Tzu-yang

  Mo Wen heard the words and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Lao Wu had been helping out at the pharmacy for many years and understood some basic pharmacology, so he must have bought poisonous medicine yesterday to take revenge on Gu Yangzi.

  "Wait, what medicine did you add?" Mo Wen quickly followed him out. There were over a dozen medicines in the pharmacy that could be fatal if not used properly. If Old Five didn't know how to control it, there would really be no turning back.

  "It's nothing serious, just a stomach problem. I'll send him some tofu." The old man waved his hand and turned back.

  Don't ask, the sound stopped and didn't chase again. The implication of Lao Wu's words gave Gongyangzi a laxative, which was originally used to relieve constipation in horses and donkeys. If people eat it, they will have diarrhea all the time, but the antidote is not difficult to find, just drink some brine water.

  Although I know no one will die, I still feel uneasy in my heart. Gu Yangzi has achieved great things in his cultivation and should also understand medicine. Old Fifth giving him medicine is like playing with fire, if Gu Yangzi detects anything unusual, Old Fifth will definitely be driven out of Wuliang Mountain.

  Because of the worry in her heart, Mo asked didn't doze off again during the afternoon Buddhist service, nor did she have the mind to laugh at Qian Sui who fell asleep once more. She anxiously waited until evening, and when Old Fifth arrived, only then did she put her mind at ease.

  "What did you do with it?" Mo asked without inquiring about the details.

  "I took tofu over to him, but he didn't touch the congee, so I had to take both the congee and the tofu away." The old man replied.

  Mo Wen heard the words and slightly furrowed his brow. Gu Yangzi didn't even move his porridge, indicating that he had discovered a problem with it. Why didn't he punish Lao Wu? Thinking of this, he opened his mouth again to ask "What did he say?"

  "He said there must be you if there is me." Lao Jiu replied.

  "Go ahead and say it yourself." Don't ask if you didn't understand Old Five's retelling.

  "He said that where there's a master, there must be servants, or something like that." Old Five scratched his head with his hand, "Master, what does he mean by this?"

  "He has already discovered, just didn't punish you. In the future, don't take liberties for yourself. Mount Wu is not Xiyang County." Mo Wen said seriously. The implication of Gu Yangzi's words was that the two men had more thoughts in their minds than ordinary people and were not easy to educate.

  "He's so wicked, if he really found out, wouldn't he take the opportunity to make trouble for us?" Lao Wu said with a sneer.

  Mo Wen slowly shook his head, "This person appears to be strict and harsh, but is actually kind and benevolent, with a deep understanding of the ways of the ancients. He just has a heavier temper, so from now on, you are not allowed to show disrespect towards him."

  "Fire energy is heavy, eating broad beans is just right..." Old Five laughed halfway and saw Mo asking with a frown, hurriedly changing the subject, "Old Master, when did you start learning magic?"

  "Unclear, is there someone living on the west wing?" Mo Xiu asked back.

  "No." Old Five shook his head.

  "Old master, if you've learned some magic tricks, can't you teach me a couple of them? Let me learn something too?" asked Lao Wu with a grin.

  Mo Wen didn't immediately respond, calmly sending Lao Wu to the cafeteria as a cook. He felt guilty and wanted to find an opportunity to make amends. However, the attacking techniques of the Shangqing Sect mainly involved writing talismans and setting up altars, which Lao Wu couldn't learn without a law seal. Moreover, these two techniques were probably secrets that the Shangqing Sect didn't pass on to outsiders.

  "We must learn six skills, one of which is martial arts. When the time comes, I will practice diligently and teach you later." Mo asked after a moment's deliberation.

  "Thank you, sir." Old Five's face lit up with joy, and he bowed his head in gratitude.

  Mo Wen heard the words and sighed, shaking his head. When he got married earlier, he had promised Lao Wu to marry Lin Ruo Chen's maid to him. At that time, Lao Wu thanked him in the same way. If it weren't for that accident, Lao Wu would have been married by now.

  Memories of the past, emotions suddenly became extremely low. He hopes to find Lin Ruochen and rescue her from suffering as soon as possible. Also hopes to find the one-eyed barbarian who killed his mother, and make him pay for his mother's life. After entering the Upper Clear Sect and practicing magic, these two things should not be very difficult to do. However, revenge and killing are not what he wants to do most. His greatest wish is that these things would not have happened.

  Lao Wu saw Mo Wen's depressed mood and knew he was thinking about the past again. He had grown up with Mo Wen and understood his temperament, which was very similar to that of the late Old Man Mo. He was kind-hearted, gentle, and moderate, a rare good person. Unfortunately, he encountered these things, otherwise, with Mo Wen's learning and the Mo family's background, Mo Wen would have become an official and definitely a good official for the people.

  At this moment of hesitation, Mo Xun heard Ba Li Kuang Feng and others coming over, so he sent Lao Wu back first.

  "Don't ask, there's something I want to discuss with you." Baili Kuangfeng said as soon as he entered the door.

  "Are you thinking of asking Master Xuanyang to pause halfway through his lecture on the scriptures and give a detailed explanation?" Mo asked, inviting everyone to sit down.

  "In a word, it's this matter, I've almost gone mad from listening to it for two days." Baili Kuangfeng's voice was loud and clear.

  Don't ask, but Wen Yan turned his head to look at Ye Xiao, who immediately spoke up, "I've also heard Daoist lectures before, and while there's no explanation in the middle, others have clear sentences, unlike him, who has no chapter or logic, as if he's afraid we'll understand."

  "If this goes on any longer, I'd rather be given three feet of white silk." Lü Song pointed to the beam in the room.

  "I'm listening." Liu Shaoqing hastened to express his attitude as Mo Wen looked at him.

  "Don't look at him, he's been asleep for two days. You just say what you think." Baili Kuangfeng urged impatiently as Mo Xian looked at Qiansui.

  Mo Wen raised an eyebrow and glanced at Bai Li's crazy wind, but didn't answer immediately. Instead, he paced back and forth in the room, deliberating for a long time without speaking.

  "You'd better speak up, you're making me dizzy with your stalling." Bai Li Kuang Feng urged once again.

  "We seven are the top disciples of Shangqing, and Xuan Yangzi and the other six sects' leaders received the ancestral master's divine decree to teach with all their might. However, when Xuan Yangzi was lecturing on the scriptures, he didn't seem to be putting his heart into it. We whispered to each other, but he didn't stop us, so we let it go. But twice during the thousand-year-old's afternoon lectures, he fell asleep and didn't punish him - this doesn't make sense. I suspect that Xuan Yangzi's actions may have a hidden motive." Mo asked, shaking his head.

  "What profound meaning?" The crowd asked in unison.

  "It's still unclear for now." Mo Wen's reply was met with a burst of whispers.

  "Are you having a hard time listening to Master Zhang's lecture?" Qian Shuai slowly opened his mouth, who had been silent all along.

  "Are you comfortable?" Ye Xiao Yao replied.

  "However, although I don't understand the scripture of the Upper Clarity, I feel comfortable all over when listening to it." Qian Sui nodded slowly.

  "Xuanyangzi's teachings are the same as yours, you listen and feel comfortable, if not, you can't even sleep." Baili Kuangfeng swept a glance at him with an air of disdain.

  Qian Sui was about to say something else, but after being interrupted by Bai Li Kuangfeng, he swallowed his words again.

  "Just bear with it a bit longer, we only have three years left, he can't possibly make us listen to the scriptures for three whole years." Mo Xiang said.

  Baili Feng and others came to persuade Mo Wen to go with them to offer advice, but unexpectedly Mo Wen's opinions did not align with theirs. Upon hearing this, they couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed. After chatting for a while, they each returned to their own rooms.

  For several days in a row, Xuanyangzi has been lecturing on the Supreme Clarity Scripture. The crowd's comprehension is higher than ordinary people, and they gradually listened to the entire scripture of the Supreme Clarity Scripture. As the main scripture of the Supreme Clarity Sect, it is divided into dozens of chapters, explaining the six wonderful spiritual sections.

  The Dao is born from nothingness, and its subtle energy comes from the spiritual and is unfathomable.

  The second lecture is about the dwelling place of the Original Spirit, called 'Xuan Gui'. In the Nine Heavens' sound, it is called 'Ni Wan'.

  Three Lectures on Cultivating the Truth: "The Taiwu is the root of profound subtlety, and opening up yin is the source of constant rebirth."

  Four lectures on cultivating auspicious karma, 'pulling out the dead from the Spring and Autumn Annals' and 'registering the names of immortals in the Spiritual Feather Records'.

  Five lectures on the mysterious and wonderful realm of Yang Qingjian Zhu, soaring through the air with a banner, driving the scenery to gallop, wandering among the eight mists.

  Six lectures on the emergence of spiritual energy: 'If you can make the yang source not lean, the xuan spring not move, and the spirit is calm and peaceful, it will also reverse old age and prolong life, and harmonize with the spiritual energy.'

  This scripture is to the Supreme Clarity like the Analects are to Confucianism, and is indeed a crucial text of the Supreme Clarity canon. However, it appears that this scripture was intended for external dissemination by the Supreme Clarity teachings, and although it encompasses various aspects, it is relatively superficial and does not describe specific methods for cultivation practice. Moreover, there is an element of exaggeration within, at least in the sentence "Reciting this scripture a million times will make one's body light and attain immortality", because simply reciting scriptures cannot lead to achieving longevity. Taking a step back, even if it were possible to achieve longevity through recitation, no one would be able to recite it a million times.

  Everyone finally listened to the scriptures, but this did not include Qian Sui. From start to finish, Qian Sui only remembered the sentence "The Tao is born from nothing", and every day after noon when listening to the scriptures, he would fall asleep soundly. At first, everyone felt it was novel, but later on, they got used to it.

  Among the crowd, there was no fool who quickly grasped the scripture's content and soon felt bored. What everyone wanted to do most was practice martial arts and magic. Sitting like this was really unbearable. Baili Crazywind was bold and under boredom learned from Qian Sui to pretend to sleep, but he actually fell asleep. However, he couldn't compare to Qian Sui, who slept with his eyes open, whereas he slept with his eyes closed, and snored loudly.

  At first, Ye Xiao would wake him up when he sat beside him. Later on, seeing that Xuan Yangzi didn't open his eyes to blame him, he just let it be.

  Half a month later, after Qian Sui and Bai Li Kuang Feng, Liu Shao Qing, Ye Xiao Yao, and Liu Sheng fell asleep one after another during the afternoon Buddhist service. Three days later, Lian Jiu also started to doze off while sitting upright. The entire East Hall was left with only Xuan Yang Zi, who lectured with his eyes closed, and Mo Wen, who struggled to keep his eyes open despite his drowsiness.

  To be honest, Mo asked also wanted to sleep, but he was holding back. The elder was lecturing, and the listeners fell asleep which would be very disrespectful. Moreover, if he fell asleep, no one would send off Xuan Yangzi, and no one would wake up the crowd after Xuan Yangzi left.

  After the Upper Clear Scripture had been lectured for twenty-one days, Xuan Yangzi began to lecture on the Book of Changes. The Book of Changes discusses the principles of yin and yang transformation and simple divination, which is also studied by Confucians, so it's not difficult to understand. However, most people still listened to the scripture in the morning and slept in the afternoon, with only Mo Wen keeping his eyes open all along.

  At that time, Mo asked others why they fell asleep and if they had dreams after falling asleep. However, everyone replied that they couldn't resist their drowsiness and didn't have any dreams after falling asleep. This made Mo even more perplexed - Xuan Yangzi was supposed to be lecturing on the scriptures as instructed by the ancestral master, but instead he put everyone to sleep; how could he explain this to the ancestral master? No, Xuan Yangzi must have had a profound intention behind his actions, it's just that others couldn't understand.

  But what is the profound meaning, it's not right to say that it's tempering people's will, nor is it right to say that it's making people calm and peaceful, as they are still being suffocated by sleep.

  What is the profound meaning of Xuanzi's words...