Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 671: Dan Gong Improves, Facing the Three Disasters

Zhang Zhiwei spoke enthusiastically and his fellow disciples listened attentively. When they heard the exciting parts, some of them applauded and cheered, while others hung their heads and stamped their feet, regretting that they could not witness the scene with their own eyes.

After Zhang Zhiwei finished speaking, his fellow disciples started discussing it.

"Alas, what a pity. He was driven away by the master before. How magnificent it would be if we brothers and sisters went with Zhiwei?!"

"Hey, don't let your imagination run wild. If we all go, wouldn't it look like Tianshi Mansion is declaring war on Tiantai Sect in the eyes of outsiders? This is a big deal. Brother Zhiwei is going to the mountains alone to seek justice, and fellow martial artists will respond one after another. If our Tianshi Mansion declares war on Tiantai Sect, they will probably be cautious in what they say and do."

"That's true. If that happens, it will become a private fight between the sects, which is not good!"

"The most important thing is that Senior Brother Zhiwei is strong and has tough means. If he is not strong, even if all the heroes in the world respond, nothing can be accomplished."

"Yes, yes, it's mainly because Zhiwei is so powerful. This time, although we didn't show up, Zhiwei has really brought honor to our Tianshi Mansion!"

"Brother Zhiwei has made a name for himself. As fellow disciples, we should also be proud of him. We should reward him well. Otherwise, how about we all get together and treat Zhiwei to a good meal at Shangqing Restaurant in Shangqing Town at the foot of the mountain?"

"This is a good idea. Zhiwei has made such a great contribution this time, he deserves to have something good to eat!"

As they were talking, the fellow disciples took out the change they had and wanted to treat Zhang Zhiwei to a big meal down the mountain.

Zhang Zhiwei knew that his fellow disciples were all genuine "poor Taoists". The little money they had was either donated by believers or earned by doing hard labor by picking up tiles and repairing houses for the families down the mountain...

In short, it is not easy to get here. If you go to the restaurant at the foot of the mountain to eat and drink, you may have wasted several months' work. After all, not everyone has Zhang Huaiyi's money-making brain.

On the other hand, he, with his several younger brothers who were as wealthy as landlords, never worried about not having enough money.

Even now, the few scattered dollars in his wallet might be more than all the other fellow apprentices combined.

Zhang Zhiwei clapped his hands, and the fellow disciples who were talking noisily quieted down.

He pulled out a bulging purse from his wallet and shook it gently. The dollars inside collided with each other, making a crisp humming sound.

"There's no need to discuss the idea of ​​treating someone to a meal. I've been traveling around the world for a while and made a lot of money. I'm here to treat everyone to a good meal at Shangqing Restaurant. There's plenty of delicious meat and vegetables!"

"How can that be possible? We are rewarding you, how can we let you pay for it?" a senior brother objected.

"Between us brothers, what's the difference between you and me? Don't be polite to me!"

Zhang Zhiwei weighed the dollar in his hand.

Seeing this, the fellow disciples no longer insisted.

The main reason is that they just pooled their money together, and the money of all of them added up is not as much as what is in Zhang Zhiwei's bag.

With so many people, if they really rely on that little money to go down the mountain to eat, I'm afraid they won't have enough to eat.

Among fellow disciples, there is no need to care about empty face. Filling your stomach is what matters most.

Afterwards, a group of people went down the mountain in a large group.

As for Zhou Sheng, he returned to the guest room while Zhang Zhiwei was explaining the matter to his fellow disciples.

Deducing numbers is a very brain-intensive and stressful task.

Zhou Sheng had been immersed in it and his mind was extremely excited, so he didn't feel anything unusual.

But now that he had relaxed, extreme fatigue came over him like a tide. Zhou Sheng could not hold on any longer and went back to rest.

When Zhang Zhiwei and his party arrived at the restaurant, the owner saw that there were so many of them and they were all Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain, so he arranged a large private room for them.

The group of people were eating and chatting inside, and when they got excited, they even ordered a few jars of wine to drink.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Zhang Zhiwei stood up to pay the bill, and then a group of fellow disciples returned to Longhu Mountain.

When he returned, it was already night, but he did not rest. Instead, he called the "national teacher" and began to "examine himself".

Previously, when I practiced Qimen and led the Zhoutian with the Xiantian, although there were no major problems, some minor problems were inevitable.

After all, it involves the changes in the solar terms in the human body. The operation of the human body is originally carried out according to the rules. The sudden acceleration and slowdown may leave some small gaps. Zhang Zhiwei still attaches great importance to the stability of his own life.

The two of them checked the house carefully inside and out, and found no major problems, but there were quite a few small gaps.

However, they are all minor problems that are not worth mentioning. Even if they are not dealt with, the human body's small world will correct these minor problems when it operates automatically.

Zhang Zhiwei's mind moved, and he adjusted his own little world to correct these small problems.

Afterwards, he began to cultivate himself and strengthen his life. Taoism has a saying that "the yang fire is emitted at midnight, two hundred and sixteen."

It means that those who practice Taoism, at this time, can practice Dan Gong and temper their bodies, so that they can achieve pure Yang and have a body as beautiful as jade.

In Zhang Zhiwei's view, it is during this period of time that the degree of compatibility between the human body's microcosm and the Zhoutian is the highest, and it is easiest to enter the state of unity between man and nature.

Of course, this is useless to Zhang Zhiwei, as he can enter a state of harmony between man and nature anytime and anywhere.

Whether it is the macroscopic unity of man and nature where one is connected with external energy, or the microscopic unity of man and nature where one's own changes are connected with external changes, it all depends on his thought.

For example, at this moment, he is in a state of unity between man and nature, connected to the bridge between heaven and earth, selectively absorbing some energy from heaven and earth for his own use, to help him temper his life.

Tempering your life is actually a very laborious job, it is somewhat similar to fitness.

Most people believe that sexual training is achieved through purity. As long as the mind is pure, sexual power can be improved.

But in fact, the deeper logic is that only by using thinking to refine false thoughts can one improve sexual performance.

As for the so-called purity, when the mind refines the false thoughts, isn’t it pure?

Many people only know how to be pure, but do not know how to refine their delusions.

In fact, this was also the result of deliberate actions by the elders of Xuanmen.

After all, if I tell you that you can improve your sexual power by getting rid of false thoughts, and you practice with this thought in mind, that itself is a delusion.

But in this world, there are too few people who can integrate knowledge and practice.

Rather than saying it explicitly, it is better to tell you directly that you can be elevated by being clear-minded, and in the process of clearing yourself up, you will inadvertently eliminate those false thoughts.

As for the tempering of "life", it is through the circulation of Qi to temper oneself.

This is an action that consumes Qi. The stronger the Dan Gong, the less Qi is consumed, and the greater the "life" improved.

For ordinary Qigong practitioners, cultivation is a process of strengthening Qi, and they are reluctant to use the Qi they have worked so hard to cultivate to temper their lives.

Therefore, it is rare to find people who practice both sex and life. In fact, it is not the fault of others for being short-sighted. This is easy to understand. Qi is like money, magic is a weapon, and practicing life is like keeping fit.

Do you prepare the money to buy weapons to arm yourself, or use the money to exercise to equip yourself?

In contrast, buying weapons is undoubtedly faster and more direct.

Just like the Sanyi Sect's third level of reverse rebirth, one only needs to study for a few years to enter the second level, and the effects and improvements obtained are difficult to compare to for ordinary practitioners of dual cultivation of sex and life, which may take more than ten years or even decades.

Of course, people like Zhang Zhiwei, who practiced both sex and life while also practicing magic, are only a minority.

There are even fewer people like Wu Gensheng, who do not need to practice Qi, but whose Qi will cultivate automatically.

After exercising for a while, Zhang Zhiwei stopped. Fitness will encounter a plateau period, and the same is true for the cultivation of life.

His life cultivation is now very high. Simply tempering his life has become a slow and tedious process and he can no longer make rapid progress like he did in the beginning.

However, this is actually normal. If he continues to improve as quickly as he did at the beginning, wouldn’t he become One Punch Man?
Dan Gong is actually about refining the elixir. Of course, you can't just keep refining the elixir, you have to add ingredients and fire at the right time.

Zhang Zhiwei performed the Saint Steal and collected the Three Treasures of Heaven and the Three Treasures of Earth. This was considered as adding to the supplies, but now, he felt that he was still short of a spark.

"Where does the fire come from?"

Zhang Zhiwei thought of the three disasters of thunder, fire and wind.

He had tried it once before, but at that time he had not fully comprehended the Saint Thief and the Bridge between Heaven and Earth had not been completed, so he did not try it blindly. But now, he has the capital to try.

"In Journey to the West, after the Monkey King acquired the ability to transform into seventy-two forms, he was struck by lightning, blown by a strong wind, and burned by the six divine fires in heaven. These were the three disasters."

"Now that I have mastered the Seventy-Two Transformations, why not face it head-on?"

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Zhiwei suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils were like big stars, shining brightly.

He jumped off the bed, stepped on the ground, pushed the door open, and after a few leaps, he reached the top of the back mountain.

He did not go to the top of Tianmen Mountain where he used to love to go. He used to be able to do whatever he wanted there, but now, there was a small tree with qi growing there. If he accidentally implicated it, it would not be good.

When he reached the top of the mountain, Zhang Zhiwei found a large rock and sat cross-legged.

Afterwards, he practiced his profound skills, entered a state of interaction between heaven and man, and stimulated his own Three Elements Qi to challenge the Three Elements Qi between heaven and earth.

During the provocation, Zhang Zhiwei discovered that if he used the essence of the elixir to induce it, the water vapor between heaven and earth would increase, and at the same time, static electricity like burrs would arise on his body.

When the Qi in the middle dan is used to guide it, the surroundings will suddenly become very dry, and at the same time, one's own Qi will feel hot and restless, as if it is about to start burning.

Zhang Zhiwei had read some classics and found that both the Quanzhen Taoist priests and the Tantric monks had experienced situations where they suddenly combusted spontaneously while practicing and disappeared from the world in a short while.

In Buddhist texts, this is called rainbow body, where the physical body turns into a rainbow and disappears. Legend has it that it enters the infinite palace of the Vajrayogini Pure Land.

Now it seems that the so-called rainbow body was actually the result of not surviving the fire among the three disasters. The Qi in the body was burned clean from the inside out by the Yin Fire in the fire, and even the physical body was burned to ashes.

The physical body is gone, the life no longer exists, but the remaining polished subjectivity enters the Dharma lineage. Isn't that going to the Pure Land?
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After testing the essence of the lower elixir and the qi of the middle elixir, Zhang Zhiwei had an idea in mind and was extra careful when testing the spirit of the upper elixir.

When he tried to touch it, his first feeling was cold, a coldness that penetrated deep into his bones and soul.

It was as if something invisible was standing next to his ear, blowing wind into it.

The wind blew from one side of the ear, through the brain, through the soul, and out the other side. It felt quite uncomfortable.

"This must be the wind disaster among the three disasters. Legend has it that this wind is called the crow wind, which can scatter the soul, damage the six internal organs, break the dantian, penetrate the nine orifices, and make the bones and flesh disappear, causing the body to disintegrate!"

Zhang Zhiwei muttered to himself, and then stopped what he was doing.

No matter in which scripture, the three disasters are one of the things that practitioners fear the most. Their degree of danger is no less than the invasion of inner demons.

He was still very resourceful and did not intend to face all three disasters right away. He was prepared to deal with them one by one.

First face the lightning disaster.

The three disasters are actually the manifestation of the Qi of heaven and earth, water, fire and wind.

Among the five elements, water produces thunder, and thunder disaster is actually water disaster.

Zhang Zhiwei has reached perfection in the practice of thunder magic.

Thunder is not something scary to him.

At the beginning, after his trip to the Lu family compound, he faced thunder directly on the top of Tianmen Mountain. Although he suffered some injuries, he was not seriously hurt.

Now that his cultivation is deeper and his attainments in thunder magic are higher, he is naturally not afraid anymore.

Immediately, Zhang Zhiwei once again mobilized the lower dan qi among his own three elements qi and directly challenged the qi of heaven and earth.

When he tried this before, because he had not connected the bridge between heaven and earth, it was just like stopping an itch through a shoe and he could not really make contact. Now that his bridge between heaven and earth is connected, this action is tantamount to contempt for heaven and earth. How could heaven and earth tolerate this?

Suddenly, a thunder was heard in the clear night sky.

The cloudless night sky was like ripples on a calm lake, and lightly patterned clouds appeared all over the sky.

The clouds were few in number at first, but in the blink of an eye they became very thick, and more and more numerous, soon turning into dark clouds.

"This effect is stronger than artificial rainfall!"

Zhang Zhiwei was secretly complaining in his heart, but at the same time, he was extremely alert and continued to circulate Qi throughout his body, communicating with nature and man in order to bring about a thunder disaster.

His action was soon responded to by the rumbling of thunder in the dark clouds in the sky.

At the same time, the sound of thunder was heard inside his body, echoing the thunder in the sky, and the two echoed in unison, like an endless tide.

It's like two people are arguing, you say something, I say something back, and we both use very dirty words.

The heaven and earth were outraged, and the rolling dark clouds suddenly began to spin. The sky above Zhang Zhiwei's head seemed to have turned into a huge whirlpool, and in the middle of the whirlpool there was a black hole like an abyss.

In the black hole, blazing lightning slowly gathered, with liquid-like lightning magma surging inside.

It was angry and wanted to punish the ignorant provocateur below.

(End of this chapter)