It's a strange story about a local area.

It is about a woodcutter who came to Huoshan to chop wood, encountered a deep mountain Taoist temple, and was curious to enter it to explore, and when he came out again, the world had passed for decades.

This story is widely circulated in the local area, some people say that it is just a story, and some people say that it is directed and acted by the woodcutter and the old woman, and it has been extended to countless versions, which have been recorded by people with hearts, and later generations have different opinions about it.

Zuo Ci learned about it by chance and found it very interesting, so he immediately recorded it in this book.

Seeing this, Ye Qin set off several waves in his heart, and read this sentence several times.

Ye Qin couldn't help but mutter, "Deep Mountain Dao Temple."

Previously, he came out of the Taoist temple and came to the mountains, and then met Zuo Ci.

Tomb paintings, pills, anecdotes, all of which made Ye Qin a little confused.

It was because of the existence of these stories that Ye Qin had seen it cursoly after entering the tomb, and he was in it, and he was imperceptibly affected, so he had a related dream.

Or is it because of his existence that these things happened?

Is he a cause or an effect?

This question has been lingering in Ye Qin's mind.

Is it Zhuang Zhou's dream butterfly, or Butterfly's dream Zhuang Zhou, it's just a dream, or-

Is this all real happening?

Ye Qin's mood fluctuated suddenly, like a small stone thrown into it, setting off countless ripples.

Based on what happened above, there is already a rough conjecture in my heart.

He summoned the origin of the white bones, and saw the white bones slowly condensed and formed in mid-air, still sitting cross-legged, pinching the Dao with his hands, and holding Shangqingguan to appear.

It's just that this time, Ye Qin didn't find anything abnormal.

Even Shangqingguan became silent, and there was no longer a sound of the bell ringing, but if you experience it carefully, you will find that there is a faint rhyme surrounding it.

Something seems to have changed.

Ye Qin looked at the mural, his eyes fell on Xiao Ding next to him, then turned around, and then looked at the Taoist temple on Bai Gu's hand.

There is a faint invisible thread that connects these things together, and when the hazy white fog is removed, the things in my mind gradually become clearer.

"Could it be neither?"

Although Ye Qin didn't understand the cause and effect relationship, he had some understanding of the reasons why all this happened, maybe all this happened in real times, not an illusion, but it was not a time travel.

To be precise, it may be a small projection of historical years, or it can be called a 'fragment of mottled years'.

This is a period of time taken from history, like the sound of time and space, which remains in this tomb by chance.

It is impossible to see or even sense it in the ordinary, and it is impossible to gain insight even with modern technology.

And tracing back to the source, all the causes have to start from that ding, and a small seed has been planted for today's events.

After that, Ye Qin cultivated in Zuo Ci's tomb again, which deepened this fate, everything was so wrong, fate dictated.

The feng shui terrain here is already special, coupled with the Qi of heaven and earth that overflowed when Ye Qin cultivated, with the tripod as the medium, so he had this wonderful experience.

Of course, the most important of these is the "Shangqing View", which is indispensable.

Ye Qin had never understood before, and all the previous visualizations had embodied expressions, but the Taoist view had no obvious effect on feeding back to his own body.

But after this incident, he seemed to have a vague glimpse of the doorway.

The Taoist temple is equivalent to a special passage and bridge, based on which it connects the mottled years, which is somewhat similar to the feeling of a spiritual field.

Ye Qin was able to use this to have a wonderful reaction with certain places and even characters, just like this time.

In Zuo Ci's tomb, he cultivated here, and there were things that Zuo Ci used before his death, and the field was constantly strengthened, forming a special magnetic field, which had a chain reaction later.

At the time of the mistake, through the Taoist temple, he actually came to Zuo Ci's era in another way, and met with him to discuss Taoism.

Because it is a special spiritual field, and it is a magnetic field built on the basis of Zuo Ci, this can explain why Zuo Ci can understand what he said in that time and space.

There was no difficulty in communicating with the two sides.

After figuring out all this, Ye Qin sighed with emotion, to be precise, this is not a dream, nor is it a time travel, it can be understood as a projection of time.

To describe it in one word, Ye Qin didn't think about it for the time being.

History is like a long river, during which there may be countless small tributaries, but in the end, they all come together in one place.

The experience of Ye Qin and Zuo Ci discussing the Tao is equivalent to one of these tens of millions of tributaries, and it cannot have any impact on the history that has been formed.

"Maybe it's just a tributary of a short period of time, or a special spiritual magnetic field, a big dream in the spring and autumn, it's hard to tell whether it's true or false, who can tell whether it's cause or effect?"

"Maybe because of my appearance, there was this historical period related to Zuo Ci, but in the end it was corrected by the general trend; It is also possible that everything is a big dream, and it is just a bridge section that I have constructed according to local conditions. ”

"But no matter what, this experience is real to me."

As for the causal relationship, Ye Qin really couldn't figure it out, would the ancient Zuo Ci see him because of this? Ye Qin was also difficult to know.

We can only wait until the next time if there is a chance and this situation occurs again, we must further explore it clearly.

Ye Qin felt a lot of emotion in his heart, he had never seen these murals before, but now when he saw it, he knew that there was a lot going on.

The murals of Zuo Ci's tomb are full of a large number of myths and legends, and there are scenes depicting the Qionglou Yuyu above the nine heavens, surrounded by fairy mist, and you can glimpse the traces of it.

There are also magnificent overseas immortal mountains, where countless people are looking for medicine, and there is an endless stream of them, which represents the desire of the world to seek immortals at that time.

In addition, there are also some tomb paintings that record the lives of relevant characters, just like the one Ye Qin saw in front of him, depicting daily scenes.

Ye Qin looked a little distracted, this was what he saw before he was pulled into the special spiritual field, but he didn't finish reading it at that time.

The second half of the tomb painting is like a true portrayal of his experience, but there is no shadow of him in it.

Is Zuo Ci really waiting for him?

Or maybe it's just your own guess.

It's a pity that Ye Qin doesn't have a clear answer, unless he repeats his previous experience, he personally asks Zuo Ci.

Behind this mural, there are some daily realisms, such as the boy collecting medicine, the old man meditating, etc., all of which seem ordinary.

At the end of the tomb painting, the old man held the tripod as if refining something, his expression was full of seriousness, and then a golden pill appeared in mid-air.

Auspicious clouds suddenly descended from the sky, like a ladder to the sky, and soon there were immortals who came by crane, carrying the old man into the sky.

The tomb painting is completely finished here, and there is still a large blank space, which seems a little abrupt, like a blank space, leaving a place for future generations to comment.

Reality and fantasy are mixed together, making it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.

Ye Qin remembered the life record of Zuo Ci in his later years.

entered Huoshan to refine the Nine Turns of Dan, and then finally got the Tao and rode away by crane, but these are all wild histories.

Some people say that Zuo Ci was poisoned by metal poisoning due to an overdose of pills in his later years, and others say that Zuo Ci finally fell off a cliff in order to pick magic medicine.

There are different opinions about Zuo Ci's later years, and there is no clear evidence for these, but only speculation by later generations, except for Zuo Ci himself, no one knows what his ending will be.

Ye Qin remembered Zuo Ci's wonderful theory of talking about the method of Jindan, and the old man talked eloquently, and his mental outlook did not look like a centenarian at all.

After learning that people are naturally shackled, there are too many mottled and miscellaneous qi in their bodies, and they already lack that innate spirituality, and they cannot attain enlightenment at all.

Zuo Ci did not give up lightly, but found another way, pinning his hopes on the golden pill, hoping to refine a nine-turn divine pill, and he could soar into an immortal after taking it.

In fact, in the end, he also did so, and in his later years, he entered Huoshan to refine the Nine Turns Divine Pill, and never returned, causing many conjectures and discussions in later generations.

It also added a strong stroke to his life resume.

"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Fangshu Lie Biography II" records, "This person rarely has Shinto. ”

Ge Hong's "Legend of the Immortals" has a cloud, "It can enslave the ghosts and gods (understand the heavenly and earthly branches), and they will change and open up valleys." ”

Ye Qin's ears sounded Zuo Ci's voice again in a trance.

"Serving the god pill makes people live an infinite life, and the heaven and earth are complete, riding the clouds and driving the dragon, and the top and bottom are too clear. The Yellow Emperor passed on the Xuanzi, and the precept said, this way is the most important, and it must be awarded to the virtuous, and it is not his person, although the jade is like a mountain, do not tell it in this way."

In the end, I don't know if he has succeeded in refining.

According to Ye Qin's point of view, there is a high probability of failure, otherwise the modern era must have already left a cultivation method, so why bother to develop it yourself.

However, his spirit is worthy of learning for future generations, and he has left a lot of books and things for future generations to refer to.

Although Zuo Ci studied the art of alchemy, he seemed to be particularly obsessed in his later years, pinning his hopes on the golden pill to attain the Tao, and wanted to practice the nine-turn golden pill, and the world did not know the reason.

If according to Ye Qin's guess, he himself is the cause, can it be shown that Zuo Ci was influenced by him?

But even if these things didn't happen, Ye Qin felt that according to Zuo Ci's character, sooner or later he would embark on this path, wanting to achieve his goal by refining the golden pill.

Whether it was influenced by him or Zuo Ci's destiny is actually no longer important, it will still go the same way, and then embark on this path.

Fate is full of uncertainties, and when the gears begin to turn, even the slightest event will play its part.

It's like Ye Qin and Zuo Ci, a character who died a thousand years ago, a creature a thousand years later, there will be no intersection at all.

But everything went so wrong.

The tripod of Zuo Ci's alchemy was obtained by Ye Qin and used to refine the pill, which is the "origin".

Later, Ye Qin valued the feng shui and terrain in Zuo Ci's tomb, and cultivating here was "fate".

The Taoist view of the original visualization object is stimulated, and it is used as a bridge of communication, and various media are added together to form a special spiritual field.

Spanning the distance of time and space, Ye Qin and Zuo Ci were also able to meet.

It's like two parallel lines, and suddenly there is a possibility of an intersecting node, so fate begins to cross at this moment, and suddenly extends a small fork.

But it will not affect the final direction of the two.

Just like the branches of a large tree are luxuriant, there will be countless forked leaves, which is why it looks vibrant.

Zuo Ci's fate line has come to an end, and everything that belongs to Ye Qin's fate line is still full of unknowns.

Recalling the previous events, Ye Qin's expression was full of emotion, and he also understood something at this moment.

And this realization has sublimated his soul from the inside out.

The improvement of cultivation can improve one's realm through the accumulation of cultivation over time, as well as the introduction of qi into the body, but the improvement of the state of mind is difficult.

To cultivate the path, you must first cultivate the mind.

Big heart, accommodate the things of the world. Humility of his heart, by the world's goodness. Calm his mind and talk about the affairs of the world. Dive into their hearts and look at the principles of the world. Set their hearts and respond to the changes in the world.

Compared to the improvement of cultivation, the improvement of the state of mind will be more difficult, because the latter is elusive.

Unlike cultivation, when it comes to a certain time, it will come naturally, and it will naturally be able to improve, as long as the method is found, then it will be able to succeed sooner or later.

The mood is different, and no one knows what the so-called method is, maybe there are many kinds of methods, maybe only one.

It is rumored that Patriarch Bodhidharma enlightened the Tao under the Bodhi tree for a hundred years, and his state of mind was improved, and finally he finally attained enlightenment.

This shows how important it is to improve one's state of mind.

Previously, Ye Qin had been immersed in penance, but he ignored the improvement of his state of mind.

It always felt like something was missing, and at first I thought it was because I wasn't cultivating enough, but this experience made him feel like he was suddenly enlightened.

It seems that the fog that is blocking in front of you has been blown away, and there is a feeling of clarity and enlightenment.

He solved Zuo Ci's doubts, and he also saw different things in Zuo Ci.

Although Zuo Ci did not succeed in seeking the Tao, his mileage in seeking the Tao is commendable, after all, age and experience are placed here.

At most, Ye Qin has only been six or seven years since he stepped into cultivation, and Zuo Ci has been nearly a hundred years, and what he said still has a lot of truth and is thought-provoking.

Now savor the words that I talked about with Zuo Ci, and see the truth in the ordinary.

Often the more ordinary, the more extraordinary it can be.

'If the husband sees less, he blames more, and the world is always the same. Believe this, although the matter is clear, and people are under the cover, how can they know what to say? ’

The less you see, the more strange things you feel, and only by opening your eyes and mind, and accepting all things in this world, can you better understand the deep meaning.

Ye Qin's listening to Zuo Ci's way does not mean that he agrees with such a view.

After all, he and Zuo Ci have different starting points, but it does not prevent him from absorbing things that are useful to him from this.

On the road of exploring the way, he will never stop.

Ye Qin didn't know where his path would lead and whether he could successfully reach the other side, but he would not give up, as long as he still existed in the world, he would persevere.

Thinking of this, Ye Qin felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

The sublimation of the state of mind has also led to the improvement of cultivation, and the Tao rhyme that seems to be there has never been dispersed around, and has gradually become solidified.

The Origin White Bone also suddenly bloomed with a touch of brilliance, from the inside out, constantly filling every bone, and the dim tomb was also shining at this moment.

It seems that even the Taoist temple in his hand has been affected.

The edges of the ancient and dilapidated Taoist temple seem to have been restored a little bit, and although it still looks dilapidated and decayed, it looks much better than it was at the beginning.

At least under the shroud of this brilliance, there is a little more indescribable charm.

Countless points of light converged, all of which surrounded the white bones, winding around them like the Milky Way, looking like a dream.

In a trance, there was an illusion that this was not a deep and dark tomb, but a heavenly palace fairyland above the nine heavens.

The originally faded tomb painting also has a vivid feeling, as if the characters in it are about to come to life.

The animal guarding the outside of the tomb seemed to sense something, and couldn't help but want to get closer to the tomb, but they controlled their instinct and did not go down to the tomb, so as not to disturb the existence inside.

The smell in the air made them extremely comfortable, and all the animals looked up, as if they were absorbing something.

In comfort, looking into the depths of the tomb from time to time, there is humane fear and respect on the beast's face.

If someone enters the tomb at this moment, they will find that in the dim tomb, there is a huge light cocoon, and the dark green light is faintly visible.

All the Qi of Heaven and Earth gathered towards the white bones, reaching an unprecedented concentration, so much so that a vortex was formed, slowly enveloping the white bones inside.

So much so that Ye Qin felt a feeling of swelling all over his body.

The Qi of Heaven and Earth constantly nourishes and fills the white bones, and feeds back to the body of the snake, as small as every scale, as large as the organs, which can be said to be ubiquitous.

Countless warm currents poured into the meridians one after another, and it seemed that even the blood became warm.

As the body temperature continued to rise, the feeling of swelling became more and more obvious, as if something was about to come out.

The bright red snake letter trembled even more, and even its tail hit the ground uneasily.

Inside Ye Qin's body, thousands of wisps of Qi converged, and the air mass continued to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye, filling it with wisps of gas.

It was like a thick cloud that had even begun to squeeze towards the heart next to it.

For the first time, Ye Qin felt that it was a bad thing for the innate qi to be too strong, and if it continued like this, the other organs of the viscera would definitely be affected.

You have to find a way to shrink the air mass.

He carefully manipulated his mental power, guiding the excess Qi inside his body to evacuate to other places.

Thanks to the previous experience of refining pills and the operation, Ye Qin can be said to be perfect in controlling the details of spiritual power.

The spiritual power was like a trickle, constantly guiding those innate qi, and soon the previous swelling gradually disappeared.

It's just a palliative, not a cure.

The problem was mainly on the air mass, and when he noticed the news fed back by his spiritual power, Ye Qin was a little excited and a little surprised.

"It looks like the time is ripe."

(End of chapter)