The mind of heaven cannot be grasped, the mind of man cannot be fathomed, and the mind of the Tao cannot be changed. Speaking of human words, sometimes one is diligent and brave, and sometimes the salted fish is rotten. Only by mastering the dual nature of recklessness and cowardice can one achieve longevity and realize the Tao.
This is the answer to Guangchengzi's first sentence.
Shen Gongbao was able to break through the barrier of seeing and knowing, and no longer feared the will of the great Luo like a tiger. Compared with all living beings, his starting point in this life was already extremely high.
The ultimate goal of explaining the teaching is to replace Heaven's heart with one's own heart, which can be summarized in four words - obeying Heaven and responding to people.
As a member of the Chan Cult, Shen Gongbao will at least have his way.
Other creatures have limited vision and are trapped in the chess game. They cannot see the mountain with a blind eye. They don't even know where God's will is. They stumble into disasters and lose their lives in a daze.
As for the second sentence, Emperor Xin ascended the throne for the first time and was still eight years away from becoming a god.
Shen Gongbao couldn't help but sigh, Emperor Yi still fell!
In the prehistoric universe, the fate of the Yin and Shang Dynasties has been long. Since the founding of the country by Shang Tang, the Ghost Emperor of Yin De, the ancestral spirit totem system has been established for 524 chapters.
When he left Chaoge to seek immortals and visit Taoism, Emperor Xin's father, Emperor Yi, was in power, and he was a mediocre emperor.
When Emperor Wen Ding, the father of Emperor Yi, was on the throne, he suppressed eight hundred princes, all nations surrendered, crusaded against the Rong and Di from all directions, and consecrated Zhou Boji Li as a priest, making him a sword of the Shang Dynasty, helping the Yin and Shang Dynasties to deal with the Rong and Di from the west.
When the Western Rong and Di were pacified, Emperor Wen Ding in his later years coaxed Zhou Boji Li to the Yin Shang Dynasty and imprisoned him in Chaoge, interrupting the rise of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Emperor Yi's grandfather, Emperor Wu Yi, was full of martial virtue when he was in power. He first insulted the gods, and then shot at the sky. He took the divine power back from the hands of the great witch and became known as the first emperor on earth, openly competing with the heaven.
When Emperor Yi came to the throne, the Western Zhou Dynasty rebelled again, the great witches reappeared, the royal power declined, the theocratic power flourished, and the national destiny declined little by little, and the efforts of the previous two generations of emperors were in vain.
In his later years, there were many wine ponds and meat forests, frequent human sacrifices, and sacrifices to ghosts and gods.
Shen Gongbao's father, the contemporary Shen Guogong, saw the chaos in Chaoge and was keenly aware that something was going to happen to the Yin Shang Dynasty, so he allowed Shen Gongbao to go out, nominally to visit immortals, but actually to avoid the disputes in the court.
Facts have proved that Shen Guogong's speculation was completely correct. In just forty years after Shen Gongbao left, a generation of Emperor Yi fell and his son Emperor Xin came to the throne. The bloody storms and disputes between gods and men are rarely known.
But what Shen Guogong didn't guess was that Shen Gongbao really met an immortal in a spiritual mountain. On the recommendation of Empress Shiji, he prepared to go to the East China Sea to seek enlightenment, but was intercepted by the immortal Chanjiao on the way.
Shen Gongbao didn't have a good impression of Emperor Yi, or in other words, he didn't have a favorable impression of the Yin Shang group of nobles who liked to hold wine ponds and meat forests.
The wine pool is for enjoyment, but it is also for sacrifice. The businessman likes ghosts and gods, and his ancestor is the Ghost Emperor, so he likes sacrifices in everything.
Wine pools and meat forests coexist. Wine is offered as a sacrifice, and so is meat. As for what kind of meat it is, the more noble the sacrifice to the ghosts and gods, the better.
After all, Duke Zhou, who invented the three-animal sacrifice, had not yet been born.
Compared with Emperor Xin's accession to the throne, Shen Gongbao was more concerned about the critical time node of the Eighth Meeting.
A period of 10,800 years will be arranged according to the twelve earthly branches. The earthly branches will rotate and intersect from end to end, which is the beginning of one yuan and the renewal of all things. It is called one yuan.
The number of one yuan is 129,600 years.
The number of eight societies is eighty-six thousand four hundred years.
"Eighty-six thousand four hundred years!"
Shen Gongbao looked extremely melancholy.
Eighty-six thousand four hundred years is a very long time, roughly equivalent to the time it takes for more than two thousand Shen Gongbao to become an immortal. It is also short. A person in the immortal way can retreat for one hundred thousand years. When he wakes up from a dream, he becomes a god.
This is a very wonderful feeling, just like a migrant worker with a monthly salary of 3,000 in his previous life felt that one million was a small amount of money.
Eighty-six thousand and four hundred years later, if he has the cultivation of the Golden Immortal, he will have some ability to protect himself during the catastrophe of becoming a god.
Eighty-six thousand and four hundred years later, if he had Taiyi cultivation level, he would be able to face the monstrous murders with some composure and calmly.
Eighty-six thousand four hundred years later, if he has Daluo cultivation, the Great Tribulation of the Gods will be the playground, and he will be the will of God, so there is no need to worry.
"However..." Shen Gongbao sighed: "The reality is cruel."
According to the current speed of cultivation, in 86,400 years, he will become a heavenly immortal at most.
Cultivation of the Immortal Way is not a child's play. There are many hurdles, just like the abyss of heaven. Success means success, and failure to achieve success means failure.
Even such a great opportunity as meeting Yuanshi in court only allowed Shen Gongbao to become an Earth Immortal from the beginning, to be promoted to a minor Earth Immortal, laying the foundation for his path.
If you practice hard with all your heart, you may not be able to make any further progress for ten thousand years.
Unless there is enough calamity energy to assist him in his practice and explore the essence of the great avenue.
However, this creates an endless loop.
If you go to experience the Tribulation, you are not strong enough and will be easily beaten to death during the Tribulation of the Gods.
To improve your strength, you need to enter the tribulation and absorb the energy of disaster from the Great Tribulation of the Gods.
"It is not necessary to go through tribulations in the prehistoric universe."
"The water in the heavens is deep, but the water in all realms is shallow..."
While thinking, Shen Gongbao had already left Kunlun Holy Land in the clouds and mist, and came to the foot of a spiritual mountain, with green mountains and green waters, red peach and green willows, which was exactly where the little silver tiger was placed.
"Juan Bao!"
Shen Gongbao roared like a dragon and roared towards the forest, but the expected tiger roar did not sound.
"Juan Bao?!"
Shen Gongbao frowned and called again, but there was no response. He suddenly became anxious and sacrificed his immortal spirit. He separated out 129,600 pure Yang thoughts, escaped into the void, and searched all directions, like a heaven and earth net, covering the mountains, rivers and rivers inch by inch. Check.
Juan Bao was a pet mount given to him by fellow Taoist Shiji when he went up the mountain. He has been with it for forty years and has a close connection. He usually responds when he calls. Today, he has not seen a trace. Something must have happened.
Sure enough, a moment later, with a thought of pure Yang, he saw a little silver tiger dripping with blood, with its skin and flesh torn apart, whining softly on the side of a surging river, and was locked in a four-symbol cage made of earth, wind, water and fire.
By the river, Taoist Xiao Zhen was burning a fire furnace. A trace of Samadhi's true fire surged up and turned into a fire dragon surrounding the golden alchemy furnace. Water dragons leaped out from the river, condensing into drops of essence.
Water and fire come together, dragons soar and tigers roar, as if they want to kill demons and get pills.
Shen Gongbao suddenly felt angry and evil in his heart. The three corpses were restless and murderous intent emerged. He was about to take action, but stopped when he thought about it.
Don't be angry and start an army, and don't be angry and start a war.
On the side of Kunlun Mountain, outside Yuxu Palace, could he really kill Xiao Zhen?
His ultimate goal is not to kill people, but to save the tiger.
"Xiao Zhen, you are so brave!"
Wearing the Yuqing Ruyi crown, wearing the Yuxu sect badge, and dressed in green, the Taoist shrunk to the ground and yelled loudly: "How dare you touch the poor Taoist's mount!"
Seeing the Taoist arriving, Yin Hu, who was originally languid, suddenly became excited, flapped his wings, stirred up strong winds, and tried to break through the four elephant cages. The huge impact caused the mountains to tremble and the ground to tremble.
"Junior Brother Shen Bao, why are you so impatient?"
Taoist Xiao Zhen seemed to have been prepared for it. He looked quite surprised and said, "Are you actually going to kill your fellow disciple for the sake of a little mountain monster?"
He is worthy of being a member of the Chan Cult, and he is extremely proficient in the use of moral kidnapping.
However, your grandfather and I also teach!
Shen Gongbao was immediately filled with righteous indignation and scolded: "You are not as good as others in competition, so you slaughter the living beings and vent your anger in private. Is this what the Yuxu sect does?"
"Pindao must truthfully report today's matter to Teacher Yuanshi and let Senior Brother Guangcheng handle the matter!"
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and inadvertently revealed the Yuxu Menxia brand on his waist.
