At the beginning of June, Cannes, somewhere in the Holy Dome Cathedral.
The cross at the front is towering, and the seats on both sides are arranged in an orderly manner, spreading to the door, almost full of believers. Solemn feeling.
A bishop holds a scripture in his hand and is slowly preaching in a grand and majestic voice, leading the lambs to approach the glory of heaven. The whole scene is sacred and extraordinary, allowing people to forget their usual troubles and gain spiritual sustenance.
At this time, Lou Cheng, who was wearing a white T-shirt, slacks, and sneakers, came in from the door, walked forward with his hands in his pockets, looked around, and sat down at the back seat.
He never clasped his hands like the believers present and buried his head low. He just closed his eyes and leisurely sensed everything around him with his ears, spirit, and heart.
Because of the discussion on the Internet, he became a hot topic again. He didn't dare to stay for too long when he returned to Xiushan. He flew to Cannes a few days later. After more than a month of rest, his strength has recovered to seven or eighty-eight.
He came to the Holy Dome Cathedral to watch the ceremony, not intending to convert to God. For a warrior like him who is determined, knows what he wants and why he fights, faith is faith, and it will never bring peace of mind, The way of the future is entrusted to the ethereal gods.
Lou Cheng wandered here during this period of time, for observation and comprehension.
According to what old man Shi said, all training methods will lead to the same goal in the end. Lou Cheng feels that his next step in combining martial arts and cultivation is an important step in his promotion to the outer world. Maybe he should focus on the word "same"!
Based on this, he decided to broaden the scope of his thinking, no longer limited to cultivation and martial arts, through the reference to religious order ceremonies and fighting schools, to find commonalities between each other, to find the meaning of the word "same", and to find the essence of upward promotion , so as to gain the advantage of being a strategic place.
Quietly closing his eyes and listening carefully, Lou Cheng will sit "three feet above his head", reading the changes in the ritual environment and the spiritual precipitation of the believers in a state of concentration and detachment.
After a while, the choir opened up, singing and praising in a neat, holy and lofty way. With the help of the superposition of echoes generated by the special design of the chapel, everyone seemed to be immersed in the baptism of divine light. All kinds of negative feelings such as deep anxiety were swept away, and within a short period of time, they seemed to be reborn.
Lou Cheng slowly opened his eyes, and saw that some believers were already in tears, and there was a faint milky white brilliance rippling in the chapel, but it seemed to be just his own illusion.
This feeling... He watched, listened, and realized thoughtfully, and had some ideas, but he couldn't grasp the most essential things, let alone discover the "sameness".
In a similar range, the ceremony came to an end, Lou Cheng didn't stay any longer, Shi Shiran stood up, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked slowly towards the door.
A man sitting in the front row of the chapel happened to put down his clasped hands. He noticed something, instinctively looked around, glanced away, and saw the back at the door.
"Huh?" The blond, blue-eyed young man suddenly lost his voice in confusion.
"What's the matter, Oblak?" The black-haired young man next to him asked in confusion.
Oblak frowned and replied, "That person looks familiar just now."
But since he had only his back, he couldn't remember who it was.
"No one." The black-haired young man looked back, only to see that the open door was empty and there was no one there.
"Forget it, it's nothing important." Oblak shook his head and got up, "I have to go back and prepare for the game tonight."
He and Charles, a black-haired young man, are from Brutal in Europe. They are one of the branches of the religious sect. They are currently escorting the "Holy Grail" touring exhibitions in the United States, preaching and exchanging ideas with local fighters.
Cannes, as one of the main strongholds of the religious sect on the ocean side, upgraded the event to a small competition, claiming to determine the strongest below the "crown".
——The religious sect believes that the human body has ten major essences, which are located in different positions and correspond to different symbols. When they are all condensed, a tree of life can be "grown" and reach the final "crown", which is equivalent to the outside world of Huaguo.
Although the "crown" is said to be the ultimate, in the context of the religious order, it is only the ultimate of the mundane. When the triple "crown" is added, the "curtain of shadow" can be lifted, and the "hidden God" can be seen and become real The "Archangel".
Oblak became famous at a young age and was full of genius. Due to setbacks and irritations in China, he got rid of his arrogance and impetuosity, so that he condensed the ten original qualities faster than expected, only half a step away from being able to "grow up". "Out of the tree of life, you are only one step away from winning the "crown". In this competition, you have won all the way and are about to reach the final.
...
Late at night, in a villa.
In the center of the living room on the first floor is an altar, with strange symbols drawn on it. On the surrounding chairs, sofas, dining tables, and even the carpet, naked men and women are having intense intercourse, one-on-one , There are single-to-many, and many-to-many, their expressions are intoxicated, full of joy, as if they have obtained the ultimate relief.
At the railing on the second floor, Lou Cheng stood quietly, holding a paper cup with fruit juice in his hand.
Seeing his desire rising, he drank a cold drink with dry mouth, tried his best to restrain his thoughts, and visualized the word "Lin", which made his body and mind clean for a while.
Seizing this opportunity, he used his exercises to condense water into ice, turn lakes into mirrors, and make "gods" appear three feet above his head.
Looking at the scene below, Lou Cheng has lost his lust and impulsiveness, his eyes are dark and deep again, and he is watching calmly with a scrutinizing posture.
"These spiritual practitioners know how to play..." He chuckled secretly.
This is a "regular" development of the spiritual order, that is, through its own "preaching" to obtain members, without drugging, bewitching, abducting and other means to trick innocent men and women into joining, so he has no idea of acting chivalrously.
Moaning in his ears, the sea of flesh churned, Lou Cheng gently shook the paper cup in his hand, quietly and harmlessly looked down and observed, gradually getting a little understanding of such scenes and such "practice".
"To put it simply, this is a way to break the inherent pattern..." He nodded slightly, and took a sip of the juice, "Everyone has been bound by various rules and requirements since birth, and breaking these will destroy the body and mind. Obtaining the feeling of liberation, relaxation, pleasure, and stimulation, and then combining with one's own lust, is equivalent to the solution of form and emptiness in Buddhist Tantric Buddhism, what is sought is not lust, but breaking obsession, breaking shackles, and breaking the original physical and mental patterns."
"During this process, if you become addicted to 'color', indulge in this kind of indulgence, and indulge in the sense of emptiness and relief afterwards, you will go astray and jump from one inherent mode to another. Form a new obsession, a new bondage."
"Spiritual practice seeking the 'spirit of self' and Tantric methods have the same effect. Both methods are extreme and easy to fall into the 'demon' way..."
"This is a 'ceremony' to improve the 'spirit of self'. Spiritual practice is to enter the realm of the outer world, which is closely related to this 'spirit of self'. It is different from religious groups, schools that focus on fighting, cultivation, and martial arts. Where is the 'same' in... ”
Lou Cheng, who had read a lot of classics recently, thought about it seriously, and after a long time, he took a paper cup and disappeared from the second floor without a sound.
When the ceremony is over, the presiding spiritual practitioner returns to the second floor, intending to seize the state of complete body and mind, relaxation and liberation, see the "spirit of self" and improve it.
At this moment, he looked suspiciously at the study room, only to see that the windows were wide open, and the night wind was blowing in, filling it with no one there.
"I forgot to turn it off?" The Lingxiu was very confused.
...
A car was running on an empty street at night. Smith looked ahead and asked puzzledly:
"Lou, why do you want to go to the devil's ceremony?"
Lou Cheng touched his lower lip with his right hand, and said nonsense, "Devils also have their own reasons. Only by understanding them can we defeat them."
"You've become more and more mysterious recently." Smith shook his head with emotion.
He was a Puritan in his ancestry, and he hated anything like spirituality.
Without further talking about this matter, Smith turned to ask: "There are still two places, where should we go first?"
Lou Cheng thought for a while, then laughed at himself:
"Come here tonight and take me back."
Strange guy... Smith cursed, turned the steering wheel, and turned into the road to the North District.
...
In the early morning of the next day, Lou Cheng finished his exercise, wiped off his sweat, and walked back to the house, just in time to see Yan Zheke coming down from the second floor lightly.
"Ke Ke, has your body been feeling better lately?" He spoke first, asking things that he would ask every three or five days.
Yan Zheke was wearing a T-shirt with delicate collarbones, her eyes turned upwards and said, "Fortunately, since I collected all the 'Nine Characters', my spirit has improved rapidly, and the effect of feeding back my body is getting better and better."
As she talked, she walked up the stairs, dimpled and said:
"I feel like it won't be long before I can make up for my body, realize the 'collection', balance into pills, and make up the foundation of your combination of cultivation and martial arts! Isn't it great and powerful?"
"As expected of Coach Yan!" Lou Cheng gave a thumbs up and praised with a bright smile.
At the beginning, when she perfected the cultivation method and collected the "Nine Character Jue", she just wanted to help Keke make up for the regret of her congenital inadequacy, but who knew, it would actually help her to open up her own path.
I want to rely on George and his gang to balance Cheng Dan, I don’t know what year and month it has been!
And the effect of self-cultivation of "Nine Characters Jue" is also very good, and the spirit has made great progress. Recently, it feels a bit like a "magic stick".
Yan Zheke pursed her lips, very proud, and finally said casually: "But the improved spirit is used to feed back the body. My current state is similar to last year, and I can't stay up too late..."
Having said that, she covered her mouth with her hand, yawned cutely, then blushed, and her expression instantly became fierce, and "kicked" Lou Cheng's calf head-on. Although it was fast and swift, she did not use much force .
For this, Lou Cheng could only laugh at it.
After breakfast, Lou Cheng sent his daughter-in-law to Cannes University and left Aunt Du to protect him. After that, Lou Cheng first went to the Fighting Club, and then went to the Holy Top Cathedral, intending to continue to observe and understand.