Jiang Tenghe said that the "Water and Stone Alchemy Sutra" came from Yin Gui, a real person from the upper world who descended to earth. Zhao Ran was always puzzled by this. He had heard many rumors about real people from the upper world and from the lower world, as well as Padmasambhava's performance in the world.
At this moment, I couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, I have a question: Why do the lower realms of immortals and gods appear more often before the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but rarely recorded after the mid-Tang Dynasty? Especially six hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, more
It has never appeared once. It has only ascended but never descended. What is the reason for this?"
Jiang Tenghe said: "The question you asked is also a question asked by the teacher. It is not only a question asked by the teacher, but also a question asked by your master. It is also a question asked by senior practitioners above the Lianxu realm in our Taoist sect. I cannot answer this question.
, I can only tell you that Taoism has a centuries-old speculation that perhaps an era of Dharma-ending is about to come."
The amount of information was really large and complicated. Zhao Ran asked several questions, but Jiang Tenghe couldn't answer any of them. Zhao Ran had to give up, but he had already realized that maybe in four or five hundred years, what the teacher said would be
The end of the Dharma era will really come.
Jiang Tenghe continued to talk about the "Shui Shi Dan Jing": "Lou Guan is an ancient sect with a long history. At that time, there was no distinction between inner and outer elixirs. Therefore, when entrusting spiritual consciousness after the elixir was completed, there was no such thing as entrusting talismans.
There is also no reliance on the theory of golden elixir. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the theory of inner elixir gradually came into being. This was because the black and yellow colors of heaven and earth gradually became clearer and the energy of chaos gradually dissipated."
What does this mean? It means that with the disappearance of the energy of chaos, it is difficult to find innate spiritual materials in the world. In order to deal with this situation, many outstanding seniors of the Tao Sect have created two new paths, either by
The talisman replaces the innate spiritual material to entrust the spiritual consciousness, or the golden elixir in the body evolves to replace the innate spiritual material. From this point on, the heavenly master and the real person have a real meaning.
Lou Guan, on the other hand, took a different approach, using the concept of water and stone passed down by the ancestors to coexist the objects of sustenance inside and outside at the same time. Therefore, the "Shui Shi Dan Jing" is actually divided into two parts, the first half of which is based on the teachings taught by Liang Zu.
The technique of returning water and stone to the elixir is mainly used, and the second half is mainly based on the spiritual consciousness sustenance method supplemented by Master Hou Zuda.
After Jiang Tenghe finished speaking, he threw a book to Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran quickly took it and flipped through it. It seemed that it was not that long ago. Looking at the postscript on the last page, it was written by the teacher's teacher, Zhao Ran's Master Lu, saying
It was copied one day and passed on to his disciple Jiang Tenghe.
It turned out to be a copy, not the original of the ancient book, so Zhao Ran asked: "Teacher, where is the original of this sutra? Can I let my disciples have a look at it?"
Jiang Tenghe said: "Originally it was lost a long time ago, and this is the only one left. If you want to compare and verify it, you can go to the General View to search. I remember that there is one in the Taoist Canon. Oh, by the way, didn't the Yuhuang Pavilion give us a set of Louguan?
Is there Taoist scriptures? There should be some in there too."
Zhao Ran was a little confused. Isn't this the secret of Lou Guan? How could it be made public in Tao Zangli?
Quickly flipping through the "Water and Stone Alchemy Sutra", I saw that it was written in sloppy small regular script: "Water is a good matchmaker for the way to return elixirs. You have to find the treasure in the Hua Chi. Just bury the sand under the black stone. Don't rashly harm the three talents."
The two words "water and stone" are derived from things. Water is called gold water, also known as lead and mercury, also known as green dragon and white tiger, also known as Kanli. A good matchmaker is true water and true fire. The scripture says: There is flying and falling inside, and there is support and help outside.
. Stone is the name of the true soil in the north, which is born from gold and water. Nowadays, many people put silver powder into cinnabar and lead, and turn it into a world treasure. They think it is white gold. How can it be natural? And if you use lead instead of lead, you have all three talents.
How can it be the true principle to gain silver by chasing success at the expense of the three talents... Therefore, "Yi Zhi" says: The white gold essence is a yang, and the black water base is a yin. This fact reveals a mystery, and scholars of Taoism can understand it carefully.
Take a look and understand naturally..."
After flipping through the two paragraphs, Zhao Ran became even more confused. This indeed refers to the content of returning elixirs, and it should be true. But since it is a secret, how can it be revealed to the world casually? Is there any secret at all?
But I heard Jiang Tenghe say: "Don't read it now. When my teacher teaches you the meditation method, you can then compare it with the scriptures, otherwise it will be useless to just read the scriptures."
So that's it! Zhao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, sat upright, and let Jiang Tenghe pour a picture into his mind:
The picture scroll is completely blank, with only a few strokes: a clear spring comes from nowhere and flows to nowhere.
Only water, no stones? Zhao Ran withdrew from the visualization picture, calmed down, and entered again, but it was still the clear spring where the antelope hung its horns and he couldn't understand what was going on.
What's the point?
Jiang Tenghe's voice came to his ears: "Water is soft and stone is strong, one yin and one yang. There are two levels in the world. When you can see water through stone, your water and stone return elixir water will enter the second level. Wait for you
When you see water and stone at the same time, and the two pictures overlap into one, it is the third level."
It turns out that the real key to the "Shui Shi Dan Sutra" is here. Without the visualization diagram, studying the scriptures for a lifetime is useless. The real core lies in this picture scroll.
This is the same as the three meditation pictures passed down to him by his sister Zhu Qigu. In many cases, the inheritance of exercises cannot be understood by reading a book. Without a teacher to pass down the most critical visualization pictures, it is difficult to learn no matter how you do it.
Can't learn.
If Zhao Ran still hasn't worshiped in the Tower Temple, and is still just Ye Luzi practicing on his own, it is absolutely impossible to practice such a superb Taoist method. He can go to the Taoist Library to read the "Shui Shi Dan Jing", but no matter how hard he memorizes it, it will be impossible.
If it’s cooked, what’s the use?
Zhao Ran suddenly remembered that when Master Lu passed away, there was only one disciple left in Lou Guan, Jiang Tenghe. If Jiang Tenghe unfortunately died at that time, or died before senior brother Wei Zhizhen reached Jindan, what would happen to Lou Guan's inheritance?
Isn't it just broken?
Continuing to trace back from this, in the six hundred years of Lou Guan, especially in the past two hundred years, there have been five consecutive dangerous situations of single disciples. As long as the training is not continued once, Lou Guan Kung Fu will be discontinued.
It’s really dangerous!
But as the saying goes, Lou Guan's lineage has survived the most dangerous moment when Jiang Tenghe was alone, and now this kind of crisis will no longer happen again - all four disciples of the second generation have obtained the visualization diagram of the Water and Stone Alchemy Sutra, and this sect
The technique is worry-free for the time being. Unless all four disciples suffer misfortune, there will be a crisis in Lou Guan, but this possibility is too small.
Jiang Tenghe said again: "When you enter the third level, you can place your spiritual consciousness according to the content of the second chapter. At that time, your spiritual consciousness can be placed both outside and inside. When fighting with others, you can use it at any time.
This magical weapon is your destiny, so you don’t have to worry about your destiny being injured.”
Zhao Ran nodded: "I understand, teacher."
The great thing about Lou Guan Kung Fu is that you can use your own ultimate moves to fight with others at will, without having to worry about damage to your life, because others can't hurt your life at all.