Niu Youdao and Yuan Gang had just met. They had a lot to say and wandered to the back of the team.
In the front, Shang Chaozong overheard Shang Shuqing still muttering the words "airplanes and tanks". He turned back and glanced at the two people following him from a distance, and couldn't help but smile: "I don't want to say it, but Qing'er is still thinking about it? Then why not break the casserole and ask the truth before that?"
I couldn't clearly see Shang Shuqing's expression under the veil, "I don't want to say it, but I feel that Niu Youdao is not a person who talks nonsense. These words that slipped out casually gave me a strange feeling. That unintentional remark didn't seem to be a gaffe, but more like there was something he didn't want to hide from us, and Yuan Gang looked at us with disdain."
Shang Chaozong said suspiciously: "Qing'er, your words are contradictory. Why am I so confused?"
Shang Shuqing: "I can't explain clearly. It feels like a mental disdain for us. I just said it casually and you don't understand the feeling anyway. To a certain extent, facing us seems to have a superior psychological advantage." .”
Shang Chaozong chuckled, "Maybe I think I am a mage, and we are just ordinary people in their eyes."
"Maybe!" Shang Shuqing groaned, then turned around and asked: "Mr. Lan, what do you think he means when he agreed to go to the village with us before and then suddenly refused?"
Lan Ruoting: "Maybe it's a way of protecting the villagers. Maybe Yuan Gang really doesn't want us to have contact with the villagers."
Shang Chaozong: "Everyone knows about it. Isn't it easy to contact them later?"
Lan Ruoting: "Didn't the prince see it just now? If there really is a village in the mountains, this village is obviously not simple. You can hear from the whistle that this village has strict self-protection measures. If outsiders approach, The people in the village were on guard, maybe as they said, they were afraid of being looted by the officers and soldiers."
The group left the trail and continued to ride on the official road.
Niu Youdao and Yuan Gang rode behind, talking about their respective situations over the years. It's nice to see you again, and it doesn't matter if you follow the team and eat ashes.
For Yuan Gang, Niu Youdao had nothing to hide. From waking up in the ruined temple and meeting Dong Guo Haoran to coming out of the mountain, he originally told him that he didn't even hide the discovery of the 'Qiankun Jue' from the bronze mirror.
Yuan Gang didn't expect Niu Youdao to be under house arrest for five years. "Master Dao, according to what you said, does the Shangqing Sect want to harm you?"
Niu Youdao sighed, "It's very likely. Judging from various signs and Tuhan's reminder, he probably wanted me to return to the west early. I don't know where I provoked them. I'm not harmful to them. What the hell?" You can’t get along with me, I still can’t figure it out.”
Yuan Gang: "When they were in the Shangqing Sect, they were easy to get started. Why did they delay it until now?"
Niu Youdao: "I can't understand this either."
Yuan Gang: "How do you plan to solve this problem?"
Niu Youdao: "It seems that it is not safe to follow the group in front. Let's wait until we pass Nanshan Temple. After the Shangqing Sect thinks I am dead and has eliminated the hidden danger of being entangled, we will immediately get rid of them and leave. From now on, the world will be peaceful." Da, with your ability as my brother, you can go around and look around."
After the two discussed the matter, in order to get Yuan Gang's thinking out of that mountain village and learn more about the world so that he could better protect himself, they began to tell Yuan Gang what they knew about the spiritual world. Listen, it's a pity that the books written by the Shangqing Sect about the deeds in the practice world are not allowed to be brought out. Otherwise, this can save you the hassle. Yuan Gang has been hanging around in the "archaeological world" for so many years, so small seal script is not a problem.
Yuan Gang, who was listening and thinking all the way, suddenly said, "It's really hard for me to understand that people in the spiritual world have intervened in the secular world and even got involved in the struggle for hegemony among various countries."
Niu Youdao chuckled and said: "What is difficult to understand? Only ignorance will find it difficult to understand. Ignorance does not mean that things do not exist. Have you read "The Romance of the Gods"? In the War of Shang and Zhou, how many monks were involved in it? , Jiang Ziya, Nezha, Yang Jian, etc. are similar to the world we live in now. Just think that we have entered the world in the book "The Romance of the Gods", and your brain will naturally be able to turn around."
Yuan Gang was speechless and frowned: "Master Tao, according to what you said, is it possible that there are really gods flying around in this world?"
Niu Youdao, who was holding the reins and galloping, smiled again, "It depends on how you understand the so-called gods. If it just refers to the ability to fly around, there should be some. It's just people who have reached that level of cultivation in this world." It doesn’t seem like much. If you really have that kind of cultivation, you have already stood at the top of the food chain, and there should be a bunch of people below to provide benefits. It is probably not easy for them to show up in ordinary things.”
"Can it really fly around?" Yuan Gang shook his head. Even though it was said by someone he trusted, he still didn't believe it: "This is not scientific!"
Niu Youdao spread his hands: "It's very scientific, but you just can't understand it because you haven't been exposed to the core essence."
Yuan Gang was surprised, "Science? Where is the science?"
Niu Youdao thought for a moment and thought about how to explain to him. After straightening out his thoughts, he said: "Before we came here, I was just like you, and I didn't believe in any gods. However, I practiced in Shangqing Sect. Five years later, after comparing the two, I roughly understood the secret. Look!"
He motioned Yuan Gang to look at him, turned his palm over, and pushed out his power. He immediately saw a cloud of dust from the galloping horses in front of him spinning like a cyclone in his palm. After waving it away, he asked again: "What do you think I should do?" What were you doing just now?"
Yuan Gang: "This is the internal force produced by the qigong you practice, Mr. Dao." He had seen a similar situation with Niu Youdao before.
Niu Youdao nodded: "It's qigong, yes, but after practicing the qigong, where does the power come from? Can you explain it?"
Yuan Gang was silent. He really hadn't thought about this deeply. He only knew that it was Qigong. He shook his head to express that he didn't know.
Niu Youdao: "When I practiced qi in my early years, when my physical and mental senses were opened, I could feel that my body absorbed something from the underworld into the body. According to Taoism, it is called the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. I have always been so mysterious. And I vaguely understood it. After comparing it here, I think I roughly understand what this so-called spiritual energy of heaven and earth is."
Ren Yuan Gang was calm, but he couldn't help but asked curiously: "What is it?"
Niu Youdao: "If you explain it in scientific terms, you should know about dark matter. Have you ever heard of dark matter?"
Surprise flashed in Yuan Gang's eyes, "You mean the kind of substance that is smaller than electrons and photons, cannot be directly observed, and scientists try their best to capture it?"
Niu Youdao nodded: "Yes, I thought about it carefully after comparing it. The so-called aura should be dark matter. There is a thing in the so-called superstition in the past. You should be familiar with ghosts. They seem to exist and they don't seem to exist, but in the above Qingzong, I confirmed from some classics that there really are ghosts here. I think the so-called ghosts are actually made of dark matter that is invisible to the naked eye. After death, thoughts and ideas are retained through the medium of dark matter. existence, the so-called ghost is formed. This principle is actually the same as the physical body you and I occupy now. The difference between us and ghosts should be that the medium through which thoughts are operated is different. The universe is vast and diversity coexists, and humans cannot understand it. There are too many things, but it doesn’t mean they don’t exist. There is a process of contact and understanding.”
"..." Yuan Gang looked at him speechlessly.
"Don't look at me like this. It's nothing to be surprised about. If I guessed correctly, the so-called internal strength and magic power are actually the result of controlling the power of dark matter to release dark energy." Niu Youdao smiled slightly and waved his sleeves to block it. A large cloud of smoke and dust floated up, and he continued: "After practicing here, I discovered that the aura of this world, that is, the dark matter you can understand, is far more abundant than where we were before. I have tested it repeatedly, and here The degree of cultivation is far over there. Judging from some classics, there was not so much spiritual energy here in the past, so naturally there were not so many monks. Later, Shang Song, the founding emperor of the Wu Kingdom, was said to have poked a hole in the sky, so there continued to be Spiritual energy leaked into this world, and I don’t know exactly what happened. By the way, are you still practicing hard qigong?"
Yuan Gang nodded, "I have been practicing since I recovered from the injury. You must have some self-defense skills."
Niu Youdao had a playful look on his face: "The real hard qigong training is actually combined with a breathing technique, which also requires absorbing spiritual energy, which is the dark matter you can understand. If I guess correctly, you are practicing hard qigong now. The progress of qigong is definitely far ahead."
Yuan Gang fell silent. Yes, Master Dao had indeed guessed it correctly. He had never been able to figure out what was going on before, but now that Master Dao explained it in simple terms, he seemed to be able to understand it.
Niu Youdao laughed happily: "The Qiankun Jue I practiced is pretty good. I will check your body later to see if your current physique is suitable for practice. If so, you can practice it too."
Yuan Gang shook his head: "I'm not interested in meditating. I'd rather do something meaningful if I have the time."
Niu Youdao: "Don't be stupid. This world is different from the previous place. Wouldn't it be better to be more self-protective? It would be better to prolong your life and delay aging."
Yuan Gang still shook his head: "If you spend a lot of time in meditation, what's the point of living longer? Life lies in movement!"
"Monkey, I said you..."
"Master Dao, don't try to persuade me. I'm not obsessed with this like you always are. I'm really not interested in that mysterious and mysterious thing. You should understand my attitude towards life."
"Okay, I'm too lazy to say it." Niu Youde sighed, pointed at him again and said: "But don't give up your hard qigong. I guess the hard qigong you practice is extraordinary. In the past, some Taoists from that place Some clues can be gleaned from the legend. The amount of spiritual energy should have been okay in the past, but later, for some unknown reason, the spiritual energy became extremely thin. As time goes by, any technique that has poor sensing and absorption capabilities will definitely be eliminated if it fails to produce results. The techniques that are still effective when you and I are practicing should be very simple, and you may be able to practice completely different effects here, which you should have felt even if I don’t tell you."
Yuan Gang agreed, and after a while of silence he asked, "Master Dao, what are your plans for the future?"
Niu Youdao looked around at the heaven and earth, and said with a hearty smile: "As soon as you come, let's make peace with it, and send these two words to the world!"
"Two words?" Yuan Gang didn't understand and asked in confusion: "Which two words?"
"Hello!"
Niu Youdao raised his eyebrows, dropped his words, raised his whip, and rode away quickly.
"Hello?" Yuan Gang was stunned for a moment, looked around, and then quickly chased after him, one after the other.