Chapter 4 Eight Essentials of Cultivating Truth
After listening to Lu Yan's detailed introduction, Ye Qiuli couldn't help but praise loudly: "It turns out that the Five Elements True Qi still has such a wonderful function, and it really deserves the master's respect for it so much. After knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, not slacking off in a hundred battles, and having a deep understanding of oneself, it is natural to have a target in cultivation, like a tiger with wings, this is really a sharpening knife and cutting wood, I don't know how long it will take for me to clearly feel the progress of my cultivation. ”
In the end, he couldn't help but care about his qualifications and attributes.
"Hehe, it's not easy for you kid to understand your qualifications and attributes, just ask if you are a teacher. After finding that Ye Qiuli was caught in the effect of "Five Elements True Qi" for a while and couldn't extricate himself, Lu Yan also felt very funny, when even if he made it clear, with a top master of the Mahayana period like him here, Ye Qiuli didn't have to be reluctant to go far at all, as long as he asked, he would naturally know the answer.
Although the Five Elements True Qi does have the function of testing a cultivator's qualifications and attributes, its effect is still a bit slow, and it is not as convenient and fast as the cultivation master to test it in person.
Hearing Lu Yan's words, Ye Qiuli couldn't help but pat his head, and suddenly said with a sense of realization: "Eh, the disciple has forgotten the great master of Shizun, why don't you take the test of Shizun's qualifications and attributes?" His little question is definitely a piece of cake for Lu Yan, and he can see through it at a glance.
"Haha, don't make a move. As a teacher, you have already investigated clearly, you are the top cultivation qualification in the fire attribute, and it is enough to inherit the mantle of the teacher. Seeing that Ye Qiuli was confused in this matter, which was quite an afterthought, Lu Yan couldn't help but laugh, and immediately smiled and told him that he had already inspected his qualifications and attributes long before he came to the "Floating Cloud Immortal Mansion".
was waiting with hope for Lu Yan to say that he was a cultivator who had not been met in a thousand years, but after suddenly hearing that he was only a mid-to-upper qualification, Ye Qiuli immediately shrank down quickly like a deflated ball, and replied listlessly: "Talent is in the upper qualification?" Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with the cultivation qualification he possessed, and even his enthusiasm for cultivation had dissipated a lot.
Seeing Ye Qiuli looking so greedy, Lu Yan couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Hehe, kid, don't be dissatisfied, you should be smiling secretly if you have middle and upper class qualifications, and there are countless people whose qualifications are not as good as you! Do you want better qualifications? or hope to be able to cast a good baby in the next life!"
"Besides, although qualification is important, it is only one factor in the success of cultivation, and there are many situations that are related to the success or failure of cultivation! Several major factors related to the success or failure of cultivation have been summed up in the long history of the cultivation realm: chance, mind, understanding, qualification, exercises, resources, elixirs, and magic weapons, and qualification is only ranked fourth, as long as the conditions in other aspects are not bad, it does not matter if the qualification is not bad.
is like a teacher, but it is just a middle-class and upper-class qualification, and in the end, it is not by virtue of the great opportunity of a stand-in puppet that he successfully survived the catastrophe, and he is about to fly to the immortal realm. Therefore, as long as you cultivate seriously and have a stand-in puppet to help you survive the tribulation, the Ascension Immortal Realm is basically nine out of ten!" Finding that Ye Qiuli was still not in a high mood, Lu Yan was worried that he was entangled in his heart, and after a slight pause, he quickly continued to explain.
"In this way, the disciple's cultivation conditions are not bad?" Hearing Lu Yan say that qualification is only the fourth factor related to the success of cultivation, and there are many more important things that can affect the success or failure of cultivation, Ye Qiuli was a little relieved, although he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, he could only accept such a reality.
Nothing can be perfect, and qualifications are inherently gifted, and it is definitely a difficult thing to change them. Relatively speaking, being able to worship under Lu Yan's door and becoming a cultivator is the most crucial element, if he does not come into contact with the mysterious world of cultivation, even if he really has superior qualifications, it is useless. Thinking about it like this, he slowly thought about it.
"Of course, just a stand-in puppet is enough to make all the cultivators in the cultivation realm look forward to it and envy it to the point of madness! What's more, your heart and understanding are also very good, which can be seen from the fact that you can still maintain a calm, peaceful, and open-minded attitude after suddenly encountering a life and death accident.
In the process of cultivation, there are many tribulations and crises, and the inner demon is the most dangerous one, only when the mind is calm, the mind can be harmonious, the spiritual platform can be clear and thorough, and the practitioner can recognize his true nature. Only in this way will cultivation continue to progress, and bottlenecks and demons will be naturally eliminated. And you obviously have an advantage over the vast majority of people in this regard. Probably because he felt that he was too embarrassed to say Ye Qiuli, and after some explanation, Lu Yan praised his heart and understanding again.
Although Ye Qiuli was not satisfied with his qualifications, he was already very satisfied with receiving a successor with middle and upper qualifications, especially since this heir's heart and understanding were still very good, and he could completely pass on his lineage smoothly. What's more, he also left behind a top-level treasure that can be ranked in the top three in the five worlds of immortals, demons, demons, Buddhas, and humans-the Nine Tribulations stand-in puppet, just this big chance is definitely more than the sum of several other factors. Generally speaking, Ye Qiuli's cultivation career had already taken advantage of it before it began.
I kept talking about the freshman phone call until the end, and then Lu Yan concluded: "Cultivating the truth is cultivating the mind, and if you don't have a state of mind, you must not pursue the cultivation that does not belong to you! Those who have too many thoughts and too complicated minds, even if they try their best to improve their cultivation to an extremely high level, will eventually end up because the realm can't keep up, and they will inevitably end up going mad and dying of explosions. Even if you are lucky enough not to die for a while, your future cultivation prospects will be greatly limited, and every step forward will become extremely difficult, and if you want to ascend to immortality, there is basically no possibility. ”
After listening to Lu Yan's extremely strange narration, Ye Qiuli couldn't help but have a very absurd thought: "In this way, people who have no heart and no lungs are easy to go further on the road of cultivation?"
Hearing that Ye Qiuli actually used the word "no heart and no lungs" to describe his heart, Lu Yan couldn't help but smile, nodded lightly, and then said with a smile: "Well, you can also say that." Isn't there a famous saying on your earth that says, 'The sea is tolerant of all rivers, tolerance is great, and the walls are thousands of thousands, and there is no desire, then there is rigid', and this principle is also common in the world of cultivators, and the mind is indeed the key factor in determining a person's destiny and achievements.
In fact, no matter what world you are in, there are only two kinds of people who can truly achieve outstanding achievements in spiritual practice: those who are simple-minded and do not have too many chaotic desires, and those who are determined and will do whatever it takes to achieve a certain desire. These two kinds of people can be regarded as heartless, one is to see everything openly, not to add unnecessary troubles to themselves, a little bit to see through the red dust, and the other is ruthless and unrighteous, heaven and earth, self-respecting, everything only talks about interests, does not ask about right and wrong. The former is easy to enter the immortal path, the latter is easy to enter the demon path, and you are the kind of person in front. ”
"Hehe, it seems that I'm not useless, not adapting to the requirements of society, it doesn't mean that there are no advantages, it's just that they haven't found it. After learning about Xiuzhen's harsh requirements for the mind, Ye Qiuli was both happy and angry, and finally couldn't help but laugh bitterly at himself. At this time, he couldn't help but think of a famous saying: There is no lack of beauty in the world, what is lacking is only the eye that finds beauty. It's just that the conditions for discovering his advantages are too high, and if he hadn't met Lu Yan, I'm afraid he wouldn't have a chance in his life.
Hearing Ye Qiuli's emotion, Lu Yan didn't say much, and said casually: "Of course, how can the realm of mortals be compared with those of cultivators? Now, you have stepped into the ranks of cultivation, let the grievances and grievances of the mortal world go with the wind, and your world will be an infinite and vast cosmic starry sky!"
As he spoke, Lu Yan's mind also fluctuated, and the immortal aura around his body rolled and spread for a while, slowly drifting to Ye Qiuli's side, enveloping him entirely, and at the same time, there was a mysterious rhythm gently brushing through the entire "Floating Cloud Immortal Mansion", so slight that neither of them felt anything.
As if Lu Yan's words touched a mysterious string in the depths of his heart, in this indescribable mysterious atmosphere, Ye Qiuli's spirit fell deeply into a kind of unconscious confusion, and he reflexively muttered to himself: "Yes, the endless starry sky is waiting for me to discover!"
For a while, in the small "Floating Cloud Immortal Mansion", both of them fell into a silent silence.
In the end, Lu Yan's realm was relatively superb, and he only sobered up in a moment. After all, he was already a person who was about to ascend, and the epiphany that came from communicating with ordinary people was really difficult to shake the mind that had already been cultivated thoroughly. It's just that when he saw that Ye Qiuli had not yet started cultivating and was immersed in some kind of realm similar to enlightenment because of the traction of his own qi, he still felt an indescribable relief in his heart, and he felt that the disciple here had received it very correctly.