Liu Xiu was silent. If the woman hadn't brought him with him just now, he might have been able to climb up, but he would definitely not be so relaxed, nor could he be so fast. Thinking of the woman's words at that time, he asked with some conviction: "Is it a talisman?"

"It's a mantra." The middle-aged man laughed: "The talisman is a talisman, and the mantra is a mantra. These are two different Taoist techniques, and they cannot be confused."

Liu Xiu still couldn't believe it. Although he had research on Chinese traditional culture and had some involvement in Taoist philosophy, he never believed in any talismans. He was afraid of being regarded as ghosts and forced to drink talisman water. He did not dare to be too arrogant. He believed that Chinese traditional culture had essences and dross. Undoubtedly, this talisman and curse were one of the dross. If it was really useful, how could the Boxer Rebellion be beaten to pieces by a few foreign guns?

Rather than believing that the woman recited the mantra works, it is better to say that the woman has the skill to make him believe it more.

Liu Xiu shook his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I have only learned a little bitch or a mantra. I don't know anything about it."

"It's not surprising that there are not many people in the world who can really learn the skills of the passage." The middle-aged man did not think it was offensive, but was a little arrogant. "But if he still refused to believe it in the face of facts and just foolishly insisted on his own inherent ideas. Liu Jun, you are a scholar. If you can make a decision to walk out of your study and go to various places for investigation, you must not be a pedantic scholar. Why should you be so stubborn?"

Liu Xiu smiled and thought to himself that although I am a literary artist, I am a firm scientific theorist. Do you have to explain this to you? Besides, do you know what science is? He was silent for a moment and carefully chose words and said, "I believe in the facts, and I don't easily believe in something that sounds incredible."

"Seeing is true?" The middle-aged man glanced at him with his eyes slanted, and raised the corner of his mouth: "Is what he sees in his eyes true?"

Liu Xiu frowned gently and did not rush to answer. Although these four words are very commonly used, he knew that some things may not be true even if they saw them with their own eyes. For example, magic. Everyone knows that magic is fake, but how many people can see through the mystery? Could it be that because they can't see through it, they believe that it is true?

"It seems that it is not right to see it." Liu Xiu scratched his head in a little embarrassed manner, thought for a while, and then continued: "I think it is necessary to add reasonable analysis and rigorous verification. Well, in other words, there must be reliable evidence."

"Then you heard my whistle yesterday and were taken up the mountain by my disciples today. Isn't it okay?" The middle-aged man showed some curiosity, obviously somewhat unexpected to Liu Xiu's answer, "If you don't believe what you have experienced personally, then what else do you believe?"

Liu Xiu faced his gaze and curled his lips: "Yes, your whistle yesterday surprised me. I was also surprised that your disciple could take me up the mountain so easily. However, I might be able to come up with other explanations, but maybe I can come up with other explanations, not only Taoism can only explain it."

"Oh?" The middle-aged man was even more curious and nodded repeatedly, bowed to Liu Xiu for the first time and said, "I dare to ask Gao Ming for advice."

"Talk the whistling sound first." Liu Xiu quickly calmed down and talked: "Your voice is indeed spread farther than others, but I heard that some good singers can use the qi of the dantian to make the sound of their brains, and the sounds they make can spread farther, giving people the feeling of endless lingering."

The middle-aged man nodded without commenting, signaling Liu Xiu to continue talking.

"As for your disciple taking me up the mountain, I admit that I was a little surprised, but as far as I know, although women look weaker than men, as long as they practice hard, most women can be better than ordinary men. The same is true for men. Even if they are a scholar without any power, as long as they are willing to endure hardships, they can become brave and good at fighting warriors, but most people can't endure those hardships."

Liu Xiu smiled and pointed to Guancheng at the foot of the mountain: "I believe that many soldiers can easily climb to this stone house. Are they all practicing Taoism?"

"Hahaha..." The middle-aged man who had been watching Liu Xiu laughed softly. He turned around, stroked the short beard under his jaw, was silent for a moment, and suddenly started singing in a low voice. His voice was not high, but every word was heard, as if he was just whispering in Liu Xiu's ear, but Liu Xiu couldn't understand a word. As he chanted, a look of annoyance suddenly appeared between Liu Xiu's chest and abdomen, like an arrogant child suddenly jumping around in the originally quiet classroom, overturning the desk next to him, throwing all the books and articles on the ground, causing chaos around him, making people feel very uncomfortable, and the long-lost heartache and signs of recurrence.

"You!" Liu Xiu was shocked and angry, pointing at the middle-aged man and shouting: "What are you doing?"

The middle-aged man stopped singing and asked with a smile: "How do you explain this?"

Although only a moment later, a layer of sweat oozed out of Liu Xiu's forehead, he didn't care to wipe it, but just looked at the middle-aged man with a palpitations. This experience just now shocked him, even more shocking than hearing him whistling on the mountain yesterday. He took several deep breaths in succession before he could barely recover his calmness, and said with some doubt:

"Is this a curse?"

The middle-aged man nodded calmly: "The Heart-Destroying Mantra." He asked again: "Do you think this is a Taoist technique? If not, then how can you explain your feelings? I believe you won't say it's your illusion."

Liu Xiu stared at him for a long time before shook his head. Of course, he didn't think he was an illusion, but he didn't believe that this was a magical art, because he had heard that there was a weapon called infrasonic wave, which used sound waves with similar frequency to human organs to kill people, but that was the principle of resonance, and only instruments could emit infrasonic waves. Can humans also emit infrasonic waves?

He was a little confused for a moment and stood there, not knowing what to say.

The middle-aged man was not in a hurry, but looked up at the sky in the distance and suddenly said, "It's getting late, and the people in the pass have probably gotten up. Think slowly, when will I come to see me again when I believe in Taoism? I think we will have a chance to see you again." After saying that, he spread his arms and jumped out of the valley like a big bird. Liu Xiu was shocked and rushed to the stone house to see it. But he saw that the middle-aged man had landed on a narrow ramp and rushed to Guancheng with the woman in green. Both of them were very fast, just like a sprint of a hundred meters. In the blink of an eye, he crossed the ramp that was dozens of steps long and disappeared into Guancheng.

Liu Xiu widened his eyes and opened his mouth wide. He didn't close for a long time until the soldiers' screams came from under the stone house.

In the city of Guancheng, the woman in green packed her simple luggage while saying to the middle-aged man: "Master, this Liu Xiu really has such good qualifications that the master wants to come out to enlighten me in person?"

The middle-aged man nodded, then turned his head to look at the woman, thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Feng'er, do you know why you can't catch up with Feiyan?"

The woman in green was stunned, pouted in depression, and said in a muffled voice: "My qualifications are not as good as hers."

"No." The middle-aged man shook his head and said seriously: "Your qualifications are more than Feiyan. I teach you the Taoist scriptures. Every time I am the first to memorize them, but you are too competitive and have to compete with others in everything, but you have to leave the Taoist scriptures that Laojun said behind."

The woman in green had a stern face. Although she didn't say anything, she could tell that she was very dissatisfied.

"Your Taoist scriptures are to teach you to practice, not just know how to memorize them." The middle-aged man sighed helplessly when he saw her stubborn look on her face: "A Feng, think carefully about what Laojun said, 'You don't fight, so the world doesn't fight with it.' Every time you preach, you speak very well, but you really understand the meaning of this scripture? Feiyan seems to be weak in nature and is not as smart as you, but she really understands this principle, so she can grab you in terms of cultivation."

The woman in green was a little embarrassed and threw the luggage in her hand on the table, and replied with her neck in her arms: "Since you can't fight with it only if you don't fight, why bother to fight for the master?"

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Regarding the name of an adult, please do a copy of the article:

According to page 29 of the Chinese Name Dictionary: The word "女" has the following meanings:

One refers to people with noble character. In the Book of Changes, "The great man is the heaven and earth are in harmony with his virtue." In "Xunzi", it says, "The great man is Shun, and he stands in the south and has all things."

The second refers to officials or nobles. The Book of Changes says, "Seeing a dragon in the field, it is beneficial to see an adult." The Book of Han Xu Le shows, "Chen She has no honor for thousands of chariots, and the land is full of land, and he is not a descendant of the princes, nobles and nobles."

Third, the honorific title for elders. In the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Ma Yan Biography" contains "all the great masters in the capital are different." In the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Li Gu Biography" contains "all the ministers and ministers are young, and there is no one who can consult with the scholars."

Four fingers adult.

I think this should be more reliable than Baidu?
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