I retreat to Que and meditate on the ancient well.
The concept of retreat is the same as that of many people who work in society for a period of time after graduation and then go back to study for further studies. It is to accumulate what they have learned and learn new things by reviewing the past. Reading thousands of books will make the meaning self-explanatory. The same is true for spiritual practice.
The thing is, by going over what you have learned before, you can better integrate and understand the techniques you have mastered.
Fu Hongxue drew his sword thousands of times a day, and he just practiced this boring move. When he walked around the world, he only used this move, drew his sword, and then sealed his throat with the sword. This is to tell you, you
Just because you know it doesn't mean you understand it. If you want to understand it, you have to go back and forth tirelessly so that you can learn everything you have learned in your heart.
At the same time, Xiang Que was also thinking about how he should fight with Xishan Laofeng when he faced him. It would definitely not work to fight him head-on. It was done by a reckless man. Only the wise man is to plan before taking action.
, and in the case of low strength, Wu Gan can only dig a hole for himself and then bury himself in it. Although the road has been paved in the early stage, no one knows what will happen on the day of the duel.
misfortune.
When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the Gujing Temple, Xiang Que's biological clock woke him up on time. This was a pattern that had remained unchanged for the past thirteen years. He couldn't do it until he got up, the Taoist temple was not tidy, and the food was not available.
When I brought it in, the old man would jump on his feet and curse.
He is lazy, but his mouth and eyes are very diligent.
After breakfast, Xiang Que returned to the Jing Pavilion, casually pulled out a yellowed book from the bottom of the bookshelf, then lay on a wicker chair with his legs crossed and opened the first page.
"Wanli Zhenren's Continuation of Taoism"
This book was written by a Taoist priest named Wanli Zhenren. The age cannot be verified, because this Wanli Zhenren walked around the world after he appeared. He was not very famous and his cultivation was not high. He stayed in the realm of gathering energy for the whole time.
He has not been to Ningshen for sixty-three years. With his level of cultivation, it is really difficult for him to enter the Taoist celebrity list. No one would notice such a small character. There are thousands of practitioners in the realm of Ningshen.
, naturally no one will pay more attention to Gathering Qi.
But there is only one thing about Wanli Zhenren that is extremely amazing, and that is his understanding of the realm of Qi gathering. I am afraid that even many Yin masters may not be able to reach his level. In the sixty-three years of gathering Qi, Wanli has
The real person has practiced this realm thoroughly, so when it comes to understanding Qi gathering, he is definitely standing on the top of the mountain.
Xiang Que took out the "Wanli Zhenren's Continuation of Taoism". In the second year after entering Gujing Temple, he spent a whole year reading this book. This was what the Taoist and Qi Changqing told him, and he must read it.
He had to vomit after reading it. Even now, he can recite this book backwards with his eyes closed.
Despite this, the first thing Xiang Que chose after returning to retreat was to review the Wanli Zhenren's Continuation of the Tao Sutra, and comprehensively understand what he had experienced more than a year after he came down from the mountain. See if there are any other
of harvest.
And in the Sutra Pavilion of Gujing Temple, there are books like this, Gujing Temple is said to have three thousand Taoist treasures.
Xiang Que was enjoying a quiet moment of seclusion in Gujingguan. Wang Daoling's undercover career reached its climax. On the third day after meeting Prince Yan in a bar private room, he was indeed introduced to the head of the Kong family, and the other party
She really developed a strong passion for him.
From this day on, Wang Daoling began to integrate into the life of the Confucius family as a descendant of Wang Xichi, and became a disciple of the Confucius family with a foreign surname just like the seventy-two sage disciples.
From this day on, the agreement between King Yan and Wang Daoling was gradually implemented.
"Is Xiang Que hiding any secrets in his hometown in the northeast?" After Jinru Kong's family also learned about King Yan's plan against Xiang Que, Wang Daoling made a call to Qi Changqing.
"Secret?" On the phone, Qi Changqing's tone of voice was obviously raised several times, and Wang Daoling, who knew him fairly well, knew what it meant as soon as he heard it.
"Is there really a secret... fatal?"
Qi Changqing was silent on the phone for a long time, and then asked in a somewhat astringent tone: "How did the Kong family know about this?"
"I don't know exactly how I know it. It seems that the head of the Kong family figured it out, and then asked people to go to Xiangjiazhuang to check it out. They also collected a lot of information, and then they determined that Xiang Que had a secret hidden in him.
Among the thirteen tombs in the west of Xiangjiazhuang, Changqing, from your tone, it seems that this secret is very important to Xiang Que?"
"Not only is it very important, but this time it hits his weak spot. Dao Ling, keep a close eye. We have to be familiar with every step of the Kong family, otherwise Xiang Que will be in a state of eternal damnation."
"You're here, I'm here, haha..." Wang Daoling was about to brag calmly, but was interrupted by Qi Changqing.
Qi Changqing said in a stern tone: "Dao Ling, if you brag and have others believe it, you are awesome, but if you want others to believe it, you are stupid. You have to clarify your position at any time.
, if you are really so awesome, shouldn’t the world be at peace long ago?”
"How can I pay you my own money to be an undercover agent, and then have to be criticized by you?" Wang Daoling said angrily.
Qi Changqing sighed: "It took you less than a few days to realize the difficulties faced by Xiang Que and us, but we have been worried about this matter for twenty-three years."
This period of calm and rare tranquility is extremely important to Xiang Que. He is in seclusion and concentrating on practicing Taoism. His enemies are thinking about how to give him a head-on blow at the most critical moment.
Somehow, Xiang Que also knew that there were many people who were worried about him and working hard for him. Xiang Que put down the Wanli Zhenren Dao Sutra in his hand four days later. At the moment when he put down the Dao Sutra,
Xiang Que suddenly became more motivated.
Because in four days, he carefully read the book from beginning to end and found that reading it again after reading it thousands of times would indeed benefit people a lot.
The experience of the ancients is quite reliable.
One month later, it was already the end of October. Within a month, Xiang Que started from the bottom of the bookshelf in the Scripture Pavilion and started picking up the books one by one. Some books were more time-consuming and took three to five days to read.
After reading it once, some books can be finished in half a day, depending on the content of the book.
During the days at Gujingguan, Xiangque studied hard during the day and made progress every day. At night, after the village brought food to him, Wu Qiao would sometimes come over with some wine to drink with him.
For men, nights are always the most difficult, especially in Wuqiao where there is no internet, TV or women. It is so exciting to have a partner like Xiangque who can drink with him.
Today's two jars of wine were finished again. Xiang Que and Wu Qiao lay on their backs on the green bricks with blurred eyes. When they opened their eyes, they saw the starry sky and the moon above their heads.
"After today's drink, I'll leave," Wu Qiao said in a calm tone, leaning on his arms.
"Shall I get you some money?"
"Don't talk nonsense, it's business."
Xiang Que sighed and said, "Then I won't be even more lonely. There won't even be anyone to drink."
"I have been a hermit for ten years. I am a reclusive person but my heart is not hidden..." Wu Qiao paused in silence for a while, and then said: "I was deceiving myself in Zhongnan Mountain. I said I was reclusive but still remained the same.
In the world of mortals, I thought about it and decided to go out."
"Is something wrong?" Xiang Que asked.
Lao Qiao hummed and said, "It's something, it's troublesome."
Xiang Que turned around and said without any ambiguity: "If you have something to say, you're welcome. Although I don't want to cause trouble to myself now, but you have something to do, I must not be ambivalent."
"This makes me feel hot"
Xiang Que grinned and said: "I can't help it, because I may have to trouble you with something in the future. As a courtesy, I must say hello to you in advance. I know that your troubles will definitely not be as big as mine."
"None of you in Gujing Temple are unscrupulous," Wu Qiao said helplessly.
"Walking the bridge, please call me if you need anything."
One and a half months later.
The autumn wind was bleak, and the slightly cool northeasterly wind blew off the leaves on the old locust tree in the courtyard of Gujingguan. Xiang Que took the broom and took the trouble to clean up the fallen leaves in the courtyard morning and night, although no one could see that the place was clean and clean.
No, but he is still meticulous in what he does.
Xiang Que is not sure if he will have a chance to come back and do something for Gujing Guan after this retreat. If he leaves this time, he may really leave and never come back.
opportunity.
In the month after Wu Qiao left, Xiang Que worked even harder on his retreat. Apart from eating, drinking and sleeping, he spent all his time reading the three thousand Taoist canons in the Sutra Pavilion.
When the first snow fell on Mount Zhongnan, I read through all the three thousand Taoist canons again. I breathed out to Quechang, and I suddenly felt like there were thousands of Taoist teachings hidden in my heart.
He had not taken a step out of Gujing Guan for two and a half months, but he felt as if he had taken a big step forward. He went through Sanqian Daozang from beginning to end and benefited a lot.
After Daozang finished reading, Xiang Que was no longer in the Sutra Pavilion, but scenes of him practicing appeared in front of the main hall. Starting from the nine-character mantra sword technique, Xiang Que practiced the techniques one by one, and then polished the shortcomings.
This year's New Year passed a little early, and it started to enter the New Year around mid-January. Gujing Village was much livelier than usual, but Gujing Temple was still as desolate.
It has been more than four months since Xiang Que returned to the mountain. He has been living almost in isolation from the world, depressed and bored, as well as all kinds of worries and thoughts. In these months, he has never been in contact with Chen Xia and Kong Dejing.
, he was afraid that once he contacted one of them, his heart in retreat would be half broken.