Chapter 22: The Eve of Retreat (Part I)
The water hit Li Qing's skin, and the greasy feeling gradually decreased. Some parts of the creamy object on the skin had melted into the barrel, and the green liquid in the barrel was getting darker and darker.
"Great joy and sorrow, great anger and sorrow, an obstacle to attaining the Tao, an obstacle to cultivating the truth! ......" Li Qing's eyes were always closed, and the country tune of four words and sentences kept echoing in her mind, which was exactly what the old man said when he left.
Reasonable and unreasonable!
Li Qing understood what the old man meant, he was warning her! She did have a bit of a gaffe today! A person who cultivates the truth is acting against the sky, stealing the road to the sky, not too influenced by the outside world, not too emotional, not to be sad or happy, not arrogant or impatient, in order to get out of the road to heaven. These are indeed the qualities of cultivation that are now pursued in the cultivation realm.
But Li Qing understands and understands, and understands and understands, but he doesn't want to really comply! It was her fault that she had always been hostile to the old man regardless of it before; It is her fault that she can't analyze things correctly and is not rational enough; It's also her fault not to distinguish between right and wrong, and not to know good or bad. She was indeed wrong about this, and she should pay attention to it in the future. But she is a person, a person of flesh and blood!
She cultivates truth just to live better, not to get herself out of the human category! She has her way, she has to follow her own ideas, she needs to be rational, she needs to be calm, but she can't be without joy, anger and sorrow, and she can't be unhuman!
In an instant, Li Qing felt that his mind was clear, and although the old man's words were still clear, they had faded away!
When his eyes opened, Li Qing felt that something seemed to be sublimating, but he couldn't grasp it.
The color of the water is getting darker and darker, and it looks like it has turned dark green, and the ointment on Li Qing's body has almost melted, revealing clear skin.
After staying in the water for half a pillar of incense, the water temperature had gradually cooled, and Li Qing stood up from the bucket, his head clear.
Looking down at his blown-up skin, Li Qing's mind moved, just in case, it seems that the time to cultivate the Tibetan Spirit Technique should be advanced!
Put on your clothes and go back to the bed and lie down. Now that Li Qing is already a second-level Qi refining cultivator, he only needs to meditate at night, and he no longer needs to sleep every night like a mortal! But Li Qing still can't change the habit of lying down in bed to sleep and rest, maybe it's just because of more than 30 years of habit! This is also the point where she can't get away from mortals the most.
Li Qing closed his eyes, and the scenes of getting along with the old man flashed in front of him!
From the beginning of the meeting, the old man asked her to prepare the procedure for making blue liquor, which means that he had already started to prepare for the production of the marrow cleansing pill at that time! The old man said that it was a body cleansing pill, and Li Qing did not agree with it. So why did such a precious myelin cleansing pill be given to her directly? Is it because she became her apprentice? Li Qing didn't think that the old man would really be so kind! It's not that there won't be such a master, but the two of them know how the old man can be her master, and it's not so simple at all.
If it was really just for the jade slip of the Xuankong Secret Realm, then why hadn't the people who had been doing miscellaneous labor here before been accepted as apprentices by him, Li Qing didn't think that the matter of taking the jade slip was a temporary uprising of the old man! Does she have any qualities that others don't have but that meet the conditions for taking jade slips?
So, things are back to the beginning, why did he take her as an apprentice? Li Qing really can't think of anything special about her! That is, a hidden spirit root seems to be quite special, but this old man who has absolute confidence can't see it! Why is that? It seems that this series of things began when the old man probed her body!
I really can't figure it out, Li Qing doesn't want to think about it anymore, there will always be a day when things will come to light, at least so far the old man didn't mean to hurt her. What's more, she also took advantage of it seriously!
Li Qing's closed eyes and eyelashes trembled slightly, and he had already fallen asleep, but he was a little unsteady.
There was no word for the night, and soon it was time for a new day.
When he got up in the morning, the familiar roar suddenly came, and Li Qing, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, turned over and buried his head deep in the pillow. I wish I was deaf, so I wouldn't have to listen to the screams of this stinky old man.
Li Qing didn't sleep well last night, and there was always a feeling that he was not very happy, so he got up from the bed with great resentment, his head shook, and his eyes gradually cleared.
"I have agreed to what you said yesterday about taking jade slips, what is the matter now?" Li Qing looked at the old man and said with annoyance. I don't know why, I have figured out that the old man is not a bad person, but he just can't have a good impression of him, and I always feel that he is a little too mysterious, and mystery means trouble!
"Since you have promised me, I will naturally give you the road map." The old man carefully took out a jade box from his arms, took out a piece of cowhide-like paper from it, looked at it, put it back into the jade box, and handed it to Li Qing.
Li Qing looked at the old man and couldn't laugh or cry, but it was just a piece of paper, no matter how precious it was, there was no need to be like this! He also taught her what not to be sad or happy, isn't he one of those whose emotions are influenced by external objects?
Without saying much, he took the jade box from the old man's hand, opened it directly, and took out the kraft paper. Glancing at the old man's slightly raised hand, he ignored it.
Circles on the kraft paper, even a ring! Li Qing looked at it seriously, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and a flash of essence flashed. When he raised his head, he had returned to his original calm state.
"This piece of paper cannot be copied, let alone memorized directly. This is the only one, you should study it carefully before you go, but before you get the jade slip, I hope you can keep it, and you must keep it. The old man's eyes were fixed on Yu Jian, as if he was about to eat it.
After listening to the old man's words, Li Qing's heart moved. No wonder!
"I'm curious why you're so confident that I'll get the chance to enter the Secret Realm of the Void, but since you gave me this map so early, I'll study it hard and do my best to get into the top ten. I'll be in retreat from tomorrow, and I hope you can provide me with enough Bigu Dan to use. After Li Qing finished speaking, he directly put the jade box into his arms, looked at the door, and motioned to the old man.
The old man understood, and left Li Qing's wooden house step by step.
Li Qing looked in the direction of the old man, and when the old man walked away, the light in his eyes reappeared. Turning around and walking behind the screen, he took out the jade box from his arms, his fingers trembling slightly.