Chapter 4

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In Liu Shengzhi's eyes, this was a city that looked extremely unremarkable. It bore no resemblance to the magnificent and splendid city he had imagined the King of Hell would reside in.

The city walls, made of rammed earth and only two to three meters high, looked completely unimpressive, even overgrown with weeds.

"Is this even called a city wall?" Liu Shengzhi thought disdainfully. Even the walls of an ordinary rural home looked more impressive than this.

He suspected that anyone with nimble movements could easily climb over it.

Just as he was thinking, countless shadows approached the city, but they did not dare to enter. Instead, they circled around aimlessly.

A sliver of moonlight broke through the clouds, allowing him to see clearly. The shadows were all dressed in short hemp clothes, looking as if they were barely clothed. They resembled refugees or beggars, but their faces were expressionless and their movements were light and ethereal, causing a chill to run down anyone's spine who saw them.

"Indeed, they are all these things!" Liu Shengzhi's heart skipped a beat, but he calmed down.

He had experienced this state of mind wandering many times and had seen quite a few of these. He knew they were just wandering spirits and ghosts, and posed no significant threat.

It was only during his first experience that he was unclear. Seeing an old lady with bound feet walking ahead, Liu Shengzhi had foolishly gone up to ask for directions.

Who knew that when the old lady turned her face, it looked like that of a cat. At that moment, Liu Shengzhi was almost frightened to death.

After wandering in this state for so long, Liu Shengzhi had gained some insights. Seeing so many ghosts dressed in hemp clothes, he instinctively felt that his own attire was too conspicuous and different from these things.

Therefore, he focused his mind and visualized. A strange scene unfolded as the mist around Liu Shengzhi began to change, forming a set of hemp clothes similar to those of the ghosts, which he then put on.

However, none of the ghosts seemed to notice this. With a distant rooster's crow, as if receiving a signal, all the ghosts rushed into the city.

"Hmm, something seems off!" After the rooster's crow, the sky should have gradually brightened.

Ghosts fear sunlight, so they should retreat and hide upon hearing the rooster's crow. Why are they rushing into the city?

Despite his thoughts, he followed them in. The houses in the city were low, mostly earth and thatched-roof huts.

He saw several ghosts rushing towards a house. Suddenly, the entrance of the house lit up. A seemingly unremarkable wooden board hanging by the door emitted a faint white light. When the white light shone on the ghosts, they let out惨叫声，退缩回来，仿佛被火烧到一样！

"这是桃符！"

刘胜之立刻认了出来，知道这绝不是普通的木板，而是桃木。最关键的是，这桃木板上写着神荼郁垒的名字。

真奇怪！刘胜之嘀咕着：“这到底是什么地方？”

所谓爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。千门万户曈曈日,总把新桃换旧符。

说的就是这种东西！

只是这些桃符早就被春联和门神取代了，怎么这个地方居然还有悬挂？

而且悬挂这些避鬼的桃符，就说明了此地绝对不可能是阴间。

难道自己穿越了？他想着，忽然感到一阵极度的困倦。

刘胜之不仅不惊，反而感到欣喜，这种情况他经历不少。每次神游之后，遇到这种情况，都会主动回体，哪怕距离再远！

果然，随着刘胜之放松全身，感到一阵轻震，天旋地转。刘胜之再次感觉到了自己的身体的存在。

“你终于醒了！”霍宏业擦了一把冷汗，说道。

如果这五石散把人弄死了，那承担的责任可真不小。

刘胜之还有一些迷糊，不知道自己刚才的经历是幻境，还是真实的事情。

毕竟，刚才遭遇的一切，太过离奇。不过，很快刘胜之就确定下来，刚才的一切都是真实的。

刘胜之对神魂出窍的感觉太过熟悉，而且更重要的是，他居然对看到的那本神仙书中的内容记得清清楚楚。

但是，他并没有把这些说出来，只是沉默以对。

霍宏业也没有多问，只是又替刘胜之把脉，然后检查了一下身体。见刘胜之确实不像有事的样子，才彻底放下心来。

“我刚才服用了五石散，就有一股燥热的热流从小腹升起。我用你教的吐纳之法，居然就入定了。”

刘胜之解释着，但把最重要的内容隐去了。

说话间，不由得想起了《神仙书》中记载的内容。

修炼入门，分为四种境界。

静心，止念，开窍，心光。

他不知不觉之间，居然就跨过了精心的层次，来到了止念之境。

静心是把心放空，静坐必定，水磨功夫。资质好的几天，资质不好的几个月甚至几年都有。越是聪明的人，念头越多，越是难以放空入静。

而刘胜之却借着这次机缘，莫名其妙地跨过了这一关。

一时间，刘胜之都有些痴了。又想起刚才所经历的那些事情，心中隐隐约约地知道，这次自己真的遇上了什么了不起的东西！

不论是那乾坤挪移神符，还是神仙书中记载的东西，似乎都是什么惊天动地了不得的东西，他自然不会说出去。

霍宏业见刘胜之神思不属，也没有太过在意。他以为刘胜之只是昏迷时，不会想到刘胜之居然经历了这么多的事情。

刚才真是危险，一度刘胜之连呼吸也没有了。

这刻，就笑道：“你看起来没事了，先休息一下，我明天来看你！”

说着，就走了出去。

刘胜之没有什么反应，依旧想着神仙书中的内容。

静心之后接下来就是止念，初心虽静，然而未纯。多妄想，多游思。妄想生于贪欲，游思起于不觉。调心止念，可以入道。

而方法就是念头如流水，生生不息。制之在止观，时时斩断之。

他试了试，静静默坐了一会儿。脑海中的大念头渐渐停歇，但有许多细碎的念头不受控制，此起彼伏。

这刻，就按照神仙书中的办法。一个个念头一生出，就立刻将其斩断。

开始的时候，这么做起来十分困难。好在刘胜之有足够的耐心，一个个念头都不放过。

也不知道过了多久，忽然眼前猛然一亮，如同一个火星飞溅而出，划破黑暗。

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He tried it, sitting quietly for a while. The big thoughts in his mind gradually subsided, but many small, uncontrollable thoughts continued to arise, one after another.

At this moment, he followed the method in the Immortal Book. As soon as each thought arose, he immediately cut it off.

At first, this was very difficult. Fortunately, Liu Shengzhi had enough patience and did not let any thought go unchecked.

He did not know how long it had been, but suddenly, his vision brightened as if a spark had burst forth, piercing through the darkness.