Chapter 3 Preaching and Teaching

After coming to the barren mountain, Zhang Xun carved four big characters with a sword on a boulder at the foot of the mountain, "Xianlu He Xun" and then said to everyone: "At present, this barren mountain will be the starting point of our new journey, and I hope everyone can get the answer in their hearts here." Where to find the path of immortals? This is the question that plagues every monk. Each of us cultivators should think deeply and find our own path. This barren mountain is now barren, let us work together to build a better home. ”

Zhang Xun asked the disciples to find a place in the mountains and build their own within a year. When he came to the top of the mountain, there were only Xinlan, Xiaoxue and Hu Xian'er around Zhang Xun at this time. Hu Xian'er asked Zhang Xun: "You came to this barren mountain and wanted to set up the sect here, there must be a blessed land, then why do you still let those disciples build it?" Zhang Xun said: "The reason why I let those disciples build it by themselves is because of two considerations. First, let them know that all resources are not easy to come by, and understand the merits of heaven and earth; second, only they know what kind of residence and practice environment is suitable for their cultivation. What is produced by the blessed land of the cave is beautiful or good, but it may not be suitable for the positioning of the sect, and it is necessary to guide it. Hu Xian'er said: "That's true, then I'll build Danfeng in the east with Xinlan and open up a medicine garden for alchemy." Xiaoxue went to the west to build a rune hall, and Zhang Xun went to the cliff to meditate on himself.

Half a year has passed, the barren mountains have completely changed, especially Danfeng, after all kinds of medicinal herbs have been planted, and now they are full of vitality after the germination, the long leaves of the long leaves, the flowering of the flowers, and the fruits. Buildings such as Fu Hall and Lian Qi Hall have also been completed and are ready to be put into use. The Wind of the Inscription Team was also divided into two groups, which were responsible for cultivating spiritual fields and planting trees. In short, a thriving landscape, barren mountains turned into fairyland.

Zhang Xun, who had been thinking about the cliff and closing his eyes, opened his eyes with a thunderous sound, of course it was not really thunder, this was the vibration of the Dao heart. Just now, Zhang Xun found a serious problem with himself, that is, he has always been cultivating with the mentality of doing tasks, and has not led himself with the Dao heart. Since coming to another world, I have been playing a game, and there is nothing wrong with breaking down the path into tasks, but what is wrong is that I really regard these as tasks, and even use some radical means to complete the tasks. After half a year of meditation, Zhang Xun figured it out, and the thunderous sound was the response of the Dao heart.

Zhang Xun remembered a word "no blame" repeatedly mentioned by Zhou Yizhong, which means that there is no fault, but to make up for it, and finally have a clear conscience. Zhang Xun knew that he had not reached the realm of blamelessness, so he said that Wen Dao was fine, could he really not do anything other than find the seven kinds of Wen Dao? Of course not, he was just making excuses before. The difficulty of things is not a reason not to do it, Jing Ke stabbed Qin, although tens of millions of people went to it! Kong Ming went out of the mountain, knowing that he could not do it. This is the model of a scholar. The seven kinds of Wendao can work hard for the revitalization of Wendao under the oppression of Qiang Qin, but they are ashamed to not contribute to the development of Wendao under such relaxed conditions as Penglai Xiandao!

The prosperity of literature and Taoism can not only be achieved by relying on books and speeches, but also education is also a very important assessment criterion. Since he has chosen to establish a sect as his development direction, he must be conscientious and cultivate the disciples of the sect with his heart, instead of ignoring them and letting them develop as he is now. Zhang Xun set a rule for himself, and for the next six months, he must teach his disciples every day to solve their doubts. Zhang Xun first explained to the disciples Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", Zhuangzi's "Wandering Away" and his own perception of yin and yang and the five elements, and then answered the questions and confusions encountered by the disciples in their practice, and finally guided the cultivation or taught skills individually according to his own understanding of each disciple.

Due to the drunken Dao inheritance, Zhang Xun learned a lot, which made the disciples feel deep admiration for their sect master. In particular, the fourteen members of the Inscription Wind Squad were even more glad that they had chosen to join the Dao Seeking Sect in the first place, otherwise they would have received such systematic and comprehensive guidance as they are now. Among the disciples, the one who gained the most was Huo Wenying, she was born to fight, and she could only grow in battle before. But people can't be in battle forever, Zhang Xun found a way for her to improve her combat power in ordinary times, that is, painting. So the form of comics was born in Penglai Xiandao, Huo Wenying imagined the picture of the battle in her mind, and drew it with a pen, so that she had a more fundamental understanding of the moves, and she knew that fighting is not only by instinct, but also by thinking.

In the past six months, Zhang Xun felt the joy of being a teacher, teaching calligraphy, painting, and formation, as long as it was his own skills, he was very willing to teach the disciples of the Seeking Dao Sect. Not only have the disciples made great progress, but Zhang Xun himself has also consolidated various skills in teaching. This is only the first step, there is still a lot to be done, and it is a rather long process to lay the foundation of a sect.

Zhang Xun gathered everyone on the mountain together and held the first meeting of the Seeking Dao Sect. Zhang Xun first said: "Everyone, we have been coming to this mountain for a year. In this year, everyone has worked hard regardless of gains and losses, and the Seeking Dao Sect has gained a firm foothold here, and it has a bit of a sect. Today, I gathered everyone together to discuss the issue of recruiting personnel for the sect, and everyone is welcome to express their opinions and make suggestions for the development of the sect. Hu Xian'er was the first to speak: "I think this time we can recruit a group of children with spiritual roots to start cultivating from an early age. First, these children are as clean as a blank sheet of paper, and bad habits have not yet been formed, which is more convenient for us to teach; second, when they grow up, they have a much stronger sense of belonging to the sect, after all, all their cultivation needs are provided by the sect. Zhang Xun said: "Hu's consideration of worship is very reasonable, and the plasticity of children is indeed stronger. This sect master feels that this time the sect can adopt a new way to cultivate new disciples, that is, not to give them a peak and a master, but to teach them separately like a secular middle school, and then make a two-way choice when they grow up, that is, we can choose who to accept as a disciple, and they can also choose who to worship as a teacher. Everyone felt that such a plan was better, and Zhang Xun announced that it would be implemented in accordance with this plan. Zhang Xun said to Hu Xian'er again: "Hu Xian, it was you who proposed to recruit children for training, and in the entire Seeking Dao Sect, your cultivation is the highest and the strongest, so I will work hard for you to go down the mountain and run a trip! Xin Lan wants to make alchemy and manage the medicine garden, and the others are at your disposal to choose and accompany you to do this." Hu Xian'er said: "Sect Master, I think it's okay to let Wen Xu and Jiang Yurong accompany me for a while! Zhang Xing and Qu Lie should be almost over refining at this moment, Xiangzhufang City is a very large Fang City, with a large population, and it will definitely be able to recruit some good seedlings, you might as well leave the matter of recruiting disciples in Xiangzhufang City to the two of them. Zhang Xun said: "When you mention Xiangzhufang City, I remember one thing. Wang Fang and Yu Dongsheng have been there to take care of Lanxue Pavilion for a year, and it is time to send someone to replace them. I think it's okay for Leng Shi and Ye Guqing to go to Zhuxiangfang City, and then run Lanxue Pavilion after telling Xing'er and Qu Lie about it. ”

Seven days later, Zhang Xing and Qu Lie returned to the Seeking Dao Sect with seven men, three women, and ten seven or eight-year-old children. Zhang Xun asked Bihe and Yuchan to take the ten children to play with Zhang Qian and Zhang Xinyi. More than half a month has passed, and Hu Xian'er and the three of them also brought back 30 children, Zhang Xun formed a class of these 40 children and named it Xinghuo, which means that the spark can start a prairie fire. Three days later, the 40 children were already familiar with each other before the lesson began. These children are related to the future of the Daoist Sect, and everyone attaches great importance to them, and they have shown their best side, teaching these children by word and deed.

Zhang Xun first told the children about the enlightenment books "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text", the former to guide the children's heart of goodness, and the latter to tell the children the laws of nature in an easy-to-understand way. This group of children are all from poor backgrounds, originally there was no such learning opportunity, but now the Dao Seeking Sect is doing its best to cultivate them and take them on the path of cultivation, the children naturally cherish this hard-won opportunity very much, work hard, and forge ahead.

A year has passed, and the children have a basic understanding of the laws of nature, and they can completely begin to draw qi into the body, and officially embark on the path of cultivation. So all the cultivators above the Jin Dan in the sect protected the Dharma for these children, and half a month later, all forty children became first-level Qi cultivators.

Zhang Xun is still very satisfied with this progress, and these children are better than he expected in terms of both their roots and understanding. The children were given a week's vacation, and each of them was given three magic charms, so that the children could go home to visit their relatives. Zhang Xun held another meeting after the children went down the mountain, first summarized the teaching situation of the first year, and then said: "When these students return to the sect, they will start the second stage of study, and everyone will discuss and arrange a curriculum schedule." I just want to emphasize one point, the focus of this stage is to let the students find their own cultivation direction and cultivate their interest in cultivation skills (alchemy, refining, formation, etc.). Xin Lan said: "I think it will be better for the students to observe the scene when we are refining low-grade pills and magic weapons." Zhang Xun said: "Xin Lan's thinking is good, but you can make a little progress, with your alchemy attainments, you can explain to the students while alchemy, and you can also choose two talented people with good qualifications to be apprentices to you in your spare time, and slowly cultivate into an alchemist of the sect." Okay, you can do the same in terms of refining. In terms of formation, I will personally guide them. ”