manynovel Chapter 165 The mind is the root, the Dharma is the dust; the two are like marks on a mirror.
Chapter 165 The mind is the root, the Dharma is the dust; the two are like marks on a mirror.
Upon hearing what his disciple said, Yu Chen looked puzzled.
The Dao Sect is one of the Three Saints Sects. Are there any ignorant fools who would dare to cause trouble?
Yu Chen looked at Fa Qing with a stern face: "Explain yourself in detail!"
"This story begins with our junior grand-uncle..."
Fa Qing recounted the events meticulously and completely, without embellishment whatsoever.
After all, the monkey was in the wrong in this matter.
Unable to recognize the value of the precious materials, they took the initiative to attack.
Junior Grandmaster Uncle has only been a disciple for a short time. If he sees something but doesn't intervene, how can he explain himself within the sect?
Upon hearing Fa Qing's words, Yu Chen's expression turned completely gloomy.
"How dare they! Since when did these wild monkeys from the Eastern Regions dare to challenge the majesty of my Dao Sect?"
After Yu Chen finished speaking, a murderous aura rose up, startling the bowing Fa Qing.
But he still remembered that the monkey was valued by Huo Yunzi and invited away.
He immediately reminded his master, "Master, that monkey has been favored by Master Huo Yunzi, the head of Chaotian Palace, and should have been invited to Qinghua Cave Heaven for a discussion. Do you think we should just let this matter go?"
Although Faqing also felt it was a disgrace to the sect, the monkey caught Huoyunzi's eye, and they became friends.
Going to cause him trouble now would be extremely unwise.
After all, Chaotian Palace is now the head of the Three Saints Sect.
But upon hearing this, Yu Chen seemed to think that his Dao Sect was inferior to Chaotian Palace.
"So what if it's Chaotian Palace? So what if it's Huo Yunzi? No one can humiliate the Dao Sect without paying the price!"
Yu Chen's face was gloomy. He reached out and tore open the space in front of him, then directly entered it.
They were heading towards Qinghua Cave Heaven.
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the other side
Chen Chunan closed his eyes and focused on the center, comprehending the Heart Sutra.
If one's mind is not settled, it means one's heart is not settled and one's will is not firm.
Although I study internal alchemy, I still have some doubts about whether I can become an immortal.
The path of internal alchemy is fraught with peril at every step and difficulties at every turn.
The more I worked on it, the more difficult it seemed.
As the saying goes, the more you know, the less you realize you know.
His nature is to control his family and to shrink back when faced with trouble; this is his true nature, his inherent nature, and also a characteristic of Pigsy in Journey to the West.
My current wavering resolve stems from a lack of firm commitment to the Way.
However, this uncertainty and wavering will arise from one's own perception.
This is not something that can be accomplished by simply shouting a few slogans, giving encouragement, or pretending to be confident.
It would be difficult to remove it.
"When the mind is distracted and the will is not focused, one's spiritual practice is often led astray. Although I know the root cause, I am powerless to change it. The Heart Sutra says: 'No form, smell, taste, touch, or mental objects; no eye-consciousness, and so forth, up to no mind-consciousness; no clarity, and no end of clarity.' How can one attain such a state?"
Chen Chunan muttered to himself, his eyes unfocused.
Meanwhile, the Mind Monkey, who was discussing the Dao with Huo Yunzi, sensed Chen Chunan's thoughts and thought to himself, "The Three Realms are without peace, like a burning house. To attain enlightenment, one must see one's original face. When the Dharma Master encounters a demon, one must subdue the chaotic demon with a harmonious nature. Rather than racking one's brains without success, it is better to cover one's head and sleep soundly; with a calm mind, one's true nature will naturally become clear."
He had intended to warn him of this tribulation, but such inner demons could not be overcome without his own understanding.
His mind raced, but he eventually gave up and continued his endless debate with Huoyunzi.
the other side
Having found her daughter, the Heavenly Fox is now earnestly persuading her to change her cultivation method.
"I know you're my mother now, but can you please stop interfering with me? I'm all grown up now~"
"Where have you grown up? The cultivation method you're practicing now is too poor. Let me teach you a better one, okay? Don't you want to become a Nascent Soul cultivator? My cultivation method can lead to immortality, you know!"
"No! No! No!"
...
Seeing her daughter so resistant to her, Tianhu felt both heartache and self-reproach.
If she hadn't gone into seclusion so hastily back then, how could her relationship with her daughter have deteriorated to this point?
Tianhu sighed and had no choice but to heal his wounds first.
The celestial fox spread its nine tails, completely surrounding itself.
Then pink smoke billowed out, completely enveloping it.
Then the celestial fox gradually became illusory, and eventually disappeared completely.
The little fox was taken aback when it saw this.
He rushed forward to check.
However, with her cultivation level, she couldn't detect the Heavenly Fox who had entered the Heavenly Fox Realm.
The Celestial Fox Realm is both illusory and real.
It is a great dream-based supernatural power cultivated by the Celestial Fox.
Once she unleashed this supernatural power, she entered it, feeling as if she were there but not there.
This small world, too, is a dream, and all its rules are determined by it.
Therefore, healing will be faster there.
However, this supernatural power also has the effect of pulling people into dreams.
While Tianhu was healing, he suddenly remembered Chen Chunan's rude behavior and decided to teach him a lesson.
Soon, a faint fluctuation of the Heavenly Fox Realm quietly enveloped Chen Chunan, who was sitting cross-legged in deep thought.
"The heart is the pivot, the eye is the thief..."
Chen Chunan, who was still pondering the mutual corroboration between the Heart Sutra and the Tao Te Ching, was invaded by the Heavenly Fox Realm.
He slumped over, head bowed, breathing steadily, and fell into a deep sleep.
That day, the fox spirit captured Chen Chunan, intending to teach him a lesson.
But she ingested the person.
A yellow rat suddenly ran out of Chen Chunan's body.
It swept past with gusts of sand and gravel.
"What happened? Did I accidentally pull out a rat spirit?"
Before Tianhu could finish his questioning, Chen Chunan's heart palace turned into a ball of fire.
A strange man with a topknot and ears that reached his shoulders also came out, leaning on a Zen staff.
He chanted a Buddhist prayer and headed south.
The Celestial Fox was completely dumbfounded: "Wait, what is this? Isn't this my Celestial Fox Realm? Where did all these strange things come from?"
Tianhu knew this must be related to Chen Chunan: "Could it be that this kid discovered I was pulling him into sleep and deliberately came to confuse me? Watch me make them all disappear!"
Tianhu snorted coldly, and the Tianhu Realm changed instantly. The yellow rat that had just emerged from Chen Chunan's body and the strange man with a head full of fleshy hair were being driven out of the Tianhu Realm by an invisible force.
The first yellow-skinned rat to emerge was controlled by an invisible force. Suddenly, its rear end sticking out, and wisps of yellow smoke obstructed the six senses of the celestial fox.
Then it burrowed into the ground and disappeared without a trace.
The strange man then chanted a Buddhist prayer and slammed his dragon-patterned staff into the ground.
A sacred mountain suddenly rose from the ground.
Tianhu was certain he had never seen such a sacred mountain before.
But as she watched the sacred mountain form, she suddenly realized that the mountain was called: Sumeru!