Chapter 39: Wheel of Life (1/2)
Chapter 39: Wheel of Life
“All living things have a place from which they came from and within our human bodies there is also such a place, where all our vitality stems from. It contains all the qi essence within our body and is known as the origin of life or also known as the wheel of life.” Elder Wu Qing Feng calmly explained.
“Where is the wheel of life located?” Pang Bo asked.
“Just below the naval.” Elder Wu Qing Feng pointed below his navel: “It’s position is the perfect point that separates the upper body from the lower body.”
Ye Fan was surprised and immediately thought of the golden ratio within the body which tallied with the position mentioned by the elder. From the bottom of the feet to the crown of the head, the ratio proportions are 0.618 and was separated by a line. This was known as the golden line that divides the human body and the navel happens to be right at the point. This type of human body was perfect in terms of structure and proportion.
There were many golden ratio points within the human body and these points were precisely where the important parts of the body were located. In comparison the largest golden ratio point within the body, below the navel, did not seem as important.
At this moment hearing elder Wu Qing Feng say the wheel of life was actually located there and contained all the qi essence within the body, Ye Fan felt enlightened that perhaps the body’s most important golden ratio point was really the “place where all living things originated from”.
The wheel of life was not a single point but rather a region and based on what elder Wu Qing Feng said its centre was below the navel and the region was a circle around it. The region was the the size of a palm and all the essence in the body was stored here.
Elder Wu Qing Feng was stern and earnest as he stressed: “The Wheel of life; the common people birth children, the Daoist birth one’s self. This is the cultivator’s basic fundamentals.“
Based on what elder Wu Qing Feng said the wheel of life was where the spring of divine energy was located. If cultivators wanted to step onto the path of immortals it would all begin from there.
“Throughout the lives of mortals their wheel of life is constantly drying up. The passing of each year would leave a mark on the wheel like the growth rings on the tree. When the human body is in its final years the wheel of life would have been full of scars from the passing of time and at that time the wheel of life would thoroughly disintegrate.”
“How many marks are there on our wheel of life?”
Ye Fan and Pang Bo were originally youths in their twenties and now they appeared to be eleven or twelve. Their body had gone through an astonishing change and actually reverted back further to their youth.
“There are eleven marks on your wheel of life.”
Hearing this conclusion Pang Bo opened his mouth and loudly laughed. Compared to their classmates who had lost their youth, what happened to his body seemed to defy heaven’s will and he pointed at Ye Fan: “What about him? He’s the same as me right?”
Wu Qing Feng had already known about Ye Fan’s physique but he still thoroughly inspected and found that the conclusion was similar to that of the other elders. Ye Fan’s wheel of life was absolutely silent, his sea of bitterness was as hard as divine metal, as stable as a rock, firm and unshakable without any way of establishing the fundamentals.”
“His physique is very special and can’t be seen through. I can’t tell exactly how many marks there are but I surmise that it should be similar to you.” Having said this elder Wu Qing Feng had a weird expression as he said: “Blood Essence so vigorous like that of a river dragon, if only he could cultivate…… what a pity.”
Ye Fan and Pang Bo finally understood what was the wheel of life but still had many queries in their hearts.
“The wheel of life is the foundation of cultivators and if we reach the cultivation levels of legends and protect the wheel of life’s sparkle and translucence, without scars or marks as though one had just been born, there would be a chance to become an immortal.”
“Is becoming an immortal very difficult?”
“The immortals referred to by mortals are only cultivators who can fly in the sky. Whether the real immortals mentioned in the legends really exist is difficult to confirm. Based on what I know, for the past thousands of years in the boundless eastern badlands there hasn’t been anyone who became an immortal. It may be that only the people within the sacred grounds, archaic aristocratic families that have been around since ancient times or ancient demons would know some truth.”
“Venerated elder, are you trying to shatter our conviction. We are currently on the beginnings of the road of cultivation but you tell us that immortals may not be real, this is simply such a huge mental blow.”