When Qi Wuzhuo turned around and left, the sea of flowers behind him gradually closed, like a door closing. When the sea of flowers gradually closed, the place behind him that looked like an immortal practicing in the world disappeared in Qi Wuzhuo's senses.
Qi Wuhuo walked up to the old man and handed him the jade slip. The old man did not show any sadness or disappointment, but remained gentle and peaceful.
Let the disciples choose their own path.
Such grand gentle compassion is too vast and vast, and to others it would appear almost heartless.
The palm of his hand brushed over the jade slip, and the two words Yu Miao on the jade slip disappeared. However, the old man did not break the jade slip again, but handed it to Qi Wuhuo. This time, the choice was different from that of the previous Yuyang.
The senior brother was different and said gently: "Five hundred years later, you come to see her again and ask the same question again."
"Let's see how she responds."
Qi Wuhuo thought thoughtfully, as long as he is pursuing the path, can he wait?
The old man turned around and left with Qi Wuzhuo, slowly walking away. This time he did not ask Qi Wuzhuo how he felt. The old man and the young man just walked slowly on the road outside Yumiao's hermitage.
Side flowers bloomed with a fragrant fragrance. Those flowers had grown as high as the boy's waist. When walking along the road, butterflies danced and landed on the boy's shoulders.
After being silent for a while, the young man asked: "Teacher, is this what a Taoist monk is like?"
The old man shook his head and said with a gentle smile: "Of course not."
"There are many sects and methods of my Taoist sect that have been passed down, and the dharma lineage has also spread. Gradually, many opinions have been spread. But just like the misunderstanding of energy, energy, and spirit, there are also misunderstandings about dharma, couples, wealth, and land.
One is particularly profound, and the meaning of Taoist couple is not that of a mortal couple. If a couple is a Taoist couple, why bother to create a special word?"
"Originally it's because destiny is impermanent."
"Ascetics also have to face all kinds of disasters, calamities, life and death."
"Supporting each other in illness and understanding life and death, these are Taoist couples."
The old man joked: "In other words, we are helping each other while building the road."
"The original meaning is that we walk together on this road. If you die and I bury you, keep moving forward. If I die, don't be sad. There are green mountains everywhere. Where is the way back? Bury me and keep moving forward.
To find the way, the so-called Taoist companions are nothing more than that."
This sentence was still a bit joking at first, but later it made Qi Wuhuo feel a great sense of vastness. In just a few words, it far exceeded the compassion of senior sister for one person.
, the young man paused slightly and looked at the teacher's back. He suddenly felt that this back was only one step away, but it was so far away.
The old man stopped and looked back at him.
He said gently: "What's wrong with Wuhu?"
Qi Wuhuo shook his head: "It's nothing."
He thought for a while and asked: "Senior sister and senior brother should also know that they can't be obsessed with fame, and there is also the meaning of Taoist companions, right?"
The old man replied: "Yes, but [Know], [Practice], [The Way]."
"But they are three different realms."
"Knowing may not be possible, and execution may not be achieved. The road is not achieved by making a wish. There are many hardships and various tortures along the way. It is precisely because Taoists practice alone that it is easier to walk.
It’s only needed to enter the darkroom.”
"So when it comes to Taoist couples, you must first choose the person, and then form a Taoist couple."
"Don't fall in love, if you fall in love, it's tied to your heart; don't know, because if you don't know, your love will be separated."
"Taoist lovers have three combinations: clear mind, wisdom, and ambition."
"There are also three discords: ignorance, lack of wisdom, and lack of ambition."
The old man stretched out his hand to stroke Qi Wuzhuo's hair, and suddenly joked: "Why, Wuzhuo also wants to find a Taoist companion?"
"Do you want the teacher to introduce you to the Cui family's banished immortal?"
"The banished immortal is indeed a man with a Taoist heart as strong as iron."
"In the future, without relying on the Emperor of Heaven's talisman, the three flowers can gather at the top and soar like clouds."
Qi Wuhuo never expected that the fire could burn him. The expression on his face was slightly stagnant and slightly red, and he said seriously: "Teacher, stop joking."
Then the old man laughed loudly.
It seems that teasing this young apprentice with a pure heart will make him feel happy.
He stroked his beard and said with emotion: "Taoist couples are also the basis of spiritual practice. They are not for love, but for the sake of the great road, to reflect each other and support each other."
"Is love wrong? No, who doesn't have feelings of attachment?"
"It's just that he's not one of my kind."
"As I told you, I am looking for Taoist friends."
"They have their own choices, and they are all right, but our way is also right."
"They go their own way, and we also go ours. There is no right or wrong, no superiority or inferiority. It is just a choice. When we are destined to be together for a while, when not, we leave each other, but there is no need to be attached to or care about each other. ,"
"Dependence arises and fate perishes."
"that is it."
"Your senior sister has taken another path, so you can wait for her for now."
He led the young man forward, and Qi Wuhuo gradually gained some insights, but those insights were still a bit vague, not clear enough, not specific enough. He felt that many ideas and truths were colliding in his mind, just when he was thinking. , its own charm has gradually settled down, like a stubborn stone with a jade inside it, which is being struck by worldly events and is in a state of unexplored development.
The old man said with a gentle voice: "Let's go and see the next one..."
So the young Taoist understood that this path of questioning one's true heart has not yet ended.
He said yes, followed the old man, and moved forward step by step.
This is such a long road, and its length depends on the experience and life of each Taoist disciple.
After that, there were several senior brothers and sisters, and Qi Wuhuo all went to witness it one by one.
They all have their own obsessions. Each one of them is extremely talented and much stronger than the current Qi Wuzhuo. Some of them are attached to the mountains and rivers and have no desire to pursue the great road. Some of them like to play with the world, show the saints in the world, and Qi Wuhuo personally took back their jade slips, and the old man would ask him every time, what did he get?
Ask each time, was their choice right or wrong?
Qi Wuhuo answered every time without any mistakes.
But every time, the young Taoist thought longer and longer.
When asked for the last time, the young Taoist suddenly felt something and replied:
"Disciple understands."
"Each of them has their own persistence and their own choices, but there is nothing wrong with them. It is not wrong to leave a name for future generations. It is not wrong to place one's affection on the mountains and rivers. It is not wrong to have love and be willing to stay together for life and death. These are Things are just like choosing a road, it’s just your own choice.”
"Who said that as vast as a great road, in the eyes of all sentient beings, it must exceed what they pursue?"
"If this is the case, the world will be boring."
The old man laughed and said: "The best."
He was quite happy and said: "Wu Huo has realized this by himself, and he has accepted this gift. If you are a stubborn stone, this walk will have no effect except for being vigilant. You and I should say goodbye here.
But that is not the case now. I can tell you a little bit about the heights of spiritual practice, which is quite appropriate for the word "xuan".
The old man flicked his sleeves, then sat casually under two pine trees and on a bluestone, and asked with a gentle smile:
"Can I know if I am an immortal without any doubts?"
Qi Wuhuo nodded and replied: "If you travel to Beihai to Mu Cangwu, you can gain immortality, have supernatural powers, and countless wonderful methods that are indescribable."
The old man said: "Do you know the rank of immortals?"
This is knowledge that the young man did not know in the past, so he said: "Please teach me, teacher."
The old man stroked his beard and said: "Ordinary Qi practitioners have taken the wrong path. They breathe out their vitality and manipulate their spirit. They only know how to cultivate their nature but not their life."
"Those who fall into the lowest category are those who are corpses and immortals."
"Although I have three to five hundred years of life, I cannot have the right path or freedom."
"Although he is called a fairy, he is actually a ghost."
"This is the fate of those who take the wrong path and are eager for quick success. Don't be afraid of it."
"But ordinary cultivators breathe in and out to refine Qi and practice life, but they don't understand the Tao."
"I have obtained a method in the Tao, I have obtained a skill in the method, I have faith and determination, and I will never waver in it for the rest of my life. The energy of the five elements, misunderstandings and misunderstandings, the shape and quality are solid, and finally I have reached the road of three flowers gathering at the top. Such a state,
You can call it a human being."
Qi Wuhuo suddenly realized, "It's Senior Brother Yuyangzi..."
The old man nodded and said calmly: "People like him have accumulated external skills, but they are too persistent and are not even considered seekers. In the future, they will occasionally have good fortune. If they go to the earth, they will be the land of mountain gods, and if they go to the underworld, they will be the land of ghosts.
The city god may receive a talisman, ascend to the heavenly palace, and become an ordinary immortal. He travels hard and has no leisure all day long. He may receive a pill to extend his life."
"Although he is an immortal, he is just an ordinary person. There are many officials like this under the names of the great emperors and deities in heaven."
"In the sky, he is the official of heaven, on the earth, he is the official of earth, and in water, he is the official of water."
The old man added: "Those who are higher than human immortals have been able to break through these attachments but find it difficult to let go. They have understood the Tao but cannot escape. They are trapped in the eight difficulties of the Tao."
"He is a talented person in heaven and earth, but he is obsessed with it and refuses to let go of it. In the end, he succeeds."
"It can live forever and be called a land god."
Qi Wuhuo was touched in his heart and thought thoughtfully: "It's the current Senior Sister Yumiao."
The old man nodded and said casually: "Although there are many disciples under the Yuqing sect, 90% of them are just that talented."
"Not as good as your senior sister."
"And if she can figure it out one day, she can come out on her own. From then on, she will work hard and practice to the point of transcendence."
"Go to the point where yin is exhausted and yang is pure, and it can be transformed into something external."
"Three flowers can gather at the top of the head, and five qi can reach the vitality. In my mouth, this can be called a fairy."
"In Taoism, one can teach the heavens and the earth; in Buddhism, one can teach others to transform themselves into themselves."
"Most of the twelve disciples under the Shangqing Sect who received the true inheritance are just like this."
Under the two old pines, the old man with white hair and white beard spoke as calmly and gently as ever, but everything in the world was extremely quiet.
The silence was terrifying.
I don't know when the wind started, and the entire sky was covered, and the sun and moon became dark.
But the wind did not flow here, and the water flow stopped changing.
All the surrounding land gods disappeared, as if everything was silent, and the gentle voice only entered Qi Wuhuo's ears.
"As for those who have the talent of gods in heaven and earth, who practice hard to overcome tribulations, are not attached to things, but have great courage and dare to enter the three realms of tribulations."
"Either preaching to obtain the destiny of heaven and earth, or entering calamity to break evil spirits and accumulate merits. When the three thousand merits are completed, eight hundred steps are completed, step by step, serve in thirty-six caves, and return to eighty-one suns. If he is a Celestial Immortal, if he is a disciple of Sanqing Sect, he will be called Daluo Celestial Immortal above Hunyuan Yiqi; if he is not a disciple of Sanqing Sect, he will be called Taiyi Celestial Immortal above Hunyuan Yiqi."
"The most outstanding disciples of the Shangqing sect and the Yuqing sect; the Buddha of the West; and many deities and emperors in heaven are all in this place."
Qi Wuhuo's heart was moved when he heard it.
The old man stroked his beard and said calmly:
"But it's nothing more than a lower multiplication method."
So it was even more shocking.
ps:
The realm comes from "Zhong Lu Chuan Dao Ji", which is very classic.
Instead of Journey to the West, it would be more like Taoist mythology.
This chapter has been completed!