Chapter 197: Going up the mountain to practice, coming again
After the lively dragon dance, the family took out moon cakes and placed them on top of brewed chrysanthemum tea. They drank tea and admired the moon outside the house amid the firecracker debris on the ground, sharing their joy.
Yaya was holding a small grass dragon made of platycodon in her hand and imitating the dragon dance in the yard, waving it in various ways and having a lot of fun.
"Mom and Dad, Yaya has to go to school tomorrow, so we're going home first. By the way, brother, you don't have to pick her up from now on. I've signed her up for a few classes, and she should have tutoring on Saturday."
Before it was too late, Duna stood up and started calling Yaya to get ready to go back to town.
The vacation is over and it’s time for Yaya to go back to school.
"Oh, okay, then you guys be careful."
Du Ruo just smiled. In fact, he knew that his sister said this probably to prevent Yaya from becoming a light bulb between the two of them. However, he did not expose her. It was enough for him to know it.
Afterwards, they sent Duna and her family away, and Xiang Yuanyuan helped clean up the house.
Even though her mother kept telling Xiang Yuanyuan that she didn't need to do anything, Xiang Yuanyuan just smiled and stood aside. It was not until it was almost done that she and Du Ruo prepared to return to the yard of the B&B.
"Yuanyuan, what do you think about us building a new house? Or should we go to town and buy a house?"
Xiang Yuanyuan and Du Ruo were walking hand in hand on the road. The bright moonlight in the sky made their shadows very close. They had both drunk alcohol and were not driving, so the distance between them was very close anyway.
"Why go to town to buy one? There doesn't seem to be much need to build a new one. Isn't the current one good enough?"
Xiang Yuanyuan thought about it and felt that everything was fine now, as if nothing was necessary.
"The yard we live in now is still rented. I want to have our own home. My parents' old house seems a bit small. If we have a lot of babies, I'm afraid it won't be enough to accommodate them."
Du Ruo touched his chin with a wicked smile.
In fact, he had that idea after he and Xiang Yuanyuan confirmed their relationship, but he had been struggling with how to build the new house.
Should I build a new one or tear down the old house and rebuild it?
Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. Of course, this is just his own consideration. He plans to discuss it with Xiang Yuanyuan before talking about this matter with his parents.
"I...I can do it."
Xiang Yuanyuan did not refute Du Ruo's words, but just lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Hey, let's not worry about the house for now. Let's go home and study the baby first."
Du Ruo smiled, hugged Xiang Yuanyuan in his arms, and then strode towards the rented courtyard.
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The next day, after Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan got up, they simply washed up, cut a few pounds of beef, and headed up the mountain again.
A few days ago, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan carefully explained the various knowledge of Hunyuan Yi Qigong, including concentrating the mind and calming the breath, breathing methods, breathing rhythm, and even some related movements.
Today Xiang Yuanyuan needs to practice for the first time. Du Ruo decides to place the practice on the mountain, where he can be close to nature and not be disturbed by the outside world. This is more conducive to practice, especially this type of meditation.
Hunyuan Yi Qigong combines movement and stillness, but a beginner like Xiang Yuanyuan can only start with stillness exercises. Only after becoming familiar with stillness exercises can they consider movement exercises.
When they reached the top of the boulder, the two brought food to the clouded leopard. After playing for a while, Du Ruo let Xiang Yuanyuan climb onto his back and began to climb up.
Today the kestrel happened to be staying in the nest. When it saw Xiang Yuanyuan and Du Ruo climbing up, it was no longer as panicked as before. It just tilted its head and watched the two people pass by the nest. After the two continued to climb up, it flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
After reaching the edge of the cliff, the two did not continue to move forward, but just sat on the edge of the cliff and began to meditate.
“The view is better here.”
Xiang Yuanyuan stood on the edge of the cliff without any fear, stretching her neck as if she wanted to see clearly the clouded leopard family below the cliff.
She had no intention of being afraid at all. This was a result of her absolute trust in Du Ruo. She knew that as long as Du Ruo was by her side, she would be in no danger at all.
"Well, just do as I say and start meditating. First calm your breath and concentrate your mind. I will introduce the energy into your body. Just focus on breathing in and out, and then just follow your feelings."
After watching for a while, Du Ruo gestured to Xiang Yuanyuan to meditate. After waiting for about ten minutes, he noticed that Xiang Yuanyuan's breathing was steady and knew that the other party had entered the state. Then he transferred the red mist into Xiang Yuanyuan's body.
Then he began to simulate the operation of Hunyuan Yi Qigong in the body, just to help Xiang Yuanyuan master this technique.
It is worth mentioning that Hunyuan Yi Qigong is not Qigong. In fact, it does not have a fixed guide. It requires visualization to let the essence, energy and spirit in the body flow naturally. When Du Ruo transfers the Qi into it, he cannot strengthen Xiang Yuanyuan and can only make the other party familiar with this state.
Du Ruo had figured this out long ago. He realized that his Qi could only cause damage. It was not real Qigong, but a materialization of the "Qi" in his body. It had no effect on curing diseases, and could not be used to strengthen others.
Moreover, it is actually very mentally taxing to control it after it leaves the body. If you are not careful, you may cause harm to the other person, and the loss is also serious.
This loss will not intensify the phase circle, but will be discharged like exhaust gas within a certain period of time.
Despite this, Du Ruo did not spare any effort. This was the first time he really taught someone the skills he had obtained from the system, and he did not know what the effect would be. Although he knew that even if Xiang Yuanyuan learned it, it would only make her health a little better, he did not care. At least he could make Xiang Yuanyuan feel that they were not so far apart.
Du Ruo's efforts were not in vain. Xiang Yuanyuan quickly entered the state. Du Ruo withdrew his energy and then observed Xiang Yuanyuan's current state with his "spirit".
Xiang Yuanyuan's "essence" fire did not become more vigorous, but it began to become stable. Du Ruo knew that this was the state of Xiang Yuanyuan beginning to touch the unity of Hunyuan.
Perhaps all you need to do is keep practicing, and one day your spirit will be transformed.
Just like Du Ruo, his spirit is more concentrated. Even with the same attribute points, Du Ruo's ability is far higher than others.
Of course, these are just Du Ruo's hopes. The specific situation depends on Xiang Yuanyuan's luck. Perhaps all he can do is urge Xiang Yuanyuan to continue.
Du Ruo was a little tired from the long and delicate out-of-body manipulation of "Qi". He looked up at the sky and saw a small black dot hovering in the sky.
"This little guy~"
Du Ruo was in a good mood. He took out a plastic bag of beef from his arms, then took out the beef cubes that he had specially reserved, placed them in his palm, and then stretched his palm forward.
“Whoosh~~”
The kestrel has excellent eyesight. Du Ruo had just taken out the fresh beef cubes when the kestrel flew down from a high altitude and landed in the palm of Du Ruo's hand.
"Huh? This stupid bird caught the wrong one again~"
Du Ruo felt the kestrel's sharp claws grabbing his fingers and thought it had grabbed the wrong food again. He was about to remind it, but he found that the kestrel was not flapping its wings. Instead, it was standing in front of the fresh beef cubes, looking at him with its head tilted.
Du Ruo didn't say anything, just looked at Hong Xun.
The kestrel looked at Du Ruo for a while, then jumped, pressed the beef cubes with one claw, and without hesitation, it tore the beef cubes on Du Ruo's palm with its beak and claws, and then ate them with relish.
"You are quite rude, little guy."
Du Ruo smiled. These animals became closer and closer to him, which made him very happy. At least it showed that all his previous efforts were not in vain.
"kek～"
He smiled and retracted his raised hand. Caught off guard, the red falcon, which was eating heartily, almost lost its balance. It pecked Du Ruo's finger lightly with its beak in anger.
Then he stood firm again and continued to eat the beef in small bites.
While the kestrel was eating, Du Ruo just watched quietly, but his attention was always on Xiang Yuanyuan who was sitting next to him.
After about twenty minutes, the Kestrel family finished eating the beef. They were not in a hurry to leave. They were combing the feathers in Du Ruo's hands. Du Ruo felt that Xiang Yuanyuan's breathing rhythm suddenly changed, and he knew that she had woken up from meditation.
Du Ruo turned around and saw Xiang Yuanyuan open her eyes. The two looked at each other and laughed.
"Eh? Is this the red kestrel?"
Xiang Yuanyuan was surprised when she saw the red falcon in Du Ruo's hand.
"I want to touch it, too."
Xiang Yuanyuan put down her cross-legged legs and reached out her hand, wanting to touch the red falcon in Du Ruo's hand.
"ke~"
Unexpectedly, the red kestrel just glanced at Xiang Yuanyuan, called out as if with disdain, then flexed and stretched its claws, flapped its wings twice, and flew to Du Ruo's shoulder, with no intention of paying any attention to Xiang Yuanyuan at all.
"Okay, you're not familiar with it yet, and its claws and beak are very sharp. It can scratch your skin with just a little force. Okay, eat and leave quickly."
Du Ruo smiled and said something to Xiang Yuanyuan, then moved his shoulders and drove the red falcon away.
They didn't stay on the cliff for long. Du Ruo carried Xiang Yuanyuan down the cliff on his back. Without disturbing the clouded leopard family who were sleeping soundly, the two of them quickly went down the mountain.
Before the two men reached the rented yard, they saw a car parked at the gate of the yard. Two people were standing at the gate waiting with large and small bags in their hands.
"Master Du, I heard that you were not at home, and I didn't come to disturb you and your family the past two days because I was afraid of disturbing you. I came here specially today, but I don't know if it will disturb you."
The person who came was Li Yu, and the person holding the gift was Du Ruo's old classmate Du Junyou.
"Don't disturb me. Welcome. By the way, let me introduce my girlfriend, Yuanyuan. Yuanyuan, this is my old classmate Du Junyou, and this is his wife Li Yu. Please come in."
Du Ruo introduced the two parties with a smile, then pushed open the gate and invited them in.
I have to say that Li Yu is really amazing. No matter what Du Ruo thinks of her, she and Du Junyou came together, and Du Ruo would not turn them away no matter what.
After entering the house, Xiang Yuanyuan was making tea while Du Ruo and Du Junyou were chatting about family matters. Li Yu just snuggled up to Du Junyou, watching the two of them drinking tea, with no intention of interrupting them at all, as if the two of them really just came to Du Ruo to reminisce about the past.
(End of this chapter)
