I Am Loaded with Passive Skills - Chapter 1912

Chapter 1788 Liang Yi

Chapter 1788: Two Principles
“Eight Masters, what is above the sword mind?”

Half a year ago, the Ghost Buddha Realm began to move. When Xu Xiaoshou threw this question to Ba Zun’an, the latter smiled and said, “I’ve thought about it for a long time.”

“Any conclusions?”

Ba Zun An shook his head: “There is a ‘higher’ in the divine mind, but there is no ‘higher’ in the sword mind. In other words, the high of the sword mind is to return to the essence, to the ‘name’.”

Name…Xu Xiaoshou always asks questions directly to the point: “Have you completed your cultivation?”

Ba Zun An shook his head twice, and his words were full of emotion:

“The name is too vague.”

“Even I can only borrow the concept of sword thoughts and use it in a clever way. This only captures the form, not the spirit.”

The name is like the Tao… Xu Xiaoshou nodded and pondered, indicating that he understood, because he felt the same way at the moment: “It’s like scratching an itch through a shoe.”

“good!”

The eight masters agreed and said:

“My Tao is born from fame and is formed by sword intention.”

“So, I also pursued and tried fame later on. However, the Tao was achieved by the sword thought, and I was also trapped by the sword thought.”

“Just imagine…”

At that time, he was at the ruins of the Holy Mountain, under the Ghost Buddha, pointing in front of him, his eyes were looking at the southern region where he started this journey:
“I have already walked eighty-nine out of ten of my journey.”

“The ancient sword art made me what I am, the sword mind made me what I am, and it also confined my thinking to the ‘eight or nine’. I have long forgotten the thoughts about the essence of ‘name’ when I first started.”

He lowered his head, shook his head and sighed: “If I let go of everything, let go of everything, maybe I can touch the essence of the Tao and gain some enlightenment, but I don’t have time.”

He raised his head and looked at the ghost Buddha: “If I disperse my energy and start over now, maybe the Tao will be waiting for me ahead, but they won’t wait for me, and I can’t turn back.”

Xu Xiaoshou understands this feeling very well.

People are in the game and are pushed by the general trend. Who can stay out of it?

Not to mention that Ba Zun An could not turn back, even his current thoughts and concerns were completely different from the various ideas he had at the beginning of his practice.

But he knew that the Eight Lords would not stop.

If the name cultivation fails, there are more than one way to the great way, so he asked: “Then what have you cultivated in the past thirty years since you succeeded the sword mind?”

As soon as he said this, various images of the ruins of God flashed through his mind, and Xu Xiaoshou already had the answer.

As expected, Ba Zun An nodded and said,
“Sword, I.”

Sword me?

No, Lao Ba is not only meticulous in his words, but also pays attention to details.

When he said these two words just now, he clearly paused…

“Sword me?”

“Or ‘Sword’, and ‘I’?”

This seems to be the same question, but it is fundamentally different.

Ba Zun An smiled, without commenting, and changed the topic to something else: “Shen Yi, did he teach you ancient martial arts?”

Xu Xiaoshou nodded but said nothing.

Then I heard Lao Ba take the initiative to say:

“Shen Yi and I also talked about ancient martial arts and gained a lot.”

“If the Tao is in the spirit, all flowers will bloom; if the Tao is in the sword, the three realms will open.”

“Of these two, you must make a choice. You must choose a minor path or technique from the three thousand great ways or the nine ancient sword techniques, cultivate it to perfection, and be deified and called the ancestor.”

After a pause, he changed the subject, with a little more appreciation in his voice:

“The truth about ancient martial arts is very pure. You don’t need to think too much. Just follow the steps and complete them. When you reach the end, the position of the ancestor god will be within your reach.”

“So, what is the Way of Ancient Martial Arts?”

Xu Xiaoshou is really good at this question.

Because the god had also told him before, he said: “Nine palaces, eight gates, seven stars, six paths, four houses, three realms, two principles and one deity.”

Ba Zun An nodded and added: “Missing five, Wuji.”

Yes, there are indeed these two things.

“Five missing is a fist, five missing is a fist.”

“Wuji Taishang is just an illusory concept, a thought left by Zhan Zu for the further development of ancient martial arts.”

“Let’s not discuss these two for now.”

Returning to the arrangement from “Nine Palaces” to “One Statue”, Ba Zun An elaborated:

“And from nine returning to one, this ‘one’ is the realm that the former War Ancestor aspired to reach, which is equivalent to being deified and called the Ancestor.”

“When newcomers practice Taoism, even if they are full of confidence, they should not aim too high and should not use Taoism to realize Taoism. This is like using names to realize names, which is too easy to go astray.”

“Therefore, we should still use skills to enter the Dao, just like cultivating our reputation with sword thoughts, and then return to the original nature. Although we may be trapped here, this is the safest way.”

“And my Dao, after communicating with Shen Yi, borrowed the concept of ‘Liang Yi’ and decided to cultivate ‘Sword I’.”

So that’s how it is… Now, Xu Xiaoshou completely understood.

“Sword and I” are the two yin and yang.

“Sword” and “I” are the black and white of the two yin and yang, both opposing and complementing each other?
Lao Ba is quite ambitious!
Ba Zun’an is indeed not a person who is content with his lot.

After Yu Guwu replied to “Jianwo”, when Ba Zun’an talked about what he said before, it seemed easy to understand:

“The name is like the Tao, the name is like the One.”

“The way of fame is too vague and illusory, and it goes against my mind.”

“Fame is acquired passively, but even if my sword moves in a roundabout way, it is always actively attacking in essence.”

It can be seen that Ba Zun’an likes the “name” very much, but he cuts it off cleanly: “I only get its form, not its spirit. It is useless to force it. I am willing to give up.”

The eight masters all know how to enjoy fame, but they cannot obtain it.

His words, however, deeply pierced Xu Xiaoshou’s heart.

Sometimes, when we are talking about anything, the only thing that can really touch people’s hearts is a casual remark:
“Name is passive…”

Xu Xiaoshou was touched.

After careful consideration, the feeling of being “touched” suddenly turned into being “very touched”.

“Xu Xiaoshou, you came to me not just to ask about ‘Above the Sword Mind’, right?” Ba Zun’an interrupted his thoughts.

“Yes, I want to practice Taoism…”

“What path do you want to cultivate?”

“Just now, I was still confused…”

“And now?”

“Now… Ba Zun An, I want to improve my reputation!”

At the ruins of Guizhe, under the ghost Buddha, the communication between the First Sword Immortal and the Eighth Sword Immortal reached a new level.

As he blurted out those final decisive words, the Dao rhythm surged all over Xu Xiaoshou’s body, and the sword disk naturally spun out from under his feet.

There is no second set.

There is only one Kendo disk!

The complex perceptions are wonderful, or like an immortal pointing the way, or like a magic sound piercing the ears, passing through the eyes, penetrating the bones, integrating into the self, and bringing forth new ideas.

“Repair your name…”

The Eight Masters could not see it, but they could sense it.

Xu Xiaoshou, I understand.

His realm suddenly began to advance from nine-tenths of the Tao level to an endless upward trend.

91, 92, 93…

Until ninety-nine!

He seemed to have entered a kind of sudden enlightenment “virtual ancestor transformation”?
In terms of combat power, there may not be any form of improvement yet.

In terms of the level of understanding of the Tao, there has been a very considerable increase, and there is a sign of “going astray” at any time!
“The Tao of Name…”

Ba Zun knew that he was a rare genius.

He is a man of few words and doesn’t like to talk nonsense with ordinary people, because that is like playing the lute to a cow.

But for Xu Xiaoshou, no matter his character, personality, or understanding… Ba Zun’an has always had only praise and approval.

After feeling that the young man in front of him was chatting, suddenly something strange happened, he kept “getting” things, and what he got was very strange, which made him seem more like he was possessed by a demon.

The eight masters were not at all panicked.

Instead, he transformed his identity in an orderly manner.

He fell from being a provider of answers to being a questioner, yet he was still able to control his superiors and refute them:
“Cultivating a reputation? Isn’t this the same as cultivating the Tao? It’s harder than ascending to heaven!”

Xu Xiaoshou really doesn’t need anyone to provide answers for him anymore.

The first time he entered the Void Dao, it was like he was immersed in a sea of answers. Everything was readily available, and he could answer without thinking:

“No, the way of fame can also be divided into three: fame, superior fame, and supreme fame.”

The eight masters could not hide their shock.

Xu Xiaoshou was either possessed by a demon or something else.

After all, what he said was too vague and illusory, and it must be solidified. Otherwise, when he wakes up, everything will be lost, and he may even die.

He began to instigate Xu Xiaoshou by asking questions, confronting him:
“I cultivate my reputation. Reputation is like a double-edged sword. It can make me successful but also hurt me. I interpret the sword and I become the Yin and Yang. What do you think of the way of reputation now?”

“Names are like the Tao. The Tao gives rise to the two principles. Names can also give rise to the two principles.”

“Oh? Name, where does the concept of two yin and yang come from?”

“Reputation is like a double-edged sword, it can hurt me and others. Reputation is like fire, it can set the whole field on fire and burn everything. Cultivating reputation will bring you success and make you invincible.”

He is indeed possessed by a demon… The Eight Lords frowned and retreated, becoming alert and ready to take action at any time, but their words remained calm:

“‘Fire’ alone cannot form ‘Yin and Yang’, Xu Xiaoshou, you have changed the concept. This is just an interpretation of ‘name is like a double-edged sword’, not an interpretation of ‘name is like Tao, Tao gives birth to Yin and Yang’.”

“No, Ba Zun’an, you are too dull to understand what I mean… I said that fame is like fire, which makes it violent, but I also said that the best fame is like water, which nourishes all things. If it is used well… Only when you do not fight, you will not blame others.”

Ba Zun suddenly opened his eyes, and everything in front of him was pitch black, while all he could hear was the true meaning of the Tao.

Xu Xiaoshou spoke incoherently, and he was horrified and awestruck by what he heard. He was no longer able to react.
“It is true that reputation is like water, and there is no blame if you don’t fight for it. But who can avoid fighting when you are in the game? You are probably dreaming!”

“Ba Zun’an, you are wrong again.”

“Oh?” Ba Zun’an had never been denied so many times in his life, but he heard Xu Xiaoshou say something surprising again:

“Not contending does not mean having no desire or contention; not doing anything does not mean following the flow.”

Ba Zun’an originally wanted to guide Xu Xiaoshou onto the right track.

After hearing these two sentences, the rhythm of Taoism exploded around him, his eyebrows changed, and he was about to enter a state of enlightenment.

He quickly suppressed this impulse, knowing that what Xu Xiaoshou said was still empty and false, and must be implemented to the root, otherwise it would be a castle in the air that would collapse at the slightest blow.

“In the Tao of Names, the two yin and yang can be water and fire, but using water and fire to enter the Tao is incompatible and can easily lead to self-destruction…Xu Xiaoshou, do you understand water and fire?”

“Ba Zun’an, you know swords, so you think everything is a sword. But you don’t know water and fire, so you think everyone in the world doesn’t know water and fire… This is like a frog in a well.”

“Oh?” Ba Zun’an suppressed his anger this time. Xu Xiaoshou told him the story in a clear and distinct way:
“There is no high or low in Taoism, only a distinction between first and last.”

“It is true that the profound meaning is only about eight-tenths of the way of refining spirits. It is not necessary to master more than the way of using water and fire. It is enough to use its meaning.”

“Sang Lao taught me the fire of embers, which made my temperament restless and my strength violent. The water ghost taught me the water of the highest virtue, which made my body change and my thoughts strange. Although these two are not powerful enough, their principles are very high.”

Now it was the Eighth Master’s turn to learn a lesson.

Indeed, if one can cultivate to the profound level of the Dao, how can his aspirations not be high?

It’s just that Wuxiu and Shuigui’s abilities are slightly insufficient, so they can’t move forward any further.

The way of water and fire, the way of divine thoughts, the way of sword and self… in essence, they all lead directly to the path of becoming a deity.

Cultivate your name, use the means of water and fire, and transform into the two opposites.

With the examples of Mr. Sang and the Water Ghost, Xu Xiaoshou can rely on his own understanding to make up for the difficulties ahead. This is totally possible!
“Don’t be angry, don’t be angry…”

Ba Zun’an felt that he was being ridiculed and mocked.

He didn’t even know whether Xu Xiaoshou did it on purpose or not, he still wanted to curse in this state.

But after all, Chi was several dozen years older than him. As a guide, he could not get angry. Instead, Ba Zun An had to continue asking questions:
“It is easy to talk about borrowing the Dao of water and fire, but it is difficult to put it into practice. How will you prove the Dao of name from ‘water’ and ‘fire’ respectively?”

“Ba Zun’an, I have basically mastered the mysteries of fire.”

“So, what about water?”

“Water is natural.”

I have to say that Ba Zun’an’s guidance did work.

When he was led to this point and started thinking about the details, Xu Xiaoshou finished his last sentence and fell into deep thought.

In just half a day, he slowly turned around, his eyes already looking far into the five regions and all directions, and said calmly:

“The name of the Supreme is like water, and water is spread throughout the five realms.”

“I will spend half a year observing the waters of the five realms.”

“Enter the Dao in streams, lakes, rivers, marshes, and seas; taste the changes of fog, rain, tides, waterfalls, and floods; step into the river of time; touch the empty and dry world; comprehend life and death; realize the mystery; merge yin and yang; and attain the name of the Dao!”

After listening to this, Ba Zun’an was horrified again.

In just half a day, Xu Xiaoshou’s state of enlightenment was too strong – he could actually implement the practice of “Shang Ming” to this extent.

“Your name is fire, and the higher name is water, but the two are balanced. But your name and the higher name sound one low and one high?” Ba Zunan pointed out the last confusion.

Xu Xiaoshou shook his head slightly, his eyes flickering, and he kept saying, “You don’t understand…”

What?
Ba Zun’an’s eyebrows jumped when he heard Xu Xiaoshou say:

“Liang Yi can mean ‘left and right’, ‘tolerance and being tolerated’, and naturally ‘up and down’, ‘high and low’ also correspond to each other.”

“While the upper name is water, it does not mean that fire is the ‘lower name’. Moreover, Tao gives birth to two principles, and the two principles are not the same as names, nor are they the same as Tao.”

“It is just a clever way to use it to enter the Tao.”

Ba Zun’an was really taught a lesson. He was too obsessed with “water and fire”. He never thought that Xu Xiaoshou was so clear-headed.

“That……”

All the confusion was gone, and what remained was not guidance, but pure curiosity, even with a hint of asking for advice:

“You have already understood the name and the supreme name. You may want to give this a try. What about the supreme name?”

Tai Shang, the concept must come from the “Wuji Tai Shang” just now.

Could it be that Xu Xiaoshou’s enlightenment this time has brought him to a state that even Zhan Zu could not reach?
The eight masters were moved.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xiaoshou turned around.

The sword disk beneath him disappeared, and the Dao rhythm around him gradually faded away. He just curled his lips and smiled, saying,
“Ba Zun’an, you are obsessed.”

“It is because one does not contend that one does not blame others… The fact that you ask this question shows that you are still a little behind me in terms of realm.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Ba Zun’an’s face turned pale.