Chapter 5 On Martial Arts

It's a day, autumn is high and cool, and the sky is blue.

In the small courtyard, Sikong Zhan was lying on a chair, holding a copy of the Tao Te Ching over his face, basking in the warm autumn sun.

Scold!

A strong wind is blowing.

Sikong Zhan stretched out his left hand like lightning, snapped, and collided, blocking the sneak attack of the incoming people.

"Senior brother, if you don't practice, why are you coming to me again?" Sikong Zhan took out the scriptures, and sighed helplessly.

Zhou Botong also sighed and said: "It's boring to practice alone, it's not fun at all." After speaking, he still looked at Sikong Zhan from time to time.

"You can go to the seven nephews, and they will definitely be happy. Sikong Zhan ignored his expression and recommended it very sincerely.

He was really scared of Zhou Botong, and he came to him almost every day to compete, who can stand this in a normal person, and he is not a martial idiot.

Zhou Botong was very frustrated, sat on the stone steps next to him, and said discouragedly: "Those seven little Taoist martial arts are too poor, it is better for me to play by myself if I fight them." ”

"When Senior Brother was alive, I didn't see you looking for someone to compete, didn't you have a good time playing alone?"

Zhou Botong muttered: "That's my way, the senior brother will not compete with me, he said that I am too obsessed with martial arts, not in line with the Taoist principle of quiet and inaction, I will definitely force me to go to the scriptures, I will not go to him." ”

He turned around and flattered: "You have opened up the second vein of Ren Du, and you are all masters in the rivers and lakes, so I can have fun fighting with you." ”

Listening to Zhou Botong's reasoning, he has to blame himself, who let himself break through the bottleneck and make great progress in martial arts, so he aroused his interest.

Sikong Zhan had no choice but to divert his attention from the thoughts of the martial idiot.

"Do you know, why doesn't the senior brother like you to be obsessed with martial arts? Among our seven teachers and nephews, Qiu Chuji and Wang Chuyi have the highest martial arts, why can't the senior brother be happy? Ma Yu is modest and generous, and Liu Chuxuan is modest, why are the two often praised by the senior brother?"

After three questions in a row, Zhou Botong was a little stunned, and then blurted out: "What's so hard to guess about this, isn't it just about the scriptures." ”

Sikong Zhan shook his head, although this is the case on the surface, but what is the hidden meaning behind it?

Zhou Botong saw that Sikong Zhan didn't recognize it, his interest increased greatly, he stood up, paced back and forth in the courtyard, scratched his ears and cheeks, and after a full quarter of an hour, he said dejectedly: "I can't think of it." ”

He hurriedly walked to Sikong Zhan, grabbed his arm and asked eagerly, "Tell me quickly, why?"

Sikong Zhan shook off his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll ask you again, do you know why Senior Brother is both a Taoist real person and a great martial arts master?"

Zhou Botong worshipped: "Senior brother, he is naturally great, and he naturally understands many truths in martial arts, not as diligent as me." ”

"What about me?" Sikong Zhan smiled.

"You?"

Zhou Botong looked up and down, and said: "You are the most similar to the senior brother, and he also loves you the most, you often read some scriptures, and even the martial arts are a lot unfamiliar, much worse than the senior brother." ”

Hearing this, Sikong Zhan didn't know whether to be glad that Zhou Botong was innocent, never thought deeply about things outside his body, and only attributed the subtle changes in his martial arts to rustiness, but this is okay, after a while, he will be able to completely control the martial arts of the whole body.

With the current knowledge of the Quan Zhen Seven Sons, it is not enough to change at all, and Sikong Zhan has never considered them.

Sikong Zhan said: "Of course, Senior Brother surpasses me too much, I mean, how does my martial arts compare to the seven masters and nephews?

"Of course you're much better than them. ”

Halfway through the words, Zhou Botong said "oh", suddenly realized, and clapped his hands: "I understand, you mean that you don't have to practice martial arts hard, your martial arts are as high as your martial arts, and you are the same as the senior brother." ”

Sikong Zhan nodded with satisfaction, Zhou Botong finally figured it out, it was not easy! But Zhou Botong's next sentence made him wake up, ideals are often very plump, but reality is very skinny.

"You, like the elder brother, are also naturally amazing. ”

Sikong Zhan smiled and said, "My qualifications and that of Senior Brother are not bad, but can't you compare to us?"

Zhou Botong was shocked and said: "I can't compare." ”

This week, Botong opened six of the seven tricks, and the remaining one was not opened. Sikong Zhan couldn't, and said bluntly: "The reason why this is the case is not that we are born with it, but because we are often familiar with the classics of the three religions, refer to the scriptures, and some martial arts principles are naturally understood." ”

Zhou Botong's face was full of disbelief.

Sikong Zhan said: "'Innate Gong' teaches me martial arts, don't you wonder, why can only the two of you, Senior Brother and I, cultivate?"

"Senior Brother just said that Qizi is not talented enough, and I am talented and smart, too obsessed with martial arts, and not in line with the exercises. ”

"Our Quanzhen Sect is based on Taoism, and "Innate Gong" is the Taoist method of breathing and refining qi, and the cultivation to the extreme can return to the acquired as the congenital, gathering the three treasures of innate - the essence of the Yuan Qi and the Yuan Shen Yuan, and the essence of heaven and earth is endless. That's why Senior Brother asked you to read more scriptures and cultivate your mind. ”

Zhou Botong opened his mouth and said, "These are all what the senior brother told you?"

Sikong Zhan shook his head and said, "These are some of my realizations. ”

He combined the memories of the original body with the concept of the previous life. It is very different from the teaching in the previous life, which would first tell you the reason and then let you do it. Where will Wang Chongyang tell him these reasons, he will only let himself cultivate, and if he is enlightened, he will be enlightened.

Zhou Botong was skeptical and said: Is this really the case?"

Sikong Zhan affirmed: "Seriously, not only that, the more Taoist classics you read, the easier it is to comprehend the "Innate Gong", and the master brother created the whole heart method based on the "Innate Gong", which belongs to the same source, so you and the seven teachers and nephews are often required to read the scriptures diligently, and practicing martial arts is twice the result with half the effort." ”

Zhou Botong was puzzled: "I learn martial arts and self-management to learn martial arts, isn't it the same martial arts?"

Sikong Zhan said: "It's not the same truth, it is possible to advance by leaps and bounds at the beginning, but when it reaches a certain realm, martial arts will stagnate, and it will be difficult to reach the top of the realm." On the contrary, the deeper the comprehension of Taoism, the higher the martial arts will be, and there will be no delay.

Like Songshan Shaolin Temple, when the group of monks walked the rivers and lakes, they didn't all stay in the temple to recite the Buddha and chant the scriptures, but as a result, there were endless masters. Not to mention the recent fire foreman Tuo, who directly killed the abbot Kuyan Zen Master, who was the sweeping monk a hundred years ago, the Dharma is profound, and the martial arts are even more unfathomable. ”

"Let me meditate quietly and chant the scriptures, I have to suffocate me, I don't do it, I will practice, and then I will talk about it when my skills stagnate. Zhou Botong finally believed it, but it was really difficult for him to be like Sikong Zhan.

Sikong Zhan smiled slightly, he didn't want to change Zhou Botong's temperament, and it was impossible to change it, but it just made him understand the importance of scriptures, and whenever he encountered confusion, he could think of scriptures.

Comprehending martial arts from the scriptures is from top to bottom, from the beginning to the end, from the end to the root, from the bottom up, of course, you can also realize the Tao, but the latter is more difficult.

Zhou Botong was imprisoned in Peach Blossom Island by Huang Yaoshi for fifteen years, and it took ten years to comprehend the swordsmanship before he understood the truth that Wang Chongyang taught him before. If he gradually accepts those truths from now on, will the day of his martial arts be advanced?

Sikong Zhan said: "I didn't let you be like me, I just let you read more books in your spare time, it is always beneficial, and after all, you are still a Taoist priest." ”

Hearing the word "Taoist", Zhou Botong immediately looked resentful and said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have become a Taoist." ”

Sikong Zhan smiled, although Zhou Botong joined the Quanzhen Sect, he was not a Taoist, because of the interference of the original body, he said that the three brothers should be the same, otherwise they would have no will.

Zhou Botong couldn't stand the stimulus, and immediately became a monk. Maybe there are scruples in his heart, when he was in Dali, nothing happened to him and Aunt Ying, and Duan Zhixing would not have the idea of becoming a monk, and he still sat on his own emperor.

Sikong Zhan said: "What's wrong with being a Taoist, anyway, there are not many constraints on you." ”

"As a Taoist priest, pay attention to cultivating one's temperament and nourishing one's life every day, can I really cultivate the body of an immortal? Zhou Botong said angrily.

"The practice went. ”

"Immortals?"

Sikong Zhan said to himself, his expression was uncertain, he seemed to remember that Wang Chongyang had mentioned the origin of "Congenital Gong" to him, saying that it was obtained by chance, maybe he should check Wang Chongyang's relics.

He has come to this world, even if he is unwilling in his heart, he is helpless. Remember the saying: waste is always waste, even if it crosses, it is still waste.

He didn't want to become a waste, he could only adapt as soon as possible, practice the Dao, and he didn't want to turn into a pile of loess after a hundred years, so he had to pursue the legendary martial arts.

Wang Chongyang's relics should be the first target.

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