In the blink of an eye, Guo Song had spent half a month in Qingxu Temple.
His life was very ordinary. He got up at five o'clock every day, meditated with his senior brothers, and breathed in the special way Mu Zhenren taught him, which was to switch between fast and long. The formula consisted of seventy-two long breaths and seventy-two long breaths.
It consists of short breaths, alternating between long and short breaths, very complex.
However, Guo Song discovered that he was indeed very talented. He could recite the "Xuanmen Daily Recitation of the Morning Altar Exercises Sutra" well every word after reading it only twice.
As for the obscure breathing formula, I actually remembered it after listening to it only once. After practicing for three days, I was able to meditate and chant sutras with my brothers, and the complex breathing was completely automatic.
On the first day, he was so tired that he was out of breath after chopping ten pieces of firewood. After chopping fifty pieces, he collapsed on the ground with exhaustion, but no one helped him. He had to chop at least three hundred pieces of firewood every day before he could sleep.
But ten days later, he found that he could chop thirty pieces of firewood in one breath, and he could chop five hundred pieces of firewood every day.
On the fifteenth day, Guo Song found that his legs and arms had become thicker, flesh had grown on his body, and the ribs on his chest were no longer obvious.
That morning, fourth senior brother Gan Yu stood aside and watched Guo Song chop firewood.
He also heard from the second child that this junior brother had some talent in chopping firewood, so he became a little more curious.
Guo Song glanced at his senior brother and asked, "Senior brother, I haven't seen Master for several days."
"Master! Of course I went to Lingji Cave." Gan Yu said casually.
"Fourth!"
Senior Brother Gan Feng suddenly poked his head out of the kitchen window and glared at him sternly, "How did I tell you? You are not allowed to talk casually."
Gan Yu stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to say anything.
Guo Song didn't ask any more questions. Even the fourth senior brother who always liked to talk back knew his mistakes and corrected them. He guessed that this secret was more important than he could know. He continued to chop his own firewood and pretended not to see anything.
"Junior brother, chop these four pieces of firewood."
Gan Yu placed four round firewood in a row on the ground and said with a smile: "You have to do it in one go as fast as you can. When the firewood in my hand falls from the sky, you stop."
Gan Yu picked up a stick of firewood and asked, "Are you ready?"
Guo Song nodded, and Gan Yu threw the firewood in his hand into the sky, "Start!"
Guo Song stepped forward and slashed out with a knife. The first firewood was split into two halves. He slashed again with his backhand and the second firewood was also broken. At the moment when the firewood in the sky fell to the ground, Guo Song chopped the third firewood.
broken.
"Not bad!"
Gan Yu clapped and applauded, "No wonder Master asked you to go up the mountain. You really have some talent."
Guo Song scratched his head in embarrassment, "Brother, am I very fast?"
"Nonsense, it took me three months to chop wood to reach your current speed, but it only took you half a month!"
"Can it be faster?"
Gan Yu rolled his eyes, looked both ways, and lowered his voice: "I can teach you a move and a footwork, but don't tell the master."
"Thank you, senior brother, for helping me!"
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Thirty days after going up the mountain, Guo Song was chopping firewood like clouds and flowing water. He could chop a hundred firewood in one breath, and he could chop five hundred firewood in an hour. He found that he had gained at least ten kilograms in weight, and his thin cheeks had become plump.
Compared with the thin and frail body when he first went up the mountain, he is getting stronger day by day.
But Guo Song is relatively silent. Apart from working and doing homework, he spends the rest of his time sitting on the cliff, silently looking into the distance, missing his relatives. This is his only spiritual sustenance. He can never forget the other world.
His beloved wife and daughter.
This morning, Guo Song found his senior brother Gan Feng.
The four senior brothers have a clear division of labor. The first senior brother and fourth senior brother are responsible for cutting down trees in the mountains, while the second senior brother and third senior brother are responsible for finding food.
In addition, cooking is also the responsibility of the senior brothers. As for carrying water, each senior brother takes turns to carry it.
The eldest brother is relatively dull and seems to have a bad brain. He has to think about everything for a long time before doing anything. I heard from the fourth brother that the eldest brother had a serious illness when he was young and his brain was burned out. After he was cured by the master, he took him in.
apprentice.
As for Master Mu Zhenren, he always sees the dragon but never sees the end. Guo Song didn't see his master most of the time. He asked several senior brothers, but no one knew where the master was. He always stayed away like this for more than ten days.
, everyone is used to it being missing.
"Senior Brother, the firewood shed is already full, do you need to chop more firewood?" Guo Song pointed to the firewood shed and asked.
Gan Feng counted on his fingers for a long time before saying: "Tell the fourth child to sell firewood!"
Only then did Guo Song realize that the firewood he chopped every day was for sale.
When the fourth senior brother Gan Yu carried the pile of firewood tied with ropes on his back, Guo Song was stunned. The pile of firewood weighed at least three hundred kilograms and was taller than the two fourth senior brothers. He could actually do it easily.
Carry it on your back.
"Junior brother, do you want to sell firewood with me?" Gan Yu asked with a smile.
Guo Song woke up from his dream and nodded quickly: "I'll go with you!"
Guo Song inserted the hatchet into his belt and followed his fourth brother down the mountain.
This was the first time for Guo Song to go down the mountain in more than a month. Compared with the difficult ascent a month ago, his pace became obviously brisker, and he could barely keep up with the pace of his fourth senior brother going down the mountain.
"Fourth Senior Brother, have you ever practiced martial arts?" Guo Song asked, looking at the hill-like pile of firewood behind Gan Yu.
Gan Yu gave him a strange look, "We practice martial arts every day, don't you know?"
Guo Song shook his head, "I only see you meditating, but I don't see you practicing martial arts at other times?"
"Working is a kind of martial arts training. If you chop firewood, are you practicing your body and sword skills? You can chop five hundred firewood in an hour. In addition to your body becoming stronger, don't you feel that you can strike faster?
"
Guo Song looked confused. He just chopped firewood, and he didn't think about body and sword skills.
"You didn't pay attention. Didn't I teach you how to chop firewood that day? What do you think those two techniques and footwork for chopping firewood are?"
Guo Song had long suspected that the technique and footwork that his senior brother taught him to chop firewood was a kind of martial arts, but now he was sure that it was true.
"Is that the sword technique?"
Gan Yu chuckled, "That's what I taught you to play. Your real martial arts training hasn't started yet. It's probably going to be soon, and Master's medicine should be collected."
"Brother, what is Lingji Cave?" Guo Song asked casually. The secret he heard half a month ago has been lingering in his heart.
Gan Yu pondered for a moment and said: "You are my junior brother, I can tell you, but you must not leak it, otherwise Qingxu Temple will never have peace."
"Senior brother, don't worry, I won't talk nonsense." Guo Song was suddenly filled with curiosity. Even the fourth senior brother who always had a playful smile became serious. What on earth is this place?
"Lingji Cave is the biggest secret of Kongtong Mountain. It is said that there are relics left by those who achieved Taoism in their ascension to heaven. It is also called the Ascension Platform. It is the place that all ascetics have always dreamed of."
"Where is this Lingji Cave?"
Gan Yu shook his head, "No one knows where it is? The three heavenly masters from Zixiao Tiangong have been looking for it for twenty years, but they couldn't find it."
After a moment of silence, Guo Song asked in a low voice: "Has Master found it?"
Gan Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, we are just guessing. Master never said anything. We guessed whether Master would be practicing in Lingji Cave. Otherwise, how could he not have to eat for more than ten days? Master is obviously practicing
Learned the art of Bigu."
"Is there any connection between Master's practicing Bigu Technique and Lingji Cave?"
"Of course it does matter!"
Gan Yu's expression became very serious, and he said to Guo Song: "Wei Huacun, a female disciple of the immortal Taoist Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty, once practiced the Bigu Technique in Kongtong Mountain. It is recorded in the Three Annotations Sutra she left behind, 'Kongtong
There is a fairy cave named Lingji. The cave is infinitely deep, full of fairy wisdom, and has many enlightened people.'
The flax powder and Fuling pills used by Wei Huacun to practice the Bigu Technique were prepared in Lingji Cave. We all believe that the Master must have found the training skills left by Wei Huacun in the Lingji Cave, so the Master practiced Bigu.
Technique."
Guo Song knew about Wei Huacun, a famous female alchemist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. She was famous for her practice of bigu and was regarded as a master by the Qing sect of Taoism.
"Did Wei Huacun leave any remains in Kongtong Mountain?" Guo Song asked again.
A sarcastic smile appeared on Gan Yu's face, "If Taoist priests from the Zixiao family hear this, they will beat you to death."
Guo Song was startled, "Could it be that Zixiao is her..."
Gan Yu nodded, "She created the Zixiao Heavenly Palace. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, she wandered to Luofu Mountain and never came back. She also did not leave the specific location of Lingji Cave. Lingji Cave became the largest in the Zixiao Heavenly Palace.
regret."
Only then did Guo Song understand why Lingji Cave could not be mentioned. If Zixiao Tiangong knew about it, Qingxu Temple would really never have peace.
He looked at the towering mountains, and for a moment he longed for it...
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[After reading the message, I would like to explain two points to you: 1. This book will not change history too much. It may bring together some heroes from the feudal era, such as Zhu Si, Li Xilie, Li Shigu, Li Shidao, and Wu Yuanji
, Liu Pi, etc., mainly for plot needs. 2. This book is not a novel about immortality, but medieval Taoist priests did pursue immortality as their lifelong pursuit. The protagonist's living environment is such that there will inevitably be some descriptions, but the protagonist will not appear.
In the plot of cultivating immortality, the protagonist’s task is to practice martial arts.]