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As soon as Chen Daoran finished reading a sentence, he looked at Li Zheng and Wang Ling'er who were walking to the vestibule. He immediately waved his hand and let the ancient scroll fall on the stone table in front of him. He said with some kindness: "Two classmates, this time of silence How is your cultivation going, can you gain anything?"

Li Zheng nodded and said: "Thank you, Taoist Master Chen, for hosting me. This place is very quiet and suitable for meditation. Many things that I couldn't understand were clarified at once. Just now, Linger told me about ancient Taoism, which made me yearn for it. I want to ask Taoist Master Chen I’d like to ask if it’s convenient?”

Chen Daoran smiled and shook his head: "Classmate Li Zheng, you don't have to be so polite, and you don't have any Taoist aspirations, so you don't need to deliberately cater to the poor Taoist. However, classmate Wang Ling'er has a destiny with our Taoist sect. Since you are willing, come and sit down. Just have a casual chat.”

Li Zheng smiled slightly awkwardly, but Wang Ling'er walked over unceremoniously, sat beside Chen Daoran and said, "Why does Master Chen say this? I think everyone has their own way. Li Zheng yearns for his own way. Likewise, He also has a heart for the Tao."

Li Zheng didn't expect that Wang Ling'er would really talk about Tao, so he immediately walked to the stone table. There were exactly three stone chairs surrounding the stone table, forming a triangle. Li Zheng sat on the last stone chair and listened quietly.

Chen Daoran said calmly: "It's different. The Tao can be taught, but it is very Tao. Mr. Li Zheng seeks the road, not the Tao. The road is on the way, but the Tao is in the heart."

Wang Ling'er thought for a while and said, "Then how can Master Chen be sure that his path is a path and not a road?"

Chen Daoran shook his head and said: "The Tao has always been out of reach. We are all just walking on the road. Especially after the development of modern spiritual practice, the Tao has become even more out of reach."

Wang Ling'er couldn't help but glance at Li Zheng. They wanted to know how modern spiritual practice could imitate ancient Taoist methods, and immediately said: "Please ask Taoist Master Chen to clarify his doubts."

Chen Daoran said leisurely: "In ancient times, we watched the spring and autumn, flowers blooming and falling, and thought that was the Tao, understanding the nature of heaven and earth. But in modern times, we know that there are countless cells in flowers, and there are different sequences in the cells. The source of the source, and the source also contains quarks. Without relying on acting and theory, with just one heart, even the ten most ancient gifted hearts in Daxia can hardly perceive all of this. If you cannot perceive, you cannot understand the Tao. Ancient Taoism The chasm in the Great Perfection of Qi Refining is right here.”

Li Zheng couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "Does Daxia's ancient Taoism require you to use your heart to understand the laws of all things in the universe?"

Chen Daoran sighed softly and said: "Yes and no, understanding nature is still just a road. And Tao is after understanding nature, watching the cycle of everything in the world, endless life, letting everything in the world reflect in the heart, and the heart and Tao merge. One, let nature take its course and maintain eternal peace of mind.”

Li Zheng asked curiously: "In that case, why isn't ancient Taoism compatible with modern acting and Taoism? With acting and Taoism, we can deduce more laws of the universe, wouldn't we be closer to Tao?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Daoran pointed to a peach tree planted on one side of the vestibule and said slowly: "Classmate Li Zheng, look at that peach tree. The fruits will be ripe next month."

Li Zheng followed Chen Daoran's guidance and looked over. Sure enough, there was a peach tree full of fruits. It would be completely mature in about another month.

Chen Daoran's words continued to come: "When the peaches are ripe, I will pick the fruits, eat some of them myself, entertain the guests with some, and then continue to wait for the next year, the peach trees will bloom and bear fruit again."

Li Zheng turned around, but he was a little confused.

Chen Daoran then smiled and said: "If I spend money to buy bigger and sweeter peaches, will I care about this peach tree again?"

Li Zheng pondered for a moment, and soon realized something. The ancient Taoism emphasizes understanding nature with the heart, letting nature take its course, and pursuing the unity of nature and man.

But once you use theory and theory to deduce nature, your yearning for nature turns into a constant search for ways to obtain more laws of the universe. If your mind regards nature as the object you want to understand, it will be like spending money to taste more delicious peaches. In the future, you will only want to make more money instead of taking care of the peach tree in front of you. In this way, it will become like what Chen Daoran said before, not seeking the Tao, but seeking the way. If seeking the laws of the universe itself becomes an obsession, then it will be even more impossible to achieve enlightenment.

At this moment, Li Zheng seemed to have touched a bit of Taoist enlightenment, and a vague ancient Taoist rhyme rippled out of his body.

Chen Daoran couldn't help but nodded and said: "Classmate Li Zheng has a very strong understanding, and he has lived up to his association with the Taoist sect."

Wang Ling'er on the side also said thoughtfully: "Actually, what I said is not wrong. Everyone has his own way, because the way is out of reach. With our current understanding of the way, we can't People can truly attain the Tao. Therefore, the Tao that Master Chen understands also has limitations, and the Tao that I understand may not be completely wrong. But on the other hand, I do not practice Tao in order to obtain the Tao. Cultivating the Tao is just my way. I have the Tao in my heart. There is no way."

After saying this, Wang Ling'er's eyes lit up and she said: "I understand, this is not my way of practice, but it is my way of practice. This is also my way of practice, but it is just my eighth-level way of practice."

After saying that, waves of true energy spread out with a slightly thick ancient rhyme, which soon resonated with the ancient rhyme in the Sanqing Palace. The surrounding spiritual energy began to rush towards Wang Ling'er crazily. This was clearly a child in the Qi refining period. Signs of stage advancement.

Li Zheng couldn't help but be a little surprised. It had only been 8 days since Wang Ling'er advanced to the elementary level of Qi Refining 3th level, and he had made another breakthrough. Isn't it even more powerful than his plug-in?

But he also understood in his heart that the ancient method was different from the modern method. The ancient method often emphasized that once enlightenment was achieved, one's cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds.

Now the rules are different. The modern practice method divides each level of the Qi refining period into four stages.

When the Qi ring is first successfully formed, it is the elementary level, and then the flaws in the ring formation are found through exercises and deductions, until there is no further reason and the structure of the Qi ring is completely stable, then it enters the intermediate level.

After entering the intermediate level, the structure of the Zhenqi ring is stable, and the Zhenqi can be continuously accumulated. When the Zhenqi ring is fully completed, it will enter the high level.

After reaching a high level, when the Qi ring becomes full, you can start to explore the limits of the Qi ring. After reaching the level, you can advance to a higher level until you can't go any further, then you will reach the peak.

Once you reach the peak, you can start to deduce the method of forming the next link.

Since modern cultivation methods rely on acting and Taoism, each level and each small stage of the Qi refining period is distinct and progressive. But in the ancient method, it relies more on the perception of the heart. One thought can form a circle, one thought can stabilize the circle, one thought can complete it, and one thought can reach its peak.

This was the case for Wang Ling'er at this time, and she entered the middle level of the 8th level of Qi refining with one thought. Li Zheng and Chen Daoran knew that Wang Ling'er had been promoted, so they waited quietly.

In just a few minutes, an unspeakable rhyme of the ancient path spread all around. Wang Ling'er smiled quietly, having successfully advanced to the next level.