Chapter 14: A Thousand Miles
"The spring is dry, the fish are on the land, the phase is wet, and the foam is wet, so it is better to forget about each other in the rivers and lakes. ”
"The Nanhua Sutra and the Nanhua Sword Sutra, one is to practice the Qi Heart Method, the other is the secret of refining the body, the two complement each other, the two classics are written by a person who has attained the Tao, the avenue contains a sharp edge, a little careless, it will be harmful to the body. Can ordinary people really practice?"
Qin Yu sat cross-legged with his legs crossed, and the ancient elm above his head came with a burst of fragrance, refreshing people's hearts. Holding a bamboo slip in his left hand and an animal skin in his right hand, Qin Yu carefully compared the relationship between the two, seeking a breakthrough.
It turned out that when Qin Yu was cultivating the Sword Sutra during the day, he encountered some discomfort, the meridians of his whole body were blocked, and he had no strength, but he couldn't use it from the inside out. Just like the underwater rocks of this Yao Pond, the water weighs a thousand pounds, and the rocks are as stable as old pines, so they are unshakable. When Qin Yu slightly perceived the way of water, he noticed that water is soft and can melt all things, and water conservancy can wear stubborn stones.
It's like Qin Yu under the waterfall, the impact of water on his skin is like a needle falling on his body, stinging incomparably. The speed at which a pool of stagnant water rushed down often made Qin Yu grit his teeth in pain, and he quickly mobilized his potential according to the cultivation method of the Sword Sutra, conforming to the operation of the meridians of his whole body. In this way, you can improve your physical strength and strength under the impact again and again!
And now, Qin Yu felt that the strength of his body seemed to have reached a limit, and his strength no longer increased, and what was even more strange was that he couldn't exert any strength at all, just like himself who had never cultivated. It is precisely in this way that Qin Yu is here to seek answers.
When encountering doubts, the teacher instructed the teenager to find a solution from the book. This way is not the other 'way', it is both the method and the answer. The teacher said: The Tao is my teacher, and so is the book. It can be seen that the role of knowledge and knowledge. Books can be stored in 3,000 ways, and naturally they can also be preached.
"Wet each other, wet each other with foam... Mutual affection... Foam!"
The teenager did not have the previous playful mentality, thinking about problems, and feeling the avenue as never before, serious, focused, and distracted. muttered to himself, until the young man's thoughts were clear, his thoughts were turning, and his heart said: I still ignore the role of softness, blindly seeking to be strong and strong, but forgetting my own limits. The combination of rigidity and softness, mutual support, is the subtlety of this scripture!
The young man's mouth kept recalling what the "Nanhua Sutra" said: "It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to get wet, and to foam with each other..." Youth and beauty, tugging at the heartstrings.
Now, the two are separated by thousands of miles, and they often think of this beautiful and moving girl after their own cultivation. I don't know if Su Su, Su Jin'er, who is far away in Qingqiu, is the same. Huai Jin holds Yuxi, I don't know where to start, I hope there is a beginning and an end.
After Qin Yu realized the principle of rigidity and softness, he used the perception of the "Nanhua Sutra" to sort out his own meridians. The abundant aura of Yaochi Wonderland penetrated the young man's slightly weak body like a spring, and slowly entered the meridians of different sizes from the limbs and hundreds of bones. There was a slight feeling of swelling and pain in his body, and Qin Yu knew that it was the aura in the meridians that was helping him expand its width and increase the toughness of the meridians. for the cultivation of the future.
On the top of a distant mountain, the old man's chaotic eyes pierced through the layers of clouds and mist. The scene of Qin Yu cultivating alone appeared in the eyes of the old man, but in the eyes of the old man, the sky and the earth were white, and only Qin Yu was dyed with ink, which was abrupt. 'Seeing' that Qin Yu had solved the problem of cultivation alone, the old man smiled with relief. Then continue to closely watch the growth of the teenager.
Qin Yu began to practice day after day, practicing the method of refining the body and building the foundation in the Sword Sutra during the day, and comprehending the "Nanhua Sutra" and "Tao Sutra" with the help of Yuehua at night. After Qin Yu's cultivation for these days, he found that the two mental methods have similarities in their interpretation and understanding of the Tao, but they are very different in their exploration of 'reason'.
The Nanhua Sutra is a bit like the inheritance of the Tao Sutra, but it is detached from its core idea of 'Wu Wei'. The teacher's way of doing nothing, returning to the basics, doing nothing and doing nothing. In the "Nanhua Sutra", it shows a kind of free world, I am the Tao, and the Tao is my thoughts. These are two extremes from nature's own laws.
Qin Yu was puzzled by this, and tried to connect the two, but it was difficult to do so. A man meditated under the ancient elm tree and was silent. Just when Qin Yu was racking his brains, the teacher appeared.
I believe that Hanzhang can also see that the extraordinaryness of this "Nanhua Sutra" is far from the way of inaction and the way of nature as a teacher. But it can't be separated from the ontology of the Tao, which is also the opening words of the "Tao Sutra" written by the teacher: there is no meaning of mystery, mysteries and mysteries, the door of all wonders!"
"In the three thousand Taoist collections, each has its own exposition of the Tao, and only the words of the teacher are full of mysteries. If you say the source, I believe that most of the 3,000 Taoist collections are derived from the teacher's "Tao Sutra". And this "South China Sutra"..."
Qin Yu wanted to speak and stopped.
"And this Nanhua Sutra is the closest to my understanding of the Tao, but also?"
The old man stroked his beard and said bluntly, but his brows were a little sad. Qin Yu bowed his head, and there were no more books and brocades in front of his seat. The three thousand Dao Tibets, Qin Yu has already memorized them, but the Dao Zhi Zhi has not yet understood them. It also needs to be held in order to understand the truth contained in it more closely.
And for the two Taoist books that are enlightened every night, it is difficult to make progress in reading them with bare hands. It is better to abandon external objects and use the avenue of heaven and earth to comprehend the truth. This is enough to show Qin Yu's talent, but it is true, isn't it human!
"This is actually done by your senior brother, and the cause and effect will be explained to Hanzhang later. ”
"Let's talk about Hanzhang first, your question, the matter of cultivation, can you gain something, can you ask something?"
The old man naturally knew that Qin Yu's cultivation was not unpleasant, and this was a gradual and natural result. It is precisely because of this that the old people come to polish and polish the youthful character, and they must guard against arrogance and rashness!
The young man put aside his distracting thoughts for the time being, and did not investigate the differences between the two sutras, but only raised his recent questions about spiritual practice:
"Dare to ask the teacher, what is the aura of heaven and earth? How does it adjust yin and yang, and conform to all things. ”
"What Han Zhang asks is nothing more than the essence of heaven and earth. At the beginning of chaos, there is the Tao that gives birth to one, one life to two, two to three, and three to all things. ”
"One of them is 'qi', which is now the so-called aura of heaven and earth. The second is yin and yang, including the changes of rigidity and softness, light and shade, size and so on. The third is heaven, earth, and nothingness, and then all things are born, and living beings appear!"
Qin Yu came to his senses and asked again:
"How can I practice to reach the realm of a teacher?"
"The qi of the supreme path is far away and cannot be exhausted, and the extreme realm of the supreme way cannot be seen in subtlety. Don't see with your eyes, don't hear with your ears, be single-minded, pure, and feel with your heart. Be still, be pure, don't use your body, don't shake your spirit. The mind and mind are united, and one day they will reach the state of being a teacher. ”
"Through the infinite path, travel the boundless world. Experience the changes of all things and feel the mystery of nature. ”
"Hanzhang, your road is still very long, the road of cultivation, cultivation of the mind. If Dacheng is lacking, its use is not harmful; if it is a big profit, its use is not exhaustive. If you are straight, if you are clumsy, if you are clumsy, if you are arguing. Silence prevails. Cold is better than heat, and tranquility is the right thing in the world. ”
"Take a good look at it, for the teacher when you understand it thoroughly, there will be something to pass on to you. ”
After the old man finished speaking, he strolled away, as if there were clouds and mist under his feet, leaving a series of shadows in the void. The posture of the fairy wind and bones can't help but make the young man sigh: When can I be like a teacher, the Taoism is extremely mysterious.
But why didn't the teacher use the 'Dafa' of disappearance and the technique of escaping from smoke today? The young man sighed with emotion, his heart matured a lot, and he didn't think much about it anymore and continued his journey of seeking the Tao.
The white horse passed through the gap, and the Yaochi Wonderland was still untouched, beautiful and generous, without the slightest change. And it has been more than a year since Su Su left, Qin Yu's cultivation seems to be calm, but in fact, it has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Under the waterfall on the side of Tianchi, the torrent is brave, and the sound of rushing water is endless, as if dripping into people's hearts, and it can't be stopped for a long time. The young man's sturdy upper body was exposed to the waterfall naked, under the pressure of Wan Jun. In this year, with the help of the water potential, the young man has cultivated the content of the Sword Sutra refining body to a bottleneck. No matter how much the young man understands and feels, it is still difficult to improve.
However, now the strength of the teenager is not weak, it can even be said that it is very strong!
As the progress of refining his body slowed down, the young man felt an endless emptiness in qi training, and he was like a big kettle, unable to pretend to be satisfied. Sure enough, as the teacher said: the Tao is like the sea.
But the boy is trying another realm, the realm, the realm of nature!
The young man is familiar with the three thousand Taoist treasures and knows that nature contains thousands of thousands, among which the "Tao Sutra" says, the softness of water is also a kind of three thousand avenues. It is the basis of all the changes, one of the five element changes!
Water is soft, can contain all things, nourish living beings, water is strong, like a bamboo, dripping water through stones. The way of water is to care about one soft and one strong, and the weak defeat the strong. Under the teacher's description of the way of water, Qin Yu tried to communicate the water potential of the waterfall in front of him.
potential, a formless and insubstantial existence. You can see with your eyes, listen with your ears, and most importantly, feel your heart. The power of the mountains is thick and heavy, the power of the earth is vast, the power of the forest is smart and vibrant, and the power of the water is as good as water, and it is not to compete with it, so there is no especially!
The young man's eyes opened slightly, and when he raised his hand, an invisible force slowed down the speed of the water, and the sound of dripping was crisp and audible. A stream of water rose into the sky, scraping across the sky and chasing the clouds. But the strength was not slackened, and it stayed in mid-air for a moment and fell sharply, smashing to the ground, leaving only a puddle of water stains, proving that it had also soared in the sky!
"Good. The old man didn't know when he said on the side, "Hanzhang can go down the mountain today." Remember the words of the teacher, be good at learning, and it is possible for you to go to Su Su's side. Take care of Susu, the road ahead needs you to go by yourself. If the teacher is not around, remember to pay attention to safety, Kyushu and ten places, each of which is dangerous, so as to do it yourself. ”
"Teacher..."
"Go to Kunlun to get the sword, it should have been waiting for a long time!
"As long as your heart agrees, there is no distance that cannot be reached, and there is no mountain that cannot be crossed. Go ahead. ”
Thousands of miles of road, when the young man is in high spirits. When you visit again in the coming day, you will still see the mountains and rivers!