The Legend of Immortal Court

Chapter 72 Songlao's Lecture: No Wealth Is Not Enough to Support Taoism

Among the temples.

Elder Song walked in the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

Su Ting followed half a step behind.

Qingping was also beside the two, bowing his head slightly, listening to their conversation quietly.

"You can really feel at ease, open a small shop, and be a hermit hiding in the world?" Song Lao came to the edge of the pond, looked at the rippling water, and said leisurely.

"It's natural, the so-called mediocrity is the truth." Su Ting looked serious, and said seriously: "Look at how many stories in the martial arts world, these heroes who roam the rivers and lakes, no matter how famous, passionate, lofty, and experienced Countless things, and in the end, I looked away from everything, and just lived in seclusion and became an ordinary person."

He looked up at the sky, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and said with emotion: "I have already reached such a state now, I can break through the world and live in peace."

Qingping kept his expression unchanged, but his face twitched slightly.

Elder Song glanced at him, and said, "Why don't you become a monk when you've broken through the world of mortals?"

Su Ting sighed, and said helplessly: "The younger generation also has this idea, but we are not inherited by Thunder God Tianzun, it's all predestined."

Song Lao shook his head and said: "Stinky boy, you know how to talk nonsense. You know, no matter what you do to make a living, the opening of this shop will do a lot of harm to your practice, but only one benefit."

Su Ting scratched his head and said, "Where did you say that?"

Song Lao said: "The business of the store is too good, you have to worry more, and you can't practice with all your strength. The business of the store is poor, and you can't support your family, so you have to worry too much, and you can't practice with all your strength. But this reason?"

"There are no shops, and the younger generation doesn't even have a job to support their families."

"But with a shop, most of you can only support your family."

"Where do you start with this? Isn't Elder Song also bothering about the temple?"

"The old man's temple is nothing compared to your shop."

Elder Song glanced at him, and said slowly: "This old man practices the divine way, the incense in this temple can be evenly divided to help the old man practice, plus the incense money from the temple, plus the annual gift from Si Tianjian , are all good for your practice, but how does your shop benefit your practice?"

Speaking of this, Songlao's eyes passed across Su Ting's face and landed on Qingping behind him.

Obviously these words were not only addressed to Su Ting, but also to Qingping.

"The only advantage of this shop is that it can only solve the problem of supporting your family."

Elder Song took a deep look at him, looked at Qingping, and said: "But that's all there is to it. Throughout the ages, there are countless people who practice immortality and Taoism. Yes. But the real practitioners, at the beginning of their cultivation, at the beginning of their cultivation, not many of them are really poor."

"If you were a woodcutter and farmer in Luoyue County, what if you picked up the ancient books of the immortal family?"

"If you can't read, you can't practice."

"Secondly, you work at sunrise and rest at sunset. If you don't work hard, you will starve to death. But if you work every day, how can you have the leisure time to delve into these cultivation methods?"

"Su Ting vaguely fell into the second category."

Song Lao said slowly.

Su Ting nodded, deeply sympathetic, but in fact, his shop mainly has some deceptive ideas.Seeing that Elder Song was so caring at this moment, Su Ting couldn't help being moved, and wanted to explain.

But before Su Ting opened his mouth, he heard Qingping ask: "He doesn't want to be rich, he doesn't want to have a prosperous business, he just wants to support his family, be a little idler, and use the rest of his time to practice, isn't it bad?"

Elder Song turned his head to glance at Qingping, nodded slightly, and said, "Of course it's not bad, but that's the only way...but that's all, but it lacks the benefits of cultivation and is entangled in trivial matters in the world. Fate is involved."

"Under the same talent, you can only practice daily exercises, but in addition to this, people can also benefit from various natural and earthly treasures, which can go faster and farther than you."

"Throughout the ages, no matter how talented and talented they are, no one has ever said that they will surely achieve Taoism and become immortals."

"Looking at the ancestral court of the Taoist sect, it is the true biography of the Taoist ancestor. The disciples in the sect are even more outstanding, talented, practiced since childhood, superior in the method, taught by the elders, nourished by heaven and earth treasures, and nourished by elixir and elixir. Able to become a fairy?"

"If he thinks that running a shop in the world, sitting cross-legged in meditation every day, exhaling and exhaling, after a few decades, before the end of his life, he can break through the immortal way, then you are too arrogant."

Song Lao's tone was heavy, with a bit of scolding.

Su Ting didn't mainly focus on shops, but after hearing what Mr. Song said, there was something in his words, so he couldn't help asking: "Does Mr. Song have any advice?"

Elder Song said in a deep voice: "Either don't do it, practice with peace of mind, and stay away from the hustle and bustle. Or, grow the business, benefit from wealth, and gain wealth to support the Tao."

He came forward, patted Su Ting, and said: "Although money is something external to the body, but at the beginning of cultivation, the word money is definitely not dung."

At the beginning of Su Ting's practice, he experienced the dilemma of "a penny can't beat a hero", and he felt the same way, saying: "No money is not enough to support the Tao, this junior understands."

Elder Song nodded and said, "It's good to understand, but I'm afraid you won't listen to what the old man said, and think too highly of yourself..."

Speaking of this, Song Lao turned slightly sideways, looked at Qingping, and said: "This old man is walking in the way of the gods, which is different from you, but you cultivators must meditate, calm your mind, cultivate your energy, cultivate your body, guard against arrogance, and dryness. Away from the hustle and bustle, away from the noise..."

"If you are poor and have to support your family, how can you be so stable? How can you stay away from the hustle and bustle in the world?"

"Furthermore, to refine qi in meditation, at the beginning, we haven't been able to fast. In addition to eating a full stomach, we must also have many medicinal materials to nourish ourselves, transport essence, move qi and blood, and promote blood qi, so that we can continue to move qi."

"The so-called refinement and transformation of qi, if you are weak and deficient in qi and blood, how can it help refine qi?"

"It's fine if you're a disciple of a big sect, but you are just scattered monks, you have no one to rely on, you only rely on yourself."

"If you work hard every day like this Su family kid in the future, if you don't do it for a day, you won't be able to eat enough for a day, how can you practice with peace of mind?"

Elder Song looked at Qingping and spoke slowly.

Qing Ping suddenly felt emotional, bowed and said: "Disciple understands."

Su Ting tilted his head, his expression was very strange, he stretched out his hand to stroke his clean chin, always felt that something was wrong.

It seems that Song Lao's words of "no wealth is not enough to support Taoism" are not used to warn himself, but to explain Qingping.

And he was just caught by Song Lao casually, making him a negative example?

I seemed to be a little self-indulgent just now?
Su Ting, who felt very innocent, looked at Elder Song's eyes and suddenly became resentful and aggrieved. He secretly said in his heart: "In order to teach Qingping a lesson, you treated me as a negative example?"

Su Ting felt he was innocent, but from Songlao's words, he probably understood that although Qingping was Songlao's disciple, he did not follow the divine way, but the immortal way, which was different from Songlao's way.

Although they intend to warn Su Ting, most of them are teaching Qingping.

At this moment, Elder Song sighed a little, and said: "Even if you don't talk about those Xianzong disciples, you see that the current Sitianjian's national teacher is a dignified person with extremely high talents, but he still has to be attached to the court. Use the treasury and power to search for natural resources and earthly treasures."

"But even if he is a dignified real person, once he becomes a national teacher, how can he have the confidence to say that he can become an immortal?"

"If one's Taoism is really advanced to a certain level, one wouldn't be bothered by mortal property, but at the beginning of one's practice, money is unavoidable."

"Even when it comes to advanced Taoism, they pay more attention to this aspect."

"E.g……"

Elder Song paused for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Do you know which family is the richest in Luoyue County?"

Su Ting and Qing Ping looked at each other, both surprised.

The largest famous family in Luoyue County is naturally the Sun family, with the deepest heritage, the longest inheritance, and the strongest financial resources.

But Mr. Song asked this obvious question, did he have some deep meaning?Or is the obvious answer actually true?The richest family in Luoyue County, who else?

Su Ting thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought of many stories, his eyes lit up, and said: "According to many stories, real people don't show their faces, unicorns are hidden in the fields, and dragons are raised in ponds. The one who divides the land and has the most wealth is your old man who has always been simple and concise?"

In an instant, countless thoughts turned in Su Ting's mind.

"Could it be that there are hidden treasures in the temple?"

"Could it be that Mr. Song, your old man was a robber in the rivers and rivers in his early years, and he accumulated a fortune, so rich that he can rival the country?"

"Could it be..."

Before Su Ting could finish speaking, Elder Song suddenly shouted, "Shut up!"

Qingping looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, as if he had never heard it.

Su Ting sighed and said, "It seems not."

Elder Song snorted and said, "The richest person in Luoyue County is the Sun family, even a blind person can tell."

Su Ting touched his face and muttered, "I'm not blind."

Elder Song glared at him, flicked his sleeves slightly, walked around the pool, and said slowly: "In the early years, the patriarch of the Sun family cultivated to become a yin god. He was a master, and he was also at the forefront among the masters. Create a family, accumulate wealth, collect treasures from all over the world, and lay the foundation for your own practice..."

"Now the patriarch of the Sun family, although he has devoted the rest of his life to cultivating immortality and Taoism, he has never let go of the Sun family's business and is still intriguing with others. This is because he also understands that wealth is indispensable for future cultivation. .”

"Which one of the ancestors of the Sun family, who is now the national teacher of the dynasty, lived only by relying on a shop?"

Elder Song glanced at Su Ting and said, "You can do it yourself."

Su Ting's eyes lit up.

As soon as Chen Youyu was stolen by him, Elder Song told him that there was a lot of wealth in his Sun family.

It turns out that Mr. Song came here today to encourage him to steal the Sun family?
(End of this chapter)