Dol's mind moved, and he immediately walked over, bowed to the old man in gray, and said, "Junior Dol, I have seen my seniors." ”

The old man in gray smiled and said nothing.

At this time, Li Ya grinned, her eyes were full of teasing, and her pink little fist gestured at Dol.

"Is the house cleaned up?"

The little girl didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as she said that Dole had just calmed down the liver fire, she burned angrily again. However, there was an old man at this time, so he couldn't be rude, Dole could only suppress his anger, smiled without smiling, and said, "Clean it up." ”

If it were usual...

Belch...

It seems that this is all I can say...

At this time, Xu Qingshan said lightly: "Little girl, you should go back." ”

"Old man, are you driving me away? I'm not going back, I want to play more. The little girl smiled and said, as if she was not leaving, and when she said the word "play", her tone suddenly became heavier, and her bright eyes glanced at Dole very bluntly.

The implication of this is self-evident, and Dol felt a chill after hearing it, and wailed in his heart, he was afraid that he would be killed by the little girl.

"It's up to you, it's just that that day Lingye is afraid that someone will be blessed." Xu Qingshanyun said lightly, with a smile on his face.

"Oh, no, old man, I'll have to go back quickly, and I'll come back to you later. Xiao Mo, don't miss me, I'll come back to see you from time to time. ”

The little girl's expression changed, as if she was in a hurry, and she had to go back as soon as possible, but she didn't forget to tease Dole when she left, which shows that she is not an ordinary "soft spot" for Dole.

As soon as Dole heard that the little girl was leaving, his heart immediately jumped with joy. But when I heard the second half. His face turned bitter again. Why is this little girl unwilling to let herself go? Where did you offend her?

In the time that Dol was secretly thinking about, Li Ya had already driven the spirit boat, turned into a dazzling spirit, and galloped towards the east. And as she was leaving, she gave Dole a deep look in her eyes.

Dorr watched the little girl gradually leave, his heart was full of mixed tastes, and he didn't know that he was in a happy mood at the moment. It's still mostly lost.

The light on the horizon grew smaller and darker, until it disappeared into the void and was no longer visible, but Dorr still looked in that direction.

At this time, the plain voice of the old man in gray came: "Reluctant? ”

Dol was slightly stunned after hearing this, thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Hmm." ”

Although Li Ya has been bullying Dole, she has never really hurt him. He even cured his eyes with supreme holy relics, for this quirky little girl. Dole was grateful, and although the two had not been together for long, he had come to regard her as his friend.

Now that the little girl is gone, he will naturally feel a little lost in his heart.

"The little girl told me about you, what are you practicing for?" The old man said lightly.

The old man's words made Dole not know how to answer.

For what...

In order to go back, to find the truth about what happened in Shengyin Village? Find out where you come from?

But is that all there is to it?

Dole asked himself this in his heart, but when he thought about it, what should he do and where should he go from here? He was suddenly a little confused, facing the old man's inquiry, he didn't know how to answer, and he didn't have a definite answer, and his cultivation didn't seem to have any meaning to him.

"I don't know."

The old man in gray pointed to the green mountains in the distance, his expression was calm, the clouds were light and the wind was light, and he said lightly: "What do you think is that?" ”

"It's the mountain." Dole wondered why the old man asked.

"Let's take a closer look at what it is." The old man in gray said flatly.

Dole pondered for a long time, but he was sure that it was a mountain in front of him, not anything else, and said firmly: "It's still a mountain." ”

"Look at it again, think about it and tell me, what the hell is that?"

Faced with the old man in gray's repeated questions, Dole was a little hesitant in his heart, this time he thought about it much longer than before.

"It's the mountain, I'm sure."

"Then answer me again, what is the purpose of cultivation?" The old man in gray smiled faintly.

Dole pondered for a long time, and then said what he felt in his heart: "In order to stick to the true self, not to be disturbed by all kinds of things. ”

"Half right, half wrong, practice is to give birth to obsessions. And the true self does not need to be persistent, if it does, it becomes an obsession, and how can it not be disturbed by all kinds of things? The true self is higher than obsession, including obsession. The old man in gray said mysteriously.

"Cultivating the Dao, cultivation is naturally the Tao, but isn't this in conflict with the concept of the Great Dao? It is often said that the Tao is to cut off the five desires and six dusts, purify the self, forget the mortal dust, forget the true self, and merge with the heaven and the earth. Dorr frowned, I don't know why, he heard these mysterious words from the old man in the village, and he pondered for a while, it seems that this is the reason.

"People are not moral. Cultivation is to make the obsession stronger, so that we can more thoroughly sharpen the true self of the original heart, practice is to go against the path, not along the way, the way can be cut off, can be abandoned, only the true self is the only one, constant, can not be cut, can not be abandoned. ”

"I don't understand."

"You'll understand that later." The old man smiled faintly.

Dole pondered for a long time, and then seemed to understand whether he understood or not: "So, cultivation is to sharpen the true self? ”

The gray-clothed old man smiled and said softly, "Not bad." How to sharpen your true self and what your true self is need to be understood slowly by yourself in the future. Now, let me tell you what Yanfan and the Divine Realm are, which is the beginning of the Dao, and it is extremely important for the beginning of the practice, and you should listen carefully. ”

Dole nodded, concentrating all his attention, and waited quietly for the old man to speak.

"The so-called Yanfan is a process of mortal transformation, once it is condensed into the Divine Domain, it can be regarded as a monk. Yan Fan said that it is not difficult, and it is not easy to say, it all depends on personal qualifications. Those with good qualifications can condense into the realm of gods in the rest of the month, while those with poor qualifications will not be able to take this step in their lives, and they will have a heart to ask, but they have no fate. ”

When Dole heard that some people couldn't break through Yanfan in their lives, and were limited by their qualifications, he couldn't help but ask, "Old man." What about my qualifications? How long will it take to condense into a divine domain? ”

The old man didn't care about Dole's faux pas. smiled slightly: "Your qualifications are average." It will take at least a year to condense into the Divine Domain. ”

Dol is not stupid, his qualifications are certainly not ordinarily poor, through the conversation just now, he knows that the old man is unfathomable, by no means comparable to ordinary monks, with the situation that he personally taught himself that it will take at least a year, his own cultivation path will be very bumpy and difficult.

The old man had been in the world for a long time, and when he saw Dole, he had a sad look on his face. How could he not know what he was thinking, so he said: "It doesn't matter if the qualifications are poor, the Tao is endless, and diligence is the boat, as long as you practice hard, even if it is difficult, you can also achieve something, and there are countless strange fates in this world, people who have soared to the sky throughout the ages." It's not unusual, don't be discouraged. ”

"Old man. The younger generation will definitely work hard. ”

The old man thought about his feelings again and again, which made him feel very grateful to the old man, and secretly encouraged himself to persevere and work hard.

The old man smiled faintly and continued: "Yan Fan, to put it simply, it is to accept qi. Through the special breathing method, absorb the aura between heaven and earth, through the limbs and hundreds of bones, the eight veins of the strange meridians, converge in the dantian, and then form a divine domain, which I will slowly teach you in the future. ”

"What is God's Domain?" Dole asked.

"The Divine Domain is very complicated, although it seems to be only the size of a projectile, but it is a real world, the deeper the cultivation, the more expansive the Divine Domain, and even boundless, the Divine Domain is not the key to reaching the secret of immortality, but once condensed, Shou Yuan will be far better than mortals, the more open the Divine Domain, the longer Shou Yuan, but at every moment, it is constantly shrinking, until it disappears, and the life span is over, this is the power of the years, it floats and falls, rushes by, quietly, but has the power of decay, precipitates everything, and dominates all things."

"Is there no one in this world who can make the Divine Domain no longer shrink, break through the shackles, and break the eternal life and death situation?"

"Even if he is the supreme supreme who has been in the world for thousands of years, he can't solve the secret of immortality, he is immortal, and he can't escape the end of turning into dust. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a supreme treasure that suppressed the Divine Domain, making it eternal and constant, this thing is called the Divine Void Ding, but whether the Divine Void Ding exists or not, there is no way to investigate, after all, the history of the Tianmeng Continent is too long. ”

The old man sighed and said, "The pursuit of the ethereal secret of immortality seems to have become a kind of inheritance that carries the will of the ancients for the monks. ”

The old man's words were full of sadness and depression, precipitating the great aspirations of countless monks from ancient times to the present.

"Mortals are only a hundred years old, Rao is some monks with high achievements, endless glory, sitting on thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, in the end they are still buried by the dust of one side, there is no difference, compared to mortals, monks in this life, carry too much, hardships and twists and turns."

At this moment, Dole had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he clearly realized that there were too many difficulties, helplessness, confusion, and many difficulties along the way to practice. Even though he seems to have broken countless shackles, broken through himself, and thought about it, he has always been wandering and struggling in the fate game, but cultivation is the path he has chosen, and since he has embarked on this path, there is nothing to regret.

He also seems to have some dim understanding of the profound and obscure words that the old man said before, that the purpose of cultivation is to sharpen the true self, to find the pure self in confusion and hesitation, to recognize the true heart, so as not to let himself get lost.

The old man's expression returned to the same as before, and he continued: "The secret of immortality has a long history, and the reason why it has been passed down to this day is not groundless. Actually, it may just be that we can't touch it for the time being, so let's not talk about this with you, let's talk about the Divine Domain. ”

"The Divine Domain is the foundation of the monk, and it is also the source of strength, where the divine power lies, and cultivation is to use one's own divine power in the Divine Domain to open up the nine divine realms, experience nine births and nine deaths, which is also the nine realms of the monk."

"What is the Divine Realm?"

"Why do you want to open up a divine realm in the divine realm?"

"Can you only open up the Nine Great Divine Realms?"

Dole asked three questions in one breath, and the old man smiled slightly and patiently explained to him.

"The divine realm is the domain within the domain. To put it simply, it is a divine domain opened up in the divine domain, and its essence is the same as that of the divine domain, and the reason why the divine realm is opened up in the divine domain is that I didn't say that the divine domain is shrinking all the time. ”

"Replace the Divine Realm with the Divine Realm and turn things around." Dole suddenly realized.

The old man smiled, nodded, and said, "Not bad." Break the shackles of the divine realm with the divine realm and replace it. The newly-born Divine Domain is more powerful than before, and can withstand the baptism of time, making the Divine Domain shrink much slower. As for opening up the Tenth God Realm, it is theoretically possible, but so far, no one has done it. ”

Dore pondered for a moment, had some doubts in his heart, and asked: "The Divine Realm is in the Divine Domain, and the Divine Domain is shrinking, so in this way, even if it is a new Divine Domain, the internal space is smaller than before, how can it be infinitely open?" ”

"One flower, one world."

Time flies, and more than a month has passed in a blink of an eye. Life in the mountains is hard, there is no rice grain, no meat, when Dol is hungry, he can only look for wild fruits in the mountains to satisfy his hunger, and drink some spring water when he is thirsty. Although the old man did not say that he could not go down the mountain, he did not say that he could go down the mountain, and Dole naturally would not offend the old man because of his tongue.

However, now that Dole has been able to settle into the harsh and quiet mountain life, it will take a few months to get used to it.

In this short period of time, Dole has some simple understanding and cognition of monks and practice, and knows what he will face, what he will pursue, and what he will carry in the future, and he will no longer be as confused and trapped as before.

This is a macroscopic understanding of the true self and the true mind, not the true self in the true sense of the word, but just a concept established in the early stage, which is extremely important for first-time practitioners, many monks have been confused all their lives, not knowing why they are practicing, so that they have wasted their lives, and even worse, they have gone mad and ended up with the tragic end of being completely destroyed.

The old man knew this very well, so he never taught Dole to practice, and expounded some simple and easy-to-understand truths and experiences to guide Dole bit by bit, so that he could understand himself, pursue himself, and embark on a path of his own, instead of imitating others.

The old man had good intentions, and how could Dole not know that he would deeply remember this gratitude.

In the early morning of this day, the morning sun sprayed thin, and the colorful glow shone on the purple peak of the divine horse, which was gorgeous and colorful, like a dream.

Dole stood in front of the boulder, quietly waiting for the old man to speak.

"Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs, how do you understand this sentence? If you are satisfied with your answer, you can start practicing from now on. The old man was light and light, like a fairy, and said lightly.

Dole frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "Heaven and earth are unkind, since all things are dogs, then all things should be unkind, and heaven and earth are dogs." ”

"What is unkindness?"

"Equality, no discrimination."

"Heaven and earth are extremely vast, incomparably vast, pregnant with all beings, all things and all spirits, and eternity is the same. And compared with heaven and earth, all things are really dying in the twilight of life, flicking their fingers and getting old, heaven and earth are not benevolent, taking all things as dogs, and how can all things be unkind, taking heaven and earth as dogs? ”

"The two are not comparable."

"Why not? They are all things. ”

"Old man, that's what you said, I didn't say it." Dole smiled slightly.

The old man looked stunned, then shook his head and smiled faintly.

Time flies, and according to Dole, a full three months have passed since his formal practice. During this period, he truly felt that his cultivation was not easy and his qualifications could not be worse. (To be continued......)