That night, they came to a conclusion: modern Taoism is based on two scriptures as a theoretical basis, and Qiang witchcraft as the source of Taoism, which is formed by merging with each other.

As for Qi Fengshan, it must have been a descendant of the Qiang people who migrated out, and defeated the people who were originally entrenched there. The witchcraft that was handed down was preserved in three forms: pure Qiang witchcraft, a modified version of the Ruyi Book that was formed by Taoism, and a ghost art that was hated by both Cha Wenbin and High Priest Yun.

Witchcraft comes from the sensibility to the power of the gods, and this ancient and mysterious power should be the closest to the primitive people who possess the power of heaven in myths and legends.

On this night, High Priest Yun and Cha Wenbin had a candle night talk, Cha Wenbin told the High Priest a lot of his understanding of the Tao, and at the same time, High Priest Yun also made up for Cha Wenbin's many spells.

It can be said that at this time, after the death of the master, Cha Wenbin's most rewarding experience about Taoism, the appearance of the high priest of Yun made up for many spells that had gradually lost their power in the past, and those ancient and difficult spells were restored one by one and modified accordingly.

On the second day, Cha Wenbin decided to go into the mountain to investigate, and the idea of High Priest Yun was not to be stopped, and in his opinion, the gods would naturally be willing to receive those he was waiting for, and if they were not welcomed, they would definitely be punished. They are all God's people, and they believe that God has a higher power and no one can destroy it.

After receiving the blessing of the high priest of Yun, Cha Wenbin led the group of people towards the holy mountain in the hearts of the world, the real Kunlun main peak known as the "source of China", which is the legendary dojo of the Queen Mother of the West, with countless immortal ascension histories and elixirs all over the ground, as well as the Yaochi fairyland that has been recited for thousands of years!

The back of this village is shrouded in clouds and mist all the year round, that is, on the third day of the third lunar month every year, the holy mountain will clear the clouds and mist to see the day, and it is said that that day is also the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West. High Priest Yun said that he had never seen the top of this mountain, and the rare time he saw it every day was also a faint outline.

Beliefs about the Queen Mother of the West have a long history in China. The earliest "Classic of Mountains and Seas?? It is recorded in the "Three Classics of the West" that the Queen Mother of the West lives in the mountain of Yushan, and its shape is like a person, with a leopard's tail and tiger teeth and a good roar, and its hair is full of victory. It means that the Queen Mother of the West is roughly like a person, with a mighty shape, and is in charge of the plague and punishment monsters.

Another book that includes the Chinese immortal canon of the "Complete Biography of the Immortals" records: The Queen Mother of the West is the Golden Mother of Guitai, the extreme respect of the Yin of the Xihua to the Miaodong, Yuhua was born in Yichuan, Shenzhou, the common surname is Hou or Yang, the word is Wanyan, and the word is too empty. It means that the Queen Mother of the West is a Taoist noble goddess who gathers the wonderful true qi of Xihua and was born in Yichuan, Shenzhou.

And Cha Wenbin learned the Taoist collection "Daozang Taoist Traces Sutra" recorded in this way: the queen mother sat in the palace, wearing gold humiliation, the literary brilliance is distinct, the light is gentle, with a Lingfei scarf, the waist wears the sword of the scene, the head is too Hua, wearing the crown of Taizhen Chenying, walking on the Xuanfeng Wenzhi, viewing, thirty years old, shortened, Tianzi, Lingyan is peerless, and the true spirit is also. In this Taoist text, the Queen Mother of the West has been humanized, not only in a remarkable manner, but also only in appearance to be about thirty years old.

In short, this mythologized goddess has been playing a pivotal role in China's long and ancient mythological era, in the ancient books of Taoism, many times recorded that the Queen Mother of the West appeared to send an envoy to the earth, once sent her apprentice Jiutian Xuannu, to help the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou, give the map of the world to Emperor Shun to rectify the country, send twenty-three women Mrs. Yunhua to help Dayu control the water, and those who are fortunate to see the holy face, there are Emperor Shun in the township who is famous for filial piety, Mu Tianzi who worships the golden mother in You Yaochi, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who is good at the art of immortals.

More famous is her peach, three thousand years of flowering, three thousand years of fruit, mortals can become immortals, and can live forever, in short, she is a person above the immortals, because all the myths and stories do not mention one point, that is, immortals are not necessarily immortal! If it is said that immortals also have a lifespan, but they are longer than mortals, then the peach in the hands of the Queen Mother of the West that can prolong life and stay young forever has not become a supreme treasure coveted by everyone?

Therefore, about this true god, it has always been a legend of immortality, but Cha Wenbin does not believe that there is such a thing as a peach, because the ancients often created such a character according to their own yearning to worship, which is used to spur themselves to develop in the direction of immortality. But whether it is kings, commoners or scholars, they all find that this pursuit of immortality seems to be unworkable, even Qin Shi Huang is no exception, so some people began to build another world: the underworld, which is a world after a person's death, and with people's hope for reincarnation after death and the protection of their descendants, religion began to rise in earnest!

When the perfect combination of witchcraft and Taoist theory, so that Taoism began to flourish in the land of China, under the guidance of the Book of Changes, Taoist priests began to be able to use celestial phenomena, five elements, yin and yang, feng shui to control the mysterious natural power of ancient witchcraft, and then cooperate with a large number of Taoist classics to cultivate their own inner world, so such a Taoist religion that occupies the first major religion in the long river of Chinese history began its own glorious history.

Because of the limitations and extinction of writing, the fluctuations and uncertainties of history, the seriousness of the existence of word-of-mouth mantras, and the rise of other religions, Taoism finally began to lose its glory as the first major religion, and began to have signs of decline, along with those ancient witchcraft, divination and feng shui physiognomy, began to disappear in the tide of the times.

On the way, Lao Wang was also very interested in this sacred mountain, which is said to be the territory of the Queen Mother of the West. He said: "There was a very interesting thing in Chinese history, there was a group of tomb robbers who dug up the tomb of King Wei Xiang during the Warring States Period, and there was also a person who was a little literate at that time, and he liked to collect bamboo slips in the Warring States Period. One of his bamboo slips is described in the theme of a novel, that is, the strange book "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", which shocked later generations.

The Biography of Mu Tianzi is a record of the life of King Zhou Mu, the monarch of the Western Fifth Dynasty, and this book clearly records the plot of King Zhou Mu's expedition to the west, singing with the Queen Mother of the West and offering gifts to the Queen Mother of the West. This is the real existence of King Mu of Zhou in history, and the bronze ritual vessels unearthed in the Western Zhou Dynasty are real in the existence of this character, he is the great-grandson of King Wu of Zhou, the son of King Zhao of Zhou, named Ji Man.

Since King Zhou Mu does exist, then the possibility of the existence of the Queen Mother of the West, hehe, is very large, and this book was written at least before the Warring States period. It is very likely that it was written based on some wild histories and folklore of the time, and it cannot be said how credible it is, but there is another official history that also has a similar record, that is, "Historical Records". It is recorded in Zhou Benji: "In the seventeenth year of King Mu, he went on a hunting tour in the west and saw the Queen Mother of the West." ”

Chaozi listened with great interest, and the power should have relieved himself along the way: "Didn't Brother Wen Bin say that this Queen Mother of the West is a monster?" ”。

Lao Wang continued: "Fei Ye, in my opinion, I agree more with the records in the Taoist classics that Wen Bin just described, rather than the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and I believe that she is a beautiful woman. Because in the earliest days in China, matrilineal clans were pursued, and most of the ancient tribes used animals as totems, such as the totem of the descendants of Yan and Huang that we now call it: dragon! However, the Queen Mother of the West was described as a monster with a leopard tail, tiger teeth, and a howling spirit, and it is very likely that the totem of their tribe at that time was composed of a tiger and a leopard.

In order to increase the influence of the tribe and the leadership of the Queen Mother of the West, people incarnated her as a god and became a half-human, half-beast monster. In ancient times, people admired witchcraft, and those who mastered witchcraft were often the supreme rulers of the clan, such as the High Priest Yun, who became the leader of this forgotten Qiang tribe after losing his patriarch.

So there is a great possibility that the Queen Mother of the West will be deified. As for why there are only two possibilities for being immortalized: one is that she has mastered a very powerful witchcraft, and she can stay young forever and be immortal, do you think this Wen Bin is possible? ”。

Cha Wenbin is not very sure: "I can't say this, witchcraft is powerful, I saw it last night, and there are indeed some gods and ghosts that can reach the sky." But if you want to be immortal and immortal, unless you can go against the sky, it cannot be ruled out that this Queen Mother of the West has a powerful witchcraft in her hands, and even the ancestor of the origin of all witchcraft. ”

Lao Wang nodded and said: "Then there is another one, this Queen Mother of the West is just a code name at all, just like we call the rulers of all dynasties and generations of the Central Plains emperors, no kings of any dynasty have a general name called the emperor, he is not a person but a symbol of identity, then, if this tribe still exists, isn't it that the Queen Mother of the West has always existed?" ”

Cha Wenbin is a little tired, what he knows in the past two days can almost completely coherent the entire history of the development of Taoism, together with those who he didn't know originally, only knew the spells and runes he used to figure out some of the meanings, this alone, is already a great harvest, it can be said that if he can understand the "Ruyi Book" one day, then it is really possible to become a generation of grandmasters.

"No matter, if there are really people, I believe there will also be traces, this place is inaccessible, even after thousands of years, there must be something left, since the sun and moon are from here, then it means that we are at least in the right place."

Just when Cha Wenbin and Lao Wang were chatting very speculatively, Zheluo and Chaozi, who were walking in front, suddenly found that there was a strange thing in front of them, two large pillars rising from the ground stood on both sides, leaving only a fairly smooth aisle in the middle, Zheluo said: "The stone in front is so magnificent, it really looks like a gate!" ”

When Cha Wenbin heard this, he looked up, but vaguely found that something was wrong, because there seemed to be a team walking outside the gate, and he saw that the leader of the team was actually Zheluo!