The cold wind is like a knife, thousands of miles of snow, and a line of footprints comes out of the distant mountains, and leads to more distant places, I don't know when there will be an end.

The owner of the footprints was a young Taoist priest, and I saw that he was twenty-one or twelve years old, tall, with a yellow face and thin muscles, but a pair of eyes were extremely bright. But in that divine light, there was a kind of indifference. Snowflakes fell, hitting his body, his long black hair had been dyed snow-white, and the Taoist robe on his body was extremely thin, as if it was difficult to resist the cold of the outside world. But he didn't use internal strength to protect his body, let alone light work, so he walked on the snow step by step, with resolute steps and a straight back.

This person is Zhao Xuan!

Since bidding farewell to Dugu and seeking defeat, his footsteps have not stopped, and he has always walked in one direction.

The Qiushui Sword that was often hung on his waist had been broken by him and abandoned in the barren mountain, so that now his waist was empty.

Breaking the sword and abandoning the sword is nothing more than strengthening the Dao heart.

What is the Dao Heart? The Dao Heart is not a physical object, but to put it bluntly, it is the Heart of the Dao. Dugu seeks defeat with the sword as the way, so he gets the heart of the sword; Zhao Xuan now takes the heart as the way, so he becomes the heart of the Tao. The way of Dugu seeking defeat is the sword as the way, and all things can be swords, which is called the sword heart, and Zhao Xuan's own way is to comprehend the Tao with the heart, become the Tao with the heart, transform the Tao with the heart, and evolve all things with the way of the heart, which is called the Tao heart.

Dao Heart Sword Heart may not seem to be the same, but the difference is huge.

For example, Dugu is a real swordsman, for him, his mind is occupied by swords, and the whole world is a sword, and there is nothing but a sword. And Zhao Xuan's Tao is all-encompassing all things, where the heart goes, where the Tao goes, and where the heart goes to all things, then everything can be the way.

The reason why Zhao Xuan wanted to abandon the sword was to bury the sword heart that would be formed under the influence of Dugu's defeat, so as to achieve his Dao heart. When he can completely get rid of Dugu's sword path of seeking defeat, then he can completely use the Tao in his heart to turn the Tao into all things, and to use it on the sword is to turn the Tao into a sword, and to use it on the knife is to turn the Tao into a knife, which is completely different from Dugu's sword for defeat.

To put it simply, no matter what Dugu uses to defeat is making a sword, and no matter what Zhao Xuan uses, it is the way in his heart.

There seems to be no difference between the two, but the difference is not enough to be humane to outsiders.

Zhao Xuan is now in the beginning of the Dao heart, but the sword heart has not been extinguished, because he can't make a sword, and it is difficult to break through the innate nature. But when his sword heart is extinguished and his Dao heart is completed, it will be the day when he breaks through the innate and turns the Dao into a sword!

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A month later, Zhao Xuan came to the beach.

"Tao Te Ching" said: "The good is like water, the water is good for all things without fighting, and the evil of all people is better than the Tao." ”。 This water is the closest thing to the Tao and the easiest place to perceive the true meaning of the Tao.

As the so-called "Dayan fifty, Tianyan forty-nine", the Tao that Zhao Xuan wants to understand is the "Great Road" of Dayan, not the "Heavenly Dao" of Tianyan.

The difference between the two is that the Great Dao is hidden in the "drowning of", while the Heavenly Dao is high above and controls the fate of all things.

The "drowning" here is a metaphor for the omnipresence of the Tao. Even in the lowest things there is the existence of "Tao", not "Tao" only in the drowning of shit.

For example, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang was enthusiastic about foreign affairs. Once, he asked a subordinate what a parabola was, and after the subordinate talked a lot, Li Hongzhang still didn't understand. The subordinate was anxious and said, "Li Zhongtang, if you pee or not, peeing is a parabola!" and the so-called "Tao is drowning in" is what he said.

The difference between the Great Dao and the Heavenly Dao is that the Heavenly Dao only exists in the world where "it" was originally located, and the Heavenly Dao of each world is different, and the Heavenly Dao of each world controls the fate of all beings in this world, "treating all things as dogs". The avenue is the existence of zài in every world, and it is the most basic truth that is common to every world. For example, fire is afraid of water, wood is afraid of burning, drinking water can quench your thirst, and peeing you have to cast a parabola.

Zhao Xuan sat on the beach for three years, and in the first year, he integrated the Jiuyang Divine Skill into the current exercises based on the Northern Shengong, integrating the Innate Gong, the Nine Yin True Scriptures, and a small part of the Sunflower Treasure Book and the Tai Chi Principle, and completely renamed the "Asking the Heart Sutra". In the next two years, I watched the ebb and flow of the sea, went down to the deep sea to watch the undercurrent, and sat on the beach to watch the flat mirror. After the third year, I finally left the beach.

Three months later, he descended from the mountain.

Zhao Xuan was dressed in a green robe, with bright black hair, carrying the white belly of the fish that had just risen in the sky, stepping on the mountain road step by step and walking towards Chongyang Palace.

The mountain road was rugged, the sky was dark, and I saw him step out in one step, and he was already more than ten feet away. At this time, the figure after ten zhang had not dissipated, so he took another step, leaving a phantom in place, and his body was more than ten zhang away. As if shrinking the ground into inches, he took nine steps in a row, leaving nine phantoms, and the phantom at the back slowly dissipated.

This is not some weird demon method, but Zhao Xuan fused the two light skills of "Horizontal Movement" and "Spiral Nine Shadows" in the Nine Yin True Scripture with Ling Bo microsteps. "Spiral Nine Shadows" is a martial arts superior light skill, set of body method, footwork, Gang Qi in one, can be pulled up a few zhang on the ground, with "Horizontal Transfer" can be moved in the air, stuck in the air, and there is a layer of natural Gang Qi around the body, can attack foreign enemies, practice to the best, you can conjure up nine figures to lure the enemy to win.

Zhao Xuan integrated the two body methods into Ling Bo's microstep, and the ideal state is to be able to conjure up sixty-four figures, corresponding to the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching. However, now that he is a beginner, he can only conjure up nine figures. Coupled with the body method of moving horizontally, this shows the effect of "shrinking the ground into inches".

I saw that he stepped out in one step, and after a while, he came to the gate of Chongyang Palace.

At this time, the gate of Chongyang Palace was closed, and the disciples who watched the mountain gate had not yet risen, and under the vermilion gate, a black shadow was placed there. Zhao Xuan was curious, and when he walked in, he saw that it was an infant. There was a baby in it. As if sensing someone's coming, the baby opened its big watery eyes, opened its small mouth, and let out a loud cry.

Wow-wow-wow

Zhao Xuan raised his eyebrows, who would throw the child here? Leaning over and holding the baby in his arms, the swaddling clothes folded, and suddenly a dragon-patterned jade pendant appeared from the baby's neck.

This jade pendant jade is transparent, and it is carved with dragon patterns, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can have. In ancient times, those who could wear dragon and phoenix images were generally royal, but how could the royal princess be discarded in front of Chongyang Palace?

Just as he was thinking, the door suddenly opened. It turned out that the disciple guarding the mountain gate happened to come out, and when he heard the cry of a baby outside, he hurriedly ran two steps and opened the gate. Seeing that he was wearing the clothes of the Quanzhen Sect, but he was holding the baby in his hands, and his face was tight, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "This Taoist ...... Dao Chief, who are you?"

Zhao Xuan raised his head and said, "Ma Yu can be in the sect?"

The disciple who watched the mountain changed his face and shouted, "Bold and demonic, how can you call the name of the real person in charge of the sect? Who are you, tell me quickly, so that we can know about it." ”

Zhao Xuanwei felt amused and said, "Then you will sue Ma Yu and say that Taixuanzi is back." ”

Taixuanzi?The disciple who guarded the gate was puzzled, he had just entered the Quanzhen Sect not long ago, and it had only been two or three years, and he had not heard of Zhao Xuan's name. Seeing that Zhao Xuan looked like he was relying on, he didn't dare to offend too ruthlessly, and shouted: "Honestly wait here!" He closed the door with a snap and turned back to find his senior brother.

It turned out that this job of "watching the gate" required two disciples, one of whom had to be an early starter, and he was generally familiar with heroes and heroes from all walks of life, so as not to report that Wan'er himself did not know, which would not only offend people, but also embarrass the Quanzhen Sect. The other one didn't have any requirements, and was just on top of this new entry. Today, this disciple got up a little early and came out to take a look, but he didn't expect to meet Zhao Xuan returning to the mountain. Seeing that Zhao Xuan seemed to be very confident, he hadn't even heard of it, so he could only go back and ask his senior brother.

Outside the door, Zhao Xuan looked at the closed door and was speechless, the baby in his arms cried louder and louder, although he had lived long enough, he really had no experience with children. He has been two children in his life, the memory of the first time forgot, the second time although he was a child, but no one needs to coax him at all, so he doesn't know whether the baby is thirsty and hungry or holding urine or simply crying and playing.

Fortunately, the disciple didn't let him wait long, and after a while, he led a young Taoist of seventeen or eighteen years old out. The young Daoist originally had a respectful face, but when he saw him, his face changed immediately, and he shouted: "Bold demon, dare to pretend to be the ancestor of Taixuan Master, don't leave quickly!"

Zhao Xuan then remembered that although his face had not changed, his iconic white hair was too conspicuous, which made him black. Shook his head helplessly, too lazy to talk to these two people anymore, anyway, Ma Yu would definitely be able to recognize himself after entering, so he walked towards the door.

With this move, he had already used his body, and the two gatekeepers only felt a gust of wind blowing, and there was no one in front of them. turned around suddenly, but saw that his back just disappeared around the corner, and immediately chased inside, and shouted loudly:

"Someone, someone's breaking into the mountain!"

"Oh no, someone's knocking on the door!"

Zhao Xuan didn't care about how the two little Taoist priests behind him were shouting, because he was in a hurry, he didn't deliberately use the method of spiral nine shadows, although there were nine phantoms behind him, but his speed was also a lot faster.

After a while, he had already arrived at the Chongyang Palace. Along the way, I happened to meet a few Quanzhen disciples who got up early to practice swords, but he disappeared before he could see his figure clearly. Except for the two disciples who heard the baby's cry and thought they were ghosts, the rest were just a gust of strange wind.

In the Chongyang Palace, Ma Yu was chanting. I was reading the "Taishang Cave Xuanling Treasure Ascension Xuan Disaster Elimination and Life Protection Sutra", and I was just halfway through the reading, when suddenly a baby cry came from my ear. Originally, the voice was extremely far away, but in just a breath, it had already come behind him. He turned around suddenly, and saw a young Taoist looking at him with a baby in his arms and a smile.

"Who are you!" Ma Yu shouted, but he couldn't hide the horror in his heart: this person is so good at his work that he can't hear the footsteps so close!

I heard a familiar voice ringing in my ears: "Senior nephew Danyang, can't you recognize your uncle if you haven't seen him for a few years?"

Ma Yu's heart was shocked, and his eyes were shocked