"I actually have a headache when I think about giving gifts to girls today. Gold, silver and jewelry are not difficult for me, but they are too vulgar. I can't come up with anything that can impress a person like you. I thought about it again and again. "Your Majesty invited me here, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you. I'll do my best when the time comes, which is better than any other gift." Shen Lian said with a slight smile.
"Young Master is a smart man, Fourteenth Mother, please don't embarrass him." The old voice still contained a smile.
Xin Shisi Niang rolled her eyes at Shen Lian, patted the branch of the old plum tree with one hand, and walked inside.
When Shen Lian entered, the lights were bright, and the first thing he saw was an old man. His figure was similar to that of Xin Shisi Niang, but he had the temperament of a well-educated scholar. His eyes showed a little bit of the vicissitudes of time, and they were more simple and unpretentious than Mr. Shen's eyes.
Anyone who has great wisdom has experienced strong winds and waves. Although they have not taken the initiative to cultivate their souls, they can still concentrate and stay calm.
The so-called "not getting angry when someone is added to someone without any reason" is like Mount Tai collapsing in front of him but his appearance does not change.
It means that one has cultivated one's moral character and cultivated one's nature to an extremely advanced level. Although he is not an immortal Buddha, he is still different from a practitioner.
This kind of determination cannot be achieved only by having a strong soul, but only by removing the acquired confusion and grasping the little bits of nature.
Although Shen Lian is indifferent, in terms of determination, he may not be as good as Mr. Shen, a figure who has been up and down for decades.
The old man didn't pretend to be serious, he nodded slightly and acted naturally, but it was heartbreaking for no reason and made people ignore his decaying body.
When Shen Lian was a student, he listened to many lectures by great scholars. Some old professors were like this. Even though they were eighty to ninety years old, they were still full of energy and their movements were inexplicably contagious. Even simple principles could always make people understand. Listening to it, I don’t feel bored.
Shen Lian cupped his hands slightly and said seriously: "My father-in-law is well."
"Although I asked you to come here from afar on a snowy night, although it is a bit sloppy, it is really just to test your courage. You are as harmonious as jade and as strong as jade. I have definitely found the wrong person."
The old man made a gesture to invite him to take a seat.
It was a cold winter night, and the old man and Shen Lian were already protected from the cold and heat, but they talked around the stove.
Xin Shisi Niang poured tea with bare hands. The tea soup was clear and transparent, but the waves rolled around, as if it was extremely hot.
Shen Lian didn't even look at it, and his mouth was dry. To prevent it from being too hot, he took half a mouthful of fluid in his mouth beforehand. Unexpectedly, the tea soup was just right in his mouth, mixed with fluid, and fell into his belly like a clear spring. , gave birth to a breath of hot air, soared upwards, and finally made his eyebrows feel faintly warm, but he felt indescribably comfortable.
"Master Shen, how come you are not afraid that the tea soup is poisonous?"
Xin Shisi Niang was on one side and asked.
"The methods that my father-in-law used on Ye Liuyun are really unpredictable. Even if I am prepared to take precautions, there is nothing I can do about it, so I might as well be honest." Shen Lian smiled in a low voice. After witnessing the old man's methods that day, Shen Lian knew that he and the other party were inseparable. The gap is almost impossible to calculate. No means can make up for this gap. It is better to make peace with it now.
"This is the Awakening Soul Soup. An old friend taught me in the past that although you have the skills to cultivate the spirit and your soul power is pure, it seems to be incompatible with the physical body. Therefore, even though you have practiced to the realm of out-of-body experience, you still feel If you don't have the true meaning of being helpless, you will inevitably fall into a dilemma." The old man said, but he saw Shen Lian thoroughly.
Shen Lian also knew that his practice of crossing the river by feeling the stones would cause problems sooner or later. He just said that he was careful and assumed that it was nothing serious, but he did not expect that he would still be able to avoid it.
The old man may be exaggerating, but he is definitely not threatening.
That day, when he recited the poem "I'm here in the ice and snow forest", although his soul was smooth for a moment, as if there were signs of breaking through the bottleneck, he suppressed it with his concentration, and he felt that he couldn't control his heart.
Although that poem suited his temperament quite well, it shouldn't have touched him that much.
This is the difficulty of cultivating the Tao, and practicing spirit is much more difficult than practicing qi. People's hearts are complicated, how can they be summed up in one sentence.
Shen Lian was not a born genius in cultivation. There was still some chance that he could get to where he is today.
Fortunately, his mind was calmer than the previous owner of his body, so he did not make an irreparable mistake.
"Please give me some advice from my father-in-law." Shen Lian was sincere. Those who are masters are teachers, and those who are eager to learn and seek solutions are the attitude of cultivation.
"Young master, you can call me by my name. Although I am much older than you, I am still on the way to seek enlightenment, so there is no need to be too formal. My family all have the surname Xin, and their names are chosen according to the ranking. The fourteenth mother is also because she is my fourteenth Daughter, that’s why I’m called Fourteenth Mother, but I’ve traveled in the human world before and followed the local customs, so I gave her a name, Xin Qubing, whose nickname is Shao’an.” Xin Qubing said softly with a gentle complexion.
"Then let's call him Mr. Shao'an. I wonder what you just said about being unable to have no thoughts. What is it?"
"This is also mentioned by others. I really can't elaborate on it. With your raw jade talents, you will definitely have the opportunity to enter the Immortal Sect in the future. The authentic Xuanmen is much better than the wild fox like me, and there is no one in the Immortal Sect. There must be a way to resolve the mismatch between your soul and body." Xin Qubing just smiled.
Shen Lian knew that he was indeed a dove occupying a magpie's nest. This was probably the reason for the so-called incompatibility between the soul and the body.
But the old man in front of him saw through it at a glance and said to himself that the wild fox must be the fox fairy who has been practicing for hundreds or thousands of years.
"Mr. Shao'an mentioned the Immortal Sect several times, but I don't know what the deep meaning is?" Shen Lian grasped the key point and knew that this must be the highlight of the day.
"Just like Jianghu people have sects to practice martial arts, they naturally have immortal sects. They are just outsider immortals who compete with heaven for their fate. They will not be like Jianghu warriors who often show off their power in the world." Xin Qubing said calmly.
Sure enough, Shen Lian thought, from the story told by Ling Chongxiao and what the old man said, it seems that there is indeed an immortal sect in this world dedicated to transcending life and death, and there must be many previous experiences among them.
Only by blending into it can we have a greater chance of attaining immortality, instead of being confused now, not to mention immortality for a long time, and fearing that one day we will make a wrong step and die of a sudden illness.
"Mr. Shao'an seems to know how to enter the immortal sect, but he doesn't know what I need to do?" Shen Lian believes that there is no love for no reason in the world. After all, only the master can help the world, and the old man does not look like a Buddha. A saint who has put an end to his troubles will naturally not be so kind to him for no reason.
This refreshing soup is effective for the soul and is difficult to find in the world. If it is just ordinary tea and given to outsiders, Shen Lian does not believe it.
He was not afraid of not being able to repay the debt. The old man came to him because he naturally believed that he could do what he asked for help, so he didn't feel too burdened.
To put it more simply, he is now a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
"What I'm asking for naturally requires the young master to enter the immortal sect before he can do it. Young master, don't have any doubts. Let's take a look at something like this first." The old man took out a scroll from his sleeve.
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