Wandering

Chapter 39
It should be said that such a regulation in the practice world is very necessary.Confucius said: "People can expand the Tao, but the Tao cannot expand people." As a practitioner, you should pay attention to the inheritance of Taoism, not to praise yourself with supernatural powers.Now that I want to establish a sect, everyone will first think of a question - who do I want to establish as the master?Or simply like everyone else, still just pretexting Buddhism?

In the end, Zeren told me: "If you want to establish a sect, it's not impossible. As long as you win the championship in the sect conference, the practice community will recognize you as qualified."

"Win the first prize at the Zongmen Conference? What do you mean?"

Zeren: "The Zongmen Conference is a gathering of practitioners from all over the world to discuss and exchange ideas at regular intervals. Since 800 years ago, there has been a tradition that disciples of each sect will also fight with each other to prove the gains and losses of their cultivation. ... The practice world definitely does not want a two hundred and fifty to establish a sect to confuse the world and misunderstand their children. If you can prove at the sect conference that your cultivation is indeed not below the current world, as long as you establish a sect and do not violate the rules, everyone Of course there is nothing to say."

"Then when will this sect conference be held? Where will it be held?"

Zeren: "Since 800 years ago, the Zongmen General Assembly has been presided over by Zhengyimen, and the venue is Zhengyimen. It is held every 60 years."

"Sixty years? So when do I have to wait?"

Ze Ren smiled: "Don't wait too long, the last Zongmen Conference was 59 years ago, and the next Zongmen Conference will be when the tide of Qingyi Lake rises next summer!... But with your current cultivation base, you may Won the first prize at the Zongmen Conference?"

What Zeren said made me a little discouraged.Originally, it was just an angry word to start a sect. After hearing him say so much, and such strict conditions, it is obviously not something that I can do now.I can't help being silent!Ze Ren saw that I bowed my head and said nothing, and asked me again: "Shi Ye, I also know that your foundation is very good. If it takes another 60 years, it is not impossible to show your supernatural powers at the Zongmen Conference, but next year... so My master and Daoist Xi want me to tell you something."

"What?"

Ze Ren: "He wants to ask if you are interested in participating in next year's Zongmen Conference as a disciple of Zhengyi? Although it is impossible to win the championship, it will always open your eyes. He heard that you met an expert professor in your dream, I have taught the Dharma without apprenticeship, so it is okay to join the Zhengyi sect now."

Ze Ren kept staring at me when he was talking, his tone was clearly trying to pull me into the gang, I didn't realize it all the time, and asked instead: "Join Zhengyimen?"

Ze Ren smiled again: "Don't get me wrong, I don't want you to become a Taoist priest, I also have lay disciples in my school. And my master said, before I tell my master, I won't give you a seniority certificate. You don’t need to call him an elder for the time being. He also said that even if the person you meet in your dream is not a true Shouzheng, he is willing to accept you as a disciple.”

I didn't expect Zeren to talk so much with me, but in the end he actually meant to invite me to join Zhengyimen!If I change the occasion and experience, I may agree.A young man living in the secular world suddenly knows that there is such a mysterious sect of self-cultivation in the world, and he can learn the legendary Taoism and supernatural powers, and he cannot resist this temptation no matter what.But the situation is different now, I don't have a good impression of Zhengyimen, the first impression is bad!I despise Daoist Hechen and people like Zezhong from the bottom of my heart, and I cannot tolerate what Hechen did to the Liu family back then.Hexi and Zeren may have a kind intention, but I will not accept it anyway.

"Brother Zeren, thank you for your kindness, but I have my own ideas, and I will not join Zhengyimen."

Ze Ren was not surprised by my answer, he sighed lightly and said: "My master and his old man also said the same. He said that you have an expert to teach you, and you will not easily join other sects. This matter has not been investigated. Before, you probably wouldn't agree...Then you have to wait until the patriarch leaves the customs to see if you will change your mind... If you still want to start a sect by then, I will personally invite you to the sect meeting Paste it to your hand."

"Thank you, Daoist Brother Zeren, it would be great if all disciples of the Zhengyi Sect were like you..."

"Don't talk like that... Let's go, I'm afraid this journey will not be peaceful, Master wants me to take you all the way back to school."

Daoist He Xi is really careful, and he even thought of leaving a disciple to send me back.The next thing surprised me even more. Zeren led me to a white Santana car, opened the back door to let me in, and then sat in the front driver's seat.The priests are also modernized?Is the main door also equipped with a car?Seeing my wide-eyed eyes, Zeren smiled and told me that this was Hexi's car, and he left it for me on purpose, and he took the bus and left.

It seems that my concept is a bit outdated, and I thought that these Taoist priests who practiced in the world are still the kind who meditate in the deep mountains and old forests.Unexpectedly, the times are advancing, and practitioners are also advancing with the times.Ordinary Santanas can only be used as taxis after more than ten years, but in 1990, it was a high-end car in China, and the whole car cost more than 20 RMB. Where did Taoist get so much money? (The era of huge profits! German Volkswagen used an idle production line to earn back more than one Volkswagen in China!)

Walking on the road, I also thought that Master Hexi specially left a car to see me off, is he showing me the style of Zhengyimen?Thinking about it, I thought about the sleeve that Zeren hit me that day, and I couldn't help asking him: "Brother Zeren, what kind of Taoism did you use to hit me with one sleeve at Qiyun Temple that day?"

Zeren held the steering wheel and said, "That's not Taoism, it's martial arts! How could I break the precept in front of so many people?"

"Isn't it magic? Is it kung fu? Is there really such a martial art? It's too exaggerated!"

Ze Ren chuckled: "Beating people is like hanging a painting, staining clothes eighteen times! This is internal martial arts, and I am a master of martial arts. People who practice internal martial arts often get twice the result with half the effort. How about it? Do you want to learn it? "

"Want to learn, want to learn, where to study?"

Zeren: "As long as you join Zhengyimen, I will teach you everything..."

Depend on!This is the same thing again, is it okay for me not to be tempted?Go back and ask Mr. Feng, and then ask Mr. Zhang, will they know this?I would rather learn from a gentleman than learn from Zhengyi.I'm also very interested in Shang Yunfei's kung fu walking in the morning!Could it be the legendary qinggong?
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"The Zhengyi school wants to accept you as a disciple? I thought of this at the time. If your Taoism is really passed down by the real person Shouzheng, accepting you as a disciple is considered to be a recognition of your ancestors. If your Taoism is not passed down by the real person Shouzheng, stand up From He Xi's point of view, he will also accept you. Kid, do you know why?"

This is the next day, at the end of Fenghuang Bridge, Mr. Zhang came out to set up a stall again, and I was waiting for him there early in the morning.After what happened at Guangjiao Temple, I admire Mr. Zhang's insight.There were unexpected twists and turns in the matter of Guangjiao Temple, and I didn't have time to ask him. I only asked him today.After hearing what he said, I honestly replied: "I don't know, I just want to hear what Mr. Zhang thinks."

Mr. Zhang stretched out his hand to twirl his beard, but found that he had no beard, so he touched his chin and said, "There are two reasons. First, it is hard to find disciples in the spiritual world. Although it is said that all dharmas are equal and all living beings are the same, in fact There is a difference between people, and talent is different from wisdom. It is too difficult to find a good seedling. Not just anyone can practice advanced Taoism. Therefore, in the practice world, it is often that the master looks for the apprentice instead of the apprentice worshiping the master. You Although your aptitude is not top-notch, it is quite good. What is especially rare is that you have the body protection skills of the golden dragon lock jade pillar. If you have a dark eye, and when you encounter an expert teaching the Dharma in your dream, it means that you are born with a Dharma predestined relationship, and it is this Dharma predestined relationship that is important in practice."

Mr. Zhang said that in the practice world, it is not the disciples worshiping the master, but the master looking for the disciples. I agree with this point.If Junzi Feng hadn't taken the initiative to find me, I wouldn't have known what happened to Dan Dao.And the reason why Feng Junzi found me was more or less because of the Qingming mirror in my hand, and because he was born with dark eyes, and by chance, he saw Liu Yiyi in the classroom.Feng Junzi once said that I have a first-rate temperament, a second-rate quality, and a third-rate understanding.I asked him how many streams were divided, and he said nine streams.From this point of view, I am still considered to be the first class, but he told me that if you want to learn the golden elixir avenue, all three of these are top-rank, and I just barely reach the standard.I asked him again what kind of talent he was, and he said that his temperament was not as good as mine, and that he was only a second-rate temperament. As for aptitude and understanding, he used three words to describe himself-"not the best".

I asked Mr. Zhang again: "Then what about the second point?"

Mr. Zhang: "Secondly, that is the grievances between you and Zhengyimen. You have made Zhengyimen very embarrassed, but this matter has become a big deal. Zhengyimen can't grasp your evidence, and it is not good to openly arrest you. How about it. If you finally worship under the Zhengyi School, it can be said that everyone is happy and the best of both worlds! Not only has the grievance been resolved, but also the face of the Zhengyi School has been enhanced, and in the end He Xi has gained a disciple with a good foundation. Hexi is much better at considering issues than his junior brother Hechen...Boy, you can think about it, Hexi is a good person, Zhengyi is an authentic Daoist in the world, joining them is not a disadvantage,...Of course , if you really don’t want to, forget it!”

"I won't join Zhengyi. By the way, Mr. Zhang, do you know internal boxing?"

Mr. Zhang smiled: "Do you think I look like a martial arts master? I understand, you are asking about Zeren, right? He is a master of martial arts, but not everyone will take this path. In fact, no matter how powerful the martial arts is, how can Comparable to Taoism and supernatural powers! This is just to strengthen the body, you have the protection skills of the golden dragon and the jade pillar, what are you doing learning those."

Mr. Zhang is really not like a martial arts master, so asking him is useless.So I had to change the subject: "Mr. Zhang, can you help me figure out what will happen if I attend the Zongmen Conference next year?"

"Boy, you want to smash my brand name! How dare you ask me to settle the grand event of all the masters in the world. Don't bring up this topic with me again, or I'll ignore you..."

Forget it, he doesn't count, I'll ask Mr. Feng.

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"What? What is the Zongmen Conference? Tell me about it." Feng Junzi was even more interesting. He had never heard of the Zongmen Conference.But think about it, he is not yet 16 years old, and he has never heard of the 60-year-old Zongmen Conference, which is normal.After a long time, I had to explain to him what the Zongmen Assembly is.

Feng Junzi looked curious after listening: "Shi Ye, let me discuss something with you! If you have an invitation card, bring me there at that time, and I want to see it too."

This is good, he didn't get anything out of the question, and he wanted to join in the fun instead.I said with a bitter face: "I don't know what to do yet! I accidentally said something about establishing my own family, and now I don't know how it will end."

Feng Junzi: "Didn't Master Hexi show you a way? You join Zhengyimen. I will not object. The alchemy of 36 caves and the alchemy of four gates and twelve floors do not conflict, but they are too It's cumbersome."

"Feng Junzi, if it were you, would you join the Zhengyi School?"

Junzi Feng shook his head: "No, no, of course not! I'm not interested in the underworld!"

Feng Junzi actually described this hidden cultivation sect as a gangster.I don't know what to say, Feng Junzi suddenly became serious again, leaned over and said to me: "Shi Ye, you are famous all over the world now, everyone in the practice world knows that there is a kid who met a real Shouzheng in his dream to teach the Tao He also threatened to establish a sect. I don’t care if you establish a sect, but I ask you one thing, and you must agree.”

"What's the matter?" I was also curious, Feng Junzi had never asked me for anything.

Feng Junzi solemnly said: "If you really set up some sect or sect in the future, don't make a statue of me and enshrine it in your sect!...Only Wei Zhongxian, that shameless eunuch, will be given to you." Stand alone in the shrine!"

It turned out to be so, I almost didn't laugh.It turns out that Feng Junzi also knows the rules that can't be called gods in the world.If I set up a sect and serve my master, strictly speaking, my master is a gentleman.Feng Junzi greeted me in advance, and he cannot be enshrined at that time.In fact, according to the rules, he can also be enshrined, but that will have to wait until after he has passed away, and he obviously has not made this plan yet.

"Okay, I see. Regarding the Zongmen Conference, what do you think should be done?"

Feng Junzi smiled: "Nothing to do! Wait until the invitation card is delivered. Lao Tzu said that 'the sage takes the world with nothing', there is no need to think about nothing. You only do one thing now, which is to practice alchemy well. You Now the 'big medicine' has been obtained, and the panacea has just been completed. It has entered the second gate from the first gate of the four-door twelve-storey building. Jintang'. You remember, you are still not allowed to see Han Ziying and Xixiu during this period of time."

"I can't see it? Didn't you say that it's okay after the summer solstice?"

Feng Junzi: "Originally the problem was with them, so I couldn't see you before the summer solstice. Now the problem is with you, and you made things worse! You can't see them. Also, don't forget that we are still middle school students, I didn't become a Taoist priest. The final exam is coming soon!... Do you have any questions?"

"There is another question, 'the sage takes the world with nothing', why do you like to join in the fun so much?"

Feng Junzi: "Do you think I look like a saint? If you think I look like a saint, I will give you my name in exchange for two silver coins. ... By the way, you can go out in the dark these days, but The farthest you can go is the Zhuangyuan Bridge. If the futon under the Zhuangyuan Bridge is upright, you go back immediately. If the futon is upside down, you can wait for me there. I will teach you the mental method and formula of the "magic pill" Before that, as for other things, such as establishing a sect, joining Zhengyi, including the proprietress, Xiuxiu, and Liu Yiyi, don’t think about it all!"

(End of this chapter)