Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 24 After Reading the Book of Heaven, I Occasionally Heard the Banned News (1)
Opening the book and traveling for thousands of years, the heart of drinking is in the mountains.

——Anonymous

The more he recalled the solemn expression of the old Taoist when he was giving the book, the more excited Xing Yan became. He immediately sat up, took out the "Shang Qing Jing", and prepared to study it carefully.With excitement and even a pilgrimage, Xingyan turned the title page and started from the beginning.This "Shangqing Jing", the scriptures transcribed in block letters at the front, are some methods of purifying and calming the mind, and there are also many expositions of Taoist thoughts.These moral views, presumably, are the Taoist principles respected by the Shangqing Palace.It can be seen from the lines that the Shangqing Palace on Luofu Mountain is extremely respectful to the Taoist patriarch Laozi Zhuangzi and others.

After reading for a while, I found it beneficial to open the book, so I couldn't help covering the book and praised: "Well, it is indeed the world's largest religious sect, and it really deserves its reputation! Just this introductory scripture book is already very useful! I have some insomnia, these cleansing methods are suitable!" I don't know if it is the result of long-term training in reading poetry and books, or I am looking forward to the last two chapters, Xingyan browsed the previous content very quickly.Soon, he turned to the last few pages that seemed extremely rare in the old way's tone.

"Uh! How did this part of the characters become so ugly? The old man's calligraphy is not so bad!" Xing Yan couldn't help frowning when he saw the crooked and scribbled characters.Putting aside the complaints about calligraphy, Xing Yan began to carefully study the content of "Lian Shen Pin".At the beginning of this page of hemp paper, there are two sentences written in crazy fonts:
"What do you mean by 'refining the gods'? Those who refine the gods are also refining the gods. How do you 'refine the gods'? Don't practice the gods, you will be refining the gods."

Just these two sentences made Xing Yan feel dizzy!No way? !What kind of mystery is that old man playing?The opening is actually two nonsense.I thought it was some kind of masterpiece, but it turned out to be a foolish spell.Uh, come to think of it, this inexplicable bluffing tone is really a bit like that old Taoist Qinghe who likes to play tricks and play tricks!

Xingyan thought about this, and quickly turned back, and when he reached the beginning of "Huaxu Pian", as expected, there were these two sentences at the beginning:
"What do you mean by 'removing emptiness'? Those who disperse emptiness are those who transform emptiness. How can we 'resolve emptiness'? If you don't remove emptiness, you will become emptiness."

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Seeing Xingyan here, I was a little out of breath, and quickly turned to the last page, wanting to see if there is a signature of "Qinghe Xianchang Drunken Book"!

But, this time he was wrong.The place where the last page was signed was blank and empty.The corner of my eye inadvertently glanced away, but I saw the last sentence of this scripture "Hua Xu Pian":

"...refining the god of chaos in the world, transforming the disharmony of the universe. The way of heaven is the ultimate, and he will act on behalf of the sky. The gods are so vast that they can't be equal."

"Huh? The old Daoist's tone is not small!" Having already confirmed that it was written by the old Daoist Qinghe, Xingyan couldn't help feeling amused.But, thinking again, can the old man have such a boldness?And thinking of the way the old Taoist looked when he was teaching the book, it really didn't look like he was teasing him-although the unscrupulous old Taoist teased him to have fun, not once or twice. "Don't worry about the old man, let me take a closer look." Anyway, he was idle, so he rekindled a glimmer of hope to see what the specific content was written.

Looking at it this way, Xingyan really saw something.For example, these two chapters of scriptures are not only different in calligraphy, but also in grammatical style compared with the mantras in the previous chapters of the Shangqing Jing.The above mantras for clearing the heart are peaceful in calligraphy and stable in writing, and although there are many explanations of Taoist principles, they are more about some specific methods of calming the mind and calming the mind.For example, in this mantra of clearing the heart, the description is often based on the meridians and acupoints of the human body; the names of the body parts that doctors often quote can also be seen in the scriptures, such as Dantian, Qihai, Tianzhu, Yuzhen, Niwan, Shenting, Magpie Bridge, Chonglou, Jianggong, etc.; there are many such things.

There is such a line in this mantra:
"...The blood vessels are all smooth, and the limbs are all strong. If you can reconcile the breath, descend in the sea of ​​​​qi, and rise in the mud pill, the breath will be harmonious and the mind will be calm. Water and fire have the merits of relief, and this is the way to cultivate the truth." Compared with the previous incantations for purifying the heart, the following "Refinement of Gods" is quite different from "Hua Xu Pian".Not only is the writing wild and unrestrained, but there is no specific method, it seems to be just explaining the principles of Taoism.Fortunately, Xingyan also came into contact with some Taoist classics before, and understood some basic principles of Taoism, so it is not very difficult to read.It's just that he compared the classics he had read in his mind with these two articles one by one, and felt more and more that many of the views in the two articles in front of him were shocking.

However, this is not a big problem for Xingyan, a 16-year-old boy with a normal life.Not only will Xingyan not repel and resist, but it feels refreshing.On the contrary, if it were really another Taoist pedant who is proficient in Taoism, he would inevitably dismiss these as absurd and strange talks, and even feel that these are deviant heresies.

After Xingyan finished reading it carefully, he realized that these two scriptures were not as pure nonsense as he had imagined at first.For example, there is the following text at the end of "Refinement of the Gods", which explains the first two sentences: "The method of refining the gods, don't go to practice the gods. If you don't go, you will do nothing. Therefore, in the practice of refining the gods, there is nothing but inaction. This Inaction is not the same as inaction: those who have no intention to do nothing are stupid; those who have no intention to do something are natural; The realm of heaven and man, if it is not predestined by the way of heaven, granting the induction of heaven and man, it will refine the first grade of gods, and it is like flowers in the mirror and the moon in water, which is just nonsense.

so hardest.My age is also known as ancient age, but I have never seen a person who has made it all.It is like fate to stop the autumn insects of a summer, or to know the ice and snow in the world by fate, and the pain cannot be seen by yourself.The sadness of this mayfly. "

After some reading, Xingyan knows from this "Refinement of the Gods" that the god to be refined is precisely the primordial spirit that is the mother of heaven and earth.Taishang Laozi once described: "There is a mixture of things, and the birth of heaven and earth. Lonely and lonely, independent and unchangeable, traveling around without dying, can be the mother of heaven and earth."

However, after reading the aphorisms of the "Tao Te Ching", I feel a little strange that Lao Tzu is not mentioned in the whole text, which is very strange.You must know that the theory of chaos, since the Taoist patriarch mentioned it, there is no reason not to mention it in this Taoist scripture.

However, doubts are doubts, and the young man who read the scriptures for a long time finally found something useful to himself:
"...(chaotic vitality) I don't know its name. The strong name is 'Daoli', and the strong word is 'Taihua'. Saying 'Tai' shows its greatness, saying 'Hua' shows its admiration."

After Xingyan read this, he felt happy: Zhengchou has no name for the flowing water-like power in his body, now it's all right, let's call it "Taihua Daoli"!Whatever you say, let this book start to work.The happy young man was waiting to read "Hua Xu Pian" carefully, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.Hearing a knock on the door, Xing Yan only remembered that it was almost time for dinner.Presumably, a familiar young man saw that he hadn't gone, so he ran to call out.Thinking of this, I feel more and more hungry and hungry.The dizzy young man hurriedly got up, hid the "Shangqing Jing", shook his sleeves, and went to open the door.

When Xingyan opened the door and took a look, he saw that it was not some familiar young man, but Ying'er who "bumped" into him just this afternoon.The little maid was looking at him with a smile on her face now.

"Hey, who am I talking about! It turned out to be Ying'er. Is dinner ready?" The young man didn't know why this little girl came to him. "Well! It's time for dinner. That's not why I came to you. I just heard great news and wanted to tell you, but I waited and waited to see if you didn't come to eat, so I came here to see you!" Seeing Ying'er's impatient expression, it seems that there is really something good going on. "Oh? That's right. What's the news?" Then the hungry boy muttered in a low voice: "Uh! What good news is there besides the meal..." "It's really good news! And it's very close to you relation!"

Seeing that the young man seemed to be lacking in interest, Ying'er hurriedly told Xingyan the news she had just heard like pouring beans into a bamboo tube:

(End of this chapter)