Travel through the heavens

In the wing room of Changming Temple, Fang Muye, Zhou Xiyu and Zhao Xinchuan sat together.

Zhou Xiyu looked relieved and said slowly, "The entanglement of more than ten years has finally come to an end today."

After years of untying the knot in his heart, he felt that his mind, energy, and supernatural powers were improving, and his cultivation showed signs of a breakthrough.

Fang Muye was still a little worried, so he said seriously, "We still can't let our guard down. Brother Dao and Brother Xinchuan should be more cautious in the near future to prevent Peng Qianwu from making a comeback. In my opinion, it would be better for Brother Xinchuan to move to the Taoist temple so that he and Brother Dao can take care of each other."

Zhou Xiyu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Xinchuan, just do as Daoist Cui said."

Zhao Xinchuan said, "Okay, I'm tired of teaching those young kids all day long. I'm going to quit my job tomorrow and move in with my uncle for a while."

Fang Muye understood the meaning of his words and asked, "Brother Xinchuan, do you have any plans for the future?"

Zhao Xinchuan sighed, "I still don't want to waste my skills, so I want to find a place to open a martial arts school and teach students. But my master has opened a Tai Chi martial arts school in Shanghai, and I can't take his business away from him."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Brother Xinchuan wants to open a martial arts school. I have two suggestions. One is Hong Kong. Peng Qianwu's martial arts school should not be able to be opened there. The other is the United States. Brother Xinchuan can open a school there, so that those foreigners can see the power of our Chinese Kung Fu."

Zhao Xinchuan clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cui. I will consider it carefully."

In the following days, the three of them were always on guard against Peng Qianwu, but Peng Qianwu did not make any movement. Fang Muye asked He An to go to Yuelai Inn to inquire and learned that Peng Qianwu had left the day after the appointment at Changming Temple. It seemed that he had returned to Shanghai.

Half a month later, Fang Muye had just finished breakfast when Zhao Xinchuan came to the clinic to say goodbye to him.

Fang Muye asked, "Brother Xinchuan, have you decided where to go?"

Zhao Xinchuan replied: "I plan to go to Hong Kong first. If it is possible, I will stay there. If not, I will go directly to the United States."

"Well, Brother Xinchuan, wait for me." Fang Muye turned around and went to the room on the second floor, took out two large yellow croakers, handed them to Zhao Xinchuan, and said, "When you go out, you still need some money to carry with you. You also need start-up capital to open a school and recruit disciples. These two gold bars are my gift, don't refuse."

Zhao Xinchuan hesitated for a moment, then took the gold bar and said gratefully, "Thank you, Mr. Cui. I'll be honored if you don't give me this. I'll consider this money as a loan from Mr. Cui, and I'll definitely return it in the future."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Okay."

Zhao Xinchuan stuffed the gold bar into his arms, clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Cui, see you later."

Fang Muye clasped his fists and replied, "See you later."

The days that followed were relatively peaceful. Apart from practicing martial arts every day, Fang Muye would instruct Lin Xiaowan and He Anxia, ​​or enjoy the romance with Yuzhen. His life was ordinary but fulfilling.

Before I knew it, a year had passed.

On this day, in a secret room specially set up for practicing Qi in the backyard of the clinic, Fang Muye sat cross-legged on a cushion. He slowly raised his hands, turned his palms over and held the ball in front of his chest, with his armpits empty and his elbows suspended.

Under Fang Muye's guidance, the powerful internal energy began to circulate in the eight extraordinary meridians. Every time the internal energy passed through the "Niwan Palace", it brought him a refreshing and bright feeling.

The small circulation, refining essence into qi, is the circulation of qi through the body.

The Great Circulation, refining Qi into spirit, is the movement of the spirit through the Heavenly Circles.

The practice of the Great Circulation is to combine the innate Qi cultivated through the Small Circulation with the spirit, to merge them into one, to the point of being inseparable. Then the Qi returns to the spirit, until it penetrates both inside and outside. These four stages also correspond to the early, middle, late and perfect states of the Great Circulation.

When Qi and Spirit blend together, they can circulate together in the eight extraordinary meridians, changing teeth, blood, bones and marrow.

When the spirit and energy are embraced together, the spirit and energy can be stable and not be deceived by evil spirits or illusions.

When Qi returns to the spirit, that is, when Qi is exhausted and transformed into spirit, and returns to the sky valley, the spirit can be seen.

The human body is a small world, and the void outside the body is a large world. When the Great Circulation is practiced to the state of complete perfection, one can feel the small world within oneself, see the scene inside the body, and feel the large world outside the body, thus achieving harmony between heaven and man.

Fang Muye is now in a stage where his spirit and energy are inseparable. He is now clear-minded and his mental strength is much stronger than when he first came to this world.

After practicing for a long time, Fang Muye stopped and opened his eyes, sighing helplessly: Alas! Still no breakthrough.

In fact, half a year ago, Fang Muye had already reached the state of perfection in the middle stage of the Great Circulation. In the past six months, he tried many times to break through, but failed. After several efforts, he still failed to enter the late stage of the Great Circulation.

This small realm's checkpoint was like a barrier between heaven and earth that could not be broken by human power.

At this point, Fang Muye finally understood that the reason he couldn't break through to the late stage of the Great Zhoutian was not because he had not practiced his kung fu well enough, but because he was limited by the heaven and earth.

The upper limit of the military power of this world is the perfection of the middle stage of the Great Circulation.

As for the reason, after reading many Taoist books, Fang Muye is no longer as ignorant as before. The reason can be attributed to one word, that is "Qi".

"Qi" is a metaphysical mysterious energy.

The "Book of Changes" says: The metaphysical is called Tao.

Taoists believe that "Qi" was born before heaven and earth, is everywhere, fills heaven and earth, nourishes all things, and is the origin of everything.

Humans cannot escape from the heaven and earth, and cannot be separated from all things. Therefore, the practice of martial artists cannot be separated from the influence of "Qi".

The higher the quality of "Qi", the higher the realm you can reach in cultivation; the lower the quality of "Qi", the lower the realm you can reach in cultivation.

This is why there is a distinction between the world of cultivating immortals, the world of high martial arts, and the world of low martial arts.

Of course, the quality of a world's "Qi" is not eternal and unchanging. It usually decreases with the passage of time and the consumption of the heaven, earth and all things.

Take the world where Fang Muye is now as an example. Hundreds of years ago, Master Zhang was said to have reached the realm of "land immortal", and now, the perfection of the middle stage of the Great Zhoutian is already the ultimate realm on earth.

Or take Jin Yong's martial arts world as an example. How powerful were the Yue women in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period? How powerful were Qiao Feng, Guo Jing, and Zhang Sanfeng in the Song and Yuan Dynasties? But by the Qing Dynasty, the decline of military power was no longer as glorious as it was in the old days.

It is because the "Qi" of the world has decreased that the upper limit of military power has been lowered. The saying that "the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has dried up and entered the Dharma Ending Age" is really very appropriate.

Fang Muye collected his thoughts, stood up, and suddenly, the long-lost feeling of dizziness finally came over him.

The internal energy in Fang Muye's eight extraordinary meridians that was inseparable from his spirit suddenly felt something and began to circulate automatically. He immediately calmed down and fought against the dizziness that was coming. Then he saw a colorful portal instantly appear before his eyes.

The colorful portal is like a dream, overflowing with mystery and filled with wonder.

The previous few times, Fang Muye passed out as soon as he felt dizzy and had no chance to see the colorful portal. This was the first time.

“It turns out that I travel through the heavens through it.”

Fang Muye muttered to himself. He originally wanted to watch it for a while longer and study it, but the dizziness became more and more intense. He finally couldn't resist it anymore, fainted, and plunged into the colorful portal.

The colorful portal flashed and then disappeared.