Pan Long rested for almost an hour before his mind settled down again.

For example, a master of his level is extremely determined and will not waver easily. Even if the landslide in front of you is cracked, or you are cut by a thousand knives, you can face it calmly. But the unknown old man has a very high realm, smiling slightly, containing a mysterious and indescribable artistic conception, and even more powerful power beyond imagination.

That is, he practiced the Nine Turns Xuangong, experienced the pain of the Heavenly Gang and the earth, and tempered his will like steel, if he changed to an ordinary innate peak, just hearing this laughter, he would be completely crushed mentally, and from then on he would struggle to pursue the artistic conception contained in that smile all his life, and he would never be able to go his own way.

Not only that, but they will also worship this person madly, and in the future, as long as they hear an order, they will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire, and even be willing to do so.

In the words of some anecdotes, this is called "since I saw the peach blossoms, until now there is no doubt" - on the surface, it seems that he suddenly realized and found the true meaning of life, but in fact, his mind was robbed of his mind and the possibility of self-renewal and progress was lost.

This situation is most common in the "Epiphany School" of Zen Buddhism. This faction pursues the spiritual fire in their hearts, believing that as long as they find a little spiritual opportunity, they can quickly improve themselves and reject the polishing of the spiritual will bit by bit.

In the Epiphany School, there are indeed talented people, and once they comprehend it, they immediately cultivate into a virtuous saint monk, but more of them are infected by various foreign objects in the process of pursuit, and they fall into the "seeing the mountain is not the mountain, and the water is not the water", and they can't get out of it for a lifetime.

Bi Lingkong once talked to Pan Long about the mental methods of various factions in the world, and when he talked about the epiphany method, he was a little disdainful.

At that time, she said, "Whether it is mountains or water, they are all foreign things. What does it have to do with me? In the world, if you insist on your own ideas and follow your own path, even if you want to be moved, it is only after your own efforts have achieved results that you are moved, how can you be moved by things that have nothing to do with your own efforts?"

At that time, Pan Long didn't understand why she was saying this, but now, he understood!

He also sat for half an hour before he suddenly woke up and realized this layer - if he couldn't break free from the artistic conception of that smile, he would feel that that smile was the road to the truth, desperately pursued, and even "epiphany" again and again in the process, and finally completely lost his own way and became a copy of others.

After thinking about this, he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

The old-timer probably didn't have much ill will towards him, but just a laugh almost shook his will. The level of this person is unimaginable.

(Could it be...... Is it a living immortal Buddha?)

Pan Long thought about it and felt that there was only this possibility.

The difference between the immortal Buddha and the demon god, Bi Lingkong once gave him popular science. According to her, the immortal Buddha has integrated his own path with the laws that exist between heaven and earth, and has become a half-life and half-law existence, so he is immortal and immortal, even if he is turned into ashes, he can be reborn after a long time with the power of the law.

The demon god insisted on his obsession and refined it into something similar to the law. Therefore, as long as the obsession is not broken, the energy will continue to repair itself, so it will not grow old or die.

But the obsession of the demon god is not an objective law of existence after all, and the effect it can provide is only immortality after all, not immortality.

"So, can a person be both a demon god and an immortal Buddha?" asked Pan Long at that time.

Bi Lingkong's answer was: "Who told you that the immortal Buddha is not a demon god?"

She said: "According to my understanding, the so-called immortal Buddha is actually a demon god in a perfect state or an ideal state. As for the demon gods, they are naturally not so perfect, or imitations of the immortal Buddha. For example, I'm probably an imitation of Ziyu. If Ziyu hadn't cultivated to become an immortal Buddha at the beginning, I should have been able to walk his path, and it would have worked. ”

"As you said before, people should be themselves, not follow the path of others......

"That's right, it's an ideal. But isn't the reason why an ideal is an ideal because it is difficult to achieve...... Moreover, Ziyu, that bastard thing, said how powerful he was when he bragged about himself, but after being killed by Zhao Sheng with a large array of mountains and seas, he didn't see his soul for so many years. Confucianism is left with me, not to mention the path of Ziyu, even if it is the path of the master, there is no problem...... Someone has to carry the flag. ”

At that time, Bi Lingkong said with a grin, looking relaxed.

But now Pan Long suddenly understood how heavy her heart was.

He couldn't help but sigh.

The problem was too high-end for him to help at all.

Even if he succeeded in overthrowing the Great Xia Dynasty in the future, digging up Zhao Sheng's body from the Heavenly Tomb and burning it to ashes, and the ashes were all raised, the Confucian Sect would eventually be destroyed.

Looking at Bi Lingkong's appearance, he doesn't look like a person who can give honest lectures, educate children one by one, and slowly revive Confucianism......

He sighed, put away the books, settled the bill, and left the teahouse.

For the next few hours, he was still wandering around Guangling City. I walked through the places where I left records in history and where many major events took place during the imperial examination, and I read a lot of poems and essays by literati and writers.

But this time, he wouldn't be reckless and sneak in.

Guangling is worthy of being one of the capitals of Kyushu, and it is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If it's frizzy again, maybe you'll hit the muzzle of a senior master with great powers.

That's a bit wrongful.

The days of winter are short, and at the end of the day and the beginning of the morning, it is getting late. He stopped wandering around, and walked to the home of chef Zheng Shuang according to the address he had written down earlier.

Zheng Shuang's family lives in an ordinary alley in Guangling City, the house is not big, two floors up and down, downstairs is a living room and a bedroom, upstairs is a cottage, and there is a small patio no more than one zhang square.

The inside of the house was obviously cleaned urgently, and even traces of water and dust were visible on the floor. It can be seen that in order to receive the distinguished guest of White Tiger Star, Zheng Shuang's family is really busy.

Before Pan Long could reach the door, a little boy of twelve or thirteen years old greeted him. He was obviously scared, but he still had the courage to ask: "May I ask this guest, but is it Uncle Bai from Yunzhou?"

Pan Long was slightly stunned, and when he looked carefully, he saw that this kid's eyebrows were slightly similar to Zheng Shuang, but he was much more delicate than Zheng Shuang. I think it's because I'm still young, my eyebrows and eyes haven't grown yet, or maybe the genes on the maternal side are good, which has increased the charm value.

He nodded in response, and was led by the child into the door, where he saw the rest of Zheng Shuang's family.

There are a total of four people in this family, Zheng Shuang and his wife, and two sons. Zheng Shuang naturally needless to say, his two sons, one fifteen and one twelve, were born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, if they change the world, they may be called the feeling of little fresh meat.

This kind of appearance obviously comes more from the mother's genetics. Although Zheng Shuang's wife Chen has lost the plump face of a girl because of her years of hard work, she can still vaguely see the demeanor of her youth. Thinking that Zheng Shuang, a bald man, could marry her back then, he must have envied many people.

Everyone sat down and drank tea, and Pan Long went straight in and asked Zheng Shuang if he was willing to learn martial arts with him.

Of course, Zheng Shuang was willing, but he was worried, worried that he was too old to study well.

"Don't worry. Pan Long explained, "Only those who lack a foundation will not be able to learn martial arts because they are too old." Your foundation is very good, and you are not worse than ordinary martial artists. As long as you find some way to stretch your muscles and bones, and then warm up the meridians, you will not learn slower than others. ”

"On the contrary, you have been practicing knife work for many years, and you are very good at knives. As long as you can adapt to the ability to use ordinary swords, you will be a good swordsman all of a sudden. ”

Zheng Shuang then understood, thought about it and asked: "I will probably have to endure hardships to open my muscles and bones, but I am not afraid of this." I don't have that much savings in my family, right......?"

The White Tiger Star laughed, and the laughter shook the dust on the beams of the house.

"Since Bai is willing to teach you martial arts, the expenses will naturally be counted on Bai. He said proudly, "To nourish the meridians like you, the medicinal materials you need are not available in ordinary pharmacies. Wait a minute, Bai will prescribe a prescription for you, you use this recipe to cook soup, boil three times with one dose of medicine, and finally pour it into a large bucket with the dregs, mix it with hot water, so as not to burn, and the person will soak in it until the water will naturally become cool. After coming out, I stretched the muscles and bones and polished the skin and flesh according to the method I taught. I went to the nearby mountains and forests to find the remaining medicinal herbs and concoct Shengmai tea for you. ”

Zheng Shuang's family was taken aback, they didn't expect this Uncle Bai to be so bold and generous.

While others were still shocked, his wife reacted first and stomped on her husband's foot.

Zheng Shuang looked at his wife in wonder, was reminded by his wife's eyes, suddenly realized, hurriedly walked out of his seat, and bowed to the White Tiger Star.

"The master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!"

The White Tiger Star did not dodge, accepted his worship, smiled and nodded, if he grew older and had a longer beard, it was clearly a common scene when the predecessors of the rivers and lakes accepted apprentices.

Pan Long accepted this apprentice, not only out of love for talents, but also to hide his identity.

"White Tiger Star" and "Pan Long" are destined to appear at the same time. But if the two of them often appear and disappear one or the other, once or twice, they can still find a way to cover it up, and three or five times, others may not think of it. But there are too many times, and after all, someone with a heart will guess the clue.

Therefore, he needs to find a cover-up so that Bai Huxing and Pan Long can have a clear difference, especially to create some "alibi".

Disciple is a good choice.

For example, in the next period of time, Bai Huxing had to find the herbs needed to concoct Shengmai tea for his apprentices, so he naturally had to go to the mountains and wilderness to collect medicines. When he came back with fresh medicinal herbs, no matter what Pan Long did during this time, it had nothing to do with him.

After all, no matter how capable Pan Long was, he couldn't conjure fresh medicinal materials out of thin air - the secret of the Classic of Mountains and Seas was unknown to others.

So for Pan Long, accepting this apprentice can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

After the apprenticeship ceremony, Pan Long wrote down a prescription, left a few ingots of gold, and told Zheng Shuang not to be in a hurry when he was stretching and practicing skin, but to take his time step by step.

"By the way, the medicinal soup you have used can also be reheated and let your children soak it. He said, "Although most of the essence of medicinal power is absorbed by you, the rest of it is also good for children to strengthen their muscles and bones." Just remember, don't let your lady soak this medicinal soup, this thing is for men, although women can also strengthen their muscles and bones after soaking, they will become rough and rough, and may even grow beards. ”

Zheng Shuang's family was speechless when they heard it, and they were about to ask more, but Bai Huxing had already turned around and left, like a puff of green smoke, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The family of four looked at the prescription on the table where the ink had not dried, as well as the golden ingots, you look at me, I look at you, and they all feel a little incredulous.

How did this happen to them?

Pan Long didn't have time to pay attention to how surprised Zheng Shuang's family was, he went out and walked directly to the gate of Guangling City, and soon left Guangling City and went to the nearby mountains and forests.

A few hours later, the information about the White Tiger Star's acceptance of apprentices was sent to the desks of many forces in Guangling.

"I can't imagine that this White Tiger Star is a person who loves talents, I really can't see it......"

"Then what is so outstanding about Zheng Shuang that he can make White Tiger Star pay so much attention?"

"Send someone to win over Zheng Shuang, but remember not to offend him, and be polite. Yunzhou people are very good-looking, and bullying his apprentices is to slap him in the face and make revenge for nothing. ”

Comments and orders were issued one by one, and they were carried out one after another.

But all of this was not Pan Long's expectation, or rather, it was exactly the result he wanted.

Just over half an hour later, he had regained his identity as Pan Long and came to a restaurant in Guangling.

"Pan Long" can't be as rude as "White Tiger Star", his mouth is "good wine and good food are on it" and the like, he sat in the corner of the hall, ordered a few ordinary dishes with Yangzhou characteristics, and ordered a small pot of wine, and slowly poured himself a drink.

Looking at his appearance, if you don't know how powerful he is, anyone will think that he is just an ordinary tourist.

He ate for half an hour, and then settled the bill. But he didn't leave, he stayed in the inn opposite the restaurant, and he didn't live in the upper rooms of the inner and outer rooms, but made an ordinary small room.

No matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary travel, and it doesn't mean to cause trouble at all.

He ate for half an hour, and then settled the bill. But he didn't leave, he stayed in the inn opposite the restaurant, and he didn't live in the upper rooms of the inner and outer rooms, but made an ordinary small room.

No matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary travel, and it doesn't mean to cause trouble at all.