Chapter 56, Seven Pillars and Seven Tricks
An Qisheng asked Zhang Lu how many years he had been on the mountain with him, and Zhang Lu replied respectfully: "He is twelve years old." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" An Qisheng nodded, and said When we just met, you first entered the refining truth, but now you are close to the realm of the Dan, and you are just a foot away. Once you form a pill, you will become an earth immortal, and it is really rare in ancient times to be able to achieve such an achievement in such a short period of time when cultivating.
As he spoke, he smiled and said, which means: Teacher, I taught well.
Zhang Luxin said that you don't necessarily teach very well, or Lao Tzu is naturally qualified...... In fact, to be more precise, he heard almost the truth of cultivating immortals when he was under Pei Xuanren, and the foundation was solid, and he could only make a long difference after changing teachers.
The former may be enlightened instantly, while the latter must take time to sharpen. However, from another point of view, reasoning is more difficult than practicing, because it is not so easy for anyone to become enlightened under any kind of teaching. As Thomas Edison said, "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." But the weight of the two is the same, and if you don't sweat 99 percent, you're just a dreamer, but you can't succeed without that 1 percent of inspiration.
Zhang Lu and Pei Xuanren had a dialogue with "Gu Xianyu" back then, teaching and learning from each other, plus he had the most basic scientific knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and other scientific knowledge in his previous life, and he understood the immortal Tao that was passed down from ancient texts, and the speed was extremely fast and the foundation was extremely solid. On this basis, it took 12 years of hard work to stabilize the mind and transform the body to achieve today's achievements. In his feeling, An Qisheng's teaching to himself is really not as effective as Pei Xuanren at the beginning - even if the latter's teaching time is less than half of the former.
Of course, although he was slandered, he could never show it on the surface, and Zhang Lu hurriedly patted his ass: "What can Lu do? ”
An Qisheng nodded, and said: "Si is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and the closer you are to the Tao, the more likely it is to deviate, you should be cautious." "Don't think that your progress can be so fast forever, the path of cultivation is full of ups and downs, stopping before any of them is hundreds of years, and even in the end, they are one step away from achieving the Immortal Dao, and there are never a few people who still die of aging as mortals—"There is an opportunity today, if you can get it, you may be able to marry Dan." ”
Zhang Lu asked, what is the chance? An Qisheng didn't say it directly, but asked him in turn: "Do you know, why is this mountain called Tianzhu?"
Zhang Lu was a little confused, and replied casually: "It's not towering into the clouds, but inserting the sky?"
An Qisheng shook his head and said that there are more mountains in the world, in contrast, the mountain we live in, even the height of Mount Tai is not comparable, you can look up and see, the sky is boundless, why is this mountain called "Tianzhu Mountain"?
Zhang Lu originally only thought that it was a name given to the countryside without knowledge, but now listening to what An Qisheng said, it seems that there is still a talk in it, so he hurriedly asked for advice with an open mind. An Qisheng's thoughts jumped, and he suddenly asked again: "If the clouds are Jedi and the heavens are connected, what is the proof of this? All the immortals of our generation are all mortals who have cultivated, from the earth immortals to the heavenly immortals, and there are false rumors in the mortal world;
If a mortal cultivates the immortal path, then he will break away from the mortal dust and go to the sky to live happily, and he will no longer pay attention to mundane things, and even if he does, he will not let mortals know easily. Therefore, most of the so-called immortals in mortal classics and folklore are just the deeds of earth immortals who have not yet ascended to the sky. So the question is, how did the three Gu Immortals Pangu, Fuxi, and Nuwa pass down their deeds?
Zhang Lu speculated: "The one opened up for it is not only the heavenly realm, but also the mortal realm?"
The so-called Pangu opened the heavens and the earth, not to open up or not only open up the heavenly realm, but also to open up the mortal realm, Nuwa created people, not created immortals, but created mortals, so they are different from those immortals who followed mortals to cultivate the path of immortals, and their deeds are also recorded in the mortal world-you mean this, right?
An Qisheng smiled: "What you said is true. Therefore he once walked on the ground, and there was no trace?"
If you can find the relics left by the Gu Immortals and the first generation of Jin Immortals in the sky, is there no one on the ground? To say that the first generation of Jin Immortals were also incarnated by mortals who ascended to the sky, there may not be anything left on the ground-The relics of the Earth Immortals, in the long history of tens of thousands of years, have gradually disappeared, even if there are still a few, it will not be of much help to us to cultivate the Immortal Dao-Gu Immortals are likely to come from outside the sky, and the relics they left behind should be able to directly guide the current people to ascend to the Immortals.
Zhang Lu's brain turned quickly: "Its Heavenly Pillar is called, that is, the traces of Gu Immortals?"
An Qisheng nodded, saying that Gu Immortal had left the "Seven Heavenly Pillars" and "Seven Heavenly Apertures", on the one hand, to protect the mortal world, and on the other hand, to serve as a passage connecting heaven and earth. Later, Yaoxian Jedi Tiantong blocked most of the passages, and even if there were still some left, the immortals could pass through - of course, if the immortals wanted to go down to earth, they didn't need any passages at all - mortals were powerless to climb......
Zhang Lu couldn't help but guess that the "Heavenly Abyss" discovered by Yu Ji was actually a remnant of the "Heavenly Aperture", right?
Continue to listen to An Qisheng's story: Although the passage connecting heaven and earth has been blocked and can no longer be used, the relevant ruins have been preserved - it is like destroying a bridge, and it is no longer possible to cross the river through it, but the piers of the bridge have not been completely destroyed. For example, the Seven Heavenly Pillars, as far as An Qisheng knows, some of them have changed their names, and some of them still bear the ancient names of the Heavenly Pillars, including the one where they are located, as well as one in Huaibei, one in Jingbei, and one in the Western Regions, and there are four mountains to know the exact location.
"There are also ruins of Nuwa in this mountain, and you can try to visit them, or have adventures. ”
Zhang Lu hurriedly asked, "I don't know where it is?"
An Qisheng shook his head: "I don't know. ”
Since there are relics of Gu Immortals on the ground, of course the immortals will come down to investigate, and the problem is that not everyone can enter the ruins, even if they are already famous immortals in the sky. An Qisheng said, you are likely to be the one who should be destroyed, maybe there is such an opportunity, you can enter the ruins, and obtain Nuwa's Taoist inheritance - I don't know if it will succeed or not, but why not give it a try?
Why do you think I went to Tianzhu Mountain to cultivate for so many years? Why did I bring you here instead of going to the East China Sea to cultivate?
When Zhang Lu first heard this, he was quite pleased, but after thinking about it again, he was a little timid: "The immortals are not allowed to enter, and the boy dares to peep into Ye?
An Qisheng comforted him, saying that theoretically there would be no risk—what kind of monster lair, or the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, where every step is dangerous, and there are mechanisms everywhere? It's not the same thing at all. Although the immortals could not enter the Nuwa ruins here, many Gu Immortal ruins had been found in other places, including the heavens and the earth, and they had never encountered any risks. That is, Gu Immortal has made some arrangements here, and it is abandoned because of the Jedi Heavenly Pass, and you are no different from exploring an old mansion. Maybe the door is closed, the lock is still hanging, and the wall is high, and you can't get in at all, but if you go in, there is no empty person, where will there be any danger?
Zhang Lu was still a little hesitant, so he asked An Qisheng: "In the unknown realm, there must be unknown dangers, if Mr. doesn't teach me spells, even if you want to protect yourself, I'm afraid it will be difficult." "Why didn't you teach me spells when you had the intention of letting me dig up the ruins?
An Qisheng shook his head and said I have explained to you many times, why don't you understand-"Cultivating the mind and forging the body, the metaphysical is the Tao, the magic is supernatural, and the metaphysical is the instrument." If the body is refined, and the heart is knotted, then the supernatural powers can be used; if you stop clinging to spells, you will eventually become an outsider, and it will be difficult to become an immortal. ”
You are now close to the realm of the Divine Pill, you don't need to eat and drink, you don't avoid the cold and heat, the mortal swords, guns, swords, and halberds are ineffective against you, your body is as strong as steel, and your movements are more agile than apes, and you can easily fight ten at a time, isn't this a supernatural power? Those outer ways of optical supernatural powers and spells are in front of you, and you can't use them at all, and even if you use them, they won't cause you any harm - do you say that the Dao is important, or is the spell important?
Zhang Lu spread his hands: "Even if you can defeat the outer way, and be safe?" As you once said, very few people in the outer way method can reach the realm of refining the truth, as for the knot pill to become an earth immortal, it is almost impossible for a camel to pierce the eye of a needle. In other words, my realm is already higher than theirs, so it's normal that they can't beat me, so what's there to be proud of?
"Cultivation is also, one is self-cultivation, the other is cultivation, or the cloud body comes before the body, or the cloud nature comes before the body. Taught by Master Pei in the past, and taught by Mr. Today, it is all cloud life double cultivation, not to be wasted, such as yin and yang grow each other, relying on it will be tilted. I think it is for the Tao and the arts, and the same is ......"
Since the Queen Mother of the West and the Prince of the East were able to enter the righteous path with external methods at the beginning—of course, their external methods are not those external methods in the mortal world today, and those two are special cases—it can be seen that spells are also very important, and Dao and Dao techniques should be one and the same, just like the double cultivation of life, they must go hand in hand. Lao Tzu talks about yin and yang, saying that everything can be divided into two aspects that contradict each other, restrict each other, and promote each other. Then why do you ignore supernatural powers, thinking that with the improvement of morality, supernatural powers can be obtained naturally?
I can't breathe fire now, I can't split thunder, I only have the ability to defend, and I have no offensive power, and you still plan to let me explore the ruins? Do you plan that I will go to the heavens to destroy the evil in the future?
When An Qisheng heard this, his face turned blue, and he seemed to be quite annoyed, but fortunately, he quickly suppressed his anger. He comforted Zhang Lu and said, "If you go to explore the ruins this time, as long as you can protect yourself, what kind of offensive magic powers do you need?" When you reach the realm of Yudan, of course I will teach you magic powers, and it doesn't mean that you will be a theorist for the rest of your life, and you can't work hard-"Cultivate your life first, and then learn supernatural powers, you can get twice the result with half the effort." Cultivating supernatural powers first, and then defining one's life, will do twice the work with half the effort. "After flicking your sleeves, you don't talk nonsense, and you don't need any preparation, so let's go and explore the ruins.
In fact, Zhang Lu is not ignorant of magic powers, but most of them are self-taught by him after Pei Xuanren left, and An Qisheng basically does not teach. He originally planned to settle down again and write down dozens of talismans around him first, but unfortunately An Qisheng didn't give him a chance and time at all, and simply gave an order: stand up and follow me. Directly brought Zhang Lu into the innermost cave.
This cave is where An Qisheng meditates every day, and Zhang Lu is easily not allowed to enter. The cave is not big, only seven or eight square meters, and about two zhang high. Seeing An Qisheng's big sleeves swing, the originally flat cave wall suddenly trembled, and then opened a stone door about one person high and three feet wide.
An Qisheng entered first, Zhang Lu hurriedly followed, and went in to take a look-, what is this place?!
Inside the stone gate is a huge space, not at all like being in the belly of a mountain, but it seems to be outside the cave. When he teased the rabbit before entering the cave, it was still daylight, but the inside of the stone gate was dim and blue, as if there was a bright moon shining. But Zhang Lu looked up at the sky, there was no boundary, no stars and no moon, and he didn't know where the light source came from.
Inside the stone gate is a small platform, which will be enough for two people to step on, and there is an empty space all around, vaguely like the shape of mountains and peaks, but it is not clear to see vaguely. Zhang Lu looked down, it was bottomless, and he didn't know that it was hundreds or thousands of zhang high.
An Qisheng put his arms together: "This is the old trace of the Heavenly Pillar." ”
Zhang Lu asked, then how should I go? Which of those mountains in the distance is where the ruins of Nuwa are? Or are the ruins at our feet? I can't fly, how can I get to the other side or the abyss? Why don't we go out and pick rattan knots and ropes first?
An Qisheng said with a smile: "Hugh looks at it with your eyes, and explores it with your heart, and you can see it yourself." ”
So Zhang Lu closed his eyes slightly, released his consciousness, and looked for a possible way forward. However, he didn't feel anything, and suddenly he was grabbed by An Jisheng on his back, and his body involuntarily stumbled forward, and then his feet were empty......
Ah, it's not good, that guy wants to make money and kill him! Could it be that I colluded with Zhang Jian?!