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Chapter 385 Wudang's Conspiracy [1] [Ask for monthly votes^_^]

"Grandpa, I'm sorry." Xu Jiner said ashamedly.

At this moment, there was an indescribable figure in her heart. Suddenly, a lonely and proud figure playing the erhu appeared in her heart.

There is the majesty of a dragon, the roar of a tiger, the loneliness of an eagle, and the cruelty of a snake...

"Jin'er, don't blame yourself. People who practice cultivation are bound to go astray and have unstable minds. This cannot be solved in a day or a year.

If you are a man, I would recommend that you wear shorts and a sweatshirt and walk barefoot across more than ten provinces, regardless of whether it is cold winter or hot summer. Only by going through thousands of mountains and rivers can you truly sharpen your mind. "

Yimei Taoist said seriously.

At this time, a light breeze blew by, and the hall suddenly had a more peaceful atmosphere.

"Grandpa, this time, I was careless." Xu Jin'er said very teachably. For some reason, when the breeze blew past, Xu Jin'er felt a different presence, as if something was wandering around, just like how timid people always feel that someone is following them. The feeling is exactly the same.

"Well, it's good that you can realize this. Now you can really listen to what Grandpa says to you.

When you practice martial arts, you must first understand the purpose and goal!

What is the purpose of practicing martial arts? I think it should be to protect yourself, the people you love and the people who love you. And since ancient times, the purpose of practicing martial arts is to defend the country, that is, to protect yourself, the people you love and the people who love you. As for other things such as strengthening the body, cultivating one's character, and even spreading the traditional culture of Yun Country, they are all by-products of practicing martial arts.
It is something that you will naturally get when you accept the correct martial arts ideas and practice martial arts according to the correct martial arts methods. Some people say that practicing martial arts is to enter the Tao, so this is entering the Tao.

What enters the Tao is not the skill, but the heart. Those who enter the Tao do not always think about entering the Tao, nor do they always think about how to enter the Tao. The more they think about entering the Tao, the further they are from the Tao.

When you do what you should do with all your heart, do it to perfection, conform to the principles of nature, and enter the realm of nature, you will naturally enter the Tao. It is just possible that you have not yet realized that you have entered the Tao. I think martial arts can be divided into three realms: skills, art, and Tao. The realm of skills pursues truth, the realm of art pursues beauty, and the realm of Tao pursues goodness. This is in terms of spiritual cultivation, not fighting cultivation. It does not mean that a martial artist in the realm of Tao can defeat a martial artist in the realm of skills in a fight. Therefore, a martial artist should not seek to enter the Tao in vain. You should at least talk about entering the Tao after your skills are refined. Otherwise, the Tao you enter is just a virtual Tao, which has no meaning except to discredit the Tao.

Regarding the relationship between skills, art, and Tao, I have told you many times: "It is not the skills that lead to Tao, but the heart. It is not about what to do, but how to do it. When you do what you should do with your heart, to perfection, in accordance with the principles of nature, and in the state of nature, you will naturally enter Tao, but it is possible that you have not yet realized that you have entered Tao. After entering Tao, you will not be bound by skills, and your heart will be free of worries. Although it is the heart, not the skills, that enters Tao, but the pure skills are the foundation of entering Tao, and you must enter Tao through the path of skills. If you do not cultivate skills and claim to enter Tao, even if you have achieved what you call Tao, the Tao you have entered is just an empty Tao, which is pale, empty, and without connotation. It has no meaning except to discredit Tao. To use the metaphor of crossing a river by boat, Tao is the other side of the river, and skills are the boat that crosses the river. Only by taking this boat can you reach the other side. Of course, there are many boats to cross the river, and what you are looking for is the boat that suits you - that is, the skill that suits you to enter the Tao. Although you know that you should abandon the boat after reaching the other shore, abandoning the boat must be done after reaching the other shore. You must not abandon the boat rashly before reaching the other shore, otherwise you will never reach the other shore. However, many Taoists in the world talk nonsense about entering the Tao, but they actually don’t know what the Tao is and what it means to enter the Tao. This is truly sad. The most sad thing in the world is not those who don’t know what the Tao is, but those who think they have entered the Tao, but don’t know what the Tao is. '

……

All rational behaviors in the world are to achieve the greatest effect at the lowest cost. From the perspective of the big system, if the benefit of an action is greater than the price paid for it, then the action is worth doing, otherwise it is not worth doing. When the benefits of all actions are equal to the price paid for them, it is a state of equilibrium, which is the so-called harmony. So what we have to do is not to eradicate the so-called evil, but to keep good and evil in a state of equilibrium. Because the price to pay for eradicating the so-called evil is extremely high, so high that it is immeasurable, and it will damage the greater interests of more people. In this way, the act of eradicating the so-called evil is a greater evil.
The purpose of martial artists to practice and use martial arts is to achieve the greatest benefit at the lowest cost. Therefore, martial artists must distinguish between purpose and means. If it is necessary to kill, then it is fine to kill. At this time, killing is for the purpose of not killing, or to stop killing. Therefore, killing is a means and stopping killing is the purpose, not killing for the sake of killing. If the cost of persuading a so-called evil person to change his evil ways or letting him continue to do evil is greater than the cost of killing him, we must kill him. This is the so-called "if it is necessary to kill, then it is fine to kill", because the benefit of killing him is greater than the cost of killing him. However, life and death are matters that must be handled with caution. People are often blind, reckless, and irrational, and sometimes succumb to their desires and emotions. Therefore, we must rationally separate excuses from reasons, and do not treat excuses as reasons, and do not confuse the two.

When talking about good and evil, Jin'er, you may realize that I always use "so-called good" and "so-called evil" to refer to them, because there is no such thing as absolute good and evil in the world, there are only different interests and different positions. What is in line with the interests of the majority is good, and what is opposite to it is evil. Although this division is helpless, there is no better way. All rational behaviors in the world are to achieve the greatest benefit at the lowest cost. From my point of view, this division is not perfect, but it has the lowest cost, so I accept this division. If it is worth killing, kill it. It should be noted that killing here does not necessarily mean killing the opponent, but more importantly, defeating and subduing the opponent, so as to maximize the benefits of the entire system.

The so-called martial arts is the knowledge about fighting; the so-called martial arts is the art of fighting. The so-called fighting is also fighting, that is, the way to win, with the least cost, to gain the greatest effect. There is only one purpose for martial arts fighting, which is to defeat the opponent. As for why to fight, this does not belong to the category of martial arts fighting, but should be considered in ethics and philosophy. There is only one purpose for martial arts fighting, which is to defeat the opponent. As a martial artist, you can choose not to fight, but once you choose to fight, you should turn yourself into a fighting body and fighting heart without hesitation. At this time, there is no other thought in your mind, and the only purpose is to defeat the opponent. However, practicing martial arts and even fighting are only means, not ends. I think its purpose is to protect yourself, the people you love and the people who love you.

In fact, generally speaking, the role of martial arts is nothing more than three points. The first point is fighting; the second point is aesthetic value; the third point is strengthening the body and cultivating the mind. I think the main significance of martial arts is fighting. What I just said is also this point. The aesthetic value, strengthening the body and cultivating the mind are additional products, which are connected. This should not be the main purpose.

Strictly speaking, martial arts are now divided into two schools. One is the academic school, and the other is the folk school. The academic school pursues aesthetic value. The main thing is to train athletes to participate in various martial arts performances and competitions and win medals. However, you can see that in the pursuit of aesthetic value, martial arts will never catch up with acrobatics or the martial arts actors in dramas. If you pursue aesthetic value, you might as well learn acrobatics and the martial arts actors in dramas. Wu Feng, an old predecessor of Bajiquan, said, what's so good about killing people? Yes, martial arts are used for fighting, what's the point of pursuing beauty? Just like killing a pig, you only pursue how to kill the pig as quickly as possible and how to save the most effort, and you don't have to consider whether the posture of killing the pig is good-looking. Killing cleanly and neatly is good-looking. You have also seen "Wulin Wai Zhuan", in one episode, Zhan Hongling, the second daughter of the Zhan family and the world's number one female head constable, wants to arrest Bai Zhantang to the Six Gates. She met Bai Zhantang on the roof. In order to show her martial arts, she held a judge's pen and chanted "The Yellow River comes from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns" while performing a set of judge's pen techniques. While performing, Bai Zhantang pressed her acupuncture points with his sunflower acupuncture finger. Bai Zhantang said a very classic sentence that all martial artists should remember. This sentence says: I am not as good as you in dancing, and you are not as good as me in fighting. Martial arts are used for fighting, to protect yourself, the people you love, and the people who love you. It is not for performance, let alone dancing.

That’s well said!
As long as you understand this principle, you will naturally know how to extract the essence and remove the dross from martial arts.

Understanding this point actually means you are halfway to success in seeing through things.

......"

Yimei Taoist said this with good intentions.

For Xu Jin'er, he spared no effort. He hoped that she would encounter setbacks, but he was also afraid that she would be hit hard, and he was also afraid that she would feel uncomfortable when she encountered setbacks...

This kind of mood can be said to be somewhat contradictory and intense. It's just that concern makes one confused. As an elder, Yimei Dao Ren can only live in this contradictory way.

He didn't know that these words didn't have much effect on Xu Jiner, but made Zhang Wufeng feel the same way.

His crystal power extended out, sweeping across here, capturing a moment, and then began to stay here.

Except for Xu Jiner who had some sense of it, even Yimei Taoist was kept in the dark.

Although this also demonstrated the power of Crystal Force, it also made Zhang Wufeng more concerned about Xu Jiner.

When he arrived here, the crystal force finally flowed to form a breeze, but it seemed that the other party still had some sense of it. This was not because Xu Jiner's sensory ability was strong, but just a special kind of telepathy that belonged to her - that is, a strong sixth sense and a strong clairvoyance.

Xu Jiner nodded deeply, and then said sincerely: "Grandpa, I understand. From now on, I will never pursue beauty and splendor again. Those flashy things are really useless. If I can't see through these false appearances, I will never be able to truly become a top master.

I always win every time I fight with others, that’s only because I am stronger than others. If I meet an experienced enemy with similar strength to mine or an enemy who is stronger than me, then I will only lose.

It doesn’t matter if you lose, the key is whether you can still survive if you lose?
......"

Xu Jiner said seriously.

"Now you understand, I finally feel relieved. It's getting late, and there are important things to discuss with Qingshan and others tomorrow. You should go to bed early and don't practice too late tonight." Yimei Taoist said with concern.

"Well, Grandpa, I'm leaving now. You should also go to bed early."

"Ok."

……

After Xu Jiner left, Yimei Taoist sighed deeply and walked out of the hall.

Behind the Zhenwu Hall, a breeze blew by, adding a faint fragrance to the entire space.

Yimei Taoist frowned, but said nothing in the end.

On the other side, Xu Jiner walked and stopped, and then she stopped under a tree in the yard of a house.

Turning around, she looked around and said in a very sweet voice, "Come out now that you are here. Can we chat? I know you are the one who played the erhu before. I want to meet you."

Xu Jiner's voice is very pleasant, gentle, pleasant and fresh.

The crystal power was wandering in the wind, so it was naturally impossible for Zhang Wufeng to appear here, so he ignored the other party's response.

"Although I usually look very unkind, that's just a disguise. I really want to meet you, is that okay?"

Xu Jiner pleaded again.

There seemed to be a special attachment in her voice.

"Woo-"

The breeze blew gently, then spread far away and dissipated in the courtyard.

As for Xu Jin'er, she stared blankly at the wind that had already dissipated, with a dazed look on her face.

No one can understand how deeply she is touched when she enters into the life-like emotion created by music.

Xu Jiner felt that perhaps, she would never forget this day and this night in her entire life.

……

The breeze blew through a majestic hall, and inside the hall there were some heavily guarded signs.

At one of the places, Zhang Wufeng's crystal power locked onto that place, where the Taoist Qingshan, who used to be very hypocritical and cruel, was meditating and practicing.

Zhang Wufeng's crystal power monitored here for a long time, but still did not detect any movement. However, when he was about to evacuate the room, a person he had never expected appeared in the room.

(End of this chapter)