Chapter 5 Giving Words and Passing on Merits
"Boy, kowtow, you are from Lingyun Mountain. The old man stretched out his hand to brush the dust off the wood's forehead and said, "Our Lingyun Mountain people are all surnamed Mo, and in the future, you will also be surnamed Mo." ”
"Surname Mo?Mo Mutou?" Mu was stunned, thinking that this name was really not good, and it might not sound as good as Mo Xiao.
"Can wood be a name? Hey, if those villagers are really good, how can they give such a name to a child? This is too lazy!" the old man glanced at him and said, "By observing your words and deeds all the way, the old man has now officially given you the word 'cong'." From now on, you will be called Mo Cong. ”
"Mo Cong, Mo Cong!" Mu Tou muttered the name, feeling that decisiveness was much better than Mo Mu's.
"Mo Cong, do you know why I gave you this name?" the old man asked.
Wood will not get used to this new name for a while. He thought for a moment and replied, "Well, probably because I'm very smart!" he felt a little complacent.
"Wrong!" said the old man, "the old man gave you this name precisely to warn you: don't be clever at any time. ”
Mu was stunned for a moment, feeling a little confused.
It's really hard for him. How does a six-year-old child know what it means to be smart?
The old man also saw the confused look of the wood, he sighed, and said, "Think about it, why don't the children in the village like to play with you?"
"Because... Because I'm smarter than them, and I'm better than them in any game I play, they don't like to play with me. Wood thought for a moment and replied.
Since he was a child, his ear and eyesight have been beyond ordinary people, and he is invincible in playing games with the children in the village, and over time everyone thinks he is cheating, and then he doesn't like to play with him very much.
"Clever, hmph, if you are really smart, how can you be reduced to the point of being rejected by everyone?" the old man snorted lightly, looked at the wood, and said: "There are many kinds of cleverness, some are big and some are small. The so-called great wisdom is foolish, a really smart person will never be as stupid as you are found out that you are very smart, and then collectively reject you. You, on the contrary, are clever at every turn, even breaking the rules of the game to show your cleverness. You are not clever in doing so, but you are clever in yourself. Mo Cong, do you understand?"
"Oh. Wood nodded as if he didn't understand, some understood, some not.
"Okay, the head has also been kowtowed, and the name has been taken, the old man will now teach you the Heavenly Dragon Mind Method of our Lingyun Mountain, and then teach you a set of dragon-shaped fists. These two complement each other, one inside and one outside. The former is a method of accumulating true qi, and the latter is a method of using true qi. You'll have to practice both of these things diligently. The old man said.
"Good. Wood nodded, and suddenly remembered another question: "By the way, old man." In the future, should I call you Master, and then call Big Brother Senior Brother, right?"
"That's a fart!" The old man's face suddenly sank, and he shouted: "I just told you not to be clever, and you will soon start to be smart again." When you see me in the future, you can only call the old man. Seeing Mo Xiao, he was only allowed to call his eldest brother. In the future, when the third child goes up the mountain, he is only allowed to call the third sister. Hmph, on our Lingyun Mountain, there is no such title as Master, Senior Brother and Senior Sister, remember?"
"Oh, remember. Wood was caught off guard and scolded, very depressed, and a little speechless at the old man's moody temper.
"Okay boy, stop pouting. Come, sit on the stool, put your ears up, and the old man will tell you what cultivation is now. The old man lifted the depressed child onto the stool and began to teach the introductory knowledge of cultivation.
Cultivating True Qi is referred to as cultivating Truth.
According to the old man, everyone is born from their mother's womb, and there is something called true qi in their body. But as for ordinary people, the true qi in the body is pitiful, and it is so weak that it can be ignored. Ordinary people have more true qi in their bodies than ordinary people, and they can cultivate more and more through cultivation, and the more they practice, the stronger they become.
Mu - now called Mo Cong - has much more true qi in his body than ordinary people. Therefore, he is a good seedling who is very suitable for cultivation.
As for why Mo Cong's true qi is more than ordinary people, the old man is not very clear. But according to the old man's guess, it may be because Mo Cong is talented, and he has been like this all his life. It may also be because he was in the pile of dead corpses at the time, and he happened to absorb the true qi leaked from those corpses, so his true qi would be more than ordinary people.
The second possibility scared the six-year-old Mo Cong to the bone, his head shook like a rattle, and he resolutely did not think that he had absorbed the true qi of the dead, insisting that he was gifted. The old man let him do it and stopped arguing.
"Old man, you said that I have a lot of true qi in my body, why can't I feel it myself?" Mo Cong felt it hard, blinked his eyes and asked.
That's a good question. The old man nodded and said, "This involves the first realm of cultivation, Qi Induction!"
"Induce air?" Mo Cong repeated, not understanding.
"Qi induction is to induce the true qi in the body. The old man explained, "The true qi in your body is like a child, it does exist, but you really can't feel it. Why is that? It's because it's asleep and needs you to wake it up. Alas, this process of waking up is called induction. Got it?"
"yes, I see. It seems quite simple to say this!" Mo Cong nodded excitedly.
"Simple? Hmph, I'll tell you the truth. This first realm, although not the most difficult level among all realms, is a watershed that divides cultivators from ordinary people. Even if ordinary people don't eat, drink and practice all their lives, they can't reach this state. And among cultivators, even if they have very good talents and qualifications, they have to practice for three or five years. Those with mediocre qualifications will take seven to ten years. Do you think it's simple?" the old man corrected Mo Cong's wrong idea in time.
"Huh, so difficult?" Mo Cong looked surprised, and he didn't dare to say it was simple anymore. He thought for a moment and asked, "What about my eldest brother? How many years has he been practicing?"
"Two years!" replied the old man.
"Ah, what ......about his talent and qualifications" Mo Cong was speechless, and turned his head to look at the eldest brother who was ugly with a smile, but he didn't expect that his strength was so terrifying.
"Hehe, your eldest brother's talent and qualifications are not very good, but super good. The old man seemed to see Mo Cong's thoughts. He patted Mo Xiao's shoulder and said, "Your eldest brother started cultivating at the age of four, and by the time you are so old, you have successfully broken through the Qi Extraction Realm and officially entered the Qi Gathering Stage. Mo Cong, you have to work hard. ”
"Okay, I'll definitely work hard to surpass my eldest brother. Mo Cong made up his mind. "Old man, why didn't you pick me up sooner and let me practice earlier?" he grumbled.
"Hmph, the old man does this, so he naturally has a reason to do it. The old man glanced at him and said, "All right, don't pout." Since you want to practice early, don't waste time asking questions. Listen to the old man early, and go out to practice early. ”
"Good!" Mo Cong nodded and sat up straight.
"The heavy realm of qi induction is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. The old man said, "The first level, as I just said, is to awaken the sleeping true qi in your body. The second level is to keep the true qi awake at all times, not to wake up for a while and fall asleep again for a while. If so, it means that kung fu has not arrived at home, and you still have to continue to practice. The third level is to let the true qi listen to you, if you let it move, it will move, if you let it stop, it will stop, and if you let it go, it will go to wherever it goes, and it must be exactly the same. ”
After the old man finished speaking, he taught Mo Cong the first Heavenly Dragon Mental Method, and taught a few more punches and kicks and the corresponding formulas. Mo Cong's surname is very good, and the surname Wu is also good, and he soon memorized the mental method and boxing tricks, and learned a few movements decently.
"Mo Xiao, when you go down the mountain to fetch water, take Mo Cong with you, so that he can familiarize himself with the way up and down the mountain as soon as possible. In addition, from today onwards, Mo Cong will chop ten firewood every day, and if he doesn't cut enough, he will not be allowed to eat. Don't laugh, you can't do it for you. The old man taught everything that should be taught, so he turned his head and told Mo Xiao.
"Good. Mo Xiao nodded in agreement.
When Mo Cong heard that he only cut ten firewood every day, he felt that it was not a lot. When he was in that small mountain village, he often helped the villagers chop firewood, and ten firesticks were not a difficult task for him, so he would not let Mo Xiao do it for him.
He didn't know that these ten sticks of firewood had become his nightmare for a long time.