Seeing Song Xiong riding on the horse uneasily, Zhao Ran couldn't help but smile: "You've been out for a day, and you're still so nervous?"
Song Xiong was stunned: "I have never ridden such a... well, spiritual thing. I always find it incredible."
Zhao Ran said: "Actually, you don't have to worry about it at all, it will naturally move forward - just move forward with my donkey brother."
Song Xiong looked at the old donkey Zhao Ran was riding, nodded, and couldn't help but ask: "Abbott, how far has this donkey master reached? Where is my horse master?"
Zhao Ran stroked the old donkey's ears: "He is one step away from being eloquent. When I hear him speak one day, even if he officially joins the ranks of spirit demons, I'm afraid I won't be able to defeat him.
As for your horse, its cultivation is much different. As for its fighting ability, you can give it a try. Of course, I hope you can win."
Song Xiong turned back to look at the white horse he was riding, and shook his head: "Forget it..."
The two of them were talking, and Zhao Ran pointed forward: "This is Taihua Mountain, let's take a rest first."
Looking for a place with leeward wind, Zhao Ran took out the tableware and ingredients from the storage ring. Song Xiong took them and was busy running around, making a fire to cook here. The ingredients were all ready-made, and he packed them up very quickly.
Soon, the two of them were eating fragrant barbecue and drinking hot broth.
Song Xiong looked at Taihua Mountain not far away and asked: "Is this where the Great Immortal of Toad Palace and the others fought?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "The military appearance is quite spectacular. Looking back now, it is still very interesting."
Song Xiong said enviously: "Abbott is in the pavilion, what he sees and hears is different. We ordinary people can only sigh in despair."
Zhao Ran asked: "Are you envious of Qu Fenghe?"
Song Xiong sighed: "Who wouldn't envy the people in the temple? I didn't expect that naughty boy back then would have such an opportunity. Alas..."
Zhao Ran said: "This is a question of qualifications. You are born with it and are destined. You can't ask for it."
Song Xiong nodded sadly: "Yes. The abbot said that I didn't have the qualifications. I have been very regretful these days, but now I have thought about it. In this life, one must know how to be content. In the past, I was a bandit in the green forest, and my life was licked by the knife.
In the bloody days, life is precarious, but now that I can become a Taoist priest who receives an ultimatum, I am already much better than others, and I can't expect anything more."
Zhao Ran comforted him: "It's good if you can look away." After a while, he suddenly said: "I have a technique here, are you interested?"
Song Xiong suddenly raised his head: "Abbott said... Kung Fu?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "That's right. I don't know if you can learn it. Let's give it a try. Maybe it can make your martial arts a step further. If you practice well, you might also be able to live longer."
Song Xiong said hurriedly: "I'll learn it! I don't know what kind of technique it is?"
Zhao Ran said: "It will be difficult at the beginning. Some people may not be able to achieve results even if they study for five or six years. Can you keep practicing?"
Song Xiong put down the bowl and chopsticks, stood up solemnly, and knelt down to Zhao Ran: "Abbott, I wonder if Song Xiong is destined to be able to worship the abbot as his teacher?"
Zhao Ran let him kneel on the ground, weighing it back and forth in his mind. After pondering for a long time, he made a flying talisman and went out: "Teacher, I want to accept a registered apprentice, is it feasible?"
The reply came quickly: "How is your cultivation talent?"
"He has a good foundation, but no qualifications."
"Oh, that's up to you."
Song Xiong was in a state of confusion. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at Zhao Ran. He waited for the immortal master who was so kind to him to make a decision. He did not know how long he waited before he heard Zhao Ran speak slowly: "I am
In the Huayun Guan Tower lineage, with my cultivation level, I cannot accept a disciple, and with your talent, you cannot enter this sect either..."
Song Xiong's heart tightened and he was extremely frustrated.
But I heard Zhao Ran continue: "...Although I can't admit you into the master's sect, I can recognize you as a registered disciple. I wonder if you are willing?"
Song Xiong was overjoyed and said loudly: "Disciple is willing! Teacher, please accept the disciple's courtesy!" After saying this, he kowtowed three times.
Zhao Ran raised his hand: "Get up."
Song Xiong stood up happily, not knowing what to say. He stood in front of Zhao Ran, neither sitting nor standing.
Zhao Ran smiled: "Sit down and continue eating. Don't be so restrained in front of me."
"Hey, I got it, teacher, I'll serve soup for you." He took the empty bowl from Zhao Ran's hand, filled it with broth, and handed it over respectfully.
Song Xiong is thirty-four years old this year, and Zhao Ran is twenty-eight years old. He is six years older than Zhao Ran, but in front of Zhao Ran, he looks like a child at the moment.
Zhao Ran said: "I'm going to teach you "Shangqing Jue" now. This is a basic skill, but with your qualifications, it may not be easy to learn this skill well. How far you can learn it depends only on your perseverance.
"
"Disciple understands."
Song Xiong's qualifications are very poor, so it is very difficult for him to learn at the beginning. Not only is it difficult to feel the aura between heaven and earth, but he may not even be able to touch the sea of qi. The sea of qi in martial arts and the sea of qi in practicing Kung Fu are two concepts. One is the
The real form can be detected, but the other is illusory and indescribable. Therefore, if Zhao Ran wants to teach him the Shangqing Jue, he must first find the sea of qi for him.
Zhao Ran first asked Song Xiong to sit quietly and taught him one of the simplest breathing methods in practice, saying: "Be still and keep your original intention."
Song Xiong had a foundation in martial arts, so he quickly calmed down.
Zhao Ran added: "My teacher will help you find the sea of Qi with my magic power. If you really can't help it, just shout."
Song Xiong nodded slightly, half-closed his eyes, and was ready. Suddenly, he felt a very thin force between his eyebrows penetrated into his meridians, and the pain immediately made him tremble. But he is one of the few masters in the martial arts, and his endurance is far beyond ordinary people. For half a year,
He could endure it when he was captured and tortured repeatedly by Jiang Zhiheng, let alone now.
After a while, Zhao Ran finished his work, and Song Xiong trembled, exhaling a long breath of turbid air, feeling that his clothes were all soaked.
"Can you feel it?"
"Yes, I feel it, but it seems...I don't know where it is..."
"It's normal. Your Qi Sea is empty at the moment. It's actually invisible. Just remember the feeling just now."
"Yes, disciple understands."
"I am now passing on the general formula to you. You must keep it in mind. The song goes: The essence of the sun and the moon, the treasure of heaven and earth, contains the energy of the five elements, and is formed by the four images. Black lead and mercury are the hazy images of these two energies. There is a dark cloud in the sun.
, named Sun**, which gathers Qi and Zhu Ying, and refines it into a solid form. There is a rabbit in the moon, named Sun Yang Jing. If you refine Yang in Yin, you must visit the Immortal Hall..."
Song Xiong tried hard to think about the memory. Zhao Ran knew that it would not be that easy, so he patiently led him to recite it more than ten times before he could barely remember it.
After a short rest, Zhao Ran continued to teach him the method of performing the "Shangqing Jue". This method of performing the kung fu is more concrete and nuanced than the general formula, and every sentence cannot be missed for a long time. If Song Xiong has good qualifications, Zhao Ran can do whatever he wants
Pointing will allow him to see the spiritual energy around him. Seeing the spiritual energy means he has a direction. By running the Qing Jue technique, it will be much easier to absorb the spiritual energy.
But it is a pity that Song Xiong cannot see the aura around him for the time being. What makes him better than ordinary people is that he can feel some tracks slightly, but the feeling is very blurry. Therefore, it is very difficult for Zhao Ran to teach.
That night, Zhao Ran taught Song Xiong's "Shangqing Jue" at the foot of Taihua Mountain. He taught it all night long, but Song Xiong still didn't even have a clue. Zhao Ran was not discouraged. It was not that easy to introduce Song Xiong to him.