Chapter 40: The Affair of Love

In the tone of the old storyteller, he said with some regret: "It's really a pity! Now that I think about it, I always feel that I had too few words to say to the old fairy."

At first, I just thought that he was an old man, and he was really approachable, no matter what you asked him, he would answer you seriously.

If there is something that he doesn't understand, the old immortal is also outspoken, and he won't learn from other fake immortals, saying something cloud-covered and foggy, it sounds like a god. Other than that, there's nothing special about it.

In fact, not only me, but also the other people on the ship at that time, did not pay any special attention to this old immortal, but now that I think about it, I really responded to the old saying, 'Do you think there are no immortals in this world?' It's just that you can't see it with the naked eye, and you really don't know the true face of Lushan'. ”

"Sir, what you just said is interesting, but I have a question, how do you know that he is a true immortal and not a false god?" Xuan Yi smiled when he heard this, and asked with some curiosity.

"Hey, Xiaodao Chief, you don't know, that time was really evil! Old man, I have lived for most of my life, and I have never encountered the slightest strange thing, goblins and monsters, and I have only heard of them, but I have never seen them.

But it was that time, less than halfway through the boat, the weather that had been clear suddenly began to thunder, and the sky and the earth were really discolored, and the sun and the moon were dull!

Then, I saw that on the surface of the water, a waterspout that was several tens of meters high suddenly appeared, rushing towards the sailboat at an extremely fast speed! According to that posture, the sailboat was really about to be hit, and it was definitely the end of a ship's destruction and death.

Old man, I had never seen such a scene before, and I was directly frightened and froze in place. And the rest of the ship was no better than me, and we were all desperate to see that the waterspout was about to rush to the bow of the ship. As a result, Trail Chief, guess what?"

"Then the old Taoist priest made a move?"

"Yes, that's right! Hehe, now that I think about it, I still feel that the old fairy really deserves to be a fairy!

I saw him get up from the bow of the boat, facing the dozens of meters high waterspout, standing with his hands in his hands, and his expression was pleasant.

Holding the white whisker dust in his left hand, he waved it lightly at the waterspout, and there was not necessarily any fantasy spell, and the waterspout was directly split in half by the power of the floating dust!

This is not over, after the waterspout was split, there was a cyan snake that was more than ten meters long inside!

And a little bit down seven inches of it, there are two claws!

According to the older generation of our people, this is a sign that a python has turned into a dragon, and even ordinary monks would never dare to provoke it.

The snake Jiao was directly swept away by the old fairy's dust, and stayed in the air for half a day and didn't dare to move, for fear that the old fairy would give it another time, and when the time came, its hundreds of years of cultivation would all be turned into ashes!

However, this old immortal is not a murderer, which is also something I admire about him. I saw that he waved the dust, cut through the waterspout, and after making the snake Jiao fearful, he got up and flew away from the sailboat, volleyed into the air, and flew directly in front of the snake Jiao, and sat on its head!

Then, I don't know what the old fairy said to the snake Jiao, one person and one Jiao jumped up directly, and disappeared in an instant. ”

Hearing this, Xuan Yi said in a somewhat ridiculous tone: "You always remember the beginning and end of this incident clearly. ”

The old man smiled, and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone: "Hehe, I'm used to it, remember the main content, and then make up some details, isn't it a true and complete good story?"

This old gentleman is really interesting, Xuan Yi said with some emotion: "What you said is right!"

"Now that I think about it, the old fairy probably deliberately sat on our boat at that time, in order to subdue that snake Jiao!"

Xuan Yi nodded in agreement.

"Moreover, I also asked the old fairy at that time, do you know how he answered the question about love?"

Genichi smiled and shook his head.

"Hehe, I remember this clearly! Because I think it makes sense, I wrote it down on paper!

When I asked the old fairy this question, he asked me directly, 'Do you want to hear something a little more advanced or a little more superficial?'

I said, 'Is it okay to listen to both?'"

The old fairy smiled and said, "Yes." ’

How interesting is this to hear?

So I said, 'Then tell me first, how do you talk about it in a more advanced way?'

The old immortal nodded, and said slowly: "For Taoism, love is also a part of the Tao, and it is in line with the desires of heaven and people, so the correct attitude towards love should be: do not force, do not escape, do not have few desires, and do not obsess.

As for the reasons, there are roughly two:

First, men and women are equal, and both men and women can become enlightened. As the supreme being that transcends all things, the Tao treats all things in heaven and earth impartially and equally. Lao Tzu said: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs", that is, heaven and earth have no favoritism, and let all things grow naturally, so the love between men and women is part of the way of heaven.

Second: Men belong to yang, women belong to yin, yin and yang complement each other, yin and yang are equally important, and both men and women can cultivate and become enlightened. Therefore, for those who want to walk the avenue, the complementarity of yin and yang is also a clear road.

However, in the practice of different schools, the manifestations are different, some of them are not allowed to talk about the affairs of men and women without cultivating to a certain level, and they can only seek Taoist companions after they have cultivated, while others are relatively open and do not have any special requirements for their disciples. And our faction should be regarded as the latter......

After listening to the old immortal's speech, I was really a little ignorant at that time, and this was really the first time I had heard such a comprehensive explanation made by Master Youdao on this issue.

I couldn't understand a lot of what it said, but fortunately, I apologized to the old fairy and asked him to say it again, and I wrote it down on paper, so that after so many years, I would not forget it completely.

So after a brief moment of distraction, I continued to ask, 'What then would you say if the question is long and shallow?'

As a result, the next sentence of the old fairy made me remember most of my life!

I saw him say with a serious face: 'If you like it, you can go up!'

……”

Hearing this, Xiao Xuanyi, who was originally sitting cross-legged on the stone, trembled, and almost stumbled and fell directly to the ground.

Is that okay?

Originally, after listening to what this old gentleman said earlier, Xuan Yi thought to himself, it seems that this is indeed a senior master of Taoism! Not only is he strong, but when it comes to reasoning, he is also a one-eye, quite senior style!

The result?

The latter sentence directly suffocated the words of praise that Xuanyi had prepared.

I saw that the storyteller glanced at Xuanyi, laughed loudly, and continued to add: "At that time, the old man also reacted like the little Taoist chief, and the tall image that the immortal had established in my heart before was destroyed in an instant!"

If it weren't for the latter incident, I guess I would have regarded that old immortal as an ordinary Taoist who was out of tune!

Then, ah, the old immortal added to me: 'If you think about it, cultivators are also human beings in nature, and there will be a day when the limit is approaching.

Life is short, it is not easy to meet a person you really like, if you don't take the initiative to pursue it, let her slip away from her side, and grow old and lonely, wouldn't it be even more miserable?'

To be honest, I was a little scoffy at this statement at the time, but when I missed that age, I went through most of my life.

I'm getting old, but I don't even have a person around me who can serve tea and water, so I feel more and more that it's really rough and not rough, it's really a truth!"

Hearing this, a thought suddenly flashed through Xuanyi's mind, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Old man, do you remember what that old Taoist priest looks like?"

The old storyteller thought for a while and said, "Don't say it, I'll take a closer look at it at this time, the Taoist robe worn by the old fairy is eight or nine points similar to the one on your body, the little Taoist chief, with long eyebrows and long beards, and this whisk in your hand."

By the way, I remember that he still had a half-moon-shaped sky-blue jade on his waist, and I looked very strange at the time, and I specifically asked the old fairy to come and see it. ”