Chapter 440: Alchemy and Enlightenment (1)
The elixirs needed by Xu Changqing were not particularly expensive. Most of them were ordinary medicinal materials. Chen Yuanshan quickly pieced them together. As for those slightly more expensive medicinal materials, they were also found the next morning.
Originally, the alchemy should have started, but because Chen Yuanshan had to attend Zhou Qinglan's birthday party, the alchemy had to be postponed for two days. However, Xu Changqing and Zhao Banqian did not attend the banquet, and Mao Fangzheng only exposed the bottom a little and returned to the relatively quiet alchemy room in the backyard.
In the alchemy room, Zhao Banqian and Mao Fangzheng felt that the opportunity was rare, so they raised many questions about the cultivation of Xu Changqing over the years and the doubts about the Taoist practice he had learned, and asked Xu Changqing to answer. Zhao Banqian was not exhausted and his life was about to end, while Mao Fangzheng had been dealing with evil things caused by war for many years, and the evil spirits had already been integrated into his whole body and connected with his heart. If he had not been still a child, he maintained a mouthful of innate pure yang energy and practiced Taoist pure yang energy, he might have died in the thick Yin evil spirit in his body. In fact, they themselves were very clear about their own situation. Even if Xu Changqing solved their cultivation problems, there would be no more breakthroughs in cultivation. The purpose of doing this was just to leave a relatively flat way of cultivation for his younger disciples.
Xu Changqing was not stingy with the many cultivation questions raised by the two, and he answered them one by one, and did not use some profound words about the profound Taoism in a mysterious way. All the words and sentences used in the Taoist books were simple. Every time he heard these familiar Taoist words from Xu Changqing, Mao and Zhao were all stunned for a moment, and then they showed a sudden look, and then they smiled bitterly on their faces.
"I didn't expect that I have been confused about these problems of our practice. The answers are in our minds from beginning to end. We are really ridiculous!" After Xu Changqing answered a problem of his practice with a sentence from the Lingbao Sutra, Mao Fangzheng couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile.
"The so-called simplicity of the great way is often hidden in these Taoist books that can be seen everywhere." Zhao Banqian also sighed and said, "In fact, this is human nature. The easier it is to obtain something, the less people care about it. They abandon it, and only realize that this thing is extremely important to them when they are about to lose it."
Xu Changqing smiled and bowed, saying, "You two can understand this truth, which shows that your mental state of mind has improved a lot. Congratulations, congratulations!"
"We have to thank you for your advice before we can wake up from this." The two raised their hands and said with politeness.
After that, the two did not raise any questions about their practice. Instead, they used the method of discussing the Tao to express their experiences of the great Tao that they had learned and realized over the years, and confirmed them. Xu Changqing pointed out at the right time, so that their experiences of the great Tao can be integrated and filled in. In just one or two days, the state of the Tao mind of the two was actually improved to a higher level, reaching the state of the perfect master. Because of the improvement of the Tao mind of the Tao, they were able to fully integrate their own Tao methods, and gradually formed two sets of Tao methods into the world.
Because he was worried about the alchemy, he was about to hold the four-day birthday party, and it was held for two days and ended early. Chen Yuanshan and his wife handed over all the family affairs to their children, so they came to the alchemy room to watch Xu Changqing refine the alchemy. Unlike Chen Yuanshan who was concerned about Xu Changqing's alchemy method, Zhou Qinglan, who had long been willing to be a housewife, was more concerned about the elixir Xu Changqing's elixir to be refined. After all, the elixir that Xu Changqing refines brought her great benefits last time, and this time she hoped to ask for some elixirs to prolong life for her children.
Originally, I thought that Xu Changqing must use some unimaginable magical methods to refine elixirs by those who have achieved immortality. But what everyone unexpected is that Xu Changqing's technique of refining elixirs is no different from ordinary elixir techniques. It is also like putting an appropriate amount of medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace, adding appropriate water, and then slowly boiling it with firewood. The only difference is that Xu Changqing adds firewood and water much more frequently than usual.
Mao and Zhao, who had improved their Taoist realm, all at once woke up from their doubts. They seemed to understand Xu Changqing's alchemy technique. They looked at each other, smiled a little on their faces, and then closed their eyes. They seemed to have entered a state of ethereal cultivation. Chen Yuanshan did not have the experience of the two of them, and never understood the meaning of Xu Changqing's alchemy, but he also understood the profound meaning, so he focused on recording the types and amounts of Xu Changqing's every time he added water and medicine and the types and amounts of the medicinal materials he added. Compared to others, Zhou Qinglan, who sat cross-legged beside her husband, was even more unbearable. She quickly felt bored and bored. Xu Changqing's movements seemed to be a hypnotic technique, which made her feel irresistible. She quickly sat down and fell asleep.
As Xu Changqing added more medicinal materials and water in the elixir furnace, the fire under the elixir furnace would also evaporate. A light green medicinal mist sprayed out from the toad air holes on the top of the elixir furnace, gradually dispersing, covering the whole room, and soon the room became invisible. But what is strange is that the other four people in the room were not affected by the strong and almost suffocating medicine mist. Mao and Zhao were still meditating and practicing, Zhou Qinglan was still sleeping, and Chen Yuanshan kept his eyes wide open, as if his vision could penetrate the thick medicine mist, as if Xu Changqing's movements in the fog.
The elixirs that Xu Changqing used these medicinal materials this time were actually just ordinary elixirs that clear the body and concentrate the mind. The effect was much better than the elixirs bought in the pharmacy outside, but they were always secular elixirs. The elixirs he really refined for Mao, Zhao, Zhou and Chen were actually already refined at the moment of opening the furnace, and everything that followed was just the medicine needed to take the elixirs.
Before the alchemy was refining, there was already a heart pill in the heart of the four people, and Xu Changqing's action of opening the furnace was just to trigger the heart pill in the heart of the four people. Then, as he used special techniques to add water and medicine to the alchemy furnace, their minds were brought into a state of enlightenment where the body was like a medicine into the furnace and cauldron. In the end, what elixir they could refine depends on their own fate. However, the performance of the four people in the whole process. Mao Zhao and Zhao, who were most aware of the most, may have the least effect, and Chen Yuanshan, who was too persistent, would not have much gain. Instead, Zhou Qinglan, who was free and casual, was more in line with the principle of inaction, and would have the greatest gain.
Chapter completed!