Shi Xin frowned, and said secretly in his heart: Maybe the problem is here. If Emperor Wu had adhered to the tradition of the Han Dynasty and was still a Taoist "rule by inaction", perhaps it would have been able to explain the current situation of rampant Taoism. Thinking of this, he asked, "Are there any other sects besides Taoism?"

"That's a lot, there are Confucianism, Buddhism, Yin and Yang Religion, Dharma Religion, Famous Religion, Agricultural Religion, Miscellaneous Religion and so on. These are all general terms for the big sects, and there are many smaller sects underneath. ”

"Ink ...... What about teaching?" Shi Xin wanted to ask the Mo family, but suddenly thought that other academics had become teaching, and the Mo family, which was once called "the manifestation of the world", naturally became "Mo Jiao".

"Mojiao? Do you think that the three religions and the nine streams can become sects, then you are wrong. The Mo family had already declined in the early days of the Han Dynasty, and by the time of Emperor Wu, the religion was prevalent, but the Mo family disappeared even more, which cannot but be said to be a pity. ”

"Master, when you said Emperor Wu, the sect began to prevail?"

"Yes, it's history. A few years after the death of the Empress Dowager Dou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived in a simple house and kept filial piety for the Empress Dowager Dou for five years, and the court was lost to Dong Zhongshu and others to manage. Five years later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suddenly issued a decree to invite all the world's academic leaders to the Han court to gather, saying that there was a matter that would have a great impact on later generations. When all the scholars arrived, he personally assessed and selected a total of 500 people to enter the Changle Palace to do research together. A year has passed, and there has been no movement inside, and two or three years have passed, and there is still no movement. It wasn't until five years later, when the gates of Changle Palace were opened, that all the scholars involved in the research departed, and it is said that they left with great excitement. ”

Later, the Han Dynasty sprung up many sects, all of which were based on a variety of scholarships, just like the Sacred Sect of Confucianism today, which was founded at that time. Oh, by the way, Buddhism, a foreign sect that has risen in the past hundred years, is also a major religion. Buddhism is unified in thought, and there are no other branches, with Luoyang White Horse Temple as the ancestral court, and there are many congregations. There are many more Taoisms, so I won't list them all here. ”

After the establishment of these sects, they all invariably pointed out that everyone is born with a fixed vein, and cultivating the eight veins of the Qi Sutra according to their own veins will break through the limits of the human body and become a cultivator beyond human beings------ Pulse Master, referred to as Pulse Master. ”

Hearing this, Shi Xin's heart sank: It turns out that this is the origin of the pulse master!

I only heard Ge Xuan continue: "...... At this time, there were also corresponding changes in the imperial court: in the army, starting from the lowest-level soldiers to the highest-ranking generals, they had to screen the pulse organs, and then carry out the corresponding cultivation according to the differences of each person. At the beginning, some ministers of the court and some people of insight seemed to smell some crises, and kept writing to Emperor Wu, believing that large-scale changes would cause social instability, but Emperor Wu not only ignored them, but also openly supported them. Later, everyone gradually realized that this was a great change led by Emperor Wu. In this way, with the imperial court as the center and the local governments as the fulcrum, the entire Han Dynasty formed a huge trend, making the emerging profession of pulse master hot. In this situation, it also urged the rapid development of pulse practitioners. After hundreds of years, it became what you see now. ”

Surprised, shocked, and incredulous, the expression on Shi Xin's face was incomparable. The butterfly effect shows that a small change in one part of the world may have a huge impact in another place. A huge decision made by the ancient emperors caused profound changes to later generations. ”

"Perhaps, in the world I lived in in my previous life, the history of the Three Kingdoms was real, but in the current world, everything has changed, which is really incredible. On the one hand, he found it difficult to accept, and on the other hand, he got a very logical explanation from the parallel universe theory.

"It's better to see than to hear, I'll show you. Ge Xuan stood up, with words in his mouth, while explaining: "As long as the pulse master opens the pulse, an innate "instrument" will appear, which we usually call the "pulse training device", referred to as the "pulse instrument". For those who are new to the pulse organs, they will have a set of mantras to memorize, but after they are familiar with it, they can think about it in their hearts. Then, most importantly, after the spell is completed, the veins will materialize, like this. ”

Ge Xuan's right palm flipped upward, and the phantom of an object slowly emerged, from small to large, gradually emerging like a substantial volley, and it was a three-legged alchemy furnace. Ge Xuan's mouth kept saying, his left hand made a formula, pointed outward, and the furnace in his right hand flew outward with a "whoosh" and then froze. The furnace continued to grow in size in the air, changing from transparent to lilac, then from lilac to purple, and finally to a round belly furnace with a height and width of about half a zhang.

"This is the pulse of the teacher, Shennong Ding. ”

Ge Xuan's process of sacrificing the pulse was deliberately slowed down, and he also recited a spell in his mouth, of course, to make it easier for Shi Xin to understand. Under normal circumstances, the process of sacrificing the veins is like Zhou Tai and Sun Ce, and they can just recite it silently in their hearts.

Ge Xuan put away Shennong Ding and said gloomily: "The reason why many people want to become pulse practitioners is, in the final analysis, to get ahead. No matter how well the alchemy furnace is practiced, it will only make wedding dresses for others, and in this world, the offensive pulse is the most useful. ”

Seeing that Ge Xuan was depressed, Shi Xin couldn't help but encourage: "I am born to be useful, and Master doesn't have to be humble." I do think that Master's Shennong Ding is better than many offensive veins, and it is also more in line with the original intent of the Dao. Shennong Ding is used to refine medicine to save people, and the offensive vein is used to kill people, which is obviously high. What's more, the usefulness of the pulse device depends on the individual's temperament, who can conclude that the offensive pulse device cannot be used to save people? Alchemy Pill Ding cannot be used to study the elixir of killing?"

Chen Bing next to him was obviously stunned for a moment, and muttered: "Can the pulse device kill people or save people?"

Ge Xuan smiled and said, "I can't imagine that Xin'er has never been exposed to the Dao Method, and what she said is a bit Dao. I also often lament that people in the world often only care about the strength of the pulse master, and they don't care more and more about the cultivation of the mind. ”

He continued, "Alright, I'll explain to you in detail about the Pulse Master. As the name suggests, the first task of the pulse master is to open up the eight veins of the strange meridians in the body. There are eight levels of pulse masters, the lowest is the first rank pulse master, who opens one meridian, and the highest is the eighth rank pulse master, who opens eight meridians. Opening up the meridians is the most important task of the pulse master, and it is also the most difficult task, and some people who are not talented enough can only open one meridian in their lifetime. As a teacher, he is now a fifth-class pulse master. It took me one year to go from a first-class pulse master to a second-class pulse master, two years to go from second to third, seven years to go from third to fourth, and an exaggerated ten years to go from fourth to today's fifth-class one-heavy. In recent years, the cultivation seems to have come to a standstill, and there has been no progress at all, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take more than 20 years to go from fifth to sixth. ”

"There are thousands of ways to open up the meridians, some people find another way, the army is dangerous, and some people are down-to-earth and take one step at a time. Opening the pulse is the first step to open up the meridians, and only when the pulse is opened can it be regarded as officially entering the cultivation of the pulse master. By the way, I haven't told you yet, when I was checking your pulse outside just now, I found that your eight meridians were sealed, and I have never been in contact with this situation, and I don't know if I can break the seal. Only by breaking the seal can the pulse be opened. ”

Chen Bing suddenly interjected: "Since it has been sealed, there must be a way to unseal it." Whatever method is used to seal, the same method is used to unseal it. ”

Ge Xuan asked curiously, "Where did you know that?"

Chen Bing shrugged: "I also inadvertently read it from the book, as for what the book I forgot." Or maybe Master will soon come up with a solution, isn't he seriously ill? ”

Ge Xuan said: "That's the same. I'll go on. Speaking of the pulse master just now, I have to mention the pulse again. Pulses can be classified in many ways, such as by their combat function: offensive, defensive, and supportive. According to the distance of action: long-range, close-range. Some veins have a summoning function, which can summon some strange beasts or tools to help in battle. ”

Shi Xin mentally classified the veins he had seen: Zhou Tai's defensive close-range veins, Sun Ce, Yan Liangwen Chou's offensive close-range veins, Zhou Yu's spell long-range offensive veins, and Lu Su and Yuan Xi's auxiliary veins.

"If you can become a pulse master, you have to pay attention to the pulse device. A person who is born with a close range of attacks, if he insists on cultivating to become a long-range assistant, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Each person's veins are unique, and even if they look the same, their attributes and names are very different. The most important thing is that everyone does not have only one vein, some people have two, or even three, but not more than three. ”

Shi Xin said tentatively: "Looking at it this way, the more veins the better, at least one more attack method." ”

"Not necessarily. After all, people's lifetime energy and lifespan are limited, and the cultivation of pulse masters is especially long, and some people can only open one or two meridians in their entire life, and how easy is it to cultivate three veins together? After all, there are only a few people in the history of the empire when the eight veins are opened together. Ge Xuan sighed.

Shi Xin asked curiously, "Which ones?"

"Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, Champion Hou Huo Quai, Dong Fuzi Dong Zhongshu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu...... Well, the rebel thief is a ......"

Shi Xin listened attentively, but he didn't wait for a long time to follow-up, and asked in surprise: "It's gone?"

"Do you think the pulse master is a vegetable in the market? Which one can become a high-level pulse master is not a genius of the heavens, let alone an eight-pulse master? In today's empire, it is estimated that there is no eight-pulse master. ”

Chen Bing, who had been listening quietly, suddenly interjected: "There are no eight-vein masters, but there are a few people who have reached the seven-vein realm. ”