Reborn Tianlong: I practice martial arts for immortality

But even if I try my best and don't use my internal energy, I can only lift less than 800 kilograms."

Some strongmen in later generations were able to lift objects weighing one thousand pounds after modern professional training.

Jiang Weichen has been practicing all the time. Although his realm is not high yet, with the help of many blessings, he is not as good as the strongmen of later generations without using internal force.

Jiang Weichen was somewhat unwilling.

Taoist Qingyun looked at Jiang Weichen and said, "Boy, your physical strength has surpassed many people. Don't be ungrateful."

When he broke through to the innate realm, he wouldn't be much stronger without using internal force, but he didn't practice external skills.

"Master, I'm not saying this to show off. I'm saying that our strength could actually be even greater, but we haven't been able to integrate and utilize it.

I've recently been studying how to integrate the strength of my whole body, but I've hit a bottleneck.

So I would like to ask the Taoist priest for some guidance."

Taoist Qingyun frowned in thought before saying, "Why do you have to integrate all your energy? If you cultivate your internal and external skills to a higher level and improve your physique, won't your energy also increase?"

Jiang Weichen sighed inwardly. Internal skills were now prevalent and not many people were thinking about these things. They all wanted to improve their realm.

It was not until later times when internal strength became difficult to cultivate that internal martial arts began to become popular.

Only when the way forward was blocked did he begin to exploit and utilize his physical body, without wasting even a single bit of strength.

"Master, my punch now has a force of 700 to 800 kilograms, but if I combine all my strength and condense it into one force, the force of my punch will not only double, but also reach over 1,000 kilograms.

If you add the internal force, with a force of nearly two thousand kilograms, who can withstand it if they are not physically strong?"

Taoist Qingyun shook his head. Although this method of integrating strength can enhance combat power, it cannot change the essence of life.

Taoists practice cultivation and seek the truth, aiming to become immortals and attain enlightenment, and rarely participate in the fighting in the martial arts world.

"The first time I saw you, you were covered in blood. Now you're still thinking about killing techniques all day long. It's obvious that you're a killer."

Although Taoist Qingyun did not agree, after eight or nine days, the two got along quite well.

Jiang Weichen was taking a medicinal bath in the Taoist temple and also prepared one for his disciples.

No matter what his purpose is, he will not owe anyone a favor for no reason.

Taoist Qingyun pondered for a moment before speaking: "Cultivation is nothing more than training the essence, training the qi, and training the spirit. Although different stages have different emphases, none of them can be missing.

The strength is dispersed in the flesh and blood of the body. It is useless to rely solely on martial arts techniques to integrate it.

This requires guidance from God, who is divided into innate God and acquired God.

The innate spirit determines a person's understanding, and the acquired spirit determines a person's wisdom.

Understanding is innate, but wisdom is acquired through learning.

However, the cultivation level in the early stage was not high enough, the Niwan Palace was not opened, and it was impossible to touch the innate spirit.

The body is also dominated by the acquired spirit, so we can only cultivate the acquired spirit."

Qingyun asked at this point, "What do you think the acquired gods are? How are they formed?"

Chapter 136 The inner and outer triad

Jiang Weichen thought for a moment and said, "The acquired spirit can be called the consciousness spirit, which is formed from birth based on what the baby sees, hears, learns and knows.

Through learning and the influence of different environments, what is manifested is thinking, wisdom, thoughts, the seven emotions and six desires, greed, anger, and ignorance..."

Taoist Qingyun was surprised to hear Jiang Weichen's answer and asked in astonishment, "How do you, a martial artist who can't even read the Taoist scriptures, know all this?"

He also learned these from the theories of his Taoist ancestors, but most people in the world don't take the time to study these.

What’s more, what Jiang Weichen said was even easier to understand than what was recorded.

Jiang Weichen smiled and did not explain. These were also what he saw in the videos in the future.

I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Jiang Weichen didn't say anything, and Qingyun didn't ask any further questions. He continued, "Since you know about the acquired gods, it's easy to explain. The world is full of material desires and temptations. It's easy to breed fear, desire, greed and other distracting thoughts in this mortal world.

Therefore, most of us Taoists live in seclusion in the mountains and Taoist temples to practice meditation."

Jiang Weichen listened carefully to the words of Taoist Qingyun, and wrote them down regardless of whether he agreed or not.

Taoist Qingyun continued, "You are unable to integrate the strength of your whole body because you have too many distracting thoughts in your mind.

It's like two people of the same level fighting each other, one is terrified, the other is completely focused, who will win?"

Qingyun didn’t wait for Jiang Weichen to answer and continued, “Of course, it’s those who are concentrating. Those who are afraid have already developed distracting thoughts. They are afraid, terrified, thinking about begging for mercy, and thinking about escaping.

His mind is too mixed and he cannot concentrate, so his moves will be messy and their power will be reduced.

This is the same principle as integrating your strength and increasing your explosive power. Strength resides throughout your body. The more distracting thoughts you have, the more impatient you are to achieve success, the harder it will be to achieve it."

Jiang Weichen understood. He had been concentrating on improving his combat power during this period, and he was indeed a little impatient and had impure thoughts.

Jiang Weichen had some understanding that in the Dragon Snake martial arts, the cultivation of each realm, such as Ming Jin, An Jin, Hua Jin, Dan Jin, Gang Jin, and Jian Shen, required spiritual perception.

What he is pursuing now is the integration of the whole body's strength, which is the sign of stepping into Ming Jin.

After Jiang Weichen realized where the problem lay, he asked, "Master, do you have any method you can teach me to calm my mind and purify my thoughts?"

Taoist Qingyun raised his beard and said unhappily, "Boy, you don't want to join my Taoist sect, but you still want to get my Taoist techniques for free?"

In the end, Taoist Qingyun agreed to teach Jiang Weichen the method of calming his mind and purifying his thoughts on the condition that Jiang Weichen promised to give him another twenty Taoist scriptures and help him repair the Taoist temple.

There were more than twenty precious Taoist classics collected from the Langhuan Jade Cave that Jiang Weichen had not had time to copy down.

It doesn't cost much to repair the Taoist temple.

Jiang Weichen knew that Taoist Qingyun was helping him in a disguised way. Otherwise, unless the Taoist classics were unique copies, it would not be difficult for him to borrow them since he was a Taoist.

Taoist Qingyun is knowledgeable in medicine and has a high level of attainment, so it is not difficult for him to raise some money to repair the Taoist temple.

These were not difficult for him, but the method he taught Jiang Weichen was extremely precious. In this era when most people cherish their own things, it is difficult to collect them outside.

Jiang Weichen remembered this favor. Although he had countless enemies along the way, he also met many noble people who were willing to help him.

Zhou Shengwang is one, Qiao Feng is one, Yang Wenshan is one, and although Feng Chuan has his own calculations, the two of them are mostly exchanging interests, but they can barely be considered half.

Now Taoist Qingyun is also helping him in disguise.

Taoist Qingyun taught two methods. One of them is to recite Taoist scriptures frequently, especially the "Classic of Purity and Tranquility".

This is nothing. Even if Taoist Qingyun didn't say it, he planned to read the Taoist scriptures from time to time.

The second method is the most precious, it is a visualization method: the Qinglian visualization method.

Through meditation, concentrate your mind and visualize the image of a blue lotus in your mind, from blurry to clear, from one leaf to many leaves.

During the visualization process, your mind will gradually become peaceful and free of distractions.

After meditation, your thoughts and mind will be clear, and there will be other effects after you reach a higher level.

In addition, it also has the effect of enhancing mental power. According to the old Taoist, the process of visualization will consume mental power.

But when mental strength recovers, it will become more condensed and have the effect of strengthening the spirit.

This conversation with Taoist Qingyun helped Jiang Weichen find out where his problem lies.

Knowing that the mind is the key, Jiang Weichen has not yet found a way.

I kept recalling the various theories about internal martial arts that I had read in later generations.

Most of them were seen through watching videos, and my memory of them is already fuzzy, but I still managed to extract some useful information from the fragmented memory fragments.

The most useful ones are the inner three combinations and the outer three combinations.

The three internal harmonies: the harmony of spirit and intention, intention and qi, and qi and strength.

Spirit is the basis of practicing and is the commander; thoughts are the commands issued by the mind.

A strong spirit leads to a strong intention. Use the spirit to guide the intention, and use the intention to guide the qi. The combination of qi and strength creates an indestructible and powerful internal strength.

The three external combinations: hands and feet, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips.

It emphasizes the coordination and cooperation of all the limbs of the body.

"Harmony" is the human body's instinct, which is innate. In a natural state, all human body movements are harmonious.

For example: when a person walks, when he takes a step forward with his left foot, he naturally swings his left hand backward; he inhales when he raises his hand and exhales when he lowers his hand.

However, this innate state will be broken when the mind is confused, nervous and panicky.

Jiang Weichen thought of the time when they were marching during military training and there were always people who took their left foot and swung their left hand forward instead of backward, and they always swung their left hand and foot together.

It is the inner tension that breaks this natural state.

As Jiang Weichen continued to recall, he finally had a direction for his future cultivation.

First calm yourself down, achieve the state of inner harmony and integrate the strength of your whole body.

By coordinating the three external elements, the strength can be transferred to all parts of the body.

With a direction, Jiang Weichen breathed a sigh of relief. In the next few days, in addition to meditating and practicing internal skills, Jiang Weichen also followed Taoist Qingyun to recite Taoist scriptures.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Weichen originally wanted to practice quietly on Qingyun Mountain and integrate all his strength before going down the mountain, but he didn't expect that the plan would not be as fast as the changes.

That afternoon, six or seven constables in official uniforms and with long swords on their waists came to Qingyun Mountain.

There were only three people on the mountain. The leader knew who their target was when he reached the top of the mountain. He came directly to Jiang Weichen and said:

"Jiang Weichen, I'm Su Yunhui, the Suzhou police chief. Please come with us and cooperate with the investigation."

The little Taoist boy Qing Yi hid behind the old Taoist Qing Yun, sticking his little head out to look at him curiously.

Jiang Weichen asked, "Captain Su, what crime have I committed?"

Su Yunhui said, "The Yangcheng County Magistrate is dead, and the Hua family is suing you for the murder. After investigation, you are the most likely suspect."

The death of the county magistrate naturally had to be reported, and a new county magistrate was appointed. However, someone from the Hua family went to Suzhou to file a lawsuit, claiming that Hua Yunxuan was murdered.

The Suzhou prefect sent him to investigate. Hua Yunxuan died in bed. The coroner's examination showed that he died of sudden death due to heart failure.

The person who slept with Hua Yunxuan that night was his concubine, and she was the most suspicious.

But the Hua family had already interrogated her and she knew nothing.

Su Yunhui also interrogated him, but to no avail. Only Jiang Weichen had a motive.