Chapter 11: My brother has a showdown
After coaxing Li Xiaowan back to the room to sleep, Li Xijing went out.
For a few months before he crossed over here, he had been working in a tavern in Dongcheng Old Street, working as a handyman serving water and pouring wine to earn a little money.
Now that he is a cultivator, he plans to go to the academy or the Taoist academy in two days to study.
In Great Xia, there are only a few people who have the opportunity to step into the threshold of the three sects, and the cultivation subsidies of the two academies for students are extremely generous, and he doesn't need to be a part-time worker anymore.
Therefore, this time, he went to quit his job.
In the morning, no one usually thinks about drinking, so when Li Xijing walked to this "Dongcheng Tavern", the owner was the only one in the tavern.
The tavernkeeper's surname was Zhang, a burly middle-aged man of about forty, who looked fierce and vicious, a complete miser, and he had not been seen to do anything like mixing water into rice wine in his predecessors, and he often owed his wages.
Not only that, Boss Zhang's favorite thing to do on weekdays is to exercise his muscles with an iron bell like now.
Fortunately, Boss Zhang's attitude towards Li Xijing is quite kind.
He has a seventeen-year-old daughter, who has been hungry for Li Xijing's body for a long time, and even said some time ago that "Brother Xijing is not married".
Boss Zhang has always wanted Li Xijing to be his son-in-law.
But the predecessor was an upright gentleman, who was not short of ambition, and never considered this kind of eating soft rice.
Of course, the main reason is... Boss Zhang's baby daughter Zhang Cuihua is a meat ball with a height and weight of 160, and what the predecessor likes is a wonderful girl with a figure like the dancing girls in Tianxian Building.
Hearing Li Xijing say that he was here to quit, Boss Zhang said he was very angry.
Originally, he had made a package ticket in front of his daughter, and he had to let her hug the beautiful man.
Now that Xiao Langjun is no longer working in his tavern, how can Cuihua get close to the water and get the moon first?
So Boss Zhang, as usual, held an iron bell weighing eighty pounds, exposed the muscles on his arms, and blocked the door and glared at Li Xijing.
The threat is self-evident... Seduced the heart of my family's cuihua, and wanted to leave like this?
Li Xijing was expressionless in front of Boss Zhang, lifted one of his other two iron bells, which were 120 catties and 160 catties respectively, and easily raised them above his head and knocked them twice, making a crisp sound of "bang".
Then under the stunned gaze of Boss Zhang, he walked away.
This is often the way a cultivator communicates with others... Plain.
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After leaving the tavern, Li Xijing went to the market not far from here and bought some meat and vegetables to go home.
Coincidentally, whether it was in his previous life or in this life, he had superb cooking skills.
He originally wanted to make some of the best dishes on earth to reward Li Xiaowan's hard work last night, but because many condiments were not available here, he had to retreat and rely on the memory of his predecessor to make two of his sister's favorite pig's trotter soup and braised pork.
Li Xiaowan was probably really tired last night, and it wasn't until noon, after Li Xijing had prepared all the meals, that the little girl was awakened by the smell of meat, staring at a table of delicious food with bright eyes.
At the urging of Li Xijing, she reluctantly went to wash up first, and then returned to the table to start her favorite thing to do - fighting with food, and having endless fun.
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"Xiaowan, do you know..."
After lunch, Li Xijing asked his sister, "Is it possible that there are people in this world who can cultivate the laws of the two schools at the same time?"
Although Li Xiaowan is two years younger than him, after all, he is a person who has been exposed to orthodox Confucian education for a year in the academy, and Li Xiaowan must know more things than him about the cultivation of the three religions.
Hearing this question, the little girl gently rubbed her slightly swollen belly with her hand, and replied thoughtfully: "Yes, but only theoretically." ”
"Theoretically, what do you mean?"
"Didn't I say it before? There is more than one way to step into the threshold of the three religions. Li Xiaowan asked rhetorically.
Li Xijing thought about it, seemed to have an understanding, and asked:
"You mean, if a person first communicates the will of the Taoist ancestors, makes a vow, and then is empowered by the Confucian power, then he can fit the laws of Taoism and Confucianism at the same time?
Further, if a person who is born with wisdom roots makes a vow the day after tomorrow and then explains the Confucian empowerment, he will be able to conform to the three teachings at the same time?"
"I can't see that Li Dajing, you're quite smart. Li Xiaowan looked at Li Xijing with some surprise, and said in surprise: "You can actually think of this." ”
Joke... After all, we were programmers in our previous life, and this object-oriented way of thinking is not easy to come by... Li Xijing thought so.
Though... The object-oriented mindset didn't help him find the object...
"Then you say it's just theoretical... What does that mean?" asked Li Xijing.
Li Xiaowan glanced at him, "How can ordinary people have so much time to specialize in the laws of the two teachings at the same time.
Moreover, if a Taoist disciple has the opportunity to receive a powerful empowerment, let the powerful empowerment of the same Taoist directly advance by leaps and bounds. It is much more useful than receiving Confucian empowerment and just opening a threshold.
Moreover, this forcible method will cause the two laws to repel each other in the body, making it difficult for both laws to be refined, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”
I see.
Li Xijing nodded slightly when he listened, what Li Xiaowan said was indeed quite reasonable.
But his situation was different.
He could feel that the three laws of Buddha, Confucianism, and Taoism in his body were not mutually exclusive and inhibitive, but were promoting each other.
In just one day, he felt that his body had changed drastically, otherwise he would not have succeeded so easily in the tavern before.
That being the case, then...
"Xiao Wan, my brother has a showdown!"
Li Xijing said to Li Xiaowan with a look of "let's not pretend": "After receiving the powerful empowerment of that Taoist yesterday, I tried to communicate the will of the Confucian saints by myself and successfully stepped into the threshold of Confucianism.
From now on, I will be going to double cultivate Taoism and Confucianism. ”
He had already thought about it, so he was admitted to the academy and the Taoist academy at the same time as a Confucian and Taoist respectively, and at the same time he was eating the practice subsidies of the two academies and playing the Dafa of time management.
After being discovered by others, he told others in a strong showdown that he was a genius who could practice the laws of the two teachings without hindrance.
Then, it attracted the attention of everyone, and the deans of the two academies favored him, married the daughter of the dean, and walked to the peak of his life...
As for Buddhism, probably because the people in Buddhism are all wanderers in the world, there is no place like Shaolin Temple in Luo'an City to teach Buddhism.
It's a pity that when he was separated from the little monk Tonglu, he didn't know that he had this adventure later, otherwise he would have asked Tonglu for a book or two of Buddhist scriptures to see.
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