Shi Taosheng has been to many places since then, he was at first to the temple to do chores, for fear of revealing his identity, but also for fear of the liver and gallbladder brother who rescued him, he worked in a temple for a while, then left, to another temple, or another Taoist temple, he often changed the place of residence, changed the way of doing things, he was a sweeping monk, a Taoist cook, a monk who guarded the tower tomb, and a temple gate guard; he entered the Shaolin Temple, went to Wudang Mountain; he followed some martial arts monks or Taoist chiefs to learn martial arts, wherever he went, has always appeared in a humble identity, unwilling to be promoted, do not want any position, Maintaining a very low-key life, in the end, he went to the Hanging Temple, and has been working as a bell ringer in this ancient temple, he has been ringing that bronze bell in obscurity year after year, no one really understands his experience, and almost no one knows that he will be superb martial arts.

In Shi Taosheng's view, the Hanging Temple is the most suitable place for him to stay for a long time, this ancient temple is very special, it was once a Buddhist temple, and it used to be a Taoist temple, sometimes, this ancient temple is both a temple and a Taoist temple, the ancient temple is built with "three religious halls", Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Confucianism coexist peacefully, it is an ancient temple with very strong compatibility, he likes to stay in this ancient temple for a long time, because he has been a monk and a Taoist, he also does not know whether he is a monk or a Taoist, he is interested in Buddhism, Taoism, Taoism, and even Confucianism, etc., are interested, and have spent a lot of energy on in-depth study.

Shi Taosheng has studied Buddhism in depth, carefully studied Taoism and Taoism, and also dabbled in many Confucian classics, in terms of knowledge and learning. He can be said to be Buddha, Taoism, and Confucianism, but he never publicizes, and rarely communicates with others, he is proficient in various theories, just playing in his mind, he has been "cultivating" his knowledge.

In terms of martial arts, he learned stick art in Shaolin Temple, swordsmanship in Wudang Mountain, and in Hanging Temple, he applied his knowledge of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism to martial arts. He integrated the kung fu he had learned in Shaolin and Wudang. Founded the "Northern Soul Sword", which is a new swordsmanship that melts Shaolin stick and Wudang swordsmanship, he melts the philosophical mystery of Taoism into swordsmanship, and transforms Zhuang Zhou's free-spirited thinking into martial arts. Focus on exploring the new realm of martial arts.

More than thirty years in the Hanging Temple. Shi Taosheng constantly practiced, pondered, improved, and perfected the new swordsmanship he created. He also compared his new swordsmanship with the various martial arts routines he knew, and absorbed the strengths of other people's martial arts routines. Learn from each other's strengths and strive to make the "Northern Darkness Sword" continue to improve, and his new swordsmanship has reached a very high level.

Shi Taosheng also attaches great importance to testing and improving swordsmanship through guò actual combat, and on several occasions, he covered his face, put on black clothes, sneaked into several famous mountains and dangerous villages, and mysteriously appeared in front of some martial arts masters, competing with them, and as a result, his opponents were defeated under his sword.

The people who were defeated by him were all very famous figures in the rivers and lakes, they were defeated by Shi Taosheng, but they did not dare to speak out on the rivers and lakes, because they were afraid of the damage to their reputation, and their fear of this mysterious figure could only be hidden in their hearts, and they never dared to say it; Shi Taosheng regarded winning the competition as a way to practice swords, and never said it to the public, so far, no one in the rivers and lakes knows that there is a wonderful set of swordsmanship called "Northern Darkness Easy Sword".

Two years ago, Shi Taosheng suddenly felt that he had passed the age of antiquity, he believed that although life was determined by heaven, but after all, people are old, it is impossible to live to be a hundred years old, he is afraid that one day he will suddenly return to the west, his "Northern Sword" It was lost, so, for two years, he has been carefully looking for young people who can be cultivated, this time, he happened to meet Xiao Beiyou, after careful observation and strict testing, he felt that this young chivalrous man was the person he was looking for, he was very happy, he could teach him knowledge and swordsmanship well, Shi Taosheng was very satisfied that he could accept a good apprentice in his lifetime, his wish to accept apprentices to teach swordsmanship can be realized, he felt that he had a wish, and he could get his wish, which was the happiest thing.

Shi Taosheng seriously and carefully told Xiao Beiyou about his complex experience and the process of his establishment of swordsmanship, Xiao Beiyou listened attentively, Shi Taosheng's twists, turns, complexities and difficult and dangerous experience made Xiao Beiyou feel that he was an extraordinary figure; Shi Taosheng's persistent pursuit of martial arts innovation, and the spirit of actively exploring new swordsmanship made Xiao Beiyou very admired.

Listening to Shi Taosheng tell the story he experienced, Xiao Beiyou deeply felt that this "old man" trusted himself too much, and he told Xiao Beiyou all the things he had never told anyone before, Xiao Beiyou was very grateful and very excited, he thought: "'Old man' regards me as the closest dearest, The only apprentice I love the most, he wants to teach me what he has learned in his life, and now, the cultivation and teaching of me has become his top priority, from this point of view, I should respect him more, he is more attentive to my cultivation than my original master, Master Fang Liuhe now uses almost all his energy to expand the power of the Jingshan faction, and the 'old man' uses the most important energy to teach me, I should regard Mr. Shi Taosheng as my great teacher in my heart. ”

Xiao Beiyou said: "I can't imagine that you have such a complicated experience, and your cultivation of knowledge and martial arts is so high, 'little nephew' admires you too much, in the future, the little nephew will definitely regard you as my mentor in his heart, in the heart of the little nephew, you are 'Master Lu', of course, now, forgive the little nephew for being rude, I can only call you 'Uncle Shi', the little nephew understands very well,' Uncle Shi's little nephew attaches so much importance to the little nephew, he has great expectations for the little nephew, and he expects the little nephew to learn greatly, and can do some great things for the maintenance of martial arts justice, the little nephew must live up to your expectations, and will do his best to learn from you, whether it is learning or swordsmanship, as long as you teach, the little nephew must work hard, hard, and learn seriously, and the little nephew guarantees that he will not let you down!"

The second content of Shi Taosheng's teaching of Xiao Beiyou is the doctrine of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.

Shi Taosheng said to Xiao Beiyou: "Little nephew, you have practiced martial arts with your master Fang Liuhe for many years, and the old man asks you: What is 'martial arts'? What is 'martial arts', and what is the difference between the two?

Xiao Beiyou has practiced martial arts, heard of martial arts, but he has never thought carefully about martial arts and martial arts, he thought about it, still didn't know how to say, so he had to tell the truth that he didn't understand, he said: "Uncle, the little nephew really doesn't understand, the little nephew only knows to follow the master to learn martial arts, he guides, and I practice according to the way he guides, for martial arts and martial arts, I haven't seriously thought about it." ”

"Actually, many people in the martial arts are the same as you, they only know how to practice martial arts, and they don't notice about ' Martial arts' thing, in fact, if you only know how to practice martial arts, and do not work martial arts cultivation, generally speaking, it is difficult to reach a high level of martial arts practice, and the old decay has fought with the heads of some of the current sects, although they all think that they have a high level of martial arts, in fact, most of them, just practice martial arts to a higher level, is familiar with martial arts routines, naturally, play the martial arts they have learned more proficiently, but they have not yet reached the high realm of martial arts, martial arts to enter the high realm, must have martial arts cultivation。 Shi Taosheng said.

"The little nephew hasn't understood yet, what exactly is 'martial arts cultivation'?" Xiao Beiyou asked.

"Martial arts cultivation is simply to have a knowledge of martial arts; the reason why we talk about 'martial arts' is because there is a deep knowledge in martial arts. Therefore, if it is only about practicing martial arts, not realizing the theory in the process of practicing martial arts, and not combining the principles of martial arts into the practice of martial arts, then, the martial arts practiced are generally only staying in the skills of martial arts, which is fist and leg kung fu, and it is difficult to reach the high level of martial arts, on the contrary, if the principle of martial arts can be used to guide the practice of martial arts, martial arts may reach a very high level, therefore, superb martial arts are often related to martial arts cultivation. Shi Taosheng said.

"Uncle Shi is saying that having knowledge of martial arts is more conducive to practicing superb martial arts, and understanding martial arts is more conducive to practicing martial arts, right?" asked Xiao Beiyou.

Yes, that's what it means, so before I teach you to practice martial arts, I want to teach you some knowledge and learning, which is completely necessary for you to improve your martial arts realm. ”

"What kind of knowledge does Uncle Shi want to teach? The little nephew doesn't know if he has heard of it before, but if he understands it, he will learn it faster. Xiao Bei lobbied.

Shi Taosheng said: "In ancient times, in the pre-Qin period, there were many schools, each school of thought is different, they each have their own ideas and ideas, and often exchange and argue, at that time there were Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Moism, Yin and Yang, Zongheng, Mingjia, etc., later, after the Wei and Jin dynasties, the most influential schools are three: Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, these three schools of thought are different, but they complement each other, study their ideas and ideas, become a university question. Shi Taosheng said.

"What are the ideas of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and are their ideas related to martial arts?"

"Confucianism attaches more importance to the norms of ethics, focusing on 'benevolence and righteousness', that is, advocating that everyone should have the concept of benevolence in their hearts, in the view of Confucianism, if everyone can thoroughly learn the norms of ethics and norms, and become the conscious norms in their hearts, then, they can reach a state of perfection, and reach that state, how to act will not violate the norms, therefore, Confucianism regards ethical cultivation as very important, and put forward ' Confucianism emphasizes the sense of responsibility, and in order to promote the idea of goodness, we must do our best to do it, so Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, said that 'we know what we can't do and do it', which shows a strong sense of responsibility, and people must do their best to do it if they can't do it, and if they can't do it, they must do it, which is a kind of persistent spirit, of course, there is also a sense of pathos. Shi Taosheng said. (To be continued......)

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