Shared talent: traveling through the heavens and worlds at the same time

Chapter 233 Cultivation
After actual experience, Lin Bei finally discovered the conflict between these two top cultivation methods, which was indeed very troublesome.

But Lin Bei did not gain nothing.

“However, practicing these two together is not without benefits. Taiji Xuanqing Dao draws external spiritual energy into the body, which makes practice faster, but because it is not generated by the body, the control of spiritual energy is relatively poor.

Although Mahabrahma Prajna's magical power is generated by himself and can be controlled at will, the speed of accumulating magical power is too slow, far inferior to Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao.

When the two practice together, they can achieve a certain degree of complementarity. Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao draws Qi to accumulate magic power, while Dafan Prajna refines and controls it.

If a certain balance can be achieved, the two techniques will not only not interfere with each other, but will greatly speed up the practice."

Thinking of this, Lin Bei frowned again:

"But the cultivation states of these two techniques are completely different. It is not easy to find this balance."

After that, Lin Bei was no longer in a hurry to practice, but sat on the field and began to think hard.

While thinking, Lin Bei would practice the two skills in turn from time to time, but he would only try them briefly, mainly to verify his guess.

After thinking for half the night, Lin Bei actually came up with a way to break the impasse!

"My problem now is that if I transform Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao into Mahavairocana Prajna halfway through my practice, the spiritual energy that I introduced into my body before will slowly dissipate. Similarly, the magic power generated by Mahavairocana Prajna will also disappear because of Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.

But I can't maintain the state of mind of Mahāprajna nirvana and close myself off from the outside world to absorb the spiritual energy from the outside world.

If I introduce enough spiritual energy at once, and then use the method of closing the acupoints of the Great Brahma Prajna to completely lock the spiritual energy in my body, and then slowly refine it, can I solve these two drawbacks?"

Just do it when you think of it. After trying for a whole night, Lin Bei immediately started practicing again according to his own ideas.

This time, when Lin Bei was practicing Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, in addition to guiding the spiritual power in his body to circulate in a large circle, he also tried his best to introduce more spiritual power into his body.

It was not until Lin Bei completely filled his meridians with spiritual power that he suddenly changed his training method from Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao to practicing Mahabrahma Prajna.

But this change almost caused Lin Bei to get into big trouble!
Originally, the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao is an extremely moderate and peaceful practice. When practicing, one draws the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, while performing the Great Circulation to refine it. The spiritual energy drawn into the body and the refined spiritual energy form a balance.

However, Lin Bei himself broke this balance before and introduced too much spiritual energy into his body. The external spiritual energy was difficult to control. At this time, Lin Bei suddenly changed his cultivation method, which caused the spiritual energy in Lin Bei's body to riot!
The powerful spiritual energy was rampaging in Lin Bei's body, and because Lin Bei had forcibly closed his acupoints at this time, the spiritual energy could not be released. Not only did it instantly damage many of Lin Bei's meridians, but a lot of spiritual energy broke through the blockade and dissipated into the world again.

The violent impact caused Lin Bei to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Fortunately, Lin Bei's body is strong enough now. Although he was injured, he managed to hold on. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably explode and die from this step alone.

After it was successfully transformed into Mahabrahma Prajna, more than half of the spiritual power that was previously introduced into the body by Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao remained in Lin Bei's body. It was swept up by the magic power of Mahabrahma Prajna and continued to run the Great Circulation, slowly being refined.

The originally turbulent spiritual power was tamed again by Lin Bei after being integrated with the Buddhist magic power which was the easiest to control, and no longer had any impact on Lin Bei's body.

At this time, Lin Bei continued to seal his acupoints with all his strength, cutting off all connections between himself and the outside world, generating more Buddhist magic power while minimizing the leakage of spiritual energy as much as possible.

In this way, after the spiritual energy and the magic power of Mahavairocana ran together in the body for three cycles, they were finally completely refined.

At this time, in Lin Bei's body, there existed both the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao magic power transformed from spiritual energy and the Mahavairocana Prajna magic power generated by himself.

The two kinds of magical powers influenced each other, but they did not conflict like at the beginning. Instead, they were entangled together, greatly slowing down the time it took for the two kinds of magical powers to dissipate.

Feeling the two completely different magical powers flowing in his body, Lin Bei slowly opened his eyes, grinned, and said excitedly:

"Hey, I'm a Taoist priest!"

Although Lin Bei could only move three big circulations at a time when practicing the two techniques together, which was half the efficiency compared to practicing them separately, the effect was still much better than practicing them in turns.

When he practiced the two techniques alternately before, due to the constant mutual influence, the magic power that Lin Bei was able to retain was less than one-third of what it is now.

If practicing in turns means letting the magic power slowly accumulate naturally, then what Lin Bei is doing now is forcibly locking the magic power that would have dissipated in his body, and the effect will naturally be much better.

Originally, it would take Lin Bei at least two or three months to complete the first level of the two techniques by practicing them in turn. But now, Lin Bei only needs less than a month to complete the initial practice of the two techniques!
It can be said to be a qualitative leap.

It’s just that the process of cultivation is really uncomfortable. The uncontrolled spiritual power rushes through the meridians, as if it wants to tear Lin Bei’s body apart.

If Lin Bei had not experienced many storms and waves, he would have been able to endure this pain. At this moment, he would have given up this method of cultivation and turned to the original clumsy method.

However, after completing this first practice, Lin Bei had to stop. Although he could still bear the pain, his meridians could no longer bear it.

After the previous spiritual power impact, Lin Bei's meridians suffered considerable damage. If the same situation happened again, even if Lin Bei did not explode and die, his meridians would definitely be destroyed.

Fortunately, Lin Bei's body's recovery ability has long reached an inhuman level. With this level of injury, Lin Bei only needs to get some sleep and he will be almost healed by tomorrow.

Therefore, after confirming that his method was feasible, Lin Bei lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

The next day, Lin Bei was woken up by his senior brother Chang Jian at noon.

Chang Jian looked at the sleepy junior brother who came to open the door for him. He was stunned at first, then smiled and said:

"What's wrong, Junior Brother? I see you didn't sleep well last night? Are you not used to sleeping in this room?"

Lin Bei quickly waved his hand and said:
"No, it's just that I just received the wonderful Tai Chi method taught by Master yesterday, and I couldn't help but practice it a little late, so I feel a little sleepy. Please don't blame me, Second Brother."

Chang Jian did not show any surprise when he heard this, but said with a smile:

"Haha, so that's how it is. But this is normal. When I first came into contact with the practice method, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night. I spent the whole night practicing. But our Qingyun Sect's wonderful method is not so easy to practice. It requires a gradual approach, so there is no need to rush."

After persuading Lin Bei, Chang Jian asked curiously:

"But since Junior Brother has already started practicing, I wonder what level he has reached now? Have you sensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

Lin Bei thought about it, and finally decided to tell the truth:
“I can naturally sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but after practicing for a whole night, I can only draw in the energy and move it through three great cycles. It’s really a bit slow.”

However, just as Lin Bei finished speaking, Chang Jian couldn't help but exclaimed:
"What? How much did you say? You just started practicing last night and you were able to draw in energy and move it through three great cycles?"

Lin Bei glanced at Chang Jian and asked curiously:
"Yes, Senior Brother, it took three great cycles to move. How come, is this very fast?
But didn’t you say before that it would only take a year for an average person to complete the first level of Jade Purity cultivation? And the requirement for the first level is just to run through thirty-six big cycles in a row.

The further you go in the Zhoutian movement, the harder it is. Master said that I have good aptitude, but at my speed, it will take me more than a month to complete thirty-six great Zhoutian movements. Is this not fast enough?"

Chang Jian realized his own gaffe at this moment, and he calmed down and replied with a wry smile:

"Junior brother, this is not how he thinks about this matter.
Yes, I have said before that even if one has average aptitude, one can complete the first level of Yuqing in about one year, but I did not say that if one has excellent aptitude, one can complete it in one month.

This first level of Yuqing is when we cultivators begin to interact with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is the transformation from mortals to cultivators. Even for people with the best aptitude, when they first come into contact with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they need a process of gradual adaptation.

Therefore, generally speaking, even those with excellent aptitude will need about half a year to reach the first level, and the difference in aptitude will generally only be reflected after the third level. "

After explaining a little, Chang Jian looked at Lin Bei with a rather strange look and said:
“As for a practitioner like you, who can move three great cycles in the first practice and even has the hope of completing the first level within a month, this is the first time I have heard of it.

Perhaps, only the Qingye Patriarch of that time could have such a talent.

Junior brother, what the master said is indeed right, you are truly a person with extraordinary talent!

Maybe the resurgence of my Qingyun Sect will depend on you!"

After listening to Chang Jian's words, Lin Bei realized that he was wrong.

Lin Bei originally thought that with his demonstrated aptitude, a training like the first level which could be completed within a year for ordinary aptitude, it would be more reasonable for him to complete it within at least two months.

But who would have thought that according to common sense, he just practiced Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao and Mahavairocana Prajna alternately, and completing the first level of practice within three months was considered fast!

"Tsk, that was too hasty. I should have waited until today to ask clearly before saying anything. At least I wouldn't have to suffer that last night.
But forget it, being able to cultivate faster is a good thing, so I'll just endure the pain."

Lin Bei pondered in his heart, but on the surface he looked very pleased with Chang Jian's praise, and said with a smile:

"Haha, thank you very much, Senior Brother. I will work hard and live up to the expectations of you and Master!"

Seeing Lin Bei's impolite look, Chang Jian smiled and shook his head, then said:

"Okay, I was originally worried that you might encounter some problems in your training, so I came to ask about your situation. Now it seems that my worry was for nothing. You don't need me to worry about you.

But since we are here, let's go, Senior Brother will take us to eat."

Lin Bei also responded with a "yes" with a smile, then closed the door to his yard and went to eat with Chang Jian.

For a period of time thereafter, Chang Jian came to see Lin Bei less frequently, mainly to allow Lin Bei to concentrate on his practice.

Lin Bei was also happy and relaxed. He didn't like socializing much. Although Chang Jian was indeed a good senior brother, when he could be alone, Lin Bei still preferred to be alone.

After more than twenty days of hard training, Lin Bei actually completed the first level of Jade Purity and the first level of Mahabrahma Prajna ahead of schedule.

No matter whether it is the first level of Yuqing or the first level of Mahabrahma Prajna, it has the effect of strengthening the foundation and stabilizing the meridians.

Therefore, as Lin Bei's practice progressed, his meridians became tougher and tougher, and the impact on his meridians when changing his skills became smaller.

In addition, Lin Bei gained more and more experience in the practice of these two techniques. Finally, Lin Bei was able to ignore the impact of spiritual energy when switching between techniques and could practice the two techniques continuously.

In this way, Lin Bei was able to complete the first level of training several days ahead of the original plan.

When Lin Bei began to practice the second level of Yuqing, the complementary effects of Mahavairocana Prajna and Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao were fully revealed. Not only did they not conflict with each other, but they also greatly accelerated Lin Bei's practice speed.

The second level of the Yuqing Realm of the Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao requires the development of the lower dantian in the body, and the transformation of the spiritual energy introduced into the body into essence after refining, which is then stored in the lower dantian, while at the same time nourishing and strengthening the whole body.

For ordinary practitioners, the step of controlling the spiritual energy and converting it into essence is the most difficult, and it may take three to five years to achieve something.

But for Lin Bei, this is the simplest thing. The best thing about Mahavairocana's technique is to control the internal energy in the body.

Therefore, the second level of Yuqing, which originally required a longer time to practice, was completed in just over ten days with Lin Bei's aptitude and the fact that the two techniques no longer constrained each other!
It was even shorter than the time it took Lin Bei to complete the first level.

Just when Lin Bei finished practicing the second level of Yuqing and broke through to the third level, it was time for Daoxuan to test Lin Bei's cultivation once a month.

Lin Bei, who was originally worried that his cultivation speed was not in line with his own aptitude, now began to worry whether his cultivation speed was too fast.

After all, it takes ordinary people at least four to five years to cultivate to the third level of Jade Purity, but he actually cultivated from scratch to the third level of Jade Purity in just over a month, which is truly shocking.

I wonder if the Qingye Patriarch back then had the same speed as Lin Bei?

If even Qingye Patriarch is not as good as him, then his current cultivation speed will probably arouse Daoxuan's suspicion.
(End of this chapter)