Chapter 121: Drawing inferences from one instance to another, enlightenment in the snake
In our daily lives, we often see monks and Taoists burning incense to worship gods in temples and Taoist temples, and chanting scriptures and practicing Taoism in the air surrounded by incense and smoke all day long.
The "incense" here can calm and peaceful the mind, allowing people to enter into meditation faster.
When Chen Jue worked in Hangzhou, he was a middle-level leader of some importance, responsible for managing the company's back-end risk control data. Occasionally, when there were a few important documents that needed to be reviewed by his superiors, he would go to the boss's office in person.
The wealthy company boss has a hobby of playing with incense. He likes to light incense in the office with the door closed. Occasionally, he would light high-end goods such as sandalwood, agarwood, and even longyanxiang. These are top-grade incense that cost thousands or tens of thousands of yuan per gram. This is a high-end way of playing for the rich in the city, and ordinary people can't get access to it at all.
Occasionally, when Chen Jue went to deliver documents, he would flatter the boss's hobbies even though he knew the answer and discuss a few words about his hobbies. He thought that this would leave a good impression on the boss so that he could gain a firm foothold in the company in the future. Only then did he learn the tricks of the "Xiang" game from the other party.
However, Chen Jue still underestimated the power of internal competition in the workplace. No matter how much flattery he did, it would be of no use.
A few days ago, the boss who dealt in "incense" could still introduce to him with a smile the ins and outs of a newly bought "incense" worth tens of thousands of yuan. A few days later, he looked as if he was about to be insolvent, on the verge of bankruptcy, and had to lay off employees. He asked Chen Jue to have a talk with him in a serious tone, saying that the company's performance was not good and it could not afford to support him. By the way, he also made a few job introduction phone calls in front of him insincerely in order to appease Chen Jue's emotions and make him sign and leave obediently.
As for those information introducing job opportunities in similar companies , in the end, they all fell into oblivion and no news was heard.
As soon as he left the company, no one would care about Chen Jue's face as a worker. After he signed the contract, they let him pack up N+1 bags and go back to his hometown. Then the following story happened.
Of course, most of the "fragrance" can be used as medicine, just like musk, which is often mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine.
Musk is a medicine that can open up the orifices and refresh the mind. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and menstruation, reducing swelling and relieving pain.
In addition, fragrance is a very magical smell, which is sensed through the human body's sense of smell and taste.
Fragrance is a type of smell, and the "qi" here is not the qi of the human body's qi and blood mentioned above, but gaseous volatiles, which is a substance, usually a small molecule.
"Taste" is a sensory perception, which is equivalent to a sensor. Only when the small molecules of "gas" act on the surface of the sensor to produce changes in physical quantities (the physical quantities can be electricity, magnetism , light, ion flow, molecular flow, etc.), the generated signals are transmitted to the human body's CPU, that is, the brain, through nerves to produce the feeling of "fragrance".
So smell does not refer to a substance, but the process of interaction between substances.
Just like how Chen Jue had sensed the innate Qi from the fetus in Sister Biao's belly while in the state of fetal breathing, only by stimulating the human body's special senses can one sense the existence of the innate Qi.
And this special sense can only be awakened by a master who has formed a "golden elixir", embraced "Tai Chi", and formed "relics".
As for the scent of the bottle of golden dew in Chen Jue's hand, it was more refreshing and invigorating than any expensive high-end perfume he had smelled in his boss's office before.
Even the aroma of the Shaolin Dali Pills that Ye Tongrentang had previously asked to prepare was far less "stimulating" than this bottle of golden dew.
After all, Chen Jue's current physical fitness can be said to have improved by 2 times compared to when he first took the powerful pills.
In addition, his martial arts skills had greatly improved and his inner alchemy skills had been accomplished. The Qi and blood in his body had become very restrained, and it was difficult for ordinary medicines to interfere with the fluctuations of his Qi and blood.
"Is this bottle of golden dew made from herbs collected from the mountains?" Chen Jue took another look at the crystal clear medicinal liquid with a hint of gold in the bamboo tube and felt that this ancient and secret recipe of the Dulong people was a bit unusual.
"yes!"
"This bottle is what's left over. If I use the herbs I bought in town to mix it with other ingredients, it won't smell as good." Looking at Chen Jue's intoxicated face, Yun Xiaomei explained with a smile.
When she smelled the scent of the golden dew for the first time, it was even more exaggerated than Chen Jue's, and she wanted to drink a bottle of it immediately.
"Then I'll accept it without hesitation. Please thank my mother-in-law for me!" Chen Jue thanked her without any pretense. He closed the lid of the bamboo tube and tied it up again with a long golden silk bag. He was worried that someone might accidentally spill such a precious medicine on the road.
I put another layer of plastic bag on the outside and tied it tightly before stuffing it back into the backpack, planning to take it back home and try out its medicinal properties while practicing the small and large circulations in the evening.
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The two of them sat on the pebbles in the shallows and ate lunch. After resting for a while, Chen Jue heard an eagle's cry. He looked up and saw the black kite he had encountered before falling from the sky with a still-twisting wild snake in its grasp and throwing the snake in front of Yun Xiaomei.
Yun Xiaomei was not afraid either. She took out a bag of prepared mealworms from her backpack and fed them all to the black kite.
As for the wild snake, Yun Xiaomei gently picked it up and returned it to the wet grass pile beside the river.
The whole process was like a barter transaction. Black Kite gave the snake, and Yun Xiaomei gave mealworms in return. The wild snake also saved its life and was released back into the mountains. Chen Jue, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but sigh, "Can we still play like this?"
However, when watching the wild snake twisting its body and crawling in the grass, Chen Jue suddenly had an idea and asked, "Little Sister Yun, since you have learned the tiger-shaped thunder sound and the turtle-shaped turtle breath, have you learned any skills from snakes?"
"Yes! Brother Chen Jue!"
"These little snakes are so funny. When they climb up trees to steal bird eggs, they shake their bones. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. When I practiced, I felt warm and comfortable all over my bones." Yun Xiaomei said, and demonstrated the technique of snake-like bone shaking.
From her spine to her entire body, she had an extremely feminine rhythm all over her body.
You know, a snake's vertebrae can be as many as 500, which is much more complicated than that of a human. If you're not careful, the vertebrae will fall apart and kill the snake.
If the tiger and leopard thunder sound produced by the tiger-shaped force is the strong and penetrating electricity, then the bone sounding produced by the snake-shaped drilling force is the fine and silent weak electricity.
One strong and one weak, one hard and one soft, with distinct styles.
In addition, the snake is the only animal besides the tiger with the word "king" on its head. One is the king of the mountains and forests, and the other is the king of the caves, which coincides with the Taoist concept of yin and yang.
Chen Jue had practiced the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt for the whole night last night, and happened to understand the true meaning of subduing the spine to emit the "Dragon Roar". Now, observing Yun Xiaomei's snake-like bone shaking, he gained inferences by analogy and gradually gained a clear understanding of the skill of strengthening bones and marrow, which was like "clearing away the clouds to see the sun, and waiting for the clouds to clear to see the bright moon"!
He looked at Yun Xiaomei sincerely, as if he had understood a lot, and said, "Yun Xiaomei, thank you for your guidance! Wait for me for a while!"
Then he stood there and practiced the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt as if no one was around. When he first exerted his strength, his spine rose and fell violently, and a "dragon roar" sound was made that was even more violent than when he practiced on the top of Wazhai Hill last night.
However, this "dragon roar" did not continue to be strong, but suddenly subsided, as if only the sound was heard but not the shape. Just like the real dragon in the legend, it can travel in rivers, lakes and seas, and hide in the clouds and mountains!
This is because Chen Jue, by observing the true meaning of the snake shape on Yun Xiaomei, drew inferences from one instance to another and realized the meaning of "subduing the dragon"!
Another example is what the Book of Changes says, "The upper nine, the arrogant dragon will regret." "Arrogant" means to reach the extreme. When the dragon reaches a very high place, its momentum will inevitably decline. If one knows how to advance and forgets to retreat, he will regret it.
Hardness cannot last long, Yang cannot last forever, the excessive Yang of the dragon is needed with the Yin of the snake!
As for Chen Jue, his mind was clear as his spine rose and fell. It seemed that at this moment he had control over the bones of his whole body and a simulated dynamic movement route was formed in his mind.
As mentioned in the Xingyiquan classics: "The dragon form searches the bones, the tiger form communicates with the spirits."
He used the shaking of his spine to generate strength, which further connected the bones of the whole body. Under the penetrating and coordinated force, Chen Jue continued to comprehend the true meaning of the Yi Sui training method.
Chen Jue felt more and more comfortable the more he practiced. His bones began to warm and tremble, and his blood surged like a tide. The old teeth began to loosen, until his proficiency in [Dragon Roar Iron Shirt] was raised to Lv2 (500/500) without him noticing.
The skill bar on the panel suddenly flickered, and the secret Dragon Roar Iron Shirt of the Wudang Taihe Sect was finally practiced to perfection by Chen Jue!
