Chapter Seventy-Three: The Sunset Meridian
Seeing Zhao Xinming kowtowing three times respectfully, Mr. Lu was overjoyed and hurriedly helped Zhao Xinming up. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Zhao Xinming didn't dare to slack off, and immediately saluted: "Senior nephew to meet uncle." ”
"Good, good. Uncle Lu was very happy and said with a smile, "Senior nephew Zhao, my surname is Lu, and my single name is a Song character. ”
Zhao Xinming hurriedly nodded and said, "My nephew has written it down." ”
"Good. Uncle Lu nodded, took out a booklet from his arms, put it in his hand and touched it a few times before handing it over.
Zhao Xinming took it with both hands, and saw three big characters "Sunset Sutra" written on the cover, and was about to look through it, but saw a "remnant" word marked below, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle Lu, what's going on?"
Senior Uncle Lu sighed and said, "Senior Nephew Zhao, this matter is a long story. A thousand years ago, the sect was destroyed by the Zhou court, mainly because of internal problems. At that time, the strength of the sect was too strong, and Zhou Taizu did not dare to persecute too much, threatening that as long as the head of the sect handed over his position and apologized publicly, Zhou Ting would immediately stop the army. At this moment, the sect suddenly quarreled, and the elders who usually didn't deal with the head of the sect all jumped out, and the sect was suddenly divided into two factions: the main battle and the main peace. The head of the sect has always been strong, how could he be coerced by this? Besides, if he really agreed, what should be the reputation of the first sect in the world of the 'Sunset Sect'? So after holding each other for a few days, they still started fighting. ”
Senior Uncle Lu paused for a moment, and then said: "When the war started, more than half of the more than 700 Waigang masters who remained in the sect advocated peace, and they didn't make a move at all. There were more than 100 people who protected the ordinary disciples of the sect, and they couldn't go all out, and in the end, there were less than 200 Waigang masters and more than 1,000 internal strength disciples who fought to the death. That is, the Great Zhou Dynasty had just won the world, and their morale was booming, how could these people fight more than a million proud soldiers and many sect masters? After three days of fighting, all these people died of exhaustion. The head and the three elders also died, and the remaining elders of Waigang were also scattered. Only then did the people who escaped realize that the 'Sunset Sutra' they had practiced was not complete, and after years of hard work, they made up the remnants in front of them. ”
Zhao Xinming flipped over the exercises in his hand, somewhat disappointed, and the expression on his face was not concealed at all.
Senior Uncle Lu smiled and said, "Senior Nephew Zhao, don't be upset, if you want to complete this exercise, it's not impossible. ”
"Uncle Lu, what can be done?" Zhao Xinming hurriedly asked.
"Senior Nephew Zhao, what did you see from here?" Senior Uncle Lu smiled and pointed out from the mouth of the cave.
Zhao Xinming looked up and saw that there were still many leylines crisscrossing him, so he was puzzled: "Uncle Shi, is there any problem?"
"Also, I don't know the past, how can I know the secret. Senior Uncle Lu shook his head and said slowly, "Senior nephew, according to legend, the ancestor of the 'Sunset Sect' once branded the 'Sunset Sutra' in this leyline, in case the sect was unfortunate and the inheritance was cut off. After the Great War that year, Zhou Taizu also came here, but found nothing, and destroyed all this leyline in a fit of rage. A thousand years later, the leylines have coalesced again, and I have come here to try my luck. ”
"Uncle Shi, did you find anything?" Zhao Xinming hurriedly asked.
Senior Uncle Lu shook his head and said, "Senior nephew, let me ask you, how did you see the words 'Sunset Sect' at the mountain gate?"
Zhao Xinming was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "Uncle Shi, I didn't see it, but felt it in the dark." ”
"Senior nephew, you go there and try it. Uncle Lu pointed to the place where the leylines intersected below and said.
Zhao Xinming was puzzled in his heart, but still nodded. The cave here is about eight or nine zhang high from the bottom, and the stone wall is uneven, just enough to climb, so he jumped out and fell down along the protrusion on the stone wall. Walking to the place pointed out by Uncle Lu, Uncle Lu had been waiting for a long time. Zhao Xinming nodded, his intention moved as he wished, only to feel that a golden light above the leyline flickered non-stop, and there was something faintly in the golden light, but it was a blur, and he couldn't see it clearly at all.
Zhao Xinming tried it several times, but he had no choice but to give up, and said softly: "Uncle Lu, I only feel that there is a piece of golden light flickering, but I can't see what is in the golden light.
And so it was. Uncle Lu nodded and said, "Senior nephew, you can't see clearly, it's because your artistic conception has just started." ”
Zhao Xinming's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Uncle Shi, what is the difference between this artistic conception?"
"Of course. Uncle Lu smiled and continued, "The so-called artistic conception is the condensation of human emotions. The artistic conception is divided into three levels: the first layer of the mind moves at will, the second layer of the mind is made at will, and the third layer of the mind is connected. In my opinion, if you want to get the 'Sunset Sutra' left by your ancestors, you must at least reach the realm of heart-to-heart. ”
After speaking, Uncle Lu carefully explained the difference between the three levels again. Zhao Xinming was suddenly a little depressed, the difficulty of the artistic conception was even more difficult than breaking through the outer gang, more than ten times!
Uncle Lu shook his head and said with a smile: "Senior nephew, this matter will be put aside for the time being. For now, you should practice this 'Sunset Sutra' first, and you must not underestimate it, it is enough for you to be promoted to the fifth level of the Waigang. ”
Zhao Xinming nodded, solemnly opened the "Sunset Sutra", and read it carefully. The "Sunset Sutra" is divided into two parts: the general outline and the exercises, and the edges of the book are full of notes, and looking at the handwriting, at least three people left it.
The general outline of the "Sunset Sutra" is very profound, revealing many truths of heaven and earth. Zhao Xinming read it several times before and after, and even though there were many notes next to him, he felt a little confused. After watching it for a while, Zhao Xinming suddenly felt that some of the truths in the general outline were somewhat similar to "stepping on the clouds".
Zhao Xinming was puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Uncle Lu, why is the general outline of this scripture so similar to 'stepping on clouds'?" After speaking, he told the matter of "stepping on clouds".
Senior Uncle Lu smiled and said, "Senior nephew, do you know where the exercises of these turbidity people come from?"
Zhao Xinming immediately shook his head, only to hear Uncle Lu say: "These exercises can be traced back to the 'Houtu Sutra' of the First Emperor. Although this sutra has been lost, many remnants have remained, and later generations have continued to explore on the basis of the times, which has created the current various exercises, so these exercises have been figured out. If you go to the 'Ghost Domain' in the future, you can try to find this scripture, but there is not much hope, so don't worry if you can't find it. ”
Zhao Xinming nodded, put down the matter, and continued to look down. The exercises in the second part are divided into three stages: the basic section, the inner strength section, and the outer gang section, but the outer gang section is only recorded in the five-fold enchantment realm, and then there is no more, which has to be said to be a pity. Zhao Xinming was about to skip the basic section and directly start the internal strength triple, but was stopped by Uncle Lu. It turns out that this 'Sunset Sutra' is a complete set of exercises in the same lineage, and whoever wants to practice this practice must start from scratch.
Zhao Xinming had to follow Uncle Lu's teachings and slowly practice in the basic stage. Half a month passed, and Zhao Xinming finally completed the foundation and officially cultivated to the realm of internal strength. "Sunset Sutra" is worthy of the eighth-class exercises, when exercising, Zhao Xinming only felt that an invisible force kept inhaling physical strength from above the surface, this power was peaceful, endless, like a trickle of water kept integrating into the body, it was the ethereal turbidity!