There are mostly mountains and hills here, and the gentle plains are not obvious. As far as the eye can see, there are not too tall hills, and the mountains are constantly undulating.
Along with it, there are also some intertwined rivers.
There is an insignificant little city nearby called Wulian City!
A small city with a radius of no more than two or three miles.
Talk about prosperity, not for prosperity!
In terms of the number of people, with Wulian City as the center and a radius of tens of miles, there are only one or two thousand people. If the Qin Dynasty had not been unified and the Langya land was stable, this number would have been even less.
…
However, this place is not without its merits. Traveling less than two hundred miles east of Wulian City, you can directly enter the East China Sea and have a glimpse of the vast and endless sea.
There is always more than enough time.
The entire Five Lotus Land had just woken up. At that moment, a melodious flute sound spread in all directions, and following the sound, it was a shepherd boy who was no more than five or six years old!
He was sitting cross-legged on the back of a fat black cow with his knees bent, and a book in his arms. The pages looked fluffy after being flipped through.
Holding a bamboo flute, he is playing it freely and boldly.
The shepherd boy was wearing a thick plain blue shirt, his young hair was tied in a double bun, and his face was slightly dark. However, looking at the sound of the flute playing at this moment, he was quite intoxicated.
Sometimes his clear black and white eyes are closed, sometimes they are opened and he looks around. He feels that the late autumn between heaven and earth is extinguished by the cold wind of winter, and the mysterious power instinct in his body is running.
His energy and energy were shaken, and his eyes were even brighter.
Not long after, he stopped playing the flute, reached out and patted the big black cow under him, and touched its horns. The direction of the big black cow changed.
"A lot of the green grass there was eaten the day before yesterday."
"Today, we should go to another place."
Putting away the bamboo flute in his hand, the shepherd boy looked into the depths of the mountains ahead. The traces of clouds and mist between heaven and earth had not yet dissipated, and he could not see clearly even miles away.
Moo….
The big black bull had no objection, but after a pause, he let out a low growl and walked slowly to the area in front of him.
"Today the temple master is reciting the Huangting Sutra again."
"It's a pity that I don't understand much."
"It's better to recite it more often. You never know when you will fully understand it."
"Xuan Qingzi said——."
"The ultimate way is to remain true without trouble, and there is spirit in every knot of Niwan."
"The root of Fa Shen Cang Hua is Tai Yuan, and the root of Nao Shen Jing is Zi Wan."
"The eyes are clear and the name is Yingxuan, and the nose is Yulang and the name is Lingjian."
"The ear god is idle, the word is Youtian, and the tongue mind is called Zhenglun."
"Tooth God Yi Feng's character is Luo Qian, and one side of Shen Zong Ni Wan."
"All the Nine Realms in Niwan have a house, which is one inch in diameter."
"..."
"well!"
"I still don't quite understand the "Huang Ting Sutra" passed down by the monk. It's still too profound. It would be great if Master Xuan Qingzi could explain its mysterious principles one by one."
"On the top is the soul of Guanyuan, on the left is Shaoyang and on the right is Taiyin."
"There is a secret door to the past life at the back, where the sun rises and enters the moon, and the breath exists."
"The combination of the four qi is divided into three elements: purple smoke, upper and lower parts."
"..."
"This is the method of elixir, the true method of Huangting Wonderful Land. According to the master of the temple, this volume of "Huangting Sutra" can be one of the true explanations of the Tao of Taiping in the temple."
"Maybe I'm too young to understand this."
"But when Master Xuan Qingzi was at my age, the master of the temple said that he had already mastered the mysteries of heaven and earth and set foot on the mysterious spirit of gods."
"I haven't even set foot on Xiantian yet."
"Isn't "Huang Ting Jing" suitable for me?"
"I still find the "Moral Miscellany" recorded by Master Xuan Qingzi easy to understand."
"Tao, Ke Tao!"
"This is called the way of classics, politics, and education, and it is also the way of secular practice and cultivation of true understanding."
"Not the eternal way!"
"It is not the way of the natural growth of heaven and earth. The eternal way should nourish the spirit by doing nothing, calm the people without doing anything, contain light and hide brilliance, disappear and hide its end, it cannot be called the way."
"Name, can be named."
"This is called wealth, honor, and the reputation of the world."
"Not a constant name!"
"A name that is not natural and permanent."
"Eternal names should be like the unspoken words of a baby, the undivided chicken, the pearl in the clam, the beautiful jade in the stone. Although it is bright on the inside, it looks like stubborn foolishness on the outside."
"What Master Xuan Qingzi said is really good. Although I don't understand it very well, I just feel that the Tao is like this, and the Tao exists between heaven and earth."
"If we forcefully explain it one by one, it will not be the Tao."
"road!"
"Eternal."
"It's not permanent!"
"That is also the principle of all things in heaven and earth."
"Nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth."
"No name means Tao."
"Tao is invisible, so it cannot be named. The Beginning is the foundation of Tao. It exhales and spreads out changes. It comes from nothingness and is the origin of heaven and earth."
"There is a name for heaven and earth. Heaven and earth have shapes and positions, yin and yang, softness and hardness. This is its name."
"The mother of all things, heaven and earth contain energy to give birth to all things, and they grow and mature, just like the mother's adopted son."
"..."
"I can still understand some of the "Moral Miscellaneous Treatises", but I don't seem to have made any progress in my practice."
"The master of the contemplation said that by thoroughly understanding the thirty-six volumes of the Huangting Sutra, one can gain a glimpse of the true truth."
"That one is too difficult!"
""Moral Miscellaneous Essays" would be great!"
"Good!"
The sound of chanting the Tao is gurgling, and the wonderful sound spreads throughout the heaven and earth.
The shepherd boy opened a book in his hand and let the big black cow move forward. He glanced at the scriptures in the book and pondered as much as possible.
The True Dharma of Peace in the body has not stopped and is still running slowly.
Practice Qi and unblock the meridians!
I still have some final hurdles to pass. In a few months or even a year, I will be able to reach perfection and step into the innate realm.
But... Master Xuan Qingzi of the Taoist Tianzong, at his age, has already embarked on the journey of becoming a god.
Now, we are stepping into an incredible and wonderful place!
Moo...
The big black cow under him stopped for a moment and began to bray loudly.
The shepherd boy glanced around and came across a place with beautiful flowers and plants. No wonder the big black cow refused to leave. It had not been here for several days, and the flowers and plants that the big black cow had eaten grew again.
"Always have no desire, so as to observe its wonders."
"Wonderful, essential. If people can always have no desires, they can observe the essential beauty of the Tao."
"It is necessary to say one thing, to publish the famous Tao, to praise and explain right and wrong."
"Perhaps this is what the master of Buddhism often says, without holding on to all things. One's own mind can reach the heaven and earth, be quiet and pure, and be able to understand the principles of Haotian."
"Therefore, there is always desire to observe its pleasure."
"Xiao means returning. People who often have desires can look at the worldly world and return to it."
"This is also part of the truth. The Taoist Heavenly Sect and the Human Sect should be like this. The seemingly separate principles are actually the Tao."
"The two have the same origin but different names."
"..."
Although "Huang Ting Sutra" is wonderful, the shepherd boy felt that "Daode Zalun" was easier to understand, easier to integrate into his own body, and easier to understand.
"Moral Miscellaneous Treatises" was recorded by Master Xuan Qingzi.
In each of the eighty-one volumes of the "Tao Te" Sutra, Master Xuan Qingzi has a miscellaneous discussion. Although it is messy, the shepherd boy can learn a lot from it if he ponders it carefully.
It is even more than what was obtained in the "Huang Ting Jing".
Holding a book in one hand and reciting scriptures, the other hand plays the flute casually.
After the big black cow under him ate the delicious flowers and grass, he went on his own without the shepherd boy interfering. The cow had been with him for more than a year.
It is also familiar with the roads within a radius of ten or twenty miles.
unconsciously.
It's your time!
The morning sun rises in the eastern sky and gradually becomes brighter. The clouds and mists in the surrounding mountains and fields are also melted away one by one, leaving the world clear and clear.
Moo...
Recite the scriptures quietly and understand morality.
With a word of external disturbance, the shepherd boy turned his eyes away from the scriptures and looked at the big black cow under him. Immediately, he followed the sight of the big black cow and looked ahead.
"Um?"
"This..., the mountain collapsed?"
"How come?"
"It was fine coming here a few days ago."
"I remember that there was also a fertile land in the place where the mountain collapsed. Even the mountain road ahead was more than half covered."
"Because of the rain?"
“But the mountains here are all very low, so it’s rare to see mud and sand sinking under them!”
"..."
The next moment.
The shepherd boy's eyes paused, and a look of surprise appeared.
Ahead, there is a land where the mountains collapsed.
Because of herding cattle, I am very familiar with this place. If everything remains as before, there will be an important road leading directly to the mountains ahead.
On topography.
It's sort of a gourd shape.
The place where I am at the moment is the big belly of the gourd. After passing through a mountain pass in front, I will reach the place of the small belly.
The place where the mountain collapses is between the big belly and the small belly.
Also because of the curved buffer, there are some lush fields of flowers and grass on both sides of the road, which the big black cows like to eat.
Now the area on the left side of the main road is covered by the area in front of and on the left where the hills have fallen off, but there is a place with rich flowers and grass on the right side.
It was just too sudden.
Moreover, this collapsed land must be cleared, otherwise, the subsequent passage will be inconvenient, and it will not be easy for some people, vehicles and horses in Wulian City to enter and exit.
Thinking of this, he put the scripture in his arms, held the flute in his hand, jumped lightly, and fell from the big black bull to the place where the mountain collapsed in front of him.
Seeing this, the big black bull lowed again and followed suit.
"Um?"
"A mountain collapse?"
"Subsidence?"
"Let me just say...the hills here are only a few feet high, ten to twenty feet high, so it is unlikely that they will collapse."
"The ground is sinking!"
"Burrow?"
"Tomb?"
"..."
"It seems there are stone steps!"
"Um?"
"There seems to be a hint of fragrance wafting out from the ground."
When they arrived at the place where the mountain collapsed, the shepherd boy looked startled again, and Tianwei became curious. He looked at the mountain collapse from a distance, but who would have thought... he saw a hole with a diameter of about ten feet at a close distance.
The opening is not very round.
There are also some rocks and soil accumulation around, and it is estimated that a lot of them fell into the ground.
Holding the bamboo flute, he carefully walked to the edge of the cave. Using the light of the scorching sun, he looked down and could only see a small area.
There is a stone staircase.
As for the others, there were not many, but when I was breathing heavily at the edge of the cave, I could clearly smell a faint fragrance. It smelled very good, and the exercises in my body were running much faster.
Are there stone steps?
This shows that the burrow is not natural, but man-made.
Man-made burrow?
Most of them are underground tombs.
However, there is nothing connected to the ancient tomb around.
What if it’s not an ancient tomb?
What is that?
Underground palace?
Isn’t that still...an ancient tomb?
The bamboo flute in the shepherd boy's hand kept spinning and his mind was spinning. He wondered what the underground was like. Would you like to go down and have a look?
“It smells so good!”
"It smells good too."
The shepherd boy sniffed and liked the smell wafting out of the hole very much.
It feels good even from such a distance. If it's up close, it probably smells better, but... I don't know if there's any danger down there.
Moo...
At some point, the big black bull behind him also followed him and stood at the edge of the cave.
Big black cow!
It is said to be a big black cow, but in fact it is a big black cow when viewed from a distance. When viewed up close, the hair of this big black cow is dark brown, not pure black.
The huge head is thought to be honest and honest, and the two horns on the top of the head appear to be particularly bright and sharp because they are often touched by someone.
"Niu Niu!"
"Do you think I should go down and take a look?"
"The refreshing fragrance down there, I think it's a kind of fruit, or a kind of flower!"
"Well, how can flowers and plants grow underground?"
"Without the light of the sun, how can all things survive?"
"That's not necessarily true. The temple owner seems to have said that there are some strange things that cannot be measured by common sense."
"Niu Niu, it's up to you if I can't get down. If you think I should get down, just scream!"
"If you think I shouldn't go down, just scream twice!"
"How about it?"
"Unfortunately, I don't know how to deduce the method of divination. The temple master said that there are some people in Tianzong who know, well, this method... I must learn it if I have the opportunity in the future."
"There are definitely benefits."
"Niu Niu, what do you think?"
The shepherd boy felt a little itchy and couldn't help but lie down on the edge of the hole again, sniffing. It smelled really good. It smelled really good.
Go down?
Maybe there is danger.
Not going down?
Somewhat reluctant.
He tilted his head and thought for a while, played the bamboo flute in his hand, turned his eyes to the big black cow beside him, and tapped the big black cow's head as a question.
Moo...
The big black cow raised his head, blinked a pair of spiritual eyes, and looked at the little master beside him. Why did he hit his head?
"Ahem."
"Niu Niu, are you asking me to go down and take a look?"
"Then you wait outside!"
"It's pitch dark down there. I'll get a torch. Fortunately, I've been carrying a torch with me these past few months, otherwise it wouldn't have been easy."
Facing the pure gaze of the big black cow, the shepherd boy felt a little embarrassed.
Avoid the big black bull's gaze and focus on the depths of the cave.
Um.
Niu Niu also supports himself to go and have a look.
I also want to go and have a look.
Then... go down and take a look?
I wanted to move, I wanted to step on the stone steps, but I thought that it was dark below, so there should be a torch so that nothing could be seen below.
Fire break!
I've been carrying it with me for the past few months. I was planning to hunt a game in the mountains ahead today, but now I'm using it.
moment!
The shepherd boy holds a lit torch.
In his free hand, he held a spare torch, what if it was not enough?
The big black cow was led to a tree in the area on the right. There was also a land of lush flowers and grass, and the provincial big black cow could not see itself running around.
"Burrow!"
"Me, on the river!"
"Coming!"
"There should be something good, right?"
"The smell is very fragrant."
Standing at the entrance of the cave and in front of the stone steps, the shepherd boy cheered himself up on the river. He was really not sure whether there was any danger inside.
The worst thing is, be careful yourself. If something goes wrong, just come out and find the temple owner and the others.
If it is an underground tomb, there must be valuables in it. The Lotus Temple is currently short of some valuables to build a temple.
"Niu Niu, I'm going down."
About to take the first step, the shepherd boy hesitated.
I glanced at the big black cow that was eating fat flowers and grass comfortably under the tree not far away, and called out. Listening to the familiar voice of the cow, I felt calm in my heart.
Take one step forward!
"Whose stone steps are so high?"
After taking a breath, the shepherd boy cursed. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have almost fallen inside. The stone steps outside just now were not low.
When I actually walked, I realized that every stone step is at least two feet long, right? It was the first time I saw such a high step!
Did someone leave?
He stabilized his body, turned slightly sideways, tensed his whole body, concentrated his mind, held up the torch, stared left and right, and walked step by step deeper into the cave.