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In mid-November, the reply letter from the West Zhenwu Palace finally arrived at Wujiyuan, approving the three appointment candidates reported by Wujiyuan. Accordingly, Wujiyuan Dianzhuofang formally drafted the official appointment documents, and passed the Supervisor Song Zhiyuan
With the seal, Zhao Zhixing was appointed as the receptionist of the living room, Jia Zhixun as the receptionist of the room, and Zhao Zhiran as the master of the square hall, completing the eight deacons of Wujiyuan.
Who is Zhao Zhixing? No one in Wuji Academy knows. It is said that he will come to take up his post in more than a month on the first day of the first lunar month of the 15th year of Jiajing. Let’s not mention it for now. Jia Zhisun got the position of receptionist in the cell, which can be regarded as contented.
, invited Zhao Ran to hold a banquet at the best restaurant in Guyang County to celebrate.
Zhao Ran couldn't refuse, so he and Jia Zhisun sent out an invitation. Not only the comrades in the courtyard were invited, but all the officials from Guyang County to the county magistrate, chief registrar, and county captain were present. Only the old county magistrate was not feeling well.
I didn't go to the banquet, but I had people prepare gifts for me.
After stepping up to the first level of the Eight Deacons, today's Zhao Ran is no longer the same as before. In the eyes of everyone, he is already a well-known big shot in Guyang County. Although he is not to the point of stomping his feet and causing shock in all directions, he wants to ruin someone's good deeds.
But it was easy. Therefore, I really enjoyed a lot of flattery and flattery during the banquet, and received a lot of gifts.
Zhao Ran didn't show how noble he was. He accepted everything that needed to be accepted. Flattery words went in one ear and out the other. He gave away a lot of baskets with empty promises. In short, hello, hello, hello to everyone. This is it.
The rules of this world don't put too much burden on your conscience.
In the meantime, Lieutenant Jinxian came over to have two glasses of wine with Zhao Ran, and asked again about the progress of the ultimatum given to his second son, Jin Jiu. Zhao Ran promised that he would do his best. This was not a lie, and Lieutenant Jinxian could not possibly put it into question.
The treasure is on him alone, and the key target of research must be on Song Zhiyuan. When the time comes, he can just fan the flames and add more strength.
After the lively banquet, the others had their own follow-up arrangements. Zhao Ran refused, not because he wanted to keep himself clean, but because he couldn't wait to go back to Shanshan to open Golden Finger.
After returning to his room, he sent away Guan Er and other people who were escorting him. Zhao Ran closed the door tightly, took off his belt by the light of the bedside oil lamp, and pulled out the green rope from the middle. Then he pulled himself out again.
The employment documents were unfolded and placed next to Lusuo.
Zhao Ran held his breath and observed the Green Suo with all his concentration. Until the moment the Green Suo began to tremble, his heart finally couldn't help but start beating wildly.
A bit of white light flew up from the document and disappeared into the green rope in an instant!
Zhao Ran fainted happily.
Zhao Ran had a dream. He dreamed that the green cord gradually rose from the bed, emitting a round and transparent fluorescence from beginning to end, and suddenly penetrated into his body from the top of his head, along the inside of his skull, neck, and chest, all the way down.
It sank into the sea of qi. Then it hung in the sea of qi, gradually shrinking into a very bright green dot. Then, this green dot suddenly began to expand outwards, and in an instant it filled the entire void of the sea of qi, until it spread to the sea of qi.
The edge is as if the sea of qi is covered with an inner shell of green jade.
The entire Qi Sea, Heaven and Earth began to rotate slowly, and the trajectory seemed to be traceless, but Zhao Ran knew in his dream that it was a Buddhist seal with ten thousand characters. Just as he was confused, a stick jumped in the Qi Sea.
, finally jumped into the middle of the air sea, and then settled down. The two ends of the stick began to grow, reaching up to the depths of the void at the top. Then it penetrated deeply into the "underground" of the air sea, endlessly, and it was unknown where it was going.
This is not the end. The green light that just covered the inner shell of the Qi Sea quickly extended along the meridians on the edge of the Qi Sea, lighting up the 365 acupoints all over the body one by one. Then, the Qi Sea, meridians and acupuncture points in Zhao Ran's body
At the same time, he began to tremble. The numbness and pain all over his body invaded the depths of Zhao Ran's consciousness. The pain was so painful that he wanted to open his mouth and scream, but he couldn't make a single sound. He felt as if he was about to drown in the water.
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Zhao Ran fell into coma again in his dream.
When Zhao Ran woke up, it was already afternoon. Since he no longer served as the quiet master of the Sutra Hall, he no longer had to work in the Sutra Hall, so there was no one to disturb him.
The scene in the dream was vivid in his mind, but it didn't seem to be a dream? Zhao Ran got up from the bed, and just when he sat up, his head suddenly buzzed, and countless information poured into his consciousness. This process was extremely short, and Zhao Ran was just stunned for a moment. The information
The indoctrination stopped, and Zhao Ran knew a lot of things in an instant.
What was poured into his consciousness was a book of Taoist cultivation techniques called "The Sutra of Innate Merit and Virtue". The content was incomplete, only "General Tips" and "Chapter 1". Zhao Ran sat on the bedside and stared blankly for a long time, and then he couldn't laugh or cry. If
If it weren't for this skill that gave him the feeling of "knowing it from birth" and knowing that what he said was true, he couldn't help but wonder if someone was joking with him.
There are many ways of cultivation in the world, such as Taoist cultivation of qi and Buddhism of cultivation of nature, but no matter which one, they must be in harmony with the spiritual power between heaven and earth. Taoism absorbs the "qi" in the spiritual power through inhalation and exhalation for transformation
As true energy, Buddhism combines it with the "nature" or "light" in spiritual power through visualization, and transforms it into "wish power".
No matter which method, it requires the support of the faith of incense. Taoism uses the faith of incense to eliminate cause and effect and reduce the catastrophe; Buddhism uses the faith of incense to forge the passage to the Western Paradise. This is the competition between Buddhism and Taoism.
The fundamental reason for believers.
However, the Sutra of Innate Merit and Virtue neither accepts Qi nor harmonizes with nature, but cultivates merit.
What is merit? The general guide says: "Gong is merit, virtue is good deeds, sincerity is justice, and goodness is virtue." So how to cultivate merit? The general guide says that merit is connected with faith, it is intangible, and it is the great road.
Not visible in the spirit. In other words, this thing is invisible and not in the spiritual energy. It is similar to the power of faith and cannot be obtained through inhalation and visualization.
How can we obtain merit? The general formula also makes it clear, work hard and get recognition. What to do? Of course, do things that are beneficial to people. Who will recognize it? One for the top, one for the bottom! To put it bluntly, for Zhao
However, now that he is in the Taoist sect, he must gain recognition from two aspects, one is the Taoist sect's recognition of him, and the other is the believers' recognition of him.
The "Innate Merit Sutra" also divides the level of cultivation into four major steps: refining Qi to transform, refining Qi to transform into spirit, refining spirit to return to void, and refining void to combine with Tao. However, the method of cultivation is completely different, focusing on "behavior".
"Cultivation, rather than "meditation" practice, this is also the difference between merit and "qi". In short, Zhao Ran wants to "absorb" merit - well, the word "absorb" is actually not accurate, so
You have to keep doing things, and do things that can be recognized by "upper and lower", and the power of merit will be automatically "absorbed" into the body like Qi, and there is no need to meditate and practice at all.
After the power of merit enters the body, and then is transformed by the cultivation method of "Innate Merit Sutra", one can obtain magic power, use it to strengthen the body, use it to practice magic, and finally use it to live forever and fly to the heaven. """ poured into Zhao Ran's mind
Chapter One" talks about how to transform the power of merit at the level of refining.
Zhao Ran understood, and of course he was speechless. What kind of cultivation method is this? What is the bone setting that I want?
Speechless, with bone-setting yet again unfinished, this is the only way he can pursue spiritual practice at the moment.
After getting out of bed, Zhao Ran began to think. According to the "Innate Merit Sutra", should he find something to do now? See if it has any effect?
When he opened the door, he saw Guan Er standing respectfully outside the door, followed by several Fangtang inspectors. When Guan Er saw Zhao Ran coming out, he quickly said: "Master Fang, a few brothers and I are here to help you.
Move."
Zhao Ran has now been transferred from Jingzhu to Fangzhu, and his level has been upgraded to deacon. He can now move to the backyard. Guan Er is here to help with the move. He is not pretentious, and allows Guan Er and others to enter the house and mess around.
Five or six strong men came out carrying a bundle, as if the bundle was very heavy, which made Zhao Ran laugh for a while.
Shi Shiran came to the backyard of the eight major deacons' quarters. Zhao Ran first entered the third small courtyard on the left. This is the courtyard of the Fangtang and Sutra Hall. Zhao Ran has been here many times before, and this time he has to go with
Gao Gong and Liu Zhiguang became neighbors.
The Jingtang residence was on the left, and Liu Zhiguang was not there, so Zhao Ran asked Guan Er to open the door of his residence on the right. Several strong men rushed in, carefully put down the packages, and then began to sweep carefully.
Zhao Ran called Guan Er aside and asked expectantly: "Brother Guan Er, have you encountered any trouble recently? Do you need me to help you solve it?" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, novel updates