Chapter 84: Fighting the Heart

I once used a “blinding technique” to avoid Yang Sheng’s subordinate’s spiritual power search. At that time, I also “incarnated” as a stone.

This time, I am also a rock standing in the middle of the sea… The difference is that the last time I was thinking that I was a rock, using my spiritual power to influence the spiritual power of others and causing them to make a wrong judgment.

This time, it is a kind of mental description. I let the waves crash against the shore, and I remain unmoving… This is a kind of calmness. If the mind is calm, there is nothing in the eyes, and naturally any oppression does not exist.

This state of mind is in line with an old saying: “He who does not compete can be the best in the world.” This is also a higher state of mind of the Taoist “I,” only I, my principles, my way of doing things, myself… Other people’s words, other people’s actions, and even if the state of mind is stable, it rises to the other person’s aura, all of which are “nothing” around me, none of which exist.

The principle is simple, but in reality it is difficult to achieve this state of mind. After all, it is fundamentally different from the extreme “I” way. The extreme “I” way has no restrictions, infinitely amplifying the existence of “I.” This “I” way is firmly based on my words and actions (brightness), with a default limit and principle… a kind of steadfast emotion that stabilizes the self.

This requires a very strong will. After all, human thinking is sometimes the biggest obstacle to human “determination.” To put it simply, even if the world is not a “flowery world” or “red dust,” human thinking is still “flowery thinking” or “red dust,” because of emotions, desires, and various things that cannot be cut off…

I don’t understand why I suddenly rose to this state of mind. After all, one of the entry points to this state of mind is to forcibly preserve one’s thoughts and turn oneself into a solid, stable, unmoving object… And when I close my eyes, I have already turned into a high-level solidified object, a “reef in the sea,” which coincides with the unmoving state of mind, which is truly amazing.

When did I have this ability? Have I ever had this understanding of Tao? This slimy Chen Chengyi, hasn’t his state of mind always been a weakness?

No one could give me an answer, and I wouldn’t be so stupid as to refuse a delicious meat pie when I was hungry. So I quickly stabilized this state of mind, standing firm and unmoving. I heard my master laugh with pride, and I also heard the great shaman Bu Deng exclaim in surprise.

After that, the sky suddenly changed color, and the originally clear and blue sea suddenly turned dark and deep… Then, the wind blew wildly, thunder roared, and the originally calm waves began to roll. Then the wind blew and the waves surged, and the waves began to become violent, slamming and pounding against me!

But I was originally a rock standing in the sea, and what I needed to bear was the raging waves. This is my life, my usual, and what impact does it have on me? I became more and more calm…

After a while, I became more and more immersed in this wonderful realm, feeling that every technique I had learned was constantly being practiced in my mind, over and over again, with exquisite results. This was no coincidence, because this was my world, and everything about me would naturally be put to the test.

Therefore, as the saying goes, it is easy to practice for a hundred years, because it is just a process of accumulating time, and what is emphasized is the perseverance of day after day. It is difficult to have an epiphany in one day, but this requires a state of mind and opportunity. If you have the opportunity, your state of mind will reach, and an epiphany will surpass many years.

Amidst this tremendous pressure, I have been given an opportunity… I can’t help but smile a little at the corner of my mouth.

This is not arrogance, but in my state of mind, I laugh when I laugh and cry when I cry. If it is a true expression of emotion, who cares what others say?

So, I heard the great shaman Bu Deng huff, and the next moment… the sea, with its crashing waves, was no more. The energy of the sea was great, but it would take too much time to smash the rocks… He was far more powerful than me, and this was a ‘win’, but in terms of state of mind, he was ‘losing’. How could someone in his position not understand?

If he wastes time with a junior like me, he will only lose more completely in his state of mind.

He understood, and naturally withdrew the “vast ocean,” turning it into a sky with dark clouds and a storm brewing… In the sky, lightning kept gathering… I sighed inexplicably. At this point, the state of mind of this “me” was no longer enough… Unless it rose to the highest state of mind, because the great shaman had already seen the problem and switched to a concentrated attack.

I seemed to see the scene of the reef being shattered by lightning.

However, I did not give in. This feeling of not giving in was the result of the intertwining of time, with the two of me saying no at the same time… And I saw my own soul, that thin membrane constantly rippling and spreading, spreading, as if it was constantly dividing its power and then waiting for an opportunity to “break out of its shell.”

The Taoist monk, it really is him! But this time, I was at peace. For the first time, I felt that this guy was cute. This guy is really me… It’s just because we both said no at the same time, and we both have the same unyielding mindset.

But at this moment, I heard a continuous sound of “kowtowing,” and then I heard the anxious plea of the Daxing Great Shaman: “Great Shaman Bude, Daxing sincerely begs you to spare Chengyi. Daxing is willing to be punished in the stone cave for ten years.”

“Buden Dahu…”

“Buden Dahu…”

The sky was still gathering the energy of lightning, and the membrane on my soul was constantly bulging up, as if the power was impatiently trying to break out… But the Bodhi Master was unmoved. I heard my master walk over and try to pull up the Da Xing Da Wu. He said, “Mu Lao Er, this is the karma that my old Li lineage must bear. I, Jiang Li Chun, will naturally protect my apprentice.”

Naturally protect my apprentice… What a natural yet full of emotion words, my face was slightly hot, but my will was even more determined.

But the Daxing Great Shaman was unmoved. He suddenly bowed heavily to the floor again and shouted, “Buden Great Shaman, Chengyi, he is just a junior.”

Suddenly, the sky in front of me shattered… The lightning split into tiny energy beams in an instant, disappearing into the sky… The breeze was warm, and then the entire sky gradually faded away.

There was no more illusionary scene. Suddenly, I saw nothing but a small hut in front of me. The distant mountains and the nearby scenery outside the window were quiet… I suddenly opened my eyes and saw that the picture was of the great witch Budeng looking at me with an unfathomable gaze. In front of him was the back of my master, which was engraved in my soul, and next to me was the real Da Xing Da Wu, who had collapsed.

In front of the Bodhi, Qiangzi mumbled incoherently… There was nothing else, just a word “brother,” inexplicably with a worried mood. Did he see everything?

“The witch family almost never talks about cultivating the mind, and they believe even less in their own state of mind than in the power bestowed by the gods… Faith is the source of the witch family’s power. I lost to a junior in my state of mind, and I insisted on fighting with him. In Buddhist terms, what is this? Is it my attachment to the heart?” I didn’t expect the Great Witch to say such a thing.

It can be seen that although he has a strange temper, in fact, at his level, facing oneself with a clear mind is the most basic requirement, because people who cannot see themselves clearly have no foundation for becoming a high-level person.

This is the same no matter what kind of cultivation one is doing. Even if it is a perverse path, one must still see clearly that one’s own path is perverse and not righteous.

Therefore, in the world of cultivators, there are very few evil masters who need the name of a righteous man, because that is their own way.

But no one dares to answer the questions that the great shaman of the Buda tribe asks himself. Even though I won the game just now, I am not qualified to know the shaman of the Buda tribe.

But he didn’t need our answer, instead he closed his eyes and thought for a while… After being so quiet for a long time, he opened his eyes and said to my master, “You know it’s not easy to train a disciple, and it’s not easy for my village to train Darong… You want to take Darong away in a few words, and without any guarantee, I won’t agree.”

“I naturally didn’t think it would be that easy.” At this time, my master did not blindly argue, but very honestly accepted the result.

Because the words of the great shaman could not be refuted. After all, who would want to take me away in a few words to participate in a battle with an uncertain outcome? Even if there is an agreement from the previous generation, there is still something that must be said. That thing is called an explanation.

“Daxing… you have the guts to hit me in the face for someone outside the village, reminding me to fight with the younger generation?” The Great Shaman Budeon no longer paid attention to the master, but instead turned the conversation to the Great Shaman Daxing.

In fact, although Da Xing said it politely, in essence, he was reminding Budeng that he was doing something that was meaningless to argue with the younger generation.

Da Xing was originally lying on the ground, as if the last sentence had exhausted all his strength, but at this moment, he suddenly got up and knelt down on the ground again, head to the ground, saying, “Da Xing dares not, but when I was in danger that year, in the cave, it was Li Li Chun of the old Li clan who carried me out of the cave step by step, regardless of his own safety, not leaving me for a second… A great man is clear about his grudges and Da Xing dares not not repay them. Daxing was disrespectful to the great shaman, and Daxing is willing to be punished.

“Old Mu…” the master called out with some emotion.

The Da Xing Da Wu, who had always been trembling, straightened up at this time, knelt properly in front of the Bu Deng Da Wu, smiled at my master, and his eyes were full of memories. He suddenly became at ease.