Listening to my grandpa talk about my master's deeds, I was not only extremely shocked but also shocked.
The words "boundary keeper" have been in my mind for a long time. When I close my eyes, an old immortal who guards the Yellow River Basin will appear in my mind.
All surrendered at his feet.
"Grandpa, what does what you are talking about have to do with my coma?"
After being shocked for a long time, while my grandfather was filling his pipe with tobacco leaves, I asked the question that was on my mind.
"You'll understand after you listen to me."
After my grandfather lit his pipe, he continued to tell me. He specifically emphasized his fate of being haunted by ghosts.
At that time, the master's practice of drawing talisman in the yard was not just to attract grandpa's interest, but actually to be foolproof. The master briefly exchanged the fates of grandpa and Li Jun, so when an accident occurred, Li Jun died in grandpa's place.
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Grandpa thought that the trip to Sichuan would be the last time he saw his master, and he felt sad about it for a long time.
Unexpectedly, when my father was seven years old, the master suddenly appeared at my grandfather's house. The master brought two wooden boxes. One of the wooden boxes contained some books and commonly used magic tools.
The master told his grandfather that these things had been with him for many years and he was reluctant to throw them away. After much deliberation, he decided to leave them to his grandfather and uncle.
Another wooden box is filled with Chinese medicinal materials. The Chinese medicinal materials are classified with red ropes and arranged neatly.
There were two prescriptions on the top of the wooden box. The master took out one prescription and asked his grandfather to give it to his uncle. This is a prescription for body training. It can be used by cultivators to strengthen their bodies and strengthen their bones.
When the master held another prescription in his hand, he didn't speak for a long time. Finally, he sighed and said: "There is still one medicine that I haven't found yet. The other medicines are all ready. Since I tried my best to search to no avail, then I just need to find the medicine."
It could be God’s will.”
"Qin De, what do you think of the talents of Taoists?"
The master put the prescription back into the wooden box and asked his grandfather seemingly casually.
Grandpa answered without hesitation that those who practice Taoism naturally have extraordinary talents. For example, my uncle could perform the magic of inviting gods at a young age.
After Grandpa answered, Master looked at Grandpa with a strange look, and sighed again after a while.
"Do you know that practicing Taoism is going against heaven? Have you ever thought about why not everyone can practice it?"
Grandpa was stunned. To be honest, Grandpa had never thought so much. He always believed that as long as someone is willing to teach, everyone can learn.
"Qin De, actually practicing Taoism is not allowed by Heaven. Those who can practice Taoism have physical defects."
After the master said these words, grandpa became more and more confused. Ever since he followed his master, he would be praised by countless people wherever he went. Grandpa had heard every compliment he could think of.
Suddenly I heard my master say that cultivators have flaws, but my grandfather couldn't agree with him.
"Defects? Master, I didn't understand."
Master asked his grandfather if there was any liquor at home. Grandpa rummaged through the cabinets and found only a bottle of Lou Shanchun besides Fenjiu.
The master picked up Lou Shanchun and poured it into his mouth. He looked at his grandfather and slowly said, "Qin De, what do you think is Taoism? Who was the first to practice Taoism?"
"Master has said that the essence of practicing Taoism is to explore the true meaning of life, and to modify one's own behavior through cultivation, with the purpose of improving spiritual consciousness or spiritual power."
After grandpa finished speaking, he saw his master smiling and nodding, and continued:
"I have read in the Little Man's Book that the ancients hoped that through practicing Taoism, they could break away from the worldly world, transcend life and death, and achieve the goal of living as long as heaven and earth and becoming immortal. However, I think this is too exaggerated."
In fact, my grandfather has read from books that Taoism has been popular in China during the Spring and Autumn Period. Among them, Confucianism and Taoism were the most prosperous, and there were slight differences in their ideas on Taoism.
Confucianism emphasizes the method of maintaining health and self-cultivation, which is dominated by mind and nature, while Taoism regards Laozi as the founder of Taoism and the Tao Te Ching as its ancestral book. Of course, there are many Taoist classics in Taoism, such as Zhuangzi's "Nanhua Jing" and Li Yukou's
"Chongxu Jing" etc.
Laozi, the founder of Taoism, believes that the big principles are all-encompassing, and the details are all-encompassing. They give birth to the heaven and the earth, and nurture all things. There is reality in the void, and everything comes from nothing.
, thereby strengthening his body and strengthening his bones.
The highest state of Taoist practice is to pursue immortality and attain immortality.
My uncle also told my grandpa that when practicing, you can cultivate the body or the soul. If you cultivate both, you will cultivate both life and life.
In reality, records of monks are described in many geographical and county annals.
Kong Yu's "Literary and Historical Materials of Sui County·Yuanshi Luyuan": "There are three main halls in Yuanjiashan (Yuan Keli)...It is said that Lu Dongbin once practiced here, so there is a wooden statue of Lu Dongbin."
In addition, there are many myths and legends about successful ascetics and immortality. For example, Lu Dongbin, one of the eight immortals, also existed in history. He was the founder of the Quanzhen sect, the mainstream of Taoism in the Tang Dynasty. He was a great master of Taoism and was good at swordsmanship.
He knew how to make elixirs, and it was said that he became an immortal after attaining enlightenment.
Zhong Liquan was an accomplished Taoist master in the Eastern Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. It is said that he was defeated at Zhongnan Mountain, but met Emperor Donghua who taught him immortality and ascended to Feixian Cliff.
Other legends include Ge Xuan (the founder of the Lingbao Sect of Taoism), Zhang Ziyang (from Ziyang Mountain), Chen Tuan, Zhang Sanfeng, etc. Of course, these are all legends or unofficial histories. Whether they are true or not, Grandpa does not know.
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Of all the people in the legend, Zhang Sanfeng is the only one who my grandfather thought was a wonderful man. Some novels and unofficial histories record that Zhang Sanfeng was still able to create Tai Chi when he was a hundred years old.
"Master, do you think Zhang Sanfeng has really become a god?"
"That boy Junbao, I guess so."
After Master finished speaking, when he saw Grandpa's expression, he immediately changed his words and explained that Master meant that Zhang Junbao would eventually succeed in cultivating Taoism, and most of the time he would become an immortal.
Master told grandpa that cultivating Taoism is actually a human instinct. There is actually no detailed definition of the first person to cultivate Taoism.
In ancient times, people were afraid of the cold and invented the method of drilling wood to make fire. This was a way of practicing Taoism.
When people get sick and develop medical skills, this is also practicing Taoism.
People invent martial arts, fight against enemies, study alchemy, and pray for immortality. These are all practices of Taoism.
But there are rules for everything in the world. The sun rises and sets, the seasons change, and people grow from birth to old age. These are all existing rules.
The way of heaven does not allow people to live forever, but the ultimate goal of those who practice Taoism is to live forever, which is in opposition to the way of heaven.
Heaven will not allow existences that oppose it to appear. Therefore, there is no one suitable for practicing Taoism. Even if such a person appears, he will go through many hardships.
And those people in the legend, even among those who practice Taoism, are among the most gifted and outstanding ones. They have escaped all the ways of heaven and finally achieved enlightenment.
Immortals who have achieved enlightenment will pass down their own practice experience through certain means. This is the so-called inheritance.
On this day, my grandfather learned why my father appeared when he was born and why his master appeared now when he was seven years old.
It turns out that grandpa was born with only two souls, one more soul hub than ordinary people. Such people are naturally suitable for practicing Taoism and can learn anything much faster than ordinary people.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. This kind of person is most loved by ghosts. People with two souls are most suitable for ghosts to seize the body. Once the body is successfully seized, the ghost can occupy the person's body and be reborn. I wonder which ghost can survive this?
Can you resist the temptation of becoming a human directly without reincarnation?
This is the so-called fate of being haunted by hundreds of ghosts. Once the time comes, the ghosts would rather fight for their souls than for their bodies.
People with the fate of being haunted by hundreds of ghosts will encounter disasters every seven, fourteen, and twenty-one years old. Even if they successfully survive the disaster, their descendants will inevitably have the same fate and suffer disasters again, until those with such a fate will
People disappear completely.
The master told grandpa that my father did not have a special fate, so the chance of this fate appearing in his grandson was very high.
The master has a prescription that can solve the shortcomings of a fate haunted by hundreds of ghosts. This prescription can hide the dual soul hub, allowing people with this fate to perfectly avoid the three catastrophes before the age of twenty-one.
When the master went out these years, he was just looking for the medicinal materials on the prescription. He wanted to solve the problem of the destiny of his grandfather's descendants before he left. Unfortunately, the most important medicinal ingredients were not found.
"That medicine is drawn from Phoenix blood, right?"
Grandpa stared at me for a long time in disbelief, and then realized that I knew far more than he imagined.
Grandpa nodded, already guessing that it was a trip to Anhui, the information Mr. Xu revealed to me.
"Grandpa, is there really a phoenix in this world?"
Grandpa picked up the tea cup and took a sip of water, shook his head slightly, and said that he was not sure, but he knew something from the books and manuscripts left by his master.
"Find the true dragon first, then meet the phoenix."
"Find the true dragon first, and then meet the phoenix?"
At this moment, I realized that my grandfather and uncle appeared in Anhui because of me.
"What happened to Master later?"
Grandpa shook his head with a lonely look and said that after that time, he really never saw his master again.
When the master left his grandfather's house, he left several letters. In the letters, he wrote the time, place and solutions to some problems.
According to the contents of the letter, grandpa got to know Master Chimin and Grandma Jian Shu, and even saved the life of Sun Nong, the exorcist.
Every few years in the future, several of them would be invited by Mr. Xu to work together to handle some major events.
As they got older, the relationship between the members of this small group became better and better, and Grandpa also became the leader of the group.
Before I was born, my grandfather and uncle actually spent a lot of time looking for Phoenix blood, but in the end they all failed.
It wasn't until I was four years old that my grandfather had no choice but to follow the method taught by his master and find a place where he could restrain his fate of being haunted by hundreds of ghosts, and the whole family moved there.
This place is Lijiacun, a village hidden in the mountains.
Grandpa thought that as I grow older, I will leave this place sooner or later. I will definitely not be able to escape the catastrophe when I am twenty-one years old. On the one hand, my grandfather and uncle continue to search for the Phoenix blood. On the other hand, my grandfather and uncle begin to fight for the Phoenix blood.