What is gained and lost again is a great blessing!
Everyone in the world seeks to gain something, but the most important thing is to forget about it.
If you cannot break away from that state, no matter how wonderful your understanding is, it will dissipate, your body will merge with heaven and earth, and your soul will disappear.
It looks like a grand road, but in fact it is extremely dangerous.
The moment closest to the road is precisely the most dangerous moment.
Gu Dan entered the state of oblivion twice. Once he almost killed himself, and once he was exhausted and had a splitting headache. The price was heavy.
"There is such a wonderful way of practice in the world."
Gu Dan was also amazed. It was hard to imagine how the original group of monks could continue on this path.
"I have some classics here about the way of sitting and forgetting. I got them from my master. Brother Kong might as well take a look."
Zhuang Sheng took out a few classics and handed them to Gu Dan, and then said: "Master said that in today's world, the Tao is not obvious, and the state of sitting and forgetting is extremely difficult to enter. But Brother Kong was able to break the barrier and sit and forget the Tao. , he is truly an extraordinary genius, and I really want to meet you."
"oh?"
Taking the classics smoothly, Gu Dan had a subtle smile on his face. Qing Pingzi wanted to see him?
"If there is a chance, I might as well meet him."
Gu Dan said casually.
"By the way, there's one more thing."
Zhuang Sheng said again: "When I went back this time, Mufang had been conquered by Ningfang, and Jinfang had also been conquered by Shuifang. Now, only Ningfang and Shuifang remain in the place of practice in the Buzhou Mountains. Two places. The source of spiritual energy has merged again. The spiritual energy is so strong that it is like a fairyland on earth. Even the most ordinary place is comparable to the prefecture-level areas of the past."
"Did it merge again?"
Gu Dan's expression finally changed slightly.
Fourteen years, to him, was a blink of an eye, but to many people, it was already a long time.
"yes."
Zhuang Sheng nodded slightly and said with some emotion: "Not only has the Immortal Fang merged again, but even the leader of the Huang Chao Hall has reached the late stage of foundation building, and his progress is extremely fast!"
Late stage of foundation building!
Fourteen years ago, Gu Dan was promoted to the middle stage of foundation building after witnessing Huang Chao swallowing the lotus known as the 'source of spiritual energy'.
Only fourteen years have passed, and we have already reached the late stage of foundation building. With the other party's low-grade spiritual root cultivation talent, this is not only fast, but also incredibly fast.
There is no doubt that the reason why Huang Chao was able to advance so quickly was that he must have swallowed the source of Mufang's spiritual energy to be promoted like this.
A sense of crisis for no reason surrounded Gu Dan.
Huang Chao's entry was indeed too fast.
If Huang Chao leads the people in Ningfang again, builds a waterhouse, and swallows the last lotus, won't he directly achieve the golden elixir? !
If it were really a golden elixir, the strength of the great master he relied on might not be enough.
At the level of the golden elixir, he is already a strong person in the Immortal Dao, and he is also a mainstay in a large sect. The most powerful person that an ordinary person can see in his life is probably the end of the golden elixir. Therefore, for the golden elixir, There are quite a few records.
A strong man of that level really has the power to cut off rivers with a wave of his hand and tremble mountains with just a dodge.
Its power is enough to affect the world, no longer just a small fight!
He obviously never slacked off, but Huang Chao caught up with him at such an unreasonable speed, and was even about to surpass him.
If there wasn't a little bit of trouble in this, Gu Dan would definitely not believe it.
"Hopefully this is a good thing."
After a moment of silence, Gu Dan said slowly.
Taking the book, he temporarily returned to his thatched house and studied it carefully.
There is a saying in the book: The so-called sitting and forgetting means forgetting oneself, resonating with the heaven and earth, forgetting everything that belongs to oneself, and moving like the incarnation of heaven and earth.
But after all, people are just people, not the real world. Once immersed in the vastness of heaven and earth, they will gradually lose themselves, and even hate themselves for being as small and fragile as the world, and develop a world-weary mood.
In the end, I would rather give up myself and embrace the world.
The real core of the way of sitting and forgetting is one's own soul.
Everyone is his own master.
By chance, this true self will perceive the rhythm of heaven and earth, resonate with it, and realize it.
Side effects aside, this is truly a wonderful experience worth remembering for a lifetime.
It is a pity that most people cannot bear the feeling of resonance with heaven and earth. Even if they are lucky enough to escape from that state, they can only remember the supreme enjoyment.
But there are very few people who can remember the key and even turn their insights into their own strength.
This book also records that in ancient times, there was a group of people who specialized in sitting and forgetting, walking between heaven and earth and themselves, just like walking on a tightrope.
Either comprehend heaven and earth, or be assimilated by heaven and earth.
After all the books had been read, Gu Dan was thoughtful.
"The way of sitting and forgetting should be another way in ancient times like the Qi Refiner. It is dominated by the soul, and its final state is to understand the nature of heaven and earth, Nascent Soul!"
Gu Danming came to his senses.
The Zuowangdao is a path at the same level as the Qi Refiner.
The path of a Qi Refiner eventually turned into Qi training in the Immortal Way.
And Zuowangdao finally emerged from the Yuanying.
Nascent Soul, when the mind is clear and the nature is clear, the true self emerges.
When you condense your true self in the sea of consciousness and see yourself, you become the Nascent Soul.
Compared with the real Zuowangdao and understanding the nature of the world, it is quite different, but it is indeed the same road. The difference is that one has gone very far and the other has just started.
According to what Qing Pingzi once said, every road reaches its true extreme, and after the emergence of a 'successor', this road will no longer lead.
All monks who practice their 'common path' will be suppressed by it, and more serious body and path disappearances are extremely common.
But if latecomers want to continue climbing up, they have to walk along the old path before opening up a new path, because the Tao Yun of the former Taoists has been engraved in the world forever, and it is impossible not to walk.
In other words, even if you want to open a new road, you must first walk the road that has been walked by previous people. It just doesn't need to go that far, just walk a short distance.
Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Yuanying, and divine transformation. Each realm of immortality represents a supreme and ultimate path in the past.
Except for the physical state of the shaman who was born from heaven and earth, there is no need to go there. The world has left traces of the enlightened ones everywhere.
In the end, it turns into layers of realms, and people need to climb up before they can stand on the top of the mountain, plan a new path for themselves, and change the track to seek transcendence.
Today's immortal path is just a group of people who pick up the wisdom of others and climb upward. Each realm is just a taste, and they have to go to the next mountain. Only by traveling to every mountain can you find your own path.
And the creatures in heaven and earth can no longer bear the weight of the next enlightened person.
The deeper the understanding of immortality, the more cruel Gu Dan can feel.
Whether it is the unparalleled physical body of a witch, the innate energy of a qi-refiner, or even the body of Zuowangdao that merges with heaven and earth, everything is mine, what a wonderful path it is.
Unfortunately, the avenue only has room for one person.
When one person attains enlightenment, the road is cut off.
Even if you can continue to explore along the tracks, you are destined to be unable to compete with it.
Even if latecomers are lucky enough to get a glimpse of the scene, they won't be able to get really close.
But the Word is there.
When a person achieves the Tao, he will not let the Tao disappear or disappear, but he will never be able to reach the ultimate.
Even if latecomers cannot compete with him, taking this opportunity to observe and learn will be of great benefit to themselves.
Gu Dan's physical body is very strong, but his soul is not much inferior.
One of them may not be the reason why he sat back and forgot about the way when he was watching Lao Mo Ji sprint towards Xiantian.
Until this time, Gu Dan finally understood why such a change occurred when Ji Lao was the only one sprinting to Xiantian.
The heart towards the Tao, the true and pure heart.
Mr. Ji asked for help, but what he asked for was not gain, but knowledge.
The harmony of soul and spirit inspires heaven and earth.
By chance, he finally entered the state of forgetfulness.
Gu Dan, who was watching from the sidelines, was also pulled in because of this.
This is not someone who is plotting the murder secretly, but the original 'rules' between heaven and earth, and it was even a systematic path.
It's just that at that time, their knowledge was too short-sighted and they didn't know the secret buried in the years.
Therefore, it is natural that even if you are lucky enough to enter the state of sitting and forgetting the Tao, you should give up worry, give up yourself, and merge with the world.
A thorn that had been buried in Gu's worries was finally pulled out today.
It wasn't someone who planned the murder, nor was it someone who deliberately set the barrier.
The road is there, whether those who are near are lucky or unlucky depends on themselves.
If those who want to attain the Tao cannot resist the temptation of the Tao, they will surely melt into the Tao and disappear into thin air.
Although it is good for you to sit and forget the Tao, it is also very risky.
The most important thing is that for most monks, they enter that mysterious state passively and do not know how to control it, or even how to return to themselves.
In the end, it is inevitable that the body will die and the soul will disappear. Indulging in the supreme road, you will lose yourself and have no worries.
Although this is supposed to be an 'opportunity', the risk of this kind of opportunity is really extraordinary. If you are not careful, your life will be in danger.
It is said in the book that once you enter the state of sitting and forgetting the Tao, you must always remember your true self and not seriously follow the Tao, otherwise you will be assimilated by the Tao.
The power of an individual is simply incomparable to the great road.
Only by maintaining your true self and letting the great road roll before your eyes like a wave without truly getting involved can you maintain your own existence.
As for how to do this.
The moment I turned to the last page of the book, a page of secrets of mind and heart suddenly appeared.
Its name is "Lin Yuan Xing".
As the name suggests, it's like walking on thin ice, as if facing an abyss.
Compared with the normal mental method, which allows people to always maintain their true intentions, Linyuanxing is a deviant approach. The closer you get to the great road, the more you feel like you are facing an abyss, arousing the greatest fear in people's hearts to keep themselves awake. , and even forcefully exited the state of sitting and forgetting.
This is of course not an orthodox, most perfect and appropriate solution.
It's like tying a rope around your neck. Once you want to fall asleep, the rope will tighten instantly to remind yourself not to fall asleep.
Simple and crude.
But it works.
Ordinary people are unable to compete with the Dao, and will naturally get lost in the Dao.
Then you have no choice but to attack yourself and use pain to wake yourself up.
When you have enough energy to cope with the assimilation of heaven and earth and truly appreciate the beauty of the avenue, it is not too late to find another way.
"In this way, when you sprint to the innate realm, even if you encounter the realm of sitting and forgetting again, you can at least protect yourself."
Gu Dan took a deep breath. What seemed like an unsolvable problem at the beginning now has a way to deal with it.
Although sitting and forgetting itself is an opportunity, if you cannot grasp the opportunity, giving up temporarily is not a kind of wisdom.
The only remaining problem now is to condense the blood energy.
Xue Qi has not made any progress yet. After fourteen years of trying in various ways, Gu Dan is clearly familiar with it and can do it with his eyes closed. However, for some reason, even the acquired Qi has never succeeded.
If Qi practitioners are so difficult, can An become a cultivation path?
Unfortunately, he could no longer find a Qi Refiner to answer his questions, so he could only rely on himself.
Half of the obstacles have been eliminated, but there is still another half waiting for him. If he cannot overcome it, he will have to waste time.
Gu Dan clearly felt that he had reached the final goal, but the key point was how the kick landed, with the blood condensing.
He eliminated all distracting thoughts and devoted himself to practice.
With the expansion of the sixth lotus leaf, the strength of his soul has also experienced a substantial increase. With the baptism of sitting and forgetting, the strength of his soul is not what it used to be.
Even if you practice "Lin Yuan Xing", it is very easy to get started.
But only when refining the blood Qi, there was no change.
Failure, failure, failure.
It seems that during the process of refining blood energy, something crucial is missing, causing every attempt to fail.
Gu Dan can only keep trying. If there is a lack of opportunity, then use quantity to temporarily fill it.
At the very least, he is indeed becoming more and more proficient in controlling the method of refining Qi.
As time went by, Zhuang Sheng came to find him.
"The scene of the carp leaping over the dragon's gate is about to begin again. Brother Kong, it's time to set off."
In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.
Zhuang Sheng has a head full of white hair, but his spirit is still high.
Gu Dan's face didn't change much, but his whole person became more and more reserved, like a sword sheathed, or like a quiet rock on the seaside.
"Since you have already been rewarded, why do you need to reward me again?"
Gu Danlue was a little reluctant. He was seizing the time and wanted to condense the true acquired energy as soon as possible.
"This is about difference. The same scenery, different time, different moods, naturally you can perceive different things.
Sometimes, if you don’t have an answer right now, maybe you can gain some insights by drawing parallels. "
Zhuang Sheng pulled Gu Dan up, who still wanted to practice in seclusion, "Let's go, let's stay away from the crowds. It will make it easier for you to get into trouble. See more of this vast world, and you will gain something."
In the blink of an eye, fifteen years have passed.
One hundred and four years after the immortal came.
Gu Dan and Zhuang Sheng came to Longmen Mountain again.
Returning to the old place, nothing seems to have changed, the mountains remain the same.
Until a graceful and heroic figure approached the two of them.
"Two seniors, meet again."
She said so.
(End of chapter)
