Chapter 18: A Wandering Soul Spies on the Martial Arts
"I can't imagine that I have reached the realm of night wandering so quickly, the Taoist scriptures say that people who cultivate, in order to reach the realm of night wandering, at least they have to cultivate more than a year of fixing the mind and quieting the mind before they can barely reach it, how did I reach it so quickly?"
Hong Yi's divine soul came out of its shell and floated out to wander around, feeling very cozy.
It was as comfortable as splashing in the water on a hot day.
His feet were one or two feet off the ground floating forward walking, his ego felt light without a bit of weight, but did not have the solid feeling of walking with a physical body.
And the door of the room, the wall, all blocked not him, the thought of a movement, it went through.
The soul is a formless and qualitative thoughts, how can doors and walls block?
"Some of the reading notes have the saying that the spirit traveled thousands of miles in one night. It is said that there are Taoist priests and people face to face, suddenly sit still and do not move, after a day to wake up, tell people thousands of miles away from what happened, said that their own one day of kung fu, transferring the spirit out of the shell, traveled thousands of miles of the road and come back, the results of the people do not believe it, but a month later, came the news of thousands of miles away, and indeed said exactly the same as the Taoist priests. I wonder if I have the ability to travel thousands of miles? And try, how fast does the soul float?"
This was the first time that his divine soul traveled at night, and Hong Yi found it very novel.
A thought moved, and his soul suddenly flew upwards and high, and the speed of his floating accelerated.
"Why is it so strenuous?"
As soon as his soul flew higher and his speed increased, Hong Yi had a feeling as if he couldn't catch his breath, while his body felt a chill as if he was going to be blown away by the wind.
He stopped his thoughts in a hurry.
"Just flew one person high, floating is just an ordinary person running, how is it so difficult? This doesn't mean traveling a thousand miles a round trip in a day, it's simply not much different from ordinary walking. Obviously the divine soul is not yet strong. But the cultivation method in the Maitreya Sutra was really treacherous. Observe the power of the heavenly star into the brain, the illusion of rebirth, one by one to adhere to. If one couldn't hold on, the soul would fly away. Truly. The Taoist scriptures also recorded the soul strengthening white bone view, Shura view, Jade Lady view, ascension view, and so on, but these views of the experience, I seem to have experienced one by one! No wonder this volume of the Maitreya Sutra is the source stream of the Dharma."
Hong Yi had read the Taoist Scriptures, which also recorded quite a few viewpoints for strengthening the divine soul.
For example, the White Bone Visualization: think of yourself rotting all over your body, with maggots and flies, and white bones showing, in order to eliminate your horror heart.
Such as the Jade Lady view: the view that he embraced the Jade Lady, the Jade Lady to make a variety of provocative gestures, but his own firm immobility, exercise the heart like ice and snow thoughts.
Shura Kuan: Think of yourself in the midst of a hundred ghosts and ten thousand devils, and not be afraid at all. It is also to go to terror.
Such as the ascension of the view: the view that there is a great force in the sky to attract the soul to fly up in the sun, and resist the thought of flying up in the sun, but also to eliminate the delusion of the mind.
All these various scenarios of visualization, Hong Yi seems to have felt all of them while practicing the Maitreya Sutra. In other words, the cultivation on the Maitreya Sutra, in a flash of lightning, embraced all kinds of dharmas.
"Brother, I heard that Hong Yi was suddenly called by his father the other day? He also had the accountant give a hundred taels of silver to be paid out to him to prepare for the imperial examinations after the beginning of spring, is there any meaning contained within this? Father began to pay attention to Hong Yi? This kid father is never taking care of him."
Hong Yi floated out of the corner of the marquis house and wandered towards the south.
At this time is already late at night, the entire marquis house in addition to, carry a lantern parade check vigil servants other than are sleeping into the dreamland.
However, Hong Yi suddenly heard a sound.
The sound is a red lacquer high walled courtyard, inside the courtyard came from the sound of huffing and puffing punches and kicks, and dialog.
Between the conversations, he actually mentioned himself.
The south courtyard of the Marquis House is called "Lanting Zhai", which is the residence of Mrs. Rong, the third flat wife.
In the Houfu, three ladies, respectively, is the main wife of the big house Mrs. Zhao, living in the middle of the Houfu main house, have two sons.
The second flat wife Mrs. Fang, living in the east of the Marquis House "Yun Ting Zhai", had a daughter, Hong Xuejiao.
Third flat wife Mrs. Rong, living in the south courtyard of the marquis house "lanting Zhai". Born a son.
The rest of the several concubines, concentrated in the west, but not as three ladies can occupy a party.
Servants, housekeepers, accountants, maidservants, etc. are concentrated in the north corner.
Hong Yi through the wall, he saw two men are practicing boxing, a dance a hardwood Qi Mei stick, a seem to use fists and feet attack practice, two people are wearing satin suit, quite a bit of tiger wind posture.
These two people you come and go, fight a few rounds, stopped, and then talk about the words.
Hong Yi recognized, these two people, take the stick is the third house of Mrs. Rong's son Hong Gui, and bare hands to fight the stick is Mrs. Rong's end of the relatives, called Rong Pang.
These two people, Hong Yi both read together in the middle of the Hong family clan school to see.
"Young Master Gui doesn't need to get angry with that kind of person."
Between the two conversations, Rong Poon curtly said.
"Hmph, it was not easy for this young master to see his father once, but he received a family law, and had to lie in bed for half a year before he got well." Hong Gui's eyes had resentment in them, "This Hong Yi saw his father once, but he got a commendation, and he actually spent a hundred taels of silver on him in the account office. A son of a lowly nationality, what right does he have, isn't it just that he passed the examination for a Candidate of the Xiu Cai? It doesn't necessarily mean anything."
Hong Gui hatefully said.
Rong Pan heatedly laughed, "Gui young master do not need to be angry, I heard that the marquis does not let him practice martial arts, I Qian dynasty can only be an official, but the martial arts but knighthood, the future of young master Gui practiced martial arts, to the army 'martial arts hall' further education, to the marquis once in the army's prestige and connections, out of the at least one side of the commander, a few battles to fight down, and then the marquis is the most important thing to do, the marquis will not be the most important thing. After he comes out, he will be at least one of the commanders, and after a few battles, he will be a marquis again. Even if this Hong Yi passed the entrance examination and became an official, so what? Maybe one upset the emperor, plagiarism and murder and exile are commonplace. Although my Daqian Dynasty nominally respects the scholars, but killing the head and copying the family is not soft at all."
"Although the words are like this, I am just holding my breath in my heart." Hong Gui poked his stick towards the ground.
"Cousin, what are you afraid of, it's just the son of a dead concubine, I've seen it inside the Zongxue, and it's true that he acts as if he's learned. If cousin doesn't like it, when the Zongxue opens, I'll find a fork to beat him up is all."
"It is true that there is a god who raises his head three feet, and mechanical intrigues will be known by the ghosts and gods. Humph ...."
When Hong Yi heard this, he let out a cold laugh in his heart, he also did not expect that just by being met by Marquis Wu Wen, he would be subjected to secret jealousy.
However, Hong Yi understood in his heart that this Hong Gui was beaten with a family law because he was drunk from drinking once and happened to be called by Marquis Wu Wen.
Hearing the conspiracy, Hong Yi's heart was secretly on guard and his soul floated out.
The soul floated to the east courtyard.
Just before arriving at the east courtyard "Yun Ting Zhai", Hong Yi heard a thud, as if something exploded, smashed some porcelain vase. Subsequently, the sound of cracking came out one after another, people do not know what happened inside.
Hong Yi drifted his soul in again, and saw Hong Xuejiao standing in the center of the courtyard practicing martial arts in the rise and fall.
The surroundings were silent, with only soft starlight pouring down.
Hong Xuejiao's figure was weaving from side to side, each punch, each movement, made such a sound, again as if the strong wind of the punch was exploding, or as if the bones in the body were flinging.
On the ground lay a book with many, many humanoid movements and fonts, and notes.
Hong Yi remembered his curious mind and wanted to flip the cover to see what kind of book it was. But he was a soul and out of his shell, but he was unable to flip the book.
At this moment, Hong Xuejiao's body swept past, bringing up a strong gust of wind, turning the book over, and Hong Yi saw five big words "Tiger Demon Bone Training Fist"!
