Chapter 273: Wandering (Part II)
There are actually not too many cultivators in the Wandering Realm in the cultivation world.
As we all know, it becomes more and more difficult to practice later on, and Yunyou is one of the watersheds.
If you cross over, you will be recognized by those great cultivators and senior masters, so that you will gain a foothold in the cultivation world. If you don't cross the past, a hundred years later, the dust will return to dust, and no one will remember!
This is precisely because of the difference between the Cloud Wandering Realm and the other five realms in the past.
Before the Cloud Wandering Realm, the other cultivation realms were all in a step-by-step manner, and as long as they could reach the threshold, they could cross over. But even if the Yunyoujing has reached the threshold of the realm, it is not so easy to cross over.
The Divine Soul Journey is only the beginning of the breakthrough. If you want to truly enter the Cloud Wandering Realm, then you have to wait until the spirit returns to the body.
The divine soul will encounter many variables when it leaves the body, just like the ghost cultivator that Gu Luo encountered before, but this is only external, and if you really want the divine soul to return to the body, it requires the cultivator's own efforts.
There are many practitioners in history who have come to this step, but have not crossed this final threshold. The reason is that when their souls left their bodies, they were not able to return to their bodies in time, but were lost between heaven and earth.
At this point, no matter how powerful a practitioner is, he cannot help him.
Therefore, when Gu Ming's soul left his body, whether it was the master Chang Zhenren or the senior sister Ah San. None of them made any moves.
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Gu Ming, who had left the farmland, floated between heaven and earth, feeling the wisps of breeze.
He was extremely relaxed at the moment, but with a mysterious feeling.
It is as if it is truly one with heaven and earth.
In fact, there has always been a debate in the practice of whether the practice is against the heavens or against the heavens.
The number of practitioners who have these two views is about the same, hence the question. I have been arguing in the spiritual world for many years, but there has been no answer.
In their view, if receiving money is not going against the sky, then heaven and earth should treat all practitioners equally. Therefore, all practitioners should be able to cultivate to the highest level.
And the practitioners who hold the opposing view grasp this statement, they think that it is precisely because heaven and earth treat practitioners equally, that there is a distinction between high and low cultivation, and heaven and earth give the same to people, as for how much they can grasp. That's what you're capable of.
It is precisely with the tacit approval of heaven and earth that they can practice.
The two sides have been arguing about this endlessly, and so far there has been no result.
Gu Meng had heard such a statement before, but he didn't pay attention to it, but now he suddenly remembered it.
Floating between heaven and earth, Gu Meng can actually go anywhere at the moment, except for not being able to return to Zheshan Mountain, but he can't think of where he wants to go for a while.
He simply stopped thinking about it, and let this breeze blow him wherever he was.
Follow the breeze and pass through the famous mountains and rivers. After passing through the plains and high valleys, in the end, Gu Luo fell in front of an official road.
On the side of the official road, looking at the ox cart coming leisurely in front of him, Gu Luo didn't feel any cultivator's breath here, but thinking about something, he still floated to the top of the ox cart in a daze.
The driver was a middle-aged man dressed as a poor scholar, looking a little thin.
The old cow is old and does not walk fast.
The scholar took the book in his hand and read it while driving.
Gu Meng sat on the roof of the car, listening to these sage teachings that he had never heard before, and felt that it was a little interesting, so he was not in a hurry to leave.
Suddenly, the old man's coughing sound was heard in the carriage.
The scholar hurriedly closed the book, turned his head and asked, "Is the gentleman walking too fast?" ”
The old voice said with some displeasure, "Who told you that there is an easy way in the world?"
The scholar was stunned, but he didn't admit his mistake immediately, but asked, "Does Sir think that all roads in this world are difficult?"
"So what can you tell me about the easiest path?"
The old man's voice was not loud, but he was peaceful, which made people feel a little relieved when they heard it.
The scholar was silent, obviously thinking.
In fact, this has happened more than once along the way. My husband's temper has always been like this. No matter what kind of questions the students provide, he will not deny them all even if they give answers, but just let the students think for themselves.
So right and wrong are only in the midst of countless discussions, not just one opinion.
The scholar smiled and said, "Indeed, as Mr. said, there is no road in the world that is easy to follow. The students were taught. ”
The old man said lazily: "The old man thought that you could show your strength in the school palace and talk to the old man for three days and three nights." ”
The scholar shook his head and said, "Since Mr. is reasonable, why should the student talk about it again?"
Outsiders don't know, but if the scholars in the school palace see these two communicating so peacefully, I'm afraid that their jaws will drop.
In that school palace that is not for outsiders, these two are among the most influential figures, and the old gentleman needless to say, he is known as a big senior, a big reason, and a big temper.
is recognized as the most learned, no matter which one it is, when you meet an old gentleman, there is almost no one who will leave with his whole body. Although the old gentleman also had occasional defeats, the number of times was really handful.
corresponds to it. The poor scholar is different, he is considered to be a late bloomer in the school palace, and he has been unpopular in the early years, and was even considered unsuitable to be a scholar for a time.
That year. It is also the first heavy snow of winter, and the school palace is preparing to drive this poor scholar out of the school palace. How do you know that this scholar stood in the square and only said one sentence, which made the entire school palace embarrassed.
At that time, the poor scholar who was already not confused stood in the heavy snow and smiled: "I never thought that even being a scholar has a suitable and inappropriate statement. ”
Later, he simply fell on this heavy snowfall. Debated with the scholars of the entire academy about the sages and teachings in some books, and everyone thought that this scholar would end up in ashes, but the result was unexpected. In that heavy snowfall, he even faced more than a dozen well-known scholars, but finally returned with a great victory.
Then he stayed naturally, and there was one more object in the school palace that everyone didn't want to provoke.
When I learned that the scholar and the old gentleman were going to travel together and travel around the world, in fact, the entire school palace was relieved.
An old guy, a not-too-old guy is finally gone.
However, along the way, there were no confrontations that they expected, only two scholars discussed many things and truths in this world.
The old man suddenly said: "The day before yesterday, we talked about the crown prince of the Southern Chu Kingdom who sat on the throne of the monarch by conspiracy, and the conclusion has not yet been reached, do you have any opinion now?"
The poor scholar smiled and nodded, "I have some opinions." ”
The old man hummed and motioned for him to speak.
"Using conspiracy to sit on the throne of the monarch, even if it is not a good way, but after becoming the monarch, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince worked hard, and in the next thirty years, it can be regarded as the peace of the country and the people, so it seems that if he hadn't thought of this way to sit on the throne of the monarch, he would not have had thirty years of peace in Southern Chu. ”
Talking about the difficulties, Gu Luo came to his mind, as the last monarch of Southern Chu, he was familiar with the history of Southern Chu. Gu Meng naturally knew that the Royal Highness the Crown Prince they were talking about was the ancestor of Emperor Chu Hui who was called by the historians.
When Emperor Chu Hui was the crown prince, he was in a difficult situation, many princes were eyeing the throne, and several of them had relatives in power, if they were indifferent, they wanted to fight with righteous means. That Emperor Chu Hui may have already died on the streets.
However, with his calculations of many princes, he even killed several princes with his own hands, and finally forced the former emperor to abdicate and finally sit on the throne. It has also been criticized by many court ministers.
Looking through the annals of history, most of them ended up in disrepute. It's normal to be said to be a faint gentleman.
This emperor is different, after he ascended the throne as the emperor, he was far from the faint monarch, and he could even be said to be a generation of Ming monarchs.
Therefore, for many years after that, the scholars of Nanchu would put this matter on their lips.
But then this matter spread out, which Gu Luo didn't expect.
It was the first time he had heard anyone mention it.
So unusually serious.
"So if you can't do it for the emperor, in your opinion, it's not worth mentioning?"
The old man sneered, "What's the difference between this and those unscrupulous Mighty Soils?"
The poor scholar smiled and said: "Sir's words are not right, if it is for the overall situation, it will be used by extraordinary means for the time being." Why can't you understand it, why can't you accept it?"
"There is a priority in this matter. ”
The poor scholar smiled: "What is the difference between Mr. and those rotten Confucians?"
The old man said: "There are some things that cannot be done, as an emperor must go, how can you act like this?
"But that's thirty years of peace!"
Poor acid scholars-for-tat!
"How do you know that if you change the road, there won't be sixty years of peace?!"
"Sir's words are reasonable!"
"The old man is not forceful of words, but just a matter of facts. ”
The poor scholar smiled and said: "Thirty years of peace is a fact, and Mr.'s judgment is just a hypothesis. ”
At this point, there is no need to discuss the matter further. ”
When an old stubborn donkey meets a little stubborn donkey, it's really okay, and when the argument arises, the outcome may already be doomed.
The old man snorted, "You only saw Princess Taiping for thirty years, didn't you see the influence of this Southern Chu monarch on future emperors?"
"Listen to you, sir. ”
The poor scholar frowned slightly, as if he understood a little.
"After Emperor Hui, the king of Southern Chu. Among the ten generations, six or seven people became the emperors of the Southern Chu State through various improper means. This period of chaos can be much more than 30 years. ”
Such a hundred-year-long chaos may be the root cause of Nan Chu's final lack of resistance to Daqi. ”
"Thirty years of peace, if another country is ruined, is it worth it?
"With the power of one person as the children and grandchildren of future generations, such an example under the tree, does anyone really think that he is a Ming Jun?"
"Judging from the old man, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first faint monarch in the history of Southern Chu. ”
The old man sneered: "If the old man was an official in the court and wanted to question His Majesty Emperor Hui, why would this be? At all costs. ”
The poor scholar said: "What Mr. said is more far-sighted than the students. ”
The old man waved his hand and said, "My generation of scholars only has one mouth, what can I change?"
Then he looked up and said, "Listened to it for so long. If you have any ideas, why don't you share them. ”
Gu Ming's divergent thoughts quickly converged, and when he realized that the old man was talking to him, he was actually a little shocked.
Because in his opinion, the old man was just an ordinary scholar, how could he find out his whereabouts?
The old man seemed to know what he was thinking. opened his mouth and said: "Traveling thousands of miles. See all the scenery in the world, but if you can't go back, everything is in vain. ”
Gu Meng no longer hesitated, his body moved slightly, and he fell to the front of the carriage.
The carriage suddenly opened.
An old man with silver-white hair and a wrinkled face. looked at Gu Meng in front of him kindly.
"It's the first time I've seen such a young wandering realm. ”
Gu Meng bowed his hand and did enough courtesy.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two gentlemen, but I just listened to what the two gentlemen said, and I was a little touched for a while, so I didn't leave. ”
The old man waved his hand and said that he didn't care, "Of course, the truth of a scholar is to be told to the people of the world, if you are afraid that people will hear it, then what kind of scholar is it?"
"Now that I've listened to it, I can talk about how I feel. ”
The old man raised his hand, and Gu Meng noticed that there was actually a small stove in the carriage, and the old man warmed a pot of wine.
"If you can't drink it, I won't invite you to drink it. ”
The old man was very casual.
Gu Meng stood beside the carriage and said softly: "In my personal opinion, I hope the old gentleman doesn't mind." ”
The old man snorted.
Gu Meng said slowly: "As the old gentleman said before, Emperor Hui set an example for future generations to set an example of evil, so it led to chaos in Southern Chu for a hundred years, but I think that this matter cannot be completely blamed on Emperor Hui, even if Emperor Hui is wrong, there are not so many mistakes, and the younger generation has a very simple example, the old gentleman will listen to one or two." ”
The old man nodded.
"What Emperor Hui did. Can the blacksmith be used as an analogy? The blacksmith forged the sword, and it is not known to whom the sword will fall into the hands of the latter. I don't know who died by this sword. How many wicked people there are, how many good people. If the people who died under this sword were all good people, then can it be said that the blacksmith who forged this sword was guilty of a great sin and an unforgivable sin. Because if it weren't for him, this sword would not have appeared in the world, and so many people would not have died under this sword. ”
The poor scholar who was driving suddenly shook his head and said: "This is unreasonable, you can only blame the person who holds the sword, and you must not blame the person who forged the sword." ”
The old man didn't speak, but his eyes were subtle.
Gu Meng asked, "In that case, what is the difference between Emperor Hui and a blacksmith?"
"So, as far as you can see, Emperor Hui must not be blamed for this matter?"
The old man tilted his head and took a sip of wine.
Gu Meng said: "Didn't the Southern Chu royal family learn the right way? Could it be that the gentleman who taught them since childhood was stating how to do whatever it takes to sit on the throne?"
No one spoke.
Gu Meng said again: "In this case, they chose to follow Emperor Hui, just because Emperor Hui had done this, and there was also hope for success. They have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, but how can they blame others for the wrong things they have done?"
"When Mr. talked about this, how could he attribute all the mistakes to Emperor Hui alone, although Southern Chu died in the country, but it is not only Emperor Hui who can be blamed, Southern Chu has been imitated for several generations, a hundred years of chaos, they are also some drops in this river, the entire national strength is weakened, not in a certain person. If you really want to say this, then there is no shortage of eloquent monarchs in the history of Southern Chu. These monarchs, if they did not open up territory for Southern Chu and expand their territory, would they think that they were also wrong. ”
The old man took a sip of wine and did not speak immediately.
But the poor scholar sighed: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years." ”
Gu Meng said softly: "The younger generation is foolish, if Mr. thinks it's inappropriate, don't care." ”
The old man nodded, "I don't attribute the sin of Nan Chu's death to a certain person, but on the whole, there is nothing wrong with it." ”
The old man smiled and said, "Then do you think you are also at fault?"
Gu Meng was taken aback, "Does the old gentleman know me?"
The old man said calmly: "There are not many people in this world who are as young as you. There are not many people who are so young and so good-looking. You may be the only one who looks so good-looking or a sword cultivator, right? Your Majesty the Emperor. ”
Hearing an almost unfamiliar name, Gu Meng was silent.
If you want to say that all the emperors in the history of Southern Chu are wrong and guilty, you can say that the last emperor of Southern Chu is Gu Ming.
The king of the fallen country is sad, lamentable and hateful.
Gu Meng said: "I was powerless back then, but I have no intention at the moment. ”
The old man asked, "If you have lost the inheritance of your ancestors for two hundred years, don't you want to get it back?"
Gu Meng shook his head and said, "If there is another war, how many people will die in Nanchu because of me?"
"The kings of the world are saying, "The world is the world of the people under heaven. But in fact, the world has always been just the private property of a family. ”
"How many people will die to regain this private property?"
When Gu Meng escaped from Yingdu and went to Zheshan, he had a thought in his heart, that is, he would be successful in his studies in the future. He wanted to avenge the hatred of the country, but as time passed, his mind changed.
Nan Chu is too small, and Da Qi is too big.
So after Li Xiang's death, Gu Meng gave up this idea.
"For the sake of the people of Southern Chu, you are a rare and merciful king. ”
The old man asked, "But do you know how many Nanchu people are willing to be this mourning dog?"
Gu Meng said: "When they need me, I will definitely stand up." ”
The old man smiled and said, "Being worthy of your heart is the foundation of your cultivation?"
Gu Meng nodded firmly.
The old man said again: "Now that Nanling is in chaos, it is actually the best opportunity. ”
Gu Meng said: "Many people have said it. ”
The old man smiled: "It's sticking to your heart again." ”
Gu Meng nodded slowly.
The old man raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what are you hesitating about, don't you go back?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand, and a fresh breeze poured out from the old man's sleeve, and a huge force hit him instantly.
Where could Gu Ming's soul withstand this huge force, and in a moment, he asked, "I don't know the old man's name yet?"
The old man said calmly: "When we meet in Pingshui, we don't ask for names." ”
Before the words fell, Gu Luo immediately flew towards the time when he came.
Seeing that Gu Meng had disappeared without a trace, the poor scholar smiled and said, "Sir, how is the student acting?"
The old man waved his hand and said, "General." ”
The poor scholar asked again, "What does the gentleman think of him?"
In fact, whether it was talking about the way of the emperor or Emperor Hui before, it was all for Gu Ming, and even they appeared here because of Gu Ming.
After coming out of the deep mountains and old forests, you will choose this place after going around all the way. In fact, they are all exquisite, because the old gentleman is not only a first-class scholar in the palace, but also a master who knows how to observe luck and explore the stars.
was able to know that Gu Meng would appear here, also because of his ability.
"It's good, in the future, the people of Nanchu will rely on him, and they don't need to find others. ”
The old man said calmly: "For more than 200 years, the Southern Chu Kingdom has suffered a catastrophe, which is doomed. But the old man deduced for ten years and found that the Southern Chu Guozuo was not cut off. ”
"All hope is in him. ”
The poor scholar smiled: "I hope he can bear it." ”
The old man didn't pay attention to it, there are many kinds of cultivators in this world, but the original intention of cultivation. Most of them are only for immortality.
The old man has been practicing for many years, but his purpose is still different from that of these practitioners.
In the first few years, he wanted to be a reader. Later, he knew that he should be a cultivator.
A lot has been done over the years, but not enough.
The old man muttered to himself, "Why do you do so much? It's just because I'm from Southern Chu." ”
Dedication to the country is a national soldier.
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Gu Ming's spirit went back.
Follow the road you came from, all the way to the mountain.
As long as the soul returns to the physical body, it can be declared that he has successfully broken through the realm.
The scenery when I came was very good, and the scenery when I came back was also good.
In a trance, he crossed the famous mountains and rivers and swept over the rivers. Walk through the tall mountain peaks.
In a short time, the mountain was already in front of us.
Chang Yi Zhenren sat in front of the hut, feeling the return of Gu Ming's spirit, and said with some surprise: "It's really fast." ”
Ah Sang smiled slightly, not surprised, her own junior brother knew very well what she was capable of.
Luo Xue, as the little senior sister, is still at a loss at the moment.
The spirit returned to its place, and Gu Meng opened his eyes.
The breath of the whole body has changed.
From this moment on, Gu Meng is a cultivator of the Cloud Wandering Realm, and he may also be the youngest Cloud Wandering Realm cultivator in this world.
Su Su spat on the ground, but raised his head with a smile on his face.
Biaozi sat on the wooden bench and smiled innocently.
Beside him, the girl was watching him.
The mountains burst into cheers one after another.
Everyone was happy that Uncle Xiao had successfully broken through the realm.
Especially those female disciples.
The breath of joy spreads through the mountains.
Gu Meng fixed his mind, headed towards the north, and bowed solemnly.