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I now understand how difficult it is to cultivate the Dao

I now understand how difficult it is to cultivate the Dao

Aug 15, 2024

Jiang Yao saw Deng Jiu's familiar hand gestures, and recalled the various mysterious aspects of Master Jiang, and couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

Master Jiang's identity has always been shrouded in mystery. Master is an invisible rich man, extremely low-key, but never enjoys money.

The two brothers said that they were the master's direct disciples, and had been with the master for many years, but they could never see through the master.

Could it be that the master came from this world?

Like himself, a time traveler?

Jiang Yao couldn't help but think of the last time the master summoned him and Li Luo. He didn't think the old man's words were strange at the time, but now thinking back, he felt that they seemed to have a lot of meaning.

The master said: "Jiang Yao goes to Kunlun Mountain in the west, and Li Luo goes to Jianghua Island in the east. You go around in the mountains and try your luck. Don't come back without my order, just avoid the limelight."

He also said: "You go east and west, maybe you will end up in the same place."

Jiang Yao understood at the time that the so-called east and west end up in the same place means going to jail.

Now that I think about it, it seems to have other meanings.

The more Jiang Yao thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. A shadow of uneasiness rose in his heart.

Haha, I really thought too much.

"Yao'er, what are you doing?" Deng Jiu frowned when he saw that Jiang Yao was a little absent-minded.

Jiang Yao immediately came back to his senses, "I saw that my father's set of hand gestures was so beautiful that I couldn't help but be distracted."

So beautiful?

The four martial arts masters heard this and couldn't help but sneer in their hearts.

Humph, ordinary slaves are ordinary slaves.

After sneering, the four people were a little worried. This kid is not completely enlightened, right? If so, it will be troublesome to practice.

It is not enough to have physical qualifications for practice, but also enlightenment.

Deng Jiu patiently said, "Yao'er, look carefully at my father's hand gestures." Yan Ji slowly pressed his hands and demonstrated the seemingly simple but mysterious hand gestures again.

Jiang's mother asked with concern: "Yao'er, do you understand? That's it." After that, she also demonstrated it once.

Deng Jiu encouraged: "Don't be anxious, take your time. Recall the movements just now and learn them yourself." Although he said so, his heart was hanging.

The master is most afraid of disciples who have qualifications but no understanding.

Jiang Cai and Mei Mei were also a little anxious. They were very concerned about Jiang Yao, fearing that Jiang Yao's understanding was poor and he could not appreciate the wonderful meaning of "Yunshui Jue".

Jiang Yao thought about it, and also raised his hands to the sky, gradually facing each other, and then crossed them and pressed them, and then connected a few movements. He didn't know how he learned, and looked up at Deng Jiu with some trepidation, "Dad..."

What? !

Deng Jiu and the other four looked at each other, speechless.

The movements this kid learned were simply...

He actually learned nine gestures correctly for the first time!

Nine gestures were correct, this understanding... is a bit scary.

The four of them were a little stunned. They couldn't imagine that this kid had such a good understanding!

Even Meimei felt a little complicated at this time.

Jiang Yao, it's a pity. I underestimated him.

Yunshui Jue is the most basic and most commonly used method for cultivation. It's simple to say, but there are forty-nine gestures. These forty-nine gestures are similar, and most people can't tell the difference.

Most people just copy and paste, and can only learn two or three gestures correctly for the first time. And it gets harder and harder as time goes on. It takes most people several months to get all forty-nine gestures right.

Yunshui Jue is a method for guiding Qi into the body from the outside to the inside. If you can't learn this set of gestures, your cultivation is useless. Even if the surrounding vitality is rich, you can't use it.

But Jiang Yao learned nine movements correctly on his first try. If it's not a coincidence, it means he has extraordinary understanding.

Deng Jiu's eyes lit up, "Good! You've learned well! You've learned nine of the forty-nine moves correctly! Yao'er, watch again!"

Deng Jiu demonstrated again, "Again!"

"Yes!" Jiang Yao knew that he had performed very well, and he gained confidence. This time he learned even better, and he got twelve gestures right.

"Hahaha!" Deng Jiu laughed happily and patted Jiang Yao's shoulder fiercely, "Yao'er actually has such a good understanding, he is indeed my son, Deng Jiu!"

How could he not be happy?

With Jiang Yao's extraordinary understanding, it is almost certain that he will become a martial artist within a year. Then, the plan can be successfully completed.

Jiang's mother was also very happy, "Yao'er, mother is so happy that you have such a good understanding."

Jiang Cai's beautiful eyes were full of light, "Xiaoyao, with your understanding, you can learn this Yunshui Jue in less than a month. Don't underestimate Yunshui Jue. Even if you don't practice it, using Yunshui Jue frequently can also strengthen your body."

Mei Mei looked at Jiang Yao with both relief and joy, "Yes, Yao Lang. Yunshui Jue looks simple, but it's not that easy. The forty-nine movements are similar. Those with poor understanding may not be able to learn it in half a year. I didn't expect Yao Lang to have such a good understanding."

What? Is my understanding so good? Jiang Yao himself was a little surprised.

He didn't know whether his understanding was good or not. But he knew very well that the reason why he could learn so many movements for the first time was probably because he had seen his master use it several times.

At this time, Jiang Yao saw that Mei Mei's joy was from the bottom of his heart and there was no pretense, and his opinion of her was a little swayed. Did he misunderstand her?

"Dad, what is the use of this Yunshui Jue?" Jiang Yao asked.

"Good question." Deng Jiu smiled happily and cheerfully. "To practice martial arts, you need yin and yang. Yuanqi is yin, and Lingqi is yang. Only when yin and yang are in harmony can you become Zhenyuan."

"Yuanqi is the essence of the universe. Only by using the cultivation method of breathing can you absorb the Yuanqi between heaven and earth, nourish the Zifu meridians, and nurture the Qihai Lingtai."

"And Lingqi is the essence of Lingyu Dan. The function of Lingqi is to improve cultivation and increase Zhenyuan. Only with Yuanqi, cultivation is slow. Only with Lingqi, the foundation of Taoism is unstable."

"And the method of absorbing Yuanqi, Yunshui Jue is the foundation. Only after learning Yunshui Jue can you practice martial arts, so that you can absorb Yuanqi into the body and sense the location of the Xuanmai Lingxue."

"Only by sensing the Xuanmai Lingxue can you absorb the spiritual energy in the Lingyu, open up the nine Xuanmai, and open up the nine Lingxue. Only then can you transcend into the Tao and achieve a martial arts body."

Jiang's mother nodded and said, "Your father is right. Yunshui Jue is the first step, and then you can proceed step by step. Without mastering the 49 gestures of Yunshui Jue, everything else is out of the question."

Jiang Yao said confidently, "Dad, Mom, don't worry. I will master this Yunshui Jue as soon as possible."

Jiang Cai said, "Yao brother, don't be too anxious. More haste makes waste. When my sister was a child, she studied Yunshui Jue with my father in the Deng family for three months. My comprehension is pretty good."

Mei Mei also nodded and smiled, "Yao Lang, I also studied for three months. The first time, I only got five movements right. Your sister and I still have good comprehension."

"These 49 movements are actually very mysterious, but they just look simple. It gets harder and harder as time goes by. However, I believe you will learn faster than me, so just take your time."

Jiang Yao laughed, showing the look of an honest man who was suddenly praised. He looked at Meimei calmly and found that she seemed to be really thinking about him.

"Dad, is there any difference between the strength of martial arts?" Jiang Yao asked.

Although Deng Jiu didn't want to answer these boring questions, he still explained kindly and patiently: "The martial arts of Shenzhou are divided into seven realms. Each realm is divided into four small realms: early stage, middle stage, late stage, and perfect stage, with a total of 4728 small realms."

"The highest realm has the power to move mountains and fill the sea, and the ability to cross the void; the lowest realm also has the power of ten elephants and the ability to chase the wind. Yao'er, don't know too much about the realms of martial arts. What if you know such great magical powers? It's too far away from you, and you will be impatient and eager for success."

"Dad means that you should focus on the lowest first realm: the warrior realm. Don't worry about other realms."

"Yes. Listen to Dad." Jiang Yao didn't ask the names of the other six realms. He felt that his father's words made sense.

However, he was also a little surprised. Taoism regards nine as the greatest, and 49 is thirty-six, which happens to be the number of Tiangang. Since martial arts is the way, why does it only have seven realms and twenty-eight small realms? Shouldn't it be nine major realms and thirty-six minor realms?

Deng Jiu was very satisfied with Jiang Yao's reaction, "The lowest major realm is called the warrior realm because most of the soldiers in the army of the big and small warlords are in this realm, so it is called the warrior realm. This is the name of Shenzhou. As for other continents that are too far away, the names are different, but the strength is similar."

"When a mortal cultivates to the level of transcendence, he enters the warrior realm, and his life span starts at 300 years. Every time he crosses a minor realm, his life span increases by 100 years. Every time he crosses a major realm, his life span increases by 300 years. When he cultivates to the perfection of the warrior, his life span is 600 years."

The perfection of the warrior is 600 years of life span, amazing! Jiang Yao's desire to cultivate martial arts is in full swing, and his heart is full of expectations.

As for whether he will be found by his enemies because of his cultivation exposure, he doesn't care.

Anyway, it's better than living as a serf.

Jiang Yao asked, "What is the cultivation level of father and mother? What about sister and Meimei?"

Deng Jiu said with some pride, "Dad is a martial master, one realm higher than a warrior, and so is your mother. Your sister and Meimei are both warrior perfection."

He is indeed worthy of pride. In fact, although he pretended to be Jiang Yao's biological father, his real age was less than fifty years old. Fifty years old is still a young man for a martial arts master.

That's right, martial artists under a hundred years old are all young people.

Including Wei Rong, who pretended to be Jiang's mother, she is less than fifty years old, and she is still a real young lady among martial artists.

It is really amazing that she has cultivated to the second realm of martial master at such a young age.

Jiang Cai and Meimei are actually about the same age, both in their early twenties, and are just little girls among martial artists. But they have already cultivated to the perfection of warriors.

In fact, for the direct descendants of the second-class martial lords and the four people who have important missions, their qualifications and understanding are very good.

"Yao'er, Dad will demonstrate Yunshui Jue to you again. Every time, you must have new discoveries, understand? Remember, you must concentrate and calm your mind, and let your eyes move freely, so that you can observe in detail and appreciate the essence."

"Yes."

For the next half day, Deng Jiu patiently demonstrated Yunshui Jue over and over again, and even Jiang Mu, Jiang Cai, and Meimei demonstrated it many times. This touched Jiang Yao very much.

It took more than two hours for Jiang Yao to learn the eighteen gestures correctly.

It is true that the later you learn, the harder it is to learn a new gesture. Different gestures have only subtle differences, either in the shape of the finger, the degree of stretching of the palm, the direction of a certain finger, the pause time of the gesture, or the height of the lift, or the swing amplitude...

It is actually really not easy.

The gestures that can be learned correctly at the beginning are the most differentiated. And the later you learn, the smaller the difference in gestures, until it is so small that it is difficult to distinguish.

Or, even if you can distinguish the subtle differences, your hands cannot make that difference, which is the heart is there but the hand is not.

To distinguish the subtle differences and make the corresponding gestures at the same time, it is necessary to have both the heart and the hands.

If the Yunshui Jue is used correctly, the forty-nine gestures in a row can generate a kind of aura and draw the surrounding vitality.

Jiang Yao practiced again and again, feeling both happy and surprised.

Originally, he thought that the so-called cultivation of Taoism was to learn some mysterious mental method, meditate and breathe, and hold cultivation resources in his hands... For example, pieces of spiritual stones, a pile of spiritual stones, and pills that were free to swallow...

Who knew that at the beginning, he just practiced the gestures like this, pursuing the heart and the hands.

According to his father, it would take him at least a month to master the Yunshui Jue gestures alone.

Now I know how difficult it is to cultivate Taoism.
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