Sword of Coming

The two parties walked down the mountain. During this period, it started to drizzle without any warning. Lu Chen smiled and conjured up two oil-paper umbrellas and asked Chen Pingan if he needed a raincoat. Chen Pingan shook his head, reached out and took the oil-paper umbrella, hesitated for a moment, and slowly went down the mountain. , took the initiative to ask for a bottle of wine from Lu Chen, and the two of them drank as they walked. They carried the wine to beat the rain. They held an umbrella and went down the mountain. They walked out of the Dragon Palace ruins together, and suddenly returned to the country road to the village school. Chen Pingan put away the oil paper. Umbrella, said: "With or without the flying sword, can I become a sword cultivator? The key point is Zhu Lian?"

Lu Chen shook the rainwater off his umbrella vigorously and said with a smile, "If you see through something, you won't have any friends."

Chen Pingan glanced at the rain-soaked and muddy cloth shoes on his feet, concentrated for a moment, sighed, raised his head and said with a smile, "I am called a critical friend."

There is no need to doubt Lu Chen's mind and methods. He has many advanced skills and is recognized by the world. If he had been born seven thousand years earlier, Lu Chen would definitely have a place among the ten powerful men in the ancient world.

In a sense, Chen Pingan used the method of talisman clone this time to hone his realm and melt as much knowledge as possible from the three religions and hundreds of schools of thought, and finally created the prototype of the three thousand small worlds for the bird in the cage and the moon at the bottom of the well. Foreshadowing is a kind of imitation of "stopping as soon as it's good". For example, the sword spirit, or rather the sword wielder, had previously leaked secrets, saying that Lu Chen might be secretly practicing boxing in an attempt to climb to the top of the martial arts. This is one of the clues that Chen Ping'an had this conjecture at the waterside. Since it's all just guessing anyway, he might as well be bold and think that the headmaster Lu Chen, who is gradually becoming serious, is more powerful, even more powerful, and even... the most powerful in the world in the future. of that existence.

Lu Chen raised the umbrellas in his hands as if holding a sword, waving his arms in a circle, and said frankly: "Whether you want to become a sword cultivator or not is not always a good thing. For my own practice, it will cause endless troubles. It is a kind of stupidity that is narrowly focused on its own path." In this way, Lu Chen changed from a Taoist priest who aspired to the fifteenth level to a pragmatic person, and turned into a pure swordsman. He must have been forced to do so. Bai Yujing's three masters had to increase their combat power to make this move. , is a helpless act.”

Having said this, Lu Chen turned to look at Chen Ping'an with a smile, "Don't be nervous, it has nothing to do with you. They are all historical issues that have never been completely resolved."

Every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite, and this is true for every country in the world.

"Daozhang Lu has good intentions, and it can be regarded as a precautionary measure."

After Chen Ping'an gave this fair evaluation, he paused for a moment and said: "If you don't give examples when reasoning, it means you haven't said anything. For example?"

Lu Chen held an umbrella and poked as he walked, a bit like the young Liu Xianyang back then, and said slowly: "For example, the weather has changed, Bai Yujing is crumbling, and the orthodoxy of a world is in danger. Another example is the development of Qingming World. Senior Brother Yu has to fight with Half The enemy in the world, weak and invincible Senior Brother Yu, is actually worried about his life. It seems that the incense of Bai Yujing that can last for hundreds of thousands of years may be cut off. No matter what, I must change from a bystander to become a side by side with Senior Brother Yu. By."

"If you want to be qualified to stand side by side with Senior Brother Yu and face the tide of the world together, Pindao has only two choices, either to advance to the fifteenth level of the Pseudo Realm in one step and shock the heroes of the world. To force Qing Ming to no longer be able to attack a stone with an egg, There’s no chance of winning.”

"Either you slap yourself in the face, and make all the achievements you have achieved over the past three thousand years fall short. You have five dreams and seven mental states, and you have worked so hard until the end. You can only draw water from a bamboo basket in vain. You just choose one of the sword paths to climb up, and the infinity is close to the fifteenth realm. But it is infinitely far away from the fifteenth realm. Things that could not be done in the past three thousand years, but there is a glimmer of hope, may not be done in the next six thousand years. The poor Taoist can only go his own way and take over the power to teach the world from Senior Brother Yu, and then There is no limit of a hundred years, if I were to sit in Bai Yujing for a long time, my final situation would be similar to that of the boss of the Sword Qi Great Wall."

"Kill to stop killing, no matter who it is, they will die if they violate the prohibition."

As a result, it means that there will no longer be Lu Chen in the world.

Bai no longer needs to take the initiative to visit Nanhua City.

After saying this in one breath, Lu Chen threw the empty wine bottle into the stream, "It makes me feel bad just thinking about it. But if I don't think about it, I can't do it. It can only make me feel even worse."

Chen Ping'an smiled and comforted: "One kind of rice can support hundreds of people. If you have been in charge of the family for three years, you will be looked down upon by a dog, let alone if you have been in charge of the world for a hundred years."

Lu Chen looked strange. It turned out that he, who was his junior brother in Bai Yujing, used similar reasoning to comfort Senior Brother Yu, but in the end he got a sideways glance. Senior Brother Yu obviously didn't appreciate it.

Chen Ping'an asked: "The half of the world you just called is the half of Qingming's world outside Bai Yujing, or does Bai Yujing itself include it?"

Lu Chen laughed and said, "Maybe it's possible."

Jiang Yunsheng, the "little Taoist boy" in Shenxiao City, Zhang Fenghai, the "little Yudou" in Yushu City, etc., they can all be regarded as native Baiyujing Taoist officials. The different contexts, spiritual paths and mental directions revealed in them are all different. "Accidental" appears a lot, but it is actually a certain necessity.

When Lu Chen lent Chen Ping'an the Taoist skills of the Fourteenth Realm, the sequelae have gradually become apparent. It was like a backlash, allowing Chen Pingan to temporarily obtain a realm that was not his own. With the status of the Fourteenth Realm, he could walk in the wilderness with a sword. , with the height of a fourteenth-level monk, he views the mountains and rivers of Aquarius Continent like lines on the palm of his hand. When he returns to the realm, there will be a gap, such as a poor child suddenly becoming rich, or a rich child falling into decline again. If he continues to Without a proper solution, Chen Ping'an will sooner or later become... world-weary.

Therefore, Lu Chen's return to Haoran this time was not only for searching for Ning Ji, but also for official reasons. He also had a selfish motive, which was to take a look at Chen Ping'an's current state of mind. If you have the opportunity, give Chen Pingan a few reminders. If you are willing, Lu Chen will also help check for leaks and fill in the gaps.

This is the reason why Lu Chen is Lu Chen, and why there can only be one Lu Chen in the world.

Then Chen Ping'an did not disappoint Lu Chen. There were seven manifestations and two concealment, a total of nine talisman clones, scattered all over the continent, either among the people in the city or at the foot of the mountain, and the highest was no more than halfway up the mountain.

This is Chen Pingan's remedy. He must deepen his impression of the world and the mountains before going to the fifth realm.

Of course, there is also an unknown hidden attempt that Chen Pingan deliberately made without knowing it. Lu Chen, by the ancient pond, has roughly guessed why Chen Pingan worked so hard to "deceive himself and others" and then hide the truth.

As his true identity, Chen Ping'an here goes by the pseudonym "Chen Ji".

In fact, Lu Chen had noticed the clues when he was drinking at the same table with Gao Niang, the God of the Thin Eyebrow River. However, Chen Ping'an himself didn't take it seriously, and Gao Niang only regarded it as a kind of flattery.

There are many words that the speaker has no intention of speaking but the listener has the intention. Then there are still some words that are spoken intentionally but not listened to intentionally.

For example, "It has become a monument, and those who look at it later will also feel the elegance and elegance." Another example is "It is another long-term spectator, and no one can leave."

Lu Chen looked at Chen Pingan and patted his shoulder, "You are much better than me in some things."

Therefore, Lu Chen was willing to pretend that he didn't know about this matter and didn't reveal it after seeing through it.

Just because Chen Ping'an at this moment was destined not to understand these contents, Lu Chen changed the topic and continued: "Because you can't have the Yin Shen, you have to settle for the next best thing. Starting from the Big Dipper Bureau and having nine clones, you are completely There is no need to belittle yourself and regard it as a parody of Lu Chen's Five Dreams and Seven Minds. You are only a few years old, and you are quite tacky to have such attainments."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Daozhang Lu's boasting method is even less tacky."

Lu Chen asked: "Can I take the liberty to ask why you failed when you tried to break through twice?"

In the private dojo in Changchun-Dongtian in Mi Xuefeng, Chen Ping'an had already entered the Jade Pure Realm twice without success, so he was cautious the third time. No matter how careful he was, he couldn't be too careful.

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, but then spoke frankly about the rough process and ending of the two retreats, "In the first retreat, I encountered a huge number of inner demons, which was very different from the past experiences of Nascent Soul monks that I know. But these The inner demon is too fragile. Although it seems to be full of dangers, I have gone through some difficulties and killed them one by one. It was the kind of near miss that was a false alarm, so I noticed something was wrong, so in the Yupu Realm I stood still and did not dare to take that step, fearing that there would be a huge trap. Before the second retreat, I made a series of targeted arrangements in advance and felt that everything was foolproof. The result was within that situation. , it was different again. There was no specific inner demon that manifested. The sky and the earth were vast, and I was alone, walking alone. Then I found that there was something wrong with my memory. I couldn’t remember many people and things, and I still couldn’t remember them every time. Take one step and forget something. If I stop in the same place, the long river of time will stagnate without any change. When I take a step back, I will remember one more person or one thing. If I continue to move forward, I will forget something. Forgetting, since we are in seclusion and want to break through, we can't just keep going in circles and beating the wall. We walked in a hazy and confused way for who knows how long and how far. Finally, there appeared a long river that was not wide but insurmountable. On the other side of the river, there seemed to be faceless people standing, staring at me. I knew they all recognized me, and were even the most important people in my life, but I just couldn’t remember them. The more I thought about it, Remembering them, the river becomes wider and wider. The most terrifying thing is that when I look back, I find that the people around me who used to have clear faces have become blurred. My Taoist heart has not collapsed because of this. On the contrary, I became more determined. It seemed that I had made a decision to choose the lesser of two evils through countless careful calculations and reasoning. But only my intuition told me that it was rationally correct. A... path of cultivation that is not as straight as I expected, can also climb high, even to the top, but there will be two... me, two myself, and two Chen Ping'an."

Chen Ping'an, who rarely sighed, couldn't help but let out a long sigh after saying these inner words.

Lu Chen smiled and said: "If you withdraw from this weird state of mind, will you feel that you are just bothering yourself?"

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "I thought about it for a long time in the dojo, but there was no answer. When I walked out of the dojo, I was forced to cut away from these thoughts so as not to affect my daily life."

Lu Chen stretched out his arm, holding the "long sword", and gently played with the grass and trees on the roadside. He said something off-topic and revealed the secret in one sentence, "I made some deductions with the help of a foreign object over Bai Yujing's side. , you figured out that you were right not to open the picture of the immortal in Ye Yunyun’s hand at Pushan Yuncaotang. Because there is a fake Qi Jingchun hidden in it, which is..."

Lu Chen raised his finger and pointed at the sky, "It's that guy's imaginary Qi Jingchun. If you open the scroll in Tongyezhou and meet this Qi Jingchun, you will be in big trouble. This kind of trouble does not mean that you will be stagnated in the earth for a long time. Level, on the contrary, can help you break through the same false inner demon. In the Qingping Sword Sect dojo, you can rise to Yupu without any stagnation. You can even quickly cross the Immortal Realm and enter the Ascension Realm like a broken bamboo. This It is to pull back the seedlings and nourish and strengthen your divinity with the Taoist heart of a Qi practitioner. The result of this kind of behavior is a bit similar to when I gave up the Five Dreams and Seven Hearts in exchange for a pure sword cultivator. In the short term, it is a great good thing, but in the long term There will be endless troubles.”

Chen Pingan was horrified.

After Lu Chen said these words, he couldn't help but curse. He stretched out his arm and wiped his nose. His nose was bleeding. Lu Chen raised his head and rubbed his nose gently to stop the bleeding. Now he let go completely and cursed. , scolding Zhou Mi for being a haunted bitch, Zhou Mi, if you have the ability, come to the human world and fight with this poor bastard, relying on an ancient heaven as a dojo to bully Lu Chen, a god who has not yet returned to his throne. What a skill...

Chen Ping'an turned to look at Lu Chen. Lu Chen waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, we are far away after all. This bitch Zhou Mi can't use his full strength. It's just a blow equivalent to that of a peak monk in the Fourteenth Realm. Drizzle, no Does it hurt or not..."

Chen Pingan was silent for a moment and reminded: "Director Lu, your nose bleeds again. Wipe it."

Lu Chen raised his hand to wipe away the nosebleed, and continued to mutter like a shrew, cursing Zhou Mi for giving birth to a son without an eye, being struck by lightning while walking, dying and not being able to afford a coffin board...

Chen Ping'an just wanted to speak.

In an instant, Lu Chen changed from a sickly look to a vigorous one. He said with great energy, "What are you thinking about? If you turn Lu Chen in your heart into Zhou Mi, it would be too early, and you would have no chance of winning. On the battlefield Go on, if you are just motivated, you can only give away people's lives to gain military achievements. Don't do it. You are a person who has been a hidden official. This is such a simple truth that I don't need to say more."

Chen Pingan asked: "How is the injury?"

Lu Chen said arrogantly: "No matter how good the relationship is, no matter how friends we are, we will still inevitably have a fight in the future. How can I let you know the depth of the poor Taoist's ability to take a beating early on?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Since Director Lu has said so, then I believe it."

Lu Chen nodded vigorously and said: "No one needs to worry about Pindao. Pindao will just brag about it today!"

Because he had entered Chen Pingan's state of mind, Lu Chen even came face to face with that existence.

It is very clear that the key to Chen Ping'an's self-imprisonment is that the formation of book cities and book mountains is secondary, and the criss-crossing "fences" of blank nothingness are the key to besieging that existence. . Because every thread is "forgotten" deliberately by Chen Ping'an.

From this, Lu Chen knew why Chen Ping'an failed twice in his attempts to return to the Jade Pu Realm.

Lu Chen once said an unintentional remark, all newly formed habits are a kind of forgetfulness and a betrayal of oneself.

Moreover, if Chen Pingan's "inner demon" goes deeper and becomes his enemy, Chen Pingan needs to take the initiative to forget the beautiful people and things in his life.

This inner demon can be said to be as light as a feather. As long as Chen Ping'an is willing to take that step, it will be easy to overcome this obstacle. It can be said to be a matter of course.

But can Chen Pingan do it?

Perhaps this is the real difficulty and horror that practitioners need to face when facing inner demons.

Just like when Zou Zi set up a stall in Xinghua Lane, the bunch of candied haws that were given away for free might be eaten by all the children in Lizhudongtian, except for the orphan in Muping Lane.

In short, we may be able to get out of a lake of slips filled with suffering, but we may not be able to get out of a mountain of abjection where everything is beautiful.

If you can't bear to look back on the past, turn your back on it. Every step you take on the road of life, just don't look back. In the end, you can go further and further until you are completely relieved.

Lu Chen suddenly said: "Ordinary people, who dares to say that it will rain or not rain tomorrow? How many people carry umbrellas with them every time they go out?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "I've figured it out."

The sudden mountain rain just now in the Dragon Palace ruins was naturally caused by Lu Chen on purpose.

In the capital city of Li, when Chen Pingan went to look for Zhou Haijing, the female martial arts master in the back alley, he was wearing cloth shoes at the time. Chen Pingan went there and back, and the cloth shoes on his feet were not muddy.

Therefore, he was misunderstood by the attentive Zhou Haijing, who regarded Chen Ping'an as a monk on the mountain. Every time he went down the mountain, he would either practice condescendingly, or he would just play with the world.

In Lu Chen's opinion, it is enough for Chen Ping'an to leave a pair of cloth shoes without wearing them and keep them as treasures for a long time.

The rest of the cloth shoes should be worn when necessary. No matter whether it is sunny or rainy, they should be worn outside the house and walk on the roads and paths. If they are dirty, they will be dirty. If they are dirty, they should be washed. Being too precious will defeat the original intention of the person who gave the cloth shoes as a gift.

Lu Chen smiled and said: "If all the good things in our hearts become a burden, then what is the meaning of good things? If so, there must be something we did wrong."

Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "I just realized that Director Lu is a good speaker when it comes to reasoning."

Lu Chen laughed and said, "I just found out."

After that, we just walked and chatted.

We talked about the three kinds of fairy money on the mountain that condensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. They were once the corpses of the gods scattered in the long river of time, and then condensed into real objects.

It was imperative for Luopo Mountain to establish a lower sect. In Lu Chen's view, there was a Qingping Sword Sect in Tongye Continent. This move was not hasty, but the timing was right. Otherwise, they would all be crowded together on Luolu Mountain. Even if there are indeed several vassal hills there, Xiaomo, Bai Jing and the others, even if they do not absorb the local spiritual energy, you and I both know very well that a great monk is a great monk. Even if they don't move at all and don't take any advantage from the outside world, their impact on the landscape is extremely considerable and far-reaching. If Luo Lo Mountain is not divided into a lower sect, and Cui Dongshan and Mi Yu stay in the mountain, it will be too bloated, and if one family is too big, it will invisibly weaken Luo Lo Mountain, and even Piyun Mountain and the entire Beiyue Mountain. The luck of the earth. "

Miss some people very much.

Missing you is a drunken place where you don’t need to drink. The only way to leave this drunken place is to drink.

Young people are full of energy, like and dare to deny many unreasonable things in the world.

The magnanimity of some old gentlemen has been expanded by history and suffering, so among all kinds of young people, these old people are willing to say good things and give affirmation to the words and deeds of young people.

Lu Chen suddenly asked: "With or without Yuan Huajing, you would go to that Vinaya temple. Maybe you would just change your identity, eat vegetarian food, copy scriptures, and occasionally follow the little novices to climb mountains with sticks and watch the clouds rise, right?"

Chen Pingan nodded.

Lu Chen said: "But without Yuan Huajing's impromptu decision to come down from the mountain and talk to you openly and honestly, without his reminder, you might not have known about the allusion no matter how many scriptures you copied there, and you wouldn't have known about the six secrets hidden in the temple. The seal on the side where our ancestors pounded rice waist stones fell off."

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "Of course."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "This is the fate of Buddha."

Chen Ping'an asked doubtfully: "What do you want to explain?"

Lu Chen said: "Buddhist Arhats, sixteen Yingzhen, always stay in the human world to protect the righteous Dharma."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Master Lu, please stop beating around the bush."

Lu Chen said: "The Zhuzhi Sect has two mountains. Now it is the Caiyu Mountain line that is dominant. In fact, the ancestral mountain in the early days was Jizu Mountain, and there was an Arhat who lived in the world on that side of Jizu Mountain in history. As for Buddhism The reason has a long history, no evidence to check, and no opportunity to ask in person. I can only make some common sense speculations. For example, among the eight tribes of Buddhism, there are dragons among them. In ancient Shu, dragons appeared in large numbers. He has so many crowns that there is no one in the world."

"Your senior brother Junqian. There is also Chen Qingliu who caused the battle of slaying the dragon, Mr. Zheng's mentor, Chen Daxianjun who has now returned to the Fourteenth Realm. His place of cultivation is in Qinggong Mountain of Liuxia Continent. , but the place of enlightenment is in Aquarius Continent, and his path to enlightenment by reaching the Fourteenth Level of Sword Cultivator is similar to a Buddhist vow."

"The Cicada Cave that Cui Dongshan longed for but couldn't find. The remains of the Sword Immortal and many dragon skeletons inside have not failed in terms of cause and effect."

In the past, every dragon kiln in Longquan County had an experienced master responsible for checking it. The kiln where Chen Pingan was located was that old man Yao.

Buddhism says that in the Saha world, everyone is in a house of fire.

"There are a group of sea and land dragon kings under the jurisdiction of the ancient heaven. They are responsible for moving clouds and spreading rain. One of their most important bosses is the two rain masters."

"There was a kiln worker named Su Han in your hometown. His niece was later one of Old Man Yang's boxing apprentices, Su Dian, whose nickname was Rouge. Old Yang accepted his apprentices and only taught boxing, never Transmit immortality and Taoism."

Chen Ping'an finally spoke and nodded: "I understand."

In the opinion of old man Yang from the medicine shop, only after ten thousand years, as a pure martial artist, will he have the opportunity to embark on a real path to becoming a god.

This was a road that could be walked ten thousand years ago with only one and a half steps. But since the ancestor of the military strategist failed to reach the top, it is still a brand new road ten thousand years later.

The ancient female Rain Master was reincarnated in Lizhu Cave, but her name was Su Han, and she was a man who was called a sissy.

Nature plays tricks on people, and before they know it, the rain master sets fire to fire.

The Long Kiln in my hometown boasts that its thousand-year-old kiln has been burning continuously. At the entrance of the kiln where Chen Ping'an and Liu Xianyang were located, the kiln fire was eventually extinguished due to negligence in supervision during a drought. This led to a series of twists and turns. A storm was about to come, and the sky and earth were dark for a while. Finally, the clouds and mist were cleared away. In a Lizhu Cave, all the young people in the town have their own futures.

Chen Ping'an and Lu Chen walked slowly back to the village school. Zhao Shuxia and Ning Ji were still awake, which was normal. It was strange to be asleep.

The old scholar was still sleeping in the house, and Lu Chen was about to say goodbye and leave. He also drank wine and ate midnight snacks. If he stayed here any longer, it would be a bit of an eyesore.

Lu Chen took off the black cloth bag from his waist, handed it to Ning Ji, and said with a smile: "An old friend's relics are of no use in the hands of a poor Taoist. They can only eat ashes and waste natural resources. Ning Ji, if you like to go to the mountains to collect herbs, just I’ve given it to you. If you encounter some dangerous situations in the future and there are no helpers or protection around you, you can use this to save yourself. Just remember the secret code you and I agreed on before, shake this green bag and call it out. As for how to save people in the future, there is no need to worry on your way to school or mountain climbing, just take it one step at a time."

The young man was still innocent and did not rush to accept the parting gift. He asked with confusion on his face: "Master Lu, what's the secret code?"

Lu Chen smiled playfully, forced the green bag into Ning Ji's hand, reached out and patted Ning Ji on the shoulder, "That's the three-character title, involving our... personal friendship, as I told you before , think about it carefully.”

Ningji thought for a moment and seemed to remember that title, little master? Although Ning Ji knew nothing about Confucian rules and mountain practices, his intuition told the young man that this matter might be inconsistent with etiquette, so the young man subconsciously turned his head to look at Chen Pingan.

Although Chen Ping'an didn't know what was going on, he still trusted the young man's character and Lu Chen. He smiled and said, "With Director Lu, you don't need to be so rigid. You can be more casual."

This is also Ning Ji's own fate. As a teacher, one should not think that it is good to turn students and disciples into oneself. On the contrary, it is a taboo.

Before that, Lu Chen also gave Ning Ji a pair of seals, which read "It's helpful to open the book" and "Ning Ji has read it."

Including the green bag, the most important gift was of course the seemingly illusory title, Little Master.

This is also an exception made by Lu Chen, which means that Ning Ji, who has already had the apprenticeship tea, is not completely handed over to Chen Ping'an. In other words, with such a relationship, Ning Ji's future actions, no matter good or bad, will not be completely handed over to Chen Ping'an. Lu Chen always had to share part of the cause and effect.

Lu Chen smiled and said: "Over there in Yongjia County, the capital of Yuxuan Kingdom, don't worry, your grandpa will be blessed later in life."

"Ning Ji, before we say goodbye, I would also like to say a few words of courtesy to you. People who seek education focus on ambition but not on knowledge; those who practice Taoism focus on the Tao but not on skills."

"Qi practitioners who have just started mountain climbing practice first practice the inner scene. The inner scene is the heart, and the scene is the image. The outer appearance is outside the small world of the human body, the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, clouds, rain, snow, and all things, while the inner image is within the body's skin. The image of flesh, blood, muscles, bones, viscera, and soul. The heart is in the body, thinking and contemplating, and the destiny is divine. This place is mysterious and cannot be explained in words. You need to understand it carefully in the future. "

"Of course it is a good thing for a young man to have great ambitions, be chivalrous, and write about Bai Xue, but remember one thing: if you have no sense of yourself and have no room for others in your heart, it is just selfishness of flesh and blood and the end of your skills. I am afraid it will only ruin the path under your feet. It gets narrower and narrower."

The former is a Taoist secret, and the latter is a Confucian principle.

It is better to teach a man how to fish than to teach him how to fish. The first priority is to study when young, to practice when young, and to aspire to be determined when young.

"The so-called preaching means that the master leads the individual to practice. The so-called protecting the way is like taking someone to a temple to burn incense. Once you enter the mountain gate, you still have to burn and incense yourself."

Lu Chen pointed to the hilltop not far from the school and said seriously: "I have seen this mountain and I think the scenery is very good. When I go to see Piyun Mountain in the future, I feel that it is better there. This is good, but if I think this The mountains are not that good, are you serious?"

Lu Chen coughed and said, "What Pindao means is that in the future, seeing how good Mr. Chen is, we should not think that Pindao is not good at anything."

Chen Ping'an was very appreciative and said with a smile: "Ning Ji, don't dislike your husband's shallow knowledge after you have experienced Master Lu's immortal style of Taoism and magic."

Ning Ji smiled shyly.

Lu Chen smiled and asked, "Do you know what the first talisman in the world is?"

Ningji was confused.

Unlike Ning Ji, his younger brother, Zhao Shuxia began to frown and think because he had been exposed to Luolu Mountain and had traveled across the mountains and rivers of the two continents.

Lu Chen said with a smile: "It's far away in the horizon but right in front of you. I've obviously already given the answer."

Ningji became more and more confused.

Zhao was silent under the tree.

Chen Pingan has actually guessed the answer.

It was just some speculation before, but now that Lu Chen has asked this question, Chen Pingan is sure.

Lu Chen's answer is hard to guess, but it is simple and simple, it is "sound".

For example, the Confucian sages speak the Heavenly Constitution, the Taoist sages speak the Dharma, and the Buddhist secret mantras.

One of Chen Ping'an's talisman clones, an old Confucian scholar who copied scriptures in the Luzong temple in Yuzhou, would go to the cliffside pavilion in the mountains together when the clouds rose and the young novice would knock on the window to invite him.

Every time that "Chen Ping'an" looked at the sea of ​​clouds at Juxian Cliff, he would make a weird posture and pronounce a string of syllables.

Lu Chen smiled and shook his sleeves, snapping his fingers lightly.

In the field of vision of Ning Ji and Zhao Shuxia, they could only see the subtle lines in the air, undulating like a rippled hydrological painting.

Why is the threshold for Fu Lu monks so high?

The reason is very simple. In the past, the "Taoist priests" who were most suitable for drawing talismans in the world were actually pure warriors who took the path of becoming gods and ascending to heaven.

Done in one go.

"Ningji, from now on, when I stay with your husband, I can study more arithmetic."

Lu Chen put away the vision and suggested with a smile, "There are hundreds of schools of thought. Among them, arithmeticians spend a lot of time on paper. Unfortunately, in the end, they are in the same situation as merchants. They are regarded as low-ranking people. This It’s definitely not right.”

In the field of arithmetic, among the direct disciples of Wen Sheng, except perhaps Chen Pingan, all the others are masters.

Cui Zhang and Qi Jingchun are both the kind of people who can tell the answer at a glance.

They can even "solve problems" or even "solve problems" for the world.

In addition, Senior Brother Zuo and Senior Brother Jun Qian were relatively inferior. Senior Brother Cui Chan and Junior Brother Qi Jingchun were so brilliant within the Taoist tradition that they seemed to be unknown and ordinary.

As for Chen Pingan, when he was in the summer palace, he often read arithmetic monographs in his spare time. This is why Chen Pingan later looked at the prince with admiration at Huanghuaguan in Mirage City.

At the Great Wall of Sword Qi, Guo Zhujiu, who later became Chen Ping'an's disciple as she wished, would often spread out those arithmetic books, point and speak, saying, "You are good, I will deal with you later." On the contrary, Lin Junbi and Cao Gun, several foreign sword cultivators, are smart people who use arithmetic and solving problems as a pastime. They also like to come up with their own problems and embarrass others. Back then, the only sword cultivator who could support the local sword cultivator and regain face was the Sword Immortal Chou Miao.

Lu Chen turned to look at the young warrior, "With both patience and a wise teacher, I believe you will be a late bloomer."

Zhao Shu was stunned for a moment, and out of courtesy, he thanked Master Lu, who seemed to have suddenly said a "prophecy".

In fact, Zhao Shuxia didn't think much about how far his martial arts achievements would reach in the future.

Previously on the second floor of Luo Luoshan Bamboo Building, Zhao Shuxia became Chen Pingan's close disciple in the boxing discipline.

It's just that this identity is a kind of internal decision of one's own family and cannot be shown on the golden and jade genealogy of Luolu Mountain. It is somewhat similar to the relationship between official history and private history books.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Chen Pingan can't teach boxing to others after he accepts Zhao Shuxia as his disciple. It's just that the status has been determined. Those who learn boxing from Chen Pingan in the future, such as Ning Ji, will really just learn boxing.

For Qi practitioners on the mountain, especially monks who have been famous for a long time, recruiting disciples is a first-rate event besides their own cultivation.

Just like the people in the world of martial arts at the foot of the mountain, when they get older and want to wash their hands in a golden basin and withdraw from the world of martial arts completely, they must have a big show.

Looking at the whole world, in history, great monks took in closed disciples, but later saw a very talented monk, and then regretted it temporarily. This kind of situation is not uncommon, but the three masters and disciples often end up in the mountains. As a laughing stock.

If you are a pure martial artist, you will naturally not be considered young when you reach your forties.

But Chen Pingan is not only a martial artist, but also a swordsman, so he is still very young. It is unlikely that Ning Ji will become Chen Pingan's disciple.

Lu Shen said for a reason: "Ning Ji, if you succeed in your studies in the future, you will one day return to your hometown to worship your ancestors. Then I will tell you some elementary knowledge related to it, including geography, not to mention the scenery on the top of the mountain, but only It is said that there are two sects roughly divided into two factions halfway up the mountain. One of them is based on the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams to determine the principles of life and restraint. The other is based on the situation. Stop, to orientate the position, and match the sand and water of the dragon's cave. In the view of Xingjia, mountains are like grass and trees, with trunks and branches. They receive the energy of mountains and rivers, and are like the sun shining in a fire mirror. The withered bones can bring blessings to their descendants. Auspicious places bring blessings, Is it reasonable?"

Lu Chen asked himself and answered: "You can't believe it completely, you can't disbelieve it completely."

Ning Ji's expression was complicated and he hesitated to speak. Finally he nodded, put away the cloth bag, and said thank you to the young man and Master Lu together for the knowledge that was gained in vain.

Although he only took a short nap, half an hour at most, the old scholar seemed to have had a full sleep and was full of energy. The short old man was smiling, his arms bent at the elbows, and he kept turning. He walked to the door and joked: "Lu Zhang The teaching question is so big, how come you start copying books? If I remember correctly, these contents come from a scholar's reading notes? What is it called? "

Chen Ping'an smiled and answered: "The burial art chapter from the "Kai Yu Cong Kao" is relatively unknown, and there are not many booksellers' editions."

Lu Chen didn't feel embarrassed. In terms of thick skin, the old scholar was the best in the world, A Liang was the second, how could a poor Taoist be ranked third, right?

The old scholar stepped out of the threshold and seemed to be very interested in talking. He said to the young man, "Even if a gentleman is killed for five generations, the sages still only advise people to do good deeds. Moreover, the sages regard wealth and prosperity as normal and are not afraid of future generations." If you are virtuous but poor, you are just afraid that your descendants will be rich if you are not virtuous. The common people only regard wealth as a blessing and do not know how to cherish blessings. This is ugly."

"Therefore, outside the so-called Liuhe, the sage exists and does not care. There must be something to behold on the small road, but the danger of going far is mud. This is why a gentleman does not do it."

"Therefore, there are hundreds of books on Feng Shui and the Earth, and there are so many words that have been circulated, but they are stupid tips. Gentlemen only talk about self-cultivation, and do not talk about the Earth. Choosing a burial is a matter of self-cultivation. Otherwise, there are powerful families in ancient and modern times, and gods on the mountains. , why don’t they all get auspicious places, and enjoy blessings that last for thousands of years and ten thousand years? Why are they just like ordinary families, who often have misfortunes, and may even have greater disasters than ordinary people, often affecting the entire family?"

"Disasters are due to the weather. Managing chaos is the destiny of the country. Yin stalls are due to the merits of ancestors. Doing evil and doing good are due to human affairs. Assuming that a place's water and soil nourish a person, then the rise and fall of destiny will change with people and people, and then in turn affect the geography. . Let’s take a step back for a moment and look at the hundreds of photo books and geography books. There is one sentence in it that is quite beneficial to the people of the world. That is, "The shady house in the blessed land will shade those who sincerely sacrifice it in future generations." Those rich and prodigal people, poor people A scoundrel who doesn't pay homage when he's old, even if he goes to the grave, it's just a perfunctory job. Just imagine, if the deceased really knew someone under the spring, and his ancestors had spirits, wouldn't he be heartbroken when he saw this?"

"From this point of view, we can take a step back and realize that both the Yangzhai of the living and the graveyard of the deceased have real knowledge, which can be studied carefully, and the blessings of descendants can be recognized, which can be achieved by the merits of the ancestors, and are shaded by the feng shui of the Yinzhai. So what needs to be paid attention to, In future generations, we should not build roads for the city, plow fields, or be robbed by wealthy families. We do not need to seek fortune. We should avoid cold valleys and avoid floods and ants. At the same time, we need to avoid places with five arrows. A hundred miles away from home. , the journey is too long, after all, it is not easy to offer sacrifices every year, and it is located next to the big clan, so it is easy to be taken away by force. The common land of the whole clan, the old mountain for burial, the owner of the mountain wants to ask for a high price, and the land in Jiyang has already been owned, etc. etc., we should all be taboo. On the other hand, don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you, and when you become successful in the future, don’t make things difficult for others.”

"In general, if you are not an expert in choosing a burial place, you generally only need to have a clear and profound atmosphere and a spacious and clean environment. You don't have to stick to the hexagrams of the sky, stars and earth one by one. If you get rid of the bad luck, you will get good luck. You should be safe and peaceful."

"Heaven and earth come together to bring down the dew. The yang energy is steaming, and the earth is anointed with it. Plant in spring and harvest in autumn. Summer is hot and winter is cold. The four seasons flow, and each has its own reason. People living in it do the same."

"Whether it's cultivating one's self during one's lifetime, or choosing one's resting place after death, I do have the stupidest trick here, just eight words."

At this point, the old scholar twisted his beard and smiled, as if he was trying to hide his words. He even believed that his close disciples and the pedantic Master Lu could all think of those eight words.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Be honest and sleep peacefully."

Chen Ping'an said: "If you seek justice, you will find a broad path."