This is how immortals are cultivated

"Since this was planned and premeditated, it's not that easy to give up."

"Maybe we'll have to fight monsters later."

"If that pile of meat just now was an elite monster, then the next monster would be the boss?"

"The Spiritual Secret Realm?"

According to Li Qingming, Lingmi's cunning side was greater than his human side, and he possessed all kinds of incredible means. Even ordinary methods could not kill such a being.

“I have to work harder on my side too…”

The meat mountain is shit, but it didn't give him the same pressure as when he faced Chang Yinzi before, where he was on the verge of life and death and would be finished if he wasn't careful.

Overall, Fang Suichu was able to handle the situation with ease.

However, if you don't upgrade, you will be under great pressure when you encounter a real spiritual secret realm.

Fortunately, the pill that exploded this time was of physical experience, which was more than enough for Fang Suichu to fully perfect his bone forging.

Even the strongest medicinal power can help Fang Suichu advance to the next level of cultivation.

The key now is what to practice next.

Fortunately, after days of hard thinking, Fang Suichu has already had some clues and ideas in his mind.

"One hundred days of building the foundation, refining the grain into essence... At this point, I have reached the end of the stage of refining the grain into essence."

Tempering bones...bones, blood and flesh are one and the same. Just in terms of the essence of the flesh, Fang Suichu has indeed been tempered to the limit.

"After refining grain into essence, it is time to refining essence into qi."

"So-called Qi should be a more advanced type of 'energy' than Qi and blood?"

"However, after all the essence in my body is transformed into 'Qi', I'm afraid the efficiency of supplying it to my body alone won't be enough."

This is like the difference between the first-generation internal combustion engine and the second-generation internal combustion engine. The latter has far greater power than the former and has higher requirements for fuel quality.

Although it is said that the essence in the body is trained and transformed into Qi, the process of training Qi must not only seek from within, but also require externalization, obtaining spiritual energy from the outside world.

Those who are called immortals breathe the wind and drink dew, and do not eat grains. This is because eating grains can only produce essence.

"To cultivate Qi by seeking outside help is a correct idea. However, seeking outside help requires a proper method."

"The media between the inner world and the outer world are the mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and other orifices, but these few orifices alone are far from enough to connect the inner and outer worlds."

"So the next stage is to open more acupoints and use them to accommodate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"This state is the realm of refining the acupoints."

"That's right, first open up the meridians, then strengthen the bones... and then refine the orifices."

"When all the acquired essence is transformed into 'innate qi' and separated from the acquired, this state is also called the innate state."

Chapter 36: Clearing Three Levels

After the roadblock, Roshan, died, the convoy repaired itself and continued on its way.

The ghosts and monsters that are rampant along the official road, as well as the curses and weirdness, will be regularly cleared out by the Taoist practitioners stationed in the local county. As for ordinary weirdness, even if Fang Suichu is not there, the escorts of Tongxiang Escort Agency can deal with it with their own methods.

So, the journey was relatively peaceful.

Two days after the Meat Mountain was defeated, a loud explosion was heard in the carriage.

The space in the carriage is quite spacious, and it is more than enough for six people to sit in it. Fang Suichu's practice of the Big Dragon Posture to strengthen his bones and tendons is not affected.

After practicing a set of Dalong Zhuang, Fang Suichu's skin turned blood red. Even Li Qingming and Wu Yuanshuo, two women who were watching and learning Fang Suichu's Zhuang Gong in the carriage, could feel the temperature rising - Fang Suichu's blood and energy had almost condensed into substance at this time.

"It's done." Fang Suichu opened his eyes.

The Qi and blood gradually settled down and settled into the skin, flesh, tendons, bones and marrow of the body. The fiery red color on Fang Suichu's skin gradually faded, revealing a fair body. The fair skin was so delicate that even Li Qingming was a little envious.

But this seemingly delicate skin is so hard that even ordinary sharp weapons can hardly leave a scratch on it.

"The strength has increased a bit."

Fang Suichu spread out his palms, then clenched his fists.

Human strength comes from muscles. The density and quantity of muscle tissue determine the size of a person's strength. The release of this strength is related to bones, fascia, etc.

The power that most people can exert is actually limited. This is due to the body's own protective system, as full strength will damage the fascia and bones. As for how to release this power, it can only be achieved through acquired strength training to offset this body's own inhibitory response.

But at this moment, Fang Suichu's body hardware has been polished to the extreme, and he can naturally use his full strength.

"If I meet that meat mountain again, a punch from him would be enough to inflict pain even if his fat would cushion the impact."

"So, as long as one reaches the Bone Tempering Realm, one will be able to rival the average Spirit Induction Realm cultivator?"

Li Qingming had been watching from the side and asked this question when he saw that Fang Suichu had truly mastered the bone-strengthening technique.

"Almost..." Fang Suichu nodded.

Over the past few days, Fang Suichu had been talking with Zhu Biaotou. In addition to teaching him the basics of the immortal way and the art of breathing, he also wanted to learn about the methods of the Tongxiang Escort Agency.

Zhu Biaotou had not undergone any real training, but in order to learn that method, he must have come into contact with some tricks.

Fang Suichu also indirectly understood some of the basic cultivation methods of this world's strange ways.

The immortal path cultivates Qi, the spirit of heaven and earth. Humans are the most intelligent of all creatures, possessing a self-sustaining spirit and nature. Cultivating immortality is the process of continuously strengthening this spiritual nature.

The cultivation of the treacherous path is also a form of spirituality. However, this spirituality is filled with disorder and pollution. Cultivating the treacherous path involves tainting one's own spirit, acquiring the spirit of the treacherous, and striving to maintain balance within it. Because this path draws one closer to the chaotic and disordered, the external manifestations of this path are so bizarre. And it is also for this reason that the treacherous path is so dangerous; if one is not careful, one's spirit can be completely swallowed by the treacherous.

Earlier, at Changyin Temple, Yin Yi had considered Fang Suichu a promising cultivator, precisely because he felt he possessed a certain resistance to the uncanny. He was able to withstand pollution and maintain a stable balance; only such a person could go further on this perilous path.

"However, the growth of my own spirit can also counteract this strangeness."

When an ordinary person's spirit encounters something strange, it's like a candle meeting water; naturally, it will be extinguished at the first touch. But when a spiritual being encounters something strange, its own spirit becomes like a pile of firewood; an ordinary bucket of water will simply evaporate into the firewood.

After the meridians are opened and the qi is sensed, the qi and blood can be mobilized. The qi and blood can already suppress or even control ordinary strange phenomena.

The method of cultivating one's own physical body is called life cultivation.

When one cultivates life skills to a deep level, there will naturally be no taboos.

"But Bone Tempering can only be compared to Spirit Attraction. I'm afraid that when the Way of Deception reaches the Spiritual Mystery realm, it will be completely different."

Fang Suichu had never come into contact with a true spiritual cultivator, so he had no samples to refer to.

But some things can be seen from the appearance of this world.

This world will naturally produce all kinds of weirdness and curses. Existence is reasonable, which means that this world does have a part of the weird "Tao".

Just as before refining essence into Qi in the immortal path, it is only the acquired Qi-cultivation stage. Only after truly practicing Qi can it be called innate, and it is considered to have touched the threshold of the immortal path.

The same should be true for the strange principles of this world. The Secret Spirit Realm is considered to be the gateway to truly contacting the strange 'Tao', and what can be obtained from it is completely different from attracting spirits.

Having said that, Fang Suichu sat down cross-legged again.

The next stage of cultivation is to refine the acupoints, which aims to open up the bridge between heaven and earth, break down the barriers between the human body and the entire universe, and allow the essence of heaven and earth to enter the body, so as to continue to nourish and polish the meridians and acupoints, and continue to strengthen one's own spirit.

The number of acupoints in the human body is like the stars in the sky, with unknown numbers. Some say there are 208, some say 361, or 365. There are even more hidden acupoints that are not noticed.

The difficulty of refining the acupoints cannot be compared with the general practice of opening up the meridians and strengthening the bones.

Furthermore, Fang Suichu's cultivation at this time was completely by trial and error. It would be fine if the road was difficult, but the key was that there was no road ahead of him, and he needed to open up that road himself.

"How about using my amazing wisdom to awaken the inner essence..."

Fang Suichu closed his eyes and meditated.

There are hundreds of thousands of acupoints in the human body, but only twelve can be called acupoints for cultivation.

That’s right, the twelve main meridians of the human body run through the five internal organs and are connected to the twelve acupoints for cultivation. These twelve acupoints are the centers of the twelve main meridians.

The four yin meridians of the chest and abdomen have "three fields and one palace".

The four yang meridians on the back have "three gates and one door".

The central channel formed by the "combination of yin and yang essence in Tai Chi" is the "three courts and one temple".

The twelve orifices within the body are the true core of the three-element transformation, namely birth, transformation, and return, and all the essence and energy are stored within them.

"The twelve orifices are the foundation of orifice training, but even so, it cannot be said to be the beginning of orifice training."

"This realm requires opening the bridge between heaven and earth to achieve the union of heaven and man. Therefore, before refining the twelve orifices, one must 'open the three gates'."

What are the three levels?

The Three Gates are the three gates that connect to the outside world: Baihui, the Heavenly Gate, Yongquan, the Earthly Gate, and Laogong, the Human Gate. Once these three gates are opened, one can truly return from the acquired to the innate, inhaling the pure and exhaling the turbid, and giving rise to one's true nature.

When you reach this thought, all the essence in your body will surge up to the center of the top of your head, the highest point of the human body.

The essence and energy gather at this meeting point of all yang and hundreds of meridians, and then settle. This majestic essence and energy is like a cauldron, and at this moment the fire is burning brightly, refining the meeting point of the yang head.

Chapter 37: Finally Cultivating Immortality

When fighting the meat mountain the day before yesterday, Fang Suichu exploded a 'Essence and Blood Pill'. Just by hearing the name, you can tell that this is a pill that can provide huge essence, energy, and blood.

The blood energy given by this pill is only half as good as Chang Yinzi's previous "initiation".

Fang Suichu was already close to mastering bone forging, and when he reached that point, he only lost a portion of the pill's potency. Now, most of the potency was still hidden in his dantian.

With this pill as nourishment and the essence that has been condensed into substance, refining several acupoints is a piece of cake.

In an instant, the Tianmen Baihui acupoint was opened.

The head is the meeting point of all yang, where all the yang meridians finally converge, and the Baihui point is the center of the yang head, where all the meridians meet.

As the gate of heaven opened, Fang Suichu heard a roar that only he could hear. In an instant, it was like sweet dew falling from the sky, and he felt refreshed.

But Fang Suichu didn't care about this unique feeling at the moment. All his energy, blood, and huge medicinal power flowed rapidly along his meridians and finally gathered at the soles of his feet.

Dimen Yongquan, as its name suggests, means a gushing spring. The kidneys are associated with water, and kidney water originates here. The kidneys are a crucial organ among the five internal organs, controlling the exchange of substances within and outside the body.

At this moment, Fang Suichu's essence and blood gathered on the Yongquan acupoint of the Earth Gate, just like refining the Baihui acupoint of the Heaven Gate. Under the burning of the blazing fire, this acupoint was also refined.

As the underground gate opened, Fang Suichu felt a cool and refreshing sensation throughout his body, as if he were floating. The fire in his heart was extinguished by the spring water, and his mind was at peace.

The two gates of heaven and earth were opened, and the essence from above and below either surged up or sank down, and finally gathered between the palms.

The Renmen Laogong acupoint, with "lao" meaning "labor" and "gong" meaning "palace," is the point where the high-heat energy of the pericardium meridian meets the dampness of the spleen and earth. It is the intersection of yin and yang, the upper yang and the lower yin. It regulates the human yin and yang, just like the effort of human labor.

At this moment, Fang Suichu made a concerted effort to open the Heaven Gate and the Earth Gate one after another. His momentum was unstoppable. The powerful medicinal power was almost gone at this moment, but with the yin and yang energy between the Heaven and Earth Gates, Fang Suichu finally successfully refined the Laogong acupoint.

At this point, the three gates are open and the three barriers are all accessible.

Baihui represents "sky" and Yongquan represents "earth". The upper part is the sky and the lower part is the earth. From the sky to the earth, and from the sky to the earth, standing on the sky and the earth, this is the "intersection of heaven and man", using oneself as a bridge between heaven and earth.

In the carriage, Fang Suichu suddenly opened his eyes.

The two women who were watching Fang Suichu practice in the carriage were startled. There seemed to be a divine light radiating from Fang Suichu's eyes, which made the two women subconsciously look away.

When he came to his senses and looked again, the light in Fang Suichu's eyes was completely restrained, only the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and finally he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, from now on I'm finally not just a stinking martial artist anymore, I can be said to be a cultivator."

The moment he passed the three levels, Fang Suichu felt as if he had stepped into a completely new world, as if his soul had reached the highest level of sublimation.

The layers of shackles that originally bound the body were all untied, and the barrier that originally stood between the flesh and the world was also cleared.

Baihui points to the sky, connecting heaven and yang; Qi sinks into Dantian, Yongquan connects to the ground, connecting earth and yin.

The unity of heaven and earth and yin and yang, get rid of the human body's acquired internal twelve meridians small circulation, integrate the small circulation into the great cycle of yin and yang of heaven and earth, and make the great circulation that stands up to heaven and earth.

Although he was inside the carriage, his feet off the ground, the essence of the earth veins poured in endlessly from the ground gate. Although the sky was high above him, beyond his reach, the pure and spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowed into the spring like a waterfall.

Fang Suichu only felt that all 84,000 pores, 360 joints, and hundreds of meridians in his body were cleansed, and he felt full of energy and contentment.

"Is this... a breakthrough?"

Looking at Fang Suichu's joyful expression, Li Qingming asked subconsciously.

Although it can be felt that the current Fang Suichu is somewhat different from the previous Fang Suichu, this difference is reflected in his spirit, and it is not like the Lingmi Realm, which can even change his physical appearance.

Therefore, Li Qingming really did not know the difference between the immortal path and the innate path after moving from the acquired path.

"That's natural."

Fang Suichu said. When he successfully cultivated the acupoints and cleared all three levels, the system had already responded.

In the status bar, the original words "Lian Gu Hua Jing" have quietly changed to "Lian Qiao".