Chapter 1788 Liang Yi

"Ba Zun'an, what is above the sword thought?"

Half a year ago, when the ghost and Buddha world began to move, Xu Xiaoshou threw this question to Ba Zun'an, who smiled and said, "I've thought about it for a long time."

"Any conclusion?"

Ba Zun'an shook his head: "There is 'above' for the divine thought, but there is no 'above' for the sword thought, or in other words, the above of the sword thought is to return to the essence, to return to the 'name'."

Name... Xu Xiaoshou always asks questions to the point: "Have you cultivated it?"

Ba Zun'an shook his head twice, and his words were full of emotion:

"Name is like Tao, too illusory."

"Even I can only borrow the concept of sword thought and use it in a tricky way, which only gets its form, not its spirit."

Name is like Tao... Xu Xiaoshou nodded and pondered, indicating that he understood, because at the moment he felt the same way: "Scratching the itch through the shoe."

"Not bad!"

Ba Zun'an agreed, and then said:

"My Tao is born from Fame is achieved through sword thoughts. "

"Therefore, I have also pursued and tried fame later, but the Tao is achieved through sword thoughts and is also trapped by sword thoughts."

"Just imagine..."

At that time, he was at the ruins of the Holy Mountain, under the Ghost Buddha, pointing in front of him, his eyes were looking at the southern region where he started this trip:

"I have already walked eight or nine out of ten of my journey."

"The ancient sword technique made me, the sword thoughts made me, and they limited my thinking to 'eight or nine'. I have long forgotten the thinking about the essence of 'fame' when I first set out."

"He lowered his head, shook his head and sighed: "If I let go of everything and disperse everything, I may be able to touch the essence of the Tao and gain some enlightenment, but I don't have time."

"He raised his head and looked at the Ghost Buddha: "If I disperse my power and start over now, maybe the Tao will be waiting for me in front, but they won't wait for me, and I can't turn back."

"Xu Xiaoshou understood this feeling too well.

When people are in the game and are pushed by the general trend, who can stay out of it?

" Not to mention that Ba Zun'an could not turn back, even his current thoughts and concerns were completely different from the various ideas he had at the beginning of his cultivation.

But he knew that Ba Zun'an would not stop.

If the name cultivation failed, there were more than one way to the great road, so he asked: "Then what have you cultivated in the past thirty years after the sword thought?"

As soon as the words came out, various images of the ruins of the gods flashed in his mind, and Xu Xiaoshou already had the answer.

Sure enough, Ba Zun'an nodded and said:

"Sword, I."

Sword I?

No, this guy, Lao Ba, not only speaks literal words, but also shows the truth in the details.

When he said these two words just now, he clearly paused...

"Sword I?"

"Or'sword', and'I'?"

This seems to be the same question, but it is essentially different.

Ba Zun'an smiled, did not comment, and turned to talk about something else: "Shen Yi, taught you ancient martial arts, right?"

Xu Xiaoshou nodded, and said nothing.

Then he heard Lao Ba take the initiative to say:

"Shen Yi and I have also talked about ancient martial arts, and we have gained a lot."

"If the Tao is in the spirit, all flowers will bloom; if the Tao is in the sword, the three realms will open."

"For both, you have to make a choice. You have to choose a small Tao or a small technique from the three thousand great ways or the nine ancient sword techniques, cultivate it to the extreme, and be deified and called the ancestor."

He paused, turned back, and there was a little more appreciation in his voice:

"But the Tao is in ancient martial arts, which is very pure. You don't need to think too much. You can cultivate it step by step. When you reach the end, the position of the ancestor god is within your reach."

"So, what is the Tao of ancient martial arts?"

Xu Xiaoshou really knows this question.

Because Shen Yi also talked about it with him, he said: "Nine Palaces, Eight Gates, Seven Stars, Six Daos, Four Houses, Three Realms, Two Principles and One Zun."

Ba Zun An nodded and added: "Missing Five, Wuji."

Yes, there are indeed these two things.

"Fist is missing five, and five is missing fist."

"Wuji Taishang is just an illusory concept, a thought left by Zhan Zu for further advancement of ancient martial arts."

"Let's not talk about these two for now."

Back to the arrangement from "Nine Palaces" to "One Zun", Ba Zun An elaborated:

"And from nine to one, this 'One Zun' is the realm that Zhan Zu reached in the past, which is equivalent to being deified and called the ancestor."

"Later generations who practice Taoism, no matter how confident they are, should not be too ambitious and should not use Taoism to realize Taoism - this is like using name to realize name, which is too easy to go astray."

"Therefore, it is still necessary to enter Taoism with skills, and then return to the original nature, just like cultivating name with sword thoughts. Although it may be trapped here, this is the safest way."

"And my Taoism, after communicating with Shen Yi, borrowed the concept of 'Liang Yi' and decided to cultivate 'Sword I'."

Is that so... Now, Xu Xiaoshou completely understood.

"Sword I" is Liang Yi.

"Sword" and "I" are the black and white of the two yin and yang, both opposing and complementing each other?

The old eight has great ambitions!

Ba Zun'an is indeed not a person who is content with his lot.

After Yu Guwu replied to "Sword I", when Ba Zun'an talked about what he said before, it seemed easy to understand:

"Name is like Tao, name is like a statue."

"The Tao of name is too illusory and contrary to me."

"Name is acquired passively, and even if my sword is roundabout, it is always actively attacking in essence."

It can be seen that Ba Zun'an likes "name" very much, but he cuts it off cleanly: "I only get its form, not its spirit. It is useless to force it, and I am willing to give up."

Ba Zun'an likes name, but he cannot get it.

His words hit Xu Xiaoshou's heart hard.

Sometimes when talking about everything, the only thing that can really touch people's hearts is a certain sentence that is inadvertent:

"Name is passive..."

Xu Xiaoshou was touched.

After thinking about it carefully, the "touched" suddenly split into "too touched".

"Xu Xiaoshou, you came to me not just to ask about 'Sword Mind', right?" Bazunzhen interrupted his thinking.

"Yes, I want to practice Taoism..."

"What path do you want to practice?"

"Just now, I was still confused..."

"What now?"

"Now... Bazunzun, I want to cultivate my reputation!"

At the Guizhe ruins, under the ghosts and Buddhas, the exchange between the First Sword Immortal and the Eighth Sword Immortal has reached this point.

With the last decisive sentence, Xu Xiaoshou's whole body was filled with Dao charm, and the kendo discs naturally appeared under his feet.

There is no second set.

There is only one Kendo disk!

The complex and wonderful insights may be like an immortal guiding the way, or like a demonic sound penetrating the ears, penetrating from the bottom of the eyes, passing through the bones, blending into oneself, and bringing forth the new.

"Repair your name..."

The Eight Masters cannot see it, but they can sense it.

Xu Xiaoshou, realized.

His realm suddenly started to advance upward from nine-tenths of the level of transcendence, and there was no end to it.

Ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three...

Until ninety-nine!

He seems to have entered a kind of epiphany-type "virtual ancestor transformation"?

In terms of combat power, there may not yet be any improvement in form.

At the level of understanding the Tao, there has been an extremely considerable increase, and there are signs of "going crazy" at any time!

"The way of name..."

Bazun realizes that he is an unparalleled genius.

He is taciturn and doesn't like to talk nonsense with ordinary people, because that would be like playing the harp to an ox.

But for Xu Xiaoshou, whether it was his character, conduct, or understanding... Bazunzhen had always only praised and approved of him.

As the young people chatting in front of me, something suddenly changed, and they kept "getting" things, and the things they got were very strange, which made them even more likely to become possessed.

Ba Zunzun didn't panic at all.

Instead, he changed his identity in an orderly manner.

He fell from a high-level answer giver to a low-level question giver, but he was still able to control and refute the following questions:

"Cultivation of fame? Isn't this the same as cultivating Taoism? It's difficult to reach heaven!"

Xu Xiaoshou really doesn't need anyone to provide him with answers.

When he entered the virtual world for the first time, it was as if he was immersed in a sea of ​​answers. Everything was at his fingertips and he could reply casually:

"No, the way of name can also be divided into three parts: name, superior name, and supreme name."

The eight masters couldn't hide their shock.

Xu Xiaoshou was either possessed by a demon or something else.

After all, what he said is too illusory, and something must be deposited, otherwise everything will be in vain when he wakes up, and even people will be destroyed.

He began to confront Xu Xiaoshou by asking questions:

"I cultivate my name. My name is like a double-edged sword. It both helps me and hurts me. I interpret the sword and me and create two things. What is your current opinion on the way of name?"

"A name is like Tao. Tao gives rise to two rituals, so a name can also transform into two rituals."

"Oh? Where does the name come from?"

"A name is like a double-edged sword. It can hurt both me and others. It is like a fire, setting fire to a prairie and burning jade and stone. If you cultivate your name, you will be invincible. If you cultivate your name, you will be invincible."

He was indeed possessed... Ba Zunzhen frowned and retreated, starting to be on guard, always ready to take action, but his words could still remain calm:

"'Fire' alone cannot make 'two rites', Xu Xiaoshou, you have secretly changed the concept. This is just an interpretation that the name is like a double-edged sword, not the interpretation that 'the name is like the Tao, and the Tao generates the two rites'."

"No, Ba Zunzun, you are stupid and didn't hear what I meant... I said that the name is like fire, which makes the name violent, but I also said that the name is like water, nourishing all things, if used well... Husband Just don’t fight, so there’s nothing special about it.”

The Eight Masters suddenly opened their eyes, their vision was pitch black, and their ears were filled with the true meaning of the Great Dao.

Xu Xiaoshou spoke intermittently. He was horrified when he heard it, and he was already a little troubled:

"It is true that fame is like water, and there is no need to fight for it. But when you are in a situation, how can you not fight for it? You are probably talking nonsense!"

"Ba Zunzun, you are wrong again."

"Oh?" Ba Zunzhen had never been denied so many times in his life, but he heard Xu Xiaoshou said in surprise again:

"Not fighting means having no desires and fighting; doing nothing means following the trend."

Bazunzhen originally wanted to guide Xu Xiaoshou on the right track.

After listening to these two sentences, Taoist rhyme exploded around me, and my eyes suddenly changed, and I was about to enter a state of enlightenment.

He hurriedly suppressed such impulse, knowing that what Xu Xiaoshou said was false and empty, and must be implemented to the root, otherwise the castle in the air will collapse at the first blow.

"In the name of the Tao, the two rituals can be water and fire, but using water and fire to enter the Tao is inherently incompatible and can easily lead to self-destruction...Xu Xiaoshou, can you understand water and fire?"

"The Eight Masters are familiar with it. If you know swords, you will regard them as swords. But if you don't understand water and fire, you will think that everyone in the world does not know water and fire... This is like a frog at the bottom of a well."

"Oh?" Bazunzhen suppressed his anger this time, and Xu Xiaoshou spoke loudly and explained clearly:

"There is no superiority, only priority."

"It is true that the secret is only eighty-eighths of the way of refining the spirit. It can be borrowed from the way of water and fire, but there is no need to master more, as long as you can use its meaning."

"Sang Lao taught me the fire of embers to make my nature restless and my strength violent. The water ghost taught me the superior water to make my body changeable and my thoughts strange. Although the power of these two is not enough, their Tao and intention are very high. ”

This time it was Bazun's turn to learn a lesson.

Indeed, how can one not have high aspirations if he can cultivate the great path to the profound truth?

It's just that the sleeveless and water ghost abilities are slightly insufficient, so they can't push forward any further.

The Tao of Water and Fire, the Tao of Tongcheng Shen Nian, the Tao of Sword... In essence, they are all avenues that point directly to the path to becoming a god and calling one's ancestors.

To cultivate one's name, one can use Tao, water and fire to transform it into two rituals.

With Sang Lao and Shui Gui Zhuyu in front, Xu Xiaoshou can rely on his own understanding to complete the rest of the journey. This can be done!

"Not angry, not angry..."

Ba Zunzhen felt ridiculed and ridiculed.

He didn't even know if Xu Xiaoshou did this on purpose, and he still wanted to curse in this state.

But after all, Chi has grown decades older. As a leader, he cannot be angry because of this. On the contrary, Ba Zunzun has to continue to ask questions:

"It's easy to talk about it but difficult to implement it through the Tao of water and fire. How are you going to prove the Tao of fame through 'water' and 'fire' respectively?"

"Eight Masters, I have basically mastered the secret of fire."

"So, where's the water?"

"Water is natural."

I have to say that Ba Zunzhen’s guidance really worked.

When he was led here to think about the details, Xu Xiaoshou finished the last sentence and fell into deep thought.

Within half a day, he slowly turned around, his eyes were already looking at the five regions and all directions, and he said:

"The name above is like water, and water spreads throughout the five realms."

"I will spend half a year observing the water in the five realms."

"Entering the Tao in streams, lakes, rivers, swamps and seas, savoring the changes of mist, rain, tides, waterfalls and floods, wading in the river of time, touching the realm of emptiness and dryness, experiencing life and death, realizing the mysteries, uniting yin and yang, and realizing the Tao name!"

After listening to this, Bazun was shocked again.

In just half a day, Xu Xiaoshou's state of enlightenment was too strong - he was able to implement the cultivation of "name" to this extent.

"The name is fire, the superior name is water, but the two are balanced, but your name and the superior name sound one is lower and the other is higher?" Ba Zunzun pointed out the last confusion.

Xu Xiaoshou shook his head slightly, his eyes moved, and he said repeatedly: "You don't understand..."

What?

Ba Zunzhen's brows jumped when he heard Xu Xiaoshou said:

"Liangyi can be 'left and right', or 'tolerating and being tolerated'. Naturally, 'up and down' and 'high and low' also correspond to each other."

"The upper name is water, but it does not mean that fire is the 'lower name'. Moreover, Tao gives birth to two rituals, and the two rituals are not the same as the name or the Tao."

"It's just a coincidence to borrow it and use it to enter the Tao."

Ba Zunzhen really learned a lesson, but he was too obsessed with "water and fire" and never expected Xu Xiaoshou to be able to understand it so clearly.

"That……"

Once the confusion is gone, what remains is not guidance, but pure curiosity, even with a hint of asking for advice:

"You have understood the name and the superior name. You may be able to try this way. Where is the supreme name?"

Taishang, the concept must come from the "Wuji Taishang" just mentioned.

Could it be that with this enlightenment, Xu Xiaoshou has reached some thresholds that were beyond the reach of Lian Zhanzu?

The eight statues have familiar faces and moving expressions.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xiaoshou turned around.

The sword disk under his body disappeared, and the charm around his body gradually disappeared. He just curled his lips and smiled and said:

"Ba Zunzun, you are possessed."

"I don't want to fight, so I don't care... If you ask this question, it means that you are still a little short of me in terms of realm."

As soon as these words came out, Ba Zunzun's face turned pale.