I explained to the puzzled old knife and Haide that the reason why Shen Tangzhi and I discussed the concept of life and death of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism before was to judge what the most important thing in the words in the blood jade - the "Seven Chapters of Xuanjun" - was it.

"So you've come to a conclusion?" Old Knife asked.

I nodded: "We judge that this is likely to be a very ancient Taoist classic, and its content probably includes two aspects, the first is related to the art of immortality, and secondly, it may also record the method of sealing some 'ancient gods'. ”

The old knife looked at me and said, "I understand the meaning of every word you say, but when you put it together, I don't understand it at all. ”

Hyde on the side nodded repeatedly, expressing extreme agreement.

Shen Tangzhi smiled and said, "Detective Jida, don't sell it, let's explain it from the beginning." ”

"Hey, how can I be considered a traitor? It's just that when it comes to my major, I'll just say a few more words by the way - it's a free science knowledge for you, so you can be content! ”

"Okay, let's talk about it."

"Then I'll analyze it sentence by sentence."

At this time, I was still confident, and naturally I would not be weak-hearted, and began to tell my own opinions.

The first is the sentence "Netherworld, the door of death and life".

The word "Netherworld", I first knew it in Blackwater Town, in the illusion of Blackwater Town, I was called by the ghosts in the illusion several times, asking me to find this "Netherworld Palace", and this sentence of eight words, first explained what kind of place the Netherworld Palace is.

It was the "door of life and death".

It is the boundary between life and death, or the boundary between the everyday world and the indescribable netherworld.

We often hear legends about the underworld, or hell, but the door of life and death may also mean something else, not to hell, but to resemble a ...... It can be understood as a "portal" in science fiction, which can make the passer enter another world.

Perhaps because this portal is one-way, it can only be teleported in one direction, and it is impossible to make people who have passed through the portal return again, so it is still unknown what that world looks like.

Speaking of this, I asked Shen Tangzhi for advice, because I had some vague views on the word "Northern Underworld", whether it refers to a specific "certain sea in the north", or is it a general reference like "Three Realms" and "Difu"?

Shen Tangzhi pondered for a moment and replied, "I don't think it refers to a specific location. ”

She said, "There are fish in the North Underworld. It is usually interpreted as "there is a sea in the far north, and there is a fish in the sea", and some people interpret "North Hell" as "North Sea". But this is only a literal understanding, but the specific geographical location of the "North Hell" or "North Sea" has not been explained since ancient times.

Even if the word "underworld" is used as the "sea", it is very problematic, because in the whole text of the Zhuangzi, all other places where the sea is mentioned are used as "hai" instead of "underworld".

When referring to the god of the sea in "Autumn Water", Zhuangzi replied to Huizi's question that "the young man flies in the South China Sea and flies in the North Sea", and "the young bird" is also a huge bird similar to the Dapeng bird, but it still uses "North Sea" instead of "North Hell" and "South Hell" in "Getaway".

"You just mentioned the concept of life and death of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, which greatly inspired me." Shen Tang's way, "If it is understood by Taoist Danxue, it may be able to explain." ”

It was the first time I heard such an ancient term as "Danxue" from Shen Tangzhi's mouth. couldn't help but be stunned: "You still know Danxue?" Aren't you a medical examiner? It stands to reason that people who do your job should not be absolute materialists? ”

Shen Tangzhi glanced at me obliquely: "I just happened to be a little interested, so I learned a little bit of knowledge, and I didn't go to practice Danjutsu?" ”

I smiled, touched my nose, and asked, "Outer Dan or Inner Dan?" ”

"Of course, it's the Inner Danjutsu."

Shen Tangzhi explained that according to the cultivation method of Neidan Learning, "Ming" is more like a place that contains a certain potential in the human body, and the huge "Kun" born in it is a symbol of the subconscious, which Taoists call "true element oneness".

Kunyu turns into Peng, and then Tu Nan, and its purpose is only one - Nan Ming.

The Southern Hades, the Heavenly Pond also. Those who are "Qi Harmony" are also strangers. The words of "Harmony" say: "Pengzhi migrated in the south of the underworld, the water hit three thousand miles, the one who swayed up ninety thousand miles, and the one who went to rest in June." ”

In the Taoist view of the generation of the universe, it is believed that since Pangu opened the heavens and the earth, the pure qi ascended to the sky, and the turbid qi sank to the earth. The southern darkness of Tianchi is the representative of Qingyang, and the opposite northern darkness is a symbol of turbidity.

From turbidity to purity, this is the purpose of Dapeng Tunan, and it is also the most important concept in Taoist cultivation, that is, to see the mind.

Only by removing the obstacles that have been wrapped in the mind due to acquired habits can we see the mind that leads to the state of purity, and this process will be a very long and arduous process, just like Dapeng's "water strikes three thousand miles".

The image of Dapeng is in line with the "refinement" in the "refining and refining qi" of Neidan's cultivation.

The essence is hidden in the kidneys, rebellious to the congenital, elevated to the Tianchi acupoint located at the head, and then Zhenda Ni Pill Palace, to complete a Zhoutian operation, the so-called "heaven and earth are 84,000 miles apart, and the human heart and kidney are eight inches and four points apart", the practice method taught in the Taoist Danshu is in line with the story of Peng Niao Tunan mentioned by Zhuangzi.

The technique of returning the Nine Turns to the Dan also needs to use the "Breath of June" in the Dan method to break through the entrance and reach the inexplicable realm.

When I first heard it, I thought that Shen Tangzhi was just using Zhuangzi's "Getaway" to explain to me that "Northern Hell" is a general reference, not a real exact place, when I heard half of it, I already smiled, and when I fully understood what Shen Tangzhi meant, I couldn't help but be shocked and shocked!

I blurted out: "According to your understanding, Zhuangzi's "Getaway" is actually a book full of metaphors for the cultivation of Inner Dan?!" ”

Shen Tangzhi seemed to have known that I would ask this question, so he replied after a long time: "Why not?" ”

She continued: "The Three Realms Road is clear, illuminating the Northern Hades Palace. The 'Three Realms' refers to the world where heaven, earth, man, ghosts and gods are located, which is the vast world, and the corresponding 'Northern Hell' shouldn't explain the hidden place of the spirits in the human body? This is the corresponding small world. ”

I was speechless for a while before nodding and saying, "According to your line of thought, it is indeed another way of understanding. It's just that 'North Netherworld' refers to the mysterious little world where the human body's potential is located, and the 'Netherworld Palace', can it also be explained in the same way? ”

Shen Tangzhi was not surprised at all by my rhetorical question, but bowed his head slightly in agreement: "You said it was a portal before, this is a very modern statement, of course it is true." But in the practice of Danshu, the next sentence of refining and refining qi is refining qi and transforming gods—that is the cultivation that involves the soul. Netherworld, the door of death and life - perhaps it means that this portal located in the Netherworld can only transmit souls, but not **. Once separated from the soul, isn't it from birth to death? That's why, I'll explain the phrase 'the door of life and death' later. ”

If Shen Tangzhi had said this to me when I had not experienced the story of Zhang Hui and Xu Liqing, I would definitely refute it solemnly.

But living examples appeared right in front of me.

Indeed, according to Xu Liqing's situation, her soul not only left **, but was also able to stay and transform in other bodies......

Does this mean that if there really is such a "door of death and life" in the "Netherworld Palace" that can only transmit souls, wouldn't this be Xu Liqing's situation?

Could it be ......

"Could it be that the secret method taught to Zhang Hui by the blind man Tang is actually to let Xu Liqing's soul pass through the 'Gate of Death and Life' again and return to the world from the underworld?" Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I thought through many of the previous questions at once, "Then I even suspect that in fact, in Blackwater Town, there may also be a 'Gate of Death and Life' - that is, an entrance to the Netherworld Palace!" Remember the legend of Blackwater's 'Tattoo'? “

Lao Dao and Shen Tang nodded, and Hyde looked confused, but no one had time to explain to him for the time being, this story was too long.

I continued to speak, because my long-standing doubts were finally understood, and my tone was lifted by my emotions.

According to Qiao Luo (that is, Qiao Zhenbang), the origin of the pattern is because Qiao Luo misses his wife and children, and uses the pattern to meet them in a dream. The original text reads, 'The darkness from the Netherworld incarnates as a giant serpent that inhabits my skin', and this dark power should come from the Netherworld, at the end of the gate of death and life, the unknown underworld. ”

"Therefore, when the townspeople of Blackwater Town were also dragged into Qiao Luo's dream, there was the problem of the living sleeping forever, and the souls of those townspeople were trapped in the Netherworld Palace!"

"So many ghosts are shouting at me in the illusion, telling me to find the Netherworld, they are actually calling for help from me! Let me find a way to open the Netherworld and free these trapped souls from resentment and pain. ”

"Then, Jolo came up with a way, in order to save the eternal sleep, he created a terrifying 'tomb ghost' to gnaw the sacrificed daughter of pure yin, and transferred the townspeople's sorrow for the dead to the brain of the sacrificed, and the pain of the townspeople was also transferred to the body of the sacrificed at the same time, and the sacrificed woman would always dream of the sorrow of others in the endless sleep, in order to achieve the purpose of sealing the Netherworld."

But the saved townsfolk eventually contracted the plague of death in the Yellow Springs...... Gradually turned into a living corpse. ”

Can the dead bodies we encountered, Li Jianguo, Liu Yan, and those resurrected in the morgue of Shiqiaopu Funeral Parlor, also be seen as infected by the "epidemic of death"?

Are those three dark blue strange stones-like yin rice blue strange things from another world?

"You say, there are multiple entrances to the Netherworld?" Shen Tangzhi's eyes lit up, "There is one in Heishui Town, is there a second entrance in the Shiqiaopu funeral home?" ”

"I don't know, after the first Yin Mi Qing was absorbed by my blood jade, all the living corpses in the Shiqiaopu Funeral Parlor turned back into corpses. However, it is true that all the dead bodies were resurrected in the Shiqiaopu funeral home. ”

"Has the follow-up investigation report come out?"

"Almost three feet into the ground, the entire funeral home was bulldozed. Listening to Cheng Cheng, even large excavators were used, but still nothing. ”

When I said this, I was actually a little weak, because in fact, the biggest gain was that those three dark blue strange stones had been absorbed by my blood jade, and now I couldn't find even a single one.

But Shen Tangzhi just said "um", indicating that he understood, and there were no extra words.

I continued to explain the sixteen-character "Book of Heaven."

I said: "In the Book of Songs, Daya, and Buwu, there is 'Zhaozi comes to Xu, and his ancestors are roped.'" In the year of Vance, he was blessed by heaven. These two sentences are to the effect that King Kang can inherit the ancestral virtue and respond to the mandate of heaven, and will be blessed by heaven forever. ”

The three paragraphs after "Netherworld Palace, the Gate of Death and Life", "The Quartet is missing, the ancestral god Zhaozi." The Key of the Yellow Spring, the Bloodline of the Yellow Spring, the Blessing of the Heavens, the Seven Chapters of Xuanjun", the "Receiving the Heavens" is still the original meaning in the Book of Poetry, and it bears a trace of the blessing of the heavens, but "Zhaozi" should not be the meaning of "the light is obviously shining", but should be the meaning of "manifesting and showing", and it should be translated as "awakening" in relation to the context.

So, I translate it sentence by sentence as follows:

The Netherworld, the gate of life and death. - The hidden door of life and death is a place called the "Netherworld Palace".

The Quartet is lacking, and the ancestral god Zhaozi. - The enchantments of the four directions of heaven and earth have been shattered, and the ancient gods have begun to recover.

The key to the Yellow Springs, the Bloodline of the Yellow Springs,—— the Bloodline and the blood jade engraved with the "Yin Bloodline" are the keys to the land of the Yellow Springs.

By the heavens, Xuanjun seven chapters. - (In the Netherworld Palace) There is an ancient scroll called "The Seven Chapters of Xuanjun", which is a treasure born in response to the mandate of heaven.

I finally concluded, "That is to say, only with the big snake tattoo on my back and this piece of blood jade, can I enter the Netherworld, and somewhere in the Netherworld, there is the ancient book "The Seven Chapters of Xuanjun", and only by obtaining the "Seven Chapters of the Xuanjun" can I once again stop an existence called the 'Ancestral God' from continuing to awaken, or re-seal it. ”

After listening to this, Shen Tangzhi asked me two questions.

First, what exactly is the "ancestral god"?

In ancient Chinese culture, the most ancient god is none other than the Pangu god who opened the world, but Pangu is famous and famous, this "ancestral god", is it a more ancient existence than the Pangu god?

We don't know the answer to this question for the time being, and we can only think of it as something like "Old Dominator" or "Ancient Evil God".

Second, it stands to reason that the "Seven Chapters of Xuanjun", which records the secret method of sealing the "ancestral gods", should be at least the same level as the "ancestral gods", but the result of our previous discussion is that the "Seven Chapters of Xuanjun" should be a classic from Taoism, is this a contradiction for you?

I do have my own understanding of this point - in fact, to put it bluntly, "The Seven Chapters of Xuanjun" cannot directly seal the ancestral gods, but later generations have recorded the methods of sealing or fighting the ancestral gods.

But one of the most serious problems is ......

- Where am I going to find the so-called "Netherworld"?

Time is already a luxury for me, as the frequency and severity of the streaks on my back have become more and more intense these days......

I must find the Netherworld Palace as soon as possible and get the Seven Chapters of Xuanjun, which I think will probably also contain a way to get rid of the vein.

Suddenly, I heard a chant from the distant sky......

Unknown life, unknown death?

One death and life, Qi Peng's death.

Give up this life and enter the six realms.

["The Secret Couple", end.] 】