The most important part of this method would be the last step, note taking. It didn’t matter if he wrote the notes on a paper or inside his head. The meaning to it was to reorganize and accept the entire book. Only after completing this step, the reader could say he has completely transferred the wisdom in the book into his knowledge.
After reading “Purification” and closing its pages, Chen Chang Sheng didn’t stop learning. Rather he continued to do so in his mind and notebook. But what is the purpose of learning? It’s to practice. The reason he read “Purification” was to successfully Purify himself and begin the way of xiuxing.
The first step of the Purification stage was to concentrate one’s mind. The mind is the human’s core of spiritual strength. To explain it clearly, “it’s the thought that counts”. If one’s thought was concentrated and strong enough, then it would turn into a certain power.
Although it may sound easy, in reality it’s not. Even if an ordinary person struggled extremely hard and imagine that they can fly freely in the sky, they are still trapped on the ground. This is because the power of mind depends on the strength of one’s soul, and the soul’s strength depends solely on talent and is unrelated to one’s effort. Even if an ordinary person tried his best, how would his soul’s strength surpass that one of the reincarnation of the Sky Phoenix?
Chen Chang Sheng has prepared to xiuxing for many years. To be precise, it started when he was ten years old and an odd occurrence happened to his body. He kept on waiting for this day to come silently. He knew there were some problems with his veins, and that’s why his master said his was ill. His nine main veins in his body weren’t connected and his soul power couldn’t circulate throughout his body. The result of this was that his spiritual power kept on leaking out. Although this occurrence has been suppressed by his master using medicine and herbs, it was still was a problem. Or why else would the black Sensory Stone in the Heavenly Academy’s entrance test not detect any soul strength inside his body?
If his soul was not strong enough, then how could he solidify his spirit?
If there was no spirit, how would there be emission?
The first step of purification, how should he achieve it?