Chapter 6 Turtle Breath Technique
After the peak of the internal strength, Lu Cheng deeply realized the benefits that internal strength brought to him. He felt effortless when chopping wood. He could only chop a load of wood in one morning, but now he only needs a meal. Of course, his appetite has become much larger during this period, especially his preference for meat. But Lu Zhong thought that when he grew up, he didn't think much about it.
As a servant, Lu Cheng has no monthly money, so it is impossible to eat meat every meal. However, Lu Zhong’s monthly money is not high, so it is okay to eat meat and drink wine occasionally. When he goes to Baoqing Tower every day, even the leader of the manor can’t stand it.
As time goes by for chopping wood, Lu Cheng has more free time to move around. He has always chopped wood at the foot of the mountain. There are no wild animals here, but when he enters the mountain, even at the foot of the mountain, some small animals will appear. There are many hunters in Songjiazhuang, and they still have a lot of harvest under the mountainside.
Lu Cheng was not a hunter, so he took a wooden stick and entered the mountain. When he first entered, he had no experience. Wherever he went, the prey fled when he heard the wind. Lu Cheng quickly realized that it was his footsteps and the sound of his body touching the branches, which scared the animals away.
It seemed very simple to watch everyone carrying prey down the mountain. But as soon as he entered the mountain, he realized that it was too difficult to gain something. After many failures, Lu Cheng knew how to hide himself and prevent his body from making noises, so that he could successfully obtain prey.
Lu Cheng found that it was actually very difficult to do this. Even if he used the body-retreating technique to make his body smaller, it would be difficult to avoid making any movement. Prey could be seen everywhere, but he could only watch it. Lu Cheng swallowed his saliva. Suddenly, he thought of a stupid way. He closed his eyes, held a wooden stick in his hand, and lay behind a bush. Lu Cheng released a wisp of his own sensation and kept scanning the side.
Soon, a hare tiptoed over. Although Lu Cheng didn't see it, his sensitivity had already "see". He didn't get up, and picked up the wooden stick and smashed it. Under Lu Cheng's wave, the wooden stick hit the hare's head with the whistling sound of the wind.
The hare was big and fat, weighing more than three pounds. Lu Cheng held the fat hare with a smile on his face. Originally, he felt that the sensitivity could only allow him to sense things around him. Now it seems that it is also very good to satisfy his appetite.
In the evening, Lu Cheng returned home early, peeled the hare off its internal organs, cut it into large pieces and stewed it in the pot. Soon, a strong fragrance appeared in the pot. As soon as Lu Cheng returned home, he immediately smelled the aroma of meat in the yard, which made people's index fingers tremble.
"Cheng'er, what is this?" Lu Zhong saw Lu Cheng at home, picked up the lid of the pot, swallowed, and asked.
"It's a hare I'm fighting today. Dad, will I go and call my adopted fathers?" Lu Cheng said. Xie Naxin and Zhao Siyan would occasionally go hunting, and as long as they hunt something, they would send some to them.
"Go, make a pot of wine when you come back." Lu Zhong took out a few copper coins and reminded him.
Lu Cheng used his sensation to perceive him last time. This time, Zhao Siyan came, and Lu Cheng took a little thought. He sat next to Zhao Siyan. They drank and Lu Cheng ate. He released a snail of sensation while eating. Zhao Siyan had nothing else on his body. Apart from a booklet of turtle breathing, there was only a handful of copper coins. Xie Naxin and Zhao Siyan did not get married. Every month, they would eat and drink, and occasionally go to gamble.
This turtle breathing technique aroused Lu Cheng's great interest. The so-called turtle breathing technique is to make one breath like a turtle. The turtle inhale and dive and exhale slowly in several times. The turtle is a long-lived animal. If the turtle breathing technique is well practiced, it will not only increase lifespan, but also make one breathing inside. After a meal, Lu Cheng kept silently remembering all Zhao Siyan's turtle breathing technique in his mind.
It took half an hour before the third hour that Lu Zhong and his three brothers ended. Lu Cheng was worried that he would not remember it, so he went back to the room to record the turtle breathing technique. The turtle breathing technique was difficult, but it was not easy to say. In addition to the requirement of internal strength, the most important thing is understanding and diligence.
For Lu Cheng, the new technique is like finding a new toy. As soon as Lu Zhong and the others left, he immediately started practicing impatiently. This is exactly the same as the practice time of the turtle breath technique. The best time for the turtle breath technique is Zishi. Lu Cheng only has time to practice after Lu Zhong leaves.
Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the bed, bent his left thumb on the top of the left middle finger, inserted his right thumb into the circle of the left thumb and middle finger, pinched the sub-position of the ring finger of the left ring finger, pinched the middle finger of the right hand outside the ring finger of the left hand, hugged each other in front of the lower abdomen. Hold the navel, calm your mind, hold it firmly, keep your mind unwavering.
As time went by, Lu Cheng felt that his head and hands seemed to be missing, and he felt that there was a breath in his navel, which was faintly in and out. Even if he wanted to move, it was impossible. Gradually, the breath became bigger and bigger, and more and more. Lu Cheng felt that he could not hear his breathing. He didn't know that this was actually the first step in practicing the turtle breath technique, and devote himself to meditation.
When Zhao Siyan got the Turtle Breath Technique, it took three months to enter the first step. If Zhao Siyan knew that Lu Cheng had already entered the first step after only more than an hour, he would probably be so surprised that his eyes fell off.
The posture of the second step is the same as the first step. Extend the neck and tamper the nose, inhale the person's abdomen, measure eight minutes, and do not inhale it. After the qi enters the navel and abdomen, the mind moves downward, sneaks into the True Abyss, calms the mind and gathers consciousness, and stays in peace for a long time. When you stay in peace, you can count the breath at the beginning, and you can also observe the emptiness. After a long time, you can take it as it will be.
The second step is difficult to do at the beginning, and the breath will rise again and again and decrease repeatedly, but over time, you will be able to handle it. But after a stick of incense, Lu Cheng felt that his breath was insufficient and his abdomen was unbearable. When he was really unbearable, he led his neck to take a breath. But then, he closed his breath as before.
When the abdomen's qi reaches its extreme, you can slowly exhale the air in your abdomen. At the beginning, you just exhale a little bit, then close your breath and sink your breath into your lower abdomen. When it is almost at its limit, you will breathe a little. When it is extremely unbearable, you will only expel your own breath and regulate your breathing, breathe evenly, and then absorb and close your breathing.
Release it once, which means one breath. No matter how much it is, practice, as long as one breath, and as much as forty-nine breaths. Lu Cheng kept inhaling, slowly moved his lower abdomen until he couldn't hold on, and then slowly exhale. After 9981 breaths, he had already adapted to such breathing. No matter what, he was not anxious or held back, and he would naturally be at peace. This is actually the breathing that has already penetrated into the abyss, which is the second step.
Zhao Siyan entered the first step of the Turtle Breathing Technique in three months, and practiced the second step two years later. However, it took Lu Cheng only one night to exceed his two and three months of hard work. If Zhao Siyan knew about it, he would probably think that he was the waste of martial arts practice.
Chapter completed!