Mei Xiaolang is in the military camp, and he has always been very concerned about the affairs of his family, Pei Yu'e often sends people to report the letter, which mentions that Cheng Xuanhu, a well-educated man invited from Chang'an, assists Jingwu Villa in taking care of the industry and teaches Mei Zhenyi to do his homework, and Wuzhou is very satisfied, and the little master is also very obedient.

Mei Xiaolang is not stupid, of course he guessed that his wife specially sent someone to Wuzhou to discipline the eldest son, and at the same time he was not at ease about the family's financial income and expenditure. Since it seems that he is not hurt and angry on the surface, it is better to be a favor again, and transfer Cheng Xuanhu to the military camp to get a military feat, on the one hand, to give Pei Yu'e face, and on the other hand, to give Mei Zhenyi a quiet.

Cheng Xuanhu's distant cousin General Cheng Wuting made outstanding military achievements in this expedition, and after returning to the division, he will become an important figure in the army and the DPRK, giving him a favor to his nephew of the same sect, which is also a friendship. Mei Xiaolang can be called scheming and cunning in all directions, but he didn't expect that the master with the magic method went to Wuzhou at this time.

Isn't Mei Xiaolang worried about his son's safety? It's not like that, after what happened to Ming Chongyan last time, Mei Xiaolang knew that Zhang Guo, the housekeeper of Jingwu Villa, was also a master, and his son was very clever, and he was afraid that no one would be able to bully him in Wuzhou, so he was relieved to temporarily transfer Mei Yi away for a period of time this time.

Cheng Xuanhu of course came to say goodbye to Mei Zhenyi after receiving the letter, and Mei Zhenyi also specially accompanied him to Cuiting Nunnery to bid farewell to Xingyun Shitai, and on the ten-mile peach blossom road after going down the mountain, the two had a long talk. Mei Zhenyi immediately asked, "Mr. Cheng, you are not the kind of bachelor who studies to death, and you are proficient in worldly affairs. You must also know my family affairs, I don't want to be an unfilial person, and I want to be comfortable, I hope my husband can teach me. ”

Cheng Xuanhu walked with him and sighed: "In the past, Liu Qi, the son of Liu Biao, was afraid of the harm of his stepmother, so he went upstairs to ask Zhuge Kongming, who taught him to ask himself to stay away in Jiangxia to avoid trouble. ...... Today's son doesn't have to go upstairs to draw the ladder, haven't you already avoided Wuzhou?"

Mei Zhenyi: "I went to Wuzhou to recuperate, it was the suggestion of Master Sun Zhenren, now that I have recovered from my illness, I am afraid there is no excuse to stay in Wuzhou, and a letter can recruit me back." In fact, I also want to see my father, and I want to go to the border barracks with you at this time, but if there is any conflict in the Chang'an Marquis Mansion and there is discord in the family, or even cause my father and Pei Xiang to disagree, it is also unfilial. ”

Cheng Xuanhu looked at him and smiled: "I'm going to see Master Hou, and I'll mention these things to him in private, so you can rest assured." As for you, I have a suggestion. ”

Mei Zhenyi arched his hand on the horse and said, "Please advise Mr."

Cheng Xuanhu turned his head to look into the distance: "Before you are a minor and set up your own door, stay in Wuzhou, don't go back to the Hou Mansion and don't go anywhere else." If others hear or misunderstand that this is an unfilial word, it is okay to go out of my mouth and into your ears. ”

Mei Yi and Cheng Xuanhu were leaving, and it happened that there was another person who was leaving Wuzhou, that is, Sun Simiao. At this time, it was the beginning of October, the one-year period since Mei Zhenyi woke up was about to expire, and the construction of Imperial Doctor Shi had been completed, and it was time for Sun Simiao to say goodbye and return to his hometown. Although Mei Zhenyi was reluctant in her heart, she also knew that she couldn't keep it, so she could only say goodbye with tears.

Sun Simiao brought two medicine boys with him when he came, but left one behind, which was the boss Qu Zhensheng. Mei Zhenyi also did a lot of things this year, which cannot be described in detail in the book, he has a good relationship with the Qu brothers, and he also considers the future of these good brothers. During his stay in Wuzhou, he helped Qu Zhensheng get the Taoist priest's book, and asked him to officially abbot Qi Yunguan after Sun Simiao left.

Obtaining the book is based on Qu Zhensheng's own ability, he has been following Sun Simiao for a while and has learned a lot of real things. But Qu Zhensheng is only eighteen years old after all, and the abbot's family is still too young, which depends on the relationship and recommendation of the Mei family. As mentioned above, in the Tang Dynasty, the status of the Buddhist monks was special, and being able to obtain such an identity could be regarded as a stable livelihood, and the Taoist priests in the Tang Dynasty could marry wives and have children.

Sun Simiao was very satisfied with Mei Zhenyi's arrangement, he knew in his heart that he would die soon, and he also appreciated Mei Zhenyi's future consideration as a "senior brother". On the other hand, he practiced medicine in Qiyunguan, and the people of Wuzhou benefited, and it was inevitable that he would regret it, leaving an apprentice to continue practicing medicine was still a blessing for one party, Mei Zhenyi was the eldest son of Nanlu Hou, and it was impossible for him to live in the mountains for a long time, so it was most appropriate to leave Qu Zhensheng behind.

Qiyunguan incense burns for thousands of years, and the disciples of later generations talk about the history of Taoism, the first three masters are Lu Chunyang, Sun Simiao, Qu Zhensheng, and Mei Zhenyi's East Cross Courtyard has become the East Journey Hall of worship of the Eight Immortals in modern times, these are all later words.

Sun Simiao also left a lot of things for Mei Zhenyi, a closed disciple, that is, all the books he carried with him, including medical books and Dan books, many of which were his own works. As mentioned earlier, "passing on books" was the most solemn way of inheritance in ancient times, and Mei Zhenyi was grateful.

The day of farewell was the ninth day of October, the west wind on the river was slightly cold, Mei Zhenyi had already prepared the car and boat for several elders, and before crossing the Yellow River, they just walked all the way to take care of each other, and the stone of Shi Taiyi had also been loaded and could be transported to Guanzhong to complete the final construction, and the craftsmen needed were invited to set off together. The Qu brothers were also saying goodbye, Qu Zhensheng patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said, "Second brother, take care of the old immortal all the way, and go home to support your parents." If there is anything at home, let me know immediately, my brother has now been officially appointed as the Lord, and he should be able to help a lot, so remember it!"

If this sentence is translated into modern language, it will be - I am now working, my income is not bad, I must come to me if I have difficulties at home, and don't grieve my parents. It's very ordinary, but it's also very touching.

And Sun Simiao called Mei Zhenyi aside, at this time he was already about 1.4 meters tall, although he was not too tall, but he had grown a lot more than a year ago, and his figure was considered robust among the thirteen-year-old children at the time, which showed that this year's recuperation practice was very successful.

Sun Simiao still stroked his head with his accustomed movements and said: "Teng'er, don't be sad when you leave, you are a cultivator, you have to see everything thoroughly, although the master is gone, but the inheritance of the master is still in your heart, there is no difference between the master and the master! Before parting, do you have anything else to ask me?"

Mei Zhenyi: "There is no difference between being there and not being...... This is what the disciple wants to ask, and if he is confused in his heart in the future, how can he ask the teacher? This question is more interesting, when the master is gone, how can the disciples ask for advice? Ordinary people may not understand it very well, but practitioners do have this kind of mind, and not only Buddhism and Taoism, but also other sects.

Sun Simiao replied: "I think when you first started, you asked about ghosts and gods, and what I answered that day was the mental method. The spiritual master teaches the disciples to leave the imprint of the heart, and whether the disciple can obtain the true transmission of the relevant qualifications and understanding, but whether the master is qualified or not depends on the eight words 'there is no difference between being and not being'. Don't say it's Master and I, even if it's a god and Buddha, in the hearts of the descendants, we must do 'there is no difference between being there and not being'. If you teach your disciples in the future, you have to test yourself to see if you have done that. ”

What does Sun Zhenren mean by this? It is difficult to understand, and it can be explained with the help of a psychological experiment. There is a very famous psychological experiment in the contemporary West called "non-existent person": there is a group of psychologists who have virtualized a person, and the virtual information includes the era in which the person lives, name, origin, experience, birth and death period, etc., in fact, the person does not exist, just like an empty protagonist.

Then they began to communicate with this "non-existent person" through meditation, hypnosis, etc., and after a series of failures, finally a ghost claiming to be this person began to talk to them and tell them everything about themselves. It's not amazing enough that when it comes to the era in which the man lived, he was able to correct the errors in the psychologists' understanding of history. Eventually, the communicator was confused and began to suspect that this imaginary character really existed. Man's mysterious state of mind is a spiritual mountain that can be opened, and reality is even more bizarre than any science fiction.

This famous experiment is very close to the ancient cultivators' theory of ghosts and gods, and only a layer of window paper has not been pierced. A qualified spiritual teacher leaves a real "heart imprint" on the disciple, including all the information contained in the daily teachings, and when the master is away, the disciple can "see" and communicate with the master in a special state of meditation or meditation.

This may not be very mysterious to ordinary people, for example, Zhang San left a deep impression on you, and when you encounter something, you will think "If Zhang San was here, what would he say, and what would he do to me?" and then you will come to a conclusion. Cultivators, on the other hand, can make this process intuitive and concrete, and can summon the image of the master or some ghosts and gods in their divine consciousness and communicate directly with him.

There are some things that the master has taught the apprentices, and the apprentices have also understood and memorized them, but the cultivation is not in school, and the specific realms and various magical powers have to be verified step by step. Sometimes the master leaves after teaching the Fa, and one of the important ways that the disciples have gradually cultivated over the long years is this kind of mental method.

So is the Master who is summoned in the Divine Consciousness the Master himself? Yes and no? Yes and no, because the words spoken and the questions answered are no different from when the Master was there, because the image itself is all the messages left by the Master when he was preaching. He said that he was not, because it was just a heart seal in his divine consciousness, and he would not tell his disciples anything that had not been taught before. If a disciple has any new gains or breakthroughs, it is also at this kind of exchange point that he seeks to verify himself, but in this way, he perceives it.

Why is it that since ancient times, a practitioner has to cultivate to the level of Dacheng Zhenren before he can officially accept disciples for the Dharma Transmission Master? This is because if he does not reach the realm of Dacheng Zhenren, he will not be able to leave a heart seal on his disciples, and once the master leaves for some reason, the disciples will be at a loss to practice. It is also conditional for disciples to use this kind of mental method, for example, some sects must first cultivate the "Soul Returning Immortal Dream" to be able to recall all the past events in this life in great detail, and then they can use this mental method, Dan Dao disciples must at least have the "spiritual pill" realm, and Buddhist disciples must at least be able to enter the "three Zen" realm.

Another example is that Tantra has a "Buddha-figure Guru Method" where you can communicate with your teacher in practice, and that "Buddha-figure Guru" did not exist for other people in reality or in that era. There are even people who have excellent understanding and can achieve success in their cultivation when they suddenly become enlightened, and they can even communicate with the "gurus" who left the Dharma in their consciousness. This situation seems to be amazing, but the scope of communication will not go beyond what he has realized, and if he doesn't get it right, he will fall into demons, which can be regarded as a similar mental method.

Of course, Sun Simiao will not teach Mei Zhenyi the heart of the tantric master, he is a Taoist priest who practices medicine, and Mei Zhenyi's apprenticeship is talking about ghosts and gods when he asks, before parting, Sun Simiao's secret heart method is called "Lingshan Heart Method", and the first step of entry is called "as God is", Sun Simiao only taught the mantra of this first step, and the higher realm needs Mei Zhenyi to explore by himself.

Sun Simiao taught Mei Zhenyi a lot of things, including medical Tao and external pills, as well as internal cultivation kung fu and guidance techniques, in addition to his three sentences, Mei Zhenyi benefited for life. These three sentences are also the spiritual foundation of Mei Zhenyi's lifelong practice-

The first sentence is when evaluating Lu Chunyang, "You don't care if he is an immortal or an ordinary, it just depends on how he acts." ”

The second sentence was said after Mei Zhenyi met Zhong Liquan on the road, "You are already in the middle of enlightenment, then keep the path of enlightenment in your heart, and it is no wonder that you see it." ”

The third sentence is what he said before passing on the Lingshan Mind Method at the time of parting: "Don't say that it is the master and me, even if it is a god and Buddha, in the hearts of the inheritors, there must be no difference between being and not there." ”

Sun Simiao, Mei Yi, and Cheng Xuanhu were all gone, and Mei Zhenyi was stunned for a while. He still lives in Qiyunguan, in addition to practicing martial arts and reading, he practices internal kung fu every day, or the one that Sun Simiao taught him when he was bedridden, and now he has reached the realm of "moving the meridian and moving qi".

A year ago, Sun Simiao toured the acupoints for Mei Zhenyi, massaging his body with internal strength, which made Mei Zhenyi, who was weak at the time, feel very comfortable like a spring breeze. Now, without the help of others, when meditating, the internal energy is activated, and it naturally enters the original state, which is not only comfortable, but also the qi is agitated and travels throughout the body, and it is in the order of less yin, yin and too yin, less yang, yang ming, and the sun every week, as if the whole body has been purified and refined.

On this night, Mei Zhenyi finally cultivated the realm of "Five Qi Dynasty Yuan" again. You can still look inside the whole body while sitting still, and this time it is different from the feeling on the hill of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine before the crossing, not only is it a subtle perception that can detect the operation of the meridians and viscera, but also a pair of eyes in the consciousness seem to be able to "see". What I saw was not the flesh and blood in the dissection, but the clear outline light and shadow under the operation of various qi machines.

It took Mei Zhenyi a year to re-cultivate the weakest body to the most perfect realm and break through the Five Qi Dynasty. The cultivation disciple has reached the initial consummation of the cultivation and recuperation, and it should be said that it is quite fast in just such a short time, and Mei Zhenyi is only thirteen years old. However, when he thought about it, this was not a miracle, because he had lived for twenty years before crossing over, and he had already reached this realm, and now this year was just a time to regain his lost cultivation.

There are generally two signs of initiation in practice: one is to be able to "look inward", no matter which way one is used, one should be able to feel one's inner state, and the other is to retreat from illness through this alchemy, so that the body can reach a healthy and disease-free state. Because to practice the higher Dao Dharma, one cannot rely on a broken furnace, and if there is a physical defect, there may be problems, and on the other hand, the practitioner must be aware of the changes that occur in himself at all times.

Compared with the Taoism of other cultivation schools, there is another wonderful use, that is, when cultivating to a high and profound realm, not only can you observe yourself, but also extend your divine sense to observe others and assist in diagnosing diseases. So how does the divine sense extend and observe others when diagnosing the pulse? This requires exercise, and the kung fu of exercise is the "Lingshan Heart Method" taught by Sun Simiao when he was leaving.

In addition to auxiliary cultivation methods such as bait, guidance, and bigu, the most fundamental Taoist method taught by Sun Simiao to Mei Zhenyi is the "technique of saving the body" and the "Lingshan heart method". The technique of self-preservation is to perceive and exercise one's own furnace, and it can also benefit others for medical treatment, and the Lingshan Mind Method is a method of communicating with the gods, and simply put, it is a method of exercising divine consciousness.

After his consciousness was cleared again, he felt more profound and sharp than the breakthrough in cultivation before the crossing, and he didn't need to see or hear, he seemed to be able to perceive the existence of all the objects in the quiet room, and even the subtle vibration of the insects crawling through the window. It's a great feeling at first, you almost feel like you know everything, but over time it's a nuisance, like an ant crawling on the ground, which can keep you awake, especially at night.

Mei Zhenyi was not bothered, Sun Simiao had already taught him the method of restraining his divine energy, reaching a state that was both keenly perceptive and undisturbed. At this time, you can see that there is a difference between a guru and a supreme master, if someone breaks through the door without a teacher to awaken the divine consciousness, they will be haunted by this strange feeling for a long time, and some goblins will feel that they have become spirits, and those who are unlucky will even be haunted for many years until their comprehension cultivation is further developed, so they simply hide in the deep cave and do not come out.