It was already dark, and the cabin was lit with bright whale oil lamps. The lights are shining brightly, and there is a strange fragrance that is reassuring. At this time, Xia Di's questioning of Li Jingxuan was still continuing. Even if the waves, which grew larger by the tides, kept churning the big boat, rocking again and again, and occasionally making a low roar, it could not interrupt the continuation of this question.

"What's easy?" Xia Di opened his mouth again.

"The change, the change is also, the sun and the moon are in the shape, the yin and yang rotation is the meaning, and the way of change in the world is described. Li Jingxuan replied solemnly: "All things are constantly changing, and they exist because of change, yin disappears and yang grows, yang grows and yin disappears, such as Taoist Taiji, which is also the elaboration of Tao." ”

"Well, that's a good point! It seems that you really have mastered the essence of Yi!" Xia Di sat in front of Li Jingxuan, gently tapped the desk in front of him with his hand, and listened to Li Jingxuan's answer.

"These are all some of my superficial opinions, and I hope that Master Xia can teach me!" Li Jingxuan was not complacent about Xia Di's praise, he bowed to Xia Di, that is, humbly and earnestly asked Xia Di for advice.

"You ask me for advice...... I'm willing to teach you too. However, it takes a lifetime to study literature. Human energy is limited after all, so I want to ask, what do you want to learn!" Xia Di asked softly.

"This ......," Li Jingxuan groaned slightly.

He originally wanted to say "learn some classics to understand things", but this is just nonsense after all. Because his heart is not in this, he seeks to learn from Xia Di, and what he is looking for is not reason, but strength. When it comes to the fundamentals, he just wants to get the Confucian cultivation method and crack the secret book of "Phantom Tianlu". If Xia Di said "reason" to him in a fog, he might have accepted it naturally, but now Xia Di asked him openly: "What do you want to learn?" - this open-minded inquiry undoubtedly interrupted Li Jingxuan's original abacus.

"I want to practice Confucian exercises as an aid!" After a little silence, Li Jingxuan said his thoughts very directly.

"In other words, what you want to gain is power rather than reason?" Xia Di's eyes widened.

But my time is running out, and if I still want to live, instead of spending the rest of my life in a wasted life, I can only choose force first, not reason. I hope Master Xia can understand this. Li Jingxuan said earnestly.

"Is it really urgent to get to this point?" Li Jingxuan's words made Xia Di stunned, and then lowered his head. Regarding Li Jingxuan's undisguised directness, he sighed at Li Jingxuan's sincerity, and at the same time, he was also thinking about whether I should teach him or not. He hesitated, his body rising from his position, and walked away from the table as he paced to the side to consider. Finally, after a few rendezvous, he made a decision: "I am very satisfied with your honesty, I am very sympathetic to your plight, and I admire your ideals, so I have decided to teach you some of our Confucian practices." ”

"Ah...... Thank you so much Master Xia!" Xia Di's promise made Li Jingxuan overjoyed, he hurriedly lowered his head, bowed down, and kowtowed respectfully to Xia Di.

"Okay......" After Li Jingxuan kowtowed three times, Xia Di raised it with a flick of his hand: "I only plan to accept you as a registered disciple, so it is enough for you to kowtow three times, but you don't need another big gift." ”

"Yes!" As Xia Di's disciple, even if it is only a mere name, Li Jingxuan also looks obedient to Xia Di. He stood up under Xia Di's brush, bowed his head respectfully and stood aside, silently listening to Xia Di's teachings.

"Jingxuan, you want to learn the power of our Confucianism, this is very good. It's just that you understand, where is the root of our Confucian power?" Looking at Li Jingxuan's respectful appearance, Xia Di nodded with satisfaction, and then asked such a key question.

"This ......" Li Jingxuan was a little dazed.

Xia Di asked this question very well, everything in the world has its roots, even the path of cultivation is no exception:

The practice of martial arts is divided into two doors, the inner door is similar to the Taoist door, and the way to convince the qi and nourish the yuan and strengthen oneself is the doorway, while the outer door is the way to boil the muscles and bones, practice the blood and change the bones, and its roots lie in the development of one's own body.

"Heaven and earth are a big human body, the human body is a small world, dig deep into the secrets of the small world, and have the power to stand up to the sky and the earth. This is the root of martial arts practice.

Although Taoism is similar to the inner gate of martial arts, there are actually many differences. "Galloping people and traveling endlessly, combining the small world with the big world, accepting the power of the world for their own use, and achieving the most holy through thousands of catastrophes. This is the source of Taoist power.

If martial arts is the in-depth development of one's own body, then Taoism uses one's own body as an introduction to control the method of heaven and earth.

And what about Confucianism? Where is the source of Confucianism's power?

Li Jingxuan frowned tightly as he thought about it.

It can be seen from Xia Di's last shot that the Confucian struggle does not rely on the strength of his own body, but on a more "mysterious" means: the export of poetry transforms the wind and rain, and the writing of calligraphy and painting is a sword, which is difficult for outsiders to understand. This seems to be somewhat similar to Taoist spells and talismans, but it seems to have many differences...... However, what is the difference here? Does the difference here really contain the roots of Confucianism and Taoism?

“...... I still don't have the slightest clue!" Li Jingxuan Xiao thought for a long time and frowned slightly. He couldn't think of a single one, so he had to give up helplessly. He lowered his head, bowed down and asked Xia Di for advice: "Please also ask the teacher to teach me!"

"The power of Confucianism comes from the rewards of the Heavenly Dao, and its pillars are centered on three points: first, the supplement to the laws of the Heavenly Dao, second, the understanding and exposition of the Heavenly Dao, and third, the edification of all the people in the world. Xia Di said very directly: "Why can Confucian painters paint and chant poems and turn into the power of heaven and earth, and this power of heaven and earth often exerts the greatest effect in the hands of the original author."

Because this painting and bard either supplements the lacking laws of heaven and earth in some way, or describes the supreme principles of heaven and earth in some aspects, the Heavenly Dao rejoices in the perfection of these supplements and is satisfied with their exposition of them, so they send down corresponding rewards to the people, so that they have corresponding 'abilities'.

Why do Confucians like to write words and books, and like to be teachers and educate all people? This is because Heavenly Dao will reward its own power to these people who spread knowledge. Heaven is selfless, as long as you have to pay, there will be a return, the way of heaven is the best, as long as you follow the trend and naturally pass all directions, there is nothing to do. Supplementing the Heavenly Dao, expounding the Heavenly Dao, and spreading the Heavenly Dao to more people know the truth of the Heavenly Dao is the root of Confucian power. ”

"So that's the case!" Li Jingxuan suddenly realized.

"Fake ten thousand books, true one sentence!" When the truth of the matter was pierced by Xia Di's words, Li Jingxuan fully understood all kinds of Confucian cultivation.

To put it simply, the power of Confucianism comes entirely from the reward of conforming to the way of heaven, that is, the "merit" that Li Jingxuan saw in the novel before. Of course, there is still a gap between this and the real merit, but this difference does not affect the similarity in nature between the two.

Why do Confucian disciples need to study the classics? Because only when they understand more can they have a new interpretation on the basis of the classics of their predecessors. The writing of every eternal essay and the publication of every new classic are the lookouts and shouts of future generations standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.

Confucianism pays attention to three stands: "Taishang is virtuous, followed by meritorious service, and then speech." ”

Lide, is the creation of the law, Bo Shi to help the public, the saint of virtue in the previous generation, the benefit is infinite.

Meritorious service is said to save the misfortune and eliminate difficulties, and the merit is in time.

Words, the words are the most important, the reason can be transmitted, the body is not there, and the words are still there.

Virtue is the most difficult, meritorious service is second, and speech is the easiest.

In the view of Confucianism, those who can establish virtue are all saints, and their every move is a model for all generations; secondly, those who have contributed to the world "leveling the world" have made meritorious contributions and solved the biggest problems of the world; and then there are those who have made speeches, who have written articles and books, and declared that they have been passed on for thousands of years, and their outstanding people have been passed on for thousands of years, and they have no name and have protected their family business for several generations.

In the final analysis, all of these are the blessings of the Heavenly Dao for its perfecters, interpreters, and disseminators. As long as the Heavenly Dao is not clearly explained by people for a day, and the Heavenly Dao is not completed for a day, there is still a place in the world where the Heavenly Principle can be spread, and the power of Confucianism can exist one day.

"It's really a clever way!" Li Jingxuan smiled in his heart. Now that he understands the roots of Confucian practice, Li Jingxuan naturally regards the various strange techniques practiced by Confucianism as "fantasy" in confusion.

He nodded clearly, and then asked Xia Di: "Then teacher, how should I practice Confucianism?"

"There are about three ways to practice Confucianism: one is to make a speech, write a text, paint, or recite poetry and seal songs, as long as you have works that can be praised in the world, you can quickly acquire a certain talent. These talents will gather in your body, improve your body and temperament, and give you 'power'; the second is the study of texts, through which you will continue to increase your understanding of the scriptures of the sages, and then store your talents and prepare for the speech. Generally speaking, most scholars in the world follow this path, which is also the right path in Confucianism......" Xia Di said with a slight pause, but did not continue for a while.

"This is the right way, and there are positive and definite deviations...... What about the wrong way?" Xia Di's pause made Li Jingxuan grasp it, and he asked Xia Di at the moment.

"Deviation?" Xia Di was slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "The deviation is a bit deviation, he doesn't look like the right way of Confucianism, but more like the way of witchcraft." If it weren't for the fact that you don't have enough time, I really don't want to tell you about it. ”

"Uh, what kind of method is it?" asked Li Jingxuan, puzzled. He was even more curious about Xia Di's behavior of hiding and tucking up like this.

"Talent Transfer Method...... Take a treasure and use it by the great Confucian, transfer the talent above the treasure to your body, and open up your knowledge. This will open your mind and show your wisdom...... However, because this method is too biased, it is too easy to obtain talent, so it ...... None of the people who were subjected to this law were able to advance to justice in the end. It can be said that this is a side door with no future!" Xia Di said with a sigh.

At this moment, he raised his head and looked at Li Jingxuan earnestly: "How about it? This method can be described as a lot of trouble, and there is no future, the only thing that can be done is to let you have a talent, and then be able to use the various methods of Confucian warfare to fight-that's it, do you also decide to accept it?"

"Time is running out!" Hearing Xia Di say this, Li Jingxuan was silent for a while before raising his eyebrows helplessly: "For me, although the days ahead are very long, it is no longer enough for me to learn enlightenment from scratch." ”

"Is the matter already so urgent?" Xia Di muttered to himself: "Since this is the case, then I will use this Wenbao to enlighten you." He groaned for a moment, then pulled out a quaint-looking book from his storage ring.

Li Jingxuan looked at this book, looked at his book that was neither gold nor jade, neither paper nor skin, and the simple style, his heart suddenly moved, pretending to be curious Xia Di: "Teacher, what is this?"

"The second volume of "Phantom Heaven Record". This is a Confucian treasure, and it is the inheritance of ancient Confucianism. In the late period of antiquity, Confucianism was rampant in the world, and it was very prosperous, but its foundation was unstable, only the method of application in the next volume, and there was no classic of practice in the upper volume. In the end, it was destroyed by the Confucian masters. The remnants of the Illusory Confucian Dao are said to have fled to the northern demon land and created the Illusory Heaven Gate. After the rise of the Ancestral Spirit Palace, the Illusory Heaven Gate was merged by the Ancestral Spirit Palace, and its exercises were also modified to seventy-seven eighty-eight. The inheritance of the Illusion Path has been completely extinct. Until now, not many people understand this. This "Phantom Heaven Record" is also useless among my Confucian sects, and it is no better to use it to enlighten you. Xia Di opened his mouth to explain.

"Confucian Wenbao, in other words, this is not something unique?" Li Jingxuan raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Of course, something unique, no matter how useless, will not enlighten you. The next volume of this "Phantom Heaven Record" is just a work of practice that Lord Wenzong copied from the classic library back then. Although the level is enough, there are not many Heavenly Dao theories contained in it, even if it is destroyed, there is no need to worry. Xia Di said with certainty. As he spoke, he patted Li Jingxuan's shoulder: "How is it, are you ready?"

"Hmm!" Li Jingxuan nodded heavily when he heard this: "Get ready!

"Okay, since you're so impatient. Then I'll ...... naturally," Xia Di nodded, and then began to cast spells. He gently raised his hand, swirled the book of "Phantom Heaven Record" on the top of Li Jingxuan's head, and pinched a law decision casually, activating the talent in the book.