After Ai Songyang became the real person of Dacheng, neither Yuwen Lin nor Yuwen Ting would accept new disciples. But they had already had many disciples and could continue to give careful guidance to allow more successors to break through the realm of Dacheng as soon as possible. If Ai Songyang's fellow disciples also became the real person of Dacheng, of course, they could also continue to accept disciples and form another generation of successors of Tingtao Villa.
On the other hand, the reason for doing this is also for the Master. Even the disciples have broken through the realm of the Great Achievement. The Master must have practiced for a long time and need to go in seclusion to understand the mystery of heaven and earth or travel to find opportunities for the great way to explore the legendary transcendence. The process of teaching the formal disciples is more laborious than parents raising their children to adulthood. Instructing new disciples to get started, naturally, they have to hand over to the successor, otherwise the disciple will be in vain?
The inheritance and seniority of various sects within the practice is absolutely clear, and the seniority is in order. This is not the secular emphasis on seniority, but the respect for the inheritance of the master. As for different sects, the attention is sometimes not so strict. Especially in ancient times, practitioners lived in separate places, and disciples of various sects may not have had any contact for many years. How do you discuss seniority when you meet again?
For example, hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of the two sects called each other peers. One sect passed down to twelve generations, and the other sect passed down to nine generations. Hundreds of years later, the disciples of the two sects met and their cultivation was of the same age. Do the disciples of one sect call the disciples of the other sect the masters? In fact, this situation rarely occurs. One of the purposes of the world sect meetings every sixty years is that if the elders were no longer alive in ancient times, the disciples of the various sects would establish peer friendships among the disciples of various sects. As for those wandering cultivators with unknown heritage, this is also discussed.
Although these are not clear rules, they have become a common practice in the world of practice for thousands of years, and of course there may be exceptions. The biggest exception in the world of contemporary practice is the current leader of Kunlun Alliance, Mr. Wangqing, Mr. Wangqing, who is the descendant of Master Tianyue of Master Wangqing Palace.
For thousands of years, the Palace of Forgetfulness has never had any contact with all the sects in the world. It is said that Master Tianyue has been practicing for thousands of years, but no one knows the specific situation. If you talk about seniority, it is simply impossible to describe it. At that time, among the world's masters of Kunlun cultivation world, the highest seniority was Shouzheng Zhenren, the head of Zhengyi Sect, who is now the master of Zeren Zhenren.
The senior is the senior. It is impossible and dare not be like Master Tianyue, but no matter how many generations his status is higher than that of Master Tianyue, her successor, Mr. Wangqing, had a peer relationship with Master Shouzheng. Mr. Wangqing accepted an apprentice in the world, and Ishino founded the Three Dreams Sect.
After listening for a long time, Cheng Tianle finally asked, "What kind of seniority should I be?"
Ai Songyang also smiled: "The names of disciples among different sects, especially among the wandering cultivators in the martial arts world, are not so strict, because many people have never dealt with, so they can only judge their cultivation level by their age. But the age of practitioners is often not clear. For example, my master is over 60 years old, can you tell it? So sometimes you can call me a fellow Taoist, so you can avoid calling it wrong. There is no need to be too strict when dating, just be polite. Mr. Bai and Mr. Cheng discuss their relationship with each other, and practitioners in the world admit that this is your seniority... Today, this is mainly for the sect inheritance I just mentioned."
Cheng Tianle nodded and said, "I understand. Only by breaking through the realm of Dacheng Zhenren can you formally pass on the Dharma and accept disciples. Some of the next generation of disciples have broken through the realm of Dacheng Zhenren, and this generation of fellow disciples will no longer accept new disciples. Therefore, your master and master will not easily accept disciples in the future. The new generation of descendants of Tingtao Villa will worship you under your disciple. If your brothers and brothers also break through the realm of Dacheng Zhenren, they can also accept new generations of disciples."
Ai Songyang nodded: "Yes, it seems a bit complicated to explain, but in fact the truth is that simple."
Cheng Tianle: "But I still have a little doubt. If, I mean, if all the next generation of disciples of a certain sect are useless, and when all the previous generation of seniors are dead and no one of the great masters appears, what should I do?"
Ai Songyang smiled bitterly and said, "After the senior immortals go, the next generation of disciples need to practice hard and practice hard. They practice according to the divine thoughts and heart seal left by the teacher. Even if the elders are not there, they can still break through the realm of the great realm of becoming a true person, and this is not considered an interruption of the inheritance."
Cheng Tianle: "I'm giving an extreme example. If this generation of disciples practiced no matter how they practiced, they didn't even have a Dacheng Zhenren, what should they do? Will the inheritance of this sect be cut off?"
Ai Songyang replied: "In fact, this situation has not happened before. Before all the elders passed away, if there is no one among the younger generation, you need to consider leaving the divine mind and heart seal on something special. Those who practice this magic trick can get inherited even if the teacher is not there. However, such practice is much more difficult than the teacher’s personal guidance, and it requires various opportunities.
If there is no Dacheng Zhenren in the next generation of disciples, the sect can also pass on the disciples in the name of inheriting the sect. After all, the magic tricks of the world are still there. Among the disciples in later generations, if there are those with outstanding talents, superb understanding, and deep blessings, who can break through to the realm of Dacheng Zhenren, they can reorganize the sect inheritance that was interrupted for a time. This has occurred in many sects in history.
There are many sects and casual cultivators in the Kunlun cultivation world, but the thirteen major sects recognized by the fellow practitioners in the martial arts world, and Tingtao Villa is also among them. The main reason is not how powerful and prosperous these sects are, but from the first sect meeting more than 1,200 years ago to the present, only the sect inheritance of these thirteen sects has never been interrupted. Among every generation of personal disciples, there are people who can break through the realm of the Great Cheng Zhenren. It is not easy to do this, and it is indeed a very common sect that can be compared with."
It turns out that the thirteen major sects recognized by the cultivation world have such origins. For contemporary descendants, this is both the glory of inheritance and the responsibility of inheritance. Cheng Tianle became more and more interested in it, and asked again: "You just said that inheritance can be interrupted for a while, but is there any situation where inheritance is cut off? For example, no one has been able to break through the realm of the Great Cheng Zhenren in many generations, or there will be no successor after a certain generation of disciples."
Ai Songyang: "The inheritance was interrupted for a time. If several generations of disciples cannot be reorganized, it may fade over time and eventually the inheritance was cut off. For thousands of years, there have been sect inheritances, and some people have established sects. This is not uncommon. In fact, the concept of sects does not only refer to the fact that the law passers-by breaks through the realm of the Great Cheng Zhenren, but also has a stable cultivation level, which can guide the inheritors to clear the way. This is just the inheritance of the master and apprentice. As for the inheritance of the sect, there are many other things.
First of all, there must be a sect temple, inherited system rituals, unique secrets of the Dharma, complete rules of the sect, inherited utensils, and inherited utensils. In addition, various elixirs, magic weapons, regulations for exchanges with fellow practitioners, various internal and external rules, the livelihoods of disciples in the world, etc. This is almost impossible for a person to maintain and complete, including Taoism, law, master, couple, earth, wealth and other conditions. Who in the world can have such immortal methods as Master Tianyue in the Forgetful Palace?
The so-called sect is not as simple as registering a company in the world, nor can it be called the leader by gathering a group of people, otherwise it will not recognize it by the companions in the world. If you do not meet the above conditions and are recognized by the companions of cultivators, even if you break through the realm of the Great Achievement Realm or even have a higher level of cultivation, you are just a casual cultivator in the martial arts world. To put it bluntly, if you make a fool of yourself, if you make a mistake, you don’t know who to settle the score with."
Cheng Tianle frowned and said, "Among the shareholders of that Badaling Training Company, Liu Yanghe and Li Yifeng are in this situation."
Ai Songyang added: "That Shi Tianyi and Wang Tianfang's situation are actually similar. The inheritance of the Tielongshan lineage has been interrupted. Although Yeyou's cultivation is high, he has disappeared and no living disciples are left. Shi Tianyi and Wang Tianfang are his disciples, and perhaps they are unwilling to be trapped in the Tielongshan Taoist temple and come to this flower world. The hundreds of years of sect inheritance of Tielongshan is about to be cut off. The two brothers are actually the identities of a casual cultivator in the martial arts world.
They were unable to find the sect to hold them accountable because even if there were rules and precepts in Longshan, no one would implement them. I think the ancestors of Zhengyi Sect summoned all sects in the world to determine the three precepts of dispersal, which was mainly aimed at this situation. Each sect has its own rules and protectors. The sects can deal with the violations of the precepts by the sect first, but the sects are not under the control of the sect, so all practitioners in the world have their own sects."
Cheng Tianle suddenly asked: "This is the case for the demon cultivators in this world?"
Ai Songyang glanced at Cheng Tianle and answered only two words: "Yes."
Cheng Tianle thought for a long time and asked what he wanted to ask the most: "If, just if, if, if, if, if, if, after the inheritance was cut off for many years or even hundreds of years, but the magic tricks that were passed down from the world are still there, and occasionally obtained and practiced, is it considered a reorganization of the inheritance?" Of course, he was asking about his situation. The magic tricks were obtained from the stone raccoon statue on Shantang Street. Who has left them yet to figure out.
Ai Songyang answered very simply: "Not count."
Cheng Tianle: "Why?"
Ai Songyang: "Didn't you explain it just now? This is neither the sect inheritance nor even the master-apprentice inheritance. People in later generations just obtained magic tricks, but how is cultivation so simple? The guidance and understanding of the great way, the guidance and provision of various opportunities, the response and protection of various disasters, the teachings and constraints of disciples, and the master-apprentice inheritance is a hard work, while the sect inheritance requires the accumulation of many people.
If you only get the magic tricks left by a predecessor, it is just a fate to spread the Dharma. Whether you can get started with the cultivation and deal with many disasters and tests is your own business. These tests are not only in practice, but also in the world. Cultivation in the body is also accompanied by changes in your mind and nature. No one will give you guidance or restraint and guide the real way, which may not be a blessing!”
Cheng Tianle nodded and said, "I understand. Thank you, Boss Ai for your advice today, and answered a lot of confusion in my heart."
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