Chapter 101: Tai Chi

Yao Ping saw that "Liulan" shook and made a sound, so he hurriedly stood on the edge of the cloister pavilion and looked down the mountain. Lan's air rotation did not hinder the lookout's vision, and he could see from a distance that there were two orthodox figures shaking on the mountain road at this time. After the two figures quickly approached along the winding mountain road, Yao Ping saw that one of the two people was holding a knife and the other was holding a bow, it was Liu Enya and Zhanye.

"Jade Void Daoist, they are my friends." Yao Ping looked at the figures of the two of them in surprise and turned to Yu Xuzi and said, "Please let the Daoist disperse the mist and let them come up the mountain." ”

Yu Xuzi looked at the two people on the mountain road, nodded slightly, and then reached out and pressed the ringing "Liulan". The "Liulan" bell was pressed by the jade void, and immediately stopped swaying, and at this time there was a wind blowing on the mountain, and "Liulan" was also hanging there, not moving at all.

"The good lord please wait in the temple, and the poor road will go to the mountain pavilion to welcome the two good lords into the view." Yu Xuzi said.

"Okay, thank you." Yao Ping said.

Yao Ping stood in the courtyard of Chongyun Temple and waited anxiously for a while, but saw that Liu Enzai's figure appeared first on the mountain road. Liu Enzai quickly rushed to the audience, and after he saw Yao Ping, he immediately asked, "Yao Ping, I heard from Yuxuzi just now that Li Jun was taken captive?" ”

"Yes, and Chen Dahua. Last night, the gangsters who appeared out of nowhere in the mountains and forests, they took them away without knowing it. Yao Ping said, "Junzi and I didn't even notice it last night, and we didn't find out about it until this morning." ”

"Why didn't you go and save people right away, but instead came to this view?" Yoo Eun-jae asked.

After Yao Ping told Liu Enzai in detail about him and Qu Shun's chance to meet Chongyun Guan and come here to ask for help, he went on to say, "I heard from Daoist Yuxuzi that they didn't kidnap people for money and death, they just wanted the pill in this view. As long as we take the elixir and go to them to ransom people, they will release them. ”

"Where's the elixir?" Yoo Eun-jae said, "Give it to me, I'll save people." ”

"Daoist Yuxuzi said that it will take two days for the pill to be baked."

"Two days?" Yoo Eun-jae asked rhetorically, "Are we going to wait for two days?" ”

"I also think it's been too long, but..."Yao Ping struggled and didn't know how to speak.

"It's nothing, the night is long and there are many dreams, for their safety, we must go and save them immediately." Yoo Eun-jae said.

"Indeed, I am also very worried about them being bullied in these two days, well, if you want to go, I will go with you." Yao Ping said.

At the same time as Liu Enzai and Yao Ping were talking, Zhanye and Yu Xuzi also entered the gate of Guanzhong through the mountain road.

After hearing the conversation between Yao Ping and Liu Enzai from a distance, Yu Xuzi slowly said to Liu Enzai, "The good lord must not give first aid to people, firstly, you don't know where those people are, and secondly, there are more than 200 people in their clan, and if you go forward, I am afraid that you will not be able to save people, but it may also harm them, and also harm the good lord himself." ”

"This doesn't bother the Taoist chief to worry. Before that, I want to ask the Dao Chief, Qing Xuzi Dao Chief, is he here now? Yoo Eun-jae asked Yuxuzi.

"The good lord is here to find Master Qingxu?" Yu Xuzi asked with a little surprise.

"Exactly, may I ask if he's here?"

"Master Qingxu has been traveling all over the world for a long time, and I don't know when I will return." Yu Xuzi said, "I don't know if the good master has something important to find Master Qingxu?" ”

"It doesn't matter too much." Yoo Eun-jae hesitated for a moment and said, "It's also a little important, I want to ask him something." ”

Listening to Liu Enzai's contradictory words, Yu Xuzi then said, "If the good master is not suspicious, he may be able to tell the poor Dao what is in his heart, although the poor Dao is not as knowledgeable as the master, but it may also be able to answer a question or two for the good lord and relieve his worries." ”

After a slight hesitation, Liu Enzai immediately raised the sharp knife in his hand and said to Yu Xuzi, "Okay, I came to find Qingxuzi this time to repair the knife." ”

"The good lord said with a smile, Master Qingxu is a cultivator, not a cultivator." Yu Xuzi said, "If the good master wants to repair the love knife, the poor road knows that there is a place called Xiegu Mountain Villa, where the cultivation of swords and swords is the best in the world. ”

"Oh, Sloping Valley." Liu Enya said, "The Taoist Chief doesn't know, it's because I can't go there to repair the sword for some reason, so I want to come to the Qingxuzi Taoist to help me." My knife, except for the valley master in the sloping valley, presumably only Qingxuzi can guide me through the maze. ”

Yu Xuzi looked at the Cangmin sharp knife in Liu Enya's hand, and after a little hesitation, asked, "May I ask what this knife is in the hand of the good master....?"

Liu Eunya raised the knife in his hand in front of Yu Xuzi and said, "Cangmin sharp knife, insight." ”

"Insight?" Yu Xuzi looked at the "insight" in Liu Enya's hand in surprise, looked at Liu Enya again, and then asked softly, "Could it be that the knife held by the good lord is .....?"

"Does the Dao Leader know too?" Yoo Eun-jae asked in surprise, "This... That's the purpose of my coming to find the Taoist of Qingxuzi. ”

Yu Xuzi turned to glance at the "Shadow Cut" in Yao Ping's hand, and then at the "Insight" in Liu Enzai's hand, and she said in an incredibly soft voice, "Poor Dao knows. Can... What's the matter today, within one day today, two divine weapons appeared together in the midst of contempt. ”

Liu Enzai glanced at the "Shadow Cut" in Yao Ping's hand in surprise, and then looked at Zhanye, and then he opened his mouth to ask Yu Xuzi, "Daoist Yu Xuzi, could it be that the knife in Yao Ping's hand is also a divine weapon with special abilities?" ”

Yu Xuzi looked at Yao Ping, and then nodded lightly at Liu Enya.

Liu Enjae looked quite surprised and surprised, and he asked Yao Ping, "Yao Ping, what is so extraordinary about your knife?" ”

Yao Ping looked at Liu Enya with some confusion and said, "I don't know, no one has told me this." Until today, I heard the Taoist of Yuxuzi say that the knife that Miss Lijun gave me is a knife that can make the gods manifest. ”

"What are you talking about?" Zhan Ye said at this time, "Now is not the time to discuss swords, now we should hurry up and discuss how to save people." ”

Liu Enzai hesitated for a moment and then said, "Zhanye, Yao Ping, to this day, we can be regarded as friends who have lived and died. I won't hide it from you, to be honest, this family heirloom knife of mine is actually a divine weapon that can perceive the murderous spirit of others. ”

"Huh?" Zhanye was very surprised, and he asked Liu Enya in surprise, "Brother Liu, you said that your knife can perceive other people's murderous aura?" ”

Yoo Eun-jae nodded.

"Insight into the murderous ....." Yao Ping also asked Liu Enzai in surprise, "Enzai, can you elaborate?" ”

Ryu Eun-jae looked at the sharp knife in his hand and nodded, "When I hold it and think that it can perceive the enemy's murderous ability to fight, I can feel the murderous aura emanating from everyone around me through it." When I was fighting people, I could even feel where the enemy was attacking me through the knife. ”

Looking at Yao Ping and Zhanye's surprised expressions, Liu Enzai smiled and asked, "Isn't this ability amazing?" ”

"It's incredible." Yao Ping said in surprise. Immediately, Yao Ping asked again, "Well, but just now you said that you want to repair the knife, is it because your knife has lost that ability now?" ”

"If it's gone, then I don't want to find the void." Yoo Eun-jae said.

"I wonder what the good lord means by this?" Qing Xuzi opened his mouth at this moment and said, "Could it be that the good lord wants to find a master to respect him, but instead to eliminate the spiritual power contained in the artifact in the good lord's hand?" ”

"Yes!" Ryu Eun-jae looked at Tama-hyun and said, "I don't want this knife to have that kind of ability anymore, I want someone to help me eliminate the power it contains, or tell me how to eliminate the power it contains." ”

"Eliminate the mana of the artifact...."Yu Xuzi said to Yoo Eun-jae in surprise, "The good lord can know that each of these artifacts is unique, and all of them are rare and rare. Although the magic power of the artifacts that exist today is already compared to the Xuanyuan Sword in ancient times, and the artifacts of Nuwa Stone have long been like a drop in the ocean and insignificant, they are still unattainable dreams for ordinary people. ”

Yoo Eun-jae nodded and said, "I know that." ”

Yu Xuzi said puzzledly, "Since the good lord knows, he will even make a request to eliminate the mana of the artifact..." This... It's really surprising to the poor road... ”

"Well, I don't quite understand what you mean." Yao Ping said at this time, "If you don't like this knife, you can try to change it." ”

"This is my family's ancestral treasure and I will not abandon it. Besides, this is the sword I have used to practice the art of swords since I was a child, and without it, I would not be able to compete with a top master like Bai Wuyi. "I want to eliminate the ability of this knife because I don't want to rely on its special ability to win, and from now on, I only want to rely on my own true strength to win against all kinds of masters." ”

"Well, have you been using the power of your sword to fight other masters before?" Yao Ping asked.

"Not all." Yoo Eun-jae said, "After the disaster of Puyuan, when I was sorting through the relics at home, I happened to see a record of the sword's ability in a letter from home, and since then, I have become dependent on the sword's ability. ”

"Oh.." Yao Ping nodded in response.

Yoo continued, "At first, I was pleasantly surprised by the extraordinary abilities of my sword, but then I realized that the more I relied on its abilities, the less my own strength improved. Especially after losing to Bai Wuyi, I clearly realized this. ”

"Since then, I've tried my best to refrain from using its abilities." Yoo Eun-jae looked at the crowd and said, "But it looks easy, but it's hard to do." The power of this knife has been deeply imprinted in my mind, and it is difficult for me to shake off its influence on my mind. When I fight people, I always unconsciously think of this ability, and sometimes, even I can't tell whether the judgment of the enemy's move comes from me or the knife itself. ”

"Well, it seems that the power of this knife has caused you trouble now..."Yao Ping asked, "so you want to eliminate its power altogether?" In the future, you will rely on your true skills to fight, right? ”

Yoo Eun-jae nodded, "That's what it means." Remember when we were in Qingfu City? I deliberately placed it behind the plaque in the county government of Qingfu, and I was trying to get rid of the influence of its ability on me. ”

Yao Ping nodded in a trance.

Seeing that Yuxuzi was silent, Liu Enzai turned to her and asked, "Daoist Yuxuzi, since you call Qingxuzi a master, you must also be his protΓ©gΓ©, I wonder if you have a way to eliminate my troubles?" ”

Yu Xuzi looked at Liu Enzai and asked softly, "Before answering the good master's question, can the good master tell him, and where did the good master know that the master can solve this problem for the good master?" ”

"A friend of Yushi who practices swords, Zixuzi." Yoo said, "He told me. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Senior Brother Zixuzi... Since he can tell the good lord this, it seems that the good lord is not an outsider. Yu Xuzi then spoke, "Speaking of which, if you want to solve this problem, there are only two ways, one is difficult, and the other is simple. ”

"One difficult and one easy?" Liu Enzai thought for a while and said to Yu Xuzi, "Please tell the Taoist chief about the difficult path first." ”

"Difficult paths are inherently difficult." Jade Xuzi said, "If the good lord wants to eliminate the spiritual power contained in the artifact through difficult means, then he must find all the materials that Qi used to cast it in the first place, as well as the Yuan Stone that gathers the vitality. ”

"Bringing together the vitality of. . . Yuanshi? Liu Enzai asked puzzledly, "Dare to ask Dao Chang, what is the vitality?" What is Yuanshi? ”

"The meta is the original, it is the primitive. Yuan Qi is the primordial Qi. Yu Xuzi said, "The Yuan Stone that gathers the Yuan Qi is the substance that gathers the Primordial Qi. ”

Yoo Eun-jae shook his head and said, "What the Taoist chief said is too profound, I don't understand. ”

Yu Xuzi looked at Liu Enya and thought for a while, and then said, "If the good lord can't understand it, then the poor way can be said differently, the yuan stone that gathers the vitality can also be called the thing of Taiji, even if the good lord is from Cangmin, he must know Taiji, right?" ”

"Tai Chi?!" Yoo Eun-jae asked in astonishment, "Tai Chi I know, but ..... That's a thing?! ”

"Yes and no." Yu Xuzi said.

"Yes and no.... This... I don't understand, why don't you tell me more about these things from the beginning? Yoo Eun-jae asked, confused.

"Well, since the good lord has the heart to ask, then the poor way will be told to you." Yu Xuzi turned to speak slowly, "The good lord knows that at the beginning of this universe, everything did not exist. And all the universes that did not exist at that time were also called chaotic universes. The chaotic universe is empty, a great void and a great emptiness. No one knows how long this chaotic universe has existed for nothingness, and no one knows how long it has been empty, but later, in this chaotic universe that was originally a great void, for some reason, the primordial qi that existed but did not exist, gradually appeared. No one knows how long it took for the Yuan Qi to gather and where it came from, but with the appearance of the Yuan Qi in the universe, this universe that was still chaotic and had no form was called the Infinite Universe instead. And that Wuji is the Wuji before the birth of Taiji. ”

Yoo Eun-jae scratched her chin in confusion, then nodded blankly. Yao Ping and Zhan Ye blinked, and they didn't know what Yu Xuzi was doing.

Yu Xuzi continued, "This chaotic universe with only Yuan Qi is originally an infinite universe. But I don't know how much time has passed, those originally scattered vitality gradually gathered, and finally, the vitality actually gathered in the vast void universe to form a virtual and real point. And this point where the vitality gathers is Tai Chi. As the original existence and the only existence in the universe, Taiji is also considered to be the universe itself, so it is also called the primordial and the one. ”

Yoo Eun-jae scratched her head again in confusion. Seeing that everyone was still waiting for him to speak, Yu Xuzi continued to speak, "This originally chaotic and empty universe, after having Tai Chi, although it is no longer a big void and a big void, but as the poor Dao Fang just said, Tai Chi itself is still just a little bit of the convergence of vitality. Although this Tai Chi is not as invisible, untouchable, or intangible, as is the Yuan Qi, it does not really have a form and reality that can be perceived, and a light and shadow that can be seen by people. After existing for an unknown amount of time, Taiji, as the original existence of the universe and the root of all things, has quietly undergone a mysterious evolution. ”

When Yao Ping and Zhanye heard this, they also scratched their heads with Yoo Eun-jae.

"Tai Chi is derived from the mysteries, and its initial transformation is shadow and light, black and white, which is also the yin and yang that Taoism talks about. It is with the emergence of yin and yang that this vast universe has become the universe of yin and yang. With the advent of yin and yang, the universe was finally able to be seen. However, although the universe can be seen, its essence is still formless. Subsequently, the yin and yang instruments were further derived, and they transformed into the four images of Taiyin, Shaoyin, Sun, and Shaoyang. Among them, the all-yang side of the object is called the image of the sun, the all-yin side of the object is called the image of the sun, the shadow-yang side of the object is called the image of the less yang, and the time side of the object is the image of the less yin. These four images are the spaces that allow all tangible substances to truly exist. ”

The three of them were so puzzled that they couldn't even ask questions, so they had to continue to concentrate on listening to the sermon.

Yu Xuzi continued, "These four images are coming out, and the universe is becoming real, which is for the universe of the four images. And in these four phenomena universe, I don't know how long it has taken for it to regenerate and evolve. The four elephants then evolved into the heavens, the earth, the wind, the thunder, the water, the fire, the mountains, the rivers, the eight trigrams. Then, with the evolution of the eight trigrams, it eventually evolved into sixty-four trigram beings including everything we see. The process of the evolution of all this is also said to be that Wuji gives birth to Taiji, Taiji gives birth to two yi, two yi gives birth to four images, four images produce eight trigrams, and the process of eight trigrams turning into sixty-four hexagrams is also the process in which all things in the world are born from being, and some are born from nothing. At this point, presumably the good master should also thoroughly understand Tai Chi, what is the vitality of. ”

"Dao Chief, to be honest, I still don't understand too much, so please ask Dao Chief to be concise and clear?" Ryu Eun-jae hugged his sword in front of him and asked Yu Xuzi, "Especially the Taiji thing, the thing called Yuanshi, and ask the Taoist to make it clear." ”

"Tai Chi, which gives birth to all things, as it derives all things, its original gathered vitality is also dispersed into all things.... But all things must also contain the vitality of Taiji... Naturally, even our bodies contain vitality..."

"Good Lord..."Yu Xuzi looked at Liu Enya's increasingly confused eyes, and couldn't help but stop talking, she paused for a moment and then said, "In short, that Yuan Stone, which seems to be a thing and contains a lot of vitality in the world, is also called a golden stone by outsiders in the world, or called a golden pill by the inner family of the Daomen.., and this is especially the most prestigious golden pill, I don't know if the good lord has heard of it?" ”

Yoo Eun-jae shook his head.

Yu Xuzi was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and sighed.

"Jin Dan?" Yao Ping suddenly opened his mouth and asked Yu Xuzi, "Isn't that food?" Yuxu Daoist, I know. Are you talking about the golden pill that can cure all diseases and live forever? ”

Yu Xuzi turned to a smile and said, "Immortality, that's just the good hope of the world." The golden pill refined by the Dan furnace does have the extraordinary effect of prolonging life, so it has also been diligently pursued by the emperors of the past dynasties, but if the golden pill can cure all diseases and live forever, it is really a bit exaggerated. ”

"Oh, but is that golden pill and a philosopher's stone that can turn stones into gold the same thing?" Yao Ping asked curiously.

"Its origin is the same thing, that is, the Yuan Stone. It's just that the yuan stone that changes shape is found and used for different purposes, so it is also distinguished and called different names. Yu Xuzi said, "Tai Chi transforms into a shape, and the Yuan Stone that gathers vitality, on the outside, can be made into a Zhenguo artifact like Ding by skilled craftsmen, and stabilize the Quartet." Inside, it can be refined into a golden pill, which can be swallowed by the people who cultivate immortals, and then obtain the effect of prolonging life and opening the eye of heaven. ”

"Yuanshi .......," Yao Ping muttered.

"Okay, thank you for the explanation, what the Taoist said just now is profound, although I don't understand it too well, but I also know that this way is very difficult." Liu Enzai suddenly spoke, "Then let's not talk about the materials used to forge my knife at that time, but based on your explanation of the Yuan Stone, as well as the wonders of the Golden Pill and the Philosopher's Stone, I'm afraid I won't be able to find them in my life." In that case, Daoist Jade, please show me that easy method. ”

Yu Xuzi nodded slightly, and then said to Liu Enya, "The simple method is extremely simple, then it only needs the good master to exhaust all the spiritual power contained in this knife, and it will be fine." ”

"Running out of spiritual power?" Ryu Eun-jae was quite surprised and asked Yu Xuzi, "This ability, it can be exhausted?" ”

Yu Xuzi nodded lightly and said, "Yes." ”

"Is there such a thing? It's true? Yoo Eun-jae asked suspiciously.

"Good Lord, everything has a spirit, and the spirit is the energy contained in things. And whatever it is, it follows nature. This spirit is a quantity, and it must be able to be consumed and transferred. Yu Xuzi explained.

What does this mean? Following nature? Yoo Eun-jae continued to ask puzzled.

"The jurisprudence of nature. All living beings and all things need to follow the laws of nature, and there is no exception. Yu Xuzi said.

"The jurisprudence of nature? So what? Yoo Eun-jae continued to ask in confusion.

This natural principle can also be said to be the Tao." Yu Xuzi glanced up at the clouds floating in the sky, and then said slowly to the confused three, "Man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law, and the Tao is the nature." Man respects the Dharma to give birth to his earth, the earth respects the Dharma to nourish its heaven, the operation of the heavens respects the way of nature, and the formation of the Tao respects the Dharma to nature. ”

"Hmm...," Liu Eunya pondered for a moment, and then said, "Daoist Yuxu, what you said is too complicated, I can't understand it, and I can't figure it out for a while. But since you said that the spiritual power on this knife can be consumed, then I just need to release it recklessly, and I can make it look like an ordinary blade, right? ”

Yu Xuzi nodded lightly and said, "It's okay." ”

"Okay, then I'll go and save people now." Yoo Eun-jae suddenly said firmly.

Yao Ping was about to step forward to speak, but he heard Zhan Ye say first, "Brother Liu, do you want to take this opportunity to use up the ability that bothered you at once?" ”

Yoo Eun-jae nodded firmly.

"Well, I'll go with you to save people." Yao Ping shook the "Shadow Cut" in his hand and said, "I can help." ”

"No, even so, it would be good for you and Zhanye to stay here to take care of Qu Shun and wait for me to come back. This time, I not only want to save Li Jun, Chen Dahua, and those Linjian brothers safe and sound, but also to make an end for myself. I want to end my past of relying on "insight" to overcome others, and I want to rediscover the way of swordsmanship. Yoo Eun-jae said, "Just like the Taoist said, I think that only by respecting the way of the sword can I become a real master, and only then can I fight against Bai Wuyi again." ”

Looking at Yoo Eun-jae's determined gaze, Yu Xuzi said, "Since the good lord insists on going to save people now, the poor Dao will tell the good lord where those strange people are." I just hope that the good lord can ....... ”

"Thank you, chief, but I don't have to tell you." Yoo Eun-jae interrupted Yuxuzi's words.

Everyone suddenly became extremely cold when they saw that Yoo Eun-jae's voice was behind. He pressed his hand hard against the hilt of Insight's blade. With a "whoosh", a white light suddenly flashed, but when he saw Liu Enzai, he immediately pulled out a sharp knife "Insight" in his hand.

Ryu Eun-jae, holding the artifact, stood under the gate, and he glared angrily into the distance beyond the mountain. He held the scabbard with one hand at his waist and pointed diagonally at the ground with the other. At the same time that the mountain wind blew the hem of his plain white clothes, he also opened his mouth and whispered in Cangmin, "Insight! ”

At the same time as Liu Enzai's words were spoken, Yao Ping, Zhanye, and Yu Xuzi felt an inexplicable uneasiness at the same time. Yao Ping adjusted his breathing, he wanted to step forward to speak to Liu Enzai, and wanted to advise him not to kill innocents indiscriminately for saving people, but before he could speak, Yao Ping heard Liu Enzai suddenly whisper and said to him first, "If you want to save people, don't kill people, it's impossible." ”

Without waiting for Yao Ping to speak again, he saw Liu Enzai suddenly flash out, and immediately turned into a white shadow and swept down the mountain road.