Chapter 8: Apprenticeship
"So what realm are you? How far is it from the Innate Realm? Chen Fan suppressed his eagerness to understand the innate realm, and first understood the realm of Xiao Qing's martial arts in front of him, so as to have a reference.
"My internal strength is still only in the meditation stage, far from the innate realm, and I am still in the foundation stage. Master Huang didn't dare to teach me the real internal strength, mainly because the internal strength methods of each school and academy are inconsistent, but they all require me to calm my mind quickly, so he only taught how to enter meditation, which is not much different in each school. ”
"What is the biggest difference between internal and external strength?"
"External strength mainly exercises muscles, muscles and bones, strength is mainly related to qi and blood, people's maximum strength is estimated to be able to practice about 500 kilograms, due to the limitation of qi and blood, with age, qi and blood decrease, strength gradually decreases; Internal strength is mainly to train tendons, bones, and five organs, and now it is limited by the spiritual objects of heaven and earth, and the cultivation of internal force can only make the strength reach about two or three thousand kilograms at most. ”
"Two or three thousand kilograms? How can that shatter the void? Chen Fan knows that in modern society, weightlifters are divided into snatch and clean and jerk, snatching is more difficult than clean and jerk, no matter what kind of action, the current world champion can lift more than 200 kilograms of weight at most, but if it is boxing, strength plus speed, can hit more than 500 kilograms of power, I don't know what Xiao Qing is referring to, but no matter what, the power required to break the void is very different, right?
"Shattering the Void is not just by strength, there are others, quite complicated, I don't know the specifics, but you must reach the innate realm to do it."
"What is the Innate Realm?" Chen Fan asked with renewed effort.
"The specifics are not very clear, but the human body's meridians are all open, and the internal force runs in the body and can penetrate the body, which is the prerequisite for entering the innate state." Xiao Qing told what he knew.
It seems that "the road is long, and I will go up and down to seek." (from Qu Yuan's "Lisao") Chen Fan thought that although the road ahead is long, isn't the excitement of life the exploration of the unknown?
"Then why are you going to go to the Dry Dao Temple? With your qualifications, you can go to any monastery. Estimating the relationship between the original owner Chen Fasheng and Xiao Qing, he must not have asked such a question, let alone praised him, Chen Fan decided to leave it cautiously for the time being.
Sure enough, Xiao Qing heard Chen Fan's praise, and was stunned and said: "In fact, my qualifications are average, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and hundreds of schools of thought have their own methods to enter the innate realm, but for thousands of years, only with the martial arts, there have been broken void achievements, Baiyun Temple is the authentic Taoist sect in the world, and its martial arts are also unique, so I chose the main Taoist Academy, in order to hope to enter the Baiyun Temple to practice." ”
"Baiyun Temple, that is the self-proclaimed Taoist sect of the world!" Chen Fan looked towards the place where it happened, and saw Master Jia walking into the courtyard through the crescent moon gate, followed by his father.
"I've seen the mage, my father (uncle)." The two hurriedly straightened up and saluted.
However, the greetings of the two did not interrupt Master Jia's emotion, "I think of those who cultivate the Tao, what is cultivated, what is cultivated, what is cultivated, what is cultivated, is virtue." Saints are usually without desire, without seeking, without self, and without doing. Therefore, there is no seeking, no fighting, no show, no exposure. I want to be a true martial artist, Liguan for thousands of years, a long heritage, but never to the authentic self-esteem, but to establish the Tao, preaching, to teach as a body, to protect the world, so although there is a thin name, but not prominent, but the Tao is broad spirit, do not lose any view. Speaking of this, Master Jia paused, probably didn't hold back after all, looked at Xiao Qing and Chen Fan, and added: "Do you know? ”
When these words were asked, the atmosphere froze there, if you don't answer, you don't, you don't, if you answer, the words are going to be spread, and if you don't answer, you will immediately offend the Jia Master in front of you. Chen Fan looked at Xiao Qing and saw that his face was slightly red, and he probably didn't know how to answer for a while, so he was in a hurry.
"This can't be cold, thinking that this Master Jia was invited by his father to see a doctor, or even to apprentice himself, Aqing can not answer, I can't offend people." Seeing this, Chen Fan's heart seemed to be spinning, and he couldn't help but say: "What the mage said is that the saint does nothing? Although I don't know what orthodoxy is, I am fortunate to meet the Master, and every time I listen to the Master's teachings, I suddenly feel enlightened and enlightened. If a Dharma student can learn a thing or two from it, he should use it for the rest of his life. "It would be best if you could transcribe all the classics in the temple to me, Chen Fan silently made a wish, and at the same time felt a little proud in his heart: "I didn't say that Baiyunguan is not orthodox, but I just said that Master Jia has a high level of Taoism, so he shouldn't offend people."
Master Jia listened to Chen Fan's words and was in a good mood, "Fa Sheng has a good reputation, my generation should take the saint as a model, have a selfless heart, and be a pure and sincere person." ”
"I've been taught, thank you, Master." Chen Fan and Xiao Qing said in unison.
"Today, the mage and I came here, Fa Sheng, mainly to ask the mage to show you if your body is okay." Father Chen finally had a chance to interject and speak.
"There's Master Lao, go to my room, right?" With the nod of the mage and his father's approval, Chen Fan introduced the mage and his father into the hall, Xiao Qing did not follow up, but took his leave and went back to his room under the pretext of going back to wash.
"Ah Chun, pour some tea for the mage and father." Fortunately, Ah Chun had already cleaned up his mood at this time, and was standing in the hall, it is estimated that after hearing the voices of the mage and his father in the courtyard, he had already cleaned up the house, and after coming in, the room was clean and tidy, but he had not prepared tea yet, and it was estimated that he would not have time for a while.
"Okay, Lang Jun."
"No, Poor Dao has just drunk it, so there is no need for these red tapes, come, I'll take Xiao Langjun's pulse first and see the situation."
The two of them sat down in the hall and began to take the pulse for treatment.
"Xiao Langjun is indeed fine, just cultivate for a while. I wonder if Xiao Langjun has ever practiced internal strength? ”
"No, how to practice internal strength, I hope the mage can give advice." Chen Fan had already heard the words of internal strength, but Xiao Qing had made it clear that he would not teach, even if he was thick-skinned, there was no need to do useless work in the impossible, and now the mage asked about internal strength, and he just asked for advice.
The mage nodded and said: "In ancient times, the cultivation of internal strength was just a small path, but now due to the spiritual power of heaven and earth, the cultivation of internal strength, in terms of combat power, is no longer inferior to the cultivation of truth, so all schools and factions have researched, but the methods are different." According to the method of cultivating the truth, our Taoist temple divides the practice of internal strength into six levels: meditation, qi collection, qi gathering, qi, qi, Zhoutian, and fetal breath. But as far as I know, the martial arts handed down from ancient times divide internal strength into four levels, and it doesn't matter how they are divided. But whether it is the cultivation of truth or the practice of internal strength, the first step of my Taoism is to enter meditation, which is the so-called meditation, so that people's minds enter a state of trance. In a trance, there is an elephant in it; In a trance, there is something in it. You understand this first step, and don't worry about the rest of your cultivation for the time being. ”
This first step, Chen Fan does not need to take the shadow, and understands it, that is, he doesn't want anything, everything is put down, and in a trance, he enters a state of bright heart and natural care. Understanding is understanding, but how?
"Master, this first step is supposed to refer to a person entering a trance-like, natural state. But how? Chen Fan asked.
"Yes, yes, your comprehension is quite high, as for the specific cultivation method, each family is not a core disciple and does not pass it on, I Guan Xiao Langjun's body qi and blood are smooth, so it is suitable for practicing internal strength, I don't know if I plan to practice my Guan Gong method?" Master Jia asked rhetorically, and at the same time named each family as non-core disciples.
No matter how stupid Chen Fa was, he also understood the meaning of Master Jia's words, and he did not hesitate to bow down to Master Jia, "Master, disciple is blunt, I am fortunate to meet Master today, let me see the greatness of the Daomen, I am willing to devote myself to the Tao, please Master can accept me as a disciple!" ”
"Fa Sheng, now Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism three religions stand side by side, who is the Xuanmen authentic debate, my Taoism and Buddhism have had two debates, as a result, my Taoism lost a lot, why do you say?" Apprentices choose teachers, teachers also choose apprentices, for Master Jia, it is indeed moved by the idea of accepting apprentices, originally could not erase Chen's father's feelings, to cure the disease and save people, did not plan to accept disciples, but since yesterday after seeing Chen Fan, I feel that he is smart, today I took the pulse, found that Chen Fan's internal meridians are smooth, and the qualifications for practicing internal skills are good, quite moved, and inadvertently said, "Do you plan to practice my meditation method", so it is clear that you want to accept disciples, now I think about it and feel that it is really cheap, so I have this question.
Although this question was a temporary idea, it was also a question that had always puzzled Master Jia's mind. Because he felt that he wanted to test Chen Fan's mind and understanding again, he didn't think of any problems for a while, so he blurted out his own questions, which had almost become an obsession in Master Jia's own heart, and he always felt that how could Daomen lose?
Chen Fan is not prepared to live in the mud for Master Jia's question, before you decide your position, you can not offend anywhere, but once you have decided to take sides, you must have a correct attitude, a firm position, and in the face of major rights and wrongs, you must be more outspoken, so Chen Fan said without hesitation: "Students believe that scholars cannot not be Hongyi, and Tao cannot be not promoted." The first half of the sentence is a quote from Confucius, which means that people cannot have lofty ambitions, and the second half of the sentence is Chen Fan's own confrontation, which means that the Tao cannot be vigorously promoted and promoted. Regarding the question of ideas, in Chen Fan's shallow cognition, no matter what, propaganda and promotion, no matter what era it is, it is necessary, so it is always wrong to answer and carry forward.
After a pause, Chen Fan continued: "My Taoism comes from Middle Earth, and teaches people to be pure and sincere people with selfless hearts, so there are no distracting thoughts and treat people kindly; Buddhism comes from Yidi, does not educate people in their own territory, and goes to other people's land to preach, so it is necessary to move around in many ways, be familiar with the local customs, and make friends with the powerful everywhere to gain a firm foothold. But this can only confuse for a while, how can I confuse a lifetime, thinking that the Tao is broad and profound, our generation should take the promotion of the Tao as its own responsibility, and it is only a matter of time before we win victory. "In the first half, the life of Taoism, Chen Fan actually doesn't understand it too well, but directly take the words that Master Jia just taught, it will definitely not be wrong, the second half of the cognition of Buddhism, its definition is nothing, but I know that it is introduced from Tianzhu, then criticize its non-local culture, implying that it is not my race, and its heart must be different, which will not be wrong. Finally, it must be said that good will triumph over evil.
Sure enough, these words made Master Jia's heart flutter when he heard it, but what Chen Fan never expected was that these words brought him a real opportunity, so that he could get a glimpse of the true method of Taoism very early in the future, and obtained a treasure of great significance to Chen Fan.