Chapter 130: The Mortal World and the Immortal Path
Aunt Liu lost her husband at an early age and had an eleven-year-old daughter at home. Now she has raised her daughter single-handedly and she is learning to read and study in a private school in Sanxi Village.
The sun was very strong today, so Aunt Liu took the corn out of the warehouse and put it on the roadside to dry.
In her words, corn is the main source of income for her family. Three or four days every month, merchants from the city come here to buy corn.
In the afternoon, Aunt Liu would go to the fields to work, and Ning Ruoxi would go with her to help.
But Aunt Liu was absolutely unwilling to have Ning Ruoxi come to help, for fear that she would tire Ning Ruoxi out.
Ning Ruoxi looked like the daughter of a wealthy family, and Aunt Liu didn't think Ning Ruoxi would do such rough work.
In the evening, Aunt Liu's daughter came back from the private school, and Aunt Liu happily went to the kitchen to cook dinner.
"Big sister, my name is Qinghe, what's your name?" Qinghe looked very happy when she saw the new big sister in the family.
"My name is Ning Ruoxi."
"Big sister, are you going to live in my house?"
"yes."
"That's great! Now I have someone to play with me!" Qinghe clapped his hands and looked at Ning Ruoxi with bright eyes.
Aunt Liu came out of the kitchen and said to Qinghe, "All you do is play!"
There was a hint of blame in her words, but the expression on Aunt Liu's face was one of doting.
Qinghe made a face at Aunt Liu, then took out a book from a linen backpack and sat under the candle.
With the dim candlelight, Qinghe could barely see the words on the book.
The book was densely covered with words, but from the outside, it looked very new.
"This little girl takes good care of her books!" Lin Shuang praised. The large number of words on the book meant that the little girl wrote a lot. Few people can use a book so often without it looking old.
"Is this a day in the life of a mortal?" Ning Ruoxi looked at the busy Aunt Liu and Qinghe under the candlelight.
There is no intrigue and deception in the world of immortal cultivation. You don’t have to worry about the so-called cultivation resources every day, nor do you have to worry about the dangers that may erupt at any time.
They just live a simple but hard-working life.
Ning Ruoxi did not sleep that night. She used her spiritual sense to listen to the evening conversations of most of the villagers in Sanxi Village.
Some of them just chat about family matters and yearn for a better life.
Their desires are not difficult; what they want are simple: to have enough food, to be warmly clothed, and to be reunited with their family.
These are the happiness of the moment...
During their lifetime, monks seldom stop and watch like ordinary people do. Several years pass in the blink of an eye, and some monks even go into seclusion for a hundred years.
A hundred years is enough for one generation of mortals to be replaced by another.
"A monk's life is like a quick tour of a flower. It is rare for him to live each day thoroughly like ordinary people. The Mahayana stage allows the monk to look back on his life and see how he lived..."
"The more important point is to see through the world, prepare for the future path to becoming an immortal, and make a real break with the mortal world!"
Lin Shuang was completely shocked after hearing what Ning Ruoxi said. It is not necessary to enter the mortal world to gain insights in order to break through from the fusion stage to the Mahayana stage.
Returning to nature is just a method summed up by Lin Shuang, which can better help Ning Ruoxi understand the difference between the mortal world and the immortal path.
The mortal world and the immortal path, two roads, two lives, two endings.
Only after understanding all this can one enter the Mahayana.
Of course, another reason why Lin Shuang let Ning Ruoxi enter the mortal world was that she didn't want Ning Ruoxi's humanity to be destroyed.
Perhaps Ning Ruoxi's humanity has been destroyed, but Lin Shuang also wants Ning Ruoxi to understand the sufferings of the world. This is a world created by divinity under the way of heaven.
"I understand..." Ning Ruoxi's eyes became clearer and clearer. Even though she understood the difference between the mortal world and the immortal path, she didn't think of leaving.
She understood Lin Shuang's good intentions, so she followed Lin Shuang's ideas and experienced the life of a mortal...
Ning Ruoxi has no romantic feelings and cannot devote herself wholeheartedly to experiencing the life of a mortal. She can only see it from a third party's perspective.
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On this day, Granny Zhang fulfilled her promise to matchmake Qingquan.
Qingquan followed Grandma Zhang to the neighboring Dajiang Village to meet the girl.
The girl is pretty enough and seems to be a good match for Qingquan, but she is not ready to get married.
No girl can be mentally prepared to marry a stranger whom she has only met once.
However, matchmaking only helps Qingquan and the girl to get in touch. How the two will develop in the future depends on how they get along with each other.
Qingquan has a very good character and upbringing, which are innate characteristics of the Qingluan clan.
The girl is quite satisfied with Qingquan, she just wants to develop the relationship slowly and talk about marriage after they become more familiar with each other.
Qingquan was not in a hurry. He spent the whole afternoon with the girl. Although the girl was poor, she knew etiquette.
The two of them took the first step and became friends.
After returning to Sanxi Village, Qingquan was very happy and invited Ning Ruoxi to his home for drinks and dinner.
Ning Ruoxi went there when she had nothing to do.
Qingquan hummed a little tune and skillfully lit a fire and cooked in the kitchen. He had become accustomed to the life of an ordinary mortal.
Putting aside the cultivation, although the days are trivial, I enjoy them.
"Ning Ruoxi, Granny Zhang and I went to Dajiang Village to meet that girl today. I think she should be very satisfied with me. We plan to start by being friends."
Ning Ruoxi couldn't empathize with Qingquan's happiness and could only nod dryly.
Once upon a time, Ning Ruoxi thought that she and Li Yunyun could stay together forever, but for a hundred years, Li Yunyun threatened her for a man.
If Ning Ruoxi were asked what a friend is, she would definitely not be able to answer.
“I wish you success.”
Qingquan poured Ning Ruoxi a glass of wine and said, "I'll give you some good luck."
"But here, mortals have to give betrothal gifts when they get married. What do you think I should prepare?"
"Don't you want to take another look? Let's start by being friends. What if you find that the two of you are not suitable during the process of being friends?" Ning Ruoxi said. Of course, this was what Lin Shuang wanted Ning Ruoxi to say.
"Or maybe during this time, you met a woman you liked even more."
Qingquan raised his eyebrows and nodded, "It seems to be true. Yes, I can't be impatient."
"Luckily you are here, otherwise I wouldn't know all this. Getting married is a big deal, there is no rush."
Perhaps because she is at the age of falling in love for the first time, the girl is even more proactive than Qingquan.
The distance between Dajiang Village and Sanxi Village is not far, and it only takes about fifteen minutes to walk there.
The girl took the initiative to come to Qingquan to ask him out for a date. However, Qingquan had a job that day and could not spare the time to accompany the girl. The girl was not angry and agreed with Qingquan to go out together next time when they were free.
The girl is a teacher in Dajiang Village. She usually teaches children to read and write.
When Qingquan went to find her, the girl was busy teaching her children. As a result, the two of them still had no time to play together.
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