Chapter 311 Heavenly Way

After learning the new fireball technique, Mo Hua spent all his thoughts on the formation.

After a few days, after Mo Hua mastered the spirit-reversing formation, he went to ask Mr. Zhuang for advice. Mr. Zhuang pondered for a moment, but suddenly asked:

"Hua'er, cultivators seek the way of heaven. Do you know what the way of heaven is?"

Mo Hua thought for a while and replied: "Immortality?"

"Immortality is the result, not the way of heaven itself."

"Isn't immortality the same as attaining the way?" Mo Hua asked.

Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua and said earnestly:

"Cultivators attain the way of heaven and immortality. Only by comprehending the great way and practicing the way of heaven can they eventually achieve immortality."

"If you don't comprehend the way of heaven and practice the laws of the great way, you will dream of immortality. This is to miss the point and will inevitably go astray."

Mo Hua seemed to understand, but still nodded and remembered Mr. Zhuang's words.

"Then are the five elements considered the way of heaven?" Mo Hua thought for a while and asked again.

"Yes," said Mr. Zhuang.

"If the five elements are counted..." Mo Hua continued thinking, "Do the two yin and yang, three talents, four images, and seven stars also count? Or are the ways of using spiritual consciousness, physical body, and spiritual power also considered a kind of heavenly way?"

Mo Hua was a little unsure.

Mr. Zhuang nodded.

Mo Hua was startled, "In that case, isn't the Great Dao too complicated..."

Mr. Zhuang said, "The Great Dao is numerous and all-encompassing. All things in this world, every blade of grass, every flower, every tree, are in accordance with the Heavenly Dao."

Seeing that Mo Hua didn't quite understand, Mr. Zhuang explained:

"The ancient cultivators looked up at the sky, looked down at the geography, and observed the various forms of all things in the world, and comprehended the laws of the operation of the power of heaven and earth. This is how they created all the methods of cultivation such as Gongfa, Daofa, and various categories of cultivation such as formations, pills, talismans, and instruments."

"Everything in the world follows the Heavenly Dao, and the strength of cultivators also comes from the Heavenly Dao."

Mo Hua pondered carefully and wondered:

"Everything in the world follows the Heavenly Dao, so what about those who violate the Heavenly Dao, are they following it or violating it?"

"The so-called violation of the Heavenly Dao is actually following the Heavenly Dao."

Mr. Zhuang explained, "The Great Dao has birth and death. Those who follow the Heavenly Dao follow the Heavenly Dao of 'birth', and those who violate the Heavenly Dao follow the Heavenly Dao of 'death'."

Mo Hua suddenly realized and understood something.

The Way of Heaven is divided into two yin and yang, which judge and complement each other.

Existence and non-existence are mutually generated, birth and death are contrasted, good and evil are compared, and good and evil follow each other.

Everything is the Way, and all human behaviors also follow the "Way", but some "Ways" are endless, and some "Ways" can only destroy themselves.

Mo Hua thought about it again, but still didn't understand a little:

"If everything in the world follows the Way of Heaven, then everything you see and hear is the Way, so what is the Way of Heaven that the monks are still seeking?"

Mr. Zhuang said: "The Way is all-encompassing, but it can be all-encompassing, which also means chaos and confusion, there is good and evil, there is true and false, there are appearances and true appearances."

"People have eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, and things have colors, sounds, smells, tastes, touches and laws. What we see, hear and know every day is intertwined with good and bad, and it is difficult to distinguish true from false. Over time, we will naturally indulge in vanity and shallowness, and it is difficult to see the true appearance of the Way.

Mo Hua's eyes lit up slightly, and then said:

"Just like looking at a visualization picture, do you have to see through the appearance and peek into the true appearance? "

Mr. Zhuang looked pleased and nodded slightly.

Mo Hua was a little confused again, "What is the true nature of the Tao?"

Mr. Zhuang said: "You have to think about it yourself. As long as you have not become an immortal, the Tao you know is not the essential Tao. Some are even flawed or even wrong. "

Mr. Zhuang smiled again and said: "I have never become an immortal, so what I tell you must be wrong. The true nature I know may only be a deeper appearance, not the ultimate Tao. "

"I understand, sir." Mo Hua nodded, "Only the principles you understand by yourself are your own. Otherwise, no matter how much others say, no matter how right they are, I have never understood them, and I can't understand them. "

"So to seek the way of heaven, you have to rely on your own understanding. Even if you have a superficial understanding at the beginning, as long as you keep thinking and comprehending, and get rid of the false and keep the true little by little, you can finally see the true nature of the Tao. "

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said: "Well said. "

Mo Hua smiled, and said uncertainly: "Sir, I have just started to refine Qi, and I am thinking about comprehending the Heavenly Dao. Isn't it too early..."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head and said gently:

"Practice starts with refining Qi, and enlightenment also starts from bit by bit, step by step, from low to high, from weak to strong, from shallow to deep, and finally you can shape the heart of Tao and truly comprehend the Great Dao. "

"Just like you look at this world, looking down from a high position, you will be blinded by your own high position, and you can only see yourself; only by looking from the bottom, looking at the people of the world, and seeing the sufferings of the cultivators, can you see the most essential things in this world. "

Mo Hua nodded, thinking.

But he was young after all, and his experience was limited. Although he roughly understood what Mr. Zhuang meant, he had not seen the wider cultivation world outside Tongxian City, so his understanding was not deep enough.

Mr. Zhuang sighed slightly, "I didn't want to tell you these principles now. It's too early to tell you now..."

But if I don't tell you now, I may not have time to tell you in the future...

Mo Hua was startled, and understood what Mr. Zhuang meant, and then nodded solemnly, saying:

"Sir, I remember it well!"

Mr. Zhuang smiled slightly, and said:

"If you understand this principle, I can teach you how to use the Niling Formation."

Mo Hua was a little surprised, "Does the Niling Formation have anything to do with these?"

Mr. Zhuang said: "Monks seek the way of heaven, both at the level of Taoist mind and at the level of cultivation. If you want to seek the Tao, Taoist mind and cultivation are indispensable."

"What I said above is related to the Dao Heart. What I will teach you below is related to cultivation and formations. In other words, it is the essence of the Dao of Heaven at the spiritual level."

Mr. Zhuang's tone gradually softened, and his eyes gradually deepened.

Mo Hua's eyes were sharp, he sat upright and listened attentively.

Mr. Zhuang let out a breath and said slowly:

"The origin of heaven and earth is Qi. The first judgment of Hongmeng is the transformation of Qi, which gives rise to all things in the sky."

"The original Qi is called the Qi of Hongmeng. The Qi is chaotic and powerful. After countless years, the chaos is purified and becomes the vitality of all things."

"Among them, the purest and most concentrated one that can be refined and used by monks is spiritual energy. Spiritual energy contains the power of heaven. This power is called spiritual power."

"Although all kinds of martial arts and Taoist techniques in the world are different from metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice, etc., their root is the manifestation of spiritual power."

"Spells for spiritual cultivation, and even blood and strength for physical cultivation, look very different, but they are all manifestations of spiritual power."

Mo Hua suddenly realized:

"So the power of the five elements, as well as spells, blood, and strength are all appearances, and spiritual power is the source of these powers?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Yes, all Taoism, whether it is magic or martial arts, is created by spiritual power."

"Is the formation the same?"

"The formation is the same."

Mo Hua thought for a moment and then understood.

The formation requires the formation eyes to provide spiritual power, and the spiritual power flows through the formation patterns, and finally forms a completely different power of the Five Elements formation.

"What will be different about the counter-spirit formation?" Mo Hua asked.

Mr. Zhuang paused and said slowly:

"Ordinary formations are the condensation and formation of spiritual power to form the power of the five elements. The reverse spirit formation is the reverse decomposition of spiritual power, producing a power of destruction that is purer and closer to the origin of the great avenue."

"The great road arises and dies. When gathered together, it is born. When it is dissolved, it is destroyed!"

"The counter-spiritual formation contains the power of destruction of the great avenue! What it really solves is not the formation, but the more essential spiritual power within the formation!"