In Anxi County, Dingzhou, an elderly doorman wearing a cloth robe sat behind the tall Zhumen, looking at the bustling crowd on the street in front of the door, and paying attention to the people entering and leaving the Zhumen.

A young man in blue walked into the Zhu Gate and said to the doorman, "Master Zhou, am I in the hall?" The doorman said, "Yes!" "Okay." Childe said, taking out a home-wrapped chicken from the package and giving it to the doorman.

The doorman excused himself: "Don't, don't, son, what's so embarrassing?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you take it and eat it, there are various condiments such as ginger, green onions, garlic, peppercorns, fennel, lotus leaves, etc., it's delicious!" The man in blue stuffed the chicken to the doorman, turned around and left.

The doorman took the chicken and said loudly, "Then thank you, Childe!" Then he peeled away the soil and lotus leaves, revealing a roasted chicken with red and yellow color, crispy flesh, and rich fragrance.

The doorman tore the sour, spicy and refreshing fragrant chicken and feasted on it. The doorman's name is Zhou Yin, who is seventy years old and has no children under his knees, so he eats for the county government guard. Outwardly, he was no different from an ordinary old man.

Then why does the boy in blue respect him so much? It all started late one night.

Late one night, the boy in blue got up to relieve himself, walked from the bedroom to the toilet next to the guest hall, and suddenly found that there seemed to be a dark shadow on the playground in front of the county government office, and there was an oil lamp lit in the guard's room.

The boy in blue tiptoed over to take a closer look, and it turned out to be the doorman Zhou Yin meditating cross-legged on the playground! It was the height of summer, Zhou Yin was shirtless, sitting on the dragon beard seat, his eyes slightly closed, and his hands were guarding in front of the dantian.

The boy in blue waited with bated breath to see what the hell he was up to? Unexpectedly, Zhou Yin meditated for a long time and did not move, and the son turned around to leave, but Zhou Yin let out a strange scream, which was very different from his usual voice.

There was an echo in the sky, and it seemed that someone had promised. In a moment, snowflakes fell from the sky and fell on Zhou Yin's head, Zhou Yin threw out a food bowl, and the snowflakes floated into the basin one after another, and soon filled a pot.

Zhou Yin picked up the food bowl and got up and returned to the guard room, scooped a bowl with a bowl and ate it. Childe followed curiously and shouted, "Master Zhou! ”

Zhou Yin was startled and said, "Who is it?" It turned out to be Ming Gongzi, hehe! Still not sleeping so late? ”

Childe said, "I want to eat snowflakes!" "Okay!" Zhou Yin scooped a bowl for him to eat.

When Childe saw that half of the snowflakes had melted into ice water, he took a sip and felt sweet and cool, which was very relieving of the heat. Childe exclaimed: "It's really snowflakes and ice water!" How can it snow in summer? And will it float to the designated place and not fall elsewhere? ”

Zhou Yin smiled and said: "There are many phenomena in this world that cannot be guessed with common sense, what you see with the naked eye is not necessarily true, and what you can't see with the naked eye does not necessarily exist!" ”

Gongzi's eyes widened and said, "Could it be that Master Zhou is the legendary master of the world?" The big is hidden in the city, and the small is hidden in the wild. Master Zhou is a neglected hermit! ”

Zhou Yin said with a smile: "The son has won the award, the old man is not talented, the old man is not talented!" ”

The next day, Gongzi got up again in the middle of the night, went out for a walk, and saw that there was no light in the guard room, so he walked around the county office.

The street in front of the county government is silent, and there is a hill behind it, with lush forests and bamboos. Childe walked back from the path on the right, and suddenly saw that there seemed to be a faint fire on the hill, so he looked for the path down the mountain and walked up.

Passing through a bamboo forest, there is a huge boulder in front of it, like a stone platform, hidden among the pines and ancient cypresses. Childe was about to walk forward when he suddenly saw a figure shaking, and the man was burning paper.

After burning a stack of papers, the man stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, raised his hands from the bottom to the Baihui acupoint, and then lowered it to the Shenque acupoint in an arc, guarding the dantian. The man let out another strange scream, and there was an echo in the sky, and then a whirlwind blew up, sweeping away the smoke and ashes.

The man turned around and wanted to leave, but Gongzi saw that it was Zhou Yin from a distance, and he was so shocked that he almost screamed. From then on, Childe had special respect for the old man of the doorman and believed that he was a master!

The son's name is Ming Chongyan, the son of Ling Mingke in Anxi County, who is handsome, has a strange demeanor, and loves to learn. Before discovering Zhou Yin's Taoism, he also studied physiognomy from Tu Xiangshi on the street and medical skills from Doctor Yu.

After discovering Zhou Yin's Taoism, Ming Chongyan felt incredible and was particularly interested, pestering Zhou Yin every day to learn his Taoism.

On this day, he took a roast duck from the banquet and gave it to Zhou Yin to eat, and said, "Master Zhou, I see that you usually save money, I have some broken silver here for you to use and improve your life!" ”

Zhou Yin tore off a piece of duck meat, put it in his mouth and ate it with relish, and said while eating: "Ming Gongzi is really good to old decay!" If you have any instructions, the old man will definitely help if he can help! ”

Ming Chongyan said: "I want to learn your old Taoist skills, and I can call for snow in the sky!" Zhou Yin replied: "Taoism is not something that can be learned if you want to, nor can you learn it if you have money, it depends on fate!" ”

Ming Chongyan said: "We should have fate, right?" "We had a good conversation, of course we have a fate!" Zhou Yin said: "But if you want to learn the old Taoist technique, you must first have a general understanding of the three souls and seven spirits!" ”

Ming Chongyan bowed and said, "Master Zhou, please speak, and the apprentice listens." ”

Zhou Yin said: "When a person is about to die, the seven spirits will disperse first, and then the three souls will leave again." The Seven Spirits refer to the corpse dog, the arrow, the bird's yin, the thief swallower, the non-poisonous, the defilement, and the stinky lung! The three souls refer to the fetal light, the cool spirit, and the ghost! ”

These words are not easy to understand, so I will say them in a simple and visual way. The corpse dog is the early warning ability of people after sleeping, and some people have fallen asleep and suddenly woke up, that is, the corpse dog is working. ”

Ming Chongyan took out a pen and paper and memorized it quickly in cursive, listening very carefully.

Zhou Yin continued: "Fu Ya means that after a person falls asleep, his consciousness is still active, controlling the movement of the whole body. Bird Yin is a system for people to replenish yin and return yang, people are asleep, but these systems are still operating automatically! Swallowing thieves means that the human immune system, when you are asleep, the immune system is still swallowing harmful substances in the body. ”

"Non-toxic is the human detoxification system, decontamination is the human metabolic system, stinky lungs are the human respiratory system, if the person can't breathe, the number of qi is exhausted!"

Ming Chongyan said: "The master speaks in simple terms, and the apprentice can understand. Zhou Yin said: "If you understand, it means that your fate and I are deepening!" Some people listen to this as if they were listening to a book from heaven. ”

Zhou Yin then said: "The fetal light in the three souls is the qi of Taiqing Yang and harmony, and it is the layer of brilliance that is shrouded in the surface of the human body; Refreshing is a change in yin energy; The ghost essence is a hybrid of yin energy. ”

"Will Ming Gongzi have a fetal breath? It's breathing with your belly button, like a baby! ”

Ming Chongyan shook his head and said no, Zhou Yin said: "The old Taoist technique is based on the fetal breath, and only by practicing the fetal breath can I learn my Taoist technique!" ”

Ming Chongyan hurriedly said: "Is it easy to practice fetal breath exercises?" The master can rest assured, no matter how difficult it is, the apprentice can get through, no matter what hardship, the apprentice can eat! ”

Zhou Yin said: "You don't need to be in the palace to practice fetal breathing, and you don't need to suffer a lot, but only people who are destined can practice it!" Old decay still has to test the depth of your fate! ”

"How do you test it?" Ming Chongyan said urgently. Think about it, have you ever encountered something in your life that has something to do with the soul? What happened to someone else doesn't count. Zhou Yin said.

Ming Chongyan thought about it carefully and said, "There is." When I was a child, I had a cold and a high fever, and I felt like seven people were pressing on me. I inhale, they inhale, I exhale, they snore. I want to be quiet, they**, I want to sleep, they're noisy. When the cold was cured, the seven disappeared. Listening to what the master just said, it turns out that these seven people are my seven spirits! ”

Zhou Yin nodded and said, "That's right, that's the reason." But if the evidence is not standing, is there anything else going on? Think about it again. ”

Ming Chongyan thought about it again and said, "I remember, when I was ten years old, I had a serious illness, and I dreamed that two people in green shirts took me to the Netherworld Magistrate's Court to be punished. Tsing Yi told me to stand outside the yard and not move, and then they went into the yard. A gust of wind blew, I was really shivering, and suddenly I heard the sound of two sticks beating people, and Tsing Yi came out and said: Forgive you today, only beat you with two sticks and let you go, you thank you and go back. ”

"I said, 'My body did not enter the courtyard, how can I be punished?' Tsing Yi said: People have three souls, one soul is at home, and the second soul is tortured. Look at the side of your shin legs, do you have stick marks? At this time, I woke up, lifted my clothes and saw that there were indeed stick marks on my shin and legs, and it was very painful to walk, and I was limping! ”

Zhou Yin was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Well spoken, it seems that you are really destined, and you are a real piece of jade!" ”

Ming Chongyan said happily: "Master Zhou is willing to teach his disciples!" So when will the Tao be taught? Zhou Yin said: "It's not early today, come back tomorrow!" ”

The next night, the courtyard was silent. Zhou Yin led Ming Chongyan to sit down in a remote corner, and said: "This world is full of things that cannot be seen by human eyes. ”

"If you want to find them and communicate with them, you have to practice the fetal breath gong first. A person who has practiced fetal breathing does not breathe through the mouth and nose, as if he were in a twin. You have to guard the dantian, calm the void, and guide the true qi! ”

"Meaning to stay, in the dantian, like melodious, gathered but not dispersed, then the visceral gas and the external gas, intersected in the dantian. The sun is full of moons, reaching the limbs, flowing through the hundred veins, hitting the spine pun and swimming in the mud nine, and then descending the palace and going down the dantian, the spirit and the breath are together, and the road of the river cart is accessible! ”

Ming Chongyan sat cross-legged on the dragon beard seat, closed his eyes and practiced, his anger sank into the dantian, and his heart was not distracted.

A few months later, Ming Chongyan was able to guide the breath, run the inner pill, and the meridians and veins were all smooth.

Zhou Yin praised the apprentice for his intelligent nature, strong comprehension, and rapid progress. Next, teach him how to communicate with the elves.

Zhou Yin said: "You first settle down, and then close your eyes, and travel to the three officials and nine mansions!" First worship the first grade of the Yuan to bless the Emperor Ziwei, the second to worship the Emperor of the second grade of the Yuan Dynasty to forgive the sins of the local official Qingxu, and then worship the Emperor of the Emperor Dongyin of the third grade of the Yuan Dynasty! Under the three officials, there are also three mansions on the left, the middle and the right, all of which must be visited! ”

Ming Chongyan said: "The apprentices have already visited. Zhou Yin said: "Okay, the old man will teach you to recite the mantra with your mouth, and you must use the fetal breath to pronounce the sound instead of the tongue." ”

Ming Chongyan rushed out of his throat with his fetal breath true qi and let out a strange scream. Zhou Yin said: "You have to practice repeatedly, so that the air flow is connected into a sentence, when the elf appears, don't open your eyes, as soon as you open your eyes, the yin qi will dissipate." ”

Ming Chongyan practiced repeatedly, and was finally able to say a sentence with true qi. As he recited the mantra, a spirit appeared in the air and responded. But he didn't dare to open his eyes, but used the retrospective inner vision method to sense the presence and location of the elves.

Zhou Yin took a long breath and said, "The apprentice can be a teacher!" You have to remember that you can't drive the elves to a place where the yang energy is concentrated to get gold and silver treasures! Ming Chongyan kept it in mind.

Zhou Yin presented him with two volumes of the Book of Heaven, and Ming Chongyan unfolded it to see that it was the "Cool Spirit Sutra" and the "Ghost Spirit Sutra", and the names of the elves were written on the books.

After Ming Chongyan finished his studies, one night, he came to the stone platform on the back mountain, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes and concentrated, and operated the inner dan. Then pronounce it with true qi, and call them one by one according to the names on the "Cool Spirit Sutra" and "Ghost Spirit Sutra".

A thunderous voice came from mid-air, and he promised: "Yui! "Only he who knows how to breathe can hear it, and ordinary people can't hear it even if they stand next to him. He named hundreds of elves in a row.

Ming Chongyan took out the prepared food bowl, recited the mantra, and said, "I want to eat snow!" And the snow fell from the sky, and fell into the bowl. And he said, "I want to eat peaches!" And the peach fell from the sky, and it fell gently into the bowl.

Afterwards, Ming Chongyan prepared nine stacks of yellow paper, took them to the stone platform and burned them, and then called the elves to ask them to take them away and thank them so that they could drive them again next time.