Hu Yun jumped out of the cave with a big tail swinging behind him. He could see that Lu Shanjun couldn't suppress his joy, but he didn't quite understand why.
Ji Yuan looked at the red fox and then at the huge tiger.
"Let's go and find a suitable place. Your cave is too dark, and the bushes outside the cave are too dense. It's still not bright enough."
Ji Yuan tapped his feet and leaped forward as if shrinking the earth. The tiger and the red fox followed quickly, followed by the mountain breeze.
As Lu Shanjun quickly jumped and followed Ji Yuan away, he looked back at his cave, a black cave hidden in the shadows of the forest. Even with the light of the stars and the moon shining down, only spots were left through the dense tree trunks.
"Sir, are you using the cave to represent my state of mind? Leaving the dark cave, my mind is open and bright!"
Ji Yuan's few simple words just now made Lu Shanjun's mind clear. His tiger fur seemed to be glowing with spiritual light. A feeling of 'Mr. Ji is here to lead the way for me' grew in his heart.
Ji Yuan, who was walking in front, looked sideways. He had no idea what Lu Shanjun was thinking, but he felt that this tiger spirit was indeed extremely talented and was definitely outstanding among monsters. At least it was much stronger than the red fox behind it.
Ji Yuan was not walking in the mountains aimlessly. When he came, he saw a suitable place in the sky and arrived there after walking through the mountains for more than a quarter of an hour.
It was an oval-shaped rock, about three meters square, lying on a ridge with scattered trees around it, like a large pebble.
When they reached the big rock, Ji Yuan jumped onto it with a light leap, followed by the tiger and the red fox.
The moonlight was perfect and the stars were shining brightly. In the deep forests of Niukui Mountain, where few people had ever been, the huge rocks were illuminated as brightly as the moonlight.
A man, a tiger and a fox sat down on a huge rock.
This did not seem like a big deal to Hu Yun, but it gave Lu Shanjun a sense of sacred ritual in his heart. He sat on the white moon platform with his master, listening to his teachings.
Ji Yuan also responded to Lu Shanjun's respect to some extent. This tiger spirit treated him with the most rigorous etiquette everywhere. What was rare was his sincerity. After seeing him, his aura became clearer.
"You are all animals in the mountains who have gained wisdom. Hu Yun is new to cultivation. Although he has spiritual charm, he does not know the difficulty of cultivation. The mountain king has gone through more than a hundred years of hardship since he refined the horizontal bone. Counting the nearly two hundred years that Tiger has spent growing up, he has already known the pain of seeking the Tao."
Ji Yuan was not sitting straight, supporting his body with one hand. He reached to his head with his right hand and pulled out the black jade hairpin. His long hair swayed in the wind like a waterfall, casting a layer of fluorescence in the moonlight.
She raised her hand and held the ink-colored jade hairpin under the moonlight. The dark eyes, the jade hairpin and the bright moon formed a line. Faintly, one could see that the rough-cut ink-colored jade hairpin was already gleaming with light.
"He who keeps company with the red becomes red, and he who keeps company with the Tao becomes spiritual! Whether it's a demon or a human, what is the point of practicing cultivation and becoming an immortal?"
At this moment, Ji Yuan's words were profound, and his sidelong glance made Lu Shanjun and Hu Yun dare not look directly at him.
"Tiger, you are a little older than Hu Yun, tell me about it."
"yes!"
The tiger spirit was extremely nervous and even felt like sweating, with sweat already oozing out of the pads of his four paws.
"In reply to your question, sir, I believe that cultivation is for transcendence and longevity. Whatever you desire can be obtained. You will not be troubled by disasters or saddened by the spirit. You can be at peace wherever your heart desires!"
"Well, that's very well said!"
Ji Yuan's praise was sincere. They had only met the tiger spirit a few times, but it brought him many surprises. If the disciple gift before was an accident, now it really had that meaning.
Hu Yun felt a little disapproving when listening to Lu Shanjun's words.
"Isn't it just doing whatever he wants? You are the biggest and the most fierce, so what? Why is Mr. Ji praising him?"
However, when he saw Ji Yuan looking at him sideways, he immediately straightened his body and acted as meticulously as a tiger.
Ji Yuan smiled and put the jade hairpin beside him. He seldom let his long hair down. He used to think that it was too feminine, but now he thinks it is nothing.
The body is relaxed but the mind is not, and peace can be found wherever the heart is. Ji Yuan has his own understanding of Lu Shanjun's words, so Ji Yuan has also learned a lesson.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Ji Yuan had solemnly imparted the essentials of cultivation. His thoughts and ideas were meticulous, and even the introduction to his lecture was not casual.
Ji Yuan glanced at the serious and rigorous tiger and the red fox who was trying his best to be serious, and leisurely chanted a chapter that did not exist in this world.
"There is a fish in the North Sea, its name is Kun. Kun is so big that no one knows how many thousand miles it is. It changes into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back is so big that no one knows how many thousand miles it is. When it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky..."
Ji Yuan's subsequent recitation removed the discussion about "Qi Xie" in the original text and only simplified its spirit.
"... ... Those who ride on the righteousness of heaven and earth, and control the differences of the six qi, and wander in the infinite, what else do they need to wait for? Therefore, it is said: The perfect man has no self, the divine man has no merit, and the sage has no name."
After reciting a long article, Hu Yun scowled, and Lu Shanjun was sometimes surprised and sometimes thinking hard. He really couldn't figure it out and was afraid of missing it, so he could only memorize many parts. The first of the last two sentences was still shocking, but the second sentence miraculously returned to calm.
Ji Yuan ignored the red fox's reaction and asked Lu Shanjun.
"What do you think?"
This time, the tiger spirit did not answer immediately, but thought hard and recalled carefully. After a long while, hesitantly looked at Ji Yuan.
"Sir, does the path you just chanted have a name?"
Ji Yuan smiled.
"This piece is called "Xiaoyaoyou"!"
On the bright white moon platform, Lu Shanjun's tiger body trembled, and he bent his body again and bowed solemnly towards Ji Yuan.
No answer was given and Ji Yuan did not ask any further questions. There was a unique rhythm that seemed to make both parties understand each other's intentions. The feeling was magical, yet very pleasant.
Ji Yuan looked at Hu Yun who was standing aside in confusion, and smiled and shook his head. After all, his cultivation and character were still far from enough.
"Demon cultivators absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to refine their bodies, generate demonic energy, transform into spiritual charm, give birth to supernatural powers, and seek the way of Taoism, hoping that the principles of the day and the month will conceive the universe within their bodies. They all think that demon cultivators put strength first, and they envy and hate the good of human bodies... Little do they know that the way to knock on the heart is not limited to any race, and the opportunity to cultivate the heart is born in ordinary people..."
Ji Yuan spoke slowly, and Lu Shanjun wished he could take out a small notebook to take notes right away, but he didn't dare to be distracted even in the slightest.
I just felt that every word Mr. Ji said tonight was profound, and to use Ji Yuan's words from his previous life, it was full of practical information.
Compared to the cultivation of ordinary monsters, Ji Yuan pays more attention to the refinement of the spiritual realm, and also pays attention to the harmony of the yin and yang morality of heaven, earth and man.
Why are demons called "demons" and why are they often lumped together with evil spirits? The nature of their minds, the methods they practice, and the things they do have led to their current definition.
"Refine your body to cultivate your demonic body, refine your mind to cultivate your spiritual wisdom, purify your body and mind to conceive your own method, and the demonic path can also become the immortal path!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the bright moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds, and the rock where he sat was no longer a bright white platform, so Ji Yuan stopped.
"Boom..."
Faint thunder sounded in the clouds, and Ji Yuan knew that it was a trace of communication between heaven and man, and that "man" here could be connected with "demon".
Before Lu Shanjun transformed, whenever there was an opportunity for a key breakthrough, it would easily lead to similar "sympathy". The deeper the qi, the more likely it was that thunder would really strike.
It was actually similar when Hu Yun refined the horizontal bone before, but Hu Yun's demonic energy was extremely weak and he was under the shade of the jujube tree, so the dark clouds in the sky only caused a few not-so-loud thunders and nothing happened.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, if it is a thunderstorm and a lightning bolt is hitting an open area, the monster will probably turn into an oversized taunting lightning rod and will not be struck to death by the thunderbolt.
"Okay, it's fate and it's also Dharma, it has a beginning and an end, let's stop here!"
Ji Yuan paused for a long time before saying this, waking up Lu Shanjun who was deep in his thoughts and Hu Yun who was thinking hard.
“Haha, although the possibility is not great, but Ji is also on this stone platform. If he is struck by lightning, it would be very inappropriate!”
The gentleman's joke made the tiger and the red fox subconsciously look up at the sky. The bright moon and stars were already covered by dark clouds.
Ji Yuan picked up the black jade hairpin on the table, smoothed his hair with his hand, casually inserted it back into the bun, and then stood up.
"Practice well and take care of yourself. This is not the time to be free and unrestrained..."
Having said that, Ji Yuan paused for a moment before looking at Lu Shanjun.
"You are not allowed to casually proclaim that I am your master."
As he said this, Ji Yuan stepped forward, and a light mist spread out from under his feet, and he flew away in the air.
Lu Shanjun's entire huge tiger body was stiff on the rock, his eyes showing emotions such as daze, dullness, and disbelief, which then turned into endless ecstasy.
In a panic, the tiger stood up and knelt down repeatedly to salute the figure that was flying away in the sky.
"Disciple will obey the master's orders! Roar~~~~"
The tiger's roar startled the forest and countless animals in the mountains were awakened. A strong wind blew on the mountain ridge, and countless birds flew up from the forest and circled, but Lu Shanjun could not suppress his excitement.
“Roar~~~~Roar~~~~~”