As soon as Xinyun Dao left, the disciples in the practice room became lively, Ma Guocai had the shortest entry, and he didn't know who Zhishen was, so he hadn't seen it at all. Listening to their discussions, I knew that Zhishen was a senior of the Qingcheng faction, and he was already over 110 years old. It is said that the ancestor is the martial champion of the Qing Dynasty, and the predecessors of Zhishen have participated in the boxing, fought foreign devils, and participated in the Anti-Japanese War. It can be regarded as one of the only remaining old-timers of the Qingcheng faction.

When I was in the evening class, I heard that Zhishen's predecessors had been feathered.

Ma Guocai has heard that people with advanced cultivation, like Buddhism and Taoism, many people know the destiny of heaven and can have a hunch about how long they can live. It seems that this is indeed true.

On the second day, the disciples in the sect began to get busy, preparing for the aftermath of Zhishen's predecessors, setting up a mourning hall, and preparing a place for mourning. Ma Guocai is also a disciple of the faction, and he began to receive people who came to pay their respects one after another with several senior brothers.

When a Taoist person dies, he naturally recites not the scriptures that the monks once recited at home, but the "Lingbao Immeasurable Human Grade Sutra", "Jade Emperor Sutra", "Sanguan Sutra" and other Taoist scriptures, which are responsible for special Taoist people.

Ma Guocai is already a third-generation disciple, and he started late, and he has nothing to do in the mourning hall, so he basically stays outside and is busy with some chores with the senior brothers. However, I did see a lot of people, the heads and big disciples of various factions, as well as nearby villagers and government representatives.

It took three or four days to finish. He's also seen a big scene.

The weather was already much cooler in September, and Ma Guo got up at three o'clock in the morning after practicing Liuhe Neigong in the house. So he walked to the top of the hill behind the house. Get ready to move a little. Start gas extraction.

But when he was practicing boxing in his old place on weekdays, he suddenly sensed that something was peeping at him, and he thought to himself, maybe it was some kind of animal, and there would be no wolf!

Although Ma Guocai felt strange in his heart. How could an old Taoist priest come here so early, but he still greeted: "Good Daoist!"

The Dao Elder was stunned for a moment, and then walked over to him.

Ma Guocai didn't hear any footsteps, when the old Taoist took a closer look, he saw that his body was thin, as transparent, and then he looked at his appearance, he immediately knew who it was, it was the Zhishen Taoist who passed away a few days ago.

Zhishen Dao came up to him and looked him up and down. Curious: "Boy, can you see me?"

"Hmm!" Ma nodded with a smile.

"Then do you know who I am?" said Daoist Zhishen continued.

Ma Guocai said: "You are the chief of Zhishen. I saw you at the mourning hall two days ago, so I know. ”

Daoist Zhishen was silent for a while, looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Aren't you afraid of ghosts?" and then said to himself: "Yes, since you can see me, you must have seen ghosts before, so naturally you are not afraid." Then he asked, "Are you a disciple of our Qingcheng Sect?"

"I'm a disciple of the chief of Shinyun Dao. Ma Guocai said respectfully.

Daoist Zhishen sighed: "I didn't expect that our Qingcheng faction still has disciples who are born with yin and yang eyes, but now that the righteous path is prosperous, it is useless to learn the ability to hunt ghosts and eliminate demons." ”

Ma Guocai wanted to explain that he was not born with yin and yang eyes, but as soon as he heard him say that he was catching ghosts and eliminating demons, he immediately became interested and asked, "Dao Chief, are there really powerful ghosts and monsters in this world?"

Zhishen Daoist nodded and said: "There used to be, I saw things like zombie fox fairies when I was young, but now there are basically none." As for the ghosts or something, there are not many in the world now, without a strong obsession, it is difficult to become a ghost without certain conditions. ”

"Ahh

Zhishen Dao Chang pinched his beard and smiled, and said: "You junior is curious, it doesn't matter if I talk to you, it's similar to what you said, zombies are indeed infinitely powerful, not afraid of pain, as for fangs, only zombies with successful cultivation have, ordinary zombies, in fact, are just walking corpses, only instinct, looking for things with the breath of life to suck." ”

"How did the zombies come to be?" Ma Guocai continued to ask, this life form is too peculiar.

Zhishen Dao Chang is also interested, maybe there is no one to communicate with after death, he is more talkative, and explained: "Well, according to the records of my school classics, there are two basic conditions for the formation of real zombies, one of which is that before death, there must be more breath than people, such as resentment or something. People are dead, if the corpse has more breath, the soul is gone, and the corpse is not yet dead. Second, if they are buried in a place where the evil gathers, the corpse will not decompose, and when it absorbs enough energy, it will become a zombie. ”

Ma Guocai couldn't understand why zombies were formed in this way, and if they died, they were dead, and asked, "Then why did zombies form such an unreasonable thing?"

Zhishen Taoist pondered for a while, and said: "I think this should be related to 'quiet', we all seek tranquility in our cultivation, seek physical tranquility, and spiritual tranquility, only after we really calm down, can we better cultivate and absorb the energy in heaven and earth." And the corpses with an extra breath have no soul, and in a certain sense, they are also a kind of extreme quietness, all by instinct, they will naturally absorb the energy around them, so that life will undergo another evolutionary evolution. ”

Ma Guocai also felt that it made sense after hearing this, he had seen such a passage in the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" when he was seeking to break through the innate nature, and the Yellow Emperor asked Guangchengzi, why did you live for more than a thousand years and your appearance has not changed? Guang Chengzi said: "Ignore nothing, hold your mind and be quiet, and your form will be self-righteous." It will be quiet and clear, without the form of labor, without shaking the essence of you, but it can live forever. Eyes do not see, ears do not hear, heart knows nothing, and thy god will keep the form, and the form is immortal. This means that if you want to live forever, the key is to be quiet and inactive, which is the key to Jinggong health preservation.

Zombies should be regarded as another way of cultivating physical instincts.

"Then why haven't I seen these records about ghosts and monsters in the classics in the door?" Ma Guocai thought to himself that there was such a book in the sect, so he must find it out and study it carefully next time.

Zhishen Daoist smiled and said: "In this society now, what is the use of these, show them to others, that is, add some anecdotes and gossip, and if you can't talk about the innate realm, you can't learn it." ”

"Can you tell me where those books are? "Ma Guocai naturally quit, who said he couldn't practice, he is now only one step away from being born, and he is looking for this kind of book to read!

Daoist Zhishen couldn't help but look at him a few more times, probably thinking that he was different from ordinary people, but he didn't hide it, and said: "That kind of book is now in the attic of the library, if you are really interested, you can turn it out and take a look, there are some miscellaneous notes and talismans, spells and other books." But I don't recommend you to practice, after all, the modern era is different from the old society, the righteous path is prosperous, demons and monsters and the like, it is difficult to appear, only when the people are not living and resentment, this kind of thing is easy to form and appear. It's better to work hard to cultivate the Neidan Qigong Health Preservation Technique. ”

Ma Guocai saw the current appearance of Daoist Zhishen, and wondered if he would be like an ordinary ghost, and in the end, only a little spiritual light would disappear? Said: "Senior, I have a little bit of a ghost cultivation method, I don't know if it will be useful to you!"

When Daoist Zhishen heard about the cultivation method of ghosts, he immediately became interested and said, "Oh, let's talk about it first." ”

Ma Guocai explained the cultivation method of how to absorb yin qi to the Zhishen Daoist in his own way of understanding, and the Zhishen Daoist nodded after listening to it and said: "This is indeed a ghost cultivation method, which is very similar to the basic exercises I sent to reincarnate to practice. ”

"Our sect also has a method of reincarnation and cultivation?" Ma Guocai said curiously, he didn't seem to have heard of Taoism's reincarnation and cultivation exercises!

Zhishen Daoist said angrily: "Those Tibetan lamas have them, and our Taoist heritage has been inherited for thousands of years, so naturally there are similar things." ”

Ma Guocai was immediately excited, if there really is, you can teach it to grandpa, I didn't know if I could be reincarnated before, but now that the Taoist chief said that there is, it is better than being a ghost cultivator. He immediately prayed, "Dao Chief, my grandfather is also practicing the method I said now, can you tell me the method of reincarnation cultivation." ”

Seeing his eagerness, Zhishen Dao Chang said, "Seeing that you are filial, it is nothing to teach you." ”

Ma Guocai was suddenly excited, bowed to Daoist Zhishen and thanked him: "Thank you, Daoist!"

After receiving a salute from him, Daoist Zhishen said slowly: "To be reincarnated, we must first understand how our souls are reincarnated. When a person dies, the soul is not replenished with energy, and the memory will gradually disappear, and finally only a little true spirit will not be extinguished, and it will be returned to the earth. ”

Ma Guocai didn't answer why his soul belonged to the earth, and couldn't help but interject and ask, "Why did it belong to the earth?"

Zhishen Dao Chang smiled: "Don't we often have a saying, dust to dust, earth to earth? You should know that in myths and legends, Nuwa is a person made of clay, our life originates from this land, and the true spirit also comes from this land, and after a person dies, the true spirit will naturally return to the earth." ”

"I see!" Ma Guo only then understood the reason.

Zhishen continued to explain: "When the true spirit returns to the earth, it will drift with the earth's qi, and when a life is formed somewhere, if this true spirit is close, it will be pulled out of the earth's qi, and life will be reincarnated in this way. ”

Ma Guocai had a sense of sudden realization of Zhishen's explanation, but he still couldn't help but ask a public question: "Could it be that the legends of the eighteen layers of hell in the underworld are all fake?" (to be continued......)