Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 218

Yin Liting rushed to Dadu to invite Qin Zhiyong to attend Zhang Sanfeng's [-]th birthday. On the way, he inevitably encountered local tyrants and evil gentry oppressing the people.Qin Zhiyong doesn't kill people, but there are knights who can kill people.

Yin Liting and Qin Zhiyong have different personalities, he is not as gentle as Qin Zhiyong, when he encounters injustice, he will kill with a straight sword.

When he arrived in Dadu, Yin Liting killed eight hundred, if not one thousand, evil gentry, bullies and martial arts scum along the way.

Even if Yin Liting's state of mind is stable, his inner strength is deep, and his swordsmanship is superb, he still feels a little physically and mentally exhausted.

There are so many bullies and evil gentry in the world, even if Yin Liting's martial arts and swordsmanship is ten times better, he still can't eradicate the injustices in the world.

It was only now that Yin Liting had some insight into why his master and Mr. Qin were so strong in martial arts, but they didn't kill people everywhere.Because they stand at a higher angle and see things that ordinary people cannot see.

There are so many bad people in the world.One moment he was a good person, but the next moment, when his thoughts changed and an evil thought was born, a good person would become a bad person in an instant.

People's hearts are in danger, and Dao's heart is weak.

A person's good or bad changes according to his thoughts. It is really difficult to distinguish between good and bad people, let alone explain clearly.Even with Qin Zhiyong's spiritual realm and psychological attainments, he can't fully understand the changing mysteries of the human heart.

Martial arts are good things, but there are some things that can't be solved with high martial arts skills.

With a sword, you can never kill the bad guys in the world.

Entering Dadu, Yin Liting found the Taifu's residence, and Lingshuang immediately went to report to Qin Zhiyong.Qiuyue has already taken Yang Xiong and his son to go shopping at this moment.

Seeing Qin Zhiyong, Yin Liting's expression was the same as that of Yang Xiong, who was shocked by Qin Zhiyong's appearance.Yin Liting remembered that Qin Zhiyong was like this ten years ago, but he did not expect that ten years later, he would still be like this.

Yin Liting was in a high state of mind, and the shocked expression was only fleeting. Then he clasped his fists and saluted Qin Zhiyong: "Wudang Yin Liting, I have met Mr. Qin."

Qin Zhiyong said: "I haven't seen you in ten years, Yin Liuxia, your cultivation level has entered the hall, and there are successors in the Wudang sect. Lingshuang, quickly serve Yin Liuxia tea."

Yin Liting's demeanor was somewhat similar to that of Zhang Sanfeng.He is full of energy and full of energy, obviously he has got the essence of the Taoist way of keeping in good health.

Lingshuang had heard of the "Seven Heroes of Wudang" a long time ago, when she saw Yin Liting today, she secretly thought that the "Seven Heroes of Wudang" really lived up to their reputation.The Six Heroes of Yin have such a magnanimity. I don't know how powerful Zhang Zhenren's other six disciples are.

Lingshuang brought fragrant tea to Yin Liting and Qin Zhiyong.

"Thank you, Miss Lingshuang." After taking a sip of tea, Yin Liting said to Qin Zhiyong: "Mr. Qin, in two months, it will be the teacher's [-]th birthday. I came to Dadu this time to invite Mr. Qin. I don't know Mr. Qin Do you have time to go to Wudang?"

Qin Zhiyong said with a smile: "I have time, I have time. Qin has been a tutor, but he has not handled a single official business in the past ten years. Zhang Zhenren is a senior expert, and I have to go to his centenary birthday no matter what. Take a trip to Wudang Mountain."

Qin Zhiyong agreed to go to Wudang, Yin Liting heaved a sigh of relief.He was afraid that Qin Zhiyong was busy with business and didn't have time.

Yin Liting asked Qin Zhiyong some questions about spiritual practice.What he asked was not about swordsmanship or inner strength cultivation, but about experience in health preservation and spiritual cultivation.

Standing behind Qin Zhiyong, Lingshuang glanced at Yin Liting in surprise. Spiritual cultivation and health preservation are rarely valued by ordinary martial arts masters.Yin Liuxia is really different.

Lingshuang was able to touch the essence of spiritual practice and health preservation because she served Qin Zhiyong's diet and daily life, and received Qin Zhiyong's guidance and teaching.Even Zhao Min, the little princess, did not have the blessing of Lingshuang.

Yin Liting's spiritual practice is still somewhat different from Qin Zhiyong's.

Although Confucianism and Taoism have similarities, they are two schools of thought after all, and their paths are still different.

"Sleeping Immortal, Sleeping Immortal, the stone root lies high and forgets its years, the sanguang sinks and its nature is self-contained, the qi returns to the mysterious orifice, and the breath is natural."

"Don't be scattered, Xu Antian..."

When Yin Liting read this poem, Lingshuang didn't understand it very well, but she didn't understand it.

This is a profound practice method.

Qin Zhiyong blurted out: "Zhilong Yin."

Yin Liting was taken aback, and said in shock: "Mr. Qin, do you know this poem written by my master? "Zhilong Yin" was just written by my master recently. How do you know?"

Qin Zhiyong said: "Fortunate to the soul. The state of the soul is deep, and if you want to know something, the answer may emerge in your mind."

Of course, Qin Zhiyong couldn't tell Yin Liting that he had read this Hidden Dragon Song when he was in high school.I read it before, didn't feel anything.Now that I have experienced it slowly, I realize that Zhang Sanfeng's "Zhilong Yin" is a supreme sleeping skill.Through sleep, people can gradually enter the realm of "harmony between man and nature".

Being able to write Hidden Dragon Song shows that Zhang Sanfeng's state of mind is more advanced than ten years ago.

Zhang Sanfeng is indeed a figure who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Patriarch Bodhidharma.

Before Qin Zhiyong understood the true mystery of the "living dead", Zhang Sanfeng's cultivation level improved again.

Qin Zhiyong secretly said: "You can't underestimate anyone. You are making progress, but others are also making progress. Maybe other people's progress is faster than your own. Cultivation is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. This time you go to Wudang Mountain, you must be open-minded Ask Zhang Sanfeng for advice."

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Lingshuang has been practicing swordsmanship for ten years, and she doesn't communicate much with other swordsmen.That is to say, he had exchanged sword skills with Fang Dongbai and Ku Toutuo of Ruyang Palace.

Lingshuang's swordsmanship is calm, but lacks actual combat experience.After finally meeting Yin Liting, a peerless swordsman, of course she wanted to compete with Yin Liting.

Arrange Yin Liting to rest in the wing room.

Lingshuang found Qin Zhiyong and said, "Sir, Wudang swordsmanship is famous all over the world, and I have admired it for a long time."

Qin Zhiyong said with a smile: "So, you girl want to challenge Yin Liuxia's swordsmanship? Yin Liuxia's state of mind is settled, and the martial arts swordsmanship can be regarded as the true inheritance of Zhang Zhenren. You are not his opponent at present."

How can Qin Zhiyong not know what kind of temperament Lingshuang is?She has long been eager to try.It's just that Yin Liting is a distinguished guest of the Taifu's residence, so she dared to challenge, fearing that she would be rude, so she came to find herself first.As long as she nodded, Lingshuang would immediately challenge Yin Liting.

"I'm not afraid of losing." Lingshuang said, "It's not like I haven't lost before. I lost to Fang Dongbai and Ku Toutuo not once or twice."

In order to see the exquisite swordsmanship of the peerless masters, Lingshuang could afford to lose.

Qin Zhiyong nodded and said: "Practice, you can't work behind closed doors. Yin Liuxia's Wudang swordsmanship is very pure, you can go and learn from him. But don't hurt your temper."

Lingshuang said happily: "Sir, don't worry, Yin Liuxia and I are just exchanging swordsmanship, we must stop at the end. Fang Dongbai and Ku Toutuo just rely on their deep internal strength and powerful swordsmanship to defeat me. In terms of swordsmanship, their swordsmanship is not as exquisite as mine. This is the first time I have met a swordsman with a state of concentration. By the way, sir, do you know how Yin Liuxia reached the state of concentration?"

Lingshuang can sleep deeply, and her mood is a little higher than that of Fang Dongbai and Ku Toutuo, but her overall strength is weaker.In a few years, her martial arts and swordsmanship can surpass Fang Dongbai and Ku Toutuo.

She had heard from Qin Zhiyong a long time ago that once the state of mind is settled, there will be some inconceivable and magical "abilities", such as photographic memory, which is the most basic.

Lingshuang has always wanted to enter samadhi, but unfortunately she just couldn't.

Spiritual practice can only depend on oneself.

Even Qin Zhiyong couldn't help her directly.

Qin Zhiyong nodded and said, "I know."

Lingshuang's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "Then how did he get into meditation?"

Qin Zhiyong briefly talked about Yin Liting and Ji Xiaofu's affairs.

Lingshuang listened, with gossip burning in her eyes.She never expected that Yin Liting would have such a bumpy relationship experience.Yin Liting is already so good, Ji Xiaofu leaves him and falls in love with Yang Xiao, doesn't it mean that Yang Xiao is better than Yin Liting?

Qin Zhiyong said: "Yin Liuxia was hurt to the extreme after his feelings were traumatized, and he comprehended the mystery of meditation by chance. His method is only suitable for him, not for you. If you want to enter meditation, you should read more books and cultivate your mind. "

It is the right way to read Confucian classics and use culture to nourish and cultivate the state of mind.Because there are traces to follow, and there will be no detours.It is gratifying to have an epiphany, but the foundation is unstable and there are many disadvantages.

Qin Zhiyong taught Qiuyue and Lingshuang to make them calm down and read more books.Cultivate the mind, don't be afraid to slow down, as long as there is progress and accumulation, the state of mind will improve sooner or later.

sunset.

Qiuyue took Yang Xiong and Yang Jin back to the Taifu Mansion, just in time to meet Lingshuang and Yin Liting competing swords in the courtyard.

Both of them didn't use their internal strength, they just simply sparred with swordsmanship.

Yin Liting's Wudang swordsmanship is elegant, sharp and full of spirituality.In less than ten strokes, Yin Liting's long sword was on Lingshuang's neck.

Yin Liting said: "Miss Lingshuang, you lost again."

Lingshuang said: "Come again. I don't believe it, I can't catch ten moves from you."

The gap in realm cannot be made up by the subtlety of swordsmanship.A little difference in the realm is a world of difference.

Lingshuang knew that she was not Yin Liting's opponent, but she was not reconciled.

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Ruyang Palace.

Zhao Min searched around the palace, but he couldn't find Xuanming and Dongfang Bai.Ask Ah San and Ku Toutuo, they don't know where the second elder Xuanming and Fang Dongbai went.

Came to King Ruyang's study.

Zhao Min asked: "Father, where did the two elders Xuanming and Ada go? They agreed to come to teach me how to practice in the evening, but they dared to leave without permission. When they come back, the princess must punish them well."

King Ruyang stared at Zhao Min, his expression darkened: "The Elder Xuanming and Ada were sent by me to investigate the whereabouts of the Dragon Slaying Saber. This king got the news that Zhang Cuishan from Wudang and Yin Susu from Tianying Sect appeared. Minmin, Do you know that this king has never begged anyone in this life. In order to let you worship under Mr. Qin, I begged Mr. Qin. I didn't expect that you would not want to learn from Mr. Qin, but you would follow Ada and Ku What kind of peerless swordsmanship do Toutuo and the others learn. You girl, you want to piss me off!"

In the eyes of King Ruyang, the two elders Xuanming and the others are nothing but warriors who only have to be ordered to do so.Compared with Qin Zhiyong, it is equivalent to the gap between a little ghost and a sage Bodhisattva.

Instead of learning from Qin Zhiyong, a sage Bodhisattva, Zhao Min got along with the little ghosts instead.

King Ruyang learned that Zhao Min no longer learned swords from Lingshuang, and almost fainted from anger.Zhao Min has been smart since she was a child, like a little adult, who would have thought that she would do such a foolish thing.

If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of your eyes.In the future, there will be times when she regrets it.

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