Chapter Sixty-Six: The Tao is the Way, the Extraordinary Way
Shiziling went out of Nanying, walked a short distance to the east, and sure enough, I saw a Taoist temple. The road looks quite old and a little dilapidated.
It was afternoon, the door of the Taoist temple was open, and a small Taoist priest was sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground at the door.
Shi Ziling stepped forward to ask if Daoist Master Kong Mingzi was there, and the little Taoist priest stretched out his hand and said, "Well, isn't it over there." ”
Shi Ziling looked in the direction of the little Taoist priest's finger and saw a table under a big tree not far from the door, and a person was dozing off on the table. Next to the table stood a small flag with four big words written on it: "Look at the Fortune Count".
Shi Ziling came to the table and stood still, coughed lightly, and the person lying on the table heard someone's voice, slowly raised his head, stretched his waist, and muttered in his mouth: "Look at the hexagram, don't want money......"
Shi Ziling looked at the old Taoist priest in front of him and saw that although his hair and beard were all white, he didn't seem to be too old. His hair was a little unkempt, his thin face was dark and swarthy, and the whole person looked a little obscene when he shrunk into a wide and shabby robe, but his eyes were clear, and he seemed to be in good spirits.
A trace of doubt suddenly floated in Shi Ziling's heart, the old Taoist priest in front of him seemed to have seen it somewhere, but he didn't have any impression for a while.
When the old Taoist priest saw Shi Ziling standing at the table and didn't leave, he thought that he had come to do business, so he greeted him: "This donor, do you want to look at the face or tell the fortune? ”
Shi Ziling arched his hand at him and said, "Dao Chief, I seem to have seen you somewhere." ”
The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "Yes, when the old Taoist priest is not in trouble, he likes to walk east and west, maybe we may not meet where we meet." Since the donor has come here today, it is fate, why not sit for a while and let the old Taoist priest show you the appearance or divinate a hexagram?"
Shi Ziling sat down on the bench in front of the table and said lightly: "This is not impossible, as the Taoist chief said, since he came here, it is fate." Then please take a look at it for me. ”
The old Taoist priest squinted his eyes and carefully looked at Shi Ziling's face, touching his white beard while looking, and nodding from time to time.
After a long time, the old Taoist priest spoke: "Donor, you are dignified and heroic, obviously not rich or expensive, and there are often strange colors flowing in your eyes, showing that you must have strange Taoist skills. Judging from the physiognomy, the donor has been proud recently, but the future is still a little chaotic. There are still some uncertainties that I can't understand for a while, and I'll take a good hexagram when I wait for the old way. ”
As he spoke, he took out six copper coins to divinate for Shiziling.
Shi Ziling said: "Don't worry about divination first, I have to consult the Taoist first, you say that I have Qimen Taoism, so what is Qimen Taoism? Does it mean that I can fly to the sky and the earth, and I can't move mountains and seas?"
The old Taoist priest said: "The Tao is Taoist, very Taoist." The so-called Taoist ingenuity is different, some people can call the wind and rain, and some people can scatter beans into soldiers. I think that most of what you are pregnant with is the kind of mastery that can be used to kill the enemy in battle, although it has not yet been completed, but in time, when you can do it without a fight, you can make the opponent bow down with a wave of your hand. ”
Shi Ziling smiled and said, "What the Taoist chief said is good, what a good Tao is very Taoist. ”
"I used to think that what I was learning was just a sideline, and sometimes I wondered if I had gone astray. But when I think about it, the Tao is nameless, and it is impermanent, and everything has a Tao and no Tao. Whether it's martial arts, the left way, or the devil's way, as long as the righteousness in your heart lasts forever, you won't be able to achieve that mysterious avenue. ”
The old Taoist priest was shocked when he heard this, and after sitting for a long time, he sighed: "Originally, I also wanted to make a divination for the donor to see how your future good luck and evil will be." However, after hearing the benefactor's opinion, it seems that there is no such need, and the future of the donor must be limitless. Poor Dao has heard the benefactor's high opinion today, and he has benefited a lot, and if he has a small success in the future, he will definitely be rewarded. Here, I would like to wish the donor to complete the road as soon as possible. ”
As he spoke, he stood up and saluted respectfully to Shi Ziling.
Shi Ziling got up and humbly said with a smile: "Dao Chief, you are too polite, this is just some little caution after my cranky thoughts." In fact, talking to the Taoist chief also made me have an epiphany and become more determined about my future direction. Speaking of which, I would like to thank the Taoist chief. Since the Taoist chief is unwilling to divinate for me anymore, then I have no choice but to leave. ”
After speaking, Shi Ziling took out two silver coins from his arms, gently placed them on the table, and then turned to leave.
After only two steps out of the road, Shi Ziling suddenly turned around and said, "I remembered where I had seen the Taoist chief." ”
The old Taoist priest seemed to be stunned, and the expression on his face was a little dazed.
Shi Ziling smiled and said, "But I forgot where I saw the Taoist again." Ha Luha, I've seen it and I don't seem to have seen it, I haven't seen it and I seem to have seen it. Actually, what if you have seen it, and what if you haven't seen it? ”
After speaking, he strode out of Huilongguan, leaving the old Taoist priest at the table to ponder the meaning of Shi Ziling's words.
From the beginning of Shi Ziling's entry into Huilongguan, he felt that he had seen this old Taoist priest somewhere, but he never had an impression. Before leaving, he deliberately tested the old Taoist, saying that he remembered where he had seen him, although the old Taoist's face was at a loss, Shi Ziling's keen spiritual sense still felt a trace of dangerous murderous aura.
Shi Ziling suddenly remembered that the masked swordsman who was hiding behind the two long swordsmen that day and used the "Shadowless Rainstorm Needle" to sneak attack him also had this kind of dangerous aura on him.
"It turned out to be him!"
Unexpectedly, the white-bearded old Taoist priest who returned to Longguan was actually an assassination master of the "Dark Way", no wonder Wang Sheng said that this old Taoist priest spent most of the year traveling abroad, and it turned out that he was engaged in this business.
"The first-class dark killer actually has a nickname called Kong Mingzi, 'Darkness and Sky Ming', which is really interesting. ”
Shiziling's strength is very strong, and it is probably not much worse than Chen Zhongda. Although he was sure that he would win the battle, it was very difficult to capture him alive.
It's just that after some conversation just now, the old Taoist priest half-truthfully called Shi Ziling's "soul dementoring**" Taoism, which gave Shi Ziling a little inspiration.
Just like Shi Ziling himself blurted out just now, martial arts is the way, the left road of the side door is the way, and the demon road is also the way. The Tao is nameless and even more impermanent, Ye Zhenzhen's sword is the Tao, Chen Zhongda's beast is the Tao, and Kong Mingzi's assassination is also the Tao. Everyone is pursuing the great avenue in their own hearts, but until they truly "attain the Dao", in fact, no one knows what the true Dao is.
What will be the pinnacle of martial arts, what will be the difference between those who have broken through the limit of spiritual power, and how many possibilities will there be for each person's life potential?
These thoughts usually flash in Shi Ziling's heart, but today, in front of the old Taoist priest, Shi Ziling suddenly had an epiphany that as long as he insisted on taking the path he thought was right, then one day, he would achieve that mysterious and mysterious avenue.
Shi Ziling usually understands this truth, but when talking to the old Taoist priest, it suddenly became clear in Shi Ziling's heart, although it can't be said that he suddenly became enlightened, but he did understand it. This kind of mysterious enlightenment comes suddenly, and it is inexplicable, and it can be regarded as a kind of fate.
In fact, even if Kong Mingzi is taken down on the spot, it may not be able to take Chen Gongzhao down, Shi Ziling was in a happy mood after harvesting an epiphany, and naturally he was even more reluctant to fight Kong Mingzi.
In the final analysis, Kong Mingzi is just a killer, collecting money from people and eliminating disasters from people, he himself has no grudge against Shiziling, he is just a murder weapon that has been bought.
It was Shi Ziling who still chose to turn around and leave after discovering the true identity of Kong Mingzi, anyway, since the shadow killer has revealed his true body, his threat is no longer as terrifying as before.
After Shi Ziling returned to Nanying, Wang Sheng asked him what the result of the divination was, and Shi Ziling smiled and replied that his future was too unpredictable for even the white-bearded old Taoist priest to understand.
Wang Sheng was greatly disappointed, this time Shi Ziling and Ye Zhenzhen gambled, he bet heavily on Shi Ziling, if the old Taoist priest also predicted that Shi Ziling would win, Wang Sheng was ready to bet all his net worth. Now, I'm still a little worried. Although Ye Zhenzhen is a woman, she is the heir to the mantle of a generation of kendo grandmasters, Gongsun Auntie, and most people outside are still more optimistic about her.
Although Wang Sheng is very confident in Shi Ziling, he has no bottom in his heart, and he can't help but start to wonder whether he should bet all his net worth on Shi Ziling?
Shi Ziling didn't care who others were more optimistic about, he took this gamble against Ye Zhenzhen as an opportunity for him to climb the peak of martial arts again.
There is no doubt that judging from the short confrontation in the Proud Building last time, Ye Zhenzhen's kendo strength has reached an extremely high level, and she will definitely be the strongest opponent Shi Ziling has encountered since waking up from Crocodile Pool.