Chapter 32: The Truth of the I Ching

Seeing Yingzheng's blank expression, the old man smiled and said, "After listening to what the old man said so much, if you have any questions, just ask." ”

Ying Zheng took a deep breath, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Did the predecessors say that emperors such as Shennong, Yellow Emperor, Yao Shunyu Tang and others had all built Jiuding, and they all used Tianmu?" ”

The old man nodded, and there was a sense of reverence in his eyes: "Yes, they are all the people of the Heavenly Inheritance, that is, the heirs of the Heavenly Inheritor, and they have the same destiny of heaven, that is, to unify the various tribes in China, make up for the Heavenly Eyes in the Nine Shadows, and find ancient sites to build civilization." ”

"Heavenly Inheritor......" Ying Zheng muttered: "The predecessors said that I am also a Heavenly Inheritor, just like them?" ”

The old man in white said, "Exactly. ”

"Tiancheng ......" Ying Zheng raised his head suddenly, "Is it?" ”

Ying Zheng is no stranger to this word, just a few days ago, he also used the words "only wish Tiancheng" to spell Jing Liang, at that time he didn't understand what these words meant, but now he suddenly realized.

The old man saw Ying Zheng's question, and said leisurely: "Yes, Li Sinai is the disciple of the old man. It was the old man who ordered him to travel through the Seven Kingdoms in search of the Heavenly Inheritance, and he finally found you. It was also his arrangement that made us meet here in Qishan. ”

I see.

This is the real purpose of Li Si's approach to Yingzheng. It was also what Li Si initially told Ying Zheng Jiuding that aroused Ying Zheng's interest, and then pushed the boat down the river to use the assassination incident to present the plan of hijacking, so that Ying Zheng and Jing Liang traveled alone and were able to meet the old man in white.

Knowing the reason and process of the whole thing, Ying Zheng's heart was free, although he felt that Li Si's concealment had a bit of a conspiracy, but he understood this approach very well.

And Jing Liang was also introduced by Li Si, and he must have an unusual relationship with the old man in white in front of him, so the whole thing is already clear and clear.

It's just that Jing Liang saved himself in Zhao State more than ten years ago, could it be that today's encounter was destined from that time?

Since we are born to be extraordinary, there is no need to continue to be at a loss.

Ying Zheng made up his mind, and then asked again: "What does the predecessor just say about the mandate of heaven, and another one is to find ancient sites to build civilization?" ”

"Hehe, I know you're going to have that question." The old man replied with a smile, "This starts with some legends from the primeval era. ”

Ying Zheng nodded vigorously, he already unconsciously liked listening to stories.

"Legend has it that this astral body was originally not human, but was controlled by dragons. After intelligent humans discovered this beautiful planet, they moved here. Thus, the war broke out. Humans have almost slaughtered those mortal dragons, and other weaker snakes, turtles, crocodiles, insects and other eggs are not spared. Finally, anger was drawn. ”

"The dragons used great force to break the land apart, and the first great flood was formed. And the powerful impact also dislocated the planet, thus entering the ice age. ”

Hearing the dragon clan, Ying Zheng swallowed his saliva.

"Humans couldn't bear to see this beautiful planet in ruins, so they began to make peace with the dragons. The condition put forward by the dragons is that the ruling clans on both sides are not allowed to intervene, and both rebuild the planet in the most ordinary state. The dragon clan itself led its race into the land of the Nine Shadows, and never appeared in the Nine Heavens again, and the human race could not step into the Nine Shadows for half a step. ”

"The intelligent humans agreed to this request, and then used the power of heaven to reset the planet, but it also caused the fragments of the continent to collide with each other."

"After that, the intelligent humans built a satellite to supervise the continent, on the one hand, to observe the most ordinary side of human beings, what they will do, and on the other hand, to monitor the movements of the dragon clan."

Later, the dragons went to the Nine Shadows to protect and restore the power of nature at the same time, while the humans chose a group of babies, sealed their divine senses, and greatly limited the role of the brain, and then guarded them by special people and stocked them on several relatively intact lands. Later, the babies grew up and lived a tribal life of hairy and blood-drinking, and the parents who came to visit them with longing were treated as gods by the children. ”

Speaking of this, the old man shook his head and sighed: "This is indeed a very sad thing for these parents. ”

However, despite being greatly restricted, these children are unusually united, and with the help of their parents, they quickly acquire many skills and create many things. Among them were a kind of tall triangular pyramidal towers, which they wanted to put together, and if there were enough of them, they would be able to return to the heavens and meet their ancestors. ”

"Later, because of the excessive intervention of the parents of these children, the dissatisfaction of the dragon clan finally appeared, and the mountains and rivers were turbulent, and volcanoes were frequent, causing a second major flood."

Ying Zheng didn't say a word, completely fascinated, and listened attentively to the old man's description.

"In order to appease the dragons, the supervising Homo sapiens divided the human race into races, each of which was endowed with a new language, making it not so easy for them to communicate with each other, which led to the fact that the humans on the surface were no longer so united and gradually killed each other."

"The continuation of the disaster has left resources extremely scarce, coupled with language barriers, which have led to constant wars between tribes. So Homo sapiens instructed him to choose a leader among the human race and lead the tribes to reunite and build their homeland. At the same time, Homo sapiens also hides behind the scenes, no longer appearing as a god. ”

"This is the legend of the primeval and ancient times, there is no record to check, and there is no trace to be found."

Ying Zheng listened with relish, and he was still unsatisfied, and asked: "What about later?" ”

"Later?" The old man smiled, "Later, due to this great flood, the ancient civilization was interrupted, most of them were buried at the bottom of the sea, and the center of the world was also transferred from the West to the Chinese land under our feet. ”

The old man continued: "As the first Heavenly Inheritor of the Land of China, Fuxi has taken on a lot of responsibilities. Homo sapiens gave Fu Xi a new script to pass on to the world, and while teaching others, Fu Xi also compared and translated with the ancient texts, and also translated part of the language through pronunciation, so he finally created the Book of Changes. ”

"The Book of Changes?" Ying Zheng asked, "Isn't that a book of divination?" There are several "Lianshan", "Returning to Tibet", and "Zhou Yi". ”

The old man shook his head with a smile and said, "Definitely." Yi Nai transforms the meaning of the scriptures, which is actually the translation of ancient words into Chinese scriptures. ”

Ying Zheng's jaw fell to the ground, and the Book of Changes was actually a dictionary.

"Don't underestimate this Book of Changes." The old man said, "What you said about "Lianshan", "Guizang", and "Zhou Yi" are Dayu, Shang Tang, and ...... respectively He Zhou Wu Wang found some ancient texts in the monuments, and then used the "Book of Changes" to translate into books, and these ancient books, the content is obscure, but also broad and profound, even these emperors, some places may not be understood. ”

"I see." Ying Zheng touched his chin and said, "The younger generation is ashamed, he didn't care about divination before, and he has never read these classics. However, it is said that "Lianshan" and "Returning to Tibet" are peerless. ”

"In fact, the world's understanding of divination can be described as quite a deviation." Speaking of this, a look of disappointment flashed in the old man's eyes.

"The so-called divination is the rational use of high-level energy, just like the control of the heavenly eye." The old man's speech quickened a lot.

"Everything contains different kinds of energy, time, space, human body, even thinking, emotions, etc. And most of these energies can be classified by the five elements. ”

"So, by understanding and mastering these changes in energy, we can deduce what has happened in history and predict what will happen in the future."

Ying Zheng looked at the old man blankly.

"Just give you an example, and you'll get the idea." The old man said, "A person's emotions can influence his thinking and his actions. If a person is very calm about one thing, and he is dealing with the same thing under different emotions such as excitement, anger, despair, panic, etc., the result is often different. Can you agree with that? ”

Ying Zheng nodded and remained silent.

"Then if you have a good grasp of the changes in the energy elements caused by the person's emotional changes, and you know his emotions well, then you will know exactly what he is going to do next."

"And if you know how to use energy, you can sway his emotions, and then you can guide or manipulate this person to achieve the results you want."

Speaking of this, seeing that Ying Zheng didn't seem to understand, the old man shook his head: "That's it, being able to control and use energy is the ultimate meaning of Tai Chi, it's still too early to say this to you now, and you will understand it later." ”

"Oh." Ying Zheng is still thinking about what is energy, what are the five elements, and what is Tai Chi......

"You should read the books I just mentioned, including the Book of Changes." The old man stroked his beard and said, "The old man will give you those scriptures." ”

"Really?" Yingzheng turned around at this time.

"Alas, it is no wonder that the world has misinterpreted the Book of Changes." Referring to the Book of Changes, the old man sighed, "Only those who inherit the heavens are qualified to use the Book of Changes, so the truth of the Book of Changes is not known to the world." ”

Ying Zheng asked suspiciously: "So in this way, Shennong and the Yellow Emperor also used the Book of Changes?" ”

The old man nodded and said, "This is nature. The old man said that you are no different from them, but can you write such a profound book now? ”

Ying Zheng shook his head. Classics such as "Shennong Sutra" and "Yellow Emperor Sutra" are not to be written, even if you read them, they can't be understood in many places.

The old man in white had just mentioned divination, and his mood fluctuated a little, but then he regained his previous calm, and continued: "Those are the essence of ancient civilizations, and the places where these classics are recorded are also little known and difficult to be discovered. In the past, emperors spent a lot of energy to find these places. Otherwise, do you think that Emperor Shennong built bridges and traveled to every place in Shennongjia really just to taste the herbs? ”

"It turns out that tasting herbs is just a cover-up, and the real purpose is to find those monuments." Ying Zheng said.

"Hahaha, you really know it at one point." The old man laughed, "Now I understand what it means to find ancient monuments to build civilization." ”

Ying Zheng nodded vigorously.

"What does that ancient writing look like?" Ying Zheng asked again.

"Since you have seen Jiuding, then you should naturally have seen that kind of writing." The old man said.

"It turns out that the patterns and symbols on Jiuding are ancient words!" Ying Zheng lost his voice.

The old man said, "Yes, exactly. ”

"May I also ask the seniors, what is written on it?" Ying Zheng asked.

"In fact, it is the respective names of Jiuding, as well as the description of the corresponding heavenly purposes, as well as the introduction of various elements of the five elements." The old man said, "The reason why I didn't use Chinese characters is that I want to hide the secret of Jiuding, so that only the people of Tiancheng can understand it." ”

Ying Zheng suddenly thought of something, and took the bag he was carrying from his back.

Opening the bag, Ying Zheng took out a tortoise shell and three animal bones from inside.

"This was found in a cave in this mountain the day before yesterday." Ying Zheng said, "I still hope that my predecessors will give me some advice." ”

Ying Zheng respectfully handed the tortoise shell and animal bones to the old man.

The old man picked up the tortoise shell first and looked through it, but his face was pale.

Ying Zheng hurriedly said: "Senior, what's wrong?" ”

The old man sighed and said, "This is an inscription, but it is not a person. ”

After speaking, the old man picked up the cow bones again, and looked at each piece very carefully.

"You just said, where did you find it?" The old man asked, looking at the last piece of beef bone.

"On the way here, it was about six miles to the west." Ying Zheng replied.

"It seems that the legend is true." The old man is still slow.

"Senior, what kind of legend is it?" Ying Zheng was eager to know the answer.

The old man said, "This tortoiseshell commemorates a weapon, and the name is 'I'. ”

"'Me'?" Ying Zheng was very surprised. He hadn't really heard of this weapon, and he didn't even know how to write it.

"This is an ancient divine weapon, it is said to be the king of weapons, and if the army is equipped with this weapon, it will be invincible and invincible." The old man said calmly.

"Huh?" Ying Zheng's eyes widened again.

This is actually a magic weapon that I have in mind!