Volume 2: Lugu Youming VIII: Listening to the scriptures and enlightening
After another cup of tea, the whispering of the crowd stopped abruptly, and a corner door on the side of the lobby opened, and a young man in a green robe walked out of it and walked through the heavy crowd to the center of the lobby. With the curious eyes of everyone, the people who came stepped on the clean mat.
The man was not very old, about twenty or so, with a long and straight figure, fair skin, a careful look at his facial features, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, sharp edges and corners, and a black hair was tied in a bun at random and pinned with a bamboo hairpin. He was wearing a green robe with the same shape as the others, except that the cuffs of this man's robe were trimmed with a circle of beige brocade. There is also a piece of exquisite jade pendant hanging on the beige brocade belt around the waist, and the jade pendant flutters when walking, and the jade pendant shakes gently, plus this person walks calmly, and has a good bearing, but he is an elegant and handsome character, which makes people feel a little good when they see Mr.
After the man stood still on the mat, he then sat silently around and looked at him with both hands in his hands, and said: "In the next surname Guan, Guan Shan Qi is, sent by the sect to come to teach this Jade Sea Sutra for all of you junior brothers and sisters, and in the future, it will be like today once a month, but every five days I will be waiting for you in the Xiaozhuxuan Pavilion of Tingtao Pavilion, if you have any confusion and incomprehension when you are practicing, you can tell me, I will know everything and say everything." ”
After a brief opening, Senior Brother Guan began to briefly explain the situation in the sect to these new disciples who came to the Five Spirits Sect for the first time.
According to him, here the Youming Valley is specially used by the Five Spirits Sect for the cultivation of new disciples, and the people sitting in the hall are not yet the official disciples of the Five Spirits Sect, and they have to go through a refining period in this Youming Valley, the time is generally one year, and after a year, the sect will come to preside over the opening of the spirit for everyone present, and most of the disciples will be reborn from the refining period to become Qi refining disciples, and thus officially enter the Five Spirits Sect.
Of course, if the spiritual root has excellent qualifications or has practiced the law, there are also people who enter the qi refining period in advance, and they can leave Youming Valley and enter the sect in advance after being inspected by the sect.
And those disciples who are still unable to enter the Qi Refining Period after a year of enlightenment will become the outer disciples of the Five Spirits Sect, and will be under the jurisdiction of a place called the "Foreign Affairs Academy" for a period of five years, during which they will have to do some daily rough work for the sect and at the same time continue their own cultivation in order to enter the Qi refining period within five years, if they still cannot enter the Qi refining period within five years, they will be repatriated by the sect to their original hometown.
The disciples who officially enter the sect will have a sect's offering every month, but this offering is not available to the outer disciples, and if you want to get it, you must do things for the Foreign Affairs Institute in exchange, and it is also different from the inner disciples.
Senior Brother Naguan said that the Five Spirits Sect is divided into five gates, namely Jiuxuanmen, Shuiyun Valley, Qixia Mountain, Muxiu Peak and Houtu Temple.
Among them, Mu Xiufeng and Houtu Temple are respectively the Sword Cultivation Gate and the Body Cultivation Gate, and the monks within these two sects are often good at fighting with people and are quite powerful, but because the selection of people is very strict, the number of these two sects is the smallest.
Shuiyun Valley is famous for illusion, spirit feeding and ice cold arts, and is the only sect in the sect that is good at raising and driving spirit birds and spirit animals.
Qi Xia Mountain is good at alchemy and fire control techniques, basically the pills in the monthly offerings of the disciples in the sect are all produced by Qi Xia Mountain, and the elixirs made by the high-level alchemists of Qi Xia Mountain are often of infinite use for the cultivation of monks, and are extremely sought after.
Finally, there is Jiuxuan, the door of Jiuxuan Mountain is wide open, so it is the largest number of people in the sect, and the main cultivation is refining, talismans, formations and five element spells. Among them, the talisman and formation are also strict in the selection of people, so there are fewer people who practice, and the most chosen by the disciples of Jiuxuan is the refining weapon and the Five Elements Technique, and the spiritual weapons and magic weapons and even magic weapons made by the skilled refiners are also infinitely powerful.
At this time, this Senior Brother Guan also told everyone that he was a disciple of the Jiuxuan Sect.
The surrounding disciples listened quietly, on the one hand, looking forward to the early passage of this year, becoming an inner disciple and joining their favorite sect, and on the other hand, they were worried about not being able to become an inner disciple.
Li Jian's heart moved when he heard Mu Xiufeng and Sword Cultivation while he was seated, he was born in Jiangmen and had fought bloody battles with the enemy among the ten thousand armies, so he was quite moved by this Sword Cultivation Sect.
Yan Xuan was also quite yearning when he heard this Senior Brother Guan talk about Qixia Mountain, and he was even more happy when he heard that the magic of alchemy was endless, so he pricked up his ears and refused to let go of a word.
Tang Ping was a little interested, first, she knew what Senior Brother Guan said, and second, her sixth grandfather Tang Bonian couldn't let her go to other sects, except for Shuiyun Valley, she couldn't go anywhere.
Lu Pingchuan was drowsy at this time, but he knew that it was not appropriate to snore here and now, so he tried his best to stay awake, only hoping that the white-faced little student in the middle would let him go back to sleep if he spoke well earlier, so he didn't care about what Senior Brother Guan said.
Qian Chao is still curious about the bronze carriage he rode in when he came, knowing that only by practicing the art of refining weapons can he uncover the secret of the carriage, and even he can get the same carriage to play with in the future, so he secretly cares about the Nine Xuanmen.
After talking about the situation in the sect and resting for a while, this Senior Brother Guan took out a copy of the "Jade Sea Sutra" from his sleeve that was the same as everyone and officially started to talk to everyone.
Listening to what Senior Brother Naguan said, the cultivation methods of the five sects in the Five Spirits Sect are different, and even the exercises practiced by the beginner disciples are not the same, but no matter how different the beginner disciples are, in the end, the sea of qi condensed from the Purple Mansion Dantian in the body and entered the qi refining period is the same.
Later, in order to recruit disciples and facilitate teaching, a powerful person in the sect took the five cultivation methods and compiled this "Jade Sea Sutra" for the practice of beginners.
This "Jade Sea Classic" is not large, but it is broad and profound, including the season, dry branches, shengke, meridians, medical science, physical arts, guidance, vomiting and many other contents.
This Senior Brother Guan took a copy of the "Jade Sea Sutra" and slowly paced on the mat in the center of the lobby, explaining to the people sitting around him one by one the details of the human body's spiritual acupoints, how to meditate, how to get rid of distracting thoughts and enter the realm of keeping one, and guiding the path of spiritual energy to rush through the level and even the consummation of Zhou Tian.
Hearing these made Qian Chao full of joy, Qian Chao was conceited that he had read the world's books before, and now it seems that he was really sitting in a well watching the sky at that time, but it was also thanks to the fact that he had read a lot of books before, so that he could keep up with Senior Brother Guan's words.
There are also many people present who are confused, like the tide of money born in the world, if they don't like to read on weekdays, now what Senior Brother Guan is talking about is like being in the clouds, they are really anxious to scratch their ears and cheeks, and they want to ask questions but dare not speak out.
Lu Pingchuan next to Qian Chao nodded frequently when he heard it, but it wasn't that Senior Brother Guan said that he could understand, when he was in Lujiazhuang, he hated reading, and now he can't support it because he is sleepy, fortunately, Qian Chao found out and secretly pinched him to make him wake up, and then beat his spirit to stay up for time.
Li Jian's situation is a little worse than Qian Chao, but he has a calm heart, although he doesn't hear it clearly, he is not in a hurry, but he secretly keeps what Senior Brother Guan said in his heart, and prepares to chew and comprehend it slowly in the future.
Yan Xuan is the least worried one, as early as when she came here to listen to Tao Pavilion, Tang Ping said that if you don't understand, don't worry, she will explain it to Yan Xuan one by one.
The children from the family of cultivating immortals are not all able to understand what Senior Brother Guan said, some of them seem to be able to understand what the elders of the family have said before, but most of them are the first time they have heard about it, so these children also know a lot, and those who can understand half of it are already more diligent on weekdays. But these children are used to being pampered on weekdays, and a few of them are diligent.
However, there are still accidents, such as Tang Ping, her sixth grandfather Tang Bonian told her much more deeply than this Senior Brother Guan, and she could naturally understand it at this time.
Another example is Qin Suiyi, Qin Suixu is also a family scholar, and he himself is not a lazy person, so he is clear about what Senior Brother Guan said, and he can't help but be secretly proud when he sees that everyone is ignorant and confused, but suddenly he saw Qian Chao in the crowd opposite, and saw that kid's eyebrows were stretched and his face was joyful, obviously he could only be happy if he understood it.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but hate in his heart, thinking of the humiliation that this kid brought to him, he couldn't help but feel hatred, and began to think about how to make this kid pay back.
However, among the crowd, there are also people who have extraordinary thoughts, a few little ladies who are a little older and have a peugeot appearance are staring at Senior Brother Guan with good looks, looking at Senior Brother Guan's handsome face and free and elegant figure, listening to Senior Brother Guan's gentle voice and profound and wise opinions, I suddenly don't know what I have in mind or what I remember, and I don't dare to look at Senior Brother Guan anymore when my face is flushed and my pretty face is red, and I only secretly peek at him while blushing and heartbeat.
After Senior Brother Guan finished speaking, it was close to noon, Senior Brother Guan said goodbye to everyone and walked out of the corner gate, and everyone waited for Senior Brother Guan to leave before they came out of Tingtao Pavilion one after another.
"Hey, boy Qian, do you understand?" Outside the Tingtao Pavilion, Tang Ping stopped Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan.
"I understand what I heard, but it's easier said than done, and I have to figure it out little by little." Qian Chao knew that his spiritual root was between what could and couldn't, so although he could understand it, the cultivation behind him was where the real difficulty lies.
Tang Ping nodded, "It's good to understand." ”
This "Jade Sea Sutra" Tang Bonian once explained to her in person, and urged Tang Ping to practice by herself, but at that time Tang Ping was naughty and active, although she could understand it, she just refused to put effort into practice, which gave Tang Bonian a headache.
Lu Pingchuan was sleepy at this time, and he still wanted to hurry back to his bed and sleep comfortably.
"Brother Lu," Qian Chao stopped Lu Pingchuan, "I'm going to knock on the cloud card in a while, let's go back after lunch." ”
In addition to a good night's sleep, what can attract Lu Pingchuan is probably a delicious meal, and suddenly Lu Pingchuan doesn't seem to be so sleepy, "Well, yes, Brother Qian is right, go back to rest when you are full, I am really sleepy for half a day, I didn't expect it to be so tiring to sit and do nothing." ”
Li Jian passed by in the crowd, Qian Chao followed Li Jian's calm steps to look at him a few more times, Tang Ping asked curiously when he saw this, "You seem to be very interested in this person?" ”
Qian Chao nodded, "Probably because we are from similar backgrounds, this Brother Li" He had already inquired about Li Jian's name, "I really want to talk to him." ”
Tang Ping pouted after hearing this: "Could it be that you also want to learn from those children of the family and make trouble here with a gang?" ”
"How can I have that mind!" Qian Chao said, "I just think this Brother Li is not good, and he should be a person worth dating." ”
Listening to Qian Chao's statement, Tang Ping couldn't help but look back at Li Jian's back.
After lunch, everyone went back to their respective residences, and the lecture that Senior Brother Guan said once a month was actually half a day's time, so after noon, everyone had nothing to do, and worked diligently on the "Jade Sea Sutra" that they brought back, and the lazy ones either fell asleep or ran out to play.
Needless to say, Lu Pingchuan had already shouted that he was tired, and he went back to his house after lunch and fell asleep, and after a while, the sound of thunderous snoring came out in his room.
Back in his room and sit down, Qian Chao took out the "Jade Sea Classic" and read it carefully a few times, his memory and understanding are excellent, that Senior Brother Guan's explanation of this scripture is all in his heart, and he feels that his understanding of this "Jade Sea Classic" has been completely integrated, so the next step is to actually practice it himself according to the book.
Qian Chao sat down on the futon in the room, folded his hands in front of his abdomen, breathed and breathed according to the method taught in the "Jade Sea Classic", and gradually gathered his mind from the whole world outside his body, and put all his energy on the breath between his nose and the heartbeat in his chest...... and the snoring of the spring thunder of Lu Pingchuan next door......
Qian Chao shook his head with a wry smile and opened his eyes, and looked in the direction of Lu Pingchuan's room, this Brother Lu is really ...... Good sleep!
Immediately Qian Chao thought again, no, it must be his own method is wrong or the concentration is insufficient, according to the senior brother Guan, if you can enter this realm of holding Yuan Shouyi, that is, in front of Baizhang Waterfall, it is like a quiet night, you can clearly distinguish the slight sound of any blister bursting; If you can't enter this realm of holding the yuan and keeping one, you are meditating at night when people are quiet, and the turmoil in your heart is as noisy as a bustling market.
Thinking of this, Qian Chao stopped complaining, reorganized his clothes and mood, and continued to close his eyes and work hard.
The sound of the cloud card for dinner sounded in the Spring Ring Hall, and for Qian Chao at this time, the sound of the cloud card became extremely interesting, in his ears, he could make the sound of the cloud card seem to be almost imperceptible from a very distant place, and he could make the sound of the cloud card become as earth-shaking as the thunder of the Nine Heavens.
Slowly opening his eyes, the golden sunset reflected the silhouettes of several flowers and trees outside the room on his panes, the world that had been silent for an afternoon came alive again in front of his eyes, he stood up and stretched his legs and feet, pushed open the door and walked out.
Li Jian was very troubled this afternoon, he was a diligent person, so after lunch, he returned to his residence and took out his "Jade Sea Sutra" to prepare for hard work.
However, when holding the exquisitely bound scripture, Li Jian had a sense of absurd unreality, you must know that at this time, in Luojing City, which is thousands of miles away, his uncle and two elders are guarding the city there, and he is in this fairyland-like Youming Valley, living in a clean and comfortable room to study a book on immortal practice, a few days ago he was still fighting with a sword at the head of the corpse-ridden Luojing City, and now there is no trace of blood between his noses, and there is only the fragrance of flowers and plants in the valley that comes in through the window.
He couldn't help but sigh, and after thinking about his two elders in his heart, he got rid of the distractions in his heart and concentrated on studying the scriptures in his hand.
After all, the generals who lead an army cannot be just a martial artist, let alone a weak man who can only talk on paper, and the people of the Li family must be civil and military all-rounders as long as they are generals in the Liang State.
Take Li Jian's rough second uncle Li Tianxuan as an example, this person is not only full of wisdom and courage on the battlefield, but he can also write a steep and straight small block in the study, and if he is interested, he can also write two poems with a neat rhythm.
Li Jian lost his father since he was a child, and there were no other brothers in the house, so he has always taken his second uncle as an example. Because of this, he was able to understand most of the "Jade Sea Sutra", and the rest of the part was mostly understood, and if he didn't understand, he was ready to ask that Senior Brother Guan for advice in the future, and now he was ready to try to practice meditation first according to what Senior Brother Guan said to see if he could enter the state of holding Yuan Shouyi.
Sitting on the futon, his hands folded in front of his abdomen, his thumbs against each other, his breathing was smooth and long, Li Jian tried to withdraw his various divine senses from his body after doing this, focusing only on his breathing and heartbeat.
Just when the silence began to fall around, all kinds of evil appeared in his heart, all the scenes of the tragic Luojing City, the accumulation of corpses, the gurgling blood donations, the hoarse roars and shouts of killing wave after wave, and the war drums kept beating his heart, forcing him to open his eyes and gasp for breath.
When he had calmed down, he began to settle down again, and this time he saw his grandfather fighting with a long sword in his hand on the top of the castle of Naluojing, and his gray hair fluttering, like an angry old lion, suddenly shook his body, and then slew the sneak attacker with a sword in his hand.
He also saw his second uncle lying on the soft bed in the wounded and sick camp in Luojing City, and the face of the usually rough and hearty person was like a blank sheet of paper at this time, no matter how Lang Zhong in the army rescued him, it was as if he was dead.
In this way, for a whole afternoon, as long as Li Jian tried to meditate, the scenes that appeared in his mind were all scenes that made his heart surging and couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl.
He had no intention of eating, and could not tell whether he was upset or worried, so he got up and paced around the room until he saw the sword hanging from the wall of the room.
The sword was given by his grandfather when he was parting with Luo Jingcheng, and his grandfather had held this sword for his life's work.
Li Jian stretched out his hand to take off the long sword, caressing the black lacquered animal skin scabbard for a moment, then grabbed the hilt and pulled it gently, "Cang" A sword roared and the long sword came out of the box, and the chill on the sharp long sword quickly calmed down the restless Li Jian, and a strange flow on the sword body made Li Jian distracted for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately returned to the futon and sat down, put the long sword on his knees, and still meditated on the rest.
Hug Yuan Shouyi Hug Yuan Shouyi, Li Jian muttered in his mouth, since you want to keep one, then this one doesn't necessarily have to focus on yourself, anyway, as long as I settle down, I will be upset, so why not change it, and try it with this sword instead?
Just like when he returned to the time of the change caused by the predecessor who brought him to this Youming Valley in Luojing City, Li Jian's heaven and earth at this time were constantly filled with the sound of swords.
He looked left and right to search but never found the source of the sword, simply not looking, he calmed down and listened to the sword sound, guessing what kind of peerless magic weapon should be able to make such a long and clear sound, to inadvertently glance but found a brilliant long sword is not far in front of him, under the great joy he struggled forward to take a closer look, how do you know that he forward the sword will also move forward, he retreats the sword also retreats, the long sword has always kept a distance from him, since you can't touch the hand then look at it from a distance, The long sword was clumsy but had a cold and majestic momentum, at this time, it was as quiet as a dragon diving but it seemed to be ready to soar into the sky and thunder, it was this momentum that captured all of Li Jian's mind, making him yearn for it and be intoxicated.
The cloud card rang again, Li Jian frowned slightly, the cloud card that had eaten in the past had not been knocked so many times.
Slightly hungry, he opened his eyes and prepared to get up for dinner, his original method was able to overcome the difficulty of being disturbed and enter the situation of holding Yuan Shouyi in the scriptures, which made him very happy.
After walking out of his house, Li Jian was surprised to find that the sun was rising outside and the morning dew was still condensing, and he had spent the night unknowingly in the realm of holding Yuan Shouyi.