Chapter 140 True Qi and Blood Qi

The boat travels very fast, and a journey of ninety miles takes only one hour.

No matter what kind of beautiful scenery, it is naturally very beautiful at first sight, but if you look at it for a long time, you will inevitably get bored.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu started to discuss the scenery and the stories behind it. After a long time, Zhang Yuelu was not willing to talk about it, so Qi Xuansu simply suggested playing a few rounds of Xuansheng cards to kill time.

This was exactly what Zhang Yuelu wanted, so he agreed directly.

The time spent playing cards always flies fast. After the passenger ship arrived at Guandu, Badong, it stopped for an hour. Neither of them got off the ship and continued to play cards.

When the passenger ship was on the road again, Zhang Yuelu put away the Xuansheng cards and urged Qi Xuansu to refine the medicinal power.

Qi Xuansu was still very concerned about his own cultivation. He could not just think about shortcuts like "Xuanyu", and he could not fall behind in the right way of hard work, so he did not neglect it, returned to his room, and began to meditate and luck.

Zhang Yuelu simply came to Qi Xuansu's room to protect him to avoid any accidents.

In this way, Zhang Yuelu really saw something wrong.

Sanren was originally a lower-level exiled immortal, so there were many similarities between the two, especially before the exiled immortal converted all his true qi into true essence.

Before becoming a celestial being, Sanren's cultivation method was not much different from that of the exiled immortal, both of which focused on practicing qi. But Zhang Yuelu discovered at this time that as Qi Xuansu began to use his qi to refine the deposited medicinal power in his body, his qi and blood also circulated and mixed with the true qi, just like the cultivation method of Sanren and Wufu was parallel.

The reason why she didn't notice it before was that when Qi Xuansu drank the medicinal wine for the first time, the hot medicinal power was too strong, which covered up many abnormalities, but now that the medicinal power has weakened, it gradually revealed itself.

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu thoughtfully.

Is this just because of a demon pill?

Qi Xuansu knew nothing about Zhang Yuelu's doubts. He only felt that there were two completely different qi in his body at this time. One was the true qi, like a gurgling stream, and the other was the blood qi, like a wider and faster-flowing stream.

The true qi originated from the way of the Qi Refiner, and the blood qi originated from the way of the martial artist. The "jing" in "refining essence" means blood essence. It can be said that the two have the same origin.

The difference between the two lies in the word "refining". The Qi Refiner refines the natural blood essence of the human body, just like refining iron ore into refined iron, while the martial artist not only does not cultivate the soul, but also does not refine the blood essence, does not comprehend the method of communicating inside and outside, integrating heaven and man, and controlling the vitality of heaven and earth, but only focuses on himself, training the flesh, tendons, skin, and bones, until he is reborn and his flesh becomes immortal.

Because they are focused on cultivating their physique, the vitality of warriors is very strong. Even if their limbs are broken, they can be reborn after a period of time. This is the realm of blood and flesh. If their mind is pure, it is the realm of mind communication with the heavens. They have great restraint on the spirits of alchemists who have not yet entered the heavens.

And the Qi-refining practitioners who cultivate true qi, even including exiled immortals and scattered people, pursue the unity of heaven and man. Although their true qi is more magnificent and abundant and inexhaustible, it is also not pure. Therefore, the restraint of qi and blood on alchemists is much reduced, and they cannot achieve blood and flesh.

When Qi Xuansu killed the alchemist in the return to the true stage in the Forgotten Mountain City, he relied on the restraint of the human immortal inheritance on the ghost immortal inheritance. However, if it were replaced by a Qi-refining practitioner, a witch, or even an exiled immortal or a hermit, they would never be able to easily defeat the scholar. This is why the human immortal inheritance is ranked before the ghost immortal inheritance in the five immortal inheritances "Heaven, Earth, God, Man, and Ghost".

As for why the human immortal inheritance comes after the other three immortal inheritances, it is because even if a warrior has achieved heavenly status, he still relies on his physique to fight with others. He does not have the magical powers of controlling the air, manifesting the Dharma image, calling the wind and rain, and if he cannot get close to the other three immortals, he will be easily manipulated. The so-called "human immortal" is still "human" after all, and can only be inferior to the three immortals of "heaven and earth gods".

Not only that, because warriors do not circulate the heavens and breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they have to eat a lot to replenish their own qi and blood. The requirements for food and medicinal materials are extremely high, so there is a saying that the poor are literati and the rich are martial artists. The cost of warriors is far better than that of alchemists. However, compared with witches, incense and vows do not require Taiping money, but the effort and manpower required to collect incense and vows can be converted into Taiping money, which may not be less than the Taiping money spent by warriors.

From the perspective of Taoism, Qigong is the pillar of Taoism, and other inheritances are relatively rare. Warriors are mainly concentrated among the black-clothed people in the court, and there are not many warriors in Taoism.

Before Xuansheng integrated the five immortal inheritances, the various inheritances were very chaotic. Most of the time, they were simply and roughly divided into warriors and alchemists. Qigong practitioners and exiled immortals who preferred close combat were all classified as warriors. Qigong practitioners and exiled immortals were also confused. Many exiled immortals were regarded as Qigong practitioners with better talents, while witches were mostly classified as alchemists.

It was not until Xuansheng integrated the five inheritances that it was completely clear that only the human immortal inheritance was a warrior. The rest of the Qigong practitioners and exiled immortals were not warriors, but belonged to the earth immortal inheritance and the heaven immortal inheritance respectively.

Unlike Qigong practitioners who mainly rely on the three Dantian, twelve meridians, and eight extraordinary meridians, warriors mainly rely on the countless acupoints in the body to transport qi and blood, cleanse the acupoints, and then condense the body and spirit. Each acupoint has a spirit, which is the realm of seeing the indestructible spirit, and finally reaches the realm of breaking the void, which is not inferior to the Qigong practitioners in the state of unity.

If it were not for the special inheritance of human immortals and the great methods summarized by Taoism, it would be difficult to discover the many acupoints in the body, because each acupoint has a very subtle and unique position, and there are even acupoints within acupoints, and one acupoint connects to a hundred acupoints, and the condensation process is extremely complicated and difficult.

Qi Xuansu also considered taking the path of human immortal at first, but after careful consideration, he still chose Sanren. In addition to some shortcomings in qualifications, poverty was also an unavoidable problem.

Nowadays, although Qi Xuansu cannot condense his body and mind, he can move his energy and blood like a true energy, achieving some of the effects of martial arts training, making his body strong and improving the realm of flesh and blood.

In other words, Qi Xuansu is in the Jade Void stage, but he has both the Jade Cauldron realm of a Sanren and a partially flesh-and-blood realm of a martial artist. This is what makes Zhang Yuelu even more surprised.

At this time, Qi Xuansu only felt comfortable and hot all over his body. The "brook" and the "brook" converged together, mixed with the burning power of the medicine deposited in the body, as if there was a fire dragon swimming quickly, not only passing through the twelve meridians There are eight extraordinary meridians and acupuncture points.

In the process of wandering, blood and energy are constantly being drawn into it, and blood and energy are constantly left behind to fill the vacancy of the trapped blood and energy, which is in line with the principle that running water will not rot the door hinges and will not be beetrooted. However, when passing through the left arm, because the meridians here have just been connected, it is like leaving Yangguan Avenue and entering a rugged mountain trail. The progress is extremely difficult, and a lot of blood energy is left here.

Finally, the "river" formed by the blood energy dissipates throughout the body with part of the medicinal power, as if moisturizing things silently, while the true energy returns to the sea of ​​​​lower Dantian with part of the medicinal power, strengthening itself.

Qi Xuansu slowly woke up from his trance and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Zhang Yuelu was sitting not far away. Seeing Qi Xuansu wake up, he said, "It took a long time for you to enter samadhi."

Qi Xuansu asked: "What time is it now?"

Zhang Yuelu took out his pocket watch, took a look at it, and replied: "Today is November 12th, and it is the end of noon."

Qi Xuansu roughly calculated the time. They left Jinguan Mansion on the third day of November and walked for five days to arrive at Baidi City, which was also the eighth day of November. Because Qi Xuansu was recovering from his injuries, the two stopped in Baidi City. In three days, we left Baidi City by boat on November 11 and arrived at Badong Ferry on the same day.

In this way, he actually fell into samadhi for a day and a night.

Zhang Yuelu glanced out the window: "We will arrive at Jiangling Mansion soon, which is also the destination of this passenger ship."

Jiangling Mansion is the capital of Huzhou, and Jiangling City is the city. Many powerful yamen, including the Yunmeng Governor's Mansion, the Huzhou Governor's Yamen, and the Huzhou Sansi Yamen, are all located here. It can be said to be an important town in the southeast. And because it borders a large river in the south, the Han River in the north, Chongqing and Shu in the west, and Xiaowu in the south, it is called the "thorough of seven states".

According to the division of Taoism, Huzhou is still considered the territory of Quanzhen Taoism, but it is already the border of Quanzhen Taoism. Outside of Huzhou, whether it is Jiangzhou, Xiaozhou or Wuzhou, they all belong to the territory of Zhengdao.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but ask: "Why did Xuan Sheng divide the three major factions into three factions, so that today the three major factions are fighting endlessly?"

Zhang Yuelu sighed and said: "This is not Xuan Sheng's original intention, but the Taoist sect was fragmented at the beginning, with more than twenty different branches and factions. It cannot be said that there were constant internal fights, but there were also many old grudges, such as our Zhang family and the Li family Xuan Sheng believed that under the circumstances at that time, it was difficult to completely integrate the entire Taoism into one place, and could only be divided into three major factions: Zhengyi Dao, Quanzhen Dao, and Taiping Dao based on the distance and ancestral inheritance of each branch."

"In addition, Xuansheng dispersed some people and divided the people who originally belonged to the Zhengdao into the Quanzhen Dao, the people from the Quanzhen Dao into the Taiping Dao, and the people from the Taiping Dao into the Zhengyi Dao. Between the three roads, there is me among you, and you among me, just like the division of state boundaries, making it impossible to form an independent and separatist power, just like the Hanzhong Prefecture in Shuzhou, both customs and geography should belong to it. Shuzhou was assigned to Qinzhou by the imperial court because Hanzhong Prefecture was the gateway to Shuzhou to prevent Shuzhou from forming a separatist regime. "

"Xuansheng originally planned to gradually cancel the Three Paths, but in his later years, Buddhism rose. Xuansheng's main energy was focused on dealing with Buddhism. He could only put this matter aside for the time being and hope that future generations of great masters can solve the problem. . Due to various reasons, the subsequent great masters were unable to integrate the three realms into one place. The three deputy chief masters, Da Zhenren, were even more powerful, leading to the current situation in which the three realms are in conflict. The position of Grand Master will be controlled by the three deputy Masters, and it is impossible to integrate the three paths."

Qi Xuansu suddenly said: "That's it."