I'm looking for longevity in Liaozhai

Chapter 53
"You don't want to run around all day long. Cultivation is also a cultivation of the mind. If the mind can't calm down, how do you practice?
I think that the reason why those places outside the square are chosen to be in overseas fairy islands or deep mountains is to avoid the disturbance of the world and to practice with peace of mind. "

"Your words are reasonable. Many people may have to talk for many years to understand this truth, or even a lifetime." Zhuo Siwei nodded after hearing this.

"Second grade? After entering the first grade, you can almost protect yourself, so let's go around?" Wang Zhe thought.

On the same day, Zhuo Siwei left Guobei County with two colleagues.

Ganzhou, Dingyang Houfu,

A middle-aged man in a vermilion robe, with a square face and thick eyebrows, sat on the grand master's chair, like a lion that is not angry but mighty.

Sitting on the lower left side of him was a thin middle-aged man, wearing a green robe and with three long beards.

"Yu Liu and Taoist Baihe are both dead. In Guobei County, there is a second-rank sword master who has comprehended the meaning of the sword."

"Second rank, could it be that the master of swordsman robbed Lord Hou's tribute." The skinny middle-aged man said.

"It wasn't him. Earlier, Yu Liu and Taoist Baihe wrote in a letter that the robbing of the tribute was done by monsters. As for the master of swordsmanship, maybe it was just a coincidence?"

"Whether it's a coincidence or on purpose, I think the tribute matter can be settled on him. Robbing tributes is a felony. Are there still few second-rank masters imprisoned in the sky prison in the capital?

Which one of them was not a figure who once dominated the situation and ruled the world. " said the skinny man twisting his beard.

"Well, sir is right. I'll write the notebook and pass it on later."

Guobei County,

Wang Zhe was lying on the rocking chair with his eyes closed. Instead of visualizing, he was studying a book of exercises.

"Nanzhai Sword Code",
Nanzhai refers to Nanqiu Jianzhai, which is a well-known practice place in the world and is famous for its swordsmanship.

This sword manual is the kendo experience of Nanqiu Jianzhai's past masters. Although it is only a fragment, it is enough to benefit people a lot.

That Yu Liu can have such a high level of cultivation in the way of swordsmanship is also thanks to this sword manual.

Wang Zhe lay on the rocking chair, swaying, and a day passed without knowing it.

He hadn't seen Zhu Xiao, the head catcher, for a few days. He heard that he was preparing for the martial arts exam, so he went up and down.

In Dayong, whether it is taking the imperial examination or martial arts examination, one cannot pass the examination with knowledge and skills, and one has to make connections.

It's really hard to get a few hundred taels of silver each.

"No wonder that Zhu Tutou buckles so much on weekdays!"

After a symbolic turn on the street, Wang Zhe returned home.

In the recent period of practice, he vaguely felt that he seemed to have encountered a hurdle.

Therefore, I will go home to meditate every day after the ointment.It was like this for several days.

That feeling is like a layer of fog blocking his body, which cannot be broken or driven away, it is very uncomfortable.

This has been practiced for a day, and it is still the same.

This made him a little confused. In the past, his practice was basically a matter of course, and he never encountered any obstacles or difficulties. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

However, Zhuo Siwei was not around, so there was no one to communicate with, so he could only comprehend it by himself.

Anyway, there was nothing to do in the yamen, so he simply asked for three days off and pondered at home.

Three days passed quickly, and his internal strength increased to a certain extent, but he hadn't broken through that "threshold", on the contrary, he became more and more confused.

In this way, it is inevitable that I will feel a little anxious.

"Could it be that you have encountered a heart barrier?"

After reading a few Qingjing Sutras, I dispelled those anxiety.

"Forget it, since you can't see through it for the time being, let's let it go."

Wang Zhe was no longer so persistent, went directly to the kitchen, took some noodles, and prepared to make a bowl of noodles.

Eggs, dough, knead repeatedly,
Boil water, make soup with big bones,
A bowl of noodles is also important,

He was distracting his attention and put aside his practice for the time being.

In the next few days, he didn't practice day and night, and he was fast during the day, watching the people in the city come and go, busy, chatting with a few acquaintances, talking about the family's gossip,
Listen to Lao Hou talk about family affairs, read scriptures,

On this day, the weather was a bit gloomy, and there was faint thunder,

After a while, raindrops fell from the sky and landed on the roof, making a crackling sound,

Standing under the eaves, Wang Zhe looked up at the rain, at the clouds in the sky, and listened to the thunder.

I didn't think about anything, just watched quietly, fascinated.

Bang, suddenly a thunder and lightning pierced through the clouds, descended from the sky, and fell into the distance.

Click, there seemed to be a crisp sound, like the sound of window paper being punctured.

Wang Zhe's body trembled slightly, and he felt a heat pouring into the back of the pillow, the rain in his eyes suddenly became blurred, and soon became clear again, very clear,
He saw the veins of the leaves of the osmanthus tree at the entrance of the alley, and heard the sound of the spider knowing the web under the eaves,

Close your eyes, and let your consciousness spread out,
Ten feet, twenty feet, thirty feet
There are women cooking, men drinking, mice digging holes in the ground, birds flying in the rain, and some people enshrine the city god
Wang Zhe took a deep breath,
The zhenqi in the body is like a river flowing eastward, torrenting endlessly, there seems to be a faint roaring sound, rushing to the Guanpo acupuncture point where it passes along the way, turning around and getting stronger,
He "sees" the meridians and viscera in his body,
Slowly raising his hand, the wind and rain in front of him tilted, and he stepped into the rain. All the wind and rain began to tilt and bounce away two feet away from his body, as if encountering an invisible barrier.

turn into gas,

True Qi connects all veins,
Spiritual knowledge explores all directions,
The world is still the same, the wind and rain are still the same, but in Wang Zhe's eyes, they are still different.
Whoosh, he disappeared, his figure flickered twice and he had already arrived at the city wall. After a while, he came to the big river outside the city, and then returned to the city, in the courtyard,

He made a cup of tea, lit a lamp, picked up a volume of scriptures, and began to read softly,

This night, he watched the wind and rain and broke through!
Speaking of joy, of course there is, but it is not the kind of ecstasy, just a small sense of accomplishment.

It turned out that the matter of cultivation was not too difficult!

In the early morning of the next day, the sun was rising, the sky was high, and the autumn sky looked extraordinarily blue.

Wang Zhe tapped and touched fish as usual.

The county lieutenant had approached him several times in private, and he wanted to promote him as a head catcher, but he declined all of them.

The days of peace are always short,
In the afternoon, when he was grilling lamb chops at home, a familiar face appeared on the wall.

"Brother Wang, I'm back again!" Zhuo Siwei cheerfully came in with a bottle of wine.

"Well, it smells so good!"

"Why are you back again?"

"Let's handle the case. The last time the tribute was robbed has spread to the capital. Now the Holy Majesty was furious and ordered Baiqisi to arrest the person who robbed the tribute as soon as possible." Zhuo Siwei stared at the grilled lamb chops.

"Isn't it the work of a monster?"

"Ding Yanghou's memorial doesn't say that, he said that the second-rank master and the monster looted the tribute, the Holy Majesty naturally believed what he said.

I was just ordered to make a stand this time, and the capital sent masters, three second-rank masters! " Zhuo Siwei stretched out three fingers.

(End of this chapter)