Xuandu took the evil spirit and gave Li Mu the scripture. Seeing that Li Mu was unwilling to convert, he did not force him. Just like last time, he turned around and left.
Li Mu held the Buddhist scripture and thought of Su He's eyes that reminded him. He wondered, "Is there something mysterious about this scripture?"
Su He looked at the direction that Xuandu left and said, "When Buddhist disciples first start cultivating, they use a certain scripture as the foundation and chant it day and night. If I'm not wrong, that monk wants to use this to test your root of wisdom."
Li Mu said, "Root of wisdom?"
"This is just a saying that those monks use to fool fools." Su He said faintly, "The so-called root of wisdom is your talent in cultivating Buddhism. Chanting the scripture is similar to Taoism's guidance. Those with outstanding talent in Taoism can guide Qi several times and succeed in drawing Qi. It's the same with the basic scripture. Those with outstanding talent in Buddhism only need to chant it a few times and there will be a Light of Buddha. Those with average talent will need a few days. Those without talent will just chant it in vain …"
Su He looked at Li Mu with a strange look and said, "You only chanted one sentence and there was a Light of Buddha. Obviously, you have an extremely high talent in cultivating Buddhism, but you cultivate Taoism …"
Li Mu himself did not believe that he had any talent in Buddhism. It was most likely because of the Heart Sutra.
However, this was not what he cared about. Li Mu looked at Su He and asked the question he was most concerned about, "Can Buddhism and Taoism be cultivated at the same time?"
"Of course you can." Su He said, "If it's other cultivation methods, it may not work. But Taoism cultivates the Dantian and Buddhism cultivates the body. The two do not conflict. It's just that it's not easy to cultivate. Just the path of cultivation is already very difficult. Very few people cultivate Buddhism and Taoism at the same time. Don't be too greedy."
It was not that Li Mu was greedy. It was just that Buddhism and Taoism each had their strengths and weaknesses. If he cultivated both at the same time, he could learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses. When fighting with others, he would have more trump cards to protect himself.
If Li Mu only cultivated Taoism or Buddhism, he would not have been able to last until Su He arrived in the fight with the lizard spirit.
He did not have to cultivate Buddhism to a high level. As long as he had a little Buddhist mana, he could use part of the power of the Heart Sutra. When he met with demons and ghosts, he could both attack and defend, providing double protection.
The beginning cultivation of Buddhism was simpler than Taoism..
One only needed to recite the scriptures, while the other needed to cultivate the soul painstakingly. However, this did not mean that the cultivation of Buddhism was easier than that of Daoism.
The lower three levels of Taoism, Soul Refining, Soul Concentrating, and Spirit Concentrating, were to build the foundation for later cultivation. Buddhism's beginning cultivation was easy, but the difficult part was the cultivation of the heart. The characteristic of easy at first and difficult at last was suitable for Li Mu. After all, he originally walked the path of Taoism. He did not want to cultivate Buddhism to a high level.
After keeping the Taoist books and Buddhist scriptures, Li Mu bid farewell to Su He and walked along the official road to the county.
The Bay of Clearwater was not far from the county. Li Mu often walked and it would take about an hour. If he knew how to draw the Spirit Travel Talisman, he could save a lot of time.
Unfortunately, he only knew a few Fu-lu. With his current low level of mana, he could draw even fewer. The Spirit Travel Talisman required a Soul Concentrating Realm cultivation to draw. Currently, Li Mu was unable to do it.
The battle with the lizard spirit was a blow to Li Mu's head.
In the past, his cultivation was low. He relied on his Thunder Technique to restrain demons and ghosts. He did not care about demons and ghosts. The result was that if Su He did not appear, his body would have been eaten by the lizard spirit. Even his soul would have been devoured.
This dangerous experience reminded Li Mu that he was a newbie who had just stepped into the cultivation world. Before he had absolute power, he must be careful …
After returning home, Li Mu threw all the miscellaneous matters to the back of his mind and focused on the Soul Concentrating Realm.
He had already condensed the first soul, Dog Corpse. The second soul was the third soul, Sparrow Shade.
Sparrow Shade was born from sorrow. Sorrow, grief, mourning, pity, they were all part of sorrow. How could he make others feel these emotions?
Theoretically speaking, writing a book was the easiest way to mobilize the emotions of most people. Once the readers were immersed in the story, they would feel joy, anger, sadness, or sadness according to the plot. The more popular the novel, the more readers, the more powerful the emotions. But to condense the Soul Concentrating Realm through this method, it was difficult.
Li Mu needed to be face to face with someone to absorb their emotions. Beyond a certain distance, the Art of Inducement would be useless.
Although this method did not work, the general idea was correct. Li Mu followed this train of thought and quickly came up with a solution.
Soon, Li Mu arrived at the entrance of the Yunyan Pavilion.
The Yunyan Pavilion was a chain store. It did not only sell books.
To be exact, it was a brand. It had a bookstore, a music studio, a theater, and a teahouse. The bookstore was next to the teahouse, opposite the teahouse was the music studio, and next to the music studio was the theater. The four shops were all called the Yunyan Pavilion.
The popular novels in the bookstore would be interpreted by the storytellers in the teahouse. The music studio would arrange the music and adapt it into a play in the theater. Li Mu could not help but admire the shopkeeper of the Yunyan Pavilion.
This kind of advanced concept of pan-entertainment was rare in this world. If he had the chance in the future, he would get to know someone with such foresight.
Li Mu stepped into the bookstore. The middle-aged shopkeeper, who was calculating the accounts at the counter, looked up and immediately ran out. He asked eagerly, "Young master, why are you here? The 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio' is still in its infancy. It will be a few days before it can be printed and sold …"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "That's not why I'm here."
The shopkeeper said, "Young master, if there's anything else, please let me know …"
The shopkeeper's attitude made Li Mu feel a little strange. According to his investigation, the bookstore's attitude towards the authors under it was not very friendly. After all, those poor scholars would delay their chapters every two to three days. The shopkeepers of the major bookstores wanted nothing more than to hold a knife to their heads and force them to write. It was very rare for them to be so friendly.
However, if the shopkeeper's attitude was good, Li Mu would not feel uncomfortable. He smiled and said, "There is indeed something I would like to ask of the shopkeeper."
After all, this was a man that the lady had her eyes on. The shopkeeper could not be negligent. He quickly said, "Young master, please speak."
Li Mu asked, "I wonder if the teahouse next door is lacking storytellers …"
The shopkeeper asked, "Young master wants to tell stories?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "I want to try."
Telling stories and writing novels had certain similarities. Although the audience of storytellers was limited to one area of the teahouse, they were only separated by a curtain. Li Mu could easily guide their emotions.
When the shopkeeper heard Li Mu's request, he immediately said, "I will arrange it for you immediately."
No matter how slow Li Mu was, at this moment, he realized that something was wrong. Since the last time, the shopkeeper's attitude towards him had been excessively good. Not only did he give him special treatment when he published a book, but now he was even fulfilling all of his requests. Those who did not know would think that Li Mu was the shopkeeper …
He looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, are you hiding something from me?"
The shopkeeper's heart thumped. He smiled apologetically and said, "How is that possible …"
When he spoke, his eyes drifted and his expression was nervous. This made Li Mu certain of his suspicions. He asked, "What are you hiding from me?"
"I …"
The shopkeeper stuttered and did not dare to raise his head to look at him.
"Alright, Shopkeeper Huang, you can leave."
At this moment, a familiar voice that Li Mu heard suddenly came from above.
Liu Hanyan came down from upstairs. Looking at Li Mu, she said, "If you have any questions, just ask me. Don't make things difficult for Shopkeeper Huang."
Li Mu looked at her in astonishment, then suddenly said, "So it's you …"
When Liu Hanyan came down from upstairs, Li Mu understood everything.
He understood why the shopkeeper suddenly chased after him when he had already rejected his manuscript. His attitude changed 180 degrees, and he approved his manuscript without any hesitation. Furthermore, he gave him so much preferential treatment.
It turned out that the "Yan" of the Yunyan Pavilion was Liu Hanyan's "Yan".
Li Mu thought that he was already earning money with his own efforts. He did not expect that he was still relying on Liu Hanyan to be pitiful.
In other words, he was living off a woman.
Although there was a trace of discomfort in his heart, but it could not be denied that living off a woman was quite good.
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