Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 13 The Wonderful Code of Cultivation
"Don't envy other people's heights. When I reach a high level of cultivation, I will become my own mountain!" Meng Fan chewed on this sentence carefully.

He looked at Yue Huyang, thoughtful in his heart. Such bearing, such confidence, indeed he had the bearing of a master.

If it weren't for the limitations of his vision and knowledge, maybe my master could really develop a great Xingyi Dao.

After a day of teaching from Yue Huyang, Meng Fan followed Old Meng home. This time, they had to pack Meng Fan's clothes and so on, and then they would stay with Yue Huyang for a long time.

Then I will go back to the zoo when I have free time.

People like Meng Fan who have followed their master since he was a child are called son apprentices. As the saying goes, an apprentice is half a son, and it is not false.

That night.

Meng Fan asked Old Meng, "Dad, I will live in Master's house from now on. Will you miss me?"

Old Meng sighed, patted Meng Fan's little head, and warned him: "You have grown up in this garden since you were a child, and you don't have any friends around you. I, as a father, don't have much ability."

"When you get to your master's place, learn more, observe more, and ask more questions. Master Yue is an extraordinary person. Dad is happy that you can learn a lot of skills."

"In a few months, you will be going to school. I will say hello to Master Yue when the time comes. He said he will arrange for you to attend elementary school in Chang'an during the day."

"From now on, you will go to school during the day from Monday to Friday and learn skills at night. On Saturday and Sunday, I will pick you up and you can have a good time for two days."

"That's it, it will be a lot harder for you!"

Meng Fan shook his head and said, "It's not hard. Only those who endure the most hardships can become the best. Dad, you taught me that."

Old Meng nodded with satisfaction, and then said with some difficulty: "Son, when you have time, practice the beast master's method, and don't forget it."

Old Meng is afraid that his son will disdain his family's inheritance after seeing better methods, but the beastly master's lineage must be passed on, right?

Hence, such instructions were given.

Meng Fan smiled and said, "Of course. One should not forget one's roots. Besides, my master can perform Xingyiquan in a variety of ways. I, your son, may also be able to make a name for myself by relying on the skills of the beast master!"

Lao Meng smiled, but he couldn't hide his worry. How could he not know that the beastly master had developed such jaw-dropping methods?
But because I know this, I become more afraid!

I only heard Lao Meng mumbling, "Xiao Fan, from now on you should focus on Xingyiquan, and use the Beast Master as a supplement. Just practice the Beast Master from time to time, just practice it."

Meng Fan naturally knew Lao Meng's concerns, so he smiled at Lao Meng and agreed, "Okay!"

In fact, Meng Fan must be given equal importance.

Xingyiquan must be practiced, after all, it is the foundation for tempering one's life and establishing oneself. The beast master must also be practiced, as it is related to whether one can keep his life in the future adventures in other worlds.

in the following days.

Meng Fan began to learn boxing from Yue Huyang. Since Yue Huyang was best at the tiger form, Meng Fan naturally learned the tiger form as well. However, this did not mean that Yue Huyang was not proficient in other forms.

From a high vantage point, Xingyiquan is actually a universal method for practicing many things, not to mention that the twelve Xingyiquan combined together form an excellent method for strengthening the vital energy.

Alternating between movement and stillness, tension and relaxation, he imitated the postures of animals to exercise his bones, meridians, blood and flesh. Combined with the method of practicing Qi circulation, Meng Fan's appetite gradually increased.

The saying that a person who is poor in literature is rich in martial arts is not a joke, it has its basis in nature. People take in the essence of food and water to nourish their bodies. The essence is taken into the human body, digested and polished by the internal organs, and dispersed throughout the body, generating Qi in the limbs and bones, which fills the body and makes people feel full.

Those who eat water are good at swimming and can survive the cold, those who eat soil are mindless but wise, those who eat wood are strong but timid, those who eat grass are good at running but stupid, those who eat leaves have silk but are moths, those who eat meat are brave and fierce, those who eat grains are wise and heavenly, those who eat air are divine and long-lived, and those who do not eat are immortal and divine. There are many truths to follow in what the ancients said.

Emphasis on form and meaning go hand in hand, and the first step to obtaining form and nourishing meaning is to start with watching the tiger.

"Watching the tiger?"

Meng Fan asked doubtfully.

Yue Huyang nodded: "That's right, only by truly understanding the living habits, bone veins, and muscle movements of a tiger, and then truly imagining yourself as a tiger, can you better cultivate Xingyi!"

"Get the shape of a tiger, raise a tiger to pounce on its prey!"

"A tiger eats sheep, and when it rules the mountains, it develops a heart of a tyrant!"

After listening to Yue Huyang's words, Meng Fan always had a strange thought in his mind. He always thought of the Li Tang blood in himself.

When these four words "the heart of a king and a tyrant" came out, I couldn't help but shiver.

Yue Huyang seemed not to notice Meng Fan's abnormality, and continued: "Raising a tiger is like guarding a prison door. If the prison door is not closed tightly, the tiger will escape from the cage and wreak havoc. In this way, a tiger prison is built in your heart."

"Of course, in order for you to understand it better, you can also change it to other meanings, such as monkey meaning!"

"For example, you know the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, right?"

"I know, I know!" Meng Fan nodded obediently.

"Sun Wukong indulged his evil ape nature, causing chaos in the Dragon Palace, the Underworld, and the Heavenly Palace. He ended up being pressed under the Five Elements Mountain. It was difficult to calm his ape heart. If you want to control this Monkey King, you need the Tightening Curse."

Meng Fan found Yue Huyang's explanation interesting and asked quickly, "Master, isn't Journey to the West also a manual for cultivation?"

Yue Huyang said meaningfully: "Of course, the author Wu Chengen, I don't know if he is really stubborn, just like the Monkey King who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he is really bold."

"He actually revealed all the secrets of cultivation. It's quite similar to the Taoist founder Laozi who left behind the five thousand words of morality."

"It's just that the Tao Te Ching left by Laozi has profound meanings. Even for a practitioner, it would be difficult to fully understand it in a lifetime. The same word has a hundred interpretations. No matter which way you look at it, it is all righteous words and wonderful teachings, and aphorisms for enlightenment!"

"Journey to the West is different. It contains the concepts of cultivation in each of the stories. If there is a person with great talent, hey, maybe he can really figure out an extraordinary method."

Meng Fan immediately became interested and asked, "Master, how do we, the aliens, understand the book Journey to the West? Can you tell me?"

Yue Huyang also became excited and said, "I, your teacher, also have only a limited understanding, but I do have the ability to imitate others. Let me tell you about Journey to the West that I heard from a Taoist master!"

"This is the insight I gained when I was young and studying. Now when I think about it carefully, it is still wonderful."

Afterwards, Yue Huyang said self-deprecatingly: "What's the value of the Xingyiquan that I created? In the eyes of those aristocratic families with thousands of years of heritage, it is actually not worth mentioning at all."

“It is true: a frog in a well sees the moon in the sky, and an ant sees the blue sky!”

Yue Huyang sighed.

(End of this chapter)