The phantom in the sky becomes more and more solid, gradually turning into a statue of the god standing in the sky above Chunyang Temple. This statue can emit divine light that shines into the soul. It can be seen with eyes open or closed, but it cannot be photographed.
Come down. Many people couldn't help but stop and worship in the direction of Chunyang Temple.
But Zheng Qian was completely unaware of the fact that he accidentally created another miracle. As the divine power increased and he cooperated with Lei Huo Cui Yuan Dan, Zheng Qian gradually entered a mysterious realm.
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Suddenly a heavenly book appeared in his mind. After opening the heavenly book, a stream of green smoke drifted out, just like when refining elixirs. Gradually, the green smoke condensed into the image of an ancestor, who appeared once in the heavenly book.
Patriarch Chunyang.
"Boy, we meet again." Patriarch Chunyang said. But this time, he was not as solemn and solemn as the last time, and his speech became more casual, no longer half-literate, and easier to understand.
"The disciples are paying homage to the Patriarch. I wonder if the Patriarch is here again. What's the point?" Zheng Qian asked.
"Well, I found that your cultivation has improved very quickly, but your Taoism has not improved much." Patriarch Chunyang said.
"Isn't cultivation the same as Taoism?" Zheng Qian was a little confused.
"Of course it's different. You still ask this question, which means you still don't understand." Patriarch Chunyang said, "Let me ask you, are you cultivating immortality or Taoism? Why do you cultivate immortality, and why do you cultivate Taoism?"
Zheng Qian was stunned when he heard this. Aren't these words the same as when he deceived Tang Bing? When he asked Tang Bing whether he wanted to learn martial arts or martial arts, he said this just to show off and deceive Tang Bing.
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Now, it's his turn, retribution! Zheng Qian couldn't help but patted his forehead in his heart. He asked again: "Is there any difference between cultivating immortals and cultivating Taoism? Isn't cultivating Taoism just to become an immortal, that's why it's called cultivating immortals
What?"
"Of course they are different, just like cultivation and Taoism. If you ask this question, it means you still don't understand." Patriarch Chunyang said.
No matter what you say, you are right. Zheng Qian couldn't help but feel a little depressed. Well, since you said there is a difference, let's talk about the difference.
So he said: "My disciple is stupid, please ask the patriarch to explain clearly."
"Since I show up, I'm naturally here to clear up your doubts." Patriarch Chunyang said, "Do you feel that you have no goals now and don't know what you are doing? Are you confused about the meaning of life?"
"I know this! I want to become rich." Zheng Qian said.
"What can you do if you have money?" asked the Patriarch.
Zheng Qian didn't even pause: "If you have money, you can become a master."
"But have you achieved it? Do you have money? Do you think you are a master? What does it mean to be rich? How much does it mean to be a master?" Patriarch Chunyang continued to ask.
"Dang!" Patriarch Chunyang's question sounded like a bell in Zheng Qian's heart, as if giving him a wake-up call, causing him to fall into silence.
Yes! Money is readily available to you, but does your life change if you have money or not? As long as you have a demon refining furnace, you can still live without money. What kind of food is considered superior to others? Invincible personal force? Still no one dares
What's the strength behind it?
Zheng Qian became confused and began to think about a philosophical question that he had never thought about carefully, a question that he had been deliberately avoiding.
Patriarch Chunyang continued: "Look. You can't answer it! It can be seen that you don't know what you are doing."
"That doesn't count just now, I have already achieved it. Now I am working hard for Guangda Mountain Gate! And I am also working hard to become a fairy!" Zheng Qian said again. He said that he had done nothing, but he did not accept it. For
I'm so busy helping you preach, but you still say I haven't done anything. Isn't this cheating?
"But you should also think clearly about why you have enlightened the Mountain Gate. And why you are cultivating immortality. Please also think clearly. If there is no external support, will you still enlighten the Mountain Gate and cultivate immortality? In your own heart
You have never thought about your needs. Your strength suddenly surged, and your mind also swelled. You have gone astray and gradually lost your original intention." Grandmaster Chunyang said.
As soon as he said these words, it was like a warning bell, almost knocking Zheng Qian's luck. He thought about it carefully. It seemed that becoming stronger was just in his own imagination.
At first, I just wanted to improve my academic performance, get into a good university, and then pursue my first love, the goddess, and live a happy life with her. I want to be the envy of others, and I want to slap the faces of all those who look down on me.
But has all this been achieved? My grades were good enough, but I got there through cheating. The university was good, but I didn’t go to school. I found my first love, but I didn’t live a happy life with her...
…When it comes to life, I have almost forgotten how to live.
And to be the envy of others... maybe, but I have always stayed away from others, and since then, I have never been able to integrate into the circle of ordinary people. Was it happy? It should have been very refreshing at the time, but what happened afterwards? I didn't even have any memories.
None. Empty! Lonely!
Guangda Mountain Gate is just for the mission, and cultivating immortality is also for the mission. I don’t understand what cultivation is, and I have never thought about why it is cultivation!
"Ah!" Zheng Qian suddenly felt a headache.
"Look, you also admit that you are wasted." Patriarch Chunyang said, "Cultivating immortals is to become an immortal, and cultivating Taoism is to realize Taoism. The key lies in the word "enlightenment". Enlightenment is not a virtual enlightenment, but a real understanding. Realize it in a practical way.
.A Taoist is first of all a human being, the way of heaven is also the way of humanity, and cultivating the Tao is to be a human being."
"You are weak, with a weak body, a weak mind, and a weak connotation. When there is an external force, your heart suddenly expands. In fact, you are just a balloon. You look big, but you are also very light.
And it will explode at any time." Patriarch Chunyang said.
"Put down all external forces and experience life. First get familiar with the feeling of being a human being and understand how to be a human being. One day, you will realize it, and then you will attain the Tao. Without attaining the Tao, no matter how high your cultivation level is, it will be in vain. Seeking immortality
Those who do this will never become immortals." Patriarch Chunyang said, "This is all I have to say, I will realize it myself."
After saying this, Patriarch Chunyang turned into a wisp of blue smoke again, returned to the sky, and disappeared from his mind, but he was trapped in tangled thoughts.
Grandmaster Chunyang's words were actually questions that had already existed in his heart. However, this time, he had reached a state of torture in his cultivation, so they burst out in a concentrated way.
Patriarch Chunyang is not Patriarch Chunyang. In fact, he knows better that this is his inner self-questioning.
"I rely too much on the demon refining furnace, and the functions of the demon refining furnace are too many and too powerful. Maybe I have really forgotten how to behave as a human being. I rely on teleportation to travel, and I have avatars when I move. When I communicate, I have believers, and when I do things, I have tasks...
I just don’t have my own place.”
"Ah!" He suddenly cried out, clasping his head, causing alarm in all directions. Xin'er, who was practicing the God Refining Technique, almost went crazy when he called her like that.
"Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" Xiner showed a rare expression of concern.