Starting from Shicheng Town, the group walked for a whole day.
At nightfall, the team stopped at a desolate sand dune.
Sun Aying led the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and began to build tents, while Long Qi led the tribesmen to raise a bonfire and heat up the food.
Hanguli began to grind medicinal materials and prepare medicinal patches to prevent heatstroke and cold, for use day and night in the desert.
Zhou Jun sat by the fire and listened quietly to Fei Weng playing the huqin.
The sky and the earth are vast, the yellow sand is thousands of miles away, under the stars and the moon, there is only the sound of music...
When the song ended, Zhou Jun let out a long sigh.
Fei Weng: "This song is called "Old Knowledge". According to legend, a king had a dream before his death. When he woke up, he remembered everything that happened in the dream. He was inspired by this and wrote the score."
Huayue asked curiously: "What is the content of the dream?"
Fionn: "The king spent his whole life in the army, conquering cities and territories, and his territory was thousands of miles away. In his later years, he became seriously ill. When he was dying in bed, he had a dream... He dreamed that hundreds of years later, the empire he built by himself was like a sandcastle on the seaside.
It completely collapsed, the city was burned, the people were massacred, the wealth was plundered, and even history was arbitrarily rewritten by the invaders."
Hearing this, Hua Yue froze, and finally sighed.
Zhou Jun looked at the beating bonfire and asked Fei Weng: "I have heard that Yinmen pursues the great unity of gods. What does that mean?"
Feion thought for a moment and replied: "It is not easy to truly explain the so-called great unity of gods... The original founders of the Hidden Sect were a group of believers from different religions who gathered to discuss doctrines.
From Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Shamanism, Christianity, etc.”
"At first, these believers believed deeply in their own sect and regarded other pagans as fire and water. During the debate, everyone quoted scriptures and hoped to use the teachings and philosophy of their own sect to persuade others to convert to their own religion."
"However, as the debate escalated and they gained a deeper understanding of each other's teachings, believers from different religions gradually discovered a hazy truth."
"That's...the so-called religion, the so-called doctrine, and the names of gods in books and other people's mouths. These miscellaneous things are actually just the appearance of religion. If you remove the differences in culture, language, and nationality,
In fact, there is no essential difference between the teachings and gods of different religions. In a sense, they are all modified shells contaminated by the subjective color of believers."
Zhou Jun asked: "Shell? In other words, Yinmen attributes the differences between different religions to the influence of human subjectivity rather than the intervention of gods?"
Fionn: "That's right, but it's only half right... Hidden Gate regards religion as a form and a path. We believe that with the help of these forms and along these paths, if we remove those cloaked in culture,
Language, the subjective color of a nation, then in the end all religions should point to a common result, an absolute reality."
Seeing Zhou Jun and Hua Yue both looking confused, Fei Weng shook his head and said: "It may still be difficult to understand what I say. If I use examples to illustrate, it may be more intuitive... For example, the ultimate goal of Taoism is to cultivate the great road, and Buddhism
The end point of spiritual practice is to gain insight into becoming a Buddha, and the goal of Christianity is to obtain salvation. Although these results are expressed in different terms, they actually point to the same realm and the same state."
When Zhou Jun heard this, he felt enlightened and sat down, lost in thought.
Hua Yue saw Zhou Jun motionless and wanted to call him.
Fei Weng stopped Hua Yue's movements: "Let him think about it. You come with me. I have something to ask you." Hua Yue heard this and followed Fei Weng to the side.
Fei Weng asked Hua Yue: "Are you willing to become my teacher and practice martial arts with me?"
Huayue was stunned, as if she couldn't believe her ears.
Fei Weng: "As far as I know, Gongsun has no family or sect. She taught you the sword dance, which is nothing more than a good show. It cannot be regarded as an introduction to the apprenticeship. I intend to teach you the method of practicing martial arts, but the prerequisite is that you must become a hermit."
In the door."
Hearing that he wanted to worship in the hidden door, Hua Yue hesitated.
Hanguli heard it from the side and couldn't help but smile to Huayue and said: "In the Western Region, I don't know how many people want to be the disciple of Fei Weng. He doesn't like anyone. He has not accepted one for more than ten years."
Apprentice, today, he intends to teach you martial arts, why are you hesitating?"
Fei Weng guessed what Hua Yue was thinking and said: "I know what you are worried about... I don't approve of catching reds for a living. The Hidden Sect has now deviated from its original intention. Those activities of killing people and stealing goods will have to be solved sooner or later.
Get rid of them all. If you worship at the hermit door, you should keep yourself clean in the future. If you see injustice, you should stand up."
Huayue: "I don't understand, why me?"
Fei Weng: "Firstly, you have an old relationship with Gongsun, and I once owed her a favor; secondly, I have seen you practice swordsmanship. You are young, have high understanding, and have a good foundation in martial arts, which is rare; thirdly,
As Zhou Jun's maid, if you want to protect him, your martial arts skills are still a bit unsatisfactory."
Huayue felt better after hearing the first two, but only for the third one, Huayue recalled Fei Weng's skills and thought that if she encountered such an opponent, she might not be able to resist at all, and how could she protect Zhou Jun?
Thinking of this, Huayue had some thoughts and asked Fei Weng: "One thing, I come from Dashi and believe in Allah. If I enter the hermitage, will I be asked to change my belief?"
Fei Weng: "As I said before, the teachings of the Great Harmony of Gods are understood and believed by the Yinmen disciples through daily practice. The Yinmen will never force others to change their religion, so you can rest assured."
Hearing this, Hua Yue felt calm and said, "There is one last thing I want to ask someone."
At some point, Zhou Jun came behind Hua Yue and said, "Fei Weng is very skilled in martial arts. He is willing to teach you martial arts, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You don't need to worry too much."
After hearing Zhou Jun's words, Huayue finally nodded in agreement and became Fei Weng's disciple.
Fei Weng accepted Hua Yue as his apprentice, with a rare look of joy on his face. After drinking some more wine, he said to Hua Yue: "Since you have become a disciple, I will start teaching you martial arts. Today you will learn the first lesson."
one thing……"
Huayue pricked up her ears and listened carefully.
Fei Weng: "You have to forget all the martial arts you have learned in the past. The sooner the better."
Hearing this, Huayue suddenly felt as big as a head: "Forgot what you learned in the past? How is this possible?!"
Fei Weng: "It's actually very simple. The first is to stop practicing the sword dance in the past, and the second is to only practice the most basic sword postures every morning, which are thrust, split, lift, hang, point, wipe, frame and cut. In total.
Eight postures, practice each posture five hundred times, practice until you forget what you have learned before, and then we can start the next teaching."
When Huayue heard this, her face suddenly fell.
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