Chapter 10: Practicing Martial Arts? Cultivating Immortality?
"Hmm?…" Zhang Xuan, who was eating, was stunned.
What was going on?
Zhang Xuan felt as if he was suddenly wrapped in a warm current, like immersing his entire body in a hot spring, and warm currents continuously entered his body, making him feel warm all over.
"This?…"
"I'm not making a statue now?"
"What exactly is going on?"
It seems that besides carving statues, there are other ways to obtain warm currents!
Zhang Xuan rubbed his forehead, unable to figure out what exactly happened!
Temporarily putting aside the doubts in his heart, Zhang Xuan quickly shoveled the coarse rice in the bowl into his mouth; he then went to get another bowl of rice, inserted chopsticks, and placed it in front of the statue on the table.
After tidying up, it wasn't completely dark outside yet, so Zhang Xuan tidied up the room and practiced Tai Chi twice indoors.
As he performed Tai Chi, Zhang Xuan could clearly feel a warm current rising from the Dantian Qi Sea in his lower abdomen.
After rising, it split into several branches, passing through the Qi Jing and Ba Mai, gradually traveling throughout his entire body, and then returning to the Dantian from all parts of the body, completing a cycle.
Speaking of which, Zhang Xuan was wildly obsessed with martial arts and mythology dramas when he was a child in his previous life.
The martial arts dramas he watched the most were probably Gu Long dramas and Jin Yong dramas, as well as some other martial arts dramas whose authors he didn't know.
Gu Long dramas that Zhang Xuan still remembers include 'Chu Liu Xiang', 'Lu Xiao Feng', 'Xiao Shi Yi Lang', 'Little Li Flying Dagger', and so on.
As for Jin Yong dramas, there were even more.
Basically, Zhang Xuan watched every Jin Yong drama that was broadcast more than once, with the deepest impressions being 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils', 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes', 'The Return of the Condor Heroes', 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber', etc.
There were also 'Shen Zhou Xia Lu', 'He Xiao Jiu Tian', 'Lian Hua Zheng Ba', and so on.
Then he pestered Grandpa asking if there were any internal energy cultivation methods.
So Grandpa took out a human meridian chart and a wooden dummy, and told young Zhang Xuan to memorize all the meridian charts on it, and then he would teach him internal energy cultivation methods.
Believing it to be true, Zhang Xuan really spent several days memorizing it by rote, managing to remember most of the Twelve Main Meridians, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and various Acupoints.
However, if you were to ask Zhang Xuan to recite these meridians now, it would be too difficult for him; he would probably only be able to remember a few Acupoints like Baihui, Laogong, Huiyin, Yongquan, Taiyang, etc.
As for the Twelve Main Meridians and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, Zhang Xuan can hardly recall any of them now.
Later, as he remembers, Grandpa really gave him a so-called internal energy cultivation method.
He forgot the name, only remembering that Grandpa told him it was a cultivation method for Immortality, directly passed down by the Ancestral Celestial Master.
At the time, full of enthusiasm, Zhang Xuan actually practiced for a while, sitting cross-legged on the bed every day, imagining that he was cultivating, but unfortunately, he didn't Cultivate anything, and it eventually faded away.
Can you expect a little kid to have much perseverance?
He also read a lot of Daoist scriptures at the time, but unfortunately, when he recalls now, his mind is blank.
He can probably only remember one or two sentences, such as from The tao te ching, he probably only remembers "The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name."
Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan had a flash of inspiration.
If the warm current flows with the body's movements when practicing Tai Chi, and if the warm current is really something like True Qi, then would the internal energy cultivation methods from his previous life be useful?
Unfortunately, the cultivation method that Zhang Xuan practiced as a child, which was said to be for Immortality, he completely forgot.
Otherwise, he could try to see if he could Cultivate Immortality.
After all, since Demons, Ghosts, and Monsters exist in this world, then perhaps it is really possible to Cultivate and comprehend the Dao, and even attain the Dao and become an Immortal, achieving eternal life.
However, all cultivation methods were gradually explored by predecessors, so he could also try it himself.
As long as he was careful and cautious, perhaps he could really give it a try.
Once he found something wrong, he would stop immediately.
At worst, he would still insist on practicing Tai Chi every day, which could also gradually improve his strength.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan took off his outer shirt, sat cross-legged on the bed, with his five centers facing upwards, closed his eyes and focused his mind, concentrating his thoughts on the Dantian in his lower abdomen, imagining a warm current swirling in the Dantian, slowly rotating.
Emptying his mind of all Random Thoughts, he focused all his attention on the Dantian…
Perhaps it was truly the protagonist's halo.
In a moment, Zhang Xuan indeed felt a ball of heat appear in his lower abdomen, slowly rotating.
So his mind became more and more concentrated, and the vortex of qi became clearer and clearer.
At this time, Zhang Xuan felt that he could clearly perceive the vortex of qi rotating clockwise.
Subconsciously, Zhang Xuan's intention was to try to command this vortex of qi.
Suddenly, his mind broke, and the vortex of qi disappeared from his perception.
Zhang Xuan instantly woke up.
After opening his eyes, he felt refreshed and invigorated, completely different from the feeling after practicing Tai Chi.
After practicing Tai Chi, the feeling was like having a full body massage and manipulation, a physical comfort.
However, after meditating and sitting, it was a spiritual freshness, as if a layer of dust that had been covering his spirit had been wiped away, two completely different feelings.
At this time, it was completely dark outside, and it was time to sleep.
However, Zhang Xuan, who had just perceived the existence of the vortex of qi, obviously didn't intend to sleep just yet.
Seeing the oil lamp on the table in the room, he suddenly felt playful and gently blew a breath towards the oil lamp.
He saw the flame of the oil lamp, about a foot away, flickering in the wind, and suddenly, with a "puff…" sound, it went out, and the room instantly plunged into darkness.
After blowing out the lamp, Zhang Xuan adjusted his body again and tried to enter meditation.
In an instant, his intention entered the Dantian Qi Sea again.
This time, Zhang Xuan's intention just watched quietly and did not attempt to interfere again, just watching the self-evolution of the vortex of qi.
Zhang Xuan entered a state of profound meditation.
At this time, Zhang Xuan's body began to glow faintly, and it became brighter and brighter, but unfortunately, this light was invisible to the naked eyes of ordinary Humans.
The two earth god statues on the table also began to glow, reflecting the light from Zhang Xuan's body and finally connecting with it.
Liu Family Village, You Shi.
"Husband, I suddenly feel a warm current entering my body, it's so comfortable! What's going on!" Liu Da's wife exclaimed.
"Ah? I have that feeling too, it feels just like soaking in the hot spring at the Town Chief's house with our Er Xi a while ago!" Liu Da said in surprise.
"Huh! Husband, do you feel like this land god shrine is somehow different from just now! There's a feeling I can't quite describe." Liu Da's wife rubbed her eyes.
Liu Da turned his head to look at the land god shrine where he had just inserted incense sticks, and asked doubtfully, "No! What's different?"
"Maybe I'm seeing things!" Liu Da's wife was also a bit confused, so she simply stopped thinking about it and turned to make dinner.
This is exactly: "The land god sits within, protecting the whole family!"