Castle of Black Iron

Chapter 9: Loft cabin

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The only source of natural light in the hut is the triangular window at the foot of the iron bed. The window in the attic is naturally not too big. It is better during the day, but at night, the inside of the hut will look a little dim, just like this time.

Relying on the weak light outside the house and his familiarity with the hut, Zhang Tie fumbled to light the oil lamp in the hut. In order to save fuel, Zhang Tie adjusted the flame of the oil lamp in the hut to the minimum, so after lighting it , there was only a little light as big as a soybean swaying in the lampshade, but there was finally some light and warmth in the hut.

After lighting the lamp, Zhang Tie lay down on the bed without taking off his shoes, staring blankly at the pointed roof of the hut. In the dim light, Zhang Tie discovered that in a corner of the roof beam, it seemed that There was a spider that had built a small web there. Looking at the pitiful spider web and the spider that had no idea how long it would take to catch a flying insect, Zhang Tie instantly felt a sense of sympathy. .

The crashing sound of the bed in his brother's room downstairs was even more clearly audible when Zhang Tie lay down, which made it even more difficult for Zhang Tie to settle down and practice. Zhang Tie could only lie on the bed bored, tossing and turning, feeling like a cat scratching his head. I felt so uncomfortable that I finally got so bored that I started to count the banging sounds of the bed boards below. When Zhang Tie counted to more than 700, the rhythm of the sounds below suddenly accelerated, and then after a few dozen seconds, everything became quiet. When it became quiet, Zhang Tie also breathed out often and finally calmed down. Then Zhang Tie discovered with some horror that his right hand had unexpectedly grasped the restless guy below him. At this moment, the guy was particularly It is strong and firm, and seems to have been undergoing "manual single-cylinder piston movement" for a while without knowing it.

Could it be that since he joined the Aircraft Brotherhood, he was infected by those guys’ obscene hobbies

Zhang Tie's right hand was pulled out of his pants as if it were a red-hot iron. He breathed heavily for a while before slowly calming down. Maybe to others, this is not a big deal, but to Zhang Tie , but it was different, because his father had discussed this issue with him seriously when he was twelve years old. His father told him that because the physical fitness of the Chinese people was originally smaller than that of other races, ordinary people People do not have physical advantages in the most important warrior indicators of strength, speed and endurance. In this era, the obvious difference in physical fitness is often fatal, especially at the low levels of levels 1 to 3. among warriors and among those who have not grown into warriors. Take Zhang Tie as an example. Zhang Tie's body is considered well-developed among the Chinese, but in school, Zhang Tie can only be ranked in the middle and lower reaches in terms of size and physical strength. In the Aircraft Brotherhood, Zhang Tie's height is only Barely similar to the fat guys Barry and Chauvin, but Barry's body is much wider and his strength is obviously stronger than Zhang Tie. The difference in physical fitness between the Chinese and other races will be obvious before they become real warriors. Although the higher the level of warriors later, the more they can ignore these differences in innate physical factors, but in the front, these gaps are like a chasm. insurmountable.

His father told Zhang Tie very seriously at that time that as a Chinese in Black Flame City, if he wanted to even out the physical gap with other people and fight for his own place in this era, the most important thing was to become a warrior as soon as possible. , and improve your soldier level. The higher the level, the smaller the gap will be, the wider the road in the future, and the more capital you will have to survive. The most important thing is to become a first-level soldier and continuously improve your professional level. It is to pass the level of igniting the fire of thought in every bright point in the body. This is a level that everyone must go through. In this era where strength is valued and all races compete, this is the most important criterion for measuring a person's value. . To ignite the fire of thought in every bright spot in the body, the state of the body is very important, and the "manual single-cylinder piston movement", once launched, will have an invisible impact on the body of young people every time. The damage will consume a lot of energy and essence in the body, making the efforts to ignite the fire of thought more difficult, and the body and spirit will be more fragile.

"This is the most difficult to detect chronic suicide process, so no matter what others think, you should not get into this habit in the future. There are some secret legends about this among our Chinese people. Anyone who is addicted to this , In addition to damaging your body, it is also ruining your luck, and your life will be very unlucky!" These were the last words his father said at the time. Zhang Tie was relieved when he made Zhang Tie swear that he would never get into this bad hobby in the future. Take a breath...

Of course, for things like last night, my father’s explanation is that young people are “overflowing with energy”, which is a natural phenomenon and does not cause serious damage to the body.

Thinking of his father's warning, Zhang Tie quickly took his hand out, thinking that he was in danger and almost broke the precept without knowing it. He was frightened for a while, and it took a while for him to calm down. After calming down, Zhang Tie sat up from his bed and walked away. When I got to the window, I happened to see the back of my brother and a woman leaving their house. My brother had already put on the uniform of the Black Flame City Guards and was sending the woman home. And the woman, from the back, looked like this The daughter of the boss of the street tailor shop.

As if sensing someone was watching, Zhang Tie's brother turned around from below, smiled at Zhang Tie who was standing at the window, and raised his chin. Zhang Tie angrily waved his fist at his brother. Then he watched the two people's backs disappear into the dim street.

There is a small plate of crystal sand on the window sill. There is an ordinary double-headed white crystal in the crystal sand. The crystal is natural, and its color barely meets the requirements of low-grade second-grade crystal. It can be placed in the crystal sand on the windowsill. Natural charging is a bit like the thing called a battery before the Cataclysm, but it is easier to use than a battery. The second-grade double-headed crystal is far from the third-grade pyramid shadow crystal that Zhang Tie sold today, but this This thing is the most advanced cultivation material that Zhang Tie can currently possess.

Holding the crystal, Zhang Tie took off his shoes. Regardless of the weird smell on his feet, he sat cross-legged in a squatting posture, put his hands in front of his lower abdomen, and put one end of the double-headed crystal against it. Find the exact position of your belly button, close your eyes and start practicing...

The process of practice is simple and boring. First, slow down your breathing and make it long and thin. Then let your spirit and thoughts follow the breath and inhale the "breath" in your mouth, and follow the feeling to the position of your belly button. Repeat this process over and over again until you feel the existence of the bright point of "Shrine" in your belly button. After feeling the bright point of "Shrine", use your own spirit and thoughts to follow the rhythm of your breathing. Keep "polishing" this bright spot and staring at it without moving, just like a fly biting rotten meat, until one day a "flame" ignites in this bright spot and ignites the fire of thought - that is the sign of becoming a first-class soldier. , is also a sign of "adultness" for everyone in this era.

In this era, if a man cannot even ignite the most basic "divine palace", then this man is basically equivalent to a cripple and an imbecile. This is the rule of survival in the Iron Age.

In Zhang Tie's feeling, the bright spot at the navel is like gold hidden under the sand, and his state after entering tranquility is like a broom. He first sweeps away the sand to reveal the bright spot, and his thoughts are like Sandpaper, keep rubbing and polishing this piece of gold, polishing it until it is smooth and shiny, until one day it burns like drilling wood to create heat by friction, then it will be successful...

The process of cultivation is taught in school, starting from elementary school. This is also a cultivation method that can be learned for free. According to the teacher at the school, the Ming Point is the biggest secret in human beings, except for the one located at the belly button called the Shrine. Apart from the obvious bright spots, other bright spots in the human body are all recessive and cannot be sensed at all unless certain conditions are met. As for how many bright spots there are in the human body and what the functions of those mysterious bright spots are, even today, it is not possible to detect them at all. No one can fully explain it, but how to discover and sense more bright points in people, and how to speed up cultivation of these bright points, these two questions are secrets to everyone everywhere, those powerful ones Sects, sects, temples and legendary powerful warriors are all guardians and beneficiaries of this secret.

In Black Flame City, almost one-fifth of the people can only ignite the flame of thought in one bright spot in the shrine in their entire life, and they will revolve around one bright spot throughout their lives...

For an ordinary person like Zhang Tie, the process of entering samadhi is very difficult. He can only achieve it by constantly adjusting his breathing. After almost half an hour, Zhang Tie finally sensed the bright spot of the shrine at his belly button, and then He began to pour his spirit and thoughts into this bright spot continuously. In Zhang Tie's perception, his navel began to slowly heat up, and then the shrine bright spot gradually appeared, and finally, in his spirit and thoughts, he continued to " After "polishing", it slowly began to light up, from slightly bright to translucent, and finally became an existence that was only the size of a grain of rice in perception, shining with cyan brilliance. At the same time, the crystal in the hand lit up brightly. Slowly, there was a vague connection with Mingdian, a trace of energy that could never be sensed under normal conditions. At this time, it was slowly injected into Mingdian along one end of the crystal. The energy on Mingdian The blue brilliance slowly became solid and bright under the dual effects of his own spiritual thoughts and the crystal. The brilliance radiating from the bright spot began to brighten the dark space around the bright spot little by little. The illumination is like a star in the dark sky. Although it is weak, it always gives people a sense of hope.

I don't know how long it took, but when Zhang Tie felt that his spirit and thoughts had begun to be overdrawn and exhausted, and it was no longer possible to complete the "polishing" task, Zhang Tie woke up from the state of trance. After practicing for several hours a day, he almost There is no obvious progress that can be felt. For Zhang Tie, these improvements can only be felt after weeks or months of accumulation. Among these perceptible improvements, the most obvious one is the color of the light on the bright spots. Over the years, Zhang Tie has gone from red, orange, yellow, green, and green to the stage of cultivating Mingdian in the Shrine. Now he has reached the cyan stage, followed by blue, followed by blue, purple, and the purple queen is to ignite the fire of thought. To complete the following steps The two stages, according to experience, will take at least a year and a half. The speed of this cultivation is neither fast nor slow, and is basically the same as most people. The vast majority of people are in the army in their first year after graduating from school. Ignite the flame of thought in the shrine and cross the most important hurdle in life.

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There is another chapter in the evening. Tiger is adjusting his writing rhythm and state, trying to write as many words as possible every day. This book will not keep everyone waiting.