Chapter 44? Knowledge is Power
"If you want to start from the water practice, you need to understand the meaning of water. Water is called moistening, but why it is called moistening, you have to think hard. Once you understand this, your mind will be almost the same, and there will be no problem when you practice."
"Any practice of exercises takes the mind method as the sect. When you understand the mind method, the exercises will become most of them. It may take a hundred days for ordinary people, but you only need ten days to practice them."
Sitting on his bed, with the vague lights, Wu Mian looked at the mind method of Haotian's Qigong Water Walking, while reviewing Zhou Changsheng's guidance to him.
Next to him, there are many books about the Five Elements.
Since he went to Jiuer Xiaolou and Zhou Changsheng to learn Haotianyi Qigong, it has been the third day now. The internal energy of Liangyi Gong has been converted into water flow internal energy, but the cultivation speed is very slow.
After asking Zhou Changsheng the reason, I realized that he did not understand the mind method.
Because when he practiced the Liangyi and the Four Symbol Body Protection, he used the bronze mirror to absorb the power of the sundial and reached the sky in one step. He had not yet developed a concept of the importance of the mind method. Only after Zhou Changsheng's explanation did he understand the meaning of the mind method.
The most important thing about a martial art is not the exercise method, but the mental method.
Only with the mental method can there be martial arts!
What is the mental method?
The mental method refers to the state of mind when practicing the exercises. Wu Mian was unable to understand the state of mind for a while, so he understood it as a context.
When learning a language, learning English requires the context of using English, and learning Chinese requires the context of using Chinese. Otherwise, although you are not unable to learn English, you will end up with half the effort. Moreover, when communicating with people who actually speak in English, you may easily have various differences.
That's why he is now studying the mind method of Haotian Qigong Water Walking and constantly studying books on the five elements.
In addition to his own research, he actually asked Zhou Changsheng about the understanding of water movement, but Zhou Changsheng did not tell him directly. Instead, he asked him to think about it by himself based on the mind method of the water movement of Haotian Yiqigong, saying that it is the understanding of others, and that it is the understanding of others, and that practice depends on himself in the end, and that this is the first step in practice.
After reading the mind method, Wu Mian suddenly put down the book and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"I didn't expect that cultivation still requires learning, and it is in-depth learning. What is this...that... knowledge is power?"
Talking to himself, Wu Mian packed the books scattered on the bed to the pillow, put the Haotian Yiqigong Water Walking under the pillow, and was about to meditate and practice the exercises and then go to bed, but unexpectedly, there was a knock on the door outside, followed by Changsun Quan's voice.
"Amian, haven't you been asleep yet?"
"Brother Quan?"
After glanced at the technique of being pressed by the pillow and confirmed that it was impossible to see if I didn't lift the pillow, Wu Mian got up and opened the door, let Changsun Quan come in, and said, "What's the matter with me so late at night? Not to mention that I was here to drop my book bag, I'm going to sleep!"
"What is the book bag? That's called using allusions!" Changsun Quan first gave Wu Mian a blank look, walked to the table and sat down, and said, "Okay, I'm not here to talk to you, I'm talking about Zhou Yu's affairs."
"Zhou Yu? By the way, that guy hasn't come back yet. Now the sir clicks his name and his face is dark."
Wu Mian, who was pouring tea for Changsun Quan, immediately frowned when he heard the name Zhou Yu.
Although he has been practicing Haotian Qigong these days, he still remembers that Zhou Yu took leave four days ago to go home to visit relatives, and has not returned to the North Courtyard yet.
Changshang Academy is very strict. Students will take a leave of absence for a few days. If there is something delay, they must come back to report. If they can’t come, they need to come over and say it. Zhou Yu is a local from Changshang, so he can ask someone to say it. However, there is no news now. If this continues, Zhou Yu is afraid that he will not only be punished when he comes back, and he may be ordered to drop out of school!
After all, I have been together for more than half a month and have become familiar with each other. Wu Mian doesn't want the person he knows to be dropped out of school like this.
Changsun Quan said, "Hey, that's the case, so I'm here to ask you to ask Senior Brother Zhou if there is a way to contact Zhou Yu. You and Senior Brother Zhou have been quite close recently, and Zhou Yu is a native of Changshang, so it's easy to find out where he lives."
Wu Mian nodded and said, "Yes, I'll ask tomorrow."
After chatting for a while, Changsun Quan stood up and said goodbye.
After he left, Wu Mian planned to continue his previous plan and practiced to sleep, but suddenly became uneasy.
"Wait! I met a monster on the day Zhou Yu went home to visit relatives. Will he encounter an accident on the way? Tsk... No, I'd better go find my senior brother now. It's just Xu's time, and my senior brother shouldn't have been asleep yet."
Wu Mian, who became more and more uneasy, walked out of the door, locked the door, and hurried to Jiuer Building.
"Senior brother, have you slept?"
"Junior brother? Come in."
After entering the 92 small building and coming to the inner room, Wu Mian was about to talk about Zhou Yu, but suddenly found that there was another person in the room, which was Wukong.
"Isn't this a guy?" Wukong smiled and said, "If you don't practice Haotian Yiqigong well, why are you here to do it? Could it be that you don't understand something and plan to ask this guy?"
Hearing what he said, he already knew that Wu Mian had joined Liu Yunxiao's sect.
"I didn't expect the master to be here too. Please forgive me and disturb you." After seeing the ceremony, Wu Mian smiled and said, "I also have this idea, but it's mainly another thing. Senior brother, do you still remember Zhou Yu?"
Zhou Changsheng nodded and said, "I know. What's wrong with me who was enrolled in this year with you?"
"Didn't he take a day off a few days ago? It was the day he saw him off, but he hasn't come back yet. I'm worried if something happened to him."
After hearing Wu Mian's words, Zhou Changsheng's brows immediately frowned.
"He hasn't come back yet? I heard from my husband that a student asked for leave but didn't return. I didn't expect it was Zhou Yu... I remember he was from the local area, right? The local Zhou family and I have a relationship, so I turned around and asked someone to check it out."
After receiving Zhou Changsheng's reply, Wu Mian was relieved and said with a smile: "Then I'll trouble my senior brother."
"What's the trouble? I'm holding a ruler, and the students' problems are mine." Zhou Changsheng smiled and pointed to the position next to him and said, "You sit down first, bald man and I will proofread the roster, and then tell you about practice."
"What kind of roster is proofreading? Do you need a junior brother to help me?" Wu Mian asked, looking at the table between the two of them. He saw a roster on it, recording many names, most of which were ticked by cinnabar pens, but many were not ticked off.
Wukong said: "These are the names of the people who have eaten the life-saving pill in Changshang Academy. We are excluding them. You probably don't know each other, so you should rest aside. Don't worry, it won't take long to delay your inquiries about your practice."
Wu Mian could only sit at the table next to him. He was idle and took the books on the table and started reading them.
As he looked at it, he suddenly heard Wukong say, "This Bai Yao is also from your academy, right? She is from the Nanyuan Bai family."
Zhou Changsheng said: "Yes. She is from the Nancheng School and is now in the East Courtyard."
When Wu Mian heard this familiar name, he immediately remembered Bai Yao's convex figure and beautiful face.
What a pity, there is no such young lady in our North Courtyard... By the way, how about my senior sister named Zhu Wuyin? Why don’t you ask my senior brother? How good is the greasy senior sister! In fact, I don’t reject the sister-brother relationship, so that my senior sister’s gentle and virtuous care can alleviate my depression of not being able to go out...
Thinking happily, Wu Mian suddenly was stunned and looked up and asked, "Bai Yao? Senior Brother, is the one I introduced before?"
Zhou Changsheng, who was proofreading the roster with Wukong, heard Wu Mian's sudden question, and looked up inexplicably and said, "It's her, what's wrong?"
"She has taken the life-saving pill?" Wu Mian asked again.
This time it was Wukong who replied: "I gave it to her. She has been in poor health since she was a child, just like this guy back then. Later, she met a monster in Yujia Village and fell ill in frightened. I happened to chase the monster and passed by, so I gave her a life-saving pill."
"So after taking the life-saving pill, will your health become worse?"
"Unless external forces, you will be free from illness or disaster in your life." After Wukong answered, he said in confusion: "Brother, what are you asking about this? Is there any problem with Bai Yao?"
Zhou Changsheng also looked at Wu Mian in confusion.
After a moment of silence, Wu Mian said, "That day, I touched her hand. Her hands were very cold, and it looked like they were yang deficiency. Will there be yang deficiency after taking the Life-saving Pill?"
Zhou Changsheng and Wukong's expressions immediately became serious, and Zhou Changsheng said, "Are you sure?"
"I asked her and she said she had been yang deficiency since childhood."
After hearing Wu Mian's answer, Zhou Changsheng looked at the words Bai Yao that he had hooked off for a moment, looked up at Wukong and said, "Bald, why don't you go to the East Courtyard tomorrow to confirm Bai Yao's situation?"
"Okay." Wukong nodded and said, "If she really took the life-saving pill, she would still have yang deficiency, even if she would get into a lot of trouble afterwards."
After saying that, he looked at Wu Mian again and said with a smile: "Brother, okay!"
Zhou Changsheng also looked over and said with a smile: "Junior brother, you did a good job." After saying that, he paused for a moment and said: "By the way, I will give you the identities of several people from the North Court who have taken the Life-saving Pill. You can go and contact them tomorrow to see if they are sick. If they are not sick, then it will be fine. If you are sick, please tell me immediately."
"no problem!"
After Wu Mian replied, Zhou Changsheng and Wukong proofread the roster again, but they just waited for the two to proofread the roster, but Wu Mian never heard a familiar name again.
"Okay, that's it." After standing up, Wukong twisted his round belly and smiled and said to Zhou Changsheng: "If you hook up these names, I will go to a few less places. It's because you have accumulated virtue and done good deeds. I'll bring you a few incense sticks to you when you look back."
Zhou Changsheng smiled and said, "It's a handful of incense." After that, he glanced at Wu Mian beside him and said, "Give me ten more of them to my junior brother."
Wukong stared at the eyes and said, "Master Buddha, I only have three incense sticks in total. Now I have used one. If you want one incense stick and ten, you are taking advantage of the situation to rob! Just ten! Do you want it?"
"Fifty, plus five junior brothers."
"Impossible! Just ten!"
"Bald, do you want to make more scars on your forehead?"
"Come on if you have the ability!"
Wu Mian was confused when he listened.
Why did this quarrel over a few incense sticks? Could that incense be a good thing?
While he was confused, the two quarreled for a moment, and finally ended with Wukong giving twenty incense sticks.
After Wu Air left, Zhou Changsheng smiled and said to Wu Mian: "When the bald man brings incense, you can get two of them. That's a good thing, which can clear the mind and speed up your practice."
Chapter completed!