Chen Zhenyi had a dream in which he was sitting in the clouds with Zhonglin Village in front of him.

On the mountain road in Zhonglin Village, the pair of red-clothed lamas lowered their heads and hurriedly walked towards them, the first of them was very familiar, but they couldn't remember where they had seen them.

They came closer and closer, then rose into the air, stepped on the clouds to come to them, and then prostrated themselves in front of their eyes, their hands held high above their heads.

"Chen Zhenyi, we have been looking for you for many years, and today we finally found you, just come with us!" The leading lama stood up, his eyes wide with rage.

Then, the red-clothed lama took out a chain and put it around Chen Zhenyi's neck, the size of pride, and then that familiar face became blurred, became hideous and terrifying, and finally turned into the face of the Demon Venerable, laughed and stabbed a long sword into Chen Zhenyi's chest.

Chen Zhenyi was frightened awake, soaked in cold sweat.

After opening his eyes, he jumped off the bed and found himself in a small squatter room, with a big "Dao" character hanging on the wall behind the wooden couch. On one side of the wooden couch, against the wall, there is a black and translucent table, and the incense burner on the table is burning with three sandalwood sticks.

The fragrance permeates the room, and the faint fragrance reaches deep in the heart, refreshing the heart. On both sides of the incense burner are two burning lanterns, and the lamps also emit a kind of light that can illuminate the depths of the heart, as if the darkness in the depths of the heart will be illuminated.

"Squeak......

The door was pushed open, and an old man in a dark Taoist robe walked into the squatter room with a whisk in his hand.

Chen Zhenyi found that the old Taoist crane had a childish face, like a fantasy and a real face, the brilliance of the upper and lower parts of the body, a pair of eyes as bright as the moon were extremely clear, and the white eyebrows and beard were put together, hanging down to the chest, extremely elegant. The old Taoist priest stepped forward slowly, and Chen Zhenyi saw him smiling, very amiable, but he still couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself, and slowly lowered his head, not daring to look directly into the old man's eyes.

The old man stood down one step away from Chen Zhen, shook off the floating dust, put it on his left shoulder, and said, "Are you awake?" ”

Those three words sounded very ordinary, but Chen Zhen felt a pure and heavy force pressing on his heart, and the sense of oppression was extremely strong, he wanted to speak, but he seemed to have forgotten how to open his mouth, and he lowered his head and couldn't speak.

"Don't be nervous, relax......" The old man noticed Chen Zhenyi's nervousness, and comforted him in a harmonious voice.

Seeing that Chen Zhenyi still didn't speak, the old man smiled loudly and said, "You come with me......"

The old man then turned around and walked out of the squatter room, Chen Zhenyi hesitated for a moment, but still followed the old man.

The old man in front held his head high and walked leisurely, while the young man in the back bowed his head and hunched back, his steps chaotic. Those who don't know still think that the boy was born a camel!

A moment later, an old man and a young man came to a platform, which was held up by the clouds and suspended in the air.

The old man sat cross-legged on the platform, put the floating dust on his lap, and said softly: "Sit down!" ”

Chen Zhenyi sat on the left side of the old man without any hesitation, still keeping his head down and silent.

The two of them sat awkwardly for a long time, and Chen Zhenyi slowly felt that the true qi in his body began to operate on its own, sensing everything around him, and his mood also changed with the true qi. The pressure that had previously shrouded my heart was slowly released, as if I had been reborn.

"Well, no self, no self, I am me, this is the essence of the Tao, and it is also the core of the Tao, which is the original one, the true one in the chaos and nothingness, do you understand?" The old man said softly.

Chen Zhen nodded, looked up at the old man's side face, and found that the old man was like a ball of anger for a while, and he was a real person for a while.

"Sir, what is this place?" ”

The old man said loudly: "Kunlun Mountain Holy Ruins Palace ......"

"Kunlun Mountain?" Chen Zhenyi exclaimed in surprise, and then immediately realized that he had lost his temper, and asked softly, "Then do you know Dao Ancestor Li Boyang?" ”

"Hahaha" The old man smiled heartily and said, "I am the Li Boyang you said......"

Chen Zhenyi was shocked, and immediately changed his sitting to kneeling, kowtowed, and said: "Disciple Wudang Mountain Chen Zhenyi pays a visit to Dao Ancestor......

The old man's body slowly turned, facing Chen Zhenyi, he stretched out his hand to help Chen Zhenyi, and said with a smile: "Why do you want to worship me?" ”

Chen Zhenyi thought about it for a long time, didn't know how to answer, and thought to himself, shouldn't he worship? Why worship? Because he is a Dao Ancestor! The ancestors of Taoism should be worshipped!

Said: "When the younger generation sees the ancestors, they should worship, this is the etiquette ......"

"You are wrong, people can kneel to the sky, they can kneel to the ground, they can kneel to their parents, others or things cannot kneel, this is the backbone! Respect the Dharma can be done to hold the fist salute, respect the person can bow down, respect the teacher, pro, kindness, righteousness, the first, can do the fist bowing, do not kneel...... "The old man is the color of the road.

"Disciple knows......" Chen Zhenyi changed his knees to sit again.

"Do you know what the Tao is?" The old man asked.

Chen Zhenyi thought for a moment and said: "The Tao is the source of all laws, the foundation of all things, the root of the human body, and the righteousness of heaven and earth......

The old man nodded, and then asked, "What is virtue then?" ”

Chen Zhenyi thought for a moment and said: "The virtuous person, in the sky is like wind, frost, rain and snow, the sun, moon and stars, and he is kind to all things; In the ground, it is like gold, wood, water, fire and earth, benefiting the world; In people, such as kindness, harmony, respect, respect, compassion for all sentient beings. ”

The old man smiled and nodded, and said, "The Tao is the bone, the bone of all things; Virtue is action, and all living beings are words and deeds; ”

Chen Zhenyi seems to understand whether he understands or not, and later generations have analyzed a 5,000-word Tao Te Ching into tens of millions of languages, why is it just a few words in the author's place? Was it misunderstood by later generations, or was the author implicit?

The two sat and talked about it, and it was a whole day.

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On the west coast, Yu Xuanji stayed alone all night.

After all, he didn't wait for Chen Zhenyi. The red sun rises in the east, illuminating the azure surface of the lake. On the calm surface of the lake, several unknown birds are playing.

Suddenly, Yu Xuanji rose into the air and looked around the lake, but still didn't find Chen Zhenyi. Then, desperately, she rushed into the lake.

To live to see people, to die to see corpses.

The young man in white and the white crane were late, and they didn't see Chen Zhenyi, and even the fish mystery disappeared.

The two searched the entire West Coast, but still found nothing.

The white-clothed young man sighed and said, "Let's go to the Holy Ruins Palace!" ”

The two were about to leave, when they suddenly saw a white shadow break through the quiet lake and come to the shore.

The young man in white came over and asked, "How is it?" ”

Yu Xuanji shook his head and did not speak.

"We're going to the Holy Ruins Palace, or you should go to Yaotai first and wait!" The young man in white said softly.

Yu Xuanji glanced at the young man in white and said in a low voice: "Heizi it? ”

"Don't worry, it's fine, just rest for a few days, with my senior sister taking care of it, it will get better soon......"

"Then I'll go with you to the Holy Ruins Palace......"

On the hanging roof, an old man and a young man talked about the Tao all day.

Chen Zhenyi relied on the memories of his later generations and the analysis of the Tao Te Ching by some masters of Chinese studies, and barely coped with it, and was affirmed by the Taoist ancestors, thinking that he had immortal roots and his future achievements would be extraordinary.

What Dao Ancestor didn't know was that Chen Zhenyi's so-called immortal roots were all moved from books, and the water was too great. Although he remembered those words just now, he didn't understand them!

Li Boyang hadn't met such a talented disciple for a long time, and he immediately felt that he would award the Tao Te Ching to Chen Zhenyi. What he didn't know was that the 5,000-word "Tao Te Ching" Chen Zhenyi could recite it backwards.

As soon as Dao Zu stretched out his hand, a roll of bamboo slips appeared in his hand, exuding a dark light.

"If you study hard in the future, you will definitely gain something...... and then handed the scroll to Chen Zhenyi.

Chen Zhenyi took the scroll, and after unfolding it, he found that the bamboo slips were actually seal characters, but fortunately he had studied this kind of script. He bowed down and said, "Thank you Daozu......"

Chen Zhenyi put away the scroll and looked at the steaming clouds.

I saw three white shadows flying towards the hanging roof, and after the three of them landed, they saw that it was a young man in white, a white crane, and a fish mystery.

He ran down the hanging platform excitedly and said with a smile: "Why are you here?" ”

Yu Xuanji's eyes lit up, and he smiled with relief, like a lotus blooming, beautiful and moving.

"You kid is running pretty fast," the young man in white laughed, and then wondered, "How did you get here?" ”

"It was Dao Ancestor who saved me...... " As soon as Chen Zhen spoke, Dao Ancestor had already come behind him.

The young man in white bowed down and said, "Master......"

When Yu Xuanji heard that the old man in front of him was Dao Ancestor, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Wudang Mountain disciple Yu Xuanji meets Dao Ancestor......

"I just finished talking about one, you are here again, get up quickly......" As soon as the old man raised his hand, Yu Xuanji helped her up with a force, which surprised her.

"Brother Crane, it's been a long time...... Daozu said to Bai He.

This made Chen Zhenyi and Yu Xuanji a little confused, how could the dignified Taoist ancestor call a crane a brother? But soon it was no surprise again, after all, this crane brother who came down from Wudang Mountain is always unpredictable.

The white crane arrogantly didn't say a word, turned around and walked towards the hanging roof.

"Brother He, he's a Dao Ancestor! Is it really good that you ignore people so much? Chen Zhenyi was muttering in his heart, feeling very embarrassed.

Dao Ancestor is Dao Ancestor, not only was he not angry, but he also said politely: "Brother He, I have a good elixir here, can I have a drink with my face?" ”

Hearing that there was wine to drink, Bai He turned around and walked back, and said lightly: "As long as you are willing to do it......"

After three rounds of drinking, the young man in white asked about the Demon Venerable.

Dao Zu said with a serious face: "A few days ago, the Demon Venerable manipulated the Demon Cave Demon Clan to invade the West Sea in a big way, trying to rescue the Demon Venerable, but I suppressed it. However, at the end of the millennium, the Demon Venerable has refined his resentment again, and he should want to break free from the prison and seek revenge......"

"I wounded him, but he told me he was going to find some Celestial Essence Stone, what is this Celestial Essence Stone?" Chen Zhenyi said.

"You wounded him?" The young man in white deliberately pressed the word "he", which means that you kid brag and don't look at the occasion, but the people sitting here are all your ancestors, on cultivation, on force, on Taoism, which point are you like?

"Yes! I sank to the bottom of the water and saw him in a cave, I had a fight with him, although both were injured, but he was seriously injured than me, and he will definitely not recover in a short time" Chen Zhen was stating the facts, except for Dao Zu, the other three thought he was bragging.

"Could it be that he escaped yesterday because of the resentment he refined? He wanted to go to Taihu Lake to find the Tianjing Stone, and escape from the prohibition with the power of the Tianjing Stone, what we saw in Longxi that day was not the deity, but the resentment he refined......" Bai He thoughtfully.

"So, the one who fought with us in the West Sea was also caused by his resentment?" The young man in white wondered.

"Impossible! When he was in Longxi, his incarnation was not so powerful! But why did you get so strong yesterday? The white crane muttered to himself.

"It's not surprising, resentment is the ontology, the closer to the ontology, the more resentment will be, and the resentment will be greater......," Daozu said loudly.

After listening to Dao Zu's words, combined with what Chen Zhenyi said, Bai He figured out what the Demon Venerable was going to do, his face changed greatly, and he said uneasily: "What this kid said should be true, he injured the Demon Venerable's body, but his spirit body has already gone to Taihu Lake to seize the Heavenly Essence Stone, he not only refined the resentment, but also practiced the spirit body to the same realm as the main body......"

Daozu sighed lightly and said: "Misfortune and fortune depend on blessing and misfortune, and the way of heaven is so, and the common people are destined to have this calamity......"

", there are people outside the Heavenly Dao, since the Heavenly Dao is unfair, we have to rely on ourselves, Chen Zhenyi, come with me to Taihu Lake, we must stop him......" Bai He suddenly burst out and said sharply.

"Oh!" Chen Zhen replied and stood up.

"I'll go with you......" The young man in white echoed.

"I'm going to ...... too" Yu Xuanji was not to be outdone.

"Li Boyang, I'll let you see if there is any possibility that your so-called Heavenly Dao will be changed......

Dao Ancestor laughed and was silent.

Bai He strode away from the Holy Ruins Palace, the young man in white bowed down to say goodbye to his master, and Chen Zhenyi and Yu Xuanji also bowed down.

A few people didn't dare to delay and took off.

Daozu looked at the departing people, smiled and nodded, and said in his heart: "The Tao is in the heart, follow the Tao, and go with the flow......"