Chapter 17: The eldest sister is like a mother (5)
A year later, Hao Xin called Miaoshu, "Xiaoshu, tell my sister, do you prefer to study Taoism or the imperial examination? If you want to take the imperial examination, my sister won't stop you." After studying this year, Miaoshu's martial arts has not made much progress, but she is very talented in cultural courses, so Hao Xin feels it's time to ask about his own plans.
"Sister, I want to learn Taoism." Miaoshu lowered his head.
"Xiaoshu, you have to be serious. I know you want to protect me, but I will protect you too. If you really like reading, then go and study. Sister is here, you don't have to worry." Hao Xin knew why he had to learn Taoism. Didn't he just think that he had to protect himself without protecting himself last time?
"I..." Miao Shu looked up at Hao Xin, whose expression was very serious.
"In fact, reading can also resist monsters and ghosts. The so-called righteousness is the nemesis of these evil spirits. If you can enter the Tao with Confucianism, that is also possible." Seeing his thoughts, Hao Xin thought of another way. Some things about Confucianism did mention in the novel, but she was not clear about the reality. That is, she checked some relevant information when writing the novel, but it is unknown whether it is useful.
But I know one thing, that is, generally speaking, scholars who can cultivate a righteous spirit are the kind of scholars who have a scale in their hearts, firm hearts, clear right and wrong, and righteousness in their hearts. It can be said that Confucian cultivators have high requirements for their nature.
This is why scholars with dirty hearts are always harmed by ghosts, while those upright scholars can escape unscathed by ghosts. After all, it is a problem of their nature. If their nature is not firm enough, they are confused by ghosts. If a person with a firm heart is not moved, the ghosts will naturally not harm him.
Knowing Miaoshu's thoughts, Hao Xin went to find Master Yunxiao. At this time, Yunxiao was meditating in his wing room. Hao Xin knelt on the ground, "Master, I want to send my brother to the college to go to school."
"Why?" Taoist Master Yunxiao's eyes were not opened.
"Xiaoshu likes to study and originally planned to study, but later we met a cat demon. He was frightened and wanted to protect me, so he said he wanted to learn Taoism. I don't want him to give up his hobbies for my son." Hao Xin replied.
Yunxiao opened his eyes, "Do you know that demons are rampant in this world, and only those who practice Taoism have the ability to protect themselves and protect others?"
"I know, but the so-called three thousand great ways are not only one way to go. I heard that scholars can also follow Confucianism and Taoism. In that case, they will kill two birds with one stone, right?" Hao Xin also knew this principle, but it is not that he could not live without practicing Taoism. Are there more ordinary people in the world? They cannot fight against monsters, but they are not alive?
"Well, your brother was originally talented in learning Taoism, but he just accepted him for your affection. Since he didn't want to go this way, then go down the mountain." Yunxiao looked at Hao Xin for a long time before closing his eyes and said.
"Thank you, Master." Hao Xin thanked, "Then I'll go and see Xiaoshu first." Then he said goodbye to Yunxiao.
Back in the yard where the two were, they lived together because the siblings and brothers were still young, so they could help each other. Hao Xin packed up the supplies and clothing of Miaoshu, "The master promised you can go down the mountain to the college, and I will take you down now."
"Sister, I don't want to leave." Miaoshu hesitated as he looked at Hao Xin's movements.
"What stupid things are you saying, remember that since you have made up your mind, you must achieve your goal and you cannot hesitate." Hao Xin gave him a blank look.
"But I don't want to leave my sister." Miaoshu looked at Hao Xin, "I only have my sister."
"Don't worry, my sister will often go down the mountain to see you. As long as you do what you like, don't forget to practice physical skills on weekdays, even if you study, you must have a good body. Moreover, I heard that early scholars could travel all over the country with swords, and don't forget to practice sword skills when studying. Although the master told you to go down the mountain, he did not remove you. Then you are still a disciple of Qingyang Temple, don't worry." Hao Xin said to him comfortably that he is only 6 years old now, so it's not surprising that he is unwilling to leave his relatives.
"I understand." Miaoshu knew that his sister would not change her mind, so she had to respond.
After going down the mountain, I found a relatively famous academy in the prefecture, signed up for Miaoshu, and got a quota for accommodation. I took him to Yashang to buy a book boy. He was only 8 years old, but he was from a farmer and was a good at working. After settling down, Hao Xin gave a few instructions and left.
Time flies quickly, and another 8 years have passed. Hao Xin is already a young girl with a young age. In the past eight years, she has hardly left the Taoist temple. Except for going down the mountain to visit seedlings, she is studying and practicing at other times. Now she has initially bought the threshold for refining essence into qi.
The Taoist Dharma here is not divided into nine levels of cultivation, but is divided into refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, refining emptiness into Taoism. Although there are few levels of division, each realm can correspond to the upper stage of cultivation, but it is more subdivided into 12 stages. Each realm can be divided into three stages.
Foundation building (rotary illumination), consecration, fusion, heart movement, spiritual silence, golden elixir, nascent infancy, out of body, distraction, fusion, mahayana. It seems that there is less qi training, but in fact, qi training is just an entry-level. If you can't even get started, then don't think about the great way of cultivation.
The Qi Refining Period is actually divided into the acquired realm and the Innate Realm. Many of the warriors are considered to be the acquired realm. After the warrior breaks through to the Innate Realm, he can cultivate to become a Qi Refining Period cultivator regardless of whether he has spiritual roots or not. The difference is that people with spiritual roots can directly cultivate to become a Qi Refining Period cultivator. For example, that cat demon is actually a kitten demon in the Innate Realm. If Hao Xin had not been just an ordinary person at that time, he would not have been injured at all.
Hao Xin has no spiritual roots, but the root bones are very good, so she has been practicing martial arts for 8 years and finally successfully building the foundation. It is because she has good talent and physical training assistance that she can practice so quickly. After all, her third senior brother Qingyuan has only been consecrated now.
In addition to practicing, Hao Xin also learned some other things, such as talismans, and some unique Taoist techniques here, mainly to eliminate demons and ghosts. Although there are these spells, they are not specifically targeted at this type of thing. For example, Feng Shui, divination, and appearance, Hao Xin also learned some of them, and these are also mutually exclusive.
She also made some magic weapons for herself. Naturally, there was no art of refining here, and she had no memory of this. The so-called magic weapons were all stored in some places with yin energy, evil energy or rich spiritual energy, or some burial objects that condensed evil energy and died energy produced by some tomb robbers.
Chapter completed!