Chapter 31: The Way of the Strong
The book is still relatively new, and it seems that there are quite a few copies in Master's storage bag. If this is really an ancient cheats, the bottom of the paper should be fragile, yellowing or something.
When Master placed the book in front of me, I gently opened it, as if I had found a treasure.
I looked at the master and said, "This "Yi Shu Zhen Sutra" is a secret book of the sect of this sect, and it can only be taught after the apprentice has reached the initial understanding of the master's ability, and other disciples cannot read it except for the disciples themselves. ”
I immediately looked up at Master, and the tears of gratitude spread across my face, and tears were about to roll down. I think of folk craftsmen and artists who teach their skills, and they often leave three tricks, which are only passed on to the disciples who are most filial and respect themselves at critical times. Just like the clay man Zhang, the clay man Zhang has been passed down from generation to generation, how to make the clay man's face the roundest, many disciples can't pinch a round face in their lifetime, but what about the disciples who get the true inheritance from generation to generation? How do you pinch it? Just take a straw and blow it into the mud head, and with a light blow, the round face will come out, but such a simple trick will not be known except for the true disciples.
Therefore, the true kung fu of the disciples is often taught within three or two people, and the true skills are rarely widely passed on to future generations. There are naturally many reasons, first, if the tricks are widely spread, they may also be learned by bad people to do bad things. Second, the trick should be taught to the disciples who can respect the teacher and respect the way, and fill their graves like sons when they are old. Thirdly, if it is widely known, then the competition among the disciples will be fierce, and the jobs of the truly good disciples will be scrambled. This is the way to pass on the craft. Ordinary people often don't understand, so they say that the master is conservative, but in fact, it is not only traditional conservative, but also has certain rules and principles in it.
Some people say that respect for teachers and virtue, virtue and art, in fact, there are many benefits of this virtue and art in the past, not that everyone pursues this, but you have virtue, you can get art, you lack virtue, you can't get the true inheritance. Virtue and art are not only synonymous with prestige and achievement, but also a great skill for preaching and teaching to solve doubts, that is, a manifestation of "Tao".
The kind of person who opens the door, accepts disciples, and teaches the craft is often not necessarily a true disciple, he himself is not a true disciple, and what he passes out lacks the true essence, but it is also possible that he has his own unique insights and innovations, and then the sect is established. In fact, the real masters and true disciples may be among the people, and most of them have become great hermits and are very low-key.
Even if Master Kong Zhi is a master hidden in the people, the whereabouts of this Yishumen are secretive, and now I have become a disciple of my relatives, and I don't know which way the door of this sect opens, even if it is a low-key and secret sect, it is naturally a superb craft, and the so-called craftsmanship of Yishumen is also a pit and abduction.
However, cheating and abduction is not necessarily bad, this is just means and skills, Master Kong Zhi has always led me to do it seems to be a good thing, there is no lack of virtue, if there is a lack of virtue, it must be cause and effect, such as deceiving the woman with the ingot of gold, the woman is pungent and strong, at first glance she is a fierce woman, most of them are unkind, unrighteous and unrighteous women who do not abide by women's morals, and what the master gave him is just a punishment.
Therefore, I am very pleased that Master does not bully the weak, and I am in a much better mood than when I was with them.
"Alright, put away your showman's tears. From today on, the teacher will teach you the "Easy Counting Sutra", you first read the book. ”
I said, "Master, this time it's true, I'm so moved. ”
"Touched by a fart!" said Master, who slapped me in the head again. Master's move was so fast that I couldn't dodge it at all. He's a great power in his infancy, I can't hide no matter how much I try, this is what I summarized after trying many times, and I simply accepted it directly every time I hit him. Before going up the mountain, Tong Hai bumped into the master's arms because the master deliberately did not hide, and at that moment, he could see that there was a little Taoist priest on the other side, and only this collision could knock out a Taoist temple.
Turning the home page, the title page draws a villain, the villain holds a gold ingot in one hand, and a heart in one hand, no blood, it is a stick figure. I smiled slightly after reading it, the meaning is easy to understand, and only by capturing people's hearts can we earn wealth.
Turning the second page, there is a word written on it: greed. Turning to the third page, I wrote a word: Run. If you open it again, there is still one word: ruthless.
This is followed by the main text of the tirade. The sentences in the text are a bit awkward and I don't know what to do. Since I don't understand it, I don't read it first, and when I turn to the end of the book, there is a long poem written on it, and the text is another kind of text that I have never seen before, and I don't know what to do at all.
Master Kong Zhi said, "This poem was written by my predecessors, and I don't know it, and neither does my master. ”
I turned the book to the first page of the text, and carefully held the book, this is a treasure, I can earn the cheats of Jinshan Yinshan, with Jinshan Yinshan Lingshi Mountain, I can exchange for enough cultivation resources, improve combat effectiveness, and improve cultivation.
"Master, I have already experienced these first few words. This painting means that if you want to fool your wealth, you must grasp people's hearts, and the easiest thing for people's hearts to control is greed, and greed is almost everyone, even Master, you are no exception, otherwise you will not fall into the trap of the Niu family. ”
"Bang!" Master looked at my head again, and then said: "This is called a stick, it is a warning to you not to expose Master's shortcomings casually, but since it is short, expose it, Master does not have so many taboos, and there are no outsiders here." That's right, it turns out that I caught someone else's greed, and someone else caught mine. ”
"Run, that is, once there is danger, go up, since the thirty-six plans are wonderful, go for the trick, then this is universal. "This is my understanding," what about the ruthless word, it is not to have mercy at the critical time, to sympathize with others, because you will also meet liars, and liars will disguise themselves as weak and the like, so be ruthless. ”
Kong Zhi nodded: "It's good for the disciples to have some understanding, but the understanding needs to go further." This word greed not only refers to greed, but also persistence in greed, blindly to get, then easy to lose, blindly to get it is easy to lose one's life, so there can be a run. The word greed is actually a reminder to us that people in the easy number of sects cannot be greedy and attached. Does it have to be something to get? Not necessarily, it may make you lose more. For example, if your life is in danger, and you still insist on getting it, and you are still greedy, it will be miserable. Therefore, this greed is not only to point out the greed in human nature, but also to be vigilant about not clinging. Running, not only running and walking, has this meaning, but it is a reminder to easy to count people, can not run casually, can not run unnaturally, run to run exquisitely, slip to slip smoothly. Even let the other party send you away, this is the essence of running. ”
I was amazed at how much more simple words have to think about than just the superficial meaning.
"That's a cruel word...... It's more profound. To be precise, the mental method of easy counting is just one word: ruthless. You can only take the first step if you are ruthless first, and this ruthlessness is not to others, but to yourself. Whether it is face, greed, desire, kindness, beauty, hard work, etc., you must see yourself as objectively existing and not extreme, that is, you must have a normal heart. This normal heart allows you to see through other people's greed, face, desire, kindness, expectation, and so on. For example, Qing Danzi, a monk in a family of ten thousand people, I can wipe out his sobriety with just one face. Therefore, ruthlessness does not mean being ruthless to others. ”
I nodded: "Since I met Master, Master has indeed not used a single knife or shot, so this ruthless word turns out to be ruthless to yourself, to let go of all desires, all human instincts, this is so difficult." ”
"So the real heart of our easy to count doors is one word: ruthless. ”
"Follow Master's teachings!"
"Don't say polite words, you can't repay you for what Master gave you. ”
I nodded yes.
I don't understand a lot of the words in this book, what is the calf, the calf, the hook and the begging, the nagata, the nagada, don't don't, don't don't, eat the belly, the wooden head, the sauce lump and so on. Kong Zhi explained that this is the dialect of the birthplace of the ancestor, and later it became the code language within the Yishumen, speaking this dialect, except for the people in the birthplace of the ancestor and the people in the sect, outsiders can't understand it at all, and the ancestor is not from this continent, but was reborn here from another world. There are very few people who are born again, and Shizu is one of them. Otherwise, the deception technique would not have reached such a high attainment, he was a human being in two lives, and the memory of his previous life was not erased.
"So, in this continent, except for the people of the Easy Counting Gate, no one knows what we are talking about. From today onwards, I will teach you some basic things, and I must remember that I will teach you a lot in the future. Kong Zhi said.
"Men are called masters, women are called women, children are called Xiaoga, old men are called old lamps, cultivators are called cow noses, and those who cultivate Buddhism are called bald donkeys...... Can you remember?"
"Yes...... Can ...... "I'm a little reluctant, but I still remember, after all, I'm an immortal cultivator, and my memory is very good, although the third-level spiritual root is not as good as the fifth-level or above, but it's okay." Master's first-level spiritual root can remember that there is nothing I can't do.
"The husband is called the old immortal, the old man, the one in my family, my grandfathers, etc., and the wife is called the lowly, the daughter-in-law, the cook, the cook, the head of the house...... This should be used according to the context. ”
I nodded again, this is difficult. Master really thinks of me, and when he comes up, he comes to a high-level dialogue.
"However, these are all daily life, and our daily life involves liars, deceived and other characters. For example, this sentence in the book: 'When people tease monkeys, the fault is that the monkeys are not human.' It means that the liar deceives the fool, the fault is not the liar, but the fool, the monkey is a smart thing, but in the easy counting gate is the meaning of the fool. Why do you say that monkeys are stupid, in fact, Master also told us what Master said, that is, in their world, monkeys are very intelligent animals, but no one is smart, and they often want to deceive people, and they end up being deceived. Therefore, monkey means fool, and later evolved into the meaning of the deceived, and few people who are deceived feel that they are fools, and they all feel that they are as smart as monkeys. And the person here does not refer to a person, but to a person who cheats, in the dialogue for short. In fact, deceiving and being deceived is not about being stupid or not, it is all about whether you are greedy, greed is the key, if you are greedy, fools can also deceive you. ”
"From now on, you have to learn these things quickly, although there are not many people in this world, but when you meet, you can understand each other, that is, you recognize the same door, and it is convenient to cooperate. There is an ironclad rule in the Yishumen, that is, the people of the sect must not deceive each other, otherwise they will not only be driven out of the sect, but also abolished and cultivated. But if you don't understand these words, when you meet the same door, the same door will think that you have learned from the same door or forced to ask, and they may also kill you. Therefore, it is necessary to learn well and learn accurately. ”
It seems that if you want to really mix in the immortal realm, it is not so easy to become a master of one sect. If I hadn't met someone as high as Master Kong Zhi, I might have been sold or died by now. The so-called gratitude is not only the giving that you see, but also the giving that you can't see, that is, a safe environment for development, this environment is given to me by Master Kong Zhi, and I want to cherish it.
Although this internal language is quite awkward, I can still learn it, after all, I spend nine pounds to welcome spring, and I am also a person who does not admit defeat.
I cleaned up the room while learning this easy number of secret words, this code language is still very interesting, sometimes with strange pronunciation, people listen to the lighthearted, and sometimes very heroic, a bit of the rivers and lakes, this is more like the style of loose cultivation, but this way of speaking can only be mastered by easy number of people.
"Master, I remember the first time I was abducted, I met a group of monks, saying that they were from the Cloud Academy, what kind of sect is this Cloud Academy?"
Kong Zhi laughed and said: "A small sect, it's bigger than a family, so be it." In fact, they may not be willing to participate in the war, but everyone has rules to protect their families and defend the country, since they have become an open sect, they have to go up, and it is their duty to do so, as for your fat uncle, he was forcibly conscripted. ”
"Master, they said to go to the border to fight, why don't you go? Also, why haven't I felt a war for so long?" This question has been in my mind for a long time.
Kong Zhi said: "Fighting, now is not the time for you and me to participate in the war, the magic array on the battlefield does not recognize people, in addition to fighting with the strong and fearless demon clan, the internal big gangs are also fighting, it can be said that the world is very chaotic now." Only these backwoods are suitable for us to survive. You haven't even reached the foundation building period now, and you're still worried about fighting, and you may not survive more than three days if you go to the division. As I said, I am easy to win with wisdom, even if there is a real war, it is really impossible to be a soldier and a pawn, and it is almost the same as being a military advisor and strategist. ”
"That's right, my master is a Kongzhi, omniscient, and intelligent, how can he be easily sent to death. I am Kong Zhi's apprentice, so I have to live well. ”
"You're right, if you really have to go to war, it will be when you are full-fledged. ”
"Okay, Master, I'll work hard to cultivate!"
The two of us were talking, there was a sound outside the door, it turned out to be Tong Hai back, although this person was blinded by me and the master, but now it is also a family, and most of the apprentices who are brought out by the people who are responsible are very obedient. Master and I went out to greet him, and he lived up to expectations, Tong Hai asked the craftsman to make a plaque as quickly as possible, with three big characters on it: Shangyunguan, golden frame, and the pattern is also finely carved, and there is even a hollow effect.
At this time, I found out that Tong Hai didn't even have a storage bag, Tong Hai was carrying the plaque back, there were seven miles down the mountain alone, fourteen miles back and forth, and there was still some distance from the town when I went down the mountain. March City used to be not called March City called Sanyue City, Sanyue City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a road on one side, this road is just through our Shangyunguan direction, there is a fork in the middle, and it is connected with the surrounding towns. Later, because the sky was lit at the same time, it was renamed March City, which was full of mystery.
Tong Hai and He Bao are both spiritual qi stage cultivators, and the quality of He Bao's spiritual root is higher than mine, it is a fourth-level spiritual root, and Tong Hai is only third-level like me.
In the evening, He Bao, a silly boy, brought a craftsman, and the craftsman was a small-minded character who was often easy to become a small leader.
I stepped forward and asked, "What kind of craftsman are you?"
The man said, "The villain is a carpenter, and I have a group of craftsmen who can take care of the work here." ”
Master Kong Zhi shook his head: "Are you afraid that Bendao will have no money." So saying, he took out a money bag, and in it was a heavy gold ingot, and showed it to the carpenter. Today you stay first, since it is a carpenter who must have come to measure, then you should measure and go down the mountain, call all the other craftsmen, and bring all the materials up the mountain when you come again, after all, this mountain is a bit difficult to climb now. I asked my disciples Hai Zhongzi and Bao Zhongzi to accompany you to get the materials. ”
The master was very generous, and directly threw a storage bag for the neutron and the treasure neutron, which has a large space and is naturally easy to contain materials.
Master turned to me and said, "You can also go with them to March City to buy some necessities." ”
Although Hai Zhongzi and Bao Zhongzi are older than me, they both call me Senior Brother, which is deliberately arranged by the Master. Let the two of them remain humble, so that they are more obedient, and they can't stand in front of me just because they are older. I am a die-hard fan of Master, so naturally I want to reuse it.
Kong Zhi asked, "What do you call it?"
The craftsman saw that the master had gold, and it was really not bad for money, so he said politely: "Villain Hu San, he has twenty years of carpentry skills, I don't know ......what the master of the world is?"
He Bao said humbly on the side: "Our master respects Dingyuanzi, who is a master of the Tao in the world, and he can do everything to open mountains and crack stones. When he said this, he meant that he was a treasure and the master was a master, and his face was full of pride, and he couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it, this person was really useful.
If someone else says this, it may be difficult to believe, but this simple speech is often easy to believe. Sure enough, Hu San hurriedly made a gesture to show respect.
There are quite a lot of immortals in this immortal cultivation world, and ordinary mortals are not afraid when they see immortals, and they communicate normally. However, as soon as he turned around, he still pursed his lips and muttered, "No matter how good a Dao Breaking Cultivator is, there will be no one." "The sound is weak, and we can hear it. The humble He Bao was just about to get angry, but was stopped by the master and shook his head. Han Han also has an advantage, obedient. He has a greater advantage, that is, he is diligent, and later we learned that the reason why this yard is so tidy is basically done by Hanhan every day, and even Tong Hai wants to help him, and Tong Hai has no choice but to help pick up water and dry some miscellaneous. After all, if you want to get the waterhole in the back mountain to the front, you can only carry water.
The craftsman temporarily stayed in the pilgrim's lounge, and prepared to measure the courtyard walls, attic, and steps, including the placement of furniture to be beaten, and so on, and he had to wait for the master to give the order.
It took Master Kong Zhi two full hours to list the required wood products, and the items needed for the general Taoist temple, Master also had to list them one by one, I have to say that Master is really well-informed, and even these people understand, people who have lived for hundreds of years are different, and I have more respect for Master when I think about it. However, when I brought tea to the master, I saw that he was also reading the materials, and he still didn't fully understand the furnishings of the Taoist temple. It seems that cultivating immortals is still young for hundreds of years, and there are still too many things I don't understand, so I can't help but sigh in my heart.
The master didn't carry my back and said, "Sometimes, what you don't know, you can learn it, and you just know it. ”
I heard that Mr. Dao had said this before, and I knew what it meant, so I nodded, what the master said was right, so I helped the master to read the information, and by the way, I learned that the original Taoist temple was very exquisite, but fortunately, the original master had all the information, and it didn't take much effort.
It was a little blurry as it was dark, and I was tired from work, so I lit the lamp. Although we are monks, our physical bodies are still stronger than mortals, and if we don't run the aura, we are equivalent to the level of the top masters of martial arts, so we still need to rest when we are busy.
I've always been curious about one thing, and my relationship with Master is getting better and better, so I don't need to think too much, and I ask without thinking, "Master, what are you really like?"
Kong Zhi was slightly stunned, and laughed: "Haha, good apprentice, then I'll show you." ”
As he spoke, the master took off his Dao crown square scarf, took off his robe, and then wiped his face.
A round and ugly fat man appeared in front of me, with a short beard, except for two temples and two clumps of peach-shaped hair, the middle light was like a night pearl, the mustache was shaking, lacking masculinity, and the big belly was the size of a pregnant woman who was about to give birth.
I said, "Master, you are a typical wide road with little grass and a smart man with little hair. ”
The master smiled lightly and turned back into a Taoist priest.
I said, "Didn't you say that there is a time limit for change, and why has this Taoist priest changed for so long?"
Kong Zhi smiled and said, "Stinky boy, now this handsome and dashing Taoist priest is me, and that fat man is what I have become." ”
"Ah, Master, you're so bad!"
"Master didn't mess with you. The reason why I deceived you is to tell you that even the most trusted colleagues may fool you. In the future, even if you meet someone from the same door, you must keep three points, and you can't throw away all your hearts. To remember: compartment belly compartment mountain. ”
"Follow Master's teachings!" I replied obediently.
"Oh, by the way, let you go to March City tomorrow, do you know what to do......? Do you still bother with Master?"
I found that I was indeed much smarter than before, and it seemed that it was the truth that I would become someone who I was when I messed with anyone. I flipped through the book and said, "On the surface, I was asked to go to the city to buy some daily necessities and daily necessities, but in fact, it was for me to investigate the situation in March City. This job will be handed over to the disciple first, and he will definitely take control of the situation in March City and hand it over to the master. ”
"Hahaha...... Then I won't talk nonsense, tomorrow morning you go down the mountain first, give you seven days, and the construction of this temple will take at least seven days. This is your first solo experience, and I hope you can complete this little task. ”
"Yes, Master!" I am happy from the bottom of my heart when Master calls, and I am really fortunate to have such a powerful Master. I like me as a master, and I am really liked by people who are smart, not only because of the relationship between master and apprentice, but also because of course our relationship is increasing day by day.
Before I went out, Master taught me some easy words: a beautiful face is called Pan Liang, those who have money are called pipes, those who have no money are called grassroots, and the place where black money is laundered is called a water house......