Chapter 145: Calming the Mind Liang Qu felt that Jian Zhongyi looked at him strangely before he left, as if the second place winner looked down on a beginner. Thinking about the fact that he was writing an article and Jian Zhongyi was watching him, he shrugged. It doesn't matter. I don't want to take the imperial examination, nor do I plan to take the military examination. It’s time to go to the clinic to learn medicine. For the next two days, Liang Qu lived a repetitive life. Every day I go back and forth between the martial arts gym, underwater, and home. After refining seven levels in three days, the essence of water was obtained by using cockscomb fruit and sturgeon king meat, which increased steadily at a rate of seventy points per day. The fusion degree could increase by in three days. Of the five water beasts under his command, except for the round-headed porpoise that joined not long ago, the other four are only a little over a hundred points of water essence away from a second evolution, which should be enough for them to eat two meals of king sturgeon meat.
During this time, Liang Qu also dug a piece of lotus root and gave it to the chief clerk. After comparison, the chief clerk preliminarily determined that it was a completely new variety that had never been seen before. He preserved it through special methods and prepared to report it to the Ministry of Revenue. The Minister of Agriculture under the Ministry of Revenue would identify it, plant it, and judge its value before he could give credit. It's another long waiting process. Liang Qu always felt that this was fucked up. The unit of information transmission was month, especially for things that needed constant verification, which resulted in the subsequent rewards for him inventing Pinyin not coming down yet. "Old Li, do you think it's possible to grow cockscomb fruit by ourselves?" Liang Qu held the core of the cockscomb fruit in his hand and was quite curious about this question. Liang Qu came to exchange small merits every day. He had become quite familiar with the chief clerk and knew that his surname was Li, and his name was Li Shoufu. He lived in the capital and had produced a fourth-rank official. It was a pity that his father was not very ambitious. Li Shoufu was only the third generation and he failed to pass the imperial examination. He could only barely get a job as a chief clerk in an outposted position. Li Shoufu rolled his eyes and said, "If you could grow whatever the Minister of Agriculture cultivated, the fruit would be everywhere in the market." The cockscomb fruit was cultivated by the Minister of Agriculture using a secret method. The fertilizer ratio and planting techniques are very particular, and people other than the Ministry of Revenue have no idea about it. The Ministry of Revenue also provided guidance on how to grow cockscomb fruit in Hebo. "This fruit is so effective, is it true that no one has ever thought of this?" "Yes, people die for money and birds die for food, how can there be no such thing?" Li Shoufu tapped his pipe. "There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable, not to mention that it takes a lot of people to grow things. There is no way to guarantee that everyone keeps their mouths shut. There will always be someone who leaks out. But if you leak out, you can grow it and eat it yourself, but who would dare to trade in large quantities? Do you know the King of Zhou?" Liang Qu pointed his index finger at the board above his head and asked, "Whose brother is this?" "That's right, they planted this thing and died. They seized 120,000 mu of medicinal fields and 60,000 mu of ponds and charged them with treason!" Liang Qu smacked his lips. After chatting for a while, someone happened to come to register his merit, so he stopped chatting with Li Shoufu and turned away. "Old Li, who was that guy just now? I saw him carrying several monster heads. He looked very young. How could he be so powerful?" "Hey, you're from the countryside? You just found out now? He's our Uncle Commander Xu's disciple, he's very capable!"
"My goodness, I really didn't know that." When Liang Qu returned home, there was no sound in the west wing and the door was open. He didn't know where the old monk had gone. In the past two days, whenever he went out, the old monk followed him and he was nowhere to be seen. According to the old monk, he might have gone to find that evil monk. Liang Qu recently learned from reading that Buddhism is actually a very broad concept. There are many different sects in the entire Buddhist community. The most common ones are Zen and Pure Land, which are also the most numerous sects in the entire Dashun. In addition, there are the Lun Sect, Tiantai Sect, Xianshou Sect, and even many sects whose lineages have been cut off. I don't know which sect of Buddhism the old monk belongs to. Judging from his wanderings, he should be a wandering monk of the Zen sect. But the old monk's words and actions seemed strange, not like an ordinary Zen monk. The biggest characteristic of Zen Buddhism is that it likes to go out and teach. On weekdays, I have never seen the old monk have the intention of going out to teach others. I don't understand. Liang Qu shook his head, opened the book, and continued reading by lamplight. After several days of hard work, he finished one of the three books. When he read the so-called "Diamond Sutra Subduing Dragons and Tigers", he could understand more and more. I used to be confused after reading one page, but now I can read three or four pages before I get confused. I can vaguely grasp some of the clues. Liang Qu could roughly guess some of the old monk's thoughts, and wanted to cultivate his "interest" through his continuous and in-depth study of Buddhist scriptures. Unfortunately. Compared with a few books, Liang Qu believes more that matter determines the basis of consciousness and is not interested in Buddhism at all, or rather, he is not interested in all religions. Good is just people. There are indeed true masters who can control their desires and strictly abide by the precepts, but they are one in ten thousand, even rarer than a tiger hunting master. With this perseverance and kindness, you can become a master whether you believe in nothing or everything. But once the believers are allowed to form a force, the majority will take advantage of the situation and the ultimate nature of the force will be questionable. According to the records in the classics Liang Qu had read, among the five great true sects, Louguantai and Hanging Temple, as well as the other three, have caused many scandals over the past thousands of years. Either the disciple raped the pilgrim, or the master had an illegitimate child. It was not uncommon. It was only if the fists were strong enough that a true master would occasionally emerge, otherwise he would have been overthrown by the crowd long ago. Early in the morning, after Liang Qu had finished his breakfast, he sat in a quiet room with his head tilted upwards, his brows calm. His energy and blood flowed along the route of "Wansheng Baoyuan", emitting a faint red light. There is a word in Taoist terminology called Dan Yuan, which means mind and sincere heart. The so-called "Bao Yuan" means to keep the mind and spirit steady without wavering. When ordinary people encounter danger, they often become uneasy and distracted, frightened and unconscious, or even worse, collapse to the ground and become unable to move. But if you can cultivate Bao Yuan and achieve unity of mind and body, you will not panic easily when encountering danger and will remain calm at all times. Just imagine how much of a help it would be if you could remain calm in a life-and-death struggle? There are four levels in Wansheng Baoyuan, namely, settling the mind, inner observation, storing the mind, and refining the energy, which are progressive. Among them, the first level, settling the mind, follows the same principle.
When one reaches this state, the mind becomes focused and all thoughts are gone. It can also allow the exercises to be performed freely while walking, without the need for special meditation. "As diligent as I am, I'm finally going to succeed!" The empty room gave birth to white air, and Liang Qu exhaled a long breath of white air in the quiet room. The white mist is like a three-foot-long sword, lingering for a long time. The vigorous energy and blood flowed through his limbs and bones, turning into surging waves. The misty red light penetrated his body, interweaving into a large red net on the surface of his body, faintly emitting a layer of silver-white. All the one hundred and eighty thousand pores are breathing, the air is rushing, and the knotted tendons are beating constantly. After several breaths, the blood in Liang Qu's body suddenly dissipated and gathered in his body, and his aura became one. Unprecedented tranquility. Liang Qu opened his eyes and stood up. He did not deliberately move his qi and blood, but the qi in his body still automatically practiced according to the "Wansheng Baoyuan" method, and it continued endlessly. "It's done!" (End of this chapter)
