The heavens begin with the Dharma of absorbing power.

Chapter 278 Golden elixir avenue, dual cultivation of life and life
The heaven and earth are gathered together, and the sun and moon are crushed into ashes in your hands.

Jin Gongwuyan's girl died, and Huang Po was still in the womb.

The lead furnace slowly raises the real gold liquid, and the earthen cauldron first works with mercury.

The mercury heart condenses the spirit into the dragon nature, the lead body condenses the qi into the white tiger life.

There is no shadow inside or outside, and everything is in the clear jade mirror.

In the carriage that was driving smoothly, Xu Xin was reciting in a low voice the main mantra of the Golden Pill Huohou Jue. This is a Taoist secret that is no less important in practice than the Yi Jin Jing magical skill. If one can comprehend the highest realm, he is expected to "achieve the Tao and soar to the realm of spiritual enlightenment." Immortal".

But compared to the dual cultivation of Buddhism and martial arts in the Yi Jin Jing magical power, extreme cultivation also involves extreme martial arts. "Golden Pill Jue" pays more attention to practice. It is a real qigong technique. The inner qi cultivated through cultivation is not destructive. If you want to have strong force, it depends on the practitioner himself.

Although warriors are also a type of spiritual practice, there are only a few who can achieve success through martial arts. In terms of destructive power and fighting power, warriors are more powerful than those who practice Taoism and Buddhism, but when it comes to longevity and other aspects, warriors are not comparable.

Xu Xin's innate gong has reached an extremely advanced level, both in martial arts and in the world of cultivation. He can get twice the result with half the effort by cultivating innate skills. He only took a few glances at the golden elixir formula before he was already in the door.

In the blink of an eye, the true energy in the body flows, yin and yang, creation... the hazy purple energy fills the carriage. This is the "dense purple energy" that countless Taoist practitioners long for. It is extremely magical and has great benefits for strengthening the foundation and cultivating the body. .

Taoist monks have been practicing for decades, but it is difficult to produce a "dense purple energy".

Fortunately for Xu Xin, his thoughts filled the carriage with dense purple air. At this moment, if an ordinary person sat in the same car with him, if he took a few more puffs of the dense purple air, his life would be at least a few years longer.

"It's very interesting. The golden elixir avenue, dual cultivation of life and life, is a cultivation method that is constantly improving and perfecting!"

Xu Xin kept reading the "Golden Pill Secret" and gained a deeper understanding of the true secret of this practice.

Jindan Nanzong, Neidan Kungfu, uses all its energy to polish and protect the practitioner's own nature and life, that is, to pursue the realm of the saint in the "Huangdi Neijing" of "grasp the heaven and earth, grasp the yin and yang, breathe the essence, guard the spirit independently, and the muscles are as one" .

The inner alchemy in the golden elixir avenue is another Taoist thought developed by Taoism after the Sui Dynasty, which is different from the outer alchemy.

Before the Sui Dynasty, there was no theory of inner elixir in Taoism.

However, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taoists had the theory of refining qi, and internal nourishing methods such as fetal breathing, guidance, qi circulation, and thinking were already in use at that time.

The term "Neidan" was first seen in "Lingjianzi" written by Xu Xun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty: "Use Neidan to subdue the Qi and regulate the throat".

"Gu Shen Lun" says: Containing fluid and chain Qi, spitting out the old and bringing in the new, adding mud pills at the top, and injecting Dantian at the bottom, which is called Nei Dan. Yang dragon, yin tiger, wood liquid and gold essence, the two Xi meet and cook together to form a chain, which is called Waidan. Those who practice Taoism first make the inner elixir, and then combine the external medicine, so that the inside and outside correspond to each other, and that is how they become immortals.

Until the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Su Yuanlang, a Taoist priest from Luofu Mountain, Qingxiazi, said that he had studied inner alchemy with Damao Zhenjun of Maoshan Mountain and obtained his secret edict. "Zhi Dao Pian" advocated the way of inner alchemy. Since then, Taoism has begun to develop the way of inner alchemy.

Later generations called the outer alchemy elixir advocated by Ge Hong the outer alchemy, and the inner alchemy advocated by Su Yuanlang as the inner elixir. From then on, there was the theory of the inner and outer elixir.

Su Yuanlang proposed the theory of "double cultivation of life and life", emphasizing the comprehensive training of mind and body, which further promoted the development of inner alchemy theory.

Regarding the stages of inner alchemy cultivation, the methods of various Taoist schools today are different. Generally speaking, it can be divided into several stages: refining oneself to build the foundation, refining the essence to transform into qi, refining qi to transform into the spirit, and refining the spirit to return to the void.

Xu Xin remembers that Chen Zhixu, a Taoist from the Quanzhen Northern Sect of the Yuan Dynasty, said in the fourth volume of "Jin Dan Da Yao": "These are all nothing more than the three things of spirit, energy and essence. It is the three things that interact with each other. If you go with it, you will become a person, and if you go against it, you will be born." Dan.

What is smooth? Two are born, two beget three, and three beget all things, so the void turns into spirit, the spirit turns into qi, the qi turns into essence, the essence turns into form, and the form becomes human.

What is inversion? All things contain three, three returns to two, and two returns to one. Those who know this way should be able to cultivate the body and form, nourish the body and refine the essence, accumulate the essence and turn it into qi, refine the qi to combine with the spirit, and refine the spirit to return the emptiness to the golden elixir. "The realms described here are also common in martial arts. Cultivating the body and refining the essence are external skills to strengthen the body and train the body.

Accumulating essence and transforming Qi, refining one breath internally is about cultivating inner Qi. A warrior’s internal force is also a kind of internal Qi, and the internal force and inner Qi are constantly refined, and the final "true Qi" obtained is the cultivation of this stage. Dacheng.

Refining qi and combining it with the spirit means refining the qi and transforming it into the spirit.

Three flowers gather at the top, and every hole in the entrance is connected.

Rebelling against one's innate nature and hoping for eternal life are the foundation of the great road and the beginning of everything.

It is said that in ancient times, it took a hundred days to build the foundation and refine the Qi to achieve an innate body.

Xu Xin doesn't quite believe this statement. Maybe this kind of method exists in some very high worlds of immortals and gods. In worlds like "Yi Tian" and "Dragon" where innates are extremely rare, just go to sleep, Dream There's everything in there.

The final golden elixir for refining the spirit and returning to the void has just been completed. Xu Xin is still exploring, what exactly is this so-called "golden elixir"?
With a thought in his mind, he took out the relics of the sweeping monk. To a certain extent, the place left by the sweeping monk who "became a Buddha" was most likely the "golden elixir".

Although there are differences in Buddhism and Taoism, there are similarities in the path of advanced practice.

The ancient practice method should be different from the current one. The inner alchemy method of Jindan Dao was developed later. It seems to be to adapt to the practice environment of later generations, but it can still connect with the ancient method.

So... the Golden Pill Jue he saw now was a summary of the wisdom of countless Taoist masters throughout the ages. From some ancient annotations, Xu Xin also saw a lot of other kinds of knowledge, which greatly increased his knowledge.

"Empress, the official said that you should go back first..."

The slow-moving carriage slowly stopped. Xu Xin heard the high-pitched voice of the eunuch outside and sensed a familiar breath. He walked out and saw that it was Queen Meng who was blocked outside the Chongshen Temple. Zhao Xu Tonight didn't really want to see the queen that his grandmother had chosen for him.

"If the officials don't want to see me, then you can bring the cakes to the officials!"

Queen Meng did not insist, and just asked the palace maid behind her to take out a food box. It seemed that she was bringing food to Zhao Xu.

"This……"

The two eunuchs who came out to summons hesitated for a while, but they knew that the emperor was "doing business" inside, and bringing the queen's pastries there... was very troublesome.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, Qingfeng of the Xiaoyao sect, has met the Queen."

At this time, Xu Xin walked over and saluted the queen. There were two nominal owners in the palace, the emperor and the queen. Their status was the most respected. Except for their elders, everyone else must salute when they saw these two.

When Xu Xin opened his mouth, Queen Meng recognized him and finally did not scream in surprise.

"Queen, I will go to the official family. I will bring these cakes to the official family!"

"Excuse me, Master Qingfeng."

Meng looked blankly at Xu Xin taking away the cakes, and replied with a guilty conscience. Seeing Mr. Xu entering the Chongsheng Temple under the leadership of two eunuchs, she was confused. She did not stay there any longer and ordered Gong E to return to her palace.

(End of this chapter)