Taoist night sword

Chapter 4 4 Spring in the wild
The wind on the hillside flows downstream into the front of the Taoist temple, blowing a few flowers and plants to sway.

After the Lord finished speaking, he took out a pony from a gray bag hanging around his waist, which looked like a pony sewn from horse hide. The Lord threw the pony into the air and blew out a strand of red silk at the same time. The pony-like breath drilled into the body of the pony, and a cloud of red light and haze burst out from the pony's body. There was a neighing in the red light, and a black gallant horse jumped out, but the eyes seemed to be burning with flames, which made people feel uncomfortable. You can tell an extraordinary horse at a glance.

Lou Jinchen looked at this spell and was extremely greedy, thinking that if he had this thing, he would not need two legs to go anywhere.

He hung the lantern on the side of the saddle, got on the horse, and found that there was a place for a sword to hang on the saddle, so he hung the sword, and hung a water pot and rice balls on it in a bundle, got on the horse, and lifted the reins , Clamping his legs, the horse rushed out.

In the Taoist temple, the two boys looked at Lou Jinchen who was galloping away on horseback, and felt that Lou Jinchen was so energetic at this moment, which surprised them!
For more than ten days, Lou Jinchen has been just like them, working, eating, cultivating, and occasionally speaking strange things. In their view, this is a person who likes to say strange things. But at this moment, Lou Jinchen and their hearts The look is not the same.

The temple master didn't care about the thoughts of the two little Taoist boys, he was now concentrating on refining the medicine, he only hoped that everything would go well, he told the two boys to close the door of the temple, and then went back to Du's village to take care of his medicine.

Lou Jinchen almost didn't have to control this night-like horse by himself, it seemed to know the road and was not afraid of stepping on a pit.

Lou Jinchen, who was sitting on the horse, was thinking about the words said by the temple master: "Spring is in the wild, summer is in the eye, autumn is in the meridian, and winter is the sword in my heart. When I move it, the sword rises from the heart. Kill all the ghosts and gods and see the green mountains."

He read this passage, in which the phrase "the sword in winter is hidden in my heart", he can understand "spring in the wild", what is in the wild in spring, and at the same time, "spring", "summer", "autumn" and "winter", It does not refer to the seasons, but a sequence of practice.

Based on his own Chinese skills, the translation is: "In spring, I saw a sword between the sky and the earth. In summer, the sword has been imprinted in my eyes. In autumn, the sword has entered my meridian and merged with Qi." , in winter, the sword is hidden in the heart..."

The latter sentence is already very straightforward, but there may be other symbolic meanings contained in this straightforwardness, which he didn't understand for a while.

He thought of another sentence: "A gentleman hides his weapon in his body and moves it when the time comes!"

The utensil here does not refer to a certain utensil, and the possession in it does not refer to the possession of things.

The whole meaning is that a gentleman should work hard to learn his skills well, and when the time comes, he can display his talents.

Therefore, the sword weapon here is in my heart, and it may not only refer to the sword weapon, but a general symbol.

Of course, since it is said to be a sword art here, it should be understood around this 'sword'. As for the wider meaning, it is not within the scope of his consideration now.
The sword is clearly in hand, why do you say the sword is in the wild?
So he thinks it doesn't refer to the actual sword weapon, but to the sword technique.

"Spring is in the wild." The understanding in Lou Jinchen's heart gradually became clear: "In spring, seeing various phenomena and laws between the heaven and the earth is like seeing various sword techniques, and I combine them into the sword."

"Xia Tian is in the Eyes: When Xia Tian arrives, I realize that this phenomenon and law are engraved in my eyes, and that sword technique is learned by me."

Lou Jinchen thinks it should be like this. Different people will naturally have different ways of understanding a piece of magic formula when they see it, read it, and hear it. Understanding is a kind of understanding, and it is the truth to be able to cultivate the Dharma.

Lou Jinchen felt joy in his heart, it was a kind of joy after understanding a truth, and it was the joy of understanding the meaning of the person who said it.

And now the only magic rhyme he can feel is the "sensing yin and yang" after he has completed the Qi refining method to open up the sea of ​​​​qi. He seems to be able to feel the changes of yin and yang between the heaven and the earth every moment.

It is brought about by the rotation of the sun and the moon. As long as he wants, he can capture the yang essence and moonlight between the heaven and the earth at any time.

"See the law and make it into a swordsmanship. I see yin and yang, and I should use the rhyme of yin and yang to practice swordsmanship."

After Lou Jinchen made this point clear in his heart, he immediately drew out his sword and swung it.

He tried to use that ability to sense yin and yang on the sword to form his own swordsmanship.

Swinging again and again, he didn't feel the slightest tiredness or impatience, and he didn't feel the slightest bit of frustration when he couldn't do it for a while, because he clearly felt that every time he swung the sword, he made a little progress.

His mana is attached to the sword with his thoughts, and he senses Yin and Yang through the sword, and uses the sword to arouse the sun's essence fire gathered by the sunlight in the daytime, so that the essence fire is attached to the sword, so that he can easily Hurt those weird and evil creatures.

He felt that in this way, the sword in his hand could also be tempered by the sun's essence fire and the sun's fire, turning this alloy sword with excellent toughness into a magic sword.

His thoughts diverged, and he thought of a lot at once.

When the sun was about to set, he actually found a little feeling. When the sword was swung, there was a vague brilliance attached to the sword body, especially at the tip of the sword.

The joy in the heart seems to nourish the vigorous growth of the mind. During this process, the feeling captures the Yang essence and puts it into the sea of ​​​​qi, forming the magic power of true energy. Every strand of magic power is the condensation of thoughts.

As the horse rides at dusk, pedestrians in twos and threes can be seen all the way along the official road, returning to their respective villages.

According to Lou Jinchen's understanding of this world, every village will have one or two people with spells. The spells they cultivate may not be able to live forever, or even prolong life, but they have a very high status in the village.

Weddings and funerals, all sit down.

Most of the common people who have lost their souls and bumped into evil spirits can be cured, and some of them can pass through the shadows, raise ghosts, cast out corpses, or draw talismans.To them, these are not the secrets of longevity, but just a family handed down skill.

As for the Du Family Manor, it must be a big mansion, and even the master of the Huoling Temple asked her to make medicine, which shows how important it is to learn a craft.

Passers-by on the road didn't have much fear when they saw his horse, they just avoided the front, looked at his horse, and discussed with their companions, we can see that they are also used to seeing strange beasts.

At a three-way intersection, there are several thatched huts, each with flags of tea, wine, and food. This is a place to rest. The thatched huts are ventilated on all sides, but they occupy a large area. There are some merchants and bodyguards sitting in twos and threes inside. , or people visiting relatives and friends, Shuishui City is located in the main water and land transportation, and those nearby will transport their goods to Swishui City for transshipment, or sell them in Shuishui City, so there are endless business travelers on the surrounding official roads.

The temple master told him the main sign, this is one place, turn from this to another road, and then walk for more than [-] li.

He decided to take a rest here. Horses don't get tired, but people do.

Although he has opened up a sea of ​​qi, he has not yet escaped from the mortal body. The true qi in his body is mainly from refining his own essence, and the time to collect the essence of yin and yang is still short.

In the shadows outside the tea shop, he took out the rice ball and ate it with water.

He listened to the people in the tea shop talking in his ears.

"Grandpa, what's the matter with this Matoupo? It's so evil that even Mr. Lu Da is caught in it." The questioner was a young man. Keeping the people in the vegetable shop in mind, the one who asked the question was the grandparent and grandson sitting at the end of the tea shop.

"Matoupo was originally a village. More than ten years ago, all the people in the village were hanged overnight, from sixties to babies. This incident shocked all the surrounding villages. Swimming City sent people to investigate the reason, but in the end they didn't find any results."

"There are Taoist priests and monks who go there to chant sutras, but the resentment still persists. When people pass by Matoupo, they often see bright lights in Matoupo village. It seems that there are still people living in Matoupo village. But after some people go in, few people can come out alive. , even if they come out, they will suddenly hang themselves to death one day in the future, so someone proposed to build a temple town there to lock up the grievances there.”

"Mr. Lu Da, a temple-building family in Yushui City, was entrusted to build an earth temple there with his children, and use the earth god to suppress the evil that breeds resentment in that piece of land. After the earth temple was built, Matoupo Village was quiet. Come down, but some time ago, lights began to appear in Matoupo Village again, and someone heard the voices of people in the village."

"Well, I don't know if the suppression of the Earth Temple has lost its effect, or there are other changes. Mr. Lu Da went to investigate, but he never came back. This time Mr. Lu Er invited those people to Matoupo. To rescue Mr. Lu Da."

The old man's words made Lou Jinchen understand that there were people who went to this Matoupo village.

He rested almost, then got up, got on the horse, and rode away. When he turned to the road that could lead to the horse's head slope, the old man who spoke just now followed him immediately.

Since the accident in Matoupo Village, that road has been deserted, and few people take it, unless it is the kind of people who have to go here, or those who feel capable.

Lou Jinchen has something in his heart, he is happy in his heart, and he rides his horse like the wind.

After the sun had completely set and night fell, the horse he dismounted slowed down. The road in front of him was already full of weeds, and there hadn't been a large number of pedestrians passing by for a long time.

A stream next to it was clogged with mud and leaves, and the yin was stagnant.

A few snakes with various stripes were disturbed and got into the grass. In the distance, a few yellow-skinned people stood on tiptoes in the grass and looked at him. Their eyes were shining faintly.

The mountains in the distance have become the thickest darkness in the night.

In this black and gray desolation, on a hillside like a horse's head at the foot of a distant mountain, there is a patch of scattered lights emitting mysterious and strange lights. It is a village.

Lou Jinchen knew that Matoupo Village should be here.

　Everyone collects it first.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)