"Ideals are always the most beautiful, but reality is an insurmountable chasm," said Fangzheng with a sigh. Fangzheng sighed. His dream was not to enter the mountains to suffer. He wanted a warm home. Although he had the biggest family, with the entire One Finger Village being his home, he still wanted a warm home. Zen Master One Finger was his father …
However, Fangzheng still wanted a home of his own. He had his own wife and children. He yearned for that kind of warmth …
Shaking his head, he rid himself of the distracting thoughts and turned to return to the monastery.
Red Boy hurriedly followed and asked, "Master, Buddhism and Daoism can be one family, but if you place a Daoist scripture in a Buddhist school of thought and disseminate it, are we Buddhists or Daoists?"
Fangzheng shook his head and said, "You are always obsessed with the sectarian views of Buddhism and Daoism. Is that important? As long as it's good, do it. Why are there so many rules? The good in the world are one family. The other sects are unorthodox. "
After entering the monastery, Fangzheng came under the bodhi tree and got Red Boy to fetch water. He happily took out Perfected Letian's scripture. The blue cover was a little yellowish, and on it were the words "Empyrean Breathing Scripture"!
"It's actually this scripture. Nice, don't tell me it's the real thing?" Fangzheng jumped in fright when he saw the yellowish cover. The Empyrean Breathing Scripture was not really a scripture, but a martial arts manual. Of course, that was a little bragging. To be precise, it was a cultivation technique for qigong. Fangzheng had always been puzzled about qigong. Did qigong even exist in this world?
Fangzheng still remembered that there was a period of qigong craze when he was young. Back then, everyone in the surrounding villages talked about qigong. Furthermore, there were many martial arts television dramas on television. Fangzheng had once held a fire stick and stood on a straw, pretending to be a hero. He ended up falling and was unable to get off the stove bed for several days. It left a deep impression on him …
The Empyrean Breathing Scripture was also the final point of discussion. Many people produced various versions of the Empyrean Breathing Scripture's annotations and sold them. Fangzheng had borrowed a few back then, but sadly realized that every one of them was different. Immediately, tears streamed down his face. Even a fool would know that they were all frauds …
Fangzheng took the annotations to Zen Master One Finger. After Zen Master One Finger read them, he shook his head slightly. "They're all fake."
"It's indeed fake. I'll just get them to throw it away," said Fangzheng bitterly.
Zen Master One Finger said, "Keep it."
"Why? What's the point of keeping such a harmful thing? "asked Fangzheng, perplexed.
"Making a mistake isn't scary. What's scary is making a mistake and having to bury it. Suffering losses and being deceived was also a necessary lesson in life. Keeping it was also a memory and a warning. Many years later, when you look back, you will gain even more, "said Zen Master One Finger with a smile.
Fangzheng did as he was told and sent it back. However, when the other party heard that it was fake, they threw it away. Fangzheng picked it up and placed it under the bed.
With this in mind, Fangzheng hurriedly ran back to his meditation room and flipped through it. The three books were still there, so he flipped them open. With Fangzheng's foundation and perceptivity when it came to reading scriptures, he discovered that the so-called scriptures were filled with loopholes after a few glances. They were basically pieced together and used some mysterious words to bluff people.
When he looked at the Empyrean Breathing Scripture that Perfected Letian had given him, the content was clearly a lot simpler. More importantly … The Empyrean Breathing Scripture only had one page!
Heavenly Lord Jade Emperor said:
The fetus is formed from Qi, and Qi breathes from the fetus.
When Qi enters the body, it means life. When the spirit leaves the body, it means death.
Knowing the spirit can lead to eternal life.
Therefore, guard the void to nurture the spirit.
Moving the spirit is moving the spirit. Staying the spirit is staying the spirit.
If one wishes to live forever, the spirit and spirit must be infused.
If one's heart does not move, there is no coming or going, no exit or entry.
Diligent practice is the true path.
Then? Then it was gone!
Fangzheng flipped to the back, and indeed, there were messy annotations. As for the original text, it was gone! There were only a few sentences!
Fangzheng said with a bitter smile, "This … Alright, let me take a look at the annotations."
Fangzheng flipped to the back, and when he saw it, his eyes lit up as he stared straight at it. In the beginning, Fangzheng's brows were knitted together. The more he read, the more astonished and excited he became. When he finished reading the entire book, Fangzheng smiled and looked up …
"Aiyah!" A few heads appeared in front of Fangzheng. He nearly jumped up in fright from the sudden scene.
He saw Lone Wolf, Monkey, Red Boy, and Squirrel on Lone Wolf's head. They were looking curiously at the book in Fangzheng's hand. Fangzheng was truly given a fright when the heads suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Master, what are you looking at? Why are you so serious? "asked Squirrel out of curiosity.
Red Boy said, "Empyrean Breathing Scripture?"
Fangzheng asked nervously, "Do you know it?"
"No. I've never even heard of it." Red Boy rolled his eyes. He was a demon, and he had not been to many places since he was young. There were too many things in his world, and he knew too little about them. He naturally did not know about the Empyrean Breathing Scripture. However, Red Boy still said, "However, the annotations do make sense. However, it's useless …"
Fangzheng said in surprise, "Are you saying that this thing can't be cultivated?"
"Cultivated? Pfft … Master, you are overthinking things. This world isn't suitable for cultivation. Isn't it stated in the first sentence of the book? The Jade Emperor said it! That's for the Jade Emperor. How can mortals cultivate it? Of course, it's not impossible to cultivate according to the book. Just cultivating a breath in one's heart can strengthen one's body and extend one's lifespan. However, to ascend to immortality is just a dream. However, the person who wrote such content is a genius. After all, it's already not bad to be able to do that in this world. The annotations at the back aren't all correct either. It feels like this is a diary of countless people's painstaking efforts, thoughts, and experiments. There are parts that are right and parts that are wrong … "Red Boy commented. He had seen quite a number of profound cultivation techniques after all, so it was not a problem for him to comment.
Fangzheng nodded slightly. It was similar to his analysis. Ascension was impossible, but extending one's lifespan and strengthening one's body was not a problem. However, this did not stop Fangzheng from liking the scripture. He said, "Can you complete this book?"
"It's not difficult," said Red Boy.
Fangzheng handed the Empyrean Breathing Scripture to Red Boy and said, "Then complete it. By strengthening one's body, it can be considered a blessing. This is merit."
Red Boy thought for a moment and took it. Then, he ran off with the pen. It was unknown what he was up to.
An hour later, Red Boy ran back and threw the Empyrean Breathing Scripture to Fangzheng. Fangzheng hurriedly took it and as though he had obtained a treasure, he prepared to read it.
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