Chapter 215: The road to spiritual practice is alone
“I thought you would make this place more grand.”
“I had that idea at the beginning. I made some money and it was a bit inflated. Later I calmed down and thought about it carefully. It’s useless to make it gorgeous and flashy. I just stay here and feel comfortable. I just moved a few places.
I just stay here and practice Qigong now when I have nothing to do. After calming down my mind, I really feel like I can achieve something through practice. "Li Xinzhu made a pot of tea.
“That’s good.”
While the two were talking, Li Xinzhu's phone rang.
“I’ll take a call.”
"Hey, what's going on? Well, what time is it? Okay, I understand. You can just take it off duty and your wages will still be paid. That's all."
"What's wrong?" From such a close distance, Wang An could hear the sound of leaves falling on the ground. He could hear the voice on the phone clearly even if he didn't mean to listen.
The person on the other side of the phone said that two hotels below Li Xinzhu had been closed down by the local department because they did not meet the hygiene requirements, and they were required to make rectifications within a time limit.
“It’s a small thing.” Li Xinzhu said with a smile, “Let’s eat here tonight.”
“Okay, I’ll follow your arrangements.” Wang An said with a smile.
That night, Li Xinzhu arranged a table of meals for Wang An, just the two of them.
"Do you know when I am happiest now? I have been practicing kung fu for a while and suddenly found that I have made progress again. The joy is better than the millions I have made." Li Xinzhu said.
"I seem to have regained the same energy as when I first learned martial arts from my master. Unfortunately, my master will never come back." At this point, Li Xinzhu's expression suddenly became much gloomier.
“Your master would be happy for you if he knew what you are like now.”
“Well, you might even ask me for some money to spend.” Li Xinzhu said with a smile.
"By the way, you have to be careful recently." Wang An told him that the Zheng family might take revenge on him.
"These guys are really nasty!" Li Xinzhu said angrily after hearing this, and told Wang An that Zheng Kun had offered him a price of 50 million.
"Aren't you tempted by so much money?" Wang An laughed after hearing this. He didn't expect that the Zheng family would actually take Li Xinzhu's idea to treat him, and they would be so generous and just throw money at him.
“To be honest, I’m really excited, that’s not a small amount!” Li Xinzhu said with emotion.
"Zheng Kun is not a simple person." Wang And said, in order to find himself, he can go through such a big trouble and condescend to someone else. Once such a person is ready to retaliate against others, he will never be merciful.
“Hey, were they the ones who arranged for my two hotels to be sealed off?” Li Xinzhu suddenly remembered the phone call he had received before.
"possible."
“His, these guys, they are so high and mighty that it’s really hard to deal with them.”
The saying "the people should not fight with the officials, and the poor should not fight with the rich." This saying makes sense. Ordinary people are in a rather disadvantaged position when fighting against the powerful class.
Since ancient times, there have been a few people who have succeeded in suing officials, and those who have succeeded have been compiled into novels and stories. You can imagine the difficulty.
Li Xinzhu drank the cup in one gulp. He is not alone.
“A powerful person is not a god!” These words sounded confident, and his biggest source of confidence was Wang An, who was sitting opposite him.
“Eat vegetables.”
Li Xinzhu drank a pound of wine alone during this meal. After dinner, the two chatted for a long time at night, and Wang An spent the night on Qingyang Mountain.
The next morning, he got up early and went to Hu'an City alone. He came to the familiar small park and started Tai Chi in the park.
“Xiao An!” A familiar voice sounded beside him. Wang An looked back and saw an old man. It was Li Juewen who first taught him Tai Chi and led him in.
It's been a while since I last saw Li Juewen. Li Juewen is much older than when we last met, and the hair on his temples has turned gray, but his overall mental state is not bad.
“Old man, you are here. Long time no see. How are you?”
"Okay, that's good. But you, your appearance hasn't changed much. You seem to be much younger than when we last met!" The old man said with a smile, "Are you married?"
"Not yet."
“Do you have a girlfriend? When are you going to get married?” the old man then asked.
“I haven’t thought about it yet.”
“Then you have to hurry up.”
“How are your family doing recently?”
"It's good. Thanks to your help last time." The old man said. Because of Wang An's help last time, his son got rid of drug addiction. It can be said that Wang An saved their family.
“Then let’s practice Tai Chi?”
"good."
Wang An accompanied Li Juewen for a Tai Chi session.
"You should make it a little rounder here, and the width can be a little wider, and you can feel the feeling of the tendons being stretched." This time it was Wang An's turn to give instructions to Li Juewen. After a round of punches, Wang An pointed out several areas that could be improved. The old man beat him again as he was told.
“Well, it’s really much better according to the method you said. Have you been practicing Tai Chi all these years?”
“Always practicing.”
Wang An stayed with Li Juewen for another conversation, gave him a bottle of fine tea, declined the old man's invitation, and left the park.
After bidding farewell to Li Juewen, Wang An went to see Lu Xiangyi again. He seemed to be very busy and was quite surprised to see him.
“Are you finally willing to come out?”
“It’s the New Year’s Eve, so let’s go out for a walk. It seems like you’re very busy here, right?”
“It’s okay.” Lu Xiangyi smiled and made tea, “Drink tea.”
“The Zheng family hasn’t had much peace of mind lately, has it?” Wang An went straight to the point.
“They didn’t show up publicly, they were all making trouble secretly, which is in line with their style of doing things. It’s not easy to make a big fuss about this kind of thing.”
Wang An took a sip of tea and was silent for a moment.
“Eighteen years ago, your Special Affairs Bureau surrounded and suppressed a Taoist Cui. There should have been no Special Affairs Bureau at that time. Do you know much about this matter?”
“You are talking about Taoist Cui from Yunlan Temple in Qingshan.”
"It's him."
“Are the people who did bad things a descendant of the Zheng family?”
"Yes, the cause of this matter is very clear. Taoist Cui wanted to avenge his descendants. For this reason, the Zheng family used their connections to mobilize the power of the special forces, which also caused dissatisfaction among some people."
"Are you a team of the empire or a private armed force?" Wang An said calmly.
Lu Xiangyi was silent for a while after hearing this, "In most cases, it's for public reasons." This can be regarded as a down-to-earth answer.
“Tell me about the special force of your Special Affairs Bureau?”
“It is a general team with four detachments with different code names. Their main task is to respond to special emergencies. They will not be involved in ordinary incidents. They will be used in incidents like Cui Daozhang.”
"These teams have a very high level of confidentiality. I can't get in touch with them yet, but Xu Qi can get in touch with them because he was a member of the special operations unit back then and participated in the operation to encircle and suppress Cui Daozhang."
"He?" Wang An was slightly startled after hearing this, "Do you think he is weak?"
“It’s not that he is weak but that you are too strong!” Lu Xiangyi said with a smile after hearing this.
"This team should be equipped with special high-tech equipment, specially designed to deal with Kung Fu masters. It is said that after it was confirmed that Cui Taoist Master had cultivated Zhenqi, they were studying how to deal with masters who had cultivated Zhenqi." When Lu Xiangyi said this He glanced at Wang An.
“Technology versus martial arts?” Wang An smiled, “This is the way to go. After all, technology is progressing.”
“Science and technology are advancing, but martial arts are regressing, which is really a pity.”
“If everyone knew martial arts, the society would be prone to chaos and difficult to manage, and chivalrous people would use force to break the rules. The burning of books, the entrapment of Confucian scholars, and the prison of literature destroyed these things, weren’t they?” Wang Andao said.
Martial arts, mechanical arts, witchcraft... A peaceful society does not need these things. What is needed is obedient people.
Lu Xiangyi just smiled and could only smile.
Wang An stayed with Lu Xiangyi for less than an hour before saying goodbye and leaving. After seeing Wang An off, Lu Xiangyi sat in the room by himself for a while, then picked up his cell phone and made a call.
Wang An was preparing to leave Hu'an City that day. Before leaving, he went to Qingyang Mountain and met Li Xinzhu.
“You’re leaving so soon, why don’t you stay here for two more days?”
"No." Wang And said, he is now accustomed to life in Yuxiao Mountain and his hometown. "Let me give you some advice before I leave."
“Okay!” Li Xinzhu was very happy when he heard that Wang An wanted to teach him his skills.
“You might as well practice one type of Xingyiquan first. I think Bengquan is very suitable. There are many moves of Bengquan. You might as well practice a few of them to the realm of pure love.” Wang Andao said.
Just like him now, the key point is the Vajra Zen Palm. When fighting with people, no matter far or near, Vajra slaps the table, one palm is enough.
"I think you have practiced your straight strength very well. You might as well work more on it, long straight, short straight. It's not that you don't practice the other ones, you just have to focus on them."
“Wait a minute, can you write it down for me?” Li Xinzhu quickly found paper and pen and handed them to Wang An.
Wang An smiled and wrote it down for him. In addition to the methods of cultivation, Wang An added another one, eating ginseng.
“Does eating ginseng have any special effects?” Li Xinzhu asked curiously, pointing to Wang An’s last sentence.
“Ginseng is a great tonic and can strengthen qi and blood. Eating ginseng after practicing is equivalent to taking supplements. It will strengthen your physique and lay the foundation for the next step of practice.”
“How much is appropriate to eat? How many sticks should you eat a day?”
“How much you should eat depends on your own situation. You can eat less at the beginning. After all, this thing is different from carrots.” Wang An said with a smile.
"Okay." Li Xinzhu carefully put the notebook away.
"gone."
Just when Wang An got in the car and was about to leave, Lu Xiangyi called and asked him to stay for another day. He said that Xu Qi was coming to visit him and had something important to tell him.
Wang An stayed for another day. The next morning, Lu Xiangyi and Xu Qi came to Wang An's residence together. Xu Qi's face seemed to have returned to normal, and the scars on his neck were gone.
“Have you recovered?”
“Recovered, thank you.” Xu Qi said.
“Drink tea.”
"Yesterday Xiangyi called me and said that Mr. was inquiring about the Special Operations Team of the Special Affairs Bureau. I have inquired and found out that the Special Operations Team is indeed focusing on studying a few people, including Mr., and has formulated multiple plans with Mr. as the imaginary enemy. Battle plan." Xu Qi didn't mince words, and Wang An was slightly startled by his words.
“I’m still being targeted.” Wang An’s reaction was very calm.
“Mr. Bagan and his party have made some people unable to sleep. In addition, the previous Cui Taoist incident has taught a painful lesson.” Xu Qi said.
“Then what are they going to do with me?” Wang An said with a smile.
"According to my experience, people will be sent to contact you first to judge your position and determine your attitude. They should have known about the relationship between you and the Lu family for a long time, and the identity of the consultant of the Special Affairs Bureau will not play any role in them. Their solution depends on your attitude as a teacher, and recruitment is the first option.
But no matter what their attitude is, if my husband is kind to me, I will naturally try my best to help him. In addition, as far as I know, two people in the special operations team took red pills, and the side effects were extremely low. "
“Does that mean they have developed Qi?”
“The possibility is more than 50%.” Xu Qi said.
“This is preparation and technology walking on two legs.” Wang An smiled and took a sip of tea.
“Taking red elixir is like swallowing a fire dragon. The medicine is as powerful as fire. It can make the five internal organs transparent. It needs external force to bring out the burning heat, and then the medicine is used to infiltrate the five internal organs. Only when the yin and yang meet, can there be a slight possibility of the birth of true qi.
The three treasures that Chen Xifeng obtained that day were one of them: a prescription for red pills.
The second one records the method of taking red elixir, using the red elixir as a medicinal guide, the method of practicing the true qi, and the way of circulating the true qi.
The third one is the clay Buddha, which should contain a profound Qi control technique. "
Wang An Jiang Chi Dan just said eloquently. His words stunned both Xu Qi and Lu Xiangyi.
They looked at Wang An blankly. What this means is that Wang An has seen those three treasures, is also familiar with the use of those treasures, and has done some research.
“You, have you seen those three things?”
“Having seen one of them, I can roughly guess what the other two are used for.” The picture in Wang An’s hand serves as a link between the past and the future.
After this period of practice and enlightenment, Wang An’s knowledge and understanding have also made great progress. He cannot understand everything, but he can also draw inferences from one example.
While many people are still studying true qi and thinking about how to cultivate true qi, he has already opened up the two meridians of Ren and Du, and has also opened up 70/10 of the twelve main meridians, completing the condensation of true qi.
He was already standing on the third floor before others entered the room. Before anyone else could find the way up the mountain, he was already halfway up the mountain.
It is already remarkable that he can be one step ahead in the practice of cultivation. He no longer knows how many steps ahead.
A considerable part of the road ahead of him was long but very clear; behind him, looking back, he saw no one coming.
Alone, alone.
(End of this chapter)