"The reason why you went wrong in the interior this time is actually very simple..."
Zhuge Qing looked at Zhao Nian who was humbly asking for advice and explained calmly, "You have given up on the reins."
"The horse is free from rein?"
Not only Zhao Nian, but also several other people present, including Ma Xianhong and Bi Yuan, looked puzzled. After all, they were just laymen regarding the warlock issue.
"Let me think about how to explain it to you in a simple way..." Zhuge Qing noticed that several people looked confused and thought for a moment, "These are at least beginners in spiritual practice. They all know the concept of 'thinking like a monkey and thinking about a horse'." ?”
"Yeah... I know." Zhao Nian nodded.
Ma Xianhong also came closer and listened curiously.
Because he discovered the flaws in his self-cultivation furnace and knew the improvement plan. Yes, the key point lies in the 'spell'. When he saw that the self-cultivation furnace he built became extremely unstable under the influence of Zhuge Qing's spell, he Realized the crux of the problem.
The strangeness of the self-cultivation furnace just now was not a malfunction. LeTV Core was correctly guided and planned to use the power of magic to drive the furnace! However, due to manufacturing defects, the structure of the furnace itself could not keep up with the changes in the spell!
If he wants to improve the self-cultivation furnace, magic is probably a key point that cannot be avoided, so he is also very interested in what Zhuge Qing is talking about now.
Zhuge Qing didn't care about Ma Xianhong's performance at this moment. After all, wasn't this guy trying every means to make himself and Wang Ye stay just for this little thing in them?
The king is not afraid of teaching him, so what should he be afraid of? Anyway, nine out of ten warlocks are crazy. Zhao Nian is a good example now. Magic is not that easy to learn. As long as this guy is not afraid of learning problems, he will be happy to do so. teach.
"Warlocks are also practitioners. Since they are all practitioners, they must abide by the basic rules of practice. You can probably understand what I am saying now. Practitioners in the past compared the heart and lungs to monkeys, which govern the mind and belong to Yang. The liver and kidneys are more As a pig, the seven emotions and six desires of a person are yin. The five elements of the spleen and stomach belong to earth, and finely adjust the body of yin and yang, so it is called 'Sand Monk'..."
"..." Ma Xianhong nodded slightly, "I understand this. Most people start practicing Qi from these places, but does this have anything to do with magic?"
"Of course it does matter. Even ordinary practitioners will go crazy if there is an imbalance of yin and yang in the body, not to mention that the inside of a warlock is about the spirit." Zhuge Qing explained with a serious face, "Zhao Nian, do you understand?"
"It means...the path of cultivation is like seeking scriptures in the West, full of hardships...if you are not careful, you will be in catastrophe...right?" Zhao Nian seemed to understand.
"Well... that's pretty much the concept." Zhuge Qing chuckled, "Since you know 'Going to the West for Buddhist Scriptures', then the term 'Heart in a Monkey Mind' is easy to understand. After all, these are famous works that even ordinary people are familiar with." Well...so which one do you think is the most important in the story?"
"Of course it's Tang Sanzang." Zhao Nian replied thoughtfully, "After all, the whole story revolves around sending him to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures."
"That's right, the so-called 'mind ape and mind horse', I don't think I need to explain what the 'meaning horse' is, and the person on the horse is the Yuanshen mentioned in various fantasy." Zhuge Qing continued to explain, "In the story, the three monkeys, pigs, monks are also called Golden Gong, Wood, Mother, and Huangpo...corresponding to lead, mercury and cinnabar respectively. Because they are the owners of the three elements of alchemy...this soul was immediately called 'Sanzang' .”
"So whether it's ordinary Qi refining or a sorcerer's practice, Yuan Shen... the so-called 'Sanzang' is the most important, because it is related to our spirit..." Zhao Nian seemed to understand, "'Sanzang' 'Although he is the backbone of the group of pilgrims, he is the weakest and most passive in the story. He is easily influenced by the monkey and pig monks, just like when we practice, things will go wrong if the energy of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen and stomach is disordered."
"You have good understanding."
Zhuge Qing looked at Zhao Nian in front of him in surprise. He was worthy of being someone who could rely on his own strength to start practicing from a secret book he found somewhere and even be able to see inside.
"In short, the Yuan Shen is usually muddy and hidden in the depths of our souls. But when we work hard, when we focus, the Yuan Shen will appear and dominate us... At this time, the Yuan Shen is carried by consciousness but It is extremely easy to be disturbed... so the story repeatedly emphasizes to us... A person who intends to train himself will be in trouble if he is allowed to do whatever he wants!"
"I probably understand..." Zhao Nian lowered his head with some guilt. It was because of his belief in the horse's rein that he could not extricate himself from the world of interior scenes.
"You understand the reason, then let's talk about how to avoid this kind of problem in the future." Zhuge Qing folded his hands and nodded, looking like a coward with a teachable look, "Actually, the way to avoid this kind of problem is simple. It’s difficult.”
"What...method..." Zhao Nian swallowed. He probably already guessed what the other party was going to say.
"As long as you always keep a clear understanding of yourself, you will naturally not make this kind of mistake again. To put it simply, you have to have a clear understanding of yourself." Zhuge Qing spread his hands and looked helpless.
This kind of thing is indeed simple to say, but humans are the kind of creatures that easily expand. Once they have power, they will become self-righteous and do not know how high the sky is. Harmful, okay... He admitted that he had some such mentality when he first came out, but after experiencing the Luotian Dajiao and the previous missions with those freaks, he had no idea how high the sky is and how thick it is. Completely have a deep understanding.
People... indeed they have to grow through setbacks.
"Let's take that story as an example?" Zhuge Qing continued, "Do you still remember the content of the first part of that story?"
"How much you like Journey to the West..." Ma Xianhong couldn't help but complain.
"It's not that I like it, it's just that we have a lot of connections..." Zhuge Qing shook his head helplessly, "Okay, stop talking nonsense and answer the teacher's question quickly."
"Yes, Teacher Zhuge." Ma Xianhong spread his hands speechlessly, "The first part is too much. How far do you mean?"
"About the monkey."
"Is it... the part about causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace?" Zhao Nian quickly responded and answered.
"That's right." Zhuge Qing chuckled and continued to ask, "What is your understanding of this article?"
"Shuangwen? It doesn't seem to be the case..." Ma Xianhong shook his head slightly, "If Shuangwen had it, he wouldn't be trapped under Wuzhishan."
"What kind of...resistance would that be??" Zhao Nian was a little confused.
"Are you resisting... Yes, that's wrong... But my question is not about the monkey. Please pay attention to the question, two students." Zhuge Qing shook his head helplessly, "My question is about 'Havoc in Heaven' 'What do you think of this situation?"
"Game?" Zhao Nian and Ma Xianhong frowned in unison.
"Yes, this is a game, a game about the gods and Buddhas trying to tame the monkey. The same applies to the Western Heaven Buddhist scriptures later..." Zhuge Qing squinted his eyes slightly, with a cruel smile on his face, " Next question, do you know what that monkey’s name is?”
"Who doesn't know this? Monkey King!" Ma Xianhong looked like, 'Who do you look down on?'
"Yes, but where does this title come from?"
"This..." Ma Xianhong's eyes suddenly condensed, and Zhao Nian's expression on the side also changed. They probably realized something.
"That's right. If you read this story carefully, you will know that this monkey has never thought of becoming the Monkey King. That's because someone praised him after he returned from learning from the Patriarch Bodhi. He said that he has great magical powers and that he is omnipotent and should be equal to the sky!" The smile on Zhuge Qing's face became more and more dangerous, "The Great Sage Equaling the Sky, the dragon who equals the sky is a strong dragon. A strong dragon has regrets and his power is declining! This game has already started at this time...and where does the stick in his hand come from?"
"Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, the Dinghai Divine Needle..." Ma Xianhong replied with a frown.
"Yes, but someone led him there, right?" Zhuge Qing chuckled.
"According to what you say...everything that follows is...a trap!" Zhao Nian's forehead was covered with sweat. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
"Yes, otherwise 'someone' 'someone', how could there be such a coincidence that there just happens to be someone?" Zhuge Qing sneered, "Everything is just a pavement to weaken the power of this monkey, because they dare not confront it head-on. .Including the fact that he achieved the body of Pure Yang by grabbing treasures at the Four Seas Dragon Palace is also part of the plot, for the next scene where he secretly eats fairy peaches in the peach garden... A Quanzhen Longmen senior once commented: The Peach Master , in fact, there is benevolence in it, and it belongs to pure yang. The monkey, which is originally a pure yang body, then replenishes yang, is extremely yang. The extremes of things must be reversed, and the yang pole produces yin, and 'just' he happened to meet the seven fairies after eating the fairy peach. ...Seven girls, the most yin aspect - the merit is broken! It is unwise to use the qualifications of a great sage to fight against the little sage Yang Jian! Yang Jian, who is also the nephew of the little sage, is the shaoyang aspect, and the great sage has all the merits broken... ...must be defeated. This is the truth behind the chaos in the Heavenly Palace..."
"..." Whether it was Zhao Nian or Ma Xianhong, they both fell silent after listening.
Seeing the two people's silence, Zhuge Qing asked again: "Then let's go back this 'game'. Where do you think the starting point of the monkey's collapse is?"
"Reverse the Royal Horse Supervisor..." Zhao Nian reacted instantly, because this was the issue they had just discussed before, 'Trust the Horse to Rein'.
"Yes. Maybe to the mediocre people, this is nothing... but for a person who plans to train himself to be a strong man in a certain field, he will inevitably encounter disaster! Compared with the indulgent Qitian Great Sage, anyone walking on the path of spiritual practice should be a Bi Mawen. As the saying goes, if you want to make people die, you must first make them crazy. They may not be able to deal with a strong-willed person, but they can deal with a wild monkey who has lost himself. Much easier.”
"Is the so-called 'Monkey King' really so unworthy?" Ma Xianhong frowned.
"It's not unbearable, I'm telling you this just to let you know that no one is born perfect." Zhuge Qing said calmly, "Even that person is the same. If you don't believe me, look at it, after going through this game, in Isn't he much smarter in the later stories? This is growth... As I said, admitting one's failure is the first step to becoming a strong person. The rules of how things work in this world are not so easy to break. He knew that his little ability was not enough to fight against the whole world, so he admitted his failure and made changes during the five hundred years of being trapped."
"Change?" Ma Xianhong frowned slightly, "I don't know much about Journey to the West, and I didn't see any changes from beginning to end..."
"Five hundred years later, when Guanyin Bodhisattva came to Wuzhi Mountain to show him the way, do you still remember what the monkey said?" Zhuge Qing asked.
"'Why don't I recognize you? What's good about you is... Nanhai Putuo Luojia Mountain, the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, who saves the suffering and the distressed'!?" Zhao Nian pulled out such a line from his memory and muttered it. The more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. shock.
"Have you realized something is wrong?" Zhuge Qing chuckled, "Look, there is a whole list of full names that are hard to remember. Could this be said by a clueless guy? He has indeed changed. But it’s not that you’ve changed your mind, but that you’ve changed your way of dealing with things. Cultivation doesn’t rely on brute force, but it depends on this.”
As he spoke, Zhuge Qing knocked on his head: "He knows that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world, so he is not as reckless as before. Do you feel this is aggrieved?"
"It's aggrieved, of course it's aggrieved." Ma Xianhong answered without hesitation, "If this is included in the current cool article, wouldn't it be criticized to death?"
"But... it's normal to feel aggrieved." Zhuge Qing sighed helplessly, "Think about it, there are times when the great Monkey King cannot do as he pleases, and even he has to deal with it carefully before... ...Is it cruel to find a chance to make a comeback one day? But this is reality. Even the Great Sage is like this, let alone us mortals?"
Zhuge Qing raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky outside the window with emotion.
While telling these two people, he couldn't help but recall the scene he had seen in the interior.
If that was a real scene in the past, then that person's forbearance was much more ruthless than I imagined.
On the surface, Flattery followed Monk Tang to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, but secretly he separated a ray of consciousness that went somewhere and waited for the opportunity to make a comeback...
Of course, he couldn't tell these things to the two people in front of him. After all, they were all baseless things.
"I understand... Before practicing, you must first recognize yourself." Zhao Nianruo nodded with enlightenment.
The world is so big that even the legendary Monkey King will be punished if he messes up, let alone ordinary people like them. Therefore, the key to practice is to recognize what you know and then practice it carefully. That's the right way.
"It's not just about practicing, it's also the same when doing things." Zhuge Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Ma Xianhong, "This principle applies to you the same way."
