Chapter 18: The Three Difficulties of Cultivation

"Originally, it was a god, but it's a pity that he fell into the devil's path and became a demon. Shen Gongbao looked back at the portrait and sighed softly.

Lu Chuan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Dare to ask Master, why is this, the gods have become demons......"

Shen Gongbao said: "Look at this temple, how is it, have you found anything?"

"This temple ......" Lu Chuan said while looking around at the ruined temple: "It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, the roof of this house has been broken in several places, and the walls have cracked so many cracks......

Shen Gongbao nodded and said, "That's right, this temple hasn't received incense for many years. ”

"But what does this incense have to do with her becoming a demon as a god?" Lu Chuan was a little confused.

Shen Gongbao said: "I think you kid should have seen it just now, she is just a ghost, and she has no entity, right?"

"Yin Ghost?" Lu Chuan was stunned and muttered, "Didn't I meet a goblin, but ran into a ghost?"

He didn't know much about ghosts or anything.

However, he did see it before, and the banshee turned into a dragon looked a little illusory, unreal, just a dragon-shaped phantom.

"So...... In fact, it's almost the same, she has no physical body, and she is a first-class ghost and immortal. ”

Shen Gongbao said: "Usually, she can only rely on the power of some incense to maintain her Dharma body immortal, and her yin soul will last forever. But as we just said, this temple has not had incense for many years."

"What happens if there is no incense?" Lu Chuan asked.

Shen Gongbao sighed and said, "The soul is scattered and returns to heaven and earth." ”

"Huh?" Lu Chuan was stunned and said, "Is a god without the power of incense so miserable?"

He remembered that all the gods on the list of gods seemed to have no physical bodies, and they were all on the list of gods with a little true spirit.

Do they ...... too?

"It's a bit miserable, but you're right, only a god without a body can be so miserable, and a man with a body won't. ”

Shen Gongbao said abruptly: "In order not to disappear in this world, she chose to fall into the evil way and eat people, cultivate demon qi with human blood, and protect her soul with demon qi." ”

"I see. ”

Lu Chuan's eyes flashed, this was really chilling, and he chose to eat people to keep himself alive......

Lu Chuan actually understands her a little.

After all, ants are still greedy, and whoever is in her situation, I am afraid that she will not be willing to be scattered, and Lu Chuan asked himself if he could not sit still.

But in any case, her misery does not justify her harm, because the people she eats are innocent passers-by.

Today, she was injured by Shen Gongbao and ended up being eaten by a divine tiger, which can be regarded as deserved.

This may be what people often say: there must be something hateful about the poor.

No!

That's not a human, it's a demon, or a ghost turned into a demon.

Is that a ghost or a demon?

Or should it be called a ghost???

I only heard Shen Gongbao sigh: "The method of cannibalism is too vicious and cruel, it is the behavior of demons, so from the time she ate the first person, she has changed from a god to a demon." ”

"Oh!"

Lu Chuan nodded after hearing this, and was silent for a while.

Suddenly, Shen Gongbao said: "Lu Chuan, senior brother asked you to follow me to cultivate, and now I ask you, what are you cultivating for?"

Lu Chuan was stunned and didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"Or why do you want to cultivate, you have to cultivate. Shen Gongbao asked again.

"For what?"

Lu Chuan lowered his head and thought seriously.

Yes, what did he want to cultivate for, and what was the purpose of what he wanted to cultivate in the first place?

Seeing Lu Chuan thinking, Shen Gongbao didn't choose to bother him.

Just sit cross-legged on the edge of the fire, staring at the dancing flames burning above the firewood.

After a long time.

"Master, I want to have an immortality. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Chuan turned his head and looked at Shen Gongbao seriously, and let out a sigh of relief.

In fact, at the beginning, he just wanted to learn some Taoist skills and skills from Jiang Ziya to deal with the next god catastrophe and not let himself become a cannon fodder-like existence.

But now that the Master is in front of him, why not just ask for immortality?

"Changsheng?" Shen Gongbao smiled slightly, not surprised.

Lu Chuan nodded seriously: "Yes, the disciple wants to become an immortal." ”

"Become an immortal?" hahaha...... "Shen Gongbao laughed.

Lu Chuan was calm and asked, "Dare to ask why Master is laughing?"

Shen Gongbao stopped laughing and said, "Then let me ask you, what do you think is an immortal?"

Lu Chuan sighed for a while and said: "Immortality, soaring clouds and fog, and being at ease in the world......"

Speaking of this, Lu Chuan hesitated slightly.

"Say whatever comes to mind, and don't have any worries and hides. ”

Shen Gongbao said: "The teacher is testing you, judge what to teach you, if you miss the opportunity because of this, don't blame the teacher for not preaching you." ”

Lu Chuan then continued: "Flying to the sky, moving mountains and reclaiming the sea, omnipotent......"

I talked about what I could think of, and the idioms that described the gods were like memorizing texts, and I talked for a long time.

Shen Gongbao: "......"

"Then do you think the immortals are good?" Finally, after Lu Chuan finished speaking, Shen Gongbao hurriedly asked.

This stinky boy, if you don't stop him, what if you carry it to him until dawn?

"How are the immortals?"

Lu Chuan was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said without thinking: "Of course, if it's not good, how can everyone in the world want to be an immortal?"

Shen Gongbao asked again: "Since everyone in the world knows that immortals are good, why are there so few people who become immortals?"

"This ......" Lu Chuan couldn't say.

Shen Gongbao said: "Do you know the three difficulties of cultivation?"

Lu Chuan said respectfully: "The disciple doesn't know, please teach me from the master." ”

"If you want to become an immortal, you must be born with the roots and bones of immortals, the second difficulty must be to bring immortal fate to creation, and the third difficulty must be able to meet a famous teacher. ”

Shen Gongbao said: "If you want to become an immortal, you must first face these three difficulties. If you want to become an immortal, these three are indispensable. ”

"Immortal roots, fate, and famous teachers?" Lu Chuan lowered his head and secretly pondered the meaning of the three.

Shen Gongbao turned a blind eye and said loudly: "The root bone is the first level, and those who have no immortal roots can't even set foot on the path of cultivation, so they can only be ignored by everyone." ”

"What about those who have roots and bones, but no immortals?" Lu Chuan asked.

Shen Gongbao said: "Those who are destined for fate are also created." Those who have immortal roots but no creation, work hard for a while, and in the end, it will be empty. ”

Lu Chuan bowed his head and was silent after listening.

If that's the case, Jiang Ziya should be in this situation.

Jiang Ziya can cultivate the Tao, which means that he has roots, but Yuan Shi said that his fate is too shallow to become an immortal, so he was sent down to Kunlun Mountain, and he will be a god in the future.

As for the famous teachers......

Lu Chuan thought of a spirit monkey that would be born in the future.

Originally, he was born and raised by heaven and earth, and it is needless to say that he was born with a great opportunity to create.

But despite this, didn't he spend more than ten years in order to find a famous teacher?

Lu Chuan suddenly said: "Dare to ask Master, how is the disciple's root bones and creation?"

"Creation and destiny are said to have their own destiny, how can a teacher know this? ”

Shen Gongbao smiled and said, "As for the root bones...... Do you think that if you have no roots, my brother will let you worship me as a teacher?"

Lu Chuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he also thought about it at this time, but he was still a little unconfident, but Shen Gongbao's words could be regarded as a reassuring pill for him.

"Master, say so...... Can I also cultivate?" Lu Chuan asked again.

He felt in his heart that the mood at this time was more exciting and unbelievable than the admission letter from the university.

Shen Gongbao smiled and nodded.

"Then Master, when will I be able to cultivate?" Lu Chuan asked again.

Shen Gongbao shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, now you don't even know what an immortal is, let alone how to cultivate an immortal and become an immortal?"

"Then Master, what is an immortal?" Lu Chuan asked.

"People can become ghosts when they die, and they can become immortals when they gain the Tao, and people are just in the middle. ”

Shen Gongbao said: "Those who are pure yin are ghosts, those who are pure yang are immortals, and those who are yin and yang are people." Only if someone is in the middle, he can become a ghost or an immortal. (Note 1)

"Immortals, humans, ghosts?"

Lu Chuan lowered his head and groaned, thoughtful.