After lunch, Qin Ran subconsciously wanted to lie down on the sofa. In the past, he would lie on the sofa for at least half an hour after eating, but today, he stopped after only two steps. Because he suddenly realized that such days might be gone forever, he could only sigh secretly and turned to go out.
Looking at the master shaking his head and sighing, Li Shiyin didn't know what was wrong with the master who had just finished his meal.
She followed Kieran to the door.
The master walked into the grass, came to the river bank, and looked down into the river. At this moment, the world was like a painting, and he seemed like a person in the painting... a melancholy person in the painting.
Li Shiyin thought about it, then walked over and came to the river. She looked down at the clear water below her feet, where there were fish and shrimps swimming along the current.
Noticing that Li Shiyin was following him, Qin Ran tilted his head to look at her, then looked back at the river water under his feet and suddenly spoke:
"The Master, standing by a river, said, 'Time passes by like this, it never stops day or night.
"The original purpose of spiritual practice was actually to fight against time and seek immortality. However, during the process of spiritual practice, people discovered that spiritual practice could gain them great power, so some people began to practice for the sake of power."
He sighed, "Then immortality and power are the two paths of cultivation."
"The way of swordsmanship is the way to strength, and alchemy is the way to longevity." He turned his head, looked at Li Shiyin, and asked, "Do you want to practice alchemy or swordsmanship?"
Li Shiyin didn't know who "Zi" was, nor did she understand what her master meant by that sentence, but she really just wanted to make the elixir, so she answered immediately: "Make..."
Qin Ran raised his hand to stop her from continuing. He said:
"You gave up your bright future in swordsmanship and insisted on coming to Danfeng. I know you have your reasons for wanting to learn alchemy. But I still hope you will think about it carefully. You don't have to answer me now. Think about it before you answer."
Li Shiyin fell silent.
"To make pills, you need to memorize a lot of medicinal materials and recipes, and you need to know how to turn the medicinal materials into pills. It's not that you can make pills by practicing a certain alchemy technique and knowing a certain recipe..."
Qin Ran raised his head and looked towards the forest in the distance. "You don't need to memorize a lot to practice swordsmanship. You just need to practice a technique, learn a sword technique, and cultivate a natal sword."
He then asked, "Do you think you are more suitable for alchemy or sword practice?"
Li Shiyin was born into a military family. Although her father had tried his best, he named her Shiyin and asked her to learn poetry, literature and etiquette, hoping that she would be gentler and more knowledgeable.
However, the influence of her family tradition was too great, and she did not become a lady from a wealthy family in the end...
In fact, she herself knows better than anyone whether she is suitable for practicing sword or refining alchemy.
"There is no distinction between high and low professions, but generally speaking, sword cultivation is more popular in the world of immortal cultivation. Everyone knows that a nurse is important, but who wouldn't want to be a sword immortal who can fly a thousand miles to take people's heads?" Qin Ran smiled.
Then he said, "Girl, let's practice swordplay!"
Li Shiyin pursed her lips and looked at the fish swimming in the river without saying a word.
"Practicing sword skills should be fast, while refining pills should be slow. You should decide as soon as possible!" Qin Ran said at last, "But today, I still need to teach you the basics of cultivation."
After watching the fish for a while, the two crossed the river and came to the research building. Qin Ran asked Li Shiyin to wait in the pharmacy in the morning while he went to the fourth floor to get a human model down.
"Before practicing, you must first understand the various meridians and acupuncture points of the human body." Qin Ran moved the human body model to the table. Li Shiyin sat behind the table. He looked at her and said, "Otherwise, even if you have the sense of qi, you won't know how to circulate it.
"This model is what I used when I was learning the exercises. I'm using it to demonstrate it to you now."
"Model? Does the world of immortal cultivation have such a thing?" Li Shiyin sat behind the table in a serious manner, but her lively eyes betrayed her. The master was really weird, and his painting style was never right.
"Here, look, from top to bottom, this is the Baihui acupoint, which connects heaven and earth. When the Nascent Soul becomes a spirit, it comes out from this place... This is the Yintang acupoint between the eyebrows, which is the location of the sea of consciousness, the so-called upper dantian. When you have a spirit, the spirit will live here..."
Qin Ran pointed at the human body model and explained it to Li Shiyin in detail from top to bottom.
“This is the Tanzhong point, which is the middle dantian, where the Nascent Soul is located in the future… This is the Qihai point, which is the lower dantian, where the Qi cyclone and the golden elixir are located.
"Practice will start from the lower Dantian. Once you feel the Qi, you will condense the Qi cyclone in the lower Dantian. Then, as your cultivation grows, the Qi cyclone will grow stronger and form a golden elixir. Then, the golden elixir will hatch and the Nascent Soul will emerge from the elixir..."
Qin Ran spoke eloquently, explaining each point in great detail, fearing for making mistakes. He also expressed his understanding of cultivation in colloquial terms, secretly indicating that he had something in mind.
However, Li Shiyin, who was sitting behind the desk listening to the class… her eyes went from lively to stagnant, from stagnant to dull, and from dull to, closed.
When he talked about Baihui and Qihai, Li Shiyin was already playing tricks with Zhou Gong. When he talked about foundation building and spirit transformation, Li Shiyin was already giving up and chatting with Zhou Gong.
Qin Ran was talking passionately, and then he suddenly turned around and saw that Li Shiyin was already half asleep. He was stunned, and at this moment he suddenly understood how disappointed the teacher felt when he saw a classroom full of students dozing off in middle school.
Is what he said really so hypnotic? He couldn't help but doubt it.
But whether he had it or not, he had to stop.
If cultivation can be divided into theoretical and practical schools, then Qin Ran is a complete theoretical school. If he doesn't understand what each acupuncture point is used for and what the specific direction of each exercise route is, then he can't continue to practice.
At that time, he had little experience and thought that everyone was like him. He thought that if he didn't do the preparation work first, he couldn't learn the success method. So when he saw Li Shiyin in class,
He was somewhat skeptical about the performance:
Is this a top-level spiritual root? !
Qin Ran sat down and looked at Li Shiyin who was pouting and nodding. He began to think, should he still talk about meridians later? How can he practice if the acupuncture points and meridians are not clear
But Li Shiyin is like this... It gives me a headache, ah, it gives me a headache!
Qin Ran knocked on the table gently. Li Shiyin stopped and nodded, but still didn't wake up. Qin Ran hesitated a little, wondering if he had disturbed others, but he knocked on the table again, and Li Shiyin finally woke up.
Li Shiyin opened her eyes hazily, and seeing the helpless look of her master in front of her, a sense of guilt came over her. She quickly lowered her head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Master, I'm sorry, I... couldn't... help myself..."
“How much of what I just said did you hear?” Qin Ran struggled desperately as he looked at his little disciple’s silly look.
"Baihui acupoint, what is connected with heaven and earth, what is Yuanshen, what is Yuanying..." Li Shiyin tried to recall what Qin Ran had just said, and said everything she heard, "The egg breaks, the baby comes out, the air and water become the sea..."
Qin Ran raised his hand to stop Li Shiyin from talking nonsense, and finally asked: "Do you know what these are?"
"Ah?" Li Shiyin shook her head in confusion.
"Oh!" Qin Ran sighed and stood up. At this moment, he really wanted to say, this rotten wood cannot be carved!
But he didn't say it after all.
He turned around and walked out. When he reached the door, he stopped again and took out a book from his Qiankun bag. He turned around and put it on the table, saying, "This is a detailed explanation of the meridians in the human body. I have marked all the meridians involved in the foundation-building period. There are also notes about the properties of each meridian. Take a look for yourself first!"
After saying that, he turned and went out.
Watching the master's back as he left, Li Shiyin felt very guilty. She didn't know why she always felt sleepy? !
With a helpless sigh, Li Shiyin picked up the book on the table and opened it. Just like the book on medicinal materials in the morning, the pictures were in color, and the human body models were clear and understandable. The printed words were also densely packed and written in great detail, with the master's handwriting on the side.
In short, when she took a look, she felt that the whole world was filled with words, and she was suddenly overwhelmed.
She quickly threw the book back on the table, as if she had been bitten by the book.
Li Shiyin leaned back in her chair with a look of despair, looking up at the ceiling.
"How can I practice like this?" she sighed. "I feel sleepy as soon as I read. How can I make the elixir?"
As she was thinking, she suddenly realized something, "Master is only in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Why did he say that he had marked all the meridians involved in the Foundation Establishment Stage in this book? Has Master read all the Foundation Establishment Stage exercises?!"
She was shocked by her own thought. How could someone really read so many books! ?
"As expected of you, Master. You are indeed so terrifying!!"