Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 60 Health Preservation! [Available tonight at 24:00!]
Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Health Preservation! [Available tonight at 24:00!]
"Senior Brother, this ’Heart Revitalizing Skill’ is compiled by the former dynasty Taoist Zhu Quan, consisting of two volumes. The first volume explains health preservation methods, including treating the heart, Dao Yin Method, Six-character Method of Removing Illness and Extending Life, Four Seasons Health Care Song, nourishing the spirit, and nourishing diet, with eight illustrations and thirteen prescriptions; the second volume discusses medical prescriptions, compiling twenty-six formulas from the Jade Scroll and eighteen Spirit Secret formulas with modifications, quite practical."
"The entire piece has 120,000 words, costing twelve taels."
On September 15th, Chen Ze spent a huge sum of money to hire someone to copy the ’Heart Revitalizing Skill’ from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion at Guangling Academy, and it was finally completed. This book discusses at length the rationale of health preservation, combining the arts of Dao Yin and health preservation with medicinal treatments, serving as an important reference for the health preservation courses related to Dao Yin at Guangling Academy.
For practitioners of martial arts, twenty is the age of youth, thirty is the peak, forty is mastery, fifty is decline, and sixty is the end.
Martial artists cultivate qi-blood and exercise muscles and bones, growing from weak to strong, and transforming from flourishing to decline; this is the cyclical law of nature.
Yan Chuan practices ’Cheng Family Boxing’, his qi-blood is increasingly robust, but he is already twenty-six years old, considering decay before enjoying prosperity—
"I have the ’Purple Mist Palace’, advancing courageously, there may never be a day of decline."
"But it is always wise to be prepared."
"Health preservation skills, extending life, the sooner researched, the sooner benefited."
Yan Chuan took the ’Heart Revitalizing Skill’, casually flipping through, showing delight on his face.
Since August, he has been searching for all kinds of books—
Daoist Books!
Buddhist Scriptures!
Medical Texts!
Martial Arts!
Mental Methods!
Proper books and miscellaneous books, the more the better.
Among them are books describing ’nourishing life methods’.
The books are numerous and not easy to obtain.
Yan Chuan could only lavishly spend money, using connections through people like Wei Wude and Liu Hengbo from Martial Arts Halls to search and purchase from all directions.
Through Chen Ze, he also hired Academy disciples to copy books from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion within Guangling Academy.
There are no less than ten thousand volumes in Guangling Academy’s collection, but these books cannot be taken out, and large-scale piracy, publication, and sales are strictly prohibited, at least openly, no one dares to do so.
The Hidden Scripture Pavilion is a treasure trove.
Even for Academy disciples, the hours they can enter the Hidden Scripture Pavilion each month and year are limited.
Getting them to help copy books, the labor of copying is not the issue; the real cost is buying their time and opportunity—
"To have these people use their time in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion to copy books, the price does not come down."
"Senior Brother selects rare and unique editions hard to find outside for copying, the ones that can be sought outside, are still bought outside."
Chen Ze watched as Yan Chuan spent lavishly over the past month, and even felt heartache!
The Advanced Study Hall brings in money quickly, but such extravagance can’t last long.
"A thousand pieces of gold scattered will return again."
"No matter."
Yan Chuan put away the ’Heart Revitalizing Skill’, smiling: "In the next few days, focus on ’nourishing life methods’, the more well-known, the better, set a limit at one hundred taels, spend it all, and then we’ll see."
Of course, the more silver, the better.
But he is not a miser; earning silver and spending it to enhance strength, this is the right way.
"One hundred taels—"
Chen Ze sighed: "Senior Brother’s Advanced Study Hall is gaining more and more fame within the Academy. After attending the Advanced Study Hall, some people have greatly improved their boxing skills, successfully becoming Research Students, which has sharply increased Senior Brother and the Study Hall’s reputation. A few days ago, Senior Brother killed the infamous rapist ’Fan Defang’ in the Three States, further boosting his reputation. The greater the fame, the more people come, and the more money is made."
Thus, a virtuous cycle.
Chen Ze realized that now, Senior Brother is not short of money.
But he also had concerns: "A large tree attracts the wind. Within Guangling Academy, whether disciples or instructors, the quality varies. Especially some lecturers and teachers, they have narrow minds. If they know Academy disciples are admiring and supporting Old School Martial Artists outside the Academy, there might be trouble."
Can’t teach well at the Academy, but Yan Chuan can teach well?!
Isn’t this openly slapping Guangling Academy in the face, slapping those lecturers and teachers in the face?
If it is for a short time, it’s still manageable.
But once the time is long, as Yan Chuan’s reputation spreads further, as the Advanced Study Hall gathers more clients progressing quickly to become Research Students, then trouble and disaster may very well come.
Yan Chuan naturally knew about this.
But—
Advanced Study Hall!
Firstly, it earns money quickly.
Secondly, ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ greatly aids in improving his martial arts and the progress of the ’Derivation Skill’.
Stop?
Can’t stop!
"When the soldiers come, block them; when the water comes, cover it with earth."
"If anyone really suppresses me, I’ll just close the door."
Make money as long as possible.
If it truly becomes overwhelming, and cannot be sustained, Yan Chuan won’t forcibly continue.
"It’s good that Senior Brother is open-minded." Only then was Chen Ze relieved, "I need to go into closed cultivation recently, for as short as ten days or half a month, or as long as two months. The book copying matters, I’ll hand over to the two Junior Brothers from the Great Success Boxing Club. Senior Brother can directly contact them then. If there’s anything urgent, they can also come find me out of seclusion."
It’s that time of year again!
Chen Ze’s annual seclusion!
In the past, Yan Chuan had doubts and curiosity, but this time, he finally understood and smiled: "Go ahead!"
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"The Five Labors: first is mental labor, second is thought labor, third is heart labor, fourth is worry labor, fifth is fatigue labor. The Five Labors give rise to the Six Extremes: first is qi extreme, second is blood extreme, third is muscle extreme, fourth is bone extreme, fifth is essence extreme, sixth is marrow extreme. The Six Extremes become the Seven Injuries."
On September 16th, after practicing martial arts and boxing, Yan Chuan routinely flipped through books, focusing on the newly acquired ’Heart Revitalizing Skill’.
Over the past month or so, intermittently, Yan Chuan has read many health preservation books—
’Four-line Poem’.
’Essential Record of Life Protection’.
’Record of Nourishing Life’.
’Essence of Qi Refining’.
’Tianyinzi’s Book of Health’.
’Three Elements Longevity Assistance Book * True Secret of Immortals Saving the World, Repelling Aging and Prolonging Youth’.
Various categories.
Thoroughly reviewed.
Yan Chuan has ’Experience’, able to enter a state of ’Absolute Focus’, not only focused on martial arts but also able to focus quickly on reading related cultivation books, quickly memorizing and understanding them.
As he read through one health preservation classic after another, Yan Chuan’s accumulation in this aspect has grown deeper and deeper.
On September 4th, [Task Two: Divine Movement Transformation] was completed, and in the following three days, Yan Chuan created nine ’Absolute Skills’.
After this.
On September 7th, a new research and development task was created, and after ten days, progress was finally achieved to perfection.
Yan Chuan was overjoyed—
"Inspiration."
"Enlightenment."
He immediately consumed inspiration to initiate enlightenment.
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"Exhaling and inhaling, exhaling the old and inhaling the new, stretching like a bear, stretching like a bird, is merely for longevity. This is the Dao Yin method, the secret of nourishing the body, the foundation of Thin Immortal Longevity Examination."
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"Health preservation without solidifying essence results in nothing. Only knowing how to preserve dead essence but not transforming essence into qi, still water easily breeds stagnation, which is a taboo in health preservation."
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"Five Elements Mutually Support, Yin-Yang Balance, heart fire descends, kidney water rises, saliva is produced in the mouth. When saliva is abundant, appetite is strong; when appetite is strong, kidney water is sufficient; when kidney water is sufficient, the seven treasures are complete; when the seven treasures are complete, the five internal organs are in harmony; when the five internal organs are in harmony, internal diseases are removed."
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"Close eyes and observe the heart, guard destiny, return the validation, and intent to the center."
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During the enlightenment, all the health preservation knowledge Yan Chuan has encountered, learned, and understood over the years, even just superficial ones, surfaced. Coupled with over a month’s intensive reading of various health preservation classics since August, the essences were circulating in his mind.
And so many essences were incisive.
Originally, these exquisite and essential principles were scattered and disorganized; Yan Chuan could gather them but found it challenging to organize them into a coherent system.
But now, under the arrangement of ’Enlightenment’, based on the direction and guidance of [Task Two], a clear framework gradually emerged.
Inspiration erupted!
Enlightenment conducted!
Finally, it evolved into a new martial art, named—
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