Self-struggle starting from Douluo

Chapter 130 Lie Zi Riding the Wind
How difficult is it to accurately find someone among hundreds of millions of people?
If it were any other fantasy world, gods might have this kind of power, but in Douluo Continent, the so-called gods are just humans!

Even if one were to look down from the divine realm, trying to find someone in Douluo Continent, or even in the Far North, would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

When Qing Huan condensed the eighth soul ring, the enormous vitality and power of the sun that it exuded seemed to be a coordinate, attracting the God of Life and the God of the Moon.

Only after entering the City of Slaughter can the Asura God find him...

The gods fell in the extreme north of Douluo Continent. Based on the gods' understanding of Douluo Continent, even if Shura God could guess that it was Qing Huan who was behind it, so what?

Qinghuan erased the coordinates that Shura God left in his spiritual world. Even if he looked for him, he would not be able to find him in a short time.

When we return to the academy with Lan Yin's real body, Qing Huan will not be at risk even if the Shura God comes knocking on the door!
……

High in the sky, Qinghuan hugged Bibi Dong's slender waist, and Feng Xu flew with the wind.

Bibi Dong held Qinghuan in her arms, looking down at the earth. She felt her body moving with the wind, but she also felt that the wind was moving with her. This contradictory feeling was difficult for her to understand.

If it was a normal wind, it would only come in gusts, but the wind blowing on her at this moment, although weak, was able to carry the bodies of both of them and continuously push them forward.

Seeing that they had already flown over the Slaughter Town and no gods were blocking them, Bibi Dong breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help asking, "Qing Huan, how did you do that?"

Qinghuan suddenly looked embarrassed.

Seeing this, Bibi Dong quickly said: "I'm just asking casually, you don't have to tell me."

Qing Huan smiled bitterly and said, "I finally understand what 'there is no question about the truth, and there is no answer to the question' means. It's not that I intentionally concealed it, but I simply can't say it."

Bibi Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay if you can't put it into words. I understand this situation. Many things cannot be described in words."

After thinking about it, Qing Huan simply said, "Let me tell you a story and see if you can understand it."

Why did the hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin period all like to use stories to explain truths?

Because many truths cannot be expressed in words, people can only hint at them through corresponding stories.

Bibi Dong lay on Qinghuan's chest, looking up at him with her beautiful eyes.

Qing Huan arranged his words and said, "There was a man named Lie Zi. His master was called Lao Shang Zi, and he had a friend called Bo Gao Zi. Lie Zi learned from the two of them, and after learning, he was able to ride the wind.

There was a young man named Yin Sheng who heard that Lie Zi had the skill to fly with the wind. He was very envious and so he followed Lie Zi, helping him chop wood and cook every day. He even didn't dare go home to visit his family.

For several months, he asked Lie Zi several times for the art of flying, but Lie Zi refused to teach him. Yin Sheng thought Lie Zi was narrow-minded and unwilling to pass on the art to others, so he finally said goodbye and went home.

When she said goodbye, Retsuko didn’t say a word to ask me to stay.”

At this point, Bibi Dong couldn't help but ask, "Is Liezi really unwilling to teach him?"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Yin Sheng also had this suspicion, so when he returned home he always felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it over and over again, he felt unwilling to give up, so he couldn't help but go back to Lie Zi to continue studying.

Lie Zi saw him go and come back, so he asked him: You just left, why are you back again after just a few days?
Yin Sheng said: "I asked you for the art of flying before, but you refused to teach me. I felt resentful towards you, so I left and went home. Now I think you must have had your reasons for not teaching me, so I came back again."

Bibi Dong nodded and said, "This Mr. Yin is quite sensible."

Qing Huan continued, "After hearing what Yin Sheng said, Lie Zi immediately shook his head and said, 'Alas, I thought you were a good learner of Taoism, but I didn't know that you were so mean. Well, I will tell you how I learned the art of flying from Lao Shang.'"

Bibi Dong immediately focused her attention and listened carefully.

"Liezi said: In those days, I lived with my teacher inseparable. I dared not think about right and wrong, and dared not talk about benefits and harm. After three years, the teacher turned his head and looked at me.

Five years later, I finally dared to think right and wrong in my heart and speak out loudly, and the teacher smiled at me with approval. Seven years later, I reached the state of being able to think freely without any right or wrong and speak freely without any benefit or harm, and the teacher invited me to sit at the same table with him.

After nine years, no matter what I thought or said, I no longer knew whether it was my own right or wrong or the right or wrong of others. I even had no idea who was my teacher and who was my friend.

At this point, Qing Huan's tone became more serious, and he said seriously: "At this time, everything inside and outside the body seems to be completely connected, without distinction. Furthermore, the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and other five senses can also communicate with each other, without distinction.

At this time, my mind was focused on one point, and all physical sensations disappeared, even my bones and flesh seemed to melt. I didn’t know what my body was resting on, nor where my feet were standing. I just felt myself drifting in the wind, east or west, like a light leaf. I didn’t know whether I was flying with the wind, or the wind was drifting with me.

Bibi Dong blurted out, "Is it you who gave me the "Zuowang"?"

Qing Huan explained: "Zuowang is a process, while Lie Zi describes the result. Zuowang is the process of seeking this result!"

Bibi Dong said excitedly: "Will I be able to reach the state of riding the wind if I learn to 'sit and forget' and keep accumulating experience?"

Qing Huan did not give a direct answer, but continued the story, saying: "After Lie Zi finished speaking, he scolded Yin Sheng and said: You have only been here for a few months, and you have so many complaints and grievances. How can this be? The wind and clouds cannot bear your heavy body, and the broad earth cannot accommodate your ordinary bones. You cannot fly with the wind!"

After listening to it, Bibi Dong did not pay attention to the last sentence at first, and was still immersed in the state described by Lie Zi.

It was not until Qinghuan remained silent for a long time that Bibi Dong subconsciously looked up at him, and saw Qinghuan looking at her meaningfully.

Realizing something, Bibi Dong began to think back to Qing Huan's last words, and pondered, "Is it because of the uncertainty of the mind?"

Qing Huan smiled and said, “That’s the reason, but the more important thing is ‘non-action’… In spiritual practice, ‘non-action’ represents the origin of one’s own life.

So from the perspective of spiritual practice, “wuwei” is not inaction as commonly understood, but acting from the perspective of “true self”… I cannot describe it in more detail.”

After that, Qinghuan stopped talking and concentrated on controlling the wind.

Along the way, Bibi Dong was thinking about the story told by Qinghuan. She seemed to have realized something, but she couldn't grasp the clue, and even her mood became restless.

Qinghuan didn't care about him. There is a saying in Confucianism that goes "If you are not angry, you won't express yourself; if you are not frustrated, you won't be enlightened." It describes Bibi Dong's current situation.

But Confucianism is about humanity, and the truth can be learned from people.

But Qinghuan was talking about the Way of Heaven, something that one can only understand by oneself, and Qinghuan couldn't give any suggestions even if he wanted to.

……

As they flew all the way above the Sunset Forest and could even see the inner courtyard outside the valley, Bibi Dong came to her senses and subconsciously broke away from Qinghuan's arms.

The external soul bone unfolded, Bibi Dong stroked the hair beside her ear, and said with a somewhat lost tone: "...I'm back!"

Qing Huan reminded: "Do nothing!"

Bibi Dong understood what she meant, which was to let herself obey her "true self". She couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, and said charmingly, "I don't have the same high level as you... Besides, is this really my "true self"?"

Qing Huan was speechless. The so-called "following one's heart" requires one to realize one's own "heart"...

Bibi Dong has a pure heart. She knows what her true heart is. Qinghuan really cannot judge for her in this regard.

Looking down at the inner courtyard, Bibi Dong said, "It's been more than two years since we last met. It looks like your inner courtyard has begun to take shape."

Qing Huan suppressed his anger, descended, and said, "Let's take a look together."

(End of this chapter)