I changed the world

Of course, what Zhang Jing cares about most is the life of Song Shouxuan, especially the origin of the extraordinary items in his tomb and the events behind it...

From the diary, Zhang Jing gradually learned that Song Shouxuan was born into a noble family. His father died early when he was young, and he lived with his mother in the family. After that, he studied in ethnic studies, but his ambition was not to take the imperial examination. On the contrary, he was interested in the theory of seeking immortals and visiting Taoism. He was very interested in it. When he was ten years old, he read through "The Chronicles of Immortals" and had the ambition to read it for a long time.

When he was 16 years old, his mother passed away. After observing mourning for three years, he became a disciple of the Taoist priest Qian Yunyan. He received talismans, scriptures, and edicts, and then traveled to famous mountains to search for the true scriptures of elixirs...

And all the turning points came from a trip when he was 21 years old...

As written in a paragraph in the diary:

On August [-], we crossed the Sangnan River, which is also the Baigou River.

On the [-]th, we traveled thirty miles from Sangnan River to Xincheng County. Xincheng belongs to Zhuo County, with flat ground and no hills.

On the 25th, we traveled south from Xincheng County to Zhuo County for fifty miles, and the ground was flat.Cross Henghe Valley in fifteen miles and Tuohe River in twenty-five miles.There is a pavilion in the south of Zhuojun City called Xiujing.I stayed at Yongning Temple that evening. There was a pavilion in the north of the temple called Wanghu Lake.

On the [-]th, we traveled north from Yongningguan to Xianghu County for sixty miles. The road was slightly dangerous and hilly, and we crossed the Zhuo River.Encountering a bandit, he narrowly escaped death and received a knife wound on his right arm.Staying at the deserted temple at night, I had a strange encounter and got a volume of "Secretary".Sighing, there is no more wonderful situation than this. Isn’t this the result of hard work and self-reliance?

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According to Song Shouxuan, he encountered robbers while traveling in search of immortality and medicine.This situation was actually very common in ancient times. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient and social governance capabilities were far inferior to today's. As a result, it was not uncommon for people to dominate mountains and block roads and rob. Zhang Jing saw this repeatedly when he read "Water Margin" in his previous life. This situation.

After Song Shouxuan encountered the robbers, he used some means to escape, but it seemed not easy. He was stabbed in the arm.Thinking about the situation at that time, he must have been very embarrassed. He spent the night in an abandoned Xuanmen temple.

The diary was careless here. Song Shouxuan did not record what happened that night, but only said that he had an adventure, and thus got a volume of "Secretary".Then he lamented the strangeness of his situation and suspected that he was favored by God.

Zhang Jing understood that this manuscript was placed in a silver box and buried with Song Shouxuan after his death. In other words, he could not be the only person who saw this manuscript. Before him, it was most likely that the person who took care of Song Shouxuan's future generations was His disciples must also have read this manuscript.

Among the myths and legends handed down in modern times, one of the most widely circulated is the legend that when Song Shouxuan was traveling, he met an immortal for guidance and was given a volume of "Book of Heaven". In the legend, there is even a man with a nose and eyes who calls the immortal "" Nanshangong".

After reading this paragraph in the diary, Zhang Jing roughly understood the origin of this legend. It must be that after reading the diary, the disciples took the so-called "adventure" and made up the "book given by the immortal". scene.This also adds more mystery to Song Shouxuan's life.

In Zhang Jing's view, although for unknown reasons, Song Shouxuan did not mention in the diary what kind of "adventures" he encountered at that time.But he could guess that based on the previous records, it was very possible that Song Shouxuan's arm was injured at that time, and the injury would inevitably bleed, and by some strange combination of circumstances, when he stayed at Huangguan that night, Perhaps when he was changing the bandage or medicine, he touched the blood to a certain "Dharma Tibetan", thus triggering the "blood dipping" method, allowing him to passively obtain the knowledge in the Dharma Tibetan.

Even Zhang Jing could guess which piece of knowledge he had obtained. It must be the "Blue Scroll Secretary".

Therefore, Song Shouxuan wrote in his diary: It was an unexpected encounter and he got a volume of "Secretary".

Although, judging from the information Zhang Jing has obtained so far, the path to spiritual practice was still cut off in Song Shouxuan's era. In theory, Song Shouxuan would not be able to practice even if he obtained the "Secretary".However, I don’t know why, maybe it’s really because of the genius. After all, there are always some people in this world with extremely special qualifications.It was just like the person who saw the abnormality in the haunted house with the naked eyes of ordinary people in the haunted house incident that Zhang Jing once encountered.

In short, Song Shouxuan actually stepped into the threshold of spiritual practice.

Perhaps because of the encouragement of this adventure, Song Shouxuan became interested in items suspected of being hidden in the following days, which directly led him to mention his "adventures" many times in his diary.

However, perhaps out of some secret considerations, such as not wanting to reveal his true secret, Song Shouxuan never clearly wrote down what his adventure was in his diary.

Chapter 178 Artificial Man

In fact, Zhang Jing can understand this mentality very well, because he himself has the same mentality. In fact, if he moved to another place, he would not even leave such an ambiguous diary.

However, Song Shouxuan's good luck seemed to have ended here. Even though he was really a genius, due to some force majeure obstacles, he was never able to go further after he stepped into the threshold of cultivation.

From his diary, Zhang Jing can find the anxiety hidden between the lines.For this reason, Song Shouxuan traveled around the world, trying to find opportunities that could help him break through.

During this period, his reputation grew. After all, this was a world where extraordinary people were invisible, and Song Shouxuan was perhaps the only "master" in the world at that time.

Until one day, Song Shouxuan discovered a special Dharma treasure.In his diary, he described this as "a dream call of immortals" and "seeing the battle between ancient immortals and demons".

According to Zhang Jing's understanding, he should have obtained the Dharma Tibetan that records the thousand-year war from nowhere.

However, according to Zhang Jing's guess, he probably was not able to finish reading the Dharma Cang, or was simply traumatized by it.

Because according to his subsequent description, he spent a period of time in bed recuperating from a "sudden fever attack".

Zhang Jing couldn't help but think of the image of a suspected evil god in that record. For those who only have half a foot on the threshold of spiritual practice and half a foot outside, it is highly likely that they will be mentally affected by certain images. things.

This may be an unfortunate beginning for Song Shouxuan, because Zhang Jing found that in his subsequent diaries, he mentioned words such as "obsessed", "devil" and "temptation" many times.

In his diary, he seemed to be increasingly obsessed with the reality and reality of some spiritual experiences.

After that, he became extremely interested in the legends of ancient times.

And the controversial book "The Genealogy of the Immortals of the Ten Directions of Shangzhen" was also completed after this. It divided the previously complicated Taoism rituals of various gods and goddesses into nine levels, thus unifying them into one system. .

However, he failed to find a further method after all. Zhang Jing could even imagine that if he could not obtain the gift of the void and forcibly set foot on the transcendental world, it would actually become an act of burning essence.Especially when beginners have not yet stabilized their own cultivation.

This Tianshi Song is actually exploring in an almost reckless behavior.The mental problems seemed to become more and more serious after that, and even some obsessions and mental problems in his heart were mixed together, which made Song Shouxuan begin to have some hallucinations in the later period, making him feel that he would die after death. Will ascend to the heavenly palace and become an immortal.

This led to more and more discussions on the word "dissection" in the last part of the diary.

At this time, Song Shouxuan was increasingly immersed in his own spiritual world.In the eyes of outsiders, he just meditates in the temple all day long. On the contrary, his reputation has grown. In the last few years, not only people from all branches of Taoism continued to come to see and ask for advice, but also Even the imperial court issued many decrees and gave him many titles. Even the emperor himself often sent secret envoys to ask his opinions on major affairs in the court.

Recalling the records in history, Zhang Jing understood that Song Shouxuan at this time had been dubbed the "Hidden Prime Minister" by some people.

However, looking at the records in his diary, Zhang Jing felt that Song Shouxuan during this period obviously had some mental problems...

The diary finally ended on November 45, when Song Shouxuan was [-] years old. After that, there was no further record in the diary.

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After reading this manuscript, Zhang Jing's mood was extremely complicated. It must be said that in Song Shouxuan's era, he had done almost everything he could do.However, without the aid of a wishing book in his hand, he was destined to become a bright meteor crossing the sky in that extraordinary era. Even though he still left a strong mark in history, Zhang Jing I still feel sorry for him, which is a kind of respect for the previous seekers.

And his secrets were eventually taken to the grave by him. Even in his diary, there were only obscure descriptions. This resulted in that even his disciples could not find him from such descriptions. the real secret.

It wasn't until these items finally fell into Zhang Jing's hands that for the first time in a thousand years, there was someone who truly understood him.

After putting down the manuscript in his hand, Zhang Jing was silent for a long time and summoned the wish book again. Next, he had a very important wish that needed to be fulfilled.

"I made a wish before. In ancient times, human cultivators developed artificial human technology during the thousand-year war against evil gods. Now, I need to obtain an artificial human equivalent to the level of a fifth-level human monk. He has not yet been used. Yes, I can set it independently..."

After carefully organizing the words, Zhang Jing made a wish. Then, he stared nervously at the wish book. Unfortunately, the next text he saw was in red:

"This wish will cause significant disturbance in the world's destiny line. The balance of the wishing points is insufficient, and your wish cannot be fulfilled."

Sighing, Zhang Jing felt a little disappointed, but it was normal if he thought about it carefully.After all, judging from the information he has obtained so far, fifth-level monks are already the strongest monks below the mythical level, and they are saint-level existences. Even in ancient times, such monks were not commonplace.

Not to mention whether an "artificial human" can produce such a level of existence, even if it can be produced, the original historical adjustments will certainly not be small. Of course, if it is really possible to have a fifth-level artificial human at this stage, then It will undoubtedly be of great help to Zhang Jing’s next plans.

That's simply a bug.

Since level five is not feasible at this stage, he can only settle for the next best thing. Zhang Jing thought about it and lowered his expectations:

"I made a wish before. In ancient times, human practitioners developed artificial human technology during the thousand-year war against evil gods. Now, I need to obtain an artificial human equivalent to the level of a fourth-level human monk. He has not yet been used. Yes, I can set it independently..."

After waiting for a while, in Zhang Jing's slightly uneasy state of mind, a series of black characters began to appear on the page of the wishing book...

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承和36年西历2016年1月21日10:37临州永济堂

As one of the largest private pharmaceutical conglomerates in the country, the largest public shareholder behind Yongji Hall has always been the Jokhang Xuanmen Federation.

Different from monotheistic religions such as Shengqijiao in the West, the origin of Xuanmen, according to the conclusions drawn from today's folklore research, is the evolutionary fusion of many early folk beliefs in the Zhuxia area, and finally gradually formed a religion with typical polytheistic beliefs. religion.Therefore, from the earliest days, the existence of Taoism has not been spread in a unified form. Although there are various unified efforts, under the intentional or unintentional interference from all aspects, especially the political level, In the end, it couldn't be achieved.

Therefore, today's Xuanmen is still full of palaces and palaces of large and small sects. According to the records in the "General Book of Zhuzhen Sects" existing in the Tianshi Mansion in Danding Mountain, there are 86 sects in the country. Of course, To this day, it is estimated that there are only about 60 pieces that are still being passed down in an orderly manner.

After all, in this era, Taoism has also been strongly impacted by various Western religions and modern atheism, and is therefore undergoing slow changes.

The Jokhang Xuanmen Association was established under the initiative of the 60th generation Celestial Master Zhang Yuanxu. Its purpose is to unite the various factions within Xuanmen and form a unified voice to the outside world. It has been more than a hundred years ago. history, it should be said that its operation has been relatively successful so far.

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In the waiting area outside the ICU, several people dressed as Taoist priests were sitting there with solemn expressions. At this moment, from the stairwell not far away, a tall and tall elderly Taoist priest walked away in a hurry. When he came out, he had a graceful long beard under his chin, a broad face, and a frown on his brows.

Seeing this man coming, several Taoist priests sitting in the stairwell stood up to greet him:

"Big Brother."

"Hello, prison."

"Prison Court."

After the old Taoist priest hurriedly nodded to several people, without being polite, he asked one of the middle-aged Taoist priests in a hurried tone: "Jingyuan, how is the master's condition?"

"The doctor said we are not out of danger yet..." The middle-aged Taoist priest also looked anxious.

"How could such a thing happen?" The old Taoist priest waved his sleeves vigorously and stamped his feet.This person was none other than Li Jingxin, the superintendent of Yunxiao Temple in Dinghai. Originally, he had been staying in Yunxiao Temple to handle the affairs of the temple. However, he suddenly received the news that the old abbot was suddenly seriously ill and was hospitalized. He hurriedly put down his affairs and rushed to Linzhou. As soon as they arrived at the hospital, they searched for it non-stop.

"According to the doctor, it was because Master already had some varicose veins in his legs. Perhaps because he had been moving a lot these past few days, plaques fell off the varicose veins and flowed along the blood to the brain, resulting in cerebral infarction... ..." The middle-aged Taoist priest was Zhou Jingyuan, Xiao Daoguang's personal disciple. At this time, he was explaining to his senior brother with a look of remorse. In any case, he came out to serve the master this time, and something like this happened. Even if there was force majeure, factors, but they also have their own responsibilities, so I am worried and frustrated at the same time, and my mood is very complicated.

Li Jingxin was silent after hearing this for a long time, then sighed.After all, he hadn't lost his mind because of his anxiety. He knew that Jing Yuan was not to blame for what happened.In fact, he was opposed to the old abbot's coming to the state before. After all, the old abbot was nearly a hundred years old and had recently been unable to walk due to varicose veins. Although he still insisted on receiving some foreign guests in the past few years, his energy was obviously not as good as before. The previous state was also seen by everyone in the temple.

Chapter 179 The Secret of the Mind

Therefore, according to Li Jingxin's original intention, this time when Song Tianshi appeared as a saint, he wanted to take part himself or simply send a high-ranking master of the third level to take part, and the scene was enough.However, the old abbot insisted on going there in person. As a disciple, his dissuasion failed, so he could only worry and ask the people who served him to take good care of him. Unexpectedly, something like this happened.

You must know that although the old abbot is nearly a hundred years old and has long since ignored secular affairs, he is still as existence as the Dinghai Shenzhen in the hearts of everyone.

Not to mention that Xiao Daoguang has a master-disciple relationship with everyone, but the old abbot's status as a "real person" canonized by the royal family has made Dinghai Yunxiao Temple have a transcendent status among many temples in the south in the past few decades, and it is vaguely known as Danding. Outside the Shantian Master's Mansion, there was the momentum of the largest temple in the south.

If the old abbot really has a problem this time, it will be no small matter...

"Has this matter spread?" Li Jingxin asked as he motioned for everyone to sit down and sat directly on the seat next to Zhou Jingyuan.

"Not yet. Master got sick while walking in the hotel. There were no reporters around at the time. Yongji Hall has shares in the Federation. I have already informed the hospital and they will help block the news." Zhou Jingyuan said in a low voice.

"Well... this matter cannot be spread outside, especially the media. I am giving a hush order here." Li Jingxin nodded.

Zhou Jingyuan knew what his senior brother meant. After all, the aftermath of the "Song Tianshi Appearance" incident was still unsolved. If the news that Master Xiao was seriously ill and admitted to the hospital broke out at this time, it would inevitably have some impact on the momentum of the entire Xuanmen, so he nodded: " I save myself the trouble."

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承和36年西历2016年1月21日15:31云山坊张宅

"Okay, just ask someone to bring it over. I'm at home."

"Um...Okay, that's it, um...goodbye."

Zhang Jing put down his mobile phone. Just now, he received a call from Jiang Shanlin. The three items he had previously ordered the foundation to buy had been successfully purchased. Now they have been sent to the foundation. Jiang Shanlin's call just now Just ask him when it is convenient and he can send someone to deliver it.

Zhang Jing's heart was like a bright mirror. This news would come sooner or later. It happened to arrive just after he made a wish on the wish book. It was too much of a coincidence. It was very likely that the opportunity for his wish was included in it.

So without hesitation, he told Jiang Shanlin that he could send someone to deliver it directly. Jiang Shanlin had no objection and immediately said that he would send someone to deliver it immediately.

In about half an hour, something was delivered, a large cardboard box. After two respectful young people handed over the cardboard box, they said goodbye again and again and left.

Zhang Jing had no intention of staying as a guest. After returning to the study, he opened the carton and took out the three cultural relics wrapped in the inner and outer layers.

They are two jade pendants and a ring. The three cultural relics are thoughtfully provided with brocade boxes. At the same time, they are also accompanied by identification documents produced by the foundation's professional appraisers. It can be seen that Jiang Shanlin is very concerned about this piece. The tasks assigned also took a lot of thought.

Zhang Jing first checked the three appraisal certificates respectively. As expected, the historical periods of the three cultural relics were all in the ceramic construction period. In the opinion of the appraiser, they were all relatively well preserved.Especially that ring, it is of a type that is not commonly seen.

According to the appraiser's opinion, this ring is the most valuable of the three items, not mainly because of the preciousness of its materials, but because of its relatively exquisite craftsmanship and shape.

The final purchase price also proves this point. The prices of the two jade guis were 1100 yuan and 1250 yuan respectively, while the ring cost 17000 yuan to acquire. All three cultural relics were purchased from different cultural relic dealers.

Of course, as to whether there will be such tricky things as kickbacks in this type of acquisition, Zhang Jing said that this kind of thing is unavoidable. As long as it is not excessive, he is not prepared to delve into it. After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, money is of great importance to For him, it is no longer a very scarce resource. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Zhang Jing still has this awareness.

Zhang Jing's eyes flashed with fire, and he used his secret skills to observe the three cultural relics in front of him. The light on one of the jade guides was red, while the light on the other jade guide was a rare yellow-green. According to Zhang Respecting the experience, this generally means that if the jade guide at the back is a Dazang, the content recorded in it should be of considerable value.

The last ring, in Zhang Jing's eyes, showed an orange luster. According to Zhang Jing's current experience, the light color of such extraordinary items should be roughly red, orange, Yellow, green, blue, he guessed, and maybe higher-level colors, but he couldn't be sure yet.

From this perspective, the value of the ring is not as good as that of the jade.

After thinking about it, Zhang Jing first picked up the red jade guide and looked at it. He found that the jade guide described a method of air restraint called "The Walk of Sophora Chong", which was mainly based on physical skills. Compared with the "Disha Forbidden Technique: Floating" that Zhang Jing has mastered so far, this movement technique is not famous for its speed or agility, but for its changes in every inch. In other words, it can bring People have a strange sense of dislocation, avoiding certain attacks that are guaranteed to hit in just a few seconds.

Although the level of this air restraint method is not high, it is still useful to Zhang Jing, so Zhang Jing also studied it more seriously.

After learning this movement technique, Zhang Jing picked up another jade pen and probed into his spiritual thoughts. Zhang Jing's heart suddenly moved, and the scenery in front of him changed...

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This is a world full of greenery, with springs and waterfalls, mist and mist, and a huge mountain peak standing out of thin air, like a sky pillar thrust into the clouds.

Through the hazy clouds, rising hundreds of feet, you can suddenly see a huge platform above. The platform is abrupt and does not look natural, but looks like it was carved out by a sword.

When you look closer, you can see that this platform is extremely wide, with thousands of exotic flowers and grasses visible on it. Some tall trees are covered with golden fruits, and the fragrance is rich, covering the entire platform. At a glance, the flowers are as brilliant as the sea, competing for their beauty. , dizzying.

In the center of the platform, there seems to be a warm spring, vaguely flowing in the sea of ​​flowers. The slowly smoke, carrying the fragrance of flowers, turns into colorful mist. When illuminated by the sun, it looks like clouds and goes straight into the palace in the sky. I don’t know what the evening is now. What year.

In the center, there is a magnificent and luxurious palace. The palace buildings are dotted with some exquisite gardens and surrounded by cloisters. As soon as you walk in, you will see that the ground is paved with white jade-like stone tiles.

In those gardens, exotic flowers and plants were swaying, and there were some pavilions scattered in the gardens. In the pavilions, there were jade tables and stone stools, and white jade wine glasses and wine bottles were placed on them.

At the center of the entire palace is a broad garden. In the center of the garden is a big tree that shines with golden light. The trunk and branches of this tree are like jasper, and the leaves are as big as the palm of your hand, heart-shaped, and red gold. If you look closely at the color, you can still see purple fruits swaying in the wind among the leaves.

Under the tree, there is a specially attracted hot spring surrounding it and irrigating it. In the hot spring, some strange fish are swimming happily.

Beside the hot spring, there were several futons placed on the ground, and two figures in broad robes and high crowns sat opposite each other in a relaxed posture.

I don't know why, when other people notice the faces of the two people, they always have a hazy feeling that they can't see clearly.

At this moment, one of them suddenly asked: "What is the heart?"

Another person stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and then replied: "The heart is the home of God..."