Chapter 3 Good as Water
"Epiphany, I actually entered the legendary state of epiphany! This is really good!" Thinking of an epiphany, I let myself break through to the double of martial arts, Rao is Zhang Ye's heart is calm, and he can't help but get excited.
Epiphany is a peculiar state of comprehension, and for a martial artist, after an epiphany, his cultivation will generally be greatly improved. Even if the cultivation is not significantly improved, the martial artist's mental and spiritual power will be greatly rewarded, and the path of cultivation will become smoother in the future. Epiphany is unattainable for martial artists, but Zhang Ye encountered it once in a daze, and easily broke through to the second level of martial arts!
"Epiphany, epiphany!haha!" Zhang Ye smiled, but he knew very well in his heart that the reason why he suddenly entered the state of epiphany this time was completely brought by the "Tao Te Ching"!
Although the Tao Te Ching, a strange book, does not mention the path of cultivation in a single word, all the expositions point directly to the essence of the Great Dao. Although Zhang Ye only watched it for three days and couldn't comprehend much, even if he comprehended a little bit of skin, it was very extraordinary, enough to make him enter a state of epiphany.
"The book "Tao Te Ching", if you can investigate the principles of heaven and earth discussed in the book and comprehend the way of heaven and earth, then you will definitely be able to become the strongest man in the world!" Zhang Ye stood up, exhaled slowly, and said: "Although I have poor heavenly qualifications now, after I have this magnificent book, as long as I work hard, I will definitely be able to find a way out of the martial arts, and among the strong men of the Savage Continent, there will definitely be me!"
With a fierce fist swing, Zhang Ye walked out of the door.
The town of Trois-Rivières, as the name suggests, is the confluence of three rivers. After Zhang Ye had just broken through to the second level of the martial arts, his body was full of impurities discharged after quenching, and the smell was extremely fishy. This impurity is a bit difficult to clean off, so Zhang Ye prepared to go to a river not far from Zhangfu and go to Haode to clean it in the river.
The octopus burrowed into the river like a fish, looking up at the sky while slowly cleaning the impurities on his body. Although he has not eaten or slept for three days and three nights, after breaking through to the second level of martial arts, the true qi in Zhang Ye's body flows, and although his stomach feels very hungry, his mind is very clear and flexible.
After soaking in the water for a while, Zhang Ye felt the feeling of the river water penetrating his skin, and suddenly remembered the eighth chapter of the Tao Te Ching: "Good is like water." Water is good for all things without fighting, and it is evil for everyone, so it is more than the Tao ......"
Soaking in the water, repeatedly reciting "Good is like water", thinking about the various wonderful uses of water, Zhang Ye only felt the throbbing of his heart, as if he had realized something, but he couldn't say it.
Zhang Ye thought for a while, only feeling tired for a while. Zhang Ye shook his head regretfully and gave up his understanding. I can't force this thing to come by, since I'm mentally tired, don't think about it, otherwise it will be harmful and useless.
After soaking in the water for a long time, Zhang Ye saw that it was not early, so he slowly walked back. When he was about to return to his small courtyard, Zhang Ye suddenly saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old white-clothed boy standing outside the courtyard.
Seeing this young man, Zhang Ye frowned slightly. This white-clothed young man is Zhang Ye's eldest brother Zhang Shu. Zhang Shu is one of the most outstanding masters of the younger generation of the Zhang family, he has cultivated to the peak of the second level of martial arts at the age of thirteen, and he may step into the third level of martial arts at any time and become the first master of the younger generation in Sanhe Town. Compared with Zhang Shu's excellent qualifications, Zhang Ye is simply a waste of firewood, everyone knows that Zhang Shu of the Zhang family is talented and strong, but no one has ever known that Zhang Shu also has a younger brother named Zhang Ye.
"Zhang Shu is very talented, has a good teacher and a large number of medicines to assist in cultivation, although I am his younger brother, he thinks very highly of himself, and has always disdained to associate with a person with mediocre qualifications. This time he took the initiative to come to the door, what did he want to do?"
Zhang Ye thought as he slowly approached. Before he could say anything, Zhang Shu spoke first. He glanced at Zhang Ye in surprise and said, "Huh, you actually broke through the first level of martial arts and entered the second level of martial arts! This is impossible, this is impossible, how is this possible?!"
The path of cultivation is extremely difficult, and although Zhang Shu is extremely talented, he also deeply understands the hardships of cultivation. With his qualifications, with the careful guidance of a good teacher, and a large number of medicinal materials to assist in cultivation, he has cultivated for so long, but he has only cultivated to the peak of the Martial Dao Double Heaven. This chapter Ye's qualifications were mediocre, with no one to guide him, and there were no medicinal materials to assist in cultivation, and he actually entered the second level of martial arts, which made him feel surprised and uncomfortable at the same time. ,
Listening to Zhang Shu's surprised tone, Zhang Ye said lightly: "In this world, nothing is impossible. ”
Although Zhang Shu was his brother, Zhang Ye felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that his mother would silently take away the quenching pill that belonged to him and hand it over to Zhang Shu, so he didn't have a good voice when he spoke.
Listening to Zhang Ye's answer, the look of surprise in Zhang Shu's eyes became even stronger. This Zhang Ye is his younger brother, and although he disdains to associate with him, he still knows a little about Zhang Ye's character. Zhang Ye's qualifications are not good, his cultivation is lagging behind everyone, and he inevitably feels inferior in his heart. I haven't seen him for a few months, Zhang Ye is confident and calm when he speaks, and the whole person has an indescribable temperament, which is like two people from his previous performance.
For the first time, Zhang Shu felt that he couldn't see through this younger brother.
"It's good to advance to the Martial Dao Dual Heaven, it can just help me!" Zhang Shu suppressed his mind and directly stated his purpose: "Next month, I plan to have a competition with Zhang Fang." This competition is very important, if I win, then the name of the first master of the young generation of the Zhang family belongs to me, which is of great benefit to us.
In this competition, although I am not afraid of Zhang Fang, there are many minions of Zhang Fang, and it is difficult for me to deal with it. I came to you this time to ask you to help me and entangle Zhang Fang's minions, so that they could not make small moves, so that I could successfully defeat Zhang Fang's ......"
Hearing this, Zhang Ye finally understood Zhang Shu's intention: it turned out that Zhang Shu wanted to pull himself to be a thug!
Zhang Fang is the eldest son of Zhang Chengtian, the head of the Zhang family, and his talent is no worse than Zhang Shu, and he is at the peak of the second order of martial arts with Zhang Shu. Zhang Fang and Zhang Shu are both very good, and people in the family often compare the two, which makes them look down on each other very unpleasantly. It can be said that sooner or later there will be a battle between the two.
If it was on weekdays, Zhang Ye would definitely agree to help, even if he knew that he would be beaten very badly, he would be very happy to help. But after Zhang Ye fused his memory, he had already seen that little brotherhood very lightly. In addition, he has just obtained the Dao Te Ching, and has successfully advanced to the double heaven of martial arts, a strong road is slowly opening, and endless martial arts mysteries are waiting for him to explore, where is there any interest in participating in this boring thing of fighting for fame?
As soon as Zhang Shu finished speaking, Zhang Ye replied directly: "I'm not interested in this. Can't help you. ”
Hearing that Zhang Ye refused without thinking about it, Zhang Shu's face changed slightly, and said, "Zhang Ye! We are brothers, and you refuse to help me with such a little favor?"
"Dear brother?" Zhang Ye smiled dumbly, shook his head, and repeated again: "I'm not interested in this. Can't help you. ”
"You're ......!"
This younger brother, who had always obeyed his orders, repeatedly refused his requests, Zhang Shu's heart was "Teng", his eyes stared at Zhang Ye coldly, his face was extremely ugly, and he couldn't speak for a while.
Zhang Ye turned a blind eye to Zhang Shu's extremely ugly face, and went back to his small courtyard by himself.