Chapter 91 The Teachings of Jiajuan Polygonum Flowers
When I came out of the tea shop, I saw Xiong Zhuang with a slightly fat belly, a wide embroidered belt tied around his waist, and long black boots on his feet. , hanging an ox-ear waist knife on his waist, and wearing a felt hat, he really looks a bit like a merchant from Beirong Mountain.
Seeing Xiong Zhuang let out a wine burp, Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but shake his head: "Brother Xiong, you can't eat too much of this ordinary food. You can try it occasionally. Seeing you like this, I'm really a little bit I'm afraid you'll be addicted to it and won't be able to extricate yourself."
"Hey, brother, don't worry, I just want to take you to have a taste..."
Xiong Zhuang scratched a little embarrassedly. Scratching his head, Chen Huaisheng rolled his eyes.
"Brother, these words are too false. After all these years, do I still need you to lead me to try new things? I have stopped eating ordinary food for a long time. I will just watch you chew happily tonight. Don't be addicted to it, right? ?”
Xiong Zhuang shook his head like a rattle.
"Nothing, this month, plus this meal, is the third meal, and also my last meal this year. I usually go to Jinzhenlou to eat, that is, Lingsu and Yumai It's a bit too tasteless, and animal meat is expensive and scarce. If you give me the fifty spirit stones, I guess I won't be able to survive three months. Fortunately, I brought dozens of kilograms of dried mutton myself, so I can still hold on for a while. ,..."
Chen Huaisheng also knows that although Xiong Zhuang's food intake has shrunk a lot compared to a few years ago, he still has to eat a lot every day.
If it is the meat of monsters and beasts, it will be about five to ten kilograms, and if it is vegetarian food, such as moss, mushrooms, spiritual rice and millet, then Some are too much, at least twenty to thirty kilograms.
However, for a Taoist species, although this kind of food intake is slightly large, it is still acceptable to ordinary people.
Wealth lovers are in the right place, and the word wealth will be reflected at this time.
Chen Huaisheng also sighed and handed the five spiritual sands in his hand to Xiong Zhuang.
"I have long thought that you will not have enough. These are five spiritual sands, which can be exchanged for more than a hundred spiritual stones. It will be no problem until next year. I guess you should join the world by then. When the time comes, I will prepare another two hundred spiritual stones for you, but you may have to earn money to support yourself in the future."
Xiong Zhuang said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I've thought about it too. If you really can't do it, just go hungry and go hunting in the mountains. You can hunt down a few sheep and arrow deer, or dig up some beeswax, which can also be exchanged for some spiritual stones, and you can survive for a while..."
This is probably Xiong Zhuang's biggest reliance. If it doesn't work, he will run to the mountains.
As a foreign cultivator, he is naturally good at hunting. The miasma has little impact on him. If he works a few votes and exchanges for a hundred and eighty spiritual stones, he can survive for a few months as long as he saves a little. .
It’s just that if a cultivator like him doesn’t find other ways to survive, it will be difficult to survive in a metropolis. There are densely populated areas within a hundred miles. Where can you go hunting?
So the true cultivators in today's world must either have a lot of money and not worry about their livelihood, or they must have a stable source of livelihood.
Obviously Xiong Zhuang had not planned this well before, so he thought of taking the most primitive and roughest way of life, hunting.
However, I believe that after ten or eight years, Xiong Zhuang will become more familiar with human life and find his place.
Back to Xiong Zhuang’s rented residence, it is a very narrow courtyard, but it is enough for Xiong Zhuang alone.
“Every day I go to the tea shop, I hear all kinds of stories. I pretend to be taking a nap there. The tea doctors all know that I am here to collect medicinal herbs and will not go into the mountains until it snows heavily. So I don’t rush it. A bowl of tea can last until lunch time. Sometimes I just come back with a few kilograms of dried meat to make ends meet..."
"I quite like this kind of day. I sit there and enjoy all kinds of things. Interesting anecdotes at home..."
"It's because the parents are short-tempered and gossip about interesting things..." Chen Huaisheng still plays the role of teacher.
"Yes, even if the parents are short-lived, they hear interesting stories directly, even if they don't want to hear them. It's quite interesting. Everyone likes to hear the stories told by the storyteller, about the sect competition in Da Zhao, the turmoil of the clans in Nan Chu, Da Xia and us I find the grievances and hatreds of Da Zhao very interesting..."
Xiong Zhuang’s eyebrows were dancing with joy, but Chen Huaisheng nodded and shook his head repeatedly. Xiong Zhuang's knowledge of human discourse has made great progress. He can speak words such as contention, wind and cloud, love and resentment, and he is very accurate. He probably picked up the words of a storyteller, but it is still rare.
He keeps calling us Da Zhao, which shows a strong sense of identification and belonging.
Why is a cultivator so interested in these nonsense in the world of human cultivation?
Shouldn't you be chasing after someone who can't bear the world's feelings, should you be robbed and enter the Tao?
Looking at Xiong Zhuang’s leisurely and fascinated expression, Chen Huaisheng didn’t know how to “teach” him for a while.
"Brother, it seems that you feel very comfortable and satisfied with your current little life?" Chen Huaisheng asked gently.
"Well, yes, it's really interesting. It's much more interesting than life in the wild bee ditch. What's that called? It's not fun..."
Xiong Zhuang continued nod.
Chen Huaisheng responded angrily: "Don't you want to miss Sichuan? Then you have to go to Bashu. Maybe you prefer the life in Bashu? People there live a more comfortable and leisurely life and pay attention to the art of food. It is the most suitable Your mentality of not seeking improvement..."
Xiong Zhuang finally heard the teasing and teasing tone in Chen Huaisheng's words, and said somewhat sarcastically: "Didn't I just take the initiative to adapt to the familiarity, and you did the same for me? I arranged it, I am still very pursuing,..."
"It's right that I arranged this for you, but you can't be addicted to it and can't extricate yourself. I'm afraid that you will fall in and become unrepentant. Go ahead." Chen Huaisheng looked up and down, "I'm afraid you are aiming for 250 pounds? Didn't you agree to limit it to 220? It's no wonder you don't have enough spiritual stones."
Xiong Zhuang scratched his head in embarrassment, "Not two hundred and five, just two hundred and four,..."
Chen Huaisheng almost laughed out loud, this guy is still sincere, and he can deceive the truth in just one sentence The words came.
"Brother Xiong, it is indeed necessary to be familiar with the world, but you must understand your own purpose. You are making these preparations to join the world, but what is the purpose of your joining the world?" Chen Huaisheng asked leisurely: "It is to achieve enlightenment and ascend. How can we do it? Understand all the things in the world, and finally achieve enlightenment and ascension when the disaster comes. If you indulge in joy and enjoyment, it will be counterproductive, and the Tao will disappear."
Chen Huaisheng said this. The words sounded like a warning, and Xiong Zhuang nodded in agreement.
He understood that Chen Huaisheng was doing this for his own good. He had been practicing for three hundred years and came out of the world. Isn’t that why he came here?
The biggest challenge I face is to cope with the calamity. Only by successfully coping with the calamity can I truly get rid of my hairy body and become a true human being.
As for how to cope with the tribulation, you need to imitate human cultivation and learn from them. Their success rate in coping with the tribulation is much higher than that of the other categories of the Five Insects.
This is why he not only needs to be familiar with the world, but also needs to learn about human beings' living habits, speech and behavior, and higher-level spiritual cultivation, and the latter is said to be the key to enlightenment.
"Okay, I don't intend to interfere too much in your life, but Brother Xiong, you should make a study plan. Of course, you need to understand the world, but learning is indispensable. You have already read "The Thousand Character Classic" Once you have memorized it, you will be able to roughly use the words and sentences in daily life. Now it is about how to understand the meaning of these contexts in a specific atmosphere, and then sublimate the perception. Maybe this is the true meaning of Ying Jie,..."
Xiong Zhuang listened very carefully, but in fact Chen Huaisheng, who was talking endlessly, was just like a layman when talking to Jie Yi.
How can he, a small character who has not yet mastered Qi refining, understand the issues that need to be considered at the peak of foundation building?
These specious descriptions were slowly copied from the writings of some senior monks in the Menzhong Dao Jing Pavilion. As for how true they are, it is unknown, but at least they are better than Xiong Zhuang's own random Strong.
"Brother Xiong, after returning to the mountain this time, I'm afraid I won't come out again for a long time. I need to calm down and cultivate my energy, and you also need to take good care of yourself..."
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