Chapter 139: The Earth Under Your Feet, the World of Mortals Refines Your Heart
After leaving Yuanfang Driving School, Chen Jue seemed to have entered some kind of wonderful state. He thought less, asked less, looked more, walked more, measured the earth with his feet, observed the world with his eyes, and felt life with his heart.
With his legs moving forward continuously, Chen Jue, carrying a backpack, strolled through the tall buildings and noisy streets of Beidu, walked into the crowd of millions, and looked at the faces of strangers.
The busy vegetable vendors in the farmer's market, the housewives who get up early in the morning to buy vegetables, the students who are laughing and playing on their way to school with their schoolbags on their backs, the construction workers covered in dust who are starting to work, the sanitation lady who is sweeping the fallen leaves on the roadside with a broom, the urban white-collar workers who are hurriedly grabbing breakfast and rushing to punch in, the busy couples in the breakfast shop, and the couriers and delivery boys who are hurriedly riding electric bikes through the streets.
Chen Jue is using his own celestial perception to comprehend the existence of all living beings in this world.
Instead of going to the high-speed rail station to take a train back to Vancouver, I walked all the way south, from the prosperous Beidu urban agglomeration to the increasingly sparsely populated Beidu suburbs.
When I feel hungry at noon, I go to a roadside restaurant to eat ramen or rice bowl. When I feel thirsty while walking, I buy a bottle of energy drink to replenish my energy.
The autumn sun does not feel hot when it shines on my body. A cool breeze blows, and my pores relax. Yellowing leaves float by my feet. In the distance, the mountains are lush and green, with blue sky and white clouds, and birds are singing.
Chen Jue found that no matter where he went, he could see traces of people.
Along the way, you can see the small owner of a roadside store sitting bored in his store, urban families out for an outing playing happily on the suburban lawn, old suburban farmers turning over and drying rice, wiping the sweat from their foreheads with the handkerchief hanging around their necks, truck drivers in the suburban logistics park delivering daily necessities to the big city of Beidu, and one after another, never-stopping large trucks traveling on the roads leading from Beidu to various places.
That is the appearance of all living beings, and it is also each and every one of us in this long world.
As the saying goes, being touched is always there, enlightenment comes in a moment.
After hearing the old song, Chen Jue suddenly realized that the so-called touching feeling he had been pursuing was actually hidden in his seemingly ordinary life in the past.
When he finally woke up, he realized that he had walked more than 200 kilometers without realizing it, from Beidu to nearby Cangzhou.
Having had the experience of hiking into the old forest of Gongshan Mountain before, Chen Jue found that he did not feel tired at all after walking more than 200 kilometers that day. Instead, he felt very fulfilled.
He took out his cell phone and checked it, and found that it was already past 9 o'clock in the evening. He had been gone for 13 hours since he left home at 6 o'clock in the morning. He took a look at WeChat and saw an apology message from Cheng Wei.
This roommate was only concerned with reconciling with his ex-girlfriend at the time and was so blinded by love that he simply threw aside Chen Jue, his good roommate. When he came to his senses, he found that Chen Jue had already run away.
Chen Jue smiled at the message and typed a teasing reply: "Congratulations to Wei Gou for leaving the group of single dogs!" Then he put away his phone and found a hotel on the busy streets of Cangzhou to stay in.
A day of hiking brought him a lot of . Although he has not yet truly understood his own way of practice, he has gradually realized where his own feelings of emotion are hidden.
After taking a hot shower in the hotel bathroom to wash off the dust accumulated on his body throughout the day, Chen Jue went downstairs to find a roadside shop to eat a meal of donkey meat hotpot and two pieces of Cangzhou fried cakes. Then he went back to the hotel to sleep and rest.
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I slept very soundly that night and woke up the next day feeling very energetic. After checking out of the hotel, I walked around the streets of Cangzhou with my backpack and had cornmeal buns, fried dough sticks, and lamb intestine soup for breakfast.
After getting used to the light southern food, it’s nice to try the northern flavors occasionally.
He took out his cell phone and hailed a ride. After half an hour, Chen Jue arrived at a large villa in the suburbs of Cangzhou, where the authentic Bajiquan was hung.
It was still morning, and there were bursts of humming and hawing sounds coming from the yard. Chen Jue pricked up his ears to listen. It was Master Li Xiang doing morning exercises in the yard.
After knocking on the big iron gate of the courtyard, the gate was opened from the inside. Li Xiang, wearing a black training suit, looked at Chen Jue in surprise and said, "Master Chen Jue! Why are you here?"
Li Xiang was a little curious. The news that Chen Jue won the first place in the competition had spread throughout the martial arts circles yesterday. Although he left the competition early, he still heard a little about it.
After all, as the champion of the tenth major competition, Li Xiang was hard to find an opponent in the world. He was suddenly defeated by a young man who suddenly appeared, so naturally he was impressed by Chen Jue.
When he saw Chen Jue again after just a few days, Li Xiang discovered that the young man in front of him was no longer as confused as before, nor was he as elegant and ethereal as before. Instead, he had become a different person, like a living person with flesh and blood, giving people a sense of closeness without the slightest sense of distance.
This feeling was extremely subtle. If Li Xiang had not mastered the martial arts and boxing techniques to the point of transformation and had not had rich life experience, he would not have been able to notice any change in Chen Jue.
"I just happened to be passing by Cangzhou, so I wanted to come and visit you, Master Li Xiang!"
"Are you welcome?" Chen Jue smiled slightly.
"Of course you're welcome!"
“Isn’t it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?”
"Master Chen Jue, please come in!" Li Xiang laughed, opened the iron gate, and invited Chen Jue into the villa.
Inside the yard is a four-story country villa with a cement floor. There are eighteen kinds of weapons, including swords, spears, halberds, etc., as well as a row of wooden poles, red-tasseled spears and large iron spears. There are also several stone locks and stone burdens of varying weights, as well as modern fitness dumbbells and barbells.
There are no messy signs or banners, just simple and unadorned training grounds.
In addition, there is a large open-air swimming pool behind the compound, which is filled with water. It is obviously used by Li Xiang for underwater practice.
Next to the courtyard wall there is a flower bed planted with various bright flowers, plants, melons and fruits, which is well maintained.
“What a great place to practice!”
"No wonder you are so skilled in martial arts, Master Li Xiang !"
"Such a great place for cultivation, with no one disturbing you, very quiet. Even I feel a little envious when I see it." Chen Jue said this after taking a look around the yard.
After being praised by Chen Jue, Li Xiang smiled and said, "My wife helps me clean up. Over the years, I have also taught some wealthy students who came here because of my reputation. I have made a little money and I can barely make ends meet."
Taking Chen Jue into the living room of the villa, Li Xiang put down his backpack and went to make tea at the tea table in the living room.
Chen Jue stood and looked at the walls of the living room. Hanging on them were many photos of family outings and children's award certificates, which were full of the fun of life.
In Chen Jue's eyes, perhaps only a training environment that is so close to life can produce a simple and heroic master of Hua Jin like Li Xiang.
