What kind of Journey to the West is this?

There are four levels of Qi training, which are consistent with the Danjing: Changqingjing, Feijinjing, Daotianji, and Dingxinyuan. Combining the experience of refining essence and the practice evidence in various Dan books, the practice method was derived: enter Yanghuo, retreat Yinfu.

These two are alchemy terms, specifically referring to the increasing and decreasing temperature of the fire. Constant tranquility means concentrating the mind and being humble, like setting up the furnace and the cauldron. Now it's time to add the fire, refining the five energies within the chest. An Yanxia speculates that there might be a smaller realm here, called the Five Qis Returning to Origin.

Back then, she had fallen into an illusion at Qing'an Residence and encountered an old woman who sprayed water. When Ao Erya helped her break the illusion, she had said: "Although my body is in the Three Realms, I have transcended the Five Elements, and the Five Qis converge into the Origin. Therefore, these strange illusions based on the Five Elements and the Eight Diagrams cannot trap me."

The Five Qis converged to the Origin, where the Origin was the innate Qi. Then came the Flying Golden Crystal. She remembered the last step of foundation building, the "Canal Cart," which also involved the Small Circulation of Heaven. This should be the method for Flying Golden Crystal.

To steal the secrets of heaven, one must illuminate the innate Qi and gain insight into the primordial spirit. At this moment, one must withdraw the Yin Fu and practice the cessation and contemplation method of the Zuowang Theory, to cool down.

Finally, let nature take its course and calm your mind, continue using the method of meditation and contemplation, allowing the innate qi to naturally fall into the dantian and complete the great circulation.

She had just begun to finalize these cultivation methods.

Whether it is useful or not, whether it is easy to use or not - who knows!

It takes more than one or two experiments to produce data; it takes long-term effort.

As for the two realms of Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void, An Yanxia hasn't finished writing them yet...

At this moment, there is less than half a month left until the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

She had long conversations with the monk Fa Rong, exchanging views. She also traveled to Tieshi Temple, Po Luo Monastery, and Wuhe Mountain, where she discussed the Dao with the monk Dao Ming, Jiu Zhongzi, and even the Bamboo Cutter Goddess.

As a result, she made a lot of progress. She planned to write three volumes of the heavenly book "On Sitting and Forgetting", and now the first volume on Qi training has finally taken shape.

She went to Heilonggang and borrowed a water evil to refine the water knife, and the Five-Knife Plague Curse was finally completed.

Five swords were used in parallel, and An Yanxia used the five swords as a basis to refine the five energies in her chest. Between day and night, purple-red mulberries grew on the hibiscus tree in the middle of the kidney palace.

It was probably around five o'clock in the morning, and the sky was just beginning to lighten.

An Yanxia set up the furnace and tripod, the innate energy flew from the kidney palace to the heart palace, the five energies converged, and success was accomplished overnight.

The moment she broke through, her innate energy manifested, and the Bull-Headed Vajra suddenly rang the Flowing Fire Golden Bell. The sound of the bell actually rode the wind and spread over a distance of three hundred miles. Every monk, Taoist priest, deity, witch, demon, devil, or monster practicing in Hejian County heard the ringing of the bell in their dreams.

The water and mountain kings, who were already terrified of An Yanxia's administration of Cangzhou, thought that this was a warning from An Yanxia and came to pay their respects.

The gods of the various prefectures in Hejian, far from Cangzhou, had initially ignored An Yanxia's presence. After experiencing this incident, they were horrified and sent gifts to Qing'an Residence. Some clever ones even went to Wuhe Mountain to sponsor the old fox fairy's academy, causing the old fox fairy to smile from ear to ear.

The old city god, who had just returned to Cangzhou, was delighted, thinking that he was going to take up his post in Chang'an anyway. It was a good thing that there was an official in charge of Cangzhou, so he wrote a congratulatory letter to Qing'anju.

The wine cup boy at Po Luo Guan was deeply moved by the fact that the waves behind the Yangtze River were pushing the waves ahead. He also wrote a letter and left a short poem, praising it:

Qi condenses and spirit gathers into cinnabar, this is the Taoism of the world.

Last night the toad spirit came out of the cauldron, and at five o'clock in the morning the wind and dew filled the sky.

While An Yanxia was causing a stir in the city, Monk Fa Rong packed his luggage and went to Tieshi Temple to visit the old monk Fashun, preparing to leave.

Although An Yanxia and Fa Rong jointly created the framework of the Zuowang Dao, their fundamental directions were drifting further and further apart. One practiced Zen, and the other practiced Taoism. In the end, they were similar in form but different in spirit.

On the 4th month of the 7th year of the Wude reign of the Tang Dynasty, the monk Fazhong clasped his hands together, performed the disciple's etiquette, and headed west to Chang'an.

His master An Yanxia learned from Manjushri and first emerged with the form of Ox-Headed Vajra.

Therefore, he was called "Niutou Fazhong" in the world.

——He is the first ancestor of the Niutou Sect.

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After all the trouble, time passed quickly.

An Yanxia calculated the time and found that the day when the Three Mountains and Ten Islands Caves would open was approaching, so she called Xue Shier and Yu Qinghuai to go on vacation to the Three Mountains and Ten Islands together.

Alternation between tension and relaxation is the way of both civil and military affairs.

Although they were going back to pay homage to the mountain gate, An Yanxia felt that this was no different from a vacation.

She knows her own kung fu and has already cultivated her own path. Those immortals and masters in the mountain gate can only give her some reference experience, but they are no longer as important as when refining essence and building foundation.

As the saying goes: The master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to you.

When they got to the study, Xue Shi'er asked curiously, "Aren't Sister Bai Zhu and Cang Yue going?"

"Sister Baishu works at the Exorcism Institute, and they're very busy. As for Cangyue...she doesn't want to go."

"why?"

Yan Xia smiled and said, "She said she picked a lot of wild vegetables and hadn't eaten them all. If we come back, they'll go bad, so we can't waste food."

Good Cultivation in the Mortal World: Chapter 238 [Departure]

An Yanxia called Xue Shier and Yu Qinghuai to go to the Three Mountains and Ten Islands.

Yu Qinghuai had no objection and happily packed his luggage like a primary school student on a spring outing. Before dawn the next day, he had prepared all his belongings and knocked on Qing'anju's door.

On the contrary, Xue Shier saw that An Yanxia was actually going by water and quickly said, "I'm not going!"

This cat is afraid of water. When it touches water, its claws will curl up and it will jump three feet high in fear. I don’t know if it was drowned when it was a child, so it is so afraid.

But An Yanxia wouldn't let her do that and said, "That won't work either."

"I am afraid!"

"Then I'll hold you."

Miss Yu was moved by what she heard and whispered, "Actually, I can be afraid of water too."

Yan Xia said in distress: "Then I'll have to hold two!"

Yu Qinghuai's ears turned red, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "Forget it. It's so tiring."

When the three of them left Cangzhou, the sun was already high in the sky. The weather was beautiful and the breeze was gentle. They found a small hillside to eat while playing and joking.

There is a large pond here, from which a small river extends, with peach trees on both sides of the water.

It has some of the atmosphere of the Peach Blossom Spring, where the banks stretch for hundreds of steps, with lush grass and colorful fallen petals.

Yanxia was picking peaches from a tree when she slipped and fell into the water.

In a moment of wit, she performed a water-avoidance technique to shake off the streams and waves. Water mist filled the air in an instant. A girl in a cloud-like robe with arrow sleeves walked on the water, and the mist around her moved and changed, creating a magnificent scene.

If others saw it, they would probably think it was a goddess born.

I don’t know if Cao Zhi wrote "The Goddess of Luo River" hundreds of years ago because he saw such a scene - An Yanxia thought so.

She was admiring herself for a while when Yu Qinghuai shouted from the top of the hill:

"Senior, there is a pier to the north. Let's take the boat there!"

The three of them ate something quickly, but Xue Shi'er was still afraid and said, "I'm seasick. Qinghuai, please accompany me back!"

The little lion was holding onto Yu Qinghuai's skirt, looking very pitiful.

"It's okay! Give me your head!"

Yan Xia pulled Xue Shi'er's face and said, "I'll knock you out and take you aboard."

Xue Shi'er immediately changed his words, "I just drank a mouthful of northwest wind, which had a bit of the smell of the sea. Now my seasickness has gone away."

So, naughty children still need to be educated...

The pier is on the north side. It's not quite right to call it a pier, it's actually a fishing village. Piers are driven into the river and wooden planks are built. This is the ferry pier.

The river shimmered, a glint of gold glittering across its surface. But it was still early, and only a few small fishing boats were moored at the dock. The boatmen and workers, carrying cargo, sipped tea and rested in the shade. Occasionally, there were hawkers calling for steamed buns. But generally, it was quiet.

Snow Lion smelled the fishy smell, swallowed his saliva, and ran to the fish soup stall, staring at it eagerly.

Fish soup these days is just fish boiled in salt water. It’s not delicious, but cats that like to steal fish like it.

On the other side, Yan Xia pulled Yu Qinghuai's wrist to buy a steamed bun, and they took a bite at each other. As they were biting, one of them stopped doing the work.

Miss Yu was eating a fire-baked bun when she noticed An Yanxia secretly biting her cheek. It was greasy, which made her chase Yanxia and hit her.

These three people did not abide by worldly etiquette and naturally attracted a lot of people to watch.

Yanxia ignored them completely. After finishing her soup and eating her pancakes, the dock gradually became bustling with activity. Several larger passenger ships also arrived at the ferry terminal.

Leading the group was a large sailing ship. An old boatman, over fifty years old, was discussing something with a few young people. They seemed to be a family.

Yan Xia asked, "Boatman! Are you going to Donglai County?"

The old boatman had a dark complexion and was somewhat deaf. He looked up and saw the girl in gorgeous clothes and the two girls beside her who were not dressed like ordinary people. He felt a little panicked, thinking he had offended an important person.

The young man next to him said it loudly in his ear several times, and he finally understood.

The old boatman hurriedly said: "I can't go!"

"These ladies...it's not that they won't receive you, it's just that the river is rough and the current is unstable. The best I can do is take you to the border of Youzhou. Any further and my little boat won't be able to hold it. As for going out to sea, that would be even more difficult for an old fellow like me!"

When Xue Shi'er heard that there was still wind and waves, his face turned slightly pale.

That's pretty cool!

The fish she had just eaten no longer tasted good. Her mind was filled with the scene of the boat capsizing and her falling into the water. For a moment, she tightly grasped Yan Xia's fingers.

Yu Qinghuai said, "It's not unusual for wind and waves to arise in May and June. But boatman, I see that this is a large boat that can accommodate forty or fifty people. The waterway from here to Youzhou is also stable year-round, without strong winds or waves. It shouldn't be something we can't withstand, right?"

The old boatman said, "Young lady, you are truly knowledgeable and well-informed. But this year is different. There were strong winds in April, and thunder and lightning were raging on the Bohai Sea. It rained heavily for three days, and the canal in Bohai County burst its banks, flooding the area. It was tragic... It's said that all the merchant ships plying the eastern seas are gone! Even I, an old man, really don't dare take the risk."

Yanxia was a little confused.

Strong winds, followed by three days of heavy rain? Thunderstorms at sea, and rivers bursting their banks on the road.

Why does this sound so much like a dragon walking on water...

One way for a Jiao to transform into a dragon is to swim into the sea. During this process, the Jiaolong stirs up the water veins, causing lightning to strike. A trembling mind can bring about violent storms and rainstorms, putting the Jiaolong's life force to the test. If its body is weak, it will be struck to death. If its mind is unstable, it will bring about floods and owe hundreds of years of merit.

At this time, we encountered a dragon and water...

She didn't know whether she was lucky or unlucky.

But you have to go to the Three Mountains and Ten Islands after all.

She asked, "Boatman, how is the price calculated?"

The old boatman thought he was talking about the price to Youzhou. "If we charter a boat to Youzhou, I would charge two taels of silver in previous years, but this year, only one tael and five hundred coins will be enough. If the wind and the sea are favorable, we can arrive in two days."

One hundred coins is equivalent to one thousand Kaiyuan Tongbao coins, so the price for chartering a boat is not bad.

Yanxia looked at the big ship. It was two zhang wide and about ten zhang long. It was as tall as three or four people when submerged in the water. It was indeed a large inland passenger ship.

She asked, "How much would it cost to buy your boat?"

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On the river, the old boatman raised the sail and rowed the boat, still a little dazed.

He reached out and touched the few ounces of gold hidden in his chest, took a deep breath, and said to his eldest son who was beside him with an excited look on his face, "Have you hidden the rest of the gold?"

The young man was filled with excitement. "That's thirty taels of gold! Dad! I've never seen so much money in my life!"

"Thank goodness, we've met a benefactor..."

The old boatman couldn't help but sigh when he thought that this ship, which was more than 20 years old, was sold for 36 taels of gold.

He warned carefully, "Be careful, the waves are strong. Making money is secondary, returning home alive is the most important thing!"

"Got it, Dad!"

"Don't just say you know. The wind and waves this year are unusual. You must be careful. And keep an eye on your brothers. Go back the same way you came!"

The young man nodded and returned to his position to row.

The old boatman occasionally looked up and saw An Yanxia standing at the bow of the boat looking at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river drifting with the waves.

"That's great! That's great!"

He sighed a few more times, feeling the rocking of the ship.

The boat was light, so a few swayings were normal. He saw the calm waters and figured no major storms would arise for the time being.

Beneath the water, undercurrents surged. The old boatman couldn't see clearly with his naked eyes, but An Yanxia could see it clearly.

The water vapor flowed in a disorderly manner, tangled like a ball of wool.

The Qi was completely disrupted, and just a slight touch could bring about terrifying waves.

Yanxia produced a porcelain bottle and threw it down.

With a splash, waves splashed.