Zhang Tong and Taoist Changmei walked aside.

Sit cross-legged and start talking seriously.

Taoist Changmei first introduced the history of cultivation.

It is said that Lao Tzu is the founder of cultivation, and the person who carried it forward was Zhang Daoling, the founder of Taoism.

Cultivation means cultivating the spirit and soul. Once you succeed in cultivation, you will have to go through a cruel catastrophe. The body will basically turn into ashes. It is a great thing to have a few bones left, but the soul can survive.

Ascend to the fairyland.

Of course, no one can verify whether this is true.

Therefore, cultivation is illusory.

Very few people believe it.

Since the spiritual energy is now exhausted, cultivation is on the decline.

"I'll teach you the secret method of cultivation. Can you try it in the secret realm?"

Taoist Changmei said.

"Then let's try it."

Of course Zhang Tong would not refuse.

It is certainly a good thing to have more cultivation methods.

Even if you can't practice it yourself, you can still pass it on to future generations.

Maybe there will be a descendant of the immortal!

Taoist Changmei took out an ancient leather scroll, which was full of densely packed words and patterns. The exercise was called the Insect Transformation into Butterflies Sutra, or the Butterfly Transformation Sutra for short. The text was concise and the content was profound.

The long-browed Taoist priest gave detailed instructions and explanations.

But he could only explain the initial exercises, and he was completely confused about the later exercises and couldn't understand them at all.

"This is the most powerful and perfect technique handed down from ancient times, and it is priceless."

Taoist Changmei said seriously, "But it is very profound and must be practiced and understood step by step. Whether you can achieve success in cultivation depends on your own rebellion."

"interesting."

Zhang Tong's eyes lit up.

The Insect Transformation into Butterfly Sutra treats a human being as an insect, who has to undergo difficult cultivation to transform into a butterfly and experience a life transition. However, the basic principle is to cultivate the spirit and soul, and the body is only the temporary residence of the soul.

In this land, the body has to be abandoned in the end, just to let the soul ascend to the fairyland.

This is very different from Tongtianquan.

Tongtian Fist swallows the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon to transform the body. The body will become stronger and stronger, with a long lifespan and strength, which is equivalent to the physical body becoming an immortal and a saint.

It does not cultivate the soul, but allows the soul to rise as the body becomes stronger.

Obviously, during body training, the body is strong but the soul is weak.

The soul of a cultivator is strong but the body is weak.

The focus is completely different.

"Taoist Priest, have you ever heard of body refining and body sanctification?"

Zhang Tong said.

"It is also a kind of cultivation method. The principle is to make the body stronger and live forever, but it is more difficult and tortuous than cultivating immortals. Because I have never heard of anyone who can live forever. On the contrary, cultivating immortals has a glimmer of hope, because it has not been confirmed that the bodies of those cultivators

When they die, their souls also die! Maybe their souls ascended?"

Taoist Changmei said.

"That makes sense."

Zhang Tong almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Anyway, in his opinion, there is no hope at all for cultivation.

It's just a beautiful fantasy.

The body is dead, but the soul can still survive alone?

What nonsense.

There is hope for Tongtian Fist.

Because he has personally experienced it, he has cultivated Tongtian Jin. Not only has he become younger, but his strength has doubled, and he can now swallow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon to transform his body.

Of course, if he hadn't been able to get to Baoxing, this secret would never have been discovered.

He didn't say any more to Taoist Changmei, but entered the cave, then went to Baoxing to try to practice the Insect Transformation into Butterfly Sutra.

After practicing for a long time, there was no reaction or movement.

He shook his head dumbfounded.

It seems that cultivation is more difficult than physical training.

Of course, it is also possible that I am too old and not suitable for cultivation.

However, he still plans to continue practicing and having fun in the future.

Anyway, it doesn’t conflict with Tongtian Fist, it’s just the difference between practicing body and soul.

He walked out with the bronze sword, shook his head at the long-browed Taoist priest who looked expectantly, and said, "No reaction at all."

"Don't be discouraged. You have to practice slowly. In the past, I practiced for many years before entering the Qi training stage. The Qi training stage is to absorb spiritual energy into the body and strengthen the soul."

Taoist Changmei said.

"I found a sword in the secret realm. Look, who was the previous owner of this sword?"

Zhang Tong handed over the bronze sword and also introduced the sharpness of the sword.

"So sharp?"

Taoist Priest Changmei experimented and was completely shocked, "This must be the legendary magic weapon, which was refined by senior cultivators. You also know that the heyday of bronze ware was during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Iron weapons have begun to be popularized. Therefore, this sword should have been refined during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Even earlier than the Laozi era. This is simply amazing. The history of cultivation has to be pushed forward... However, I have read in classics that Zhang Daoling

There are two swords that are as sharp as clay. They were given by the Supreme Lord. They are also made of bronze and are called Evil-Slaying Male and Female Swords. Yours should be one of the Evil-Slaying Swords."

"Evil-killing sword? The sword given to him by the Supreme Lord? Could it be that Zhang Daoling was once a destined person who entered the treasure star and then fell inside, so the sword stayed there? Did it fall into my hands?"

Zhang Tong's heart was filled with panic.

Start Baidu Zhang Daoling's information.

He first lived in Yangping Mountain, then Heming Mountain, and also went to Xicheng Mountain, Gegui Mountain, Qinzhong Mountain, Changli Mountain, Yongquan Mountain, Zhendu Mountain, Beiping Mountain, and Qingcheng Mountain, where he refined his thoughts and refined his will. In the sixth year of Yonghe (141 years)

, Zhang Daoling wrote 24 Taoist books. He called himself "Xuanyuan of the Taiqing Dynasty", recruited disciples and taught, and established a Taoist grassroots organization. Those who followed his Taoism were required to pay five pecks of rice, which was called the "Five Pecks of Rice Way" at that time.

In the first year of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty (142 years), Zhang Daoling asked the Supreme Lord Laojun to come down personally and confer the "Three Days of Zhengfa" and appointed him as the "Tianshi". In the same year, he was also awarded the "Zhengyi Science and Art" and "Zhengyimeng".

"Miao Miao Sutra", named "Three-day Dharma Master Zhengyi Zhenren".

He also asked Taishang Laojun to issue the Twenty-Four Rules (the regional organization of Buhua and Dao) in the second year of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty: Upper Eight Rules, Middle Eight Rules, and Lower Eight Rules, and asked the Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling to implement Buhua. So Zhang Daoling set up a mission in Bashu

Twenty-four religious activity centers, or twenty-four governance, were established in the area, and then they set up sacrificial wine and assigned households to each household, just like the governor. From this time on, Taoism began to have a formal religious group organization "Zhengyi League Weidao"

", later generations also called it "Tianshi Dao".

Zhang Daoling had three thousand disciples, and only three of them received the true teaching.

He is undoubtedly a very awesome boss.

However, Zhang Tong still has a question. Legend has it that Zhang Daoling lived to be 122 years old and felt that his end was approaching. A nice way to say it was that he felt that he was about to become an immortal and ascend, so he made arrangements for his funeral, and then he died of old age. No one knows whether his soul has ascended to the fairy world.

Know.

The Evil-Slaying Sword was still there at that time.

I don’t know when I lost it.

Obviously, Zhang Daoling should have never entered Baoxing.

Otherwise, he would definitely be a hundred times more awesome.

Therefore, it is still a mystery as to who the people who have entered Baoxing are.

Is he dead or alive?

There is no way to verify it yet.

Of course, it is also possible that this sword was refined by Baoxing natives.

It's even harder to figure out its origin.
Chapter completed!