"The eight masters, what is above the sword thought?"
Half a year ago, when the world of ghosts and Buddhas started to change, when Xu Xiaoshou threw this question in front of Bazun, the latter smiled: "I have been thinking about it for a long time."
"Is there any conclusion?"
Bazun shook his head in understanding: "There is a 'shang' in the divine mind, but there is no 'shang' in the sword mind. In other words, the top of the sword mind is returning to the essence, returning to the 'name'."
Name...Xu Xiaoshou always hits the nail on the head when asked questions: "Have you completed cultivation?"
Bazun shook his head twice and spoke with emotion:
"The name is like the Tao, but it is too illusory."
"Even I have to borrow the concept of sword reading and use it in a clever way. I can only get its form but not its spirit."
The name is like the Tao... Xu Xiaoshou nodded and pondered, indicating that he understood, because he also felt the same way at the moment: "It's just an itch."
"good!"
Bazun expressed his agreement and said again:
"My way is born out of fame and developed through sword thoughts."
"Therefore, I also had some pursuit and attempts at fame. However, the Tao was achieved through the thought of the sword, but I was also trapped by the thought of the sword."
"Just imagine..."
At that time, he was at the ruins of the Holy Mountain, under the ghosts and Buddhas, pointing in front of him, and what he was looking at was the Southern Territory when he first set off on this trip:
"Nine out of ten of my paths have been taken."
"The ancient swordsmanship has made me successful, the sword thought has made me perfect, and I have limited my thinking frame to the 'eight-nine'. I have long forgotten the thinking about the nature of 'name' when I first set out."
He lowered his head, shook his head and sighed: "If I let go of everything and scatter everything, I might be able to touch the essence of the Tao and gain some enlightenment, but I don't have time anymore."
He raised his head and looked at the ghosts and Buddhas: "If I stop practicing now and resume cultivation, maybe the Tao is waiting for me, but they won't wait for me, and I can't look back."
Xu Xiaoshou understands this feeling very well.
People are in the middle of the situation and are being pushed along by the general trend. Who can survive alone?
Not to mention that the Eight Masters cannot look back, even what I am thinking about at the moment is completely different from the various thoughts I had at the beginning of my cultivation.
But he knew that the Eight Masters would not stop.
If you can't succeed in practicing the name, there is more than this road leading to the great road, so he asked: "Then what have you practiced in the past thirty years after Jian Nian?"
As soon as the words came out, various images of God's Relics flashed in his mind, and Xu Xiaoshou already had the answer.
As expected, the eight deities nodded knowingly and said:
"Sword, me."
Sword me?
No, this guy, Lao Ba, not only speaks in words, but also shows the truth in every detail.
When he said these two words just now, he clearly paused...
"Sword me?"
"Or 'sword' or 'me'?"
This seems to be the same problem, but fundamentally different.
Bazun smiled knowingly, without comment, and turned to talk about something else: "Shenyi, have you taught you ancient martial arts?"
Xu Xiaoshou nodded and remained silent.
Then I heard Lao Ba take the initiative to say:
"Shenyi and I also talked about ancient martial arts, and we learned a lot."
"If the Tao is in the spirit, a hundred flowers will bloom; if the Tao is in the sword, the three realms will open."
"Both of these, you have to make a choice. You have to choose one of the three thousand great avenues or the nine ancient sword arts, practice them to the extreme, and become a god and ancestor."
After a pause, he changed the subject, and his voice became a little more appreciative:
"But in ancient martial arts, the Tao is very pure. You don't need to think too much. If you complete it step by step, when you reach the end, you will be able to obtain the position of ancestor god at your fingertips."
"So, what is the way of ancient martial arts?"
Xu Xiaoshou really knows this question.
Because God also told me, He said: "Nine palaces, eight gates, seven places and six paths, four houses, three realms, two rituals and one statue."
The eight masters nodded and added: "Missing five, Wuji."
Yes, there are indeed these two things.
"Que Wu is boxing, and Wu is Qi Quan."
"The Wuji Taishang is just an illusory concept. It is a thought left by Zhan Ancestor to further the ancient martial arts."
"Let's ignore these two for now."
Returning to the arrangement of "nine palaces" to "one statue", the eight statues elaborated:
"And from the nine to one, this 'one statue' is the realm that the war ancestors in the past achieved, which is equivalent to being named a god and an ancestor."
"For latecomers to practice Taoism, no matter how confident they are, they should not aim too high and fail to understand the Tao through the Tao - this is like using the name to understand the name, and it is too easy to go astray."
"Therefore, just like cultivating one's name with sword reading, one has to use skills to enter the Tao and then return to one's original nature. Although you may be trapped here, this is the safest way."
"As for my Tao, after communicating with God, I borrowed the concept of 'Two Yis' and decided to practice 'Sword I'."
So that's it... Now, Xu Xiaoshou completely understood.
"Jianwo" means Liangyi.
"Sword" and "I" are the black and white of the two rituals. They are both opposites and achieve each other?
Lao Ba is very ambitious!
The Eight Masters are indeed unruly people.
After Yu Guwu said "Sword I", when Bazun Shu returned to what he said before, it became easy to understand:
"The name is like Tao, the name is like a statue."
"The way of naming is too illusory and contradicts me."
"The name is passive acquisition, but no matter how roundabout my sword is, it is always proactive in nature."
It can be seen that Ba Zunzhen likes "name" very much, but he refuses it completely: "I can only get its shape, but not its spirit. It is useless to force it, so I am willing to give up."
The eight deities know how to like names, but they cannot seek names.
His words pierced Xu Xiaoshou's heart.
Indeed, sometimes when talking about everything, the only thing that can really get into people's hearts is a casual sentence:
"The name is passive..."
Xu Xiaoshou was touched.
After thinking about it carefully, the "touched" suddenly split into "too touched".
"Xu Xiaoshou, you came to me not just to ask about 'Sword Mind', right?" Bazunzhen interrupted his thinking.
"Yes, I want to practice Taoism..."
"What path do you want to practice?"
"Just now, I was still confused..."
"What now?"
"Now... Bazunzun, I want to cultivate my reputation!"
At the Guizhe ruins, under the ghosts and Buddhas, the exchange between the First Sword Immortal and the Eighth Sword Immortal has reached this point.
With the last decisive sentence, Xu Xiaoshou's whole body was filled with Dao charm, and the kendo discs naturally appeared under his feet.
There is no second set.
Only the only kendo board!
The complex and wonderful insights may be like an immortal guiding the way, or like a demonic sound penetrating the ears, penetrating from the bottom of the eyes, passing through the bones, blending into oneself, and bringing forth the new.
"Repair your name..."
The Eight Masters cannot see it, but they can sense it.
Xu Xiaoshou, realized.
His realm suddenly started to advance upward from nine-tenths of the level of transcendence, and there was no end to it.
Ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three...
Until ninety-nine!
He seems to have entered a kind of epiphany-type "virtual ancestor transformation"?
In terms of combat power, there may not yet be any improvement in form.
At the level of understanding the Tao, there has been an extremely considerable increase, and there is a sign of "going crazy" at any time!
"The way of name..."
Bazun realizes that he is an unparalleled genius.
He is a man of few words and doesn't like to talk nonsense with ordinary people, because that would be like playing the harp to an ox.
But for Xu Xiaoshou, whether it is his character, conduct, or understanding... Bazunzhen has always only praised and approved of him.
After I felt that while the young people were chatting in front of me, something suddenly changed and they kept "getting" things, and the things they got were very strange, which made them even more likely to be possessed by demons.
The Eight Masters were not at all panicked.
Instead, he changed his identity in an orderly manner.
He fell from a high-level answer giver to a low-level question giver, but he was still able to refute the following questions:
"Cultivation of fame? Isn't this the same as cultivating Taoism? It is difficult to reach heaven!"
Xu Xiaoshou really doesn't need anyone to provide him with answers.
When he entered the virtual world for the first time, it was as if he was immersed in an ocean of answers. Everything was at his fingertips and he could reply casually:
"No, the way of name can also be divided into three parts: name, superior name, and supreme name."
The eight acquaintances could not hide their shock.
Xu Xiaoshou may be possessed by a demon or something else.
After all, what he said is too illusory, and something must be deposited, otherwise everything will be in vain when he wakes up, and even people will be destroyed.
He began to confront Xu Xiaoshou by asking questions:
"I cultivate my name. My name is like a double-edged sword. It both helps me and hurts me. I interpret the sword and create two things. What is your current opinion on the way of name?"
"A name is like Tao, and Tao generates two rituals, so a name can also transform into two rituals."
"Oh? Name, where does the theory of Liangyi come from?"
"A name is like a double-edged sword. It can hurt both me and others. Then a name is like fire, setting fire to a prairie fire and burning jade and stone together. If you cultivate your name, you will be invincible. If you cultivate your name, you will be able to destroy everything."
He was indeed possessed... Ba Zunzhen frowned and retreated, starting to be on guard, always ready to take action, but his words could still remain calm:
"'Fire' alone cannot make 'two rites', Xu Xiaoshou, you have secretly changed the concept. This is just the interpretation that the name is like a double-edged sword, not the interpretation that 'the name is like the Tao, and the Tao generates the two rites'."
"No, Master Bazun, you are too stupid to understand what I meant... I said that the name is like fire, which makes the name go crazy, but I also said that the name is like water, nourishing all things, if used well... Husband
As long as we don’t fight, there is no need to fight.”
The Eight Masters suddenly opened their eyes, their eyes were completely dark, and their ears were filled with the true meaning of the Great Dao.
Xu Xiaoshou spoke intermittently. He was horrified when he heard it, and he was already a little troubled:
"It is true that fame is like water, and there is no need to fight for it. But when you are in the middle of the game, how can you not fight for it? You are probably talking nonsense!"
"Ba Zunzun, you are wrong again."
"Oh?" Ba Zunzhen had never been denied so many times in his life, but he heard Xu Xiaoshou said in surprise again:
"Not fighting means having no desires and fighting; doing nothing means following the trend."
Bazunzhen originally wanted to guide Xu Xiaoshou on the right track.
After listening to these two sentences, Taoist rhyme exploded around me, and my eyes suddenly changed, and I was about to enter a state of enlightenment.
He hurriedly suppressed such impulse, knowing that what Xu Xiaoshou said was false and empty, and must be implemented to the root, otherwise the castle in the air will fall down at the first blow.
"In the name of the Tao, the two rituals can be water and fire, but using water and fire to enter the Tao is inherently incompatible and can easily lead to self-destruction...Xu Xiaoshou, can you understand water and fire?"
"Eight Masters, if you know swords, you will regard them as swords. But if you do not understand water and fire, you will think that everyone in the world does not know water and fire... This is like a frog at the bottom of a well."
"Oh?" Bazunzhen suppressed his anger this time, and Xu Xiaoshou spoke eloquently and explained clearly:
"There is no superiority or inferiority, only priority."
"It is true that the secret is only eighty-eighths of the way of refining spirits. It can be borrowed from the way of water and fire, but there is no need to master more, just use its meaning."
"Lao Sang taught me the fire of embers to make my nature agitated and my strength violent. The water ghost taught me the most good water to change my body and make my thoughts strange. Although the power of these two is not enough, their Tao and intention are very high.
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Now it was Bazun's turn to learn a lesson.
Indeed, if one can cultivate the great path to the profound truth, how can one not have high aspirations?
It's just sleeveless, and the water ghost's ability is slightly insufficient, so he can't push forward any further.
The way of water and fire, the way of Tongzhe Shen Nian, the way of sword and self...in essence, they are all avenues that point directly to the path to becoming a god and an ancestor.
To cultivate one's name, one can use Tao, water and fire to transform it into two rituals.
With Sang Lao and Shuigui Zhuyu in front, Xu Xiaoshou can rely on his own understanding to complete the rest of the journey. This can be done!
"Don't be angry, don't be angry..."
Bazunji felt ridiculed and ridiculed.
He didn't even know if Xu Xiaoshou did this on purpose, and he still wanted to curse in this state.
But after all, Chi has grown decades older. As a leader, he cannot be angry because of this. On the contrary, Ba Zunzun has to continue to ask questions:
"It's easy to talk about it but difficult to implement it through the Tao of water and fire. How are you going to prove the way to fame from 'water' and 'fire' respectively?"
"Eight Masters, I have basically mastered the secret of fire."
"What about the water?"
"Water is natural."
I have to say that Ba Zunzhen’s guidance really worked.
When he was led here and thought about the details, Xu Xiaoshou finished the last sentence and fell into deep thought.
In just half a day, he slowly turned around, his eyes were already looking at the five regions and all directions, and he said:
"The name above is like water, which spreads throughout the five realms."
"I will spend half a year observing the water in the five realms."
"Entering the Tao through streams, lakes, rivers, swamps, and seas, savoring the changes in mist, rain, tides, waterfalls, and floods, wading into the river of time, touching the realm of emptiness, experiencing life and death, realizing the mysteries, converging Yin and Yang, and enlightening the Tao
name!"
After listening to this, the Eight Masters were shocked again.
In just half a day, Xu Xiaoshou's state of enlightenment was too strong - he was able to implement the cultivation of "name" to this extent.
"The name is fire, and the upper name is water. But the two are balanced, but your name and the upper name sound one is lower and the other is higher?" The Eight Masters pointed out the last confusion.
Xu Xiaoshou shook his head slightly, his eyes moved, and Daoyun kept saying: "You don't understand..."
What?
Ba Zunzhen's brows jumped when he heard Xu Xiaoshou said:
"Liangyi can be 'left and right', and can be 'tolerating and being tolerated'. Naturally, 'up and down' and 'high and low' also correspond to each other."
"The upper name is water, but it does not mean that fire is the 'lower name'. Moreover, Tao gives birth to two rituals, and the two rituals are not the same as the name or the Tao."
"It's just a coincidence to borrow it and use it to enter the Tao."
Ba Zunzhen really learned a lesson, but he was too obsessed with "water and fire" and never expected Xu Xiaoshou to be able to understand it so clearly.
"That……"
Once the confusion is gone, what remains is not guidance, but pure curiosity, even with a hint of asking for advice:
"Name, Supreme Name, you have understood it all. Maybe you can try this way. Where is Supreme Name?"
Taishang, the concept must come from the "Wuji Taishang" just mentioned.
Could it be that with Xu Xiaoshou's enlightenment, he has reached some thresholds that were beyond the reach of Lian Zhanzu?
The eight statues have familiar faces and moving expressions.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xiaoshou turned around.
The sword disk under his body disappeared, and the charm around his body gradually disappeared. He just curled his lips and smiled, and said:
"Ba Zunzun, you are in love."
"I don't want to fight, so I don't care... If you ask this question, it means that you are still a little short of me in terms of realm."
As soon as these words came out, Ba Zunzun's face turned pale.