Chapter Eight hundred and ninety-one: Up your posture!
"At the beginning of cultivation, one is also called a qigong apprentice. This is the same as the qigong master in our folklore. If you cannot advance to the next great realm, you will always be a qigong master."
Looking at the confused people in front of him, Xia Haoran continued: "Qi training apprentices, that is, the 'Qi training period', have a total of one to nine levels. After breaking through the nine levels of Qi training, the next big level is the foundation building period.
, followed by the golden elixir stage, the Yuan Ying stage, the transformation stage, the out-of-body stage, the distraction stage, the integration stage, the transcending tribulation stage, and the Mahayana stage. Each of these great realms is divided into the early stage and the middle stage.
and three small realms in the later period.”
When Xia Haoran finished writing this on the blackboard, he quietly stood aside. After all, he had revealed too much information, and these old men needed some time to digest it, right?
"What the hell!" After a while, Mr. Li couldn't help but uttered a curse word, and said with his big eyes in disbelief: "Boss Xia, if we follow the lines you just drew, wouldn't it mean that the ancient martial arts system
Among them, Huang, Xuan, and earth-level masters are just equivalent to Qi training apprentices in the cultivation system? And the legendary ancient warriors of heaven-level are only in the foundation-building stage?"
"Bingo, that's right!"
Xia Haoran gave a thumbs up to Old Man Li and said with a smile: "Congratulations, the old man's answer is completely correct! Maybe you will find it unbelievable or a little unbelievable, but in fact it is indeed like this. In addition, like Tian
First-class ancient warriors, S-class and SS-class superpowers, and foundation-building cultivators, these three seem to be at the same level, but due to their respective inheritances, the real strength gap between them is also different."
"From the information above, it is not difficult to see that compared to the ancient martial arts system and superpowers, the cultivation system is undoubtedly more complete, and cultivators can also go further on this road. Moreover, I might as well tell you that in the entire cultivation
In the system, the Qi training stage is just an apprentice, the foundation building stage is the introduction, and the golden elixir stage is the real entrance."
"Why are there such big differences between different cultivation systems?"
"It's inheritance!"
"Taoism was initially formed in the ancient Xuanyuan Huangdi period, and was officially founded by Zhang Daoling, the ancestral master in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. They respected Xuanyuan Huangdi as the ancestor, Laozi Li Er as the Taoist ancestor, and Zhang Daoling as the religious ancestor. Before the Qin Dynasty, people who practiced Taoism at that time did not
Instead of being called Taoist priests, they are called Qi Practitioners. Perhaps in some ancient books today, you should still be able to find some clues about "Pre-Qin Qi Practitioners"; and after the Qin Dynasty, the title of Qi Practitioners also gradually changed, becoming
In addition to what we later called 'Taoist', some people also called him 'Alchemist'."
"According to legend, those pre-Qin qi practitioners lived to be hundreds of years old in the Spring and Autumn Period, and their movements never faded. They flew to the sky and escaped from the earth, soared into the clouds and mist, and all of them had the ability to move mountains and seas. However, there are no detailed stories about that period.
The written records, for today's people, are an ancient history full of endless mist, which makes people think endlessly. In the endless river of time, countless historical truths have disappeared in the rolling years and cannot be verified."
"A warrior who combines the training methods of the ancients with the science and skills of today is called an ancient warrior. Therefore, the ancient martial arts training system is only a few fragments of the ancient martial arts practice that were found by future generations of martial artists from some incomplete ancient books and documents and historical relics.
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"The system of cultivation is indeed very complete and powerful, but today is the era of technological civilization, and the environment is no longer suitable for the development of martial arts civilization. Coupled with the lack of inheritance, there are very few cultivators now. If I am not wrong, the current
The Outer Hidden Sect and the Half Hidden Sect basically all practice the ancient martial arts system; while only those Inner Hidden Sects hidden in the secret world should practice the real cultivation system." At this point, Xia Haoran said.
He spread his hands, made an 'over' gesture, and went straight back to the sofa to sit down.
"Listening to your words is better than ten years of reading. Mr. Xia, when I heard you say this today, using the most popular words nowadays, old man, I really got better!" Mr. Kong couldn't help but sigh.
"We've learned from each other." Xia Haoran picked up a piece of fruit and took a bite, and said: "You guys, please don't be polite. These fruits are not poisonous, and they are all orphans. This is the only one on the earth. Try them all.
, tastes pretty good!”
Several old guys were not polite, they picked up unknown fruits on the fruit plate and ate them, slowly recalling what Xia Haoran just said.
"Xia Boy, according to what you said, after an ancient warrior reaches the heaven level, wouldn't there be no way out?" Leader No. 1 asked doubtfully while eating the fruit.
"Well……"
Xia Haoran was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Old man, you are impressed! I remember that I used the example of cultivation and students going to school before. In fact, the principle is the same. For example, there are two schools in a town, one is
It is a nine-year compulsory education, which covers primary school, junior high school and high school. So, I would like to ask everyone here, what do the children in the nine-year compulsory education usually do after they finish their studies?"
"Let's transfer to another school!"
"Bingo, that's right!"
Xia Haoran shrugged and said: "It is said that there is no end to learning, but in fact, what is the same with our cultivation? However, cultivation is somewhat different from learning. Cultivators have five majors: law, wealth, land, companions, and tools.
Among the core factors, 'law, wealth and land' are the most important."
"Dharma is a method of cultivation, and the method of mind refers to the inheritance of cultivation. If there is no inheritance of the method of mind, how will you practice?"
"Wealth refers to resources for cultivation. These resources are not money, gold, jewelry and antiques in the world, but those extremely rare and valuable Chinese medicinal materials, exotic fruits, and rare ores."
"The ground refers to the residence of cultivation. It is also the place of cultivation. I think some old men also know that the air in the barren mountains or countryside is very clear, while the colorful cities are unbearably dirty. In fact, this is also the case for our cultivation. People like us
, if you stay in the wilderness to practice for one day, the effect will be equivalent to practicing in this bustling metropolis for three days, ten days, or even longer."
"We cultivators absorb a substance called 'spiritual energy of heaven and earth'. Of course, this substance is very abstract. You can think of it as a kind of cosmic essence floating between heaven and earth. For example, do you feel like you are in this study at this moment?
The air is particularly fresh, and it feels particularly refreshing to breathe? That’s because I crushed two energy stones just now. In order to ensure that Brother Ye breaks through smoothly, I artificially made the aura of heaven and earth here more intense."
"And today's world is also called the 'Dharma Ending Age' by our cultivating community."
"For cultivators, spiritual energy is their life. If there is no spiritual energy, their cultivation level will not increase but decrease. In the Age of Ending Dharma, the way of heaven is out of balance, and the free 'spiritual energy' between heaven and earth is no longer there, so it becomes more and more difficult."
The less suitable it is for cultivators to survive. So far, only in the sparsely populated Dachuan Xiuze, or in the small secret world, there is still a meager trace of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This is why those cultivators are
There are wild cranes in the mountains; and those in the inner hermit sect would rather die in the secret world for hundreds of years than step into the secular world."
"I see!"
The three old men suddenly realized.
Right here, the wind blew loudly in the study room, causing the papers on the desk to rustle.
"Brother Ye is about to break through!"
Xia Haoran squinted his eyes slightly and looked towards Ye Shanhe who was sitting cross-legged not far away. The three big guys next to him were also looking at this scene very curiously.
"Why are there fewer and fewer cultivators these days, and even high-level ancient warriors are almost extinct? One is inheritance, and the most important thing is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth." Xia Haoran's eyes swept over Ye Shanhe and several big bosses.
Sweeping, he said calmly: "Just like Brother Ye now, from the middle to the late stage of the breakthrough, the energy of heaven and earth that needs to be absorbed is even greater. If he doesn't happen to be here today, it means that he has touched the slightest opportunity for breakthrough, and finally
It can only regrettably end in failure.”
"The old guy from the Nangong family, and the old Taoist priest from the Qingcheng sect of Qingcheng Mountain, the big guys should all know about it, right? Why did they go crazy when they broke through to the heaven level?"
Having said this, Xia Haoran sighed slightly and said: "Because in the end of the Dharma era, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is no longer enough to support their breakthrough. It is like a machine that can only start normally if it is 100% charged, but you only give it
Can the machine run normally after being charged to 80%? And those two old guys wanted to force a breakthrough because they didn't have much life left, but in the end they were unable to continue and went crazy. They were lucky. If it was more serious,
His skills have deteriorated, and he may even die on the spot."
"No wonder!"
Ye Shanhe was already at the peak of the middle heaven level, and there was a possibility of a breakthrough at any time. With that cup of 'special tea' first, and then with the guarantee of the two energy stones of out-of-body monsters that Xia Haoran took out, so
The whole breakthrough process can be said to be a matter of course, without any suspense.
A few minutes later.
As a powerful aura passed away in a flash, Ye Shanhe had successfully broken through to the late Heaven level.
"Congratulations to Brother Ye for successfully advancing!" Xia Haoran cupped his hands at Ye Shanhe who had just opened his eyes and said with a smile.
"Three leaders, brothers Haoran!"
Ye Shanhe stood up, his face even more excited.
"Well, good job!" Chief No. 1 nodded with a smile, but then he couldn't help sniffing.
"Haha, Brother Ye, let's go find a room and take a shower." Xia Haoran sensed the changes in the expressions of the old men and the pungent stench in the air, and said with a smile: "Every time a warrior is promoted,
It is a transformation and evolution of life. Therefore, it will experience an opportunity to be reborn, which is what we often call the I Ching cutting the marrow to further eliminate impurities and harmful toxins in the body. So, you know that." After saying that, Xia Haoran waved.
He waved his sleeves, and a strong wind blew up out of thin air in the study, blowing the dirty air in the room directly out of the window.