Chapter 122: Exploration
"Can you tell me what you want such a large number of souls to do, it seems that harvesting souls was the favorite thing of the Asura clan in ancient times. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info You have a hint, otherwise I really don't dare to let the soul in, and the thing that destroys the true soul is hurtful to the merit. Although Zhou Hao was a little excited in his heart, he strongly controlled his emotions and asked lightly, which was also what he had always wondered.
There was silence in the space, as if the aunt didn't want to answer the question.
Zhou Hao shrugged his shoulders helplessly after waiting for a long time, only when it was inconvenient for his aunt or he fell asleep again, he gave up the idea of continuing to communicate with her, took another material and put it into Wu Ding, and then devoted all his heart and soul to the great cause of alchemy.
After Zhou Hao advanced again, it was already very easy to use Wu Ding Alchemy, and he had accumulated a lot of experience in alchemy in the past, but when he practiced a furnace of Zhuji Dan, he looked at the nine golden pills in Wu Ding in a daze, "Didn't you say that one material can only practice six pills, how can you refine so many by yourself?" Could it be that I have played for a long time or Wu Ding has the ability to bonus? ”
"Stupid! One material is only nine pills, you are really stupid! Auntie's ridicule suddenly sounded, and it seemed that Zhou Hao's so-called extraordinary performance this time made her very dissatisfied.
"Dan Fang said that one material can only make six pills, and I can practice nine grains is already very good." Zhou Hao was unconvinced.
"The most powerful person I've ever seen can practice eighteen pills with the same amount of medicine, and other people's pill furnaces are still ordinary magic weapons...... Boy, you're far behind! ”
"Alright then, I'll do some research!" Zhou Hao didn't talk back, but responded very seriously, then closed his eyes and entered meditation, recalling the process of alchemy he had just made again and again in the sea of consciousness.
Although this aunt is a little out of tune, although she has not met each other, and she has been miserable many times, Zhou Hao will take anything she says seriously. Because Zhou Hao knew in his heart: Hou Tuwu would never put a scourge in the space, and this aunt would definitely not harm herself.
To be honest, the alchemy in Zhou Hao's memory only came from the alchemy of the human race collected by Wu, and it was not a complete system. However, Zhou Hao had in his mind the complete inheritance of the Wu clan's refining of the decoction, and in his understanding, refining medicine and alchemy required the accuracy of the temperature change in the furnace, the appropriateness of the timing of the blending of medicinal power, and the stability of the input of witch power. If the alchemy fails or the efficiency of the pill is not high, it must be caused by the fact that you are not good enough in these three aspects.
Zhou Hao also has a unique ability: heart and eye vision. Under his mind, the slightest change in the material after entering the Ding, the slightest fluctuation of the medicinal power at different temperatures, and the fluctuation of the spiritual power in the Ding caused by the input of his own magic power could all be played slowly and frame by frame in his divine consciousness like slow motion.
After doing this, what remains is what Zhou Hao is best at-exhaustive method, using a large number of materials to pile up the most perfect alchemy technique and result!
Anyway, there is space, and Zhou Hao will definitely not worry about whether he will be too wasteful and extravagant to do this......
Succeed! 6 capsules...... Fail, come again!
Fail!
It's okay, come again!
Succeed!
Seven ...... It seems that the time to adjust your temperature is better than last time? Make a note and try again......
I don't know how much material Zhou Hao wasted, anyway, a large medicine jar beside him was already filled with the size of peanuts and rice, and when he finished alchemy again, he suddenly burst out laughing.
12 capsules, has been able to stabilize at the level of 12 pills in one ingredient.
It's just that when Zhou Hao breathed a sigh of relief and was about to open another furnace, the mysterious aunt suddenly spoke: "Enough, the rest is the subtle level of control, you can't do this with your current cultivation." For the sake of your earnestness, would I give you a hint? ”
"Finally, there's a clue!" Zhou Hao exhaled lightly, calmed down his suddenly excited emotions, and said slowly: "Please speak." ”
"How many people are there on this planet now?"
"7.7 billion!" Zhou Hao thought about it seriously and said an approximate number.
"How many years ago?"
"Uh, I don't know!" However, Zhou Hao roughly estimated in his heart that the global population during World War II was about one billion, and he had no impression at all, but it would never exceed the population during World War II.
"Has it increased or decreased?"
"Increase!" After Zhou Hao said these two words, his whole body suddenly stiffened, as if he had been struck by lightning, and he stood in place.
After the gods were sealed, the six saints redivided the ten thousand types of life in the world. All creatures with roots, qualifications, mana, and supernatural powers, plants and trees are divided into the earth immortal realm, and a reverse enchantment is set up to separate from the human realm, and it is allowed to go up and down. The six realms of reincarnation belong to the redrawn realm, and the heavenly path belongs to the thirty-three days and the earth immortal realm; Humanity and animal husbandry belong to the human realm; The Asura Path, the Hungry Ghost Path, and the Regional Path belong to the underworld.
Every life means an eternal and immortal true spirit, this is the rule of the Great Dao. True spirit reincarnation, this is the rule of heaven. Under the constraints of the Great Dao and the Heavenly Dao, where did the true spirits of the more than 7 billion people on the earth come from?
The avenue is invisible, giving birth to the world; The avenue is ruthless, running the sun and the moon; The avenue is nameless, and all things are nourished for a long time. If the vast universe is the sea and the true spirit is water, it is impossible for the water to flow only into the small bathtub of the earth, and the water in the bathtub does not overflow and flow to other places.
Could it be that my aunt thinks that there is already too much life on the earth, so she wants me to keep collecting souls to lighten the burden on the earth? But shouldn't this matter be handled automatically by the six reincarnations? Now you have to do it yourself......
Are the six realms of reincarnation broken?
For example, there is a problem with the ability to balance the population...... A conjecture that was so bold that it was almost absurd suddenly appeared in Zhou Hao's mind, completely disturbing his heart, and after scrapping a few materials and barely refining them into a barrier-breaking pill, he flashed out of the space.
In the Red Palace, Zhou Hao appeared in the grove very abruptly, a group of young cultivators were sitting upright within the scope of the Spirit Gathering Array he left behind to condense qi and practice, Yunhe, Meng Shi and Gongsun hurriedly greeted Zhou Hao after seeing him.
"This is your elixir, I will give it to you as soon as I have a high number of pills." Zhou Hao waved his hand, and dozens of bottles of pills suddenly appeared and slowly flew towards Yunhe. Yunhe took it and opened a bottle casually, his eyes froze, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Top-grade!" ”
"I don't know how many products it is, but the efficacy of the medicine is guaranteed." Zhou Hao smiled and bowed, "I have a question I want to ask, I don't know if it's okay?" ”
"Venerable asked, Yunhe should know everything, and he has no words!" Seeing that Zhou Hao was so serious, Yunhe hurriedly shook his robe, stood on his feet, hugged Yuan Shouyi with both hands, and put on a humble posture of answering questions.
Zhou Hao was not polite, and asked directly, "How do Taoists view reincarnation?" ”
Yunhe's eyes darkened when he heard Zhou Hao's question, and he didn't know how to answer Zhou Hao's question for a while.
Taoism has the saying that there are five reincarnations and six golden bridges.
The so-called five realms are derived from the "Taishang Laojun Void Natural Origin Sutra": one is the god of heaven (Shinto); Those who are in the second way are gods in flesh and bones, and they are human gods (humane); Those who are of the three realms, the gods enter the beasts, and they are the gods of the beasts (the way of animals); The four realms, the gods enter the Xue Li, and the hungry ghost name of the Xue Li is also (hungry ghost road); The Five Paths, the gods enter the mud, and the mud is the name of hell. (Hell Road).
The six bridges refer to the Golden Bridge, the Silver Bridge, the Jade Bridge, the Stone Bridge, the Wooden Bridge, and the Bamboo Bridge. To put it simply, it is similar to the six reincarnations of Buddhism, which all promote that those who do good become gods, and those who do evil go to hell, and persuade people to abandon evil and follow good.
But Yunhe knew that there was no way to tell Zhou Hao this set of statements, and a murderous witch found a Taoist to ask about reincarnation, not because he felt that he had killed too many people and was worried about going to hell in the future. But if you tell the truth...... Yunhe clearly remembers the ancient legend of Daomen - Wu believes that the ancestral spirit will live forever in heaven and earth, and the descendants will continue to live forever. The most annoying thing is the theory of reincarnation!
Zhou Hao looked at the uncertain look on Yunhe's face, and he didn't urge, just stood and looked at him with a smile. After a long time, Yunhe glanced at Zhou Hao with a complicated expression, and then slowly spoke: "Taoism has no reincarnation, the form exists, the god exists, and the form Xie destroys." ”
Zhou Hao frowned after hearing this, "If there is no reincarnation, the sentence "The Inner Scene of the Yellow Court" says, 'Dying thoughts of the gods come back from the dead, and the soul is still alive forever', but it clearly persuades people to cultivate and unite their souls in order to maintain themselves in the next life, what is the explanation?" ”
Yun He smiled bitterly when he heard this, but he forgot that the person in front of him was still a Chinese doctor, but "Huang Ting" must be familiar with it.
"Life is made up of souls...... Yun He finally decided to say his realization, but after he said the first sentence, he glanced at Zhou Hao cautiously, lest Zhou Hao turn his face. However, Zhou Hao nodded with a smile at this time, obviously he agreed with his statement, and couldn't help but be bolder.
"After a person's death, his soul will be scattered in the heavens and the earth, and then under the power of the Great Dao, the scattered souls scattered after death of other beings will be recombined into a new soul aggregate, and then reincarnated into the life of the physical body, that is, a new life form, so that the spirit of life can continue." After Yunhe finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Zhou Hao, this paragraph definitely did not conform to the concept of Wu's soul, but Zhou Hao was still smiling, and seemed to have a lot of experience.
"The words of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Scene Sutra and what Daozu said, 'Carry the camp and embrace one, can be inseparable' are based on this concept, 100% life reincarnation, which can only be done by high true virtue."
After listening to it, Zhou Hao savored it carefully, and realized something.
He knew the attitude of the witch towards the soul, but Zhou Hao thought that the witch back then was a bit dead-eyed.
Ancestral spirits live forever...... What if there were no tribes that continued to sacrifice large numbers of souls?
Eventually, the ancestral spirits will slowly dissipate. The reason why the soul and reincarnation and reincarnation have become taboos for the Wu clan is just a feeling that the Wu clan hopes to accompany and protect his tribe out of respect for his ancestors.
"So, how do Taoists understand the afterlife and karmic retribution?" Zhou Hao was a little smarter at this time, and instead of using reincarnation, he used the word afterlife.
"The true spirit is immortal, but the karmic retribution of good and evil in this life will be contaminated with the true spirit, and when the soul is recondensed, good will return to good, and evil will return to evil. Therefore, the core of the life of the soul combination in the next life is still your true spirit as the seed, and the power of the Great Dao is an objective existence that is formless and invisible, and you still can't escape the fate of being liquidated, so it is said that 'the heavenly net is restored, negligent but not lost', 'the heavenly way has no relatives, and is always with good people'. ”
This time, because he had no worries, Yunhe replied quickly.
Zhou Hao nodded expressionlessly after hearing this, "Thank you!" I still have something to ......."
"Wait!" Seeing that Zhou Hao was about to leave suddenly, Yunhe hurriedly shouted, and at the same time took out a few storage bags in his hands. "Here are the alchemy materials we found out from the relics of our old friends and the inheritance of several major alchemy sects, if there is a chance, please also ask the Venerable to choose the best talent to pass it on, and it can be regarded as helping the alchemy family to leave a legacy."
Zhou Hao glanced at Yunhe, took the storage bag with both hands and said, "Thank you for your trust!" Leave! ”