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Chapter 357: Are we really going to war?
"The most orthodox way of practice recognized by the world is to absorb Qi within. After absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth into the Dantian Qi Sea to temper it, it then integrates it into the limbs and bones to temper the physical body. This is done in any sect and even in the military. The internal energy transformed from the vitality of heaven and earth is used in conjunction with various techniques to achieve power that the human body cannot achieve. "
Luo Yao retracted his fist and said calmly: "However, the most orthodox way of practice may not be the most correct. The limitations of absorbing Qi within are too great. The difference in a person's cultivation level is actually the difference in the size of the Qi sea and how much internal energy can be accommodated. . But even people with the most internal energy will sometimes run out of energy. The more powerful the move, the greater the energy consumption. Once the internal energy is exhausted, the so-called great practitioner is no better than a child."
He glanced at Fang Jie and said with admiration: "No one teaches you, but it is not easy for you to realize the most correct way of cultivation. The disadvantages of keeping the Qi inside are too great, and it is far worse than controlling the Qi outside. Will the Qi be controlled outside? The energy of heaven and earth is incorporated into the body and then tempered into inner energy. Although this process is not difficult, it is very time-consuming. It is difficult to achieve success without decades of accumulation. The so-called genius in the world is nothing more than the sea of ????qi in the body. If the cultivator is older, his cultivation will progress quickly. For example the woman named Shen Qingshan next to you."
Fang Jie nodded. He never denied that Shen Qingshan was a genius.
"However, no matter how big the Qi Sea is, it has its limits."
Luo Yao pointed to his lower abdomen: "Although I was not a genius back then, I was proud enough to reach the eighth level or above in my thirties. When Wan Xingchen commented on the world's martial arts many years ago, he said In fact, they were misunderstood by later generations. They were too obsessed with grades, but they deliberately forgot that there are so many different martial arts in the world that they can be divided into grades. "
"For example, a swordsman will be classified as a seventh-grade or above when he can control a sword with Qi. When he can use a sword to transform Qi, he will be classified as a Ninth-grade. It is too general and completely meaningless. Shen Qingshan's sword Her will is very strong, and when she wields a sword with Qi, she can fight with someone who turns the sword into Qi. And turning the sword into Qi is a general term. Back then, Wan Xingchen used Qi to turn into ten thousand swords and was unrivaled in the world. , People nowadays feel that they are great if they can turn Qi into a sword, and they cannot boast of being in the ninth level"
He said in a calm tone: "No matter how big a person's Qi sea is, trying to transform Wanjian with Qi is like a fantasy. But Wan Xingchen did it, so he is invincible. Why is this? "
Fang Jie replied: "Control the energy from outside?"
"That's right."
Luo Yaodao: "The most orthodox martial arts may not be the most correct. The practice of controlling Qi from the outside is far better than keeping it inside. I don't have a sea of ????Qi, and neither do you, so you and I don't know what the world calls the sea of ??qi." If you can't practice, you will have a deeper understanding. At first, I thought that I would be a useless person since my Qihai was destroyed, and I would just survive if I survived. But just when I was feeling discouraged, I suddenly thought of why others said it couldn't be done. Things just don¡¯t work?¡±
"Everyone says that you should keep the Qi within. The rules set by the previous practitioners are correct and must remain unchanged forever?"
"Bah!"
Luo Yao smiled: "I don't believe it."
Fang Jie smiled: "I don't believe it either."
Luo Yao nodded and said: "Too many miracles have happened in this world, and too many changes have happened. In fact, the root cause is that I don't believe this sentence. If the predecessors said it and later generations will believe it, then the world will not move forward but remain unchanged. What it was like a thousand years ago is still what it is now, what it was like ten thousand years ago is still what it is now. But what about ten thousand years ago? People were still wearing animal skins and holding wooden sticks and shouting in a pretentious manner, trying to scare away the beasts. If I didn¡¯t believe in this idea, I would still be yelling at the beast with a wooden stick.¡±
This makes sense.
It makes sense.
Fang Jie murmured and repeated: "It is because there are too many things that I don't believe that the world will progress."
"That's right!"
Luo Yaodao: "It is recorded in ancient books that when people see fire for the first time, they think it is an ominous thing, a monster, so they should stay away. Some people say I don't believe it, so people started to eat cooked food to keep warm. Some people say that the sea is vast. There is no one who can cross it. Some people say that I don¡¯t believe it, so I build a large ship and sail around the world to bring back countless treasures. Some people say that I can no longer practice and live like a living dead. I say that I don¡¯t believe it.¡±
He raised his chin slightly and said, "So now I stand at the top of martial arts."
?Fang Jie took a deep breath and nodded: "I understand."
Luo Yao said: "Someone must have told you that you must be calm and focused in practice. But you are a very thoughtful person and your mind is full of random thoughts, so you yourself feel that it is difficult for you to succeed in practice. But what I want to tell you , this is bullshit. Who in this world can truly be distracted? Western Buddhists have always claimed that they can have no thoughts in their minds when they meditate. But when they meditate, they are actually thinking about women. How can they say that? ?¡±
"Cultivation lies in a moment of concentration rather than a lifetime of concentration. The so-called concentration of a moment means that you must devote yourself to it at the moment when you are practicing. What should you do when you are not practicing. If you focus for a lifetime, you will either become a madman. Or become a fool."
Luo Yao¡¯s words are a little extreme, but they are not unreasonable.
"Do you know how long it took for me to go from being a useless person to being promoted to the ninth rank?"
"I don't know"
"Two years"
Luo Yao smiled proudly: "There is no one else in the world."
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"What the world calls the sea of ????qi is in the Dantian. No matter how big the sea of ????qi is, it is still within the body. At that time, the sea of ????qi was completely destroyed and it was difficult to contain the vitality of heaven and earth, so I thought of a way. Why can the sea of ????qi contain the vitality of heaven and earth? Why is there only sea of ????qi? Can it contain the vitality of heaven and earth?"
he asks.
"But Fang Jie didn't know the answer. He had never considered this question at all. All the classics say that the sea of ????qi contains vitality. This is a well-known thing, so no one asks why.
"Because that's what the first practitioner did."
Luo Yao replied.
These words made Fang Jie's heart suddenly light up, and he immediately understood what Luo Yao meant.
This is inertial thinking. The first person to practice stored internal energy in the sea of ????qi, so he recorded his practice method and passed it on to future generations. Then later generations knew that internal energy can be stored in the sea of ????qi. Over time, the sea of ????qi becomes the only place in the human body where internal energy can be stored. People don't even bother to try, couldn't it be stored elsewhere?
Luo Yaodao: "Fortunately, I could still feel the vitality of heaven and earth at that time, so I tried to turn my entire body into a sea of ??qi. Because I thought about it, I did it."
"While others were still absorbing vitality and sending it into the sea of ????qi, the vitality I absorbed had already reached the sea of ????qi when it entered the pores, because my body is the sea of ????qi and is not limited to the Dantian. Later, I thought about why the sea of ????qi Does it have to be inside my body? As long as it can store internal energy for me within the controllable area outside my body, then this is also a sea of ??qi.¡±
These words seemed to open a window for Fang Jie.
It is a common problem among human beings that people follow what others say. Most people don't think about why, they just follow what others say.
"Your thinking has limitations, so your cultivation also has limitations."
Luo Yao stretched out his hand flatly as he spoke, and then pointed to a large rock in the distance.
There was still no fluctuation or momentum, but the rocks in the distance burst into pieces. Broken corpses were flying, and dust and smoke were rising. Compared with the magnificent momentum before Taoist Heji launched his attack, Luo Yao's offensive seemed too calm. But this calmness is far more powerful than Taoist Heji's repulsion.
"Control the energy from the outside."
Fang Jie repeated it in a murmur, as if he had caught some light in his heart.
Seeing that he was thoughtful, Luo Yao smiled and said: "There is a saying that the master leads you through the door. Cultivation is actually not unreasonable for individuals. All the master has to do is to tell you a direction. How to go is entirely up to you. Why do you practice the same way? Some people achieve success while others achieve nothing. It all depends on the individual¡¯s understanding.¡±
After saying this, he turned and left.
"In addition, you should think about staying on my left wing again. After a while, the army will go out and you will be the supervisor. The period from now to the end of the Northern Expedition is enough time for you to think about it. After the Northern Expedition is over, tell me whether you want to return to Chang'an and become a high official, or stay on my left front and become a junior general."
"If you still want to go back then, I will give you another reason."
Luo Yao paused for a moment, looked back at Fang Jie and said calmly: "A reason that you may no longer be able to refuse, although it's a bit cruel."
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After returning to his residence, Fang Jie's heart had not calmed down yet. He could feel that Luo Yao did treat him differently. When he came back, Ye Jinnan told him when he was sending him out that all the people who had broken into the general's study over the years had their heads chopped off in anger by the general. Even if the solution is ?It is unimaginable that the general did not get angry despite sending ministers.
Since arriving in Yongzhou, Luo Yao has been showing goodwill.
This reminded Fang Jie several times of the advice Duke Huaiqiu gave him when he was leaving, but now he found that the advice seemed inapplicable. Luo Yao is hard to see through, not at all. How can he be a person that can be characterized by Duke Huai Qiu's words? The subtle difference between the initial confirmation of Luo Yao's treason and the subsequent suspicion of his treason was actually due to changes made as the understanding of this person increased.
Luo Yao wants to submit a letter asking for a fight.
Fang Jie read the memorial and found that Luo Yao didn't even ask for anything from the court. The left avant-garde carries all the grain and grass supplies themselves from Pingshang Road, and does not need to be dispatched by the treasury. All the ordnance and armor did not need to be assigned by the Ministry of War, and they even asked the emperor to allow him to stay as a supervisor.
Such a memorial is enough to reassure the emperor, right?
Fang Jie, who was lying on the bed, thought about the rebels sending people to contact Luo Yao. Although the rebels now occupy the three northwest roads, they are obviously most afraid of Luo Yao's 400,000 troops. As long as Luo Yao sends troops from the southwest and the imperial court sends troops from the east, the rebels will have no chance of winning under the pressure of both sides.
After Luo Yao sends troops, will the emperor let him return to the southwest?
Fang Jie suddenly felt nervous. He asked himself what he would think if he were the emperor.
Then he discovered that if Luo Yao really wanted to lead his army to the northwest, it would be difficult for him to return to Yongzhou. To suppress the rebellion in the northwest, if the emperor does not take the opportunity to weaken Luo Yao's strength, then he is not the God-blessed emperor Yang Yi!
While lying on the bed and thinking wildly, Zhuo Buyi knocked on the door outside.
Fang Jie stood up and opened the door to let him in. Seeing his strange expression, he couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"
Zhuo Buyi lowered his voice and said: "Fei Ge sent a message to the Imperial Guard, and another imperial envoy is coming to Yongzhou. Your Majesty has made up his mind to let Luo Yao mobilize his troops to go north In addition, Xiao Yijiu is traveling westward."