Regarding Chu Tai's summary, Taoist Fuguang pondered for a moment before nodding: "It can be understood in this way, but the specific division is not that simple. At the same time, this is also the ultimate that you can achieve with the "Mingyue Observation and Preservation Method" that you previously practiced. Even you now If the state of the soul is not adjusted and the soul becomes increasingly stronger and eventually breaks away from the physical body and becomes independent, the attainment status that can be achieved is probably this kind of immortal karma."
Hearing this, Chu Tai frowned even more tightly. He probably understood the theoretical basis for becoming an immortal in this world. It seemed that immortality was closer to an identity or an academic certificate.
However, there were some specific judgments about the merits of the immortal family, which he still could not understand, and asked: "Logically speaking, those who can be called ghost immortals should be those who have achieved the glazed Dharmakaya, entered and left the heaven, and received the immortal industry. , or an existence baptized by Daluo Tianguang, then why are the ghosts of Qingling also called ghost immortals?"
"You asked a very good question, but what do you think is the difference between ghosts, ghosts and ghosts?"
Taoist Fuguang's rhetorical question made Chu Tai shake his head. He raised his hands and said, "I didn't understand this issue very well when I was studying Taoism. It was only after my teacher explained the confusion that I finally understood the difference. Ghosts in general people refer to lost people. The physical body has lost its seven souls, lost the restraints of the heavenly soul, and has lost the human soul recorded by the earthly soul. Therefore, it is forbidden to touch filth, and it is forbidden to kill or kill. Once it is violated, it will easily taint one's own essence and turn into heretical evil."
"This is also the reason why it is difficult for many Yin souls to attain enlightenment. Compared with normal people's cultivation, they need to re-concentrate the heaven soul and earth soul and sort out the relationship between their three talents. Therefore, many Yin souls will transform after cultivating the Yin Shen Dharma Body and achieving the ghost and immortal effects. Cultivating the Earth Immortal uses a piece of earth energy to re-condensate the Earth Soul, and then turns around to become a Celestial Immortal in order to obtain the Tao. However, such a turnaround is many times more troublesome than the human body. This is the source of the saying in many Taoist scriptures that it is difficult to obtain a human body. one."
Having said this, Taoist Fuguang seemed to have thought of something and became a little depressed, but he quickly regained his energy and continued to explain the difference to Chu Tai.
In comparison, Qingling ghosts and ghost immortals are much better. Although the former can forcefully stabilize the Yin gods, those who have achieved this must have entered the path of immortality and cultivated magic power. Even if they lose their bodies, they are only a few. Although the heavenly soul is restrained, most of the earthly soul records are still there, and there is magic power to rely on, so it is much more convenient to practice than the shadow soul. "
"Of course, compared to ordinary people, both pure ghosts and ghost immortals lack the help of heavenly souls and lack the three talents. Compared with ordinary practitioners, they are more likely to suffer from heavenly calamity and rejection. This is why they can borrow people to cast spells and do good deeds to accumulate virtue. , a practice method that absorbs the wonderful energy of human beings, refines the Yin spirit, and achieves the glazed Dharmakaya."
"It's just that the glazed Dharmakaya purified by this method, before it is awarded the purple-green document of Tianfu and is named Immortal Ru, has no essential change from the ordinary pure spirit ghost. At most, it can only be said to be slightly higher by half a level. The rest is just quantitative. The gap between them is normal, and it is normal to put them together with ghosts and immortals in the lowest level of merit. In the final analysis, although the merits of ghosts and immortals are lower than those of ghosts and immortals, although they have small skills, it is difficult to rise to the great level."
"Finally, there is my personal guess. At that time, the seniors regarded these achievements as the end of ghosts and immortals. They may also have the idea of telling them the truth for ordinary students or those who have just entered the immortal way, telling them that even if they are It is possible to attain the Dao even after death, so as to prevent some people who are destined to become immortals and enter the Dao but lose their physical body from completely falling into the devil's path in order to continue practicing."
After speaking, Taoist Fuguang also explained to Chu Tai the other effects of ghost immortality.
"Different from the lower-level merits of ghosts and immortals, most of the merits of the ghosts and immortals are obtained by dismembering corpses. What they seek is transcendence in the yin. Most of them are pure yang that have not yet been completed, and the gods are unknown, but they have already given birth to true energy. Even if they lose their physical bodies, There is no need to borrow people to cast spells, you can rely on tools to travel between the human world, so that the ghosts have no surnames, the three mountains have no names, no reincarnation, and the world is free. The secret method of dividing the mind and splitting the soul to return to the sun that I told you earlier is derived from this. The evolution of merit.”
"The superiors of ghosts and immortals are mostly people who have achieved success in spiritual practice but accidentally lost their bodies. After death, they still work hard, either using the Taiyin to refine the form, or using the Sun to refine the spirit, purify the vitality, return to nature, and transform the yin and gods into yang. When the Yuan Shen conceives a baby, he can ask for the true treasure of the Purple Mansion to fly to the heaven, and he can return to the human realm and seek immortality. The results of these achievements, even if they do not have a physical body, are the same as ordinary people. If there is a chance, they can even be conceived in a god. God, continue your immortality."
"Finally, I don't know much about the best of ghosts and immortals. I can only give you an answer based on the classics left by my predecessors. Such achievements are not available to ordinary people, or they can seek Taoism in the underworld and become the leader of the underworld or the emperor of the underworld. In this position, he may go down to the underworld to help the underworld, transcend the yin to become a saint, and help all living beings in the underworld, or he may seek life from death, seek existence from nothingness, and seek truth from emptiness.”
"This sounds like the best, but why is it that there are different promotion directions for the middle and upper three levels of the Ghost Immortal?"
Regarding Chu Tai's question, Taoist Fu Guang rarely gave an answer, but handed the question back to Chu Tai: "You may have to find the answer yourself in the future."
After saying that, Taoist Fuguang continued to explain the "Zhicao Jing" to Chu Tai, during which he also asked Chu Tai to try making a Huoluo Pill.
This medicine is widely spread in the world and has many types. It is recorded in the "Zhicao Jing" that after ginseng, cinnamon twigs, magnets and other medicinal materials are used.
After being made into pills, the medicinal properties are mild, and the taste is bitter but sweet. Taking it can cool and dispel heat, dredge meridians, and relieve problems such as poor qi and blood. It is a basic elixir used to treat qi problems.
During the process of making medicine, Taoist Fuguang also explained to Chu Tai in detail the medicinal properties of various medicinal materials, the specific preparation methods, as well as some secret medicines and concepts for refining elixirs.
"Practice practitioners in the world collect elixirs to make elixirs. Most of the time, due to mixed properties, they choose to intercept the main medicinal properties during refining, and then use other medicinal materials as auxiliary materials to refine them into elixirs. Unsuitable medicinal properties are all regarded as impurities. Scrap it.”
"But our Taiyi Jinhua Sect is different. After our ancestor attained Taoism, he traveled to various places and was fortunate enough to hear Lord Hunyuan explain the principles of superior alchemy. From it, he learned a small method of alchemy in the Qiankun Furnace, which emphasizes that the alchemy furnace is the universe. , the medicinal properties are all living beings, the heaven and earth support all living things, mixed but not useless, those that are not beneficial to living beings and those that are beneficial, each contains half, each has its own place."
"So when you make this Huoluo pill, you need to add these steps to separate the complex medicinal properties. These types can be used to make fertilizer later to nourish the land. These types can be used as auxiliary materials for another pill. Of course, These methods are just the simplest separation. When you reach a higher level of cultivation, you can even turn medicinal properties that you can't use into new elixirs and give back to the world."
As he spoke, dozens of magic taboos appeared in front of Taoist Fuguang, forming a small alchemy furnace and handing it to Chu Tai. What was recorded in it was Xiaoyou Qiankun's furnace for refining elixirs.
Regarding this knowledge, Chu Tai, who was blessed by the name of [Boy], learned very quickly. Before the evening class, he had mastered the basics of this alchemy method. Especially his grasp of the medicinal properties and spiritual inspiration made Taoist Fu Guang very satisfied. happy.
After evening classes, Chu Tai walked out of his room and found a secluded place to practice the "Taiyi Moon Picking Method" to transfer some of the extreme magic power in his body in the direction of Zhongzheng and peace. However, when his mind was empty, something suddenly hit his ears. There was a sound of slightly urgent chanting.
Accompanying the chanting are the sounds of wooden fish and copper chimes, which alternate with each other, and the clear and crisp sound echoes inside and outside Taiyi Temple.
However, Chu Tai felt that something was wrong the more he listened. It was clear that there was a vast and pure power hidden in the sound of chanting, but under the combination of wooden fish and copper chimes, the slightly rapid rhythm of chanting showed a sense of disharmony, circulating inside and outside the Taoist temple. The power movement seems to be consuming something.
Unfortunately, Chu Tai's cultivation was insufficient and his spiritual sense was not strong enough. Even with the blessing of external forces, he could only sense that something was wrong but could not find the reason. He carefully explored the source of the chanting sound and found that it was the place where Taoist Fuguang practiced, so he could only stop exploring and go back to his room to rest.
