Chapter 21: Training Begins

After Grandpa and Grandpa Ma came out of the main hall, I found that the spirits of both of them had changed, and it seemed that after a night, the two of them had become more energetic, and it seemed that the sense of worldliness on their bodies had faded, and there was more of a feeling of fairy wind and bones.

Grandpa Ma glanced at Grandpa, Grandpa nodded, and said, "You come first." ”

Hearing this, how do I feel that the two of them have an ulterior secret, and actually said that you come first, how to train me and I have a first come, then come.

At this time, Grandpa Ma said to me, "If you want to learn these things well, you must first learn vipassana. ”

"Vipassana?"

"Yes, in layman's terms, it is settled."

Grandpa Ma began to tell me about some basic content in the school, and Grandpa and Grandpa An chatted about the past together.

It turns out that in our master's sect, we call meditation Vipassana, which is a Taoist method of cultivating the mind. The main thing is to contemplate the mind and look inward, but also to designate the view, to enter the contemplation mind, to sweep away the distracting thoughts and delusions in the heart, to meditate on the path and even to realize the path of enlightenment. In this process, it is strengthened with a series of heart sutras, such as the well-known "Taishang Laojun Vipassana Sutra", "Laojun Pure Heart Sutra" and other corresponding scriptures.......

After Grandpa Ma explained to me the basic content of Vipassana, he began to explain the essentials of Vipassana, and after the explanation, he began to let me experience and familiarize myself with the essentials of Vipassana, so as to find out my own way of Vipassana.

I followed Grandpa Ma's instructions and began to practice, Vipassana is also meditation, which sounds very simple, but it is not easy to really do it, first you have to throw out your distracting thoughts, so as to slowly enter the state of Vipassana, this process is the most difficult, because in this process, you can't control yourself, completely forget about distracting thoughts....... Only then will you be able to attain concentration.

At the beginning, I was often either disturbed by my own distractions and seemed particularly irritable, or I just sat there and fell asleep, just because I was beaten by Grandpa Ma with bamboo sticks on the mountain, and later with the help of Liu Wei, I slowly found the trick, don't look at Liu Wei chubby, but he does have attainments and talent in this area.

In this process, I was able to master the method of concentration, and in this process, in addition to adjusting my body and mind, more importantly, I learned how to breathe, which could not help but increase my lung capacity, and remove the miscellaneous qi from my body, so that the whole body began to flow qi and blood.

After a week or so of vipassana study, I have been able to complete the meditation well, and when I enter the meditation, I can force my distracting thoughts and turbidity out of the body, and I can feel the movement of the surrounding aura, and after the training of the meditation, the various functions of the body are gradually improving, especially the endurance has been greatly improved.

In the following week, in addition to being in contact with meditation, I also began to study all kinds of scriptures, as well as some understanding of the master's Dharma instruments and some mantras.

After half a month, I have been able to basically rely on myself to enter the concentration, and when I enter the meditation, I can feel the changes in the aura of the surrounding environment, which is commonly known as the Qi field, after practice, I can expand the strength of this field, and grasp the changes more accurately, but my current cultivation is not enough, so I can only feel the distance of two meters around me.

After Grandpa Ma finished training me, he didn't care about me, and the rest was handed over to Grandpa.

Grandpa opened the box brought by his father, and took out a few books from it, which said "Charm XXX", because of the time, the words on the page can not be seen too clearly, only a general can be seen, but after opening it, you can see a lot of spells drawn, after drawing the charm, add the corresponding spell formula, you can stimulate the power of the spell, but because the operation of the spell is too consuming of people's spirit, so it is usually not used until the last resort.

From the beginning of the back, I followed my grandfather to start a variety of spell drawing, spell practice, the composition of a spell is basically the "talisman head", "the main god Buddha", "the belly", "the foot" and "the gall" several parts of the composition, a complete spell is like a person, the head of the charm represents the head of the person, the main god and Buddha is like the heart of the person, the belly is like the stomach of the abdomen, is the place where we write the spell to play the role, the gallbladder is like a person's liver and gallbladder ........

Grandpa instilled in me little by little the knowledge about the charm, it turned out that because of the different ancestors worshipped, the faction of the charm is not the same, and the code of each charm is not the same, just like the common 'three hooks' on many charms are the marks that represent the three Qings (Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Daode Tianzun) or the Three Realms Gong (City God, Land, Ancestor)....... If you have to recite the incantation when you write it: "One stroke of the world, two strokes of the ancestor sword, and three strokes of the fierce gods and evil spirits go thousands of miles away." "One stroke at a time has to be just right, otherwise the spell won't work at all.

Then my grandfather introduced to me the materials needed for the spell, such as yellow paper, brushes, and ink, which are all common things that we use, and the use of different magic weapons, and the carving of charms on the magic weapons, so as to enhance the effectiveness of the magic weapons.......

When my grandfather kept talking about this, I realized that the world I knew was so small, and these things handed down from my ancestors contained so many things.

In this way, in the time leading up to the Chinese New Year, I spent the time in meditation, drawing charms, and reciting mantras........

There are many other Taoist priests here, but since the scope of my activities is basically in the main hall and the courtyard behind the main hall, I basically don't know anyone else, and I know Liu Wei alone.

In this process, in addition to accepting the teachings of Grandpa and Grandpa Ma, I also learned a lot from Liu Wei, it turned out that Liu Wei was not only a disciple of Grandpa An, but also because of Liu Wei's talent in this area, Grandpa An directly accepted Liu Wei as a closed disciple and taught a lot of things. In particular, Liu Wei's ability to make magic weapons is particularly strong, and the magic weapons in his hands are not only beautiful in appearance, but also full of power.

After getting acquainted with Liu Wei later, I also asked him to make me a magic weapon, and after I showed him the dagger that Grandpa Ma gave me, Liu Wei looked at a peach wood core that had been struck by lightning several times from the mountain, made a dagger sheath for the dagger, and carved a charm on it, and then he told me that the dagger does not need to be used often, you can put this dagger sheath made of peach wood core on it and use it, the dagger can enhance this power.

It turned out that the peach wood core selected by Liu Wei has been struck by lightning and already has its own attributes of thunder and lightning, and by carving a spell on it, it not only strengthens the effect during use, but also strengthens the role of the dagger on the dagger, and the two complement each other.

After Liu Wei told me the mantra of the spell activation, I came to the back of the main hall, and felt the changes in the surrounding Qi field through the meditation, after selecting the target, I secretly urged the mantra to point the dagger sheath at the target, and I heard a 'snap', and the target fell to the ground with a bang, it turned out that the magic weapon that passed through Liu Wei's hand can not only cause damage to the spirit, but also cause damage to the real thing.

"Damn, that's awesome." I couldn't help but exclaim.

Hearing the sound, the others rushed out, and after seeing me smash a large vat of water, my grandfather came up and slapped me on the back of the head, and scolded angrily: "Bastard, you actually broke the water tank that my master has treasured for many years." ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but be surprised, at that time I was just feeling the changes in the Qi field, and I felt that there were changes here, so I chose it, how do I know, I said to my grandfather aggrieved.

At this time, Grandpa An came over with a smile and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a cylinder, it seems that Ziyang's grasp of the Qi field is not accurate, he can only feel the changes, but he can't distinguish the changes, it seems that he still needs to practice." ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Grandpa Ma came over, patted me on the back and said, "Okay, go pack your things, we're ready to go down the mountain for the New Year." ”

As soon as I heard that I was going down the mountain, I immediately ran to my house and began to pack up my things, in the process of cleaning up, I suddenly found that there was a comic book under the kang table, it was "Old Master", but there was only one copy, which had been turned over, I thought to myself that this might be Liu Wei to see it, looking at this book, I thought in my heart, next time I came to bring him a set, I put the book back in place, after packing up my things, I came to the yard.

At this time, Grandpa Ma and Grandpa were saying goodbye to Grandpa An.

After Liu Wei sent us down the mountain, he gave the three of us three wind talismans, this is the first time I have used a charm, Liu Wei saw my nervous appearance, patted me, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, take out the usual training appearance, just feel the surrounding Qi field." ”

After that, we secretly recited the mantra and urged the charm, at this time we felt a gust of wind blowing, and we began to take off under our feet, and then moved forward quickly, which was much faster than we walked, and when I flew towards the courtyard where we came, I glanced back at Liu Wei, who stood in place and waved goodbye to me.

This time, it took us less than half an hour to get to the place where we had first come, and as soon as we entered the door, we saw that my father was already standing in the courtyard waiting for us.

I greeted my father, and when I saw that his face was still the same as usual, he didn't say much, and as a result, we walked towards the place where I came in.

On the way, I asked my grandfather, "Why don't we use wind charms, isn't it time-saving?" ”

Grandpa ignored me, but looked in my father's direction and sighed incessantly, with a sad look in his eyes.

Grandpa Ma stepped forward and said earnestly: "Ziyang, as cultivators, we have taboos, that is, in places where there are people, we can't use our spells casually, which will make people feel afraid, so you have to remember that we can't use the techniques we have learned in the world unless we have to, unless it is to support justice." ”

Hearing this, I nodded thoughtfully. It's just that I think such an awesome and shining skill can't be used casually, and I can't help but feel a little regretful in my heart.