Chapter 389: On the Dao

Since the Yan Maniac has been defeated, there is no second person to challenge the sixth position in the weapon spectrum, and this is also the ring with the least number of challenges so far in the weapon spectrum ranking!

When it comes to such martial arts, they are not stupid, Yan Maniac's martial arts are already the top among the remaining people, but Yang Yi's performance is obviously better than him, this kind of martial arts, I'm afraid it's okay to compete for the first place, but Yang Yi only took the sixth, and the warriors thought twice, and they didn't go on stage!

In the face of such a martial arts emperor, how could everyone dare to offend casually!

Look at the person who came to the stage to challenge Yang Yi, a master who is undefeated in the East and whose future in martial arts is blocked, he naturally has no scruples; And Yan Maniac, there is no crazier person in the world than him!

Scanning around, Yang Yi realized the loneliness of Dugu's invincible hand with the long sword in his hand!

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The seventh on the heavenly list, the top ten positions are getting fewer and fewer, and almost all the truly recognized peerless martial artists are on the stage, and there are naturally many remaining masters, but the difference in everyone's level is not big!

Those who are eligible to compete for the remaining three places in the top ten are Zhang Sanfeng, Chuan Ying, Yan Fei, Sun En, Dugu Qiuqiu, A Qing, Jin Shiyi, Xiao Qiushui, Li Cunxiao, Song Que, Wei Qingqing, Qiao Beiming, Wu Cao, Pang Ban, Lang Chuyun, Huang Shang, Ximen Blowing Snow, Yan Nantian, Wang Chongyang and so on!

These masters are almost all at the same level, and no one can say that they can beat the other, so this battle is extremely exciting!

Almost half of the remaining ninety-four masters participated in this battle, but the final winner was still a woman, Yue Nu Jian Aqing!

Ah Qing is naturally extremely beautiful, with a melon seed face, long eyelashes and big eyes, white skin, very beautiful appearance, slender figure, weak and slender, looking like a beautiful girl, but it is this girl with a green bamboo sword, after getting into the ring, she narrowly defeated Jin Shiyi, and then defeated Pang Ban, Wu Cao, Li Cunxiao, Dugu and others, and won the seventh position in the heavenly list with absolute strength!

Moreover, after this battle, a "Yue Goddess Sword" also jumped directly to the first position in the way of the sword, replacing the previous Dugu Nine Swords!

This peerless swordsmanship is that Ah Qing happened to encounter a white ape that could make bamboo sticks when shepherding sheep, and since that time, he has often fought with it with bamboo sticks, so he has learned superb swordsmanship.

This is the sword path that Ah Qing has realized with his peerless talent, a pure sword!

After Dugu seeking defeat in this battle, it seems to have become a joke, and the first position in kendo is really not worthy of the name, from the first in the heavenly list to the seventh in the heavenly list, almost everyone is using a sword, but there is no Dugu seeking defeat among them!

The eighth in the weapon spectrum, the remaining positions in the top ten are getting fewer and fewer, you must know that only the top ten are in the heavenly list, there are only ten people in the heavenly list, and although there are hundreds of people in the weapon spectrum, but in addition to the top ten, the remaining people in the rivers and lakes will not promote it for them, that is, those storytellers, if they encounter any news in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid they will also say the top ten people first!

The eighth on the heavenly list, the first to come to the stage was a gray-robed person, but at this time, he looked not young, and his face was full of wind and frost!

His opponent is Zhang Sanfeng, Wudang Grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng!

"Wudang Zhang Sanfeng has seen the predecessors of the famous heroes!"

I am very respectful to this gray-robed man Zhang Sanfeng!

The gray-robed man shook his head and said, "I have never been a senior, nor a hero, at least in this world; In the past, the people of the rivers and lakes used to call me the big devil! ”

This gray-robed man knows a lot of people, after all, the sword conference has been going on so far, who doesn't know the names and surnames of a hundred masters, but this is also what only those who care about, some who are indifferent, but they don't know yet, and these people are also the objects of those storytellers who peddle detailed information on weapons pedigrees!

Ordinary people say that they have listened to this person's introduction, and I am afraid that they will have to chuckle in their hearts, the big devil in the rivers and lakes, this title is not something that anyone can afford, and almost everyone who can have such a title is a public enemy of martial arts, and he is definitely a character who can stop children crying at night!

But this gray-robed old man does not have any rebellious spirit between his eyebrows, but is as kind as an ordinary old man, and there is no sign of a demon at all!

However, none of those demons in the rivers and lakes have a hateful face engraved with the word "evil" on the door of their brains since ancient times, but most of them are beautiful men and women who seem to be fairy-like bones, or they are also a sanctimonious appearance, such as the pair that can be called the most vicious couple in the rivers and lakes, Ye Erniang and Xuan Ci, one is a villain in the rivers and lakes, and a Shaolin abbot, they are not evil characters, but what they do is outrageous; And those few ugly and infamous crooked melons and cracked dates, such as Duan Yanqing's generation, are definitely not called big devils!

"The seniors are polite, how many of us in the rivers and lakes have never done anything to kill? Besides, although we Taoists do not have the Buddhism to "put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha", we will not ......"

The gray-robed old man frowned at this time, interrupted Zhang Sanfeng's words, and said, "Daoist Zhang is polite, you are a Taoist, I am not a Taoist!" I just sorted out the Taoist classics on the orders of the emperor back then, and I realized the martial arts of Taoism, but I am not a Taoist! ”

Zhang Sanfeng smiled at this time: "Seniors, the views of the younger generations, the predecessors compiled the Taoist classics back then, and we and other Taoists have benefited a lot, and the predecessors have created that peerless martial arts treasure book from the Taoist classics, and there are few people in my Taoist family who can match it!" ”

The gray-robed man said at this time: "Daochang Zhang, at this time, the matter of martial arts and Taoism is just a situation, and the Tao is just an interpretation of the truth of heaven and earth, and what I have learned is only to figure it out on my own, it is not as good as your outstanding system of Taoist learning, how can you be called a Taoist?"

In today's ring, I want to discuss the truth of heaven and earth with Zhang Daochang!

I have always had a question, since you say that martial arts are just the external manifestation of Taoist knowledge to a certain level, why do people in the world still have the saying that they enter the Tao with martial arts, practice martial arts first and then hear the Tao? ”

When Zhang Sanfeng heard this, he laughed and said: "Okay, since the predecessors have this Yaxing, then today we will talk about the Tao regardless of martial arts!" ”

In the martial arts system, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Mo, etc. are some theoretical schools of cultivation, but most of the martial arts in the rivers and lakes are Taoism or Buddhism, and some people claim to be able to combine the strengths of the two families, but there are very few Dacheng, because the concepts of each family are really conflicting with each other, and the combination of the two will bring about conflicts in the martial arts routine.

The gray robe people said that learning martial arts with Taoism and entering the Tao with martial arts are two different ways of Taoist martial arts, one is to pay attention to the knowledge of the Taoist family, and then at a certain moment suddenly realize that all kinds of martial arts are also easy to understand, so as to embark on the peak of martial arts; The other is to immerse yourself in hard practice at the beginning, and when the martial arts have reached a certain level, suddenly you have also glimpsed the supreme truth of Taoism through martial arts, so that the martial arts have advanced to the realm of Dacheng.

People in the martial arts often take the latter way, after all, at the beginning, everyone practiced martial arts not in line with any reason, and at the end of the practice, they found that the truth was in one move and one style, this is the realm of the saying, the road of the great master, in fact, it is also a manifestation of the supreme truth.

After Zhang Sanfeng laughed, he was silent for a while, as if he was contemplating something, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "Seniors, entering the Tao with martial arts and entering the martial arts with the Tao, is the ultimate goal the same goal?" ”

The gray-robed man said at this time: "Different paths are the same, the original is not the same end, in the end, the Taoist knowledge is all through, the truth of martial arts is also passed, if the final return, is these two understand, then it can be regarded as the same end, if someone people's final purpose is to practice martial arts, and someone's ultimate goal is to cultivate, then it is not the same way." ”

Zhang Sanfeng smiled and said: "The words of the predecessors are really cautious, seniors, people in the martial arts want to practice martial arts." Or is it monasticism? ”

The gray-robed man smiled and said, "If you make a choice according to your words, you have fallen into your trap; Or let me ask you, do those Shaolin monks practice martial arts or chant Buddha? These two are indispensable, and the 'martial arts barrier' of Shaolin martial arts is also very reasonable. ”

Zhang Sanfeng nodded, and said: "What the predecessor said is true, but if I had to choose now, I would choose to enter the Tao with martial arts." ”

The gray-robed man was stunned for a moment, and said: "This is not like you, you are a real person in Wudang, the ancestor of Wudang, if you are obsessed with martial arts, few people in this world will believe it." ”

Zhang Sanfeng said at this time: "What my predecessor said is also true, I mean now, if I choose at this moment, I will choose the ultimate goal of martial arts, not cultivation." ”

"Could it be that you have doubts about Taoism?" The gray-robed man was puzzled.

Zhang Sanfeng shook his head and said: "But this is not the case, if you change the time, you may choose to cultivate." ”

The gray-robed man bowed his head and pondered at this time, as if he had realized something from Zhang Sanfeng's words.

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The arguments of these two people, most of the players in the audience are already confused, and the two people on the stage have already talked about some philosophical and ideological and political levels, and they feel that what the gray robe man said makes some sense, but they feel that what Zhang Sanfeng said has some truth, but the words of the last two people are a little difficult to understand, and most of them seem to understand!

After a while, the gray-robed man said: "Zhang Daochang's statement is nothing more than that the time is different, and people's thoughts are different, but in the Taoist classics I have read, there is a universal truth, which is eternal and unchanging, and if it changes from time to time, then it is not a truth." ”

Zhang Sanfeng frowned, this time it was his turn to ponder, this time many people understood, the truth is the axioms, just like there are always some theorems in physics and mathematics, if they are constantly changing, they are not theorems.

After pondering for a while, he suddenly said: "Senior, the truth you said, there are countless people in Taoism to find and explore, such a truth is actually no one to say, can the predecessors discover?" ”

The gray-robed man sighed when he heard this, and said, "The Tao is the Tao, the very Tao, even if I have read so many books and collections, I have not found an eternal and unchanging Heavenly Dao Truth, but isn't this the lifelong pursuit of the Heavenly Dao Truth?" ”

Zhang Sanfeng said at this time: "Maybe not, whether we are practicing martial arts or cultivating, we always have a goal at the beginning, but with the change of time, this goal is also constantly changing, we are just looking for the truth we agree with in this process, Guo Jingxia, you also know the predecessors!" ”

"I know this, the great hero Guo Jing, this person has something to do with you and me, and I have always admired it!" , gray robe humane.

Zhang Sanfeng nodded and said: "He is a model of my life, I heard that when Guo Jing was a young man, he practiced martial arts only because of a bet from several masters, and he didn't know why he wanted to practice martial arts."

Later, Guo Jing Daxia came to the Central Plains, and his behavior gradually changed, and all he knew was that he was constantly practicing martial arts and being strong, and he might be able to strive for a qualification for Huashan to discuss swords.

Later, his martial arts gradually improved, and he could even be said to be the first in the world of martial arts at that time, but he turned to seek the national righteousness of the country and the people, martial arts is just a way and means for him to realize the ideas in his heart, and it is his help to defend Xiangyang and stop the soldiers. ”

The gray-robed man said: "Naturally not, but his martial arts don't just follow Taoist concepts. ”

"Yes, Guo Jing's martial arts are extremely mixed, and it can't be said that he is all Taoists. It's just his foundation, but whether it is the internal strength he has learned or the Nine Yin True Scriptures, and the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon, they are all in line with the concept of Taoism, Taoism is a school, in fact, you don't have to really learn those truths to be considered Taoist", Zhang Sanfeng said at this time.

The gray-robed man smiled and said: "Your theory is sharp, even if this is the case, I also want to say that this Guo Jing still has an eternal truth in his heart, he does things and behaves, he pays attention to a clear conscience, whether it is practicing martial arts, guarding Xiangyang, he has never changed this truth from beginning to end." If there is a change in his mind, then he is not the hero Guo Jing. ”

Zhang Sanfeng asked again at this time: "That senior, have you been trying to find a truth all these years?" ”

The gray-robed man sighed: "When I was young, I read and learned to write, and when I went to the officialdom to live, I was also ignorant; Later, after reading so many Taoist classics, I seemed to have learned a lot of truths, but these truths never became a system; Even later, when I realized all kinds of martial arts, I was only passive, and I didn't really want to learn martial arts; As my martial arts skills grew, there was no one on the rivers and lakes who was my opponent, but I became more and more confused; What is my life for, is it to learn martial arts, or to cultivate Taoism, to live in seclusion in the wilderness, or to live in seclusion in the court?

Back then, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty recruited me to join the court many times and become an official again, but I didn't have this idea anymore; The reason why I am debating with you today is that I want to find what my heart desires. In terms of martial arts cultivation, I can say that no one is afraid of being proud of the rivers and lakes, but in terms of Taoist knowledge, you are a real person in Wudang, and you are also a grandmaster in the Taoist faction, so you are better at this system. ”

ps: What do you want to see, you can leave a message, I don't want to write a competition!

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