After Wang Gang and Li Yu discussed the terms, they went home to pack their luggage.
In fact, he had nothing to pack, so he found a few pieces of clothing and put the military pay saved from ten years of service into the space. Wang Gang, with a knife across his waist and a long gun in his hand, went directly to the gate of Weicheng.
At this time, Li Yu's carriage team had been waiting for a long time, and Ma Shixiang brought a horse to Wang Gang.
"Wang Gang, I'm going to Chang'an now. I'll take care of you all the way. I've already taken care of your military status. There is a practitioner in the smallest carriage in the convoy. You can ask him for advice on the way."
There were two carriages in Li Yu's convoy, the larger of which was occupied by Li Yu. The carriage was covered with scars. It was obvious that his escape from the Golden Court was not smooth.
The small carriage behind the big carriage was clean and unscathed, and there was no one around.
There were some guards in the convoy. They were not soldiers from Weicheng. They should be people brought back by Li Yu from the north. They were not many in number, but they were quite tough and they were soldiers who had fought for a long time.
Ning Que soon came to join them, and he also brought his maid Sangsang with him, and the two of them rode a horse together.
After the convoy set off on the road, Wang Gang led the way, one man and one horse, while Ning Que was at the rear.
Wang Gang was not in a hurry to find the cultivator. Anyway, the journey to Chang'an took at least ten days. The carriage traveled slowly and the journey took even longer.
After setting off from Weicheng, Wang Gang and the others have not encountered any attacks. Wang Gang has been familiar with the vitality of heaven and earth all the way. He sat on a horse and used his mind power to pass through the snowy mountains and seas, and control the flow of vitality around his body.
From the perspective of ordinary people, Wang Gang was drowsy while riding his horse all day long, and the guards were afraid that he would fall off his horse if he took a nap.
Li Yu and the cultivator stayed in the carriage all the time. They did not leave the carriage even when eating and sleeping. They relied entirely on the maid to serve them.
On the third day after setting off, the convoy came to a small stream. After Wang Gang and Ning Que checked it, they found that there were no other dangers except for traces of wild beasts in the area, so they chose to repair the area by the stream and reserve water.
Wang Gang took a spear and caught more than a dozen fish in the creek. He was going to make some grilled fish for the tooth ceremony in the evening.
He was very skilled in catching fish. He first wrapped the vitality of heaven and earth with his mind power, turned it into a hand of vitality, went into the water and patted the fish up, then swept the fish to the shore with a spear, and Sangsang scraped the scales and removed the internal organs.
Ning Que stood on the shore and was quite envious when he saw Wang Gang's method of catching fish.
"Old Wang, after you became a practitioner, catching fish became very easy. The fish seemed to jump out on their own."
"Ning Que, when you enter the academy, you can become a cultivator." Wang Gang laughed.
When Wang Gang got excited about playing, his mind power doubled and turned into two hands of vitality, doubling the efficiency of catching fish.
"Little friend, if you use your telekinesis to catch fish, are you overqualifying yourself?" At this time, an old voice came from beside Ning Que.
Ning Que turned around and saw an old man wearing a green robe standing next to him, looking at Wang Gang catching fish with twinkling eyes.
"When did you come here?" Ning Que was slightly surprised and took a step to the side to distance himself from the old man.
The old man didn't pay attention to Ning Que. He only saw Wang Gang and the scene of him catching fish.
"Hey, little friend, where do you practice? Why are your telekinesis techniques so crude?" the old man said.
Wang Gang had caught enough fish and walked out of the creek with a spear.
"I have only practiced the "Tai Shang Inspiration Chapter", and I have never been taught by a teacher." Wang Gang said to the old man.
The old man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clasped his fists at Wang Gang and said, "I see, I, Lu Qingchen, worship at the south gate of Haotian Dao. My little friend, would you like to join Haotian Dao?"
Wang Gang shook his head and said: "I want to enter the academy, but I don't want to go to the south gate of Haotian Dao."
When Lu Qingchen heard this, he couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed.
"With my qualifications as a young student, it is indeed more appropriate to enter the academy. Maybe I will have the opportunity to become a disciple of my master."
Ning Que asked curiously: "Old man, does Lao Wang have very high cultivation qualifications?"
Lu Qingchen didn't care about Ning Que's rudeness and said: "Little friend Wang has reached the realm of no confusion with just one copy of "Tai Shang Inspiration". This is the first time I have seen such a qualification. Perhaps only the senior gentleman in the academy can do it."
Only then can you be on par with your friends!”
There was an academy in the Tang Dynasty. There was a two-story building on the mountain behind the academy. It was one of the four unknowable places. The disciples of the academy could only enter the second floor if they worshiped the Master.
It is said that the Master had a total of twelve disciples, and because they were so senior, they were respected as teachers.
Mr. Li Manman, a great scholar, became enlightened at the age of thirteen and became free from confusion at the age of thirty. However, he was able to enter the cave in three months. On the evening of the day when he entered the cave, he looked at the dusk clouds and knew his destiny. The Master praised: "In the morning, I heard the Tao and in the evening
Entering the Tao, I am not as good as you!"
Li Manman's deeds can be a good story in the spiritual world of Tang Dynasty.
"Why are you not confused? Please ask the elders for advice." Wang Gang asked Lu Qingchen for advice.
Lu Qingchen pinched his beard and said: "Studying things to gain knowledge, cultivating one's character and cultivating one's nature are for the first understanding and perception. Standing at thirty, not being confused at forty, and knowing the destiny at fifty are not confusing, understanding the mystery, and knowing destiny."
After practicing in the five realms, the first realm, perception, no confusion, cave mystery, and knowing destiny, my friend is now in the third realm, no confusion."
Wang Gang asked again: "What are the differences between the five realms?"
Lu Qingchen smiled and said: "It seems that my little friend has just entered the spiritual path and knows nothing about these basics. Today I will help you to clear up your doubts!"
Ning Que perked up and had no intention of avoiding it. Instead, he took out paper and pen and wanted to record down Lu Qingchen's next words.
Lu Qingchen just glanced at Ning Que lightly and did not stop him. What he wanted to say was common sense in practice and not sect secrets. Anyone could listen, and he quite admired Ning Que's studious attitude.
"The first state is also called the first awareness. It refers to the time when the practitioner's thoughts are released from the sea of Qi and the snowy mountains, and he clearly realizes the existence of the breath of heaven and earth.
When a practitioner can touch the vitality of heaven and earth and live in harmony with it, he will enter the second realm of perception.
First awareness and perception are the basic stages of practice, aiming to become familiar with the vitality of heaven and earth, and do not have much power."
Ning Que was fascinated by what he heard, but Wang Gang was a little less interested.
What Lu Qingchen said can be understood by Wang Gang combined with his own practice, so naturally he doesn't care much.
"In the third level, without confusion, practitioners begin to understand the laws of movement of the vitality of heaven and earth and utilize them, and can do many things that are unimaginable in the eyes of ordinary people. The little friend just caught fish with the power of mind, which is a means of utilizing the vitality of heaven and earth.
It’s just that your technique was too crude, and most of your energy was wasted.”
Wang Gang asked: "How to effectively use vitality?"
Lu Qingchen shook his head and said: "That is the secret of each sect that is not passed down. When you enter the academy, you will naturally come into contact with it."
Wang Gang nodded to express his understanding. It seems that only by joining the academy can he gain access to more knowledge of spiritual practice."
Ning Que asked: "What about after the No-Confusion Realm?"
Lu Qingchen smiled and said: "After being free from confusion, practitioners can integrate their consciousness with the vitality of heaven and earth, and can directly attack the enemy through their own consciousness. With the thought, the attack is immediate. This is the fourth level of Dongxuan."
Ning Que suddenly realized it, and then asked: "What about knowing one's fate in the last realm?"
Lu Qingchen sighed and said: "That is a state that even I have not reached. The so-called knowledge of destiny means knowing the destiny of heaven. Practitioners master the laws of the movement of the vitality of heaven and earth and clearly understand the origin of heaven and earth. Only those who enter this state can truly achieve enlightenment.
I have been studying it for decades, but I have never been able to get in."
"It turns out that you are a monk in the Dongxuan Realm." Wang Gang said: "I am very curious, how much price did that princess pay to ask you to come out to protect her?"
"Eh? You actually know the identity of the princess? Did General Ma tell you?" Lu Qingchen asked strangely.
"Is it difficult to guess?" Wang Gang curled his lips and said disdainfully.
