On the top of Taibai Mountain, the ancient trees are evergreen.

The pine tree, which used to stand on top of the snow, was nourished by the endless aura, and became more and more full of vitality.

And under the ancient trees, where the snow is covered, there is a faint grass under the snow.

"It's kind of interesting, if you can really pass, it doesn't hurt to take two apprentices. ”

Above the waves of the rolling sea of clouds, Ji Man, who was sitting under the ancient tree, muttered to himself.

The purpose of his entry into the world was to preach and promote the advent of the entire age of mythology.

It doesn't matter if you preach two more.

But there are only two more cultivators in the world.

"Courage, understanding, perseverance, strategy, the overall situation, knowledge, perseverance, if there is such a person in the world, if he enters my lintel, he will also be a great white in the world. ”

At this time, Ma Weiba had already sent his brother away and returned to Ji Man's face.

He sat cross-legged on the bluestone where Ji Man was sitting, and was studying the Taoist scriptures that Ji Man had given him.

Hearing his master's words, he was secretly surprised, it seemed that those two had already passed the first level.

It only took half a day.

"Awesome!"

The person who can really cross the encirclement and enter Taibai Mountain, and can also be instructed by the master to accept apprentices in the seven levels, is really unusual.

When he went up the mountain before, after Shizun Ji Man accepted him, he set seven levels for his brothers.

He also instructed him to give him words if he wanted to try it.

As long as you pass these seven levels, you will be a true disciple, not a registered disciple.

He also tried at the time, but he didn't even pass the first level.

Compared to Zhang Jiuling and Gu Daojun, he was too far behind.

Sure enough, being able to cross the layers of guards and enter Taibai Mountain is not an ordinary person.

"Come on. ”

Ma Weiba said softly.

With that, he stroked the grass in the ground and swept the snowflakes off its head.

He was originally a talkative and non-contentious person, and a few more chatters in Taibai Mountain seemed to him to be excellent.

However, his status is about to be reduced, from the only disciple of the first person in the world on Taibai Mountain to the only registered disciple among the three disciples.

"Satisfaction is the most important thing. ”

Ma Weiba muttered to himself.

Under the ancient tree, Ji Man's expression was still sad, and he glanced lightly at Ma Weiba in front of him.

Hao's teeth and lips, white-faced Xiaosheng, is such a person.

This guy does have merit.

However, there is still a bang.

"How's your study?"

Ji Man glanced at Ma Weiba and asked.

And the golden light under him was turbulent, and he was always in a sense of turmoil in heaven and earth.

Ma Weiba raised his head and only felt that in front of the teacher who was like a god, he couldn't help but feel humble.

"I only watched two or three out of ten. ”

Ma Weiba said in fear.

He was really afraid that his teacher would not be satisfied with his progress.

Ji Man didn't care about Ma Weiba's progress, without his explanation, two or three out of ten could only be regarded as a normal person beyond the level of a little bit.

But from a monk's point of view, this is the lowest level.

Ji Man shook his head and asked:

"You worship me as a teacher, do you want to learn?"

Ma Weiba paused for a moment, this was the first time since he went up the mountain that his master asked him about cultivation.

He hurriedly got up and said:

"The disciple wants to learn the method of immortality. ”

In "Journey to the West", when the Bodhi ancestor asked Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong said this sentence.

So the Bodhi Ancestor taught a Monkey King.

But Ji Man is not the ancestor of Bodhi, and Ma Weiba is not Sun Wukong.

"Immortality?"

Ji Man smiled, and in an instant, the clouds in the sky changed with Ji Man's smile.

The golden light rises to the sky, reflecting the unique charm of the top of Taibai Mountain.

"It's easy to be old, I'll pass on your alchemy method, the art of beauty cultivation, and it's easy to live forever, it's just a pill with you, it's better for me to teach you the Tao, you go down the mountain." ”

Ji Man's voice shook the entire Taibai Mountain, and Ji Man's every word and action of Ji Man, who was in charge of the entire Taibai Mountain formation, was enough to affect the celestial phenomena around the Taibai Mountain for several miles.

"Teacher, but you're not happy with me?"

Ma Weiba said in panic.

Down?

Isn't this expulsion from the division?

"I'm not dissatisfied with you, but if you ask for something, I'll give it. ”

Ji Man glanced at Ma Weiba and said quietly.

The grand voice caused a sensation in the world, but between the words it was just the most ordinary truth.

"Teacher...... I ......"

Ma Weiba paused.

"You think about what you want to ask for, my disciple, you need to carry the burden of the entire Kyushu against the enemies of the Ming Dynasty in the future, but you can't do this. ”

Ji Man shook his head and said.

"Carrying the burden?"

Ma Weiba asked with a frown.

Ji Man smiled and said:

"Do you know what a Kyushu Protector is?"

The Kyushu Guardian is his own master who claims to be, but he has never said what the Kyushu Guardian is.

Ma Weiba shook his head and said:

"I don't know. ”

Ji Man raised his head, and said with recollection in his eyes:

"In the past, Emperor Yu cast Jiuding to control the world, and Jiuding to divide Kyushu. As for the time when King Chu Huai won the Central Plains, the Ji surname Wang Sun produced a top person, his name was Wang Sunman, he protected Jiuding to retreat from Qin and Chu, and was recognized by Jiuding as the first generation of Kyushu Guardians. In order to commemorate him, all the Kyushu Guardians will inherit his surname and first name in the future, so I am also called Wang Sunman. ”

When Ma Weiba heard about this ancient secret history, he asked:

"What about the previous Wang Sunman?"

Ji Man continued with memories:

"Kyushu Protector passed to me here is the fourth generation, the first generation of Kyushu Protector died in the first Qin, when the Qin Dynasty conquered the Six Kingdoms, the King of Qin swept Liuhe, looked at He Xiongzai, Wang Sunman failed to stop it, and perished.

The second generation of Kyushu Huding people passed on in the Han Dynasty and died at the end of the Han Dynasty, and Jiuding has since sunk.

It wasn't until the Tang Dynasty that someone became the third generation of Kyushu protectors, and the third generation of Kyushu protectors died at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

I am the fourth generation of Kyushu Ding people, I taught the Tao in the late Song Dynasty after the cliff mountain, after this identity after practicing for decades, after the mountain and Zhou Dian, Liu Bowen met, and then ordered by the Ming Taizu, after the battle of the sky, I self-styled in Kunlun, originally into the overall situation of the counteroffensive, but the supreme layout, the disaster of the Xiao Wall. ”

When talking about the failure of the layout, Ji Man's face was full of sadness.

Ma Weiba saw the bitterness of his master.

In his heart, he made up for his master who had been self-styled in Kunlun for seven hundred years, but when he came to the end, he found that the layout had already been destroyed.

Although he didn't understand what the bureau was, this Ma Weiba didn't dare to ask more, and he was more curious about how these Kyushu Guardians died.

Shouldn't a cultivator live forever?

"How did these Kyushu Guardians die?"

"Kyushu protects Kyushu, they are naturally all killed in battle, the first generation died at the hands of the Great Qin Ruishi, the second generation died at the hands of Zhang Jiao, and the third generation died in the turmoil at the end of the Tang Dynasty, as for me, I will die in battle in the future. ”

"Dead in battle?"

Ma Weiba was a little overwhelmed.

Ji Man continued:

"If you want to become my real disciple, you must have the responsibility of inheriting the identity of the Kyushu Protector, the successive generations of Kyushu Guardians have died for Kyushu, I don't want my heirs to get my inheritance, but I can't take the responsibility I deserve, just want to live forever. ”

Ma Weiba was silent, he finally understood why his master was so indifferent to him.

The protector that Kyushu needs, his master thinks he can't take it.

But he didn't know how to refute it, because he really never thought about it himself.

Seeing that Ma Weiba was silent, Ji Man said:

"Think about what you want, if you just want to live ignorantly, then I can teach you the way. ”

"Yes!"

Ma Weiba bowed his head.

He was silent.

Ji Man waved his hand.

Ma Weiba slowly retreated.

At the foot of the mountain, in the blank space of the clouds and mist, Ma Weiba slowly walked out of the clouds, carrying a basket of food in his hand, looking at the ancient Daojun and Zhang Jiuling in front of him:

"It's time for dinner, two. ”

Zhang Jiuling looked at it, and Ma Weiba found that there seemed to be something wrong with the eldest son of the richest man.

"Thanks, but you don't seem to be happy with anything?"

"Sort of. ”

Ma Weiba smiled and said:

"Is it so obvious?"

"It's almost written on my face. ”

"Well, but it's a bit of a bother. ”

Ma Weiba admitted.

Gu Daojun was surprised:

"What's on your mind? You're already that apprentice. ”

Taibai Mountain, the holy land of martial arts in the world.

And the one on Taibai Mountain is the leader of the world's martial arts.

The peerless powerhouse of the former Ming Dynasty, who has lived for 700 years, how can he have any trouble as an apprentice of this kind of person?

"Are you bothered?"

"I'm naturally worried, I'm still thinking about how to worship the lintel of the one on Taibai Mountain. ”

Gu Daojun shrugged.

"But in those slums in Africa, they probably can't figure out that a rich kid like you doesn't lack anything, and you won't be surrounded by war, why are you bothered?"

Gu Daojun was dumbfounded.

"It has something to do with that. ”

Zhang Jiuling said while opening the bamboo basket and eating the fruit in it.

"Yes, but it's really something you can't solve, and I want you to be my junior brother now, so that maybe someone can share my troubles. ”

"Lend you good words. ”

After hurriedly finishing lunch, Zhang Jiuling and Gu Daojun leaned on the bluestone on the mountain for a short rest.

Ma Weiba looked at Gu Daojun and Zhang Jiuling, and said softly:

"Actually, you are very powerful, I have tried the seven levels on this mountain, but I haven't even passed the first level, and even my brother has not passed the first level as quickly as you, in fact, I am quite ashamed, but I, a registered disciple who worships under the master, is not as good as those who did not worship. ”

"You don't have to think like that, there is no absolute fairness in the world. ”

Zhang Jiuling appeased Ma Wei and was domineering.

"Perhaps. ”

Ma Weiba gradually packed up the bamboo basket in his hand.

At this time, Gu Daojun asked curiously:

"You haven't said these seven levels before, do you know what these seven levels are?"

I don't know what to test, and I have to try my best to guess when I get in, which is simply too difficult.

Zhang Jiuling and Gu Daojun glanced at each other and felt the same way.

Ma Weiba's action of packing the basket paused, he seemed to think for a moment, and then said:

These seven levels are courage, understanding, perseverance, strategy, the overall situation, knowledge, and perseverance. ”

After a pause, he added:

"The first level, you've already passed, that's courage. ”

Ancient Dao Jun Dao:

"Yes, it's a sad level, I think I will be given another chance, I will definitely fall into it, the so-called courage is to face my most terrible thing, not to defeat it, but to completely let go in front of my own fear, crush the fear, I almost sank in it and couldn't get out. ”

"Yes, how difficult it is to crush fear completely, to be fearless. ”

Ma Weiba seemed to be awakened to the memory of his failure at this time, but he quickly regained his senses and said:

"The second level is understanding, this level, I haven't been in, but I heard my friends in the past say that this level can't find any possibility of clearing the level, he has been trapped in front of this level for several days, but there is no clue. ”

Zhang Jiuling frowned when he heard this.

"Understanding?"

Comprehension, this is an ability that is often considered between Tao and Buddha.

In the ancient saying: The enlightened, my heart is also.

One person has one understanding, which can only be understood, and the wisdom that is difficult to convey is also indescribable.

As the saying goes: Master leads the door, and cultivation depends on the individual.

"How do you take this test?"

Gu Daojun's brows furrowed tightly.

"The Zhuangzi Theory of Things" tells a story about the three days and the twilight, which is very similar to the situation you were in at that time, you are monkeys, in the predicament, to find out your own stupidity and the essence of things is enlightenment. ”

This is a sentence mentioned by the master, you can realize it, maybe you can give a hint. ”

I once saw a description in a book on enlightenment, saying that the so-called enlightenment is to make people who have never seen the sea in any form realize the vastness and boundlessness of the sea, and to make a person who has never felt pain feel the heart-rending of childbirth. It's too empty, how can there be such empathy. ”

"Then push your limits to empathize. ”

Ma Weiba said quietly.

"Because if you can't do it, then the next time you see me, it should be time to go down the mountain. ”

"And once Taibai Mountain goes down, it will be difficult to come up again. ”

"After all, there are too many people in the world who want to worship my master as a teacher, like a carp crossing the river, countless, I hope to see you next time, I'm not sending you off. ”

"It's almost time, please!"

Ma Weiba made a "please" gesture, just like when he first invited Zhang Jiuling and Gu Daojun to enter the first level.

"Don't worry, I won't let you send me down the mountain. ”

Gu Daojun was one step ahead of Zhang Jiuling this time, and he walked in front of Ma Weiba and said solemnly.

Then he turned slowly and stepped towards the mist.

"Senior brother, is alcohol forbidden on the mountain?"

"Can't help it!"

"Then I'll go up the mountain and have a drink with you. ”

Zhang Jiuling made a toasting gesture and said with a smile.

"I've been waiting for that day. ”

Ma Weiba smiled softly.

"However, I must remind you that it is difficult to go up Taibai Mountain, come on, I hope there will be such a day. ”

"There must be. ”

Zhang Jiuling turned around and strode into the clouds.

"Perhaps, this is what the master likes. ”

Ma Weiba looked at the two figures in front of him and muttered.