Chapter 19 Yunzhen Dao
Ziyun Peak of Yunbi Mountain.
Two Taoists passed by at the foot of the peak. When people in the village saw them, they joined hands and bowed. The two Taoists also returned the greeting in a standard way, as if they were returning greetings to their fellow Taoists.
The mountain peak is not too high, and there are stone steps and roads leading to higher places.
At the end of the road is a Taoist temple with green bricks and green tiles, which looks quite old.
"Master Danhe, Master Jinao, you are back."
"I have met two Taoist priests."
"The two uncles are finally back. The Taoist master has been asking you recently!"
There are seven or eight Taoist boys in the temple, and there are also many believers from the countryside down the mountain who are helping with work, cleaning the courtyard, cooking fires, and the small Taoist temple looks very orderly.
The entire peak and land are owned by Yunzhen Taoism, and hundreds of people in several villages at the foot of the mountain are also dependent on Yunzhen Taoism.
The two walked through the courtyard to the altar hall at the back.
In the middle of the hall, there are densely packed tablets on the high table facing the door, and incense is burning underneath.
There is a door on the left and right sides of the hall, but there is no door leaf.
Look around.
There is an alchemy furnace inside the door on the left, with a boy looking after it.
There is a screen placed inside the door on the right, a collapsed picture beside the window, and a painting hanging behind it.
The two of them stood outside the door, joining hands and bowing to an old Taoist who was sitting cross-legged on the cave through the screen.
"Master Tao, we are back."
The old Taoist is Lu Yinyang, the master of Yunzhen Taoism. He is known as the Taoist of Yin and Yang. He claims to the outside world that he can walk in the two realms of yin and yang. He can invite gods from the sky and ghosts from the bottom. He is also the fourth generation Taoist master of Yunzhen Tao.
It is said that he once served as an official and was a Taoist priest who entered Taoism halfway.
Taoist Yin Yang did not reply, but just meditated with his eyes closed.
He had just swallowed the pill, his face was rosy and there was sweat on his forehead. It was cold and it looked like there was smoke steaming from his head, but his mind was racing like a wandering horse and he could not calm down.
thinking in mind.
Although I have been refining elixirs, I have not yet been able to refine the legendary elixir of immortality. I have taken many elixirs but have not experienced much longevity.
Swallowing Qi, it feels like the purple clouds on Ziyun Peak are about to be sucked dry, and the little bit of true energy in the Dantian has not yet been nurtured.
No matter how much I deceive myself, the feeling that my body is being hollowed out day by day is unmistakable.
After meditating for a long time, the more I sit, the more chaotic I become.
He finally couldn't help but open his eyes and sighed.
"The years are wasted, and I am getting older day by day."
The fire power of the elixir that had not dissipated was running wildly in his chest, making the old Taoist feel more and more confused, and even burst into tears in front of the fat and thin Taoist people, and even howled loudly.
"After reading all the Taoist canon, I still haven't found the true Dharma."
"I have traveled all over the mountains and fields, but I have never encountered a real person imparting the secret."
"Practice the Tao, cultivate the Tao, and in the end you will be in vain!"
Then, while crying, he bent his waist and coughed violently.
The old Taoist's appearance shocked the fat and thin Taoists outside the door, and they immediately shouted loudly.
"No, the Taoist master has gone crazy."
The two of them rushed in, patted his back and brushed his chest, and asked the Taoist boy to bring him tea and water, feed him, let him fall down, and wet the cloth and put it on his forehead.
After a while, I saw that the old Taoist's face gradually returned to normal.
However, he still stared blankly at the beams and bricks of the roof, lying motionless on the collapse.
The fat and thin Taoists looked at each other, and finally the fat Taoist Jin Ao stepped forward and said to the old Taoist.
"Tao Master, are you worried about immortality?"
The old Taoist didn't respond, just sighed.
The fat Taoist understood, and then spoke.
"Tao Master!"
"This time the two of us went down the mountain and didn't return for a long time, so we had a big harvest."
The old Taoist still didn't ask, as if his heart was filled with despair.
The fat Taoist came forward and whispered.
"In the mountains, the two of us had an unexpected encounter. We were lucky enough to see an immortal god descending to the dust world."
At this time, Taoist Yin Yang immediately opened his eyes wide, as if he was refusing to close his eyes, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Taoist Fatty.
Looking at the fat Taoist's eyes, I confirmed that he was not lying. He immediately turned over and sat up from the bed, as if a zombie had been resurrected.
"What?"
"Immortal gods?"
Thin Taoist Dan He couldn't help it anymore and stepped forward and said excitedly.
"Yes, Taoist Master."
"The two of us saw with our own eyes that extraordinary human being, stepping on the clouds and clouds, summoning the spirits of the mountains and rivers to accompany him."
"Wearing a cloud robe and holding a wheel like the moon in his hand, he is a man of extraordinary appearance."
The fat Taoist also sighed and remembered that scene.
"When the gods come to the world, they emerge from the clouds, mountains, and seas of mist. The spirits of the mountains, rivers, vegetation, and trees play music for them, and they are accompanied by goddesses and songs."
"I, Jin Ao, could never imagine such a scene and holiness even in my dreams."
Ziyun Peak is deeper in the Yunbi Mountains. It is isolated from the world and the villagers rarely interact with the outside world. Moreover, the incident happened only a few days ago, so there is no news about the arrival of the immortal.
When the old Taoist heard what the two said, his eyes suddenly became hot, and he became excited as well, as if he had also imagined the appearance of that immortal existence.
But after confirming it, the old Taoist shook his head and said.
"I am not worried about immortality, but I am not able to visit the real immortal saint. I regret it in this life."
"If I meet a true immortal in this life, and he promotes my great teaching and spreads my true teachings, I will have no regrets."
"What's the point of my death?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Taoist Yin Yang leaned forward and stared at the fat and thin Taoist with both eyes.
"Where did you meet the immortal immortal?"
"Tell me quickly!"
Next.
The two Taoists, Fatty and Thin, told in detail the experience of going down the mountain, including the rumors they heard in Xihe County and the dragons they encountered in the mountains.
Then it was told that when the two were preparing to come back, they met the white-clothed god traveling in the mountains, and finally discovered the birth of Yunbi.
Finally, the fat Taoist said.
"I think that the two of us met may be the immortal who the magistrate of Xihe County said was the one who gave him guidance and gave the true words that the dragon will cause harm to the world."
"And the birth of the dragon proves that it is a true immortal."
"Listen to what the immortal said, it's not just the dragon that he suppressed, but all the dragons in the mountains and rivers here."
The fat Taoist chattered non-stop.
The thin Taoist Dan He was a little excited at first, but when he said this, his brows furrowed.
"Maybe he is not an immortal."
Dan He sighed, saw the old Taoist and the fat Taoist looking at him, and then continued.
"I feel that what we met is not an immortal person from our Taoist sect, nor is it an ancient immortal saint from our Taoism. That sacred thing should be a god worshiped by the ancient people in ancient Chu."
"The tall figure of the god is mysterious and beautiful, which is also in line with the description of the ancient gods in the classics. This place has been a country where witchcraft has been prevalent since ancient times. Our way has only been introduced for two or three hundred years."
"And listening to the evidence from the local villagers and the situation after the discovery of the cloud wall, I feel more and more that what we met is probably the ancient wild god believed by the remnants of the ancient Chu Kingdom."
"It's just that I don't know which god it is."
There seemed to be some regret in the words of the thin Taoist. It seems that compared to the ancient gods believed by the remnants of the ancient Chu Kingdom, he was more looking forward to meeting the real immortal saints of the Taoist sect who cultivated immortality and achieved Taoism.
As soon as these words came out, the fat Taoist also felt a little regretful.
Instead, the old Taoist Lu Yinyang scolded, causing the two people who were a little depressed in their words to look up.
"Could it be that the two of you burned incense and were confused by the smoke, and each of you acted like a stupid man and woman? What I seek is immortality, and what I pursue is the avenue of heaven and earth. Taoists do not worship gods and Buddhas.
Believers.”
"If that god has real magic power and great supernatural powers."
"We worship him as our master. He is the Taoist of our way, or the divine master of our way. What's wrong with that?"
Lu Laodao stood up, pointed to the main hall and said.
"I have practiced Taoism all my life, and I can see it very clearly."
"Those who sit high on the altar are just clay figures and stone bodies, and those who are engraved on the gods' tablets are just lonely ghosts who have long since disappeared in the scriptures. None of them has truly achieved immortality.
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"Now that you have met a true saint, you two are still thinking about the clay doll and the stone body, and you can't let go of the lonely ghost in the scripture."
Lu Yinyang has been pursuing the Tao all his life, meditating and chanting sutras for countless spring and autumn periods, inhaling purple air in the morning and swallowing haze at night, drinking a lot of wind, and collecting the so-called refined elixir of heaven and earth.
In the end, not even the surface of the avenue was seen.
It can be said that he is extremely disappointed, and even has a dead heart towards the two words of longevity and Tao.
At this moment, as long as we find the god, and don't say anything else, as long as we master the channels and methods of communicating with the gods, we can communicate with yin and yang.
He mastered a power that did not belong to this world, and he became a true Yin Yang Taoist.
He has been a Taoist of Yin and Yang who deceived himself and others all his life. At this moment, he seems to have really seen a chance to step into the two realms of Yin and Yang and explore the avenue of heaven and earth.
Chapter completed!