Chapter 14: On the Word
"On the Dao?" Ye Zhou heard Li Wen's invitation, and his heart also pondered.
There was a hearty laugh on the other end of the phone, "Yes! In the world of the end of the Fa, it is difficult to practice. We can embark on the path of cultivation, and each has its own opportunities. But after the Heaven and Earth are connected, the cultivation ahead is almost a dead end, if you don't communicate with each other and inspire each other, then there is really no way out!"
Li Wen said in a very sincere tone.
Ye Zhou hesitated for a while, but also agreed.
He practiced alone, and he really didn't know much about the common sense of cultivation, so it wasn't a bad thing to ask other cultivators about it.
Moreover, when Xianye Villa caught ghosts before, Li Wen, Lu Huanzhen and Zhao Xuan came together, presumably the circle of cultivators must have channels for mutual communication, these are what he needs extremely much.
Maybe you can understand the current situation of the cultivation realm through these two people.
Hearing that he agreed, Li Wen's happy voice also came from the phone, "Okay! Three days later, at two o'clock in the afternoon, we will meet at the Lingdao Teahouse on Huamu Street, Dongpu District, Donghai City, and we will talk about it in detail when the time comes!"
"Okay!" Ye Zhou nodded and hung up the phone.
In the blink of an eye, it was three days later.
Ye Zhou was holding a small jade bottle in his hand, and there were twenty drops of the essence of the sun and moon in it, all of which he had accumulated from his three days of cultivation.
This kind of rare thing is rare in the world.
He thought about it, but was ready to take it.
Although it is a discussion of the Tao, it should be common for cultivators to exchange materials with each other.
Ye Zhou thought to himself that he didn't have any valuable cultivation resources on his body, and the orb was the root of his life, and he couldn't even leak a trace of information, let alone exchange it with others.
Then there is only this sun and moon essence.
Scarcity is expensive.
These are all transformed by the aura of heaven and earth, and in this world of the end of the law, they may be able to exchange for good materials!
As long as there are orbs, although these sun and moon essences are precious, they are also constantly produced.
Unconsciously, Ye Zhou was no longer as overstretched as he was at the beginning.
......
Ye Zhou pushed his off-road bike out of the gate and kicked up with his legs.
He was now more powerful than he had ever been, and he was so patient that he pedaled at a terrifying pace, like a lightning bolt, and always kept a constant speed, like a phantom speeding across a country road.
Occasionally, the villagers passing by were startled.
It wasn't until he left the suburbs and entered the city center that he slowed down slightly.
Donghai City is a first-tier city in China, with a lot of traffic and traffic congestion, which reflects the lightness of bicycles, and soon crossed the two districts to Huamu Street in Dongpu District.
Not far away, a teahouse appeared in front of you, with a door number hanging on it, "Lingdao Teahouse!", decorated in an antique and Taoist way.
The two figures stood in front of the teahouse, it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time, it was Li Wen and Lu Huanzhen, who were no longer in the previous suit and leather shoes, but wearing a Tang suit, which looked quite elegant.
When they saw Ye Zhou coming, the two of them greeted them with surprise on their faces.
Na Li Wen laughed and said, "We were still discussing how Brother Ye Zhou came over just now! I didn't expect any of us to guess that Brother Ye actually came by bicycle, which is really low-key!"
"With Brother Ye's identity and ability, buying a car is just a trivial matter, why... So... So... Low-key?"
"Cultivation is not a pretense of external pursuit, what is the use of asking for those external objects? Ye Zhou responded lightly.
"I didn't expect Brother Ye's Dao heart to be so strong, and he couldn't lose his heart in this intricate, grotesque, and bizarre world of the end of the law! No wonder he was able to cultivate to the realm of the middle stage of a real person. Li Wen and Lu Huanzhen were immediately moved, and their eyes couldn't help but be full of admiration when they looked at Ye Zhou.
"Is this my cultivation realm?" Ye Zhou said secretly in his heart, but before he could ask in detail, the two of them had already moved out of the way and invited: "Brother Ye, please come in!"
Pushing open the door, Ye Zhou followed the two into the teahouse.
The teahouse was quiet and quiet, and there was no one in the house.
After they walked in, they saw Li Wen skillfully hanging a sign outside the teahouse, which read, "The shopkeeper has something to do, closed today!"
Ye Zhou nodded, knowing that what they were talking about was a matter related to Xiuzhen, which was very secretive, and it was not suitable for discussion in public, if it was heard, it would be troublesome.
This Li Wen obviously did not do this kind of thing.
But he still had questions, "This teahouse is in the middle of the city, we are talking here, will it be heard?"
Lu Huanzhen suddenly laughed, "Brother Ye, don't worry. This teahouse was opened by Brother Li! The soundproofing facilities are good, and even a feng shui pattern has been hired to block the sound. We won't be heard talking about anything!"
"I see!" Ye Zhou nodded.
Li Wen then put out another set of tea sets and began to pour tea.
His gestures are soft and ethereal, slowly fiddling with the teacup, and there is a faint fairy in his posture, which is pleasing to the eye.
Soon a cup of tea was handed over, and the tea was clear, amber, and exuded a faint fragrance.
Ye Zhou drank it in one gulp, only to feel a sweet spring flowing into his stomach from his throat, leaving a fragrant taste in his mouth and an endless aftertaste.
"Good tea!" he exclaimed.
"Thank you for the compliment!" Li asked himself, not rejoicing at all at this compliment, as if it was a matter of course.
Lu really took a sip, but pointed at Li and said with a smile: "Brother Li, it's so eccentric! This is the tea produced by Maofeng's mother tea tree on the Yellow Mountain, and the annual output is only ten catties. I've never been treated like this before!"
"Brother Lu, you come over every time to cheat on tea, if you take such good tea, won't my Lingdao Teahouse be shut down by you!" Li Wen snorted.
With that, the three of them looked at each other and laughed.
"Hands and eyes reach the sky!" Ye Zhou also knew a little about these two people.
Cultivators have energy and lifespan far beyond those of mortals, and they can do nothing bad in this modern society as they are.
Although these two are scattered cultivation without a sect, but in the real society, the means are also amazing, and even the Huangshan Maofeng mother tea can be obtained, which is more than ten times more valuable than gold.
"Brother Ye, ...... next," the two of them said abruptly.
"Since it's about the Dao, let's call it 'Dao Friend'!" Ye Zhou waved his hand.
"This is really a classical title! Yes, being able to talk about the Tao in this modern society where the aura is exhausted is not only a kind of helplessness, but also a kind of fate!" Li Wen and Lu really sighed.
After a short period of subtlety, the three of them officially began to discuss.
"The two of you said that I am in the middle stage of the real person!, may I ask how the cultivation realm is divided?" Ye Zhou did not hide it at all, and asked the topic he was most concerned about.
"Ye Daoyou, you don't even know this!" Li Wen and Lu really looked at each other, they didn't expect Ye Zhou to ask like this... Such a low-end problem.
They have strange faces, they don't even know the realm, how did you cultivate to the middle stage of the real world?
Ye Zhou also knew that this question was ridiculous, but it was indeed the thing he was most concerned about.
He said half-truthfully: "The method I inherited is too ancient, and I have always practiced penance behind closed doors! I have not been in this world for a long time, and I don't know much about the changes in the world!"
His words are false and real, and they are secretive.
Li Wen and Lu Huanzhen suddenly realized that they seemed to understand something.
This Ye Daoyou is the descendant of the Taishang lineage, that lineage has always been elusive, not visible to the world, and pays attention to pure cultivation and hard practice, so it is reasonable to not know this.
"Understood! Your sect has always practiced in seclusion and respected the ancient law, no wonder you don't know the division of the current cultivation realm!" Li Wen said with a smile.
Lu Zhen nodded on the side.
Ye Zhou smiled faintly, knowing that these two regarded him as the heir of the so-called Taishang lineage again.
He was noncommittal, neither denied nor affirmed, this was what he did on purpose.
It's a treatise, but it's not a bad thing to maintain a sense of mystery.
The heart of defense is indispensable!
In this way, these two people don't dare to treat him as a person with no background, and they can handle him at will.
"Taoism went down the mountain to save the world in troubled times, and retreated and practiced in prosperous times. Since ancient times, the dynasty has changed, and many cultivators have been born, such as Zhang Liang, Chen Zhuan Laozu, Zhang Sanfeng, Liu Bowen, etc., who supported the true dragon and won the title of emperor honorific. Therefore, we cultivators usually use these honorific names to subdivide the cultivation realm into real people, heavenly masters, and half-immortals! Each realm is divided into three realms: the early, middle, and late stages! The cultivation emphasis of each major realm is different, from shallow to deep, step by step, real people cultivate the true yuan, heavenly masters refine divine consciousness, and half-immortals condense the golden pill...... Then Li Wen told the story eloquently, explaining the mystery of cultivation clearly.
"What about the Buddhist monks?" Ye Zhou frowned and asked again.
Buddhism and Taoism have coexisted since ancient times, and no one can suppress anyone, since Taoism has cultivators, Buddhism should also have.
"Haha! Ye Daoyou, sure enough, you can get through at one point!" Lu Huanzhen replied with a smile, "Buddhism is similar to Taoism, the realm is also divided into three levels, and the cultivation is also very similar, but it is called differently, they are the three realms of Arhat, Bodhisattva, and Living Buddha! Each great realm is divided into upper, middle, and lower! Arhat cultivates the true element, the Bodhisattva refines his mind, and the living Buddha turns into relics......
"Arhat!?Bodhisattva!?Living Buddha!?" Ye Zhou frowned, the cultivation realm of this Buddhist family was also set too exaggerated.
Cultivators have just embarked on the path of cultivation, how dare they compare with the real immortals!
Li Wen smiled and said, "These are just honorific titles for mortals, and naturally they can't be regarded as the real realm. Therefore, within Buddhism, the three realms are called the three realms of sitting arhats, bodhisattvas in the world, and living Buddhas! It means that they are still monks in the world, not immortals and Buddhas in the clouds!"
"I see!" Ye Zhou also thought for a while, and asked instead, "I don't know what realm the two Daoists are?"
Li Wen and Lu were really stunned, and said with a little embarrassment: "We have only preliminarily practiced the True Yuan, and we have just stepped into the realm of the early stage of real people!"
Immediately after that, the two of them opened their mouths and asked, "I just don't know how Ye Daoyou cultivated to the middle stage of the real human realm?"
There is a hint of temptation in this sentence.
"Why is there such a question?" Ye Zhou did not move.
"We looked at Brother Ye Zhou before, and it seems that we don't know how to refine the spirit?" Li asked and Lu Zhenqing, "So we are curious, I don't know how Ye Daoyou used to improve his cultivation?"
Ye Zhou's face was calm, and he spoke abruptly.
"What is spirit refining?"