On this day, Xie Xinghe took Xiao Xiuyuan to leave the palace compound where he had lived for five years and embarked on a new path, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye to his mother, because Lin Huaibei was worried that Song Zhixi would not be able to accept that his child would leave for ten years, so he did not inform the other party, but secretly sent the two out of the house.

It's just that seeing his child follow the green-shirted Confucian student gradually away, the majestic man who had never shed a single tear even after being hit by more than a dozen knives in the battlefield was secretly moistening his eyes at this moment, standing alone at the door, looking a little lonely.

On the contrary, Xiao Xiuyuan was led by Xie Xinghe and left the palace, neither crying nor panicking, just curiously looking at everything around, as if everything was taken for granted.

When Xie Xinghe and the others had disappeared into the street, Lin Huaibei returned to the palace lonely, and he hesitated at the door of the princess for almost half a day before sighing and slowly pushing the door in.

After a while, the door opened, Song Zhixi almost broke out of the door, and she didn't even wear shoes and socks, so she was about to rush out of the house, completely ignoring the image of the princess, and was pulled by Lin Huaibei, so she stopped, she looked at her husband with teary eyes, her eyes were full of complaints, but Lin Huaibei didn't speak, just shook her head silently.

After a long time, Song Zhixi finally sighed and gave up the idea of rushing out to find her child.

Lin Huaibei had already explained everything to her before, and when she learned that it was Xie Xinghe who took away her child, she didn't know whether to cry or rejoice, it stands to reason that her child can be saved, it is a happy event, but the thought of being separated for ten years is unacceptable to any mother.

Song Zhixi is not an ordinary market woman after all, she didn't cry and make a fuss with Lin Huaibei, but she was secretly sad, and finally, she came to Lin Xiuyuan's room, locked herself in the room, and closed the door for three days.

If you say that in the palace, except for Lin Huaibei and his wife, the saddest person is naturally Jin'er, she has accompanied Lin Xiuyuan since she was a child, almost watching each other grow up from swaddling clothes, naturally quite emotional, under no one's attention, she secretly hugged Xiao Xiuyuan's clothes, crying secretly, and was discovered by Song Zhixi, maybe it was sympathy, from that day on, Jin'er became the princess's personal maid, and never left her body half a step, but these are all later words!

On the other hand, after Xie Xinghe left with Xiao Xiuyuan, he was not in a hurry to teach him any cultivation methods, but just took this child, who was always laughing and silent, and began to travel the world.

He took Xiao Xiuyuan to the top of Cangshan Mountain in the East to watch the splendor of the early sun rising in the east.

He also took him to the far north to see the magnificence of thousands of miles of ice.

He also took him to the banks of rivers and lakes, boating, and enjoying the beautiful scenery on both sides of the lake.

also took him through the alleys and alleys of the market to see the prosperity of the world.

The flowers bloom and fall for another year, Xiao Xiuyuan is already six years old, but he still hasn't spoken, but his eyes are becoming more and more flexible, and there is a faint starlight implied in it, Xie Xinghe didn't have the slightest sense of urgency, and still traveled around with Xiao Xiuyuan, watching the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, and walking thousands of miles through mountains and rivers.

On this day, Xie Xinghe took Xiao Xiuyuan and came to Tiannu Mountain, which is also a very famous place of interest in the local area, under Tiannu Mountain, there is a wide river, called Nuhai Canglan River, and at the top of Tiannu Mountain, a towering waterfall runs through and goes straight into the river, endlessly.

The river is rich in golden-scaled koi, which is also a beautiful local specialty, and every midsummer, the water potential of the Canglan River will rise, and then gush down, at this moment, the golden-scaled koi will break through the river when it swells out of the river, leap over the circular cliff, and form a magnificent beauty.

Locals call it the Carp Leaping Dragon Gate!

And these few days are when the river is rising and surging, Xie Xinghe held Xiao Xiuyuan's hand, located at the top of Tianfu Mountain, looking into the distance, waiting for this wonder to appear.

After a while, the water potential on the Canglan River rose, and then agitated, and then formed a big wave surging up, countless golden-scaled koi fish broke out of the air from the waves, jumped into the top of the cliff, and the people who watched were all greatly emotional, clapping their hands and applauding, and more literati and ink writers immediately waved ink, improvised poems, so chic.

Suddenly, Xiao Xiuyuan stretched out his little finger and pointed at the golden-scaled koi gushing out of the Canglan River, opened his mouth wide, squirmed for a long time, and slowly spit out a sound.

"Fish!"

Xie Xinghe, who was beside him, turned to look at him, his eyes were happy, and he said softly:

"Say it again!"

This time, Xiao Xiuyuan's words seemed to be clearer and faster, and he opened his mouth and said softly:

"Fish!"

This time, Xie Xinghe no longer hid the smile in his eyes, laughed loudly, the laughter penetrated the nine heavens, and looked at Xiao Xiuyuan, who said the first word in his life, with gentle eyes, and said softly:

"Good, great good!"

The next moment, Xie Xinghe took Xiao Xiuyuan's hand, stepped out from the top of Tianfu Mountain, went down the waterfall, and went straight to the river, the river under his feet rolled, surging, but he was as majestic as Mount Tai, standing still, rising along the waves, going down the river, shuttling between the mountains and rivers, like a fairy god descending to earth.

The mountain tops on both sides of the strait watched everyone, seeing this scene, all of them were sudden, it turned out that there were really gods on the mountain here, and ordinary people worshiped and respected.

Xie Xinghe looked up to the sky and laughed, holding Xiao Xiuyuan, stepping on the Canglan River, his body was fast and slow, as if the entire Canglan River was controlled by him, Xiao Xiuyuan did not have the slightest fright in his eyes, but was very happy, and when he rose with the waves and the top of the mountain, he opened his mouth and said the second word in his life.

"High!"

After that, Xiao Xiuyuan finally opened his mind, and he could say more and more, and at first he was a little slow to speak, but in just a month, he was already extremely proficient, and there was no abnormality, and he was very intelligent, far beyond his peers.

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In the northwest of the Holy Zhou Dynasty, there is a majestic and magnificent mountain range, called Cangqiong Mountain, because the peak of the mountain is high into the clouds, and its peak is not visible, so it is named after the firmament.

At this moment, the top of the sky mountain ushered in two figures, one big and one small, the big one was a middle-aged Confucian dressed in a green shirt, and the small one was a little child with a pair of smart big eyes.

The two of them are Xie Xinghe and Lin Xiuyuan, at this time, another year has passed since Lin Xiuyuan's enlightenment, and in this year, Xie Xinghe still hasn't done anything, just took him thousands of miles here.

Xie Xinghe sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain, looked at the little child in front of him, smiled in his eyes, and said gently:

"Xiao Xiuyuan, I have been traveling with you for two years, and I brought you here today, but I want to ask you something."

Lin Xiuyuan stood in front of the other party and said in a manner:

"What is the gentleman going to ask?"

Xie Xinghe seemed to be a little worried, he pondered for a moment, and then said:

"I want to take you as an apprentice, but you will worship me as a teacher."

Lin Xiuyuan first looked at the middle-aged Confucian who was a little cramped with some doubts, and then knelt on the ground without hesitation, kowtowed three times in a row, and then said:

"I would like to worship Mr. as a teacher."

Xie Xinghe's eyes were full of smiles, and he still said gently:

"In this case, you are my disciple, and you are also my close disciple."

Lin Xiuyuan seemed puzzled, but hesitated for a moment and did not make a sound, Xie Xinghe seemed to see through his thoughts, and said softly:

"You are indeed not the only disciple, you still have a senior brother, but you are not here!"

Lin Xiuyuan nodded suddenly, but Xie Xinghe asked:

"From now on, you will practice with me, but before that, I need to tell you, what is practice? What is it that is being repaired? ”

Lin Xiuyuan sat in place with a curious expression, quietly listening to his master's teachings, Xie Xinghe thought about it, then stretched out a hand, pointed to the sky, and said slowly:

"Cultivation is actually very mysterious, related to this heaven and earth, it is a kind of law in the underworld, according to Confucianism, it is a rule."

Lin Xiuyuan nodded as if he didn't understand, Xie Xinghe smiled slightly, and continued:

"In fact, everything in heaven and earth has rules to be found, such as the change of the sun and the moon, birth, old age, sickness and death, all of which are the same, the so-called practice, no matter which line of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and martial arts, is nothing more than looking for rules, integrating into the rules, breaking the rules, and finally transcending the rules."

Lin Xiuyuan still didn't seem to understand, and then wondered:

"But master, what are you talking about, what are you talking about, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and martial arts!"

Xie Xinghe smiled and said patiently:

"Practice, not a path, although the same path, but after all, each has its own mysteries, in this way, there are differences, since the ancient saints left, the monks between heaven and earth because of different ideas, different ideas, so finally divided into four systems, and these four systems, respectively, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, martial arts, this is the source of the four veins."

Lin Xiuyuan suddenly realized, and then said with some curiosity:

"Then master, which vein do we belong to?"

Xie Xinghe smiled:

"When you enter my door, what I teach is the method of martial cultivation, and it should belong to the line of martial cultivation."

Lin Xiuyuan said happily:

"The master is so powerful, the martial arts must be very powerful!"

Xie Xinghe chuckled twice, but his smile was somewhat reluctant, and he sighed lightly:

"For 10,000 years, my martial cultivation lineage has been amazing, and naturally it is not inferior to the other three veins, but something happened a thousand years ago, which caused my martial cultivation Venerable to dissolve the heavens and the earth, and then it was overwhelmed by the other three veins, and now it is indeed a little inferior."

Lin Xiuyuan was slightly stunned at first, but then stood up, patted his little chest and said:

"That's okay, we have a master in this vein, and we have me, and we will definitely be stronger than the other three veins."

Xie Xinghe laughed, touched Lin Xiuyuan's head, and said softly:

"It stands to reason that my generation's martial arts cultivation only competes with heaven and earth, and should not fight with the other three veins, but even if it is martial cultivation, it must have an indomitable momentum, if you don't dare to fight, how can you cultivate."

Lin Xiuyuan also laughed with the master, and after a while, Xie Xinghe knocked on his head and said:

"Okay, sit down quickly, and next, the teacher will explain the basic knowledge of cultivation to you."

Lin Xiuyuan hurriedly sat down on the ground obediently, and Xie Xinghe continued:

"The cultivation of the four veins is different, and the natural focus is also different, Buddhism cultivates the mind, Taoism cultivates the law, Confucianism cultivates the body, and I cultivate the first line, which is naturally martial arts."

Xie Xinghe's expression became a little more serious, and he looked at Lin Xiuyuan and said:

"And there is also a realm between this practice, the four veins are actually not much different from the realm, but the name is different, a total of eight realms, I teach you is martial cultivation, so I will explain to you the realm of martial cultivation, the realm of martial cultivation, respectively, forging the body, nourishing qi, refining the soul, fugue, resisting the wind, opening the sky, asking the peak, martial gods."

Xie Xinghe looked solemn and continued:

"And these eight realms, among the monks of my generation, are also divided into the first four realms and the last four realms, the reason is only because it is a watershed in the fifth realm, there is an ancient saying, do not enter the fifth realm, after all, it is a mortal fetus, the first four realms are nothing more than cultivating the body and condensing the soul, and only after reaching the fifth realm, can you break through the rules of heaven and earth, and achieve the so-called meaning of breaking the rules, so that the laws of heaven and earth can no longer bind you."

Lin Xiuyuan also nodded seriously, signaling that he understood, Xie Xinghe smiled mildly and said:

"Now that you understand the truth, from tomorrow, the teacher will start to take you to practice!"