The heavens start with Buddhist disciples

Chapter 154 The wind, snow and wealth in Xishan

Taking advantage of the darkness, Hong Yi tied heavy objects to the frozen mother's ice coffin and sank it to the bottom of the pond in Meng Bingyun's yard. Then he walked towards the Wenxin Tower again with firm steps.

Hong Yi entered Wenxin Tower again, but this time the ordinary housekeeper did not take Hong Yi to see Ji Ran.

The butler said: "My boss has said that you are just a guest in the restaurant now. If you want to listen to a book, please come back in three days. If you want to be acquainted, please come back during the day. If you want to stay in the hotel, please pay a deposit first."

Hong Yi was very embarrassed when he heard this.I don’t have any money, and I don’t want to listen to books.After thinking for a while, Hong Yi saluted the butler and said, "Thank you, sir, and the butler's uncle for the reminder."

After that, Hong Yi hurried back to his mother's room and began to search for all the valuable things left by his mother.After struggling for most of the night, Hong Yi finally found two small boxes of belongings and a lot of clothes made of expensive materials.

Hong Yi wrapped two small boxes of gold, silver and jade in clothes made of expensive materials and came to Wenxin Tower again.

This time the ordinary housekeeper nodded to him, and then led him into Ji Ran's courtyard.

Jiran looked at Hong Yi at this moment and asked, "I wonder why Young Master Hong is here?"

Without saying a word, Hong Yi knelt down on the ground with a pop and bowed down. After nine consecutive bows, Hong Yi said, "Disciple Hong Yi has met Master."

Ji Ran asked: "Why do you become a disciple?"

Hong Yi replied: "For learning, for conduct, for Dharma, for life and for hatred."

Ji Ran said: "The world bullies you, slanders you, laughs at you, humiliates you, belittles you, despises you, how should you treat them."

Hong Yi thought for a while and said: "It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in a hundred lifetimes, let alone one lifetime?"

Ji Ran said: "Shan, from now on you, Hong Yi, are my disciples. But we are here today and go back to take care of your mother's affairs first."

Hong Yi said: "Let Master make the decision in everything."

Ji Ran said: "That's it, come with me!"

Ji Ran grabbed Hong Yi, and the world changed in an instant, appearing in Meng Bingyun's room.Then, Hong Yi saw a mother who was exactly the same as before the ice-up appeared on the bed.But at this time it was just a corpse, without breathing or heartbeat.

Although Hong Yi knew that it was not his mother, looking at the same appearance and the same tragic situation, he still couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears.

In addition to the real feeling, there is also the reason why Ji Ran influenced Hong Yi with his spiritual power.Otherwise, with Hong Yi's tough mind, it would be difficult to shed tears when he knew that his mother was not dead.

Feeling someone coming outside the door, Ji Ran's figure slowly disappeared into the room.

Zhao Wan'er looked at Meng Bingyun's body on the bed, but still couldn't believe it, and ordered someone to check it several times.Naturally, during this period, Hong Yi was knocked unconscious by Zhao Waner's nanny and taken to the small courtyard in the northwest corner of the Hou Mansion, which would also become the place where Hong Yi would study and live in the future.

In the early morning, after seeing off the dozen or so Neo-Confucian scholars, Hong Xuanji also came to Meng Bingyun's room.His actions were exactly the same as Zhao Waner's. He first checked whether Meng Bingyun was really dead, and then began to search the entire yard, not knowing what he wanted to find here.

Three days later, the tablet of Meng Bingyun, who was a concubine, could not be placed in the Hong family ancestral hall, and Meng Bingyun's body was only buried somewhere in the Xishan Mountain outside Yujing City, not even a geomantic treasure.

Hong Yi looked at everything in front of him, and he seemed to understand the true cause of his mother's death, although his mother asked him not to grudge his father before she died.

But seeing everything in front of him, Hong Yi swore: "I must let my mother's spirit tablet enter the Hong family ancestral hall. I want you, the Hong family, to invite my mother's spirit tablet in respectfully and gracefully!"

After all the dust settled, Hong Xuanji found Hong Yi and asked, "Where are your mother's jewelry and some gold and silver jewelry?"

Hong Yi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "Before my mother died, she asked me to pawn all my belongings into banknotes, and now they are in my arms. My mother said that my father is not short of this little money, so let me Use this little money to live a good life and take care of yourself."

Hong Xuanji nodded and said, "Just the banknotes and nothing else?"

Hong Yi shook his head and said: "I didn't find anything else."

Hong Xuanji nodded and said, "From today on, you study hard."

Hong Yi bravely asked: "Father, can I practice martial arts? I heard that the best age for a person to practice martial arts is seven years old."

Hong Xuanji did not look back and turned his back to Hong Yi and said: "When you understand the principles in the book, let alone martial arts, even if you practice Taoism, you will get twice the result with half the effort. So you'd better read the book well first."

From this day on, the sound of Lang reading could be heard from the northwest corner of Wu Wenhou's mansion every day.Unfortunately, under Mrs. Zhao's arrangement, the Hou Mansion deducted Hong Yi's use cases severely, not even exceeding five taels of silver per month.Compared with most of the servants in the Hou Mansion, there are fewer.

This made Hong Yi realize even more how vicious the human heart can be.

Unfortunately, many times, Hong Yi was still too naive. I don't know how many times the food sent by the servants looked like leftovers eaten by other people. Hong Yi complained to Hong Xuanji many times.

But Hong Xuanji said: "Master, minister, father, son. You should accept whatever food is arranged for you at home. Even if you are allowed to eat slop and wheat bran, you are the elder of the family." You just need to accept the arrangement. Will your eldest mother and I still want your life?"

When Hong Yi heard this, he could only endure it silently. Fortunately, Ji Ran would take him to Xishan Qiuyue Temple every night to practice martial arts. Hong Yi would also have sufficient nutrition and medicinal baths before and after practice.

Hong Yi asked Ji Ran: "Why is my father so harsh on me? All other brothers can practice martial arts, but I can't. Although I am also learning from you, master, the martial arts you teach me seems to be different from other people's." different."

Ji Ran nodded and said: "The Analects of Confucius, the Diamond Sutra and the Tao Te Ching were three scriptures for you to choose from. You said the Diamond Sutra is obscure. The Tao Te Ching is nihilistic, and Tao and Virtue are even more elusive. It’s hard to know. Only The Analects of Confucius all revolves around the same principle. So you have to study The Analects of Confucius.”

Hong Yi wondered: "What does this have to do with the kung fu that Mr. taught me?"

Ji Ran asked: "What is the name of the Kung Fu you are learning now?"

Hong Yi replied: "The Heart Sutra of Zuo Wang."

Ji Ran continued to ask: "What is sitting and forgetting?"

Hong Yi said: "First the heart fasts, then relaxes, and finally sits and forgets."

Ji Ran said: "Actually, these have nothing to do with the kung fu I teach you. These are a kind of state of mind practice. No matter what you practice, it ultimately depends on your heart. Only if your heart is willing to let you continue to be strong, can you Will keep getting stronger!"

"What people in this world practice are all external skills. The so-called external skills are to strengthen the energy, temper the organs and bones, and finally practice the marrow to exchange blood, and reach the extraordinary state."

Hong Yi nodded and said: "This is similar to the introduction Yi saw in the book."

Ji Ran asked Hong Yi: "If you look up at the sky right now, what can you see?"

Hong Yi did as he was told, looked at the sky for a long time and said, "There are stars and invisible air."

Ji Ran nodded and asked again: "What's in the sky during the day?"

Hong Yi said: "There is the sun."

Ji Ran asked: "Did you miss anything at night?"

Hong Yi said: "It's the moon."

Ji Ran said: "Have you ever seen the description of the sun, moon and stars in the book?"

Hong Yi replied: "Since ancient times, the sun and the moon have appeared in day and night respectively. The sun is the first birth of light. The moon has no light, just like a silver pill, and the sun shines like a light ear."

Ji Ran said: "You will understand the mystery of the sun and the moon in the future. In fact, you will find that regardless of man-made things in the sky, only the sun, the moon, and the stars exist. I once gave you the "Lingshu" and "Suwen" Regarding the introduction of essence, energy, and spirit, do you think it is similar to the sun, moon, and stars?"

Hong Yi thought for a while and said: "It's indeed very similar, so the external skills used to build up qi are all about essence. The internal skills taught to me by sir are used to train qi?"

Ji Ran nodded and shook his head and said: "The true qi cultivated in internal skills is not the qi of essence, energy and spirit, but a medium that communicates and links the three. Just like language, words and spiritual consciousness can express a person's thoughts .”

"Language needs to be spoken and listened to, words need to be written and read, and spiritual consciousness needs to be transmitted and received. So do the three different communication methods need to be based on the same culture?"

"If I use Kamikaze and you use Dagan, are these communications invalid?"

Hong Yi thought for a while and said: "So, Neigong is a kind of culture that turns essence, energy, and spirit into true energy, and then allows the three to communicate?"

Ji Ran nodded and said: "You can teach me! External Kung Fu wants to penetrate the whole body through the body and will. You can understand it as Da Gan language, managing the land and the people living on the land by managing the land."

"Taoism wants to control and manage the whole body through the soul. You can understand it as Yunmeng language, and manages the land that can be covered by people through managers."

"And internal strength uses true energy to communicate with the body, soul, and heaven and earth. Is this like the people of the Fire Kingdom who all believe in the spirit of spirit and manage the land and people through the spirit of spirit?"

Hong Yi said: "Sir, what you said made Yi Mao suddenly enlightened. No matter what the method, in the end, we reach the same goal through different paths. Daqian is a farming country, and the main income of the country is food, so managing the land is the most effective."

"Yunmeng is a nomadic country, and the country's main income is cattle and sheep, so managing herders is the most effective."

"The Huo Luo Kingdom adopts a two-pronged approach. Under the unified spiritual will of the Yuan Qi God, production can be highly coordinated. This is also the fundamental reason for the Huo Luo's prosperity."

Ji Ran said: "You understand correctly, but there is one thing you haven't said, that is, continuously increasing land harvests, continuously increasing the number of herdsmen, and continuously strengthening the ability of the spirit, all three of which will enhance the country's national strength. You are not suitable to reveal too many skills now, so I only teach you internal skills."

"In the future, when you become independent from Wu Wenhou Mansion, you can practice external skills, internal skills, and soul at the same time. This is what people in this world call martial arts and Taoism. In this way, you will hardly have any rivals at the same level."

Time flies like water, and eight years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the 60th year of the Great Qian Dynasty, Qiuyue Temple is still on the west hill of Yujing City.The north wind howled, making the doors and windows rattle.In the distance, deep in the Western Mountains, from time to time, there are shrill howls, like wolves howling or foxes wailing, mixed in the cold night wind.

Through the window lattice, Hong Yi saw green shadows wandering and fluttering in the valley in the distance, which was strange and inexplicable.

"The will-o'-the-wisps in front of me are just escaping from the remains of human bodies. They are often seen especially in mass graves. I don't need to make a fuss." Looking at the few green spots in front of him, Hong Yi smiled and said to himself.

Suddenly, a shrill cry reached Hong Yi's ears from an unknown distance away from the mountains. At the same time, a black shadow appeared in front of Hong Yi's eyes, rising rapidly in the green light. In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared. .

This scene will definitely make ordinary people who lack courage think of demons wandering around at night, sucking people's hearts.When Hong Yi saw this, he thought to himself: "I never thought that the night owl in the mountains would appear together with this will-o'-the-wisp, but it actually gave me a certain artistic conception."

So his poetic quality surged, and he said with great interest: "The hundred-year-old owl has turned into a wood charm, and flies into the nest of green fire with howling sound."

"Young man, you are not old, but you are an elegant person. You are flying in the green fire nest with a whistling sound..." A crisp and sweet voice came from behind Hong Yi.

Hong Yi didn't panic when he heard the voice, but turned around with a smile and said to the girl standing under the lamp: "Your Excellency, it is not a good habit to break into other people's rooms late at night!"

The woman was wearing a pink lady's dress. She was handsome and delicate. She was extremely beautiful. She asked in surprise: "Young man, are you not afraid of me?"

Hong Yi was also surprised and said: "You are neither a ghost nor a demon, why should I be afraid of you?"

Looking at Hong Yi's firm and confident eyes, the girl giggled and said, "Young man, you are so interesting! Aren't you afraid of ghosts? Don't scholars say that you shouldn't use your strange powers to confuse the gods?"

Hong Yi was calm and composed, and spoke eloquently: "That's just the idle moaning of some people who study hard. We, the people who study, should have great righteousness in our hearts, understand the world clearly, distinguish monsters and ghosts, and reach the gods with our thoughts. This is how It’s the principle of studying things.”

The woman thought to herself: "I came to Xishan to visit my relatives, but I never expected to meet such an interesting young man. Why not ask him to go back and teach my juniors!"

Thinking of this, the woman said: "Young man who is studying, I think you are very good. Now there are many children in my relatives who need to study. So I want to hire you to be their teacher. The remuneration is ten taels of gold per month. No. Do you know if you want to?"

Hong Yi was surprised and said: "Twelve taels of red gold per month?"

At this time, the common currency in Daqian was gold and silver, and the exchange ratio of gold and silver was one to fifteen.But this gold is not gold, but red gold. It is said that gold is not completely red, and gold that can be described as red is naturally extremely pure gold.

So the price offered by this woman is 150 taels of silver per month.At this time, Hong Yi's monthly income in Wu Wenhou's mansion was only four taels of silver. Although Ji Ran took good care of Hong Yi, Ji Ran never gave Hong Yi money.

Ji Ran didn't care about anything Hong Yi needed, except for medicinal materials and food, so Hong Yi didn't have much money left in his hands, and it could even be described as tight.

This is why Ji Ran wants Hong Yi to understand the hardship and bitterness of life.Even every spring, Ji Ran would take Hong Yi to the villages around Yujing City to stay for a few days, allowing Hong Yi to experience the hard work of farming and the hard-earned food.

After looking at Hong Yi for a long time, the woman curled her lips and said, "Don't you believe me? That's good, I'll pay you part of the deposit first!"

As he said that, he took out several red-gold gold cakes from somewhere and spread them on the table.

Hong Yi shook his head, calmed down, and said calmly: "I understand what the girl means. After completing one month of teaching, I will ask the girl for the tuition again."

Although Hong Yi wanted the money very much, what happened tonight was too bizarre.This made Hong Yi have to deal with it carefully. He thought in his heart: "If you are not greedy for women and not good at money, no matter what kind of monster you are, what can you do to me!"

Not to mention the chance encounter between Hong Yi and the mysterious woman in Xishan, but at this time Ji Ran came into the turbulence of the void.The so-called turbulent flow of void refers to the endless void between the vast world and the starry sky where Daqian is located.Through this endless void, you can reach the world outside the sky.

For Ji Ran, who possesses the Void Taoist body, walking in the void is just the most basic ability.

The reason why Ji Ran came here was to find the legendary ancient dragon's cemetery.Because Ji Ran planned to let Ji Tianmeng absorb part of the blood essence of the ancestral dragon, and at the same time, Ji Ran also wanted to understand and study the body structure of the ancestral dragon and the formation of the dragon's power and power in this world.

At this time, Ji Ran had already survived seven thunder tribulations and reached the realm of the legendary Creator in this world.Therefore, Ji Ran plans to refine and absorb the origins of many soul bones and external soul bones in the world of "Douluo Dalu" to further enhance and strengthen the origin of her Tao body.

After all, Ji Ran's body at this time has good control over the power of the void, but it should still be greatly inadequate compared to the innate Tao fetus in the world of "Zhe Tian".

Because of the existence of the Emperor's Qi Watching Technique, Soul Bones, and Phoenix Spirit, Ji Ran is only very sensitive to the laws of luck, time, space, yin, yang, five elements, stars, and killing. She is not sensitive to other laws such as cause and effect, swallowing, and cutting. , collapse and other laws are completely unaware of it.

Although she is sensitive, Ji Ran feels that this is not enough. It is best to turn these sensitivities into instincts.Therefore, he wanted to condense several laws and souls that he could come into contact with during the eighth thunder tribulation unique to this world, which is the thunder tribulation that condenses the soul, and finally merge them into one to create his own soul. .

Under the Emperor's Qi Watching Technique, Ji Ran quickly confirmed the direction and said to herself: "I found it, it's right here!"

At this time, the head of the Fan family in Fanzhou, the head of the Wu family in Wuzhou, the head of the Wang family in Nianzhou, the head of the Sun family in Xuzhou, and the master of Yunmeng Tianlong Dao Ao Luan, and even everyone including Hong Yi and Yang Pan, all felt a sudden Uneasy.

The woman in red, who was holding Hong Yi and flying on the snow in the Western Mountains, looked at Hong Yi who suddenly frowned and said, "Young man, is my speed too fast, making you uncomfortable?"

(End of this chapter)