"The practice of doing what you want from the heart is to follow the principles of heaven and human feelings, and no matter what you do, you must maintain a minimum of kindness and integrity, and never fall into the evil way. Bi Lingkong said, "So the explanation of this exercise is only three words, that is, 'do not exceed the rules'." ”

Pan Long asked: "Does this 'not exceeding the rules' mean not exceeding the rule of 'kindness and integrity'?"

"It's not just that. Bi Lingkong explained, "The cultivation of this exercise will give you a clear perception of the minds of all sentient beings, and you will be able to know what the people want, what they like, what they hate, and what they are afraid of?...... Wait a minute. Knowing this, you will be able to take control of yourself, not to do the things that people hate and fear, but to do more things that they like and give them what they want...... The Master said that this is the 'way of the saints.' ”

Pan Long nodded, feeling that this made a lot of sense.

He thought for a moment and asked again, "Later, the Confucian disciples all cultivated this, right?"

"Not all of them practice this, but most people do. ”

"That'...... Why would the Confucianists be hostile to the Emperor Jiazi?" Pan Long asked in confusion, "According to you, why shouldn't the Confucianists stand on the opposite side of the people?" ”

Bi Lingkong's grinning expression suddenly turned gloomy, she was silent for a moment, and said, "We practice this exercise, but Zhao Sheng doesn't practice this." ”

Pan Long thought for a moment and asked in surprise: "Do you mean to say that Emperor Jiazi's extermination of Confucianism is against the will of the people?"

Bi Lingkong frowned, looking a little embarrassed, and said after a long time: "You can't say that...... At that time, almost all the people in the world supported him, even if he hurt the heavens and reason, killed people and set fires, the people would only feel that the people who were killed by him deserved it. Like Wen Er, there are very few who will scold him. ”

She sighed and said, "Don't talk about the people of the world, even among our Confucian disciples, there are many people who think that there must be a correct long-term reason why he wants to destroy Confucianism." It's just that we're short-sighted and can't understand it. ”

Pan Long was a little speechless - people are going to kill you, do you still think people are reasonable?

There's something sick about this!

"You haven't lived through the Warring States period, and you don't know how chaotic it was. Bi Lingkong sighed, "Today's world has gradually become worse, there are corrupt officials everywhere, powerful bullies, bandits everywhere, not to mention the oppression of the government, is not necessarily much better than the bandits." But compared with the past, the way of the world is still good, although the people may not be able to live like individuals, but at least most of them can still live. ”

She shook her head again and again, her face full of sadness: "The way of the world at the beginning was really ...... It is not easy for a person who does not have a little force to survive. In the past, when Emperor Jiazi swept the world and established Kyushu, the population of the whole Kyushu was counted for the first time, and the total number of people in the whole of Kyushu was less than 20 million! 20 million people...... During the Tianxiong Dynasty, any of the thirteen parties in the world had more than such a population!"

"Although Zhao Dana is a bastard, his credit to the world and the people is really incomparable. Even if I am his mortal enemy, even if I assassinate him, I have to admit that he is indeed the 'Holy Hour', the 'Holy Monarch' that we Confucians expect!"

Pan Long also sighed, he had never experienced that era, but when he thought about it, he felt terrifying.

Emperor Jiazi swept away the troubled times and allowed the people to live and work in peace and contentment, with such a contribution, even if he made a mistake, the people would unswervingly support him.

After Bi Lingkong sighed, he quickly collected his mood and continued: "It's far away, let's continue to talk about the practice of 'doing what you want from the heart'." This exercise is divided into two parts, one is to observe, to see, to hear, to understand the thoughts of the people, and the other is to measure, to measure everything with goodness, to know what is good and what is evil. ”

"Everybody can do that, so why is 'doing what you want' a fundamental exercise?" she said, "The key is that this exercise allows people to jump out of their own minds and understand and think from a completely neutral perspective that has nothing to do with everyone." ”

Pan Long thought for a while and asked, "In other words, this exercise can make people stay 'objective' forever?"

"Objective...... This is Wen Er's statement, and it's true. Bi Lingkong nodded, "Roughly, that's what happened. ”

Pan Long fully understood.

The biggest problem with the Nine Turns Xuangong is that it may fall into stubbornness, but "stubbornness" is, to put it bluntly, overly subjective, drilling into the horns of the bull, and making the mind fall into a dead end. The exercise of "doing what you want from the heart" can make people jump out of the subjective and re-observe and analyze the problem from an objective perspective.

In this way, the difficulty of "stubbornness" was avoided, but it did not directly contradict the Nine Turns Xuangong, which was exactly in line with what Bi Lingkong said before, "complementing each other".

This exercise is indeed of great help to him!

Next, Bi Lingkong began to teach Pan Long this set of fundamental Confucian exercises.

It was just as soon as he began to cultivate, Pan Long found that his understanding of this exercise still seemed to have a little problem.

"You have to tune in to your breath, you don't need to deliberately suppress yourself. You know, you yourself are one of the many beings, and you can't put yourself too low. ”

"So that's why you took me to eat the overlord meal? I'm rich, so I don't have to eat white food and run away. ”

"This is practice!"

Pan Long had no choice but to follow Bi Lingkong to hug his head and run away, and was chased by the tavern guys like a lost dog.

Fortunately, they changed their appearance and turned into two thin teenagers, otherwise, it would be a shame to be thrown to the Northland!

Moreover, after eating white food every day, they would quietly come to the tavern at night and secretly pay for the day's meals.

What a shit!

If this is relatively easy, the cultivation of "observing sentient beings" really makes it difficult for him.

Bi Lingkong asked him to sit on the corner of the street with a paintbrush and observe every pedestrian passing by. From time to time, she would point out a random person, and ask Pan Long to record the person's face and expression, and then draw it.

Her request was to use a painting to capture the person's mental state, and then analyze the person's thoughts and feelings at that time based on the painting.

Of course, after the analysis, she would take Pan Long to find the person and use a spell to ask the person what he actually thought at the time.

"When you can understand other people's thoughts at a glance at any time, this exercise is considered home. She said.

Pan Long knew that she had a point, but ...... But...... But...... He really can't draw!

Looking at the big-headed doll he drew on the paper that could only see the eyes and nose, and even men and women could not distinguish between men and women, he wanted to hit the ground with his head.

It's too embarrassing!