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Chapter 142 Chapter 140 Two: The Great Virtuous Thief
Li Chan sideways avoided and helped Liu Jian up, "It's just that I happened to encounter a similar thing, so I saw the crux of your practice. It's just a few words, don't take it to heart."

Liu Jian was lifted up by Li Chan, and still said: "Although Mr. said so, I, Liu Jian, don't know what is good or bad. Today's kindness of guidance will be remembered in my heart."

Li Chan said with a smile: "You are one or two years older than me, and calling you Mr. is very embarrassing. Well, now that Qi is smooth, let's practice boxing again, I'm going to the library. "Speaking, Li Chan turned and left.

Liu Jian could only say "walk slowly", standing on the steps, watching Li Chan go away.

When Li Chan disappeared behind the black tiles and white walls of Xuanming Temple, he looked sideways at Qingxinyuan's couplet "Listen to the white deer after the rain, see the Taoist heart in the sky", and stood silently for a long time.This courtyard has always been dilapidated and deserted, but with people like "Li Dan" as neighbors, it is worth it no matter how dilapidated it is.

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Li Chan went to the library to return "The Collection of Dao Zang Yao", and then went to the Zhaitang to eat soup cakes, stewed mutton, and corn soup with fish paste.After a full meal, I wandered around the bitter bamboo forest behind Xuanming Temple, and then went back to the library to borrow two books, "Insects" and "Xuangualu", both of which are books about ghosts.Returning to Qingxinyuan with the book, only to find that Liu Jian was still waiting at the gate of the courtyard.

Seeing Li Chan from a distance, Liu Jian came up to greet her. Li Chan looked up at the sky and asked doubtfully, "Didn't Liu Lang say that he was going to listen to a lecture?"

Liu Jian shook her head, "I won't go. I have listened to lectures by famous scholars many times. Every time I listened to them, I suddenly realized, and then I was at a loss."

Li Chan held two books, "Then you are waiting for me?"

Liu Jian nodded, "Zhang Yanfu lectures, even if I have questions, I'm afraid that scholar will not answer my questions personally, but Li Lang is willing to teach me. I have been studying Taoism recently, and I have a lot of questions. Although I have asked the lecturers in the academy I couldn’t figure out many things about the book. I know Li Lang is not a mortal, so please ask Li Lang to answer some questions for me. Li Lang just pointed me out, and I kept pestering me. I really don’t know what’s good. And the family background is poor, there is really no hope of getting ahead, hope Li Lang don't blame me for being greedy."

When Liu Jian said this, she was rather uneasy, but Li Chan smiled, "What are you doing so seriously? I only know a little about cultivation, so I can't talk about giving advice. As for exchanging evidence, of course it's okay."

Seeing Li Chan's attitude, Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief, and introduced Li Chan to Qingxin East Hospital.

On the desk in the front room, there are more than ten sheets of paper, densely packed with black and white characters on the paper, and they are copied from the "Ming Treasure Sutra Upper Part". I don't know which Taoist temple the "Ming Treasure Sutra" is. Li Chan has never read it in Qingque Palace, but after skimming it briefly, he can get a general idea.

To practice this method, one must follow the time, set up a scripture table seat facing east in the clean room, then face the east, perform three rituals, and after the rituals, then face the north, sit quietly and recite mantras.

After the mantra is finished, tap the teeth 32 times and visualize for 32 days. Every day of visualization, worship the God of Heaven in your heart. 32 After worshiping, visualize yourself in the cloud of blue, yellow and white, with four spirits protecting the Dharma, and sixteen lions and white cranes looking at each other in two rows.There are sun and moon hanging high in the front and rear, illuminating the room, and the celestial phenomena turn into nine-color brilliance, illuminating for 32 days.

The next step is to use the method to call out three or five talents in the body, envoys of the left and right officials, Yutong who serves the fragrance, the jade girl who is rumored, the emperor's value talisman, and Zhirixiang officials, 32 people each, to worship in front of the 32 heavenly emperors.From every day, take a mouthful of heaven and earth vitality and swallow it.

After swallowing 32 breaths, the Dharma Gate has been fully operated once. At this time, it is necessary to recite two chapters of the scriptures and salute to the east before it can end.

What Liu Jian learned was the upper part of the "Ming Treasure Sutra". The scriptures are complete until the part where the nine-color brilliance shines for 32 days is visualized. , Summoning God is missing.

However, only by practicing the first half of the scriptures, one can faintly perceive the vitality of the heaven and the earth through meditation, but one cannot plant the Tao, nor can one really display supernatural powers.For ordinary people, supernatural powers are only in legends, but for people like Liu Jian, supernatural powers are invisible, and the truth is very tormenting.Seeing that Li Chan had read the scriptures, he said, "I claim that I haven't missed any step, but for some reason, even if I calm down and visualize, I can't perceive the world..."

Li Chan put down the last scripture.

The Dao method in the "Ming Treasure Scripture" is obviously much more complicated than the Dao method of cultivating 24 body gods, and many of the steps, in Li Chan's opinion, are not even necessary.He looked at Liu Jian, "What do you think is the problem?"

Liu Jian hesitated: "Maybe it's not sincere enough?"

Li Chan said: "What is your sincerity?"

Liu Jian said: "Be sincere to heaven and earth."

"That's right." Li Chan smiled, and said: "My views may be a little aggressive, and they may not be suitable for you. If you disagree, just pretend you haven't heard of them."

Liu Jian quickly said: "Where is it, please tell Li Lang."

Li Chan glanced at the "Ming Treasure Sutra" on the table, "This scripture is rigorous in law, and the methods contained in it are also grand and high-grade. However, the Chinese characters of the scriptures have trivial etiquette and complicated ceremonies. Of course, these rituals are also called People respect the part of heaven and earth, but most of them are not called "respect" but "loyalty". Loyalty to heaven and earth is even more loyal to teachers and sects."

Liu Jian originally thought that Li Chan would not be able to go anywhere even if he thought about it aggressively. After hearing what Li Chan said, he was stunned.

But I saw Li Chan pointing to the scriptures on the table, still saying: "In this curse, nearly [-]% of the content is to respect the teacher's family and respect the ancestor. The effect of the curse is not only to boost and guide the mind, but also It relies on the syllables to vibrate the whole body, and then connect with the heaven and the earth. Apart from this, the addition of other words can only distract people."

Liu Jian was shocked when he heard it. Although he felt that what Li Chan said was indeed reasonable, he subconsciously couldn't believe it. He suppressed his fear and murmured: "Then what should I do?"

"Delete the complicated and make it simple." Li Chan traced the scriptures with her fingertips, and left Qingxin East Courtyard with her hands.

Liu Jian opened her mouth, but didn't hold back, she just stared at the scriptures on the table, her complexion turned pale.People in the Taoist sect are already immortal figures, and among them, those who can write scriptures and hand them down to the world are even more accomplished.In his eyes, the scriptures are already unquestionable words and phrases like the constitution of heaven, but the neighbor in the west courtyard actually said that most of the scriptures are useless, and even want to delete them.But he couldn't think of any reason to refute Li Chan.

Liu Jian suddenly remembered what Chen Jingyuan, a scholar from Chongling County, said when he came to Luming Academy to give lectures: "If you modify the scriptures without permission, you are either a great sage or a robber."

(End of this chapter)