Chapter 481: Three thousand avenues, the same destination
"Before I say anything, let me give you a little test." Looking at the scorching eyes around him, Xia Haoran coughed lightly and said, "Usually, we will say that people have three treasures. Which three treasures are they?"
"Jing, Qi, Shen!"
Everyone roared in unison.
"Absolutely right!"
Xia Haoran nodded slightly and said: "Jing, Qi, and Shen are concepts in ancient philosophy, which refer to the original substances that form all things in the universe. Our ancient Chinese medicine believes that Jing, Qi, and Shen are the roots of human life activities."
"Jing refers to essence, blood, and essence [leaf], which is the material basis that constitutes and maintains the life activities of the human body; Qi is the driving force in our body, the normal activities of all organs in the human body, such as why blood circulates in the human body
Flow? And the driving force behind all these behaviors is the existence of Qi; as for God, this thing is a bit mysterious, but it can be understood abstractly that God is the supreme commander of all life activities of our human body."
After speaking, Xia Haoran paused for a moment, he wanted to give these people a digestion process.
"What is spiritual practice?"
Xia Haoran asked and answered himself: "Practice is equal to conditioning. By continuously repeating certain specific means and methods, we constantly correct our own life characteristics. This makes our thinking, psychology, behavior, social activities, etc. achieve the same level as the current stage.
Compared with the level of personal cultivation that has a higher realm, a broader mind, and a broader vision."
"Therefore, it is recorded in the "Sufi Sutra Commentary": There are different ways of practice, which can be divided into three types: physical practice, magic practice and spiritual practice."
"Physical cultivation, this is what we usually call physical cultivation, such as those outsiders who practice martial arts; magic cultivation, that is, legal cultivation, focusing on vitality and magic; and spiritual cultivation, like those with spiritual powers in the Western world.
Like those who are capable, they major in soul, body, law, and spirit, which correspond to the three treasures of 'jing, qi, and spirit' we mentioned earlier."
"There are three thousand avenues, different paths leading to the same destination. At the beginning of cultivation, we often choose one of them to follow. But as the realm of cultivation improves, you will gradually find that as we go further, we have to consider more than just one during the cultivation process.
It is the accumulation of vitality and the improvement of the state of mind, and also takes into account the quality of the body, the improvement of the soul... Of course there are many other factors."
"Essence, Qi, and Shen feed and reinforce each other, and they are closely related. The same goes for our practice."
Having said this, Xia Haoran glanced at Ye Shanhe and continued: "When the realm breaks through to the heaven level, there is a certain probability of developing spiritual power. And the intensity of spiritual power directly determines your future practice.
How far can we go on this road? As for the physical body, you have no feelings for the time being, but I think you have all seen the TV series. This is the theory of buckets and water. As the realm improves, when the vitality in the body reaches
After a certain amount of accumulation, the weak body cannot bear the squeeze of the vitality in the body, and the only result in the end is to explode and die."
"Okay, I've said enough for today. Just listen to what I'm telling you and don't pay too much attention; otherwise, it will have some unnecessary impact on your future practice."
After Xia Haoran finished speaking, a bottle of mineral water suddenly appeared in his hand. He popped the cork and started drinking.
"By the way, Brother Ye, there is one thing you need to pay special attention to!" Xia Haoran seemed to suddenly remember something, turned to Ye Shanhe and said seriously: "You can cultivate your body if you are injured; you can cultivate it again if your vitality is depleted; but if your mental power is once
There is currently no good way to recover from damage, the only way is to let time heal slowly."
"Yes! Thank you Brother Haoran for reminding me, I will be cautious." Ye Shanhe responded seriously.
As a heaven-level monk, Ye Shanhe is not stupid at all. He listened carefully and understood every word Xia Haoran said just now, but then he quickly asked: "Brother Haoran, what about what you just said?
…”
"I'm fine. I'll be fine after a while of training." Xia Haoran waved his hand and said, "By the way, are there any aerial pictures? Is it the picture of the big formation at the bottom of the sinkhole?"
"have!"
Ma Zhe responded quickly, and then immediately took out a stack of photos and a laptop from the bag he carried with him.
"Brother Haoran, some of these photos are aerial shots, and some of them were taken after I came here. Take a look first." As he said that, Ma Zhe quickly handed the photos in his hand to Xia Haoran.
Xia Haoran casually took the picture and lowered his head to read it.
After a while, he had looked through all the photos. Xia Haoran couldn't help but take a deep breath and casually returned the photos in his hand to Ma Zhe.
"Brother Haoran, have you discovered anything?" Ye Shanhe who was standing next to him asked quickly.
Xia Haoran rubbed his temples vigorously with both hands and said: "Do you still remember the smooth, mirror-like platform on the top of the unknown island overseas? If I am not mistaken, the sinkhole in front of us is different from that there.
There is a similar situation, and it is also annihilated by the attack power released by the formation talisman."
Ye Shanhe's face tightened, and a picture seemed to appear in his mind. A huge pale golden light column suddenly appeared in the picture, shooting straight into the sky like a tornado, and instantly evaporated the mountain above, leaving behind
The scene of a huge pit.
Thinking of this, Ye Shanhe couldn't help but tighten his whole body and trembled in shock. Because that scene and the shot were too shocking and terrifying.
"Don't worry." Xia Haoran said with a slight smile: "If I read it correctly, the attack power released by the large formation in the deep pit has not been used even 1%."
"If nothing else, this should be somewhat similar to the situation we saw on the unnamed islands overseas. It is also because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is thin, and the power contained in the formation has been greatly weakened and worn out over time. Otherwise, with such a huge
As long as the array pattern talisman and seal script fluctuates slightly, it is trivial to say that it will be annihilated within a radius of several kilometers."
"So, brother Haoran, what do you mean..." Ye Shanhe looked at Xia Haoran questioningly.
"Judging from my previous tests, this formation is quite aggressive." Xia Haoran pondered for a moment and said, "It can be seen that the people who set up the formation at the beginning obviously had certain warnings and warnings for future generations.
Warning. This shows that there must be something very remarkable behind this great formation, and I am becoming more and more interested in it now."
"And judging from these formation patterns and talismans, it is true that they have existed for endless years, and they are most likely left from ancient times. However, we still have to make many preparations. This formation pattern is obviously a seal.
Suppression, trapping and restraint types, this shows that the people who originally set up the formation were trying to seal something. Although endless years have passed, who can guarantee whether the things sealed below are dead?"
"ah?"
"No way?"
"Who can live for endless years?"
…
After listening to Xia Haoran's words, everyone was stunned. After all, what Xia Haoran said was too mysterious. What species can live for such a long time?
Xia Haoran coughed slightly, looked at everyone rolling their eyes, and said angrily: "Why, are you all surprised by this?"
After a slight pause, Xia Haoran continued: "Except for Brother Ma Zhe, everyone here is a cultivator. Even you yourself are existences that cannot be explained by science. Therefore, in your future actions and tasks, tens of millions of people are cultivators.
Don’t look at problems from a scientific or worldly perspective.”
"The aging and death of the human body are ultimately caused by the aging and death of cells. As cultivators, what we strengthen are cells and what we temper are bones. You can feel whether every muscle and bone in your body is better than that of ordinary people.
Do you want to be dozens of times stronger? In other words, you can live seven or eight years longer than ordinary people, so what’s so surprising about it?”
"As I once told everyone, what is the purpose of our cultivation? It is our duty to protect our country and protect our country, but the pursuit of strength and endless longevity is our goal. No one said this in the past, it was just them
That's all if the cultivation level is not up to standard. For example, usually if an ordinary person can live to be a hundred years old, it is considered destiny; and a heaven-level cultivator can live to at least 120 to 150 years old.
Years old, the maximum cannot exceed two or more than one hundred years old. The above can be deduced by analogy."
"What's the problem with those ancient great masters who are all capable of reaching the sky and live for an extra hundred and eighty thousand years?" Xia Haoran said with a slight smile: "In addition, you should have heard of a proverb: A thousand years of turtles and ten thousand years of turtles. This is
There are real examples around us!”
After another chatter, Xia Haoran waved his hand and said: "Okay, stop talking, I'm going to see the formation. Brother Ye, and Senior Zhang, you and your brothers should retreat a certain distance, at least two steps away.
A thousand meters away. Because I can't guarantee what will happen if the formation is touched again."
After hearing Xia Haoran's instructions, Ye Shanhe's face turned pale and he said seriously: "This is no problem! But, brother Haoran, what about your own safety? You know, the formation runes in the pit have extremely powerful
You must not be careless if you are very aggressive!"
Xia Haoran responded: "Brother Ye, don't worry. You should be aware of my methods. If you run away at the critical moment, there will be no problem at all."
After a slight pause, Xia Haoran continued: "This great formation is not simple. Although it is a long time ago, the spiritual energy in this world is lacking. As a result, the formation patterns and talismans in the great formation cannot be replenished with much energy, and the remaining power is
Not much. However, if you want to crack it, it will take some effort. I have to deduce it carefully. Remember: during this process, you can stand and watch from a distance, but no one can come to disturb it.