Xiu Erdai's daily essays

09536-Qingyin

Watching Fu Xian leave, Ding Hongdou said to me: "This kind of top ten disciples who have been stuck in the Jindan stage for a long time, once they break through to the Yuanying stage, the next level to be stuck in them is the God Transformation Tribulation. They entered the Yuanying stage. After the infant, until they reach the peak of the Nascent Soul, they will not be stuck. And after they reach the peak of the Nascent Soul, they will become a very solid force in the sect. Regardless of whether they can become the gods in the end, when the sect encounters great danger , they can all become ballast stones that sects can rely on."

Ding Hongdou: "During the catastrophe, the number of materials, resources, and disciples kept by such monks is astonishing. Because they have a lot more people than the elders, and they don't need to try various adventurous solutions to solve the catastrophe like the elders. Just stabilize yourself and protect what they can. Do your best to do what you can, and it will eventually become an important cornerstone for the continuation of the cultivation world."

Me: "They are not the most amazing geniuses, but they walk steadily enough, and after accumulating a lot, they can also gather amazing... This cognition seems to be okay, right? I sent it to Fu Xian as he asked me for it before. Amazing review for what I can't give compensation."

Ding Hongdou: "It won't be a chance, but it's enough to make him happy. Send it quickly."

Me: "Of course I finished sending it when I told you. Don't you feel relieved about my proficiency in sending messages?"

Ding Hongdou didn't answer my cold joke. He thought for a moment and said, "Since we just met, I'll also send a piece of music to fellow Taoist Fu Xian as an additional gift."

Then Ding Hongdou started playing the piano without waiting for my reaction.It was a tune similar to but different from the one I heard when I first came to him, with unfinished brioche, jelly, and lotus-shaped shortbread floating around the piano.

These meals really spoil the atmosphere a bit, but it seems to add some relaxed and sweet atmosphere?I can't understand the music, but I can feel the lightness, like the lightness and anticipation of Fu Xian when he was about to return to Yunxiazong.

I floated a steamed bun stuffed with red bean paste in the shape of a cat's head to the side of the jelly. Ding Hongdou glanced at this new dessert, smiled a little, and the sound of the piano in his hand was even more joyful.

I floated out another cooked glutinous rice ball stuffed with pineapple.

Ding Hongdou said, "Do you know what piece I'm playing?"

Me: "You made it yourself?"

Ding Hongdou: "This is a famous song. Don't you have this in your information collection? Can't you find the corresponding song name by comparing the voiceprint of this melody in your head?"

Me: "...Sorry, my information collection focuses on text and images. In terms of sound, I have memorized a lot of movie lines, lyrics, news broadcasts, etc. that are easy to convert into text, but pure music is... not too much Record."

09537-Rising star

Ding Hongdou: "Do you remember many abstract paintings?"

Me: "I didn't remember it specifically, but the ones I glanced at are all stored in the memory bank. For me, comparing images is much easier than comparing sounds."

Ding Hongdou: "The technical difficulty should be the same. After all, it's all just information, or it can also be said that it's all language, all energy, and all data."

Me: "Yeah, but I haven't crossed the line in that regard yet."

Ding Hongdou: "Okay, let's go back to the original purpose of your finding me: Yinxiu."

I was moved: "You are indeed a kind, gentle and generous disciple of the Reborn Sect."

Ding Hongdou: "As long as it benefits you, you can praise it, right?"

Me: "This is a basic respect for interests."

After Ding Hongdou played the ending note to his piece, he put away the piano, grabbed my red bean paste cat's head bun, took a bite, and said, "With your musical accomplishment, you don't even know how to cultivate the normal sound in modern times." You can’t get a door, but you can try the way of the gate of death. The sound repair skills of the door of death—note: it’s just a skill, not the system of the profession of sound repair—can repair music, but the focus is actually on words. In our Here, the music also serves the discourse. It is to use discourse to convince the object you want to persuade, including ghosts, people, and the aura of the world."

Ding Hongdou: "Your bean paste bun is more decent than jelly. Jelly is too toy, and this bean paste bun is closer to serious food."

Me: "Qingyinya's introductory textbook also has a lot of guidance on the rhythm of speech."

Ding Hongdou: "That's right. The introduction to the sound cultivation skills of the gate of death is also derived from this. It's just that after the introduction, the gate of death focuses on words and lets music assist words; Qingyinya leans towards music and regards words as music. I guess in the future One day the two will need to be merged, and then the power of sound cultivation can be produced in batches. At least if I cultivate into the stage of transforming gods, I will definitely have both the strengths of both, so that both words and music can return to the essence of sound, and No more favoritism."

Me: "If the main effect of the sound training skills of the Gate of Rebirth is to persuade the opponent, lower the enemy's defense, and win over the same door, etc., then those management monks who specialize in speech skills, do they all refer to the teaching materials of the Gate of Rebirth? ?”

Ding Hongdou: "Actually, it should be the other way around. The teaching materials for the sound training skills of the Gate of Rebirth refer to those people's speaking experience."

Ding Hongdou: "Don't be so surprised. You have to remember that the gate of death is a rising star among the three majors, and it has no historical advantage compared with the seven majors. Moreover, the rise of the gate of death is actually a taste of slanting. The foundation of the gate of death is counted among the top ten Bo, it may only be slightly stronger than your Yunxia School. Many things in the Gate of Rebirth are not groundbreaking, but just learn from the strengths of other families. The Tao of the Gate of Rebirth has also been determined. Most of the time, we adapt and learn , rather than leading the trend.”

09538-not so much but ok

Me: "This kind of Tao... sounds strange and boring."

Ding Hongdou: "But Wangshengmen is the only new sect that squeezed into the top after the first catastrophe. Guess what this means? For a sect to be stable, the most basic elements are resources, exercises, and disciples. Among them, disciples are The most important thing. After the first catastrophe, the source of students of the sect of death is prosperous, and the qualifications of the disciples are excellent. Even if there is Zhongmei, the cancer that makes the whole world question the sect of the past, the sect of the past life is still developing steadily, and it has become the top three in the cultivation world. sect."

Ding Hongdou: "This only shows that the way of the Gate of Rebirth is what people want. You don't have to like the style of the Gate of Rebirth, and many people can express their dislike for the Gate of Rebirth, but you can't stop the idea of ​​'Gate of Rebirth is suitable for the public'." This is a fact. This way of being a little awkward, a little depressed, trying to be kind to others, but possibly perverted when stimulated, is the temperament of most people."

Me: "It's temperament, suitability, not... like?"

Ding Hongdou: "As the saying goes, nine out of ten people who are unsatisfactory in life. Although the orthodox theory of cultivation has always emphasized that monks should stick to doing what they really like, but the reality is that at the beginning of cultivation, many people can't tell what they like. And when I know it, I may have gone a long way on the road that I don't like so much but is okay."

Ding Hongdou: "It's so far away that if you give up this road and start over from the beginning, you will be reluctant to part with the previous efforts, so you convince yourself that 'the road you are walking now is actually okay', and then continue to follow the road no matter whether you are really successful in persuasion or not." Go on the same path, go further, be more reluctant to change lanes, and eventually never change for the rest of your life.”

Ding Hongdou: "You were born in Yunxia sect, and you have been familiar with Yunxia sect since you knew the world of cultivation, so there is almost no suspense about your choice of sect. Unless it is just right, you can't practice any profession of Yunxia religion, otherwise you can from the beginning It is said that they are the disciples of Yunxia Sect who are sure. But can you imagine how most single and double three spiritual roots choose sects?"

Ding Hongdou: "During the Qi training and foundation building period, they only knew a little bit about all the sects. It was impossible for them to understand the essence of any sect or any profession. Therefore, when they made their choices, they could only watch advertisements, listen to rumors, and be accepted by others. They are blinded by stereotypes. They are afraid that after entering Kunlun, they will not be able to keep up with the progress of being number one in the world, and they are afraid that they will be bullied after entering Chiwuzong. Only the gate of rebirth in the three majors feels that life is the easiest."

Me: "But your introductory head-shaving ritual is unacceptable to many people."

Ding Hongdou: "Too perfect is easy to make people feel intimidated. Artificially creating one or two innocuous flaws will help improve affinity."

Me: "Man-made, false..."

09539 - Differences requiring reinforcement

Ding Hongdou: "Under normal circumstances, when people get along with each other, there must be some hypocrisy. To be completely honest, you can be Jianzong, but there is only Jianzong in the world, which is a recognized monk and model sect, and even Kunlun can't bear it." The disciples of Yunxia Sect’s inner sect have always been like family members, but can you be without any hypocrisy among each other? The answer is definitely not.”

Me: "Yes, no. Actually, I don't think hypocrisy is so bad. Most of the time I think hypocrisy is good for peace."

Ding Hongdou: "That's right, if people are willing to maintain hypocrisy, it means that there is still room for maneuver and that they have not torn face. Hypocrisy does not necessarily mean deception. Deception often has a straightforward attack intention, and hypocrisy may just be for self-protection."

Me: "The distinction is not so absolute. The meanings of these two words belong to the kind that can easily cross the distinction."

Ding Hongdou: "Loyalty and foolish loyalty, many people think that disciples of Yunxia Sect belong to the latter, while you think you belong to the former. Do you think the distinction between these two words is easy to bridge?"

Me: "I think that is not something that should be crossed, but should also strengthen the understanding of the difference between the two."

Ding Hongdou: "Because it is very important to the Tao of Yunxia Sect. Similarly, distinguishing between hypocrisy and deceit is also very important to the Tao of Death Sect. Of course, the disciples of our two sects do not need to understand each other. As for creatures, it is good to be able to manage themselves well, but as for managing the world, that must be the domain of immortals."

Me: "The monks who do their own things will one day be defeated by the enemy forces separately. The 'enemy forces' may be catastrophes, mortals, aliens, or our inner demons."

Me: "If the inner demons of every monk become spirits, then the spirits communicate with the elves, that is, the inner demons and elves unite as a whole, and they communicate with each other about their experience of destroying the monks, and finally they can kill all the monks."

Ding Hongdou: "Can you say this in the tone of telling a horror story anyway? The tone is like introducing sweets."

Me: "Now I feel that demons are cute."

Ding Hongdou: "Yes, some people have admiration for those who kill themselves when they are about to be killed. Death threats are indeed not the deciding factor for our hatred or not."

Me: "Did you use sound repair skills when talking to me now? Your main occupation is sound repair, so you won't use sound repair skills in isolation only when needed like other Taoist friends in the gate of death Right? You should use and train your sound cultivation ability all the time?"

Ding Hongdou: "Almost. Just like you try to incorporate the sword into everything you say and do."