Under One Person: Starting with the Dual Cultivation of Body and Soul.

After saying that, she jogged to the courtyard wall and followed the old man.

Lu Lin introduced, "Senior Brother Chang'an, that is Master Fang Dongtian of the Baiyun Temple of the Quanzhen Sect. Baiyun Temple is in the north. In the north, Taoist priests are called 'Master,' so his family calls him Master Fang."

Li Chang'an nodded: "Does Linglong cultivate at home?"

"Yes. Linglong is too young, and her family is reluctant to let her go to the Baiyun Temple in the capital to cultivate for the time being. It just so happens that Master Fang and Grandfather are good friends, and Master Fang likes Linglong very much, so he came to our home to teach her. She will probably go to the Baiyun Temple to cultivate when she is a little older."

Lu Lin raised her hand and looked at the watch on her wrist:

"Senior Brother Chang'an, my cultivation time is up. Let's talk again next time."

"it is good!"

Li Chang'an and Lu Lin waved goodbye.

The courtyard fell silent.

Li Chang'an stood there for a while, then decided to go for a walk in the courtyard to familiarize himself with the Lu family's surroundings.

The Lu Family Courtyard is a typical Suzhou-style garden, with a beautiful view at every turn.

He came out of the small courtyard and wandered aimlessly along the covered walkway, passing through the moon gate, around the artificial hill, and across the stone arch bridge, occasionally glancing at the fish in the pond.

Li Chang'an's courtyard wasn't far from Lu Linglong's residence. He wandered around until he reached the vicinity, where he saw Lu Linglong meditating in the courtyard, speaking in a childish voice:

"Master Fang, you told me to abandon distracting thoughts and feel my pure nature, but I can't feel it."

Fang Dongtian said calmly, “It’s normal not to feel it at first. What you can’t see is easy to find. Usually, people who cultivate are looking for something. When their master says ‘enlightenment’, they go to find enlightenment and seek enlightenment.”

"In fact, if you have to search for something, it means it is far away from you. 'What is close and easy to obtain' tells us that sex does not need to be searched for; it is within ourselves."

"Master Fang, I don't quite understand," Lu Linglong said, her voice filled with confusion.

Fang Dongtian said, "It's normal that you don't understand. Linglong, you've studied the Three Character Classic, haven't you?"

“I’ve studied it!” Lu Linglong said.

There's a line in the Three Character Classic that says, "Human nature is similar, but habits make them different." Since "human nature is similar," how similar do you think they are exactly?

"I don't know! Even if it's close by, I didn't see it!" Lu Linglong looked around.

Fang Dongtian laughed and said, "Because it's so close that it's right in front of your eyes, you can't see it."

Lu Linglong tilted her head and touched her eye: "If it's inside the eye, how should I see it?"

Fang Dongtian said, "Look with your heart, not with acquired eyes. 'Habits lead to differences.' If you use the eyes formed by acquired habits to look for your true nature, you will naturally look further and further away from it."

Lu Linglong was a little confused: "Can the Three Character Classic be interpreted like this?"

Fang Dongtian laughed and said, "Yes, many principles are actually interconnected."

"The principles of this world are very simple and ordinary. If you think that the principles are far away and profound, then they really will become far away."

"It's not just about principles, it's the same when it comes to judging people and things. So Linglong, don't think too highly of Master Fang, or your great-grandfather. The principles are all very ordinary. How high can we, who are just talking about principles, possibly be?"

Fang Dongtian told Lu Linglong the story as if he were telling a tale.

As one of the few remaining senior masters of the Baiyun Temple of the Longmen School of Quanzhen Taoism, he undoubtedly has a lot to say on the topic of life and death.

Li Chang'an happened to pass by, overheard these things, and turned to leave.

After all, eavesdropping on others teaching their disciples is a major taboo in the cultivation world.

Just as he was about to leave, Master Fang turned and looked at him.

When Lu Linglong saw that Master Fang was looking over, she also looked over.

"Brother Chang'an, what are you doing here?" Lu Linglong asked in surprise.

Li Chang'an smiled at Lu Linglong: "I'm just browsing around, passing by!"

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Fang Dongtian suddenly said, "You must be Lu Jin's newly accepted disciple?"

“Yes!” Li Chang’an nodded.

"You've already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, right? As an elder, let me remind you: even if you're cultivating reversal of life, don't forget to cultivate your life force, especially your sexuality," Fang Dongtian reminded him. As Lu Jin's friend, he naturally knew where Lu Jin's weakness lay.

"Then may I ask, Master Fang, what is the key to cultivating one's nature?" Li Chang'an asked, clasping his hands in a gesture of inquiry.

"The key is to kill!"

"Murder?" Li Chang'an's brows twitched slightly.

"Yes, if you don't want someone to die, you have to kill them first!"

Fang Dongtian said unhurriedly, "If you don't kill, people will kill you. If you're already dead, what's the point of talking about life? It's all for nothing."

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an immediately smiled, clasped his hands, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Master Fang."

After saying that, he turned and left.

"Master Fang, what's with all this talk about killing people? Killing people is wrong!"

Lu Linglong looked at Li Chang'an's retreating figure and said earnestly:

"Brother Chang'an, please don't listen to Master Fang and go kill someone. Master Fang must be getting old and senile."

"Understood!" Li Chang'an waved his hand and walked away.

"Linglong, why do you say that Master Fang is confused?" Fang Dongtian was not annoyed, and looked at Lu Linglong with a smile.

“Master Fang, didn’t you just say that Linglong shouldn’t think too highly of you? Sending Brother Chang’an to kill someone is just foolish, isn’t it? I’m so young, but I know that killing is wrong.” Lu Linglong said emphatically.

"Hahaha!" Fang Dongtian laughed loudly, "Linglong, what I mean by killing specific people is killing the people in your heart."

"The person in your heart?" Lu Linglong was taken aback.

“Yes!” Fang Dongtian bent down and explained with a smile:

"There are two people in a person, two selves, namely the consciousness and the primordial spirit."

"When the conscious mind takes charge, the primordial spirit no longer takes charge."

"When the conscious mind dies, the primordial spirit takes over."

"As long as the primordial spirit takes charge, then the Dao is not far away!"

……

Chapter 31 Exam

“I’m killing him, but this guy is hard to kill. I can only use a saw to cut his head off bit by bit.”

Li Chang'an walked back along the way he came, talking to himself as he went.

"Whose head are you going to saw off?"

Lu Jin, who was walking towards us, was carrying a thick stack of test papers and happened to hear the second half of the sentence.

"Grandpa, why do you always like to interrupt people with half-finished sentences?" Li Chang'an said, somewhat speechless.

"I didn't hear the first half of what you said either. You haven't even said whose head you're going to twist yet?"

"It's mine!"

"Ok?"

Lu Jin opened her eyes wide: "Speak like a human being."

Li Chang'an then repeated Fang Dongtian's words to Lu Jin.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin burst into laughter:

"Don't listen to this guy's rambling nonsense; it's a common problem among masters of the Xuanmen sect."

“When Zhang Zhiwei was young, he often complained to me about his teachers and fellow students.”

"He said they never spoke like normal people, often using cryptic phrases like 'knocking three times on the head' or 'hands behind their backs,' which gave him a headache."

"If you want to hear these things in the future, you can ask Zhang Zhiwei for advice. That old man has a big mouth and can't keep secrets. He's not mysterious at all!"

"As for what Master Fang said about killing people, you better not actually kill anyone."

What he's really talking about is killing that external self that you previously understood.

"This is actually the key to cultivating one's nature in Quanzhen."

"As for how to kill them, without entering their school and understanding their methods, even Grandpa would find it difficult to explain their complete methods."

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an laughed and said, "Grandpa, I know what I'm doing. How could I really kill someone!"

“Grandpa knows you understand, but just because you understand doesn’t mean Grandpa can keep quiet,” Lu Jin said.

"Then, sir, I'm going to cultivate as well."

After Li Chang'an finished speaking, he was about to leave.

"stop!"

Lu Jin grabbed him by the back of his collar: "What profession do you study? Stop changing the subject, hurry up and do the test paper, let your grandfather see if you need to go to this school!"

Li Chang'an looked at the exam paper in Lu Jin's hand, which was as thick as a dictionary:

"Even if we were to do it, we wouldn't need to do so much."

"Is it a lot? Not at all. I got a copy of the college entrance exam papers from all over the country," Lu Jin said.

"We don't need that many, just one local Jiangsu exam paper will do!" Li Chang'an said.

"Why?" Lu Jin asked, puzzled.

"It's the hardest one!"

Li Chang'an unfolded the exam paper, glanced at it, and smiled:

"Grandpa, you just haven't experienced the difficulties of this exam paper, so you don't know how hard it is."

"You talk as if you've experienced it yourself." Lu Jin looked at him with narrowed eyes.

Li Chang'an remained calm and composed: "Even if you haven't eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run?"

Lu Jin slammed the test paper on the table: "Try it and see how many points you can get."

Li Chang'an didn't say much, and sat down to start working on the questions.

He finished the college entrance exam, which usually takes several days to complete, in just one afternoon.

Lu Jin sat beside him throughout the exam, occasionally peeking out to peek at his answer process.

After finishing, Lu Jin held the test paper in one hand and the answer key in the other, and began to grade the papers.

"Your accuracy rate is very high. You're quite talented in math. However... for this question, your result is the same as the answer, but your solution process is completely different."

Li Chang'an leaned over and took a look: "There are different solutions to this problem. Just change your approach."

He picked up a pen, wrote a few lines on the draft paper, and explained it to Lu Jin.

After listening, Lu Jin nodded: "That seems to be the case. You're quite quick-witted, well done."

After grading the math papers, he picked up the Chinese papers and continued grading them.

As he revised it, his expression grew increasingly serious.

Math problems have standard answers, but many language arts problems do not.

He felt that many of the reading comprehension questions were written from angles that a primary school student couldn't possibly come up with.

Then, Lu Jin turned to the essay.

The essay topic was "Regret".

Lu Jin followed the handwriting downwards, reading it from beginning to end.

The ending reads: "The sun sets behind the mountains and seas, which hold profound meaning. No one is without regrets, but some people just don't cry out in pain. When powerless, people always say to let nature take its course, because they can't grasp the good things in life, so they can only pretend that everything is going smoothly."

Lu Jin held the test paper and remained silent for a long time: "Grandpa believes you. Grandpa will not ask you to go to school anymore, but not going to school does not mean not studying. From now on, I will teach you your lessons."

"What does Grandpa intend to teach?"

“That old bastard…” Lu Jin coughed and said, “Didn’t that senior say that you should stand on the shoulders of your ancestors to cultivate and learn the thoughts left by your ancestors? Your great-grandfather will teach you the thoughts of your ancestors.”

Li Chang'an laughed and said, "With your knowledge, Grandfather, you are definitely much more knowledgeable than those so-called masters of Chinese studies online."

“That’s still different. Grandpa wasn’t that good at talking.” Lu Jin waved his hand.