Chapter 294: The Old Maniac's Apprentice

In the peach garden, the peach trees are blooming, the pink petals are fluttering in the wind, and the fragrance of the flowers is overflowing.

"By the way, Brother Feng, what the hell is going on." Ziyue Rongmei's eyes were full of doubts, "I remember that when you were buried, it was me and Ling'er who personally presided over it. At that time, Ling'er and I were by your side, and you didn't have the slightest breath of life on you at all. Why did you suddenly appear in the Heavenly Martial Realm? ”

"I don't know the specific situation, and I'm also confused, as soon as I woke up, I appeared in the dark forest of the Heavenly Martial Realm." Chen Feng's eyes flashed and said, "If my expectations are correct, my tomb on Peach Blossom Island must be empty." ”

Zi Yuerong was surprised and said, "But there is no trace of your grave being turned over. ”

"Do those who can resurrect me still need to turn over the earth? It must be a few extremely powerful powers in heaven and earth that reversed yin and yang, turned the world upside down, and injected a ray of vitality into my depleted meridians. Chen Feng said: "I used to suspect that it was the Purple Emperor predecessor of Spirit Beast Island, but although the strength of the Purple Emperor predecessor is strong, I am afraid that it will not reach that level." Only the high-ranking martial gods who can save me have some possibilities, and they even have to pay a certain price. It's just that I don't know any martial gods at all, and I really don't understand why that power wants to save me secretly. ”

"Brother Feng is amazingly talented, and at the age of twenty-one, he has achieved the supreme position, could that great power move the idea of accepting apprentices?" Ziyue Rong's beautiful eyes pondered.

"Impossible, at the age of twenty-one, achieving the supreme position is at most a top genius, not a demon level. Although there are very few top geniuses in the Heavenly Martial Realm, there are still some. Why bother to take a top genius as an apprentice. Chen Feng said: "Hey! No matter what, when I'm strong enough, presumably that great power should come to see me, and then I will naturally know the truth. It's futile to think about it now. ”

The two chatted while strolling around the peach orchard.

"That's right. What about the others, Ling'er and Ke'er? Chen Feng couldn't help asking.

Zi Yuerong's eyes darkened when she heard this, and she sighed slightly in her heart, "What should come will come after all, should I tell him now." ”

"Oh, Ke'er, she didn't come to the Heavenly Martial Realm. She and the Zhongshen Crazy Seniors are still staying in the Guwu Continent. The girl wanted to follow, but the crazy senior said that she was still young and didn't let her enter the Tianwu Realm too early. Zi Yuerong smiled: "Brother Feng, you may not know that the crazy senior is an amazing person. Cang Tian, the head of the Divine Sect who dominated the continent and the world, was actually the apprentice of the crazy predecessors of the Middle God, and my father was shocked when he heard the news. ”

"What? Is the Sect Master an apprentice of an old madman? Chen Feng was inevitably shocked in his heart. This incident really surprised Chen Feng very much, in his opinion, the strength of the old madman and Ren Cangtian should be about the same. Ren Cangtian was the first in the world of Huashan Sword more than 30 years ago, and the old madman was the first in the world more than ten years ago, and his skills were overwhelming the four supremes. Known as the madness of the gods. The martial arts of the two should be between the two of them, if Ren Cangtian is crazy, Chen Feng is really a little unimaginable. And in Chen Feng's opinion, although the two are between the best, if they really want to be superior, Ren Cangtian's chances of winning are still greater. After all, the old madman's head is a little abnormal, crazy and crazy, and his martial arts are sometimes high and sometimes low. Not very reliable.

"yes, I think it's a bit weird, too. But here's what's interesting. The overlord of the sect leader generation is respectful to the old madman, and he considers himself a disciple, with an extremely respectful attitude. The old madman was crazy, and he didn't remember that there was such an apprentice as the sect master. Zi Yuerong covered her mouth and smiled: "In the end, the old madman reluctantly recognized this apprentice. ”

"Haha, that's interesting, or the head of the sect leader is pumped. Then it's the old madman's head pumped. But with the protection of such a living treasure master and a powerful senior brother, I don't have to worry about Ke'er. Chen Feng was also happy, and suddenly his heart moved, and he faintly felt that something was wrong, "That's right." After talking for so long, what about Ling'er, why didn't you see Ling'er? She didn't come to the Heavenly Martial Realm either? ”

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The forest of Tianshui is vast and boundless, with mountains and mountains, stretching for tens of millions of miles.

The forests are verdant, and fierce beasts are raging.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a huge tiger roar resounded throughout the nine heavens, shaking the entire Tianshui Forest Hundred Beasts trembling in horror, and the branches and leaves of the ancient trees shook.

I saw that in the depths of the core of the Tianshui Forest, there was a white tiger with a snow-white body as jade, with two wings on its back, exuding an extremely powerful aura all over its body, just like the legendary beast White Tiger. Both the appearance and the momentum are very similar.

The White Tiger was an extremely powerful divine beast in ancient times, and it was one of the four elephant divine beasts. Its legend is spread in thousands of planes.

The white tiger, in traditional culture, is one of the four elephants of the seven stars in the Western Taoism, according to the Five Elements Theory, it is a spirit animal representing the West, because the West is golden, the color is white, so it is called the White Tiger, and the season represented is autumn. Others: Qinglong Oriental Spring, Suzaku Southern Summer, Xuanwu Northern Winter.

The seven western houses of the twenty-eight houses (Kui, Lou, stomach, Pleiades, Bi, Mi, and ginseng), its image tiger, located in the west, belongs to gold, the main killing, the color is white, and the name is the white tiger.

The White Tiger is one of the four most terrifying and powerful beasts in ancient Chinese myths and legends. They are the four beasts of the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Xuanwu. The west is white, so the white tiger is the god of the west, and the green dragon is the god of the evil spirit, at the same time the white tiger is also the god of war, with the evil spirit, the disaster, pray for abundance and punish the evil and promote the good, get rich, tie the knot and other divine powers, is a symbol of power and dignity.

Volume 44 of "Taishang Huang Zheng Zhaiyi" calls the White Tiger Xidou Xingjun as: "Kuisu Tianjiang Xingjun, Lousu Tianhell Xingjun, Stomach Su Tiancang Xingjun, Angsu Tianmu Xingjun, Bizhu Tianer Xingjun, Misu Tianping Xingjun, Betelgeuse Tianshui Mercury Jun." As for its image, the "Daomen Tongjiao Must Use Collection" rolls seven clouds: "The white tiger in the west should be in the house, the quality of the British and the English, the sound of the pure, the intimidation of birds and beasts, the roaring mountains and forests, to establish my left." At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy terms, such as the "Yun Ji Qixi" volume 72 quotes the "Ancient Scriptures" The four gods of the pill said: "The white tiger, the Western Gengxin gold platinum, has the position of the true one." "Sutra" cloud: If the son has 10,000 things, the different name of the lady, the five elements of probation, and the essence of the cause. It does not move, so it is called a tiger.

It is also the image of a fierce god, and the third volume of the "Coordination of Discipline Defense" quotes the "Renyuan Secret Sutra": "The White Tiger." The fierce god in the middle of the year is also, and he often lives in the fourth year after the year. Where he dwells, if he commits it, the Lord will have the plague of mourning clothes. That is, as the saying goes, "the white tiger who mourns the door" or "the white tiger who returns wealth". According to the records of the twelve main constellations: "The white tiger and the fierce god sit in the hall, and there will be disasters in the passing years, and there will be filial piety outside the outside without showing internal filial piety." Otherwise, the bloodshed will not be avoided. ”

Historical Records. Tiangong Shu" 'East Palace Canglong, South Vermilion Bird, West Palace Xianchi, North Palace Xuanwu. 'It's not the white tiger here, it's the salty pond. And the salty pond is the star of the main five grains, the main autumn, because the five grains are harvested in the autumn, so it is placed in the autumn, but it is not an animal, how can it be matched with dragons, birds, and turtles to form the four spirits?

In "Justice": 'The salty pond is three stars in the five cars, the sky is in the south, and the fish and birds are also. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, he had already questioned: 'Canglong, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, and each total seven houses are concerned.' As for the salty pool. Don't have one star, and you are free from the twenty-eight nights. There is also an explanation for the salty pond, which is a place for sun bathing. In "Huainanzi. Astronomy: 'The sun comes out of the Yanggu, bathes in the salty pool, and blows in Fusang. It can be seen that the salty pond was originally regarded as the sunrise place by the Qiang people, and the salty pond is also the alkaline water lake, which should be a lake in the Minshan area. Or Qinghai. This proves that the celestial phenomena of the Star Palace worshipped by primitive people do not yet have the concept of green dragons and white tigers. In the Book of Rites. The so-called "Liyun" said: "Linfeng, turtle and dragon, called the four spirits." 'Replace the salty pond that does not belong to the animal with a unicorn. In later generations, there were four spirits and four elephants with tigers.

Among the Four Sacred Beasts of China. Another one that is often compared to the dragon is the 'White Tiger', the tiger, the chief of all beasts, its fierceness and legendary ability to subdue ghosts, so that it has also become a yang divine beast, often following the dragon to go out, 'Cloud from the Dragon. Wind from the Tiger' became the best pair of partners to submit the ghosts. And the white tiger is also the god of war and killing. The white tiger has a variety of divine powers such as warding off evil spirits, fighting disasters, praying for abundance, punishing evil and promoting good, getting rich, and tying the knot. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also made of the stars. Among the 28 constellations, there are seven Western Nakshatras: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Mi, and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the West, and its whiteness is due to the West. The West is gold in the five elements, and the color is white. Therefore, it is called the White Tiger not because it is white, but from the five elements. [1]

Symbolism

Edit Siling White Tiger The white tiger symbolizes power and the army, so many places named after the white tiger in ancient times are related to military affairs, such as the white tiger flag in the ancient army and the white tiger statue on the military talisman. The white tiger generally appears on the tomb door of the Han Dynasty portrait stone tomb, or is carved on both sides of the lintel of the tomb as a separate portrait with the green dragon to ward off evil spirits. "Customs and Customs" cloud: "The tiger, the yang thing, the chief of the beasts, can fight and frustrate." "In the Han Dynasty's concept of the Five Elements, the white tiger was regarded as a Western mythical beast.

Religious relations

Edit--After the rise of Taoism, the dragon and tiger were borrowed as the term of Taoist alchemy, which refers to "lead and mercury, Kanli, water and fire, yin and yang".

The White Tiger is also because the White Tiger is the god of war, so there are many fierce generals who are said to have become the White Tiger Star in the world, such as: Tang Dynasty generals Luo Cheng, Xue Rengui and others. In addition, the white tiger was sucked and released by Taoism, was deified, and became the door god of various temples.

In addition to the four spirits in Taoism, including the green dragon and white tiger, even when the feng shui master explored the cemetery, the terrain that protruded on the left and right sides of the terrain in front of the terrain and could be used as a tomb has a unique title, called the left green dragon and the right white tiger, taking the meaning of its protection, and there is also the same decoration in the public hall, and the green dragon and hundred tigers are painted on the left and right hall pillars to suppress evil spirits. After the rise of Taoism, Dragon and Tiger was borrowed as a term for Taoist alchemy, which refers to the words "lead and mercury, kanli, water and fire, yin and yang", etc. The Taoist alchemy is divided into internal and external (inner Dan refining qi, outer Dan alchemy medicine, the author is not very sure), the inner Dan is in terms of the five elements of yin and yang, dragon yang, born in the separation, leaving the fire, so the cloud 'dragon comes out of the fire', the tiger yin, born in the kan, the kan belongs to the water, so the cloud 'tiger is born to the water', after the combination of the two, a yin and a yang, reconciled with each other, called the Tao Ben, are the representatives of the Yuan Shen and the Yuan Jing. Another theory is that sex belongs to wood, wood represents the East, and the hexagram is shock, so it is compared to the green dragon; Love belongs to gold, gold represents the West, Yu hexagram is exchanged, gold is white, so it is called the white tiger. Gold can overcome wood, so the feelings are destructive, and with the true essence of the twenty-eight, so that it is combined into one, then the gold and wood are inseparable, the dragon and tiger are self-professed into the Dan, in the human body, the liver is the dragon, the kidney is the tiger, and the outer Dan is still taken Yin and Yang, with the dragon as the lead, and the tiger as the mercury. [1]

White Tiger Worship

The cult of the edited tiger should be derived from the totemic worship of the tiger in the Chu culture

White tiger. The tiger has always been worshipped by the Han people, and is a symbol of justice, bravery, and majesty. According to research, the image of the tiger also appeared in the ancient Qiangrong people, but it was the most popular in the southwest of China. The animal face of the jade cong in the Neolithic Liangzhu culture and the animal face on the bronze ware of Yin Shang are similar to the image of the tiger, and until today, the Yi, Bai, Buyi, Tujia and other ethnic groups in China still call the tiger their ancestor. The people of the Han Dynasty regarded the tiger as the king of beasts. The white tiger is a tiger that can only turn white in 500 years, it is a sacred object, and immortals often ascend to heaven by tiger. It's the beast of the west of the town.

Since the Han Dynasty, the tiger has been a favorite protector of the working people, and has not become a symbol of the emperor, after a long history of evolution and development, the cultural consciousness of the tiger has become a common cultural concept of the Chinese nation.

In the minds of the ancients, tigers were terrible things and respectable things. The scary thing is that it eats people and animals. And what is respectable is that because of its incomparable power, it can ward off evil. And in some ancient books, such as the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ying Shao's "Customs and Customs. Rituals": 'Draw the tiger at the door, the ghost dare not enter', 'The tiger, the yang thing, the chief of the beasts. It can stubbornly frustrate and devour ghosts. Today, people have died of evil, and they burn tiger skins and drink them. Striking its claws can also ward off evil. This is also true. The ancients also believed that the white tiger was an auspicious one: "Virtue is the bird and beast." ’

The original star gods of the West Heavens were bears and owls, but later because of the totems of the ancient Qiang tribe, when the bear changed to a dragon. When the Yellow Emperor developed to the east, the totem of the dragon was brought to the east, and the 'Oriental Canglong Constellation' became one, and the Vermilion Bird became the new residence of the phoenix totem in the heavenly kingdom when the south was unified, and finally became the 'dragon and phoenix Chengxiang' due to the integration of the two major tribes. As an ancient totem, it is the east phoenix and the west dragon, and as a star sign, it is the east dragon and the west vermilion bird. After the Zhou Dynasty, the feudal system was formally established, the idea of the five elements was also matured, the heavenly statue was redivided, and the Vermilion Bird was placed in the south and worshiped together with the god of Zhurong Fire. And the Western ones worship the white tiger. In the tribal struggle and migration, the dragon in the northwest moved to the east, the phoenix in the east moved to the south, and the tiger in the south moved to the north. In the Han Dynasty, the concept of the five elements became a unified thought, and then Xuanwu was added to complete the supporting package of the 'God of the Four Directions' (to be continued......