After going down the mountain, the full-level boss made his fortune by fortune-telling

Chapter 264 What is the purpose of training

Sun Yan once searched the Taoist temple inside and out, but he couldn't find a place for real people to practice.

That year, he had just turned 20 years old, and when he reached the age of going down the mountain for experience, his master gave him some money to go down the mountain for a few years of experience. Sun Yan agreed to come down, but the night before he set off, he bravely followed Ye Shen secretly. After leaving the Taoist master.

More than ten years of practice has already allowed Sun Yan to quietly avoid all obstacles in the dark, and he can also follow Master's steps on the rugged mountain road to a towering tree.

This tree had appeared countless times on Sun Yan's way up the mountain to cut firewood, and he had never stopped in front of the tree, so when he saw his master circle around the big tree a few times, the root of the tree suddenly sank , when a ladder extending downwards appeared out of thin air, he finally realized why he couldn't find a place where Daoist Baiyin practiced for so many years.

After secretly taking note of Master's actions, Sun Yan waited outside until dawn the next day before seeing Master come out.

Sun Yan, who was supposed to go down the mountain to practice, opened the door leading to the underground.

It's not an exaggeration to describe it as dark. After walking down the stairs for a long, long way, and passing through a dark corridor, he finally saw the real Baiyin.

The real person sat cross-legged on a futon, his eyes were closed tightly, and his eyes swept away only the dusty stone walls and slabs around him. There was no decoration in front of him, and even the faintest ray of light in and out of the cave was a candle in his hand. brought.

For so many years, Daoist has been staying here, cultivating without eating or drinking.

It never occurred to Sun Yan how the always lazy and casual Daoist could endure the darkness and cold in this cave, and why he cultivated in such a harsh and extreme way.

It is already a big taboo to sneak down behind the master's back, and it is even more unforgivable if it disturbs the real person's cultivation. Sun Yan originally just wanted to confirm his conjecture, but now the problem that has troubled him for so many years has finally been solved, and Sun Yan also Not daring to disturb for too long, I wanted to leave quietly, but I didn't expect to hear the voice of a real person behind me as soon as I turned around.

"Come here, sit and chat with me."

Daoist Baiyin opened his eyes, stared quietly at the candle in Sun Yan's hand, and sighed helplessly.

"How many years have passed outside?"

"It's been almost eight years since you left last time."

"Eight years... Another eight years have passed."

Sun Yan never thought that one day he would be like a friend, sitting with a real person and chatting with a candle. He didn't dare to say more, he didn't dare to ask more, he could only wait for the real person to speak first, and when the other person asked, he would be cautious. answer.

"In this way, you have been here for almost 15 years."

"I was brought back by Master when I was five years old. It has been 15 years. Now that I am [-], Master has allowed me to go down the mountain."

"Go down the mountain?"

Master Baiyin looked at him, and there was an imperceptible trace of longing and helplessness in his eyes.

Sun Yan saw it.

"Really, your cultivation base is so high now, why do you still have to stay in this kind of place and practice hard?"

"High cultivation base? How high can it be?"

"Master said that your cultivation is above his."

"It's still far away from becoming a fairy."

Is the real person's goal actually to attain Taoism and become immortal?
"I heard from Master that no one in this world has attained Taoism for hundreds of years, but I believe that if there is one in the future, it will definitely be you."

"Your master told me the same way. When he brought me back, he told me that I will definitely be able to cultivate the Dao and become a fairy in the future."

Sun Yan was a little surprised, he didn't expect the real person to be brought back by his master.

"Do I look old?"

"I thought, your childlike face will last forever."

"Nonsense, I'm only ten years older than you."

"Then you have no relatives at home?"

The real person shook his head.

"Yes, my parents are still alive, and I have brothers and sisters, but my mother was seriously ill after giving birth to me. Your master promised that my father can cure my mother's illness. The prerequisite is to take me away. In order to save my mother, my father handed me over. Gave it to your master, and I've been here ever since."

"Then you don't want to go home?"

"Fortunately, I was too young when I left home, and I never went back. I can't remember the appearance of my parents, brothers and sisters in my mind. Why do I miss them?"

Sun Yan listened silently, and then couldn't help asking.

"Since you have no worries, why do you have to force yourself to practice hard for so many years?"

"People have to have a thought in life. My thought is to build the Dao as soon as possible, and go to higher and farther places to see. After all, there is a sky beyond the Dao, and only the sky can be truly free and happy."

That day Sun Yan really understood what freedom and faith are.

The belief of Baiyin Daoist is to transcend this mortal bondage and pursue true freedom.

Sun Yan was full of admiration and longing, but the real Baiyin said again.

"If you have talent, you can pursue the Dao. If you don't have talent, you can live happily in the world in time. Do you understand?"

"Does the real person think that I have no talent?"

"I think the road of pursuing the great road is too bitter. I have already embarked on a road with no turning back, but you are different. Think about what you want, and don't divert your will for others' words."

That day Sun Yan chatted with the real person for a long time, until the candle in his hand was burned out, Sun Yan bid farewell to the real person, turned and left.

But when he just stepped onto the ground, he saw the master waiting outside at some point.

In the ancestral hall, Sun Yan knelt in front of the master, not daring to raise his head for a long time.

"Reverend Baiyin, what did I tell you?"

Sun Yan thought for a while, then lowered his head and answered.

"The real person taught some experiences about cultivation, and he didn't say anything about the rest."

"Then do you have any insight?"

"Enlightenment... Enlightenment is... talent plus hard work to pursue the true way and freedom."

In fact, he didn't know what he had realized. After all, he was brought into the ancestral hall by the master before he had time to think carefully.

"Reverend Baiyin told you that she wants to be free?"

"Well... almost."

After all, isn't the purpose of cultivating the Dao for freedom?

After a long silence, the master asked Sun Yan again.

"Then what do you think the purpose of cultivation is?"

"I'm stupid, my apprentice is not practicing for anything, it's just because the master led the apprentice on this path, and the purpose of practicing hard is to share the master's worries in the future and repay the master's kindness in nurturing."

This is true.

What Sun Yan admired most was his master, if it wasn't for his master, he would have starved to death outside.

Therefore, he practiced assiduously not to waste his talent, just to help his master one day and make him less worried and troubled.

As for the others, he didn't think about it.

(End of this chapter)