Self-struggle starting from Douluo

Chapter 148 Inner Courtyard Gathering
The difference between the "true self" and the "false self" lies in whether one can feel satisfied.

The "empty self" is a tireless and never-ending pursuit, but it can never be truly satisfied, which is the so-called "desires are insatiable."

And the "true self" is perfect, flawless, and has nothing to ask for!

Just like the waves splashing on the sea, the sea is the "true self" and the waves are the "false self"... Every wave longs to become the sea!

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Gu Yuena held a book in her hand, stared at Qing Huan and asked, "Qing Huan, what on earth is "Xinzhai"? It's not clear what's written here, can't you just tell me what to do?"

Qing Huan put down the spatula and said helplessly: "There are many things that cannot be explained clearly with words... For example, if you sit here now, but don't think about the food in my pot, you can enter the state of mind fasting. Can you do it?"

Gu Yuena immediately sat down cross-legged and hummed, "What's so difficult about this?"

As he said this, he closed his eyes… and opened them again after a moment, with a confused look on his face: “This smell keeps rushing into my nose, how can I not think about it?”

Qing Huan shook his head and said, "The more you try not to think about something, the more it will try to get into your mind... So in this process, it is very important to have no desires or requests!

You can divide "heart fasting" into five steps.

The first step, "one mind", means to focus your mind and eliminate distracting thoughts as much as possible.

The second step is to "listen to your heart". When your thoughts are unified and your mind is empty and quiet, you should feel your breathing. Don't use your ears to listen to the sound of your breathing, but use your heart to feel your own inhalation and exhalation.

The third step is to "listen to the Qi". This "Qi" is not the Qi of breathing, but the "Qi" of "spirit, energy and spirit", the "Qi" that maintains the functioning of the body. In terms that you can understand, it can be regarded as soul power.

The fourth step is to "stop listening". At this stage, you don't need to insist on feeling the Qi with your heart, because your heart and Qi have become one, your spirit and Qi are one, and you are unconscious and unconscious, just like falling asleep.
The fifth step, which is also the final step, is "Return to the Void". At this time, your mind has already escaped into the void, and you can search for your own sea of ​​origin.

After completing these five steps, you will have achieved "heart fasting".

Gu Yuena frowned and said, "It's so troublesome... You might as well just finish it all at once. There's still some 'Yingning' and 'Zuowang' to come."

Qing Huan sighed and said, "You just said that you were disturbed by the smell of food. This is why you can't be "peaceful"!

The so-called "tranquility" means to escape into the void with your whole body and mind, without being disturbed by the outside world. If you have not achieved "heart fasting", you cannot understand "tranquility", so it is useless for me to say it.

And "sitting and forgetting" means returning to the sea of ​​your life's origin. Abandoning your body and your thoughts, and focusing only on the origin of life.

Abandon the limbs, discard intelligence, leave the form and abandon knowledge, and become one with the great communication!
As for the "seeing alone" that comes later...even I only have a vague understanding of it, and it would be even more troubling for you if I told you."

Gu Yuena also sighed and said, "Tell me, why do you make the cultivation of a soul master so complicated? If you don't understand these, you can't cultivate?"

Qing Huan glanced at her and said, "What do you think is the purpose of cultivation?"

Gu Yuena blurted out: "Master the powerful strength, fight in the God Realm, and save the soul beasts!"

Qing Huan spread his hands and said, "I don't need to fight to the God Realm, and I don't have any enemies. The fundamental purpose of my cultivation is to figure out what cultivation is!
Know it, know why it is so!

As long as you understand the essence of cultivation, creating your own techniques, strengthening your own strength... these are all natural things. "

As she spoke, Qinghuan took the food out of the pot, picked up a pair of chopsticks and sat down, intending to taste it carefully.

Seeing this, Gu Yuena hurriedly took her chopsticks and sat down, staring with her big eyes that were clearly visible.

Qing Huan: "You don't want to practice?"

Gu Yuena said coquettishly: "Let's talk after we finish eating."

Qing Huan sneered and said, "I understand why the Dragon God lost."

Gu Yuena suddenly widened her eyes and looked at him angrily.

……

The raging war seemed to have suddenly been paused.

Tiandou's army gave up the offensive and focused on defense.

Dugu Bo and Chen Xin, who were in charge of the central army, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who were active on the battlefield, and Oscar, who was among the refugees, all disappeared inexplicably. This made Xingluo dare not make any rash moves before finding out the whereabouts of the other party, so the Xingluo army had to stop.

At this time, in the inner courtyard of the academy, Qinghuan was busy around the stove with the missing Oscar.

Shui Bing'er, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu, who had been cooped up on the second floor of the library, finally decided to come out and join Lan Yin in helping to prepare various ingredients.

Gu Yuena folded her hands, squatted aside, and said, "Why did you prepare so many things? Are they all for my original body?"

Qing Huan had been pestered by her these days and said unhappily, "You think too much."

Oscar smiled and explained, "I only found out after being notified by Lan Yin. It turns out that the inner courtyard had scheduled a gathering five years ago, and it was today."

Gu Yuena was stunned and blurted out: "Come to think of it, I still don't know who are the people in the inner courtyard."

Lan Yin snorted, "You'll find out today."

Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor were the first ones to arrive. The Ice Emperor, who survived the heavenly tribulation, no longer looked like an ice scorpion, and his upper body had turned into a little girl with delicate features.

Qing Huan greeted him and said to Bing Di, "You came just in time. Give me some ice scorpion poison."

Bingdi was shocked and asked, "Do you want to poison everyone?"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's to enhance the flavor. I will neutralize the poison."

Bingdi looked at Oscar. When it came to cooking, she trusted Oscar more than Qinghuan.

Oscar smiled and nodded, and the Ice Emperor then stretched out his tail and dropped a drop of venom that looked like ice crystals.

Qing Huan grabbed the venom directly in the palm of his hand. A terrifying black flame overflowed from between his fingers. It was gone in a flash. When he opened his hand again, his palm was already a pile of silver-white powder.

Oscar twisted it with his fingers and tasted it, saying, "It's too fresh, I have to put a little less."

As he was speaking, Ning Rongrong's voice rang out in the air: "It smells so good, what are you doing?"

Chen Xin flew down from the sky on a sword, bringing Ning Rongrong with him.

Following closely behind was Dugu Yan riding on the Green Phosphorus Dragon, with Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling together.

Oscar smiled and said, "You're just in time, come and help!"

Ning Rongrong said with amusement: "We put aside the war, and in the end we come to help you cook?"

Ye Lingling had already taken the initiative to approach Lan Yin and started to prepare the ingredients.

After experiencing the test of war, the three women's temperaments are completely different. They are gentle but also heroic.

Duguyan asked Xiaowu curiously: "Where is your mother?"

Xiao Wu pursed her lips, peeled the vegetables in her palm until only the heart was left, and said, "I'm a teacher in the outer courtyard. Qing Huan said that my mother, and Daming and Erming, if they want to join the academy, they can only join the outer courtyard first.

Da Ming and Er Ming can live in Sunset Forest, but they have no place to attend the inner courtyard gatherings."

"That's good, it saves me from being embarrassed."

The one who spoke was Bibi Dong, who fell from the sky with Qian Renxue. She said with a smile, "She died in my hands. It would be quite uncomfortable for us to be together."

Qing Huan laughed and said, "You have reached this level, but you still can't see through life and death?"

Bibi Dong was easy-going and said, "Of course I can let it go. I'm just afraid that she will feel uncomfortable."

Xiao Wu said unhappily: "My mother has been in your spirit ring for so long, and she didn't seem uncomfortable at all..."

Qian Renxue glanced at everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone is here. It seems that we are the last to arrive. There are also a few new faces in the inner courtyard. Although I knew them from Tianci, I only officially met them now.

Let me introduce myself first: I am Qian Renxue, a ninety-nine-level demigod. I have completed the nine trials of an angel, but have not yet inherited the throne of an angel. "

(End of this chapter)