Chapter 15: The Sword Should Have a Sheath

Gu Dan inspected the patients he was treating again. He no longer simply asked questions verbally, but performed the three-step examination one by one.

Unfortunately, no new life span has been recorded yet.

Curing diseases and saving lives is a gradual process. There is no quick fix; we can only take it slow.

Observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation do not always work, and patient feedback is the top priority in treating patients in this era.

Compared to the gifts that can be obtained, these little troubles are certainly nothing.

As for Cui Jiu, there is no need for him to deal with him.

He owed a loan shark money, and he thought he could settle it by going to jail? He had been drinking bad wine before, and he was also ill. He was extremely poor and might die at any time, so he was thrown into prison.

Now Cui Jiu's root cause of illness has been cured by him, and there is no bad alcohol in the cell to harm his body. Although he does not have enough food most of the time, his health is better than when he first came in.

When he gets out of prison, he will have a hard time! When he returned to the old house, it was already late and the moon was high in the sky.

This world also has one day and one moon, but the moon in the sky is much bigger than in the previous life, like a silver wheel hovering in the sky, and the moonlight is also brighter.

The bright moonlight poured down from the sky, like silver sand pouring down to the ground, which was hazy and beautiful to the eyes.

In the yard, the lanterns emitted a light that was not very bright, but warm enough.

On the stone table under the lantern were four dishes, a soup, and a pot of warmed wine.

Mo Qiu's tall figure sat on a stone pier, quietly admiring the moon.

I turned around when I heard the noise, "You're back? Let's eat together."

Of course Gu Dan was not polite in his own home. He walked quickly forward, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite first.

"Hmm, this taste is worthy of being the apprentice of the royal chef!"

Gu Dan took a bite and immediately praised it.

Under the light from the lanterns, you can still clearly see the dish that looks very much like spicy and sour tripe shreds. The knife work is delicate and exquisite, and the color is rich and rich. The appearance alone is enough to whet your appetite.

As soon as the dish enters the mouth, the strong sour taste rushes straight to the throat, climbs up the eyebrows, and penetrates into the heart and lungs, but it is not the fishy and sour taste that makes people hard to swallow, but the sour taste that stimulates the appetite, covers the fishy smell, and relieves greasiness. At first, it is fierce, like a fierce dragon crossing the river, but when you savor it, it is mellow and fragrant, making people reluctant to give it up.

Then comes the strong spicy smell, which makes your mouth water, makes you swallow your saliva uncontrollably, and whets your appetite.

He does not consider himself a gourmet, and whenever he eats, he usually asks himself "what to eat three times a day", but eating good food is always a satisfying and happy thing.

This kind of satisfaction that comes from the bottom of the heart is incomparable to any other joy. It is the simplest and most sincere happiness.

This chef really found the right person!

Mo Qiu had been waiting for a long time and had smelled the food for a long time. When Gu Dan started to eat, he naturally tasted it as well.

After a moment, there was a sigh.

“It’s the best taste in the world!”

Gu Dan recalled the first time he met Mo Qiu, when he was weaving straw sandals in prison just to have enough food. He couldn't help but tease, "Since this is the best delicacy in the world, Brother Mo should eat more."

Mo Qiu closed his eyes and tasted it carefully, but put down his chopsticks. "Although this tastes good, I am not happy. What can I do?"

"What's on your mind? Why don't you tell me?" Gu Dan asked.

"Instead of thinking about governing the country, they seek immortality and Taoism; Yuzhou suffered from floods, and taxes increased several levels; the Taoist priests brought disaster to the country, but no one tried to stop them."

Mo Qiu picked up the wine pot, filled a cup, drank it all, and said in annoyance: "I have learned martial arts for more than 20 years, and I feel that I have made some progress. Among people of the same age, I am not afraid of anyone in battle. But along the way, I saw: the hungry had no food, the cold had no clothes, and the tired had no rest.

The upper part wants to seek immortality and ask for the truth, the lower part wants to curry favor with others. The businessmen, with countless money, are still obsessed with greed; the officials, with their petty tricks, are promoted step by step. Only the common people, with their blood and tears, who can they tell?

It is said that if you learn the arts of literature and martial arts, you can become a member of an imperial family. But now, apart from opening a martial arts school, what else can you do?"

Gu Dan understood.

Mo Qiu has been learning martial arts for more than twenty years and wants to make great achievements when he comes out of seclusion.

Unfortunately, what he saw along the way was completely different from what he had thought.

I have a lot of passion and talents, but I have no way to serve my country, so I feel confused.

Opening a martial arts school is just a livelihood. It cannot give Mo Qiu any recognition of his self-realization value, so he is unhappy.

After thinking for a while, Gu Dan asked, "Brother Mo, do you think it is higher to jump on flat ground or on the top of a mountain?"

Mo Qiu was puzzled: "Aren't they all the same height?"

"Yes. But you can still fall on flat ground, but it's easy to fall to death on a mountain."

Gu Dan poured him a glass of wine. "With a sharp weapon in hand, the desire to kill arises. Brother Mo cares about the people of the world, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. However, if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your weapon. Relying only on passion is like jumping from a mountain top. If you are not careful, you will fall to your death.

It takes ten years to sharpen a sword for a chivalrous man. How long will it take for Brother Mo to hone his ambitions? "

Mo Qiu was speechless for a moment.

Isn't this what he is struggling with?

The cold reality and the ideal in his heart are like a sharp sword, polishing his heart all the time.

Some people didn't survive in the end, and their bodies and reputations were destroyed.

Some people use this to transform themselves, and their lives will last forever.

However, history has proven that the vast majority of people ultimately perish both physically and mentally.

Noticing the tangled look on Mo Qiu's face, Gu Dan chanted: "Since childhood, I have studied classics and history, and when I grew up, I also have political strategies; just like a tiger lying on a desolate hill, hiding its claws and fangs and enduring."

Mo Qiu felt relieved, and the temporary forbearance and dormancy seemed nothing. "Just like a tiger lying on a desolate hill, hiding its claws and fangs and enduring! When the truth comes out!"

"Brother Mo knows that the world is difficult and the people are suffering. He can be considered to be insightful about the world. And he is worried about it and even blames himself. He can be called a benevolent man. If you ignore what you see and what you think in your heart, and even taste the flavor and comfort yourself that this is natural, then you are really hopeless." Gu Dan said seriously.

The distress in Mo Qiu's heart was because he was indeed capable and visionary. He was able to say that the hungry had no food, the cold had no clothes, and the tired had no rest, proving that he had the people in his heart.

If you have weight in your heart, you will naturally carry a heavy weight.

"A man of integrity and ambition."

Mo Qiu smiled bitterly. Even if he was a kind-hearted and ambitious person, what could he do?

Killing Qingpingzi for the sake of momentary pleasure? How is that different from those street knights who disregard the laws of the country?

He understood the truth, but when he met the alchemist in broad daylight, he still couldn't suppress his anger.

Gu Dan picked up the wine glass and toasted Mo Qiu.

The warm wine enters the stomach, which makes me feel warm and makes me more talkative.

"I once heard someone say: A scholar should have a ruler in his heart to measure the country; a warrior should have a sword in his heart to protect the country. But there is one more thing he didn't say: a ruler should have a degree, and a sword should have a sheath. The deeper and thicker the sheath, the sharper the sword will be."

Mo Qiu was the first friend he met. He was a caring person with superb martial arts skills, truly a great man.

Such people will shine with their own light no matter where they are.

Most importantly, this is a good guy.

Only fools would hope that there would be fewer good people and more bad people in the world. They think they are born bad and can do whatever they want in a world where the world is in chaos.

Little do they know that they themselves are part of the people being manipulated.

However, the more the world deteriorates, the harder it becomes to be a good person.

It is normal to feel depressed.

Take the opportunity to enlighten each other and warn each other.

He didn't want to hear the news that Mo Qiu had gone to Qingfeng Temple to fight with the Taoist priest when he woke up tomorrow morning.

Whether he can win or not, what should he do? "A ruler should have a measure, and a knife should have a sheath."

A different kind of light shone in Mo Qiu's eyes, and for a moment he seemed to have grasped something.

That was what he thought, saw and imagined along the way, but it had not yet really taken shape.

Gu Dan's words were like a trigger, threading together all of his emotions over the past few days.

What was manifested outwardly was: Gu Dan watched Mo Qiu suddenly stand still, with his brows sometimes relaxed and sometimes furrowed.

About a quarter of an hour passed before Mo Qiu finally came to his senses.

For a moment, the aura on his body seemed to have undergone some special changes, but Gu Dan had not yet truly practiced martial arts at this time, so he did not understand what the change meant.

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He just felt that the big man in front of him, who was more than nine feet tall, looked inexplicably pleasing to the eye. He no longer had the aggressive attitude that his figure alone made him look intimidating in the past.

"Brother Mo, have you had an epiphany?" Gu Dan was holding the wine glass, somewhat doubting his life.

Although he was not talking nonsense, what he said could be summed up in just a few words.

This is a very profound truth, just bear with it for a moment.

This can also be an epiphany?!

"What Brother Gu said today is worth more than ten thousand ounces of gold."

The word "Brother Gu" is truly heartfelt.

Mo Qiu's brows were filled with joy, and his sad expression disappeared completely.

"What did you gain?" It was the first time that Gu Dan saw someone have an epiphany, and he was extremely curious.

“It’s wonderful!”

"We are one family, there is no need to play tricks, right?" Gu Dancai didn't believe in any wonderful statements.

"Ha, it's just that my thoughts and ideas have a direction. The troubles in my heart are still there, but my thoughts are clear. Naturally, I will not be extravagant in the future, will not be decadent in all things, and will not shine for a few times."

Mo Qiu clapped his hands and exclaimed: "When a thought arises in my mind, I feel that the world is vast!"

Then Mo Qiu explained a few more sentences, and Gu Dan finally understood.

The so-called enlightenment is that all your past thoughts and ideas have an outline, like the finishing touch.

Before you understand it, it's just a mess and adds to your troubles.

Once he understood, he would be able to point to the great path! The two of them drank and had fun. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Mo Qiu asked, "Brother Gu wants to learn martial arts. What do you want? What do you need?"

Gu Dan's eyes lit up. He understood what Mo Qiu meant.

This is a way of returning a favor!

"When learning martial arts, self-defense is naturally the most important thing. It's best to be inconspicuous on weekdays, but once in a battle, be able to burst out in a short period of time, and it's best to catch the enemy by surprise. Even if it's impossible, you can run faster." Gu Dan stated his needs seriously.

Fighting with others was not what he wanted.

But if the situation really comes to a head, we can't just lie down and wait for death.

Having no knife in your hand and having a knife but not using it are two completely different things.

Mo Qiu thought seriously for a moment, then said, "There is a top-grade martial art called 'Shocking Cicada'. It means that if you don't make a sound, you will be amazing. After practicing it, you won't be very prominent, and it's not very suitable for fighting with others for a long time. However, its explosive power is far stronger than other martial arts, but after the explosion, you need to spend more than half a year to recuperate, so few people practice it."

“Very good!”

Gu Dan was quite surprised.

He just wants to cure diseases and save lives, so why does he need to fight?

The lack of normal lethality is nothing, the strong explosive power can make up for it.

Only children hope to fight with others to prove that they are invincible at the same level, while adults understand that crushing others at the same level is the way to survive.

"There is no time to lose, I will write it down first." Mo Qiu stood up and immediately went back to his room to pick up his pen and grind his writing.

About half an hour passed before he walked out of the room and handed the thing in his hand to Gu Dan.

Gu Dan couldn't wait to take a look and quickly went through it.

In addition to the theory of blood and qi circulation, Mo Qiu even wrote down the experience of the founder of this method.

A flower that blooms in one day is better than a withered flower that stays for a hundred years; a stone that lives for ten thousand years is nothing but a passing cloud of smoke.

Cicadas hibernate for seventeen years and chirp for one summer; ten thousand years is too long, we must seize the day.

This method is not the sneak attack or forbearance method that Gu Dan believes.

On the contrary, the founder was inspired by what he witnessed after witnessing the turbulent times and changes in the world, and ultimately created this method.

The philosophy of practice is to remain patient and unmoved at ordinary times, and then break out of the cocoon when needed to compose one's own extraordinary music.

But the cicadas will eventually die after chirping for a summer, and the fragrance of flowers will fade away after blooming for a day.

The most violent outburst is often followed by silence.

The same is true for "Shocking Cicada". Through a special method to stimulate the qi and blood, after bursting out with a force that is several times stronger than usual, it will slide down very quickly, and even suffer serious injuries. It will take at least half a year to recover.

Compared to other martial arts, Jingchan places particular emphasis on explosiveness, and its advantages and disadvantages are particularly obvious.

After taking a quick look, Gu Dan was delighted.

As we all know, being misinterpreted is the fate of those who express themselves.

The founder of the technique believes that "ten thousand years is too long, we must seize the day", what does it have to do with me? If you can beat them, you can beat them without exploding.

If he couldn't beat him, he wasn't some iron-headed kid, so he would just burst out and run away! "This method emphasizes bursts, and although the intention is extraordinary, it is a bit too radical. Among the top-grade martial arts I know, only this method has some connection with what Brother Gu wants." Mo Qiu explained.

Martial arts techniques are also divided into three levels: top, middle, and bottom.

Inferior martial arts, also known as the common stuff, are mostly taught to apprentices in martial arts schools. At best, they can only be practiced to the point of strengthening the muscles and bones.

Middle-grade martial arts are aimed at strengthening the internal organs, and have become the foundation of many people's lives and the treasure of their families. Most martial arts schools in the imperial capital are middle-grade martial arts, which are the backbone of the school.

Top-quality martial arts are hard to come by. Without good fortune, there is no way to practice them. To reach the state of marrow training is the master's method and the real treasure in the box.

Gu Dan treated him with all his heart and told him everything he knew, and he was also kind enough to "enlighten" him, so naturally he would not be stingy.

"Just what I want!"

Gu Dan was very satisfied.

You get enlightenment, and I get top-grade martial arts.

We all have a bright future! (End of this chapter)