Xiu Erdai's daily essays

0443_Retreat

You're right, I really need to train my mind, I thought so after I came back from the chain mission of getting the core, but I was interrupted by the matter of Yu and the secret realm.But... the disturbing feeling during the chain mission seems to be gone now, and I don't know if it's numb or my mood has improved.

When it comes to refining the mind, there are two commonly used methods.

A kind of retreat, that is, shutting oneself in confinement, temporarily cutting off contact with others—the Internet is also cut off, and all communication devices are turned off—to think quietly about oneself.This is a kind of precipitation in a daze.Reflect on the past, speculate on the future, scrutinize mistakes, and simulate what is right.Wander alone in the vast ocean of thinking, let go, relax, and inadvertently touch inspiration and epiphany.

The other is to join the world, that is, to get in touch with as many people as possible and participate in various events, without thinking too deeply about each event, the meaning of each person and the extended meaning behind it, just to experience and understand Go with the flow and feel it.

Generally, the two are used in combination.Joining the WTO provides material for thinking in the retreat, and the retreat maximizes the income from joining the WTO.When the cultivation level is low, because of limited cognition, so more time is in the WTO. After the cultivation level is high and knowledgeable, entering the WTO becomes a repeated experience. On the contrary, the world of brain supplementation is more exciting, and retreat is more beneficial.

Considering that I have too little time to be alone recently, I retreated for two days first...

It's true two days, not a false finger.

When I have nothing to think about, nothing to think about, and start turning books, studying, and taking a nap in my mind, my retreat will naturally end.

Two missions, this settled too quickly.

"What do simple-minded children have to think about? Just do it." My father commented, "The value of retreat is to sort out the complicated thoughts in the brain, and bring up the messy moments one by one to savor the experience carefully, so that Calm down from the fluster of being overwhelmed by others, and take a calm step again. It is to face oneself after eliminating interference, to strengthen one's own choice, and to polish a better self in order to face the world better."

Me: "Don't I need such a retreat after going through two missions?"

My dad: "You can't guess whether you need it or not. Your mind will send out messages. When you want to take a rest, the fragments of the task are constantly flashing in your mind, and you analyze these fragments unconsciously, which makes you unable to do it at all. Resting, or even doing other things are constantly disturbed by those fragments, and you have to work hard to restrain yourself to concentrate, then you need to retreat. Retreat to concentrate on realizing those fragments until they are fully digested."

Me: "I am."

My father: "What are you? You found out that a lot of task information was put in boxes and didn't open them for you to see, so you turned over and over again to open the box with greedy eyes. You said that you have retreated for the past two days and realized the task itself. How much time did it take, how much time did you spend guessing what the mission was about?"

Me: "... guessing itself is not understanding?"

My father: "It's okay, but if you guess more and more troublesome, it runs counter to the purpose of the retreat. After the retreat, the confusion should be greatly reduced, not the opposite. Unless more question marks make you more determined and have a clear goal, otherwise This doesn't make much sense. Of course, the two-day retreat doesn't mean much in itself, it can only be said to be a reflection."

I have to reflect on what I have done?

In the end, my father reluctantly comforted me: "You have guessed all the questions you can guess, and there is nothing left to guess. If you don't bother to guess again in the future, you have achieved the purpose of meditation, and it is not a waste of retreat."

Me: ... oh.

0444_task record

Since my father said that my brain cells are not very useful - I think that's what he meant - not suitable for such mental work as a retreat, so I went to the mission office to pick up the mission.

Going to Yuhe also counted the amount of quests, plus the amount of quests obtained from the unused chain quests before, I can wait for a few months before restarting the quest, but the amount of quests is a thing, a positive value is better than a negative value Good value.

After my golden core period, if the amount of tasks saved in the foundation period is positive, I can still exchange some gifts.If it is negative, not only will there be a fine, but the amount of the negative will be directly counted into the task volume record of the Golden Core Stage, that is, if after entering the Golden Core Stage, the task volume of the Foundation Establishment Stage is still three short, then the Golden Core Stage From the first year onwards, there were three golden core period tasks to be done.

——When the task record is negative, there will be a fine every month. First, the monthly fee will be deducted, and then the task reward and daily benefits will be exploited according to the percentage.If you say that there are many fines, it doesn't count. Those disciples who owe dozens of missions are also living well, but every time you have some supplies, you have to pay less than others, which is still very unpleasant.

In comparison, when the task amount is recorded as a positive value, the benefits that can be obtained directly are not that great, except for the gift exchange after the upgrade, there is nothing else, and those gifts that can be exchanged can only be said to be at the gift level. Interesting, so-so practical value.

But don't mention the gifts, the remuneration of the task itself will not make the task executor suffer, and if the task amount record is positive, it is also a kind of proof. For some difficult tasks, the task office will only open to disciples with good task records, and The difficulty of the task is always directly proportional to the income of the task. This income includes material, but also includes the improvement of strength, so any self-motivated disciple will be moved.

0445_screening task

I plan to take on a simple but time-consuming task this time. It is best not to have much contact with the living, oh, don't touch the dead.

For example, it is the kind of collection tasks in online games, where the character hangs up and collects, and the player can sit aside and stare at the progress bar or the countdown in a daze.Or the one that automatically kills monsters will do.

Anyway, the task itself does not require mental power, just do some physical work, let me let my mind go.

Note: Not a task within the sect.Compared with living strangers, acquaintances are more troublesome. After all, strangers can be completely ignored, but acquaintances can pay attention to everything.

I searched through the list of tasks by changing the keywords, and found that Yunxiazong is not friendly to pure physical work. I finally found one. Not only can it be completed in a day or two, but the pay is so low that even if you include the travel expenses, you still have to lose money. It seems that it is only used to collect the amount of tasks.

As soon as it was hung up, it was quickly picked up, and it was very popular.Although I didn't intend to accept it at first, but even if I wanted to, someone else would have snatched it while I was still evaluating the task in front of the briefing.I'm not quick enough when it comes to competition.Just like online shopping and flash sales in my previous life, I can only secretly suspect that all the quotas have been reserved by default after I can't get them.

The brother at the task office suddenly contacted me and said: "There is a task, and it seems that the second son is asked to accept it by name. I don't know if you are willing or not."

I seem to?"

Brother: "The words used by the entrusting person are 'a very beautiful person', 'like the surname is Pei', 'should be in the foundation building period', 'should only be in his teens', 'the last time Wanxin's secret realm was opened was to enter One of Wanxin's people', 'holding a spirit beast that looks like a cat'."

Oh, if it's limited to Yunxia Sect, it does sound like I'm talking about me.However, "This way of describing, the client doesn't know me at all? Even my last name is not sure."

Brother: "In fact, he should have nothing to do with you. He is a mortal, a child who has just entered elementary school, has no spiritual roots, and his interest in monks is not as great as that of model airplanes."

Me: "Then why did you name me?"

Brother: "This involves the task content, I will send you the introduction."

0446_old man

In the introduction of this task, I saw a name at a glance, He Xunyu.

If my memory is not good enough, I am afraid that this name will not leave the slightest impression on me.That old monk in the early stage of Foundation Establishment who asked me if he could pick cat grass in Wanxin Secret Realm.

It turned out that the man was still alive.

When Wanxin and I appeared in front of He Xunyu as a ghost, he was so frightened that he immediately fell to the ground, his whole body trembling as if he was about to fall apart, and he fainted after holding on for less than ten seconds.At that time, I was worried that he would be scared to death, but later I saw that he walked out of Wanxin alive, although his face was so ugly that it was normal to die anytime.

I because the magic weapon he got looks like a spirit stone, specifically, it is a medium-grade spirit stone, which is He Xunyu's most valuable asset. It has been cherished as a treasure since he got it, and he is reluctant to use it no matter what. .

To be honest, I don't quite understand his thinking.It's really not that I don't feel pain in my back when I stand and talk, but because of the special nature of Lingshi.

Although spirit stones are the common currency in the cultivation world and are also of high value in the mortal world, but for monks, the most important value of spirit stones lies in the spiritual energy contained in them, which can be directly used to replenish when monks consume too much spiritual power The resources of spiritual power can sometimes even allow a monk to regain his life.Usually, spirit stones are used to set up formations, refine weapons, etc., and they are also useful.No matter how it is used, it must be better than pressing the bottom of the box anyway.

He Xunyu refused to use this spiritual stone even when his spiritual power was exhausted, I really couldn't understand.This is not just asking for money or life, it is about holding the red medicine with only a little blood left but refusing to drink it. What kind of spirit is this?Especially when he knew that his storage bag would definitely be picked up by others after his death, and the mid-grade spirit stone inside would also be taken away by others.

What I can't even understand is why such a person can get a ticket to Wanxin's Secret Realm.

Alas, it seems that this task cannot be accepted. Once I take it, I will start all kinds of doubts, guesses, brainstorming, overthrowing, and guessing again... I agreed to empty my mind, although the task itself is not complicated.