It was the ninth day of March in the year 103 of the Gale Calendar. I was very tired and didn’t want to love or practice.
Nan Dao got up early in the morning and scrawled on the paper left by Mr. Mei.
Yesterday I practiced swordplay all afternoon at Jingsi Lake. As soon as I got up today, my whole body was sore. Nan Dao wanted to lie down on the bed and couldn't get up.
After getting up and coughing for a while, Nan Dao began to meditate and practice. The chopped-up Grain God was still working hard to convey vitality to the sword and the scroll, and the peach tree seemed to be involved.
See the mountain and know the water.
According to Qiu Xi'er, these are the three major realms of entering the Tao.
I am still in the state of seeing the mountain for the first time. According to their words, I have just begun to see the appearance of the mountain. As for what is in the mountain, Nandao still knows nothing.
The Sword Intent Seed still hasn't been found, and Nan Dao has begun to wonder if his roots in heaven and earth are not that big.
Nan Dao suddenly remembered, if the God of Ceres is the cyclone transformed from the bright moon, then what are the roots of heaven and earth?
Divine sea, or?
Nan Dao stopped this dangerous thought.
After practicing for a while, Nan Dao still didn't wait for Mr. Mei to come, so he had to take the broom and go out.
The snow has melted away today, leaving only fallen flowers and leaves on the road, so it didn't take long for Nan Dao to finish his work this morning.
When passing by the School of Mathematics and Physics, Nan Dao walked in again by mistake and looked at the thing called Tianyanji.
This is a magical weapon, Nan Dao thought. If you boil a kettle of water, you can run. If you boil all the water in the Nanyi River, wouldn't you be able to go to the sky?
Nan Dao went out while thinking about it.
Then he went to Qingniuyuan.
Zhang Xiaoyu was honestly in the pulpit today, but he seemed a little absent-minded.
Nan Dao stood with a broom under the apricot trees outside the pulpit and stared for a long time. Even though he had only learned the sword from Qiu Xi'er for two days, he could still feel that Zhang Xiaoyu was talking nonsense.
When was the last time you saw Zhang Xiaoyu?
Nan Dao leaned against the tree and thought for a while, it was the day before yesterday.
Could it be that I have lost too much in poker in the past two days, and people are stupid because of losing?
Nan Dao looked at it for a while and then wanted to leave. Then he saw a woman wearing a blue and white skirt come in and stop under a tree not far away. She was holding a blue package in her hand. She didn't know what was inside. .
Nan Dao had a vague feeling that this person was here to see Zhang Xiaoyu, so he stayed at Ledaoping.
Zhang Xiaoyu talked nonsense for a long time, and then cut off his own sleeve with a sword mistake. After staring blankly for a long time, he looked at everyone and said, "Forget it, let's just come here today."
The students below finally became commotion.
"Sir, what happened these past two days?"
"I don't know. Have you lost too much at cards?"
"It doesn't look like it. He has been losing in Nanyi City for many years and he has never seen anything like this."
"I think the engagement was broken off, and then I started to bully young people into poverty."
"Well...he is indeed quite poor."
As if Zhang Xiaoyu didn't hear the students' discussion, he casually threw the teaching sword aside, turned his back to the stream and sat down, staring at the apricot flowers in a daze.
The woman in the blue and white skirt held the package and walked through the leaving students, stopping behind Zhang Xiaoyu.
"Xiaoyu." The woman's voice was soft and weak.
"I'm in a bad mood today, please go back first."
Zhang Xiaoyu said dullly.
The woman did not leave, but walked to Zhang Xiaoyu, squatted down, and opened the package in her hand.
Inside is money.
a lot of money.
If the ordinary Zhang Xiaoyu saw it, he would definitely like it and go crazy.
But not today.
Zhang Xiaoyu glanced at it and continued to look at the falling apricot blossoms.
"My father said that as long as we don't show up in Nanyi City, he will agree to us being together."
Listening to the woman's words, Nan Dao felt that that was not what his father said.
It should probably be - if you want to be with that thing again, don't come back.
A woman with a clear mind.
The woman squatted in front of Zhang Xiaoyu, lowered her eyebrows and smoothed the wrinkles on her skirt, and continued to speak softly.
"I stole some money. Can we go somewhere else now and get married?"
"I heard that there is a place called Qinse Valley in Huangliang. We can go there..."
Zhang Xiaoyu raised his head, looked at the woman, sighed and said, "Li Qinghua, is there a possibility that I really don't like you?"
Li Qinghua just said softly: "I know you want to deceive me, and I don't mind how much money you lose playing cards. When we get married in the future, I believe you will definitely change your ways."
Zhang Xiaoyu was silent for a long time and said: "Okay, but you have to go to Huangliang first. When I sort out the things here, I will come to find you."
Li Qinghua looked up at Zhang Xiaoyu, her eyebrows relaxed, and she said happily: "Seriously?"
"really."
Li Qinghua put the package away, thought about it, took some money out of it, stuffed it into Zhang Xiaoyu's arms, and then said: "Then you must remember to come, it's Qinse Valley, I don't know where it is. , but you must know that I will build a small yard near there, and then plant a large green bougainvillea at the door."
"OK."
So Li Qinghua hugged the package and left happily.
Zhang Xiaoyu stood up and silently watched Li Qinghua leave. Then he saw Nan Dao standing under the tree, and walked over with a forced smile.
"Are you really going to go?" Nan Dao looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and asked.
Zhang Xiaoyu put away his smile and said calmly: "I won't go."
"Why?"
Zhang Xiaoyu walked away under the tree and said slowly: "Because I really don't like her."
Nan Dao followed and asked curiously: "Then how did you develop to this point? It can't be like what many stories say in the book, the young man bravely rescues the girl who fell into the water."
Zhang Xiaoyu sighed, looked back at Nan Dao and said, "Junior brother."
"?"
"It's a shame you don't tell fortunes."
"Really?" Nan Dao was a little surprised.
Zhang Xiaoyu shrugged and walked casually along the apricot blossom path without answering.
Nan Dao looked behind him for a long time, then called Zhang Xiaoyu.
"Senior brother."
Zhang Xiaoyu turned around.
Nan Dao said seriously: "This is not good."
Zhang Xiaoyu smiled bitterly, turned around and left.
Nan Dao stood there, thinking about the woman named Li Qinghua, and couldn't help but feel a pity.
But he could also see that Zhang Xiaoyu also had difficulties that he had never mentioned.
Nan Dao turned around and walked on the trail as well.
At the moment when Zhang Xiaoyu was silent, was he also tempted?
Nan Dao doesn’t know.
Yun Hu didn't know that there were no classes today, so Nan Dao only saw Mr.
Nan Dao thought for a while, then walked over and sat down.
Mr. Xie naturally saw Nan Dao coming, but he didn't say anything. He glanced at it and continued to watch the students preach.
"After the Qi is introduced into the body and circulates in the body for thirty-six days, you can try to push the door."
"What is the door? It illuminates the divine sea within. There is the door of heaven and earth. Behind that door is the prototype of the great road..."
A student below asked: "What should I do if I can't open the door?"
"If you can't push the door open, you will have no choice but to stay in the false realm. Or you can find a major cultivator who has entered the realm of the great avenue to help you open the door."
"Why does it have to be overhauled in the Great Dao Realm?"
Mr. Xie nodded, looked at the student, and said: "Because the realm of the great road can encompass the world and the world, and within the rules of freedom, only such people can see the divine sea in your body."
Nan Dao was listening there, but he was suddenly startled.
He thought of the Taoist priest from the north that night.
If he can tell the problems in his divine world in one word, doesn't that mean that that person is the Dao Daxiu who stands at the top of the human world?
Mr. Mei said that Mr. Xie was in the small Tao realm, but he did not realize that he had already entered the Tao realm.
So is there really such a young Taoist cultivator in the world?
Nan Dao had always been a little complacent before, but this time it also gave him a heavy blow.
Of course, there is never a shortage of the proud ones in the world.
“What’s beyond the rules of freedom?”
"He is a saint, and he is also the guardian of the Sword Sect."
"There are no saints in the world, so does the Sword Sect have anyone sitting in the human world?"
When Mr. Xie heard this question, he laughed and said, "Yes, but she is able to sit in the world not because of how strong she is."
"But because she is the master of Mojian Cliff."
"There are only two people who have ever truly managed to sit in the human world. One is Mojianya Sword Master Qing Yi, and the other is Qing Yi's eighth disciple, Demon Ancestor."
"What does it mean to sit and watch the world?" a student asked.
"When you sit there, the world will be peaceful, the undercurrents will be hidden, and the ugly ones will be whitewashed. If you don't look at the world, the world will only move forward steadily. This is called sitting and guarding the world."
"Why didn't you learn swordsmanship back then?" A student asked curiously.
Mr. Xie said calmly: "Because I am a good person."
The students below looked at each other.
This sentence obviously cursed all the sword cultivators in the world.
Including Cong Ren in Nanyi City.
Mr. Xie coughed and said calmly: "Okay, let's continue talking about entering the Tao."
"Seeing the mountains means seeing me. I see how charming the green mountains are. I don't expect the green mountains to see me like this. Only when I know me can I know."
"The best thing is like water. Water benefits all things without competing for it. Knowing it is like knowing water."
“If you see the mountains and know the waters, you can get out of the barrier and achieve the fruit of the Tao.”
...
Nan Dao sat under the tree and thought deeply.
When you see the mountain, you see me.
How to meet me?
The South Island is somewhat difficult to get started with.
After pondering for a long time, Nan Dao saw Mr. Xie walking towards him and realized that today's sermon was over. The whole ground was silent except for falling flowers.
"gentlemen."
Nan Dao stood up and saluted Mr. Xie.
Mr. Xie sat down under the tree with a smile, looked at Nan Dao and said, "Are you scared?"
Nan Dao remembered that conversation.
Why don't you learn to sword, sir?
Because I'm a good person.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I almost thought that Mr. was a little dissatisfied when he saw that I started learning swordsmanship."
Mr. Xie laughed and said, "I'm just complaining, because I wanted to join the swordsmanship back then, but unfortunately the gentleman in the courtyard said that I wasn't talented enough and could only learn the swordsmanship."
"I heard Mr. Mei say that sir, you became a Taoist in three years and a minor in ten years. If this can be regarded as insufficient talent, then there are probably not many people with good talent in the world."
Mr. Xie chuckled and said: "Ten years on the small path, but twenty years without knowing what the great path is, naturally it is considered a dull talent. It will be a pity to die without knowing it for a hundred years."
Of course Nan Dao doesn’t understand.
Mr. Xie waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about it anymore. How is your sense of harmony?"
Nan Dao thought for a while and said, "Still thinking about it."
Mr. Xie didn't ask any more questions, and just said: "When you see it, you have seen the Tao, and it won't be long before you enter the Tao."
Nan Dao nodded, but he didn't know whether to ask how to meet me.
After thinking about it, I gave up and asked Qiu Xi'er or Yun Hu I wonder in the afternoon.
The two chatted under the tree for a while, and then Mr. Xie left.
Nan Dao walked to the stream and sat down, looking down at his broken self in the stream.
See mountains and rivers.
What kind of mountain is the mountain?
Nan Dao looked at it for a while, but suddenly felt a little frightened.
I don't know why, but I remembered those things on the third floor of Xuansheyuan.
Then he saw a peach blossom blooming on his right chest reflected in the stream.
When Nan Dao saw Tao Hua this time, he calmed down.
It's nothing more than the end of cause and effect, and the soul returns to the River Styx.
Nan Dao broke off the peach blossom and threw it into the stream.
I don't know why but I thought of Qiu Xi'er again.
I always feel a little sorry.
