"How could this be? Could it be that your Cherishing Flowers Sect transmits its teachings only through a single line?" Ge Dongxu asked, sowhat surprised by the revelation.
"This matter is actually a disgrace of our sect, which I have never discussed with anyone else, not even our leader," Ma Xiaoshuai said with a self-deprecating laugh. "Actually, our sect originally had quite a number of mbers, but due to the peculiar nature of our Cultivation thod, many from our sect who ran brothels were executed during the early liberation period. Later, in the crackdown of the '80s, so sect mbers who couldn't control themselves committed cris despite the risks and were executed. In recent years, we had one granduncle and a few fellow sect brothers who sadly passed away from AIDS."
After hearing this, Ge Dongxu was stunned for a long ti, and after a while, he could not help but say with mixed emotions, "So the so-called 'passing through a crowd of flowers without a leaf sticking' in your sect refers to harvesting yin to replenish yang!"
"It's not just that. 'Passing through a crowd of flowers without a leaf sticking' refers not only to harvesting yin to replenish yang but also to tempering one's ntal state. It ans one should not develop real feelings for the won involved. The reason I suffered from deviation recently is not only because, as Director Ge ntioned, my True Qi was extrely impure, but also because I mistook a college student, who was compelled by family circumstances to sell herself, for a common prostitute. This left a deep ntal scar, and during cultivation, various inner demons erged, causing to lose control over my True Qi and leading to my deviation," Ma Xiaoshuai explained.
After hearing this, Ge Dongxu looked at Ma Xiaoshuai intently, then fell into deep thought for a long ti before finally gaining so insight, "The phrase 'passing through a crowd of flowers without a leaf sticking' implies harvesting yin to replenish yang, and such a thod of cultivation inevitably leads to impure True Qi. Hence, it is accompanied by 'not a leaf sticks' to continuously temper your ntal state, enabling you to control the impure True Qi. Otherwise, any won you've been involved with during cultivation could trigger a deviation."
"Exactly, that's how my master taught ," Ma Xiaoshuai said with a bitter smile.
"If that's the case, I really can't offer you any guidance," Ge Dongxu said as he looked at Ma Xiaoshuai and smiled bitterly.
Ma Xiaoshuai's thod of cultivation, to put it frankly, was already considered heretical.
Fortunately, Ma Xiaoshuai had a good temperant and did not beco a notorious womanizer. Instead, he frequented entertainnt places and engaged in dual cultivation with won of the lower class, and even inadvertently developed an attachnt after an encounter with a woman of good family, instead of causing harm, which Ge Dongxu would have had to intervene to prevent.
"It is a pity that the thousand-year legacy of Cherishing Flowers Sect is going to end with ," Ma Xiaoshuai said sadly, seeing that Ge Dongxu was also at a loss to help.
If Cultivation was to stop here, spreading such a thod would be no different from harming others, and with a despairing heart, Ma Xiaoshuai no longer planned to continue the Cherishing Flowers Sect's legacy.
"Thousands of years of legacy? Your Cherishing Flowers Sect has had a legacy for thousands of years?" Ge Dongxu asked, slightly stunned.
"Yes, it is said that Peng Zu was the founder of our sect, though I don't know if that's true or not. Regrettably, the loss of our sect's transmission has been severe. Before our Grandmaster Ancestor, there were a few who had reached the Qi Cultivation Sixth and Seventh Layer, but ever since him, each generation has been progressively worse. Now here I am, the sole remaining mber, and unable to even reach the Qi Cultivation Third Layer in this lifeti," Ma Xiaoshuai said with a bitter smile.
In Huaxia Country, Peng Zu is also considered a legendary immortal figure who, according to legend, lived over eight hundred years and had over a hundred wives, being a progenitor of sexual practices in historical legends.
"Given your thod of cultivation, unless one is exceptionally gifted, aspiring to reach the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer or higher is practically foolish dreaming. Unless 'Passing through a crowd of flowers without a leaf sticking' has so other anings," Ge Dongxu said.
"There probably isn't any other explanation. My master taught just that. Although much of the Cherishing Flowers Sect's transmission has been severely lost, the phrase 'Passing through a crowd of flowers without a leaf sticking' has been consistently handed down," Ma Xiaoshuai replied.
"What level did your master achieve in his cultivation?" Ge Dongxu asked.
"The sa as mine, the Second Layer," Ma Xiaoshuai began to respond but then stopped halfway.
If even his master had only reached the Qi Cultivation Second Level, how could he possibly know if there was a problem with the ntal thod?
"Alright, don't disturb . Let think it through carefully; the issue should lie within this phrase," Ge Dongxu gestured with his hand.
Ma Xiaoshuai quickly closed his mouth and didn't even dare to breathe heavily, nervously watching Ge Dongxu.
This not only concerned his future cultivation, but also the inheritance of the Cherishing Flowers Sect.
The "hundred flowers" definitely referred to various types of won, and "a leaf that doesn't touch the body" ant not to harbor feelings for these won. That seed correct too, but where exactly was the problem?
Although Ge Dongxu was convinced that the problem lay in the phrase "passing through the myriad flowers, a leaf doesn't touch the body," a saying passed down by the Cherishing Flowers Sect, he still couldn't figure it out even after sitting cross-legged on the grass for a while.
Just when he was without a clue, Ge Dongxu's phone vibrated again.
Ge Dongxu took it out and saw it was Wu Shiyi, who had beco the leading hostess due to "Happy Girl Voice" on the provincial entertainnt channel. He couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.
Wu Shiyi was a smart woman. Since returning from the capital, she had only sent him a ssage during holidays to greet him and never called to bother him.
"I say, big host, what kind of wind blew today for you to call ?" Rembering everything that had happened on the plane and in the capital with Wu Shiyi, Ge Dongxu quickly replaced his surprised expression with a smile and answered the phone teasingly.
"What's up, Dongxu, you just love to tease ! In front of you, what kind of big host am I! Even if I am, that's because you supported , that's how I got to where I am today!" A coquettish voice ca from the phone.
"Haha, I didn't support you, you're good at hosting on your own. Okay, tell , what's the reason for your call?" Ge Dongxu laughed and asked.
"It's not looking for you, it's Jin Yushan and Lin Sijie who want to find you. I just haven't talked to you for a long ti and took the opportunity to say hello," Wu Shiyi said.
"Jin Yushan and Lin Sijie? Are they still in Linzhou City?" Ge Dongxu was slightly startled, then a pang of guilt surged in his heart.
Since the last ti he t Jin Yushan and Lin Sijie at the revolving restaurant at Mingyue Lake, Ge Dongxu had been busy with various things, including military training at university, and had forgotten about their filming in Linzhou.
Although Jin Yushan and Lin Sijie were just minor figures and he didn't have much friendship with them, the problem was they were roommates and close friends of Jiang Lili.
And Ge Dongxu, as Jiang Lili's boyfriend, had ignored them completely, failing to extend the hospitality due a landlord, which was clearly a neglect of them, at least that's what Ge Dongxu now believed.
As for Jin Yushan and Lin Sijie, they wouldn't think so. For a big shot like Ge Dongxu to think of them and specifically contact Wu Longcai, a major director, to arrange important supporting roles for them, they were actually overwheld with gratitude. If it weren't for the fact that their filming was finished and they were returning to the capital to continue their studies today, they wouldn't have dared use Wu Shiyi's phone to make this intrusive call.
"Yes, I'll let them speak to you," Wu Shiyi replied, then handed the phone to Jin Yushan.
"Dongxu, it's , Jin Yushan," Jin Yushan took the phone, slightly excited and nervous as she spoke.
"Hello Yushan, I'm sorry, you and Sijie ca to Linzhou and I haven't been a good host," Ge Dongxu said, feeling very guilty.
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