As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience laughed.
Before she finished speaking, the young lady pointed at Li Ye who was sitting next to Mr. Mo and said, "That guy is learning piano from Mr. Mo. He and you are from the same family. Li Ye, come here and play a piece for me, princess, I promise I won’t hit you.”
Hearing this, everyone started laughing again and shouted for Li Ye to come on stage and perform a song.
City Lord Xia, the general, the master, and the gentleman were also smiling, wondering what Li Ye would do.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Li Ye had to stand together with a blushing face, and said to Li Hongxiu and the young lady: "Well, this guy is not talented. He has only been studying piano with his husband for a few months, and he spends most of his time fetching water and making tea. , I won’t show my embarrassment anymore.”
The city lord smiled and said: "Li Ye, you are also a student of Master and Sir, so you have to show your skills!"
The master agreed and said: "Just show off your ugliness, why don't you usually work hard?"
Seeing that Li Ye couldn't refuse, he said that I should write a few words. After that, he asked the city lord for pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
A servant came over with the Four Treasures of the Study, and Li Hongxiu volunteered to start grinding ink while Li Ye was laying out the paper.
The people in the audience booed: "Li Ye, you are so proud. Our Hong Xiu poster will personally grind the ink for you!"
Li Ye's face turned red and he saluted Li Hongxiu.
He picked up the brush, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then started to write.
The chaotic wind blows away the wind and clouds
The returning bird is frightened and flies into red sleeves
I saw Gonggong's neat regular script popping up on the paper.
After finishing writing, he put down his pen, saluted Li Hongxiu, and saluted everyone in the audience. He blushed and said, "I've made everyone laugh." After saying that, he put away his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and left the stage.
The young lady was shocked. She didn't expect that Li Ye could write such beautiful calligraphy and such neat poems.
The host of Red Sleeves raised the calligraphy written by Li Ye with both hands and showed it to everyone in the audience. "How about it? Our little talent in Fengyun City can't just write "The Sky Toad"."
Just after saying this, the audience exploded again. The young lady blushed and ran off the stage quickly.
Everyone laughed and asked the city lord and distinguished guests to comment.
The master smiled but did not comment, while the husband nodded and said yes. The city lord directly called the three good ones and said: "Not only is it neat, but it is also appropriate to the situation. The apricot blossoms in Fengyun City are flying, and the red sleeves are playing the harp and the birds are returning. This was written by six-year-old Li Ye. It is really amazing and beautiful. The master of Hongxiu's piano The sound and Li Ye’s poetry really complement each other.”
There were many elegant people in the audience. After reading Li Ye's poem carefully, they all said it was a quatrain.
The wife of the city lord also praised him again and again, saying that such a literary talent could become an official in the future.
The master and his wife quickly thanked the city lord and his wife.
The husband praised Li Ye and asked Li Ye to move the guqin to the stage. The husband would personally play the guqin for everyone. This can only be smelled once a year.
Li Ye moved his husband's piano to the stone platform where the performance was performed, removed the cloth cover, and exposed the strings inside.
The gentleman came up to the stage, saluted everyone in the audience, and said: "This qin of mine is made of nanmu from the Xixuan Region. It is not very precious. I also composed the music. I hope it will be appreciated by everyone here." resonance."
Everyone in the audience returned the favor and thanked Mr. for playing the piano. Li Ye stayed by his side quietly.
The husband asked Li Ye to light a stick of incense while playing the piano. Both hands caress the strings, as if caressing the lovers of the past, and the sound has not been heard for a long time.
"Ding dong"
The husband made a sound, just a simple note, swaying out from the strings between his fingers.
Li Ye felt something stir in his heart, as if a seed broke through its shell and began to sprout in his stomach. Quickly guard your mind, sit cross-legged and meditate, silently reciting the resolution given by your husband.
The music played by the gentleman is different from the one played by the host of Hongxiu. There is a kind of indifference, a kind of desolation, and a kind of tranquility in the sound of the piano. It was as if the sound of the piano came from a distant place, traveled through endless time and space, and came to everyone. Without any publicity, it directly penetrated everyone's heartstrings.
There were literati and many practitioners in the audience, sitting in different positions. At this moment, practitioners like Li Ye began to meditate, closing their eyes, breathing, and listening quietly.
"Enter the Tao with the harp!" The city lord was shocked and quickly meditated cross-legged to circulate his Qi. I was surprised in my heart. There was a certain Taoist charm in the sound of the piano. Listening to the sound of the piano has an artistic conception that can make people understand the great way of heaven and earth.
The young lady from the General's Mansion also sat down next to her parents.
Li Ye felt that the hot air that had been in his stomach began to swim in his body under the guidance of the sound of the piano. He felt an indescribable feeling of comfort. His whole body relaxed and he felt the desire to fly.
Around the garden, people listening to the music were all immersed in the music that contained the Taoist charm. For those who have failed in their hard work, cultivating amidst the sound of the piano is a rare opportunity to hear the Tao, break through the realm, and temper their souls.
I don't know how many times, the stick of incense burned out, and the sound of the master's piano also ended.
After a long time, someone woke up from their state of mind. Everyone stood up, bowed respectfully to the husband, and thanked him for his piano skills.
The gentleman stood up and returned the greetings to everyone in the audience.
Everyone returned from this year's spring banquet with great joy. In the words of the city lord, everyone was not only satisfied with their eyes and ears, but also the monks broke through the realm that had been stuck for a long time in the sound of the piano. It was a very rare event.
...
On March 12th, in the afternoon, Li Ye was taking a medicinal bath in his husband's yard. Suddenly he felt that the energy in his stomach was rushing to his head and was about to burst out of his body. He was about to call his husband for help... ..
"Boom!" With a sound, a thunder struck in the sky, hitting the tub and Li Ye. Agui was so shocked that he yelled for help, sir. The bathtub was broken and the medicine flowed all over the floor. Li Ye was dressed in black, and his black hair was all burnt, making him half bald.
The gentleman who was taking a nap in front of the hall was also frightened. He thought to himself that this kid was really a monster, and he had been struck by lightning again in just a few years.
Agui looked at the naked Li Ye and said, "Master, you are almost like a pig killed during the Chinese New Year. It is half burnt by the fire, but you smell so fragrant!"
After hearing this, Li Ye was so angry that he picked up a broken piece of wood and hit it.
Put on your clothes and quickly go to the front of the hall to ask your husband. The husband said: "Didn't you take a good medicinal bath? Why did you get thundered again?"
"No, sir, I just felt uncomfortable. The air in my stomach was about to rush out of my body. I was so uncomfortable that I asked Mr. Xian for help. Unexpectedly, thunder struck down." Li Ye touched his head with his hand and fell. The hair was all over the place and he was almost bald.
The teacher asked Li Ye to put his hand on the table and feel for his pulse.
After a while, he said: "Nothing."
Then he called Li Ye into the study and said in a solemn tone: "It's time to tell you something. You were struck by thunder when you were born, which caused you to be born with meridians. You are a genius in cultivation. Your father is afraid that he can't teach you well. So I haven’t told you since you were a child, and I haven’t asked you to practice it.”
"The reason you were shocked just now is because after practicing the mental method I gave you and taking medicinal baths for more than half a year, you have gathered Qi to perfection, just like a bucket of water. When the water is full, it overflows. In the words of cultivation, You are already at the level of foundation building now, but you are only six years old. If word spreads, many sects will want to take advantage of you."
"So, I want to teach you a new method now, but I can't tell others. Can I do it?"
Li Ye nodded and said: "Sir, don't worry, as long as I can practice, I will never tell anyone else, not even my parents."
The teacher lowered his head and said nothing, and after a while, he said: "Go and cook first. After dinner, ask Agui to go back to the academy and tell your parents that you won't be coming back these days. Follow me to practice, and then come back after you have mastered the techniques."
Li Ye answered his question and left the study.
When he was able to get out, he asked Agui to go out and find a master who shaved his head. He shaved the half-burnt head clean, and he looked like a little monk after the shave.
The gentleman came over and took a look and said, "This is very good and clean."
Agui also followed his husband and said, "Master, when the young ladies in the General's Mansion see you like this, they will mistakenly think that you are going to become a monk, and they will be sad."
The barber covered his mouth and laughed.
Li Ye was also speechless. I thought to myself, if I go to the Great Buddha Temple to see the old monk now, I wonder if he will accept me and not let me go home?
I washed the vegetables and cooked with Agui, and asked my husband to have dinner together. It was still dark. He added to Agui Feng: "Go back and tell my parents that I am practicing with my husband these days and will not go back to the academy. I will come back when I have time to get through."
Agui responded.
When it got dark, Li Ye went to his husband's study to light a lamp, lit a stick of incense, and began to boil water and make tea.
The gentleman came over and sat down, preparing to preach to Li Ye.
Li Ye handed the brewed tea to the gentleman and said, "Sir, if I look like this, I have started to practice, right?"
The gentleman took a sip of tea and said: "You have not only started practicing, you are an amazing existence in Fengyun City."
"In the Dongxuan Territory, there are martial arts and Buddhist practices, but the ultimate goal is to one day transcend this world, practice immortal magic, fly across this world, and reach another higher realm."
"So there really are immortals in this world?" Li Ye raised his head curiously.
The teacher glanced at Li Ye and replied: "Of course there is, otherwise why would people in the world work hard to practice?"
"In terms of martial arts, they are: Gathering Qi, Establishing the Foundation (also called the Xiantian Realm), Jindan, Nascent Soul, and Distracting the Soul. After the Distribution, you will be in the realm of cultivating immortals. The completion of the Distraction is to overcome the tribulation, and you can complete the nine tribulations. Break the world and go to another world, which is what the world calls the fairy world. In fact, it is just a world, but the rules of practice are different from our world."
Many people who practice in Fengyun City cannot successfully build a foundation by the age of thirty, but you have already established a foundation at a young age. This lets outsiders know that there will be consequences that you cannot bear. Therefore, I want to teach you a technique that can conceal your cultivation realm and make it look like you are just like ordinary people.
After speaking, the gentleman picked up a scroll and handed it to Li Ye. "Remember it carefully, don't take it away, if you can't remember it, come back and see it tomorrow night."
Li Ye took the scroll with both hands and saw that it was a yellowed scripture. He opened a page and it read: "The Formless Dharmakaya".
The teacher sighed and said: "I also got this scripture by chance, but only the first five levels of exercises can only reach the realm of the golden elixir after practicing it. The following scriptures, if you want to continue To practice, you have to go to Fangcun Mountain Prajna Temple in the Xixuan Region to seek it."
"In the past few days, you have first cultivated the first level of mind and body. After you have completed it, you can hide your current state so that outsiders will look like you have only practiced Buddhist physical and mental methods. It will give people the impression that you are just gathering Qi. , it looks like a three-story building, so you won’t scare others when you walk out.”
"The Formless Dharma Body is a unique skill of Buddhism. It mainly cultivates the mind of the physical body. You should finish the first level quickly, because these days, you have been practicing your basic skills all the time. I will give you a medicinal bath and a mysterious Iron armor, walking, and fetching water are all for you to temper your body."
Li Ye felt grateful after hearing what he said, and respectfully replied: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely practice hard."
The Master then said, "You have to promise me that before your cultivation reaches the late stage of Golden Elixir, and you are not in a situation of life and death, you will not show off your martial arts cultivation to others, can you?"
Li Ye nodded heavily.
The gentleman got up and left.
Li Ye took action and opened the inner pages of "The Formless Dharmakaya". This night was also the first night that Li Ye's life changed.
