Su Li went down the mountain that day. The old Taoist didn't say anything. He just led Su Li down the mountain road of Tianli Mountain where the Jianzong Mountain Gate is located, and then walked forward as if he just picked a direction at random without looking back.
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Su Li really felt a little troubled following such a 'master' and had no direction at all.
His little arms and legs were also a little tired. He had almost exhausted all his strength after walking from the Tongfu Yard on the mountainside of Tianli Mountain to the bottom of the mountain. But looking at the old man's appearance, he didn't seem to be planning to find a carriage or anything after coming down the mountain. He was still in the same condition.
Measure the earth with your legs...
Of course Su Li was tired. He was sweating profusely and his robe was dyed a wet dark color.
But, he didn't say a word and didn't mean to complain at all.
He knew that maybe if he spoke out at this time, the old man would really stop and let him rest for a while, but if that happened, he would also leave a bad impression on the old man...
The life I went through before was not in vain.
At this time, Chi Lao, who had been silent for a long time in the broken ring, suddenly spoke up again: "Boy Su Li, what do you think?"
"What?" Su Li was tired and startled, but fortunately he had understood how to have spiritual communication with Chi Lao, so he asked in his mind: "What do you think?"
"If you follow such an old man out, what if he fails in his desperate attempt and dies without a word?" Chi Lao asked.
"Then if I collect his body for him, I can always get some benefits, right?"
Su Li's thoughts were extremely realistic, and he didn't even hide them at all.
Then he added: "If the master succeeds, then as a Taoist boy who has accompanied him all the way, I should also get some benefits, right?"
In short, if Su Li thinks about it, he will never lose anything if he goes on this journey. I really can't understand why those people are unwilling to follow this old way.
"Think simply, if this old Taoist takes you to die in a remote place, it will be a problem for you to survive in the first place!" Chi Lao said with a hint of intimidation.
"That's more troublesome, but I believe I can survive wherever there are people. If it doesn't work, there's nothing I can do."
Su Li was very open-minded. This was not only the maturity of a middle-aged man, but also a feeling of exploring life and death.
"..." Chi Lao was speechless for a long time before he couldn't help but say: "Your character is nothing like that of an eight-year-old boy."
Su Li asked strangely: "Isn't this all thanks to you, Mr. Chi? You allowed me to experience a whole life and now I can think more thoroughly and master many skills that can help me survive."
"..." Chi Lao didn't want to speak again. It was probably because Su Li's reaction was completely different from what he imagined, which made him once again wonder if he had made a mistake in some step.
At this time, after communicating with Chi Laoxin for a while, Su Li felt that he was much better physically. In terms of kinematics, this should be the 'second breath'.
He was a little surprised. It seemed that his physical strength was different from his previous life experience. The physical strength of an eight-year-old was too good, right?
But at this moment, the veteran finally stopped. He looked at the panting Su Li and said unsatisfiedly: "Rest for half an hour."
Su Li seemed to be pardoned and immediately found a place to sit down, sip some water and try his best to breathe evenly.
Upon seeing this, the old Taoist actually nodded secretly, and then said as if inadvertently: "Put your tongue against the roof of your mouth, keep your mind on the Dantian, tighten your abdomen when you inhale and relax when you exhale..."
After hearing this, Su Li quickly followed the instructions, and at the same time asked Chi Lao in his heart: "Are you teaching me how to practice Qi?"
"It's just a simple way to help you recover your physical strength." Chi Lao replied nonchalantly.
Su Li hesitated for a moment but did not ask further questions. He just followed the old Taoist instructions and began to breathe hard.
Actually, he remembered that he had learned some of the breathing essentials mentioned by the veteran when he was a doctor. However, in that life, practicing Qi was just a legend, so he could only learn it sporadically and practiced it for a period of time.
time.
But this breathing state entered quickly.
In the eyes of experienced practitioners, this kind of performance can naturally be regarded as "talented".
In fact, the old Taoist asked Su Li to walk quickly and then immediately sit down and breathe out, because the body's warm state after exercise is the easiest to feel the sense of Qi, and having the sense of Qi is the beginning of Qi training.
Su Li didn't know what Lao Dao was thinking, but he could actually feel Lao Dao's hidden kindness, which was even more reassuring to him than Chi Lao, who could communicate directly with him.
As he continued to breathe and exhale, his mood naturally calmed down...
As a person who had died once, he found that his heart was particularly calm, especially when he recalled the last moment in his previous life when everything fell into darkness and silence.
And in the silence, he felt the heat rushing through his body...
This was the hot breath brought about by the accelerated blood flow in his body after exercise, and it also made him feel hot all over in this silence.
The old Taoist's eyes never left Su Li. Seeing this, he couldn't help but nodded secretly and said:
"Although this boy has ordinary bones, he means Qi first. His character is really good. In addition, the eight-year-old boy's congenital pure yang has not dissipated. It seems that he should be able to sense Qi this time."
Su Li did feel energetic, but this actually had nothing to do with the guidance of the old Taoist, it was purely due to his past life experience.
It was impossible to achieve success in cultivation in that kind of environment in his previous life, so at that time, Su Li honestly learned materialism after playing on his own for a few years.
But at that time, he had already mastered the sense of Qi, and even vaguely developed some real inner Qi. However, he finally gave up because he had no one to give him guidance and was unclear about his condition.
It means Qi first. The old Taoist did not say this word, but in fact Su Li already understood this concept very well.
In his opinion, the so-called sense of qi is a manifestation of the concentration of one's own thoughts, or it can be said to be the shallowest attempt of human self-will to subjectively adjust the body.
Su Li's whole body was burning at this time, and there seemed to be heat rising from his body.
Then he tried to guide these heat currents with his will based on his experience, diverting them and gathering them towards his Dantian.
It was a bit difficult at the beginning, as each heat flow moved slowly, and his thoughts would often become 'decoupled' from these heat flows.
These are boiling physical essences, which are much more difficult to control than real Qi.
But this does not discourage Su Li. After all, when he practiced in his previous life, he not only moved slowly but also had many obstacles along the way!
Now it's just unfamiliarity, but when it comes to inducing heat flow, there are actually no obstacles and it seems very smooth. This is already much better than the situation in the previous life.
It took half an hour to tell whether it was faster or not. The time was up when Su Li was able to guide the heat flow into his Dantian. The old Taoist would not wait for a moment longer because of this. He stood up and said directly: "Okay, let's continue setting off."
Su Li immediately came back to his senses from his cultivation state. He felt a little sorry for his current state...
You must know that although the hot energy drained just now has been gathered in the Dantian, if it cannot be refined into true energy and is stopped, then next time you will have to spend a lot of effort to do what you just did all over again.
So at this time, Su Li subconsciously used a 'little talent' he inherited from his previous life...