The most difficult thing to do in this world is not to move mountains and reclaim seas, but to change people's hearts.
That is to reverse one's concept.
Sometimes the concept is so strong that iron is stronger than steel. Even if the body is killed and the soul is destroyed, it cannot be changed.
Xu Mo knew this, so he had no intention of changing Gu Yunzi's concept that "people are like grass and trees", just as no one could change Xu Mo's own state of mind about the world of humanity.
A large part of the reason why he said those words was actually for himself.
It was also because this time Xu Mo met a special immortal cultivator like Gu Yunzi, which gave him a new understanding of the immortality and weirdness of this world.
The special thing about Guyunzi is that he buried thousands of people in the fields to plant spiritual grass, but Guyunzi himself is a determined immortal cultivator, humble and polite, with no evil thoughts, and would rather endure loneliness in this deep mountain and old forest.
Study the way to become an immortal.
The state of mind of human beings is like grass and trees. From the perspective of beings like Gu Yunzi, it has nothing to do with evil at all.
Xu Mo just mentioned the method of 'contemplation' to become an immortal. Gu Yunzi listened and scoffed.
"The method of visualization is to make wedding clothes for others. That is an evil method!" Gu Yunzi said.
It turns out that there is something evil in their eyes.
Xu Mo asked carefully, and Gu Yunzi did not hide anything, but told everything he knew.
"Things that are visualized can use the thoughts of visualization to strengthen themselves. It is said that secret methods are used to implant evil thoughts in others. The evil thoughts will grow stronger and continue to affect the person who has been implanted with evil thoughts. In the end, it will be like this human head
Like grass, parasitic things thrive, but those that are parasitized have their essence sucked out and end up miserable.”
At this time, Guyunzi pointed to the medicine shelf over there. On it was a withered human head, only one-third of its normal size, like a dried jujube.
But it can still be seen that they are human facial features.
And on this man's head, like hair, there are thick spiritual grasses, twining and circling.
This is human head grass.
When Xu Mo saw this thing, he immediately thought of a herb in his original world.
Cordyceps sinensis!
So Xu Mo asked Gu Yunzi, whether the herbal medicine on it is medicine or the human head is medicine. If they are both, which medicine is more effective?
"Human head!" Gu Yunzi was proficient in pharmacology and answered this question effortlessly.
"The visualization method is actually effective!"
"That's true, but the method of practicing visualization is like the human head grass in this medicine field. No matter how good it grows, it will eventually be taken by the owner of the medicine field to make elixirs and be used as medicine."
"What if we get rid of the owner of the medicine field?"
"Haha, what do you rely on? Human head grass itself does not have this ability. Besides, even if a medicine field owner is eliminated, human head grass is human head grass. In essence, it is still a medicine. Since it is a medicine, it will still be used by others sooner or later.
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"In this way, Fellow Taoist Guyun's idea that people are like the essence of grass and trees can actually be understood as practicing Dharma and enlightening the Tao, not grass and trees!"
"What Fellow Daoist Xu said is correct!" Gu Yunzi stroked his beard and smiled, very happy because Xu Mo understood his "man-made vegetation" from the core.
It feels good to know that others understand you.
"Then what if the human head grass can really kill the landowner?"
"impossible."
"I mean, if!"
"This..." Guyunzi never thought about this kind of problem and began to think.
Xu Mo continued to ask: "Then when the time comes, will it still be human head grass?"
This question once again made Gu Yunzi deep in thought.
The last thing that made him think deeply was Xu Mo's sayings of "hungry, don't choose food" and "rather lack than excess".
Sometimes, to get someone to accept a certain concept, telling the other person directly and forcing the other person to accept it is the stupidest way. Basically no one will listen and no one will accept it.
The smart way is to ask an interesting question and then not give the answer, letting them think about it on their own.
If you can't figure it out, I won't say it. But if you can figure it out, then the certain concept you want to convey has actually subtly affected the other party.
Because if there is no impact, then the other party will not be able to figure out the questions you raise.
Xu Mo is using this clever method now.
Of course, he not only asked the same question to the other party, but actually thought about it himself.
"What are you thinking about?" someone next to me asked.
Xu Mo knew who it was without even looking up.
He is blind.
This hallucination has rarely appeared since it disappeared that day by the Perfume Lake.
Maybe it was a shock.
In the past, a blind man seemed to be able to see through whatever Xu Mo was thinking, but now, the blind man can no longer see through it.
That's why I asked.
"The Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao..." Xu Mo closed his eyes and recited. He was reciting a passage from the Tao Te Ching. He suddenly stopped reciting when he reached the "Door of Wonders".
After thinking for a while, I turned to read a passage from the Book of Changes: Heaven is moving vigorously, a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement, the terrain is prosperous, and a gentleman carries things with great virtue.
The blind man remained silent.
Weird expression.
Gu Yunzi, who was next to him, was a little excited by these words. He looked at Xu Mo at this moment, eager to hear what was behind.
But Xu Mo stopped talking.
As if deep in thought.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, what were you reciting just now? I think it makes sense. It seems to contain the laws of heaven and earth. Can you continue to recite it to me?"
Xu Mo still didn't speak, because at this moment, he was enlightening himself and would say something from time to time.
"Tao is the main thing, virtue is the supplement, and one should comply with the rules of heaven and earth. This is the core of the Tao Te Ching... Damn it, it turns out that I was the one who was in trouble before."
"Observe the divine way of the sky, but the four seasons are not strange. The saint teaches the divine way, and the world obeys... As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will change, if you change, you will be general, and if you are general, you will be long... Hehe, hehehehe!"
Xu Mo suddenly slapped his thigh, his face showed joy, and he kept laughing strangely.
The laughter was so magical that those who heard it, such as Gu Yunzi, Lin Jiuyuan, and even Xuan Shanjun and Huai Yuanhui at the door, felt their scalps go numb.
At this moment, Xu Mo raised his head and first looked at the blind man next to him.
The latter seemed to feel Xu Mo's gaze, trembled, and disappeared without a trace.
Xu Mo knew that this blind man actually represented the "Corpse Ghost Whispering". This thing would subtly affect himself and was caused by fear, doubts and distracting thoughts in his heart.
The deeper the fear, the greater the doubts, and the deeper the distracting thoughts, the stronger this hallucination will be and the more frequent it will appear.
In the end, he was unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, and was affected by it, so that he eventually became "blind".
Just like Gu Yunzi said, it has become a 'human head grass' for people to enjoy.
Naturally, Xu Mo would not accept this fate. As for "The Ghost Whispers of Corpses", Xu Mo had understood the magic before and was not afraid of its confusion. That is to say, Xu Mo had not taken this influence to heart before, but at this moment, his state of mind
Go to a higher level and be less affected by it.
At this moment, Xu Mo looked down, reached out and picked up the tea that Gu Yunzi had poured for him before on the table, and drank it all in one gulp.
The tea was already cold, but Xu Mo drank it quite happily.
The pleasant thing is not that the herbal tea enters the stomach, but that the thoughts are clear.
In the past, the more Xu Mo rejected the weird skills of those cultivating immortals, the more he would be influenced by them. After talking with Guyunzi this time, he realized that he paid too much attention to truth, falsehood, good and evil, just like his understanding of the world of human nature.
As a result, if the state of mind is raised too high but the cultivation level is not enough, doubts will arise. Doubts and confusion will cause more harm than good in the long run.
Just do it casually, and what you have learned is very mysterious. It can be summarized as follows: you can drink tea, but you can't eat other things that you can't eat.