Chapter 13 The road is long
The flowing water is joyful, and the flowers are all over the sky.
The peach blossoms of Liuyun Mountain, which are 7,000 miles into the sea of light, are in full bloom.
The peach blossoms here are not thanked all year round, and strangely enough, these huge peach trees only bloom but do not bear fruit, and the time seems to stay here forever in March.
Liuyun Mountain is located in the easternmost part of the Tianyan Mountain Range 100,000 miles away from the Streamer Sea, attached to the sea and tall, it is like a huge fangs obliquely inserted on the shore of the Streamer Sea, and like a blue bird staggering upwards and flying desperately, leaving the last color in the sky. Although Liuyun Mountain enters the sea for 7,000 miles, the mountains that really penetrate into the sea are only about 1,000 miles, and the rest of the mountain is like a wolf roaring in the sky pointing to the starry sky in the east.
A young man dressed in white with sword eyebrows and starry eyes was independent of the highest point of Liuyun Mountain, which was like the cliff peak of Liuyun Mountain, like the tip of a sword cutting through the sky.
The man in white sighed softly: "I can't imagine that ten years have passed between the opening and closing of my eyes, and this year's peach blossoms are still the same as when they came?" ”
The fluttering peach blossoms fell on the body of the man in white, he gently twisted a petal, and said with a smile: "Although it is a corner of the world, it can't escape the passage of time, even if there is no change, there are still changes." ”
The man's left hand was raised, his fingers were aligned, and then he slowly made a horizontal slashing motion towards the sky, only to see that the sea of clouds in the distance dissipated instantly, leaving a sword qi that could break through the stars on the blue sky, which did not disperse for a long time.
An old man's voice came leisurely, "Nanhua, you have gained a deep understanding in the past ten years, and now the realm has reached another level, and it is already a level of cultivation in the Divine Journey Realm, not bad, not bad." ”
The man in white bowed down and saluted to the north, and said very respectfully: "Master, the disciple is stupid, it has been thirty years since the last time he broke through the realm, and he is really ashamed. ”
The old man, who was far away, said with a smile: "It would not be good if you were so humble and heard by others, it would definitely make their Dao hearts deeply damaged." ”
The man in white shook his head and smiled: "Master, don't laugh at me." ”
The old man asked again, "Where is Xiao Jun lately?" ”
The man looked a little weak-hearted, and said slowly: "You said Ajun, he ......"
Ten years ago, after Nanhua and his junior brother Su Jun said goodbye in Autumn Mountain, Nanhua came to this Liuyun Mountain to enlighten, and Su Jun wandered the world in all directions.
Nanhua knew that his junior brother Su Jun couldn't let go of that person in his heart, so he didn't have to think about it to know where Su Jun was.
Seeing that Nanhua was silent for a long time, the old man's voice suddenly turned angry and said, "Are you going to Yaohai again?!" If you don't practice well, you drink and buy drunk for a woman all day long every day, and rotten wood can't be carved! ”
Nan Hua hurriedly smiled and persuaded him: "Master, don't be angry, Ah Jun is extremely talented, he is a genius of cultivation, he has cultivated to a god speed, and now he has been in the soul level of the Divine Journey Realm for many years, and it is nothing to drink some wine on weekdays." ”
After a long time, the old man's sigh came, "The monk is too far away, first draw qi and then coagulate blood, and then gather stars, and gather stars and need to understand the five elements." Then there is the Transformation of the Dragon Realm and the Transformation of the God Period, and then the third stage of the Flying Heaven Realm, the Dust Breaking Period, the Lingyun Period and the Sky Escape Period. Behind it is the third order of the Breaking Extreme Realm, the Breaking Body Level, the Heart Breaking Level and the Dao Breaking Level, and then the Tianyi Realm is the third order. Next is the Divine Journey Realm, the seven stages of the Wandering Earth Soul Spiritual Cultivation Mortal Heaven, followed by the Nine Heavens Realm, the Nine Heavens Realm is divided into nine layers, and one layer of heaven is the first layer of heaven! ”
The old man's voice became vicissitudes and heavy at this time: "Since the Great War of the Ancient Immortals and Demons, the monks who have passed the Nine Heavens Realm have not appeared so far, and after the Nine Heavens Realm, it is the Immortal Realm. Ask immortals, ask immortals, don't ask about everything, just to seek immortals, six reincarnations, three realms and nine heavens. It is better to say that it is a realm, but it is an obsession, and the difference between immortals and immortals is only in one thought! And he has been cultivating for three thousand years, and so far it is only nine heavens and seven times, not to mention the fairyland that is as far away as the extreme sky after the fairyland, which is as untouchable as a taboo! ”
The old man's words were heavy and lonely, which made people feel deeply lamented.
The old man's voice continued: "Now you are less than four hundred years old to have such an achievement, it is rare in the world, although Xiao Jun is a hundred years younger than you, he only entered the Divine Journey Realm ten years earlier than you at that time, what is there to say." Now that both of you have entered the Fugue Realm, you are four levels higher than him, will he be able to break through to the Fugue cultivation level within a hundred years? Although Xiao Jun's cultivation talent is excellent, if he is still stubborn and does not cherish it, it will eventually be difficult to correct the results! ”
Nanhua nodded and said, "Master, I hope Ajun can understand your good intentions as soon as possible, and I will talk to him in a few days." ”
The old man sighed again, "Nanhua, if Xiaojun cultivates the Dao of Enlightenment as hard as you, then I, the old man, will save too much effort." ”
Nan Hua laughed softly: "Master, everyone's Tao is different, this is what you often tell us, my kind of practice of drinking with heaven and earth is boring and boring, Ah Jun must not be able to bear it, and it is not bad to let him cultivate his Tao in the red dust." ”
The old man sighed helplessly: "The avenue is three thousand, ask the immortals for nine heavens, everything has its own divine source." Let him be. ”
On the Baicao Peak of Qinghua Mountain, the baby that Li Xingzhi brought back is just eight years old today. Since Li Xingzhi didn't know when Chenbei's exact birthday was, he set it as the ninth day of May every year, which was also the day when their master and apprentice met.
The morning light slowly dyed the eastern sky, and Chenbei got up to wash as usual, while Li Xingzhi was already busy in the medicine field. Since Chenbei was three years old, he has never received the milk of the spirit beast that has been sent regularly for three years.
Chenbei must have been uncomfortable at first, because for three years, he only ate the milk of spirit beasts, and he didn't smell anything else. In the next seven days, the milk of the spirit beast has not been delivered, and Li Xingzhi already knows that there will probably be no more milk of the spirit beast in the coming days, and it is time for Xiaobei to eat the food of ordinary people.
Ah Jiu has been in and out of Spirit Beast Mountain "many" times in the past three years, and he is as familiar as returning to his own home.
Since Chenbei was still young before, he could eat the spirit beast milk he "found" for a long time every time, but later, as he grew older, the amount of food became larger and larger, so Ah Jiu went to the spirit beast mountain more and more often.
The past three years have been happy for Chenbei, but for Ah Jiu, it has been painful and long. The entire Spirit Beast Mountain knows that there is a powerful, crazy and very beautiful human woman who always comes here to snatch the milk of the spirit beast, even those spirit beasts that have turned into human form and think they can escape the catastrophe cannot escape her clutches, and they are forcibly beaten back to their original form by her, and they can not be given milk obediently, and there are even some spirit beasts ready for their own milk waiting for her to take it.
In the past three years, the spirit beasts of Spirit Beast Mountain have been more miserable than Ah Jiu, and they have been worried every day, even the six-tailed spirit fox Yan Canghai, the lord of Spirit Beast Mountain, has been disturbed and upset, and his granddaughter Yan Ling'er has always said indignantly to this beautiful and lovely sister: "The domineering sister is here to grab milk again!" ”
Because in those days, Chenbei cried and cried to eat the milk of the spirit beast, and never ate anything else, but in the end, he was hungry and obediently learned Li Xingzhi to eat simple meals.
When Xiao Chenbei took the first bite, he was attracted by the wonderful taste, and every subsequent meal was a taste bud shock that he had never experienced.
Although it is a simple meal, for him, the sweet, sour, spicy and salty taste and various wonderful smells make him start to like three meals a day.
Today is Chenbei's birthday again, and he asked Li Xingzhi in the medicine field: "Master, I'll go to Anle Peak to buy some food, what do you want to eat today?" ”
Li Xingzhi turned his head to look at Chenbei and said with a smile: "Xiaobei, today is your birthday, just buy what you want to eat and help me get more wine and come back." ”
Chen Bei nodded and replied: "Master, then build a better bar, don't drink those turbid old wine today, I heard that Yao Lao Ghost brews a good wine, it seems to be called Qianlixiang, many people like it!" ”
Li Xingzhi smiled, "Just listen to Xiaobei." ”
Since Chenbei was five years old, because Li Xingzhi was too busy every day, the two of them couldn't go to some specific places to eat, and there were delicious foods that Chenbei had in mind, and they missed it for a long time if they didn't eat it.
In the end, the little Chenbei made a decision that surprised Li Xingzhi, that is, he wanted to start learning to cook.
At first, Chenbei did what was described in the book, but the taste was not very good, although Li Xingzhi praised it as very good, but he knew that it was indeed far from those restaurants and restaurants.
Therefore, Chenbei often went to many restaurants on Anle Peak to beg those fat chefs to teach him some, although Chenbei looked very young and not tall, they all laughed at him for not being able to get on the stove and not be able to carry a spoon, but Chenbei did not give up, and was still annoyed by them to teach him.
In the end, for the sake of Li Xingzhi's face, everyone was willing to teach him, and in order to encourage Chenbei, Li Xingzhi personally asked people to build him a small stove for him to study.
What is shocking is that in less than three months, Chenbei was able to skillfully blend dozens of flavors, and the dishes he made made also made those chefs drop their jaws, they couldn't believe that little Chenbei was so powerful, and they all gave him a thumbs up. In the days that followed, Chenbei cooked three meals a day, because Li Xingzhi's money was put in several large boxes in the house, and every time Chenbei went to buy vegetables and wine, he would take some.
The box was filled with a dazzling array of spirit beads, countless, and in all colors, which would make Ah Jiu feel excited if he saw it.
These spirit beads are what Li Xingzhi has obtained from treating people and refining them over the years, and the source of each spirit bead is either a rich or noble person, or a monk of various sects.
Everyone in the world knows that Li Xingzhi of Qinghua Mountain is a genius of medicine and medicine, and he is even more successful in Dandao, so these people came to ask him to treat his illness or alchemy. Li Xingzhi usually has no expenses, and if he has more, he just drinks some wine, and over time, these spirit beads accumulate more and more, and finally he can only put them all into a wooden box.
Although Li Xingzhi does not charge money for the treatment of the poor, and also distributes money to those who are homeless, he still has too much to use, and he is properly the rich man of Qinghua Mountain.
Anle Peak is a small mountain in Qinghua Mountain, there are several markets here, most of which are sold for life. There are five or six restaurants here, although there are countless delicacies in the restaurants below the mountain, but they also have a different feeling of a blessed land of immortals.
It stands to reason that there will be no such things under the mountain in the Xianmen Holy Land, but except for Qinghua Mountain, I have never seen them anywhere else. Therefore, some disciples asked their master, "Why are there these neighborhoods on Qinghua Mountain?" Shouldn't cultivators avoid the mundane more? ”
And the reply given by their master was: "Whoever comes from the earth, and the people on the mountain also come from the bottom of the mountain, so they must not be too dusty, and that kind of way is incomplete." ”
Therefore, there are several places like Anle Peak, Qinghua Mountain, and they are all managed by some people in the outer gate.
Chen Bei first went to the market where he sold vegetables, and he bought a lot of vegetables, including delicious mackerel, huge bluetail shrimp, fragrant pork, as well as chaotianqing, long-bearded buds, and spiritual turfeather chicken, and then bought his master Li Xingzhi's favorite appetizer Zhilan bean.
The old ghost Yao who sold the wine, seeing that Chenbei bought so much of his Qianli incense today, asked with a smile: "Xiaobei, what is a good day today?" Your master didn't usually let you make such a good wine? ”
Chenbei smiled: "My birthday." ”
Old Ghost Yao said happily: "Ao, I see, it's indeed a good day!" ”
At the dinner table, Li Xingzhi drank the thyme incense that Chenbei bought for him, and when he took a sip of it, the strong aroma of wine instantly spread in his mouth, the taste was thick and sweet, and he said with happiness on his face: "It's really good wine!" ”
Chenbei said with a smile: "Since the master likes to drink, then I will fight every day from now on." ”
Li Xingzhi shook his head and smiled: "Although the wine is good, isn't there a reason to drink it every day?" No matter how good the wine is, it will eventually be as colorless and tasteless as clear water, and it will be just right to drink it once in a while, and this taste will be nostalgia. ”
Chenbei seemed to understand his words, thought for a while, and said: "It's like the first time I eat, the taste that I haven't felt is always fascinating!" ”
Li Xingzhi said with a smile: "It's almost the same if you say this, in short, do it as you wish, don't force it, stop greed and rashness, and be self-contained." Saying that, Li Xingzhi took out a black silk thread woven bracelet from his sleeve, and there was a sea-blue bead on it, round and shiny, which made people like it very much at a glance.
Li Xingzhi beckoned and said, "Xiaobei, come over and bring it to you for the teacher." ”
Chen Bei stared at the bead and asked happily, "Master, is this for me?" ”
Li Xingzhi said with a smile: "It was originally yours, but I only returned it to you today, and now it can be regarded as the return of the goods to its original owner." ”
When Chen Bei was three years old, he already knew that he was picked up by the master, and as for the biological parents in the master's mouth, he had no concept at the time, but later followed the master to the south and north more, and only then did he know that everyone had a father and a mother.
Chenbei knows that those children with parents are extremely happy, even if life is hard, those children will get small toys and some delicious food that they think about day and night.
Chenbei had eaten sugar gourds, which he bought himself, but he felt that he seemed to be different from those children, because he felt that their sugar gourds were more delicious.
When Chenbei saw some children sitting on their father's shoulders eating sugar gourds that they hadn't eaten for a long time, all of them always had happy expressions on their faces.
At this time, Chen Bei always felt a burst of envy inexplicably, even if he had a master who was good to him in every way, he still felt that something was missing in his heart.
Li Xingzhi advised: "You must always carry this bead with you, you can't lose it." ”
Chen Bei looked at the bracelet that the master was wearing on his left hand and nodded: "Master, I will take good care of it, and I will never lose it!" ”
Li Xingzhi said with a smile: "Today is your eighth birthday, and from today onwards, you can start practicing the Dao Fa." ”
Chen Bei happily asked, "Then will I be able to fly with a sword like those senior brothers and sisters in the future?" ”
Li Xingzhi laughed and said: "Of course, as long as you practice well, between heaven and earth, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high and the birds can fly!" ”
Chen Beile said: "Then it will be much more convenient for me to go to Anle Peak to buy vegetables and drink wine for the master in the future, and I can also go to a few more library pavilions to read books, I have finished reading the books of Jingxin Peak, and I don't have to spend so much time running to other peaks to read books in the future, so I can save a lot of time to help the master maintain the herbs and flowers!" ”
Li Xingzhi's eyes were full of love and smiled: "Good, good, good." ”
Because Li Xingzhi is very busy, even Chenbei sometimes finds time to teach him when he reads and writes, but what he teaches Chenbei the most is medical skills and the method of making pills.
Li Xingzhi is often either in the medicine field or in the Danfang, or is treating people, so he will let Chen Bei follow him and watch carefully and study hard.
In this way, since Chen Bei just learned to walk, he has been following Li Xingzhi's side, and he has been exposed to it day after day, so that he has a full understanding of many herbs and plants. For the usual prescription processing, Chenbei is very handy to do, but it is still too early to refine the elixir.
If you want to refine the elixir, you must first be a monk, and your own realm must be at least the Gathering Star Realm, and you must have mastered the meaning of the five elements.
Chenbei has not yet started to practice, so he only understands the reason, not the law.
If a mortal wants to embark on the path of monasticism, he needs to be seven years old before his body can draw qi into his body. This is a rule that has been handed down since ancient times, and it is also a truth that has been deduced by the power of the sages. This qi is the aura of heaven and earth, and there is aura between heaven and earth, that is, the qi of life, which is the source of all things. From the moment of birth, the aura in each living creature is different, some are as many as the stars in the sky, and some are as few as a few fluorescent points, and these auras are called the source qi, that is, the source of their own life.
At the beginning of the practice, the qi is introduced into the body, and the aura will slowly accumulate in the body, and this stage is the qi induction. When the aura in the body reaches a certain level, it will slowly merge with the source qi in the body, and the source qi scattered around the body will begin to become stable and regular, and this stage is blood coagulation.
With the continuous introduction and accumulation of aura, new changes will occur in the body, and that is the gathering of the spiritual mansion. The spiritual mansion is symmetrical with the heart mansion, and those spiritual qi will gather in the spiritual mansion, and this stage is the gathering of stars. The spirit house will connect with the heart of the body in the same way that all parts and veins of the body, as if the original parts and veins are given a wrap of aura, and form a wheel of life that echoes the heart from afar.
Those who have more source qi will have a stronger sense of aura between heaven and earth, and vice versa, and there will be advantages and disadvantages, that is, geniuses and generals, and even ordinary people who cannot practice. However, the path of cultivation is not all smooth sailing for the talented, the understanding of the Tao by those who walk on this path is the key, and sometimes the unwavering determination, the courage to move forward and the opportunity that comes at the right time are also the key to blossoming all the way.
Therefore, there are not many moons and suns in the world, and there are stars everywhere in the eye. It is not uncommon for clouds to cover the moon, not all geniuses will be blessed with stars forever, and sometimes those stars that shine in them can also cover the endless moonlight!
Qinghua Mountain inherits all kinds of books that have been handed down in ancient times in the world of Zhongzhou, and it can also be said that ten thousand laws are gathered together, which can be called the "library building" in the world of Zhongzhou. Among them, there are many Taoist books and alchemy methods of plants and trees, and these books are distributed to the library pavilions in many places in Qinghua Mountain, and Jingxin Peak is one of them.
Chenbei was called by Li Xingzhi to Jingxin Peak to read books after he was three years old, and at first Chenbei read some books about medical skills and alchemy, which Li Xingzhi asked him to do. At that time, it took Chen Bei a day to read through a book, but when he was four years old, he was able to familiarize himself with the entire book in just one hour, not only could he write it word for word, but he could also simply evolve the entire content of the book in his heart.
Every time Li Xingzhi saw Chen Bei describe these esoteric and obscure theories in his own words simply and correctly, he felt as if he was listening to a Venerable Great Confucian, and at this time, his face would always be filled with countless wrinkles and lines.
Once, Chenbei read dozens of books on medicine and alchemy one after another, and felt really bored. Seeing that the other fellow disciples were concentrating on reading different Taoist books, and their palms were still swinging from time to time, doing some changing movements, Chen Bei instantly became interested, and began to wonder what interesting content was written in it?
In the end, Chen Bei still forgot his master Li Xingzhi's advice, and also took a book of Taoism to read. Sure enough, Chen Bei found fun in these Taoist books, and he was out of control, until his master Li Xingzhi came to look for him with a bright lamp, and Chen Bei found that the moonlight outside was already winning at the moment.
In fact, Li Xingzhi has been next to him for more than half a moment, but Chenbei is fascinated by reading books, and he has never found anyone coming. There were all kinds of Dao books scattered next to Chenbei, and he had read the one hundred and eighth at the moment.
When Chen Bei closed the book, his face was very happy and said: "Sure enough, the book of Taoism is far more interesting than the way of medical alchemy!"
Chen Bei was obviously still unsatisfied, and when he went to take down another book of Taoism, he saw his master Li Xingzhi smiling kindly.
Chen Bei exclaimed: "Master......"
Then the little face turned red, lowered his head and said apologetically: "Master...... Did you hear what I just said? ”
Li Xingzhi laughed and said: "Xiaobei, as a teacher, I am not angry at all, but I am extremely happy, you can have the concentration of Taiyue when you read books at a young age, not to mention that your comprehension power is already extraordinary, it is rare to be able to read these boring books so with relish!" I am deeply gratified by the teacher. I also thought that I would wait until you had entered the practice before I would let you read these Dao Dharma books, and by that time, you would have some insights on the Dao Path, and then reading these Dao Dharma texts would speed up your understanding of them. Since you enjoy watching them right now, then you should watch them well. Of course, the way of medical alchemy should also be read at ordinary times, and other classics should also be read, after all, all laws have the same origin, and ten thousand books are the same. Also, pay attention to the time, and eat on time. ”
With a smile on his face, Chen Bei nodded and said, "Master, Xiaobei knows!" ”
There are thousands of books and thousands of buildings, and there are thousands of sects in the road, and the road is long and long, and the perseverance is important, and there is a heart for success!