Chapter 8 First Practice

"If you want to practice, you first need to enter a state of concentration through meditation. This is not difficult, but it takes some time for most people."

"Once you enter a state of concentration, you will feel the energy around you, but don't worry about it. That is the energy of our world that cannot be absorbed. I will act as your guide and capture a portion of pure energy for you. All you have to do is use your mind to guide this pure energy into your body and find ways to retain it and not let it overflow."

"The power of thought is very important. If your thought is not strong enough to mobilize energy, then you have no talent for cultivation."

"But as long as your body successfully absorbs the first bit of energy, your path to cultivation will be opened."

Lin Yue's words rang in Li Yi's ears.

At this moment, Li Yi sat with his eyes closed, trying to calm himself down.

Lin Yue instructed Li Yi on his sitting posture, breathing, and some details of meditation to help him get into the state faster.

As time passes little by little.

Li Yi's body gradually lost perception, and his consciousness seemed to fall into darkness, as if it was about to be swallowed by the abyss. A feeling of helpless fear surged in his heart. This feeling woke him up instantly and he directly came out of the state of meditation.

"Are you scared?" Lin Yue looked at him and smiled.

Li Yi wiped his forehead and found that there was no cold sweat, but at this moment he was still frightened: "I feel that my consciousness is about to be swallowed by the darkness, and I will never wake up again."

"Don't be afraid, this is a normal feeling. Your consciousness has been combined with your body for twenty years. Now you have to abandon your body and move on your own. It is normal to feel fear. The reason why it is dark is because your consciousness has gotten rid of the influence of your body's five senses. Imagine that one day you wake up from sleep and your body can't move, your ears can't hear, and your eyes can't open. Would you be afraid?" Lin Yue explained patiently.

"What you have to do is to overcome this fear, adapt to that feeling, and then continue to be silent. As long as you pass that level, your consciousness will generate new perceptions on its own. That perception is not visual or auditory, but a special existence."

"I understand. I'll try again." Li Yi nodded and closed his eyes again.

The second time he entered into meditation, perhaps in order to overcome the fear caused by his first practice, he spent more time.

This time, Li Yi's consciousness fell into darkness again, and that feeling of fear surged over him again.

But this time he did not fight against the fear, but let it envelop his whole body.

However, his consciousness seemed to be trapped in darkness. There was no direction, no time, like a cage.

soon.

Li Yi shuddered and woke up again, and immediately came out of the state of meditation.

"Failed again?" Lin Yue asked.

Li Yi nodded: "My consciousness is trapped in the darkness, and an instinct makes me want to break free."

"This is your brain trying to determine whether your body is dead, so your consciousness is forcibly called back. But don't worry, the human body is very adaptable. After a few more times, your brain will understand that the state just now is not death, and this situation will not happen again in the future."

"Practicing is not such a simple thing. During the process, you have to overcome various psychological states, and you also have to repeatedly train your body and mind to adapt to that feeling. Some people say that practicing is very scary, which is true, but if you can't even get over this level, then I advise you to give up practicing."

Lin Yue said seriously.

"I understand. I'll try again." Li Yi took a deep breath.

Lin Yue said: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, take your time, there is plenty of time."

Li Yi nodded.

Although he didn't say anything, he knew very well that he didn't have much time to rest and trouble would come soon. Before that, he had to practice and confirm whether the half knife coin in his hand was a rare item.

Continue to enter into meditation
I don’t know how long it took.

The office door opened.

Uncle Biao walked in cautiously at this time. He took a look and gestured to Lin Yue.

Lin Yue walked out with light steps.

Uncle Biao asked in a low voice: "How is Li Yi's practice?"

"The progress is not very smooth. He still hasn't really entered into a state of meditation." Lin Yue shook her head and said.

"It's okay, this is normal. Wasn't I the same at the beginning? You have to be patient. After all, this is his first time practicing, and he didn't know anything before." Uncle Biao said.

Lin Yue said: "Uncle, do you still remember the situation when Li Yi's father, Uncle Li, first practiced?"

As she spoke, she raised a finger and said, "Once, Uncle Li entered into a state of meditation, and then he began to absorb the energy of the universe and officially began to practice."

Uncle Biao snorted and said, "His father is a true genius, there is no comparison. Otherwise, how could he become a Silent One? Anyone can become a Silent One. It's just that the first batch of practitioners cultivated too fast and hadn't figured out everything yet. That's why they became like that because of problems."

"Niece, do you think Li Yi has the talent for cultivation?"

After saying that, he bumped Lin Yue's arm and asked.

Lin Yue pondered for a moment, then said: "It's hard to tell now, but he also entered into a state of meditation in one try. He was just frightened because of his inexperience, and then he exited the state of meditation. However, now the talent of cultivation is no longer measured by the speed of entering into a state of meditation, but by the efficiency of his absorption of cosmic energy."

"Some people can absorb ten portions of cosmic energy in one breath, but can only retain one or two portions. Such a conversion rate shows that his cultivation talent is very poor."

"However, some people can only absorb five units of cosmic energy at most, but they can retain all of it, with a 100% conversion rate. This kind of talent is very high, and has great potential. If they cooperate with a guide, they can reach the first level of genius."

"Of course, there are also people who have a low conversion rate but can capture 100 portions of cosmic energy in one breath. Even if they can only convert 20%, that's incredible." "I need to test which type Li Yi belongs to."

"Then I'll leave everything to you. I'll treat you to a meal later." Uncle Biao said with a smile.

Lin Yue rolled her eyes. "No, I'll be frank with you. If Li Yi doesn't have any talent for cultivation, I can't do anything about it. After all, I'm just a human, not a deity. I can't give others the talent for cultivation. As for Li Yi's talent, I'll know after three days of guiding him."

"Haha, how could that be? A good father will have a good son. Li Yi must be very talented. Don't worry, three days will be enough for him." Uncle Biao said.

It’s not that he has confidence in Li Yi’s talent for cultivation, but he knows that Li Yi is a very sensible child. If there is no progress in three days, he probably won’t continue to bother Lin Yue.

"Hopefully."

Lin Yue said, "It seems that he has succeeded in entering into meditation. Uncle, you go and do your work first. I will go and see him and check out his talent for cultivation."

Uncle Biao nodded, then tiptoed away.

At this moment, Li Yi, who had entered a state of meditation, began to adapt to the feeling of his consciousness sinking into darkness.

He was calm, without any panic or confusion.

After consciousness was freed from the influence of the body and began to adapt to the darkness, some new changes began to appear.

Some light gradually appeared in the darkness.

The lights filled the surroundings, flowing around like a river, but the color was a little strange, appearing grayish white, as if it had been polluted, making people subconsciously want to reject it.

"This should be the polluted spiritual energy that fills the reality. These things cannot be absorbed." Li Yi had such an understanding in his heart.

But soon, in this gray and white world, there appeared a strange light. This light was simple and clear, like a sharp knife light that instantly tore a hole in those polluted areas. Then the light expanded and gradually took the shape of half a knife coin.

Within the range of the light, pure cosmic energy flows, and under the perception of consciousness, it is as bright as the galaxy in the universe.

At this moment, Li Yi became a little excited.

He understood that the half of the knife coin in his hand was truly an incomplete rare object, which could bring with it its own energy field to purify the polluted spiritual energy. In this way, wouldn't his cultivation speed increase by leaps and bounds?

But now is not the time to get excited.

Li Yi tried to guide the energy with his mind.

At the beginning, there was no change in energy, but after a while, a few points of light slowly flowed into his body as if being attracted by something.

The mind guidance was successful.

It seems that I have a talent for cultivation.

However, the cosmic energy that was guided over quickly dissipated before it was absorbed, and then merged into the gray-white world, and was finally completely assimilated.

"Failed?" He recalled Lin Yue's words.

Guiding cosmic energy into the body is only the first step; the second step is to retain it and absorb it.

If you cannot do the second step, then no matter how much cosmic energy you channel, it will be of no use.

Li Yi tried again.

Several more pure cosmic energies entered the body.

This time the result was the same, the energy dissipated and then was assimilated, disappearing completely.

But Li Yi was not discouraged, because the cosmic energy in that energy field was simply endless for him now, and he could try and error endlessly.

The third time, the fourth time. On the fifth time, a pure energy was bound by his thoughts and remained in his body. Instead of dissipating, it began to melt, as if it was absorbed. At the same time, a cool feeling flooded into his mind, and he felt an indescribable sense of refreshment and comfort.

It worked!
After five attempts, one was finally successful.

Li Yi continued to practice.

At this time, he discovered that there were suddenly a few scattered points of light in the polluted gray-white world around him. It seemed to be the cosmic energy overflowing from the wormhole, but the number was pitifully small compared to the cosmic energy in that energy field.

"Why are those energies rushing towards me?"

Suddenly, Li Yi discovered that a few scattered pure energies in the gray-white world seemed to be drawn into his body by other forces.

"Is it Sister Lin who is helping me guide you?"

He thought so, but did not hesitate and tried to absorb it.

Li Yi successfully absorbed some of the energy, but failed to absorb some. The energy that was not absorbed was wasted and polluted by the world.

In general, the probability of failure is relatively high, and only a few are successfully absorbed.

In this way, Li Yi gradually immersed himself in practice.

(End of this chapter)