Shan Liang told the old Taoist priest what he had said to Wang Ning again.

After listening to Shan Liang's story, Lao Dao recognized Shan Liang's practice alone in the barren mountain, and sighed after a while: "Today's practice is just practice, where is there any way! Do you want to hear the story of Lao Dao?"

It turned out that the old Taoist name was Zhicheng, and he was adopted by Zhicheng's master in the war era, so he became a Taoist priest with the master, and later Zhicheng's master died of illness when he was old, so Zhicheng inherited this Taoist temple.

Because Zhicheng is an orphan, it can be said that there is no concern, so these years rarely go down the mountain, and later break the four old periods of this Taoist temple was also affected, the statue was knocked down, the Taoist temple was also burned, fortunately Zhicheng heard the wind in advance and transported the classics in the Taoist temple to the deep mountains to hide it in order to survive, and later rehabilitated Zhicheng built up the Taoist temple one by one stone. Because he rarely goes down the mountain and rarely communicates with people, he is just a de facto Taoist priest and has not become a wild Taoist priest in the register, and he has been guarding this Taoist temple alone to this day.

Hearing that the old Dao Zhicheng hid the classics in the Taoist temple and therefore preserved them, Shan Liang couldn't help but think, and said: "The younger generation saw the plaque in front of the door that said 'Lu Zuguan', I don't know if it is the inheritance of Lu Zu Lu Dongbin?"

"When I was young, I heard my master say that my ancestor was a Taoist boy who was next to Lu Zu back then, and then Lu Zu was promoted by the ancestor and passed it on, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"Then I don't know if the predecessors have a cultivation method, the younger generation was practicing in the barren mountains before and there was no cultivation method, so I came out to visit, if not, I don't know if the younger generation is lucky enough to watch?" Shan Liang asked tentatively.

Lao Dao got up and took Shan Liang to his bedroom, there was a pile of wire-bound books on the east wall of the bedroom, Lao Dao pointed to this pile of books and said to Shan Liang: "Lao Dao has been on the mountain since he was a child, and now he is seventy-eight years old, these classics Lao Dao has been reading for more than 70 years, only some Taoist doctrines, I have not found any cultivation methods, and I can watch it all my friends, and it is fortunate if I find anything." ”

Shan Liang thanked him and began to look at these Taoist classics, these classics are about 100 books, according to Lao Dao, a large part of them are the perception of some later ancestors, there are only a dozen classics belonging to Lu Zu, so Lao Dao picked out Lu Zu's classics and handed them to Shan Liang.

Shan Liang looked at these classics, there were a few poems of Lu Zu in them, and suddenly Shan Liang saw a classic book and saw that the cover was written "Lingbao Bifa", Shan Liang breathed shortly and said with a little trembling: "Senior, this Lingbao Bifa is the "Lingbao Bifa" passed on by Zhong Liquan to Lu Zu back then?"

Lao Dao looked at the book and said: "Exactly, according to legend, the Jindan Daye "Lingbao Bifa" that Zhong Liquan passed to Lu Zu back then is this one, but the book is difficult to preserve, and it is already broken, this is a copy of the first copy that I don't know how many times it has been copied, but the content is still the same." ”

Shan Liang quickly flipped through the book, compared it with what he had seen before after reading it, and sighed after a while: "I have also seen this book in the bookstore, although the name is the same, but there are many differences in it, and the above interpretation of the original text is even more inconsistent and full of loopholes, and I am very happy to see the original content today." Although I didn't find anything related to the cultivation method after a cursory look, I feel that this book is always a bit secretive, and I wonder if it's my delusion. ”

"There are many classics of Lu Zu that have been passed out in the world, and it is not surprising that Lu Zu has changed in content for thousands of years. ”

Listening to Lao Dao's words, Shan Liang continued to check the remaining books, and a copy of Lu Yan's essay came into Shan Liang's eyes: "Senior, is this essay written by Lu Zu himself?"

"The content is that the book is no longer the original. ”

Shan Liang opened the book and saw that the content on it was completely disorganized, a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west seemed to be something written at will, the former paragraph was written about the refining method of a certain elixir, and the latter paragraph was written about the comprehension of swordsmanship. Shan Liang is very puzzled by this, the ancients did not have the habit of keeping a diary, and they were even more picky about the content of the book, and they would not bind the book in one go. Shan Liang told Lao Dao about his doubts, and Lao Dao thought for a long time before saying to Shan Liang: "I have also had the confusion of Xiao Daoyou, it is very unreasonable to have a bunch of inheritance books mixed with a miscellaneous note, but the ancestors of the past generations still passed down this book, and there is also a name about this book that has been passed down from master to apprentice is the Enlightenment Essay." ”

"Enlightenment essay, enlightenment essay ......" Shan Liang muttered this word and thought about the words of the old way, since it is a inheritance sequence that this book should be very important, the strange thing is that the content of the book is very random and traceless, and it cannot be that the pages of the book are mixed with other things, after all, it is not the original, suddenly Shan Liang seems to think of something, and it took a long time to think of it, it is the four words of other things, to be exact, it is not a thing, it should be a book, other books.

Lu Zu is famous for two things, the same is the Tiandun swordsmanship, the same is the Jindan Taoism passed on by Zhong Liquan, there is no sword spectrum sword recipe in these books, and there is no cultivation method in the "Lingbao Bi Fa", is it related to this "Lu Yan Essays", thinking of this, Shan Liang said to the old Dao: "Senior, you said that this book is also called the Enlightenment Essays, is there one word missing?"

"One word missing? No way, this sentence has been said since ancient times, there is no word missing. Lao Dao heard Shan Liang's question and said loudly.

"To be precise, it's not that your sect has inherited a word, but a matter of ancient and modern habits, the ancients said that the current speaking habits of enlightenment should be 'enlightenment in notes'!"

Hearing Shan Liang's words, Lao Dao pondered silently for a while, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and looked at Shan Liang with an excited expression, and saw Shan Liang nodding heavily at him in affirmation.

Shan Liang picked up the book of "Lingbao Bifa" and read it carefully, probably after the tea, Shan Liang pointed to one of the pages of "Lingbao Bifa" and said to Lao Dao: "Senior, please look here, this paragraph is about alchemy, on the surface there is nothing wrong with this paragraph, the process is also normal, but there are only three formulas of this pill, this is a problem, as far as I know, since ancient times, there are no three kinds of medicinal materials that can become the formula of Dan, the ancients mostly pay attention to Jun, Make, Zuo, will not be by which medicine is Jun, Make, There is only one kind of medicinal material, and only the essence of the Taoists is the essence, qi and god, the essence is the envoy, the qi is the king, the god is the zuo, and the essence, qi and god are the great medicine to refine the gold liquid to form the golden pill. Therefore, it is very likely that this paragraph is the general outline! It is the real general outline of the "Lingbao Bifa"!"

Lao Dao took the "Lingbao Bifa" handed over by Shan Liang, looked at the paragraph that Shan Liang said, and asked, "Then how to translate it?"

Shan Liang picked up the book "Lu Yan's Essays" and said: "When I flipped through this essays just now, I found that the first word of each paragraph in this book is different and never repeated, so it should be that every word in the outline corresponds to the first word of each paragraph in the essays." ”

After the concerted efforts of the two, after about two hours, the complete cultivation method in the "Lingbao Bifa" was presented in front of the two.

Lao Dao excitedly looked at the pages with the cultivation method written on it and said in a trembling voice: "The ancestors of the past dynasties are above, and the cultivation method of "Lingbao Bifa" has finally reappeared in the world today, and the disciple is ashamed. After speaking, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly made a big bow to Shan Liang and said: "Thank you, little Daoist, if it weren't for your help, I wouldn't know when I would be gray, thank you." ”

Shan Liang picked up the old Taoist and comforted: "The old Taoist will be convenient with others, Shan Liang does not dare to take credit, it is the old Taoist who is open-minded and let me read the classics to have a result, in the final analysis, it is the credit of the old Taoist." ”

Shan Liang saw that it took a while for Lao Dao to calm down his excited heart and said: "There is still a part of this note after removing the cultivation method in the "Lingbao Bi Fa", if Shan Liang didn't guess wrong, it should be the sword technique that day, I don't know if the old Taoist has a sword technique?"

"Sword moves, There are still sword tricks, but this sword trick is mediocre, the sword trick is more like a limerick I will tell you: the spirit sword box is hidden, the gathering is full of Taoism, the sword heart is unstoppable, the god is inactionable, the righteous three-foot sword, the evil is stationed in the imperial capital, the Lingxiao Palace, the ten directions are bright, the clouds are heavy and the sky will rain, the Zhenger sword has a sound, the Huanghuang Seven Star Text, shining on the three days of soldiers, the dragon is a thing, the sense of gas is sounding, the dragon often thinks about it, the leaping box is uneven, this sword is in the world, the hundred demons are in the form, the evil and the devil, the soul is also frightened, try to the stars and the moon, the divine light shoots the netherworld, the world will never think, and the world can rest the soldiers。 ”

Shan Liang said with a smile: "The old Taoist has forgotten about cultivating the method. ”

When the old Taoist heard this, he suddenly realized again.

Then the two of them restored the sword trick, looking at the restored sword trick, Lao Dao sighed, "I can't imagine that in a thousand years, even the most basic sword moves have changed so much, if the little Taoist friend doesn't mind me coming to dance to show the little Taoist friend my door Tiandun swordsmanship." After speaking, Lao Dao got up and walked to the yard to find a branch as a sword weapon to play the Tian Dun swordsmanship, although usually look at this old way walking trembling and towering, who knows that after the sword trick starts, the spirit of the old Tao seems to suddenly all return to become energetic, only to see the restored Tian Dun swordsmanship clean and neat and tactful, it is really the sword edge and Cui Wei, do not cut the treacherous and evil oath!

After dancing again, Lao Dao's physical strength was a little overdrawn, and he returned to his old appearance and panted and said: "Now that the method and sword technique have been restored, Lao Dao, I am satisfied with Yuhua today, but unfortunately I can't cultivate now and can't reproduce the style of Lu Zu back then, it's really a pity for Lao Dao, isn't Xiao Daoyou looking for a cultivation method, today Lao Dao I will give this cultivation method and sword trick to Xiao Daoyou, which can be regarded as a reward for Xiao Daoyou's help." Seeing that Shan Liang wanted to resign, Lao Dao continued: "Lao Dao, I am seventy and eight this year, and I don't know how many years I can live and I have no successor in this small Taoist temple, and I have no successor to give the method and sword trick to the little Taoist friend, although I can't practice now, but I don't know if maybe that day will be on the line, and then take 10,000 steps back to say that even if the little Taoist friend can't practice in this life, he can pass it on, and I hope that the little Taoist friend will understand the old Taoist selfishness." ”

Seeing that the old Taoist said everything about this, Shan Liang could only take it with both hands.

Today's old Taoist is in a good mood, seeing that Shan Liang Taoism is rich in theory, he pulls Shan Liang to discuss the Tao, just like that, Shan Liang and Lao Dao left here after three days of discussion, and continued their unfinished journey.

A year later, Shan Liang returned to Qinghui Mountain.