Chapter 311 Heavenly Way


    After learning the new fireball technique, Mo Hua spent all her thoughts on the formation.


    A few days later, after Mo Hua mastered the reverse spirit formation, he went to ask Mr. Zhuang again. Mr. Zhuang pondered for a moment, but suddenly asked:


    "Hua''er, monks seek the way of heaven. Do you know what the way of heaven is?"


    Mo Hua thought for a while and replied, "Is it immortal?"


    “Eternal life is the result, not the way of heaven itself.”


    "Isn''t immortality the same as enlightenment?" Mo Hua asked.


    Mr. Zhuang looked at the ink painting and said earnestly:


    "A monk can live forever after enlightenment. Only by comprehending the great way and practicing the heavenly way can one live forever."


    "If you do not understand the way of heaven and practice the laws of the great way, you will want to live forever, which means you will lose the roots and pursue the ends, and you will inevitably go astray."


    Mo Hua seemed to understand but he nodded, remembering Mr. Zhuang''s words.


    "Does the five elements count as the way of heaven?" Mo Hua thought for a while and asked again.


    "That''s it." Mr. Zhuang said.


    "If the five elements count..." Mo Hua continued to think about it, "Does the two qualities, three talents, four symbols, and seven stars count, or the way of using spiritual consciousness, physical body, and spiritual power are all considered as a kind of heavenly way?"


    Ink painting is a little uncertain.


    Mr. Zhuang nodded.


    Mo Hua was stunned, "If this is the way, is the way too complicated..."


    Mr. Zhuang said: "The great way is thousands of, all things in this world, every grass, a tree, a flower and a tree, are all in line with the way of heaven."


    Seeing that the ink painting was not very clear, Mr. Zhuang explained:


    "Ancient monks looked up at astronomy, geography, and all things in the world, and understood the laws of the power of heaven and earth. Only then did they create all methods of practicing Taoism, such as martial arts, Taoism, and various types of Taoism such as formations, alchemy and talismans, and various types of Taoism practice."


    "Everything in the world follows the way of heaven, and the power of the monks also comes from the way of heaven."


    After pondering the ink painting, he said in confusion:


    "Everything in the world follows the way of heaven. What about those who disobey the way of heaven? Are they following or disobeying?"


    "The so-called disobedience to the law of heaven is actually following the law of heaven."


    Mr. Zhuang explained, "The great way has birth and death. Those who follow the heavenly way follow the heavenly way of ‘birth’, and those who violate the heavenly way follow the heavenly way of ‘destruction’."


    Ink painting suddenly realized and understood a little.


    The way of heaven is divided into two qualities, and they are judged and formed together.


    Existence and non-existence are born and destroyed in the same way, good and evil are compared, and good and evil are followed.


    All things are Tao, and all human behaviors follow the "Tao". However, some "Tao" can be endless, while some "Tao" can only be destroyed by themselves.


    Mo Hua thought about it again, but still didn''t understand it very much:


    "Everything in the world follows the way of heaven. Then what you see and hear are all Taos. What other monks seek for? "


    Mr. Zhuang said: "The great way is all-encompassing, it can be all-encompassing, and it also means chaos and misunderstanding, good and evil, truth and falsehood, appearance and true and true."


    "People have eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, things have colors, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and methods. What you see, hear, and know every day is intertwined with good and bad, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Over time, you will naturally indulge in the false and shallowness, and it is difficult to see the true nature of the Great Way."


    The ink painting''s eyes were slightly brighter, and then he said:


    "Just like looking at the visual image, do you have to see through the superficial appearance and peek at the original appearance?"


    Mr. Zhuang''s eyes were relieved and nodded slightly.


    Mo Hua was a little confused again, "What is the true nature of the Great Dao?"


    Mr. Zhuang said: "You have to think about this yourself. As long as you have not become an immortal, the Tao you know is not the essential Tao. Some of them are even flawed or even wrong Taos."


    Mr. Zhuang smiled again and said, "I have never become an immortal, so what I told you is definitely wrong. The true nature I know may be just a deeper appearance, not the final way."


    "I understand sir." Mo Hua nodded, "The truth I understand is my own. Otherwise, no matter how much others say or how right I say, I have never understood it, and I can''t understand it."


    "So, when seeking the way of heaven, you have to rely on your own understanding. Even if you have a superficial understanding at the beginning, as long as you keep thinking, comprehending, and removing the false and retaining the truth bit by bit, you can finally see the true nature of the way." Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, "It''s right."


    Mo Hua smiled and said with some uncertainty: "Sir, I am just refining my energy now, and I am thinking about comprehending the way of heaven. Is it too early..."


    Mr. Zhuang shook his head and said in a gentle voice:


    "Cultivation starts with refining qi, and enlightenment begins bit by bit, step by step, from low to high, from weak to strong, from shallow to deep, and finally, you can become a mind of Tao and truly understand the great way."


    "Just like you look at this world, if you look at it from a high point, you will be blinded by your own high position, and you will only see yourself; only by looking at the bottom, looking at the people of the world, and seeing the sufferings of monks, can you see the most essential things in this world."


    Mo Hua nodded, thinking about something.


    But he is young after all and has limited experience. Although he roughly knows what Mr. Zhuang means, he has never seen the wider world of cultivation outside Tongxian City, so his experience is not deep enough.


    Mr. Zhuang sighed slightly, "I didn''t want to tell you these truths now, but it''s too early to tell you now..."


    But if you don’t talk about it now, you may not have time to talk about it in the future...


    Mo Hua was stunned and understood what Mr. Zhuang meant, then nodded solemnly and said:


    "Sir, I remember everything well!"


    Mr. Zhuang smiled slightly and said:


    "If you understand this principle, I can teach you how to use the reverse spirit array."


    Mo Hua was a little surprised, "Is the reverse spirit formation related to these?"


    Mr. Zhuang said: "When monks seeking the way of heaven, there are both at the level of the Taoist mind and at the level of cultivation. If they want to seek the great way, the heart of the Taoist mind and cultivation are indispensable."


    "What I said above is related to the heart of Tao, and what I teach you below is related to cultivation and formation, or in other words, it is the essence of the heavenly way at the spiritual level."


    Mr. Zhuang''s tone gradually slowed down and his eyes gradually became deeper.


    Mo Hua''s eyes trembled, and she sat upright and listened carefully.


    Mr. Zhuang let out a light breath and said slowly:


    "The origin of heaven and earth is qi. The first judgment of Hongmeng, one qi is transformed into a qi and derives all things in the heavens."


    "The original Qi is called Hongmeng Qi. The breath is chaotic and powerful. I don''t know how many years it has passed, and the chaos has cleaned it and become the vitality of all things."


    "The most pure and richest among them, which can be refined and used by cultivators is spiritual energy. The spiritual energy contains the power of the way of heaven, and this power is called spiritual power."


    "Although all the martial arts and Taoist techniques in the world are different from gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder and ice, etc., their root is the manifestation of spiritual power."


    "The magic of spiritual cultivation, and even the blood and energy of physical cultivation, look very different, but they are also forms of spiritual power manifestation."


    Ink painting suddenly realized:


    "So the power of the five elements, as well as spells, blood and energy, are all superficial aspects. Is spiritual power the origin of these powers?"


    Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Yes, all Taoism, whether it is magic or martial arts, are created by spiritual power."


    "Is the formation the same?"


    “So too.”


    I thought about it for a while and then I understood.


    The formation requires the formation eye to provide spiritual power. The spiritual power flows through the formation pattern, and finally forms completely different powers of the Five Elements Formation.


    "Will there be any difference between the reverse spirit formation?" Mo Hua asked.


    Mr. Zhuang paused and said slowly:


    "Ordinary formations are the condensation and formation of spiritual power, forming the power of the five elements. The reverse spiritual formations are the inverse destruction of spiritual power, producing a purer and closer to the origin of the Great Dao."


    "The great way is born and destroyed, and it is born when gathered, and it is resolved and destroyed!"


    "The reverse spiritual formation contains the power of extermination of the Great Dao! What it really solves is not the formation, but the more essential spiritual power in the formation!"


    (This chapter ends)