In the vast river of time, countless high roads have emerged, some of which are full of spells, some of them are all-encompassing, some of them are free from the clouds with a Dao heart, and some of them can make the clouds and rain in an instant. The protagonist of today's story is the story of the master of the Xiaodao Xuanwu School, a seemingly ordinary but understandable and approachable Kun Dao who contains great wisdom.

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It was the winter moon of 2009, my mentor Jiang Gong and Mr. Heyun feathered in Guiyang, the next day, the senior brother "Peach Blossom Daoren" also went with the teacher, and when the bad news came from the master and nephew, I was already stunned, I didn't know what to do, I held the last words left by the master in my hand, I cried, cried, I didn't know what I was, and I didn't know what the world was.

After a few months, the Taoist Association summoned the people, saying that the state wanted to reorganize the "religious status" of the Taoist people, and that the teacher must issue a certificate before it could be handled, and if he did not do it, he would be expelled from the ancestral religion. At that time, my eyes were above the top, and I was even more part-time teacher, and I didn't have the heart to apprentice, let alone find a master who could be entrusted in the vast world.

At this time, it happened that the fourteenth generation master of the Wudang Zhenwu Xuanwu School of the previous Taoist friend, Mr. Liang Gong Xuanyang (Kun Dao), was ordered to go to SZ City to form the news of the SZ City Taoist Association, and more, when the previous teacher was in the retreat of the Thousand Mountains Immeasurable View of the Luohan Cave, Mr. Liang had visited several times, and begged for Taoism, and the benefactor had a high evaluation of Mr. Liang before his death, and thought that it was worth entrusting, so I found Mr. Liang's apprentice, that is, the later Li Liyue Senior Brother to introduce him on his behalf, and devoted himself to the Wudang Zhenwu Xuanwu School, following Master Liang's disciples, Officially became a disciple of the fifteenth generation of the Xuanwu School.

Although I was apprenticed, I didn't have the heart to live in the world at all, and after discussing with Master Liang, Master Liang issued a certificate recommending me to go to Zixiao Palace in Wudang Mountain, and follow Master Liang's crown scarf master, Cao Tongling, the old Taoist to continue my studies.

When I came to Wudang Mountain, I happened to catch up, the first snow of that year, I lived in a room with a disciple who claimed to be a disciple of the senior brother of the king of Guigu Cave in DY City, Xiao Liu, who had just arrived at Zixiao Palace as a monk.

During the day, Xiao Liu went to the temple to do chores, and I sat alone with a cane and watched the snow in front of the door, only to look stunned, but I don't know how long it took, at this time, a kind and gentle old woman's voice came: "Baby, what are you doing?" Why are you sitting here? ”

I turned my head to see that it was an old Kun Dao with snow-white sideburns, a soft towel on his head, a shabby cloth jacket, and a worried face, with his waist bent over, next to me, and hurriedly got up and replied, "Hello Dao, I don't know what I'm doing." ”

"Hmm." The elderly Kun Dao looked for a place on the steps beside me, swept Chen Xue with his sleeve, and said softly after sitting down: "Baby, what happened to you?" Say it, maybe I won't be able to help, but it's better than you have to endure it yourself. So saying, he tugged at the hem of my robe and motioned for me to sit down as well.

I didn't dare to sit next to the old man, so I leaned on the bamboo cane on the side of the steps below her, and sat down slowly, "Thank you," I said slowly, "I'm here to find my master, but recently, I've encountered a lot of things, and I'm sick here, and I don't know what to do." ”

"Oh?" The old Taoist gently stroked the snow off my head and said slowly, "Who is your master?" After a pause, he continued, "Why don't you go to him now?" Don't be in a hurry when something happens at home? Have a knot in your heart that you can't unravel? Let's talk about it, baby. I've been in this temple all my life, and I can't say that everyone is familiar with it, but I know each other anyway, who is your master? I'll take you to her. ”

"Thank you," I said, choking back tears, and told the story of my teacher's feathering, then joining the teacher, and being ordered to go up the mountain.

The old Taoist just listened quietly, and didn't say a word halfway, and when I said it, the old Taoist couldn't help but sigh leisurely, "Baby," said, the old Taoist stretched out his old hand and stroked my head, "You are still young, your karma is detached, it's a good thing, what are you crying about," said, wiping away tears for me with his hand, "Don't think too much, things in the world are never perfect, don't be too sad, your master doesn't want you to be like this, baby, your life is like the sun that has just risen, it is not yet noon, How can it be so decadent? ”

"Thank you," I would like to say some words of thanks, "... ”

The Taoist chief interrupted me, "Baby, which master are you worshipping now?" Who is your master's friend? ”

"Oh, my current master is Liang Gong Xuanyang Dao Master, and my master is Cao Gong Xuanyang Dao Master of Zixiao Palace." With that, I got up, returned to the room, took out the letter of introduction that Master Liang had written before leaving, and handed it to the old Taoist.

"Oh~" The old Taoist chief agreed to himself, took the letter of introduction in his hand, glanced at it roughly, and continued, "Baby, haven't you eaten yet?" Come on, come with me first... ”

"This..." I was a little confused for a moment, "Thank you for your kindness, but, I don't know you... ”

"Can't trust me?" The old Taoist elder smiled wryly.

"No, it's just that I don't dare to bother it when we meet for the first time." I was a little confused.

"It's okay, it's rare," the old Taoist walked forward by himself, muttering as he walked, "I didn't expect that Xuanyang's baby would be accepted so quickly, and I didn't expect that it was my own baby that I met... ”

"What did you say... I was stunned for a moment, and I actually forgot to keep up with the old man.

"I said~" The old Taoist said, turning his head and still having a kind smile on his face, "Don't take a bite of 'Cao Gong' and 'Cao Gong' in the future, am I so old?" ”

"What? You are Master Cao??? "This time I was really stunned.

"Isn't it like? What are you doing in a daze? Master Cao came back to me, pulled up my sleeve, and said as he walked, "Baby, let's go, go eat first, I'm hungry, it's freezing this day, what's wrong?" ”

"Disciple, see master." As I spoke, I hurriedly brushed off the bamboo cane and turned back to salute.

"Don't, don't," said, the master stretched out his hand to pick me up, and his arms that looked like dead branches were put on my arms, but it was an irresistible force, but the master didn't seem to use any force, just gently stroked my hand, and pulled my huge body up, "Don't be so polite, baby, your own family, what are you doing with so many courtesies?" Let's go, be obedient, eat and go... ”

He followed the master to the small kitchen not far from the dining hall and sat down around the fire, "Master, what is this place?" I asked, puzzled.

"Oh~" The master seemed to see through my thoughts, waved my hand to sit down, and quickly set up the pot, boiled water, and put down the noodles, "This is the 'small kitchen', I am old, and I don't like to eat with my friends (referring to: Taoist friends who are monks in the temple), the head of the house is afraid that I can't eat alone, so let me use it first, speaking of which, we are on the mountain, is to catch up with a good master, and you are not allowed to follow the group of people in the society to talk nonsense when you go out in the future. As he spoke, the master glanced at me sharply.

"Uh-huh, got it, master." I smirked.

"Well, what are you going up the mountain to learn from me?" The master asked while cooking noodles.

"There are a lot of things I want to learn, but I don't know where to start, what the master teaches, I will learn." I continued to giggle.

"Well," the master muttered noncommittally, "what have you studied before?" ”

"Oh, I studied martial arts." I'm sure.

"Hey," the master couldn't help but smile bitterly, "If you had been looking for me twenty years ago, I can't dance a sword at my age now, is there anything else?" ”

"Well, I've also learned the water method."

"Well, it's good to learn the water method," the master raised his head and thought about it, and continued, "Is it the Xuandi Water Method?" Or canopy water method? ”

"Master Hui, it's the Five Dragons Water Method of Emperor Xuan."

"Well, good, good, good," the master said three good words in a row, and said, "That baby, you tell me, what is the most important thing to learn the water law?" ”

"It's the 'Dao Heart.'" I replied casually.

"Everyone is the same! Nothing! The master was full of displeasure.

"Is that the 'Law of Fortune'?" I was puzzled.

Master shook his head.

"Could it be the 'method of taking water'?" I was puzzled.

"Don't guess," Master continued to shake his head, "The most important thing in learning water law is nothing more than the word 'natural'. ”

"'Nature'?" I can't help but wonder.

"That's right, 'Nature'!" The master put down his chopsticks, closed his eyes slightly, and said, "To learn the 'true law', you must first have a 'natural' heart, remove all distracting thoughts, and achieve complete 'naturalness'!" You need to know that 'mantra' is not 'mantra', 'god' is not 'god', as long as it is called 'mantra', it is unnatural, and seeing 'god' is also false, only by being pure 'natural' can we give birth to 'true self', when 'true self' is born, 'mantra' is an idea, and 'god' is also an idea. We 'curse water', but the 'curse' is not water, but the 'curse' mind, and the heart can only be integrated with 'nature' to become one, and 'water' can bear the 'curse' otherwise, it is all false... ”

"Oh? Hehehe~" When the master said this, the small kitchen door suddenly opened, and a thin and tall man with a goatee pushed the door in, "Yo, I can hear Cao Ye's apprentice, and it is also fate." ”

"Baby, called Liu Ye." The master got up and saluted, "Liu Dao is friendly, I was telling my apprentice about washing clothes, so you came in." ”

"Hello Master Liu~" I also hurriedly got up and said.

"Don't, I'm just here to get a bag of instant noodles, let's go, little baby, this is a rare opportunity, study hard." As he spoke, he took a bag of instant noodles and got up to say goodbye.

"Master, how can it be 'natural'?" When I saw Liu Ye walking away, I asked.

"You can't be 'natural' if you don't do it, you can be 'natural'." As the master spoke, he said, "People in the world all think that the 'Fa' is something that is sought from the outside, but as everyone knows, the Fa is in everyone's body. After a pause, the master continued, "For example, if you wash your clothes in a basin, pour in the laundry detergent, and stir it well, what will you see?" ”

"A puddle of muddy water?" I was a little confused.

"That's because your mind is not quiet." The master took care of himself and served the second bowl of noodles.

"That's sediment?" I was even more confused.

"No, when your heart is quiet enough, what you see is that there are countless small particles in the water, which are slowly static, and when the cultivation is deep, it is not the time to pour in the washing powder, and you will also see small particles, and these particles, you have me, I have you, they are all moving, and they are all quiet, this is 'yin and yang', seeing 'yin and yang' to conform to 'yin and yang' is 'nature', to achieve 'nature', water law, you don't need to use 'mantra', as long as you believe in the pure oneness of the ancestor, a sense of thought, this bowl of water is the waves of rivers and seas."

"Oh, that's it, master, what's the matter... I forgot to eat noodles.

"Don't ask, eat quickly, after eating, let's talk about it, this noodle won't taste good, by the way, there is still chili oil~" As he spoke, the master got up and went to the cupboard to rummage, "Huh? Where's my chili oil... ”

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The next morning, before 5 o'clock, I was awakened by a violent knock on the door, "Who?" I rubbed my sleepy eyes and pushed the door open, "Huh? But I saw that the master was standing at the door in a hurry, "Master, please come in, oops, you get old so early." ”

"I'm old, I can't sleep, I won't go in, baby, I had a dream last night, I dreamed that there were two big golden calves, coming to see me this morning, followed by a group of calves~ Come on, come and go out with me~" Saying that, the master grabbed my clothes impatiently and left.

“？？？” I fell into a daze again, "Master, wait a minute, I'm getting dressed~clothes~"

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After getting dressed, he followed the master out of the temple gate, "How can this dream be taken seriously?" I couldn't help but smile bitterly, but I didn't dare to say it, but then one thing left me dumbfounded.

Walked to the Lingguan Hall at the gate of Zixiao Palace, because the time was still early, the temple door had just opened, Xiao Liu and they were still sprinkling and sweeping the courtyard, the master walked to the Lingguan Master, stretched out his hand to light the three pillars of incense, respectfully burned incense and bowed, after worshipping, and asked me to burn incense and worship, I am also familiar with the road, but when I was about to get up, there was an exclamation behind me, "Yang Daochang?" ”

"Huh?" The voice was quite familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was for a while, and when I turned my head to look, I was surprised. It turned out that it was none other than the person standing behind him, but he was the leader of the U.S. team when he participated in the martial arts competition in Hong Kong in March '09.

They are aunts and nephews, the aunt is a Jeet Kune Do master, and the nephew is a gossip expert, both of whom are Chinese, but they are also American citizens, and they were the chief instructor of the FBI at the time.

"Who are these two?" The master looked at me in confusion,

"They... Immediately, I explained the situation to the master in detail, "Hello," I turned my head and greeted them, "It's been a long time, you two, how did you get here?" ”

"Oh," said the aunt fluently in American Chinese, "we heard that Wudang Mountain is the Taishan Beidou of Chinese mainland martial arts, and I have always wanted to visit, and I am very interested in Chinese Taoism, hoping to find a master, so I took my nephew to visit the mountain, not wanting to meet the Taoist leader unexpectedly, but it was a coincidence." ”

"You two babies, aren't you cows?" The master next to me asked solemnly, but I was full of black lines.

"How do you know?" The two of them instantly had a surprised expression, and what was even more surprised was me standing on the side, "Our aunt and nephew are indeed cattle, although they are called aunts and nephews, the difference in age is less than a few months. Who are you? ”

"Uhhh I instantly felt like my mouth was big enough to fit two eggs, "This is my master, Daochang Cao." It was a long time before I said slowly.

"Great, Ying Meng." The master smiled and stroked his palm.

"Ying Meng?" The aunt and nephew couldn't help but be stunned.

So I told my master's dream, I didn't want the aunt and nephew to kowtow directly on the spot, but I heard the aunt say, "Last night, we also had a dream, dreaming that the two of us turned into two golden bulls and worshiped the master on Wudang Mountain, it seems that you are our master." ”

The master smiled and pulled the two of them to the office, but I was left outside with a stunned me

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Speaking of which, time passed the fastest, and in a blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed, and on that day, the master had added two little uncles to me, and the pair of aunts and nephews did not stay for a few days, so they set off to return to the United States. I still follow my master every day, asking questions about the west, and the master is always patient, teaching me what I have learned in my life little by little.

The days passed like this little by little, until the day came

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On that day, just after lunch, the master received a phone call, but it was the little uncle from the United States who called, saying that he had invited a golden statue of "Xuantian God", and wanted to worship the altar of the Dharma at home in the United States, and open the light to welcome the gods.

I don't want to, this light is not going well, first, the weather is clear, suddenly there are gusts of wind, dark clouds, and later, the statue of the god of the light is invited to the house, the law is pursued, I don't want to, just paid tribute to the incense, the room is inexplicably blacked out, after the circuit maintenance, the house wires are not the slightest problem, just a black and foggy, after the auspicious time, the home is an inexplicable "Yo Yo ~" crying, only when the altar is scared of the soul, what to say is not to do things.

So, when there was no way to do it, I called the master, hoping that the master could give guidance on the high skills of the altar to complete the dojo.

After hearing this, the master pondered for a long time, but he didn't hang up the phone, only listened to the master to the altar of high merit, "This friend, open the altar for a while, don't do the light, let alone do the filth, just knock on the 'small board' and stop, take off the robes and lotus crowns, let my baby go on the incense, when she goes down the mountain, I give her the string of beads on the incense burner, trouble friends have been chanting 'Zhenwu Dazan', then I finish doing things, you can directly open the light." ”

"This Daoist? This...??? On the other side of the phone, I couldn't help but question, "Do you know how to do science?" How could you do that? ”

The master just smiled, "Just do what I say, don't go wrong in one place." ”

Subsequently, the master moved to the Sanguan Palace, closed the door of the hall, and instructed me to take out nine incense bowls, and light a stick of incense on the Bagua Gang position of the "Bugang Carpet", and then point the last stick of incense in the middle palace with my own hands. After doing all this, the master cleaned his hands, went to the altar to twist incense, twisted the three pillars, turned back to the middle palace, sat cross-legged, and commanded in a serious voice that had never been before, "Lida, now I want to do things, help me watch, wait for a stick of incense, if I don't get up, you will shake the emperor bell at full speed, as for the rest, do not let the incense in the bowl be extinguished, do not allow outsiders to disturb, life is at stake, do not be careless." Then, without waiting for me to reply, he calmly entered a state of concentration and stopped talking.

I nodded mechanically, holding the master's mobile phone in my hand, standing at the door of the hall, guarding the altar, only to listen to the phone, first lazily through the sound of music, and then, there was a burst of exclamations, and then, a thunderclap, and then, the respectful and solemn "Zhenwu Dazan" voice sounded, and after a while, there was another exclamation, and the voice of "Kaiguang Scientific Instrument" sounded again on the other end of the phone.

Just when I was stunned, the master suddenly trembled and let out a sigh: "Huh~ I'm so tired, the ancestor blesses, the ancestor blesses~" I heard the voice, and hurriedly wanted to support the master, but unexpectedly, the master actually waved his hand and bounced my hand away, and thanked the altar by himself. ”

Helping the master to walk out the door, I couldn't help asking, "Master, was that just now?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a little trick." After a pause, he said, "After a while, they will tell you, I want to sleep for a while, I am too sleepy, it seems that I am really old, I am so tired." ”

After listening to Uncle Xiao's description, I couldn't help but be stunned again, hung up the phone in a daze, and went back to the room by myself.

Uncle Xiao's description is like this:

After listening to Master's words, the Jing Orchestra itself was very disdainful, but under my repeated requests, they still did what Master said. Who would have thought, just when I put the beads given to me by the master on the incense burner and turned around and knelt in front of the altar, a gap opened in the originally cloudy sky, and a beam of sunlight shone directly into the room.

But I saw that the master walked up to the altar meticulously, stretched out his hand to twist incense, and was actually like a real person, and then, returned to the altar to bow, and then re-entered the altar, carrying a piece of wood (token) in his left hand, and a sword (magic sword) in his right hand, just walked down, circled around the mandala for a while, and then walked back to the altar, and slapped the wood (token) loudly, and then, the sky actually roared, only to feel that the whole house was trembling, and then, the call came, the crying in the house was gone, and most of the dark clouds outside dispersed.

Immediately afterward, a stronger sunlight shone into the room, and Master's phantom stepped into the light, turned his head, smiled at me, and disappeared with the bright light. We exclaimed again, the original Gao Gong, thinking that the master was a true immortal in the lower realm, couldn't help but kowtow in the direction where the master's phantom disappeared

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After a few days, it was finally here, the day to go down the mountain and say goodbye to the master, that evening, the mountain happened to be making the "Sazu iron can", only to see the altar of high merit, into the throne of the law, from time to time in the hands of various tricks, I and the master happened to pass by.

When I saw that the magic tricks kept changing in the hands of the high masters on the altar, and they were completely natural, without any hindrance, I couldn't help but yearn for it, and my face showed extravagant hope.

"Baby?" The master walked around to me and said, "Don't look at it, this Dharma throne, is it really the 'Dharma King' on the seat?" ”

"Didn't you say that Gao Gong should incarnate as the Heavenly Venerable to save suffering and ascend to the altar to perform the Fa, and purify the souls of the dead?" I wondered.

"The mind is connected with the ancestor, what do you want all this red tape?" The master put his hands behind his back and said with a smile.

"Master, I don't know these yet, uh..." I couldn't help but be embarrassed.

"Then you stay for a few more days, it's good to learn this thing, after all, you still have a long way to go~" The master looked up at the night that had fallen.

"Thank you, master~" I hurriedly said.

"Then I'll tell them another day and ask them to teach you." As he spoke, the master turned around and went back to the temple and walked towards the small kitchen.

"No," I hurriedly caught up, "it's better to learn from my master." ”

"Eh, I'm old, sometimes I can't remember things, I'll teach you what I remember~" The master said slowly.

"Okay~" I laughed, like a three- or five-year-old doll.

"You know, this 'Dharma throne' is not the point, the focus is on the 'great compassion', this 'great compassion' is 。。。。。。."

In this way, two figures, one old and one young, gradually disappeared into the night

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