Chapter 8: Brother Mao's Art I
"Who dares to break into my Maoshan Mayi Sect!" A loud shout came at this time.
Everyone looked at the opposite side and saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy wearing casual clothes, messy hair and red eyes walking out.
Mao Dun shouted: "Mao Tou!"
The boy named Maotou saw Mao Dun and rushed over and threw himself into Mao Dun's arms, shouting: "Master, you are back!"
Mao Dun patted Maotou on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I'll talk about anything later. A guest is here." After a pause, he continued, "By the way, this is Brother Mao, the apprentice that Master has just accepted. You will be your senior brother in the future. Take Brother Mao to rest first."
Maotou agreed, "Yes, Master!" Then he turned to Maodi and said, "Junior brother, come on, I'll take you to see your room."
Brother Mao looked at Maotou and said, "Thank you, senior brother!"
Brother Mao followed Mao's head through the door next to him and came to the backyard. He saw that the backyard was clean and various training equipment was arranged in an orderly manner. The three ancient and ancient rooms were very spacious side by side.
Maotou said to Maodi, "Junior brother, the room on the left is mine, so you can live in the room on the right."
"Okay." Brother Mao said: "Senior Brother, is the master's room in the middle belonging to the master?"
Mao Tou stopped, his face darkened, and he said, "No, the master lives in the front yard, the room in the middle belongs to the eldest brother!"
"Senior Brother?" said Mao, "Where is the eldest brother? Why haven't you seen him?"
Maotou said, "I will talk about it later when I see the master. You can take a look at the room first. If you have any needs, tell me." He said that, and pushed open the door of the room on the right.
Brother Mao walked into the room with Maotou and saw a single bed, table, chair and daily necessities.
Brother Mao said to Maotou: "Thank you, senior brother!"
"Okay!" Maotou smiled silly and said, "The master is almost done, let's go there now!"
When the two returned to the front yard, Maotou pushed open Mao Dun's door directly and saw Mao Dun sitting there quietly holding a cup of tea. He closed his eyes and rested.
Maotou said, "Master!"
Mao Dun opened his eyes and asked Maotou, "What's going on? Where is your senior brother?"
After hearing this, Mao Tou cried: "Master, senior brother, senior brother, senior brother is gone!"
"Stop crying!" Mao Dun said sternly: "What do you mean? Say it well. A man always cries and looks like!"
Maotou stopped crying and said, "Master, senior brother left a week after you went down the mountain. He said he had finished learning what he should have learned and he wanted to go out and make a fortune!"
After hearing this, Mao Dun sighed and said, "I had expected that Mao Shu was unstable and eager to achieve success. It would inevitably lead to a disaster in the future! Well, everyone has their own ambitions, let him go!"
Mao Dun said to Maotou: "Okay, my teacher is hungry. You should take Brother Mao to cook first. You are the senior brother now. You must teach you Brother Mao more. Go, I am tired of my teacher!"
"Yes, master!" Maotou agreed and took Brother Mao to the kitchen.
When he arrived at the kitchen, Maodi asked Maoti, "Senior Brother Maoti, why are there any senior brothers? What's going on with the senior brother?"
Mao Tou sighed and said, "My senior brother and I are both orphans. We are adopted by our master. The senior brother is eighteen years old this year and has been with our master for the longest time. The senior brother is amazing, and he is outstanding in catching ghosts, martial arts, and Taoism. The senior brother is called Mao Shu. When the master is away, he taught me, but I am too stupid and can't learn it. A few days ago, he always told me that he wants to go down the mountain to make a fortune in the world, so that I can learn skills here and find him in the future."
Brother Mao said, "Senior Brother Mao, did that unscrupulous master not teach you?"
"Why do you call the master an unscrupulous master?" Maotou asked.
"Oh? Who else calls me like that?" Brother Mao asked.
"Senior Brother, I'm also secretly calling this!" Maotou said, "Okay, let's not talk, I'll cook first."
After the three of them finished their meal, Mao Dun asked Mao to clean up, left Mao alone, and said, "Brother Mao, you are tired today. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you the basics of introductory work. You have extremely high talent, so you must use it well. Okay, go!"
The next day, Tian Gangmengmengliang, Maotou called Brother Mao up and said he wanted to study morning class.
Brother Mao got up and came to the yard. Maotou was already waiting for him. Brother Mao asked Maotou: "Senior Brother Maotou, are we the only master and apprentice in Mayi's teaching?"
Maotou said, "No, it turned out to be four people. Later, when the senior brother left, you came and became four people. There is also a Long Bo, who is responsible for cooking."
Brother Mao and Tou talked and walked to the library in the attic of the front yard. After coming to the library, Brother Mao couldn't help but sigh.
There are so many books in the library, with a wide variety of categories.
Looking at Brother Mao in a daze, Maotou said, "Junior brother, the books here are collected by our seniors from Maoshan Mayi School, and many of them are capital capital, so they are very precious and must not be damaged. We have to read books here every morning, and the master asked us to read as much as possible."
Brother Mao replied from the daze and said, "But I have never been to school and I don't know anything about it!"
Maotou said, "It's okay, I'll teach you!"
Brother Mao excitedly grabbed Maotou's arm and said, "Senior Brother Maotou, thank you!" After pausing, he continued, "By the way, do we just read books every day?"
"No." Maotou said: "Read in the morning, practice in the afternoon, and the master will teach us Taoism in the evening." Maotou said admiringly: "The master's Taoism is very powerful, he is simply a god in the world!"
"Okay!" Brother Mao said, "Don't sigh, teach me quickly, I can't wait!" He picked up the book and pulled Mao's head and looked at the book.
Brother Mao never had the opportunity to study, and he was almost illiterate. However, after Mao Tou's explanation, his interest suddenly came and he could not forget it all. As long as Mao Tou talked about it, Brother Mao would almost remember it.
At noon, Long Bolai asked the two to have dinner, and Brother Mao put down the book with an unfulfilled desire.
The two of them came to the canteen. Long Bo had already prepared the meal. Brother Mao saw Long Bo's head full of white hair, his face was scattered, and his waist was bent, and he kept gestured with his hands.
Brother Mao asked Mao strangely: "Is Long Bo a mute?"
Maotou said, "Yes, Long Bo is also a poor person, with no children and no children, and an old man is alone. That year, Long Bo fainted from hunger at the foot of the mountain and was rescued by his master. Seeing that he was pitiful, the master took him in and asked him to clean and cook. Long Bo was deaf and dumb, so we called him Long Bo. Don't look at Long Bo's old, but he is in great health and has great strength."
After dinner, Maodi and Maotou came to the backyard. Mao Dun was already waiting for them in a training suit.
Mao Dun didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained the basic introductory skills to Brother Mao. Brother Mao listened very seriously and practiced very hard.
When Mao Dun saw it, he nodded frequently and thought to himself: "I didn't expect that this guy has his understanding and perseverance than ordinary people!"
Mao Dun called Brother Mao to his side and said, "You cannot be eager to achieve success in your practice. You must practice steadily and step by step. You cannot act too quickly, otherwise it will be useless. You must also cooperate with the internal and external methods to practice both internal and external methods, otherwise it will be difficult to reach the peak. Now I will teach you the entry of internal and internal methods. Remember." As he said that, he began to recite to Brother Mao: "Concentrate the mind and calm the energy, the five hearts face the sky, swallow and exhale the energy, gather the dantian, the qi of the dantian, and flow through the meridians,..."
Brother Mao listened very seriously. After Mao Dun finished reading it, he remembered it all without saying a word. He also asked Mao Dun what he didn't understand, and Mao Dun told Mao Dun in detail.
In the evening, Mao Dun taught Mao and Maotou Taoist methods and the secrets of cultivation. Maotou basically understood it after listening to it once, but Maotou was often confused and confused.
Mao Dun said, "The third ancestor of Maoshan, who is worshipped by my Maoshan Mayi Sect, Tao Hongjing, the founder of the Maoshan School, and Mayi Sect Master Mayi, you must first learn the "Huangting Sutra" before learning Maoshan Taoism. Only after you have mastered the "Huangting Sutra" can you practice the higher Taoism in Maoshan." As he said, he took out a thin book from the drawer and handed it to Brother Mao, saying, "This is a handwritten copy of the "Huangting Sutra" and copied it for the teacher. The original work cannot be easily taken out, otherwise it will be too late to regret it if it is damaged." After a pause, he continued, "The teacher is going out tomorrow. An old friend encountered some trouble and invited the teacher to go there. It can be as long as half a year or as short as three months. He will turn around. He will give you half a year to practice the "Huangting Sutra". After half a year, he will be required to take the exam for you!"
Brother Mao held the book in both hands and said, "Don't worry, Master, I will definitely practice the Huangting Jing well."
In this way, Brother Mao went to the library to read books in the morning, practiced exercises at noon, and studied Taoism at night.
Three months later, the books in the library had been read by Brother Mao, and his skills were also progressing rapidly. Even Brother Mao, who had entered the book five years earlier than him, could only tie him. As for the "Huangting Jing", Brother Mao was memorized and understood the secrets.
At noon that day, Maodi was practicing qigong in the backyard. Maotou ran over and said to Maodi, "Junior brother, the master is back, let you go!"
When Brother Mao heard the master come back, he immediately rushed to Mao Dun's room in the front yard. Seeing Mao Dun sitting on a chair, he hurriedly shouted: "Master, you are back!"
Mao Dun looked at Brother Mao. He had not seen each other in the past three months and had grown a lot taller. He also had steady steps and a long breath. It was obvious that his internal strength had reached a certain level.
Mao Dun praised: "Yes, it seems that you have not been lazy in the past three months. Now, for your teacher, how have you practiced in the Huangting Sutra!"
Mao Dun asked Mao many questions about the Huangting Jing, and Mao Dun answered them fluently, and added his understanding of the Huangting Jing.
After hearing Brother Mao’s answer, Mao Dun smiled and said, “No, I didn’t expect that you would understand the Huangting Jing so deeply in just three months. Good! From tomorrow on, I will teach you and me the more advanced Taoist techniques of the Maoshan School.”
Chapter completed!