"You're not familiar with this place, why are you going there?" the fat man asked.
Nanfeng didn't stop or answer, he just walked.
The fat man just asked casually. Seeing that Nanfeng had no intention of looking back, he followed him, "Nanfeng, I have something to discuss with you."
"What?" Nanfeng tilted his head and looked at the fat man.
The fat man said, "We are not children anymore, so it's better not to call us your childhood nicknames."
"Okay, I won't call you Fatty anymore," Nanfeng responded casually.
Seeing Nan Feng respond so readily, the fat man was a little surprised. He never thought about the second part of Nan Feng's words, "Bald head or bald donkey, you choose one."
"I have a dharma title." The fat man grabbed Nanfeng's baggage and carried it behind him.
"Your dharma title is too upright and fake," Nan Feng looked the fat man up and down, "Since we met until now, you have been eating meat, drinking alcohol, and telling lies. I think you are not a fair-weather monk, so you should return to secular life."
"Why don't you return to secular life?" The fat man curled his lips.
While the two were talking, a woodcutter came towards them. Seeing the two walking together, he couldn't help but glance at them a few more times.
"We have different sects. You are a monk and I am a Taoist priest. We stand out when we walk together, and people always look at us." Nanfeng said.
"It doesn't seem to be good." The fat man looked back at the woodcutter who had already walked over.
"When we get to the next village, I will buy you some clothes and replace this tattered cassock." Nanfeng said. He had an enemy. He was already eye-catching in a Taoist robe. If he walked with a monk, he would attract even more attention.
The fat man was not very happy, "Why don't you change?"
"I'll change too, let's change together." Nanfeng made the final decision.
"That's it." The fat man nodded in agreement.
The two of them walked on a small road, which was relatively quiet. After walking for more than ten miles, they passed through a forest and several burly men holding swords and axes rushed out from the woods beside the road. "Hey, leave your belongings!"
While the fat man was stunned, Nanfeng had already drawn his long sword and rushed over, "Hey, leave the dog alive."
Those few people dared to stop them because they were young. They never thought that Nanfeng could be so fierce. Seeing him rushing over, the robbers subconsciously retreated into the woods. Nanfeng chased them with curses and curses until they were scattered. Just turned around and returned.
The fat man came up to him panting, and when he got closer he asked in a low voice, "Have you never started martial arts before? Where did you learn martial arts?"
"Who told you that you can't fight if you don't know martial arts?" Nan Feng asked back.
"You really don't know martial arts?" The fat man was dubious.
"It's not important whether you know martial arts, but whether you dare to take action or not is important." Nanfeng sheathed his sword.
"Not unreasonable." The fat man nodded repeatedly. Experts use swords and can insert the sword into the scabbard without looking when sheathing it. Nan Feng had to look at it to get it right, which showed that he didn't know martial arts.
After walking for another ten miles, a town appeared in front of them. There were few ready-made clothes for sale at this time, so the two pulled fabrics and asked people to cut and sew them. Nanfeng pulled green cloth, and Fatty chose gray cloth.
Making clothes had to wait, and the two of them were not allowed to go on the road the next day, so they wandered around the town. There was a blacksmith shop in the town, so they couldn't walk around empty-handed, so Nanfeng asked the blacksmith to help the fat man make a weapon.
The fat man had no idea. After Nanfeng thought about it, he asked the blacksmith to help him make a knife. After quenching it, it was still sharp and sharp. He didn't wear a sheath, so he let the fat man carry it to scare people.
At the end of the afternoon, the two of them put on new clothes. Nanfeng stuffed the new Taoist robe under the stove and lit it on fire. After that, he didn't have the chance to wear the Taoist robe again for a long time. When he wore it again, this robe It's probably too small.
Since they were not in a hurry, the two of them were not in a hurry to leave. Although the inn was small, it was rarely quiet and very clean. Nanfeng closed his eyes and fell asleep on the kang, while the fat man read Buddhist scriptures beside him. In the past year or so, he also learned to write. But he is not as proficient as Nanfeng. When he encounters a word he doesn't know, he asks Nanfeng.
Nanfeng has studied a large number of Taoist scriptures, and the old masters who serve as teachers will occasionally compare their own scriptures with pagan scriptures when giving lectures. The so-called paganism includes some local religions and Buddhism from the West. Because The founder of Buddhism was a foreigner who was honored as Sakyamuni, so Buddhism is also called Buddhism.
Taoist scriptures talk a lot about the dialectics of yin and yang, which means to look at yin and yang from both sides, to distinguish right from wrong. Contrary to Taoist scriptures are some Confucian theories. Confucianism advocates the golden mean, and does not go to both ends in everything, but takes the middle line.
Although Taoism and Confucianism have differences, they are both based on loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. However, Buddhism takes a completely different approach. They regard the physical body as empty and this life as false.
Taoism emphasizes the physical body and cultivating this life, which is very true.
Buddhism despises the physical body and cultivates the afterlife, which is very nihilistic.
Although Taoism and Confucianism have differences, they still go in the same direction. However, the differences between Taoism and Buddhism are nothing short of polar opposites. They are two completely opposite paths.
Nanfeng was afraid that the fat man would go astray, so he talked to him about some Taoist teachings. However, although the fat man did not follow the rules well, he believed in the Buddhist teachings and believed that there is nothing wrong with being compassionate.
Nan Feng was too lazy to argue with him and stopped helping him decipher the words.
The fat man chewed on the Buddhist scriptures, and Nanfeng thought about the nine scriptures. Even if he lost the help of Tian Dezi and others, he never gave up his idea. Twelve years later, he must return to the Taiqing Sect to recover money for his master. justice.
Tian Yuanzi once gave him three pieces of advice before he died. These three pieces of advice have been regarded as golden rules by him. Without Tian Yuanzi's third piece of advice, it would have been impossible for him to see through Lingyanzi's beauty trap.
At this time, he had left Taiqing Sect. When he returned to the starting point, he needed to find a new direction and set a goal.
Returning to Taiqing after twelve years is the goal. Tian Yuanzi has a great kindness to him and must repay it.
There should be no compromise in repaying a favor. The man kept his promise and said he must go back. He said he could not wait until thirteen years if he said twelve years. Even if he had learned nothing by then, he had to go back even if he died.
In order to save his life, he could only hand over the Taixuan Scripture to the other party. In this way, no matter how thoroughly he understood the Taixuan Scripture and practiced it well, he would at most be on a draw with the opponent in twelve years.
In fact, he didn't even have the confidence to fight to a draw with the opponent. He entered the Tao too late and had mediocre qualifications, while the opponent had been in the Tao for a long time.
Furthermore, the other party has a vocation and can ask gods to do magic, but he has not taught him how to do magic, so he cannot even invite ghosts. Even if he has read the Taixuan Sutra, he can only understand some mysterious martial arts, but he cannot use magic.
However, there is no unstoppable path for man, and it is not impossible to achieve his wish after twelve years. He also carries two tortoise shells of the Heavenly Book on his body. According to Tian Yuanzi, the nine tortoise shells of the Heavenly Book contain the wonders of the universe. The principles of heaven and earth are the source of all laws.
The founders of the Three Qing Dynasties were all Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. Their achievements were undoubtedly due to the Heavenly Book. The nine scriptures should only be part of what they gained from comprehending the Heavenly Book. In fact, the mysteries they understood were far more than that.
He didn't understand the words contained in these two tortoise shells at all, but judging from Long Yuanzi and others' crazy pursuit of the tortoise shells and the connotations of Tian Yuanzi's words at that time, it was not necessary to collect all nine pieces of tortoise shells to understand the tortoise shell book.
Long Yuanzi and others studied the scriptures of our sect very thoroughly, and their understanding of the Heavenly Book was based on the scriptures of our sect and the fragments of the Heavenly Book. They don't need to collect all the tortoise shells, as long as they get one, it will be enough to surpass everyone.
Now he has two pieces of tortoise shell in his hand. If he can understand and gain something, his trip to Taiqing in twelve years will definitely be able to fulfill his wish.
The Book of Heaven is like the fruit from a high place. He is standing on the ground now. If he wants to pick the fruit from a high place, he needs a ladder. The Nine Scriptures of Taiqing Sect is this ladder. Only by stepping on this nine-story Only by using stairs can you pick the fruits at higher places.
After pondering, Nanfeng had a plan and secretly studied the nine scriptures. When he understood the nine scriptures thoroughly, he added two pieces of tortoise shell as the icing on the cake. The deer skin wrapped in the tortoise shell probably contains clues about other tortoise shells. During these twelve years, you cannot hide from the world and live in seclusion. You should try to find more tortoise shells while practicing.
The more tortoise shells you get, the more complete the Heavenly Book will be and the more coherent your understanding will be.
However, he did not dare to expect to collect all the tortoise shells. If he got all nine tortoise shells, he could spell out the full text of the Heavenly Book. At that time, the fourth Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian besides the founder of the Sanqing Dynasty might appear...