Today's breakfast was a little different from usual. Li Jie picked up the white porridge on the table and smelled a familiar smell.
This is medicinal porridge, not the plain porridge you usually eat.
"Starting from today, you will start to exercise. This porridge is specially prepared for you by Da Goth."
He Yingqiu noticed his younger brother's little movements and thought that his younger brother was not used to the taste of medicinal porridge, so he took the initiative to explain.
Speaking of medicinal porridge, although its effect is very good, its taste is hard to describe.
I remember that when I drank medicinal porridge for the first time, my performance was much worse than that of my younger brother.
Thinking of this, He Yingqiu couldn't help but think of his deceased parents, and his nose suddenly became sore.
Li Jie looked at the cheap brother calmly. In just one morning, the mood of the cheap brother changed several times.
It can be seen from this that the cheap brother is a very emotional person inside.
As a new arrival, Li Jie didn't want to appear too mature, so he gave him a bright smile, then picked up the porridge and drank it in small sips.
He controlled the rhythm while drinking, sometimes frowning and sometimes showing a determined expression on his face.
It took four or five minutes to eat a small bowl of porridge.
After finishing the drink, Li Jie raised the bottom of the bowl and showed it to Brother Cheap, indicating that he had finished drinking.
He Yingqiu nodded calmly on the surface, but in reality he was secretly happy.
Cultivation of the Tao, cultivation of the Tao, cultivation of the Tao, cultivation of the heart, if the character of the heart is not up to standard, you will not go far on this road.
At a young age, I can endure things that ordinary people cannot endure. This character alone makes me a good candidate for cultivating Taoism.
After breakfast, the two brothers each packed their own tableware. Just when Li Jie was about to go back to his room to study, he was stopped by He Yingqiu.
"Brother, come with me."
Li Jie showed a hint of surprise when he heard this, but he still followed He Yingqiu obediently and followed him into the quiet room.
Although the brothers live in the mountains, far away from human habitation, they still have everything they need.
Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Facing south is the main hall, to the east are the study, bedroom and kitchen, and to the west are the quiet room and side hall. Among them, the quiet room occupies the largest area, because the quiet room is He Yingqiu's main activity place.
Pushing open the door and entering, the furnishings in the quiet room are extremely simple. Except for a specious bed on the couch in the north, there is nothing else. Moreover, the furniture that can be regarded as a 'bed' is extremely rough in workmanship.
Two half-meter-wide wooden boards were supported on the stone barrier, and a futon was placed on top. It was said to be a bed, but it was really lifted up.
Entering the house, He Yingqiu had no intention of stopping and continued walking inside. There was a small wooden door on the north side of the house.
The door was locked, and there was no sign of anyone asking for the key. He just stretched out his hand, and the lock on the door opened naturally.
If you ignore the rust on the lock, this hand is really a bit fairy-like.
Opening the door, Li Jie saw the scene inside for the first time. He had been to the quiet room in his memory, but this was the first time he had been to this small room inside.
The furnishings inside are the same as outside, very simple. There is a altar in the middle of the small hall, incense candles on both sides, and a painting hanging on the wall in the center.
The painting shows a lifelike, immortal old man with a sword hanging on his waist and a faint smile on his face. What is surprising is that no matter which direction you look from, the eyes of the person in the painting are focused on you.
on the body.
'The one hanging above should be the Patriarch, right?'
Withdrawing his gaze, Li Jie glanced at He Yingqiu. As soon as he stepped into this room, the look on the cheap brother's face suddenly became more serious.
He Yingqiu walked to the altar with a solemn expression, lit the incense candles on both sides, and then picked up three sticks of incense from his left hand.
"Little brother, come here and offer incense to our ancestor!"
Li Jie walked up to him obediently and offered three sticks of incense to the Patriarch in a polite manner.
"kneel!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jie knelt down obediently towards the portrait.
Kneel down to the ancestor, you are not shabby.
After all, he wanted to learn his skills, and his ancestor must be older than him, so it was the proper thing to kneel down and bow down.
"bye!"
"kneel!"
"Goodbye!"
After performing the ritual of kneeling three times and prostrating nine times, He Yingqiu respectfully offered a stick of incense to the Patriarch.
"Your Majesty, the Patriarch, what should I ask of the 21st generation descendant of my disciple Maoshan? Today, this generation of masters accepts disciples to revitalize our Maoshan and safeguard justice in the world. I hereby inform the Patriarch!"
Kowtow!
Done!
"Okay, little brother, get up."
Li Jie stood up as he was told and saw He Yingqiu's expression softened a bit.
"From today on, you are the twenty-first generation descendant of Maoshan, and my eldest brother has officially begun teaching you Maoshan Taoism."
"Little brother, I hope that in the future you will have the common people in mind, take the safety of the world as your own responsibility, uphold justice and ward off evil, do justice for heaven, and eradicate all evil spirits in the world!"
"Follow your elder brother's teachings!"
Li Jie bowed respectfully to the cheap brother.
"good!"
Just when Li Jie lowered his head, a rare smile appeared on He Yingqiu's face.
"You already know the rules inside the door, so I won't repeat them again."
"I've let you read so many books before, but now do you know what cultivation is?"
Li Jie looked calm and replied: "Practice is to cultivate the mind, to build one's body, to save oneself, and it is also to save others."
He Yingqiu is noncommittal, neither affirmative nor negative.
"Cultivation is the ancient way, and what you understand is the chapter of nature. Grandmaster observes the vastness of heaven and earth, the mystery of creation, learns from nature, creates the method of practice, and molds one's own body."
"Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, all things bear yin and embrace yang."
"Yin and Yang are everywhere, everything is there, the sun and the moon rotate, it's just like this."
"The same is true for people."
"Human beings are an innate body of yin and yang. The physical body is yang and the spirit is yin. However, the human spirit is ethereal and elusive, and it is difficult for those who do not have the posture of heaven to get started."
"However, yin and yang are one body, they are each other's interior and exterior, mutually reinforcing and influencing each other, and the strength of the physical body is naturally closely related to the spirit. When the flesh is strong and the body is strong, the spirit will also be nourished."
"As the saying goes, the extreme of yang is yin, and the extreme of yin is yang. If the essence is sufficient and the qi is strong, the spirit will be strong."
"Because of this, the first stage of spiritual cultivation is body training."
"The stronger the body is, the easier it is to perceive one's own God."
"If you can't feel your own God, then you won't be able to step into the door of cultivation for the rest of your life!"
Having said this, He Yingqiu paused and glanced at his younger brother.
What I mentioned above is an ordinary person, but I am obviously not an ordinary person. After I awakened to Su Hui, this first level of cultivation was as simple as eating and drinking water for him.
"Next, I will teach you my Maoshan body-building technique, Hunyuan Zhuang!"
"Exercising the body means training the muscles, bones and skin externally, and strengthening the five internal organs internally. Most of the exercises are easy first and then difficult. First, the muscles, bones and skin are trained externally, and then the five internal organs are strengthened internally."
"But my Maoshan Hunyuan Zhuang is different. I practice it in one go, without distinction of sequence, and practice it for hundreds of times. It is the first-class foundation-casting technique in the world!"