His body was a mountain that was densely planted with thick soil. It could bear the weight of sunlight, rain, and dew, as well as resist storms and lightning.
Qi was like flowing water, meandering and flowing. It could accumulate the spiritual beauty of a mountain and give life to all living things.
Here, the body was the foundation, the most important. It determined the structure of matter, just like a mountain. There were always ups and downs. Vital Qi was a function, determined by the body's foundation. It was like the flow of water, following the shape of a mountain, showing the warmth and coldness of yin and yang.
The two of them referenced each other. As the state of concentration deepened, the minute details gradually became clearer. The distinction between illusion and reality was made, and some of it appeared. It was as if a painting of mountains and rivers had unfolded before Luo Nan's eyes. Clear streams meandered within the unbroken mountain terrain, following the flow. Everywhere it passed, there were some places that could stay, some places that could move, and some places that could be used were the complete opposite.
With the difference, the feeling of substance was even clearer.
Gradually, there were some places where the energy was circulating and accumulating, like a calm lake or deep pool, dark whirlpools forming. This was the so-called "aperture point" that Xiu Shenyu wanted him to pay special attention to. It was a place where spiritual energy was stored and nurtured.
Luo Nan's consciousness gradually confirmed his position. He even compared it with the established concept of his body: the top of his head, his chest, his lower abdomen, as well as the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet …...
These acupoints seemed to resonate with each other, causing ripples to appear. The shockwave sliced through, and the cloud-like illusory feeling gradually retreated. His body's perception reappeared, but compared to before, he already had a completely new understanding.
Just like that old philosophical proposition: "Seeing a mountain is a mountain, seeing water is water; seeing a mountain is not a mountain, seeing water is not water; seeing a mountain is still a mountain, seeing water is still water."
Luo Nan's mind was muddled when he heard Xiu Shenyu speak of these things. But now that he truly encountered them, he felt that he understood them quite well.
However, Xiu Shenyu had only mentioned this step. He did not explicitly state what to do next.
Luo Nan's thoughts were a bit scattered. Originally, he wanted to leave the Fixed Space and ask Xiu Shenyu about the trick to the next step. However, the resonating pattern between his acupuncture points and his body made him think of Rui Wen's marvelous technique of body and soul merging.
However, after experiencing it in detail, it was still different.
Luo Nan was far from reaching Rui Wen's realm of mixing and merging as one. The resonance within his body only occurred between a few acupuncture points. With the acupoints as the ends, they were connected to each other, forming a blurry structure. It was a little chaotic, a little complicated, and also a little familiar.
If he made some slight adjustments …
Luo Nan's body still felt a bit fuzzy right now, so he subconsciously viewed it as a correctable drawing. He moved the endpoints, merged the lines, and made a few adjustments. The fuzzy and chaotic structure became orderly, turning into a pyramid-like structure of vertebral bodies.
Luo Nan suddenly felt that something was off. He wanted to open his eyes, but a shout came from the outside world at this time.
"Continue!"
The voice was deep, and it suppressed Luo Nan's surging mind. Luo Nan's mind swayed a few times, but in the end, he maintained his fixed state. At this moment, the image of mountains and rivers had become blurry and empty, replaced by a more familiar scene:
A pyramid rotated in the void. To be precise, it was the Format Pyramid, a visualization diagram.
The sudden change in imagery caused Luo Nan to be a bit perplexed. His senses were also affected and became chaotic. But this situation didn't persist for too long. The visualization diagram rotated in his fixed state, and all the chaotic information was collected within. It was orderly and orderly, as if there was a central axis. The bones, muscles, and even the trillions of blood vessels and fibers of his entire body moved. A single movement led to a hundred movements, a thousand movements, and ten thousand movements. There was no chaos at all.
Luo Nan was no stranger to this feeling. He had been guided by the Archetype Format in the complete version of the Frost River Waterway System some time ago at Frost River Reality. He ignited the virtual Format of Fire, using it as an axis, and many aspects linked together.
The image of mountains and rivers and the Format of Fire were very good, but they couldn't compare to the significance of the visualization diagram for Luo Nan. Luo Nan had already gotten used to coexisting with the visualization diagram over the past five years. The visualization diagram represented Formatting Theory, and it was the truth that he revered.
Therefore, the visualization diagram occupied the most central position without a doubt when it came out. The other sensations either revolved around the visualization diagram, fluctuating and fluctuating, or they were simply annihilated.
Luckily, Luo Nan still remembered what he came here for tonight. Though his direction was a bit off, the roots of his breathing were still there. His breathing rhythm was only messed up for a moment before it returned to normal.
Though the image of mountains and rivers was already blurry and indistinct, the feeling of the circulation and accumulation of vital energy was still there. It was just that the natural charm that followed the flow of energy within the closed visualization diagram was gone. There were only layers of steaming hot air that accumulated endlessly, heading toward the inscribed sphere in the central region of the visualization diagram.
In Luo Nan's visualization mode, if he only cared about himself, the inscribed sphere would contain his internal organs and the circulation of blood and energy. And according to Xiu Shenyu's teachings, vital energy symbolized the activation of bodily functions. What would it look like to gather vital energy like this? Xiu Shenyu did not explain.
The visualization diagram rotated endlessly, and at the same time, layer after layer of vital energy surged inside. The momentum was vast, and there seemed to be some changes.
But there were no changes …. The inscribed sphere was empty. It was like a black hole. No matter how much vital energy and heat accumulated, it was devoured by this emptiness. There was no end to it.
Luo Nan's mind followed the circulation of vital energy and entered the inscribed sphere. This was the first time he had learned Formatting Theory. Moreover, it was natural. Clearly, he had made great progress in the field of visualization.
This should have been a good thing, but the scene of his inner vision caused Luo Nan's mind to stiffen. He was flooded with that dark color that he could not tell was real or illusory. It was hard for him to feel anything else.
Luo Nan's current state of mind was absolutely not suitable for meditating. But the shout from outside suppressed the great waves that could make him leave his meditative state. It also firmly pressed him in this space, allowing him to see things more clearly.
Hualala! Hualala!
Countless thick chains penetrated a dark color within the depths of the space. They crisscrossed and intertwined with each other, forming a complex structure that made one's scalp go numb.
It was like an inescapable net. It was like a black prison.
Yes, the inscribed sphere of the visualization diagram was also where the heavily chained crow came from. But Luo Nan never imagined that the seemingly endless chain that could penetrate through the layers of the void would actually have this sort of appearance, this sort of form, hidden deep within the visualization diagram.
Faced with such a deep space, the surging vital energy that he had felt before was simply insignificant smoke. Wisps of energy curled up in spirals, and under the enormous internal pressure, the vital energy sank deep into the depths.
There was a bit of fiery light in the depths where the chains interweaved. It seeped through the gaps of the chains, but Luo Nan's mind could not feel any heat. The cold chains sucked away all the heat halfway, leaving only the flickering fiery light that hooked a bit of his mind. It was faintly discernible.
"My heart is a prison."
Suddenly, Luo Nan thought of the first phrase of the Sixteen Words Formula.
The crashing vibrations rang out once more, and Luo Nan's mind was finally unable to control itself. It was sent out of his meditative state. The image of mountains and rivers, the visualization diagram, all vanished without a trace. Instead, his lower abdomen felt a bit hot, but that was all.
Luo Nan blinked his eyes blankly, and the first person he saw was Xiu Shenyu.
Xue Lei was next to the gym master. He was tongue-tied, and it took a while before he asked, "You. Why are you sitting up?"
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