Covering the sky starts from the mortal body

Chapter 7
In fact, these big caves are not far apart, otherwise there would be no problem with one cave, and the other caves would all know about it.

For example, when Qingdi's tomb was born, some of the other major sects appeared even earlier than those who appeared in Lingxu Cave.

After a while, more than a dozen divine lights rose into the sky, pierced the night sky, and disappeared into the distant horizon like shooting stars.

Elder Ma controlled the divine light, and the speed was as fast as lightning, and the mountains and rivers kept going away, and soon reached the Jade Cauldron Cave.

Here is a virtual ethereal fairy mountain, with pavilions, bridges, flowing water, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, birds and animals, all vividly and naturally integrated together. It is obviously a geomantic treasure.

There are two words engraved on a large bluestone in front of the mountain, Jade Cauldron!

"Finally arrived at Xinshou Village, I'm so excited." Zhang Wenchang thought in his heart.

Cultivation is a road to the sky. After knowing that there are practitioners, who would be willing to be an ant who is busy and dies in a hundred years? At this time, Zhang Wenchang's heart is burning.

As one of the six great caves in the country of Yan, the Jade Cauldron Cave is one of the six top holy places for practice in the country of Yan.

Although this is nothing in the real holy land of cultivation, in the eyes of Zhang Wenchang and Liu Yiyi, this place is a fairy land.

After Elder Ma led the two of them into the cave, he gave a few instructions and left.

Several practitioners led the two of them along the way to see mountains, rivers, waterfalls, towering ancient trees, and all kinds of beautiful scenery.

The rather thick ginseng, the nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum, and various shimmering herbs exude a medicinal fragrance.

Zhang Wenchang soon separated from Liu Yiyi, and Zhang Wenchang was taken to a small valley with three thatched huts, a bamboo forest, and a medicinal field.

The three ordinary huts became Zhang Wenchang's residence. The place was ordinary but very clean.There is a sense of tranquility and nature like a pure land outside the world, and it seems to be far away from the troubles of the world in an instant.

Zhang Wenchang lay on the bed and had a good sleep.In the past four or five days, I haven't had a good night's sleep. At this time, I felt relaxed and slept soundly all night. I didn't get up until the sun was bright.

At noon, someone brought light food, such as sealwort, poria cocos, gastrodia elata, and other medicinal materials.

Zhang Wenchang knew that this was a rule of practice. Beginner disciples should first take these medicinal materials to expel the turbid air in the body.

So there is no pretense, just pick it up and eat it.

Also delivered with me is a set of clothes. These clothes are warm in winter and cool in summer. They automatically adapt to the size of your body and are naturally dust-proof, so you don’t have to worry about getting them dirty.

Zhang Wenchang threw away his old clothes, took a shower, and put on new clothes, which were so comfortable and fit his body perfectly.

After a few days, I became familiar with the boy who delivered the food.According to him, ordinary people can't enjoy this kind of treatment at all. Only those who are successful in cultivation can open up a cave by themselves, have a separate room or live in a cave.

According to the young man, this valley belongs to Zhang Wenchang by default. After he has achieved success in spiritual practice, he can create a cave alone here.

This young man has not yet embarked on the path of spiritual practice. Zhang Wenchang thought to himself that if Ye Fan had not been personally paid attention to by Elder Wu and had just entered the Lingxu Cave, he might have done the same work as this young man.

After Zhang Wenchang came here, he was left out for half a month, eating vegetarian every day and doing nothing else.

In fact, according to the rules, this young man should lead Zhang Wenchang to travel around the entire cave to get acquainted with it.

But Zhang Wenchang felt that since he had just come here and hadn't stepped into cultivation yet, it would be a big trouble if he met a second generation when he went out.

It was better to keep a low profile when I first came here, so I ate and slept in my own valley, or asked this boy to get some common sense about this world.

"Are you impatient? Embarrassed to embark on the road of cultivation?" Elder Ma appeared in this valley, with fluttering sleeves and an immortal demeanor, looking like an old fairy.

Jade Cauldron has a special elder who teaches the skills, not Elder Ma.Elder Ma felt that Zhang Wenchang was destined to him this time, and decided to personally accept Zhang Wenchang as his disciple.

"You have activated the Sea of ​​Suffering when you came out of the Ancient Forbidden Land. It will be much easier to enter the path of cultivation. I will start teaching you to practice now."

"There are countless doors in our body. To keep opening these doors and discovering the true self is practice."

"There is such a mysterious place in our body, which is the root of life vitality and contains the essence of the whole body. It is called the Wheel of Life."

"The wheel of life, with the golden section under the navel as the center, draws a circle about the size of a palm. It is the place where the essence is stored and the foundation of the practitioner."

Every year, a mark will be left on the wheel of life, and when it is covered with the scars of the years, the person will die.

"There are eight traces left on your wheel of life."

When Zhang Wenchang heard it, it seemed that it was about the same as what he had estimated.

"The Sea of ​​Bitterness is the endless sea that covers the wheel of life. After you reach a certain level of spiritual practice, a place that seems to be as big as a palm will become like a real world inside."

Elder Ma spoke very seriously. In order to lay a solid foundation for Zhang Wenchang, he taught for four full months, all of which were common sense of practice, as well as his experience and understanding of practice.

Then in the next two months, Zhang Wenchang was taught the Dao Jing, which is the currency in the six caves and the remnants of the Lun Hai chapter of the Tao Jing.

The reason why he can tell at a glance that this is a fragment is because Zhang Wenchang knows that there are nine unique inscriptions on the earth in the truly complete Daojinglunhai chapter, which Zhang Wenchang has not seen here.

However, although this is an incomplete fragment, it is a kind of gospel for disciples with extraordinary talents, and it can be used to build a solid Taoist foundation.

Before Zhang Wenchang, I had only heard of his name but not his meaning.After coming into contact with the Taoist scriptures, I realized the endless truths in him.

The first step of practice is to sense your own wheel of life, and then guide the essence to impact the sea of ​​suffering.

At this time, there is a method of induction, specifically for induction of the wheel of life.There is a way to guide, to guide the essence.

Elder Ma personally takes action every day, using the basic tips recorded in the Taoist scriptures of body movement, puts his hand under Zhang Wenchang's navel, and personally guides him with "immortal energy".

Thanks to Zhang Wenchang's powerful soul, it only took two days to sense the existence of the wheel of life.

Zhang Wenchang immediately tried to guide the essence of the wheel of life, and hit the sea of ​​suffering with all his strength.

In the following days, although Zhang Wenchang did not break away from the sea of ​​suffering, his qi and blood became more and more vigorous. This was because of the divine spring water he drank, the divine fruit he ate, and a lot of mysterious energy accumulated in his body. It's time to guide and inspire.

After teaching Zhang Wenchang’s Taoist Sutra, Elder Ma Yun left.

The master leads the door, and the practice depends on the individual. This sentence is also applicable here.

Next, Zhang Wenchang will go to Yushan Cliff, where he will listen to the elders who teach the method and resolve doubts.

Before leaving, Elder Ma gave Zhang Wenchang a jade plaque. On one side was the Jade Cauldron, and on the other side was Zhang Wenchang, Elder Ma's name.

(End of this chapter)