Bright Moon and Cold Thousand Mountains

He stayed up all night, meditating until sunrise, before lying down and pretending to be asleep.

Huici's voice and the complicated and weird moves lingered in his mind, stealing Shi Qi a good night's sleep.He finally felt sleepy, and immediately heard the cock crowing in the backyard of the inn.

Shi Qi frowned and got up, and when he took three steps, his heart suddenly felt cold, and he felt a sharp pain immediately.And this was only for a moment, if it wasn't for the unbearable throbbing pain, Shi Qi almost thought it was his illusion.He leaned on the wall to stand firm, stretched out his hand to touch his veins, concentrated for a moment, and suddenly thought:

"This water-cold poison is not dangerous, but I'm afraid that if it drags on, troubles will arise. I can't cure it by myself, and I need outsiders' true energy to penetrate it. Seeing that the monk Huici still has a little bit of effort, I can't help it." I saved his life, if the internal strength he practiced is not against me...can I ask him to help me with this?"

The stream in Xixiu Mountain is as beautiful as it is beautiful, but it kills people at every turn. Zuo Nian once told them not to get close to them and not to fall into the water. Now Seventeen has tasted the bitter fruit and regretted it.He thought about it again, Wendi also jumped into the water that day, even though it wasn't long, Wendi has always been weak... Will he be okay?

This worry did not allow him to think about it, Fang Ling's voice suddenly came from Shiqi's side: "Shiqi, you woke up so early?"

He pulled himself away from his thoughts, turned to Fang Ling, and nodded blankly.

Ba Qi and Fang Ling are going to rest in Luoyang for a few days. During breakfast, Ba Qi explained the reason to Shi Qi.He went to the market last night and found that many merchants seem to be very interested in those rough jadeites. If he can sell some here, it will not be much different from taking them to the south of the Yangtze River, and it may expand the market.

Ba Qi finally said: "Little brother, if you don't want to stay here, Brother Fang and I will give you some money, and let's just say goodbye."

Shiqi said: "I can go anywhere. If I can help the two elder brothers, there is absolutely no reason to leave at this time. Although Shiqi can't help you two bargain, but you can write and count, and Use your strength to move things, don't dare to accept money from big brothers, and always try your best."

Fang Ling laughed loudly and said, "Good! Good! A young hero is so righteous!"

Seventeen said that these were trivial matters, and followed them to the market after dinner.Fang Ling rented a shop for the time being. The owner was also a businessman himself. At that time, merchants were regarded as cheap, and they were all low-class. Naturally, they felt sorry for each other. The previous tenant had just refunded the rent due to the family relocation. Fang Ling talked with him But the time for a cup of tea will be done.

The furnishings in the shop are simple, but fortunately, there are all kinds of shelves, and Fangling doesn't need too many things.But at noon, he and Ba Qi played their signs.

Although Seventeen had said it, Fang Ling was not easy to control him, he only let him watch the guests, and don't let them get started without knowing the importance.Shi Qi stood upright on the side. After leaving Xixiu Mountain, he grew a little taller, like a slender bamboo pole, tall and slender, he did not look like an ordinary country child, his eyes were black and white, no need to say anything It makes people feel good.

The folk customs in the eastern capital are civilized, and many girls are also showing their faces outside, no one thinks it is so strange.They have always loved jade and jade, seeing that this is a new signboard and there is a handsome young man standing there, they are naturally willing to come and take a look.

The more people came, the more money they earned. During the day, Shiqi was so busy that he never touched the ground, but Fang Ling was grinning from ear to ear. They didn't have a moment of rest until night fell.

The residence was in the backyard of the shop, and the two bedrooms were given over to the two bosses. Shi Qi himself was an errand runner, so he stayed on the couch in the lobby opposite Fang Lingdao.Ba Qi carried two thick mattresses for him, unfolded like this, but also warm when retracted, so as not to catch cold in the chilly spring.

And this warmth, Seventeen is destined to be unable to bear it tonight.

He quietly waited for the two of Ba Qi to fall asleep, and in the darkness he heard the watchman outside had called the third watch, he immediately lifted the quilt, walked out of the room lightly, and flipped over from the wall along a tree. go out.

Shi Qi's lightness kung fu has been practiced so well that his eyes are loose, and if he speaks out, he is afraid that he will lose Xixiushan's face.

The lightness kung fu on the twelfth floor is called "listen to the wind step".Back then when he was practicing kung fu, relying on his good relationship with Wendi, he would be lazy every now and then, and would not stand on the plum blossom pile, and in the end he would not be able to run fast for his life.

At this time, Shi Qi took advantage of the night to go out of the city, and thought bitterly: "If I thought about it in the future, I wouldn't be so lazy back then!"

He finally crossed the city wall, and the deep night among the shadows of the trees seemed to hide ghosts.Shi Qi couldn't help thinking about the night by the stream, and trembled a little, and the White Dragon Temple was close in front of him.

He gritted his teeth and said to himself: "It's all here, you don't speak strange powers, what are you afraid of?" Then he walked quickly towards the temple.

Bailong Temple has a magnificent name, but the whole ancient temple only has a dignified name.The cornices were tattered, and the paint on the plaque was peeling off everywhere. Seeing that the wooden door was crumbling, Shi Qi didn't dare to touch it, so he had to climb over the wall and enter again as a "gentleman on the beam".He landed on the bluestone floor, surrounded by only a few big lights in the west chamber.

Shi Qi was about to go, but the people inside seemed to have noticed him coming, the wind suddenly picked up, and a shadow came out from the broken window in the wing room, before the sound of broken wood reached his ears, Shi Qi already instinctively sensed the danger .

"Look at the trick!" The voice was deep and thick, and just as he finished speaking, a gust of wind hit his face. He had no time to block it, so he had to retreat, leaped a few feet, flipped backwards and landed lightly, instinctively protecting his head and face.

But there was no further attack, Shi Qi put down his hand, and saw that standing opposite him in the backlight was Monk Hui Ci.

Seventeen is clumsy and clumsy, at this moment, he is full of doubts and grievances, but he can't speak out, he just glared angrily, insisting on Huici's explanation, he said after a long time: "Master, what does this mean?"

Huici laughed loudly: "You are indeed a martial arts practitioner. The lightness kung fu just now, I see, is like listening to the wind. Yesterday I hit the acupuncture point with stones, and the strength and technique are like 'stars are like rain'. You really are The people on the twelfth floor?"

Shi Qi felt a "thud" in his heart, and instinctively moved one leg back half a step, thinking about whether to go first, then the monk Huici said again: "Little benefactor, don't be nervous, the monk eats enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry, and there is nothing wrong with this martial arts dispute." It has nothing to do with it, it's just that I have been obsessed with various miscellaneous studies all my life, and I am proficient in this way."

"The master asked me to come, what advice do you have? I thought the master was seriously injured and needed to be taken care of. Seeing that you are well now, if there is no serious problem, I will go back." Shi Qidao, shoulders slightly buckled inward, secretly guarded.

Huici said: "No hurry, no hurry. Can I ask the little benefactor's name?"

It was an extremely simple question for others, and he raised it as a mere greeting, but Shi Qi seemed to be trapped in long-term memories, his face turned pale, and he seemed unwilling to answer.Hui Ci was reasonable, and just about to blurt out the sentence "If it's inconvenient, don't mention it", Shi Qi looked up at him and said softly, "The willow of the willow."

"Benefactor Liu." Huici said with a smile, "Monk sees you frowning deeply, can't let go of things, and thinks of you at your age, should enjoy the good times to your heart's content. This is both sympathy and heartache. It's a sin, a sin!"

Liu Shiqi: "..."

Why did he feel that this monk who was full of bullshit was like an eminent monk?

Huici took out an old scroll from her bosom, thought about it, and then took it back: "Amitabha, Liu benefactor, you have been troubled by sufferings at a young age, this thing must not be handed over to you like this. But The monk's kindness of dripping water must be repaid by the spring, today I will teach you four thoughts, if you feel right, come here at three o'clock every night to find the monk behind the leader."

Liu Shiqi said contemptuously: "The master is afraid that I will fall into the heretics by mistake, so he wants to tie me up with martial arts cheats, so that I have no time to do evil?"

Huici just smiled and said nothing.

Liu Shiqi said again: "I look so much like a martial idiot? To tell you the truth, Master, I came here today because I was afraid that Master would have other important matters to tell, but I didn't want Master to judge others by himself, thinking that I was doing it for your secret book. Chilling!"

Huici calmly said: "Amitabha, it doesn't matter what the benefactor thinks. It is up to you whether to listen or not, and it is up to the monk whether to speak or not."

Liu Shiqi stood there thinking for a long time, folded his arms around his chest, raised his chin and said, "Then I'd rather be respectful than obey, and listen to Master's insights on martial arts."

Huici clasped his palms together, and said slowly: "There is the law of birth and cessation, and the five aggregates are empty. Separate from the five aggregates, and know all sufferings. How can we be separated and not hold back the false mind. Once the false mind has ceased, there will be no void." ( Note)

His voice was so powerful that it was like being under a golden Buddha statue through it.Seventeen was in a trance for a moment, then pulled away immediately, frowned and said: "Master, even if I don't understand the truth, I can tell from these sixteen characters... I'm afraid it's not the martial arts master practiced, right? , even if there are strange things, it never messes up the overall situation, but it is not as detached and comfortable as "I can't live in the void."

As soon as these unkind words were uttered, a clear smile appeared on Huici's face: "Yes, yes. Although Liu benefactor is young, his understanding is extremely high. The name of this way is Wuxiang, and it is the common goal of the world of mortals. the road."

Liu Shiqi: "Master wants to convert me?"

Huici: "Amitabha, the benefactor has never seen it in three thousand worlds. The monk's practice is called 'Freedom without Form'. The wisdom root of the benefactor is far superior to others. This method has a deep chance with you."

Liu Shiqi's eyes sank, and he took a step back indistinctly: "If my guess is correct, this 'Zizi Wuxiang' is the secret of Dali Bodhi Hall... Master is from Nanzhao?"

"Where does the monk come from?" Huici didn't care about Liu Shiqi's questioning, and said calmly, "After returning to the residence tonight, the benefactor Liu can use these sixteen characters to mobilize the true energy of the Dantian, and circulate the whole body through the Ren and Du channels. Only when you keep your mind pure and concentrated, overcome the sufferings of your body in the emptiness, can you devote yourself to cultivating the Tao from one end to the end.”

Liu Shiqi was still watching him vigilantly, but Huici stopped looking at him, laughed three times, turned and returned to the dilapidated wing of Bailong Temple.The small bean lights were quickly extinguished, and in the darkness, Liu Shiqi felt that everything was like a dream.

He didn't turn around and leave, he sat down on the ground after looking around, and really started practicing according to Huici's words.

"It's better to believe it." Liu Shiqi thought to himself.

He urgently needs to relieve the poisonous air from the cold water, at this moment Hui Ci pointed out a way for him, seeing that the monk didn't want to fight with him anymore, so he forced him to practice the secret book, it's better to practice it than to sit and wait for death.Shi Qi is not a rigid person, and there is no definite path to take. This nature has good and bad, and it is still helpful at the moment.

Liu Shiqi silently recited the sixteen words Huici gave him, and carefully adjusted his breath according to what he said.

People whose meridians are stagnant should not make any big moves, lest their true qi go astray and become irreversible. Liu Shiqi's move went against the right path. go.His thoughts were suppressed heavily, but he was able to gradually concentrate, the Lingtai was clear and clear, and he was quite monastic.

In the early spring night, there was an occasional cool breeze, but fine beads of sweat oozed from Liu Shiqi's forehead.

In the corner of the window of the dilapidated wing room, Huici observed quietly in the night, with an involuntary smile on the corner of his lips, and secretly said: "If this kid really calms down and can cultivate tenacity that others cannot match, at his age he can With such profound inner strength, and with the help of the self-comfort and non-phase strength, I am afraid that in the future, the future... will be limitless."

Huici recited a Buddha's mantra in a low voice, eyes slightly closed: "You are near the end of your life, and it is really a merit to be able to get a talented person to teach you at this desperate time. The patriarch is above, so don't blame the disciple for breaking this precept!" "

The stick of incense burned out in the room, and Liu Shiqi, who was sitting on the ground in the courtyard, opened his eyes.

It took him a long time to stand up, and just as he was about to leave, he walked to the side room after thinking for a while, stood silent, and bowed to the dark door and window politely for a moment.

The young man has delicate features, long hands and long feet, and a thin neck that seems to be easily broken. At this moment, his eyes are peaceful, and the evil spirit lingering in him is suppressed just like that.

He bowed his head respectfully, and when he spoke again, he lost the frivolity just now: "Thank you, Master."

Afterwards, Liu Shiqi helped to settle accounts and run errands in Fangling's shop during the day, and sneaked to the Bailong Temple outside the city at night, as if he really recognized Monk Huici as a half-master, and earnestly learned from him. Read the "Freedom Without Form".

Monk Huici is an eminent monk who huddles up in the White Dragon Temple on weekdays. On the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, he consciously fasts for half a day. The rest of the time, on the seventeenth day, he brings him meals from the city. Vegetarian in general.

Liu Shiqi once teased him: "Master, are you breaking the precept?"

Hui Ci took a sip of the wine and said, "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha is in the heart. The so-called precepts are to restrain the immoral people. Does the monk look like that immoral person?"

Liu Shiqi wanted to nod very much, but because he needed something from him, he had to pinch his nose to admit it.

After dinner every day, monk Huici leaned on the futon without sitting down, and began to teach the inner law with a drawn-out voice.This person is an extremely chicken thief, claiming that it all depends on fate, and he doesn't say good things twice, but Liu Shiqi is born smart and never forgets.

He has a very high level of comprehension, without Huici pointing out every sentence one by one, he can master it by himself.When I encounter something that I really can't figure out, I condescend to ask this half-way master, and most of the time I just meditate by myself.It took others a year and a half to learn the mental method, but he only took ten and a half months to understand it all.

The spring night in Luoyang passed quickly, and after a while, it was only three days after the Qingming rain, and the thin book of secrets that Huici taught him had already turned to the last page.

For the first time, he mentioned the origin of the Free Formless Technique:

"Freedom without form is originally a swear word in Buddhist scriptures. Because Nanzhao is in Dali, Duan's family also believes in Buddhism, and the previous generations of eminent monks in the Bodhi Hall have high martial arts skills. They have integrated Buddhist classics and martial arts. The mental method created is this. 'Freedom without form'. This method focuses on the four characters of 'no distractions'. If the heart is not pure, even if the martial arts are world-class, they will not be able to comprehend the mystery. Use formlessness to pass through all living beings, and only when you see everything, you will know your own insignificance."

After hearing Huici's words, Liu Shiqi said, "When I see Qingshan, it's like seeing Qingshan see me."

Huici touched the top of his head with a smile, and said: "You have already understood the joints, and the monk has another thing to teach you: don't be impatient when practicing this method, there is no form, it is invisible, and it is hidden among all living beings in the world. In your eyes, martial arts in the world are just a glimpse of the leopard, and you can know the whole situation by seeing one spot."

Liu Shiqi counted with his fingers, nodded half-understood, and said, "Master, there is one more thing to say."

The monk was sitting upright on the futon, and he laughed loudly when he heard the words. He put his palms together and said, "It's so true! Amitabha, the seventeenth child, is a teacher for a day and a father for the rest of his life. The monk's time is not long, so what is the last sentence?" I told you, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to slowly enlighten and explain—"

Liu Shiqi frowned: "Is Master going to leave here?"

Huici didn't answer, but said slowly: "Phaseless Kung Fu, the heart is empty and the body is self-transformation, do whatever you want."

He silently lowered his head and recited the ten words, only feeling as if he understood it, and as if looking at flowers in a fog, he was thinking hard, and suddenly raised his head to ask a few more questions, but he froze in place.

Dimly under the lamp, Huici's face showed a layer of pale death.Liu Shiqi leaned forward and called softly, "Master?"

No one has responded.

He stretched out two fingers to check Huici's breath, even though he was mentally prepared, he still stayed where he was and couldn't speak - that eminent monk lost his breath at some point, and passed away without a sound!

Liu Shiqi withdrew his fingers tremblingly. He was sitting opposite Huici, but at this moment he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Huici.He had seen fighting before, and knew that there were often bloody fights in the martial arts world, and there were not a few people who died, but he didn't want to see others die in front of him for the first time, so silently.

He picked up the secret book on Huici's lap, and it was as heavy as a thousand weights.

The pages of the secret book were yellowed, and the cover was written with the solemn words "Zi Zi Wu Xiang". Shi Qi turned to the first page, read only three lines, stopped dumbfounded, looked at Hui Ci's peaceful face, and shook his head helplessly:

"Master, you have worked so hard!"

What is written in the so-called secret books spread out on the floor are nothing more than trivial matters in life, how can there be any so-called esoteric skills?The real secret book has already been written in Liu Shiqi's mind by Hui Ci's mouth.

How can He De?

He knelt in that wing room until dawn, lit a fire when it was dim, and burned the "cheat book" and Huici's body after his death.From where he came from, to where he went, Liu Shiqi thought this was probably what he meant by "obtaining the Tao".

The flames of Bailong Temple outside the city were soaring into the sky, and the surrounding people brought water, and it took an hour to put out the fire.

Someone picked up a relic from the ruins, only to find out that there is an eminent monk here who has gone to the Land of Ultimate Bliss.

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Note: A few sentences come from "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra"