt a little alienated. But as soon as the true energy in the body moved, the physical body began to warm up, regardless of each other.
When a Taoist's Yin spirit returns, there is no need to actively attack the physical body. It often only takes a thought to return to the physical body.
The speed is as fast as photoelectricity.
It's just that the Yin Shen cannot feel the state of the physical body after leaving the body. If someone takes advantage of it and kills the physical body, there is nothing the Taoist can do.
Therefore, before a Taoist escapes from the Yinshen, he must choose a good place and properly place his body.
Or you may set up various protection and early warning measures to prevent your body from being discovered, damaged, and life lost.
Xu Dao opened his eyes, and the scene in his eyes was bright and clear. Looking at the moonlight, he found that there was a thin layer of dust on his clothes.
With a smile on his face, he pinched the magic formula.
The airflow in the quiet room suddenly floated. In the blink of an eye, all the dust on his body was gone, and his clothes were as clean as ever.