Chapter 33: Taoism and Martial Arts

CHAPTER XXXIII

Outside the Water Curtain Cave, the sky was dark, Ah Sheng withdrew the remnant sword and hurriedly returned to Broken Yao Peak.

Calling Xiao Yunying, Ah Sheng was about to enter the sea of clouds, and just as he was about to take off, Lu Zhenting appeared outside the courtyard.

"Ah Sheng, don't go to the sea of clouds, you come with me. After Lu Zhenting finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the courtyard.

Ah Sheng suddenly became nervous, and he didn't dare to respond to the words, so he had to lower his head and follow Lu Zhenting.

Lu Zhenting took Ah Sheng into the inner courtyard and stopped under the big tree.

"Oh no, isn't it really discovered?" Ah Sheng was nervous, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and his head was buried even lower.

"This kid, I haven't asked yet, I'm empty-hearted. Lu Zhenting laughed in his heart, but his face did not change, pretending not to know anything, and asked, "Ah Sheng, let me ask you, that night, how did you find out about the strange movement in the secret realm?"

"Master, is this what you're asking?" Ah Sheng raised his head suddenly.

Lu Zhenting nodded.

Ah Chang let out a sigh of relief, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Master, I couldn't sleep that night, I wanted to get up and go for a walk in the mountains and forests, but I heard a woman's cry. I followed the cry to the bottom of the tree, and somehow, in a daze, almost walked in. Fortunately, Senior Brother stopped me in time. Later, the senior brother also noticed the abnormality, so he rushed in and asked me to come to you and my wifeβ€”"

"The woman's cry?" Lu Zhenting frowned, pondering.

Ah Sheng didn't say anything, and waited quietly aside.

After a while, Lu Zhenting suddenly jumped away from the topic and said to Ah Sheng: "Ah Sheng, what do you think of the evil qi in the secret realm?"

"It's terribleβ€”" Ah Sheng's face showed a look of horror, and he said in a deep voice, "It will trigger negative emotions in your heart, sadness, sadness, resentment and anger, and make you lose your mind and can't extricate yourself." ”

"However, that evil qi is a more powerful force than the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi. If used correctly, it will give you immense power. Lu Zhenting said in a condensed voice.

A look of confusion appeared on Ah Sheng's face.

"When the secret realm appeared, many people in the Yunxiao Sect entered it. Some people, using the evil qi inside, broke through their own bottlenecks and reached a higher realm. And some people are lost in it forever. There is only one reason for this difference, and that is the nature of the mind. Lu Zhenting said.

"Nature?" Ah Sheng didn't quite understand.

"The so-called mind nature is actually the original mind of a practitioner. If you are kind by nature, no negative emotions can affect your heart. But if you have bad intentions, then your bad thoughts will be infinitely magnified, and then completely encroach on your original heart. ”

"This is also why the Sect Master chose to block the entrance to the secret realm, because there are too few people who can hold on to their hearts. Because any immortal cultivator has no upper limit on his thirst for power. Therefore, we must have a bottom line, and we must stick to it. Once you break through the bottom line, you can never turn back. ”

Listening to Lu Zhenting's words, Ah Sheng fell into a long contemplation.

After a long time, Ah Sheng raised his head, his eyes flashed with a strange light, and he said with a burning voice: "Master, I understand your words. ”

Ah Sheng wasn't sure if Lu Zhenting knew if he knew about Lu Xinyao's evil spirit, but his words, Ah Sheng was really useful.

He had always longed for great power, even before the misty mountains had been so badly changed.

But Ah Sheng has always believed that power is obtained by his own efforts. What you plunder will never become your own.

Looking at Ah Sheng's clear gaze, Lu Zhenting sighed in his heart: "I hope you can really understand, I hope you can really stick to your heart." ”

"Ah Sheng-" Lu Zhenting's voice suddenly raised, and he said loudly: "I heard Changlin say that you are already proficient in cooperating with the Seven-Star Returning Yuan Array?"

"It's not skilled, it's just barely able to keep up with the rhythm of the senior brothers. Ah Sheng said.

"The Seven Stars Return to the Yuan Array is a very mysterious formation, and the seven stars cooperate with each other to produce hundreds of changes. At the same time, it can be broken into parts, even if it is two people, it can also drive the formation and release a powerful combined force. ”

"So amazing?" Ah Sheng was overjoyed in his heart, Lu Zhenting told him this, he must have systematically taught him the mysteries of the formation.

But Lu Zhenting's words suddenly changed and said, "But I don't want to teach you the Seven Star Returning Array. I have called you here to teach you a set of Taoism that you have created for your own teacher. ”

Ah Sheng trembled with excitement.

""Ascending to the Clouds" is a peerless science of refining qi and cultivating luck, which runs through the beginning and end of our entire cultivation, and the cultivation path is extreme, and it can be feathered and ascended to immortals. This kind of mastery is called immortal art. ”

"Under the immortal arts, it is the Dao Law, which is the exercises that we practice daily to strengthen the body, resist the enemy, and kill the enemy. The Tao is divided into four grades, the first grade Dao method, the middle grade Tao method, the upper grade Tao method, and the superb Tao method. ”

"In addition to Taoism, there are also martial arts, which are also divided into the four best grades in junior high school. However, we people in the Yunxiao Sect have always advocated Taoism, and few people practice martial arts. ”

Ah Sheng suddenly frowned, and asked puzzledly, "Master, what is the difference between martial arts and Taoism?"

"The Tao is in the Tao and in the Qi. What we pursue is to control the vitality, and with the help of the Tao, the power of the vitality is turned into our own strength. And martial arts, the emphasis is on martial arts, in the instrument. Although martial artists can also practice qi, their purpose is to maximize the power of their weapons with the help of vitality. There's an essential difference between the twoβ€”"

"Which one is stronger?" asked Ah Sheng.

"Since ancient times, the debate over which is stronger or weaker in Taoism and martial arts has never stopped. But I think each has its own merits. Lu Zhenting said.

"Then can we cultivate together?"

"Hahaha, countless people have thought the same way as you, and I am no exception. But without exception, we had to give up such ideas. Because these are two completely different cultivation paths, a person's energy is limited, and even if he can use his heart and soul for two purposes, his body cannot be separated into two. If you want to grasp it with both hands, you can only end up empty-handed. Even the immortals in the sky can't do itβ€”"

The more Ah Sheng listened, the more frightened he became, and he thought of himself.

He is a disciple of the Yunxiao Sect, so he naturally wants to practice "Ascending to the Sky". But "Centrifugal Kendo" is clearly a martial art.

"It's over, we can't practice together anymore. Ah Sheng was wailing in his heart.

Lu Zhenting didn't know what Ah Sheng was thinking, and then said: "What the teacher wants to teach you is a middle-grade Dao method, which is the Dao method that the teacher comprehended in the finals when he participated in the Shanmen Examination that year. ”

"Cloud Breaker"