Immortality is above

Chapter 57 57: Breakthrough again (, additional updates)
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  Zhao Guo, the autumn of the thirteenth year of Yankang.

Late autumn!

The autumn wind is bleak, the grass and trees are withered, and fallen leaves are everywhere, creating a desolate scene.

In recent years, disasters have occurred frequently in various places, such as floods, droughts, earth dragons turning over, and various strange forces and chaos. Coupled with various exorbitant taxes and levies imposed by the imperial government, people's livelihood has been withered, and the lives of ordinary people have become increasingly difficult day by day.

……

A crimson maple leaf fell and landed in the palm of a slender and white hand.

Chen Liubai stood under the tree, opened his mouth and blew, and the maple leaves flew away again, fluttering and falling to an unknown place.

Behind him are the vast mountains.

Chen Liubai didn't know the name of this mountain. After leaving Chenjiaji, he walked northward without riding a horse.

The bamboo stick and mango shoes can beat the horse easily, and you can see the world on the road.

Sharpening one's state of mind and tempering one's character is by no means just talking about it, the most important thing is to experience it yourself.

In a word: practice.

Those who have not experienced it are mostly just imagination.

Imagination can easily lead to daydreams and delusions.

"Why not eat minced meat" is a typical delusion.

There are countless examples of similar allusions.

This is true in daily life, and it is the same in practice.

In the visualization method, whether it is fantasy or delusion, it may have serious consequences.

Because once the path goes astray, it will be difficult to go back...

Different sects and different people have different ways of tempering their mental state, and their methods are very different.

For example, if you practice asceticism, your life will be really hard;

For example, those who practice closed-mouth meditation will directly turn themselves into mutes;

Of course, there is also the practice of rolling in red powder to see through skeletons, but it doesn’t look like sharpening one’s mind, but more like sharpening one’s guns in battle...

There is no standard for what is right or wrong.

Chen Liubai used a broken sword, not because he couldn't afford other swords; he wore straw sandals, not because he couldn't afford good shoes.

It's just a form of self-expression.

Form is a very important existence, it is everywhere, because all visualizations originate from form.

Then the induction will be born.

It's not that he did it deliberately, he just found it easy and comfortable.

This is completely different from people who strictly abide by the rules and precepts. It is not the same thing.

So he gave the broken sword to Chen Wenqing.

In this way, Chen Liubai walked out of Chenjiaji, Maoxian, and Jiangzhou...

This is not self-exile, but self-search.

While walking, I saw that this large mountain was very nice, so I went up the mountain, found a suitable place to stay, and started practicing.

Choosing this place is, on the one hand, quiet and undisturbed; on the other hand, it is convenient for hunting and you don’t have to worry about meat.

There are wild beasts in the mountains. Although they are not at the level of blood food, they are still at the level of refined food.

The worst thing is, just eat a few more meals.

Along the way, he didn't encounter any evil spirits, which was a bit strange.

The reasons are complicated.

Some evil spirits have a keen sense of smell, and when they sense Chen Liubai's aura, they immediately run away;

At the same time, Jing Yesi of the imperial court is not just a man who eats hard work. If the big one can't handle it, the small one can always take care of it;
  There are also disciples from many sects in the martial arts world. They have come out to wander the world, hunting under the banner of subduing demons and slaying demons...

Besides, Chen Liubai took the official road.

Like those tiger and wolf demons in Maoxian County, they mainly wear painted skins and pretend to be official status, making them extremely concealable.

It was just bad luck that caused Chen Liubai to be offended, and he was caught all in one fell swoop. Without blood food, we can only retreat and seek the next best thing.

After practicing hard in the mountains for nearly three months, I gained quite a lot.

First: In terms of personal cultivation, he made another breakthrough and opened the Tongtian acupoint of the Taiyang Meridian. In this way, only the Baihui point of the Du meridian remains.

Now, it is infinitely close to the Great Zhoutian;
  Second: Immersed in the fragments of the Heavenly Book, I gained a deeper understanding of the Five Elements Escape method, and began to apply the Fire Escape and Metal Escape that I had not started with before.

Subsequently, the "Little Marriage Dream Technique" and "Invisibility Technique" were correspondingly improved, making them even easier to use.

Third: There has been progress in refining the Chenyuan Sword. At the very least, it can be used.

This is very meaningful.

Being able to control flying swords is a serious immortal method.

However, Chen Liubai is just stepping on the threshold. His current level of Dharma awareness is not enough to sustain it for a long time. It is okay to use it for surprise attacks and kill powerful enemies by surprise.

After practicing hard till now, I have reached a bottleneck, so I came out and prepared to continue walking north.

The destination of this trip is the capital.

Leave the forest and return to the official road.

But I saw that he was wearing a t-shirt, a Vincent scarf on his head, and a book box on his back, containing some clothes and old books.

I changed the sandals on my feet to sturdy cloth shoes to avoid being stared at and judged by others.

In addition, he carried a mediocre iron sword on his back.

In the State of Zhao, it is very reasonable for scholars to carry swords.

Dressing up like this is just a disguise. You want to use yourself as bait to catch a fish and see if you can attract some monsters to come over, just in time for the tooth festival.

Don’t they say that those beauties like to seduce white-faced scholars the most?

Of course, not all evil spirits are blood-eating and can be eaten. There are specialties in this that need no elaboration.

As we walked, the evil spirits did not attract us, but large dark clouds appeared in the sky. Not long after, it started to rain lightly.

This kind of autumn rain is the most annoying, it starts up all at once and never ends.

Chen Liubai was not afraid of the autumn cold, but it was always uncomfortable to have his clothes wet by the rain.

The cloth cover on the book box is mainly used to block the sun. It is difficult to keep out the rain.

So I took out an oil-paper umbrella from the Hutian bag, opened it, and held it up.

After walking for a while, a posthouse appeared in front of me, so I walked over immediately.

This posthouse looks a bit dilapidated, but fortunately it can protect it from wind and rain. There is a pile of burned charcoal on the ground, which must have been left by other passers-by when they rested here.

Chen Liubai put away his umbrella, put down his book box, magically took out a pile of chopped firewood, lit a fire, and prepared to barbecue.

That meat is fine venison marinated using a secret method.

Anyway, the Hutian bag is empty, just enough to hold enough food and drink supplies, so as not to have trouble eating outside.

When it comes to the cost of wearing clothes, he is not very particular about it and even looks slovenly. But when it comes to food, he is quite serious and will not treat himself badly. It is also for the needs of cultivation.

The fire started, the meat was roasted, and the aroma gradually came out.

Got it!
  During the wind and rain, there was suddenly a flurry of hoofbeats, and dozens of horses were running towards them.

Chen Liubai narrowed his eyes, thinking that this meal of meat would make him uneasy...

Then I heard someone shouting: "Where are you going? Leave your head behind!"

laugh!
  A sharp edge suddenly shot up, like lightning.

Immediately, people exclaimed and horses screamed!

Suddenly, something flew in from the outside. It was spherical and rolled right to Chen Liubai's feet.

The beard and hair were disheveled, and the eyes were still open. It looked like a human head!
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