The red sun rises, and the sea water turns red. The sky wind is blowing, and the clouds are flowing thousands of miles away.
On the back of the long whale in the East China Sea, Qi Jingzhi and Langya Lord Zheng Xian sat at the same table facing each other, both bathed in light.
The young man slowly opened his eyes, and when he turned his head to look at the sea and the sky, his eyes were immediately illuminated by the red color of the haze, and he felt a sense of exhilaration and excitement in his heart.
The spirit of a wooden knife suddenly appeared on the handle of Jianren Shou, with red-flowered branches stretching in the wind, and green gold leaves colliding with each other, making a crisp and sweet sound, which actually had a hint of the charm of "The Flying Dragon Calls the Lin".
Qi Jingzhi heard something in his ears, and suddenly felt something in his heart. He stretched out his right hand without thinking, and the texture of his palm was already glowing with glow.
In the brilliant light, suddenly a crane danced in the palm of its hand.
Qi Jingzhi looked at it quietly for a moment, then suddenly clenched his fingers, and the dancing crane disappeared, leaving only a drop of colorful nectar on the tip of his index finger.
The young man smiled knowingly and raised his right hand to his ear. Immediately, a Ruomu branch came over and swept the nectar away unceremoniously.
"How wonderful! Inhale the morning glow and drink the nectar, control the white deer and turn into a green dragon!"
Langya Lord Zheng Xian smiled while stroking his palms: "Red clouds and jade dew are heavenly wines! Whether you are pure in refining or masterful in controlling, you are already one of the few in the second realm."
"What's even more rare is that you first realized this way last night, but you mastered it after sitting quietly and meditating for a few hours. This level of understanding is like snow melting into a red furnace and melting at the drop of a lick. It's really enviable!"
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi's heart moved, not because of the other party's praise, but because as early as when he was in Yushan, Huaide County, he had asked Jiao Yulang what the second great realm of practice was, and the answer he got was this The phrase "morning glow, nectar, white deer and green dragon" suddenly dawned on me when I heard it again from Mr. Langya's mouth.
It turned out that he had been thinking about this sentence for the past few months, and it was only now that he finally reached the perfect state.
Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi raised his eyes and looked at Langya Lord, and said seriously: "Your Majesty is flattering you, but I cannot deserve your respect. Since I have been practicing, I have been groping around, and even the techniques have been pieced together here and there. Fortunately, I have obtained Thanks to the sincere guidance of several seniors and friends, I didn’t make any mistakes. Looking back at it now, I feel that it was a stroke of luck.”
When he said this, his mind flashed back to his experience at Baiyun Palace in Jiuzhen County last night, especially the completely different paths of cultivation of the great monks. He still didn't understand how important it was to lay a solid foundation and choose the right path. Importantly, even if they come from the same lineage and come from the same sect, if you make different choices at every key point, the results you get will be worlds apart.
Qi Jingzhi paused for a moment, then continued: "Your Majesty, I have heard people talk about intellectual impairment many times. I shouldn't have inquired randomly, but last night I saw several great monks fighting at the fourth realm and above. I was really dazzled. I was confused and had many doubts in my mind."
"For example, when monks reach the fourth realm, they seem to have to condense a true form. Even the root cause of this Nine Realm Incident is that Ding Chengli wanted to steal the power of the God of Autumn and condense the true form of the bird. Anfeng Hou Ding Chengyuan and Hu Jun Taoist people are just adding fuel to the flames and taking advantage of the opportunity to make profits."
"However, Ding Chengli's Great Black God, the Sacred Bird, and the Tengu and Zouwu of the Tianyi Sect, are all inhuman forms. I, Saint Jiang Daotong, attaches great importance to humane principles. Do I have to turn myself into a human being? Weird shapes? But if not, how can we compete with those gods and beasts that are magical at first sight?"
When Zheng Xian heard this, a strange smile appeared on his face: "Listen to what you said, you, a dignified descendant of Xianyu Mountain, don't want to grow wings on your back, wear feathers, and turn into a fairy in the clouds that flutters in the sky. Are you a guest?"
Before Qi Jingzhi could answer, Lord Langya couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Fortunately, Mr. Zheng suppressed your feelings, otherwise I don't know what kind of weird behavior would have happened!"
He laughed several times before he stopped, but the smile on his face did not fade away. He said leisurely: "With your keen and thoughtful temperament, you have heard many principles of cultivation in the fourth realm too early. If you still don't understand, In this way, it will lead to obstacles in knowledge and vision... Anyway, Zheng will go beyond his duties and teach the disciples of Bishop Xuandu Guan first!"
Zheng Xian pondered for a moment, then continued: "You said before that you cultivated your heart and soul by accident, but when you think about it, the "Immortal Feather Sutra" you obtained is actually too incomplete. Fortunately,
As you said, no big mistakes were made, and the foundation of each step was quite solid. "
"Now that you have achieved extraordinary enlightenment at the stage of Dinxia, the next step is to manifest your mind. Why don't you first tell me, in your opinion, what should this mind be?"
Qi Jingzhi thought for a while, carefully weighing his words and said, "I once faced directly with the spirit of the evil-warming captain of the Chaozhou Demonic Academy, and in a trance I saw a giant with a similar appearance to him, towering like a mountain, with the great power of heaven and earth on his side. "
"A senior who has achieved great success in the third realm once said to me that the mind is a spirit within the heart that is formed by taking the bones of one's own heart as its core and the essence of heaven and earth that it eats as its expression. The monks themselves are similar, but they are different based on their innate bloodline and acquired experience. Moreover, the more mysterious they are and the closer they are to those legendary ancestors and gods, the more difficult it is to conceive..."
Qi Jingzhi's voice faded, but a glimmer of understanding flashed in his eyes.
As the saying goes, review the past and learn the new. At this moment, he remembered Deng Fuqing's advice and suddenly realized that it would not be a good thing if the mind manifested too early and too smoothly. The impetuous feeling that lingered in his heart immediately faded away. Most of it.
"This is a golden statement, a true revisionist theory!"
Zheng Xian nodded when he heard the words: "As monks like us embark on the road, every step we take, we will be farther away from mortals and closer to the sacred. The sacred that Zheng mentioned is not those enshrined on the throne, nor is it the genealogy of aristocratic families. Those at the top of the list are the true selves that monks have cultivated by absorbing nutrients from the nature of heaven and earth, the various forms of the world, and their own bodies and minds."
"This process of getting rid of the false and retaining the true, and seeking the true self, is called cultivating the true through falsehood. If we apply the Buddhist saying, it means to understand the mind and see its nature, to achieve great enlightenment, and to see the ultimate bright nature, which is called seeking to realize Bodhi."
"Although the second state of mind is still far from the true self and Bodhi, it is the beginning for a monk to eliminate the false and preserve the true, and to understand the mind and nature. It is indeed extremely important!"
"After all, if you really talk about it, the inner core you formed in the first realm is what you followed in the footsteps of your predecessors. It was limited by the teachings of your elders, the essence of the exercises, and your own knowledge. It may not be completely consistent with your own nature. When you reach the stage of understanding your mind, you have to obey your own will and make choices."
Qi Jingzhi nodded thoughtfully, but in his heart he thought of Langya Jun's golden jujube tree.
Next, Zheng Xian did not explain how to choose, but talked about the practice of the third realm: "After the heart phase is manifested and even stabilized, the monk can start the practice of the third realm, which is the wandering god's air control realm. , is also divided into three steps, namely spiritual platform, divine form, and Tao seed."
"It's just that if we want to explain this realm of divine movement clearly, we have to mention the Infinite Wilderness first."
After hearing this, Qi Jingzhi immediately became energetic.
He almost felt his ears ringing from hearing the so-called Wuji Wilderness. Whether it was the Chihu Fish Spirit of the Cui clan in Yecheng, or the dog skin by the stream of the Tengu Master, or even the one currently being held on his shoulders and handed to him with a branch. A drop of naked Ruomu Dao Ling comes from the Wuji Wilderness, and this time I can finally hear the truth.
Qi Jingzhi suppressed the excitement in his heart, and still caught Ruomu Chilu with his index finger, and brought it to his lips: "Please clarify my doubts, Your Majesty!"
"The Wuji Wilderness, also known as the vast wilderness and the free wilderness, is transcendent from the mundane world. It is the reflection of all tangible and intangible things. It is the spiritual source of all living beings. It is the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror. However, It is real and true, boundless and mysterious.”
"The Yellow Spring actually comes from the Wuji Wilderness. After death, all living beings wash away their mundane worlds in it. Then they will involuntarily rise to the infinite heights of the Wuji Wilderness and return to the source of spirituality of all things to wait for reincarnation."
"The Wuji Wilderness is the place closest to the great road, and it contains supreme secrets. Since ancient times and even more ancient times, living creatures have found and entered it, and found that they can return after staying there for a long time. Be natural and spiritual, understand the principles of heaven and earth, and use this shortcut to live forever!"
When Langya Jun said the above words, he actually had a solemn look on his face that Qi Jingzhi had never seen before, and his tone was also indescribably solemn: "It's just that at that time, if a living creature wants to enter, especially If you want to bring your own body together, you must have the power to see through reality and break boundaries, and use your current cultivation state to
To measure it in terms of realms, one must at least reach the fourth realm or even enter the fifth realm. "
"According to legend, in an extremely ancient and unverifiable era, there were many extremely powerful innate beings who were able to roam the wilds after they were born, and even the whole clan inhabited them. Nowadays, most of the alien species that can only be found in the Wuji Wilderness are Innate creatures and even their descendants, while acquired creatures such as humans are much weaker, and they have to go through hardships and achieve success in practice to have such an opportunity."
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi yearned for the reincarnation of the Wuji Wilderness. At the same time, he was also frightened by the high threshold. If the ability to travel in the wild was used as a criterion, it would be impossible to say that only the fifth realm could be considered a truly strong person.
Thinking of this, he immediately asked doubtfully: "I once heard Ding Chengli say that after decades of traveling in the wilderness, he finally saved enough to light the Dao Fire. Doesn't this mean that he was far from the fourth realm when he entered the Wuji Wilderness? Dacheng? How was this accomplished?"
Hearing the young man's words, Lord Langya couldn't help but nodded gently, his expression becoming more solemn: "What I just said was the situation from endless years ago. As for today's monks, they must be grateful for the incompetence of Taoist ancestors, ancient emperors and human emperors. Great merit!"
"In the legend, the Taoist ancestor pitied the inborn souls for their difficulty in attaining enlightenment, and swore an oath to the source of spirituality in the Wuji Wilderness. Many sentient beings and all races opened up the Wuhe Homeland in their hearts, leading to the Wuji Wilderness. It is said that this is also the world's first spiritual source. An oath of infinite Dao."
"Once something like the mind that is closer to the true nature is conceived by a living being, it will be drawn by the spiritual source in advance, and will first be born in the land of Wuhe in the heart, and then pass through the land of Wuhe into the wilderness of Wuji. If you do it too often, even the body left outside will gradually fade away from the mortal body."
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but marvel at Daozu's magic power and compassion, but at the same time he couldn't help but frown: "In this way, the threshold for entering the wild has indeed been greatly lowered, even for the monks in the second level of manifesting the mind. We can go there, but there are many mysterious or vicious things in the Wuji Wilderness, such as those innate creatures and their descendants. If the monks of the second realm rush in, I'm afraid..."
Zheng Xian nodded when he heard the words and said in approval: "You are right. When the mind is revealed, it is like a newborn baby, with little power to protect itself. If it enters the infinite wilderness, it is needless to mention the dangers, let alone The monks in the second realm have a narrow escape from death, so they must be careful in the third and fourth realms."
Lord Langya paused for a moment, then suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Qi Jingzhi, do you know who is enshrined in the Tiandi temples across Daqi?"
As a citizen of Daqi, Qi Jingzhi naturally knew this and immediately answered: "As far as I know, the main gods enshrined in Daqi Tiandi Temple are Di Jiang, Di Hong and Chao Di, with Di Hong in the middle; the rear hall enshrines the Among the three holy kings of the Jiang clan, the Holy King of Taiyue is in the middle; the three human emperors, Suihuang, Fuhuang and Yanhuang, are enshrined in the front hall. Because Yanhuang is the ancestor of the Jiang clan, he is in the middle, Suihuang is on the left, and Fuhuang is on the left. Right of the Imperial Palace."
Lord Langya nodded and said with a smile: "That's right! These ancient emperors, human emperors and holy kings all made great contributions to heaven, earth and human race. Today Zheng will not go into details one by one, but only selects those related to the third level of practice. Let’s talk.”
"Before he became emperor, Emperor Hong was the Holy Emperor of Xuanyuan of the human race, that is, the Xiong clan. He felt that the boundaries between the land of Wuhe and the wilderness of Wuji were blurred, and the spirituality of all living beings lost their protection and were easily invaded by external demons, so he followed the example of Taoist ancestors. I swear by the Wuji Dao to set down the Gate of Infinity, also called the Gate of Infinity, in the heart of all sentient beings and tribes, as the only door to the Wilderness of Wuji."
"With this portal, firstly, the land of nowhere becomes safer, and secondly, sentient beings in the world can use the gate of infinity as a guidepost to return to the land of nowhere, greatly reducing the risk of getting lost in the wild. Holy Emperor Xuanyuan Due to this great merit, he is respected as the Emperor Hong clan by all sentient beings and all races."
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but sigh: "Today we know the saintliness of this ancient emperor!"
Zheng Xian also nodded solemnly: "The so-called Emperor Hong clan is an emperor like a goose, guiding all living beings on the way home!"
He paused briefly and then continued: "Chao Emperor, also known as the Dachao clan, felt that the low-level monks of the human race had no place to rely on in the land of Wuhe, and suffered too many casualties when traveling in the wilderness, so he prayed in the wilderness of Wuji. , allowing human monks to imitate birds and build wooden houses in the land of nowhere, as a residence for their own spirituality and even their mind."
"This nest house has evolved into a spiritual platform today.
, the human monk's mind climbed up to the spiritual platform, overlooking the land of Wuhe, and the infinite wilderness in the distance. He can understand his mind, see his nature, and increase his Taoism. This step-by-step process is much safer than entering the wilderness directly. "
"Because of this merit, the Dachao clan first achieved the position of Chao King of the human race, and then swore the Wuji Dao oath after the Emperor Hong clan to spread the method of the Lingtai to all living beings and all races, thereby ascending to the throne of God and becoming the second largest human race. An ancient emperor."
"The Dachao clan became the Chao Emperor before the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan, but he ascended the throne after the Di Hong clan. In order to show respect to Di Jiang and the Di Hong clan, he put the word "Emperor" last, so he was named Chao Emperor."
The old stories about the ancient emperor and the human emperor told by Lord Langya are many years older than the ancient history of the Jiang clan. They are simply myths.
When Qi Jingzhi listened, his heart was shaken and shocked beyond words.
The so-called third level of cultivation, the so-called climbing the spiritual platform, and the subsequent travel in the wild, turned out to be this. No wonder Deng Fuqing refused to talk about it at first, for fear that he would have a mental disorder.
At this moment, Qi Jingzhi didn't even express his feelings, he couldn't help but imagine what his spiritual platform looked like, what was in the land of Wuhe under the spiritual platform, and how magnificent and majestic he would see after opening the door of infinity. Strange scenery?
Seeing his distracted and wandering look, Zheng Xian couldn't help but laugh.
Just listen to this Langya Lord chant: "The sages have said, I am suitable for the homeland of Wuhe, enter the gate of infinity, swim in the wilderness of Wuji, shine with the sun and moon, the heaven and the earth are the same, everyone will die, but I am alone. Yan!"
"It is also said that one is tranquil without thoughts and careless, using the sky as a cover, the earth as a base, the four seasons as horses, and the yin and yang as a guard. He rides on the clouds to the sky, and stays with nature, upstream in the free wilderness, and down below. At the gate of infinity, return to infinity!"
"When it lands in the third realm, it has nothing to do with the body, so it is called the wandering spirit controlling the air. It is also called free wandering and seeing the heaven and earth!"
