Next to Guanghe is a courtyard wall as tall as one person.
The courtyard wall is made of compacted earth. Although it is compacted earth, it is mottled from top to bottom and even from the outside to the inside due to its age.
However, there are many evergreen vines on both sides of the courtyard wall. They grow under the roots of the wall and climb on the courtyard wall.
At first, they grew with the help of the courtyard wall, but as the years passed, their trunks became stronger and stronger, and they became entangled and twisted with each other. Gradually, they "weaved" new courtyards on both sides of the courtyard wall.
wall.
Therefore, rather than saying that this is a courtyard wall made of mud, it is better to say that it is made of mud on the inside and vines on the outside.
The vines are old and new, and their lower sides and roots are often as mottled as courtyard walls. Some even look completely dry and dead, but if you look up again, you will see that they are above the dry vines.
, full of greenery, with intertwined branches and leaves.
At this time, it is July.
The weather has completely passed the cold and cold season and entered the warm and sunny season.
Above and on both sides of the courtyard wall, different types of wisterias bloom with different types of flowers. Their shapes are large or small, and their colors are colorful. There are almost all colors, and the colors are mixed.
Although they are said to be different types of wisteria, they are actually carefully selected.
This is not only true of the vines on the courtyard wall, but also of all the plants and trees in the entire lower courtyard of Lingxiao.
At this moment, the fresh smell of grass and trees, as well as the strong or light fragrance of flowers, seemed close yet far, far away but actually close, permeating around Guanghe.
Guang He usually likes to walk along these courtyard walls in the lower courtyard of Lingxiao, especially at night, whether it is a night with bright stars and moon, or a dim night without stars and moon, these paths inside and outside the courtyard walls are
He can be seen strolling everywhere.
As time went by, he even knew exactly which part of the courtyard wall where the vines were too big, too small, too crooked to be in the way, about to bloom, etc.
In fact, this is also his practice.
All kinds of questions and understandings about cultivation are completed through walking again and again.
Practical practices such as regulating the mind and body are also completed during walks again and again.
Master once said, "Everyone is different, so the way of cultivation is also different. What suits me may not be suitable for you, and what suits you may not be suitable for others. Whether you are standing or sitting, walking or lying down, as long as the mind knows something, the intention
When there is friendship, when the body is condensed, and when the energy is stable, it is all cultivation, and it is all good cultivation."
Therefore, among these disciples, everyone's cultivation methods are almost different.
Just like Guanghe, he rarely practiced in his room, nor did he practice sitting on the bed or other places.
He just walked between these courtyard walls.
Year after year passed, the children of the past gradually grew up, and this way of cultivation was slowly imprinted in their bones.
Over time, whenever he came to these courtyard walls, Guanghe's body and mind would quickly enter a state of cultivation. Whether his thoughts were active or empty, his mind would be empty.
But this moment.
But his heart was in chaos.
Extremely chaotic.
It’s even more messy than the intertwined branches of the vines on the side.
"Junior Sister Guangqing, are you... are you about to enter the True Realm?"
Guanghe stretched out a hand and raised it in front of him.
It was nearly noon, the sun was shining brightly, there was not a trace of wind, and the leaves of the vines on the edge, even the smallest leaves, were almost motionless.
But the hand that Guanghe raised in front of him was feeling wisps of "wind" passing through it, and the "wind" had a tendency to get bigger and bigger.
The wind has risen.
The wind is really blowing.
Zhenxi City is the only super big city that lies in the center of the Great Western Region and is surrounded by thousands of miles. There are countless cultivators inside and outside the city. These cultivators are either from the Nine Immortal Sects or from various other large and medium sects. As for
There are even more small sects, small sects, and family cultivators.
Even the Dao League has a formal branch mountain gate here.
And at noon of this day, starting from a certain moment, almost all cultivators who had reached a certain level inside and outside Zhenxi City were stunned for a moment. Then, they were either at a loss, deep in thought, or confused, or just confused.
Calmly and indifferently, he looked towards a place located on the south side of the city center.
It is also located in the Taiyuan Villa on the south side of the center of Xicheng Town.
Earlier, an old man and a young man were sitting opposite each other by a small pond, playing chess.
At a certain moment, the old man's hand holding the chess piece suddenly stopped above the chessboard. After a full pause of two or three breaths, he made a normal move.
After making the move, he suddenly smiled and said to the young man opposite:
"The Great Dao is essentially intact. One missing part is heaven and earth, two missing parts are living things, and three missing parts are all things."
"Xiaojiu, what do you understand now about this sentence in "The Book of Ancient Dao Dao"?"
The chess piece he had picked up in his hand was gently put down. Xiaojiu lowered his hands and straightened up, with a respectful attitude. After pondering for a long time, he said: "Master, this is the sound of the great road and the principle of practice."
"The great road is supreme and perfect."
"Heaven and earth are missing one."
"There are two missing parts of life."
"Everything lacks three."
"Therefore, when all things complement one, they become living beings; when all living beings complement one, they become the same as heaven and earth; when heaven and earth complement one, they become one with the Great Way."
After hearing this, the old man didn't make any comment, praise or criticism. He just asked again: "How to make up for it?"
This time, the young man pondered for a long time.
"The great road has no image, but it is pregnant with form."
"The great road has no heart, but it breeds love."
"This is called creation."
"The way of creation is the way in which non-created existence turns into nothingness, the way in which emptiness becomes emptiness and emptiness becomes fullness, the way in which upper and lower forces fight against each other, and the way in which yin and yang flow."
"What is negative today may not be positive tomorrow; what is negative today may not be positive tomorrow; what is negative today may not be positive tomorrow; what is absent today may not be positive tomorrow."
"All this and vice versa."
"As our generation, we should first understand the way of creation, and secondly grasp the mechanism of creation. Then yin can turn into yang, downward can rise up, emptiness can turn into fullness, and nothing can turn into existence."
“The twists and turns along the way are ‘replenishment’ and practice.”
After hearing this, the old man finally nodded slightly to show his approval, but his expression was still indifferent.
Then, the old man said again: "According to your words, the way of creation is the way of existence and non-existence, abundance and deficiency, up and down, and the mutual evolution of yin and yang. If there is excess, there will be deficiency, and if there is complement, there will be loss. If you practice it
The Tao is the Tao of 'replenishment', so which Tao is the Tao of 'damage'?"
This time, the young man answered directly without thinking, "Master, the way of heaven and earth, the way of living beings, and the way of all things are all ways of harm."
"Oh, what's the explanation?"
the old man asked.
"The heaven and earth are damaged, so creation and destruction."
"The soul is damaged, so it is born, old, sick and dies."
"All things are damaged, so they become empty and empty."
"Only in my generation, I can feel the life, old age, illness and death of living beings, and I have the heart to bow to the sky and ask the earth. Then, there will be great sages who will look down on the heaven and the earth, classify all things, understand the principles of the growth and decline of yin and yang, grasp the mechanism of rising and changing, and be able to follow the destiny
The way is to enter the door of creation."
After hearing this, the old man finally showed a look of extreme satisfaction on his face.
"Okay, that's right. With your understanding like this, it seems that you are indeed a beginner in this sect's "Tai Xuan Jing"."
"In our Taiyuan Sect, the core of our sect is the Three Classics. The Taiyuan Jing establishes the fundamental teachings, the Taixuan Jing explains the principles of creation, and the Taishang Influence Jing builds the ladder of advancement."
When the old man said this, he paused and then said: "Xiaojiu, if you go to practice now, just use the fourth chapter of the Taishang Induction Sutra."
"Master, now?" The young man was slightly confused.
This is because Taishang Yingying Sutra pays attention to the time of cultivation, and the best time of day for cultivation lies in the morning and evening.
When the sun rises in the morning, the yang is stronger than the yin; when it sets at dusk, the yin is stronger than the yang. At these two times, the changes in yin and yang between heaven and earth are most obvious. The effect of practicing Taishang Induction Sutra is also the best.
At this time, it was noon, which should not be the time for cultivation.
"Well, now."
The old man did not explain the reason.
"Yes, Master!"
The young man took the order and left.
"My son is indeed extraordinary, but the talents of other families are equally outstanding." Looking at the young man walking towards the backyard, the old man shook his head, "In the next ten thousand years, I don't know which of the children of our Nine Immortal Sects can be the first to kowtow.
The gate of heaven."
The next moment, the old man's figure disappeared and when he reappeared, he was already outside the gate of Lingxiao Lower Courtyard.