Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 1183 I have a kind heart, but I am not a human
The world of Book Mountain is vast and shrouded in mist, making it seem somewhat unreal.

At this moment, Tu Ning stood in front of twenty-seven towering mountains of books and felt as small as a speck of dust.

"The combination of firmness and softness is called Wen; the improvement of the class system is called Wen; the beauty of virtue and talent is called Wen; the constitution of all nations and the spread of the emperor's virtue is called Wen; being strong and not violent is called Wen; being gentle, virtuous and respectful is called Wen; the great and prominent wisdom of the saint is called Wen; transforming the world is called Wen; being pure and solemn is called Wen; inheriting the good reputation is called Wen; being respectful, upright and kind is called Wen; rising together with the virtuous is called Wen; carrying on the saintly tradition is called Wen; the four teachings are called Wen."

The sound, as magnificent as the avenue, not only rings in the ears, but also in the heart. Like the morning bell and evening drum, it constantly shakes people's minds, making people deaf and deaf, and giving them a feeling of enlightenment.

This caused Tu Ning's body to tremble slightly, as if in resonance.

White words, coming from nowhere, floated in the sea of ​​clouds in the world of Book Mountain, emitting a soft and holy breath. These white words that appeared were exactly the voice that was as magnificent as the Great Dao...

"This is the Twenty-Seven Book Mountain..."

As she spoke, she gradually became intoxicated by the sound that was as magnificent as the avenue, as if she was traveling freely in the world of the twenty-seven books. The sound disappeared for a long time, but she still hadn't woken up. Whether in her ears or in her mind, the sound that was as magnificent as the avenue was still ringing, like the last sound in the world, making her soul tremble.

Click!

Click!

At this moment, she is constantly breaking through.

The second-rank scholar, the first-rank scholar, and then the ninth-rank scholar.

In just three years, she went from being a little fox who had only read a few books to becoming the first ninth-rank scholar to enter the world of books.

It is truly amazing talent.

During the hundred years of the Song Dynasty, there were only a handful of people who could break through the Nine Realms in three years.

But her breakthrough did not stop there. She continued to break through to become an eighth-rank bachelor, then a seventh-rank bachelor, and continued to break through the realms like an unstoppable force.

But he eventually stopped at the fifth-grade bachelor level.

"Wen means big man, that is, the shape of an elephant, the phenomena, patterns, and tracks of all things in the universe. It is the track and principle of the movement of all things in the universe..."

At some point, a figure in white, with extraordinary elegance, appeared in the sea of ​​clouds in the Book Mountain, walking towards them as he spoke.

It was Feng Qingyan.

At this time, Tu Ning had not yet woken up, but Feng Qingyan's words were clearly transmitted to her mind. She pondered silently, and seemed to understand something in an instant, and there seemed to be another "click" sound in her body.

She broke through again and entered the fourth-grade bachelor realm.

But in the end, she still did not become a university scholar. After all, she only studied for three years, and her accumulation and experience were not enough to make her a university scholar. Although she had read a few books intermittently in Tushan, it was at most enlightenment.

At this moment, she gradually came to her senses and saw Feng Qingyan standing in front of her. She immediately bowed and said:
"Meet the teacher."

"Even as your teacher, I never thought that you would be the first to enter the Mountain of Books."

Feng Qingyan smiled. He really didn't expect it. After all, Tu Ning's qualifications and talents were not amazing. However, he had never opened up his mind in three years, and became a fourth-rank scholar. No matter where he was, he was amazing.

Her talent and qualifications are not amazing, but her achievements are amazing.

This indeed surprised Feng Qingyan.

The talent is not amazing, but the achievements are amazing. Is this considered amazing?
Of course it is.

"Very good, keep up the hard work." Feng Qingyan encouraged, "As long as you finish reading the twenty-seven mountains of books, you will become a sage."

“Students will continue to work hard.”

Tu Ning said.

Feng Qingyan nodded and disappeared.

At this moment, Tu Ning didn't think much about it, and immediately walked towards the nearest Renshan Mountain. After a while, he arrived and found that the whole mountain was made of books. He was stunned for a moment. Compared with other book mountains, Renshan Mountain is not very high, but it is very big and strong.

However, there are also some that are thousands of feet high...

How many volumes of books make up such a big and high mountain?

One hundred thousand?

million?

Or tens of millions?

Even if you read one volume a day, it will take tens of millions of days.

And how many years is 10 million days? It is nearly 30,000 years. Moreover, this Renshan Mountain definitely has more than 10 million volumes of memories, it may reach 100 million volumes...

This made Tu Ning stunned.

Although other book mountains may not be as big as Renshan, they are still high, and the books they contain are definitely not less. Therefore, even if one book mountain only needs 30,000 years to read, 27 book mountains will need 810,000 years to read.

"Eight hundred and ten thousand years?"

When she roughly calculated the time, she was stunned. "How can I finish reading this? Even a saint cannot read all the twenty-seven books." Then, she thought, could it be that most of the books are repeated? In fact, there are not so many books to read?

She looked around carefully and found that the mountain in front of her was indeed made up entirely of books, so she picked up a book and opened it.

Open the first page and it says: A benevolent person is a human being.

This made her frown.

Am I bad?
I am not a bad person. I have never hurt anyone or any other living being. I am kind-hearted, I am sure of that, but am I a human being?
No.

I am a fox.

But why do we say that a benevolent person is a human being?

this is not right.

Even though I am not a benevolent person now, I believe that I will become one one day. Although I am studying in a college as a human being now, I have never hated my origin, nor have I ever thought of being proud of my origin as a human being...

I am not a human being, but I have kindness.

This is not right. It is already like this at the beginning. Do we need to continue reading?
It’s better not to watch it.

So, Tu Ning put the book down, picked up the second book, and read softly: "Benevolence is kindness, following the heart, a thousand sounds..."

After a while, she had read most of it.

However, he did not continue reading. Instead, he closed the book and started thinking, and returned to the first sentence.

"From the heart, a thousand voices..."

Tu Ning thought carefully and always felt that all the contents of this book revolved around the first sentence, "Why from the heart, a thousand voices?"

"Could it be that benevolence is the voice of the heart?"

"A thousand voices, is that the voices of tens of millions of people? Of course, this person can also refer to other living beings..."

"So, if something concerns the voices of millions of lives, then it is benevolence?"

"The voice of the heart is the voice that comes from the heart. It is one's most original feeling." Tu Ning closed his eyes and thought, "And what is the most original feeling of the people? It is nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation. As long as the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation are solved, can it be benevolence?"

Tu Ning continued to think.

She does not just read simply, but also needs to think for herself when reading, and understand the core of the book.

This is the end of reading.

After a moment, she opened the book and continued reading.

In the blink of an eye, it seems that a day has passed, but in the world of books, there is no night, it seems that it is always daytime.

She finally finished the second book.

However, she did not pick up the third book, but sat down to think about why benevolence follows the heart and has thousands of voices?

She believed that only when she understood this could she say she had finished reading the book.

in a blink.

It seemed as if the second day had passed.

She vaguely understood why it was from the heart, Qian Sheng, which was not much different from her first impression before.

Then, the second book turned into a faint white light and suddenly sank into her brow.

"Sure enough."

Tu Ning smiled suddenly and picked up the third book.

The title of the book only has one word, which is "Ren". This is the case for the first book, the second book, the third book, and all the books on Renshan Mountain.

Open the first page: A benevolent person loves others.

Tu Ning understood.

Because I learned in the academy that benevolence means loving others, which means using "benevolence" to deal with ethical and social relationships, advocating that people should respect, help and be friendly to each other...

This is true not only for humans, but for other creatures as well. Then the third book quickly disappeared from her hand, turning into a faint white light that sank into her brow.

She picked up the fourth book, the fifth...

I seemed to have forgotten the time and continued reading attentively.

In one of the books, the first page read: "How can one be 'benevolent'?" When he turned it again, the rest was blank, which surprised Tu Ning.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be the case.

now.

She thought about it seriously.

After a moment, she said, "To restrain one's improper desires and make one's words and deeds conform to the rules of propriety is to restrain oneself and return to propriety."

When she finished speaking, the book in her hand quickly disappeared and turned into a ray of white light again.

She picked up the next roll.

"Ren, can it be related to others?"

"Have."

Tu Ning replied.

However, the book in my hand did not disappear.

She knew that her answer was wrong, so she was a little surprised and thought seriously, how could benevolence have nothing to do with others?
How can one attain benevolence if one is alone?

This is naturally related to other people.

"Have."

She answered again.

However, the book in his hand did not disappear.

"Is there no one? That's not right. If there is only one person in the world, how can there be benevolence? Naturally, there must be others to embody benevolence..."

At this moment, Tu Ning seemed to be getting stuck in a rut.

One day passed.

The book in her hand still did not disappear.

This means that the answer is definitely no, but she can't say it. Even if she says "no", the book in her hand will not disappear.

Because she hasn't understood yet.

Another day passed, and she still hadn't figured it out. She felt that continuing to ponder would only be a waste of time, so she put down the book and picked up the third volume.

"Ren, how do you do that specifically?"

Tu Ning thought seriously, and countless answers suddenly emerged in his mind.

All these answers are correct, and it seems that any one of them would be fine. However, because there are too many answers, it would be wrong to just answer any one of them.

She hesitated for a moment and did not answer immediately, but picked up the next volume.

Time in her hard study past.

She was tireless and hungry, studying and thinking day after day...

After an unknown number of days, she came back, picked up the book that she had not answered before, and answered it again.

"Ren, can it be related to others?"

“Benevolence depends on oneself and has nothing to do with others.”

Tu Ning said calmly.

Because she understood, there was no need for her to say it out loud.

"Ren, how do you do that specifically?"

"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, and act no evil."

Tu Ning said.

The volumes of books disappeared in her hands, turning into wisps of white light and sinking into her brows.

While she was studying hard, Sandalwood Academy seemed to explode, because there was finally a second person who could see the twenty-seven mountains of books.

This person is Ning Song.

Moreover, he not only saw the twenty-seven mountains of books, but he also saw a human figure on the mountain of books in the front.

Upon closer inspection, it seems to be Tu Ning.

And it was indeed Tu Ning.

Because Tu Ning disappeared suddenly, he must have entered the world of the Twenty-Seven Book Mountains. So at this time, everyone knew that Tu Ning had entered the Twenty-Seven Book Mountains...

This made everyone amazed and envious.

Of course, there will naturally be people who are jealous, envious, and unwilling...

At this time, those prospective great scholars all asked about the situation of Shushan. Ning Song did not hide anything and basically answered everything he knew.

However, as time passed, he found that he had not yet entered the mountain of books, which made him stunned. What was going on?
Doesn't it mean that just by seeing a mountain of books you can enter the world of books?

Isn’t that exactly what Tu Ning is like?
Then why not me?
Gradually, in addition to Ning Song, more than ten people saw the mountain of books.

"Behind the main hall, there are really twenty-seven mountains of books. These mountains of books are extremely majestic, thousands of feet high, and extremely magnificent. It is hard to describe them in words."

"Yes, this mountain of books is too shocking."

"In the Twenty-Seven Book Mountains, there is an endless amount of knowledge hidden. It seems that the whole world belongs to this place!"

"These twenty-seven mountains of books give me a very special feeling, that is, if you only read all of them, everything in the world will be known. If you read all of them, you can indeed become a sage, or even a saint."

"Is this mountain of books so shocking?"

The students around were shocked. The Twenty-Seven Book Mountains seemed to be getting more and more mysterious.

At this time, even the people in Shuyuan Town couldn't help but run to watch the excitement, but they watched in vain and saw nothing.

"Is there really a mountain of books? Why don't I see it? Is what these scholars say true?"

"So many scribes say this, it seems to be true."

“I didn’t see it.”

"Oh, if you can see that, you are already a scribe."

"Even if you have never read a book, you can still open up a new world in your mind. This has happened before. So, you don't have to be a scholar to see the mountain of books..."

Many people pointed and talked at the academy hall.

At sunset, the dozen or so ox carts finally arrived in Sandalwood County.

If they were to travel at their normal speed, it would take at least ten days. However, they could not wait any longer and traveled over a thousand miles in just one day.

If it is normal times.

At this time, they will definitely find a hotel to stay, eat, read, and rest...

But now, they continued to go towards the Sandalwood Academy, and finally arrived at the Weishui River before it was completely dark and saw the academy.

Sandalwood Academy.

At this time, Shuyuan Town and Sandalwood Academy were both bustling with activity and seemed extremely prosperous.

If it were any other time, they would definitely stroll around the Academy Town, but now they had no intention of doing that and ran all the way to the gate of Sandalwood Academy.

As soon as they got off the ox cart, they saw a nine-zhang-high monument standing in front of the academy gate. The old man in Confucian clothing stood there in a daze, his feet seemed to have taken root, and he couldn't move a step.

"Who wrote this stele?"

The middle-aged eldest disciple trembled suddenly at this moment, and said with his eyes slightly widened. He seemed to see the "heaven" in the word "heaven" of "heaven's movement is vigorous", an indescribable "heaven".

From the word "gentleman" in "a gentleman strives for self-improvement", we can see a gentleman.

A true gentleman.

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(End of this chapter)