Seeing me like this, the old man was quite satisfied. While admiring the wonderful scene, he said to me with a smile: "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. I have something serious to tell you."
"Senior, please speak." I nodded and became serious.
"To tell you the truth, before you came, someone had predicted that someone would definitely meet me today. What you just asked is actually not difficult. After so many years, it's hard to find someone.
It is not easy to hold back a treasure, but I still have children in my family
From now on, you go south to Lingzhou, Hebei Province to find Zen Master Zhikong. Explain to him your purpose of coming, and say that I asked you to come. When the time comes, he will help you find a capable junior to help you.
You can help me, but before that, I still have something to ask for."
The other party said and raised his head slightly: "In the first half of my life, I learned the skill of holding back treasures and spirits. When I was young and ignorant, I made some mistakes. In my later years, I was in dire straits. Fortunately, I was enlightened by an expert and gave up my belongings.
Family, I also learned the art of fasting grain and the method of fetal breathing. Today is my last day in the mortal world. If I have the chance, I will die here.
Explanation: If you can’t achieve enlightenment and become an immortal, you will have to reincarnate all over again. You have also seen that the sarcophagus in the cave is my past and present life. Until now, I can’t remember what happened back then. I don’t want to do it again.
If the cycle continues like this, if there is still no result this time, please help me burn the corpse to end my troubles."
As the other party spoke, he looked at me slightly tiredly. I was stunned and said dumbly: "You want me to burn the body?"
"That's right, burning these skins will prevent you from being burdened by these intangible things in the next life." The other party said, tilted his head slightly, and said: "The dragon fire on your body is different from what we usually see.
, these corpses are all righteous, ordinary flames can't do anything, but if they are burned with three kinds of hell fire at the same time, this thing can definitely be killed."
After saying these words, the other party sighed slightly. I didn't quite understand what he meant, so I frowned and said: "Senior, it's not easy for you to reach this level of cultivation, so why do you have to be so decisive? Dragon fire is extraordinary, and ghost fire is even more powerful than yin.
If you use the three flavors to burn corpses, the essence in your body will be completely lost. At that time, you will be wiped out in ashes and will never be reincarnated."
I said, grinning and shaking my head. After hearing this, the other party smiled and said: "Yes, the reason why I begged you is because of this matter. You are still young and will not understand. I have spent most of my life seeking immortality."
To attain the Tao and temper yourself, it was the same in my previous life. Look at your body.
In the sarcophagus behind, everyone has traces of Taoist practice. I have checked the relevant information, and I can basically confirm that I have all died in this Tao in my past and present lives. Instead of being infinite in this kind of thing
It’s better to end this cycle.”
As the other party spoke, he coughed twice, then closed his eyes, basking in the morning sunshine and stopped talking.
While he was talking, several ghost-faced baboons also made movements on the stone wall opposite. The old man was right. These things really brought Political Commissar Fan back. Several monkeys came down from the stone wall and threw Political Commissar Fan to the ground.
Then, they climbed up the stone wall and roared in this direction. The old man nodded, and those guys ran back like a swarm.
I shouted several times against the stone wall to make sure that Political Commissar Fan had not been harmed by those monkeys. Then I quietly breathed a sigh of relief, briefly explained to them, and then accompanied this man who had lived here for who knows how many years.
The old man chatted.
His vitality was not very strong, and a visible decline was bothering him. However, the old man was still very talkative. Seeing that I was quite interested, he told me about his own affairs.
I originally thought that this person's situation was similar to the "old monk entering concentration" in Buddhism. Specifically, some people who practice Buddhism enter a semi-sleep state during meditation, with nothing outside their minds and no distracting thoughts.
, but after listening to the other person’s story, I realized that what this person practiced was a Taoist secret method of “eating grain and eating qi”.
The so-called bigu method is a kind of cultivation method without eating. The Taoist great sage Zhuangzi once wrote this in "Xiaoyaoyou", saying: "On the mountain of Miaogushe, there are gods and humans living there. The skin
Like ice and snow, Nao Yue is like a virgin, not eating grains, inhaling wind and drinking dew, riding on the clouds, flying dragons, and swimming across the four seas..."
It is said that these so-called gods actually do not eat. In order to be on par with the gods, there are some methods of practicing this technique. There are three famous ones, which can also be regarded as three levels.
The first one, and the most basic one, is just not eating grains. They cut themselves off from the traditional staple food by ingesting some traditional Chinese medicine, fruits, and some special pharmaceuticals, and try to do this through
way to regulate your body functions.
After you have certain results and foundation, you can enter the second stage. In this stage, the main practice is to recuperate the mind through meditation, so that one's body functions can be slowed down, making people, in a state similar to hibernation,
At this time, people have no desires or desires, and no distracting thoughts. Since they are not bothered by the sounds and appearances of the outside world, their needs for food and water naturally become much less.
In the past, many masters who practiced in retreat were willing to maintain this state during the retreat. They did not force their body's reaction. They would eat when they were hungry and drink when they were thirsty. However, from beginning to end, the person himself had no control over the reaction of his body.
The intake of various nutrients is actually much less than that of normal people.
There are very few people who can practice to this level. If they can get through the difficulties, there are still higher-level techniques waiting. This is what the old man just told me, the so-called fasting and breathing.
The word "bigu" means staying away from grains, and the word "qi" is an important method of Taoist practice. It is not only found in Taoist magic, but also in Chinese martial arts, in traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts and Taoist magic.
In the cultivation system of China, the so-called Qi is the most basic element.
This thing is similar to what we call the Qi of the air, but not exactly the same. Normal people practice by gradually gathering and cultivating it from the Dantian, but there are also some methods taught by ingesting this Qi from the outside world for their own use.
Among the moves, Bigu and Qi is one of them.
People who adhere to this method believe that if they practice the method of Bigu to a relatively high level, they no longer need to obtain nutrients through food. They can maintain their lives through the Qi extracted from the outside world, and then get rid of food and clothing.
Become a truly "free person" without being bound by grains.