Chapter 179: The Basic Technique of the Five Elements
The five colors on this worn book are golden light, wood brown, aqua blue, fire red and dull earthy yellow.
Yes, these five colors correspond to the five elements in Chinese legends.
What? What are the five elements, you ask?
Let me tell you this, the so-called five elements are the elements that Taoists believe make up the entire world, which are the gold element, the wood element, the water element, the fire element, and the earth element.
These five elements complement and inhibit each other, creating a relationship that can become chaotic if not cleaned up.
"The so-called five elements generally refer to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It seems that this basic technique of the five elements should be very interesting." With great interest, I quickly reached out and picked up this shabby book.
The first thing that caught my eye was five powerful characters.
These five characters are the title of this book, called "Five Elements Basic Technique".
Under the title of the book "Five Elements Basic Art", there is a line of small light blue characters.
On it are written the words "The five elements of this book were compiled by the Tiangui Sect".
"The five lines of this book were compiled by the Tiangui Sect? What does this sentence mean?" I stared closely at this small line of light blue characters and thought about the meaning contained in it.
In fact, the meaning contained in this line of small characters is very simple. It is nothing more than this book, which is the basic technique of the Five Elements, compiled by the Tiangui Sect.
But I have never heard of what the Tiangui Sect is, so I am inevitably a little confused and uneasy.
"It says that this book on the basic techniques of the Five Elements was compiled by the Tiangui Sect. Will learning this technique by myself cause trouble?" I ran my fingers back and forth on the cover page, but never opened the book.
Because I am afraid that once I open this book, I will get into some unnecessary trouble.
"I learned from the mouth of the most powerful Taoist priest that there are indeed some Taoist sects in the world. These sects have either retired or declined or are struggling to support themselves, but one thing is the same. They will not use their Taoist skills easily. Leaking it out, because the sect’s Taoism is the foundation of the sect, they don’t dare and will not leak it out, but now…” But now I have used the weird code to obtain the Taoism of other sects, and I don’t know what it is. Blessing is a curse.
I didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, and I was suddenly a little unsure.
But soon, my eyes gradually became firm: "Even if I don't want to anymore, I will choose to redeem this Taoist skill, so I still have to seize the time to learn. After all, the third trial period task will start this month."
Thinking of the horror of the probation period task, I knew that I had no choice: "Although learning other people's Taoism without authorization will cause unnecessary trouble, if I am lucky enough, I may never meet anyone from the Tiangui Sect in my life. ."
If I can't meet people from the Tiangui Sect, or I can't meet people who are familiar with this Taoism, then the Taoism I secretly learned will not be discovered, and I won't get into any trouble.
"Well, that's it, I don't care about so much anymore." After thinking about everything, I slowly opened the Five Elements Basic Technique and came to the homepage of the book.
Immediately afterwards, a horrifying scene suddenly occurred.
A dark ghost head suddenly jumped into my eyes from the homepage.
I was shocked, and quickly looked around, and finally discovered that the ghost head that suddenly jumped into my eyes turned out to be a portrait of a ghost head depicted in the center of the home page.
This portrait of a ghost head is so lifelike that at first glance, it looks like it is a real ghost head.
"It turned out to be just a painting of a ghost head." Knowing that the ghost head was not real, I felt a little calmer.
Waiting for my mind and soul to completely settle down, I carefully observed this ghost-headed portrait.
To be honest, apart from being a bit weird, there is nothing outstanding about this ghost-headed portrait.
But if I really have to pick out a conspicuous place, I would probably choose the two sides of the ghost head portrait.
Because there are a few lines of small black characters written crookedly on both sides of this ghost-headed portrait.
"The Five Elements Taoism of our sect is different from other sects."
"The Five Elements Taoism of other sects, the cultivation process and the methods they practice are all masculine and righteous, but the Five Elements Taoism of this sect is extremely yin and evil, and it adopts the method of using yin to overcome yin."
"This method will cause the practitioner's yin energy to change his temperament, making him restless, irritable, or vicious. Therefore, I would like to advise you that if you don't have enough courage and determination, you must not practice this method."
"The cultivation process of this sect is extremely difficult. Most of the things required are related to ghosts. Anyone who is too involved with ghosts will suffer the pain of yin and yang inversion. Please practice with caution."
After reading these lines of small black characters, I was amazed.
Because the contents expressed in these few lines of small black characters are warning me who want to practice this Taoism.
After all, from the analysis of these few lines of small black characters, the Five Elements Taoism of Tiangui Sect took a different approach, taking the path of using Yin to defeat Yin.
Although I don’t know what it means to use yin to overcome yin, judging from the consistent saying of using yang to overcome yin, the so-called using yin to overcome yin means using yin energy to restrain yin energy.
But Yin Qi itself is a fusion thing, so how can Yin Qi be used to restrain Yin Qi? This is completely contrary to common sense? After all, Taoism has always said that using Yang to overcome Yin and causing Yin and Yang to merge is the way of the world.
However, this method of using yin to overcome yin has gone against Taoism's own teachings.
It's just a violation of Taoism's own teachings. Practicing this Taoist art, which uses yin to suppress yin, can actually cause the practitioner's temperament to change drastically.
A drastic change in temperament is a big deal. After all, I don't want to change my original temperament.
In addition to changing one's temperament, practicing this Taoist art also requires exposure to many ghosts.
In this case, I will be entangled in Yin Qi, causing Yin to flourish and Yang to decline.
As far as I know, once a person falls into a state where yin is strong and yang is weak, he or she will be confused and restless day and night at best, or haunted by evil spirits at worst!
Before I got the code, maybe I didn’t believe in the theory of yin rising and yang declining, and I didn’t believe there were evil spirits in the world.
But from the moment I got the code, I knew that the world was scarier than I imagined, and I couldn't let myself be haunted by evil spirits.
I retreated, I didn’t want to practice this Taoism anymore, and I planned to give up.
Because the price incurred by practicing this Taoist technique is too great, and I, as a weak person, simply cannot bear it.
Feeling reluctant, I simply threw the book aside and did not read the remaining pages.
After throwing the books aside, I looked at the ward empty-heartedly and at the lights hanging over the ward.
The lights are dim and withered, like me, like the lifeless late winter.
This deep winter formed by lights gradually enveloped me, making me feel extremely cold.
It was cold, it was so cold that I couldn't help but pull off the quilt and huddle up in the bed.
With the protection of the quilt, I slowly closed my tired eyes and fell asleep.
In my sleep, the air was cold and the rain was pouring.
I stood in the rain and looked at the sky, looking at the girl floating in the sky.
The girl looked very strange, with a long blood-red head, a terrifying black face, several purple-red hands and feet, and a terrifying green neck.
The blue dress on her body fluttered in the wind, covering her vision and the entire sky.
I looked at the girl, and the girl looked at me with empty eyes.
It seems that at this moment, time no longer matters, I only need to look at her, and she only needs to look at me.
But the good times did not last long, countless black snakes swallowed me up, and also swallowed up the girl in the sky.
Then, the dream swayed and turned.
I am still standing in the rain, still looking at the sky where rain is falling.
But there was no girl in the sky anymore, only two familiar faces vaguely appeared.
These two familiar faces were tied to the horizon by countless chains, unable to move no matter how hard they struggled. It was really miserable.
Seeing this miserable scene, I couldn't help shouting: "Dad! Mom!"
As soon as I shouted, I suddenly opened my eyes and woke up from the hospital bed.
When I realized that everything was just a dream, I felt an endless sense of loss in my heart.
"What does this dream mean? Are my parents really trapped?" I shook my head dejectedly and crawled out of bed.
As soon as I crawled out of bed, several sounds rang out.
"Mr. Liang, you finally woke up. If you don't wake up, the millet porridge provided by the hospital will get cold."
"Now that Mr. Liang has woken up, let's eat early. It's good for your health."
I glanced over to the bed and saw that the people speaking were a man and a woman.
I do recognize this man and woman. They are the doctor named Zhuang and nurse Meng Xiaonuan.
"What millet porridge? Is it already morning?" I leaned my back against the edge of the bed and rubbed my groggy eyes.
"Mr. Liang is really forgetful. You have slept all night, and now of course it is the morning of the next day." Dr. Zhuang put the back of his hand against my forehead and said with a smile: "The body temperature is neither high nor low. It seems that Liang
Sir is recovering well."
"Then when will I be discharged from the hospital?" I swept away the sadness in my heart and stared at Dr. Zhuang with hope.
Dr. Zhuang removed the back of his hand and turned to look at the instrument standing beside the bed: "Mr. Liang, your heartbeat and blood pressure have gradually returned to normal, but due to low blood oxygen saturation, you will have to be hospitalized for a few days to recover.
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"How many days?" I suddenly became energetic and felt that my whole body was full of life: "How many days will it take for me to be discharged from the hospital?"
"To be precise, it's three days and three nights." Dr. Zhuang left the instrument and put his head close to my cheek: "Your complexion looks very good. You can be discharged after staying for another three days."
"That's good, that's good." I muttered happily.
Seeing me so happy, Dr. Zhuang frowned: "Mr. Liang, I understand why you are happy, but happiness is happiness. You still have to eat three meals a day on time. So, I asked Xiao Nuan to pay attention to you all the time.
Three days of food and rest.”
"Okay." I responded and put away the smile on my face.
Immediately afterwards, Dr. Zhuang explained several times to Meng Xiaonuan and then left the ward.
Meng Xiaonuan, who stayed in the ward, first looked at me a few times, and then slowly picked up a bowl of millet porridge with an excellent image.