Chapter 65: Mother Zhou teaches her son
The evening breeze blew over the Liu Lake. Although Zhou Tieyi hadn't eaten all day, he wasn't hungry.

In his stomach, there were two Tiger and Leopard Strengthening Marrow Pills, which were increasing his Qi and blood strength all the time.

Mother Zhou continued, "I was born into a fishing family. I was born with the ability to fish. So even though I grew up in a black-sailed boat, I never went hungry before I was six years old."

She thought for a moment and added, "Maybe I went hungry before I was three, but I was young at that time and naturally don't remember it."

For the first time, Zhou Tieyi listened carefully to his mother's life story without interrupting.

Zhou's mother continued, "Although I have never been hungry, I know how other fishermen go hungry, especially those with many children. When they see food, they become like wolves, with frightening green eyes."

Zhou Tieyi suddenly thought of a question, "So they didn't steal the fish you caught?"

"Of course I did."

Zhou's mother replied, "Before I was six years old, I would secretly go fishing at night under the moonlight. We would not roast the small fish we caught, but slice them thinly and eat them with my mother. We would keep the expensive fish, such as crucian carp, in the fish tank on the boat. When there was a market, my mother would secretly sell them to exchange for cloth and food."

"But this kind of thing can't be kept secret for long, right?"

"Yeah, it can't be kept secret for long."

Mother Zhou said with a bit of disappointment, "A few fish are enough to kill people."

Zhou Tieyi suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

An orphan and a widow, a black-sailed boat, and a little fishing girl who can fish.

It is said that their mother obtained a book by dissecting a fish when she was six years old, and from then on she directly entered the fourth level of Taoism without any obstacles in between. What about the age of six, before she entered the Taiyi Temple?
"When I was five years old, it was cold and the south was frozen. It was hard for everyone to fish, but I was the only one who could fish on the icy lake. I could catch good fish and exchange them for silver to buy cotton clothes, so my mother and I could live well. But after ten days, everyone found that my mother and I had not frozen to death, so they secretly watched us to find out the reason."

"After they found out that I was good at night fishing, several families wanted to take me away. My mother refused, so they beat her and eventually killed her in front of them."

Zhou's mother's expression was still calm, but Zhou Tieyi had already hidden his murderous intentions, "These families should all be killed!"

Suddenly he changed his mind and thought that after so many years, the revenge should have been taken long ago. He just didn't know who took revenge, his mother, Taiyi Temple, or his father?
"He deserves to be killed."

"When I was six years old, I found a book by dissecting a fish. They couldn't understand the book, so they planned to sell it at the market in a few days. I secretly read it overnight and entered the ninth rank of Taoism. The next night, while they were all asleep, I killed all three families, including men, women, old and young, a total of 21 people!"

Zhou Tieyi looked at someone who didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

No wonder I entered the ninth rank in six days. My mother just took a look and didn’t ask any more questions.

Reaching the ninth level overnight, this talent for practicing Taoism is truly unprecedented.

"However, this also poses a hidden danger."

Zhou's mother stated calmly that she did not think she was wrong to kill the other family.

People all over the world can judge this logic, and as a six-year-old myself, I was not wrong.

"What's the hidden danger?"

"God is watching what people do. When I entered Taoism, I didn't kill the wrong person, but killing is killing, not to mention wiping out an entire family. I am pitiful, but aren't the people of the same age who were killed by me also pitiful?"

"I didn't understand it when I was young, but when I grew up and was taught the truth, I felt guilty and became obsessed. I have to go down the mountain and figure this out before I can enter the third rank."

Zhou Tieyi frowned and said, "What's so confusing? This Taiyi Temple is just teaching people nonsense!" Zhou's mother looked at her son and said, "You can kill people with a smile, but don't teach people to kill with a smile!"

"People outside say that you are a cruel official. I don't care about this. After all, a cruel official can only bring disaster to one generation. My Zhou family will also resist the blessing and disaster. But I am afraid that if you are forced by them, you will not be a cruel official, and write down your evil thoughts, which will bring disaster to hundreds of generations."

Zhou Tieyi was silent for a long time, then he smiled and said, "Mother said she had no talent, but this godson's talent is much better than Mei Qingchen's."

"No one knows a child better than his mother. I have seen the changes in you during this period. I used to not believe in the Buddhist theory of karma, but now it seems that the calamity that led to my going down the mountain was not due to your father, but to you. Back then, I had a reason to kill someone else's entire family, and today you also have a reason to kill someone else's entire family."

"It's just that I was ignorant at that time and no one taught me. Now you are sensible, so I want to teach you."

Zhou Tieyi looked at the lake and said, "Then I will promise my mother that I will leave a way out for others in the future."

Zhou's mother smiled and said, "That's a very good point."

As she spoke, she looked toward the lake and said, "I can only teach you so much about the principles of being a human being. But I can teach you more about fishing and cultivating the Tao."

Zhou Tieyi looked at the lake curiously.

Zhou's mother continued, "Zhuangzi said, 'If you can ride on the righteousness of heaven and earth and control the six qi, you can travel endlessly. Twenty years ago, I was practicing Taoism and fishing, and I was inspired by the five words 'control the six qi'. I created a method called Fishing Zhoutian Six Qi Jue. Luckily, I am better than all the Taoist friends in the world. You just wait and see."

After saying that, Zhou's mother raised the pole in her hand vigorously, and Zhou Tieyi looked at the pole carefully.

I saw that the bamboo pole was divided into twenty-four sections, and there was a small man guarding each section. When the pole was raised, the wind, frost, rain and dew, spring came and autumn went, the four seasons changed, and the weather was ever-changing.

The water of Willow Lake before your eyes turns into raindrops, clouds, ice and frost, lake water, fog, and haze as the weather rises.

The fish in the lake, seeing the change in the weather, could not tell the difference between being on the shore or in the lake.

As they swam, they finally reached mid-air. The school of fish surrounded Zhou's mother and the others, wagging their heads and tails. They suddenly realized that they had already risen up with the wind and were swimming in the air under the waning moon and stars.

Above Willow Lake, the rules of heaven and earth have changed silently, but even the fish did not notice.

"This is?"

Zhou Tieyi asked.

Many people are certainly able to lift up the lake water and turn it into clouds. However, making the fish change their habits and even overcome gravity to swim alive in the clouds is definitely not something that ordinary people can do!
The Taoist three grades of 'celestial phenomena'.

"Mother, you have already broken through to the third level!"

Zhou Tieyi said happily.

If Zhou's mother entered the third rank, she would definitely not be comparable to an ordinary third rank!
The current situation of the Zhou family is also very different!
Mother Zhou shook her head and said, "Not yet."

Zhou Tieyi had a strange look on his face, suspecting that his mother was teasing him. If it were true that fortune tellers were unable to predict the fortunes of their closest relatives, he would have definitely taken a look at Zhou's mother's appearance.

Mother Zhou smiled proudly and said, "Who said that if you don't break through to the upper third level, you can't see the 'celestial phenomena'? I have been thinking about it for more than 20 years. Although I haven't figured out the principles of the upper third level, I have figured out the 'celestial phenomena'."

After that, she handed the fishing rod to Zhou Tieyi and said, "I just want to tell you one thing. For the past twenty years, everyone in the world thought that the Zhou family had trapped me, the fish. But they are not fish, so how can they know whether the fish is trapped here or is enjoying it."

(End of this chapter)