There were many monks coming to watch the Taoist novice competition. The whole place was packed, and everyone was watching Tang Yue and Ji Chongguang's Taoist forum. Some people praised Ji Chongguang for winning the first place for several consecutive terms, and some were surprised that Tang Yue, a little girl, actually made it to the end.
In the final discussion competition, the contestants will be given half a stick of incense time to prepare the topic. After all, this question is relatively difficult.
Ji Chongguang spoke first, "Cultivating Taoism puts the cultivation of essence, energy and spirit first. The method of cultivating the body also uses the method of cultivating both life and life to improve the strength of the body. Therefore, cultivating the soul and cultivating the soul are the top priorities of cultivation." Followed by a pile of classics.
Quote.
Tang Yue was thinking about how to answer just now. This topic is the most common debate and the most difficult to answer. Even the great cultivators are divided into two schools: body cultivating and spiritual cultivating. The debate is endless. It is really the sweet and salty one in the world of cultivating immortals.
Fight.
She made a decision and decided to borrow the discussion of idealism and materialism in modern theory.
"Whether spirituality comes first or body comes first in cultivating Taoism, this is actually a question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg. The chicken lays the egg and the egg lays the chicken. It cannot be discussed who is ahead and who is behind."
"The human's innate soul generates innate vitality, and the innate vitality turns into spiritual roots, and then grows out of the whole body based on the spiritual roots. In the construction process of the body, liver wood, heart fire, spleen earth, lung metal, kidney water, and bile wind
The six families are all shaping and tempering the spirit in the body. The internal organs, the nine palaces and the twelve chambers in the body can all determine the state and quality of the soul."
"Therefore, spiritual cultivation and physical cultivation should be two sides of the same body. Those who become immortals still have to reshape their bodies. Those who become saints still have to reshape their bodies. Spiritual cultivation and physical cultivation should be equally important, because they are fundamentally
It’s the same thing.”
Ji Chongguang and the powerful people in the audience all secretly admired it. They had never heard such remarks before, but they thought it was very reasonable. Some people in the audience praised it, while others disagreed and said it was opportunistic.
Ji Chongguang relied on Tang Yue's argument and continued: "Although this is the case, you also said that it is the innate spirit that gives birth to vitality, and the spiritual roots are generated in the vitality and then transformed into the human body. In other words, it is the innate spirit that exists first.
, this is one of the reasons why the innate spirit is important.”
"The second reason is that cultivating the spiritual body and becoming an immortal can eliminate the physical body, but the physical body can become immortal but cannot regenerate the spirit. This is the reason why cultivating the spirit comes first."
Tang Yue wanted to refute him. Spiritual bodies or reincarnations, or the creation of heaven and earth, cannot escape the operation of the five elements. In other words, life arises from the movement of matter, and consciousness may be produced by quantum.
However, the scientific community has not proven this, and no one in the immortal cultivation community has discussed it. Maybe she can communicate with the immortals after becoming an immortal.
Another point is that demon souls can be born from corpses, which means that the body can also produce spirits, but it is hard to say whether the demons that are generated are the original people. Moreover, these remarks go against the mainstream values of decency in the world of immortality, and may sound treasonous to others.
She didn't dare to say it.
She herself also had doubts. If the spirit body leaves the body and becomes an immortal, and the body is reshaped, is this person really still the same person?
Now is not the time for her to discuss, and she continued to struggle: "What Brother Ji Dao said is powerful, but I think one day someone will discover that the five elements of heaven and earth are running smoothly, and a spirit body can be born from them. The five elements themselves are unconscious,
It should be counted as body."
As soon as the words were spoken, the time was up. The last newcomers' Taoism competition was over, and the judges scored to determine the winner.
Ji Chongguang knew in her heart that what Tang Yue said made sense, but after all, no powerful person had done research on this, so it could not be regarded as the basis for her point of view. She should have won this argument.
After a while, the scores of the two were announced, and it turned out that Ji Chongguang had won.
He handed over to Tang Yue: "I have to admit, I am relying on experience and experience to score points in this game. It is nothing. Fellow Taoist Tang's views are novel and more inspiring. You are the number one in my heart."
Tang Yue felt that this man had a good nature and could admit his shortcomings in public, "Thank you Brother Ji Dao for your compliment. I just picked up other people's wisdom and borrowed other opinions. It's not my own originality."
Ji Chongguang was curious, was there any Taoist book he hadn't read? "In this case, I'll ask Tang Xiaoyou for advice at the dinner later, and we'll discuss it some more."
At the end of the competition, Wuji Mountain will hold a banquet to celebrate the success of the newcomers' discussion competition, and there will be senior monks from the last three to discuss the doctrine. The young juniors will take this opportunity to socialize and get to know some of their peers, who may be able to get recommendations.
Wuji Mountain held an award ceremony for the first, second, and third place and gave out rewards. Tang Yue received relatively precious Taoist books and elixirs, which were all top-grade in Wuji Mountain's inventory. In addition, he was also given a top-quality spiritual stone, which was very valuable.
Generous.
In addition to Taoist books and elixirs, Ji Chongguang also received secret realm tokens, the opportunity to test on the Immortal Dao Peak, etc. Wuji Mountain specially provided opportunities for Liuzhou's outstanding disciples to hunt for treasures and increase their cultivation.
Tang Yue's grandfather had been waiting aside for a long time. Although he was not a great expert in Taoism, he still knew a thing or two about Taoism and could talk about mysteries.
Sitting in the audience this time, I was sweating for her. Fortunately, her performance was amazing, and it can be said that she was not inferior to Ji Chongguang.
Many fellow Taoists congratulated him, "Elder Shui, you are such a great successor. I didn't expect you to have a granddaughter who is outstanding in Taoism, which is enviable."
"Elder Shui, if the wealth is not going to outsiders, why not let Tang Yue come to our Wuji Mountain to study, so that he can represent our Wuji Mountain in the competition in the world of immortality six years later."
The Immortal Cultivation World Competition is a grand event held on ten continents and three islands. Elite disciples from each continent are selected for competition. Low-level monks at Nascent Soul and below also participate.
Elder Shui was very happy in his heart and said humbly: "How can I achieve such a far-reaching goal? Ah Yue still needs a lot of training." She declined for a while.
Tang Yue came to her grandfather: "Grandpa, I won second place. Now I can go back and explain to my mother."
The elder Shui stroked his beard. He understood his daughter and was not someone who cared about the child's fame. "Even if you come in last, your mother will be happy."
"But your outstanding performance surprised me. Maybe I can apply for a place for you at Wuji Mountain Academy, which is much better than studying in places like Kunwu City." He made no secret of his dislike of Kunwu Mountain and asked
Shui Yingrou would not have married his daughter into a new city and suffered the consequences if he had not been willing to do so at that time.
Non-Wuji Mountain disciples, capable casual cultivators can also apply to enter Wuji Mountain as inner disciples. Although Tang Yue does not necessarily need to be a Wuji Mountain disciple, it is still excellent to study.
She was happy, "Really? I can come to study with grandpa?"
"Yes, before you decide which way to practice, it's also good to have more experience."
The spiritual food and wine prepared by Wuji Mountain for the four-year Taoism Conference are all of the highest quality. Eating them can increase spiritual power, so most young people and powerful people will participate. The scene is still very pleasant. The conference ended three days later, and there are still
There was a grander banquet, in which mysterious tea and Enlightenment Fruit were provided, which were more beneficial to practice.
Tang Yue got to know many monks of her generation, and the monks who came to talk to her had good family backgrounds. When she was chatting happily with a young lady, Ji Chongguang walked towards her and said, "Little friend Tang, I still remember that you said you wanted to explain it to me.
I wonder if the dualism between spirit and body is convenient now?"
"It's convenient, let's find a place."
Ji Chongguang took them to a pavilion by the lake, which reminded her of the beautiful men in the Heavenly Palace. Well, Ji Chongguang was even prettier than the little fairy boy.
Some monks who were interested in this matter also followed and sat on the small table, eating tea and wine while listening to Tang Yue lecture Ji Chongguang on idealism, materialism and mind-matter dualism.
Ji Chongguang wondered: "I have indeed never heard of this kind of Taoism. I wonder where Xiaoyou Tang heard about it?"
There was a cold sweat on her head, but she immediately made it up, "I sometimes read some books on the mortal world and then summarized it. It may not be completely consistent with the original text."
"It is true that although the mortal world has no spiritual energy and the Taoism is not prosperous, there are many outstanding people who have been blessed by heaven and earth. It is not surprising that they can come up with these lofty theories."
Fortunately, he was able to figure things out on his own and made things right.
"Let's exchange spiritual messages." Ji Chongguang proposed to her to exchange contact information. The people around the banquet also found it strange. Everyone knew that Master Ji Shao had a very high vision and few people could catch his eye, so he took the initiative to communicate with her.
, very difficult.
Tang Yue didn't know the habits of Palace Master Ji Shao, so she exchanged spiritual information readily.
"I hope that little friend Tang can enter Wuji Mountain Academy, study Taoism more, and join me in the Immortal World Competition in six years to win glory for Liuzhou." Tang Yue won second place, and should be specially recruited by Wuji Mountain Academy. Six years later,
The level of Taoism will improve again.
Tang Yue felt that Palace Master Ji Shao was really a person who cared about the development of Liuzhou, "Okay, if I am qualified, I will definitely participate."
During the next few days of lectures, she listened to the ones she was interested in. After all, she couldn't understand them after listening to too many. The main thing was to experience the academic thoughts of several powerful people.
The cousin of the Ruan family showed up at the banquet on the last day. Aunt Shui and her uncle brought her here. It seemed that she came specifically to have a feast.
Cousin Ruan said curiously: "I didn't expect you to be really interested in such a boring Taoist scripture and still get second place."
Aunt Shui was a little sour, "I didn't expect that you are not very talented in Taoism, but you are a young student of Taoism. However, you should not indulge in talking about mystical things. You should focus on Taoism and immortality. Otherwise, your life span will be limited and your mother will be sad."
Tang Yue's eyes twitched. Even though she had heard Aunt Shui speak like this many times, she still couldn't get used to it.
Elder Shui scolded her: "What are you talking about? Don't worry about A Yue. How much trouble has your family Ruan Ying caused because of a male disciple?"
Aunt Shui is still a little afraid of Elder Shui, and Ruan Ying is indeed shameless, "I will take more care of her."