Chapter 763: Soul and Body

"Sanctification of the flesh?"

Zhang Zhiwen looked at the Taoist priest in surprise. He didn't know how the Taoist priest knew that he was currently improving his physical strength. Is this another coincidence?

"Yes, Mr. Marquis, I think your soul left the body just to purify the body, but unfortunately, your soul has not returned for a long time..."

The Taoist priest was a little stunned when he saw Zhang Zhiwen. He thought Zhang Zhiwen had lost his memory, so he told Zhang Zhiwen the whole story.

It turns out that in order to fight against the evil old demon, this Marquis also tried his best to use the method of soul leaving the body to purify the physical body, so that the physical body and mind can be improved without distraction. However, this Hou Ye is still a little behind in the realm of soul leaving the body. You can't come back after that, you probably went to the underworld, which is probably a dead end.

It's just a coincidence that Zhang Zhiwen came back and replaced the Marquis, but there are inevitably some things here that are difficult to explain.

If the Lord's soul left his body and went to the underworld, then his soul would have died, and his physical body would still exist. Since the body still exists, Zhang Zhiwen's current body should be that of Lord Hou.

But this is absolutely impossible, because Zhang Zhiwen entered this hell realm in the flesh, and it is impossible for him to replace the body of the Marquis. Moreover, Zhang Zhiwen's current body is absolutely impossible to be the body of the so-called Marquis, because the Xuanyin Xuantai Still in the body, this is enough to prove that this physical body must still be Zhang Zhiwen's.

If I have to explain it, it is that the body of the so-called Marquis has long since rotted and turned into a puddle of pus, which was absorbed and digested by the world, and Zhang Zhiwen directly appeared in the coffin to replace the Marquis. .

Of course, this hell should exist between reality and fiction. It is extremely strange and unpredictable. Zhang Zhiwen naturally wants to leave here as soon as possible, but before leaving here, Zhang Zhiwen must also improve his physical strength. With this powerful physical body Strength, then he can have enough initiative in the next hell realm.

Furthermore, how to leave this hell is also a big problem, but Zhang Zhiwen is not in a hurry now. With the Taoist priest in front of him, he can figure out the situation of this hell step by step.

In this case, Zhang Zhiwen nodded and said, "If that's the case, how will we do it now?"

When the Taoist priest saw that Zhang Zhiwen seemed to have returned his soul, he was naturally overjoyed. He hurriedly said: "Master Hou, since your soul has returned to its place, your physical body will become a saint soon, and your subordinates will guard the gate for you. The old demon is broken I don’t dare to trouble you easily.”

Zhang Zhiwen naturally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He didn't expect that this Taoist priest was quite loyal, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then you can protect me."

After saying this, Zhang Zhiwen sat down to meditate again. He felt that he could still improve the strength of his physical body. Just now, the Xuanyin Xuantai cracked. Although he has recovered now, his vitality is still somewhat damaged. If he continues to recover, his physical body will If you have the opportunity to step into the realm of Jindan Dzogchen, you are only one step away from the Nascent Soul realm.

The Taoist priest was also overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly clasped his fists and said, "Yes! I will definitely protect the Marquis."

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen didn't say anything more. As for the feud between the Marquis and the old demon, or the disputes in the court, those were things that he would only consider later, and then once his body entered the Nascent Soul realm. , which is what is called physical sanctification in this world, then he will be confident enough to kill the old demon.

Of course, Zhang Zhiwen didn't know very well how powerful this body would be after becoming a saint, but with the help of Taoist priests, he would still have a chance to kill the old demon.

Soon, Zhang Zhiwen began to repair the vitality of his physical body. There was a strange power between heaven and earth. This was what Zhang Zhiwen discovered after he stepped into this place. This strange power was extremely pure. It was not the power of a Taoist soul, nor the power of a Taoist spirit. The power of a beast soul, let alone a demon soul, is instead a pure Yang power. Logically speaking, this pure Yang power cannot appear in such an environment.

You know, this is a place where evil spirits are soaring into the sky. The evil spirits are so powerful, but they are also an evil energy. They cannot be absorbed for cultivation. Compared with the real realm, the evil spirits here are too evil, impure, and extremely composed. complex.

As the Taoist priest said, these monsters are also good and bad. The good ones are naturally monster cultivators, and the bad ones are naturally monsters. The mixture of good and bad actually gives rise to a complex monster aura, and within this complex monster aura, Another force of pure Yang was actually born.

This power of pure yang seems to be like the clear lotus in the mud. This is what is meant by the saying that it is clear and not demonic. Therefore, being not demonic is pure yang, and pure yang is the creation of all things in the world. Breath, the so-called Yang Qi, is endless. Only when Yang Qi is born can all things be created.

These are the power of heaven and the rules of heaven. The so-called heavenly way is to make up for the deficiency when there is more damage. This is completely opposite to the so-called human way. The human way is to make up for the deficiency after the loss. This is an act against heaven, just like cultivating immortals. in this way.

But if cultivating immortality and the way of heaven are really contrary to each other, then it is impossible to succeed in cultivating immortality. Here is the basic situation. Therefore, the so-called way of heaven is the power of pure yang, while cultivating immortality is the power of pure yin, with one yin and one yang alternating repeatedly. This is the so-called cultivation of immortality and attainment of Taoism.

Of course, this is Zhang Zhiwen's experience after practicing for so many years. It is difficult for ordinary people to understand. You must know that Zhang Zhiwen is also a Jindan monk now, and he is not comparable to ordinary mortals. It is difficult for ordinary people to understand this.

Here we have to mention one thing, that is, what is the so-called Tao method. Zhang Zhiwen has practiced for many years. At this threshold of advancement, he naturally needs to understand these things. And because he gradually understands these things, he has the current fortune and cultivation.

For example, Pangu created the world. Everyone knows that Pangu is actually the first yang energy of the world, a clear air produced from chaos. This clear air is transformed, and then all things appear. Then there is a yin energy that is divided into two, and then there is the harmony of yin and yang, which is endless. Otherwise, the solitary yin will not exist, and the solitary yang will be exhausted.

If there is only this pure yang energy, it will certainly not be able to create a world. That is, a prototype of the world is born at the beginning, and then it must be the harmony of yin and yang to stabilize the world.

Then the cultivation of cultivators is actually the same. The cultivation of Taoists is a human act, which belongs to the pure yin power. It seizes the fortune of the world and constantly strengthens its own strength. This is itself a human act and a concrete manifestation of the pure yin power.

It is not that the pure yin force is an evil act, no, but the sinker, the introvert, this is the concrete embodiment of the pure yin force, then the cultivator's cultivation is like this, constantly taking the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, constantly improving, and if the heaven and earth are the same as people, then wouldn't it be that the spiritual energy is absorbed and there is no heaven and earth anymore?

Therefore, the heaven and earth are the existence of pure yang force, constantly providing spiritual energy, never exhausted.

But there is inevitably a big contradiction here, that is, the cultivator itself is part of the heaven and earth, and most of what he cultivates is the power of the primordial spirit. Whether it is from the Qi Refining Stage or the Golden Core Stage that Zhang Zhiwen has reached now, which one is not developing in the direction of cultivating the primordial spirit?

To put it more simply, that is to cultivate one's inner world, that is, to cultivate the spiritual world, which is called cultivation.

Looking around, which cultivator who practices Taoism is not like this? That's all true, but the real cultivators know how to seize the essence of heaven and earth, that is, the so-called spiritual energy, to enhance the power of the soul. For example, in the Jindan period, they begin to constantly refine the soul, making it stronger and giving birth to the Nascent Soul, so as to see through the karma of cause and effect, thus giving birth to the power of the Dharma and mastering a small world.

This is the path of cultivation. It is difficult for ordinary people to understand, but Zhang Zhiwen is naturally very clear about this. However, in this way, the physical body is extremely fragile. In order to solve this problem, many cultivators began to refine pills and ask for medicine, and began to strengthen their bodies.

Otherwise, why do those Taoists in the mountains meditate and exercise every day? Why do they also practice martial arts? Because the Taoism they practice is to reduce the deficiency and supplement the surplus, which will not work over time. On the contrary, the cultivators themselves are one of the creations of heaven and earth, how can they survive alone?

Then the cultivators have to constantly improve the quality of their bodies. This has been the case since the beginning of the Qi Refining Period. The first thing to do is to polish the strength of the physical body by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so that the physical body can support the growing power of the Yuanshen. Otherwise, the physical body will be difficult to continue and cannot lay a foundation for the cultivators to improve their cultivation.

Therefore, cultivation is an extremely complex and difficult thing. That is, the cultivators must gradually turn their bodies into a small world. In this small world, the Yuanshen and the physical body coexist. Therefore, the Yuanshen can become stronger. Only when the Yuanshen is strong enough, the pure Yin power is strong enough to absorb more of the essence of heaven and earth. However, it is difficult for the physical body to keep up. Therefore, the physical bodies of many cultivators begin to lag behind, which makes it difficult to improve their cultivation.

Zhang Zhiwen has been practicing all the way. In addition to the Yuanshen being strong enough, his physical body is also strong enough. Therefore, he can support the filling of the essence of heaven and earth. This is an extremely simple and easy-to-understand truth.

But the flesh is a pure yang thing after all. It is something created by heaven and earth. It is a materialized existence, unlike the soul, which is consciousness and a thing of the underworld.

No wonder this so-called marquis has to go to the underworld. His cultivation has reached a bottleneck, so he must improve his flesh. The soul may be too powerful, which hinders the improvement of his flesh. Then he must let the soul leave his body to purify the flesh, which is equivalent to a fool tempering the flesh.

As the saying goes, a person with strong limbs and a simple mind, that is the origin of this saying. If the soul is weak, the flesh must be strong by nature. If the person is sick, the soul must be strong. The sick person is also a demon, which is the source of premature death.

Of course, these are all Taoism's sayings, which are extremely mysterious. Ordinary people must not know these things. They are all half-understood and most of them are specious. Zhang Zhiwen naturally cannot do so, and he now knows that he has obtained a great opportunity.

Before, his physical body was strong enough, but under the burden of his soul, his physical body could not be promoted to the Nascent Soul realm, just like his soul. When he was in Wanxian Island, his cultivation was insufficient, and his soul naturally could not be promoted.

On the contrary, if the soul is insufficient, it is difficult to continue the cultivation, and it is also difficult to take a step forward. Although it is possible to absorb spiritual energy from the heaven and earth and turn it into cultivation, it will inevitably become extremely difficult.

Generally speaking, cultivation is such a process, which is why Zhang Zhiwen seemed to be free from some kind of bondage of heaven and earth after coming to this secret realm.

This is not a place where the creation of heaven and earth is located, but a man-made thing, so here there is a great opportunity to improve the soul and the physical body, without being restricted by any realm of cultivation.

This is Zhang Zhiwen's blessing in disguise, caused by the pull of karma brought by the reincarnated Taoist soul.

The creation of a powerful enough soul also brings a powerful enough pure yin power, and if the pure yin power is powerful enough, by chance, there will be a great opportunity to improve the pure yang body.

This is the principle of the whole process, and it is not unreasonable. The laws of heaven and earth, and the value of the physical existence, are all fixed and immutable.

On the other hand, for other monks, it is difficult to improve the physical body. They have no chance. Therefore, they can only desperately improve the realm of the soul to absorb more essence of heaven and earth.

In fact, everyone knows that the physical body is one of the foundations, just like the spiritual root, it is also one of the foundations. The foundation of the spiritual root is also built on the physical body, but the spiritual root is the source of creation and cultivation. The real physical body Strength relies on the power of pure Yang.

The power of pure Yang here is mellow, even incredibly strong, which gives Zhang Zhiwen a great opportunity to make his physical body stronger.

Therefore, after some meditation, Zhang Zhiwen had already raised his physical body to the critical point, but he knew that to break through this critical point, it would definitely require a strong enough pure Yang power, and to absorb this pure Yang power, he must use The external object is the Xuanyin Xuantai.

Without the existence of Xuanyin Xuantai, his physical body cannot support the tempering of pure Yang power under the driving of Yuanshen, and it will explode and die. It is for this reason that ordinary monks cannot improve. Physically powerful enough.

The Xuanyin Xuantai is brought about by the causal karma created by the Yuan Shen, and this is another interlocking existence.

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen also knew that his next step must be to fight against the old demon, otherwise the Xuanyin Mysterious Fetus cannot be tempered, and the tempering of the Xuanyin Xuan Fei is extremely violent, that is, it is somewhat suicidal to improve, and only Forced to the moment when Xuanyin Xuantai was about to collapse, the physical body got the opportunity and strength to break through the critical point.

But at this time, the old demon came.

It is impossible for this old demon to see the existence of Zhang Zhiwen. It seems that it knows that Zhang Zhiwen will have a great influence and threat on it after returning.

As for what this threat was, Zhang Zhiwen didn't know for the time being. When the Taoist priest saw the old demon rushing towards him with billowing black mist, the Taoist priest immediately drew out his sword vigilantly and stared at the thousands of miles of black sand rolling in.