If Chen Changsheng directly started the process of guiding the starlight into his body after lighting up the star that night, the girl in the Baicao Garden, which is separated from the Orthodox Academy by a wall, might be able to rely on her talent to follow her unbroken feeling and find him. The presence. She might have spotted him, too, if all the sweat he'd dripped on the floor hadn't winded strangely enough to seep into the floor and never be seen again.
The problem is that at this time, Chen Changsheng once again showed a temperament or thinking that was very different from ordinary people. He resisted the temptation to wash the marrow without hesitation, and went straight back to the small building to take a shower and sleep, and there was no trace of sweat on the floor.
The next day, Chen Changsheng carefully read "On Essence Washing" again, especially the last part where the marrow was washed with starlight, and he took a lot of notes. After confirming that he had fully grasped those contents, he went to rest on the grass by the lake and squinted his eyes until the setting sun fell under the city wall and night came. He confirmed that his body and spirit were in good condition before he pushed open the door of the library. , officially began to wash the marrow.
His consciousness spread into the air, and he didn't go through the roof of the library to go straight to the night sky, but he knew that a kind of connection had been established between himself and that distant red star, and this feeling was not real , to be more precise, the connection between him and the star did not leave any perception in his body and spiritual world, but he was very sure that the star was there, and no one could take it away.
Just like what the Pope said back then: that thread really exists.
Chen Changsheng closed his eyes, calmed his mind, opened his soul, and followed the method in "Washing the Essence", let himself enter the state of absolute relaxation and forget both things and himself, and quietly waited for the essence condensed by starlight to flow along the path. The root thread came to him.
Time passed gradually, and the night wind was sometimes gentle and sometimes condensed.
The woods outside the library were quiet. Yesterday, the woods were repaired by the workmen of the Patriarchate. Many extraneous branches were cut off, and the stubbles of those broken branches were exposed in the air, exuding the unique fragrance of trees. Sent far away by the night wind.
The reason why the woody fragrance emanating from the stubbles of those broken branches is so strong is because there is a nearly transparent jelly that is seeping out there, that is tree sap. The types of trees in the Orthodox Academy are extremely diverse, and naturally there are also fruit trees. It smells very good.
There is a very thick locust tree, the thick branches close to the ground have been cut off, one of them looks like a scar, there is already a lot of gum condensed on it, and the night wind blows slowly along the trunk to the ground . If those who love to kill look at this scene, they will feel that the locust tree is bleeding with its arms cut off, but in fact, under the silver starlight, the flowing sap is more like sweet molasses.
After a long time, the honey-like sap finally fell to the ground, and landed on a clump of green grass. If it was not lucky or cruel to turn an insect into the original form of amber, it would eventually become Food for those insects.
A similar scene also happened in the library.
The brilliance emitted by countless stars fell on the invisible and undetectable line, was condensed into a slightly thick essence, and then slowly fell to the ground along that line, covering an unknown distance, ignoring the roof of the library , and finally fell on Chen Changsheng.
The stars were soft and moist, and the skin on Chen Changsheng's face seemed to have turned into jade. However, at the next moment, those stars seeped in like sand and wind passing through his fingers, and he could no longer be seen, but his face remained the same as before, without any change.
There are still many stars falling on his body, those stars seem to be able to ignore any obstacles, easily penetrate his clothes, fall on the surface of his body, but still can't stay, penetrate deep into the body, and then don't know where to go where.
Chen Changsheng closed his eyes, didn't see these pictures, and didn't know what happened.
He didn't wake up until a rooster began to sing every morning light fell on Kyoto.
He was a little excited, and he had rarely been so excited in fourteen years. Because if the marrow washing is successful, then he will embark on the road of cultivation. Regardless of whether he can get the first place in the grand examination, he will have some say in his own destiny.
This kind of emotion is not good for the body, he said silently to himself, calmed down in a very short period of time with a willpower that was completely out of line with his age, then looked at his hands, his expression changed slightly, his eyes were full of bewilderment and disbelief untie.
His hands have not changed in any way, they are as clean as last night.
He took out a small round mirror from his arms and looked at his face in the mirror. After a moment of silence, he put down the small round mirror and pulled up his collar to look at his body. He found that nothing had changed, it was as clean as the past few years .
The marrow washing was successful, it shouldn't be like this.
According to the "Marrow Washing Theory", human beings live in the world, eat, breathe, and absorb nutrients, but at the same time, they also bring all the dirty air from the world into their bodies, so it is necessary to introduce starlight into the body. , with the help of the purest and gentlest power of the stars, expel all those things out of the body.
According to the predecessors, after successful marrow washing, people's bodies will emit a lot of foul-smelling sweat, and may even have severe diarrhea. Only in this way can it prove that the dirty air in the body has been excreted.
However, Chen Changsheng's body did not change at all.
He is a person with a slight obsession with cleanliness, and he loves cleanliness, but at this moment, he really wants to see the stinky black mud on his body, because this matter has nothing to do with cleanliness, and it should not be This is now.
Looking at the rising sun outside the window, Chen Changsheng was silent for a long time.
Suddenly, he put the back of his hand on the floor and rubbed it vigorously twice. After feeling the real pain, he raised his hand and saw a large red mark on the back of his hand, and he could faintly see blood, so he knew, Self-washing the marrow did not succeed.
When starlight descends, the first thing it touches is the skin, so at the very beginning of marrow washing, the skin is strengthened.
His skin hadn't changed in any way from last night.
Chen Changsheng remained silent. He thought that the interruption of his meridians would only lead to the loss of his soul, and it would be difficult to convert the starlight into real energy in his body in the future, but he thought he could at least complete the step of washing the marrow, but he didn't expect that it still wouldn't work. .
As the morning light gradually brightened, he stood up and walked out of the library. Because of sitting cross-legged all night, my body was a little sore, and my walking was a little slow. Looking from behind, I looked like a child recovering from a serious illness.
Walking back to the small building, looking at the steaming kettle on the stove, he felt a little sad—according to the records in "On Marrow Washing", he thought that when he came back, he must be covered in filth, so he prepared hot water in advance. Thinking that I didn't even shed a drop of sweat.
He thought about it, and finally decided to take a bath.
Not because of sitting on the floor all night, or because there is still some dust in the academy.
He has problems with his body, which makes him dislike his body very much, and he always feels that his body is a little dirty.
He washes frequently, loves to be clean, and has a slight obsession with cleanliness, which is actually all because of this.
He poured hot water into a large bucket in the corner, walked in, covered his face with a wet towel, leaned back against the side of the bucket with his arms outstretched, feeling very tired.
An inaudible sigh came from under the wet towel.
At this moment.
On the other side of the courtyard wall, there was also a faint sigh.
Chen Changsheng thought to himself, so sad people are everywhere.
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No one knew that Chen Changsheng tried to cleanse his marrow, not even the few people who saw him light up his life star didn't know. Because washing the marrow is a more common thing than fixing the star, no matter it is a strong person in the marrow washing state or even the star-gathering state, as long as he is practicing, he needs to do this thing night after night, and he has the ability to see the fate star being destroyed. The person who lights up can't see the thread, and naturally doesn't know whose hand the other end of the thread is holding.
There is no upper limit to human self-aggrandizement.
Marrow washing is never a one-day process.
At night, Chen Changsheng walked into the library again, sat on the floor and continued to experiment.
It took too little time for a fourteen-year-old boy to cheer up from his frustration. All this is thanks to the things he has experienced and will experience, and of course he should resent those things even more.
He has no time to be depressed, he can only keep trying and working hard.
If you don't succeed, you will succeed. These six words are most suitable for him.
Meditating quietly, countless thick but invisible starlight essences, along the invisible line of fate, dripped down from the high night sky, and fell on him again, lingering like a spring breeze.
The starlight silently seeped into his body like last night, and then he could no longer see it.
This process lasted for a long time, and he didn't wake up again until it was getting dark.
He looked at his hands, but found no change. He touched his forehead with his hands, but found no drop of sweat. The old clothes on his body were still so dry, and the morning breeze came from the window, and he could easily shake his sleeves. .
He didn't understand that even if the body's meridians were cut off, and the skin and hair were exposed to the stars, there should be some changes.
Where did those Xinghui go
He thought that the starlight had all dispersed into the air, becoming invisible.
He didn't know that when he was meditating with his eyes closed, the starlight passed through his black hair, his hands, his old clothes and the dagger at his waist, and entered the place silently. His body was not lost at all.
Like snowflakes falling to the ground through the wind and trees.
It is very difficult for a leaf to take over a piece of snow.
But it happened.
Now it seems that the woods are still lush and green, not a little white.
Actually
On the ground below the forest, the snow has gradually thickened.
This is thick accumulation.
One day, there will be thin hair.
Or, outbreak.