Volume 1 In This Mountain Chapter 2 There Will Be Blessings
As one of the most well-known immortal temples in the world, it must be the immortal characters on the mountain who can come and go, but what puzzles Zhang Ping is that whether it is his own immortal master or a foreign immortal, regardless of the status, the depth of cultivation, after coming to this mountain, all of them are to withdraw their magical powers, and climb the stone steps from the foot of the mountain, except for the fairy birds and birds, there are no other characters who come directly to the wind. For this reason, Zhang Pingyi once asked a senior sister surnamed Qi if there was an order from the mountain gate that he was not allowed to fly against the wind, but the reaction of the senior sister made him even more confused, and the senior sister surnamed Qi did not answer his question, but just touched his head with an expression that you are still young and did not understand, and left with a smile.
Zhang Pingyi was depressed about this matter for a long time, because he thought that since the New Year passed last year, he was already twelve years old and an adult. At this age, if you are in the countryside people's families, it may not be too young, and even some people have already married wives and had children, but for Senior Sister Qi, who is a person among the immortals, it is indeed too young.
Since the establishment of the Lingbao lineage, there has never been a rule that you can't fly against the wind inside and outside, whether it is your own home or a foreign immortal, the reason why you give up your magical powers and spend your own strength is completely out of respect and admiration for a great sect.
This is also the true majesty and confidence of Lingbao Sect as one of the five sects of Taoism.
Tonight, Zhang Pingyi, as usual, went along the bluestone steps to a cliff on another mountain, the cliff here is called Xiangwangya, according to legend, it is the place where a predecessor misses the deceased here after becoming enlightened, Zhang Pingyi knows this place, he comes here on the night of the fifteenth of every month, I don't know whether it is to remember the deceased or miss the relatives in his hometown? Come here for more than half a year, regardless of the wind, frost, rain and snow, it will come every month, and other people have long been surprised.
After Zhang Pingyi came here, he sat on the edge of the cliff as usual, looking at the bright moon in the sky, his eyes were sad at first, looking at it from a distance, hanging from each other, showing loneliness, and then the young man didn't know what he had figured out, he took a long breath, stretched his arms and stretched his waist, his eyes gradually firmed, on the original expressionless face, the slightly thin lips rose slightly, at this moment, the bright moon seemed to be better, and the autumn wind seemed to be a little less bleak and a little more warm, just tonight, the young man finally figured out something. At this moment, the bright moon and autumn wind and shadows witnessed each other.
No one knows what this young man has figured out, what is certain is that from now on, the young man will embark on his own expedition!
There is no time in the mountains, even if Zhang Pingyi is not a person among the immortals, but in the fairy-ridden Gesoap Mountain, time seems to have been deliberately ignored. In the blink of an eye, the new year is coming, and for Zhang Pingyi, who is about to be thirteen years old, the day when he will go out alone to experience is getting closer and closer. The blind Taoist had a long talk with Zhang Pingyi before leaving, and the two lived together for so long, and the old man also understood the young man's mind, so there were three chapters of the agreement between the old man and Zhang Pingyi: First, Zhang Pingyi did not have to be tied to the Taoist because of the two masters and apprentices, whether to go or stay was all based on his own heart, which was also the root of Zhang Pingyi's decision to follow his heart that night. Kindness will never be erased, but you still have to go your own way. Second, Zhang Ping had to stay in Gesoshan to study and live before he was 14 years old, and he was not allowed to step out of this mountain before that. Third, when the blind Taoist said this, his expression was extremely serious, no matter what path you Zhang Pingyi chooses in the future, whether it is to go down the mountain or go up the mountain, my blind Taoist person's own cause and effect and all kinds of involvement have nothing to do with you.
These blind Taoists also told their junior disciples that they were from afar mountains, so as soon as Zhang Ping came to Lingbao Sect, he lived with a group of senior brothers and sisters as a registered disciple, which was also fulfilling.
During these hours here, Zhang Pingyi has gradually understood some of the basic information of the Lingbao Sect.
As one of the five veins of Taoism, Lingbaozong's main cultivation method is mainly Fu Seal Science and Teaching. It was also influenced by another major sect, the Shangqing School, which also emphasized the preservation of the spirit and the chanting of sutras. Lingbaozong attaches more importance to collective activities, which is very different from other mountain sects, other sects are mostly based on individuals, and their cultivation is also based on themselves, while Lingbaozong is a group of disciples who chant and eat fasting together, through fasting and Jiao rituals, using worship and other ways to improve their state of mind, using chanting to purify the "evil words" that come out of the mouth, and using the method of keeping the spirit to drive away greed and evil thoughts. In addition, the Lingbao Sect advocates that cultivators should not only seek personal immortality, but also help others to do good deeds and achieve the Tao through this, and purify sentient beings. Therefore, when the disciple's cultivation reaches a certain level, the sect will order him to enter the world and walk the world. Among them, the representative figure is also known as the world walking.
Therefore, even if Zhang Pingyi is ordinary, he was not ridiculed in the sect and looked down upon, but was taken care of by his brothers and sisters. On the contrary, this can better reflect its bearing as a great religion.
Lingbao Sect is famous for its runes, most of the world's runes and seals come from it, Zhang Pingyi and everyone study the art of runes and seals in the study hall every day, although the talent is not high, but over time, under the careful copying, the Lingbao Sect's basic rune seal method "Lingbao Five Runes and Spirits" is also well memorized. However, because he has not yet practiced, he does not have the spiritual power to stimulate the talisman seal in his body, but he has never actually applied it.
Zhang Ping's body was weak and weak in one day, and he was still deficient compared with ordinary people, and the root cause was severe malnutrition when he was a child.
Seven years ago, when the blind Taoist walked the world in the western Tibetan Lizhou, he heard that a small town for some reason every year people died inexplicably, rumors of ghosts and ghosts, the blind Taoist came to this town in the spirit of helping the world and saving people, after some investigation, sure enough, there are hundreds of years of Taoist ghost cultivation here with the help of the yang qi of the living. As we all know, monsters and ghosts are actually not the same, and the world does not have much aversion to monsters and other spirits, and even some cultivators will accept them as mounts, and some demons who have achieved cultivation will also defect to certain mountain forces to work for them. And some monsters will also hide in the market, as long as they don't cause trouble to the world, no one will interfere with their lives.
But ghosts and the like, whether it is the forces of the dynasty under the mountain, or the immortals on the mountain, but whenever they encounter it, they must be killed, because the cycle of life and death is the rule of heaven, and the monsters are still in the way of heaven, but the ghosts are completely outside the radius, and they should not survive in the world, and everyone will be punished!
The blind Taoist who understands the cause of the incident immediately gets in touch with the local government, after all, the ghost cultivator has been operating here for hundreds of years, and the risks during this period are by no means as simple as they seem, otherwise the local government will never let him be here to cause trouble to the people.
As everyone knows, it is not only the immortal families on the mountain that have cultivators, but also the forces of the Yamashita dynasty in order to maintain their own rule, so the corresponding military institutions are also indispensable. Even some small sects will be attached to the dynasty in which their sect is located. Therefore, after the blind Taoist put forward his intention, the local government immediately fully cooperated with the blind Taoist to eradicate this thing without saying a word. One is to get rid of this thing with the help of the power of Taoist immortals and restore the peace of the people, and the other is to be able to contact and cooperate with the gods on the mountain, and the benefits are only a lot more.
With the joint efforts of the blind Taoist and the local highest military attache, Wu Dubo, and a group of military guards, the ghost finally hated the scene. It can be regarded as returning the peace of one party.
When this matter ended, and the blind Taoist was about to leave this place and travel around again, he happened to meet Zhang Pingyi, who was in a desperate situation, Zhang Ping was only five years old at this time, and his parents died at the hands of the ghost. When the old Taoist found this almost thin and sick little guy in the corner of the alley, he was accustomed to seeing the warmth and coldness of the world and the sorrow of the world, and the old Taoist who had long been unmoved, was also touched by his pure and unpolluted eyes, and accepted him as a disciple.
After accepting him as a disciple, although the blind Taoist cured Zhang Pingyi's illness, because of his young age, he could not eat enough all the year round, and because of the ghosts, he was contaminated with a trace of yin and evil qi, resulting in his weak body, often sick, and his bones were destroyed, even his life was affected, just like a mud embryo house in disrepair, leaking rain everywhere and pouring wind on all sides. When Zhang Pingyi grew up to the age of seven and the age of five, there was not much change. There were a few times when the blind people thought he couldn't survive, but this skinny little boy like a monkey survived. His belief in survival frightened even the old Taoists.
In order to improve his physical fitness, the blind man gave him a series of trainings. As a cultivator, even if he is a Taoist cultivator who does not pay attention to his body, his physical quality is not comparable to ordinary people, so the fatigue of the road is almost invisible to the old Taoist, so the blind Taoist is still rushing at his own speed, without scrupling that there is a child who is not yet an adult by his side. Therefore, others often see such a scene, an old man who looks like a Taoist walks forward leisurely by himself, and behind him is far away followed by a thin child with a sweaty face trying to keep up with the footsteps of the Taoist, and what is infuriating is that the child's thin shoulders are also carrying a backpack that is not proportional to its size, from the standard of the backpack, it is definitely the old Taoist in front of him. Every time I saw this scene, there were always people who couldn't get angry and stepped forward to count down the Taoist, but the result was often that the old Taoist looked calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with me, while the sweaty child hurriedly ran a few steps to catch up, panting and explaining to passers-by that he was voluntary. And this makes people feel more disdain for the old Taoist, and they feel more sorry for this sensible and poor child.
When Zhang Pingyi grew up a few years older, the life of the master and apprentice was taken care of by Zhang Pingyi alone. If he was walking in the barren mountains and Daze, Zhang Pingyi was responsible for chopping firewood and making fires, picking fruits from trees, going down to the river to catch fish, and even the robes and straw sandals of the master and apprentice were all made by the young man; or when he went to a certain town station, Zhang Pingyi went out into the mountains every day to cut firewood and sell firewood or dig herbs to support the two of them.
Naturally, there is no need to be like this as a blind person, everywhere you go, you only need to show your identity, and there will be local government officials to greet you in person and give you warm hospitality, after all, it is a top person from the Lingbao Sect, and anyone has to give three points.
The mind of the blind Taoist, except for the two masters and apprentices, the others do not know.
And all that the blind man did finally achieved some results, and the once emaciated child inadvertently began to grow up, although still thin, but under the burlap clothes the young man was no longer a row of ribs, but instead had slightly streamlined muscles, and his head was also elevated. For example, after a long drought sapling, after being irrigated by rainwater, they begin to sprout and show vitality.
As the saying goes, if you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing in the future.
It's just that this posterior blessing is the most ordinary for ordinary people.