Confucian Cultivator Under One Person

Du Xiaozhai said angrily: "Do you remember that valley? That Wu Gensheng just glanced at me from the past, and today there is another person who looks directly at me."

Fu Yuan was surprised and asked, "Didn't you say it was an illusion?"

Du Xiaozhai rolled his eyes at him and said, "The past cannot be changed; it has become a fixed fact. Thanks to these eyes, I can see the fixed past, but in the eyes of people in the past, we are the future.

There are too many possibilities in the future. I can't see through the future at all, and naturally I can't understand why Wu Gensheng can see me... If I can't understand it, then there is no need to think deeply about it. Don't think about it and just treat it as an illusion.

But just now, that clear and real eye contact, I really can't explain it as an illusion."

Fu Yuan was amused and said, "You are quite good at adjusting your mindset."

Du Xiaozhai said proudly: "Life is not involuted, and the spirit is not exhausted. Only in this way can life be relaxed. Otherwise, based on what I have seen, my brain and spirit simply cannot bear it!"

Fu Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Just now, did you feel any different from the time with Wu Gensheng?"

Du Xiaozhai raised his eyebrows: "You also feel the difference? If you want to say the difference, Wu Gensheng was 'looking' that time, this time it's 'observing'."

Fu Yuan frowned and said, "What's the difference between watching and observing?"

Du Xiaozhai pondered and explained with difficulty: "How should I put it? I saw you, and then I might walk away, or I might say hello to you, or I might walk right up to you... There are countless possibilities, all determined by my subjective consciousness.

But “observation” is “observation”, just “observation”, without any subsequent actions, without any subjective consciousness control…”

Fu Yuan understood, thought about it, and said, "I remember that one of the Eight Wonders is called 'Daluo Cave Observation'."

Du Xiaozhai was stunned: "You mean, someone is staring at me with the "Daluo Cave Observation"?"

Fu Yuan pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I don't understand. This is beyond comprehension."

Du Xiaozhai said "Oh" and asked, "What were you thinking about just now?"

"Think of another joke."

"What joke?"

“Don’t argue with a fool, because he will drag your intelligence down to his level, and then, with his vast experience, defeat you.”

Du Xiaozhai looked bewildered: "How did you come up with this?"

Fu Yuan raised his head, looked at the sky, and said, "Let me think about it again. If there really is an existence that we cannot understand, then can we pull it down to the same level as us? Wouldn't that make it understandable?"

Du Xiaozhai was stunned for a moment, blinking: "Shouldn't it be you who should transcend and turn yourself into an incomprehensible existence?"

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "That's what Taoists do. I'm a Confucian, so I make the rules, not someone else's rules."

Du Xiaozhai thought for a moment and said two words: "Let nature take its course, and man will conquer nature."

Fu Yuan nodded.

Du Xiaozhai tilted his head, looked at him, and asked, "But you can't even understand it?"

“Just because you don’t understand doesn’t mean you can’t do it.”

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "It's funny, there are thousands of planes in the sky, and even the planet below us has become a village, but humans still can't understand why planes can fly."

Du Xiaozhai wondered, "Isn't it because of airflow? What about Bernoulli's principle?"

"That's just discovering a phenomenon and using it... Let's change the question. Why does gravity exist? Or why is there universal gravitation between objects?"

"Uh..." Du Xiaozhai couldn't answer and looked at Fu Yuan.

Fu Yuan spread his hands and said, "I don't know either, but I do know that understanding and application are two different things. The ancients invented gunpowder, but could they understand the principles behind it?"

"Okay." Du Xiaozhai gave up asking and said, "Have you come up with a solution?"

Fu Yuan looked up at the sky, was silent for a long time, and said, "I have a clue, let's try it later."

Du Xiaozhai was about to ask again when there was a sudden commotion from the crowd.

The two looked over and saw Zhang Chulan standing on a platform, his hands on his trouser buttons, and said drunkenly, "You, really want to see? Then I... I'll let you open your eyes today!"

As he said that, he pulled down the zipper of his pants.

The crowd screamed.

"Puff——" Du Xiaozhai spat out a mouthful of beer.

Fu Yuan was also amused. He simply put his thoughts aside, leaned back, and said happily: "Only when he's drunk can his true nature be seen. He abandons his integrity. No wonder Zhang Chulan's aptitude for cultivation is so high!"

Perhaps because he had been hiding for too long, Zhang Chulan had actually been living in his own inner world. With the help of alcohol, once he cast aside the shackles in his heart, what emerged was his true self.

Du Xiaozhai's eyes wandered, not daring to look closely, and said, "I only know that this is called social death!"

"This isn't over yet."

On the other side of the crowd, Zhang Chulan was naked, his tongue sticking out: "Wait until I light up the golden light, and let you take a good look... The Mysterious Sect of Heaven and Earth, the root of all things..."

The golden light is dazzling and every detail is visible!

Du Xiaozhai covered his eyes directly.

Fu Yuan laughed out loud, lay on the ground, and began to reflect on himself.

Confucians like to preach and make long speeches. They are not only speaking to others but also for self-realization, a process of enlightening the mind.

At this moment, Fu Yuan reflected on his actions of the day and his previous speech. His mind became more resolute and his noble intention became clearer and more thorough.

Human beings dominate the world. The so-called chaos in the world is man-made. If there were no humans, all things in the world would be harmonious and natural.

Man is the master, but also the source of disaster.

When the world is in chaos, the world needs order. Countless people make up the world, so these countless people need order.

This is the meaning of the existence of "ritual".

If everyone keeps "virtue, faith and sincerity" in their hearts and cultivates themselves, and never forgets them, there will be a response and a sense of righteousness.

Get the energy, and control it with your mind, and it will be the great energy!

A righteous heart, an upright body, and a sincere intention are the root of righteousness!

Therefore, for Confucianism, Qi is not important, the most important thing is "intention"!

The bigger and stronger your intention is, the more solid and vast your spirit will be!

In Fu Yuan's heart, a sense of righteousness gradually condensed into a ceremonial sword, surging in his mind. It looked solid and simple, but contained a murderous intent.

Fu Yuan, lying on the ground, placed his hand on the Liuyun Sword at his waist.

"Buzzing—"

The sword was in the sheath, but it made soft humming sounds. It was trembling and was half out of the sheath. But just this half-step out of the sheath, it released a magnificent murderous aura!

Du Xiaozhai was so frightened that tiny bumps appeared on his delicate skin. Turning his head, he saw Fu Yuan with his eyes closed, as if he was half asleep.

The Liuyun Sword in his hand turned into a ceremonial sword!

Du Xiaozhai seemed to understand something, and quietly retreated, watching from a distance, and preventing others from disturbing him.

With the sword nourished by the righteous spirit, Fu Yuanfu gained a spiritual understanding of the transformation of things.

The noble spirit suddenly rose from the sword, reflecting the noble spirit in Fu Yuan's heart.

So Fu Yuan learned how to control objects and used his Haoran Will to control the Haoran Sword.

The sword trembled more and more violently.

Fu Yuan could feel that as long as he thought about it, the sword would be unsheathed and he could take someone's life in an instant.

Fu Yuan let out a long breath, opened his eyes, suppressed the Haoran spirit in his heart, and calmed the Haoran sword in his hand. The sword stopped shaking and returned to calm.

Du Xiaozhai then approached and asked, "What happened?"

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "A gentleman hides his abilities, which gives him more confidence."

"What are you confident enough to do?"

Fu Yuan raised his hand and made a vague grab towards the sky: "The confidence to pull Him down!"

Chapter 71: On the Dharma King

The next morning, Fu Yuan was awakened by a burst of fighting noise.

Zhang Chulan finally realized the embarrassing thing he had done last night, and asked with a hopeful look, "No one is taking pictures, right?"

Finally, Zang Long said, "There is no... video!"

This made Zhang Chulan angry and embarrassed, so he chased Zang Long and beat him up the tree.

It was this fight that woke Fu Yuan up. He opened his eyes and sat up. Du Xiaozhai, who was standing beside him, brought him some mineral water and said, "Just wash up. The competition is about to start."

Fu Yuan rubbed his forehead, exhaled, and said, "It seems like I drank a lot of wine last night."

Du Xiaozhai smiled and said, "Never had it before?"

Fu Yuan thought about it and nodded: "Well, this body has never been baptized by alcohol."

Of course I had drunk it in my previous life, but this was the first time I drank alcohol in this life.

At this moment, Zang Long from the tree shouted, "I say, you'd better hurry to the gate. The next match schedule seems to be out."

……

"Fu Yuan VS Wang Ye".

Looking at his opponent in the battle, Fu Yuan's expression was a little complicated. Looking further, he found that Wang Ye's original opponent Zhuge Qing was arranged to the next game.

No matter who wins between him and Wang Ye, the next opponent should be Zhuge Qing.

A word came to Fu Yuan’s mind: cunning and treacherous!

Du Xiaozhai said from the side, "Wang Ye? He's said to be a Wudang disciple. He wasn't well-known before, but in the first two matches, his Tai Chi power was ever-changing... But there's something wrong with this guy!"

Fu Yuan said with a smile: "What's wrong?"

Du Xiaozhai was a little distressed and said, "I see too many and too mixed things in him. I can't tell what they are."

Fu Yuan said: "You'll know when you get on stage."

The first match is between Zhang Chulan and Tang Wenlong of Tang Clan.

The match ended in a flash. There was a flash of lightning in the field, and Tang Wenlong fell to the ground with his body charred, which made the audience silent.

There was total silence.

It was really that Zhang Chulan was too unexpected. In the first two games, he had overshadowed the reputation, but now he suddenly broke out, giving people a feeling of "making a big splash".