This was the first time for the three elderly people to hear the title Master, because Hua Zhenxing had been calling them Mr. Yang, Master, and Uncle since they were young.
Xiaohua was his own child, so he taught him whatever he could and taught him when it was time to educate him. However, there was never a formal apprenticeship ceremony. The three elders did not intend to do so, as they did not want to appear too deliberate.
Hua Zhenxing suddenly said "three masters". Although it was a casual remark, it also made the three old men stunned... This is not important, the important thing is that the voice sounded in the soul! Hua Zhenxing did not speak.
Instead of speaking, he sent a divine thought.
This was a method that only Dacheng monks had. The three old men immediately realized what had happened. Even Mo Shangtong, who was usually stern and unsmiling, couldn't help but beam with joy at this moment.
Yang Tehong even twirled his beard and said with a smile: "As expected of the successor who I taught since childhood. I already knew that he would be fine. It's just a trivial matter to break the illusion and achieve great success!"
Ke Mengchao: "Your eyebrows are almost flying. Calm down, calm down! You just asked us what we saw, but you didn't say that you had expected it... I have always told you not to worry."
Yang Tehong suddenly slapped her thigh: "Aren't you curious, how did Xiaohua achieve greatness in a blink of an eye?"
Mo Shangtong: "Isn't everyone here like this? No matter how long you stay in the delusion, it's just a blink of an eye."
Yang Tehong: "That's not necessarily true. Some people have it for many years and many years, but Xiaohua did it without even having lunch. Anyway, I'm quite curious about how to break delusion and what kind of person a monk is.
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Ke Mengchao: "It's not like you don't know Xiaohua. You brought him up since childhood. Isn't he the same person? Besides, it has been a tradition in the spiritual world since ancient times that people don't talk about their delusions and don't ask about them. We can't bring this up."
Yang Tehong pondered: "There is this tradition, but Xiaohua may not know it, and it is not a law or commandment."
Ke Mengchao: "Why doesn't Xiaohua know? That Yue Gaole must have told him."
Yang Tehong: "But Xiaohua is very honest. He told us everything. For example, when we assigned him system tasks, he came back to ask us for advice. If someone else got such a system, he would not have to hide it.
Huh? As for him, we still need to persuade him to be careful about hiding it."
Mo Shangtong: "That's because he trusts us... Don't be anxious now. We'll talk about it during dinner. He can say as much as he wants."
The three old men could keep their composure and waited for Hua Zhenxing to come out of the workroom and then went to the kitchen to make lunch.
The kitchen was restored to its original state, using the "traditional" pots and stoves that Hua Zhenxing had been familiar with since he was a child. There was no need for Old Man Yang to do anything, and there was no need to add firewood or coal. Hua Zhen was already very proficient in doing so.
Although it is no longer the original magical alchemy furnace, Huazhenxing has refined so many elixirs. There is no problem in controlling the heat when cooking a meal with these imitation alchemy furnaces.
While cooking, Manman came. She used to go to the grocery store at this time, and she happened to be able to help out. Now Manman has become the deputy director of the Chunrongdan Center in charge of daily work, and is based in Sanhu Town. This kind of opportunity
Not much anymore.
The food was cooked quickly, and Manman helped set the table. The last thing served was a "knife banxiang". The smoked pork leg sent by Sima Zhi was cut into thin slices, and steamed with bean curd processed from mutated long beans.
, a very simple dish that goes well with both wine and rice.
Old Man Yang took a bottle of wine from the cellar, which was the best in his collection. Upon seeing this, Manman quickly went to get the wine cups and wine cups to put them on the table. Hua Zhenxing asked: "Let's drink at noon."
ah?"
Old Man Yang: "Celebrate your breakthrough in cultivation. According to tradition, you can be called a real person, Zhenren Hua!"
Manman high-fived and said, "Xiaohua has broken through to Dacheng cultivation level? Great!" The three old men turned to look at Manman at the same time, and Manman wondered: "Why are you all staring at me?"
Old Man Yang couldn't help but said: "That's it?"
Manman: "What's that?"
Master Ke: "Why are you so calm? You are more calm than the three of us."
Manman: "It's not like I haven't seen Dacheng monks before, Pan Cai, and Sima Zhi are all there. Xiaohua is much better than them. What's so surprising about being able to break through Dacheng? I heard that Xiaohua is going to retreat today, and the grocery store is also closed.
Just closing the door and thanking guests should be enough."
Mo Shangtong discovered the key problem: "That's not right. You know that the grocery store is closed today and Xiaohua is practicing in seclusion and refuses to be disturbed. Why did you come here again?"
Manman: "I'm not a guest! Actually, I didn't want to disturb Xiaohua's retreat. I just wanted to take a look and go back if there was no movement. But when I came, I found that Xiaohua was cooking in the kitchen."
Manman's reaction was different from that of the three old men. She was not surprised but happy, simply happy, and there was not so much complicated thought collision process.
Hua Zhenxing had already poured wine for the three elderly people, and secretly said with spiritual thoughts: "You can ask whatever you want." His tone was very calm, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, obviously holding back a sense of pride.
The three old men looked at each other, and finally it was Old Man Yang who spoke carefully and said: "We didn't want to ask any questions. Just tell us if you want to. How did you get through the delusion?"
Hua Zhenxing also said: "To be honest, I can't answer this kind of question."
He said he couldn't answer, but secretly sent a spiritual thought to avoid Manman and only told the three old men. What he told was the truth. There were no certain rules for breaking the delusion, nor any ready-made techniques or operating methods. He
He just recounted his general experience in the delusion.
Old Man Yang nodded and said: "Yes, the so-called delusion state has been something that since ancient times the disciples have not spoken about, and the master has not asked. Manman wants to know this." Secretly, he said with his spiritual thoughts, "You have returned to three years ago in the delusion state.
And then do what you want to do all over again?”
Hua Zhenxing: "Yes, I was thinking about it at that time. If I could really travel back in time, with so much experience and lessons, I could do many things better. Facts have proved that I can do better."
Old Man Yang: "But that's not true."
Hua Zhenxing: "But there is no difference."
Mo Shangtong also interjected with his spiritual thoughts: "When did you understand the delusion?"
The so-called clarity of the delusion means that the monk is clearly aware that he is in the delusion and understands the point of the delusion. The delusion is different from the dream or illusion. It is real and normal. If you punch yourself hard,
, you will also feel unbearable pain.
If the monk cannot understand the delusion state, then the delusion state will continue forever. Either the spiritual energy and mana will be exhausted and he will passively renounce, or his life span will be exhausted and he will die directly.
Needless to say, there is no need to mention the latter result. The former result may cause people to be unable to distinguish between reality and delusion, or it may make people understand the delusion. The details depend on the nature of the mind and chance.
Only when the state of delusion is clearly understood can one be able to freely enter and exit the state of delusion, and only then can one achieve great success in overcoming the delusion. Hua Zhenxing has achieved great success at this moment, so of course he has already understood the state of delusion, so Mo Shangtong has a question.
Hua Zhenxing: "I realized it when I woke up from under the wall. Three years ago, I didn't have spiritual consciousness. I couldn't detect everything around me with my eyes closed."
Ke Mengchao: "Why don't you suspect that you have traveled through time? It's not like you haven't read time-travel novels!"
"Because I am a monk." Hua Zhenxing replied with a standard answer, and added, "But you are always right, I regard it as time travel, but I did not travel to other places, I just returned to three years ago.
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Since ancient times, few people have been able to question a monk about his delusion. The three old men took the chance and kept asking questions. Old Man Yang asked again: "How do you know that the three years of dream experience was not another delusion?"
?You were in a state of delusion at the time, so it’s not impossible.”
Hua Zhenxing: "I don't know. If you couldn't tell the difference at the time, you don't have to force yourself to tell the difference. Just treat it all over again."
Mo Shangtong: "How do you feel after these three years?"
Hua Zhenxing: "Is that how I feel? In fact, from the time a person becomes conscious after birth, he has been living in a state of delusion. Only after practicing cultivation can he understand the state of delusion.
At this time, consciousness has been greatly liberated, and people have also gained great freedom. They seem to be omniscient and omnipotent in their own world, and everything they dream of can come true, which seems to be the ultimate pursuit of all.
But when you break through the delusion, you will understand what true freedom is. Freedom with clear consciousness is a state and a kind of ability. Only in this way can you have your true self."
Mo Shangtong: "Your metaphor is very interesting, and it is consistent with your own verification."
Ke Mengchao said thoughtfully: "It is quite similar to what I realized back then, but it should be different from Lao Yang."
Yang Tehong glared at Ke Mengchao and asked: "Xiaohua, how do you know that you are not in a state of delusion now?"
Hua Zhenxing smiled: "Even if we are still in a state of delusion, it has nothing to do with me. But as long as you are clear about the state of delusion, you can distinguish it. You can change everything at will in the state of delusion, such as letting Uncle Mo sing and dance,
But I can't do that here."
Old Yang's eyes lit up: "You really asked Uncle Mo to perform a song and dance for you, don't you dance coquettishly?"
Mo Shangtong's face turned dark, even though he was already very dark. Hua Zhenxing quickly explained: "I was just making an analogy, I have never done such a thing, I have never even thought about it!"
Old Man Yang: "That's normal. Even in a delusional state, we can't let Old Mo perform singing and dancing. A human being is more suitable than him."
But Ke Mengchao still asked: "Even if you are in a delusional state, if you think you can't, then you can't. How can you clearly tell that you are not in a delusional state at this moment?"
Judging from the attitude of the old man, it seemed that Hua Zhenxing had to be questioned into insanity. But at this moment, it was known that Hua Zhenxing had broken through the Dacheng cultivation level, so he was just teasing the children.
Hua Zhenxing simply replied: "I will not have such thoughts."
Ke Mengchao still asked: "Then how do you view omniscience and omnipotence in the delusion state?"
Hua Zhenxing: "The so-called omniscience and omnipotence are just some unknowns and some incompetent."
Ke Mengchao finally nodded and said, "It's a bit like Lao Yang."
Old Man Yang showed a smile, blinked his eyes and said: "Now that you have understood your delusion, don't you feel good about it?"
Hua Zhenxing said as calmly as possible: "I can't tell you this."
Hua Zhenxing just used his spiritual thoughts to introduce his experiences in the delusion state. However, with his current cultivation level, it is impossible for him to use one spiritual thought to contain all the detailed information in the past three years. He only briefly described the general context and did not want to elaborate.
Nothing was said.
Ke Mengchao said seriously: "Old Yang, please stop causing trouble! My last question is, Xiaohua, how do you describe Poliang?"
Hua Zhenxing: "In my opinion, it is a decision and a choice. It is a real choice. It cannot deceive anyone, let alone yourself. After making a choice, delusion is only an ability, not an ability.