Chapter 18: Practice and Teaching

"The morning glow is rising, the first rays of morning light shine through the mist, today they started to study and practice, they followed a Huashan Peak disciple, responsible for leading a group of them to the new disciples, to a Huashan Peak cultivation blessed land. “

A group of outer disciples whispered a few words, talked to each other, Huashan Peak is strange, the scenery is beautiful, like a fairyland, the forest is stout, the fragrance of flowers is charming, the strange pine and strange stones, the sea of clouds hot springs, rare birds and beasts, countless, contaminated with aura, so that a group of people are refreshed and happy, and the spirit is refreshing. “

The outer disciples couldn't help but sigh again and again, it really deserved to be a blessed place for cultivation, the scenery was extraordinary, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, almost all of them saw the scenery in front of them for the first time, a paradise, a pure land. “

Under the cliff of a place called "Dao Empty Cliff", everyone came here, Dao Empty Cliff, thousands of zhang high, shrouded in clouds and mist, the mountains are empty, illusory and ethereal, this place is very quiet, there are no birds and beasts, a big "Dao" word is carved on the stone on the cliff of a thousand zhang, the word "Dao" is afraid of a hundred zhang size, and a "Dao" word has a strange and unclear Dao rhyme from a distance. Looking at the word "Dao" up close, it seems to make people feel that humanity is insignificant, the fairy road is vast, and the road is empty and precipitous, which is by no means an ordinary place. “

Even if the crowd had not yet stepped into the path of cultivation, a group of people felt the word "Dao". Everyone's hearts are a little touched, Taixuan Palace is worthy of being a blessed place for monks that everyone yearns for, only a word on the cliff, but there is a different rhyme, and I don't know who carved this word "Dao", which is very good. “

There is a high platform under the word "Dao", there is a square under the high platform, a huge square, the ground is all paved with Yutian stone, Ambilight, bright light, an old man on the high platform, the old man has white hair, radiant, like a fairy, sitting on it, closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, the outer disciples below think, the old man sitting on the high platform, the elder Huashanfeng, the disciple of the teacher. “

After the people met the elders, they sat cross-legged on the stone floor of Yutian. “

After a while, the old man opened his eyes, looked at the outer disciples sitting down, and all of them swept away, and the ancient well had no waves, which was already a habit. “

The old man said calmly: "There are many bumps on the road of cultivation, and the strong are not afraid of loneliness and loneliness. ”

The old man stared down, looked at all the outer disciples below, and asked, "What is cultivation, does anyone know?"

"Almost all the outer disciples below don't know, they look at each other, you look at me, I look at you, and everyone shook their heads. “

The old man said, "Cultivation is inseparable from one word at a time. ”

Then the old man asked, "What is the Word?"

At this time, one of the outer disciples below rushed to say, "I know, the Tao is the Tao, the very Tao. ”

The old man explained, "Yes, but not very comprehensively. Tao is the original power source for the generation of all things in heaven and earth. “

"Dao, Dao, Dao, very Dao. The Tao is nothing, it is endless, it is unfathomable, it is all existing, and the origin is the return. “

It is the root of all things, loose, quiet, and true, this is the theory of one-by-one family practice. “

Su Chen asked suspiciously, "Where does the Taoist cultivation come from?"

"The old man told that one by one, one by one, the family practice, originated from the Taixuan Palace patriarch Taixuan Huang handed down, as for where it came from, later generations can no longer verify. “

The old man looked at the group of outer disciples below and shouted, "Listen well, let's talk first" The first step of cultivation is the first step. “

Su Chen pricked up his ears, was very serious, and listened quietly. “

The first step of practice can be divided into, "the practice of stillness" and the practice of movement. “

A disciple below asked, what is the practice of tranquility. “

The old man said: "The practice of tranquility is one by one, and it is extremely empty, and it is quiet." ”

"To the extreme, the void is nothing, the pole is the extreme, that is, to make oneself appear as empty as possible. “

"To be quiet, to be still, to remain steadfast, is to be as quiet as possible without being disturbed by negative external factors. “

It means that there is no trace of distractions and pollution, and it is empty, clear and clear, which is a state of mind. “

"But we must maintain this state of mind, the mind is not disturbed by the outside world, the mind is like water, and humanity is one. “

Another outer disciple asked, "The heart is like water, and humanity is one, how can we do it?"

The old man replied, "The heart is like water, and it is characteristic to maintain the unity of humanity." ”

"People should achieve the following ten characteristics: nothingness, naturalness, purity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, tranquility, non-action, weakness, and indisputability, which are the ten paths of cultivation. “

The old man explained very clearly, and the outer disciples below all nodded, roughly understanding the meaning. “

Su Chen also roughly understood, the first step of cultivation, the heart is like stopping water, humanity is one, maintain this mental state, have no distracting thoughts, keep pure, and not be disturbed by the outside world. “

After a while, the old man continued to preach, practicing the second step, and then the next lecture on the practice of moving one by one. “

"The practice of movement is simply the practice of the body. “

Below, an outer disciple asked suspiciously, "How does the body practice?"

The old man explained: "Even if the body is flesh, our body is the same, on the surface, it is just an ordinary body. ”

"In fact, the human body is full of everything, we can't see it, we can't touch it, and the seemingly small body can contain countless doors one by one.

"Keep exercising the body to open these doors one by one, and unearth the body hidden one by one. “

"Constantly breaking through oneself and breaking the confinement of heavenly principles is the practice of moving one by one. “

The old man shouted, "Do you understand, the first two steps of cultivation must be remembered, this is the practice of one by one." “

"Understood!" a group of outer disciples below were full of anger and responded loudly. “

Su Chen almost understood, it turned out that he kept opening the doors one by one, and unearthed the body to hide one by one. “

"I've read some of them in books before, such as: Like strength. Some people will have more and more strength after exercising their muscles, and this is one of the ways of the Dao. “

"Practice, the practice of stillness, and the practice of movement, roughly refer to it, and it is almost clear that it can also be thought of as physical cultivation and spiritual cultivation, these two concepts. “

The old man continued to say a lot of words, telling in detail, a group of outer disciples, when they encountered questions, they asked questions, and the old man patiently answered them one by one. “

"The practice of tranquility, at the beginning of which is to sit quietly and collect the mind, rest assured, single-minded, calm and calm, naturally achieve, luck back and forth into a cycle, endless, endless, no distracting thoughts, and then no seven emotions and six desires, the realm of selflessness, all in oneself. “

"In the practice of movement, there are three treasures of the human body: essence, qi, and spirit. “

"Everything in the world has a beginning, and our body is the place of beginning, under the umbilicus. “

"The vitality of life under the umbilicus contains the essence and qi of the whole body, and the experience of accumulating experience can exercise the natural energy, and the god is a kind of spiritual energy. “

"Any kind of mystic method that you want to perform is inseparable from the essence, qi, and spirit one by one. “

"Jing Yiyi is the origin of the body that constitutes the body, and it is the material basis of life activities, such as: "human blood, sweat, and so on."

"Qi is both a substance, a function, and an energy. For example, it is an invisible substance that is constantly moving to nourish the human body, and it is the power and function to maintain life activities.

"God is the Supreme Commander of all life activities, including spirit, will, consciousness, soul, spirit, movement, consciousness, and so on.

"The essence, qi, and spirit are mutually breeding and promoting each other, and they have a very close relationship with each other, and the three are the foundation of human life. “

Next, the disciples below kept asking questions, and the old man patiently answered and analyzed them one by one. “

"All kinds of common sense, experiences, and experiences encountered in the practice are explained one by one. “

In this way, a month passed unconsciously, and Su Chen gained a lot during this time, and he slowly fully understood and integrated his conceptual knowledge, and he almost felt that he could start practicing. “

"Cultivation is a difficult process, especially when you first embark on the path of cultivation, you must be guided by someone, otherwise you will not know where to start and how to practice. “

"Today, the old man said to explain the basic method of cultivation, and the supreme scriptures of Taixuan Palace are one by one" The first volume of "Taixuan Emperor".

"The scriptures of "Emperor Taixuan", as soon as you hear the name, you will know that the founder is the founder of the Taixuan Palace. “

"Emperor Taixuan is a person who is too courageous, when Emperor Taixuan collected the world's immortals and asked for Taoist scholars, and a part of the scriptures of "Emperor Taixuan" was the upper volume of the scriptures of Emperor Taixuan, which was circulated in the world and provided people with practice in the world. “

"Many big families or small sects have the first volume of "Taixuan Emperor", which can be said to be the strongest cultivation foundation in the world, and it is also the most common cultivation method. “

"Emperor Taixuan kept the middle volume, the second volume, and nine emperor-level secret techniques of "Emperor Taixuan" in the Taixuan Palace, and they did not circulate to the world. “

"The Taixuan Emperor" scripture is divided into three volumes, upper, middle and lower, and there are nine emperor-level secret techniques, which represent the foundation of the Taixuan Palace, and the Taixuan Palace has always been standing, which is exactly the case. “

"Outer disciples can only practice some basic exercises, that is, the "Taixuan Emperor" one by one on the scriptures.

"Only inner disciples, true disciples, and elders can possibly cultivate the middle and second volumes of the Taixuan Emperor.

"As for the nine kinds of emperor-level secret arts, as long as the disciples of Taixuan Palace rely on their own comprehension, because the nine kinds of emperor-level secret techniques are divided into nine main peaks, as for how many kinds of secret techniques can be comprehended, it depends on personal talent and understanding. “

"It's just that in the past six thousand years, since the Taixuan Emperor Patriarch has created nine secret techniques, except for the Taixuan Patriarch. So far, no one has been able to comprehend the nine secret arts.

A disciple in the crowd was puzzled and asked, "The Great Elder of Law Enforcement, or the True Sect Leader, can't comprehend the Nine Secret Techniques,"

The old man looked at the disciple and replied: "Patriarch Taixuan Emperor, amazingly talented, unfathomable, created the "Taixuan Emperor" scripture, and nine secret techniques. As long as the world can comprehend a secret technique, it can be called a rare genius in ten years. “

"The Great Elder of Law Enforcement is known as one of the most outstanding people in the three hundred years of Taixuan Palace, and he has been proficient in six secret arts. “

Everyone nodded, and said that the Great Elder was too powerful and comprehended the six secret techniques, but more people admired the ancestor of the Taixuan Emperor. “

There was an outer disciple in the crowd, who was very well-informed and said: "I heard from the senior brother, the strength of the great elder is only this to the palace master, three hundred years ago, the great elder fought with the palace master when he was young, the great elder was defeated with a trick, lost to the real person in charge of the sect, since then, the great elder and the real person of the palm sect, never fought again." “

"Now that three hundred years have passed, who knows who is strong and who is weak. “

"Some of the people in the crowd were outside the sect disciples, talking softly and talking to each other, some people felt that the Great Elder was more powerful, and some people felt that the real person in charge was more powerful. “

"Who is more powerful, I'm afraid only the Great Elder and the head of the sect know better. “

Su Chen was listening to the crowd, and then slowly calmed down, ready to start practicing. “

"There are no shortcuts to practice, step by step, a solid foundation has been laid, and time has passed.

Explain about: essence, qi, spirit, seal.

For example, if the Great Elder Yan Budong wants to cast the Xuanfa and the Emperor Seal, the energy he must have, "Essence, Qi, Spirit, Three Factors and so on, plus the seal of both hands one by one, can be displayed,

As for the one-to-one seals, formulas, and mystic methods will be explained later.