How do Taoist priests cultivate?

And how do youkai cultivate?

Since Tu Shi met the Taoist Wang Yue Xiuzi, he has become interested in this kind of issue. He first collected and sorted out the information provided by the players from the forum, and then asked Haiqing for advice.

First of all, the priests. The Taoism in "Qiankun" is no different from the Taoism in reality, and it is still divided into the whole truth and the truth. The players of the Quanzhen Dao stay in the mountains, chanting sutras every day, vegetarian, away from women, there are many rules, some people jokingly say that the difference between being a monk is just that troublesome silk, the advantage is that you can quickly improve your experience points by sitting and chanting, and it is particularly money-saving (there is no place to spend money on the mountain), it is simply a life profession wearing the skin of a combat profession, characterized by [Qi Training]; Players who are on the same side can travel around, as long as there are no elders to follow, how to play how you want, the disadvantage is that you have to do good things every day, and it is called "accumulating merit", which is characterized by [elemental specialization].

(Tu Shi looked at his [Qi Cultivation Specialization], and then looked at the serious and rigid right master, and felt that he must be the true Tao)

And the cultivation in Zhengyi is also different. Take the Shangqing faction from Wang Vietnam, for example, this faction is all health preservation techniques, biased towards the whole truth, and the skills are all auxiliary, which can add blood and disperse, which is simply the Chinese version of the priest; The Shenxiao faction and the Qingwei faction both play the thunder method, but the Qingwei faction pays more attention to internal training, and adds a round of status to themselves before PK, while the Shenxiao faction focuses on external methods, and the skill damage output is higher, but it takes money to play, because the skills of this faction are very blue......

People can learn the Tao and the Dharma to achieve immortality, but the monsters are born ignorant and difficult to learn the scriptures, so they have to take another path: eating. The more you eat, the more blood and qi you accumulate in your body, and the more demonic power you can transform. "Eating" here is a general reference, swallowing the essence of moonlight like the Toad King is eating, eating human flesh and blood like poison ivy is also eating, these two paths divide the monster camp into two parts, one is the spirit that is harmless to people, and the other is the demon who is angry and resentful, and the latter is punished by everyone.

Of course, there are also some monsters with Dao fate, they can learn scriptures, and when they cultivate, they do not polish the demon qi, but polish the true qi, and cultivate their self-cultivation, they can refine the demon nature to almost nothing, and their achievements in the future are much higher than ordinary monsters. Of course, there are very few such monsters, after all, not every Dao Sect can mercifully allow inhuman things to cling to them.

I wonder if future players will be able to choose the demon clan when creating a character? Tu Shi was distracted.

"Yesterday I taught you the situation of each family, do you remember?" Haiqing Zhenren asked like this, quietly pulled out the bright golden flute from his sleeve, and deliberately shook Tu Shi's eyes, the meaning was obvious: If you can't answer, just wait for death.

Tu Shi hurriedly looked at the ceiling, as if there was an answer on it: "Well, I remember, wait a minute......"

So the palm of his hand was hit a few more times, and the pain made him grin. Master Right has worked tirelessly to teach yesterday's content. Those who have studied history know that most of the test points are "what what event" occurred in which year, or whose title the ancients said "what what...... Something cumbersome like that. Master You's talk about Taoism is like a history lesson, layer by layer, intricate, first talk about what are the Taoist gates, who are the respective ancestors of these Taoist sects, who are the promoters, what are the classics, who are the Taoist ancestors who believe in them, and what is the true meaning of cultivation...... There are all kinds of them, and they are sprinkled.

Zheng Yin, the first compiler of the Daozang;

Zheng Yin's disciple, Ge Hong, who is famous for "Behind the Elbow" and "The Legend of the Immortals";

Ge Chaofu, the grandson of the Ge Hong clan and the one who wrote the "Lingbao Sutra" ("Taishang Lingbao Five Symbols");

Heavenly Master taught Taoist ancestor Zhang Daoling;

"Prime Minister of the Mountains" Tao Hongjing;

Lu Xiujing, the second-generation compiler of "Daozang", one of the "Three Smiles of Huxi", and the Southern Heavenly Master;

denounced the "three zhangs" as the pseudo-law and the Northern Heavenly Master Kou Qianzhi who died in one lifetime;

Chongyang, the auxiliary emperor who created the whole truth;

……

In the mouth of Haiqing Zhen, the history of Taoism written by the lives of countless Taoist predecessors gradually took shape. One by one, the amazing and brilliant Taoist priests lit up the obscurantist sky, and passed on and carried forward the fire of Taoist culture from generation to generation, which is why today's Taoism is the trend. The Taoist priest does not die, and the Taoist gate lives forever.

Every time Tu Shi listens to it, he will deepen his impression. Master You's eloquence is actually not very good, and the reason why he can say it compelling is that he knows how to quote knowledge other than the classics. Take the Shangqing School as an example, not to mention Tao Hongjing's Taoist achievements, but only to talk about his life and anecdotes (using poems to show his will to reject the emperor and travel between mountains and rivers to compile the "Materia Medica"), the original cold historical figure suddenly became vivid and interesting, and it simply jumped in front of him. However, this also reflects the knowledge of Master You, where can ordinary people remember so many miscellaneous things.

"By the way, master, do you know Daoist Wang Vietnam?"

"I can't talk about acquaintance. I didn't deliberately hide myself, he sensed my existence through the [Qi Vision], so he came to visit. ”

"What is the [Qi Lookout Technique]?" Tu Shi looked at Haiqing Zhenren with blank eyes, and the subtext was "Can you teach me". This skill sounds like a reconnaissance type of Dao technique, and it must be very useful.

Qi is a type of energy that exists in the human body as well as in the outside world. It will flow, the master said that it is because of the yin descending and the yang rising (Tu Shi thinks that it is actually the hot air rising and the cold air sinking, which incidentally has a relationship with the rotation of the earth by about half a cent - if the setting in "Qiankun" is consistent with the geography of reality). The qi between everything and the outside world is exchanging (isn't this what chemistry class says "molecules are constantly moving"), so the qi of things can be manifested outside. The flow of qi is called "qi", and [Qi Wangshu] is a spell that can distinguish the nature of qi through changes in qi and track qi. And some fortune tellers who know a little about this technique can use it to deduce the good fortune of others.

Tu Shi thought to himself, to put it bluntly, this is the Taoism of the dog's nose...... Then it is understandable that [Cangtong] is a Taoist transformation of the bird's eyes.

Youkai will exude demonic energy. One of the characteristics of yokai is the strong smell of fishy, because wild animals need to mark their territory, and yokai that have evolved from wild yokai still retain their instinct and exude their own smell as much as possible, even if it is the smell of excrement. Tu Shi had talked to the Toad King, so he understood this truth - the mint flavor of "Toad Ghee" was actually an important part of the Toad King's demonic spirit. But how can a true enlightened person be able to honor and use his nose to distinguish monsters? This is where the [Qi Lookout] comes in handy. It is said to be hope because qi is also characterized by color, and different qi presents different colors.

But the monsters will only desperately exude demonic energy when they have just advanced from the demon beast, and as the cultivation time becomes longer, they will know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and they will know that they must protect themselves, because the monsters also kill each other according to the law of the jungle - monster meat is much more nutritious than human flesh. Yokai devour each other, and the winner can receive five to ninety percent of the loser's cultivation, which is equivalent to saving years of hard work, so fights between youkai are more common. To avoid being discovered by enemies, youkai will try to run an old lair, then hide and use the breath of nature to cover up their demonic aura as much as possible.

And the qi of the Taoist priest is also easy to identify. All cultivation is the cultivation of light spiritual qi, and the representative of this light spiritual qi is "Haoran righteous qi". And the evil path demon cultivates evil arts, and his body exudes all kinds of turbid and evil qi.

"Do Taoist priests have bad people? It's just a practice of evil arts, and you don't have to be a bad person. Tu Shi felt that it was impossible to characterize people in terms of a certain aspect. Those who have studied history know that they cannot look at a certain thing or person one-sidedly, for example, Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries and caused great slaughter, but in the eyes of historians, he was a great figure who promoted the unification of ancient China.

"Qi affects emotions, and those who practice evil arts are not necessarily bad people, but they have been exposed to filthy qi for a long time, and their personalities are perverse, and they are more likely to do evil. If you want to stay pure and natural, you must fill your body with light energy. ”

Is there any such claim?

According to Haiqing Zhenren, the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth have their own energy. Take an ancient sword with the aura of a sword soldier before Tu Shi as an example, the aura of a sword soldier is metallic, and using this sword for a long time will make Tu Shi act more decisively. Of course, Tu Shi is skeptical about this, how can the attributes in the game affect him outside the game, unless "Qiankun" has the ability to suggest to him, "You hurry up and give me a decisive decision" - this kind of bridge is very common in thriller science fiction movies that demonize electronic products. And those who practice evil arts, such as some wizards who are envoys and imps, have been exposed to death qi for a long time, just as Haiqing Zhenren said, "if you are impulsive and murderous, if you are depressed, you will become a disease, and if you are a living corpse", there will be no good end.

Speaking of which, Master Right borrowed the question to play. Evil art is a kind of Taoism, and it progresses very quickly when cultivating, and it can quickly become a master, but it often has great flaws, either hurting oneself or others, in short, it hurts Tianhe. Once the Heavenly Harmony is injured, it will be even more difficult for this person to ascend, and it is often difficult to survive the last level, that is, the Heavenly Tribulation, turning into ashes, and cultivating all of them will become a cake. Therefore, Taoist priests would rather do nothing than do a little bad thing, because they are afraid that they will be riddled with karma and robbery, and finally miss the path of immortals. Just like those larger Dao sects all restrain their disciples from showing their mana in front of people, and the Quanzhen Dao has set up all kinds of strict rules to restrain the disciples on the mountain.

Although Tu Shi understood, he did not agree. Of course, if you don't contaminate the world, you won't hurt the heavens and peace, but isn't this a waste of food because of choking? If you don't use fire for fear of being burned, where is there still the appearance of the Suiren clan, then everyone still eats raw meat!

Of course, Tu Shi was not stupid enough to refute the master in person. His mind spun and he changed the subject:

"Master, are you a little more powerful, or is Wang Yue Taoist a little more powerful?"

"Cultivation is a matter of one's own family, so what do you do compared to others?" Master Right is neither soft nor hard, and a reprimand avoids Tu Shi's question, which is really cunning.