Chapter Thirty-ninth This Way is Not in Heaven and Earth
After returning to his soul, Li Xiuyuan rested for a while, then exercised his energy and blood, and then his mood calmed down a little.
"Master, why do I feel something abnormal about my body..."
"Heavy, right?"
The blind Taoist said with a smile: "Disciple, this is a normal phenomenon. The body of the ghost is so light. It flies to the sky and the earth, and travels around the world. It is so free and easy. On the other hand, the physical body is heavy and dirty, trapping the ghost like a cage.
There is no freedom inside, and if the ghost returns to the body after being out of the body for a long time, it will naturally cause a lot of discomfort."
"Just get used to it. After all, the body still needs to nourish the ghost."
"But why did I condense into..." Li Xiuyuan asked.
"Why do they condense into ghosts, right?"
The blind Taoist chuckled and said: "You have been cultivating the Tao through breathing for many years. You have already condensed the ghosts, but you don't know it. You have been practicing for more than ten years. With your qualifications as a born saint, you can't condense even the ghosts."
, then why are you cultivating?"
"Okay, it turns out that Master, you have been lying to me about practicing boy's skills." Li Xiuyuan suddenly became angry.
"Disciple, I am a teacher for your own good. If you come into contact with women early and your energy is scattered, your spiritual practice will be affected. By then, let alone gathering ghosts, you will not be able to pick up the golden gun that swallows the tiger's mouth.
It’s hard to say,” said the blind Taoist.
After listening, Li Xiuyuan nodded and felt that it made sense: "From what the master said, this is actually a white lie."
"My good disciple, how have you been treated by my master these years?" The blind Taoist asked with a warm expression, putting his palm on his shoulder and smiling.
It seems that he wants to pretend to be kind, but there is no kindness in that old face, only wretchedness, indescribable wretchedness.
"..."
Li Xiuyuan took a slight breath and said: "Master, can you just tell me if you have something to do? As long as the master is not here to borrow your apprentice's heart and soul to practice elixirs, you can say anything."
"Hehe, as a teacher, I can just tell you."
The blind Taoist laughed and said, "You went to that fairy mountain before, right?"
"Yes."
"What good thing happened? If you don't mind, could you share it with me?" the blind Taoist said.
"It's not a good thing. As soon as my disciple arrived at the fairy mountain, a line of cranes flew past, and a lump of bird droppings fell from the sky, almost hitting his head. Fortunately, I was quick and escaped.
It was narrowly avoided," Li Xiuyuan said.
The blind Taoist looked at him in shock and pointed at him with trembling fingers: "You, you have such great luck and great blessings."
"Some shit is going to fall on my head. Master, you actually said this is a good thing?" Li Xiuyuan said.
"What do you know? Nothing happens in the fairy mountain. Everything happens by chance. If the crane is over your head and something falls to the ground, it is a big chance." The blind Taoist said.
Li Xiuyuan corrected him: "Master, that's not a foreign object, it's a piece of shit."
"What the hell, that's a great way given by heaven. If you are hit by that foreign object, you will be taught the method of ascending to heaven. Don't look at the crane soaring in the nine heavens, overlooking the common people and the earth. This is a symbol of a great way." Blind.
The Taoist said.
"... A piece of shit is also a great path, so I'd better not practice it." Li Xiuyuan said.
The blind Taoist is heartbroken: "If you don't cultivate, then you won't cultivate. Then what will you see next?"
"I saw a section of tree root that had been chopped off. There was an ax on it and a chessboard next to it," Li Xiuyuan said.
"What, you saw two things?" The blind Taoist was shocked again, grabbed his clothes and shouted: "Don't tell me that you have no choice between the two."
"No, no." Li Xiuyuan said.
"You evil disciple." The blind Taoist beat his chest and wailed. Those who didn't know thought that Li Xiuyuan had done something treasonous and unethical.
"Master, please stop shouting, those two things are not symbols of the great avenue, right?" Li Xiuyuan asked curiously.
The blind Taoist said: "The big tree has been cut down, leaving only the axe. Isn't the meaning obvious? This is the road to immortality."
"Master, what do you mean?"
"Trees have annual rings. They grow old and die every year. If you cut them down halfway, wouldn't you see that the annual rings no longer grow? This means immortality. If you can pick up that sharp ax, you can get the message of immortality.
If you practice the Dharma successfully in the future, you will definitely be able to cut off your own life and death and live forever in heaven and earth."
The blind Taoist looked pained and clutched his chest, feeling that all his Taoist cultivation in this life had been in vain.
"What about the chessboard?" Li Xiuyuan asked again.
"There are two pieces on the chessboard, one black and one white, which represent yin and yang. The chessboard is heaven and earth, and the chess pieces are yin and yang. This is the way to recreate the universe. If you can cultivate this way, your future will..."
Before the blind Taoist finished speaking, he beat his chest and said: "What's the use of saying this? You must have no choice. Tell me, what did you choose in the end? If you don't learn the method of ascension to heaven, you won't learn the method of immortality.
If you don’t learn the laws of the universe, all those who practice Taoism in this world will do is to lift up the clouds and fly to immortality. If you don’t learn these things, you won’t have the right path to practice.”
"No, master, I was originally going to choose the sharp axe, but suddenly I glanced around and saw an old man with white hair and beard sitting on the top of the mountain, so I walked over...
"
Before he finished speaking, the blind Taoist suddenly jumped up, and his blind eyes seemed to open.
"A person is sitting on the top of a mountain? That means a person is taller than a mountain. This is the road between people and mountains? You have learned this." The blind Taoist's face instantly became solemn.
"Yes, this is how I learned to cultivate immortality..." Li Xiuyuan said.
But before he could finish saying the word "cultivate immortality", the blind Taoist covered his mouth.
"This way cannot be tolerated in heaven and earth. It cannot be explained. It cannot be explained. If it is explained, there will be disaster."
The blind Taoist hissed, and his face seemed particularly solemn.
Even a little nervous and scared.
Li Xiuyuan's face was full of doubts, why can't he talk about the way to cultivate immortality?
The blind Taoist saw Li Xiuyuan's doubts and said: "This Tao is incomplete and taboo. You will know later. As a teacher, I can only say so much."
"Then can we still practice on the Renshan Avenue?"
"It's okay to practice." The blind Taoist said: "This Tao is destined for you, so it doesn't matter if you practice it."
"That's good." Li Xiuyuan nodded.
Since there is no harm in practicing, that is enough.
As for other things, I’ll think about it later.
"Disciple, do you know why my master took the risk to teach you the Tao today?" Suddenly, the blind Taoist sighed.
"I don't know."
The blind Taoist said, "Because you encountered a demon today, and the demon's aura is very strong. Fortunately, you are invulnerable and have martial arts at your side. Otherwise, you would have been doomed today."
"Today, my disciple encountered a big insect on the way to Xiahe Village, but I killed it. I originally wanted to tell you, Master, because my disciple saw that the big insect's eyes were very strange. They were actually black. This
Let the disciple be very curious all the time." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Hey, there are no big insects near Xiahe Village. They are just driven here by the big demon from other places to test your background. They can even drive the beasts of the Sun such as tigers. This big demon's Taoism is very deep.
Ah, I'm afraid I have practiced Taoism for thousands of years." said the blind Taoist.
"Thousands of years of Taoism?"
Li Xiuyuan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
The thousand-year-old monsters in this world are not just carrots and cabbages. They are found everywhere. This thousand-year-old monster is rare. Even in the entire Liaozhai world, there are only a few.
"It can't be wrong. You have practiced Taoism for at least a thousand years. It seems that the big demon has discovered your specialness and is afraid that there will be a disaster." The blind Taoist said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "In that case, why don't master join forces with me to destroy the thousand-year-old demon?"
"If you don't succeed in becoming a human being, you can't destroy it. Instead, you will expose your exquisite heart with seven orifices. When the news spreads, it will be even more troublesome. At the moment, the big demon has not discovered that you have an exquisite heart with seven orifices, otherwise he would not have sent a tiger to test it.
You, I guess they won’t give up until there is a pack of tigers and a pack of wolves.”
The blind Taoist said: "Moreover, my teacher's Taoism is not as good as it, and it is difficult to win in a battle with him..."
"Well, it's decided. I'm going to prepare to leave today and go back to the mountain gate."
"Master, you are too afraid of death, so I scared you away." Li Xiuyuan said.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I am going to the mountain gate to get the elixir so that I can take this opportunity to achieve the golden elixir. When the golden elixir is obtained, I will come quickly and bravely to protect you," said the blind Taoist.
"The so-called elixir is made from my bath water as you always said?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
"Yes, it's the elixir you made using your bath water."
The corners of the blind Taoist's mouth twitched and he gritted his teeth and said.