Apricot of the Great Desolation

Chapter 197 Asking Hundreds of Questions
Now that Yuanshi has walked out of his own way, every acquired way has its merits, and the way of interpreting the sky also has its own advantages. In some places, Zhangye still needs to learn.

He has followed the path of ten thousand ways, and now he still needs to unify all the ways and refine his own way.

Zhang Ye sat quietly below and listened carefully to Guan Zhong's sermon. There were no earth-shattering visions, only the clear and clear voice reached everyone's ears.

In the evening, Guan Zhong finally finished his lecture and said:

"That's it for today. Students, go down and study hard."

"Thank you, teacher, this disciple will leave!" The students in the audience shouted together, and retreated in an orderly manner, without appearing crowded.

Zhang Ye waited until the students had gone out, then walked to the stage. The students seemed invisible as he passed. He walked up to Guan Zhong, bowed and said:

"Disciple Xuanyuan, I have met the master."

Guan Zhong was very pleased. The happiest thing about being a teacher is that one is always better than his master, and Zhang Ye is undoubtedly the pride of Yuanshi Tianzun.

Looking at the entire prehistoric period, who can teach Hunyuan?Even Taozu only taught saints, not Hunyuan, which was the first time since the beginning of the world.

"You are here, come and take a look at the "Golden Rules and Jade Orders" that I have compiled over the years."

Zhang Ye then studied with Yuan Shi, learned the Dharma, and communicated with Guan Zhong from time to time to complement each other.

He saw the scene of the Qi State. The people were bustling with people, traders coming and going in an orderly manner, scholars, peasants, and merchants, regardless of high or low, the law was merciless, and rewards and punishments were clear. Ruling the country in this way has indeed made Qi State stronger.

Guan Zhong's laws were not particularly strict, he just kept everything within control, and Zhang Ye watched with gusto.

After a while, Zhang Ye was kicked out again.

He embarked on the road to the state of Lu.

Unlike Guan Zhong, there are tens of thousands of disciples of Jiejiao now. If you add the third and fourth generations of disciples, they will be dead. They can't let Tongtian fall in disgrace. Therefore, the vision when Confucius was born was extremely shocking.

Before birth, there was a red light avenue, two dragons entwined, two suns across the sky, and sweet rain falling from the sky. After birth, a unicorn presented a jade book, a tiger fed him, and a golden eagle fanned him.

Therefore, a legend was left behind, "Dragon gives birth to tiger, raises eagle and beats fan".

After he became an adult, he understood the wisdom of the world and combined it with his own way to create Confucianism and Taoism. He recruited many disciples and taught them all. What he wanted to do was to create a world of great harmony.

In Qufu, in a tall and spacious school, tens of thousands of students were listening attentively. On the stage, a majestic man with a height of nine feet and six inches was giving a lecture with a serious expression.

Although there were many people, Confucius's voice reached everyone's ears very clearly. There is nothing surprising about this. In an era of national practice, this kind of thing is simply too easy.

When no one noticed, a young Taoist priest came in from the door, sat cross-legged on the ground, and listened carefully to the sermon.

"Heaven's mandate is nature, willfulness is Tao, and cultivation of Tao is teaching. Tao cannot be separated even for a moment, but it is not Tao. Therefore, a gentleman is cautious about what he does not see, fears what he does not hear... "

Confucius did not have so many rules when preaching, but at the very least, one must respect the teacher and respect the Tao. Only by being sincere to the Tao can one attain the Tao.

After a while, Confucius noticed Zhang Ye. A smile appeared on his lips, he stretched out his hand and said:

"How can heaven and earth be merciful to this student?"

The disciples near Zhang Ye looked at each other in confusion, wondering who their teacher was referring to, but Zhang Ye himself was like a mirror. He stood up helplessly, bowed his hands and said:

"Heaven and earth are merciful, nurturing all spirits, all living beings are alive, there are deficiencies in the heaven and earth, and the surplus in the future will make up for the deficiencies in the innate."

Confucius nodded repeatedly, while all the disciples were confused.

Next, Confucius didn't ask any more questions about Zhang Ye, but other students regarded Zhang Ye like a god and spent their time giving lectures.

After school, Zhang Ye came to where Confucius lived, bowed and said:

"Disciple Xuanyuan, I met my uncle."

With a smile on his face, Kong Qiu said, "But it's from the elder brother and the second brother?"

Zhang Ye looked relaxed and said casually: "I have been asked by my uncle and master for several years, and today I am here to seek enlightenment from my uncle!"

Confucius was dumbfounded and said with a smile: "You are now a big shot who can compete with the Demon Ancestor, so you still need the on-demand support of our three brothers!"

Zhang Ye was greatly embarrassed. His eyes became dangerous when he looked at the old and disrespectful Third Master Uncle in front of him.

Seeing this, Confucius coughed twice and said seriously:

"Since the eldest brother and the second brother have taught me, I will naturally not be stingy. Next, you can learn Confucianism and Taoism from me!"

"good!"

It has to be said that Tongtian is serious about accepting disciples. Even if he is now transformed into Confucius, he will not change his ambition. He has 72 personal disciples, three thousand inner sects, named disciples and countless creatures who have been taught by Confucius.

However, Zhang Ye was a quick learner, so he was repeatedly criticized. Soon after, Confucius looked at Zhang Ye helplessly.

"When we go out this time, we will take your junior sister Guiling with us. She has been on Jin'ao Island for hundreds of thousands of years. She has not been out since she taught the Human Emperor in ancient times. I will also take her to practice."

Zhang Ye readily agreed. He was just a quasi-sage, so he could take him with him. Besides, Tongtian treated him well!
Zhang Ye stretched out his palm and probed into the void. Seeing that Jin'ao Island's saint-level prohibition was nothing, he directly reached into Jin'ao Island and grabbed the sleeping turtle spirit.

Seeing this, Tongtian's eyes narrowed, and at the same time there was a hint of frustration, but he was relieved immediately and looked at Zhang Ye with a face filled with relief.

Turtle Spirit's daily life is to sleep. Besides sleeping, he still sleeps, dreaming forever.

Logically speaking, those of the Turtle Clan usually practice the ways of water, ice, space, and heaven, but Turtle Spirit does not take the ordinary path. When she was a Daluo, she understood the Dao of Sleep, and she slept from Daluo to Quasi-Sage.

As usual, the turtle spirit roamed freely in the dreamland, but suddenly an indescribable force appeared and woke her up from her sleep.

When she opened her hazy sleepy eyes, the first thing she saw was a tall, nine-foot-six man. His aura and appearance were completely unknown to her, and he looked like he was just a junior who had not yet achieved immortality. She asked in confusion:
"Dare to ask my friend?"

Zhang Ye was overjoyed when he heard this, Kong Qiu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he stretched out his arm that could run a horse, and slapped Gui Ling on the back of the head.

"Snapped!"

The turtle spirit saw it and hid, but it couldn't escape. Confucius said angrily: "I am Master You."

"Ok?"

Guiling's eyes widened in an instant, and his sleepiness was swept away. His eyes looking at Confucius were full of disbelief, but who in the world dares to pretend to be a saint?In other words, the person in front of me is really the Tongtian Saint.

"The disciple has seen the master!"

The turtle spirit bowed obediently, and then asked: "Master, why did you capture me?"

Confucius pointed to Zhangye and said, "This is your senior brother. He is about to travel around the wilderness and ask questions from hundreds of schools. You can go with me."

"Oh!" Turtle Spirit nodded cutely, then turned his head to look at Zhang Ye, bowed and said:

"I've seen Big Brother!"

"good!"

As a result, one person's journey of seeking the Tao became two people traveling together. When going to the next destination, Zhang Ye began to think about the Tao of Sanqing.

As Hongjun's big disciple, Lao Tzu is an existence who inherits Hongjun's mantle. His way is to do nothing without doing anything, and the Taoist thought is the same, doing nothing without doing nothing.

Opening up the earth and opening up the sky, there is permanence in the world. Lao Tzu got the "beginning" of the essence of opening up the sky. From the beginning of opening up the sky, everything does not exist. There is no beginning and no end.It is selfless and supremely inaction.

Lao Tzu is the closest to the way of heaven among the Three Pure Ones. The way of inaction is just like the way of heaven, as high as the nine heavens and transcendent.

Yuanshi is the second among the Three Pure Ones. He practices the way of interpreting heaven, obeys the laws of nature, restrains his own desires, and all living beings are equal under the law.

All things grow and the world is orderly. At the beginning, what was obtained was the "birth" of the essence of the opening of the sky. After the opening of the sky, all spirits sprouted and the way of heaven was orderly. Therefore, there were various levels of divisions and the emergence of various rules.Therefore, he is ruthless and obeys fate.

The way to the sky is to intercept the life force of heaven and earth, which inherently contains a hostile atmosphere.What Tongtian gets is the "annihilation" of the essence of Kaitian.

Only when the way of heaven is decayed and destroyed can the way of heaven be cut off.The way of heaven is strong and everything is in order. How to intercept the way of heaven?

All living beings have a chance of survival, how can they have a chance of survival?The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage.The way of heaven is like a barrel, and it is the shortcomings that determine the strength of the way of heaven.

This is not the case in the way of man. The loss is not enough and there is more than enough.Why?The way of all living beings can be said to be the law of the jungle, the law of the jungle.

The three people of Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian represent "beginning", "birth" and "destruction". This is a cycle of reincarnation, and it is also the greatest legacy left by Pangu to the Three Qing Dynasties.

Time passed in Zhang Ye's messy thoughts, and he came to Chu State unknowingly.

In the Chu Kingdom, there is a wilderness, thousands of miles away, and the breeze blows, making the sparse wheat rustle.

In the field, an old farmer in a rough linen jacket led a group of young people to work in the field.

The sun was high in the sky, and the skin of a group of people was tanned, with cracks appearing at the corners of their mouths, like earth that had been chapped by the sun.

This place is extremely desolate. It can be said that there is no shit in it. Except for those who hone their physical bodies or practice the path of earth, there are basically no mortals living here.

But on this day, a man and a woman came here. They stood on the ground and watched a group of people working in the distance.

Gui Ling was confused and turned to look at Zhang Ye:
"Elder brother, who is this senior?"

Zhang Ye smiled and said: "The spiritual roots of heaven and earth first appeared. The ancestor of the earth immortal was Zhenyuan. This is fellow Taoist Zhenyuanzi, but now his name is Xu Xing."

After hearing this, Gui Ling took a serious look at the old farmer with a vicissitudes of life and dark skin in the distance. He really couldn't connect this man with the immortal Zhen Yuanzi.

The golden crow croaked and fell, and the jade rabbit rose slowly. In the blink of an eye, it was night, and they had finished their work.

Xu Xing came slowly with a hoe on his shoulder, a smile on his extremely weathered face, he came up to him and said:

"I have seen Tianzun."

"I met fellow Taoist (senior)."

"good!"

The group of people came to a courtyard. There was a stone table and stone bench in the center of the courtyard, and there were three thatched huts. Xu Xing put down the hoe, turned back to one of the thatched huts and said:

"Since Tianzun is here, you might as well have a light meal!"

"Okay, I haven't experienced the joy of this mortal world for a long time." Zhang Ye said with a smile.

The two of them sat on the stone bench. Turtle Spirit didn't make any fuss and just sat quietly, staring at the steam rising from the stove with his wise eyes.

After a while, Xu Xing came over with a plate and a bowl of millet. After going back and forth a few times, the stone table finally became rich, with a plate of celery, a plate of leeks, and three bowls of millet.

Xu Xing said excitedly: "Tianzun, this little friend, give it a try!"

"These are all planted by me with my own hands. Although they are ordinary seeds, I have also poured my heart and soul into them. From seeds to seedlings, then grown to harvest, shelled and dried, and finally placed on the table now, Tianzun and these Don’t be dissatisfied, little friend.”

Zhang Ye picked up the chopsticks, picked up a mouthful of millet and put it into his mouth. A strong Taoist charm burst out in his mouth, gradually flowing to the limbs and bones, and merged into the spiritual platform.

This is the Tao of Zhen Yuanzi, the authentic Tao, which embraces all things, grows all things, and survives all things.

Zhang Ye raised his head, looked at Guiling and said, "Try it!"

"oh oh!"

Gui Ling is very obedient, she can do whatever she is asked to do, and even after taking a sip, the dao rhyme almost blows her away.

The Tao of a Hunyuan Saint could not be digested by a quasi-saint. This time, it was directly supported. A burst of light flashed, and the turtle spirit disappeared, replaced by a big turtle.

Zhen Yuanzi was already proficient in the four paths of water, wood, earth, and space, while Gui Ling himself practiced the four paths of heaven, sleep, water, and space, so this time Gui Ling got a big deal.

A silver plate appeared in Zhang Ye's hand and floated on the turtle spirit's shell. If she were allowed to digest it by herself, she might have traveled westward after digesting it.

Xu Xing finished watching everything with a smile and didn't say anything. Even for Zhang Ye's sake, he wouldn't miss Guiling's bowl of millet.

Xu Xing was slightly complacent and said: "Tianzun, what is my way?"

Zhang Ye praised: "The Tao is inclusive of all things. Taoist friends take space and civil roads as the basis. They have thousands of mountains and valleys in the prehistoric times, rivers and lakes as the end, and have opened up the prototype of the Tao. Now they have entered the Tao with their own bodies, practiced their own way, and observed All things grow on the earth, and they are indeed extraordinary.”

Xu Xing had a good look on his face, and it would have been fine if it had been anyone else who said it, but the man in front of him was already the third master in the world, so naturally he was not comparable to others. He said sincerely:

"Thanks to Tianzun for protecting the Tao, we have the ancestor of the Earth Immortal today."

Zhang Ye laughed and said, "To be honest, I am here today to seek enlightenment from my Taoist friends."

Xu Xing was stunned, what kind of person is this?Even if he is not Hunyuan Wuji, he still has the fighting power of Hunyuan Wuji. Will he seek enlightenment from a Hunyuan second-level heaven?
"Tianzun, if you have any questions, I will answer them all."

Later, Zhang Ye became familiar with it, following Xu Xing's work at sunrise and resting at sundown every day, watching the growth patterns of all things in the world, and realizing the vastness of the Tao.

The time wheel emits a silvery light, and the power of time distorts the space. The grass in it keeps drying up. I don’t know how long it has passed, but the tortoise wakes up leisurely, looks at the millet in front of it, and feels it again. One's own cultivation.

Naturally, the quasi-sage's cultivation cannot digest Hunyuan's Dao, and many of the charms of the Dao have dissipated, but even this very small part has allowed her to advance from the early stage of quasi-sage to the peak of the mid-term quasi-sage. As long as she kills one more corpse, You will be able to attain the quasi-sage stage.

At this time, two people walked in from the door talking and laughing. Guiling looked at the senior brother carrying the hoe and was completely confused.

Zhang Ye saw the turtle spirit and said with a smile: "I've been sleeping for ten years, it's time to go!"

(End of this chapter)