The blue waves are leisurely, and the silver is hanging down. The mountains are full of spring, the grass has the meaning of forgetting worries, and the flowers have no long-lasting joy.
By the pond at the foot of the mountain, shouts, laughter, and begging for mercy sounded one after another, adding a bit of excitement and vitality to the spring-like landscape.
The two of them played around for a while, then sat down on the huge granite. Liu Xiaomu still put his hands on his hips and said: "I will spare your life today. If you dare to offend this 'aunt' again, I will give you a beating on your teeth!"
Yang Zhaoxi made a trembling look: "Aunt Xiaomu, there are many... there are many big monsters. Don't be the same as my nephew. If there is another time, I will take a shower and change clothes, and wait for you to come and eat. Haha!"
Liu Xiaomu threw away a disgusted expression and suddenly smiled slyly: "Little Taoist priest, since you have eaten my aunt's fish and meat, can you fulfill the conditions just now?"
Yang Zhaoxi looked like he was being forced to submit: "A man... you must practice what you say! I'll teach you as long as I teach you. I'm afraid that you, aunt, are dull and may not be able to learn it... Just when we were facing each other, let's see what you think about that."
'Cangjie Boxing' has a high reputation, so I will teach you this boxing first."
Liu Xiaomu showed a disdainful look: "Auntie, I have been practicing Taoism for almost six hundred years. A little fist and kick can be learned as easily as eating and drinking. You don't have to provoke me. Just hit me, but you may not be able to gain my eyesight."
Yang Zhaoxi stopped talking, swayed his tattered Taoist robe lightly, and jumped into an open space beside the pool. His legs were slightly bent, and his feet were uneven. He gathered strength with both palms, and made a sudden advance. The soles of his feet wiped the ground and he drew a path.
arc.
The fists, palms, hooks, and claws of the hands alternately change, dragon roars, tigers roar, apes cry, horses roar, bears roar... arms, legs and feet are used together, sometimes upside down, sometimes switching moves from left to right, and there is no wind robe under the feet automatically, and the complexion
As majestic as a rainbow!
Yang Zhaoxi punched him once, put away his fist and said: "This boxing technique has a six-character formula, which is called 'empty the heart and strengthen the belly'. The Taoist friend who taught me said that the principle of this boxing creation is the same as that created by Cangjie.
The method of "Liu Shu" is different but has the same purpose, so it is called "Cangjie Boxing". In fact, I have learned many methods of leaping and striking of birds and animals, imitating their shapes, and getting their charm, both form and spirit, it is indeed brilliant..."
Liu Xiaomu nodded slightly: "The boxing skills are good, but the name is a bit confusing. The monster clan also has this boxing technique, called 'Hundred Beasts Fist', but it is just a rough fist and kick used by the little monsters to get started with body training. You don't have to brag, I will demonstrate some
, you will know after seeing it.”
When Liu Xiaomu spoke, his figure had already flashed up. He turned his jade hands and intertwined his embroidered shoes. It turned out to be a more complicated and exquisite boxing technique! Not only did he have the shapes of dragons, tigers, apes, horses, and bears, but he could also move birds, beasts, and other forms.
Insects, hundreds of aquatic forms are integrated into it! The attack and defense possibilities are unimaginable and unheard of. If used against the enemy, it will be even more difficult to guard against.
Yang Zhaoxi stared blankly for a long time, already convinced of Liu Xiaomu's words.
However, after Liu Xiaomu finished this set of "Hundred Beasts Fist", he came up with a big smile: "If I said... I just lied to you! This set of 'Hundred Beasts Fist' is what I understand about 'Cangjie Fist'
Do you believe in the improvised boxing techniques after practicing boxing theory?"
Since Yang Zhaoxi had preconceived opinions, she naturally refused to believe it: "Aunt Xiaomu, even if you are gifted and can infer other cases from your good deeds, if you want to create a set of boxing while talking and laughing, unless you are a great master level figure
.Therefore, forgive me for not being gullible."
Liu Xiaomu gradually calmed down his extravagant temper and said seriously: "Little Taoist priest, don't underestimate the world's creatures! Did you know? You humans practice Taoism, and we monsters also practice Taoism! Although humans and monsters have different paths and different starting points, they have experienced transformation.
, refining essence, refining qi, refining spirit' four levels, a total of twenty-four levels of cultivation, but in the end, you will reach the same destination through different paths. Although your human race is the leader of all spirits, if you want to assume the posture of 'I am the only one who is supreme', you will
That’s too arrogant!”
Yang Chaoxi raised his neck and said: "Our Taoist practice consists of 'building the foundation, refining the Qi, refining the Qi to transform into the spirit, refining the spirit to return to the void, refining the void to combine with the Dao, and the Dao returns to the infinite'. Each level is divided into six levels.
There are six levels of 'Entry, Beginning of Success, Small Success, Dacheng, Summit, and Perfection'. If compared with the demon clan's cultivation levels, it would be the thirty-sixth level!"
Liu Xiaomu knew that he meant to show off, but he didn't feel dissatisfied: "The method of cultivating Tao was originally created by your human race. The ancient demon clan learned it and made gains and losses, so there was a Tao method suitable for the demon clan's cultivation.
For example, the first level of 'transformation' has screened out some demon clans with shallow spiritual roots and poor endowments. As a result, although the demon clan is huge in number, there are fewer enlightened people than the human race. The fundamental reason is that only by transforming into
Only in human form can the demon race continue to practice the human race's Taoism."
Yang Zhaoxi was quite proud: "So, even Aunt Xiaomu, you have to admit that the human race is truly unique in cultivating the Tao!"
Liu Xiaomu rolled her eyes at him: "What's so strange! The human race's Taoism is tailor-made according to the structure of the human body. If the demon race can also have a set of tailor-made Taoism, it will naturally be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort and make great progress in a day.
It’s just that the demon clan has different shapes and branches, and the Taoist arts cannot be unified. Therefore, each branch of the demon clan is eclectic and follows its own path. On the contrary, all kinds of arts flourish and it is easier to achieve Taoism!”
The two argued for a long time, each holding his own opinion. However, one was well-informed and the other was arrogant, and they couldn't tell the difference. In the end, Liu Xiaomu almost got angry and hurt someone, and Yang Chaoxi stopped talking angrily, worried.
She became really angry, turned into her original form, and swallowed herself whole.
For about a few breaths, the two of them sat on opposite ends of the huge granite, ignoring each other. One raised his head and counted the flowing clouds, while the other lowered his head and played with his nails.
Yang Zhaoxi suddenly remembered that Wu Tianshi had mentioned to him a proposal for practicing the "Eight Paths", so he licked his lips and said, "Aunt Xiaomu? My human race's practice is step by step, which is quite consistent with the order of heaven. I wonder if you are willing to listen?"
Liu Xiaomu said angrily: "Smelly Taoist priest! If you fart, hurry up!"
Seeing that the foreshadowing was working, Yang Chaoxi cleared his throat and said loudly: "Our human race practices the method of immortality, and there are 'eight ways': one is to enter the Tao, the second is to learn the Tao, the third is to visit the Tao, the fourth is to practice the Tao, the fifth is to obtain the Tao, and the sixth is to preach the Tao.
Seven times the Tao, eighty-eight times the Tao.
It contains the eight stages of 'Mentong's thinking, master and disciple's inheritance, inclusiveness, unity of knowledge and action, seeking others from others, promoting oneself and others, eradicating the old and establishing the new, and reaching the top'. I wonder what the demon clan's 'high opinions' are?"
Liu Xiaomu knew that his words were hidden and had bad intentions. He rolled his eyes and had something to say: "There are 'eight ways' of human cultivation, and there are 'eight ways' of monster cultivation. However, these 'eight ways' are not one after another, but one after another.
Keeping pace with each other, each has its own merits!"
Yang Chaoxi raised her eyebrows and showed an interesting expression: "I would like to hear the details!"
Liu Xiaomu pursed his lips slightly and smiled: "The eight paths of the demon clan are the Immortal Way, the Demonic Way, the Supreme Way, the Literary Way, the Martial Way, the Happy Way, the Alchemy Way, and the Killing Way. Ever since Emperor Pangu opened up Hongmeng, these eight paths have been
Born out of calamity.
For example, Nuwa and the three emperors all practiced the immortal way; Chiyou and Xingtian all practiced the demonic way; Kuafu and Jingwei all practiced the supreme way; Xihe and Jumang both practiced the literary way; Gonggong and Xuannv both practiced the martial way;
Qi Niu and Lu Shu both cultivated the path of happiness; Tushan and Daji both cultivated the path of alchemy; Taotie and Qiongqi both cultivated the path of killing."
Yang Chaoxi wondered: "Aren't Chi You, Kua Fu, Gong Gong, and Xuannv all from the human race? How come they have become practitioners of the 'Eight Paths' of your demon race?"
Liu Xiaomu shook his head and sighed: "You have read too few books! "Gui Zang", "The Book of Mountains and Seas", "Ten Continents", "Natural History", "Sou Shen Ji", "Qixie Ji", "Netherworld Record"... I will talk about it after reading it.
.But you, the human race, are greedy for vanity and talk big words, and have classified many elders of the demon clan into the human race."
Seeing that he couldn't refute it, Yang Chaoxi said nitpickingly: "Tushan clan and Su Daji are both from your Fox clan. Could it be that among the demon clan, only the Fox clan practices alchemy?"
Liu Xiaomu couldn't laugh or cry: "It's just an example, of course there are more! Do you think you have caught the flaw? You are still complacent. After thousands of years, you are the only human race who likes these little tricks of 'talking about words'! Moreover, the human race also has the principle of 'seeking common ground while reserving differences'.
'Gentleman. When you come to your little Taoist priest's place, you will become a villain who 'joins the party and opposes those who are different'?"
Yang Chaoxi never expected that a demon girl could quote scriptures and refute her truthfully and convincingly. She had no choice but to cup her hands and say: "It's just a small way, Aunt Xiaomu's lesson is right! I just don't know what the 'eight ways' of the demon tribe specifically refers to?"
Liu Xiaomu nodded, showing a "little boy can be taught" expression: "As the name suggests: killing is to use killing as a means of cultivation, so that both internal energy and external energy can reach the state of transformation, so as to achieve the Tao and ascend to immortality;"
"The way of alchemy is to take the outer elixir, condense the inner elixir, supplement it with the energy of the sun and the moon, so that the Tao body is complete, and the soul leaves the body and ascends to immortality;"
"Music and Tao means to enter the Tao from music and learn all the music of 'gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood, gourd and bamboo', so that the three souls and seven souls can condense into the 'Tao seed', and the Tao seed will grow on its own, and
Become a primordial spirit, and the primordial spirit ascends and becomes an immortal;"
"Martial arts is to practice various martial arts, either from the inside out, or from the outside to the inside, or the inside and outside complement each other. When you reach the peak, you can survive the tribulations and achieve immortality;"
"Literary Dao is the opportunity that steals the heaven and the earth and sets the order for all spirits, so that hundreds of millions of living beings can follow their own path, live and reproduce, and avoid excessive attacks and unbalanced ethnic groups, so as to achieve the success of education, achieve the virtue of good life, and sacrifice
Remove the body, and the soul becomes a god;”
"The ultimate way is to do earth-shattering things with unwavering determination. Not only does everything you do not violate the harmony of heaven, but it also nourishes all spirits and has the meaning of inspiring. Even if the physical body disappears, its spirit can also become a god;
"
"It is quite common among the demon clan to practice one of the above six paths alone, or practice several paths at the same time. As for the immortal path and the demonic path, it is said that since the opening of Hongmeng, the 'Heaven Realm', 'Earth Realm' and 'Underworld Realm' have been separated.
'.The immortal way and the demonic way cannot exist in this 'mundane world'."
Yang Zhaoxi was confused by what he heard, and felt that the demon clan's "Eight Paths" seemed to be closely related to the human race's Taoism, but it was a completely different system. At first glance, it seemed that it was broader and more profound than the human race's Taoism method.
There are so many, I can’t help but feel a little fascinated.
Liu Xiaomu looked at Yang Zhaoxi's lost look and couldn't help but secretly laugh: Although the "eight ways" of the demon clan he just mentioned were not groundless, there were also some fictional contents mixed in. The so-called "seven percent true, three percent false", in the end
Easy to believe.
Yang Zhaoxi digested it for a while, then raised his head and asked: "How big a difference can there be between the human race and the demon race in cultivating the Tao? In other words, can the 'eight paths' practiced by the demon race be used by the human race for their own use?"
Liu Xiaomu tilted his head, thought for a while and said: "Human nature is greedy, and animal nature is cruel. They are the same. In addition, Taoism comes from the same origin, so we can naturally learn from each other. But the human race and the demon race have been attacking and abusing each other for more than a thousand years.
Killing, so that in ancient times, the path between the two races to communicate with each other was later severed.
Humans cultivate the human way and demons cultivate the demon way. They do not interact with each other and become immortals on their own. It is said that since they have cut off all contact, they should be in peace. However, the human and demon tribes covet each other's cultivation method, so they have constant disputes and no more.
Rest.”
After Yang Chaoxi thought about it, he finally couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked the question he was most concerned about: "The 'Inner Alchemy Way' practiced by my Taoist sect is roughly equivalent to the 'Alchemy Way' in the 'Eight Ways' of the demon clan. Several other ways
Although I don’t quite understand it, I seem to think that... it should be similar to the Taoist techniques used by human beings to practice..."
Liu Xiaomu's heart moved slightly, and she vaguely guessed what he wanted to say. She wanted to prevaricate, but felt that it was inevitable, so she followed his words and echoed: "Then... what do you want to know?"
Yang Zhaoxi took a deep breath and kept it in her belly, as if she had been thinking for a long time before making the decision: "Aunt Xiaomu... I want to know why you found me twice? Just because of the 'Chosen One'
An argument?"
Although Liu Xiaomu was prepared, the sudden question still made her a little panicked: "Because...because...I am also the 'Chosen One'..."