Mo Ling's steps were not fast, and there was no trace of anxiety on his face, but Fu Qin held back his anxiety, not knowing whether to vent it or not. The two of them got into the cave, and not long after they walked, Mo Ling suddenly spoke: "Take advantage of this time, I will explain some things to you, you pay attention to it." ”

"Do you have to say it now?" Fu Qin had a bad premonition, "Won't it be good to talk about it when we go out." ”

"It's just some ordinary gossip, it's the same when you say it, if you're not in the mood to listen to it now, then I won't say it. ”

After Mo Ling finished speaking, he really didn't speak again. The two of them kept walking in silence in the dark cave, no one could tell how long it would take, nor where the cave would lead, and even Fu Qin didn't understand why Mo Ling didn't choose the cave on the stone wall.

The deep and cold cave seemed to have no end, and Fu Qin suddenly felt that his throat was thirsty, and finally couldn't help but speak: "You better say it, I'll listen to it word for word." ”

"I knew you would say that. There was a low smile in Mo Ling's words, as if dyeing the cold air with a thin warmth, making Fu Qin have an inexplicable illusion in a trance, as if at the end of this road, the familiar Mo family courtyard was waiting for him.

"There is one biggest difference between the people who live in Mirror Mountain and the people who live in Qinglong City, do you know what it is?"

As soon as Mo Ling came up, he threw out such an inconsequential question, which made Fu Qin a little confused, "I don't know, there are many people practicing the Tao in Mirror Mountain?"

"Not bad. In Mirror Mountain, almost everyone practices the Dao, but the people who practice the Tao in Qinglong City are only limited to those students in the academy, and ordinary people do not practice the Dao. Mo Ling nodded and said, "But not practicing the Tao does not mean that you will not enter the Tao. People who practice the Tao understand this truth, but ordinary people don't necessarily know it, because some people have discovered very early on that there are many ways to enter the Tao, and cultivating the secret art of Gong Fa is only one of them. ”

"Can you enter the Dao without cultivating the exercises?" Fu Qin was very surprised, "How come I don't know?"

"Because no one told you, and you didn't ask me. Mo Ling smiled, "Including me, Yao'er, Nan Ruoli, and the students of the four families, these people all entered the Tao through the cultivation of martial arts and secret techniques, but Zhu Qianzhong is different from them, he entered the Tao as a doctor." ”

"I know this, didn't their family open a medical hall in Qinglong City, called Zhu Yitang. ”

"Yes. Their family has been a doctor for generations, which is rare among ordinary people. In other words, unlike those ordinary people who entered the Tao in a daze, the people of the Zhu family knew from the beginning that they could enter the Tao by studying medicine, and their purpose of studying medicine also had the meaning of entering the Tao in it. ”

"Is it so important to enter the Dao," Fu Qin interjected, "I remember that you wasted a lot of effort in order to let Mo Qingyao enter the Dao. ”

"It's up to you to ask," Mo Ling couldn't help laughing, "You're a practitioner yourself, isn't it clear the difference between entering the Dao and not entering the Dao—oh, no," Mo Ling suddenly said, "You're different from all of us, you probably don't even know what it's like to not enter the Dao." ”

"Why?"

"Because you've been an initiate since the day you came out of the eggshell, the feeling is obvious—" Mo Ling didn't know how to describe it, "Anyway, I felt it all at once. You're in a special situation. ”

"I still don't get it. ”

"If you don't understand, it's all in the past. Mo Ling didn't continue, "Let's continue with what we just said. There is another significant difference between those who have entered the Tao and ordinary people, and those who practice the Tao will know it. At the beginning of the lesson, the master of the school will usually tell his students, and those practitioners who have entered the Tao on their own will soon be able to comprehend it on their own. "Demon Ling paused slightly, "The difference is that from the moment of entering the Dao, in addition to the spiritual power that flows all the time, there is also an ethereal, unpredictable, but real thing in the body - the inner demon. ”

"Heart Demon, what's that?"

"I can't tell, everyone calls it that, and I call it that. Mo Ling thought for a while, and then said, "Just listening to the name, the heart demon is a bad thing, in fact, it is also the same, many practitioners have been fighting against the heart demon all their lives, and finally died at the hands of the heart demon." ”

"Is the demon so terrible?"

"To be exact, what is terrible is your own demons, and what other people's demons are has nothing to do with you. ”

Fu Qin didn't seem to understand, "I also have demons in my body with you?"

"Everyone has it, and the family has it. "If you haven't noticed it, it means that it hasn't awakened, and you should be glad about it, and pray that it never wakes up." ”

"What about you?" Fu Qin just finished asking, and he regretted it a little, isn't it a bit abrupt to ask like this?

"I, my demons have woken up a long time ago. Mo Ling said very flatly, as if he didn't care, "The first time I felt its awakening, it was precisely related to you. ”

"Follow me?" Fu Qin was surprised, "Why?"

"The night I saw you for the first time, a group of Taoists at the foot of Yao Mountain invited me to go to the mountain to catch spirit beasts, I didn't go with them, if I agreed at that time, I'm afraid the demons should have awakened. After the Taoist left, one of the three spirit beasts that took care of you ran down the mountain and asked me for help, but I refused. Shortly after it left, I felt something suddenly wake up in my mind, and it kept running around my chest. I had read about the demon in a book and had been skeptical of it, but at that time I was very sure that I had the demon in my body and that it had woken up. ”

"Then, what should I do when the heart demon wakes up!" Fu Qin was even more anxious than Mo Ling, "Can you let it sleep again?"

"Yes, but no one can say how or what the opportunity is. At that time, after I realized that the inner demon had awakened, I immediately caught up with the spirit beast and rushed up the mountain with it to join you, I thought that as long as I helped you repel those Taoists, the inner demon would fall asleep, but in fact it was not like this. Until—"

"Until what?"

"I'm ashamed to say that the agitation in my chest didn't stop until you opened your arms in front of me. I never thought that you, who really needed protection, would protect me regardless of your safety. How can I say, because of you the demons of my heart were born and slept. I have not said these words to you before, and it is not too late to tell you, I know that with my temperament, sooner or later the demon will suddenly wake up, but fortunately, it woke up at a rare time, and fell asleep peacefully at a touching moment. ”

“...... Why are you talking to me about this now? In Fu Qin's voice, there was a trace of indescribable unease.

"No, it's just a matter of saying. The smile on Mo Ling's face was mixed with a hint of loneliness, but unfortunately Fu Qin couldn't see it, "And the next words are what I want to tell you, you must listen carefully, and don't miss a word." ”

"Good. Fu Qin nodded cautiously.

"Ever since Lian Jiazi discovered the existence of the inner demons, some people have been concentrating on exploring the way to destroy the inner demons. As far as I know, the demon cannot be erased, it either sleeps in the body or it is disturbed in the mind, and once it awakens for some reason, it must be put to sleep by all means. If you allow the demons to constantly disturb your mind, not only will it be difficult to improve your skills, but you are also likely to die of exhaustion.

"There are many opportunities for the demons to arise, and they can be summarized as follows: evil thoughts, evil thoughts, resentment thoughts, shameful thoughts, and greedy thoughts. The ancestors discovered these opportunities to awaken the demons very early, but they couldn't find a way to put them to sleep, because just quitting these 'thoughts' was not enough to put the demons to sleep. In other words, the demons of the heart can be born from greed, but they do not sleep because of the destruction of greed, and this is the most terrible thing about the demons of the heart.

"Another terrible thing about the demons, as I said earlier. An ordinary initiator who has no precautions against the demons in his heart, or a practitioner who is not well guarded, may inadvertently alarm the demons in his heart, but he is unaware of it. Then it becomes a habit that gradually erodes the mind, and it becomes more and more difficult to eradicate. ”

"The inner demon is so terrifying, is there no way to resist it?" Fu Qin couldn't help but interject and asked.

"How to say it, you can say yes, you can say no. Listen to me slowly. Mo Ling shifted the student on his shoulder to the other side, moved his muscles and bones, and continued, "In general, the wisdom of the ancestors is added together, and it is difficult for people in this world to compare, and the means to resist the demons are basically left by the ancestors. One of the most effective and common methods, to put it mildly, is not a serious one. The essence is only one word: deception. The method is also simple, just six words: deceive yourself, deceive your demons. ”

"Deception?" Fu Qin was confused, "What kind of deception?"

"It's easy to say, but it's hard to say. If you want to deceive your demons, you must first deceive yourself. For example, if a down-and-out Taoist steals, but is worried that the demons in his heart are born due to evil thoughts, he might as well find an excuse to deceive himself at this time: this is borrowing, not stealing, if one day he soars, he will definitely come back to repay the person who was 'borrowed'. When the Taoist steals, he keeps reciting this sentence in his mouth until he finally believes in it, then the demons in his heart may not really arise. ”

"This ......," Fu Qin was dumbfounded, "isn't this self-deception?"

"It's true, maybe everyone knows it, but they won't admit it. This method seems absurd, and it also attracted a lot of criticism at first, but it has withstood the washing of the years and has been surviving for a long time. To put it mildly, most of the practitioners now rely on this method to resist their demons. Is it ridiculous or pathetic? ”

"Then you ......," Fu Qin couldn't open his mouth a little, "is it one of the majority?"

No matter who you ask, the answer is the same, no. Mo Ling's answer didn't make Fu Qin feel at ease, "Who knows, maybe I was also deceived by my previous self, convinced that I was very cautious on the road of practicing the Tao. Nan Ruoli, who cultivates illusionism, understands this feeling best, what you see and think is not real, but you don't realize it. ”