After a day of closing his eyes and resting his mind, Shen Lang's mental state returned to its optimal level.
In order to ensure that he would not be disturbed, Yun Henzi took Shen Lang to the sea of flowers a hundred miles away from the bamboo house.
The environment here is quiet, and there are forbidden barriers set up by Yunhenzi around it, so no one will disturb him.
After Yun Henzi left, Shen Lang took out the Ananda Sutra.
The rubbings of the Immortal Book of the Ananda Sutra should be the same as the rubbings of the Sword Realm. The contents of the rubbings can be viewed by immersing spiritual thoughts into the rubbings.
Immortal book rubbings cannot be viewed only with spiritual consciousness, but require unique skills. First of all, it requires the monk to have a strong obsession in his heart and use this to strengthen his own belief.
This rubbing of the fairy book also has a certain spirituality. If the monk himself is half-doubtful about the contents of the rubbing of the fairy book, he will not be accepted by the rubbing.
Shen Lang sat in the sea of flowers, holding a rubbing of the Ananda Sutra in his hand, immersing his spiritual thoughts in it, and had a strong obsession in his heart, wanting to peep into the secret of the rubbing.
Not long after.
"Buzz buzz!"
A large swath of five-colored light shot out from the rubbing, wrapping Shen Lang.
Immediately afterwards, these rays of light produced a powerful tearing force. Shen Lang did not resist and allowed these rays of light to suck him into the rubbing.
"here it is?"
Opening his eyes again, Shen Lang found that he had arrived at a strange place.
The sky is clear and the breeze is blowing.
At this moment, Shen Lang was on a sea of clouds, his body floating in mid-air, unusually light and ethereal, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
"Hoo ho!"
Just at this moment, a gust of wind really blew, and Shen Lang's body floated into the depths of the sea of clouds like catkins fluttering in the wind.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Lang's body fluttering in the wind suddenly stopped. There was a high mountain shrouded in clouds and mist directly in front of him.
There is a bamboo forest at the top of the mountain, and three old men with different styles came for a walk.
One of the old men seemed to be a monk, wearing a coarse monk's robe. He was as skinny as a stick and had nine scars on his head.
Another old man is wearing a Taoist robe, has white eyebrows and long hair, and has an immortal air.
The last old man was wearing black armor, he was extremely strong, his eyes were as scarlet as blood, and his whole body was releasing a terrifying evil energy.
The three old men strolled and chatted, and the sound of exchanges reached Shen Lang's ears.
"Two fellow Taoists, how do you understand what cultivation is?" the old man in Taoist robes asked first.
"Amitabha."
The monk clasped his hands together and said, "In the poor monk's opinion, what is cultivation should be divided into two questions. What is 'cultivation' and what is 'truth'?"
"Interesting. In my opinion, to cultivate the truth, you must remove the false and retain the true. What is removed is cultivation, and what remains is true." The old man in Taoist robes said with a smile.
The monk clasped his hands together and said: "The sea of suffering is boundless, but we must turn around and find the shore. To eliminate suffering is to cultivate, and to correct is to be true."
The armored old man at the end sneered: "You two, don't pretend to be noble. In my opinion, desire is cultivation, and power is truth!"
The three old men argued endlessly.
At this moment, the old man in Taoist robe looked at Shen Lang floating in the sky with a smile, and asked: "Fellow Taoist, what do you think of the word cultivation?"
Shen Lang was shocked and couldn't help but start to figure out the meaning of cultivation.
The three old men stopped arguing and stopped to look at Shen Lang, as if waiting for Shen Lang's words.
"Cultivation, in a broad sense, means that monks practice to gain stronger power. What this senior in armor said is best understood. Desire is cultivation, and power is real. Monks are all greedy for stronger power, so they cultivate. But
If you pursue power too much, you will be swallowed up by it, which will lead to weakness in human nature. Demon cultivators pursue strength, and this armored senior should be a demon cultivator."
After saying that, Shen Lang turned his gaze to the monk on the far left and said: "The so-called eradication of suffering is cultivation, and correction is truth. It can be understood as cultivating the mind. All desires are a sea of suffering. Eliminating oneself in the sea of suffering is the process of correction.
Transcendence from oneself can also be called cultivation. Those who practice Buddhism cultivate their minds, and this senior monk should be a Buddhist monk."
Finally, Shen Lang turned his eyes to the old man in Taoist robes in the center and said: "What goes away is cultivation, what remains is truth... Only this sentence can truly be defined as 'cultivation' in the literal sense. What goes away is cultivation, which means to abandon."
Falling into worldly distractions, birth, old age, illness and death, and even all the things that have negative emotions towards oneself, as well as things that can hurt oneself. What survives is true, and it is intended to leave behind everything you want, even the power of desire, to show your true self that transcends yourself.
, there is no such thing as good or evil.”
The old man in Taoist robes smiled: "So, this fellow Taoist, who among the three of us is the most correct about "cultivation"?"
Shen Lang closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said calmly: "The three seniors are all correct, because they have different definitions of cultivation. As long as it is cultivation that follows the inner interpretation, it cannot be said to be wrong. But the junior is the one who defines the word cultivation most accurately.
I think it’s better to ‘remove the false and preserve the true’. What is removed is cultivation, and what remains is true.”
"Hahaha, fellow Taoist, you and I are destined."
When the old man in Taoist robes let out a long laugh, the old man in monk robes and the old man in armor beside him turned into two puffs of blue smoke and disappeared.
"Wisdom root, Tao heart, and demon seed are the three major qualifications for human monks to become golden immortals. Fellow Taoist, you are a rare person with Tao heart. I will teach you a Taoist mind method. What kind of mind method do you want to practice?
?" the old man in Taoist robe asked with a smile.
Shen Lang was extremely surprised. The scenes seen in ordinary rubbings of immortal books were all like images, but the people in the Ananda Sutra could actually talk to him, as if they had consciousness!
Without thinking too much, Shen Lang hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "This junior wants to practice a physical and mental training method. The more powerful the better!"
The old man in Taoist robes smiled and said: "I give you the Tao Sect's supreme body and mind training method, the first level of the Nine Turns Tao Sutra."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Taoist-robed old man lifted up his sleeves, and a large number of golden words flew out like a whirlwind, pouring into Shen Lang's mind.
"ah!"
Shen Lang held his head and screamed in agony. His brain seemed to have exploded and the pain was unbearable.
I don't know how long this severe pain lasted before it gradually disappeared. The golden rune had been deeply ingrained in Shen Lang's mind, and he could never forget it again.
"Nine turns...Tao Jing!"
Shen Lang murmured to himself, feeling a huge wave in his heart.
It’s not because of anything else, but this Nine Turns Taoist Scripture is really a genuine spiritual method of the immortal world! It is an extremely powerful body training method.
Unfortunately, there were originally five levels of this Nine-turn Taoist Sutra, and the old man in Taoist robes only passed on the first level to himself.
"Senior, can you pass the next four floors to me?" Shen Lang couldn't help but ask.
The old man in Taoist robes said calmly: "This Seven-color Heavenly Book is incomplete. I can only teach you so much. Remember, you are already the second person to enter the Heavenly Book. If another person enters the Heavenly Book, the Heavenly Book will be
If it disappears, our soul power will also dissipate."
As soon as he finished speaking, the body of the old man in Taoist robes gradually turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared into the sky.