Self-struggle starting from Douluo

Ning Que and the other two were seriously injured and temporarily unable to move, so they could only rest here for a while.

Qinghuan skinned and gutted the remaining rabbit, took out a water bag from his arms and rinsed it, then took out some wood from his arms, piled them together, lit them, and roasted the rabbit.

He would take out seasonings from his arms from time to time.

Mo Shanshan was stunned, her mouth opened wide. How could so many things be taken out of a monk's robe?

What did this great monk, who was well versed in Buddhism, carry with him? Why was he so skilled in handling the rabbit?
Ning Que guessed something, but instead of explaining, he went to collect the ashes left by Lian Sheng and put them in a box.

Ye Hongyu stared at Qing Huan without blinking and said, "Isn't that cassock your natal item?"

Qing Huan laughed and said, "I didn't say that either."

Ye Hongyu snorted and said, "So you weren't disabled by Liu Bai at all?"

Qing Huan thought for a moment and said, "Liu Bai's sword is still quite scary. I have been recovering from this injury for a long time."

Ye Hongyu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Have you broken through the fifth realm?"

These words surprised Mo Shanshan and Ning Que, and they turned to look at Qinghuan.

Qing Huan shook his head and said, "In fact, Buddhism does not have the so-called five realms. That is the Taoist saying. Buddhism only has 'enlightenment'. If you have realized the truth, you have realized it. If you have not realized it, you have not realized it. There is no such thing as realms."

"Is there such a saying?" Ning Que asked curiously, "But all the practitioners in the world use the five realms to divide the realms?"

"Because Taoism influences the whole world."

Qing Huan smiled and said: "Let's not talk about anything else. In the back mountain of the academy, even though the third senior sister to the eleventh senior brother are all Dongxuan, as long as we let go, killing a bunch of Dongxuan and a few ordinary Zhiming will not be a problem.

According to the Taoist school, there is a different level in each realm, and the difference between Dongxuan and Zhiming is even greater than the difference between heaven and earth. So what realm are they in?"

Ning Que opened his mouth wide, "Are those idiots in the back hill of the academy so powerful?"
Mo Shanshan asked hesitantly: "Then Master, you..."

Qing Huan explained: "The disciples of the Buddhist sect focus on cultivating the power of mindfulness, and use Buddhist principles to cultivate the power of mindfulness into "Buddha mindfulness". What's more, some, such as the Seven Minds of the Hanging Temple, have cultivated the Buddha mindfulness to the level of materialization. It can be said that both the body and mind have become Buddhas.

However, the Buddhism they practice and the principles they hold in their hearts are the Buddha's Buddha and the Buddha's principles, the same Buddha who founded the Hanging Temple. They have been following the path pioneered by the Buddha, and it is the Buddha's principles that guide them.

Buddha pursued nirvana, so what they cultivated was the heart of nirvana, the Buddha of nirvana, which is what Confucius said "shut up", "patience", "turtle", etc.

The same is true for the Haotian Dao. They cultivate the Dao, and in their hearts they uphold the principles of the Haotian Dao Canon. They do whatever the Haotian Dao Canon tells them to do.

The same is true for academies, except that academies adhere to the principles that they recognize in their hearts, so academies are very powerful.

You must know that whether it is the principles of the Haotian Daodian or the Buddha's principles, they are ultimately other people's principles. You can listen to these principles, but as a firm belief and unwavering adherence to them, it is okay in the early stages. The deeper your understanding, the more it will conflict with the principles you understand in your heart.

Therefore, at the end of the practice, those who practice Buddhism will doubt Buddhism, and those who practice Taoism will doubt Taoism, which means that there is a conflict of principles.

In the final analysis, spiritual practice is about cultivating one's original mind and following the principles of one's original mind. Practitioners who can go a step further will become absolutely self-centered and absolutely stick to their own principles.

In the final analysis, this is what cultivation is all about! "

Mo Shanshan gained a lot from listening to it.

Ye Hongyu looked worried and wanted to speak, but finally took back what she wanted to say. However, she was certain in her heart that her faith in Haotian would never waver!

Ning Que asked curiously: "What about you?"

Qing Huan thought for a moment and smiled, "When I was very young, the Master told me that I had a lot of truth in my heart. I like freedom, so from the beginning, I cultivated the Buddha in my heart, sought the freedom in my heart, followed the truth in my heart, and everything was based on my heart.

So I didn’t cultivate “Buddha’s mind”, but “mind’s mind”, that is, the power of mind!”

Ning Que complained: "Mind power, Buddha's mind, what the hell is this "mind power" that has popped up now?"

Qing Huan glanced at him and said, "The power of the mind means that your wishes will come true. Buddhists often make great aspirations, and if you fulfill them, you can become a Buddha.

What is a great ambition? A great ambition is something that cannot be accomplished by human power, so it requires the great power of "wishes come true"!

Ning Que: “…Amazing!”

Mo Shanshan and Ye Hongyu also looked at him in shock, thinking, how could such a thing be possible?
"It's baked!"

Qing Huan cut the roasted rabbit into four pieces, gave each person a rabbit leg, and said, "It tastes so good in Wa Shan's mouth. Have a try and see if my cooking skills have faded."

While eating roasted rabbit legs, Ning Que approached Qing Huan and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you know Junior Uncle?"

Qing Huan nodded and said, "Who in the world doesn't know Ke Haoran from the Academy?"

Ning Que asked, "I heard that Junior Master-Uncle was killed by the gods?"

"Yeah." Qing Huan took a bite of the rabbit leg and chewed it, saying, "Are you scared?"

Ning Que laughed dryly and said, "Um... I... I seem to be the same as Junior Master..."

"I've said it before, Haoran Qi suits you very well, as if it was tailor-made for you."

Qing Huan said nonchalantly: "My junior master drew his sword to the sky, and was punished by the heavens. Don't get the cause and effect wrong."

Ning Que's eyes widened: "Draw the sword to the sky? Junior Master-Master is so powerful?"

Even Mo Shanshan and Ye Hongyu looked over in surprise. They only knew that Ke Haoran from the academy was killed by the sky, but they didn't know that there was such a thing as drawing a sword to the sky. Qing Huan explained: "The Taoist Zhishou Temple gathered a group of masters to besiege him, but he defeated them all. Then he got too excited and prepared to fight the sky... He lost, so he was killed by the sky."

"Hit the head?"

Ning Que found it hard to accept and asked, "Why did Junior Master want to fight Tian Yi?"

Qing Huan said silently: "Because the sky is there."

Ning Que was choked for a moment and said speechlessly: "Brother, what you said sounds like "the enemy is right in front of us, so we have to fight".

The question is, why is the sky an enemy? And can such a thing as "sky" appear in a specific location?"

Qing Huan thought for a moment and said, “I heard that when the abbot of the Hanging Temple was giving a lecture, countless flying ants rose up in the light. There were always a few flying ants that flew high enough to see the eagle in the sky and understood some truths.

Then some flying ants fell back to the ground and accepted their fate, some flew ants hid and tried to escape their fate, and some flew ants were unwilling to give up and challenged the eagle... Junior Master was that flying ant... and so was Liansheng."

Ning Que thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

Qing Huan said: "That's because you didn't fly high enough."

"But putting Liansheng and Junior Master together, I always feel..."

Ning Que thought about it and used a harsher word: "I always feel that Liansheng is not worthy!"

Qing Huan shook his head and said, "If you were Ming Zong's man, the feeling would naturally be the other way around... But Ming Zong still admires Junior Master Uncle very much, and admires his strength.

Discrimination creates opposition between good and evil. To evaluate Liansheng, one must learn to let go of discrimination..."

……

While resting during the chat, Ye Hongyu recovered some strength and was able to move again.

The Daming Lake outside the mountain gate had accumulated water again, making it impossible to leave through the main gate, but Ye Hongyu was not worried at all about being trapped to death.

Not only her, Ning Que and Mo Shanshan also felt the same way, so even when they learned that the mountain gate was sealed, they were not worried at all.

The three of them looked at Qing Huan in unison.

Qing Huan looked at Ning Que and said, "You should know how to get out... Did Lian Sheng entrust everything to you?"

Ning Que said blankly: "How should I know...Huh? I think I really know!"

As he spoke, he groped the wall and opened a secret passage.

Then he was completely stunned. Liansheng’s memory actually existed in his mind!
It's not just memories, there are also strange insights... but they are too chaotic and disorganized to be sorted out, and I will only think of them when I need them.

But just as Qing Huan said, Ning Que can perfectly control his own thoughts, and he really won't think about things he doesn't want to think about!
If someone else were to come and suddenly have the memory of another person in his head, he would most likely go crazy.

Qing Huan patted his shoulder and said to Ye Hongyu and Mo Shanshan, "I won't go with you guys, so as not to be seen by others."

Mo Shanshan asked curiously, "Then how did you get out?"

"I have my own way!"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Remember to keep it a secret for me. You guys can go now."

Ning Que didn't ask any more questions. He supported Mo Shanshan, nodded to Qing Huan, and entered the secret passage.

When Ye Hongyu passed by Qing Huan, she stopped for a moment, hugged Qing Huan, and said, "It's a thank you."

Qing Huan's hand unconsciously reached down...

Before reaching the destination, Ye Hongyu pushed him away and entered the secret passage without looking back.

Qinghuan slapped his own hand, smiled helplessly, turned around and disappeared without a trace.

After a while, Ye Hongyu returned and looked at the empty room. She curled her lips and whispered, "It's Wu Ju!"

……

Tile Mountain.

Qinghuan walked out of the cave, sat opposite Master Qishan, picked up the chess pieces and continued playing chess.

It's like nothing happened.

But when Qing Huan pressed the chess piece, he shared Lian Sheng's emotions at the moment before his death through "telepathy", and Master Qi Shan sighed: "Amitabha!"

Decades of knots in his heart were finally resolved, and his old eyes couldn't help but become moist.

After a long time, Master Qishan finally gathered his thoughts and said, "From today on, you will sit in meditation!"

Zen meditation means letting go of everything and concentrating on meditation.

Or it is called "retreat"! (End of this chapter)