It takes about a week to sail from the current location of the Wandering Island to the extreme teleportation distance of Stellagosa.
Sarlayan planned to take advantage of this time to relax on the Wandering Island.
For those from the outside world, such as Sarlayan and Valeela, the peaceful and peaceful Wandering Isle is undoubtedly a paradise.
After getting a week's rest after a long absence, Sarlayan temporarily put aside all worries and concentrated on enjoying this rare tranquility.
Under Sarlayan's initiative to seek advice, Shang Xi agreed to discuss the mysteries of Qi in depth with him.
Qi is just one of the manifestations of the mysterious fifth element. Even Shang Xi, who has been immersed in the path of a monk all his life, dare not say that he fully understands the energy of Qi.
The study of the fifth element is destined to be a long process.
Sarlayan was not eager for quick success. He followed Valeera and Stellagosa's persuasion and adopted a work-rest approach. While discussing martial arts with Shang Xi, he learned about the panda people's philosophy of life through the daily life of the residents of the Wandering Island.
Daily life on the Wandering Island is a microcosm of the entire Pandaren clan.
Since he will inevitably go to Pandaria, the base camp of the Pandaren in the near future, Sharlayan naturally needs to make some preparations in advance, at least not to touch the Pandaren's minefields due to differences in culture and cognition.
In the afternoon of the next day, Sarlayan followed Shang Xi's teachings and went alone to the Yong Pond in the east of the island. He cultivated his mind and nature through fishing and understood the principles of Taoism and nature mentioned by Shang Xi.
Valeera and Stellagosa are also interested in the way of the monk, but they have no intention of delving into it.
At the invitation of Cheng Bo, the two of them went to Morning Breath Village to meet him, and together they went to the Baboon Village in the northwest of Wandering Island to teach the hozen troublemakers who were becoming more and more rampant.
When Shang Xi asked Sarlayan to go fishing at first, he was very disapproving of it.
Who doesn't know how to catch a fish? It's nothing more than sitting by the water with a fishing rod, kneading a ball of bait on the hook, throwing the rod and waiting for the stupid fish to take the bait.
However, when he really devoted himself to this activity, Sarlayan realized that it was not that simple.
Sarlayan's temper has always been impatient.
For the first 30 minutes after sitting down, he could hold back his temper and wait patiently for the fish to take the bait.
As the 30 minutes passed, Sarlayan began to get distracted unconsciously.
Either he shakes his feet and looks impatiently at the still motionless water, or he simply chats with the barrage. In short, it is difficult to concentrate.
Most of the barrages didn't notice anything was wrong, because they were like this, the eldest brother didn't talk about the second brother.
However, some people with relatively indifferent temperaments pointed out the problem sharply.
[Insufficient concentration, Xiao Sa’s concentration time is only half an hour, not as good as those middle school students studying in school. 】
When he heard this evaluation, Sarlayan was very unconvinced.
He knows what a middle school student is, translated in a way that is easier for Azerothians to understand, which is equivalent to the period of childhood when he studied with the enlightenment teacher.
Under the unanimous persuasion of the barrages who gradually came back to their senses, Sarlayan began to calm down and re-examine himself.
The problem of lack of concentration is not a recent one. Since he was often tortured by the uncontrollable dragon blood in his youth, Sarlayan's ability to concentrate was much shorter than it is now, only a few minutes.
He thinks that he has made great progress now compared to back then, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with half an hour of concentration time.
Under the guidance of the barrage, Sarlayan took half a day to carefully observe the practice process of the monks.
It is not just the entry-level monk apprentices who only know how to fight, but it is the backbone of the monks like Cheng Bo who have already learned a lot and obtained the qualifications to further improve themselves.
Seeing those senior monks who could meditate for an entire afternoon on the wooden piles standing in the center of the Pond of Songs, Sarlayan finally discovered the problem he was facing now.
It is true that after advancing to Legend, Sarlayan can freely control the rise and fall of anger and initially master his own emotional changes.
But he still couldn't control the turmoil coming from his soul. Once he had nothing to do, he would subconsciously think about things and was unable to achieve complete meditation.
This is one of the reasons why Sarlayan always finds himself a lot of endless things to do. Once he is free, he will feel at a loss and unconsciously think about things.
Shang Xi keenly saw the problem with Sarlayan, and specifically asked him to calm down his mind through fishing. He also specially arranged for him to be in the Pond of Chanting where a large number of monks meditated and entered concentration. This was considered a well-intentioned act.
After discovering the source of the problem, Sarlayan naturally wanted to find a way to solve the problem.
As a warrior whose anger can rise at any time, Sarlayan habitually keeps his emotions at the critical point of not exploding.
Once he enters a fighting state, he can boost his anger as quickly as possible to seize the opportunity.
However, this is just a trick after all. Keeping his emotions at a high level for a long time will inevitably have a certain impact on Sarlayan's state of mind.
Salorian has also seen Salorian's problem before.
However, due to his long-term responsibility of guarding the Sunwell, he could not always follow the apprentice and give instructions. He just briefly mentioned it and asked Sarlayan to keep his anger as calm as possible in daily life.
After finding out the crux, Sarlayan began to try to calm down his emotions and calm down.
Habits are very scary. Once a person develops a habit, it is not that easy to correct it.
It took Salayan three days to get rid of his awkward emotional control habits, and he could truly devote himself to fishing activities calmly.
The fishing rod that Shang Xi gave to Sarlayan was a specially made one. The fishhook of this thing has no bend at all and is a straight line leading to the bottom.
To put it bluntly, the purpose of this fishing rod is not to fish, but to fish for the heart of the person holding the rod.
When Valeera and Stellagosa had enough fun on the Wandering Island and returned to Five Morning Temple to look for Sharlayan with satisfaction, Shangxi directed them to the Pond of Song in the east of Five Morning Temple.
Arriving near this vast pool, the two of them immediately spotted Sarlayan sitting on a tall wooden pile fishing with a straight hook.
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The water in the Yong Pond is very clear, and you can easily see the scene in the water.
Valeela stared at the fishhook thrown by Sharlayan with a strange expression, and Stellagosa also tapped her forehead with her finger in confusion.
"...Straight? Can you catch fish with this?"
"Shh~"
A young monk beside them raised his finger in front of his mouth to signal them to stay quiet.
"He is not fishing, but is refining his inner self through the act of fishing. It doesn't matter whether he can actually catch a fish."
Valeera and Stellagosa still couldn't understand the "Tao" of the pandaren. They looked at each other with confused faces and could only follow the advice and patiently stand by the pool and wait.
"Wow~"
Suddenly there was a slight sound of water in the pool, and a naughty fish was pecking at the straight hook without bait in the water.
The monk who gave the advice calmly smoothed his beard with one hand and looked at the fishing line that still had no fluctuations with a smile.
Just when he thought that Sarlayan would not make any move and planned to continue to give advice to the two foreign guests, Sarlayan suddenly made a move.
"brush!"
The straight fishing line was balled up into a circle under Sarlayan's mysterious circling technique, and the top of the sharp fishhook inserted into the gills of the stupid fish without warning, stabbing it right through.
"Wow!"
Only then did Sarlayan leisurely raise his pole and lift the struggling fish in front of his eyes.
"very good."
Sarlayan nodded with satisfaction: "Today's lunch is settled."
"Ah this..."
The monk who was about to show off almost pulled out his beard, his jaw dropped as he stared blankly at Sarlayan who had already begun to remove the scales with his bare hands.
"Pfft~"
Valeera suppressed her laughter and only let out a short breath.
"Cough~"
Seeing the Pandaren monk turning his head with a troubled expression, Valeela hurriedly gathered her emotions.
"Stella, let's go there too, just in time to have lunch."
"Okay."
"Hiss~"
The young monk looked a little confused, and gently touched his chin, which was hurt by his own tug.
"This little brother...why doesn't he act according to common sense?"
"Bang!"
A familiar Zen staff stretched out from behind him and tapped his head gently.
"Ouch!"
The familiar pain that had been absent for a long time made the young monk subconsciously scream softly, and then turned around with a look of helplessness.
"Master Shangxi..."
"snort!"
Shang Xi squinted at the monk with a fawning expression: "Da Liu, you are still half full of water, but you have the nerve to point out nonsense to others?"
"Get moving! Run 50 laps along the Wandering Island and finish before dark! If you fail, meditate in the Pond of Song tonight until dawn!"