Chapter 21 Ask a moment

Old man Lu Qingchen smiled and asked, "Then what do you want to know?"

After Ning Que thought carefully for a long time, he said, "I want to know... what is cultivation."

Lu Qingchen smiled and said, "You are really greedy."

There was no trace of embarrassment on Ning Que's face as he said, "So...can you tell me how many realms there are in cultivation and what different abilities different realms have?"

"It's still a choice beyond my expectation." Old man Lu Qingchen said with a smile: "You must know that although ordinary people in the world are not very clear about these things, they are not secrets after all."

"It's not a secret, but it's still a secret." Ning Que smiled and replied, "I will keep it for you."

"Okay." Old man Lu Qingchen laughed out loud, and after thinking for a while he asked, "Do you know Haotian Dao?"

Ning Que watched this Haotian Dao man walking through the south gate and nodded.

"I was born in the south gate of Haotian Dao, and I was ordered to travel around the world. The world often calls us walking under the sect. So since you want to know something related to cultivation, then I will start with Haotian Dao."

"Haotian Dao worships Haotian, which is the only main way to practice in the world. Because Haotian shines on the world, all things in the world can breathe with it. This breath is the breath or vitality of heaven and earth that I talked about last night, so Haotian is the center of everything. beginning."

"Human beings are one of the genus of all things. They live in ignorance and travel between heaven and earth. Occasionally, they receive enlightenment from Haotian. Only then do they understand the principles of nature. Therefore, they use their thoughts to control the vitality of heaven and earth and perform all kinds of mysterious things. This is practice."

"The road to spiritual practice is long, complicated and arduous, and the most important test is your will. And this road is divided into five sections, which are the five realms you mentioned."

"The first state is called the first awareness. It refers to the practitioner's mind released from the sea of ​​​​qi and the snowy mountains, and the existence of the breath of heaven and earth is clearly understood."

"The second realm is called perception. At this stage, practitioners can touch the vitality flowing and floating between heaven and earth, and can live in harmony with it, and even have some sensory communication and contact."

"The third state is called non-confusion. It means that the practitioner has been able to initially understand the laws of the flow of vitality between heaven and earth and utilize them. The so-called sword master and talisman master in the world refers to this category."

"The fourth realm is called Dongxuan. Practitioners who have entered this realm have been able to integrate their consciousness with the vitality of heaven and earth. For the practitioner, it means that he can directly attack the enemy through his own consciousness. In this realm If you stay immersed in it for a long time, you may be able to do some particularly mysterious tricks."

"Young man, you don't have to look at me like this. I have indeed entered the realm of the cave. It's a pity that I reluctantly stepped forward with my right foot when I got old. Now my oil is about to run out and my lamp is about to run out. I probably won't be able to do anything in this life." I hope the back foot is also dragged through the door, otherwise... why bother to kill a great swordsman that night. "

The light of the oil lamp in the carriage was dim, and it seemed that there was really a lack of oil. The old man Lu Qingchen said with a smile, and then looked down at his left foot, lamenting that time flies by quickly and time never waits.

"The fifth state is called knowing one's fate."

"The so-called knowledge of destiny means knowing destiny."

"Practitioners who have entered this realm no longer only understand the rules of the flow of heaven and earth's vitality on the surface, but essentially master the rules of the movement of heaven and earth's vitality, understand the connection between Haotian and all things in nature, and understand the world clearly. The origin. Only those who have entered this realm can be regarded as truly enlightened."

Ning Que listened to these things with great interest. When he realized that the old gentleman had finished speaking, he quickly raised his hand and asked, "Sir, is there a higher realm above the five realms?"

"Why do you think so?" Lu Qingchen looked at him with interest.

He replied: "If spiritual practice is really a long road, then this road must have no end. In fact, there is no real impassable road in this world, so I think there must be some higher realm."

"You're a young man who can't even reach the first level. Unexpectedly, you're not depressed, but you're even more interested."

Listening to the old gentleman's laughter and scolding, Ning Que smiled even more innocently and said, "Just think I'm studious."

"I have never seen a man in the world who is as eager to learn as he is lustful." Lu Qingchen said with a smile.

Ning Que silently praised this sentence in his heart, then spread his hands and corrected: "That's not studious, it's curiosity."

Lu Qingchen pondered for a long time, raised his head and looked at him, and said slowly: "It is said that there are many mysterious realms beyond knowing fate, but there are only two that have actually appeared in the classics, one is apocalypse, and the other is infinity. distance."

"The so-called apocalypse means that practitioners can directly listen to Haotian's revelations, worship Taoist magic with piety, and temporarily borrow the light of Haotian's power in the realm of nothingness. Haotian shines on the world, even if it is a ray of power and light. , you can imagine what a great realm and power it is when it is placed in a practitioner."

Ning Que thought about a certain great magical power in the world. His white clothes were fluttering and he knelt down to the sky. The clouds cleared and the mist dispersed, and a beam of light fell down. With a wave of his hand, the clouds rolled in and the mountains shook. He couldn't help but feel shaken and couldn't calm down. His voice became slightly hoarse for some reason.

"No distance...what kind of state is it?"

"The classics only record that such a state has appeared in the human world, but there is no specific description. There is only one sentence from Liao Liao to describe it: Follow your heart's desires without any distance."

Old man Lu Qingchen frowned slightly, but his face was calm and peaceful, and he said leisurely: "Based on my guess, in the so-called non-distance realm, those saints can reach thousands of miles away with their thoughts... How magnificent this must be."

Follow your heart's desires without any distance... Ning Que was deeply moved by these seven words, but was it no distance or no rules?

Vaguely, he seemed to capture a certain brazen temperament hidden in these two words. He did not feel grand as leisurely as the old man did, but he felt extremely free and unencumbered.

"About Wuju... maybe there will be more records in the academy."

The old man Lu Qingchen looked at the young boy's lost face and said with emotion: "The great practitioners who can enter these two realms must be saints. Although the ancient proverb says that saints have descended for thousands of years, there have been no saints in the world for countless years, so these …It's just myths and legends, just listen to them, it's useless to dwell on them."

Ning Que leaned over and bowed again to show that he was taught.

The old man smiled and said: "I thought you would ask who are the famous great practitioners and famous outsiders in the world today. It seems that young men should be more interested in these things, but I didn't expect you to ask these questions. "

Ning Que put his hands on his knees and raised his head after being silent for a long time. He looked at the old man and replied seriously: "Knowing those strongest people in the world means nothing to me now. They are heroes flying high in the sky." Eagle, I am just an ant crawling hard on the ground. They don't see me in their eyes, so I don't have to see them in my eyes."

"Then why...you ask about these basics of practice?" The old man looked at him with a strange expression.

Ning Que replied seriously: "Those great practitioners will not appear in my life at least in a short period of time. However, when entering Chang'an, I will most likely meet some relatively ordinary practitioners, such as the scholar in blue shirt." If I can't practice as a great swordsman myself, I have to understand what practice is and how they fight..."

"What is your purpose?" The old man's eyebrows slowly raised, seeming to be extremely interested in his answer.

Ning Que lowered his head and smiled, then raised his head and responded calmly: "If one day in the future, I am forced to fight against practitioners, the things you taught me today will be of great help to me in defeating them."

"An ordinary person fights against practitioners who can mobilize the vitality of heaven and earth? And you want to defeat them?"

The old man stared into Ning Que's eyes and murmured repeated questions. Suddenly his eyebrows trembled, and a burst of joyous laughter burst out from his thin body: "Hahahahaha!"

The laughter gradually stopped. The old man looked at Ning Que, who was gradually showing embarrassment, and said with a smile, "It's very heroic, I like it."