22. Cultivating the Immortal Realm (I)
Generally speaking, the seniors have instructed the new disciples to this extent, and it is almost the same. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Even if the disciple is very lucky, and the temper of the master is in charge, what Chang Qingzi is talking about today has far exceeded the scope of ordinary guidance, even if it is a personal disciple.
But Huang Chang is not an ordinary child - he read a lot of Xianxia novels on the Internet in his previous life, and even wrote them himself, and he has long had all kinds of fantasies about the so-called "Xianxia world" in his mind. Now in this real Xianxia world, it is easy to meet an old-timer who has the most say in this, and the other party is willing to say more words to himself, so why not seize the opportunity to inquire more?
Anyway, his body is only eleven years old, and when he asks what is inappropriate, he will pretend to be crazy and coquettish. After all, it's still a child. Asked so unscrupulously, many questions made Changqingzi cry and laugh, and he said several times Where did you hear these strange sayings from this kid? Huang Chang didn't hide it, and honestly said that he had heard and seen many stories about cultivating immortals in his previous life. I don't know which ones are true or false, so I have to ask the master for verification.
Chang Qingzi shook his head and smiled bitterly, but although most of the questions raised by Huang Chang were absurd, he could occasionally come up with some rather novel ideas that interested him. Immortal cultivators' concept of time is different from that of ordinary people - their lifespan is much longer than that of mortals, and although cultivation itself also takes a lot of time, their daily actions are still mainly leisurely and idle, and they will not be in a hurry every day like modern office workers. Therefore, even if he was in charge of the teaching, for a new junior disciple, he didn't mind spending more time and telling him more things.
So the two continued to sit together and "chatted for a while". And Huang Chang also got his wish and heard a lot of anecdotes in the immortal cultivation world, some of which were common knowledge that everyone knew, while some of them were secrets-but here in Changqingzi, they were all casually said, and there was no distinction between superior and inferior.
For example, Huang Chang's initial puzzle - why is Xi Kunlun so big, but he appoints a Fa Yuan period as the head of the sect, which is actually common sense in the immortal cultivation world.
To say that West Kunlun has a profound heritage, there are not a few Jindan elders in the sect, and there are several Yuanying Patriarchs - this is only the strength on the surface, and I don't know how many are hidden in the secret. However, most of the people who have always held the position of head teacher are only in the Fa Yuan period. And this is also the practice of various sects. Except for some small and medium-sized sects, because their status in the immortal cultivation world is not good, they are afraid of falling behind when dealing with other major sects, so they will invite a Jindan real person to serve as the head of the sect to fill the scene, but their internal administrative management must still be in the Fa Yuan period, and even use a lower Qi refining period to undertake specific work.
There is no way to do this-any organization, as long as it is on scale, the requirements for management will definitely get higher and higher, even if it is the same for the Immortal Family. Unlike mortals, who pursue wealth and power, monks pursue immortality and attainment of the Tao, and completely seek their own content, no matter how powerful they are, they are vain. The higher the strength, the less they care, what the master, the lord, in their eyes is far less important than a small step to improve their own realm. If it is a mortal body in the Qi refining period, it may still be tempted to gain and lose fame and fortune, and pursue some power and fame, but when it comes to the Fayuan stage of cultivating the immortal body, basically there is no such thought.
Therefore, for the strong people in these sects, sect management is purely a troublesome matter, but they can't ignore it, and in the end, they often push a Fa Yuan period out to make up the numbers, and take charge of some daily trivial matters - such as presiding over the sect's sacrificial ceremonies, communicating with foreign countries, and guiding the development route of new disciples...... This kind of thing is more than enough for the Fa Yuan period to deal with, and Jin Dan Yuanying and other great powers are too lazy to touch their hands.
Of course, if there is a major event that is related to the development route of the entire sect, or even the survival of life and death, it must be to gather the strongest elders in the sect to discuss and deal with it.
Therefore, there is a very interesting rule in the term of office of the West Kunlun Sect: the term of office is at least 30 years, and it is best to be willing to do more, and there is no upper limit. If you're willing to sit in this position for the rest of your life, the other Dharma Yuan periods will only be happiest - but most of them will abdicate immediately after thirty years of work to make way for Xian and find the next one to take the tank. Because although the West Kunlun Sect is indeed very glorious and powerful, no one who sits in this position has ever been able to break through to the Jindan - there are too many cumbersome things, and it is basically impossible to spend these thirty years on cultivation, purely to contribute to the sect.
When it comes to the power of the immortal cultivation world, Huang Chang can't help but think of what he often saw in the Xianxia novels in his previous life, those children of big sects or big families, that is, the so-called "second generation of immortals", rely on the support of masters behind them or the strong people as subordinates, one by one, arrogant and arrogant, and cause trouble at every turn. And there are all kinds of murder and treasure grabbing, deception and robbery, etc., how many story plots are caused by this - of course, in the novel, their existence is to use the protagonist as a negative teaching material to pretend to slap the face, but in this real world, Huang Chang can't be sure if he has the protagonist's luck, and it must be troublesome to really encounter this kind of thing. Therefore, I specially asked Changqingzi about this aspect.
As a result, Changqingzi smiled dumbly after listening to his question, and looked Huang Chang up and down for a while:
"Huang Chang, you said that all the news you heard in your previous life was just written by mortals over there and used for leisure fun?"
"Yes, the people who wrote the books were ordinary people, but they were just guesses. There are no immortals in our world. ”
Huang Chang replied honestly, and Changqingzi nodded slightly:
"No wonder, those mortals are speculating from the perspective of the gangsters, and regard us and other monks as bandits and slaves......"
After that, Chang Qingzi explained to Huang Chang in detail - in the world of cultivating immortals, there are indeed such things as the power background, and the disciples of the Great Gate Sect must be respected when they go outside, but they are far from being as effective in the human world. Any cultivator, even if he is just a novice who has just learned a little bit of the exercises, must have a sense of arrogance in his heart. In the human world, they may serve mortals and help them do something in exchange for payment, but at most they will be guests, friends, and more often they will be respected as teachers, and it is possible to occasionally help without violating their hearts, but it is almost impossible to say that they are slaves and servants without principle, unless there is some special reason, such as owing a great favor in order to repay it, or tempering their own state of mind, etc., but on the whole, it will never be much.
- The cultivator asked the cultivator, who was originally free and easy, and could get rid of the mundane rules of the world, and their ability was enough to make them no longer trapped by the rich and poor of the world, how could they take the initiative to run to be subject to this kind of constraint again.
Cultivating immortals does not distinguish between high and low, and it is common in ancient times to be born as a slave and cultivate to the immortals. But after the cultivation has been completed, he still runs to be a slave for others, but he has never heard of it with the age and status of Changqingzi. Therefore, what kind of family Huang Chang mentioned, the plot that the young master himself is a mortal can run away with a bunch of monks and slaves to bully people is purely a lack of knowledge of mortals, and changing the image of the dog-legged man in the world book to the name of a monk is known as a Xianxia novel.