Volume 4, Cultivation Chapter 086, The Third of the Great Examination Season - Exercise Conference
The second major event of the big examination season is the Daozhen Gongfa Conference, which is held in the Cereals Temple, and every year several masters of the "Xuan" generation take turns to teach or interpret the thousand-year-old Taoist true law and ancient proverbial texts, which are generally read out by a master first, then explained, and then combined with the practice of cultivating the truth to jointly debate, which is more conducive to the correction of differences and the enlightenment of wisdom in the practice.
At today's exercise conference, the head of the sect, Xuan Jizi, personally recited the three ancient Taoist scriptures in the sacrificial text just now: "At the beginning, there was Taiji, and it was born with two rituals. But at the beginning of the first year, the Tao stands in one; the sun rises and the yin descends, creating heaven and earth; heaven and earth are humble, and the universe is fixed...... The metaphysical is the way, the metaphysical is the way, the metaphysical is the instrument, the transformation is the change, the push is the action, and the tone is also ......"
When Li Qingtong heard this, wasn't it still the same as just now? Then he became ape again, because he was distracted, he couldn't listen to his heart at all, but fortunately, he had experienced a strange encounter and bathed in the "Chaos Cave", although he almost died, but because of the "Supreme Treasure Three Pills" of the Qingyang faction , turning decay into magic, quickly completed the foundation building process of washing the marrow and expanding the veins, realized the transformation of rebirth, and unconsciously refined the unforgettable magic skills and the ability to hear the ear, so although I didn't listen to it with my heart, it has been imprinted in my heart, and I can read it repeatedly in the future.
Later, he intermittently heard the voice of the master's explanation, to the effect that this ancient Taoist proverb was rumored to be from the Tiandao tablet in front of the ancient tomb Tiandao Mausoleum found on the Wuji Peak of Ziyang Mountain, and it was the immortal bird spirit animal body inscription left by the ancestor of mankind Nuwa Niangniang and Fuxi Holy Emperor thousands of years ago. It is said that at that time, a thin silk book was also found in the Tiandao Mausoleum, and the silk book was also written in the script of fairy birds and spirit beasts, which recorded some legends and mythological stories about the origin of the human race, and also mentioned the three people who claimed to be disciples. According to legend, just cracking out the words of those fairy birds and spirit beast bodies so that future generations can understand them, it took three hundred years of the first three generations of patriarchs of the Ziyang Sect, as well as the efforts of dozens or even hundreds of people......
Li Qingtong sat in the main hall, glanced at Lan Qingyue next to him from time to time, and listened to the master's explanation absentmindedly, but he couldn't hear it in his mind at all, but fortunately, it was as if he had installed a modern phonograph and voice recorder in his mind, although he didn't listen attentively, but he left it in his memory without missing a word, and he could listen to it back in the future.
Because Lan Qingyue was the youngest disciple of the Eastern Vein, she also sat in the last row with him, separated by a passage in the hall that was four or five steps wide, and I saw her sitting there safely, dressed like snow, like a wax figure, silently listening to the recitation and explanation of the master of the sect. An autumn wind blew from the temple gate, blowing the two rows of people next to the door behind them into fluttering clothes and hair fluttering. Everyone hurriedly went to tidy up their clothes, stroked their messy hair, and the sound of rustling suddenly sounded, and the hall was suddenly in turmoil, but the recitation of the master was still the same, and was not affected in the slightest. Li Qingtong took the opportunity to boldly turn his head to look to the right, but saw Lan Qingyue's white clothes drumming, black hair dancing, and her body was still motionless. The morning sun slanted into the hall, falling on everyone's faces and bodies, her white face like a jade carved snow sculpture, just shrouded in a pale golden halo, although cold as before, can not see a trace of joy, but still shine a little warm luster, in Li Qingtong's view, there is a touch of warmth and sweetness; a pair of bright eyes, but has always been as deep as autumn water, quiet as a pill, following the teacher's recitation, immersed in the endless Tao Void, wandering in the spiritual world, integrated in the joy of faith, turning a blind eye to everything around them, seeing as if there is nothing, seeing but not seeing; under the white clothes of the autumn windIn the warm bath of the autumn breeze and warm sun, at this moment it also exudes the fragrance of youth, but it is as calm as plastic, like a golden body and silver bones, the mind and the Tao are fused together, the body and mind are one, the object and I forget, and it seems that its expression is transcendent, and the charm is natural, like an angel saint falling into the dust, sitting in the temple......
Later, the contemplative Lan Qingkey was woken up by the sound of everyone's argument, and the crowd in the entire hall entered the fierce debate of the Taoist classics, and the debate combined with the practice of practice was warm and sharp, whether it was the master or the disciples, they were all freely expressing their feelings and understanding, and the disciples did not let the master - do not have to care about the dignity of the master as usual, the master did not care about the disciple - There is no need to maintain the dignity of the reserve as usual, many people are fighting for red-faced, think that the right will insist on their own insight, think that the wrong will humbly accept the other party's true knowledge, whose witty words shine like a meteor, will immediately cause the whole hall to applaud, who gets the true knowledge like a pearl to shine with shimmering brilliance, will also cause everyone to praise from the bottom of their hearts, the audience of the debate is colorful, the avenue is bright, and the climax is repeated. It was the first time Lan Qingyue participated in the debate of this kind of Dao Gong Dharma meeting, and only then did she feel the young and ignorant of the fledgling, and she also initially realized that the Tao is like the sea, the individual is like a drop of water, the law of morality is broad and boundless, and the road to cultivation is long and endless.
And Li Qingtong, but in the center of this autumn breeze blowing leaves, in this warm sun oblique hall of the heart ape, the autumn wind blowing leaves stirred his first love, the warm sun oblique illumination of his young impetuousness, eyes shining, heart flying with feelings, all for the Yi people and lingering, although the Taoist exercises flowed into the memory, but almost did not understand a word, a morning time in this impetuous warm sun hurriedly leaped, rapid passage.
After noon, the third activity, which is also the main activity of this year's big examination season, is that the disciples' pricing upgrade exam will be arranged in groups on the large Ceres Square in front of the Ceres Temple.
The disciples of the two veins and five peaks, whether they are true disciples or registered disciples, are all three years and one small test and six years of big exams, and this year is the year of the big exam. In the past, one person was elected to preside over the "Xuan" generation of teachers, and the other teachers jointly formed the evaluation team. Presiding over the assessment is a supreme honor in the Qingyang faction, this time because Lei Zhenzi came to participate in the Autumn White Festival event in a high-profile manner, the head of Xuanjizi gave him this glorious opportunity directly, and several other masters, including the head of Xuanjizi himself, are just ordinary examiners of the evaluation team to participate in the evaluation, and the master Zunyun Zhongzi is also happy to follow it, teasing in the middle, and the third master Xuanming Taoist looks silent, Few words, the four masters are still the same, sitting there like a beautiful god, sometimes with wonderful metaphors, shocking the four, sometimes warm as jade, like the wind.
The content and form of the exam are not complicated, and there are three subjects: concentrating on the Tao, which is a compulsory subject, focusing on the basic skills of the disciples, making weapons and alchemy, which is one of the two, and boxing and swordsmanship, which are also two choices. The same is true of previous editions. All the disciples who participated in the examination were grouped together, regardless of whether they were true disciples or registered disciples, and were divided into different groups according to different subjects to participate in the examination of the flowing water; the people on the entire Qingyang Mountain, including masters, disciples, manifest ones, hermits, long envoys, short-term employees, laborers, helpers, and other people, could come to observe and comprehend, feel the Dao Tibetan Mental Method, and observe the martial arts fist and sword.
The first thing to do in the exam is to sit on the meditation path. All disciples who participated in the grading advanced had to take this exam, so the number of people who signed up for the exam was the largest, and almost all the disciples of the two veins and five peaks had registered.
Meditation sat down and divided into four sessions, and divided people into groups by drawing lots, with each hundred disciples as a team, and participated in each exam in order, so it was called the "hundred-person group". The 100 disciples in the "100-person group" are carried out together, and they are not compared with time, but compared with the changes in their own mental appearance in the meditation, specifically the realm of the small world in each person's body, the formation of the inner dan, and the evolution of the primordial infant born by the inner dan. The five masters on the steps of the main hall sat down with the disciples, and they used their own divine consciousness to infiltrate each disciple's divine consciousness in the air, so as to perceive the changes in each disciple's mental image, and finally determined the quality and grade of each person's meditation and meditation. This assessment is purely an insider's doorway, but the layman can't see the slightest bit of excitement.
Li Qingtong suddenly felt infinite emotion in his heart, ashamed of his indefiniteness, and no longer dared to think wildly, but concentrated his heart and made every effort to meet his first graded exam since entering the mountain. Therefore, he decisively put away this unbridled heart ape, gathered his mind and thoughts, sank his divine consciousness in the depths of his heart, dived deep into the realm of Dao Void, and gradually entered a chaotic, lightless and colorless world, looking into his body, and gradually jumping out of a bright light, a baby-like tangible and invisible life form, illuminating his mind and the world around him. It was as if he had come to a vast outer world, the sky was like a dome, enveloping the four wildernesses, and the earth was a wasteland, vast and boundless. There is a sun in the sky, a hundred birds in the clouds, and some people are flying; there is a moon in the water, and the grass is abundant on the ground, and there are beasts leaping; between the mountains and rivers, the companions of plants and trees, and there are people coming and going. The sun is like a candle-red turntable, turning away the dark nights, turning the clear sky, turning away the endless sea, turning away the vast mountains, turning away a thousand trees withering and ice and snow Kaikai autumn and winter, and turning away a hundred flowers and plants in the spring and summer. The clouds in the sky are like a magical magic curtain, one moment white, one moment red, one moment black, changing different colors, but also changing countless images: bird-like beasts, beast-like demons, monster-like monsters, monster-like demons, demon-like ghosts, ghost-like gods, god-like people, human-like birds, man-like beasts, man-like demons, man-like monsters, man-like demons, man-like ghosts, man-like gods...... A strange fantasy world suddenly unfolded in his meditation.