The people dispersed after school, and only the resurrection remained.

Mr. Liu was in a good mood and contented, stretching his waist, remembering that when he was studying, he said that he should 'teach and learn from each other, and be both teachers and friends'.

Mr. Liu sat up straight and said to Yao Fusheng: "Fusheng, my gentleman, who is rigorous in his studies, likes us to ask questions the most when teaching and solving doubts, and we discuss them together. Every time we ask about the classics, Mr. will inevitably think about it for a long time, lest there be the slightest deviation. One of them, your Mr. Zhang asked a question, do you know how long my husband thought about it before giving him an answer?"

Mr. Liu held out a finger.

Yao Fusheng said tentatively: "January?"

Mr. Liu shook his head.

Yao Fusheng continued: "Is it a year?"

Mr. Liu continued to shake his head.

Yao Fusheng swallowed his saliva and said, "It shouldn't be ten years." ”

Mr. Liu still shook his head, and then said: "It's a lifetime, since you Mr. Zhang asked Mr. that question, Mr. has spent all his life looking for the answer." Before he died, he called us to the bedside, took out a page full of dense small letters, and said that this was the answer he was thinking, not necessarily right, and let us supplement and improve it. ”

Mr. Liu smiled and said: "If you are good at reading, you need to understand very much, and you can happily forget to eat whenever you have a mind."

After school, Li Quzhi and Xiang Huaiying walked towards the Taoist temple together. The reason why Li Quzhi and Xiang Huaiying became friends stemmed from an old grudge. Xiang Huaiying's family is a person with a foreign surname, and under the custom of "if you are not of my race, your heart must be different", she was originally excluded by the Yao family and the Li family. Later, for some reason, Xiang Huaiying had a feud with a group of Li children, and as a result, he was beaten up in a small alley in Shujian Alley. Fortunately, Li passed by and persuaded the group of Li children. Later, the two gradually got acquainted with each other and became friends. When the other children of the Li family saw that Xiang Huaiying and Li Quying had become friends, they no longer dared to trouble Xiang Huaiying, after all, Li Quying was the grandson of the patriarch of the Li clan, and it was very likely that he would be the heir of the Li family in the future.

A few days ago, the old Taoist said that on February 1, he was going to do a ritual for the villagers, and asked Li to go to help with them.

Listening to my grandfather, the old Taoist is very good, familiar with the Taoist treasure, proficient in Qimen Dunjia, gossip and easy to understand. Li Quai's grandfather rarely praises others, since Li Quzhi can understand words, I have heard my grandfather praise three people, one is Mr. Zhang, one is an old Taoist, and the other is to praise him. Grandpa told him a thousand times before, let Li Quzhi have more respect for the old Taoist, and he can go to the Taoist temple to play more if he has nothing to do, but the premise is that he can't delay Professor Zhang's studies.

Grandpa also told a story to Li Qubing before, twelve years ago, there was a great drought in Qizhou, from the spring equinox to Chongyang, there was no rain, not only did the grain not be harvested, but the river dried up. Qizhou, which has seventy-two famous springs, but the last drop of spring water is gone. The people have no food, and the Yao family and the Li family have some surplus grain, which is half scattered and half credited to the surrounding people. But without water, there is nothing anyone can do, after all, no one has the custom of storing water.

On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, an old Taoist suddenly came to the town and found the two patriarchs of Yao and Li. The old Taoist instructed the two patriarchs of Yao and Li to build one on the mountain in the southeast of the town, called the Nine Dragons Altar. It is nine feet high, has three floors, and is surrounded by one hundred and eight people holding flags. The old way is practiced on the stage, and you can take advantage of the east wind for three days and three nights, and it will rain heavily for three days and three nights.

When the two patriarchs of Yao and Li were overjoyed, they organized more than 200 young adults from their families to build an altar on the mountain, and allocated 108 people to carry the flag and guard the altar.

The old Taoist then in the first month of September 10 Jiazi auspicious day, bathing fasting, body criticism of Taoist clothes, stomping feet to disperse, go up to the altar to begin to do the practice of sacrificing the wind and praying for rain, the old Taoist three times a day on the altar, but do not see the wind and rain, is the day to see the day near the night, the sky is clear, the breeze does not move. Until nearly three watches, suddenly heard the sound of the wind, the flag turned, Yao, Li two patriarchs looked, the flag band actually floated in the northwest, suddenly the southeast wind rose, after the southeast wind rose, the sky began to be full of clouds, and after a while, it began to rain heavily.

Later, Li Quzhi asked the old Taoist how to ask for rain, but the old Taoist did not answer Li Quai, but just sang a song: "My Fa cultivation is very different, two days inside and outside the body." Teach the yang to give birth to the yin, and the fire to give birth to the earth, and the earth to give birth to gold. The qi of the five elements is turned into water and is classified into the Huang Ting Ascending Wind Pool. The lightning flickered, and the five law lieutenants were Huang Ting. ”

Since then, the old Taoist has often given some Taoist treasures for Li to memorize, and taught some methods to strengthen the body.

Li Quzhi and Xiang Huaiying came to the Taoist temple, the old Taoist was sorting out the Taoist robes, Taoist crowns and peach wood swords, after seeing Li Quai's illness, the old Taoist said, "Twelve, you help me first put three incense sticks in front of the Sanqing statue, and then help me put twenty-four candles around the altar." Huaiying, you go and take out the talisman paper and vermilion pen, and help us draw three talismans for the town of Anzhai, prayer for longevity, and sickness and disaster."

Dharma, also known as Zhai Jiao Ritual, commonly known as "Dojo", is a great immortal of the Taoist Gate, according to legend, this immortal can communicate with the gods through pinching, stepping on the gang, and saving the gods. Later, this great immortal opened a new face in the Daomen, opened a new Zhengyi Sect, and later generations followed him as the Heavenly Master and Dao Ancestor.

After a while, the old Taoist wearing a purple yang scarf and gossip clothes came to the so-called altar surrounded by candles, and the breeze was blowing, and the candles were shaking everywhere.

I saw him on the back of a crane and a turtle, phoenix eyes and eyebrows, white hair and chest, elegant demeanor, holding a peach wood sword in his right hand, holding a talisman paper in his left hand, and often shouting in a low voice: "Walk towards Jinque, fly to Yujing." There were many sounds outside the sky, and they all walked in unison......"

After the ritual was completed, Xiang Huaiying said goodbye and left because of something at home.

The old Taoist said to Li Quai: "Twelve, you are about to break through to the third realm." ”

Li Quzhi said to the Taoist: "Master, I have already touched the threshold, but recently I feel that the breath in the dantian is a little chaotic, so I deliberately did not cross the threshold." Master, you also said before: Mr. Zhang asked me to practice the Confucian Haoran Qi before, and you asked me to practice the Taoist Tiangang Qi, the two cultivation methods are mixed together, before reaching the seventh realm, there is no big problem, but if you want to reach the eighth realm, it is difficult to enter the heavens, and the disciple wants to ask the master to solve the doubts. ”

The old Taoist said: "Twelve, I advised you before becoming a teacher, you must learn the renunciation of Buddhism. The things that the teacher taught you are naturally the best, and Mr. Zhang regards you as his proud protégé, and the things he teaches you are certainly the best, but the two methods are different from each other. ”

The old Taoist looked at Li Quai, and then said: "Twelve, you were young before, you don't need to know why, just do what we say." Now that you're older, you need to understand the things that you practice. ”

Li Quzhi said: "Master, I have long wanted you to tell me about it, but on weekdays, I see that the master always has a straight face, so I am embarrassed to ask you." ”

The old man said with a smile: "Is the master so terrible?"

Li Qu's illness was not committed.

The old man was happy and said, "Twelve, all things can be cultivated, and the path of cultivation is divided into two categories, one is from the inside and outside, for refining qi, and the other is for refining the body from the outside and inside. The realm of qi practitioners can be divided into eight realms. The first realm is mountaineering: cultivation is like mountaineering, one step at a time. The second realm is the realm of creation: creation can make people, but mortals can't think about it. The third realm is the realm of metamorphosis: the metamorphosis surrounds the breeze and leaves the dirt into the dust. The fourth realm is the Longmen realm: the carp leaps over the door and turns into a dragon, and the wind and rain are shining. The fifth realm is the Jindan realm: forming a Jindan guest is my generation. The sixth realm is the Yuan Infant Realm: Knowing the sea and pregnancing the Yuan Baby, this heart is towards immortality. The seventh realm is the realm of returning to the truth: returning to the realm of the true spirit, returning to the truth and immortality. ”

Li Quzhi said: "Master, you just said that there are eight realms, why did you only say seven realms?"

The old man said: "That's because the eighth realm has no name, and this eighth realm is the branch of the path of cultivation, Taoism achieves immortals, Shakti achieves bodhisattvas, and Confucianism achieves saints." The other sons and hundreds of schools, I heard that they were all dead-ends, and it was difficult to climb the eighth realm, and those who could climb were basically integrated into the three religions later. I said to you before, after you reach the seventh realm, it is very difficult to enter the eighth realm, because this eighth realm is a fork in the road, you learn Taoist Tiangang Qi, you want to become an immortal, you learn Confucian Haoran Qi, you want to become a saint. Immortals and saints, the weather is different. Of course, it is difficult for ordinary people to travel to the eighth realm, so there is no need to worry about this fork in the road, but you are different, after all, ......"

Speaking of this, the old Taoist suddenly stopped and did not continue.

Li Quzhi asked, "Master, are there many people who have traveled to the eighth realm?"

The old Taoist continued: "The five emperors of Fuxi, Shennong, Huangdi, Yao, and Shun in ancient times are indeed people, and according to legend, these five are all great sages who have stepped into the eighth realm. Later, among the three sects, some powers of the Eighth Realm also appeared one after another. ”

Li Quzhi asked again, "Master, is there a higher realm than this eighth realm?"

The old Taoist said with a smile: "I heard that there is also a ninth realm, which is called the lost realm. Legend has it that Daozu reached this realm after sending a letter to Guguan Huahu, and the two great sages of the Buddha and the Most Holy should have also crossed the threshold of eight or nine. ”

Li Quzhi asked again: "Master, the people of the world, do you have this eighth realm?"

The old Taoist touched the peachwood sword in his hand, and then said: "If you want to become an immortal saint and bodhisattva, it is difficult, difficult, difficult." The heads of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in the southern Zhan Continent are all higher than the world, and the four national teachers of the three major dynasties, and several ancestors can also penetrate the heavens and the earth. It is rumored that there is a pope, a sect leader, and a knight king in Naxi Niuhe Prefecture, and there is a country lord in Beiju Luzhou, all of whom are the same as the heads of our three sects. That Dongsheng Shenzhou, far away from an ocean, has no news, and I don't know the situation. Some of these people may have crossed the threshold of seven or eight, some may still be on the threshold of seven or eight, and some are estimated to be unable to cross it in their lifetime. ”

The old Taoist paused, smiled slightly, and continued: "In addition, there is also a saying called: 'The bright moon in the world reflects the sea level, and the five people in Nanzhou soar together'. said that there were five people, all of whom were between seven and eight. ”

"There is a Taoist priest in the East China Sea, who is the most free, calling for wind and rain, and driving the purple lightning thunder dragon to cruise in all directions. ”

"There is a flower in the south, the most greedy, once went down to the five oceans to catch dozens of golden dragons and make first-class dragon soup. ”

"There is a bald donkey in the West, the most reasonable, a purple gold bowl has sunk a famous mountain dozens of feet. ”

"There is a monk in the north who loves beauty the most, and his body is surrounded by spring flowers, summer thunder, autumn leaves, and winter snow for hundreds of zhang. ”

"There is a scholar in the Central Plains, the most miserable, who reads through the world's Tao and raises hundreds of catties of Haoran righteousness. ”

Li Quzhi asked again: "Master, you just talked about practicing qi, and what about practicing martial arts, is there a realm division, and if so, how is it divided?"

The old Taoist said: "Actually, practicing qi is relatively rare, but martial arts are more common. People who practice martial arts are divided into seven realms, and they don't have any names, so they are simply called the first realms. Legend has it that the great master who has reached the seventh realm, the person whose ability is to rival the peak of the seventh realm of the qi cultivator. Bai Qi in the Warring States Period, Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms Period, Hua Mulan in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Li Yuanba in the Tang Dynasty and others are all great masters of the seventh rank. However, there are two exceptions, one is Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms period, he is both a Confucian practitioner and a martial artist, when he achieved a Confucian saint from the seventh realm of martial arts, and became the first martial saint in the past thousand years. The other person is Xiang Yu at the end of the Great Qin Dynasty, according to rumors, Xiang Yu took the martial arts to the extreme, and finally surpassed the limit of the martial arts, broke the martial arts end, and achieved the legendary martial god. ”

Li Quzhi asked, "Master, why is there only seven realms for martial arts, but there are nine realms for qi practice?"

The old Taoist said, "Twelve, that's a good question. In the practice of martial arts, we pay attention to the cultivation of strength, and the practice of qi is not only to cultivate strength, but also to pay more attention to cultivation, cultivation of the Tao, and cultivation of nature. Confucianism talks about cultivation, self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country and leveling the world. Taoism stresses cultivation, and frugality is not the first. Buddhism talks about cultivating the mind, and the heart becomes a Buddha. ”

The old Taoist raised his head, looked at Li Quai, and then said: "Twelve, cultivators, let themselves be people who are not disadvantaged by heavenly principles and humanity, and have strength in their hearts, and only when they have strength in their hearts can they have power in cultivating the Tao. ”

Li Quzhi asked again, "Master, I know." You are the most reasonable. ”

The old Taoist suddenly thought of something and said, "Twelve, you have to remember that although you and I have the reality of master and apprentice, we cannot have the name of master and apprentice. In the future, when there are outsiders, you still have to call me Lao Chen as before, and you can't talk to others about being a teacher. ”

After listening to this, Li Quzhi said slowly: "Master, you told me this six years ago when you started teaching me the Tiangang Qi Luck Method, and then you will tell me once a year on the second day of February, and I have long remembered it. ”

The old man said, "Just remember." By the way, twelve, there are three apprentices for the teacher, among which the younger junior brother's surname is Bai, and you will have a deep cause and effect, and you will take care of them in the future. ”

Li Quzhi suddenly changed the topic and asked, "Master, what realm are you in now?"

The old Taoist smiled and said, "Guess." ”