A leisurely life that begins with the possession of a game character

Zhang Lan was chatting about cultivation on the sofa in the study room when suddenly her mother called out from the yard, "Zhang Lan? Someone is looking for you."

"I heard it. Who is it?" Zhang Lan responded, stood up, walked to the door, lifted the curtain and took a look.

It doesn't matter if you don't look, but you'll be shocked if you do. The woman standing next to Zhang Lan's mother in the yard seems a little familiar.

Before Zhang Lan could ask, the other party smiled slightly, took two steps forward, handed the thing in his hand to Zhang Lan, and then said, "Hello, Mr. Zhang, it's our first meeting, and a small gift is not a sign of respect."

"Um, hello, what's this?" Zhang Lan took the thing with some surprise.

"I want to talk to you about something. Is that convenient for you?"

"Let's talk inside." The aura of merit circulated. After seeing the other party's life aura, Zhang Lan smiled slightly and said nothing more. He turned sideways and invited the other party into the house.

Zhang Lan's mother, who was standing by, saw Zhang Lan inviting people in and said, "Zhang Lan, please welcome them. There's something going on at the gas station, so I have to go over there quickly."

"Mom, you go ahead. I'm the only one here." Zhang Lan nodded and replied.

After sending my mother to the door, when I entered again, I saw several people in the room staring at each other.

Liu Xiaoyu's expression was a little excited, and Li Yuan's expression was a little confused, but the gentle woman in ancient costume sitting on the sofa said something different from both of them.

Apart from a slight similarity in temperament to the two people's descriptions, nothing else can be seen, the rest are Liu Xiaoyu and Li Yuan's.

Judging from their expressions, although they were somewhat excited, they were still somewhat confused, which meant that they did not dare to confirm it.

But since they have come to me, I'm sure they will say some things themselves, so Zhang Lan doesn't need to think about anything else.

"My name is Deng Weihong. I came to see Mr. Zhang this time to get your permission to live in Qingshan Village. What conditions do you think are necessary?" The woman introduced her name gracefully and stated her purpose.

Zhang Lan laughed when he heard that and said, "What are you saying? This Qingshan Village is not my home. Why do you need my permission to live here? There are so many houses in the east. Why don't you just rent one of them?"

"I want to get your permission to burn incense and practice in the temple next door." Seeing Zhang Lan laughing it off, Deng Weihong stated his purpose frankly.

"Practice?"

"Practice!"

"Practice!"

"Practice!"

As soon as Deng Weihong finished speaking, before Zhang Lan had time to say anything, Tian Qingyong, Liu Xiaoyu and others on the side suddenly widened their eyes, and the gazes they looked at Deng Weihong were more than just hot.

Zhang Lan was a little hesitant. This was the first time he had encountered what Deng Weihong said. He was not sure what was going on and what Deng Weihong's purpose was.

Although Zhang Lan could see that Deng Weihong was different from others from his spiritual eyes of merit, Deng Weihong now directly said that he needed Zhang Lan's permission before practicing here, which made Zhang Lan a little confused.

If Deng Weihong hadn't come to mention it today, even if she had quietly rented or built a house in the village to practice, Zhang Lan wouldn't have discovered anything.

To be honest, although the temple next door was the one where Zhang Lan was in charge of enshrining the Bodhisattva, he did not interfere much in the subsequent manifestations and expansions. It was other people around him who did the work.

"Zhang Lan?" Seeing Zhang Lan thinking about something and not saying anything, Tian Qingyong on the side called out in a low voice.

Zhang Lan came back to his senses after hearing the shout. Seeing Tian Qingyong's expectant eyes, he originally wanted to agree and see what Deng Weihong wanted to do. Then he smiled and said to Deng Weihong, "It's okay to practice here, but there is a condition."

"What kind of conditions?" Deng Weihong asked slowly.

"These people in the room are my friends, and they are very interested in cultivation. If Ms. Deng practices here, I hope you can give them some guidance." Zhang Lan stated his conditions.

After hearing Zhang Lan's conditions, Deng Weihong hesitated for a moment, and then said, "My current practice does not allow me to guide others. I can only instruct them on how to take this path, but whether they can embark on it depends on themselves."

Deng Weihong then explained the reason. On her path of practice, when a person has the idea of ​​practicing, he will definitely have a lot of confusion. In order to break through this confusion and truly start practicing, the first thing to do is to find your master.

In other words, it is absolutely impossible to achieve enlightenment by reading scriptures on your own. You must have a guide to achieve enlightenment, and this guide is the master.

Finding a master is a prerequisite for practicing Taoism. Only the Taoist scriptures and Taoist methods taught by the master can work. If you have not been taught by the master, then the Taoist methods you learn will not have divine power and will not be effective.

A cultivator without a master is like "water without a source, a tree without a root". For example, among the familiar group of immortals "Eight Immortals", Han Zhongli was the master who converted Lü Dongbin to immortality; He Xiangu was Lü Dongbin's disciple; even Sa Shoujian, one of the four great celestial masters, was finally enlightened by studying under the 30th generation celestial master Xu Jingxian, Lin Lingsu and Wang Wenqing.

There are many different lineages in Taoism, and the core patriarchs of each lineage may be different. Each lineage usually has its own Taoist tradition. This tradition is a unique secret of each lineage, and has been passed down orally and secretly between masters and apprentices for thousands of years.

It is not that you can just buy a book and study it yourself. To put it bluntly, what the master gives to the disciple is the method of cultivation, the inheritance of Taoism. Only with inheritance can it be possible to cultivate.

If God wants a person to practice cultivation, he will be allowed to experience emotional baptism and deep pain, so that he can transcend the entanglement of love, see the true meaning of love, and understand its deep meaning with a more rational and clear heart.

If God allows a person to practice cultivation, he will also suffer physical pain and financial difficulties, so that he can deeply understand the weight of karma, fear the pain of karma, realize the preciousness of life, and cherish himself even more.

Perhaps it was God's will that he should practice cultivation and be born into a family without love. There must be people among his parents, children and lovers who would test him until his practice was complete, and he could be reborn and transformed.

Life is a journey of spiritual practice, a road leading to the depths of the heart, and at the end of the road, wisdom lies. The wisdom of life lies in gradually leaving behind the glitz and glamour, leaving behind the true essence. The path of spiritual practice is long and full of hardships. If the heart is not extinguished, the Tao will not be born; if the body is not suffering, blessings and fortune will not be great.

Only after experiencing confusion and hardship can you see where the light is.

Without the test of natural disasters and man-made calamities, how can we see through the depth of human hearts? Without the pain of failure, how can we distinguish the authenticity of the people around us? Without the lonely night thoughts, how can we deeply reflect on ourselves? Without the tempering of setbacks, how can we improve our wisdom?

After going through emotional catastrophe, giving may not necessarily bring rewards, and sincerity may not necessarily bring happiness. The comings and goings of life are like the rotation of the four seasons. Meeting is because the debt of the previous life needs to be repaid, and parting is because the debt has been cleared.