introduction

The saying of immortals has been around for a long time.

It's just that Hongmeng doesn't remember the year, and the so-called Pangu opened the sky and Nuwa created people I don't know when it was now, and it can't be examined.

In the official history, since the beginning of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, there has been a preaching by Guangchengzi, and it is said that Rong Chenggong became an immortal. The Yellow Emperor Chiyou in the historical materials fought against each other, and there were also immortals such as Feng Bo Yushi and Ying Long.

Later, there were all kinds of stories about Kua's father day by day, and Dayu's water control was widely spread. Although the people don't know its truth or falsehood, they are also skeptical, so far, the image of the gods is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Until the Shang and Zhou dynasties were divided, the king of Shang had no way, the king of Wu cut down, changed the dynasty, and the folk had the saying of sealing the gods, and the wild history and legends were confused.

The 800th anniversary of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the weekend, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended. Lao Tzu was born, born to step on lotus flowers, serve as the official of the Zhou Tibetan room, and preach Taoist doctrine. Seeing that the luck of the Great Zhou was about to run out, Lao Tzu resigned and went into hiding, leaving only a green cow and carrying it to the west of the letter valley. Hangu Guan Yin likes astronomy, and sees the purple clouds in the east gathering, which is 30,000 miles long, shaped like a flying dragon, and knows that there are saints passing by. Therefore, incense was burned in the middle of the road to welcome Lao Tzu.

Lao Tzu saw his sincerity, so he composed 5,000 words of morality. After riding the green ox and disappearing, people said that it educated all sentient beings, and the merits were immeasurable, and they went to the immortals. At this point, the theory of the immortal Fang Shi has become more systematic.

Hundreds of years later.

Among them, there was Xu Fu, a priest under the throne of Qin, three thousand boys and women in the East China Sea to seek immortals, and then accompanied by the jade people in the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty to hold a gold plate to receive the immortal dew. From the emperor to the common people, they saw the thunder and lightning around them, the cycle of life and death, and even more extraordinary people were born with fairy sound white cranes, and they were convinced of the immortal sayings.

However, since ancient times, there have been many people who seek immortals to visit the Tao, like a carp crossing the river, which is innumerable, and after thousands of years, how can they gain nothing? Although you can't live forever and become immortals, you can also prolong your life and live freely for hundreds of years. It is rumored that those who are skilled in Taoism can even know the gods for nine days, and they are only one step away from the mythical immortal immortals. That is, the so-called half-immortal body. The method of cultivation is not easy to come by, so how can it be lost halfway? There are people who manifest miracles in the world, and more and more people are enthusiastic about it.

These people follow the ancient law and call themselves "Tao". Taoism, from this.

Earlier, Lao Tzu taught Hu Yi Fanbang, there was also an enlightened prince, known as Sakyamuni. He called himself "Buddha", established a great religion, and divided the heavens and bodhisattvas into various Arhats. When it came to the two Han Dynasty, the West Buddha spread to the east, and the Taoist religion was divided into states.

Unfortunately, Taoism is powerful, and Buddhism and Taoism are very different. Buddhists do not want to compete with Taoists, so they ask Taoists to go out of the world together and not preach among mortals. The number of Taoists is mixed, the good and the bad are uneven, and the Tao is one of the ways to understand nature and understand the heavens, although it can become a half-immortal, but it is slow to enter the realm. One of the Buddha's laws, in the realization of oneself, stresses that one of the people is three thousand shijie, hiding the supreme magic power, three thousand avenues, all in one's own body. However, with such cultivation, although the entry is fast, it cannot become a half-immortal. In Taoism, one faction is uneasy about the slow teachings of the ancestors, and secretly communicates with Buddhism, but instead realizes one's own body, and no longer perceives the heavens of nature. In addition, they acted arbitrarily and recklessly, did not respect dogma, and finally united with Buddhism and went out of Taoism. In the legend, there is no big faction at the foot of the mountain, and he calls himself a demon.

After this battle, the vitality of the Daomen was greatly damaged, so he made an appointment with the Buddha and the two factions, and no longer preached in Hongchen, and hid in the major mountains and rivers. Each of them is hindered by the view of the portal, and they no longer explore whether there are immortals.

At this point, those who cultivate the true path have become extinct in the world. Despite this, when the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism were preached, they also had sporadic formulas handed down, and they evolved into martial arts of all paths, which were passed down to the world. Although mortals are not like cultivators who can fly to the sky and the earth, they can also fly on the eaves and walls to strengthen their bodies.

For hundreds of years, in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been divided and merged several times. All kinds of martial arts are scattered in the world, and it is rare to hear the words of immortals.

Our story begins in the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty.