Asking about longevity

In a secluded field among the vast spiritual fields.

Mo Hua sat on the ridge of the field and began to practice the thick earth formation in an open space in front of him.

Mo Hua has already mastered the formation of the thick earth formation itself with the help of the Dao Monument.

The only problem is that the formation has no effect after drawing it.

Those with thick soil carry good virtues and nourish all living beings.

For this formation to be truly effective, it must use land as the formation medium.

Mo Hua took the pen, dipped it in ink, and began to draw thick earth formations on the ground.

After a while, a mysterious and ancient thick earth formation containing eleven formation patterns was completed.

The ink painting is infused with spiritual power, trying to light up the formation.

But when the spiritual energy entered the formation, it was like flowing into a bucket with an exposed bottom, and poured out in an instant.

Mo Hua wiped the formation pattern with his hand, and the formation pattern was wiped away easily.

Mo Hua sighed.

Failed.

Mo Hua was unwilling to give in and started to paint again.

As expected, the second officer also failed.

The third deputy also failed...

…

After the spiritual consciousness is exhausted, Mo Hua meditates, and when the spiritual consciousness is full, he continues painting.

But no matter how you draw it, the pattern cannot be integrated into the land, and the spiritual power cannot flow.

Mo Hua frowned and thought:

"It seems that Master is right. This principle sounds simple, but in practice, it is completely different..."

"No matter how you draw it, the formation pattern cannot stay on the ground, and the spiritual power cannot connect with the earth."

"And after so many drawings, there is still no progress..."

"Do you want to ask Master again?"

Mo Hua hesitated a little, then shook his head.

Let’s understand it again.

If Master wanted to tell himself, he would have said it before.

The master didn't say it, but he probably had other intentions and wanted him to gain enlightenment.

As the saying goes, the master leads you through the door, and cultivation depends on the individual.

If you can understand it yourself, it is better to learn and think about it yourself, so that you can experience it more deeply.

Mo Hua nodded, and then thought again:

"It's probably because I haven't painted enough."

"Draw the formation a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent."

"First draw it a hundred times and see if you still don't have a clue, then ask the master."

Mo Hua nodded, held his breath and continued to draw thick earth formations on the land.

I painted from morning to afternoon, and from afternoon to evening.

There is no need to sleep at night when doing ink painting.

When your spiritual consciousness is exhausted or you feel tired, sink your spiritual consciousness into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Sit quietly and meditate in front of the Taoist monument for a while, your spiritual consciousness will be abundant, and people will become energetic.

He spent all his time painting formations with ink painting.

Bai Zixi took Miao'er to deliver food to Mo Hua.

But seeing that Mo Hua was concentrating on drawing the formation, he didn't disturb him and just quietly placed the rice next to him.

When Mo Huahua was tired, he would take a few bites when he saw the lunch box during his break.

After eating, continue to draw the formation.

A few days later, the thick earth formation has been drawn eighty or ninety times in ink painting, but the formation pattern still cannot fit the earth.

Mo Hua couldn't help but have some self-doubt.

Is the method wrong?

Or am I not savvy enough?

I don’t really have to draw it a hundred times...

But according to this look, even if I draw it a hundred times, it seems that there will be no progress.

Mo Hua frowned and held his chin, thinking silently.

Did you overlook something?

The elements of the formation: formation medium, formation pattern, formation pivot, and formation eye.

These should all be taken into consideration...

In addition, there is spiritual ink, spiritual power, spiritual consciousness...

Mo Hua muttered one by one, and suddenly he was startled.

Divine consciousness...

A monk must use his spiritual consciousness to understand the formation.

But he is also using his spiritual consciousness to understand the formation?

Could it be that what we need to understand is not just formations?

The formation is painted on the earth, carrying virtues, the way of the earth... What can be understood, in addition to the formation, there is also "the earth"?

With the mentality of giving it a try, Mo Hua sat down cross-legged, held his breath and concentrated, and began to communicate with the earth with his spiritual consciousness.

Half an hour passed.

Nothing happened...

The ink painting is a little decadent and a little doubtful.

Suddenly he patted his head and remembered something.

Mr. Zhuang just told him:

"When a monk realizes the Tao, he only focuses on perception, which is inevitably illusive and illusive, just in form and without substance."

"And the formation is the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao, and it is the bridge between the monks and the void Heavenly Dao."

The formation is the bridge between the monks and the way of heaven and earth.

That is not about meditating and dreaming, but about using the formation as a bridge, while drawing the formation, and at the same time comprehending the great road.

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and then he dipped his pen in ink and began to draw thick earth formations on the ground.

Only this time, while painting, he unfolded his spiritual consciousness and communicated with the earth.

And as he started writing, the ink painting faintly felt that his consciousness seemed to be touched.

It seems that the vast land has a faint aura, which emerges bit by bit as I imitate the pattern.

With each additional stroke of formation pattern drawn, the breath of the earth becomes thicker.

The feeling of the ink painting's spiritual consciousness is also clearer.

After Mo Hua finished drawing the formation, Mo Hua was convinced that he had indeed sensed something.

It is a vast, deep and compassionate atmosphere.

But this is still just a perception.

After sensing it, the earth was still silent, without a trace of breath.

Mo Hua looked down at the formation he had drawn.

Part of the array pattern has gradually merged with the land, but only a shallow layer has been integrated, and it can only absorb a faint amount of spiritual power.

Despite this, Mo Hua was still in good spirits.

This shows that his idea is right.

To understand the thick soil formation is not just to understand the formation, but also to understand the great ways contained in the formation.

Only in this way can the formation and Tao be combined, and "earth" be used as the formation medium to draw this perfect formation.

He has now realized some mysteries, but he has painted too little, the time for enlightenment is short, and the fire is not yet there.

Next, just keep drawing.

The eyes painted in ink are as bright as stars.

He cheered up and continued practicing the thick earth formation according to the method he had just learned.

The effect of this exercise was obviously much better.

With each additional painting, the pattern and the land become more consistent.

The breath of the earth perceived by the spiritual consciousness gradually became clearer.

It seems that the vast earth also has its own will. It is eternal and silent, but it is broad-minded and supports all things.

The ink painting communicates this eternal will, and realizes it bit by bit, and the spiritual consciousness is in harmony with it.

The understanding of the thick earth formation has become deeper and deeper.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Mo Hua finally succeeded in drawing the first thick earth formation on the land.

The formation pattern is one with the earth.

The ink painting illuminates the formation with spiritual power.

In the deep night, the thick earth array exudes a warm luster.

The spiritual power in the formation has also undergone special changes.

It's like it has a life of its own, evolving on its own, turning into a subtler, gentler spiritual power.

These spiritual powers are like fine spring rain, blending into the land, nourishing life, and multiplying endlessly.

Ink paintings can even feel the rich vitality from the soil.

"The terrain is good and the virtues are great. Is this the thick soil formation..."

Mo Hua felt something in his heart and felt a little absent-minded for a moment.

He finally understood why Jue Zhen was called Jue Zhen.

Because the flow of spiritual power in Jue Zhen is essentially different from ordinary formations, and is closer to a deeper level of Tao.

Ink painting now masters two types of unique formations.

One is the counter-spirit formation, and the other is the thick earth formation.

The anti-spiritual formation will cause the spiritual power to be reversed, but the thick earth formation will cause the spiritual power to be derived.

The destruction of counter-spirit is the destruction of silence.

The nourishment of thick soil is endless.

Both are changes in spiritual power, completely different from each other, but they come from the same source and are derived from Tao.

Suddenly, Mo Hua had an epiphany, his mind became clear, and his understanding of the great road became deeper.

"Extreme formations, but close to the Tao..."

Mr. Zhuang's words are also deeply engraved in the sea of ​​​​consciousness of ink painting.

It was past midnight, and the night sky was filled with stars.

The moonlight is like a gauze, draped among the mountains of Lingtian.

Mo Hua felt much more relaxed and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

After spending so much time, I finally learned the thick earth formation.

Mo Hua wanted to take a rest, but he felt excited and full of energy, and he didn't seem to need a rest.

It is better to consolidate the thick earth formation again.

So the ink painting was drawn on the ground again, and the thick earth formation was drawn again.

But this time, he felt something was wrong.

Although the formation patterns in the pen are integrated into the earth, they are occasionally intermittent, and the spiritual power is not particularly smooth.

Mo Hua thought about it and then understood.

Although I feel the breath of the earth, my understanding is still very shallow.

Therefore, this kind of perception comes and goes, and the formation is also intermittent.

This can only be said to be barely learned, not proficient.

At least compared to the ancestors of the Sun family, it should still be much worse.

If you want to follow the ancestors of the Sun family and reconstruct the spiritual field with the layout of the thick earth formation, you have to go even further.

Mo Hua frowned.

The root of this problem does not lie in the formation itself.

After drawing it so many times, I have become proficient in ink painting of the thick earth formation, and I can even draw it with my eyes closed.

The problem lies in the perception of the breath of the earth.

Once the consciousness loses its perception of this breath, the formation patterns will no longer be able to fit with the earth.

Mo Hua closed his eyes and used his spiritual consciousness to communicate with the breath.

This time it was much clearer, but it was still there, elusive, and unable to feel deeper.

No matter how hard you try, that's all.

Mo Hua held his chin and frowned, his thoughts changing rapidly.

I need to think of a way...

If you cannot clearly perceive this breath and your spiritual consciousness cannot communicate with the earth, then you cannot draw the thick earth formation with 100% accuracy.

It is even more impossible to build a spiritual field.

In this case, it cannot be regarded as having learned the thick earth formation.

"My own spiritual consciousness is limited, so what about using the "Tao Monument"?"

Mo Hua then thought about it, his eyes moved slightly, and then his consciousness sank into the sea of ​​consciousness.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, a Taoist monument emerged.

While ink painting is drawing thick earth formations on the Taoist stele, he can feel the breath of the earth with the help of the Taoist stele.

Suddenly, Mo Hua felt the Taoist monument tremble.

It's like the divine thoughts of heaven and earth descended and resonated with the Taoist monument.

In an instant, Mo Hua was shocked.

It was as if his own consciousness had sensed an eternal and gigantic divine thought.

This divine thought is compassionate and broad, as vast as the sea.

But his own spiritual consciousness is as small as a drop in the ocean.

And the breath of this divine thought is vaguely familiar.

Suddenly, Mo Hua understood.

When he painted the thick earth formation, the breath he felt came from this divine thought.

But his own consciousness was too weak, and all he could detect was a faint breath.

Now with the help of the Dao Monument, what I can perceive is Haoran’s spiritual thoughts!

This is the divine thought of the vast earth!

This divine thought does not contain good or evil, does not contain joy and anger, and does not contain all selfish thoughts in the world.

Just like the earth itself, it carries all things and nourishes all things, but allows all things to live and die without interfering.

It is more like the "Tao" of the earth than a spiritual thought.

The ink painting brings blessing to the soul. On the Taoist monument, the thick earth formation is drawn with the stroke of a pen.

This time the thick earth formation was extremely thick.

Each stroke seems to contain the power of the earth.

The thick earth formation was completed, using the formation as a bridge, Mo Hua felt that he had a vague connection with this divine thought.

His own spiritual consciousness became more and more intimate with the spiritual consciousness of the earth.

From his spiritual thoughts, Mo Hua also personally realized the "Way of the Earth".

It was only a moment of realization, but it was extremely profound.

All things are born, and the earth supports all things.

The grass and trees are withered and flourishing, the melons are ripe and their stems are falling off, and they are passed down from generation to generation.

On the earth, the scene of all things derived is presented.

In a daze, the ink painting seemed to have some feeling.

"The earth follows the sky, and humans follow the earth."

He seemed to be really standing on the vast earth and had a glimpse of the "Tao" of the earth.

His consciousness is in harmony with the way of the earth.

Mo Hua vaguely feels that one day, he will really be able to use his mind as a pen and "earth" as paper.

What the sky covers, what the earth touches, what the spiritual consciousness moves, the earth is drawn into a formation!

…

At the same time, Mr. Zhuang, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and saw the old man with the same shocked expression.

At that moment, they all felt a sense of panic.

Mr. Zhuang murmured in disbelief:

"Who...touched Dao Yun?"

Then the two of them were suddenly startled and looked towards the spiritual field in the southeast.

In the spiritual field, his young apprentice has been staying there to comprehend the formation.

But at this moment, there is a profound and inexplicable energy in the spiritual field.

Mr. Zhuang's eyes became more and more incredible...