Xiu Erdai's daily essays

1556_ can last a lifetime

Someone questioned, is there no emotion in the relationship between Taoist couples?Just to improve cultivation?So utilitarian, it is not as good as the couples who are separated and reunited in the mortal world.Husbands and wives in the mortal world are still emotionally involved in the separation and reunion, but the monks are so indifferent and only know how to benefit.

Well... Dao is the most important and fundamental attachment of every monk. If the other party violates his Dao, then there is no need to communicate with him.Only when the other party is closely connected with his own way, will the monk also be closely connected with the other party.It is a wonderful thing for monks to confirm each other's way, and then promote and improve each other's cultivation. It is also something that can be met but not sought after.

Think about it, in the vast world, there is a person who insists on a way that is different from the way he insists on, but they are integrated; they point to different ends, but they can be merged.Encountering this kind of fate is like the moment when you find your own way, as if there is a destiny in the dark, that you should belong to yourself, and you should belong to each other.

Therefore, the Taoist companions of the monks will not separate and reunite, just like the way of the monks cannot be changed overnight, this is a sense of belonging that makes the monks willing to stick to it.

My father and my mother became Taoist couples, and it seemed that it was because of me that they married their children, but they were not.Because no matter whether they are Taoist couples or not, my mother is Jiang Lin, the elder of Hehuan Sect, and my father is Pei Ji, the elder of Yunxia Sect. This cannot be changed.Even if the two of them are not Taoist couples, my life will not be the same as it is now.

The cultivation world doesn't issue marriage certificates to Taoist couples. Although a ceremony is held, it doesn't make much difference whether the ceremony is held or not.One's own Tao is one's own way without saying it, and one's own Taoist companion is also one's own Taoist companion without being recognized by others.The ceremony is for others to see, and it is dispensable to the parties.

My father and mother will become a Taoist couple just because their Taoism has merged and should go hand in hand.Not only in the year when my mother was alive, but also after my mother died, my father's Tao also included my mother's Tao.Just like hundreds of years ago, my father and senior grandson became Taoist couples, not only because of mutual support when they were young, but also because in mutual support, they each found their own ways that can be integrated and are suitable for being together Yes, it can last a lifetime.

Even if one party dies, it can still last a lifetime.

Therefore, you must be cautious when you become a Taoist couple. It is not just a frivolous liking or a seemingly responsible desire to take care of each other.A Taoist couple must be beneficial to both parties, neither party can give up, and both parties can be firm for a lifetime.

It is a complement to one's own Dao, and it is a predetermined and necessary part of one's own cultivation path that has chosen this "Tao".Without it, one's own way will not be complete.

1557_ open separately

Taoist companions are such an important existence for monks, and Taoist companions are part of the monk's "Tao".Maybe there is no strong love, maybe there may not even be shallow family affection, but it is indispensable.And since it must be indispensable, how can it be really emotionless?How can a monk value his Tao so much, so why would he neglect the Taoist companions who are part of his Tao?

Is this seemingly joint emphasis on utilitarianism?Maybe.

I am happy because of your appearance, sober because of your existence, and at ease because of your company. Even if you leave, I will still be alive in my heart until death.

If this is called utilitarianism, then utilitarianism is fine, monks never shy away from their pursuit of interests.Pursue frankly, strive for it openly, if you win, you will be happy, if you lose... just grab the next round.

I refined the large stones into transparent fruits, and then except for a few complete samples, I peeled off the petals and pulp, and stored them separately from the core.

I think maybe we can go further in the future and directly refine a bunch of separate petals and fruit cores, but it may be difficult, because the stability of the petals, pulp and fruit cores are mutually promoted in the process of merging and refining , dismantling and refining will probably still only get the initial unstable pulp and special fertilizer.

Forget it, it doesn't matter, it's very simple to peel the petals in Xiaosui, it's a matter of thought.

However, after peeling off the petals and pulp, Pei Bing also enjoyed eating them, stuffing them into his mouth one by one, just like eating peeled melon seeds.

Can't you eat anything?Don't you think the petals are too small?Go eat the core, why point at the petals and eat the pulp?

Pei Bing: "If you can eat it, you can eat it, but when you have a choice, of course you have to eat something delicious. The pulp is better than the pulp and pit."

You know, the first thing you ate in Lieer was the pulp, only the pulp, and only the pulp refined from high-grade raw materials. You don't even bother to eat the pulp refined from ground berries, let alone the by-products obtained when refining the pulp.

1558_Seller's Market

After that, whenever the shadows approached in groups, I would crush the newly refined transparent fruit cores and sprinkle them on them, and then use their condensate to refine new transparent fruits.

I am now very casual in refining Tongmingguo. No matter what the raw materials are, how much they are, or under what refining environment, I can successfully refine the best Tongmingguo that I can at one time, which is ice. This version of Pibing lotus with core is also the most convenient version for me to refine now.I can easily and successfully refine other versions, but I need to be careful and consciously control the direction of refining, because as long as I relax and think about nothing, I will definitely refine the best version.

The shadows were no threat, and they couldn't get in the way of refining Tongming fruit, so Chu Wuliu and He Youping immersed themselves in their own refining training.Ping Youping studies Tongming fruit, and uses spherical Tongming fruit as one of the raw materials to refine other things; Chu Wuliu continues to practice with Bigu Dan, making a lot of scorched food, and occasionally lucky enough to refine one or two furnaces successful.

Nearly three months have passed like this, and counting the time it took for Chu Wuliu to create a fake Nascent Soul and for me to adapt to the use of Sword Intent, we have been in Jiuning for almost half a year.

Chu Wuliu has preliminarily regained the feeling of refining pills that are not higher than the initial level of foundation establishment—reaching the level of ordinary pill cultivation, but still far from the average level of the medicine sect—and tried to challenge the dismantling pill. Ping Youping used up all the spherical version of transparent fruit she traded from me, and pitifully wanted to exchange the ice lotus version of transparent fruit with me for the spherical version of transparent fruit.

"Is it okay to exchange two flowers for one? Three flowers can be exchanged for one. Or...there are six flowers in total, one for one?"

Seeing that she was really pitiful, I took back the six flowers from her hand and gave her one in exchange, and said while standing and talking without back pain:

"One is too little to be used as a raw material."

Ping Youping sighed: "Yes. Is there a channel to buy in large quantities?"

It is difficult in a short period of time, because most of what I refined are still in Xiaosui, Yunxiazong did not let me hand in a large number of sales, so there is not a lot to buy in the market, and now I am refining ice The lotus shape is transparent, and I don’t want to refine the ball version, so the ball version sells more and sells less, it is difficult to replenish, and the price will definitely continue to rise.

It's a seller's market.As a seller, I am really pleased.

But Ping Youping can count on other people to refine it in large quantities.Zou Huan skipped it, but Ming Qige and Tong Gengliang can still be relied on, they are serious alchemists and do a lot of alchemy daily.And after the Jiuning Secret Realm, Kunlun and the Gate of Rebirth will no longer suppress their disciples from studying Tongmingguo, so more people should be able to refine this thing in the future, just wait.The elixir with such a wide range of raw materials and easy access, although the refining requirements are relatively high, but with the materials, the proficiency will definitely increase slowly, and this elixir will become popular sooner or later.

1559_critical point

Ping Youping asked me unwillingly: "How many spirit stones are there, you can set a price."

I was ruthless: "I'm not interested in trading spirit stones with others, you can go to Yunxiazong, Yunxiazong has a special person in charge of the transaction."

Ping Youping: "But I only want the spherical version of Tongmingguo refined by you, so after I have settled with the trading buddies of Yunxia Sect, they will still take the goods from you."

Me: "Because I don't want to go through the 'negotiation' process. And why do you have to let me refine it?"

Ping Youping: "Reappearance of Tongmingguo competition, I remembered that I watched it, although I forgot the name of the competition for a while. I saw the refined product of the three winners, which is not what I want. It is not suitable as a raw material, because Unbalanced, completely different from the strong support you have refined."

Chu Wuliu: "It's a branding. Everyone who reappears the Tongming Fruit has imprinted their own characteristics on the Tongming Fruit, very obvious characteristics, so their Tongming Fruit is not as inclusive as Daoyou Pei's original version. Daoyou Pei's new version of the lotus-shaped Tongming fruit is not so inclusive."

Me: "I think, the inclusiveness you mentioned means that I completely follow the characteristics of the material itself to refine. The whole refining process, including the rules used during refining, is to highlight the characteristics of the material itself, without additional My own constraints. How the material is determines what I will get. It's not refining, it's just purification."

Chu Wuliu: "Yes, it's just purification. So the obtained product can be used as a raw material. But this kind of purification is very subtle: further, it adds the refiner's own characteristics, making it a elixir in the full sense; taking a step back , it cannot be formed without the false shape of the elixir. It is stuck at the critical point."

Me: "You just want to say that Tongmingguo is not a elixir." I didn't invent a great new elixir if it wasn't a elixir. This conclusion is better for the face of your medicine sect.

Chu Wuliu: "No, it's a elixir. The critical point means neither belongs to the two, but also belongs to both. The spherical version of Tongmingguo can be regarded as the planter's purification method, and it can also be regarded as a new medicine. The rudimentary form of the elixir. This elixir is recognized by the Medicine Sect. Moreover, on top of the rudimentary form, Fellow Daoist Ge of Ming Qi and Senior Brother Tong Gengliang have already obtained the elixir in a complete sense, and you yourself have also further refined the elixir A elixir in the full sense."