At five o'clock in the morning, Liu Qi woke up under the influence of his biological clock. He habitually circulated his Qi to dispel the remaining sleepiness, but suddenly found that some changes had occurred in his state.
"By the way, enter tranquility. I successfully entered tranquility last night!" Liu Qi patted his face to confirm that he was not dreaming. A strong sense of joy arose spontaneously, but he suppressed it forcibly.
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
There was a knock on the door. He picked up his phone and looked at the time. Liu Qi shouted "Who is it?" and quickly put on the clothes thrown beside the bed. Then he heard Feng Xue's calm voice.
"It's me."
"Here it comes!" He quickly walked to the door and looked at the master who was still wearing the tattered clothes. Liu Qi felt something bad in his heart. Before he could ask, Feng Xue said:
"It's time to go for morning exercise, bring all the luggage, and check out."
"Check out?" Regarding the morning exercise, Liu Qi was not surprised, but when he heard about checking out, Liu Qi's expression became a little ugly.
"Well, take the dirty clothes to the laundry, and then find an overpass to stay for a few days, and then continue on the road." Feng Xue answered casually, as if she was talking about something very ordinary, and Liu Qi was very confused for a moment.
Embarrassing, she could accept sleeping in the open air, but sleeping on an overpass...
"Master, can I ask, why do you have to sleep on the overpass?"
"I can do it!" Liu Qi said in a serious tone, while Feng Xue turned her back to him and waved:
"Actually, before you, I also had other apprentices. Some were for chivalry, some had blood feuds, and some were simply poor and wanted to live a better life. I taught them a lot of things, but...
No one has learned real kung fu, do you know why?"
Taoism is my personal understanding of spiritual practice.
"I have never told you the outline of my martial arts department. Do you know why?"
"Together with all one's skills, one's whole heart, one's whole soul and one's nature, this is our concept of 'martial arts'."
"The so-called courage is to understand fear, face it, and regard it as your own. If you want to train your mind, it is meaningless to simply strengthen yourself."
After leaving the hotel, Liu Qi, who was feeling embarrassed, suddenly heard Feng Xue's words. He didn't know how to answer for a while, but Feng Xue didn't expect him to give an answer. He just said to himself:
"I didn't think you could hold on."
"Ah this..." Liu Qi's expression suddenly became weird. As a netizen, he naturally knew the joke about "dipping a mop in shit, Lu Bu is still alive", but he didn't expect that this question would come from the master's mouth.
"Our martial arts is not inherited from one sect to another. I have both Buddhist secrets and Taoist classics here. Of course, there are also some strange skills of small sects and sects. If necessary, I can design a suitable set for people.
As for martial arts, if you are thirsty for revenge, I will teach you the techniques of killing people; if you want to be a chivalrous person, I will also give you the capital to use force to break the ban, but in the end, they are not the ones who can pass on the mantle."
Looking at this magical scene, Liu Qi was stuck on the question he had already asked, but Feng Xue still opened his mouth to explain:
"Practicing theory requires feasible skills, which are techniques.
"Cultivation requires a strong enough will. This kind of will cannot be trained just by traveling. To give a simple example, if someone hits you with a mop stained with feces, what will you do?"
…
"So, when you tell me this, do you mean that I have passed the test?"
"So, what makes me better than them is that I don't have any bitterness or hatred, and I just want to learn martial arts?" Liu Qi quickly understood what Feng Xue meant, and Feng Xue nodded in agreement, but then he added
Shaked his head:
"It's true to be innocent, but it's not necessarily true to be strong."
“Pursue the Tao with spirit and nature.
As he spoke, he looked at the Yangtze River that had come into view, and said as he moved forward:
"Didn't meet your standards?" Liu Qi subconsciously used honorifics, but Feng Xue just shook his head and said:
Feng Xue calmly said the lines that he had wanted to say for a long time. Although Liu Qi felt that these words were a bit familiar, he did not think of them for a while. However, after realizing that he could not resist, he could only turn around and remember everything yesterday.
I repacked my luggage that I didn’t have time to pack, and then I was going to find an overpass for morning exercise with Feng Xue.
"This so-called 'opponent' is the goal of your martial arts practice. This is the Tao.
Liu Qi couldn't help but become curious when he saw that Feng Xue didn't pick up the heavy pillow, but started a set of boxing on the riverside.
"Then how can we pass on your legacy?"
"It's simply inappropriate."
“Practice your art with skill and strength.
Art is technology.
Liu Qi looked at the river that had returned to its original state after the waves surged, and couldn't help showing an excited expression. After all, he still had a dream of being the protagonist, because he felt that since the master told him this, it naturally meant that he had
Maybe pass on this so-called mantle.
Speaking of this, Feng Xue suddenly punched the river. There was no special light effect, but a fleeting sense of crisis flashed across. A trench-like depression clearly appeared on the river, and then another one appeared on the river.
Under the influence of the rushing river, it closed again.
Dharma is a method.
"It's good that your goal is simple, but on the other hand, you also lack the motivation to persevere. Those who can't even afford food will be awakened by poverty when they are tired; those who have blood feuds will be tired when they are tired.
Sometimes, you will be chased by hatred;
Those who aspire to be chivalrous and righteous will be motivated by the injustice in the world when they are tired, but you are different. You do not have this motivation, because everything is just interest, so you have the capital to give up at any time. In my words, you lack a
Consistent motivation.”
"This starts with our sect's understanding of 'wu'." Feng Xue tried to cover the fluctuations of murderous intention with the "spiritual differentiation" method he had learned by accidentally entering the state of "trance", while using the help of He Liu
In a strange way, he tells his understanding of "Martial Arts"——
"Achieving the goal requires a theoretical foundation, and this is the method.
As he spoke, Feng Xue suddenly swung his hand behind him, and a water arrow shot out from the river, turning into a water polo the size of a basketball, and landed in Feng Xue's hand. In his movements like Tai Chi,
Slow flow.
"The so-called martial arts is nothing more than defeating the opponent, but this opponent is not just a 'person', it can also be an abstract concept. Your opponent can be an enemy, it can be the world, it can be a certain phenomenon,
Even, it can be yourself.
"You have just passed the first level." Feng Xue did not show off, and affirmed Liu Qi's idea very plainly, "You are different from your senior brothers and sisters. After all, most people regard 'wu' as a
A tool, give him a gun, a sum of money, also
There won't be much difference. Of course, I'm not saying this is bad. In the final analysis, martial arts itself is a tool. There is nothing wrong with using it to take revenge, to defend justice, to pursue excitement, or even to look cool and pick up girls. But then
After all, it is not in line with the purpose of this sect.”
The Tao is the goal.
"Cultivation of the mind." Feng Xue threw out two words, as if she felt it was not clear enough, and added:
“Interpret the Dharma with your heart and mind.
The so-called practice is a process in which techniques and methods complement each other, improve each other, promote each other, and finally reach the goal you pursue.
Not just practice in the fantasy sense, any learning behavior can be applied to it——
For example, treating diseases and saving people is Tao, then medical skills are skills, and medical theories are laws. Use medical theories to create new medical technologies, and discover more medical theories through the practice of medical skills. The interaction between the two is the process of seeking Tao (treating diseases and saving people).
process.
So, if martial arts itself is a technique, then what do you want to pursue through martial arts?
If martial arts itself is Tao, what kind of techniques and methods should be used to pursue it?