laughing saint

Chapter 3 The Old Taoist

Li Dazhuang quickly put the last piece of barbecue into his mouth, swallowed it down his throat, and sank into his stomach. He burped in satisfaction, patted his stomach and said, "It's really delicious! I'm really full!"

Chen Xiaofan said angrily: "I'm the one who asks for it every time, and you eat the most every time!"

Li Dazhuang laughed out loud, with a silly smile, scratched his hair and said, "I need to grow my body!"

"Brother, you need to grow your body, don't I need it?"

Li Dazhuang stroked Chen Xiaofan's hair and said, "You are still young, don't overeat!"

Chen Xiaofan pushed his hand away and said, "Fuck you! Don't forget that I taught you your truths, dare to speak truths in front of me!"

"Okay, okay, I'll give you more food next time!"

Anyway, he has already eaten, and Chen Xiaofan is not really unwilling to let Li Dazhuang eat more, but he likes to joke with Li Dazhuang like this.

Chen Xiaofan stood up and said, "Accompany me to the temple this afternoon?"

Li Dazhuang pouted and said, "I don't want to go to that temple! I want to carry on the family line, so I don't want to be a Taoist priest!"

"I have told you many times that I am not going to be a Taoist priest. The master said that those who live in Taoist temples are not necessarily Taoist priests, and those who wear monk robes are not necessarily monks. Everything lies in the original heart, and the original heart is not there. , Saying anything is useless."

"I won't mess with you! I'll go to Phoenix Avenue in the afternoon to try my luck and see if I can ask for some money."

"Da Zhuang, how can you do this!" Chen Xiaofan made a very surprised expression.

"What's the matter?" Li Dazhuang seemed a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er.

"Didn't you say you want to carry on the family?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Then how can you talk nonsense! If you talk nonsense, you really can't pass on the family line!" Chen Xiaofan said with a loud laugh.

"Fuck you, I'm leaving, you learn your way of immortality, I'll follow my way of humanity, see you tomorrow."

After Chen Xiaofan separated from Li Dazhuang, he took the pot back to the courtyard where the kitchen of Juxianju was located, then walked towards the east of the city, walked out of the east gate, and came to a high mountain called "Baiyun Mountain".

The mountain is as high as the clouds, so the ancients called this mountain "Baiyun Mountain".

Every time he sees the towering mountain in front of him and thinks of the name of this mountain, Chen Xiaofan always feels that the ancients are really smart!The name chosen for the mountain is simple and easy to remember. It takes a lot of literary skills to come up with such a shocking and weeping name!

There is a temple at the foot of Baiyun Mountain. There are no old monks in the temple, but there is an old Taoist priest. The temple is a little broken, and the clothes on the old Taoist priest are also a little torn. The old Taoist priest in tattered Taoist robes lives in a temple with many holes. complement each other.

Chen Xiaofan walked into the dilapidated temple, saw an old Taoist priest wearing a dilapidated Taoist robe, and asked with a smile: "Master, is there anyone here today to explain?"

The old Taoist smiled and said, "A man and a woman came, I hope I can help them."

"What confusion?"

"They don't understand why the mosquitoes always bite the woman and not the man."

"How to solve the confusion?"

"I told them that the mosquitoes can't see the man loves the woman so much, so they want the woman to be ugly."

"What about after that?" Chen Xiaofan continued to ask.

"Afterwards the man blushed, the woman cried, and then they looked at each other affectionately. Both of them were in a good mood, so they donated some incense money into my pocket."

Chen Xiaofan said happily: "Master, we have the money for dinner!"

"This is for believers to honor the Taoist ancestor." The old Taoist pointed to the stone statue on the altar.

"Then why is it in your pocket, teacher?"

"Because Daozu needs me to recite scriptures."

Chen Xiaofan said unconvinced: "I can read it too."

"You are not strong enough, and the Taoist ancestors don't like to listen to the scriptures you read."

"Master, your reason is a bit far-fetched, not convincing enough."

"Well, I don't let you eat dinner. In fact, I have good intentions! I see that your face is full of oil, and you must have eaten well at noon. A practitioner must have a strong body, and he must relax when eating. In the evening, I will The purpose of not letting you eat is to let you maintain your spleen and stomach, do you understand?"

Chen Xiaofan reluctantly nodded and said, "Okay, Master, you're right. Then what shall we practice this afternoon?"

"meditation."

"No way! It's meditation again!" Chen Xiaofan looked unhappy.

"What's the matter? I'm so afraid of suffering so soon that I can't hold on anymore? Meditation is the foundation of practice. Only through meditation and feeling the flow of breath in your body can you use your spirit to control your breath, and then train your breath to form a nucleus." The old Taoist put on a pose With the appearance of an expert, he spoke in a serious tone.

"Master, you start snoring every time you meditate."

"Is that snoring? That's my vitality exchange with the heaven and the earth." The old Taoist retorted.

"Is this okay!?" Chen Xiaofan stared at the old Taoist with wide-eyed eyes, with an exaggerated expression.

"You still don't believe what I said, why didn't you snore, because your skill is not enough, your meditation is not deep enough, and you can't communicate with the vitality between heaven and earth."

Chen Xiaofan whispered to himself: "Why can't I snore, because I can't sleep because of your noise."

"What are you mumbling about?" the old Taoist asked.

"No no."

"Then don't go in with the teacher to practice."

Chen Xiaofan followed the old Taoist priest into the small meditation room behind the temple, thinking to himself: "Practice and practice, after two years of practice, I have cultivated a good habit of taking a nap on time."

In the meditation room, one old and one young, breathed and breathed, after a while the old Taoist's snoring sounded, and Chen Xiaofan cursed in a low voice.Gradually the old Taoist's snoring sound disappeared, the rapid breathing sound in the Zen room became lighter, and the slight breathing sound gradually became rhythmic.

One breath, one breath, one breath, like a clear spring flowing in a quiet valley, cuddling with green trees and flowers, enjoying the warm winter sun.

The old Taoist opened his eyes, looked at Chen Xiaofan with his eyes tightly closed, and adjusted his breathing with a benevolent smile.The old Taoist's breathing was as thin as silk, if there was nothing there, he was afraid of disturbing the breeze dancing around Chen Xiaofan.

Wrapped in the breeze, Chen Xiaofan's figure faded a bit, like a lotus flower quietly budding in the mist.If a practitioner passes by here and sees Chen Xiaofan like this, he will be amazed that in the small ruined temple, there is actually a practitioner of Qi Transformation Realm, surprised that this practitioner is so young.

The way of practice, you must first understand the qi in your own body, use breathing as a help, and use thoughts as a guide to guide the qi in the body to gather in the qi sea three inches below the navel, where the qi in the body gathers and accumulates, and then forms a nucleus .

The process of forming the core has different names for different schools of practice. Taoism is called Dandan, Buddhism is called Guan Zixin, warriors are called quenching body, and orcs are called awakening, but no matter what the title is, in the practice world The determination of the realm of practice is consistent, and they all say that the successful formation of the core is the realm of initial knowledge.

Entering the realm of initial knowledge is considered to have stepped out of the door of cultivation. The core of the body is formed. Through continuous meditation, the vitality in the sea of ​​qi is continuously expanded, so that the potential of the practitioner's body is continuously stimulated, and the body becomes more and more powerful. powerful.

For example, after first realizing the state, one can feel the vitality of the surrounding world with the core of the body, and use one's own small world to draw the vitality of the surrounding world into the body. means, this realm is called Huaqi realm.

After transforming the qi, you can feel the emptiness, feel the ethereal elemental qi between the heaven and the earth, begin to understand the law of the movement of the vitality between the heaven and the earth, and be able to better use the vitality between the heaven and the earth. This state is called the state of observing the sky. Practitioners are the real strong ones.

Observe the energy of heaven and earth, understand the meaning of the five elements between tomorrow and earth, understand the difference between yin and yang, and use the mysterious connection between yin and yang, and use the sun, moon, and stars to help. This state is called the star-gathering state. Anyone who is in this state , can be called peerless powerhouses, many historically famous generals in the Daoxuan Continent are all people in the star-gathering state, and the common people often call them general stars.

Gathering the power of the stars, the sun, the moon, controlling the yin and yang of the five elements, walking between the heaven and the earth according to one's heart, one thought can cause thousands of miles without distance. Those who enter this state can be called saints. Looking at the mainland for thousands of years, there are very few people who have entered this state to be extraordinary and holy. .

The old Taoist didn't talk to Chen Xiaofan about the realm of cultivation, so Chen Xiaofan naturally had no way of knowing. In the past two years, when he occasionally asked curiously, the old Taoist would always say the same sentence: "The matter of the realm is naturally clear when the realm is reached. Before the realm is reached , What's the benefit of knowing? It's just a fish in Linjiang."

Every time Chen Xiaofan asked, the old Taoist would answer like this every time, and after asking a few times, he felt bored, so he stopped asking.

Chen Xiaofan felt that he slept more comfortably this time, and the sleep time seemed to be longer than before. When he opened his eyes, the sun had already set, and there were only some red and fiery clouds left in the sky.

The old Taoist didn't know where he was going at this time, and he probably went to give amulets to people again, but he wasn't in the temple.

Chen Xiaofan stretched his hands and feet, walked out of the ruined temple, looked up at the sky, and felt that the red in the sky was very vivid, like a burning fire, and there was the sound of some insects in his ears, and the world in his eyes and ears seemed to be A lot more vivid.

Chen Xiaofan rubbed his ears and muttered in a low voice: "There are so many bugs today! It's so noisy."

As the old Taoist was studying, the old Taoist didn't care about eating, Chen Xiaofan still had to find ways to fill his stomach on his own, the nights in Yangcheng were usually quite lively, and on the lively streets, there would always be a few people who would die because of the excitement. I am in a good mood, and because I am in a good mood, I give one or two copper coins to the little beggars.

Anyway, idleness is idleness, Chen Xiaofan, a hardworking and brave little beggar, decided to go back to the city based on the principle of getting what he needs.

(End of this chapter)