Chapter 14: Conjecture
Suddenly, the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head opened, and a drop of nectar fell from the sky, dripping onto the lotus, and the lotus pod was quickly absorbed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After absorbing the nectar, the nine petals bloomed with a luminous glow, and after a while, the brilliance slowly dissipated and returned to normal.
The nine petals produce a slight variation, which is more textured and more realistic.
At some point, the sun in the sky turned into a first-quarter moon, the clear light sprinkled, the lotus flowers became more pure and flawless, the surface of the lake was sparkling, and the lake water became clearer and clearer.
At this moment, his body seemed to turn into a lake, and his heart seemed to turn into a lotus, bathed in the silver moonlight, quiet and soft, and he longed to stay here for a long time.
I don't know how long it took, but the peaceful picture suddenly lit up, and the peaceful picture dissipated, and the darkness returned to the eyes again.
He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze clear and soft, similar to the first quarter moon in the sky, and after a few moments, the light slowly faded and returned to normal.
Li Muchan took a long breath, untied his handprint, looked up at the sky, and remained motionless.
The moonlight is like water, shining on the body cool and comfortable, as if it has turned into substance, and it has really become clear water.
The gentle breeze blows through the skin, every pore is stretched, the turbidity comes out, the clear air enters, the indescribable comfort, and the smell of grass is still sandwiched in the breeze.
It was quiet and peaceful, and the insects seemed to have fallen asleep, no longer chirping, silent, only the sound of the breeze brushing through the grass tops.
His heart was quiet and peaceful, only to feel that everything around him became extraordinarily clear and vivid, as if a layer of window paper had been pierced, and everything became real.
He silently observed that he suddenly understood the change in himself.
His facial features have become sharper, and his mind has become clearer, like glass washed in water, and like dusty leaves washed by clean water.
Thinking is different from the usual agility, as fast as lightning, and instantly thought of the lake in the imagination, clear and bright, just like the water of Meifu Ming Lake, his current mind is like a lake, clear and flawless.
In the morning, I felt that I had become wiser, and it was indeed because of the scriptures of the heavens, people, and gods, so it seemed that I was on the right path.
He took a long breath, and a trace of excitement swelled up, so it seems that this view of the heavens, people, and gods is the method of refining the gods, and I don't know what it will become if I practice it.
It's a pity that I can only practice once a day, and there is nectar falling from the sky from time to time, and after the nectar, the visualization will quickly shatter, and I can't continue to cultivate.
He was inspired like a fountain, and suddenly thought of what would happen at noon since he could drop nectar and moisten lotus flowers when he was a child.
Could it be that nectar will also fall at noon, and then condense into heaven and man?
This thought made his heart pound for a lifetime, and he felt that it was very possible.
He couldn't wait for time to fly by, and it was dawn soon, and at noon, he tried to guess for himself, took a deep breath, suppressed this eagerness, calmed down, and continued to practice his sword.
It's a pity that the facial features are sharp and the mind is clear, but it doesn't help to be agile, and it still needs to be practiced hard to make it a natural ability.
Early the next morning, he went home for dinner, went to Meifu, in the Heavenly Courtyard, He Nanshan and the three were practicing swords in the courtyard, and when they saw him coming, they stopped one after another.
In their opinion, Li Muchan is a junior brother and should be taken care of, but in Li Muchan's eyes, they are children, and they find it fun and interesting.
The two lives together, he lived for more than 50 years, in which he experienced life and death, experienced reincarnation, and all kinds of things that ordinary people thought were incredible, and he had to keep the secret of reincarnation, and unconsciously became deep.
Reliving in the world, his eyes on everything are also different from ordinary people, ordinary people seem trivial, but he feels tasteful, ordinary people think big things, but he laughs.
His mind often unconsciously stands on a high place, looking down on everything around him, like watching the scenery in a mirror, such a detached mentality, so that he practices meditation kung fu very quickly, and he has reached the beginning of meditation at a young age, shocking the world, even a person like the Snow Seal Shenni is also admired and admired.
Li Muchan has been trying to suppress this condescending mentality, knowing that this is just an illusion, in this world, he is not stronger than others, he has been trying to be with the light, looking ordinary.
He Nanshan and the three of them treated him like this, and Li Muchan was very grateful, allowing him to experience the beauty of his surname and the joy of living.
According to usual habits, at this time they all went out to practice, obviously waiting for themselves, he didn't shirk, directly pulled out the sword from the sheath, and practiced.
The standard of the moves was accurate, without a trace of error, and the three of them were surprised and admired.
If it is an ordinary person, it is not surprising that he can practice this swordsmanship like this in one day, but it is surprising that it can be put on Li Muchan.
Yu Chiming returned his long sword to the sheath, and pulled Li Muchan to the corridor and sat down: "Come on, fifth junior brother, tell me quickly, did you suddenly open your mind, and when you wake up, your hands and feet have become dexterous?"
Li Muchan sat under the porch and shook his head with a smile: "I didn't sleep, I practiced all night." ”
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, the surface of the lake was rippling, rolling up a wave and moving, the three of them were swaying in their royal blue robes, and Li Muchan's gray monk's robe was fluttering, all of them were full of energy.
"You practiced all night and didn't sleep?" asked Wei Chi Mingchi.
He Nanshan said with a smile: "The fifth junior brother is joking, see that you are in good spirits, more energetic than us, not like staying up all night!"
Li Muchan said: "I will definitely be able to sleep instead of sleeping, and sitting for an hour is enough." ”
Wei Chiming's eyes widened: "Meditating for an hour is worth a night's sleep?"
Li Muchan nodded.
"Is this magical?" Cheng Xiaofeng raised his sword eyebrows.
Li Muchan said: "Entering the meditation is a big rest, which is better than sleeping." ”
Wei Chiming's head was like a rattle, and he kept shaking: "No! No! Practicing internal strength can be regarded as a set, why do I get more and more tired the more I practice?"
Li Muchan shook his head with a smile: "Fourth Senior Brother, internal force cultivation is different from entering the meditation. ”
"Why is it different? Don't they all sit there motionless!" Wei Chiming snorted, disapproving.
Li Muchan smiled.
"What's the difference, Fifth Senior Brother, let's hear it. He Nanshan said with a smile.
The three of them stared at his face and put on a look of deafness.
Li Muchan was helpless, so he could only say it simply, and the three of them couldn't help but be curious about his meditation kung fu and wanted him to teach him.
Li Muchan did not hide his selfishness, talked about the method of meditation entry, and finally said: "Cultivation is to refine the mind, the mind is like an ape and like a horse, formless and qualitative, unpredictable, and the internal strength is to refine qi, but it is much simpler,...... If you want to settle your mind, you have no other way but to spend a lot of time meditating, and when your mind is completely calm, you will see everything like the water of this bright lake, and it feels very good. ”
Wei Chiming interrupted him: "How long have you been practicing, fifth junior brother, and can you use meditation instead of sleeping?"
Li Muchan thought for a while and said, "It took thirteen years from the time I cultivated at the age of four to the time I got rid of desire. ”
"Thirteen years?!" Wei Chiming shouted.
Li Muchan smiled and nodded: "I don't have much talent for practicing swords, but my talent for cultivating Buddha is not bad." ”
He Nanshan and the three of them glanced at each other, smiled wryly and shook their heads.
Wei Chiming snorted: "Forget it...... With this time, it is better to cultivate internal strength, and after thirteen years of hard work, you will also become a martial arts master!"
Li Muchan smiled and didn't say much.
Of course, at the beginning it was bitter, boring, and boring, but as long as you grit your teeth and hold on, you will be bitter and happy to cultivate to a certain level.
But these wonders are indescribable, and the language is too pale and impoverished to describe them all.
"Looks like we'd better sleep honestly. He Nanshan said with a smile, and touched his slight beard under his chin: "The fifth junior brother has a bright future, congratulations!"
"It's the second senior brother's good words. Li Muchan said with a smile.
Cheng Xiaofeng nodded thoughtfully.
Others have to sleep for three or four hours a day, but only one hour is enough for the fifth junior disciple, and the remaining two or three hours can be used for practice.
In one day, in addition to eating and sleeping, there are some trivial matters, and what can really be used for practicing is only four or five hours, and the fifth junior disciple has almost twice as much time as ordinary people, and one year of cultivation is worth two years for others.
Now it's just a beginner, so it's very weak, but after seven or eight years, the fifth junior brother will be able to catch up with him.
"Haha, Fifth Senior Brother, you have to take care of me in the future!" Wei Chiming laughed, extremely happy.
Li Muchan laughed: "With my qualifications, I want to take care of the fourth senior brother, I think it's very suspenseful!"
He Nanshan smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry, take your time!"
The four of them were talking and laughing, and suddenly one person came in, carrying a long sword, the sword was almost as high as his body, it was Master Cheng of the Sword Casting Hall.
As soon as he came in, he ignored He Nanshan and the others, came directly to Li Muchan, and handed over the long sword: "Come on, Zhan Ran, you try the sword!"
Li Muchan took it with a smile and looked at the scabbard, the dark gray scabbard was integrated with his monk's robe, making it easy to ignore the past.
Looking at the scabbards of the three of them, they are all dark green, not the same.
Just the color of this scabbard, Li Muchan felt Master Cheng's carefulness.
"Choke ......" The long sword was unsheathed, and the voice was crisp and curling.
Li Muchan looked down at the long sword, the sword body was dull, simple and unpretentious, and if you looked carefully, the sword body was faintly patterned, from the sword to the tip of the sword, as if a wisteria was wrapped around the sword body.
"Ding......" he flicked his fingers at the blade of the sword, his face full of admiration.
Master Cheng's tense face showed a smile: "This sword was forged by me personally, it took a night, and it was not in vain!"
"Thank you, Master Cheng. "Li Muchan tithes.
Master Cheng waved his hand and sighed, "You are a monk, I hope this sword can be stained with less blood." ”
After that, without waiting for Li Muchan to speak, he shook his head and sighed, turned around and left.
He Nanshan and the three of them watched him leave, the smile on their faces slowly faded, although Master Cheng tightened his face and ignored the three of them, they still smiled.
Yu Chiming hurriedly came over: "I'll take a look, I'll take a look...... This entry-level Qingfeng Sword, when will Master Lao Cheng do it himself!"
Li Muchan handed over the sword, and the three of them took turns to see it, and they all admired it, it was much stronger than their sword, and it really deserved to be a master's handwriting.
Subsequently, Jin Kaitai came over and took him out of the Heavenly Courtyard to the willow tree by the lake, and in the gentle breeze, he practiced the first form of the Plum Blossom Twelve Swords.
Seeing that Li Muchan was proficient, Jin Kaitai was satisfied, and then passed on the second move.
This time, as before, Li Muchan's hands and feet were still clumsy, and it took him more than an hour to easily correct his movements, which was considered a standard.
Li Muchan returned to the Heavenly Academy, and He Nanshan and the three of them were practicing swords, still waiting for him to come back.
"Fifth junior brother, have you learned the second style?" He Nanshan was practicing his sword under the big locust tree, and when he saw him come in, he collected the sword momentum and asked with a smile.
Li Muchan nodded and said with a smile: "Yes,...... Second Senior Brother, I was so distracted just now that I wanted to meditate for a while, but what good place to go?"
Yu Chiming leaned over and said, "Then let's go to Jingyuan!"
"Jingyuan?" Li Mu said.
He Nanshan said with a smile: "There is a small garden behind us, which belongs to our Heavenly Academy, and others can't enter, it's best to practice internal strength in it, and no one bother." ”
"Okay!" Li Muchan nodded.
"Let's go, I'll take you there!" Wei Chi Ming said, turning around and leaving.
Li Muchan smiled at He Nanshan Cheng Xiaofeng, followed behind Wei Chiming, left the Heavenly Courtyard, and walked about 100 meters to a garden in the west.
At this time, the two yellow wooden doors of the garden were closed, and a large copper lock, two palm-sized, glittered in the sun.
Wei Chiming took out a key from his arms, opened the copper lock, pushed open the door and walked inside, turning his head and saying, "Fifth Senior Brother, the key to this courtyard is in your house,...... You haven't entered the house yet, have you?"
Li Muchan smiled and nodded, he has been very busy in the past two days, focusing on sword practice and has no time for anything else, and he has not yet stepped into his house.
It is said that it is a small garden, and after coming in, I found that this garden is very large, it is four or five big in the Heavenly Lord's Courtyard, with many rockeries, lush trees, winding paths, and a gurgling stream at the feet, clear and bright, and a loud sound.
This quiet garden is very similar to the style of Suzhou gardens in later generations, and is extremely elegantly arranged.
Wei Chiming said: "How is this garden?...... This is the handiwork of the three girls!"
"The handwriting of the three girls?" Li Muchan was surprised, looking around.
Regarding who is in the Mei Mansion and what is the relationship between them, he was already very familiar with each other before entering the Mei Mansion, and he gave advice to the eldest brother, and he needed to know the details of the first person, he knew that these three girls Mei Songwan was the sister of the head of the Mei Mansion, and she was going to marry the famous Penglai Wang family, but she was widowed.
These three girls Mei Songwan are amazingly talented, crowning the Mei Mansion, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, all of them are proficient, unmatched, but they are not very interested in martial arts.
Wei Chiming smiled and said: "Fifth junior brother, you can take your own time, find a place to meditate by yourself, I won't bother, let's go!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand and strode away.
Li Muchan looked at the sky, the sun was about to reach the middle, he had no time to enjoy the scenery of Jingyuan, went up to a rockery, and sat in the pentagonal pavilion on the top of the mountain.
He wanted to practice the contemplation of heaven and man and the gods to confirm his conjecture.
The pavilion is supported by three vermilion pillars, and you can look down on the entire Jingyuan Garden, and you can see the lush greenery in front of you, and the breeze is refreshing.
There were a few futons on the benches of the small pavilion, and it was obvious that the people of the Heavenly Council often came here.