"Hehe, you can't live forever, but if you practice Taoism, you can at least strengthen your body and prolong your life." Daoist Yuqing said with a smile.
"Then I want to practice too."
"This is natural. A teacher will teach you the five arts of Taoism, including mountains, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination. As for whether you can succeed in cultivation, it depends on your talent and good fortune."
"Master, what is a mountain?" Yang Zimei asked in confusion.
Daoist Yuqing explained to her one by one.
The so-called "mountain" is a kind of knowledge that cultivates the "body" and "spirit" through methods such as bait, foundation building, mysterious scriptures, boxing, and spells, so as to fill the body and mind.
Food bait—is a way to use tonic, wine and daily diet to strengthen physical strength and treat diseases.
Foundation building - is a method of using Zen and meditation to control the essence, qi, and spirit, and then improve physical strength.
Xuan Dian - is based on the thoughts of Lao Tzu and Zhuang Zi, and then achieves a way of cultivating the mind and nature.
Boxing - is a method of practicing various martial arts to enhance physical fitness.
Talisman - is a kind of psychic and cultivation magic, its main function is to avoid evil and suppress evil spirits, seek good luck and avoid evil, etc. A kind of alchemy.
All in all, "mountain" is a kind of knowledge that uses various methods such as meditation, cultivation, martial arts, diet therapy, etc. to cultivate a perfect personality.
After listening to the master's explanation, Yang Zimei was very excited, and she was sure that the master was not in the same rank as the former blind master and other charlatans, and they were truly learned.
"You are only five years old now, which is the best age to start practicing our qi-guiding technique. Now the master is teaching you the breathing-guiding qi technique while going up the mountain with you. Please remember it carefully."
"Okay, thank you Master."
Daoist Yuqing read a few formulas from his mouth.
Yang Zimei quickly remembered and recited it.
Yuqing didn't expect her memory to be so good, so she said a few more sentences. As a result, every time she read it, she recited it clearly, word for word.
"Someone taught you this formula?"
Yang Zimei shook his head, "This is the first time I heard it from Master."
"Just listen to it once and remember it by heart?"
Yang Zimei nodded, "I have memorized all the changes that Master gave me yesterday."
From the first time Daoist Yuqing saw her, he felt that she was very different, but he never thought that she was a child prodigy. The writing of Zhouyi is extremely difficult, even for those college students of comparable level, it will take at least a year to memorize the whole book, let alone a five-year-old child.
"You know all those words?"
"I... Dad taught me."
Yang Zimei really didn't know how to explain her sudden genius-like memory, and she didn't know why she could suddenly recognize all those uncommon characters, let alone say that she was reborn after living two lives, so she could only lie.
Yuqing guessed from her flickering eyes that she was lying.
He knew that her origin must be extraordinary, otherwise, with his cultivation base, how could he not be able to deduce her fortune
To be able to read and memorize the Book of Changes in one day is definitely an incomparable genius.
He didn't say anything more, but continued to read the qi-guiding formula to her. In order to test whether she really had such a strong memory, he didn't stop and said it for ten minutes in one breath, covering the whole time. After reading all the qi-guiding formulas, we will arrive at the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain.
"Niu Niu, you can recite the mantra that Master just said to you."