chapter 8 Tempered body ===

If you want to practice Qi, you must first temper your body.

Although body tempering is the first step in cultivation, it is not easy to take this step.

Many warriors in the world use various medicinal materials and supplement them with martial arts to temper their bodies. For example, Shaolin and Wudang are not only famous for their martial arts, but also for their various ointments, pills, and drinking wine.

Practicing martial arts without refining medicine will sooner or later be wasted. If Chinese medicine doesn't practice Qi, then it's nonsense.

Isn't it sad that once a martial arts practitioner is injured, without medical treatment, he may be disabled at least, or die at worst. Similarly, all famous Chinese medicine experts have the ability to cultivate the mind and practice Qi. Otherwise, massage, acupuncture, cupping and other technical activities will not be able to exert their true power. This is why there are many quacks and barefoot doctors in traditional Chinese medicine today.

However, it often takes ten or even decades for martial arts practitioners to reach the point where they can break through bricks and stones, hold spears at their throats, have copper-skinned iron bones, and have hardened bodies that are indestructible to swords and axes.

This is not difficult to understand. If practicing martial arts was too easy, strong men in iron cloth shirts and golden bells would be everywhere.

The body tempering method of Shen Nong's Immortal Grass Technique is extremely strange and unimaginable, and it is also a quick method.

This method of body tempering is called "stealing the sky and exchanging the sun". Just by borrowing a piece of wild grass to practice body tempering, in a month or two at most, you can overcome the cold and heat of ten or even decades for others.

Although he was a little doubtful, Desolus Allard immediately felt relieved and started to prepare for it, thinking that it would only be a waste of a month or two at most, and there was no other way for the time being.

After leaving school, Desolus Allard first went to the flower and bird market and bought a small pentagonal ceramic flowerpot for twenty yuan.

Later, Desolus Allard went to the antique jade market and planned to buy some jade stones.

Jade, called spiritual stone by ascetics, contains a certain amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, which is also necessary for the early practice of Shen Nong's Immortal Grass Technique.

However, Desolus Allard obviously underestimated the price of the "Spiritual Stone"

"Oh, for four hundred yuan, are you going to buy jade or stones?" The proprietress of the jade shop said in a bad tone, "Brother, you know that pork now costs more than ten yuan a pound, right?"

Entering the jade shop, Desolus Allard was despised by the proprietress. But this four hundred yuan is his living expenses for half a month.

In the end, Desolus Allard had no choice but to bite the bullet and withdraw all half a year's living expenses, a total of five thousand yuan.

After getting the money, Desolus Allard haggled at the jade shop and finally managed to buy five pieces of uncarved Lantian jade.

Coming out of the jade shop, Desolus Allard was really heartbroken. If this trick of stealing the sky and exchanging the sun didn't work, Desolus Allard would probably have to hit his head against the wall and die.

After returning to school with the flowerpot and jade, Desolus Allard dug out a green foxtail plant that had not yet bloomed in the green belt beside the road and took it back to the dormitory.

The body-tempering technique of Shennong's Immortal Grass Technique requires the help of a wild grass with extremely strong vitality and reproductive capacity. Desolus Allard thought for a while and felt that the dog's tail grass was quite suitable. It survived so well under the torment of herbicides several times a month. Its vitality must be extremely tenacious, so he dug up one by the way. return.

After arriving at the dormitory, Desolus Allard locked the dormitory door to avoid being disturbed.

Then, he placed five pieces of jade at the five corners of the pentagonal flower pot, arranged a simple formation according to the method in Shen Nong's Immortal Grass Art, then poured in the sand, and planted the dog's tail grass in it. .

The sediment in this flowerpot is also very particular. It is a slightly fishy red soil that Desolus Allard found from Qixia Mountain. According to Shennong's Immortal Grass Jue, this kind of soil is called "yin-moon soil", which can absorb moonlight and ventilate the earth's energy.

After the planting was completed, Desolus Allard came to the balcony holding the flower pot. He looked at it carefully, then placed the flower pot at the corner of the balcony handrail, and said to himself: "Well, this should be facing due east. Bar."

Finally, Desolus Allard was cruel and cut his finger with a small blade, and dripped a few drops of blood on the leaves of the dog's tail grass.

Something weird happened

After a moment, a small white cotton-like cloud appeared out of thin air thirty or forty centimeters above the flowerpot. In the small cloud, there was drizzle floating down, covering the entire dogtail grass. In this little cloud and rain.

clouds and rain

This is the cloud and rain formed by the spiritual energy in the jade stone

Desolus Allard was ecstatic, and even had the urge to shout.

Because at this moment, Desolus Allard was finally convinced that his money was not wasted, and this Shen Nong Xiancao Jue was definitely genuine.

The sudden cloud and rain lasted only five seconds before disappearing.

Washed by the clouds and rain, the blood that Desolus Allard had previously dripped on the dog's tail grass quickly integrated into the stems and leaves of the dog's tail grass.

The newly planted foxtail grass immediately glowed with vitality, and had some mysterious and indescribable connection with Desolus Allard's spirit.

So excited

Looking at the foxtail in the flowerpot, Desolus Allard felt really excited.

Six-thirty in the morning.

The night is still dark and everything is silent.

While the other three roommates in the dormitory were still sleeping soundly, Desolus Allard had quietly climbed out of bed, and then tiptoed quietly to the balcony, staring intently at the foxtail plant planted yesterday.

After being washed and moistened by the clouds and rain formed by spiritual energy, this foxtail grass is really full of vitality and growing gratifyingly. Especially the slender leaves are as green as emerald. Regardless of other things, this Shen Nong Immortal Grass Technique is really effective for growing grass.

Ten minutes later, the first ray of sunlight appeared in the eastern sky.

At this time, a few wisps of white thread-like smoke slowly rose from the leaves of the foxtail grass, and then lingered in the sky above the flowerpot.

This is the dog's tail grass instinctively breathing in the aura of heaven and earth.

According to the Immortal Garden Master, every plant and tree in the world actually breathes and exhales, but their breathing is very long and silent, so it is ignored by many people.

At this time, the foxtail grass in the flowerpot just spit out a few strands of vitality it had absorbed in the first ray of morning light.

These traces of vitality were transformed by the clouds and rain of spiritual energy absorbed by the dog's tail grass yesterday.

When spiritual energy is absorbed and transformed, it is called vitality.

This process of transformation is actually cultivation.

The practice of plants and trees absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is an instinct, but this instinct may be strong or weak. For example, ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, etc. have far more powerful cultivation abilities than ordinary plants. They can even unlock spiritual intelligence and become demons and immortals. Because of this, people who take this kind of things have great benefits to their bodies. However, things like dogtail grass have extremely weak cultivation abilities and have extremely short lifespans, so it is almost impossible to open up their spiritual wisdom and become one of the spiritual grasses. kind.

The foxtail plant in Desolus Allard's flowerpot is different. The clouds and rain produced by the small cloud and rain formation are themselves transformed from the pure spiritual energy accumulated in jade for thousands of years, which is many times richer than the spiritual energy in the natural world. Because of this, just overnight, this foxtail grass developed some vitality in its body.

But Desolus Allard spent money and blood, of course, not to assist this foxtail plant in cultivation. At this time, when he saw this foxtail plant spit out a few strands of vitality, he knew that the opportunity was not to be missed, so he hurriedly opened his mouth and sucked in these few strands of precious vitality. Swallow it in your belly.

Perhaps sensing Desolus Allard's ill intentions, the foxtail grass quickly absorbed these traces of vitality back into its stems and leaves.

But Desolus Allard's few drops of blood yesterday were not in vain. This dog's tail grass was integrated into Desolus Allard's essence and blood, and it could not resist Desolus Allard's behavior. He could only watch helplessly as a few traces of vitality were swallowed by Desolus Allard. middle.

The same breath, but this breath made Desolus Allard feel as if he was in heaven and earth.

Even if you breathe in Qixia Mountain, which is known as a natural oxygen bar, you will never have this wonderful feeling.

A few traces of vitality entered his belly and quickly integrated into Desolus Allard's body.

Then, Desolus Allard opened his mouth and breathed out into the flowerpot.

This breath was a breath of foul-smelling gray-black gas, which made Sui Ge feel sick and panicked. Desolus Allard quickly held his breath.

The black air condensed on the flowerpot for a moment, and finally dissipated completely.

Change the day

Desolus Allard successfully stole some of the vitality that this foxtail plant had worked so hard to condense, and spit out a breath of turbid air in his body.

In an instant, Desolus Allard felt refreshed and energetic, and the fatigue caused by getting up early was instantly gone.

At this time, Desolus Allard wished he could absorb a few more breaths of vitality, but this was tantamount to extravagant hope. As for the foxtail grass, some of the vitality it had worked so hard to condense was stolen by Desolus Allard, and its stems and leaves suddenly began to droop, in stark contrast to its previous vibrant appearance.

Just when this foxtail grass was about to stop growing, a burst of clouds and rain formed by spiritual energy appeared over the flower pot again, and scattered into the flower pot, and the wild grass once again became full of vitality.

Desolus Allard breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the withered yellow leaves of the dog's tail grass gradually turning green.

This proved that his judgment was correct. The vitality of this foxtail plant was indeed strong. Otherwise, once the dog's tail grass dies completely, it means that his technique of stealing the sky and changing the sun has completely failed. :