Han Gui didn't care about Young Master Xu's gloomy expression. She smiled and said slowly, "Sleep, eat three meals with your eyes open, work hard and take care of your family. These are all a person's duties. They can't be ignored just because one's status is high. Although Daoists are people who leave the secular world, the road to immortality has a bleak future. When we cultivate, it's said to be the Great Way of Immortality. Actually, in my eyes, we are cultivating a 'principle'. For example, if a person is at home and looks after the things in the house, they won't be lost or damaged. If you're lodging, you should protect the things in the courtyard from being stolen or robbed. I am a passerby of this Green Mountain Monastery and a lodging person in the secular world. If I can turn stone into gold, I won't feel heartache if I can compensate for the loss of the gilded statue. But I only know how to cultivate, I don't know how to make money. Since I can't compensate, I have to feel heartache. "
Hsu Fengnian smiled and said, "Daoist priest's principle is very vulgar, but it's not bad."
Han Gui smiled and said casually, "I have a vulgar idea. I want to become an immortal."
Hsu Fengnian rubbed the edge of the porcelain cup with two fingers and said softly, "I've met a few people who can live forever but don't want to."
Han Gui didn't think that this young master was exaggerating. She sighed sincerely and said, "It's a pity that I haven't left the mountain since I came up. I can't learn from my two martial uncles. If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely go down the mountain to take a look."
Hsu Fengnian smiled and drank a big mouthful of tea, sweeping away the depression in his heart. He then asked Han Gui for a lot of knowledge about cultivation and health. The latter answered fluently and said everything she knew. She didn't hide anything.
The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was gradually getting dark. The two children on the steps had already changed from sitting to squatting, then to standing, and then from standing to lying down. It couldn't be helped that their respective masters were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't show any signs of stopping for a while. They were truly bored to death. Yu Dilong and Qing Xin both began to doze off. Yu Dilong felt that waiting was not a solution, so he could only use a few dishes that he had tasted at the Qing Liang Mountain Wang fu to help the little Daoist relieve his tiredness. Some green radish and orange duck soup, some peach blossom braised mandarin fish. Qing Xin didn't know what they tasted like, but just hearing them made her salivate.
Hsu Fengnian glanced at the twilight in the courtyard and stood up apologetically. "Sorry for disturbing you today and delaying your cultivation."
Han Gui stood up and shook his head with a smile. "It's alright. Young Master Xu, you can come to Green Mountain Monastery more often when you're free, especially when the winter bamboo shoots are out."
Hsu Fengnian's reply was a bit of a killjoy. "I most likely won't have a chance to come here in the short term."
Han Gui was stunned and didn't know how to respond. Hsu Fengnian smiled. "My family's collection of books is quite abundant. Later I'll have someone send some books to Green Mountain Monastery. Just treat it as borrowing them for Daoist."
Han Gui made a sound of agreement.
Yu Dilong saw that his master was finally going to return home. He jumped up and said with a smile, "Let's go. Qing Xin, I'll come and play with you later. "
The little Daoist hurriedly stood up and jogged down the steps. Together with his master, he saw Young Master Xu out of the monastery.
Watching the two figures, one big and one small, gradually disappear into the distance, the little Daoist's face was full of reluctance.
"Master, what were you talking about with that young master?"
"Young Master Xu consulted Master about a scattered ancient text. It was broad and profound. Rather than saying that Master was dispelling his doubts, it would be better to say that Young Master Xu was teaching. It was like a daoyin technique. Alas, if one really wanted to study it thoroughly, it would take at least ten years, and at most a lifetime. It looks like there's no need to rush down the mountain. "
"It's so hard to learn? Master, then don't learn it. There are so many books in the world, how can one understand all of them? "
"This one is not the same."
"Master, then please don't teach me this one. If you have to read it for ten years, then I won't be able to leave Mount Wudang for a hundred years. I won't do it!"
"After all, you just don't want to cook, right?"
"Ha, haha."
"Forget it. Today Master will do it personally, so that you don't know how to sprinkle salt."
"…"
"Oh right, remember that a cultivator can't be idle all day long and be an empty shell. Go, while Master is cooking, copy the 'Nine Notes of Obedience to Life' twice. "
"…"
Hsu Fengnian and Yu Dilong walked down the small pillar peak along the newly opened stone path. Yu Dilong couldn't help but ask, "Master, do you really think there are ghosts and gods in this world?"
Hsu Fengnian casually said, "If you believe it, then there are. If you don't, then there are none."
The child made an 'oh' sound. Looking at the dark mountain forest, he was somewhat uneasy.
After being interrupted, Hsu Fengnian, who was originally thinking about something, glanced at the child who was following closely behind him. This eldest disciple's talent in martial arts was really amazing. Although Yu Dilong, whether it was out of his own heart or because of the poor environment he grew up in, had an almost flawless ability to hide his inadequacies from everyone, Yu Dilong's talent in martial arts was really amazing. Xu Fengnian had once inadvertently confirmed one thing. As long as this child walked through any complex structure once, he would be able to outline a three-dimensional picture for you. This kind of talent was even rarer and more precious than a simple retentive memory. The so-called martial arts genius was just like this. Xu Fengnian had been watching from the sidelines for a long time. He realized that this disciple of his was a little warm-hearted and cold. Although he was very familiar with the little Daoist Qing Xin, in Yu Dilong's heart, he had already drawn a clear line. He could not cross the line, he could not go against the dragon's scale. He could laugh and play around, but if he crossed the line, Xu Fengnian could not guarantee that Yu Dilong would do something extreme. However, this was Hsu Fengnian's first time being someone's master. Although he didn't agree with the way Yu Dilong interacted with Wang Sheng, Lu Yunzhang, and the Daoist child, Qing Xin, he didn't feel the need to force the child's temperament back.
Hsu Fengnian thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Do you think that Lu Yunzhang looks very smart, but is actually very stupid?"
Yu Dilong opened his mouth wide as though he wanted to deny it, but looking at his master's clear eyes in the night, the child didn't say a word and lowered his head.
Hsu Fengnian smiled and continued walking. He said softly, "A master also has a master. Let me tell you a story that my master told. It's about his learning experience."
Yu Dilong looked up at his master's back and bit his lips.
Hsu Fengnian slowly said, "There's an allusion to the empty city strategy. It says that when two countries fought, one side's superior commander was scared off by the other side's empty city. After layers of embellishment, the former was reduced to a joke, while the latter was revered as an immortal. When my master read this when he was young, he also yearned for the latter's strategy. When my master read this allusion again when he was young, he was puzzled. It was only an empty city. If he was the latter, he could have sent a small number of troops to act as suicide soldiers to investigate the situation inside the city. Since he could think of this, why couldn't the future Great Feng Emperor, who would usurp the throne in the future, understand? "Therefore, my master had huge doubts about this allusion. He began to flip through many official and unofficial histories. He finally discovered the truth. The situation the latter was in at that time was that once he defeated the former and destroyed the enemy country, he would have achieved irreversible merit. His merit would be so great that it would shock the emperor to the extreme. He could only retire at home and retire for the rest of his life. After my master finished telling me this story, he told me that there are three realms in studying. It's the same for judging people. "
Yu Dilong blurted out, "Master, I think that if the story is true, then the former is also very smart. The Empty Fort Stratagem, in itself, is not clever. What is clever is that he used this stratagem to 'scare off' the enemy. Both of them had a way out, and by the way, he won the respect of the future generations."
Hsu Fengnian nodded and said, "That's what I told Master back then."
Yu Dilong scratched his head.
Hsu Fengnian smiled and squinted his eyes. He said, "But Master immediately slapped me on the head with a duster and scolded me, 'Being smart is superfluous and not beneficial'. I used to feel wronged. Is it wrong to think that I'm smart?"
Hsu Fengnian, with a gentle expression, continued, "Smart people should use their intelligence in the right place. Life between heaven and earth should be beneficial to the world. Even if you don't have the heart or the ability, you shouldn't bully others. "
Yu Dilong said softly, "Master, don't worry. Even if I learn profound martial arts, as long as people don't bully me, I will never bully others."
Hsu Fengnian exhaled and said, "You need to have many friends, but not brothers. If you meet someone who can be your brother in the future, you must treat them sincerely. Master didn't do a good job. I hope you can do a better job in the future. "
Yu Dilong seemed to understand, but he still nodded.
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