Chapter 72: Qingxu
Gong Mengbi couldn't help but be moved, and was also impressed by Grandma Shi's cheerfulness and open-mindedness.
Gong Mengbi was reluctant to leave: "When I see my mother-in-law, it's like seeing an elder... No, my mother-in-law is closer to me than my elders."
Granny Shi was delighted: "I'm also happy that you follow them in calling me Granny. You're a promising young man seeking the way to immortality. Giving you the Seven Cultivators' Commentary on the Sutras won't let it get into disrepair. If he were still alive, he would surely like you."
Gong Mengbi said bitterly: "I suffer from the short days, but my mother-in-law says they are long. How can I bear to leave an elder like you?"
Granny Shi smiled. "How come you, so young, can't see as clearly as someone like me, someone so old? Life and death are the result of the interaction of yin and yang; it's the most common occurrence. If you suffer the shortness of day, then you must shine while you can, and fly while you can. If you want to see more, fly further, then you must practice Taoism with sincerity, so that you can stand shoulder to shoulder with heaven and earth, and swim with the dragon."
“There is no need to grieve over life and death, nor to suffer the shortness of day and the length of night.”
Granny Shi looked at his expression, patted his head, and treated him as her own child and grandson. She said, "I'm not going away so soon. I've calculated that I can live for at least three months."
Gong Mengbi calculated the time and said with a sad smile: "Okay, by then the little foxes will be able to enter the fox courtyard, and grandma won't have to worry about it anymore."
Granny Shi said, "I don't worry about it. But you, don't let it bother you. Be more active in your thinking. That's what makes you a fox."
Gong Mengbi laughed and talked a lot with Grandma Shi.
Most of the time, it was Grandma Shi who was talking and Gong Mengbi who was listening.
Granny Shi told some stories about her and Old Man Qixiu, such as how they built a hut in a certain place to practice Buddhism and buried some treasures, and how they saw some breathtakingly beautiful flowers in a certain place, but Old Man Qixiu loved flowers and was afraid that the flowers would not survive if transplanted, so he left them there.
It was not until night that Granny Shi drove him away.
Gong Mengbi did not force her to stay. His mother-in-law was open-minded and clear-headed. If he treated her with sadness and reluctance, it would be a disturbance in itself.
Gong Mengbi didn't want this to happen.
So he returned to Shouyue Tower and sat in front of the tablet of the Goddess of Mount Tai to pray, hoping that Grandma Shi could go through this journey safely, and also hoping that after her death, Grandma Shi's blessings would continue, and whether she became a ghost or was reincarnated, everything would go well.
It was only through chatting with the Queen Mother of Mount Tai that he was able to calm down.
After calming his mind, Gong Mengbi first worshipped the moon and practiced as usual.
Limited by astronomical phenomena, the energy of the moon will not be cut off, but it will become tortuous and obscure.
Then let’s look at the Seven Sutra Notes.
Qi Xiu's quotations from the scriptures are annotated, which are about the practice method of the old man Qi Xiu.
Elder Qixiu became a monk at Qingxu Temple and practiced the Taoist teachings of Qingxu Temple.
But this record certainly couldn't contain the cultivation methods of the Qingxu Monastery. Neither Elder Qixiu nor Granny Shi would steal someone else's inheritance like this. Otherwise, this silk book wouldn't be helping people cultivate, but rather helping them to create bad karma and hatred.
However, although the Taoist teachings of Qingxu Temple were not recorded in the transcript, Elder Qixiu summarized the practice of Qingxu Temple in just a few words: Qingxu is the brightness of heaven, and inaction is the normal way of governance.
Then, using this as the general outline, I analyzed my own practice.
Qingxu means nothingness and the vast space, which is consistent with the nature of the seven cultivators, and is called Tong and Quan.
Elder Qixiu quoted Taoist scriptures and his own insights to explain his own practice.
This silk book looks like the size of a handkerchief. When unfolded, it is like a cloud cover with golden characters dancing on it.
It can be seen that the practice of Elder Qi Xiu is constantly improving. The same practice, which was previously considered to be drawing in the pure and empty energy from heaven, will be crossed out and said to be guarding the pure and empty energy of the spirit.
In addition to spiritual practice, Gong Mengbi can also see the fragments about Grandma Shi.
For example, when talking about the seven virtues, he used gorgeous words and graceful expressions to praise the beauty of flowers, wine, poetry, tea, painting and music, and praised the mystery of expressing emotions through objects, relieving hardship, and keeping the mind focused.
But in addition to these six, the virtues of the fox are added, but there are only two sentences: The fox is so beautiful and auspicious, she is so moving and sincere.
This should have been added after meeting Granny Shi for a period of time. After that, it changed from six levels of cultivation to seven levels of cultivation.
Sometimes there is a drawn fox paw print between the lines of the silk book, and sometimes there is an extra fox tail.
In the comments of the later revisions, Menggu’s comments often appear, and I think they are very correct.
Menggu said this and that, and I thought this might not be a good idea, but I was embarrassed to tell her.
Gong Mengbi finished reading the silk book with a smile. In the end, he did not remember the cultivation method written in the silk book, but he remembered the love story of Old Man Qixiu and Grandma Shi in detail.
Gong Mengbi was both envious and happy, and he had to read the silk book again, paying close attention to the cultivation methods contained in it, sorting out the cultivation methods, and finally compiling them into a volume of Seven Cultivation Excerpts.
As for the original silk book, it is not easy to read it too often, so it is worth collecting and telling it to future generations as a story.
Apart from the very attractive love part, Elder Qixiu is also very good at spiritual practice.
Using objects to express emotions and using the universe to preserve the spirit is a unique and ingenious way to cultivate the spirit and polish the primordial spirit, and it is very consistent with the Tongtian method.
Gong Mengbi took advantage of others' strengths and made up for his own weaknesses, combined with the Tongtian Method to improve his own practice and practice the Tongtian Method more deeply.
Gong Mengbi leaned against the railing on the upstairs building, supported his head with his hands and looked up at the sky.
Even with my eyelids half-closed, the sensations of my body and the sounds in my ears were clearer.
With half-closed eyes, he watched the changing clouds in the sky, and seemed to be able to sense the gathering and flow of water vapor in them.
But he was thinking about something else in his mind.
Grandma Shi’s birthday is coming to an end, and there is a very realistic problem that she needs to face - tigers.
Granny Shi finally stayed at Ruyun Peak to intimidate the mountain king and make him afraid.
Elder Qi Xiu left a secret recipe for taming tigers to Granny Shi. Perhaps the tigers were afraid of this secret, so they never dared to appear in front of Granny Shi.
But was the tiger afraid of Granny Shi? Not at all. He dared to send his minions to warn Granny Shi.
Perhaps over the years, he has found a way to avoid being controlled by the secret. At least this secret probably cannot kill him, but it still poses a threat to him.
This can be felt from the words of Grandma Shi.
The tiger was Granny Shi's knot and regret. After she passed away, of course no one cared about it anymore, but she always remembered it.
In addition, once Granny Shi passed away, the tiger became a problem he needed to face.
This ambitious monster would not allow the eastern corner of Longpan Mountain to fall into Gong Mengbi's hands. He had long regarded this piece of land, and even the monsters in it, as his own.
Gong Mengbi had just built a mansion in Wuhuan Peak. How could he just move out or escape from it?
Where to move to, where to escape to?
If he can leave, can the Red Feathered Snake, the Golden Toad, the Elephant, the Bird Fairy, the Three Qian Ghosts and the Yaksha Ghost also leave?
Gong Mengbi clasped his claws on the railing, tapping it lightly from time to time, thinking about a solution.
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