Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong settled down quietly in Xuantian Temple.
Li Hongxiu accompanied Tang Qiuyu to visit the temple several times.
Mu Mudi and Xia Wutong played in the Taoist temple of Xuantian Temple from time to time.
After all, Taoism does not have as many rules and regulations as Buddhism. The two little girls enjoyed it and never forgot to return.
Tang Qiuyu asked her husband about her doubts about cultivation and swordsmanship, but her husband always asked Li Hongxiu to mess with her while he commented on the gains and losses of the two of them.
Although she had not broken through, Tang Qiuyu knew that her time practicing in Qingshiyuan had gained more than her ten years of practicing in Qingcheng.
It should be noted that once you break through to the point of distraction, it will be very difficult to break through again.
First of all, you need to rely on the good state of mind achieved through cultivation in the golden elixir realm, and you also need endless opportunities and the guidance of a master.
The husband in front of her now is one of the best teachers in the five domains.
In the dusk, the three of them sat down under the pear tree to make tea and discuss Taoism.
The teacher pointed to the vast mountains outside the Qingshi Courtyard and said: "We are now in Fangcun Mountain, above the clouds and looking under the clouds. How do you feel when you look at the world from outside?"
"And what do the people at the foot of the mountain feel when they look at Fangcun Mountain, as if they were in the world and looking out at the world outside?"
Li Hongxiu lowered his head and pondered for a long time, without thinking about it, he stared at Mr. with a pair of phoenix eyes.
Tang Qiuyu was also thoughtful like Li Hongxiu. After a long time, she tried to say: "Could it be that we are looking at the world and the world is also looking at us?"
The husband looked at her without saying anything, and asked Li Hongxiu to go to the kitchen to get a bowl of water and put it on the table.
Looking at the two of them, he smiled and said, "Look down, what do you see?"
Li Hongxiu felt angry when she saw her man's mysterious appearance, and immediately looked into the bowl first.
In an instant, he looked at his husband like a furry cat and said, "Husband, what are you doing? There is nothing in this bowl?"
"Look again." The gentleman ignored her and just looked at Tang Qiuyu and said.
Tang Qiuyu quickly lowered her head and looked into the bowl. Just when she wanted to say the same thing as Li Hongxiu, she suddenly understood what her husband meant, and her face flushed in an instant.
He looked up at Li Hongxiu and said, "What I see is myself."
Li Hongxiu was stunned, patted her shoulder and said, "Isn't it just a reflection? What else?"
The husband ignored her and continued: "Think again. Look again."
Li Hongxiu stared hard into the bowl and shook her head for a while.
Tang Qiuyu looked at her appearance, pursed her lips and smiled, looked at her husband and said, "I feel like she is looking at me..."
The husband nodded and said, "Are you looking at her, or is she looking at you? Think about it."
Li Hongxiu listened to the conversation between her husband and Tang Qiuyu. Like a curious baby, she stared at the two with wide eyes.
"When I look at her she looks at me and we're both staring at each other?"
Tang Qiuyu couldn't figure out the husband's intention and replied softly.
The gentleman smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand to stir the water, and then said, "Let's take a look."
This time the two women replied in unison: "It's a mess, there's nothing left this time."
The husband did not mean to blame the second wife, but quietly explained to her.
"There are three ways to say it. Buddhism calls this method "Viewing the Self", Taoism calls this method "Viewing the World", and Confucianism calls this method "introspection". Generally speaking, they are all the same."
"What do you mean? What you said is so complicated. I don't understand it!" Li Hongxiu looked at him and said.
"Hongxiu, please don't interrupt. Let the gentleman finish what he said and we can listen carefully." Tang Qiuyu pulled her.
The gentleman paused for a moment and watched the two men continue talking.
"View the world from the perspective of oneself and the world from one's own perspective. Only through constant self-examination on the way to practice can we eliminate the false while retaining the true and find the path we want to practice."
The husband slowly explained to the two women, and he stopped only when a thoughtful look appeared on their faces.
Li Hongxiu shook her head in disbelief, looked at Tang Qiuyu and said, "So, this bowl of water is a world? Isn't this amazing?"
Tang Qiuyu looked at her with a look of surprise.
The two of them stared at the gentleman together, waiting for his next words.
The gentleman couldn't help laughing when he saw the two people's half-comprehensive expressions.
He knocked on the table and said calmly: "If Ye'er were here, he would tell you without even thinking. Buddha said: There are countless living beings in a bowl of water, and these living beings form a world..."
"A bowl of water is the world?" Li Hongxiu murmured.
"There are sentient beings in this bowl of water. This is the first time I have heard such a statement. Thank you sir for your teaching."
Tang Qiuyu frowned slightly and stared at the water in the bowl with a puzzled expression.
"It is easy to be still for a moment, but difficult to be still for a lifetime. Your state of mind at the moment is like this bowl of water. As long as you stir it lightly, it will become chaotic. If this continues, how will you practice? How will you break through the state of mind?"
The gentleman waited until the two of them were quiet before continuing.
"Everything is impermanent in time...but what is permanent is everyone's Buddha nature. By keeping the idea of knowing ourselves, we can discover our Buddha nature."
"So you should always cultivate your mind, reflect on yourself, and understand your mind. You don't need to be moved by external objects. Even if the mountains collapse in front of you, you can still remain unmoving."
...
After listening to the husband's explanation, the two women sat blankly at the table.
After a while, he looked at his husband and said, "No wonder you want that little guy to go to Prajna Temple to practice. So you want him to cultivate his mind?"
Li Hongxiu said blankly.
Tang Qiuyu also nodded and looked at her husband thoughtfully.
The gentleman looked at the two women, nodded, shook his head, and said, "Prajna Temple can not only cultivate the mind."
Li Hongxiu understood what her husband meant. This time she did not explain, but nodded solemnly.
He smiled and said: "That little guy has Master Minghui watching him, how can he stop practicing?"
Tang Qiuyu didn't understand what Li Hongxiu meant. She just looked at her husband and felt dumbfounded.
Later, biting her red lips, she asked, "Can you tell these truths to the two children? Their current state of mind is even more unstable."
Upon hearing this, the gentleman spread his hands and said: "This is the responsibility of you two women, one is the master's wife and the other is the master. It is your responsibility to teach them to understand these principles."
"Just don't be anxious, you can only take it step by step. I've been talking to you for a long time, and you can talk to her again..."
At this moment, the husband finally felt that his head was a little big, and he suddenly thought of Li Ye in Prajna Temple.
The way of thinking is to be your own disciple. You can understand many truths with just a little guidance.
Li Hongxiu looked at her man's speechless look and waved his hand carelessly.
He smiled and said, "Leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry about it."
The husband looked at the careless Li Hongxiu, feeling speechless and having a headache.
After thinking for a long time, he choked out a sentence: "Hongxiu, please ask Mr. Tang for advice later. This will be of great help to your breakthrough..."
He originally wanted to say that if you had Tang Qiuyu's understanding, you would have been distracted long ago.
Thinking about the woman who was afraid of hurting him, I changed my words.
Tang Qiuyu glanced at her husband and suddenly felt a little shy.
At that moment, she had no choice but to hold Li Hongxiu's hand and say, "I'm going to stay in Fangcun Mountain for a while longer, at least until the Wutong breaks through again. If not, I'll spend the winter in the mountain."
Li Hongxiu glanced at her husband, then turned to look at Tang Qiuyu who was blushing.
He patted his chest boldly and said, "It doesn't matter. You can treat this place as your home and stay as long as you want."
Tang Qiuyu was startled and looked at him speechless.
Isn't this too direct for you?
...
In the morning light, the opening behind the blacksmith shed.
It looks almost exactly the same as the cave where Monk Poxu practiced in Tianshan Mountain.
Li Ye, who was lying in the wooden shed, looked at the entrance of the cave, and the scene on Tianshan Mountain came to his mind.
He knew that this was just his nostalgia. After all, the Tianshan Mountain thousands of miles away was already in the past.
The two masters at that time had already ascended and left.
The twelve-character mantra originally carved on the entrance of the cave has been deeply imprinted on his sea of consciousness.
Even including the small river, the cold pool, that winter, and all the feelings of living on the cliff.
As long as he leaves Prajna Temple, he will come to the wooden shed outside the cave on the north slope to learn sword skills from Ouyang Dongli.
When I think that in five or ten years, I may be a swordsmith in the Five Realms, I feel that the hardships I have endured in the past few months are nothing.
I wrote a poem in Fengyun City and sold it to Li Hongxiu for 500 gold coins. At that time, I thought it was a feeling of sudden wealth. I guess ten years later, if I cast a sword by myself, it would be sold for 10,000 or even 100,000 gold coins?
And Mu Mu, who is like a money addict, would he wake up from his dream laughing if he knew his future worth?
In fact, Li Ye sometimes thought that if he could get the resurrecting grass or animal soul by chance.
It is estimated that he will be able to break through to the ninth level in less than ten years.
As long as you enter the ninth level of Dharma, you can go down the mountain even if you have reached a small level of cultivation.
Returning to Fengyun City to visit my long-separated parents and sister,
Of course, all of this was just a small dream for him lying in front of the cave entrance.
Bathed in the midsummer mountain breeze, he actually fell asleep on the bamboo chair.
He didn't open his eyes until there was a sound of voices in the shed.
He stared blankly at Li Hongxiu behind Ouyang Dongli and Tang Qiuyu with long hair in a white dress.
After rubbing his eyes and looking at the three people standing outside the shed, Li Ye got up and asked, "Master's wife, Mr. Tang, how did you find this place?"
Li Hongxiu glanced at Tang Qiuyu and said carelessly: "When Mr. Tang and I were playing swordsmanship, I accidentally broke her sword. I thought you would learn how to make swords with Master Ouyang and see if you can." I can’t help Mr. Tang fix it.”
Tang Qiuyu nodded, glanced at Li Ye, turned around, took out the sheathed sword and handed it to Ouyang Dongli.
He said softly: "Master Ouyang, although this sword is not a famous sword, it has been with me for decades. I really don't want to throw it away..."
Ouyang Dongdongli did not reply immediately, but silently took the sword.
Holding the scabbard in his left hand, he gently pulled out the long sword with his right hand, and saw a cold light appearing in front of Li Ye...
I saw this iron sword three feet three inches long, two inches wide, as thin as a wing, like a puddle of autumn water.
Unfortunately, there was a gap near the blade, like a disfigured beauty.
Ouyang Dongli sighed softly: "Although it is a good sword and the craftsmanship is not bad, the fire when the sword was made was not enough, the hammering time was not enough, and the timing of quenching was even worse. The famous sword was covered in dust. It seems that the only It’s been recast!”
After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Li Hongxiu and Tang Qiuyu who were stunned.
Li Hongxiu patted Tang Qiuyu and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Tang, what is the name of your sword?"
Tang Qiuyu stared at the long sword in Ouyang Dongli's hand and said softly: "This is a gift my master gave me when I became a disciple. The name of the sword is Qiu Shui. Now that she has passed away, this sword has become My only thought."
Ouyang Dongli ignored the change in her expression, just looked at her and asked quietly: "Do you want to cast it again?"
That means if you make it, keep the sword, and if it doesn't, please leave.
Li Ye, who was completely sleepless, looked at Tang Qiuyu who was indecisive and had an idea.
He scratched the back of his head and said, "Mr. Tang, this sword is inherently flawed. If you can't make up your mind now, after my master leaves, no one in the five realms will be able to recast it for you."
Tang Qiuyu glanced at Li Ye and then at Ouyang Dongli, who had no expression on his face.
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said softly: "In that case, please ask Mr. Ouyang to recast this sword for me, and I will pay you whatever the cost is."
Ouyang Dongli nodded and said calmly: "It is estimated that this sword will take one to two months at the fastest, or until it snows at the slowest time. As for the cost, you can decide. To explain, I will cast half of this sword." , he cast half of it.”
After speaking, he pointed his finger at Li Ye who was standing behind him.
