Self-struggle starting from Douluo

Qinghuan always thought that the academy would have a lot of rules, so many that it would be suffocating.

But the fact is, the rules of the academy are very few and very simple: internally, the important things are the rules, and this "power" is not just about cultivation strength, but all aspects.

For example, the fifth and eighth brothers are the best at playing chess, so they are the rules in this regard. The ninth and tenth brothers are good at music, so they are the rules in this regard...

The eldest brother is the best in all aspects, so he is the eldest brother.

To the outside world, the academy’s rules are rules!

Then whether it is internal or external, the Master is the biggest rule!

Qinghuan fell in love with the academy at once.

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After welcoming Qinghuan, a group of people surrounded the Master and returned to the room.

Chen Pipi brought another kind of food to the Master. The eldest brother Li Manman was serving on the side, and the others were doing their own things.

It seemed as if after the welcome, they had thrown Qinghuan, their junior brother, aside and ignored him.

The Master and the eldest senior brother watched with a smile, without trying to help, just waiting to see how Qinghuan would respond.

Qing Huan looked around and found that there was nothing for him to do, so he simply went to the chessboards of the fifth and eighth senior brothers. After looking at them for a while, he pointed at the chessboards and said, "Fifth senior brother, you should play here!"

The fifth brother twisted the chess piece and said with a smile: "Junior brother, a true gentleman is one who watches chess without saying a word!"

Qing Huan asked back, "Fifth Senior Brother, playing chess is nothing more than planning and strategizing. To put it more bluntly, isn't it just confusing and deceiving? When you see someone being deceived and confused, shouldn't you enlighten him?"

The fifth brother was stunned and couldn't answer.

The eighth senior brother was anxious and said, "Junior brother, playing chess is a competition between two people. What's the matter with a third person joining in?"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Eighth Senior Brother, the rules of chess have been set. You are just playing within these rules. Little do you know that there are always "variables" in this world. One is unwilling to play within the set rules, and the other is a third party outside the rules!"

The eighth senior brother was also stunned. He and the fifth senior brother looked at each other in deep thought, unable to put down the chess piece in their hands.

Qinghuan stood up contentedly, and staggered to Senior Brothers Daojiu and Shi, listening to one of them playing the piano and the other playing the flute.

After listening for a while, Qinghuan suddenly closed the music score between them.

The music stopped abruptly. Ninth Senior Brother was puzzled and asked, "Junior Brother, what does this mean?"

Qing Huan asked curiously, "Ninth Senior Brother, Tenth Senior Brother, why do you need sheet music?"

Ninth Senior Brother said, "This is a piece of music that Tenth Senior Brother and I just composed, and it still needs to be revised."

Qing Huan asked, "Need to be revised, does that mean it's wrong?"

When the Ninth Senior Brother was about to answer, the Tenth Senior Brother quickly said, "There is no right or wrong, it's just good or bad."

Qing Huan smiled and said, "The musical instrument itself can produce beautiful sounds, and countless pieces of music are composed of these sounds. Therefore, music is indestructible to the instrument. It is neither a law within the music nor a law outside of it.

Musical instruments are like the true mind and nature, and all things are like music. All things are born from the mind, and all things are neither outside the mind nor inside the mind...Are you missing the point?"

The two of them were stunned and fell into deep thought. Senior Brother Nine could no longer play the piano, and Senior Brother Ten could no longer play the flute.

Qinghuan stood up contentedly and staggered to the front of the fourth and sixth senior brothers.

The fourth senior brother was drawing something on the sand table, and the sixth senior brother was touching a small hammer. The two of them immediately looked at Qinghuan vigilantly.

Although they were each doing their own things, they were always keeping an eye on Qinghuan, just to see what this junior brother would do!
Should he complain that no one cares about him? Or should he find something to do?
But they watched Qinghuan casually make the fifth and eighth brothers unable to play chess, and the ninth and tenth brothers unable to play music. How could they not be alert?

Qing Huan smiled and said: "My two senior brothers, the world that Buddha said is not the world, but the world of name. What is the world of name? Taoism also has the saying "name can be named, but it is not a permanent name".

Sixth Brother, why is the hammer in your hand called a "hammer"? You beat a piece of iron into a kitchen knife, what is the change? In essence, it is all iron, why does the "iron" become a "kitchen knife" when it is hit by your hammer? Although the shape has changed, the name has also changed, but the essence has not changed!
The essence remains unchanged, but different shapes are artificially given different "names". Isn't this vain? What's the point of hitting the hammer?"

Sixth Senior Brother grabbed the hammer and looked at Qinghuan with horror, but he began to think unconsciously.

Qing Huan turned to the fourth brother and said with a smile: "Only by not clinging to all appearances can we break through delusion and gain enlightenment, and see the true nature of things. Then what are you calculating?"

The fourth brother inserted the wooden pole in his hand into the sandbox, but could no longer draw.

Qinghuan stood up contentedly and staggered in front of Seventh Senior Sister.

The Seventh Senior Sister was embroidering. Seeing this, she quickly lifted up her embroidery mask to cover her beautiful face and said, "I won't listen! I won't listen!"

Qing Huan grinned and said, "Seventh Senior Sister is so beautiful, forget it, I'll let you go."

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to go find his second brother.

The second brother adjusted the tall crown on his head, looking cautious as if he was about to face the enemy.

Seventh Senior Sister breathed a sigh of relief, but Qing Huan suddenly turned around and said, "The Buddha said that one should not dwell on anything and give rise to the mind. There is no self and no fabrication, no action and yet nothing is not done. The mind is like a bright mirror, and the mirror naturally reflects things... So there is really no need to sew the thread on the cloth!"

Seventh Senior Sister was stunned.

The second senior brother was leaning on a sword, proudly holding his head high, with the tall crown on his head standing straight. Qing Huan suddenly turned around and moved closer to the little fat boy, scaring the little fat boy Chen Pipi so much that he took a step back, his fat body trembling, and he trembled and said, "Master... Senior Brother..."

Qing Huan looked at him with a smile and said, "What a clean little fatty, just like a piece of paper. I am embarrassed to destroy him, Senior Brother!"

Chen Pipi heaved a sigh of relief, patted his chest in fear, and had a strange look in his eyes.

I've heard for a long time that this fellow has a deep understanding of Buddhism and is well versed in Buddhist principles, but isn't he afraid of being blamed by the Buddha for using the principles in this way?
Unexpectedly, Qing Huan suddenly asked him, "Which is better, salty tofu pudding or sweet tofu pudding?"

The fat on Chen Pipi's face was twitching.

Qinghuan smiled with satisfaction, turned around to look at Junior Brother Eleven, and saw that this Junior Brother had become stupid and was still muttering what Qinghuan had just said, so there was no need for him to take any action.

Qing Huan straightened his robes and snorted complacently: How dare you ignore me?

Then he walked up to the second brother.

The second brother took a deep breath silently, thinking that it was finally his turn, he had to deal with it well, and could not let his junior brother's words make him doubt himself.

Unexpectedly, Qinghuan turned around again, came to the teacher, and asked for food with a playful smile.

The second brother clenched his sword tightly, but his pride prevented him from taking the initiative to challenge, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

The third sister put down her brush silently.

The Master slapped Qing Huan's hand away as it stole the food, and said with a smile, "Why don't you continue?"

Qing Huan laughed and said, "Second Senior Brother will trap himself, Third Senior Sister... I'm afraid of being beaten!"

The Master laughed loudly, looked around at all the disciples in the room, and said, "See? The little monk can see through the confusion in your hearts at a glance, so he can easily set up confusion to trap you!

Do you think his words make sense and are thought-provoking? When you follow his words and think about them, you have already fallen into the trap he has set!
So, just pretend you didn't hear what the little monk said!"

The brothers came back to their senses and stood up to say, "Thank you for your teachings, Master!"

Then he looked at Qinghuan with an unfriendly look.

Qing Huan said shyly: "Buddhism is good at fooling people, please don't be surprised, fellow brothers and sisters."

The eldest brother smiled and said, "Junior brother, what about me?"

Qing Huan said confidently: "How could I possibly trap Senior Brother!"

The Master narrowed his eyes, waved his hand, and asked everyone to leave.

Only Qinghuan and senior brother Li Manman were left in the room.

The Master then asked, "Have you realized it?"

The question was confusing, but both Qinghuan and Li Manman understood what the teacher meant.

Qing Huan nodded and said, "I understand, but I don't dare to leave."

The Master sighed and said, "Are you still afraid?"

Qing Huan made a bitter face and said, "Master, I have telepathy. I can see more than others, feel more deeply, and the fear in my heart is stronger!"

The Master shook his head in disappointment.

Li Manman persuaded: "Even Liu Bai doesn't dare to leave, let alone Junior Brother? Junior Brother is still young, there is no rush."

The Master pointed at Qing Huan and cursed him, "Six years ago, the little monk broke through the realm of knowing destiny, but the moment he broke through, he was frightened and shrank back to the realm of not being confused. For so many years, he has not even dared to step into the realm of Dongxuan!"

Li Manman was stunned and looked at Qinghuan in surprise.

Qing Huan was also a little surprised and asked, "Master, how did you know?"

The Master snorted, "The Sun Scroll Heavenly Book can monitor all practitioners in the world. What does it rely on? It is the energy of heaven and earth! Even Haotian doesn't know what you are thinking, let alone a heavenly book?
Those people in the Taoist temple are stupid. They don't even understand this, and they still insist that you put your name up because you realized something great."

Qinghuan was silent.

The Master leaned back and said, "Tell me, what did you see that scared you like this?"

Qing Huan hesitated for a moment, then said honestly: "Back then in Yuelun Country, I did something..."

The Master said impatiently: "You almost overturned the thousand-year order of the Moon Kingdom. I know all this!"

Qing Huan smiled bitterly and said, "Later, the White Pagoda Temple sent people to suppress them. I thought that we would have to fight anyway, and it would be easier to talk if we were stronger, so I broke through to the Zhiming realm in one go..."

The Master sat up straight.

The eldest brother also looked serious.

Qing Huan said with difficulty: "My nature gives rise to all things, and all things reveal my nature... I thought it was my "self-nature", but when I broke through the moment of knowing my fate, I realized that it was not my "self-nature"...

No, to be precise, it is a certain existence that transformed my "self-nature" into his "self-nature"!
Once you enter the realm of knowing your destiny, you can know your fate, but this "fate" is controlled by a certain existence..." (End of this chapter)