Chapter 13 Intended Apprenticeship
Shi An watched him enter the martial arts hall in a daze, thinking in his heart that if Yuan Miaozi Daoist was really an immortal, he must find a way to worship him as a teacher, and if he could really learn immortal arts, then it would be easy to kill a little Sun Lang. From the past few days, he can also see that the Taoist chief is very good to him, and there is hope for him to come and take him as an apprentice.
Thinking of this, Shi An couldn't help but look forward to a little: he became an immortal, driving a flying sword, chasing Sun Lang unhurriedly, Sun Lang was like a lost dog scurrying around, and kept saying: "Brother Shi, Uncle Shi, Grandpa Shi, the little one is ignorant, I killed your teacher, I deserve to die, you can spare me when you are old!" But he was unmoved, a golden blade split him into two pieces, and then kept cutting the golden blade, the golden blade, the golden blade, the golden blade, until he was chopped into meat sauce.
Just as he was fantasizing, Yuan Miaozi came back with a flying sword and said, "It's done, wait for me to clean up here and leave." ”
After that, Shi An stood outside the door, and he stood on top of the flying sword, flew to a height of about five zhang above the courtyard, and pointed at the stumps and corpses on the ground with both fingers, and these things were obediently gathered in the courtyard. With his right hand raised, a fist-sized fireball appeared, swung downward, and the fireball suddenly grew larger and landed on top of the pile of corpses in the courtyard, and in an instant all the corpses turned into white ashes. Yuan Miaozi stretched out her right hand, palm down, slowly pressed down, a gust of wind blew, the ashes dispersed, and there was nothing abnormal in the courtyard except for the ruins and broken walls after the fight, and the vertical and horizontal ravines were still there.
Yuan Miaozi waved his hand to Shi An, who was standing outside the courtyard gate and looked dumbfounded, and Shi An slowly flew up, landed behind Yuan Miaozi, and flew towards Cangmeng Mountain with him.
"Find a place to stay for a few days first, firstly, I have a huge consumption and need to replenish my aura as soon as possible, and secondly, the evil man may recruit helpers to deal with me, with the current situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with. Yuan Miaozi said softly to Shi An.
The journey of three hundred miles took only more than half an hour on the flying sword, and according to Yuan Miaozi's instructions, Shi An clung to the placket of the Taoist chief's clothes, and did not dare to open his eyes all the way, only hearing the sound of hunting wind in his ears.
In the blink of an eye, the broken view was in front of him, and Yuan Miaozi dropped the flying sword and entered the Daozhen Temple with Shi An.
Before Yuan Miaozi could speak, Shi An knelt on the ground with a "grunt", and said in a trembling voice: "Yuan Miao, I have a reluctant request, I don't know if I should talk about it?"
Yuan Miaozi hurriedly helped Shi An up and said, "You don't have to say it, I know you want to worship me as a teacher, right?"
Shi An hurriedly replied: "Exactly, can you agree?"
Yuan Miaozi sighed lightly and said, "Shi An, you listen to me first." When you were crawling in the mountains the day before yesterday, I already knew your whereabouts, but I didn't help you at that time, and you forgive me. 'Everyone in the world is mandated by heaven', so chivalrous and hot-hearted is just chivalrous in the eyes of your world, and not asking about the well-being of others is the rule of our monks in the immortal world. I'm nosy, but only for monks. By the way, I can't always think that I am an immortal in the future, I am just a cultivator, a monk, but far from being an immortal. He chuckled at this.
"As soon as you climbed into this view, I immediately used the Hidden Qi Technique, so that mortals could not see me, and that's why I felt strange when you greeted me, and I knew at that time that your divine senses, which you often say, must be extraordinary. Sure enough, under the investigation, by the way, I will explore your root bones, but unfortunately it is only a single water spirit root, and the qualifications are not strong, and I am far away. To tell the truth, if you are a dual spirit root, even if you have a water spirit root, as long as your character is not bad, I will accept you as a disciple of the sect on the spot. ”
"Later, when you talked about the experience of avenging your teacher, and the experience of you saving that maid, I felt that you were filial piety and thoughtful, and you were warm-hearted and alert-minded, these are the qualities I admire the most, but the more I appreciate you, the less I can accept you as a disciple. ”
"But why is that?" Shi An couldn't help but interject.
"Your roots are not strong, if you cultivate, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve great success in this life, and you will always work hard at the bottom of the immortal cultivation world, and it is very likely that you will work hard all your life and do nothing. And if you don't cultivate, with your good medical skills at a young age, it is entirely possible to become a generation of famous doctors for the benefit of the world. That's why I've decided not to reveal my status as a monk to you, and I don't want you to know that there are people like monks. ”
"The same is true for you to heal your legs, in fact, monks, especially at my level, it is easy to treat your ailments, even if you are injured today, the famous doctors in the secular world are powerless, and I only need a moment to heal them. Your leg injury at that time can be healed with a cup of tea at most. I spent three days just to make you think that this is the work of the worldly medical Tao, and you will work hard to cultivate the medical Tao and eventually achieve the path of a generation of famous doctors. Furthermore, if you have seen the abilities of a monk, and you have some of the conditions to become a monk, you will definitely not be able to withstand the temptation, and even if I don't take you, someone else will take you on the path of cultivation, which is not what I want. ”
"In the matter of the Willford Dart Game, not letting you go is not only afraid that you will be injured, but also for this reason. But you didn't listen to me and ran away by yourself, so I had to let you know that there are monks in this world. Now the reason has been explained to you, the disadvantages of cultivating immortals and the benefits of staying in the secular world have also been explained to you, you are a smart person, and you should be very clear about how to choose. Yuan Miaozi finished everything she wanted to say in one go.
"Yuan Miao Dao Chang, in fact, the reason why I want to apprentice is very simple, I don't want to be able to turn over the clouds and rain, I don't want to be immortal, I just hope to be able to kill Sun Lang and avenge the master, even if the price is to work hard at the bottom for life. Shi An said firmly.
"Alas, Shi An, you think too simply, you still don't understand many truths in the immortal cultivation world. The strength of the monk mainly depends on the amount of his own aura, in the first stage, that is, the qi refining period, although the monk has aura, the aura may also be released, but the effect is not great. And until the effect is big enough to kill, it takes too long, and it is not even as fast as practicing martial arts. For example, my fireball technique is enough to kill monks below the end of the Dan stage, because my cultivation is high enough, and my fireball technique in the late stage of qi refining can only lead a fire, burn a mortal's clothes, burn a corpse, and burn mortals after the foundation building period. My qualifications are much stronger than yours, that is, it took me thirty-two years to build a successful foundation. And you are just a single spirit root, and you are also a water spirit root, it will take at least fifty or sixty years to build the foundation, you can wait, but can you guarantee that Sun Lang is still alive at that time?"
Furthermore, the cultivator's emphasis on the Dao mind is to support the ultimate goal of the Dao. Other monks all regard the pursuit of the Heavenly Dao, the increase of one's own lifespan, and freedom of action as the Dao heart, but if you only seek to kill a mortal, once this mortal dies, where can your Dao heart be relied upon? If the Dao heart dies, it is difficult to cultivate an inch, so what good is your cultivation? Is it just to kill Sun Lang in your whole life? It is better to practice martial arts honestly, and after taking revenge, you can still be your doctor and help sentient beings. Yuan Miaozi said.
Shi An was stunned, it was true, if he wanted to kill Sun Lang according to what Yuan Miaozi said, it would be better to cultivate immortals than to practice martial arts. But now, the martial arts person that Yuan Miao Dao Chang found for himself has died, and he wants to find another martial arts master to learn the arts, but I don't know when I have to wait.
Seeing Shi An in a daze, Yuan Miaozi comforted: "Shi An, this matter is not in a hurry, after I recuperate and return the task to the sect, I will find another master for you." You also take a rest first, I'm going to meditate and recover my body. ”
Shi An sighed, there was no other way but to think about it in the long run.
Seeing this, Yuan Miaozi didn't say much, patted the small sac on his waist, and held a stone bead in his left hand.
Shi An had already put his mind at ease, and when he saw the strange behavior of Daoist Yuan Miao, his curiosity was sudden, and he couldn't help asking, "Daoist Yuanmiao, why do you always hold a stone bead? What is it and what is it for?"
Yuan Miaozi smiled: "You kid, there are really a lot of problems. Forget it, I'm having trouble getting settled at this point, so I'll tell you about it. ”
Yuan Miaozi said: "This bead is called a spirit stone, which can provide spiritual energy and is a must-have for monks. The Creator is miraculous, so that all things in heaven and earth have their own way of survival. Let's just talk about this person, in fact, according to the structure of the human body, it can be divided into two categories, one is the person who cannot cultivate, that is, the mortals in the secular world that we often say, and the process of their birth, old age, sickness and death is the process of vitality circulation. The vitality is divided into yin and yang, and the passage in and out of the body is the so-called meridians, and the strength of the meridians reflects the quality of the physique. When a person is born, he begins to absorb and accumulate vitality, every move consumes vitality, and the growth of the body depends on the accumulation of vitality, the more accumulation the body, the stronger the body, and the illness is the damage of vitality, and it is necessary to replenish vitality to recover. Generally, the absorption and accumulation of vitality reaches its peak in the prime of life, and later as you age, the less vitality is consumed and accumulated, and when you die, the vitality gradually dissipates. Their main way of absorbing and accumulating vitality is through diet and proper rest. Therefore, to put it bluntly, mortal medicine is to replenish the vitality and repair the meridians, and the so-called eight outlines and eight methods, meridians and meridians are the secular explanations of the operation of the vitality. ”
Shi An pondered while listening, and the more he listened, the more he felt that it made sense.
Originally, Master lectured on the Tao of Medicine, focusing on the balance of yin and yang in the body, how to regulate the imbalance of yin and yang, the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, and the dosage of various drugs. Now Yuan Miaozi has broken the principle of people's vitality in just a few words, and many of the truths that I didn't understand were immediately figured out.