Xia Wutong and the three of them read the scriptures on the stone wall behind the house and returned to the wooden house. They sat obediently on the stool with shock on their faces.
After a long while, Xia Wutong asked softly: "Sir, I didn't expect that Li Ye was really practicing Buddhism. It seems that what the old monk of the Great Buddha Temple said made sense."
"He is who he is, and his method of cultivation may not be suitable for you. You'd better practice according to your own strengths, so that you can easily break through your own limits."
"Because you are going to Qingcheng to practice, I can't give you any more advice. I practiced some mental methods based on the practice experience of Li Ye and Shangguan Wushuang last year, and I will give them to you later."
Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong felt happy, thinking that they could finally get their husband's skills.
The gentleman looked at the excited expressions of several people and couldn't help but shake his head.
"But I am only providing you with the most basic help in cultivating your own Qi and state of mind. The real practice is to be taught by your master after you arrive at the sect." Xingsheng doesn't want to help the three children chart their future path now.
"The road to spiritual practice in the world is long and long. There is also a saying that it is to compete with heaven for destiny. The further you go, the more difficult it becomes. A genius in his youth will build a foundation when he is five or six years old, and he will be able to enter the golden elixir at the age of ten. , but entering the golden elixir is like a small river flowing into the sea, and it will be difficult to make a breakthrough in the next few decades."
Tang Chao, Hu Ge and Xiao Ju listened to their husband's advice and nodded heavily.
The gentleman did not stop, but continued.
"What I ask of Li Ye is to cultivate his state of mind first, and not rush to break through the state. Maybe when he came down from Tianshan, his state of mind was not as good as that of the geniuses in the world."
"How is this possible? His swordsmanship is obviously much better than ours!" Xia Wutong asked, thinking about the scriptures on the stone wall behind the house, looking at his husband.
The husband looked at her and smiled, lowered his head and thought for a while before replying.
"But his state of mind is absolutely unique in the world. I hope you can also pay attention to cultivating your own state of mind when practicing. You will have a state of mind as firm as a rock, so that you will not accidentally go astray on the road of practice. "
After Xingsheng finished speaking, he took out four manuscripts from the wooden frame in the room and gave them to Xia Wutong and Tang Chao.
Tang Qiuyu took the manuscript from Xia Wutong's hand and opened it. He saw three words written on the front page: "Blue Bird Jue".
Turning to the second page, I saw it written in neat italics:
There is a mixture of things, born from heaven and earth, lonely and lonely, independent and unchanging, moving around without peril, which can be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know its name, but it's called Dao, and its name is Da. The big day is gone, and the passing day is far away. Far away is the opposite. Therefore, the Tao is great, the sky is great, the earth is great, and the king is also great.
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The gentleman revised the authentic "Qingluan Ningzhu" and compiled this "Qingluan Jue". He also spent a lot of time copying it, which really cost a lot of effort.
"The first part is about cultivating the mind, and the next part is about cultivating the qi. The so-called nourishing qi is to consolidate the true qi in the body, and the second is to feel the vitality between heaven and earth. Wutong has built eight levels of foundation. You can try to repair the next part to improve your own qi. Consolidate your true energy, then feel the vitality between heaven and earth, wait until you reach the golden elixir realm, and then try to cultivate your own true energy."
"You three little guys should study the first part of the first and second chapters carefully. To understand the vitality between heaven and earth, you have to wait until you reach the foundation building stage. It is best to build the foundation before you understand, otherwise it is easy to go wrong." Mr. smiled. He looked at the four children.
Tang Qiuyu handed "Blue Bird Jue" to Xia Wutong, secretly saying that he would also copy a copy for study after returning.
Perhaps junior sister Xu Jingyun had a quick breakthrough after reading this inner secret. Otherwise, how could she have broken through so easily with the help of her own elixir to the point of distraction.
Gently patting Xia Wutong's little hand, Tang Qiuyu said: "Practice the first chapter seriously first, and compare it with your current state of mind to see if there is anything missing. After completing the first chapter, then continue to practice the second chapter Feel the vitality of heaven and earth."
Li Hongxiu also touched Xiaoju's head and said: "Once you choose this path of practice, there will be no turning back. This is a path of practice with no turning back. When the time comes, you can't help but think about moving forward."
After speaking, he sighed softly and looked at Tang Qiuyu with faint eyes.
Xindao and the two are about the same age. He is still struggling in the Nascent Soul realm, while others have already crossed the threshold.
The teacher looked at Li Hongxiu's expression and said nothing. He just said to Tang Chao and Xia Wutong: "You guys read by yourself these days. I will take you to practice Qi breathing methods for an hour every day. I will spend another three to Four hours of physical training on the mountain.”
All four children nodded, promising to finish.
Tang Qiuyu looked at Li Hongxiu and said with a smile: "Have you ever seen Mu Mu and Li Ye practicing sword practice? How can you use a sword to sense the pine needles when they are so thin?"
Li Hong's sleeves were stunned, and she couldn't help but giggle when she recalled the scene on the mountain.
"How could I have the time to practice swordsmanship with two little kids? I would have stayed in the house drinking tea and being dazed. Now I think about it, I regret it. If I had watched it, maybe I would have joined them. practice."
Tang Qiuyu glared at her and thought, "You are also a lazy person."
Li Hongxiu ignored her and said softly:
"Also, I heard from Xiaoqing that Mu Mu is lazy and doesn't want to practice. She is purely a sparring partner with Li Ye. In addition to liking to eat, the little guy is also a complete little money addict. Li Ye paid for the money he collected from the herbs on the mountain and sold them. Leave it to her for safekeeping."
The teacher glanced at Li Hongxiu and said softly: "Mumu is the youngest among these children, and it is normal for her to be lazy. I have stopped her from practicing swordsmanship and cultivation, and let her write and read with Ye Zhiqiu, just to hone her character. ."
Tang Qiuyu nodded, looked at Xia Wutong and said, "Have you heard that it's not important to break through the realm? First, polish your state of mind to be more solid. If Li Ye's state of mind is unstable, how can he carve a complete sutra on the stone wall? Wen, when you have nothing to do these days, you may read the scriptures behind the house, which will be of great help to the cultivation of your state of mind."
The gentleman nodded with satisfaction. "What Buddhism emphasizes is cultivating one's body before cultivating one's mind. This is the truth. You are not required to carve words on the stone wall, but reading it through is a necessary effort."
"It seems that I have to go to the back of the house to read the Bible with these four children." Li Hongxiu said with a grimace.
"If you want to stay in the Nascent Soul realm, you don't need to read the scriptures." The teacher looked at Li Hongxiu sternly and said.
Li Hongxiu was stunned, looking at her husband in a daze, and then at Tang Qiuyu, finally realizing that she really needed to practice her state of mind.
"If you have nothing to do, I will accompany you to the back of the house to read and chant scriptures. Hongxiu, you may not know that being able to read and chant Buddhist scriptures every day is also a very special practice." Tang Qiuyu comforted Li Hongxiu.
"It's really stupid. Why do you think Ye'er can be alone in the mountains with the old ape and the old wolf who are about to become enlightened? It's because Ye'er reads and chants scriptures for them, so that the old ape who has been practicing hard for hundreds of years can't make any progress. After hearing the Tao and realizing it overnight, those two old guys have already seen the threshold of the Nine Tribulations."
Thinking of what Xiaoqing said to him, Mr. Li couldn't help but get angry because Li Hongxiu didn't live up to expectations.
"This is what the two old guys came here to tell me personally a few days ago. I didn't want to be so harsh on you, but do you know what the night is in the eyes of the old ape and the old wolf?"
"What is it?" Li Hongxiu looked at her husband blankly.
The gentleman shook his head and continued.
"To put it mildly, Ye'er is their mentor. To put it bluntly, Ye'er is their reborn parents. Without Ye'er, they would probably die of old age on the Tianshan Mountains."
"It's so serious!" This time it was Tang Qiuyu and Li Hongxiu who replied in unison.
"What's funny is that you guard him every day, but you always treat him as a child. Do you know that many times, I learn more knowledge from him without knowing it?"
The gentleman let out a long sigh, took the kettle and filled it with tea, then took a sip himself.
Then he continued: "When Master first brought him to Zizhuyuan to find me, I asked him why he wanted to practice with me. He said that his heart was in the nine heavens and he was in the abyss! He was only five years old at that time. I I decided to accept him without even thinking about it, and I will only accept him in my life."
Tang Qiuyu looked at Li Hongxiu, then at Xia Wutong and the three children, and said softly: "My heart is in the sky, and I am in the abyss! This is his state of mind when he was five years old. Wutong, what were you thinking about when you were five years old? "
Xia Wutong's face turned red and she lowered her head in silence. Fortunately, she only started practicing with Tang Qiuyu at the age of six. At the age of five, she was still playing with a bunch of children in the imperial city...
Xiao Ju nodded and said in a low voice: "I know that brother Li Ye started practicing with my husband after he was five years old. Before that, he played with us in the mud every day in the academy and went to Liuhe River to see the fish."
Li Hongxiu's face also turned red. She didn't expect that her man would say such serious words today. Is this what she thought would inspire her fighting spirit? If that's the case, why are you scolding yourself in front of children?
Tang Chao and Hu Ge clenched their fists and looked at their husband solemnly.
The husband looked like adults and children and couldn't help but smile. After calming down his mood, he said slowly: "Practice does not take a day or two. You just need to understand this principle."
Looking up at the clear sky, the gentleman smiled and said: "Don't worry about reading now. I will take you for a walk in the mountains and see if I can catch a few pheasants."
Li Hongxiu also looked at the child and ordered: "Go and fill the kettle with water. We will set off in a while. It will take several hours to go back and forth."
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The husband led the six people out of the woods and climbed up along the path. He cut off the branches passing by and handed them to the four children. "When you get tired, just use this pillar and walk around."
Several people followed the gentleman. Li Hongxiu had been on this road with the gentleman before and knew where he was going.
After walking for a while, he turned off the path and entered the roadless woods. In front of him, the gentleman used his knife to cut out a path that could allow his body to pass through.
Looking at the four out of breath children, the husband smiled and said: "I once taught Li Ye to peel off the bark of the passing trees and make marks so that he would not get lost in the mountains."
The four children nodded and walked a few dozen steps before learning to dig out traces on the tree and mark them.
The mountain forest is winding, and although there is no need to go up, the branches are constantly pulling on the clothes, so it is not easy to walk.
After walking for half an hour, half of the road ahead was a grassy hillside and half was a towering cedar forest. The gentleman stopped.
He pointed at the child and said, "I originally asked Li Ye to pick mushrooms on this hillside. There probably aren't any now, but there must be Ganoderma lucidum in the woods. You can take a rest and go in to look for it."
"Li Ye picked the mushrooms we ate on the mountain and brought down the mountain. Later, Mu Mudi picked a lot with him." Li Hongxiu looked at the hillside full of wild flowers and felt a little emotional.
The husband looked at Tang Qiuyu and said, "Look at the children here. I'll give you some dried meat for you to eat for a while. Hongxiu and I will go around the front to see if we can catch some pheasants."
After speaking, he took out half of the dried meat from the bag he was carrying and distributed it to the five people.
Li Hongxiu looked at the four children and said with a smile: "The Ganoderma lucidum on Tianshan Mountain is the best. If you pick it, keep it for yourself. You can use it to prepare medicinal liquids to improve your practice."
Tang Chao and Hu Ge looked at Li Hongxiu and nodded. Xiaoju replied: "Don't worry, sister Hongxiu, we will search carefully."
Waving her hand, Li Hongxiu followed her husband.
