Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 634: Questioning the Heart, Enlightenment Again, One Step, One Lotus
Although Zhang Zhiwei ran fast, he did not return to Longhu Mountain immediately after coming out of the tavern, but walked slowly on the street of Shangqing Town.

After the breakthrough, he could more intuitively observe the gathering and dispersion of the natural energy of heaven and earth.

The Qi in the market is different from the Qi in the mountains. He observes this world from an almost macroscopic perspective, which is helpful for his understanding of the state of mind.

Of course, this is better than nothing. His current realm has almost reached the limit that many extraordinary people find difficult to reach. It is extremely difficult to go further.

The experience of our predecessors is difficult to use, or in other words, the experience of our predecessors has been blocked by our predecessors.

If there is no special opportunity, you will stop here. There is no way forward, just like the left gatekeeper, who has been sitting in the cave for many years, practicing day and night, but ultimately there is little gain.

It is difficult to walk on the road, harder than climbing to the sky.

Zhang Zhiwei is better than Zuo Men. He has his own way, and his way has not yet reached its end. He can also combine the five elements and overcome the three disasters.

Not only that, he also has a master who can give him advice, just like today.

Just now, although the master only gave a few pointers, he was able to expand on them and understand a lot of things.

Those things that had been vague and hidden in the fog before finally became clear, which inevitably had some impact on him.

The influence does not come from the outside world, but from oneself. It is a kind of thinking about one's own Tao.

"In Master's words, the way to heaven should be the ultimate polishing of one's own subjectivity, just like the true way of the whole nature, which is the transcendence of subjective consciousness. If so, then the dual cultivation of nature and life... especially the polishing of life... seems a bit..."

Zhang Zhiwei thought of some ancient saints, whether it was the Taoist Laozi, the Taoist Tianshi Zhang Daoling, or the Buddha Sakyamuni...

They are all otherworldly saints, and even though their influence still exists, their true bodies are no longer visible to the world.

The ancestor of heaven said that he ascended to heaven, but it is difficult to say clearly how it happened.

However, the Buddha clearly passed away in meditation, or in nirvana, but whether it is sitting in meditation or nirvana, it represents the death of the physical body.

"Before, I always thought that the Quanzhen way was the way of dual cultivation of nature and life, which was a feasible way, but now I think that they are dual cultivation, but it is not."

"The Quanzhen Northern School founded by Wang Chongyang advocates that nature comes before destiny."

"The Quanzhen Southern School founded by Zhang Boduan advocates that life comes before nature."

“But no matter whether it is the Southern School or the Northern School, in the end, they all refine the spirit and return to the void, and refine the void to merge with the Tao. This is all subjective polishing.”

"They cultivate their lives, but what they cultivate is just a means of protecting the Dao, a place for their sexuality to rest, just like a boat for crossing a river. Sex is the person, and life is the boat. One day, they will get off the boat."

"As for the Fulu Sect, their means of protection include golden light, thunder magic, and talismans. This is a ship, so they don't practice life skills too much."

"Master has never reminded me of these things before. Perhaps it is because he saw that I have practiced everything and have a complete range of methods to protect the Dao, so he only urged me to learn more talismans and not lose the talisman sect's signature methods."

"But now, Master has given me a reminder. It's time for me to make a decision. Should I continue to preserve both my life and my soul, or start to return to the void and merge with the Dao?"

"Both lives are saved!"

"Return to the Void and Merge with the Dao!"

Zhang Zhiwei was walking on the streets of Shangqing Sect, when he suddenly felt a surge in his heart, as if he was the only one left between heaven and earth.

A kind of silence unique in the world swept over him, not the invincible loneliness, nor the solitude, but silence, the silence of death.

Zhang Zhiwei realized that there was something wrong with his state of mind, and there was a crack in his rock-hard heart.

He could have ended this state immediately by focusing on his Yuan and Oneness, but he didn't. There was a slight gap in his state of mind, and if he didn't deal with it, the gap would remain there and might even get bigger.

Just like Zuo Menchang in the plot, Wu Gensheng was a little surprised. He thought that Zuo Menchang should be able to notice the problem of Ni Sheng, so why didn't he notice it?

He attributed the reason to his failure to recognize the true face of Mount Lu and the cognitive impairment he experienced because he was already in the mountain.

But in fact, Zuo Menchang had a vague sense of it. He had talked about this matter to himself in the cave. At that time, he had already realized the problem, but just when he was about to reveal the answer himself, he said several impossibles in a row, closing the answer. This is the gap in his state of mind.

Zhang Zhiwei's Tao is fearless. He faces everything head on. So even if he knows that something is wrong, he does not end this state. Instead, he eliminates external interference and questions his own heart.

In times of extreme tranquility, the mind is in a square inch, and the slanting moon and three stars reach directly into the heart.

Is my way wrong?
Has all the training I have been doing for more than ten years been in vain?
He asked.

In this state, all delusions will disappear and he will get the truest answer.

He did not completely deny spiritual practice, but was just wondering whether the path of preserving both life and death could lead to... reaching the sky.

What he wants is to have both, not to cultivate both.

He didn't want to temper his life to the extreme, only to end up as a stinking skin that would be discarded.

If the road to heaven of sex is to get rid of all constraints of the objective on the subjective.

What about life? !

Can life be like this?!
Return objective things to objectivity, but life itself is an objective product!
After everything is returned, what is left? A ball of innate Qi?

He seemed to understand Master Trinity's thoughts.

But unfortunately...

The innate qi is also an objective product and will also dissipate, and in the end all your efforts will be in vain.

"The body is just a boat, just a means of protecting the way, just a stinking skin bag..."

"End the life training and start more polishing?"

Zhang Zhiwei shook his head. No, this was not his answer.

My answer is...

At this time, he remembered that his master had used the Tianshi Mansion as an objective example.

The Tianshi Mansion adopted him and taught him some skills. He has many fellow disciples and elders, and they all treat him very well. This is his home.

Why must we cut off from home?

In spiritual practice, one should cultivate one's true nature and authenticity, not cut off all emotions and principles.

Therefore, what we should pursue should not be detachment, but independence.

You can be independent from your "home", be independent and have your own world, but you can also return to your "home" at any time.

and so……

Zhang Zhiwei had the answer.

That’s right, there’s nothing wrong with my way. What’s wrong with my way?

I have always been on the right path, but I just didn't realize it.

Master uses the Tianshi Mansion to metaphorically represent the objective world.

I also use the Tianshi Mansion to metaphor the objective world.

The objective world gave birth to me and raised me, and gave birth to everything. The subsequent circumstances, whether good or bad, have their own subjective factors, and we cannot blame God entirely. Therefore, one's own path should be independent, with a family but independent.

Instead of cutting off bones to return to the father and cutting off flesh to return to the mother, he completely severed ties with his family and even regarded them as enemies.

Heaven created all things and man, but man has nothing and Heaven has nothing?
Zhang Zhiwei recalled a popular saying in the Trinity School: Go with the flow to avoid disasters, and go against the flow to achieve the ultimate power.

What the Trinity School has always pursued is "to go against the flow to achieve Huiyuan Gong", and the path of practice is also to go against the flow.

But now, what Zhang Zhiwei was thinking was, "Go with the flow to avoid the disaster."

Compliance and adversity may not necessarily be opposites, just like the whole nature of not plucking a single hair or taking a single cent.

Quan Xing only learned the first half, so it is a wrong path and everyone is confused.

Trinity only learned the second half, and although it was the right path, everyone was confused.

So why not practice together? Or we should practice together.

Only by cultivating the "Xing" retrograde can you get Huiyuan Gong.

If you cultivate your destiny and follow the trend, you can avoid disasters caused by karma.

One party can make himself independent.

One party can give oneself roots and a room in this home.

Perhaps this idea is a little far-fetched, but Zhang Zhiwei feels that it is feasible and correct. Asking the guardian gods in the Dharma lineage to come down directly or to possess a body will exert powers on completely different levels.

If this is the case when using someone else's body, what if you use your own body that has been tempered through thousands of trials and tribulations?

With one thought of support, the gap in Zhang Zhiwei's mind slowly healed and completely disappeared.

He ended from silence, the sounds of heaven and earth returned to his ears, and he felt the so-called emptiness in his heart.

He opened his eyes and saw the sky gradually brightening. It was already past dawn and there were more pedestrians on the road. They gathered around Zhang Zhiwei and formed a small circle.

"Young Taoist Zhiwei, is something wrong with you? Why are you lying there motionless?" A vegetable-selling lady who often heard stories about Zhang Zhiwei asked with a worried look on her face.

"Yeah, what's the matter? Say it out loud, don't just stand there in a daze!" an uncle said.

Most of them were small vendors who worked from dawn to dusk to make a living. While they were busy, they found Zhang Zhiwei standing on the street corner, motionless and unable to be woken up even when they were called.

They were very familiar with Zhang Zhiwei. These days, people's knowledge of the outside world came only from word of mouth, apart from newspapers.

These rough guys can't even read a single word, so the only way they can do it is to listen to what others say.

Zhang Zhiwei is undoubtedly the most knowledgeable person in Longhu Mountain. He can explain everything clearly. The key is that he likes to talk and does not put on airs, so everyone likes him very much.

Seeing him standing there motionless with his eyes closed, the villagers were worried that something had happened to him and had sent people to Longhu Mountain to report. Unexpectedly, he woke up suddenly.

When Zhang Zhiwei learned the whole story, he bowed to the elders and fellow villagers, saying that he was attaining enlightenment and asked everyone not to worry.

He exchanged a few polite words with the villagers, and then they dispersed. It was not that Zhang Zhiwei did not want to talk anymore, but that the villagers had to go about making a living. If they had some free time, they would listen to Teacher Zhiwei's "class".

After bidding farewell to his fellow villagers, Zhang Zhiwei did not stay in Shangqing Town for long. He returned to Tianshi Mansion facing the rising sun.

Zhang Zhiwei's thoughts were clear, and when he looked at the rising sun again, he felt that it was extremely brilliant, with a majestic vitality.

The golden sunlight shone on his body, making his body seem to be stained with a layer of golden light. Coupled with the occasional bird singing in the surrounding woods, there was a sense of harmony between man and nature.

"The three treasures of heaven are the sun, the moon, and the stars. I collected the moonlight and starlight last night, so this morning I will collect the sun's essence!"

Zhang Zhiwei is tall, but his steps are very light. He walks on the sunny mountain path in a peaceful and tranquil manner.

At this time, most of the Taoists on the mountain had gone to attend morning classes, so no one disturbed him.

Zhang Zhiwei absorbed the essence of the sun, and golden light came out from his mouth and nose. Then, his whole body was covered in golden light, shining brilliantly.

If the Taoists from Tianshi Mansion saw this, they would probably think they were practicing the Golden Light Mantra.

In the golden sunshine, facing the rising sun, Zhang Zhiwei's heart was as calm as still water. He came to the top of Tianmen Mountain, which is directly opposite the Tianshi Mansion.

This was the place he often came to practice martial arts. Last time, he tried the thunder method here, and it turned out to be like a lightning rod, attracting thunder from the sky, and everything on the top of the mountain turned to charcoal.

But unexpectedly, new branches grew on one of the tree stumps that was blackened by lightning, and they were very strong.

Zhang Zhiwei stood on a high place, inhaling and exhaling the Sun Essence. The Sun Essence gathered into a golden mist, surrounding his body, making him seem as if he was shrouded in a divine ring.

A small tree struck by lightning not far away got a touch of the sunlight and swayed gently, becoming even more green and juicy.

The effect of Rijing is stronger than that of Yuehua. Zhang Zhiwei feels warm all over his body, and the pores all over his body are taking in and exhaling sunlight.

"The three treasures of heaven, earth and man are all complete. The Qi of the three talents is nourishing my life, making my Qi and blood more condensed, and my body more solid..." Zhang Zhiwei said to himself.

He absorbed it from early morning to noon. The energy of the sun was quite intense at this time, and there was a slight burning sensation when he absorbed it.

He stopped absorbing, not because he couldn't bear it, but because too much is as bad as too little. Although wine is good, one should not drink too much. The same goes for the Qi of Heaven and Earth. It is not good to eat it all in one breath and become a fat man.

He needs to maintain a balance of the three elements of Qi in his body.

The human body is actually a small world. What Zhang Zhiwei called "following the will of heaven" means that while strengthening one's life on a basic level, one should collect the original Qi of heaven and earth to strengthen one's own small world in the human body.

"call!"

Zhang Zhiwei circulated his body and expelled the excess solar energy that he had just collected.

He opened his mouth and spit out a breath of golden Qi, which fell on the small tree next to him that was struck by lightning.

In an instant, the crooked tree trembled violently, and then grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. From a new branch, it grew into a crooked tree, and a golden light lingered on its surface for a long time.

Zhang Zhiwei reached out and touched the crooked tree.

The tree seemed to have a spirit. Its leaves folded up, pressed against his palm, and swayed gently.

Zhang Zhiwei felt an extremely subtle emotion, a mixture of joy and dependence.

"Are you going to get Qi?"

"Is it because I received incense at the top of Tianmen Mountain, or because I have practiced here for many years and my Qi has been nourished, or is it because of the baptism of heavenly thunder and the nourishment of the sun's essence..."

Zhang Zhiwei was a little surprised. Along the way, he had seen quite a few plants and trees that had been nourished by the sun.

"Perhaps it is a mixture of many reasons. No matter what, you and I are destined to be together. In the next period of time, I will take you to absorb the essence of heaven and earth for a while. From now on, it's up to you."

Zhang Zhiwei stroked the leaves with his hand, then withdrew his hand, turned around and walked down the top of Tianmen Mountain.

Perhaps it was because his body absorbed the Qi of the Three Talents, he gave people a sense of clarity and emptiness like a god or Buddha, his body was glowing and had a peaceful aura.

He walked down the mountain, stepping on the void. With every step he took, a cloud bloomed like a lotus under his feet.

On the mountain top behind him, the crooked tree twisted its branches and shook them vigorously towards his back, as if waving goodbye to him.

(End of this chapter)