The poem says:
The luan, bell and crane are planted in the clouds, and the seventy-two immortals have come. If you ask me where I am going, I will lie high in Penglai all my life.
Another poem says:
Difficulties are difficult, the way is the most mysterious! Don't take the golden elixir for granted, don't wait until you meet a great person to pass on the secrets, and don't talk empty words without relying on the dryness of your tongue.
In Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the sky was dark, the city was under curfew, and most of the people who had been in a hurry for the day had gone to bed. This was true for people, cats and dogs, and the wind and rain. Those who are awake are naturally those who do not need to rush for their livelihood. The darker the night, the more noisy they become. This is true for people, and it is also true for cockfighting and dice.
In Prince Ruyang's Mansion, the servants and servants have changed the lighting candles twice. The splendid and luxurious banquet hall is full of wine. Prince Ruyang, who is sitting high on the throne, looks at the short and fat Taoist in the hall and admires him. performance.
Yes, just appreciate it.
Because the Taoist who was performing the ritual on the expensive rug in the hall was not acting like a street juggler at this moment. I saw that the Taoist first asked his servants to prepare some items for the practice, and then he tied up the Taoist robe. He first faced south and performed the Taoist etiquette before casting spells for a while. After doing so, he turned around and gave a salute to King Ruyang. , then silently recited a Taoist saying and officially started practicing. The solemn and sacred Taoist rituals were performed by his plump, three-inch figure. He didn't look like a juggler.
After Chang Chiman finished these etiquettes, he randomly took out an empty porcelain bowl, a red cloth, a knife, and a bowl of ink from the table. After laying out these things, he first covered the empty porcelain bowl with a red cloth, then pinched the fingers of his right hand to cast a magic spell, then pointed at the empty bowl and flicked it with his fingers. When he opened it again, the empty bowl was filled with Full of clear water.
After performing this trick of fetching water from the air, Chang Chiman looked at King Ruyang. King Ruyang was a little surprised. What surprised him was not that Chang Chiman performed the trick of fetching water from the air, but that Chang Chiman's method was so humble. That's it? Is this the most famous disciple killed by the Tang Dynasty? He has seen many illusionists perform tricks like this to fool people. Although he doesn't know how to do it himself, there are many people who know it. Okay, he is the famous King of Ruyang.
Chang Chiman saw it and didn't care. He didn't bother to defend himself. It’s enough to know some things by yourself. There is no need to tell people when you meet them: This is the power of the five elements of water that I really transferred using magic. It is a smaller version of Master Ye Jingneng’s borrowing a river from the sky. It is not like those who walk around on the street. The alley juggler's deceitful tricks, such as this, are derogatory to his identity.
After turning into clear water, Chang Chiman then picked up the knife and slashed the bowl with the knife. The water in the bowl seemed to be cut in half by him. King Ruyang stretched his neck and looked forward, looking a little surprised and interesting. Chang Chiman felt proud but said nothing. In order to let King Ruyang see it more clearly, he picked up the bowl of ink again and poured some ink into the clear water bowl. A magical thing happened. At this moment, the bowl of originally clear water had turned half clear and half ink, black and white, as if the knife cut them in half. Before Chang Chiman finished, he stretched out his fingers again and stirred the water in the bowl randomly with his fingers. What was even more amazing was that when his fingers entered the water and fiddled around randomly, they were not affected by the invisible boundary. No matter how he stirred the water with his fingers, the water in the bowl Water is still water, and ink is ink. Even the ink on your fingers turns clear as soon as it reaches the clear water. There is no confusion in a bowl of water.
King Ruyang was really stunned now. He had never seen this trick or immortal magic before. He did not believe in evil and asked Chang Chiman:
"These magical powers are quite wonderful. I wonder if the lonely king can give them a try?"
Chang Chiman smiled, pointed to the water in the bowl and replied:
"My lord, it doesn't hurt to try!"
After King Ruyang received the answer, he quickly came to the hall. He first walked around the bowl on the table and looked up and down, and even buried his head under the table to look. After studying for a long time, he still had no clue. Then he stretched out his finger, ready to put it into the bowl to try it, but then pulled it back and looked at Chang Chiman suspiciously. Chang Chiman knew that the prince was afraid of any danger, so he smiled calmly. He didn't swear, he just stretched out his fingers, put it into the bowl and stirred it again.
The bowl is still the same bowl, the water is still the same, and the fingers that are always filled are still intact when they come out, as if they are not even touched by water, dry and smooth, without any change. King Ruyang looked at Chang Chiman's thick and short fingers, and finally became more curious. He took a deep breath and slowly inserted his fingers. When your fingers are put into the water, the water temperature is the same as usual, and the feeling returned by the skin is the same as washing hands normally. He adapted for a while, then slowly moved his finger towards the clear black and white boundary, crossing it bit by bit, but there was no obstacle or anything abnormal.
King Ruyang stirred it back and forth with his fingers for a while, and the water still fluctuated with the stirring of his fingers. The water patterns were all integrated, but the weird thing was that black was black and white was white. If you can't come over, I can't go either. King Ruyang played with it for a long time, but it was not enough. In the end, he even put his whole palm in it, grabbing and stirring it. Unfortunately, it was all in vain. The water was still magically incompatible with left and right.
King Ruyang finally failed to break Chang Chiman's spell. He took out his hand, looked at the bowl of water, and shook it out of habit. After shaking it twice, he remembered that his hand had just come out of the ink. If you flick it, the room will be filled with ink. He hurriedly lowered his head to look, and was even more stunned. There was no ink on his hand. It was dry and smooth, and it was clear that it had not been stained with any water. He looked at Chang Chiman with confusion on his face. If he hadn't experienced this personally, he wouldn't believe it to death.
Chang Chiman didn't explain the mystery to King Ruyang. He just smiled and said nothing. King Ruyang is also very patient. If you don't tell me, I won't ask you anymore. I will choke you to death! At this moment, King Xiaoyao did not return to his seat, but stood in front of the table, watching the next performance of this short boy.
Chang Chiman didn't let the prince wait long. He picked up the knife again and used the knife to draw another mark on the black and white boundary. Now the black and white quickly merged, and all the water in the bowl turned black. He covered the bowl with a red cloth again, and with a squeeze of his hand, he lifted up the sky. The red cloth was lifted up into the air, and the bowl of black water left on the table turned into a bowl of clear water again.
King Ruyang's eyes dropped to the ground at this moment. He no longer felt that Chang Chiman's performance was a juggling act, but a real fairy trick. Chang Chiman also had a panoramic view of King Ruyang's performance, and murmured in his heart, "Where are you now? Such a little trick has shocked you, and I haven't done anything yet."
At that moment, Chang Chiman invited King Ruyang to participate in person. He asked King Ruyang to pick up the bowl of water and pour some on his right hand. Then he raised his palm to King Ruyang and asked him to blow a breath. He said that he would use the method he learned to condense water into ice and turn water into ice.
King Ruyang looked at the water in Chang Chi's palm and blew a breath obediently. After he finished blowing, Chang Chiman held it with his right hand, and the water was held in his palm. He continued to do the same thing, silently reciting the incantation in his mouth, making a secret with his left hand, and pointing to his right hand. Sure enough, when he opened his palm, the water was gone, and there were some ice flakes lying in his palm. Turning water into ice flowers was not finished yet. He spread the red cloth on the table and asked King Ruyang to pour all the remaining water in the bowl onto the red cloth. There was obviously water in the bowl, but when it came to the red cloth They all condensed into ice chips. After pouring out a bowl of water, the ice chips actually piled up into a hill. Chang Chiman picked up the ice chips and threw them into the air. The ice chips turned into snowflakes and began to fall. Soon, the whole hall was covered with glittering white, like snow setting in winter.
The snowflakes flew on King Ruyang's face. He was stunned by the shock. He only instinctively stretched out his hand to catch it. The snowflakes fell on his hands, and they were as cold as winter snow. He looked at it in surprise. These snowflakes falling out of thin air know nothing but being dumbfounded.
The snow kept falling like this, and soon it was half a finger thick. King Ruyang finally came to his senses. He looked at Chang Chiman, his voice was trembling, and he didn't know whether it was shock or cold. He sighed with emotion:
"Master Changxian's skills are really amazing. King Gu admires him from the bottom of his heart. You are so amazing. You can not only turn water into ice, but also ice into snow. It's simply amazing!"
Chang Chiman smiled enigmatically again and replied unhurriedly:
"Little trick, little trick, the prince is so impressed!"
King Ruyang held the snow in his hand and quickly retorted:
"Sincerely, I really admire Master Gu Dui's methods from the bottom of my heart. It's simply incredible!"
Chang Chiman didn't answer, just waved his hand politely. King Ruyang kicked the snow on the carpet with his feet and asked casually:
"Master Changxian, I wonder how long this snow will continue to fall?"
Changchiman heard the words and replied casually:
"If I tell it to come down, it will come down. If I tell it to stop, it will stop immediately. If you don't care, it will continue to come down!"
Chang Chiman's words were obviously a bit bragging. Although it was true that the snow was transformed by him using magic, and when it would stop was under his control, after all, magic had its limits. If it was true, it would be as he said. If he can play continuously, putting aside the imbalance of the natural path, the consumption of magic alone will probably drain him dry sooner or later.
Of course, King Ruyang definitely didn't know the secret, and Chang Chiman's boast was harmless. After all, who doesn't want others to think they are great. After hearing Chang Chiman's answer, the King of Ruyang became more admired and admired him even more. He was fascinated while shaking his head and sighing. It would be great if he could also learn such magical methods.
Naturally, Chang Chiman didn't know what King Ruyang was thinking. When he saw that the magic of condensing water into ice had ended, he immediately gathered his mind and recited the magic formula secretly in his heart. He hid his hands in his sleeves and pinched the magic formula. Changing different hand seals to accumulate energy for his final spell.
These are not enough, he wants to give King Ruyang a big surprise.
On the surface, he was calm and calm, dealing with King Ruyang while accumulating strength. King Ruyang also regained some of his energy. Looking at the snow all over the room, it was beautiful but inappropriate. He was about to summon his servants to come in and clean up the snow. When Chang Chiman saw that King Ruyang was about to call people in, he hurriedly called out:
"No, Your Majesty, these magical powers must not be seen by ordinary people, lest they cause unnecessary trouble!"
After hearing this, King Ruyang quickly took back the order.
"Yes, why did I forget this! It's just that the room is full of falling snow, I don't know what to do!"
It was King Ruyang who was always waiting for these words, and he answered unhurriedly:
"What's so difficult about this! Your Majesty, let's see what the poor means!"
After saying this, the spell that had been secretly stored up for a long time came into action. With a flick of his robe, his cuffs flew away, and the snowflakes all over the room were sucked into his sleeves. The cuffs were like the center of a tornado. After a while, the snowflakes as thick as half a finger were sucked clean, and the entire hall returned to its previous state. appearance. King Ruyang looked at the spectacular scene, his heart was surging and his blood was boiling. It took a long time before he sighed:
"The Immortal Master is so powerful that I admire you, I admire you!"
Is this the end? Impossible, the world in the sleeves is not enough. The main event of Chang Chiman has not yet begun. I saw him with a serious face and holding his breath. The snowflakes swept into his sleeves slowly condensed into a snowball in the palm of his hand. The snow The ball becomes smaller and smaller as it condenses, becomes more transparent as it condenses, and finally becomes no more than the size of a cantaloupe.
King Ruyang looked at the shrinking and changing snowball and was also curious. Is this not over yet? Does this Taoist have supernatural powers?
King Ruyang guessed it right. What Chang Chiman was casting at this moment was no longer the spell of condensing water into ice, but a more advanced method of condensing people with objects. He wanted to use the snow in his hands to create something that would make King Ruyang happy for the rest of his life. An unforgettable magical power.
He used this magical power with all his heart, and consumed a lot of his inner energy. The snowball had turned into an ice ball, and the ice ball slowly turned into a chicken. The chicken slowly shrank and grew its head and feet, and then its facial features, and finally even its clothes. The accessories have also changed, and it turns out to be a half-foot-tall little iceman!
King Ruyang was a little frightened at this moment. He looked at the little ice man that Chang Chiman condensed with snow. This little ice man was exactly the same as himself in terms of appearance, facial features, and body, except that he was a little bigger. Small, as if he had shrunk.
His face turned a little pale, his eyes were rounded, and he stared at the little iceman. He asked Chang Chiman with a slightly trembling voice. No one would be able to calm down if he saw a person born out of thin air. he asked:
"This...this...what is this? How did the mage conjure up me!"
Because of the shock in his heart, the King of Ruyang even forgot to use honorifics. It seemed that Chang Chiman's spell really shocked him, so much that he was tongue-tied.
Chang Chiman was very satisfied with his decision. He slowed down his breath, touched the beard on his chin, and said with a smile:
"My lord, there is no need to panic. This is just a little trick played by a certain person. He changed it to make the prince laugh. Please relax, lord. This little trick is not dangerous. On the contrary, it is quite interesting. The prince can blow on him and there will be even more surprises." thing!"
King Ruyang was dubious and a little surprised, but at the same time he wanted to see what surprises there were. After thinking for a while, the man's true nature prevailed, so he chose to take a breath and see what happened.
Isn't it just blowing a breath? What's so great about it? Could it still be alive?
Hey, it’s really alive!
I saw the Ruyang Dynasty blowing a breath on the little ice man hanging in the air. The little ice man slowly opened his eyes, opened his mouth slightly, flapped his nose, and his belly began to bulge. Didn't he just turn into a little ice man? A living, breathing person.
"Oh my god, I'm so alive!"
King Ruyang was so frightened that he couldn't help shouting!
"Oh my god, I'm so alive!"
King Ruyang hadn't recovered yet. He was staring at the little man when he suddenly heard the little ice man speak. He said the same thing as himself. Even his voice and intonation were exactly the same. Now the prince couldn't stand it any longer. , he jumped far back, clenched his hands into fists, leaned down, his eyes were like leopards, as if facing a powerful enemy, he stared at the little iceman with a livid face.
Chang Chiman looked at the movements and expressions of King Ruyang and hurriedly shouted:
"My lord, don't be anxious, my lord, don't be anxious!"
After hearing Chang Chiman's cry, King Ruyang looked back at the short Taoist and saw that he was jumping up and down anxiously and waving his hands constantly. Reacting immediately, he slowly adjusted his inner energy, and his tense nerves gradually relaxed. Looking at the little man again, he also had his hands clasped in a defensive manner just like him.
After all, he was a man who had seen the big world. After a while, King Ruyang returned to his true colors. He looked at the little ice man, then at Chang Chiman, pointed at the little ice man, and asked Chang Chiman:
"Master Changxian, what is this? How come you are just like me, and you also imitate my words and movements? It's so interesting!"
Before Chang Chiman could answer, the little ice man showed the same posture and the same language:
"Master Changxian, what is this? How come you are just like me, and you also imitate my words and movements? It's so interesting!"
Chang Chiman also recovered at this moment. He laughed, pointed at the little ice man and explained:
"My lord, don't panic. This thing is a water essence formed by Pindao using Qi to control things and condensing water. Because it is the prince's aura that wakes him up, he will imitate the prince's words and actions. When Pindao condensed him just now, , I am borrowing your appearance, my lord, and if he gets your breath again, he will become just like you."
After hearing this explanation, King Ruyang understood something in his heart. At the moment, his fear was gone, only curiosity was left in his mind! He looked at the little iceman and laughed loudly:
"Interesting, interesting, really interesting! Master Chang Xian really opened my eyes today! Hahaha!"
The little ice man imitated King Ruyang and said it again, which made King Ruyang laugh even more. The two of them sat down again. Chang Chiman placed the little ice man in front of King Ruyang's table, and King Ruyang began to tease the little ice man. The big man feeds the little man wine, and the little man feeds the big man wine. The big man raises his glass and drinks, and the little man also drinks with his glass empty. All these performances made King Ruyang dance.
In this way, King Ruyang was chatting with Chang Chiman while teasing the little ice man. Chang Chiman felt very proud when he looked at the spell that he had spent a lot of effort to create. Although this skill was not his unique skill, it was still very different from ordinary immortal magic and Taoism.
The so-called immortal arts are various supernatural effects caused by practitioners using the energy in their own bodies as a medium through a certain method to communicate and pull the energy of the outside world. Through practice, he guides the energy of heaven and earth into his body to form an inner world. When he needs to cast a spell, he may use magic formulas, magic tools, formations, or spells to draw the inner energy outward and cause the resonance of the surrounding elements. , and finally achieves its own goal, either attacking or defending, showing or hiding, flying or escaping, moving or restraining.
The criterion for distinguishing the depth of a practitioner's spells is the amount of inner energy entering the body and the size of the field drawn by the outer energy. Because of his true nature, Chang Chiman is born with a keen sense of water. He can practice water-based spells faster than others, but correspondingly, the power of the remaining four elements of "metal, wood, fire, and earth" is weaker for him.
During the course of practice, it is said that everything in the world is transformed by the true energy of chaos, and the true energy gives rise to four phenomena. These four images are Lao Yang, Lao Yin, Shao Yang and Shao Yin. The ancestor Fuxi understood the origin of the world from the Hetu and Luoshu, so he divided the star field of the universe into seven star areas: "Three Walls" and "Four Symbols". "Sanyuan" is "Ziweiyuan", symbolizing the palace; "Taiweiyuan" symbolizes the administrative agency; "Tianshiyuan" symbolizes the bustling market. These three walls are arranged in a triangle around the North Star. Around the "Three Walls" are distributed The "Four Elephants" of Lao Yang, Lao Yin, Shao Yang and Shao Yin are "the blue dragon in the east, the red bird in the south, the white tiger in the west, and the black basalt in the north." Because of their different positions and origins, the four images have different origin powers and practices. Therefore, It is divided into five elements by practitioners: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Among them, fire and water are the four righteousnesses, and they also represent the heaven and earth. The four directions of heaven and earth form Liuhe, which is the place where humans and all spirits live, and the realm that encompasses all things. One water and one fire means this.
Then the Four Symbols derived from the Bagua, namely Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen and Kun. Bagua is divided into innate Bagua and acquired Bagua. The innate Bagua tells the body, and the acquired Bagua tells the function. The Four Symbols and Five Elements represent different orientations in the Innate Bagua and the Acquired Bagua, and the changes in the orientations in the Innate Bagua and the Acquired Bagua create a scene in which the Great Dao breeds all things, and all spirits multiply and reproduce according to the Dao. exhausted.
Correspondingly, countless cultivation methods are derived from the five original Qi of "metal, wood, water, fire and earth", such as the art of war, wood method, water method, thunder method, fire method, curse method, earth method, formation method, wind method, Escape method, ghost method, demon method, etc. A tree, a stone, a beetle or a dog, as long as they can draw Qi into the body, they can practice self-cultivation. Although there are endless creatures in the world, there are never two alike. Because the essence of cultivation is different, endless methods of cultivation have been derived. Some are brilliant, and some are clumsy. For example, the Thirty-Six Techniques of Tiangang and the Seventy-two Techniques of Earthly Evil, these are all extremely brilliant magical powers.
Among these many creatures, the cultivation qualifications vary greatly, especially humans. Because their bodies are closest to the innate gods, they are more favored by the origin of this world, and their cultivation is often stronger than other types. But even if they enjoy the blessing of heaven and earth alone, there are only a few people who can truly draw Qi into their bodies over thousands of years, let alone those who can finally achieve the true fruition and ascend to heaven, it is even rarer.
Of course, there are also people with extraordinary talents, such as Master Ye Jingneng, who is always blessed by heaven and earth. He was born with all five elements of "metal, wood, water, fire and earth", especially the "fire" sexual talent, which is even more excellent, and therefore Exclusively enjoying the divine perception, Emperor Shite of the Great Luo Palace gave him the method of talismans, especially the method of killing and controlling, which is the way to the superior. Therefore, Ye Jingneng can only practice Taoism for a hundred years, and he can kill evil mirages and Hu monks, and kill fox demons and dragons in the air with his sword. You know, how can a dragon be so easy to kill? Even if it is just a dragon, it is still a supreme existence!
Chang Chiman knew that there was no hope of catching up with his master in this life, nor in the next life, and the life after that. But compared to those ordinary beasts who have lost their immortal roots, he is much more carefree.
Isn’t there a saying that says: Comparing people with others will lead to death, but comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing them away!
Chang Chi was satisfied. He looked at the Ruyang King who was teasing the little ice man, and then thought about the poor people in the market who were running around for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and he felt much better.
He picked up a glass of wine, drank it down, and cheered cheerfully:
“Good wine!”
