"So, Dao Ancestor, you want to guide me in alchemy?"

[No.] 】

"So..."Shang Luo was about to continue asking, when a familiar voice appeared beside him:

"The Emperor doesn't like people to ask questions. He did the same with me. ”

"Your Majesty the Son of Heaven? Why are you here? ”

"I... Ah~~" Zhu Xianene walked over with a yawn, and took out the key as he walked.

"I wonder what you're doing here at four in the morning? Didn't you have a class today? ”

When he got closer, he saw Shang Luo's face:

"Good fellow, you have a fairy face. Are you going to become an immortal? Did you not sleep all night last night and solve the riddle? ”

Zhu Xianene said that "the clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle". But this riddle is not a problem for Shang Luo - the riddle is very clear, it is Li Ao of the Tang Dynasty "Gift Medicine Mountain High Monk Wei Yan".

This sentence is from the seventeenth volume of "The Biography of Song Monks", which tells the story of Taishou Li Ao's meeting with the senior monk Weiyan. When they met, Li Ao had already arrived, but Wei Yan still looked down and ignored him. Li Ao was a little unhappy, he felt that this senior monk might be an impudent and arrogant person, exaggerated, so he had the following conversation:

Anxious, it is a proposal: "Meeting is not as famous." "It's a call, and it's the only thing. He said: "What kind of noble ears and eyes are too guarded? Ao thanked him and asked, "What is the evil spirit?" He pointed to the sky and pointed to the net bottle and said: "The clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle." ”

Therefore, this poem was originally the words of the mountain monk Wei Yan, and it was Li Ao who asked Wei Yan, "What is the evil of the Tao?" But the answer is: the clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle.

In other words, the riddle of the poem is: What is the Tao and the Evil?

This is to allow Shang Luo to put forward his own views on the "Dao". There was obviously no standard answer to this question, and Shang Luo felt that he still needed to meet some more talents.

He had already met Lu Liang, who was cultivating hard for Qi cultivation, and her worried old father. As well as the unlucky Jinyiwei, and many more... But when I saw them, it seemed that they could not give their own answers.

This is also what he confirmed to Daozu when they met for the first time: you can't be cheap. What others hear doesn't count, but what you see yourself. Dao Ancestor also hoped that he could see the world for himself, and then give his own answers. Starting from the point of longevity, the purpose of longevity is to see the world for a long time, to see the world well - but in the path of longevity, why don't you need to look at the world well?

"I'll need some time to answer that riddle. But I'll have the answer. ”

"Ah~~ No hurry, no hurry." Zhu Xianene yawned, "Seeing that I am kept in the dark by the emperor all day long, I am also quite comfortable." The more you know, the more tired you get—but what he meant by calling you. ”

He thought for a moment and muttered, "Could it be that you picked this point so that you can come to see me?" Because I come here at this time every day to come to Yuxi Palace. ”

Knock –

There's a chime in it, and that's exactly what it means.

"And so it was. The emperor likes you very much, he can't say two words a day to me, and he is so concerned about your affairs. ”

Knock - Knock - Knock -

There were three knocks on the inside.

"Ahh I was wrong! Don't be angry! I said it casually. Yes... Shang Luo, is there anything wrong with you? ”

"It's because of this." Shang Luo flipped through his phone and adjusted to the line of words that asked the question.

"I see, you asked questions about Vientiane Tianshu, right... Then after the Emperor saw it, he felt that you needed to come to me. ”

"Vientiane Heavenly Book?"

"It's the Akashic Record, that's what Rome calls it, and our side is the Book of Heaven. It was a collection of all experiences, and the vast majority of Huang Zu's energy was focused on it, so he said very little. He sought 'Tai Chi' in the Book of Heaven, because the Book of Heaven in Vientiane recorded everything in the past: Tai Chi gave birth to two instruments. One life is two, two rises three, and three gives birth to all things. As long as you can find the original 'Tai Chi' of the mixed element, you will be able to understand the truth of all things in heaven and earth. But he hasn't forgotten about us, and I'll come regularly to listen to the Mixed Yuan Dao Fruit, and then relay it to those who need to know. But what about you..."

"Is there a play?"

"It's not a big problem. You're going to need to compress the fairy roots, right? Need a little better taste? Do you want to eat it yourself? ”

Shang Luo described what he saw in Lu Huaiyang's house.

"It's really hard... It's a pity that heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs. Heavenly Dao is like this, the more you think about it, the harder it gets. But if there is only the way of heaven in the world, what else does the court do? Ten years ago, I was about your age. On a stormy night, the Emperor Ancestor called me over and told me an allusion to the 'human femur', which was the latest Mixed Yuan Dao Fruit. Ah, to be honest, at the time I thought he meant that if people want to become immortals, they have to break their femurs or something. ”

"Huh?"

"I'm not kidding, because it makes sense. During the foundation building period, the bones should be forged, and the literal meaning of forging is not forging, and it will break when it is beaten - of course, I figured it out later. The meaning of that allusion is that a broken femur is originally fatal to a creature like a human, and according to the way of heaven, it should be dead here. But that ancient human femur, it healed. Because someone took care of him, someone gave him something to eat, someone protected him. The fundamental purpose of the existence of human civilization is to help each other and let everyone live well together. This is not the way of heaven, this is humanity. So, I'll help her. I think this is also what the Emperor Ancestor meant, he called you here at this time to let us help each other. Helping each other is the real way to go against the sky. ”

Knock –

The chime rang.

"Hmm." After receiving confirmation, Zhu Xianene continued, "Then leave this matter to me." There's an alchemy furnace in there, I'll try it for you. ”

"It turns out that you are asking Your Majesty the Son of Heaven to come to alchemy?"

[The Dan Dao of the Son of Heaven was taught by me personally, and he went far on the Dan Dao, and he will not be under Xu Fu, Ge Hong, and Sun Simiao in the future. 】

"Dao Ancestor?!" Spoken, spoken, the old man inside spoke.

"Imperial Ancestor." Zhu Xianene bowed to the inner room.

[The Son of Heaven's Dan Dao is water grinding kung fu, he comes to alchemy every day on the fifth watch, and has never stopped since he was 12 years old. When it comes to refining medicine, let him help you, you can rest assured. 】

"Hehe~ because it's really fun, it's so fun. That's why I come every day. In the morning, I will adjust the parameters of the Dan furnace, change the ratio, and there may be a surprise the next day, which is so fun. It's like fishing and sweepstakes. So, it's up to me. Turnips, flour, soybean flour and honey look like syrups or pastes. Just leave it there, and if it's not enough, I'll add some more. If there is a result, we will contact us. ”

Shang Luo was overjoyed - there were professionals who took the initiative to help, and he didn't need to toss it himself, and sure enough, professional things still had to be done by professionals. He hurriedly thanked him.

"No thanks, no thanks, just a gesture. And I've always wanted to help those brocade guards, but I haven't had a way to start it. You've done a great favor - by the way, did you have breakfast? If you don't eat and then go to school, you must have breakfast in the morning, or you will be dizzy all day. You wait until half-past five and breakfast is served, so let's sit next to it. ”

"Ahh Not necessarily. Shang Luo glanced at the time, "It's far away from the school, and it won't be too late by then." ”

"Don't worry." Zhu Xianene waved his hand, "You go to school in Wutai Mountain, right?" Then you can take the subway. You're afraid you won't be able to get to the nearest subway station, right? So they all said rest assured - otherwise how do you think I got here? There's a small gate over there, and there's a backup subway line down there, and someone will take you to the main line, so you'll be able to catch it. This is a little secret, don't tell others, otherwise Lu Huaiyang and they will know where I went. ”