Chapter 19, The Legend of the Immortals
An oil lamp, two figures.
"Ancestor, is there really an immortal law in the world?"
Tang Ruting waved his hand, the oil lamp went out, and the little red star was swallowed by the darkness, only to hear Tang Ruting say: "Is there an oil lamp in this house?"
Tang Bai was stunned for a moment, and understood what Tang Ruting meant, he couldn't see the oil lamp in the dark, but the oil lamp existed; in the same way, people couldn't see the immortal road, but the legendary immortal also existed.
The lights were lit and flickered.
"It is said that the "Lotus Sutra" is an immortal scripture, why don't I have the consciousness of cultivating immortals. β
Tang Ruting thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Ancestor doesn't know the scriptures, nor does he know the method of cultivating immortals, so he doesn't know how to solve your doubts. β
After speaking, he remembered what happened some time ago, as well as the experience that seemed to be a dream, and muttered for a long time before he said lightly: " There have been some ancient books that record the immortal saying, it is said that there are people who fly to the sky and escape to the earth hidden in the mountains and wilderness, on the overseas desert island; but those records have no basis to prove, when I was young, I heard people say, in a fairy island to the east of here, there are people called real people, understand the law of the change of yin and yang of heaven and earth, detached and alone, over 100 years old, the legend has the method of becoming immortals, the gate to heaven, but the truth is difficult to argue. β
"Real people?"
Tang Bai felt very familiar with these two words, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, remembering the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" that he had read in his previous life, in which the Yellow Emperor and Qi Bo's Q&A mentioned the word "real person", which seemed to be the name of the ancient characters, could it be that the world he was in was the mysterious ancient.
In ancient times, there were many books on the earth that vaguely mentioned it, but there was no detailed record, and that period of history completely disappeared in the long river of time, and even left no cultural inheritance.
"Ancestor, can you lend me those ancient books?"
Tang Bai was anxious, he wanted to know if there was a record of the Buddha of Bliss in the ancient books, and he also wanted to see if the immortal characters on it were consistent with the myths and stories on the earth.
Tang Ruting was silent for a while, sighed softly, and gently pressed on a small hidden wooden ball on the side of the bookcase, and the table in front of him slowly moved forward, revealing an entrance of about one square meter below.
Seeing that Tang Bai was stunned, Tang Ruting stepped forward and took Tang Bai's little hand and said softly: "Why are you stunned, let's go." β
Under the dim light, there is only a row of wooden bookshelves, but the bookshelves are full of all kinds of books, each with its own classification, light body exercises, sword techniques, and sword techniquesγγγγγγ The ones listed on the shelves are all martial arts atlas scriptures.
Tang Bai was full of surprise, but with the idea of cultivating immortals, his heart for the pursuit of martial arts was much calmer, but the way of immortals, ethereal, and without a trace, was really distressing.
Tang Ruting took down an ancient book from the wooden frame and handed it to Tang Bai.
The book cover is old, it looks like it has been inherited for a long time, but there is no damage in the slightest, the page material is different from the general book, the texture is tough, the word "Immortal Biography" is written on it, the font is sleek, the gesture is like a knife, there is nothing to do at a glance, if you look carefully, between the strokes, the knife light is like a net, the edge is like electricity, there seem to be thousands of knife lights shot out from the literal face, which makes people tremble and frightened, and give birth to fear.
Tang Bai didn't dare to look at the written handwriting carefully, closed his eyes and breathed before he recovered his mood, but his face was slightly pale, and the sword light was still flashing in his mind.
It seems that the two words that seem ordinary have such power, so what kind of realm has the martial arts of the person who wrote this word reached, could he really become an immortal.
No wonder this book is not placed in the Tang family's library building, it is so weird, I am afraid that it will be difficult for ordinary people to read.
"This book is said to be a generation of martial arts masters, not confused years of martial arts has reached the extreme, I heard that there is still a way of cultivation above martial arts, called psychic. This senior spent 20 years searching for families all over the world, snatching many immortal notes and stone carvings, and after a Jiazi's research, the immortal notes and many stone carvings were sorted into a book, and this book is the "Immortal Biography" in your hand. After Tang Ruting finished speaking, his heart suddenly shook, the word psychic was like a bright lamp, illuminating the direction for him; recently, he always felt that his spirit would enter an inexplicable realm, could it be that the realm of psychic? Spirit, that is, the soul, is the spirit, thinking of this, his heart suddenly opened, his thoughts were clear, and his whole body felt indescribably relaxed. He felt that every muscle and even every trace of hair were clearly appearing in the perception, this perception became clearer and clearer, he seemed to see the five hidden organs in the body, saw the connection between the flesh and blood, the muscles and bones, he felt a faint strange vitality in the air, with vigorous vitality, he couldn't help but suck this trace of vitality into the mouth, into the Tibetan intestines, a refreshing cool flow of air flowed throughout the body, he couldn't help but shudder, sobered up, only to feel that the body seemed to be washed away layers of stains, the body and mind were ethereal, and the energy became very abundant, Keen perception, you can even feel the objects around you without looking at your eyes, maybe because of smell, maybe because of intuition, this feeling is very vague, but it is real, this is cultivating immortals, this is psychic, he couldn't help but think.
In a trance, Tang Ruting realized that there was a vigorous vitality spreading in his upper body. He didn't know, he closed his eyes and stared, trying to enter the realm just now, but he couldn't find that feeling.
"What about the others?"
Tang Bai asked, seeing that Tang Ruting was silent, he looked up, and saw the old man standing not far in front of him, closing his eyes and concentrating, as if he was asleep, but Tang Bai felt that a change had occurred in the old man's body that he couldn't understand, this change couldn't be seen with his eyes, he couldn't hear it with his ears, it was just an instinctive feeling.
"Old Ancestor!" Tang Bai shouted in a low voice.
Tang Ruting opened his eyes, there was a trace of excitement, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost, he heard Tang Bai's question, looked at the book in Tang Bai's hand and said: "No one knows where he went, he is missing, some people say that he has become an immortal, maybe he has really become an immortal." β
"Legend has it that the place where we live now is an island, as long as we cross the sea, there is a wider and boundless continent, called Tianmen Continent, which is divided into four domains, named after the ancient four divine beasts, one is the Eastern Green Dragon Domain, the second is the Southern Vermilion Bird Domain, the third is the Western White Tiger Domain, and the fourth is the Northern Xuanwu Domain. After Tang Ruting finished speaking, he sighed lightly. The world is so big, and people's lives are so short, even if they spend a lifetime exploring, they are just a corner of the world, like a frog at the bottom of a well, unable to jump out of the world of their own cognition.
Tang Bai stopped talking, opened the "Legend of Immortals", and found that the material of the page was different from the writing, the size of a palm, oval, the color was dark black and yellow, the texture was delicate, very soft, and there were only four ancient big characters on the whole page, like runes, with Tang Bai's knowledge, he couldn't recognize it.
If my guess is correct, the words would be "The gods are dead." Tang Ruting said, he felt that the most precious thing about this "Legend of Immortals" was probably this leather page, for the words on the page, he had spent decades and countless ancient books to find some clues, but he couldn't completely confirm the authenticity of these four words.
When Tang Bai heard this, his heart was shocked, God is the creator and ruler of all things, if the gods are dead, who has the ability to kill the gods? Thinking of this, he inexplicably felt his scalp tingling, and there was an instinctive fear in his heart, these four words seemed to be associated with some mysterious energy in the void.
The holy and the unavoidable are gods, and above the saints are the true gods.
With doubts and fears, Tang Bai opened the book and read it carefully.
"Immortals, support the wind and rain, the children pull out the valley, eat and drink the dew, walk arrogantly, and live a lifeγγγγγ β
"The immortal, the immortal, the god of the grain is immortal, the life is nurtured, the hair is whiter and blacker, and the teeth are rebornγγγγγγ β
"Spread the Shenzhou Ziqi, get three volumes of the Book of Heaven, and get a volume of runes, hidden in Daze, practice for a hundred years, can cause wind and rain, and lead the power of thunderγγγγγ β
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The Chinese version of the book contains magical legends in the form of stories, as well as some plausible heavenly truths, and some words and phrases are uneven, I don't know their meaning; it is nothing more than immortality, flying to the sky, moving mountains and reclamation and other ancient magical legends, and the characters recorded in it are different from the myths and legends circulating on the earth, not to mention the information of the Buddha of Bliss.
This kind of biography can only broaden people's eyes and talk about it after dinner.
Tang Bai shook his head, a little disappointed, put the fairy biography on the bookshelf, and casually pulled out an ancient book from the shelf, on which were written the words "nail fist", opened the first page, only to see the fist scripture, painted a simple sketch, feet in a horse step, the left hand into a palm shape in the abdomen, the right hand punched directly, there are many red dots on the picture, marked with different acupuncture points, such as the common vein map of traditional Chinese medicine;
He studied it carefully, about a pillar of incense time, and knew the general situation in his heart, so he stood according to the map, and immediately felt that the power of the whole body was twisted into a force, and an explosive force gushed out from the lower abdomen, meridians, concentrated fists a little, and the physical body was superimposed together, and an indestructible force came out of the body, like a swift arrow, like an iron nail, as if a steel plate could be penetrated