"Eh?"
Fang Qiu was surprised.
The old man had no internal Qi at all.
He didn't even look like a martial arts practitioner.
But why was the wolf afraid of this place?
Fang Qiu suppressed his doubts, bowed politely to the old man, and said with a smile,
"Old man, I'm running out of water. I want to ask for some water from you. Is that okay?"
"You can, but how did you get in this deep mountain forest?"
The old man looked Fang Qiu up and down and asked.
"I'm a Chinese Medicine doctor. I came to the mountain to find herbs."
Fang Qiu answered.
"I see …"
The old man nodded and said, "Come in."
"Thank you!"
Fang Qiu followed the old man into the house. The old man pointed to the water jar in the corner near the stove and said, "The water is here."
Fang Qiu turned to see where the old man pointed.
He was shocked when he saw it clearly.
Because the water jar was made of stone, a whole piece of bluestone.
If the old man was not an expert, this water jar should be made by an ordinary man who found bluestone in the mountain.
Such hard work was really admirable.
The old man led Fang Qiu to the water jar. He reached out and opened the wooden cover of the water jar. Then he took out a palm-sized bamboo tube and handed it to Fang Qiu, saying, "Drink it."
"Thank you!"
Fang Qiu took the bamboo tube and immediately scooped up the water. He raised his head and drank it.
So sweet!
As soon as the water entered his mouth, Fang Qiu felt a refreshing sweetness from his throat to his stomach. It was very refreshing.
He hadn't drunk such sweet water for a long time.
Such sweet water only existed in his childhood memory.
After drinking the water,
"Thank you, old man."
Fang Qiu turned to the old man and thanked him.
"Just a little water. You're welcome."
The old man said with a smile.
Fang Qiu looked at the whole house. The stone walls and the thatched roof.
It looked simple but it was not simple at all!
He knew something about Yin and Yang, the five elements, and Feng Shui.
Naturally, he could see that every part of this thatched hut had Yin and Yang, the five elements, and Feng Shui!
"Old man."
Fang Qiu looked at the old man and asked with a smile, "Why do you live in this deep mountain forest? And you're alone. Aren't you afraid of wolves, tigers, and leopards? "
"Hehe."
The old man chuckled and said, "It's just cultivation. The world is noisy. Find a quiet place and have a good rest."
"As for the jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards, why should I be afraid of them? If I'm afraid, they won't eat me."
If I'm afraid, it won't eat me?
Fang Qiu could not help admiring the old man.
What a strong state of mind!
"You're above worldly affairs, aren't you?"
"I just prefer quiet."
The old man replied with a smile.
"How old are you?"
Asked Fang Qiu.
"I'm already 85 this year."
The old man replied.
"85?"
Fang Qiu looked at the old man in surprise. He thought the old man was seventy years old at most. He didn't expect the old man to be eighty-five.
And at such an old age, he actually lived alone in the mountains.
His daily life was normal, and there was no hindrance to his movements.
Truly amazing!
"Your body is really strong."
Then he asked the question in his heart, "Even young people may not be able to come here in this deep mountain and wild forest. I see that you are alone. How did you come here?"
Through simple contact and sensing.
He was sure that the old man was an ordinary person without any Internal Qi.
An ordinary person with an extremely strong state of mind.
How could he not be curious that such an ordinary person could build a house and practice in a place surrounded by beasts?
"As long as I have the heart, I can come here."
The old man smiled slightly.
"You're so old. Don't worry about your family. Don't you miss home?"
Asked Fang Qiu.
"I don't even miss myself. How can I miss home?"
The old man said with a smile, stroking his beard.
Hearing that, Fang Qiu was stunned.
I don't even miss myself. How can I miss home?
There was a Buddhist meaning in this!
The old master once told him.
There were two kinds of people in the world that were most worthy of admiration. One was a monarch who established a country and conquered the world.
The other was a cultivator who conquered his heart.
These two kinds of people must be brave. In terms of fearlessness and bravery, the second kind was better than the first kind.
It was easy to conquer the world, but difficult to conquer oneself!
Compared with these two kinds of people, martial arts practitioners were like stars compared with the bright moon. They were just fireflies.
The old man in front of him didn't even think about himself. He had already conquered his heart.
He didn't even think about himself. He didn't even have a heart. He didn't surrender, but he had already surrendered!
Fang Qiu cupped his hands at the old man and said with admiration, "You're amazing. You can do things that you don't even think about yourself. You're not an ordinary person. Your cultivation is profound. I admire you!"
"I'm not amazing at all."
The old man shook his head and waved his hand. He said apologetically, "Those who are amazing are all practicing in the secular world! I haven't reached their level yet. So I can only hide in the deep mountains and wild forests to avoid the world and cultivate in peace. "
"If there's no state to disturb me, I can get rid of it. If there's a state to disturb me, it's hard to say whether I can get rid of it or not. So I'm not amazing at all. And I only cultivate myself.
"You're modest!"
After Fang Qiu said that, he changed the topic. He pointed at the small vegetable field outside the door and asked curiously, "Although you're in good health, it's not easy for you to hunt at this age. Can you eat your fill with this vegetable field outside the door?"
"One meal every two days. That's enough."
The old man replied with a smile.
Hearing that, Fang Qiu was in awe.
Wealth, sex, fame, food, and sleep were the five Buddhist faculties.
To cultivate, one must break through them. The old man had broken through fame, wealth, sex, and even sleep. Now, he broke through food.
Admirable!
"It's dark inside. Let's talk outside."
The old man said to Fang Qiu.
"Okay!"
Fang Qiu nodded.
Then the two walked out of the house and came to the two big bluestones beside the vegetable field.
Fang Qiu touched the bluestones with his hand. The bluestones were not cold, so he didn't stop the old man from sitting down.
An old man and a young man.
Sitting on the bluestones.
The mountain breeze was blowing, and the forest birds were singing happily.
This scene was indescribably beautiful.
"Senior, I have a question that I'm curious about. I want to ask you to answer it."
Fang Qiu was ready to ask the question in his heart.
"Go ahead."
"I met a wolf three miles away. The wolf didn't dare to come here no matter what. I didn't find you different from ordinary people when I came here. Then why didn't the wolf dare to come here as if it was afraid of something?"
Fang Qiu said and waited for the old man's answer.
"You mean the wolf."
The old man chuckled and said, "I'm good friends with it. I saved it once. I'm good friends with many animals here. I guess it escaped when you chased it. It wanted to ask me for help, but it didn't dare to come here. Maybe it was afraid that you would hurt me. "
As he said, he took a deep look at Fang Qiu. "You're not just a simple Chinese Medicine doctor. You're not an ordinary person, are you?"
Fang Qiu smiled embarrassedly and changed the topic. "Senior, I wonder if there's any strange place around here?"
He was ready to ask the old man about the Earth Treasure.
Maybe he knew?
"Strange place?"
The old man didn't continue to ask whether Fang Qiu was an ordinary person. He thought for a moment and said, "There's a place 30 miles to the east. You can often see the bones of all kinds of fierce animals there. Many of my animal friends went there and couldn't come back. I don't know why."
Hearing that.
Fang Qiu's heart skipped a beat.
The bones of all kinds of fierce animals?
In this deep mountain forest, those fierce animals that the old man mentioned could be kings. How could they be turned into bones?
Could it be the guardian spirit beast of the Heaven Medicine and Earth Treasure?
Only a spirit beast could kill so many ferocious animals.
It seemed that there was a great possibility that there was an Earth Treasure here!
Fang Qiu immediately put down the backpack behind him, opened it, took out a wild ginseng and two ganoderma lucidum, handed them to the old man, and said respectfully, "Senior, these are some herbs I found in the mountain. Take it as a reward for helping me solve my doubts and giving me water. I also wish you a long life."
Unexpectedly.
"No."
The old man shook his head directly and said, "What do I want your herbs for?"
"These herbs are all wild. You can take them to nourish your body."
Looking at the old man, Fang Qiu said sincerely.
"There's nothing wrong with my body. Life and death are predestined. Why should I care about it?"
The old man shook his head again. "Besides, the most nourishing thing in the world is sleep."
Speaking of this.
The old man glanced at Fang Qiu and said with a smile, "Since you're a Chinese Medicine doctor, I'll tell you something that you can't learn from Chinese Medicine books."
"Please go ahead."
Fang Qiu said respectfully.
"In fact, a person can only sleep for two hours at most. The rest is a waste of time."
The old man's words were shocking.
"It's all lying on the pillow and dreaming. Everyone in this world dreams. As for those who wake up and think they didn't dream, it's because they forget it."
"Usually, two hours of sleep is enough for a person. Why do some people sleep for seven or eight hours?"
"That's because they've developed the habit of resting on the pillow. Anyone who meditates and does kung fu knows that if you really close your eyes and sleep for three minutes at noon, it's equivalent to sleeping for two hours. But this has to match the time at noon. At night, you should fall asleep at noon. At that time, you sleep for five minutes, it's equivalent to six hours."
Hearing the old man's words, Fang Qiu was a little surprised.
He didn't expect the old man to know this.
It seemed that the old man had confirmed it himself.
It was indeed not recorded in the Chinese Medicine books!
"The knowledge of this time is even greater."
After thinking for a while, the old man continued, "It has something to do with the law of the universe, the law of the earth, and the yin and yang of the Book of Changes. And you'll feel that there's a force descending from below your heart and merging with the force of the Dantian. Fire and water complement each other. Suddenly, you'll feel that you've had enough sleep and you'll be a hundred times more energetic."
"So, if you have insomnia or really want to stay up late, you must sleep at noon, even if it's only for 20 minutes. If you can't fall asleep, you must train yourself to fall asleep. After noon, you won't want to sleep after 12: 30. That's a terrible feeling."
"There's something more serious. When it's almost dawn, at four or five o 'clock, or five or six o' clock, you'll be so sleepy. If you sleep at this time, you'll be dizzy for the whole day."
"So, just like the sky, the human body also has day and night. If you want to nourish your body, nourish your sleep. No matter how good the herbs are, they're just external things to your body."
Speaking of this, the old man stroked his beard and chuckled.
He was quite happy and contented.
"I admire you. Senior, you're really amazing."
Fang Qiu sighed with emotion.
He didn't expect that there was such a big knowledge about sleeping.
He also knew about noon and midnight before, but he didn't know it as clearly as the old man said.
"Little guy."
The old man glanced at Fang Qiu with a smile. After thinking for a while, he said, "Since you and I are destined to meet, and you're a medical student and familiar with herbs, I'll teach you a way to treat stomach problems."
"I'm all ears!"
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