Chapter 140 Zhang Liuzhen

Pan Jun returned to Fengqiyuan happily, and happened to run into Zhang Weigang and Zhang Weiqin who were about to go out. The green color on their faces had faded a little, but it was still not washed away. In the past two days, they would never go out if they could stay in the house.

After Zhang Weiliang packed up and left yesterday, the hatred they had for Pan Yun faded a lot, and they even felt a little timid.

When they met Pan Yun at the door, they hesitated for a moment and then moved aside with sour faces.

Pan Yun, who was about to step aside to let them go out first, immediately stepped into the room when he saw this. Miao Zhen paused and followed him.

Miaohe didn't think about anything and stepped over the threshold immediately.

A black cat followed behind her. It walked gracefully in front of the two of them, then raised its head and meowed at them.

Zhang Weigang's face turned pale. After the three people and the cat went into the house, he turned around and asked Zhang Weiqin, "Was that dead cat laughing at us just now?"

Zhang Weiqin: "Haven't we seen it before? It's just an ordinary black cat, right?"

"I always feel that this cat is too smart, it doesn't seem like an ordinary black cat." Zhang Weigang said, "It is said that black cats are psychic. Even an ordinary cat may have some spiritual qualities. Let's find a chance to catch it and give it a try."

Zhang Weiqin advised: "Forget it. Pan Yun is not someone you can easily mess with, and she is vindictive. Weiliang was even driven down the mountain."

Zhang Weigang's face became increasingly ugly.

Zhang Weiqin whispered, "In the final analysis, we were just accidentally used as a knife. We can't rush forward knowing everything. Weiliang has his uncle to back us up. What do we have?"

Although Zhang Weigang and Zhang Weiqin were both descendants of the Zhang family, they were branch members of the Zhang family. They were able to live in Fengqiyuan partly because of their own efforts and partly because of currying favor with Zhang Weiliang.

Now Zhang Weiliang has been driven out to gain experience, and if they cause trouble again, no one will be able to protect them.

Zhang Weiqin persuaded Zhang Weigang in a low voice, "If you don't want to see her, let's apply to go down the mountain for training and go find Weiliang. It just so happens that we are already in the fourth year, so it's time to go down the mountain for training."

Zhang Weigang started to think seriously.

Seeing that he was interested, Zhang Weiqin breathed a sigh of relief and finally encouraged him to go to the Criminal Law Hall to sign up for training down the mountain.

Pan Yun didn't know that she was about to lose two more of her roommates after just one meeting, and her attention was all on tomorrow's class.

She then realized a problem: the class was about to start, but she hadn't received any textbooks.

The black cat laughed and said, "The academy doesn't have any textbooks at all. There are a lot of booklets, which are all student records and summaries. You have to buy them with money."

Pan Jun asked: "How much?"

"There are all kinds of prices," Pan Xiaohei said, "I went out shopping yesterday and heard several groups of people discussing how to set the price and how to make money from you freshmen. Not a single one was honest."

Pan Yun: "Are they all hand-copied?"

Pan Xiaohei: "Of course they are all hand-copied."

Pan Yun said, "We will do this business next year. How can hand-copying compare to printing?"

“Why would anyone buy your book?”

"Of course I'm a top student, and I'm number one," Pan Yun said. "I'm familiar with this business. I've been doing it for more than ten years in my previous life, from when I was a primary school student until the day before I died. This year I'm a freshman, so it's too late. You'll see next year, the brochures of the academy will be mine."

Pan Jun's eyes lit up and she was full of confidence, and Pan Xiaohei also firmly believed that she had the ability.

For this purpose, Pan Yun even went to the town at the foot of the mountain and bought a bunch of blank booklets.

She gave four books to Miaozhenmiao and one person, "Use them to take notes. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Believe me, write down what you hear. When you review it again, you will definitely gain something new."

Miaozhen and Miaohe were deeply moved. They held the blank book and said, "Thank you, Junior Master."

"Master Junior is so considerate."

Pan Jun narrowed his eyes and smiled, "No thanks, no thanks, I am your uncle, it is my duty to take care of you."

Miaozhen: "But Master Uncle asked us to take care of you..."

Pan Yun waved her hand and said, "Take care of each other, take care of each other."

The next day, the three of them took the blank book, a small pen and a filled ink bottle to the square.

They arrived early because they knew the large class in the square would be popular.

They thought they were early enough, but they didn't expect that there were already quite a few people sitting in the square.

All the cushions in the front were occupied, so the remaining students could only stand in the back.

Pan Yun immediately pulled Miao Zhen and Miao He forward, and just as they were about to grab the three cushions at the corners, a loud shout came, "Pan Yun, here you are——"

Pan Jun looked up and saw Xuan Li standing in front of the many black heads and waving at her vigorously.

The three of them immediately avoided the crowd and trotted forward. Xuan Li complained, "Why are you so late? We agreed to meet at the square early in the morning, but I've been waiting for you for nearly a quarter of an hour and you still haven't arrived."

Pan Yun said: "We have arrived early."

"Didn't I tell you that the senior brother is very good? There are many people who want to take his class. And I found out last night that he was ill and had hardly left the house in the past two years. This is his first class in two years. How could he possibly get a seat fifteen minutes early?"

Xuan Li pointed to the three cushions beside him and said, "Here, these are what Cui Huaigong and I took together."

Cui Huaigong immediately stood up and moved two seats to the side, leaving the cushion for them.

Pan Jun couldn't help but sigh, "Thank you, we are lucky to have you, otherwise we can only listen to the class in the back today."

Cui Huaigong blushed and said, "You're welcome. Junior Sister Xuanli is right. We are both from Yushan County, so we should help each other."

Xuanli also nodded.

Not long after the three of them sat down, the bell for class rang. A little Taoist boy came up to the stage and rang the bronze bell hanging nearby. Everyone stopped talking and moving, and the huge square became as quiet as a chicken.

The person sitting on the mat stood up, and Pan Yun quickly followed suit. She saw that everyone turned their heads to look to the side, so she also turned sideways and could only see a shoulder and a head.

She tiptoed calmly, but still could not see anything.

But soon, she saw the young man walking from the side aisle.

He was wearing a green Taoist robe, a scarf on his head, a thin figure, and a gentle temperament. He walked to the stage and looked at the young Taoist priests sitting and standing in a large area below. He couldn't help but smile, "I didn't expect so many junior brothers and sisters would come today."

His voice was gentle and not loud, but it could be heard clearly by everyone.

Even the students standing at the back were listening as if they were standing five steps in front of him.

"Most of those who came here today are new students. Let's start with the simplest part of cultivation."

To Pan Jun's surprise, he didn't say hello or even introduce himself, but just started lecturing directly.

"Most people in this world enter Taoism through martial arts and enlightenment. There are only a few who can enter Taoism through enlightenment. Most people practice internal force martial arts first and then enter Taoism."

"The technique that the academy is practicing now is the 'Taiqing Concentration of Spirit and Refining Qi Five Times and Seven Periods'. The five times and seven periods are the levels of cultivation that our ancestors set for our convenience in measuring our cultivation."

At five o'clock and seven o'clock, as soon as Pan Yun entered Sanqing Mountain, Wang Feiyin told her the level of her cultivation.

She thought that this was known to all the Taoists and people in the martial arts world in this world, but taking another look at it now, it was obviously not the case.

Zhang Liuzhen also knew that many people didn't know this, so he explained to them in detail the meaning of the five times and seven phases.

“But the first five stages are just warriors. The most powerful martial artists in the martial arts world are only in the fifth stage. Only when you step into the first marquisate can you be considered to have truly entered the Dao.”

Zhang Liuzhen said: "After entering the first level, all old illnesses are gone, the body is light and the mind is relaxed, and one begins to transcend the mundane world, and the ties with relatives in the secular world are weakened. Therefore, the first level is also called the Tao, which is the first stage of refining essence into qi."

"Diseases will not occur during this stage, and the body will be light and healthy." He said slowly: "Since we are talking about essence and qi, let's talk about the qi of cultivation."

"There is essence in the human body. Now, when you practice martial arts, you are refining the essence. You refine the essence into internal strength, but the essence in the human body is limited and cannot be refined infinitely. How can the human body replenish it?"

Seeing him pause, Pan Yun slowly raised his hand.

Zhang Liuzhen looked down, stared at her for a moment, smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "Please ask this junior sister to stand up and answer."

Pan Yun stood up and said, "Replenish it with food such as grains, and also pills."

Zhang Liuzhen's smile became more and more obvious, and he nodded and said, "Yes, grains nourish the body and can be transformed into essence in the body after consumption, so food can help with cultivation."

"Big Brother," a tall Taoist raised his hand high, and without waiting for Zhang Liuzhen's consent, he stood up and asked, "Why do we have to cultivate our internal strength first and pass the fifth period before we can enter the cultivation of Taoism and cultivate our Yuanli? I heard that Big Brother can directly absorb spiritual energy and cultivate Yuanli, but he has not yet entered the first marquisate, and he also has to go through five periods like us martial artists."

Pan Jun sat down, also curious about his understanding.

Zhang Liuzhen said: "The various Taoists and martial artists have different names for the Qi in the body. Some call it Qi, some call it spiritual power, and some call it Yuanli. But no matter which one it is, it is a ball of energy in the Dantian."

"This ball of energy can travel throughout the body and strengthen the meridians, bones and blood, but the structure of the energy is different, and the impact on the meridians, bones, blood and consciousness is also different."

He said: "The internal force refined from the essence of the body and the essence of food has less impact on the body than the Yuan force refined from the essence of the body and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"Only in this way can one directly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and be considered a natural Taoist body, and be able to enter the Tao faster than others."

Behind the crowd, Zhang Ziwang frowned slightly, "Liu Zhen said too much. When teaching the Dharma, it is important to pay attention to understanding and fate. Just mention it briefly and let them understand the rest by themselves. Breaking the words into pieces like this is like stuffing a rice ball into their mouths. It's easy to get, so I'm afraid they won't cherish it."

Lin Jingle said: "Some disciples have low comprehension, and Liu Zhen is reluctant to see them walk too slowly, so can you give them a hand?"

"He is still so soft-hearted, alas~" Zhang Ziwang frowned disapprovingly and continued listening with a frown.

(End of this chapter)