Cinderella: The Legend of Yunhua

When we got out of the bottom of the valley, we gradually saw pedestrians, all of them hurrying to the top of the mountain.Both men and women, mostly men.That's right, Baguio once said that most of the monks are men, and it's not uncommon for women to be excluded. If they want to stand out among the big sects, all women have a firm heart and extraordinary aptitude.

When Lian Que arrived at the lecture hall, the lecture hall was solemn and solemn, ten feet high and a thousand feet square, and the roof depicted all kinds of Da Luo Jinxian's sudden enlightenment.In the center of the altar stands a solemn and solemn golden statue of Guangchengzi about three feet high. Some melons and fruits are enshrined in front of the altar, and hundreds of cattail mats are placed under the altar.Lian Que chose a corner to sit down.Elder Yang hadn't come out yet, and there were many disciples scattered in the lobby.

Not long after all the cattail mats were filled, Elder Yang appeared.

Everyone stood up and bowed, and sat down after the ceremony, and everything was quiet.

Elder Yang slowly said, "One day, the Yellow Emperor made an appointment with Guang Chengzi, saying: 'Dare to ask the essentials of the Tao. Is it enough to talk about the Tao?" The Yellow Emperor retreated and lived for three months, went to see him, walked forward on his knees, and worshiped again, asking about the way to cure the body. Guangchengzi replied: "The essence of the Tao is deep and dark; the spirit of the Tao Extreme, faint and silent. Ignore seeing and hearing, embrace the spirit to be quiet, and the form will be self-righteous. It must be clean and clear. If there is no labor form, no shaking, you will be fine, and you can live forever. Be careful inside and close the outside, too much knowledge is defeated. I Keeping the one, keeping it in harmony, so it is thousands of years old, but the shape has not declined. Those who gain my way will be the emperor at the top, and those who lose my way will be the earth at the bottom. I will go to you, enter the gate of infinity, and swim in the infinite In the wild of the sun and the moon, with the light of the sun and the moon, and with the heaven and the earth. People will die. I will survive alone.'”

His Highness was silent, and the disciples were all listening quietly. Elder Yang paused for a moment, and said, "As Guang Chengzi said, the Tao is subtle, but the mind is unpredictable, so it is deep and profound, and the silence is never ending. This is the essence of Tao." The high and deep state is actually the miraculous appearance of emptiness. If our generation of cultivators want to reach this state, they must always be able to see and hear without seeing outside, keep their spirits, and the environment cannot be chaotic.

Elder Yang glanced at the crowd with deep eyes, and then said, "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. It is this one that cultivates the Tao. The sky can be cleared by the one, the earth can be calmed by the one, and the spirit can be calmed by the one." If you get this "one", you will be able to get out of reincarnation, prove the way of heaven, and open up wisdom. If you lose this "one", you will fall into the five reincarnations, accompanied by all kinds of troubles and ignorance. Eighty-four thousand kinds Troubles come one after another because of the loss of this 'one'."

"Why would there be such endless troubles after losing 'one'? Elder Yang, please show me." A male disciple stood up and asked humbly.

Elder Yang stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Because of the loss of 'one', you will go to the second, to the third... to the ten, and from ten to ten, there will be endless, millions of kinds Troubles come one after another, disturbing the mind.”

Another person asked, "If this 'one' is lost, how can it be regained."

Elder Yang slowly replied, "If it is lost, it is not easy to find it again, it is like being overwhelmed with water. Therefore, what we talk about is to keep the body and keep the "one". There is no extreme Tao, no outside and inside, no outside and inside, no yin and yang. This "one" is the truth of the Tao, which is mysterious and mysterious. You need to have no desire to see its beauty, and you can't prove it with delusions and attachments. Therefore, you need to get rid of all desires to be able to See all the wonders of "one". This requires you to be as modest as a valley, and to be pure and free from desires in the world. What I practice in my school is the method of no desires, to get rid of desires. Thousands of desires in this world are all caused by the word "greed". From the beginning, dissatisfaction was gradually caused by greed, and they turned to begging for more, which became thousands of evil desires in this world. The first thing to quit the desire is the word "greed", which is all caused by a momentary obsession. Everyone needs to always remember .”

All the disciples nodded and made a note in their hearts.

Then it talked about Yin Yang and Five Elements.The five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are the foundations of the universe. The gold of the five elements is called Congge, which is mainly tough and solid, and it is in the west; the wood of the five elements is called straight, and it is in charge of hair growth. Liu, located in the north, the fire of the five elements, is called Yanshang, which governs heat energy, and resides in the south, the soil of the five elements, called Jiaseong, which governs pregnancy and nourishment, and is in the middle.Yin and yang are combined in the five elements, just like wood can be divided into yang wood and yin wood, water can be divided into yang water and yin water, that's all.

Yin and Yang produce and restrain each other.Water gives birth to wood, wood gives birth to fire, fire gives birth to earth, earth gives birth to metal, and metal gives birth to water.Yin is quiet and Yang is moving, and Yin breathes and Yang is born; the judgment of heaven and earth is based on the division of clear and turbid air into heaven and earth, and the intersection of yin and yang transforms all things.To yang is dry, to yin is kun, and the cycle goes on and on.The Golden Crow in the air is the sun, the power of the sun and even the power of yang, domineering and powerful, the moon is the yin, the power of yin and even the power of yin, soft and calm, these two are the most pure power in the world.

Finally, it talked about various problems in cultivation. Some disciples would also raise some questions. Everyone had a test with each other, and they all had a lot of experience. It didn't end until noon.Elder Yang stood up and said that he would come here to give a lecture in half a month, then turned and left.

Lian Que listened to every word, and benefited a lot, and his heart was full of thoughts that needed to be resolved.He had heard many scriptures of Daoism taught by Baguio at Qinglian Peak before, and they all confirmed each other, and he also had some unique insights of his own, which need to be verified one by one in the future.

As Elder Yang said, the journey to immortality is long, and one needs to endure loneliness and search up and down.Lian Que thought in his heart that his father also said that this is so wonderful, you can't speak nonsense, you can't argue, you have to meditate and understand.This is to embrace the original and keep the one, there is nothing to embrace, and there is nothing to defend. Only then is the true embrace, and only then is the true defense.If there is still something to embrace and keep, it must be attached to the heart, and it is acquired, not innate.Since it is not innate, it is far from the state that Elder Yang said that only by having no desire can one see its true beauty.It seems that I have to practice to get rid of desires, and doing things without desires is the right way.It's just why this obsession arises, and how to get rid of the desire to keep the true one, he is really confused, and he can't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.

It's just that he doesn't know that at this time, his youthful heart is naturally very pure.Those who guard the Tao are the true and pure self, but ordinary people lose their true nature and lose their true nature after wandering in the vast world for too long, and it is so difficult to keep it. He is still too young, how can he understand it?

Back in the courtyard where he lived alone, Lian Que crossed his legs and adjusted his breath, and quickly settled down.The spiritual energy circulated in the body for 36 small cycles, and he woke up from the trance.Looking at the setting sun in the sky outside the window, it was already evening.He felt hungry and wanted to go out and get something to eat.

It needs to be known that ordinary monks who have attained the Golden Core stage can absorb wind and drink dew, directly absorb the essence of heaven and earth, without eating to satisfy their hunger, this is called bigu.In order to take care of little monks like them who are worthy of refining Qi or building foundations, meals are prepared in the door.There is a dining hall for eating on the mountainside.It's just that most of the disciples are used to hard work, and it was Elder Xiangyang who asked for some bigu pills to clean up in the house.

Lian Que hadn't taken Bigu Dan yet, so he planned to go to the dining hall to eat something.When we came to the mountainside, there were gradually more pedestrians on the road, and there were also many disciples like him who were looking for something to eat in the cafeteria, walking together in twos and threes.He walked into the house and immediately smelled the delicious food.Without further ado, he scooped up a spoonful when he found the bowl and ladle, sat on a small table and ate happily.

At this time, a female disciple walked towards him.This girl was about fifty or sixty years old, and she wore a square bun like a man, with an ebony hairpin stuck in her head.She has a pair of big almond eyes, watery, and looks very clever, her two eyebrows are like black ink, with a man's handsomeness, her nose is high, her thin lips are light, not as bright as ordinary women.Her face was small and delicate, but with clear lines, exuding a heroic temperament, like a heroine.She walked with the wind, holding up her robes and sleeves fluttering, and she didn't have the rings and jade pendants of ordinary women on her body. She was bold and capable, and she was very different from others.

"I'm Zhu Zhiling. I saw you this morning. Are you new here?" She spoke in a sharp and crisp voice.

"I just arrived yesterday, and my name is Lian Que." Lian Que had a good impression of this woman's coy appearance, and he compared her with Baguio in his heart, but felt that although she was less Baguio My aunt has a calm and peaceful temperament, but her appearance is beautiful.

"I see that you are the one who cultivated Qi into your body. You must have exceptional aptitude to get in." The woman tapped her fingers on the table, and tilted her head to look at the boy in front of her.

"I don't know that."

"Entering here, even though you are only an outside disciple, it is a bit more difficult than those inner disciples of second- and third-rate sects. The selection test can be said to be three passes and six generals. It not only tests personal practice, but also If you want to test your xinxing, you will be eliminated if you don’t pass one of them. Most of the people who come here think highly of themselves and give up the inner disciples of other sects to come here to become outer disciples. At that time, you will be at the top of the mountain, and you will see all the small mountains at a glance." Zhu Zhiling said.

Lian Que didn't know that Bi Yao had saved so many twists and turns in bringing him here, so he secretly made up his mind that he must behave well and not spoil Aunt Bi Yao's face.

The woman only saw the boy in front of him with firm eyes and encouraged him secretly, so she knew what he was thinking. "My residence is not far from you. We will come and go together together in the future. If we have any problems, we can test each other's schools."

Lian Que felt that the woman's words were generous and crisp, so he nodded.

After eating, the two left the dining hall and walked into the valley.

If not, Zhu Zhiling lived about a mile away from him above.

"Come and sit in my room?" Zhu Zhiling sincerely invited.

"Okay." Lian Que followed her into the courtyard.There is another room in the courtyard. The owner of the room came out when he saw someone pushing the door.This woman is older, about eighteen years old, with a graceful figure and a beautiful appearance, with an oval face, light eyebrows, beautiful eyes, bright red lips, white teeth, and two shallow dimples when she smiles.She saw Li and said, "My name is Guan Tianyun."

After introducing each other, she went inside the house.

Lian Que accompanied Zhu Zhiling to her place, and Zhu Zhiling said, "Sister Tianyun is the niece of the elder of the deacon hall in the gate. Her mother died young, and her father was originally a real person of Yufumen. The demon cultivator unfortunately died in a fight. Elder Guan thought that he was lonely and helpless, so he recruited him to be closely guarded by the sect. Just because the sect accepts inner disciples must pass the inner sect competition, and they are not allowed to enter the inner sect directly for any reason, so they are still in the outer sect Waiting for the opportunity. She has a profound cultivation base and is already in the late stage of Qi refining. Once the foundation is established, there must be Elder Guan's advice, and she will definitely be able to find a good master to enter the inner sect." There was a hint of envy between the words.

Lian Que didn't know where to start, so he just listened silently.

"Don't be discouraged. Cultivating the Tao is nothing more than fighting with others and heaven. Don't take it to heart. It's up to people. If you want to enter the door, you still have to look at yourself. Sister Tianyun is also very hardworking." Zhu Zhiling practiced hard. Que's shoulders were patted a few times, very bold.

Lian Que was moved by Zhu Zhiling's boldness, and also laughed.

Then the two talked about their past. Lian Que learned that Zhu Zhiling was the concubine of a small cultivator family in the Northern Territory. She was a three-spirit root and was not valued. She was squeezed out by her sisters and brothers at home. Finding an opportunity, he left home and came to Shangqingmen to participate in the selection of the outer sect.She has been here for two years and is now in the middle stage of Qi refining.Lian Que also talked about his father and Aunt Bi Yao, and told Zhu Zhi Ling about Qinglian Peak's past.When Zhu Zhiling heard about Master Qinglian, she thought about it for a long time. This is the direction she is working hard for. She said that she will find opportunities in the future, and hopes that Lian Que can introduce herself to this Master Qinglian.

The two talked for a while, and they didn't leave until the moon was gone.