Chapter 55 Late at Night
Zhang Zhezhi and Jun Modao arrived at the Baishi Palace on the night of the fourth day after Luo Xinghe and the others entered the White Stone Palace. The two originally planned to intercept and kill Jia Daochang and Mengshan Erwolf, so they no longer flew more than ten miles away from the White Stone Palace, but rushed to the White Stone Palace with a light body lifting technique. Before he got closer, he saw more than a dozen foundation building monks and dozens of Qi refining layer monks surrounding the Baishi Palace, and there were more than a dozen monks in front of the Baishi Palace, as if they were guarding the palace gate.
Jun Mo taught Zhang Zhe a method of concealment, and blessed him with an invisibility spell, so that the two of them could get close to the monks who surrounded the White Stone Palace in the distance.
"Seniors, Najia Lao Dao and Mengshan Erwolf are here, it seems that they are blocked outside. Zhang Philosopher said to Jun Modao with the method of gathering qi and condensing his voice.
Jun Modao nodded, and said: "The number of Zhuji monks in the two groups is about the same, but there is no dispute, I think there is a Jindan monk here, it is estimated that he has already entered, it seems that the two of us have no chance to go in, just guard outside, maybe there are other opportunities." ”
Zhang Zhezhi nodded the number of people and agreed with Jun Modao's statement.
"Senior, how long do you estimate it will take for that Jindan monk to come out?"
Jun Modao found a comfortable position to lie down, and said: "Who knows, according to my previous experience, it will take four or five days at least, and ten days at most." ”
Seeing Jun Modao lying on the grass, Zhang Zhe took out two reclining chairs from the storage bag, gave one to Jun Modao, and said, "Senior, it's more comfortable to lie on this recliner." ”
Jun Modao lay down on the recliner, and saw that Zhang Zhezhi took out a coffee table from the storage bag and put it between the two of them, took out a lot of food to fill the coffee table, and gave him a few cans of wine. Jun Modao opened a can of wine, took a big sip, and said with a smile: "Do you kid always carry so many things?"
Zhang Zhezhi tore a braised dog leg and said with a smile: "There is always no shortage of food on the younger generation, the younger generation is this problem, gluttony, raised by my master since childhood, that old guy is very picky, always reluctant to spend money, so I am also short of food and clothing, so the younger generation swears, when I have money one day, I must buy a lot of delicious food, eat whatever I want, and wear whatever I want." ”
Jun Modao smiled: "You pursue enjoyment so much, aren't you afraid of damaging your Dao heart?"
Zhang Zhe chewed the dog meat in his mouth, and said indistinctly: "The younger generation doesn't think so, the younger generation thinks that the pursuit of enjoyment is also a kind of Taoist heart, which is no different from our pursuit of the road of immortality, since the practice is against the sky, it is inevitable to suffer some hardships, so why should the younger generation grieve themselves? What the younger generation pursues is a process of enlightenment, as for whether or not you can achieve the road of immortality, that is secondary, hard work is enough, and it doesn't matter what the result is in the end, what matters is what the younger generation gains in the process." ”
After listening to Zhang Zhe's words, Jun Modao was stunned for a long time before he smiled and said, "What you said makes sense, it's me who is fascinated." Aren't you afraid that you'll get what you don't want in the process?"
Zhang Zhezhi said: "Of course the younger generations are afraid, but it is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." The younger generation has worked hard, and the younger generation will accept it no matter what the result is. You can't just put aside the other wonderful things in life for the sake of practice, because the younger generation thinks that any kind of wonderful life is a part of the practice, and it belongs to the younger generation's own way of cultivation. ”
Zhang Zhezhi's words were unintentional, he just saw too much chicken soup for the soul in his previous life. has been rolling in a materialistic world, and these experiences can always come easily, but his words have a huge shock to Jun Modao.
Since Jun Modao became sensible, the first important thing he came into contact with was cultivation, continuous cultivation according to the inheritance of the family, acting according to the rules of the family, practicing for the inheritance of the family, and practicing for the sake of the family. Zhang Zhezhi's thoughts have never been told to him.
Zhang Philosophy has always believed that although this world is a world of cultivation, those mortal societies are still in a feudal state, and it can even be said that the society composed of those cultivators is also a feudal social structure, which is nothing more than the life expectancy of these cultivators. This immortal cultivation world is also a closed society, except for cultivation, there is nothing to praise, and the world of his previous life is a world of information explosion, and his knowledge and understanding of life and human nature are far from comparable to the people of this world.
Jun Modao is a person in this relatively closed world, and naturally he can't get rid of the inherent shackles of this world. Zhang Zhe's unintentional words made him feel as if he understood something, but there were still some joints that he hadn't thought clearly.
"Then what do you want?" Jun Modao first let go of his little bit of perception and continued to ask Zhang Zhizhi, wanting to get some hints from it to let himself have some insights.
Zhang Philosophy took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "I don't know what I want, I was picked up by my master from the pile of dead, if it weren't for my master, I would have died a long time ago, so in addition to honoring my master, I haven't figured out what I want yet." For example, since I have the opportunity to enter the cultivation world, then I will work hard to practice, but in the process, I hope that I will be happy and able to do whatever I want while keeping my own heart. I am equivalent to a person who lives again, so I just live happily. ”
Jun Modao has never thought about why he is alive, he has been unconsciously suppressing his true heart and working hard to cultivate, and he is always reminding himself to carry forward Junjiabao, these are the thoughts that his father, uncle, and many elders and seniors instilled in him when he was very young, so he never doubted their words.
Yes, what do you want? Jun Modao scratched his head a little irritably.
Zhang Philosopher didn't see that Jun Modao was a little anxious, and asked casually: "Senior, do you have any Taoist companions?" His words diverted Jun Modao's attention.
"Daoist? No, what do you want Daoist to do? It will only distract me from concentrating on my cultivation. ”
Zhang Zhe smiled: "Senior, junior, I am a little rude when I speak, don't be surprised." Juniors just want to ask you, haven't you tasted a woman yet?"
Jun Modao threw a melon peel on Zhang Zhizhi's head, and scolded with a smile: "You bastard boy, how can you ask your predecessors like this?"
"Haha, the juniors feel that there is nothing that can't be asked, everyone is a man, what's so embarrassing? Listen to the seniors, you are still a virgin?" Zhang Zhe asked with a grin.
Jun Modao smiled: "I've only heard of virgins, and I've never heard of men who can be called virgins." ”
"That's what the younger generation says in their hometowns, as long as a man has never touched a woman, he is called a virgin. ”
Jun Modao laughed and said, "Your hometown is also strange enough. I think that once a cultivator is contaminated with the affairs of men and women, it will inevitably damage the Dao mind, so it is okay not to do these things, unless it is forced to do so for the sake of family inheritance. ”
Zhang Zhe thought for a while and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily. In the hometown of the younger generation, there is a martial arts master named Yang Guo, and his wife is called Xiaolongnu. This Yang Guo was separated from his beloved wife when he was young, and he thought that his wife was dead, so he missed his wife every day, thought that he couldn't eat or sleep, and was sad every day.
As a result, after a few years, he suddenly realized a set of palm techniques, called the Gloomy Ecstasy Palm, he integrated his thoughts on his beloved wife and the grief of losing his wife into the perception of martial arts, and as a result, every time he fought with others, once it was the moment to decide life and death, he could always play the Gloomy Ecstasy Palm to the extreme, and then turn defeat into victory, and as a result, he won the title of the world's first in our country's martial arts with this set of Gloomy Ecstasy Palm. The younger generation felt that he was enlightened in that sad environment, but his Tao was epiphany because of love. ”
Jun Modao smiled: "What you said is the martial arts of mortals, what does it have to do with our cultivation world?"
Zhang Zhezhi asked rhetorically: "Who said that it doesn't matter? It's the same Tao, why doesn't it matter? What is the difference between the two?"
Jun Modao was stunned for a moment. yes, what's the difference? It's not different at all. I never thought about what kind of Tao I was pursuing, I only thought about pursuing behavioral improvement, and thinking about strengthening Junjiabao, but I didn't have a Tao after all. What should I do?
Zhang Philosopher's words made Jun Modao enter a state of contemplation.
Seeing that Jun Modao suddenly stopped talking, Zhang Philosopher glanced at Jun Modao, who was stunned, gently pushed him, and said, "Senior, what are you thinking?"
Jun Modao suddenly came to his senses, looked at Zhang Philosophy and said, "I'm thinking about what the Tao is. Do you know what the Tao is?"
Zhang Zhe said with a smile: "Senior, isn't it the same as asking the way to be blind? With the cultivation of the younger generation, it is far from reaching the stage of considering what the Tao is, and what the younger generation can consider now is how to advance to the grassroots level in peace and stability. ”
Jun Modao shook his head and said, "Yes, how can you know what the Tao is? I'm afraid that my father, grandfather, and even the ancestor of the Jun family don't know what the Tao is. ”
Zhang Philosophy said: "Senior, junior talk about my understanding of the Tao, this is just my own conjecture, and I hope that the seniors will not laugh at me." ”
Jun Modao smiled: "Although you say it, we are just chatting, what is right and wrong." Jun Modao's words were all sincere, he didn't think about why he was so close to Zhang Philosopher, and he was willing to chat with this little little guy at the sixth level of Qi refining, all of which came naturally. Perhaps it was Zhang Zhezhi's words just now that gave him some inspiration, although it was only some vague inspiration, but he felt that he might be able to get more enlightenment in Zhang Zhezhi's future chat.