Chapter 324: Refining the furnace and realizing the truth
Chong'an practiced hard in the contemplation, and more than three hundred years passed in a flash. He had successfully passed the first and second stages of the yin and yang changes in life and death.
It’s not surprising that he can get through the second level, because he already has a firm consciousness to support him. Furthermore, the pill pills he takes every day may seem ordinary, but in fact they can also suppress the soul. If the past gods have become
his own nourishment.
Therefore, the smoother it goes, the more it means that the ray of soul is still safely existing in his body. When he encounters obstacles, that is the moment when the soul begins to be weakened.
After finishing his homework that day, Chong'an walked out of his dormitory and walked under a green pine tree. This was planted in the third year he came to the mountain. Now it is strong and tall, with green branches and leaves.
.
Standing here and overlooking the mountain, you can see vast green mountains and long winding rivers. More than three hundred years have passed, and the temple is completely different from before. Not only has it been renovated, but there are also many more people in the temple.
Although the Taoist temple itself is in the wilderness, over the years, repeated floods have occurred in the upper reaches of the land, causing the rivers to change their courses and create many new rivers. One of them happened to pass through the plain below the Taoist temple, so a small village appeared here.
town.
It is said that the changes in human dynasties, in terms of years, have only been about twenty years since they unified the world. It is the time when the new dynasty is flourishing... There are more and more people down there, and the place at the foot of the mountain has also changed from a small town to a...
A more prosperous county.
This is also because Xuanting paid great attention to this place from the beginning in order to avoid the recurrence of events in the spiritual world. Taoism spread widely. Thanks to this, the status of Taoist temples has naturally increased.
Zhang Yu just randomly chose a mountaintop at first, but now he has not chosen to escape from the world. The local people can see that this Taoist temple has magical powers, so they come to worship and pray every day.
Seeing this, Chong'an took the initiative to take charge of the affairs of the temple. Now that he has been here for hundreds of years, it is obvious that he has a Taoist practice, so the incense here is getting more and more prosperous. There are also people who are willing to enter the temple as Taoists.
When the local government saw this, they also issued a Taoist scroll, which was regarded as a Taoist temple that was canonized by the canon.
It's just that for all these years, he still didn't know who was enshrined in Taoist temples, and he didn't explain it to the people below. They all called him Taoist ancestors enshrined in ordinary Taoist temples.
But he himself doesn't care about these things. He is a cultivator, and what he pursues is his own strength. He doesn't care what others think, and he doesn't care who is worshiped above.
After standing here for a long time, a little Taoist boy came over and saluted: "Master, the master of the temple invites you to go."
"knew."
Chong'an waved his hand and let the Taoist boy go. Although there are many disciples in the temple, these disciples practice ordinary fists and kicks. At most, they can only be regarded as those who can strengthen their bodies and practice Taoism.
Nothing.
But everyone is still willing to be here. Although there is no wealth and honor in the mountains, many of them will suffer from various disasters, and their heirs can continue to succeed them in the Taoist temple. If they are qualified to practice Taoism, there will be many descendants.
What a fairy.
Chong'an came to the back of the Taoist temple. Usually only a few Taoist boys and he could come here. When he saw Zhang Yu sitting there, he came up and bowed and said, "Teacher, are you looking for me?"
Zhang Yu asked: "How has your practice been lately?"
Chong'an replied: "Reporting to the teacher, I have passed the second level a few days ago, but I haven't mastered the third level yet. Recently, I always feel that there is a fire in my heart that is difficult to subdue, and I dare not take this step rashly.
"
Every time he practiced, he was born and died, and he still had lingering fears. Moreover, every time he cycled through life and death, the dangers of the next level were always greater than the previous one. He really had no confidence in this third level now.
Zhang Yu knew that this was not actually Chong'an's own problem, but that his soul had been repeatedly stolen and he realized the possibility of his own demise, so he began to resist or confront him.
The current situation happened to be when the soul was strong but the physical body was not yet strong, so it suppressed him.
He stood up from his seat and said, "Come with me."
Chong'an said yes and followed Zhang Yu to the back of the temple. There was an open space of several acres, with a circular pit in the middle and a huge furnace cauldron about three feet high embedded in it.
He said: "This cauldron can help you practice, just go in."
"Now?"
Chong'an was startled for a moment, but he still followed the instructions. When he walked to the edge of the cauldron, he saw that the animal face pattern on the surface of the cauldron moved inexplicably. His eyes turned around and stared at him. He was shocked.
Is this thing actually a living creature?
He didn't hesitate much and walked directly into it.
Zhang Yu said: "Just practice sitting still and collect your mind."
Chong'an said yes and sat down.
Zhang Yu waved his sleeves, and with a bang, raging fire burst out from underneath the entire cauldron.
This cauldron was created by him using the light of his mind. If a person falls inside, he can regard the cauldron as some kind of outer body. After being combined with the person, he can enhance the strength of the physical body and thus be able to practice during practice.
Suppress all kinds of internal and external disturbances.
Chong'an saw that the fire in the cauldron was getting strong. Instead of feeling hot, he felt a cool feeling flowing through his body. After a while, the fire in his heart disappeared. After a while, he felt as warm as a hot spring.
It's extremely comfortable and comfortable.
He felt that he had returned to the state of his previous practice, and felt that the time was just right. Just when he was thinking about starting practice again, a voice suddenly jumped out and said hurriedly: "Ji Yao, stop quickly.
Stop it!"
Chong'an was shocked. "Ji Yao" was his real name. After hundreds of years, he was probably the only one who knew this name.
And where does this sound come from?
He is also a person who has been practicing for a long time, and this is still within the temple, so he does not panic at all and calmly asks: "Who are you?"
The voice said in a complicated voice: "If you ask me who I am, I am you."
"Are you me?"
Shigean frowned.
The voice sighed and said, "To be precise, I was your previous life."
As if it was afraid of not believing it, it spoke a little faster, "You don't know that in your previous life, you were a great cultivator who traveled to Qingming, but later you were killed by an enemy and your body was damaged, so you are a ray of damaged Yuan."
The god reincarnated into the human world, looking forward to regaining his cultivation one day, and this soul has always been sunk in your body, but it has never been manifested in the past, so you don't know it."
Chong'an said: "Then why are you coming out now?"
The voice sighed: "Because I have to come out, my current practice is cutting away my own foundation. That Taoist Qingxuan is not a good person. Do you know why he accepted you as his disciple? He wants to refine you into a furnace so that he can
This ray of your soul has been swallowed up, thereby promoting his meritorious deeds."
Chong'an was immediately displeased and said: "That's nonsense. It was me who took the initiative to become a teacher in the first place, and it was not the teacher who accepted me."
"You are confused!"
The voice suddenly became louder, "You were unable to succeed after so many apprenticeships. Why did this one want to accept you? Think about the situation you encountered with him. Isn't it a coincidence?"
Chong'an was startled and said: "I failed to become a disciple, does this still have anything to do with it?"
"Of course. You have repeatedly hit the wall. It's not because of your sincerity or talent. It's just an excuse. It's just that those viewers can see that you are extraordinary and know that you have a big responsibility, so they don't dare to
Accept you as a disciple. But you don’t want to think about it. Others don’t dare to accept you, so why does this one dare?”
Chong'an was silent for a while, and then said: "Since you said that you were my previous life, or a great monk, you should know how to practice the exercises, then why didn't you come out when I became a disciple, and why didn't you come out when the teacher accepted me as a disciple?
Come out, come out at this moment?”
The voice sighed: "That's because you have been reincarnated for thousands of lives. I have to choose the one whose cultivation qualifications are most in line with the original method. In my opinion, the qualifications in this life are only average. Even if you practice, you will not be able to do it."
I cannot fully inherit this method, so I won’t say anything.
Why didn't you remind me before? It's because this Qingxuan Taoist has great magic power. I was afraid that if I remind you as soon as you come up, something will happen to you if you reveal your flaw. Now that your practice is getting deeper and deeper, if I don't come out, this trace of your past life will be destroyed.
Finished practicing."
Chong'an said: "What are you going to do?"
The voice said: "You still have a chance to redeem yourself now. As long as you find an excuse and say that you feel something is wrong, you can postpone your practice."
Chong'an said: "According to you, the teacher is plotting against me, so if I say this, won't I be suspected?"
The voice said: "I didn't warn you before because I was afraid of being suspected, but after hundreds of years, I should already trust you. Besides, the skill you practice is also dangerous and abnormal. There is no problem in saying so. I observe
It seems that because you are right under his nose, he will not push you."
Chong'an thought for a while and said: "I know." He ignored the voice. He did not stop practicing. The voice did not say anything more. But when he was halfway through practicing, he stopped.
Come down and walk out.
He walked until he was in front of Zhang Yu, lowered his head and said: "Teacher, this disciple feels uneasy and cannot continue today, so he wants to go back and reconcile."
Zhang Yu said calmly: "Cultivation is up to you. If you feel it is feasible, just come back here. This cauldron will always be here."
Chong'an said yes. After bowing, he returned to his house. After closing the door, he sat for a while and said, "Are you still here?"
The voice said: "I am you, naturally I am here."
After a while, Chong'an said: "How about coming down?"
The voice said: "You must not continue to practice that method."
Chong'an said: "It's impossible. If I don't practice today, I still have to practice tomorrow. Unless I go down the mountain now, I can delay it for a while, but not for a long time."
The voice said: "I will teach you a method that can temporarily resist this method, and then you can find a chance to escape later."
Chong'an said: "To be honest, I don't know your name yet?"
The voice said: "You and I are one body. Since you now use the name of Chong'an, then I can use your original name of 'Ji Yao'."
Chong'an suddenly asked: "Then if I die, will you still exist?"
