Confucian Cultivator Under One Person

Fu Yuan frowned, somewhat confused.

The passerby continued, "And what I just called out to you is also a spiritual technique. In ancient times, weren't there often people whose souls left their bodies and wandered into the underworld? This spiritual technique has a resounding name: the Art of the Lord of Hell's Soul Summoning."

Fu Yuan asked curiously, "Isn't it a soul-snatching trick?"

"Soul summoning and soul calling are both spiritual methods that act on spirits."

The pedestrian glanced at him and said, "You've been deified before, and you also said that deification requires your heartfelt approval, which is also a spiritual method."

Fu Yuan seemed to be thinking about something.

"Ding--"

The elevator opened, and the pedestrian stopped and said to Fu Yuan: "Spiritual method, belief is the most important!"

belief?

Fu Yuan thought about it and walked out of the elevator.

What caught his eye was a rooftop. Only then did Fu Yuan realize that there was a starry sky above his head. The stars were bright and clear. In his memory, it seemed that only the village where he grew up had such a clear starry sky.

There was a lounge chair in the middle of the rooftop, and a woman wearing sunglasses was lying on it. At this moment, she turned her head, pulled down her sunglasses, and looked at Fu Yuan.

Behind the sunglasses are a pair of purple eyes with stars shining in them, like a purple starry sky.

"Hello Fu Yuan, I'm An Lingling."

Chapter 107 Aura

When Fu Yuan saw An Lingling, the first thing he noticed was not her appearance or figure, nor her purple eyes, but her sunglasses.

How can you observe the stars in the middle of the night with sunglasses on?

An Lingling sat up, took off her sunglasses, and said, "Don't laugh at me. The starlight is too dazzling. I can only wear sunglasses."

Only then did Fu Yuan notice that An Lingling was wearing a dress suitable for an ancient lady, but her calves under the skirt were wrapped in black stockings, and a pair of high heels were tilted under the recliner.

Moreover, An Lingling's exposed skin is white and delicate, even softer and cleaner than a baby's skin.

Even just by looking at it, it's as if you can smell the breath of nature... so pure that it doesn't seem human.

Although her hair was tied at the back of her head, it hung down as if it was too smooth to be tied up. Her loose hair danced lightly in the wind, and was even smoother than the hair in shampoo advertisements.

Untainted by dust? Untouched by the mundane world? Otherworldly?

It's like a carefree baby growing up in a dust-free house, who can be admired from a distance but not played with.

Fu Yuan felt strange inside and said, "The starlight is so bright? What about during the day?"

An Lingling said, "Of course I sleep during the day... But in my spiritual world, there is no daytime!"

Fu Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively, "Heavenly Eye?"

Du Xiaozhai had a pair of "wise eyes" and specially introduced the "heavenly eyes" at that time, and Fu Yuan always remembered it.

An Lingling said happily, "You also know about the Heavenly Eye? That's right, these eyes of mine can not only see thousands of miles away, but also see the smallest details. Do you know why I summoned your soul here instead of communicating with you face to face in reality?"

Fu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Are you a germaphobe?"

An Lingling looked at Fu Yuan in surprise: "You are so smart! My eyes can see even the smallest details of a person's pores. In my eyes, most people are just a bunch of dirty dirt. It makes me sick to my stomach and I can't even eat."

Fu Yuan wisely did not continue on this topic, but walked over and said, "Tell me about faith."

An Lingling asked, "Do you believe that ghosts exist in this world?"

Fu Yuan subconsciously recalled the scene when he was conferred the gods, as well as the ghost town he had visited before. As soon as these thoughts came to mind, the sky suddenly became inexplicably dark.

Looking up, I saw countless ghostly shadows floating around under the clear starry sky, so dense that they even blocked out the starry sky.

An Lingling chuckled: "It seems that you believe it. This is the power of faith!"

Fu Yuan frowned and muttered to himself, "If you don't speak, it will be strange and supernatural!"

As soon as he spoke, the ghost above his head disappeared instantly, and the starry sky became clear again.

An Lingling smiled and said, "The power of belief is that simple. If you believe, it exists. If you don't believe, it doesn't exist!"

Seeing Fu Yuan pondering, An Lingling continued, "Take Qi training as an example. The prerequisite for perceiving the innate Qi is believing in its existence. Without this belief, it is impossible to perceive it... You should have the deepest understanding of this point yourself."

Fu Yuan nodded and said, "But there must be a prerequisite."

An Lingling gave him a thumbs-up and praised, "Your understanding is very high! Whether you are cultivating Qi, refining the Golden Elixir, refining the Primordial Spirit, or you cultivating your mind, or I cultivating my spirit, the ultimate goal is to understand the mind and see the nature, to "enlighten the spirit"!

The reverse is also true. A strong soul naturally makes it easier to "enlighten," have more faith, and more easily embark on the path of cultivation, and more easily perceive the innate Qi... Therefore, the alien world judges Qi training aptitude by the speed of perceiving the innate Qi, and the same applies to everything else."

Fu Yuan was thoughtful for a moment, then asked, "If I want to practice the Dharma, I must use the righteousness as a medium. Pure 'intention' will not work.

What about your spiritual law? Spirit, how do you practice law?"

An Lingling's eyes widened, her pair of purple, star-like eyes revealing surprise: "You... you start by asking about the key to someone else's cultivation. Aren't you too ignorant?"

Fu Yuan asked curiously, "Can't tell?"

"Not really..." An Lingling was a little discouraged. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Never mind. It doesn't hurt to tell you. Everything has a spirit. You know that, right?"

Fu Yuan nodded: "Of course."

An Lingling reclined back on the recliner, put on her sunglasses, and looked at the starry sky above. She said, "God knows everything, and it exists in man... According to Western evolutionary theory, humans evolved from monkeys. Do monkeys have 'gods'?"

Fu Yuan seemed to have caught what she was about to say and said, "It's impossible to confirm whether humans evolved from monkeys or not, right?"

An Lingling waved her hand and said, "No matter whether it's true or not, before ancient times, humans were the same as all other things in the world. They had spirits but no gods."

"Where did that man's 'God' come from?" Fu Yuan had just opened his mouth to ask this question when he suddenly realized it.

He asked a nonsense question.

An Lingling chuckled, "Nature follows the Tao. Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature, layer by layer... Heaven and earth are formed from primordial energy. Man follows heaven and earth, so naturally he can also follow the Tao to create a primordial spirit."

In ancient times, humans were no different from other creatures and were just one of the living beings.

Later, people learned to seek the law from heaven and earth, and to follow the laws of heaven and earth, thus beginning the unity of heaven and man. In this way, people were able to produce their primordial spirits, become superior to all living beings, and become one of the four greats along with "heaven", "earth" and "Tao".

The Tao is great, the earth is great, the sky is great, and the king is also great...that is, the human king. Passed down from generation to generation, humans have gods.

With the existence of God, all kinds of "desires" began to arise, and people began to set up all kinds of "falsehoods" artificially, which cut off the connection between the earth and the sky, and people could no longer be one with the heaven and the earth.

That is why we need to practice cultivation, to "enlighten our spirits", and to continue to follow the laws of heaven and earth.

Fu Yuan was puzzled and asked, "Then what? Where is the medium of spiritual power?"

An Lingling spread her hands and said, "Didn't I say before that all things have spirits, and spirits are controlled by spirits. The medium of spiritual power is faith!

The purer and more powerful the belief, the more spiritual methods that can be used, and the more powerful the spiritual methods are... When the beliefs of countless people are condensed into a group, the power of such spiritual methods is no different from that of God."

Fu Yuan began to understand: "In ancient times, people believed that there was a rain god when it rained, a wind god when it blew, and a thunder god when it thundered. The ancients' beliefs coalesced, and this is how the rain god, wind god, and thunder god came into being."

An Lingling nodded and said, "This young man is teachable! Therefore, even in the future, the deification must be carried out through faith, in order to demonstrate the power of the gods!"

"Belief..." Fu Yuan whispered, pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said: "No, you are lying to me!"

An Lingling asked strangely, "How did I lie to you?"

Fu Yuan pointed around and said, "Practice is a kind of behavior. What you cultivate is the spirit, and what you send out is faith. But if faith cannot be put into action, it is only "cultivation" without "action", and it is just faith... Faith cannot serve as a medium for practice!"

"Cuckoo..."

An Lingling suddenly burst into laughter, rolling around on the recliner. After a long while, she finally took a breath and said, "I didn't expect that I couldn't fool you... Well, the medium for spiritual cultivation is spiritual power."

Fu Yuan was stunned: "Spiritual power?"

An Lingling explained, "The power of faith is spiritual power. All things have spirits and faith. The faith of a blade of grass is to break through the soil, the faith of a tree is to grow taller, the faith of water is to flow lower, the faith of fire is to burn, and the faith of earth is to nurture...

All things have spirits, and the faith of all things gathers between heaven and earth, and when it merges with the Qi, it becomes spiritual energy!"

Fu Yuan frowned and said, "Sounds similar to the Tao? But with the rise of industry, industrial creations are gradually replacing the natural creation of heaven and earth... resulting in a thinning of spiritual energy?"

As he spoke, Fu Yuan looked at An Lingling, his tone filled with doubt and uncertainty: "So how did you cultivate to this level?"

Using one's own thoughts to transform all living beings, using one's own beliefs to form a world, and even being able to pull outsiders in, this state is simply unimaginable.

After Fu Yuan figured out the fundamentals of spiritual techniques, his first reaction was that in today's modern society, it was impossible to cultivate spiritual techniques to the level of An Lingling!

An Lingling pulled down her sunglasses again, her eyes blazing as she said, "Just because our world doesn't work doesn't mean other worlds won't work either!"

Fu Yuan: “…”

Chapter 108 God's Will, Spiritual Law

Another world?

Fu Yuan was silent.

Shocked? Yes, but more of a sense of “as expected” that the dust has settled.

Therefore, Fu Yuan’s mind was not too focused on the “other world”, but he suddenly thought of various cultivation styles and factions.

In spiritual practice, the emphasis is on seeking and the process, not the result!

It’s like solving a math problem. The result is the same, but the method, ideas, steps of solving the problem... these are where the fun lies!

In ancient times, there were cultivators who absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice and seize the fortune of heaven and earth... Those who consumed the spiritual energy became gods and lived long lives.

Cultivating the truth, cultivating immortals, cultivating the body, nourishing qi... the many factions of cultivation are essentially all for the purpose of "enlightening the spirit", but some factions go in a circle, first "enlightening the mind and seeing the nature", understanding the nature, and then enlightening the spirit.

Generally speaking, these can be summarized as Qigong practitioners.

As a Confucian cultivator, Fu Yuan should cultivate his will and will, so shouldn't he also cultivate the spirit of righteousness?

To calm the spirit and cultivate the spirit, one also needs to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. In order to seek the truth, one also needs to condense a breath of innate qi... It is equivalent to various ways of thinking about solving a problem.

Seeking the Tao is not about seeking results or goals, but about seeking the process!

"Why don't you speak?"

A small, white, tender hand waved before Fu Yuan's eyes. The fingers were slender, white and tender like jade, and the knuckles were almost invisible. "Are you scared silly?"

Fu Yuan shook his head and said, "No, think about something else."

An Lingling breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I told you, this little thing can't scare you. Besides, you were reincarnated from another world, right?"

Fu Yuan: “…”

Although his deepest secret was revealed, Fu Yuan himself was surprised by his reaction. He did not feel any fear, shock, or helplessness in his heart. Instead, he was unusually calm.