Hong Yi's arrival did not cause many ripples in the valley.

After all, he was just invited to be the enlightenment teacher for these foxes, and to sort out the 100,000 books in the cave.

On weekdays, apart from taking care of his three daily meals and learning humanistic knowledge from him, no fox wants to care about him. Just daily practice and collecting herbs takes up a large part of the pure fox clan's energy.

I really don’t have much time to pay attention to a helpless gentleman.

On the other hand, the three younger ones, Xiao Shu, Xiao Sang and Xiao Fei, because they are still young, do not need to go out to collect medicine, so they can go and play with Hong Yi every day during their free time during cultivation.

On this day, after Hong Yi finished teaching the foxes, he returned to the cave to continue organizing the books. After Xiao Shu, Xiao Fei and Xiao Sang completed today's training course, they went to the book cave to play with Hong Yi.

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Seeing Hong Yi carrying books out of breath, Xiao Shu couldn't help but said: "Mr. Hong, you are so tired that you are out of breath even carrying books. You really should go practice martial arts."

Bang--

Putting down the book with difficulty, Hong Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said helplessly: "I want to, but I don't have the skills to practice martial arts. Where can I practice martial arts?"

"You can go find Mr. Chu!" At this time, Xiao Fei on the side said, "Mr. Chu is so powerful that even Sister Yuan Fei is no match. If you want to practice martial arts, please ask Mr. Chu for help. He will definitely

I will agree."

Mr. Chu?

Hong Yi knew that Mr. Chu in Xiao Fei's mouth was the young man in white he saw that night.

Hong Yi is also very interested in this mysterious young man. However, he has been here for more than ten days and has only seen him once, and only briefly.

The whereabouts of the other party are like that of a dragon, seeing the head but not the tail. Even if he is interested, he can't even find the trace of the other party, let alone ask for it?

Thinking of the mysterious and heroic young man, I couldn't help but become interested in his identity: "By the way, Xiaofei, is the Mr. Chu you are talking about a senior in your clan?"

"No!" Xiao Fei heard Hong Yi's question and shook her head, "Mr. Chu came here suddenly two months ago. I don't know what purpose he reached with Grandpa Tu and Sister Yuan Fei to stay.

He is the one who guides us in our cultivation."

"Before Sister Yuan Fei left, she told us that Mr. Chu is stronger than her, so we should be careful to serve him and not be negligent."

After listening to Xiao Fei's explanation, Hong Yi realized that Chu Yunshen was not from the pure fox clan, but came here from somewhere else.

"Then do you know Mr. Chu's name and where he lives now?"

"I know, I know!" Xiao Shu jumped happily at the side, "Mr. Chu's real name is Chu Yunshen, and he lives on the cliff of this book cave!"

Hong Yi never expected that Chu Yunshen would live above him. He explained that he had to sort out the books in this book cave every day, but he never found anyone living there.

Thinking of Xiao Fei's words just now, Hong Yi couldn't help but want to visit.

"Then...can you take me to visit this Mr. Chu?" Hong Yi asked carefully.

"Okay!" The three little ones did not refuse.

He led Hong Yi from a path beside the stone wall to the top of the stone wall.

When they came to the stone wall, Hong Yi found a wooden house standing among the woods. Because of the cover of the trees, it would be difficult to detect the existence of the wooden house without being in front of it.

When they came to the wooden house, three foxes, Xiao Shu, Xiao Fei and Xiao Sang, stood up. Xiao Fei took a step forward, put her paws on the door, and patted the wooden door.

Then, Hong Yi heard a pleasant voice coming from inside: "Come in!"

"Mr. Chu!" Xiaofei pushed open the wooden door, and the three little ones filed in. Hong Yi followed the three little ones and also walked into the wooden house.

The wooden house was not big, about ten steps in length and width. Inside the square house, there was only a mat and a futon on the floor. There was a desk in front of the window, and on the desk were placed the Four Treasures of the Study and several volumes of books.

The decoration inside the entire wooden house looks extremely simple.

But the moment Hong Yi walked into the wooden house, he felt as if he had entered a palace. The humble room in front of him was filled with an inexplicable charm.

It was as if he had arrived at a sacred and solemn Taoist temple. The solemn feeling made him breathe lightly unconsciously.

Then, Hong Yi looked at Chu Yunshen who was sitting at the desk.

The Chu Yunshen in front of him looked like a young man, and he seemed to be about the same age as himself. At this time, the other person was holding a brush in his hand, writing and drawing on the paper in front of him, and did not raise his head to look at them.

When Xiao Shu and the other three children saw this scene, they didn't even dare to take a breath, and carefully stayed aside without making any further noise.

Seeing this, Hong Yi didn't dare to speak, so he waited quietly aside.

After Chu Yunshen finished writing and put down the pen, Hong Yi took a step forward and bowed to him: "Hong Yi, a young student, pays homage to Mr. Chu."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Chu Yunshen looked at Hong Yi calmly and ignored the three little foxes.

Seeing Chu Yunshen's blunt question, Hong Yi couldn't help but be stunned, and then said cautiously: "I'm here, I want to ask Sir for advice on how to practice. I wonder if Sir can give me some advice?"

"That's it!" Chu Yunshen nodded, "This matter is not difficult, but this cultivation method is divided into two directions: Taoism and martial arts. Which one do you want to learn?"

"Ah?" Hong Yi didn't know the difference between the two cultivation methods, so he asked sincerely, "Young students don't understand the difference. Could you please give me some instruction?"

Chu Yunshen did not refuse: "I guess you haven't seen the Taoist Scriptures and the Martial Arts Scriptures yet, so I'll tell you about them."

"The world is like a vast ocean. When people live in this world, their bodies are like ships crossing the sea, and their souls and thoughts are the people inside the ships."

"From this point of view, two major systems of practice have been derived: one is mainly focused on refining the soul, which is called Taoism, and the other is mainly focused on refining the body, which is called martial arts."

"Martial arts is about cultivating the physical body. The body is strong and can carry people safely across the sea of ​​suffering. However, Taoism is about the endless sea of ​​suffering. The physical body of the ship will eventually decay. It is better to directly cultivate the soul, which makes people proficient in water properties. In this way, even if the ship is destroyed, the human body

Nor will he drown."

"Taoist practice focuses on cultivating one's own thoughts, and there are ten realms: concentration, coming out of the shell, night travel, day travel, exorcism, appearance, possession, body seizing, thunder tribulation, and Yang Shen.

"As for the realm of martial arts, it is divided into nine levels: muscle training, muscle training, membrane training, bone training, viscera training, marrow training, blood exchange, orifice training and vacuum smashing. The ultimate goal of both is to transcend life and death."

"The two roads represent two different concepts and systems respectively." Chu Yunshen said leisurely, "Which one do you want to choose?"

After listening to Chu Yunshen's explanation, Hong Yi finally understood roughly the path of cultivation.

Is it practicing Taoism?

Or practice martial arts?

Hong Yi couldn't make a decision for the moment.

After thinking for a while, Hong Yi didn't know how to choose, so he continued to ask: "Excuse me, sir, since the ultimate goal of practicing Taoism and practicing martial arts is to transcend life and death, is there any difference between the two?"

"Good question." Chu Yunshen nodded, "Taoist practice is to let the soul leave the body and separate the spirit and flesh. If you practice to a high level, the body is like clothes and can be changed at will. When practicing martial arts,

The mind and body must be integrated, and the spirit and flesh must be integrated. Therefore, you can practice both of these two paths in the early stage, but in the later stage, you can only choose one."

"The advantage of Taoist practice is that it has many changes, and you can achieve immortality in the mid-term. However, it cannot form a protective body in the early stage, and it is overcome by the warrior's Qi and blood. However, martial arts practice is trapped in the physical body, and there is insufficient dexterity to change, but there is force to protect the body, but

Both the early and mid-term lifespans are short. As far as roads are concerned, there is no way to say which one is better or worse."

Hong Yi understood at this moment that one was that he had no power in the early stage, but he could live forever in the middle; the other was that he had the power to defend himself in the early stage, but his lifespan was limited in the early and middle stages.

In fact, there are only two choices before him: choose lifespan or choose strength.

As a mature adult, Hong Yi certainly chooses to have both!

Of course, he did not reveal this, he just kept this idea in his heart and openly said to Chu Yunshen: "I choose to practice Taoism!"

Chu Yunshen was not surprised at all by Hong Yi's choice.

…

Hong Yi's arrival did not cause many ripples in the valley.

After all, he was just invited to be the enlightenment teacher for these foxes, and to sort out the 100,000 books in the cave.

On weekdays, apart from taking care of his three daily meals and learning humanistic knowledge from him, no fox wants to care about him. Just daily practice and collecting herbs takes up a large part of the pure fox clan's energy.

I really don’t have much time to pay attention to a helpless gentleman.

On the other hand, the three younger ones, Xiao Shu, Xiao Sang and Xiao Fei, because they are still young, do not need to go out to collect medicine, so they can go and play with Hong Yi every day during their free time during cultivation.

On this day, after Hong Yi finished teaching the foxes, he returned to the cave to continue organizing the books. After Xiao Shu, Xiao Fei and Xiao Sang completed today's training course, they went to the book cave to play with Hong Yi.

.

Seeing Hong Yi carrying books out of breath, Xiao Shu couldn't help but said: "Mr. Hong, you are so tired that you are out of breath even carrying books. You really should go practice martial arts."

Bang--

Putting down the book with difficulty, Hong Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said helplessly: "I want to, but I don't have the skills to practice martial arts. Where can I practice martial arts?"

"You can go find Mr. Chu!" At this time, Xiao Fei on the side said, "Mr. Chu is so powerful that even Sister Yuan Fei is no match. If you want to practice martial arts, please ask Mr. Chu for help. He will definitely

I will agree."

Mr. Chu?

Hong Yi knew that Mr. Chu in Xiao Fei's mouth was the young man in white he saw that night.

Hong Yi is also very interested in this mysterious young man. However, he has been here for more than ten days and has only seen him once, and only briefly.

The whereabouts of the other party are like that of a dragon, seeing the head but not the tail. Even if he is interested, he can't even find the trace of the other party, let alone ask for it?

Thinking of the mysterious and heroic young man, I couldn't help but become interested in his identity: "By the way, Xiaofei, is the Mr. Chu you are talking about a senior in your clan?"

"No!" Xiao Fei heard Hong Yi's question and shook her head, "Mr. Chu came here suddenly two months ago. I don't know what purpose he reached with Grandpa Tu and Sister Yuan Fei to stay.

He is the one who guides us in our cultivation."

"Before Sister Yuan Fei left, she told us that Mr. Chu is stronger than her, so we should be careful to serve him and not be negligent."
To be continued...