Chapter 23 The Apprenticeship Ceremony

Zhang Hongyun's words Ye Yang kept every word in his heart, in the past, he just felt that he knew some Taoist magic powers, and if he went deeper, it was just a means to settle down and eat, but he didn't expect that there was more responsibility in it, and Ye Yang's respect for Taoism in his heart was a little more.

Zhang Hongyun also told Ye Yang that "Taiyi Qimen" is broad and profound, but there is no method of cultivation, Taoism has its own set of cultivation methods, which are not passed on, and will be taught to him after apprenticeship.

Taoist cultivation is divided into celestial immortals after feathering ascension and secular mortal monks, feathering ascension is too far away from us, and it is almost impossible for there to be heavenly immortals among mortals nowadays.

Mortal monks can be divided into four levels, the first stage is called Taoist, is the title of Taoist beginner practitioners, whether it is a Taoist monk who practices in Taoism or a metaphysical master who practices in the world, the vast majority of people only stop at this stage in their lives.

The cultivation of the Daoist stage is the body and the heart, and it is easy to do by running the Zhou Tian daily cultivation of true qi to make one's body stronger.

The important thing is inner cultivation, when a person's ability advances by leaps and bounds, there will inevitably be a period of psychological expansion, and all kinds of negative inner factors will breed in the heart, and most people lose themselves because they can't withstand the inner demons.

If you can do it like stopping water, strengthen your original intention and overcome your demons, you will reach the second stage, this process is called retiring from illness and demons in Taoism!

The monks in the second stage are called mages, and compared to the Taoists, the mages have deeper cultivation and energy, and the same magic powers, the Taoists and the mages use them with completely different effects.

However, mages are not able to do whatever they want, and they will also have their own calamities, and at this stage, there is no need to do physical cultivation, but the side effect is that the cultivator will become addicted to his own spiritual world, so that he cannot extricate himself.

If he can't get through it, then he will continue to fall into his own world, disturbing people's hearts and letting people see what he fears the most.

And if you get through it, you will be able to overcome your fears, improve your courage, and see the world as it is, and you will no longer be confused.

The tribulation at this stage is called the Delusional Magic Mirror Tribulation, if you just survive the tribulation, you will not enter the next stage, and if you want to enter the third stage, you must have a certain understanding of the Dao Fa to succeed, which requires talent.

Because of their lack of comprehension of the Dao, many mages have stopped at the mage stage for the rest of their lives, giving up on themselves, having evil thoughts in their hearts, losing their principles, and embarking on the road of no return. The physiognomist who sealed Guan Yingru should be this type.

If a monk successfully enters the third stage, he is called a grandmaster. When you reach the grandmaster level, you will lose all your cultivation, and you have to rely on your strong willpower to survive, and after you praise it, your mana will increase greatly.

Further cultivation is very dangerous, you need to regenerate flesh and blood, reborn, and survive this calamity is already a half-immortal body, this calamity is called a vacuum bone calamity, but it is extremely dangerous, and the slightest mistake will be wiped out, so few people are willing to try.

The grandmaster is already a top-level existence in today's Taoist world, and only when he enters the grandmaster level can he be qualified to be elected as the head of the sect, and there are no more than ten people who can reach the grandmaster level in the world, and there is only Zhang Hongyun Kundao.

Almost every one of these people lived in seclusion and rarely showed up, and Zhang Hongyun was an exception because he was in charge of the general work of the Metaphysical Society.

Therefore, after being able to survive the Vacuum Bone Changing Tribulation, the Five Qi Dynasty Yuan will enter the highest realm of mortals, the fourth stage of the Heavenly Master level. The monks at this stage are called human immortals. For people nowadays, the Heavenly Master is a very distant thing, and they don't know much!

After listening to Zhang Hongyun's narration, Ye Yang was very excited, he had been in contact with the Daomen for some days, except for some theories that he memorized, there was no breakthrough, he always felt wandering outside the door, and he didn't get started.

Zhang Hongyun also explained some of the apprenticeship process and etiquette. and told Ye Yang that from now on to apprenticeship, he should fast, abstain from alcohol, and abstain from women.

Ye Yang kept confirming the process with Zhang Hongyun, for fear that there would be a mistake when he apprenticed, and by the time he and Hu Xiaohui left, it was almost late at night!

Ye Yang later asked if Hu Xiaohui's immortal family's cultivation method was also the same as the Dao sect, and Hu Xiaohui told Ye Yang that the cultivation of the immortal family was different from the cultivation of mortals, and the immortal family was only divided into upper immortals and ordinary family immortals.

The so-called upper immortal is also equivalent to the heavenly immortal after feathering, and the ordinary family immortal has mana since he formed the inner pill and cultivated the spirit body, and then constantly absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, cultivated the inner dan, accumulated merit and improved mana, and finally cultivated the upper immortal. After hearing this, Ye Yang nodded as if he didn't understand......

After a day of preparation, it finally came to the day of apprenticeship, on this day, Ye Yang and Hu Xiaohui came to Zhang Hongyun's dojo early, and after a while, Bai Xueting also came, she got the news of Ye Yang's apprenticeship, and also came to watch the ceremony.

Zhang Hongyun asked a few people to sit down on the first floor of the dojo to rest and wait, and he stayed on the second floor alone. Hu Xiaohui and Bai Xueting were drinking tea and chatting downstairs, Ye Yang was a little nervous, sitting on the side and repeatedly recalling the process of apprenticeship.

When it was close to ten o'clock, Zhang Hongyun called the three of them upstairs, and hung a portrait of Sanqing on the south wall of the second floor, which was one person tall and lifelike.

There is an incense case in front of the portrait of Sanqing, and there is an incense burner in the middle of the incense case. On both sides of the incense burner were offerings, meat and vegetarian dishes, as well as three glasses of wine. There are two futons under the incense table, one in front of the other.

On the east wall, there is a Taishi chair, and next to the Taishi chair there is a small tea table with a tea tray on it. There are two wooden chairs and a wooden coffee table on the west side, and two stools are placed on either side, and Zhang Hongyun is meditating on one of the chairs at this time.

After the three of them went upstairs, they stood in a row facing Zhang Hongyun, Zhang Hongyun also got up, and said to Hu Xiaohui and Bai Xueting with a Tai Chi knot: "Today, the poor road holds an apprenticeship ceremony, and the two girls represent the immortal family, please let the two immortal families be a witness!"

Hu Xiaohui and Bai Xueting leaned forward slightly and returned the salute. Stand aside and watch quietly. Zhang Hongyun looked at his watch, it was already ten o'clock in the morning. Turned to Ye Yang and said, "Prepare, it's time to start!"

Ye Yang nodded and followed her behind Zhang Hongyun to stand in front of the incense case, Zhang Hongyun took three incense sticks and lit them, inserted them in the incense burner, and Ye Yang knelt on the futon one after the other and said: "The ancestor of the Sanqing Dynasty is above, and the disciple Qingcheng Mountain is under the Qing Palace Gate Hongyunzi, today in front of the ancestor to accept the man Ye Yang as a disciple, give the name Donglin, inherit the Taoist incense, Shangbing the ancestor, the text is the evidence, and go straight to the heavens." ”

After that, Zhang Hongyun took out a table document, which recorded the invitation to apprentice, the names of himself and Ye Yang, and the birth date.

The index finger and middle finger of the right hand are brought together, and with a light stroke at the bottom of the table, the text is ignited and burns in mid-air, neither falling nor ashes.

After a while, the kung fu text was burned, and a purple light fell on Ye Yang's body from the sky, and the six-sided seal golden light prepared in advance on Ye Yang's body was released, and after a while, the golden light faded and the six planes showed the words of the seal.

This move shows that the identity of Ye Yang's Taoist disciple has been recognized by the heavens, and the seal is proof that the spell rune stamped with the seal has the blessing of the heavenly way, and the power has increased greatly.

Zhang Hongyun took Ye Yang to bow three times and bow to the statue of the Sanqing Patriarch, and after bowing to the patriarch, Zhang Hongyun got up and sat on the Taishi chair in the east, Ye Yang followed her to the Taishi chair and knelt down facing Zhang Hongyun.

"The master is above, and the disciple Donglinzi bows to the teacher!" Ye Yang said, kowtowed three times to Zhang Hongyun, poured a cup of tea from the tea table next to him, and knelt on the ground with both hands in front of Zhang Hongyun. "Master, please use tea!"

"Hmm!" Zhang Hongyun took the teacup, took a sip, and put it aside! Then Ye Yang took out the yellow-covered apprenticeship card from his chest pocket and presented it with both hands.

Zhang Hongyun took the apprenticeship post, opened it and read it, and wrote vertically from right to left: I have long admired Mr. Zhang Hongyun's noble character and high skills, and he voluntarily worships under the master's door, learns and inherits the teacher's virtues and skills, follows the master's teachings, and works hard and persevers in the skills passed on by the master. Pray, give teaching!

After reading it, Zhang Hongyun put away the apprenticeship post. Then he closed his eyes and put his right hand on the top of Ye Yang's head, and streams of warmth spread throughout Ye Yang's body.

Zhang Hongyun opened his mouth and said: "The first is to take refuge in the Supreme Infinite Dao, the second is to take refuge in the thirty-six Sutras of the Gods, and the third is to take refuge in the Great Master of Xuanzhong!"

Then he opened his eyes, withdrew his hand, and said to Ye Yang, who was kneeling on the ground: "You have taken refuge in the Three Treasures of Taoism and officially become a disciple of the Daomen. ”

Ye Yang nodded: "Listen to Master's teachings!"

Zhang Hongyun continued: "First, it is forbidden to kill indiscriminately, and all sentient beings, above the breath, flying and wriggling of newts, and so on, are not allowed to kill; second, they must not drink alcohol as if they were fatal, unless they are sick or indecent to the law; third, they must not lie, if they do not hear it, if they say it to others without hearing it, if they do not know it, they are all lying words, and what they say is contrary to their hearts; fourth, they must not steal, they must not steal more than one penny, whether they have a master or not, and they must not take anything that is not their own; fifth, they must not commit adultery, those who abstain from adultery, those who are not husband and wife, if they are men or women, are not allowed to commit it, although the husband and wife are not guilty of the precepts, they are also adulterers. ”

"Disciple remember!"

"This string of prayer beads is not an extraordinary product, it is a five-color stone, when the battle of the gods Liuhe Xingjun almost swept the existence of the immortal level as a heavenly master, relying on this divine weapon, for the teacher to get by chance and now give it to you, although this five-color stone is powerful, it can only hurt people, or lives, it is very practical in today's society. Zhang Hongyun took off a string of prayer beads from his left hand and handed it to Ye Yang, who took it with both hands and bowed to Zhang Hongyun three times.

Zhang Hongyun got up and helped Ye Yang up, took him to the Sanqing statue again, tied the Tai Chi knot with his hand, and performed three salutes. After that, he turned around and said, "The apprenticeship ceremony has been completed!" ......