sinovels Chapter 6: The Essence of Sun and Moon! Another step forward!
Chapter 6: The Essence of Sun and Moon! Another step forward!
After an unknown amount of time cultivating, Chen Fan finally opened his eyes.
With his breathing even, he felt much lighter.
After smelling the sour, foul odor emanating from his clothes, Chen Fan almost vomited.
Looking down, I saw that my hands were covered in a layer of black sludge.
Without giving a second glance, Chen Fan hurriedly ran to the water tank that had been prepared in advance to take a bath.
Despite the freezing weather, even after taking off all his clothes, he still felt the cold in the room.
The water in the tub was icy cold, and after soaking in it, Chen Fan felt incredibly refreshed, as if he were taking a hot bath.
After taking a bath, the water in the tub turned black and emitted a foul stench.
Chen Fan smiled with a hint of disdain, and after getting dressed, he went to the bronze mirror.
You can vaguely see that he still looks so old and so ugly in the mirror.
However, unlike before, Chen Fan felt that his eyes were more expressive.
In the past, he was old and his eyesight was failing; he looked like an eighty-year-old man who was about to die.
But looking into his eyes now, he seems to be no less impressive than those of the young eunuchs who have just entered the palace.
Noticing this change, Chen Fan smiled knowingly, stretched, and went back to bed to sleep.
It's already dark outside, and according to the time, it's only midnight. There's still a long time before the third quarter of the morning.
Chen Fan, who had spent the entire day cultivating without realizing it, habitually felt sleepy.
It's unclear whether there was something wrong with his ears or if the noise outside was too loud.
Chen Fan, who had already closed his eyes, suddenly opened them.
Without making a sound, he glanced in the direction of the horse pen, then got dressed and stood up.
Squeak...
Pushing open the door, Chen Fan, wrapped in his clothes, stepped outside.
As the heavy snow fell, the eaves and walkways of the Imperial Stables were covered in white snow.
Under the silvery moonlight, the entire imperial city resembled an ice palace, supremely sacred!
With light steps, Chen Fan walked through the snow without making a sound.
He slowly stopped near a window of the stable.
Looking out the window, Chen Fan's eyes showed a hint of surprise.
In his line of sight appeared the three chestnut horses.
Amidst the heavy snowfall, instead of lying down to sleep, they were actually tilting their heads back and staring blankly at the moon!
In Chen Fan's keen eyesight, he could clearly see wisps of moonlight, invisible to mortals, being absorbed by these three beasts.
Sun and Moon Essence!
Some ancient texts record that mountain spirits and monsters liked to come out at midnight to absorb the essence of the sun and moon.
The book says that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is at its purest at this time, which is very beneficial to cultivators.
Chen Fan originally thought these were all fabricated fallacies, but now it seems they are true.
Without disturbing the three horses, he swallowed hard and quickly returned to the house.
Unable to sleep, Chen Fan pondered for a moment and went straight to the garden behind the house.
This is an open space, without the obstruction of palace walls or eaves, where the moonlight shines freely.
Chen Fan looked up a few times, then sat cross-legged next to the cabin.
With his eyes closed, he began to slowly circulate the spiritual energy within his body after practicing the Changchun Gong.
At the same time, the moonlight overhead was slowly converging towards this spot.
Unaware of these external changes, Chen Fan only felt that the Zhou Tian cycle was running much faster at night.
Having tasted success, he began to focus on cultivation.
As the snowflakes fell one by one, Chen Fan was quickly covered in snow and turned into a snowman.
About three or four hours later, it was the hour of Mao (5-7 AM).
Chen Fan, who had been cultivating all night, woke up on time.
He shuddered slightly as he looked at the snow covering his body.
The ice and snow melted instantly, turning into steam and disappearing!
Chen Fan stood up and stretched, his body instantly crackling and popping like bamboo joints exploding.
Feeling much stronger, his eyes lit up, and he turned around and went to the back of the cabin.
There is a stone block here, weighing about three or four hundred catties, which was used by the Imperial Horse Stables to tie up horses.
Later, because it was too cumbersome and impractical, it was left here.
Over time, apart from Chen Fan occasionally sitting here while hoeing the fields, no one has noticed the stone bench here for a long time.
Upon arriving here, he brushed the snow off the stone pier with his hand, then slapped it down hard!
boom!
With a dull thud, Chen Fan slowly raised his hand.
Upon closer inspection, a thumb-deep handprint can be seen on the moss-covered surface of the stone pier.
"You've improved again..."
Looking at the handprint left by the slap, Chen Fan beamed with joy.
If his palm had landed on the bed, it probably would have fallen apart.
Only this hard, iron-like bluestone can withstand this palm strike!
Withdrawing his joy, Chen Fan picked up his hand and looked at it, then scooped up a handful of soil and covered the palm print with it.
After doing all this, he clapped his hands and turned to leave.
After a night of cultivation, Chen Fan felt no sleepiness whatsoever.
In high spirits, after feeding three chestnut horses, he deliberately grabbed a handful of "dried leaves" and walked away in front of them.
Then Chen Fan went to the kitchen to light a fire and warm the water.
Perhaps it was too cold, and Xiaodengzi caught a chill.
He was huddled in the woodpile, trembling all over, his forehead burning hot.
"Godfather... Little Stool might die... Waaaaah..."
When Xiao Dengzi saw Chen Fan arrive, he couldn't help but start crying.
"It's just a cold. Drink some hot water, go get some herbs... Oh, and bring some herbs back for the family too." Chen Fan glanced at the small stool and suddenly had an idea.
"Bring back some ginseng, he shou wu, and huang jing... Do you have enough silver? If not, we'll get you more..."
"Thank you, godfather..." Little Stool had only been in the palace for half a year, so naturally he didn't have much money in his pocket.
Chen Fan nodded, and then handed a bowl to Xiao Dengzi after the water boiled.
After drinking it, the young eunuch's complexion improved significantly.
He was barely alive just a moment ago, but now he can get up and walk!
"Godfather... I'll go get the medicine right away... This job at the Imperial Stables..."
Chen Fan waved his hand.
After the people left, the kitchen became quiet.
He moved at a steady pace, skillfully picking up a wooden bucket to fill with water, then chopping wood and preparing fodder.
By the time all the work was finished, it was already dawn.
But the snow still didn't stop!
While waiting for Xiaodengzi to return, Chen Fan took the opportunity to visit the garden.
Overnight, the garden was covered in a blanket of white snow.
The two-acre plot of white radishes that Chen Fan planted yesterday is now covered in snow-white leaves.
Just when he thought his guess was wrong, he saw a striking green in the white snow.
Feeling incredulous, Chen Fan paused for a moment, then quickly squatted down and used his hands to clear away the snow.
Sure enough, under the snow, tender white radish seedlings were sprouting from the soil!
The plants are growing incredibly fast; they've already sprouted out of the snow!
Chen Fan thought that watering the white radish with spiritual water would not cause any different changes.
But now it seems his guess was right!