Chapter 14: Taishang Laojun
Qiu Zhangyang said: "Thank you. Lu Weiguo, if you need help with anything in the future, please come to me, I will definitely help you. β
Lu Weiguo said: "You're welcome, we are brothers, and it is very appropriate to help each other." I have to advise you more about what I want to do in the future. β
Qiu Zhangyang said: "Hmm. That's right. β
After Qiu Zhangyang finished speaking, his heart sank, his brows furrowed, and he remembered that he hadn't answered Lu Weiguo's question just now, so he said, "Yes." Lu Weiguo: Just now, you asked me how the spirit stone detects people's spiritual power and physical attributes, and I haven't told you yet. As soon as someone reaches out and touches the spirit stone, it will be sensed, and then it will emit light. The stronger the light emitted by the spirit stone, the higher the spiritual power of the person who touches it. β
"We judge a person's physical attributes based on the color of the light emitted by the spiritual power - when the spirit stone emits white light, it means that the person who touches it is suitable for a sword, when the spirit stone emits red light, it means that the person who touches it is suitable for a knife, when the spirit stone emits blue light, it means that the person who touches it is suitable to use a judge's pen, when the spirit stone emits green light, it means that the person who touches it is suitable to use a stick, and when the spirit stone emits yellow light, it means that the person who touches it is suitable for a gun. β
"However, most of the high-stakes moves in our Quanzhen Sect are sword moves, and most of the people in the Quanzhen Sect are famous for their swords, so I hope you are suitable for sword cultivation. I almost forgot to mention that no matter what the disciple's body is suitable for cultivating, the disciples in our Quanzhen Sect all use long swords and learn swordsmanship, because there are no superb and subtle moves that can be used with other weapons in the Quanzhen Sect. β
After hearing this, Lu Weiguo nodded slightly, and then asked: "Is it true that you said that the appearance of the spirit stone is exactly the same as that of a human? I have grown so big, I have never seen a stone exactly like a person, and I have never heard of such a stone." β
Qiu Zhangyang replied: "Is it true, you follow my tail, and you will know when you see it." β
Lu Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay." β
Lu Weiguo and Qiu Zhangyang were silent, stepping on the underground path and walking towards a cave in the back mountain.
Not long after, Lu Weiguo and Qiu Zhangyang came to a place, the front of this place is overgrown with weeds, and there are three or two big trees growing next to it, the trunk of the big tree needs two people to fully hug it, the branches of the trees are luxuriant, there are many small birds nesting between the branches, from time to time spit out beautiful notes, not far away came a burst of flowing water, thinking that there is a small river and stream nearby.
Qiu Zhangyang took Lu Weiguo to the depths of the grass, and as he walked, he had his hands to pluck it, so as to make a way to go.
After dozens of breaths, Lu Weiguo's eyes lit up, and he found that they didn't know how to come to a cave.
A cave ten feet high and a few feet wide, it didn't look very good, but when you looked at it from the outside, it was dark inside, like the Rosen Temple.
Qiu Zhangyang took Lu Weiguo to look at the cave and walked over.
Walking into this dark, empty and silent cave all of a sudden, Lu Weiguo's heart became a little nervous and scared, and a chill rose from his back, making him cold from his heels to the top of his head.
As soon as he entered the cave, Qiu Zhangyang groped for the cave wall, and soon he got a fire knife and a flint and an oil lamp from something he didn't know.
Only a few "snorts" were heard, and an oil lamp lit up, illuminating many places, showing Lu Weiguo the surrounding situation clearly, and calming his mood a little.
Qiu Zhangyang took Lu Weiguo to move forward in this cave several feet wide, and after walking about thirty steps, the two of them turned to the right side, but it seemed that they had entered another world at once.
This cave is actually a cave with a cave, and it is more than ten times larger at once, so that people cannot see the surrounding walls under the illumination of oil lamps.
Lu Weiguo unconsciously leaned his body towards Qiu Zhangyang a little, and continued to walk forward with Qiu Zhangyang.
After walking for another half a pillar of incense, in the dim light, Lu Weiguo seemed to see a vague figure not far ahead, motionless there.
Lu Weiguo saw a person appear in such a gloomy and terrifying cave, and for a moment his feelings of confusion, fear, curiosity, etc., were aroused, and his feet unconsciously walked even slower.
I don't know how long it has been, but when he got closer, Lu Weiguo looked at the "figure" carefully under the bright light of the oil lamp, and was instantly surprised, it turned out that this "figure" turned out to be a stone.
This stone looks no different from ordinary stones in terms of material and color, but it is about the size of a person, and it has become a human figure about fifty or sixty years old, with a jade belt around his waist, a bun on his head, a quiet expression, and a blazing eye.
The Taishang Laojun on the stone looks like a lifelike face, his demeanor is complete, the lines are elegant and natural without the slightest trace of chisel, and the surface is smooth and smooth, which makes people feel that this is a real person rather than a work of art, giving people the feeling that this is a natural creation rather than human power.
Seeing such a stone, Lu Weiguo was first stunned and frightened, and then came back to his senses and knew after a little thought that this was the so-called spirit stone in Qiu Zhangyang's mouth.
Lu Weiguo thought in his heart - the spirit stone is really different, and he doesn't even know how much higher it is than an ordinary stone.
Qiu Zhangyang saw Lu Weiguo like this, and said slowly: "This is what I call a spirit stone. Now you think that the spirit stone was originally like this, and it was not deliberately carved by man, right?"
Lu Weiguo nodded in agreement, and continued: "Senior Brother Qiu, why is this happening? Why is this spirit stone human-shaped? This is too mysterious, right?"
Qiu Zhangyang replied: "I don't know why the material and color of the spirit stone are no different from ordinary stones, but it forms the appearance of our Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun?
"But the world is so big, the time is long, and the things are so strange, how can we ordinary people expect it? I don't think there is any mystery in this, didn't Sun Wukong just burst out of the stone? In ancient times, Jiang Ziya didn't use a fishing hook or bait, couldn't he catch a fish? I heard the ancestors of our Quanzhen Sect say that this spiritual stone was made by our Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun sitting and ascending to immortality; some people say that this spiritual stone is a gift given to us by Lao Tzu after he became Taishang Laojun. β
When Lu Weiguo heard these words, he felt that there was some truth, so he could only refute them silently, which could be regarded as acquiescence.
Qiu Zhangyang's expression changed slightly, and then his face was happy, he looked at Lu Weiguo, and said, "I almost forgot to tell you." Senior Brother Lu, do you know that about this human-shaped spirit stone, behind it also contains a story of our Quanzhen Sect ancestor Taixian Wang Chongyang. Our ancestor grandfather Taixian Wang Chongyang was in the Northern Song Dynasty, when the emperor was mediocre, traitorous ministers were in power, the court was incompetent, and Fanyi foreign states came to bully and invade from time to time. β
"When our ancestor of the Quanzhen Sect, Taixian Wang Chongyang, was young, his blood was strong, and his justice was awe-inspiring, he really couldn't stand such a scene, so he held a martial arts conference, gathering 10,000 and hundreds of martial arts people to resist and block the invasion of Fanbang Waiyi, but in less than a year, 10,000 and hundreds of martial arts people were broken up, and they died, scattered, ran, and injured, and there were only more than 80 people left, not even a hundred. β
Lu Weiguo asked: "Why is this happening? We, the people in the martial arts, have profound skills, and our moves are at stakes, and one can at least be worth two or three ordinary people?
Qiu Zhangyang said: "Of course, it is not easy for us in the martial arts to deal with, and the other party was also killed by our martial arts people, and many elite soldiers. Hundreds of people on the other side are stabbing around you with weapons in their hands, and you may be killed before you have time to use any internal skills, and almost all of our people in the martial arts are reckless and reckless, and they do not know the art of war, and they have been ambushed by many foreign countries, and the other side is a number of countries and nationalities united to invade our country, and the number of people in the martial arts is twenty or thirty times that of the people in the martial arts, and the court is greedy for life and afraid of death, and refuses to send troops to the rescue, so it is a miracle to win. β
Lu Weiguo asked again: "Then our ancestor of the Quanzhen Sect, Taixian Wang Chongyang, contacted the people in the martial arts to fight against foreign enemies, fought hard, suffered heavy casualties, and ended in failureβwhat does this matter have to do with the spirit stone?"
Qiu Zhangyang said: "Senior Brother Lu, don't worry, listen to me slowly." After the ideal of resisting Fanyi foreign countries was shattered, the ancestor of our Quanzhen Sect, Taixian Zi Wang Chongyang, put the focus of his life on the private affairs of his children, and tried his best to pursue Lin Chaoying, the founding patriarch of the Yizhong Ancient Tomb School, and finally he was unable to get it for various reasons. β
"One day, our ancestor Wang Chongyang encountered the spirit stone we see now on the edge of the East China Sea Cliff, he was curious and amazed for a while, stretched out his hand and touched it, but he didn't expect that this stone of ordinary material emitted a large burst of strong white light, which illuminated his eyes almost couldn't open. Seeing such a scene, our Quanzhen Sect's ancestor Taixian Wang Chongyang became more and more curious in his heart, and spent a day and a night pondering this stone, but he still couldn't think of why it was shining. At the beginning of the sun the next day, Shizu Wang Chongyang met Lao Tzu's favorite student Zhuangzi, these two great Taoist figures hit it off at first sight, and Shizu Wang Chongyang immediately told Shizu Zhuangzi all kinds of strangeties about the spirit stone. β
So the two of them soon began to ponder the spirit stone together, and occasionally talked about some thoughts, bitterness, and values in each person's heart. After the exchange with the ancestor Zhuangzi, the ancestor Wang Chongyang was like drinking fairy liquid, suddenly realized, and thought of many things that he had never thought of before, and his depressed mood was reduced a lot at once, and the knots in his heart were also untied. Master Ancestor Wang Chongyang also brought this spirit stone in the shape of a Tai Bai Xing back to the Quanzhen Sect, and every day when he had time, he went to ponder this spirit stone in detail, and finally he finally realized the various functions of this spirit stone. But no one can know why this spirit stone can emit light and why it can detect people's spiritual power and physical attributes. β
Lu Weiguo listened to Qiu Zhangyang's words silently, and after finishing, he thought about it slightly, sighed, and said: "In fact, what we can't know in the world is only about this spirit stone? Where did the heavens and the earth come from? Why does it rain and snow? And so on, and so on, there are so many questions that we humans have no way of knowing! Alas...... It is precisely for this reason that human beings should do their best to abide by and protect what they believe to be right. β
Qiu Zhangyang didn't expect Lu Weiguo to think so far and say such a thing, but for a while, he didn't know what to say, so he had to be silent.
Qiu Zhangyang suddenly remembered another thing, and in order to break the embarrassing atmosphere, he said: "According to legend, hundreds of years ago, our ancestor Chunyang Zhenren Lu Dongbin used to come here to test his spiritual power and physical attributes when he was a monk in our Quanzhen Sect when he was young. When the ancestor Chunyang Zhenren touched the spirit stone with his hand, the spirit stone first heated up, felt the spiritual power, and then emitted a burst of intense, bright white light, and for a while, the entire cave was as bright as day, illuminating people's eyes and unable to break away. β
"Later, the ancestor Lu Dongbin received extraordinary care in our Quanzhen Sect, and the elders and gentlemen of the Quanzhen Sect also selflessly dedicated themselves to him, and taught all the martial arts in the sect to the ancestor Lu Dongbin. As a result, the ancestor Lu Dongbin is not only a hundred times more talented and perceptive, but others will learn the things that will be done several times, he will only learn it once, and he is also very angry, and usually works very hard, and finally it only took more than ten years to learn all the martial arts of our Quanzhen Sect, and to reach the realm of integration and integration, and do it at will, that a three-foot-long saber will rise, it is even more earth-shattering, the wind and clouds change color, so far he is willing to go out of the mountain, temporarily leave the Quanzhen Sect, and enter the WTO for the benefit of the people. β
"After the ancestor Lu Dongbin left the Quanzhen Sect, he wandered around in the world, and when he encountered injustices, he drew his sword to help, eliminate evil and evil, practice chivalry and righteousness, eliminate harm for the people, and cultivate good and accumulate virtue. In this way, after a few years, the ancestor Lu Dongbin finally realized the way of heaven, his merits were complete, he became an immortal, and became one of the eight immortals known to everyone, and he was able to be admired and worshiped by thousands of people. β
After hearing Qiu Zhangyang finish talking about Lu Dongbin's past, Lu Weiguo's heart was surging for a while, he wanted to know how high his spiritual power was, and he didn't know whether he was intentional or unintentional, so he slowly approached the spirit stone, slowly stretched out his hand, and touched the spirit stone.
Seeing Lu Weiguo stretching out his hand towards the spirit stone, Qiu Zhangyang knew that he wanted to test how high his spiritual power was, so he extinguished the oil lamp, and the surrounding area instantly returned to a deep black patch.
Lu Weiguo stretched out his hand inch by inch, and after a short time, he finally touched the spirit stone, only to feel that the spirit stone tentacles were cold at first, and it quickly warmed up, and then there was something I don't know what it was that rushed into his body, and after turning around very quickly, he returned to the spirit stone.
All kinds of phenomena changed, but they only happened in a few breaths, which made Lu Weiguo secretly surprised.
Lu Weiguo was surprised to see that the spirit stone was actually slowly glowing with white light, although he had long known that such a situation would occur, but he still felt a little incredible.
Immediately afterwards, the white light emitted by the spirit stone became more and more intense and dazzling, and after a few minutes, the white light emitted by the spirit stone did not change anymore, but it was so strong that it could clearly illuminate more than ten zhang away, and it could almost stab people's eyes so much that they couldn't break away.
Seeing such a look, Lu Weiguo and Qiu Zhangyang were both stunned, stunned and stayed in place, their heads were blank for a while, they couldn't think, and after coming back to their senses, the two of them shouted in unison, their voices contained indescribable excitement, and their hearts were full of surprise. Especially Lu Weiguo, in the end, he couldn't hold back his emotions and shed tears.
Yes, what a joy to have!
You must know that since Wang Chongyang, except for Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, no one has ever had such good results, and when other Quanzhen Sect members went to test their spiritual power, the light emitted by the spirit stone could only illuminate a few zhang away at most.
Lu Weiguo's spiritual power is so strong, this is a good thing that is rare in hundreds of years! This is the glory and hope of the Quanzhen Sect! This shows that Lu Weiguo is a good seedling that deserves to be cultivated in a very important way! How can you not be happy about Lu Weiguo and Qiu Zhangyang, the two brothers!
Lu Weiguo and Qiu Zhangyang happily walked to the outside of the cave, and then rushed desperately to the main hall, with a look of excitement on their faces, wanting to quickly tell the good news to the head of Yuyangzi Lu Buregret, a bit like a child who was anxious to go home and play after schoolβno! It should be to show off the first-class certificate of award from school to his parents.
When Lu Weiguo first told Yuyangzi Lu Buregret about this matter, he still refused to believe it, and was taken aback, because he didn't believe that there were people in the world who would talk like this kind of bullshit, and after coming back to his senses, he laughed a few times and said with contempt: "Lu Weiguo, you stinky boy, you want us to take good care of you, you don't have to tell such a big lie to bluff people, right? You really take our Quanzhen Sect people for fools? But your kid's tone and demeanor when he spoke were very decent, and he didn't seem stupid. Uncultured little slippery ......"
Lu Weiguo heard that the head didn't believe his words, and actually said this about himself, he was sad in his heart, and he didn't care about any etiquette, so he let go, interrupted with a red face, and said seriously and eagerly: "The real person in charge, what I said is true, if one sentence is a lie, teach me that the sky thunders and splits, and I will not die well." Unbelief...... No...... Letter...... You can ask Senior Brother Qiu, he was also present at the time. β
Yuyang Zilu did not regret seeing that Lu Weiguo was serious, with a sincere look on his face, but he didn't seem to be panicked, and subconsciously looked at Qiu Zhangyang with questioning eyes.
Qiu Zhangyang saw the real person in charge looking at him, with doubts in his eyes, he suddenly understood, nodded, took two steps, half bowed, and after saluting, he said: "The real person in charge, what Senior Brother Lu said is true, and the disciple has seen it with his own eyes, and there is no lie." β
Yuyangzi Lu Buregret looked at Qiu Zhangyang's sincere and solemn look, and believed it for a while, but after all, he didn't see it with his own eyes, so it was impossible to believe that Lu Weiguo, a kid, had such an amazingly powerful spiritual power, who knows if the two of them partnered to deceive themselves.
Thinking of this, Yuyangzi Lu Buregret frowned slightly, and took turns looking at the expressions of Lu Weiguo and Qiu Zhangyang.