Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 559 Heart Jane
It might seem a bit inhumane to ask people to study when the moon has already risen, but Pei Ye actually likes the atmosphere of being alone on a quiet night. He walked on the shadows of pines and cypresses to this small courtyard, with the bright moon as a lamp, and the whole place was clear and bright.

The school was quiet, the library was quiet too. Pei Ye walked under the eaves of the dark hall and when he stopped, the moonlight filled the backyard.

The intimate heaven and earth surrounded him again. This must be a precious place for enlightenment. Unfortunately, the young man had nothing to be enlightened. He drew out his sword, only to feel it was tightly wrapped by invisible silk threads.

Ever since that day when he had a very clear understanding of the world around him, every time he tried to escape from it, he felt more and more insignificant, just like a drop of water suffocating in a lake or the sea.

It's not that he can't defeat the powerful enemy, but that there is simply nothing with which to swing the sword. Pei Ye was stuck here, so when the expectations of everyone in Shenjing had reached the Winter Sword Platform ten days later, he was still a little confused, because what was in front of him was a cliff, which was far from being described as a bottleneck.

It would be better to tell him that you are going to kill a Taoist priest in ten days. That might make it easier.

However, the young man's state of mind was now much clearer and he was not easily depressed. He sat cross-legged on the ground by the lake, quietly looking at and thinking. When he couldn't think of anything, he sighed lightly, stood up and danced with a sword under the moon, trying to find inspiration.

Unfortunately, several more hours passed, and neither his state of mind nor his sword could give him any guidance. He cut through the air, pierced the grass tips, and sliced ​​through the lake water... Everything around him was the world, your sword was, your clothes were, and so were your bones and blood.

This sword is invincible and can enable its owner to create countless miracles. It can also destroy everything in sight. However, after they are damaged or die, they will turn into soil and water and still be part of this harmonious world.

Pei Ye leaned on the stone by the pool, picked up a drop of water and let it roll on the sword, stunned and speechless.

In fact, he had roughly figured out the path he wanted to take. Feeling the heaven and earth was of course an extremely important step. Without being bound by the physical and mental constraints, there would be no way to transcend.

Once you feel this bondage, the sword is the weapon to cut off the bondage, and the heart is the hand that holds the sword.

Now the problem is this hand.

Pei Ye was very grateful to Xu Chuo for telling him her choice firmly and clearly, but the doubts in his heart were not just sadness. Although he had completed the "meeting me" once in Kongtong Mountain, he rarely felt confused because of himself now, but how to influence the world was indeed another big problem.

Because that's exactly what he's doing now.

Of course, he can choose not to take himself too seriously. He can simply regard himself as a tool for gambling. No matter what he thinks, he should try his best in ten days. As for the result, the meat-eaters can figure it out.

However, the boy usually reads less and likes to think. He is a little stubborn in wanting to make sure whether he must do something. Pei Ye who "tries his best" and Pei Ye who "really tries his best" are indeed not on the same level.

In fact, you don't have to get hung up on this matter.

What he was thinking was...which side will you stand on, Pei Ye?

The eternal bright moon that Mr. Zhu is looking up at is also the bright blood on the stone tablet under the imperial city.

Having such confusion in your mind is like being unable to stretch your hand out in cold weather. Naturally, you will not be able to hold the sword well, and your understanding of swordplay will be stuck here.

Pei Ye sighed softly, held the sword across his knees and looked into the distance. The east was about to dawn and a faint white light climbed up to the sky.

……

"Then I'll go with you and take a look."

At daybreak, Pei Yefang returned to his old home holding the sword, and ran into Xu Chuo who had just woken up. The two of them ordered noodle soup and had breakfast together downstairs.

Pei Ye poked the bottom of the bowl and talked about the difficulties he encountered in learning swordsmanship. Xu Chuo finished his noodles gracefully, held his chin in his hand and thought for a while, then said so.

"Look?" Pei Ye was slightly surprised. "Do you know anything about swords?"

"I don't really understand, but I have a pretty good brain."

Pei Ye felt that what he said was a bit unpleasant to the ear, but it was just the kind of thing that would make you appear to be very fussy if you cared about it. Pei Ye had no choice but to thank the innkeeper. After eating the noodles, he went back to his house and lay down for two hours. When he woke up, Xu Chuo was already standing at the door in his scholar's clothes, waiting for him.

Since coming to this old house, this woman seemed to seldom take the carriage anymore. She was used to changing into a taxi and measuring this old market on foot. Pei Ye was used to eating buns every morning, but her diet seemed to be different every time. She had West Street cakes, East Street noodles, sugar men snacks... She would bring some back for him from time to time, but Pei Ye sometimes suspected that it was not a special kindness, but the woman who paid was just tired of it or had leftovers.

Now Xu Chuo handed him another string of candied haws, and no one knew where he went while he was catching up on his sleep.

Pei Ye had already chewed and swallowed the string of candies before leaving the alley, but when he arrived at Tianliyuan, Xu Chuo still held the string in his hand and chewed it slowly.

The owner of Xiu Wen Hall seemed to have some special access here. When the two of them entered the courtyard, they ran into Xin Dongxue, the descendant of the philosopher. When he saw the woman, he was stunned and bowed respectfully. The woman chewed a string of candy and nodded slightly, without looking at him or stopping.

When we got to the backyard, the problem became simpler and more realistic. Pei Ye was still sitting by the pool, stroking the water with his sword, and he described his thoughts in detail. At the end, he sighed softly, "That's it."

Xu Chuo did not answer. She walked around the courtyard with her hands behind her back, walked up the stone path, stepped on the grass roots, looked at the rippling water in the pond, lowered her brows and thought quietly.

"In fact, I don't think I have to dwell on this problem, but it's like a cloud that can't be dispelled." Pei Ye crossed his legs and said slowly, "I think I must solve it first."

Xu Chuo frowned slightly, and thought with his chin raised: "I talked to Cui Zhaoye, but she didn't mention anything about this."

Pei Ye smiled: "You have a pretty good brain but you don't have any ideas?"

Xu Chuo also laughed: "You are such a child to brag about this."

"I think..." The woman looked up, and she was indeed thinking seriously. "Did Zhu Wen say anything related to you?"

Pei Ye was slightly startled: "What?"

"I mean, um... when you stand in this little world of Zhu Wen, does this confusion that needs to be resolved arise in your heart?"

"Yes."

"So is there anything left out?"

"go out……"

"You asked me the same question last night on Fengying Stage, but I advised you not to think too much about it, and you didn't dwell on it anymore, did you?"

Pei Ye was startled: "Yes."

He was at a loss for a moment, as if he had discovered a new world, and looked at the woman: "Why?"

He could have stopped thinking about this question and left it to his future self, but when he stood here...

Xu Chuo came to the eaves and leaned against the pillar, looking at him with her chin in her hand: "So I think this is probably the path Zhu Wen intentionally pointed out to you."

Pei Ye was shocked.

"Because you were originally confused about the 'Sword State' and didn't know where to pursue it to reach its true meaning. Now Zhu Wen has laid out this path for you." Xu Chuo said, "The reason why you came here is that you are troubled by this question and cannot calm down without understanding it. It is because the heart that is enlightened after solving this question is the true meaning of the 'Sword State'."

"..."

It was the night after the make-up class. ——"Now I want to teach you a skill, can I?"

The knowledge taught... Pei Ye was stunned for a moment. It was the first time he thought about this matter from this perspective.

In the eyes of that philosopher, the boy's character seemed simple and clear. He could see his choices and probably guess why he was confused.

He had asked the boy about his sword form, so he probably had an idea of ​​where he would encounter the obstacle?

Xu Chuo said, "The Confucian way of cultivating the mind is very profound. You are studying the sword form, and you are confused in your heart. It is natural for Zhu Wen to do something about it. He makes you indulge in this question, of course, not forcing it on you, but making it manifest in your heart during the guidance... I think, maybe you can put this question aside for the time being and see what Zhu Zhezi has taught you?"

"..."

The quiet courtyard was the same as always, with moss-stained walls and ice floating on the pond. Pei Ye looked on in silence, his body and mind in a trance.

Seeing that he had quieted down, Xu Chuo stopped talking and returned to the dark hall. She lit a small stove, made herself a pot of rough tea, and held a small bowl in her hand while looking at the young man in the yard seriously.

The young man did not draw his sword again. He just sat quietly by the pool, sometimes getting up and strolling around casually. He spent the whole day like this.

"Are you hungry?" When the boy came out, Xu Chuo didn't ask him about his progress. "On the way back, I passed Longquan Lane. There is a wonton shop that is delicious."

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"Okay." Pei Ye now trusted the owner of the hall very much. He packed up his sword and asked, "Have you been guarding here all day? Are you not busy today?"

"The most important thing right now is your matter. Why should I be busy?" Xu Chuo put away his fan and waited for him.

"The master really has a good brain. I'm convinced." Pei Ye walked out and said with a smile, "No wonder he became a teacher at the Imperial College at such a young age and is able to plan everything."

Xu Chuo didn't look pleased with the compliment and just glanced at him indifferently.

Pei Ye laughed twice.

"I was actually much smarter than others when I was very young." The two of them walked out of Tianliyuan, the starry sky hanging low, Xu Chuo said, "According to the current standards of the Imperial College, when I was ten years old, I probably already had 'all the five classics'."

Pei Ye's eyes widened.

But the woman didn't say anything more. She handed him a rolled-up piece of paper with fine ink stains inside, and said seriously, "Regarding the problem you are struggling with, I have just thought about it carefully and wrote an article to sort it out. The wording is very simple and you can read it yourself. At the end of the article are some ancient books. I will help you look for them in the library after we go back today, and you can also read them yourself on weekdays. Since you are asking about this, let's break it down more carefully and understand it more clearly."

"Um... well."

Pei Ye was silent for a while, then turned around and said with a smile: "I thought the owner would think I was being pretentious."

"Always speaking out your true feelings easily reminds people of the smell of sunshine. It is much more approachable than pretending to be deep and amiable. I quite like it."

“……” Pei Ye looked at her in some confusion again.

The two had dinner together, returned to the old house and spent two hours in the library. The woman got up late, probably not because she was sleepy, but because she was used to going to bed late. When the two separated, it was already late at night.

Pei Ye clearly felt the woman's seriousness in this matter and her efforts to solve every one of his confusions.

"I think Cui Zhaoye is not as reliable as I imagined. I will follow you to learn sword skills in the next few days." The woman said calmly before parting.

This continued for the next two days.

It must be admitted that this person who did not know how to practice cultivation was actually a great help. Her comprehension and rationality were frighteningly high, and her vision was often far-reaching and deep. She did not naturally understand the answers to those questions, but she would hold her chin in her hand and think and reason with the boy, and soon these questions would reveal their hidden features during the discussion.

Pei Ye was surprised that after reaching the "Spiritual Enlightenment" level, the woman could still talk to him about sword form.

And the sword... Pei Ye hasn't drawn his sword for three days.

Because he suddenly realized that was not what he wanted to do here, and even the race against time in the past twenty days of practice was actually because of the current situation and he could not relax.

When sitting in this backyard these two days, he had almost forgotten the world around him. He was enjoying this quiet courtyard peacefully, just like a drop of water floating freely in the water... It was in this state that he suddenly had a reasonable question - is there no direction for the boundless lake and sea?
As one of those drops, where should I go?
So he stood up from the pool, walked, sat and lay down in confusion, and began to think about what to do.

In this quiet little courtyard, under the eaves where I have spent more than twenty days, under this old building, you can see the moonlit terrace by looking up... What do you want to do?

He wants to study.

So at noon that day, he sat cross-legged by the pool and opened the book "Yili".

He read a sentence, but what he entered was not the book, but his own state of mind.

It has been a long time since they last saw each other. The Purple Forest Snow Mountain and the vast blue sky were at the center of it. After two months of getting along, he had come to understand this realm - they existed hugely in his mind, but were not subject to his control. The two worlds unfolded by the two divine objects coexisted in a strange balance, and his mind was the small fulcrum that carried them. He could travel between the two worlds like an explorer, but they would not be controlled by him as in the real mind.

Because although the young man wore precious armor and held a precious sword, his mind had not been trained in any way.

He also doesn't know that kind of method, just as he only uses [Que Shou] to his high status.

But now... things seem to have changed.

He had never felt his "heart" so clearly. Everything in his mind seemed to become suddenly very clear, so much so that he began to have a vague sense of control over the purple forest and white mist... It was at this moment that he saw the carvings on the bamboo behind the mist.

It's a word.

[The beauty of words is majestic and magnificent. The beauty of the court is full of people]

【Ritual is the highest level of humanity】

[Those in higher positions should not bully those below them, and those in lower positions should not support those above them. If you correct yourself and do not ask for help from others, you will have no complaints. Those above you should not blame the heavens, and those below you should not blame others. ]

……

It was the Book of Rites that he had read.

They were so clearly engraved in his mind,

"It seems to be the legendary Confucian [Heart Sutra], which is used to enlighten the mind." Xu Chuo said, "It is said that those who have been passed down this magic will have the books they read engraved in their mind. No matter what attitude you have towards them, they can help you see the shape of your own heart more clearly."

"..."

——"This book is for you. You can go to the sword training academy in the morning and come here in the afternoon. You don't have to go to the academy, just go to the backyard and take a look. If the pond is frozen, you can walk around the yard, practice swordsmanship or read books. Maybe you can gain something. You can do this for the next few days."

(End of this chapter)