During the day, the boy from Lanxi Scholar came over and asked Ning Caichen and Ma Junji if they had seen his young master.
The scholar fell into a coma all night long, and no one paid any attention to it, but he escaped from danger because of it. Ning Caichen and Ma Junji had no choice but to say that they had not seen it. Although they were lying, they still had to hide it for Scholar Lanxi.
The scholar glanced at Ning and Ma suspiciously, but these two weak scholars really didn't look like villains, so he had no choice but to leave angrily and look for them near Lanyin Temple.
Naturally, nothing was found.
Hearing the voice of the book boy leaving, the pig demon lying in the monk's dormitory next to him shed tears and knew that he would never go back.
Gong Mengbi asked: "Have you figured out what to do in the future? Now that your mind and body are mixed together, you will definitely be beaten to death as a monster when you go out."
The pig demon cried and said: "You are an immortal, please save my life. I was originally a scholar rushing to take the exam, how can I survive now that I am like this?"
Gong Mengbi laughed and said, "Why can't you live like this? Hiding in the mountains, you can be self-sufficient. If you mingle among demons and bandits, you might be able to dominate the mountains and become king."
The pig demon kept crying and said: "I don't want to die in the mountains, nor do I want to associate with monsters and bandits."
Gong Mengbi muttered: "Then we can only practice hard and become human."
When the pig demon heard that it was possible to transform back into a human form, his heart lit up, and he immediately begged: "Please tell me how to transform back into a human form, please?"
Gong Mengbi said: "Your greed is raging now, and your mind and body are intertwined, which is why you turned into this half-human, half-pig. If you can't keep your mind and righteous thoughts and surrender your greed, you will never be able to change back again." .”
The pig demon struggled to get up, kowtowed and said, "Please ask the immortal to show you a clear path."
Gong Mengbi saw his pitiful appearance with tears streaming down his face and said, "Forget it, I can teach you the method of guarding your mind and your thoughts. As long as you can guard your mind, you can gradually change back. If you can't guard it, you will change back." You have nowhere to go now, if you want, you can stay in Lanyin Temple and take care of the temple for me with Xiaoqian."
The Pig Demon said: "I do!"
Gong Mengbi helped him up and asked, "What's your name?"
The pig demon said: "How dare I use my previous name when I look like this now? Please ask the immortal to give me a name."
Gong Mengbi glanced at him, a little surprised that his dexterity was not as stupid as when he was greedy for profit. Gong Mengbi did not refuse and said: "You look like this, so let's take Zhu as your surname and call him Zhu Zhengxin. I will also always remind you to be upright and righteous."
The pig demon knew that it was his greed and desire for profit that caused him to suffer this disaster. The pain and regret in his heart were like a tide, and he immediately responded: "You must follow the instructions of the immortal."
Gong Mengbi glanced at him and said: "To put it lightly now, I'm afraid you won't be able to care about this when your mind is in doubt and your horse is out of control."
The pig demon didn't know why.
Gong Mengbi said: "You will know."
Gong Mengbi took a lock of Pig Demon's long hair and braided it with wormwood to form a grass ring and hung it around Zhu Zhengxin's neck.
"I don't have any materials at the moment, so just make do with it like this. This is the heart-refining ring. Don't take it off, you'll need it later."
Let Zhu Zhengxin sit down, and Gong Mengbi teaches him the method of observing the moon.
The bright moon is like a mirror, always reflecting your heart.
This is a small skill I learned from the moon worship method. It is just a method to calm the mind and the mind. It cannot produce magic power through practice, so it is not considered a method of cultivation.
After Zhu Zhengxin learned the method of observing the moon, he tried hard to digest it, but he couldn't succeed for a while.
Gong Mengbi used illusions to help him, sending the bright moon into his spirit, allowing him to gradually enter samadhi.
Once you are able to enter concentration, as long as you remember this feeling and gradually try to get closer, you will get better the second time and the third time.
Gong Mengbi left the monk's house, and Yan Chixia had recovered.
Gong Mengbi hadn't had time to ask him about the danger last night. When he asked now, he heard him talk about the confrontation with the Sanhua Goddess, and his heart was filled with excitement for a while.
In order to hold back the goddess of flowers, Yan Chixia used up all the life-saving charms given by her master before leaving. Gong Mengbi felt a little guilty.
Yan Chixia, on the other hand, didn't take it seriously and said, "It doesn't matter, but every dead thing has to be used."
Gong Mengbi was determined to be this friend. In fact, after this night of life and death, they have become friends. After all, people can be harsh, but the wishing tree will not lie.
Gong Mengbi, Yan Chixia, Ning Caichen and Ma Junji gathered together to chat. Yan Chixia came from Qin and saw a lot of weird things.
Last year there was a severe drought in the northwest, the situation was unstable and people's hearts were in turmoil. Mountain monsters and wild ghosts all come out to cause trouble. In addition, those charlatans, magicians and evil spirits also come out to deceive people.
When Gong Mengbi asked him about the imperial capital, Yan Chixia didn't know. His master did not allow his disciples to go to the imperial capital easily. He only knew that Ye Tianshi led the gods to sweep away the evil atmosphere. What happened next were just rumors.
The four of them chatted late into the night.
The two scholars slept peacefully, and Gong Mengbi and Yan Chixia began to exchange Taoism.
One is the method of flying to the moon, the way of taiyin. One is Jiuyang Zhengfa and Taiyi Xuanmen.
When talking about the yin and yang method, it means looking in the mirror to look for flaws and weaknesses.
Chatting from night to dawn, Xiaoqian and Zhu Zhengxin listened on the side. Most of the time they felt that the clouds and mountains were shrouded in fog, but the parts they could understand felt very mysterious.
Until dawn, Ning Caichen and Ma Junji woke up, and Yan Chixia stood up to say goodbye.
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji were very reluctant to part with each other, and Yan Chixia laughed and said: "There is no banquet in the world that lasts forever. I was going to Qiantang to find my relatives, and I have been delayed for several days. You also have to prepare for the exam, so you should not be distracted." "
Gong Mengbi was very free and easy, and said: "Brother Yan, have a safe trip. I will be a guest in Qiantang in the future. If you are still there, I will go look for you."
Yan Chixia said: "That's good. When the time comes, my landlord will treat you to a drink."
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji began to wonder if it was because he had run out of wine in his wine bag and could not stay any longer.
Yan Chixia said goodbye to everyone and left Lanyin Temple.
Gong Mengbi said a few words to Xiaoqian and Zhu Zhengxin, and then said goodbye to Ning Caichen and Ma Junji.
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji's lives finally got on track, and they began to study day and night and prepare for the exam wholeheartedly.
Zhu Zhengxin's bookboy searched for several days in Lanyin Temple, but could not find Zhu Zhengxin. Later, Xiaoqian came up with the idea and asked Zhu Zhengxin to leave him a letter, saying that he was leaving to seek immortality and visit the Tao, and he didn't know when he would be able to return.
The book boy just packed up his things and went down the mountain.
In order not to disturb Ning Sheng and Ma Sheng's review of their studies, Zhu Zhengxin still lived in the east chamber, isolated from them, and practiced the moon-watching method every day to concentrate.
At first he didn't understand what the heart-refining ring around his neck was for, until one morning he woke up very hungry and even after eating all the dry food he still didn't feel full. He caught two mountain rabbits and roasted them but still didn't feel full. When I saw Ning Caichen and Ma Junji studying in the east chamber, I suddenly felt as if they smelled the aroma of meat.
His eyes were red, his nose was sneezing, his saliva was drooling, and he had an evil thought of cannibalism.
But before he could take action, the heart-refining ring around his neck caught fire, causing him to tremble all over in pain and roll on the ground.
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji didn't know what happened, so they came over to greet him, only to see him sweating profusely and feeling guilty. Looking at Ning Sheng and Ma Sheng, they were also full of guilt.
Ning Caichen asked him what was wrong, but he only said that evil thoughts are hard to control and it was nothing serious.
From then on, he understood why Gong Mengbi said that the most difficult time is when the mind is in a state of mind and when the mind is out of control. His mental state is greed, greed for money, greed for sex, gluttony and all kinds of greed, especially the external mental state, losing the restraint of the body, often triggering him without knowing where, giving birth to evil thoughts.
The heart-refining ring took effect at this moment, burning the fire in his heart and waking him up in pain, so that he would not make a wrong step and find it difficult to turn back.
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