Is it difficult to live forever? It is not easy to say, but it is not difficult to say.

In the endless years, countless cultivators have already attained immortality, but after the wind and rain, the waves wash the sand, how many cultivators can really leave a mark between heaven and earth?

Birth, old age, sickness and death are the rules and the avenue. If a cultivator seeks immortality instead, he will naturally have endless calamities with him, or external demons, or mental obstacles, and if he can't control it, he will end up with all his cultivation.

Therefore, it is easy to live forever, but it is difficult to seek immortality.

When he reached the realm of Li Qing, he had already gained immortality, but he was still like a rootless wanderer, with the ups and downs of the world, and he couldn't get rid of it.

Under the Heavenly Dao, he is just a slightly larger ant, and he can't escape calculations.

What is the purpose of cultivation? If you have to divide the levels, the first step is to live forever, the second step is to seek immortality, and the third step is to be free and to seek transcendence.

The first step, immortality is called immortality, the second step, immortality is called Daluo, and the third step, detachment is called the Taoist.

People in the world often say that it is actually true to practice the four levels of cultivation, refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, refining gods and returning to emptiness, and refining voids and merging the Tao.

But the avenue is boundless, and these four levels are actually just a leap from human to immortal, in other words, even if they reach the level of merging the way, they are only at the apex of immortality, and they are still a little bit short of immortal.

And Li Qing, if it is divided according to these four levels, he has reached the realm of refining the void, and then going up, it is the realm of the Dao, that is, Taiyi.

What is Taiyi? Taiyi is also not a form, not a name, a strong name, called Taiyi. The origin of all things in the universe is the Tao and the One.

Taiyi is the lord of the world.

The will of the world born from this heaven and earth is Taiyi.

Li Qing originally thought that this Fang Heaven and Earth had given birth to the will of the world, and then the immortal would be the end, but he never thought that there were three amazing and brilliant people who could actually break the confinement and reach that level.

While Li Qing gave birth to admiration, he couldn't help but give birth to infinite yearning. Only when I reach that level can I truly be called heaven and earth, heaven and earth are immortal, and heaven and earth are immortal.

But that level is not something that can be naturally jumped up just by accumulating mana, it requires enlightenment and chance.

That's why Li Qing knew that he couldn't escape the calculations of the Heavenly Dao when he arrived in this world, but he still chose to devote himself here.

He wanted to see what Heavenly Dao wanted him to do, so he might as well follow that trajectory first.

As soon as he thought of this, he felt as if a big stone had been removed from his heart, and he was rarely happy.

......

The long official road seems to have no end, Li Qing doesn't know how long he has been walking, looking at it from afar, he finally saw a majestic and solemn city, a city wall with no end in sight standing tall, much more majestic than the Qiyun City in the past.

Li Qing suddenly patted the thin horse, and the thin horse galloped wildly, much faster than those so-called thousand miles of horses.

Datang, Chang'an!

When he got closer, Li Qingfang realized that a big river was surging and cutting off the way.

"Little master, are you going to Chang'an?" a voice drifted along the wind.

Li Qing followed the sound and saw that there was a fishing boat on the big river, and there was a thin man standing on the fishing boat, with an ordinary face.

As he spoke, he gently shook his oars in both hands and leaned over to the riverbank.

Getting closer, Li Qing noticed that this person was actually wearing a scholarly shirt, although it had been washed and white, but it was very clean. And his posture is upright, with a gentle smile on his face, but he doesn't look like a ferryman, like a scholar.

"Little master, are you going to Chang'an?"

Li Qing arched his hand and smiled, "I just want to go to Chang'an, and I see Xiongcheng in sight, but I don't want to be blocked by this big river, I'm still worried." ”

"Hahaha, if the little master wants to follow this official road, I'm afraid it will take dozens of miles, if you don't think my boat is ugly, you might as well let me give you a ride. ”

Li Qing looked at the boat, turned over and got off the horse, gently tugged the horse's ears, patted its body, the thin horse let out a long neigh, rubbed Li Qing's palm, and ran away with four hooves, and disappeared after a while.

"Little master, what are you?" said the ferryman, "don't look at my small boat, your thin horse can still carry it." ”

Li Qing smiled, "It's okay, my horse is a spiritual one, and I can't lose it." ”

The ferryman shook his head and sighed, "Even if the horse is a little thinner, it is worth a lot of money." I thought it would make you take less wrongful paths, but I never thought about it...... Alas~"

Li Qing waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay, and I ask my eldest brother to give me a ride." ”

The ferryman didn't say anything more and invited Li Qing to get on the boat.

Under the refreshing river breeze, the boat swayed rhythmically, Li Qing looked at the sparkling river, and a rare tranquility and serenity rose in his heart.

"My name is Zhang You, I beg for a life on this big river on weekdays, I think the little master should be from other places, if there is any inconvenience, you can come to this river to find me. ”

Li Qing smiled, "Then I'll thank you in advance." But I think the layman is like a scholar, how can he make a living as a ferryman on this river?"

Zhang You said with a smile, "What kind of scholar am I, when my family was not defeated before, I had read books for a few years, but I didn't read anything famous." There is simply a boat, fishing for a living on weekdays, and occasionally encountering some passers-by, so they take a ride, do not charge money, thinking of doing some good deeds, and also accumulate some yin virtue for themselves. ”

Hearing this, Li Qing looked at the darkened sky and said, "I see that you have no fish on this boat, won't crossing the river by crossing me delay your harvest today?"

Zhang You raised his eyebrows, a smug smile on his face, and said, "Little master, don't worry, in the past few days, I only need to go off the net once a day to return with a full load, and I can't delay." ”

Li Qing was a little curious, and said, "Sure enough, there are masters in the people, and laymen have such skills, so there is really no need to worry about their livelihood." I wonder if it might give me a look?"

Zhang You looked at the sky and said with a smile, "The hour is almost over, since the little master wants to see it, then I will be ugly with Lao Zhang, and the little master doesn't want to laugh." ”

Zhang You spoke, adjusted the direction, and the boat slowly and leisurely sailed towards the center of the river.

"Somewhat off ......"

Zhang You looked at the riverbank, muttered, and kept adjusting the position of the boat.

"Well, this is it. Zhang You put down the oars and walked into the cabin, and when he came out after a while, he had a small fishing net and a fishing hook in his hand.

Li Qing asked, "Do laymen use such small nets to catch fish?"

Zhang You threw down the fishing net on the owner side of the boat, and threw the hook out from the west side, simple and casual, not at all serious when choosing a position.

He laid out the net, held his head high, his face was full of spirit, and smiled at Li Qing, "Although the net is small, it is enough!"