Text 8. Incense, whose patent?
According to Xuanwu, what he knew was cultivating immortals rather than cultivating truths, and it was divided into nine realms.
The first realm is the realm of refining qi and rushing pulses, which believes that the human body has 24 meridians and connects 360 acupuncture points around the body. The main, secondary, and auxiliary meridians are each divided into five elements, yin and yang, in order to cope with the twelve directions of heaven and earth, and this realm is divided into twelve layers.
The second realm is the realm of refining the soul and calming the soul, cultivating the seven veins in the body, so that the seven spirits that roam in the five internal organs can be yang and yin, and turn from movement to stillness. At the same time, the three palaces of heaven, earth and man are opened, so that the three souls are clear and return to the origin, yin is born of yang, and the divine consciousness is condensed and the eyes are released from the outside. This realm is divided into ten levels.
The third realm is the congenital non-leakage realm, the gas storage liquid, the loss gradually disappears, the dining style and drink the dew fairy base, the soul is clear and unstained, this realm is divided into ten layers.
The fourth realm is the realm of the lakes of the ten directions, and the trickle returns to the palace, cultivating the soul and nourishing the soul into a lake. This realm is divided into ten levels.
The fifth realm is the Jingfu Dan Palace Realm, the Mansion Crystal, and the Palace Ning Dan, which is divided into ten layers.
The sixth realm is the realm of heaven and earth seeking the law, and the law of heaven and earth is the law of self-law. This realm is divided into three levels.
The seventh realm is the fusion of the infant realm, the crystal pill is fused into shape, and the soul is integrated into the spirit infant, this realm is divided into seven layers.
The eighth realm is to turn the real into the virtual realm, and only by turning the virtual into the spirit can the real return to the void, this realm is divided into three layers.
The ninth realm is the realm of virtual reality and freedom, the virtual reality is not by the sky, and the world of amusement is free, and one day the wind and thunder fall, and the dragon is smiling for nine days.
As for the Sky Breaker, where he went, and what cultivation realm he had behind was not something that Xuanwu could know now.
After Lin Yin listened, he was shocked, it turned out that there was really a saying about cultivating immortals, and what was recorded in the "Black and White Sutra" was the method of cultivating immortals, so it seems that the cultivation of truth recorded in Taoist classics is not groundless. Void and Tao, that is, the Taoist classics contain: go to the essence of the condensation and refinement of gas, condensate the gas into the foundation, refining the liquid into crystallization of the golden pill, the divine consciousness into the Dan off the primordial baby, once out of the body of the void, the god refining the void has been completed, the real into the void into the virtual, the virtual into the real, the virtual and the real into one, if you want to live forever, it is difficult to become an immortal.
There are so many similarities between cultivating truth and cultivating immortals, I don't know which of the two cultivation methods is superior or inferior? Thinking about the Taoist classics that I have read, it seems that there is only a description of the realm, and there is no cultivation of the mind, so it seems that we should pay more attention to Taoist techniques in the future. In this world where true qi is scarce and resources are scarce, if we can learn from each other's strengths, we may be able to speed up our cultivation! As for whether or not we can cultivate to the realm of Void and Reality, let's do our best! The most important thing at the moment is to deal with the problem of the Xiangshi Temple.
Lin Yin told Xuanwu about the ancestor of the Xiangshi Temple, the white python and his own worries, and Xuanwu listened to the words and said: "A little snake, what a tooth, it just happens that there is a lack of a gatekeeper here, just collect it! It's just that the breath of incense should be that kind of special power, it is definitely a good thing, if you move the Xiangshi Temple here, you will no longer be able to absorb this power, it is really a pity! Let's go now, see the situation and make a decision." ”
As its name suggests, the mountain is winding, like a giant python that is lying on the ground, and the Xiangshi Temple is built about 100 meters near the end of the mountain. Xuanwu stood in the air, feeling the thin true qi between heaven and earth, and couldn't help but sigh again and again, I don't know what happened to this heaven and earth during the period when he was sealed by the black and white real person, and it degraded to such a bad degree!
Xuanwu sensed a little, and it was already clear that the White Python Mountain was the transformation of the white python's body, and the Xiangshi Temple was pressing on the seven inches of the white python, at the bottom of the statue seat, and in the net-like cage where a group of souls turned into light, a sleeping mini snake should be the soul of the white python.
The cigarette smoke wafting in the altar of heaven and earth in front of the temple is mixed with a trace of the power of the mind of the incense burner, and this kind of mental power is also called the power of the mind of all souls, which is the original contract of a kind of wish made by the germination of the soul through the deep feelings of the soul because of the time, place, event and thing! It is the most primitive embodiment of the power of faith! The power of all souls has a stable effect on the soul or spirit body, and can speed up the materialization of virtual things! Moreover, if this kind of mental power is gathered very much, it can even reach the heavens and the earth, and it can change some inherent rules of heaven and earth in a small area.
"Boss, these telekinesis are not only good for virtual things, but also for our souls, see if you can enshrine my statue in the temple, I can share a wisp of soul and stay in the temple, which can not only help suppress the white python, but also block the invasion of evil spirits, and also guide your father to refine the body" After Xuan Wu finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yin with anticipation.
This is a good idea, but what about the ancestor's soul thread? The restorative effect of telekinesis on the ancestor is beyond doubt. Xuanwu called Lin Yin's boss, that is a kind of respect, Lin Yin would never think that Xuanwu could be unconditionally available to himself. Judging from Xuanwu's lukewarm attitude towards Lin Injury, it can be seen that no one else except Lin Yin can enter Xuanwu's magic eyes! Now Xuanwu does not mention the ancestor, which means that the ancestor soul silk is left in the temple, and it is impossible for Xuanwu to share his mental power with the ancestor! What is the difference between that and receiving the white python and moving away from the Xiangshi Temple!
Facing Xuanwu's eager eyes, Lin Yin thought for a moment and said: "Where there is a temple, there is incense burning, although the incense here is vigorous, but compared with the big temples, it is simply not worth mentioning, and you will understand what it means to walk outside with me in the future, what is called pilgrims like clouds, and there are thousands of believers! Besides, there are more than 2,000 counties in the Shenyan country, and there are no two or three big temples in that county, according to your cultivation, you can't receive such a little mental power there! If you really don't dislike this small temple, I can build another temple next to the Xiangshi Temple, dedicated to your souls."
"Lin Yin can't talk nonsense" Before Lin Yin finished speaking, Lin Yan interrupted Lin Yin with a sharp speech. Probably feeling that his tone was a little too harsh, Lin Shu paused before he said slowly: "Plundering incense, building temples and temples is not as simple as you think! There are some things to think about and talk about, but if you really want to do it, you will violate some taboos!"
Lin Shen since childhood, and later to the ancestor to do horse boy, which is very clear in the chest, "the temple is dedicated to the gods, Buddha, immortals, the previous generation of sages, historical celebrities and the people of Li related to the land, Yan Jun, city god and other void spirits of the place, every statue, every card has been recognized by this heaven and earth, if the temple statue is privately built to set up a tablet, it will definitely attract the catastrophe of the thunder!" Even if a demon spirit who has cultivated in the deep mountains and old forests or the abyss of the rivers and seas wants to absorb the spiritual power of incense, he can only find a suitable person to attach to, and let this person act as his own horse boy, and guide the common people of Hongchen to guide the maze, pray for blessings and auspiciousness, and eliminate disasters and misfortunes in exchange for the spiritual power of incense! If you can respond to your requests, do everything you can to help, and be recognized by the people of one side, and accept the mental power of the people of this side, then the horse boy can ask the people to choose a site to build a temple on the grounds of protecting one side, so as not to cause a backlash against the rules of heaven and earth! The Wong Tai Sin Temple, which is now flourishing in Lichen Special Economic Zone, is an example, and the Xiangshi Temple, which was spontaneously built by the people on both sides of the Huanglong River at that time, can also be classified as such. Don't say that building another temple for Xuanwu is to leave Xuanwu's soul in the temple, after a long time, once it is detected by the god on duty, not only will the soul be destroyed, but even Xuanwu's body will be difficult to preserve!"
"Why do evil spirits dare to encroach on the temple to steal mental power, not afraid of being destroyed?" Lin Yin interjected.
"Some of them have already obtained the divine position, but they do not have a fixed dojo, such as the nephew of Jiang Taigong who enters the red gate as soon as he enters the door, and these gods will not cause thunder calamity wherever they go. Some are cultivated demons or ghosts, robbed the temple, hidden in the statue, not discovered, but only worshipped, do not do things for the praying, over time the temple incense will decline, then most of the evil spirits will choose to leave, but there are a few exceptions, the year before last, the medicine king tablet in a temple in Sanhe Town, Beichuan County, was split in half by a golden light shot from nowhere, and then a spotted snake fell from the sky and rushed into the temple in front of the temple, instantly turned into ashes. Afterwards, I learned from the ancestor that it turned out that the snake spirit hidden in the medicine king god tablet couldn't bear to see the number of believers dwindling day by day, and ventured out to fulfill the wishes of the wishers, and as a result, it attracted the traveling god general who noticed the abnormality, and as soon as the snake spirit returned to the position card, it was destroyed by the traveling god general, and at the same time, its body was also detained and turned into ashes in the altar of heaven and earth!
Lin Hurt sighed and continued: "Regardless of whether the punishment of the Flower Snake Spirit is fair or not, but it is really not worth it to lose a soul for a few wisps of mental power, but it is a pity that it has been feared for hundreds of years of hard cultivation!"
"Why do you have to absorb mental power, can't you practice without mental power?" Lin Yin also expressed deep regret, feeling worthless for the flower snake spirit.
Lin Shu shook his head, "That's not true, there are countless cultivators of all races in the world, and there are always cultivators who are hopeless or want to take this shortcut." Because telekinesis can speed up the materialization of the soul, once the soul is condensed into an entity, it can not be limited by the physical body controlled by lifespan, and after the physical body ages and dies, the soul can still cultivate like the physical body!
"These so-called evil spirits are not heinous, and heaven and earth can't leave them a glimmer of hope?" Lin Yin's tone was a little angry.
Lin Shen looked up at the sky, "There is still a little way to live, the temple nunnery of the Buddhist family, the temple temple of Taoism, the temple altar of Confucianism, and the temples dedicated to the spirits of the other mysteries and netherworlds, generally have a fixed opening time, which was originally set up for those who have cultivated to the advanced to open the altar to preach the Fa, in order to absorb believers to educate the evil spirits, and then gradually became the time to hold the temple fair, on the day of the temple fair, the evil spirits can collect incense from the temple heaven and earth altar without being punished!"
"This way of life is not bad, the most important thing in this land is the temple fair, as long as you run faster!" Lin Yin glanced at Xuan Wu and said.
In fact, this law of heaven and earth was originally intended to serve the opening of the altar to teach and persuade the teaching, and later there were no more temples to set up altars to persuade and teach, but this law was not abolished, but the attached way of walking was much harsher, one is that the incense obtained in the altar during the temple fair, the evil spirits can only account for one percent, and the other is that the evil spirits from outside the temple fair area are not allowed to participate in the distribution of incense! So no matter how fast you run, it is useless!" Lin Shu also glanced at Xuan Wu intentionally or unintentionally and said.
"What is the area of the temple fair? How do you determine where the evil spirits come from? Lin Yin asked Xuanwu's most concerned question.
"The area of the temple fair is the prefecture and county that participated in the temple fair, and now it is the province, city, county and village, to put it bluntly, it is the distribution area of the people who provided mental power in the early days of the temple. For example, the Qingyun Mountain temple fair in Shuanglong County can be regarded as the most prosperous in the entire northwest, but the temple fair area is only seven counties of ours. As for the origin of the evil spirits, as long as they come to participate in the temple fair, they can be found from the road seals opened by the city gods where they are located! The temple fair involves the distribution of incense from some of the great gods concerned, and the city gods dare not show favoritism, and the road seals cannot be faked, so there is no loophole to think about in the middle! If you fight rashly, you will definitely be besieged by other evil spirits, and if you attract the attention of the great gods again, then it will really be a big disaster."