That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 664

In the mausoleum on the ninth floor, one could faintly feel the loud vibrations of the tombs on the upper floors. The Zi Palace belonging to Emperor Xiao was still silent, as if the owner inside had fallen asleep forever, and was indifferent to all the vicissitudes of the outside world.

Xu Beiyou sat cross-legged in the corner of the coffin chamber, silently recovering his energy, but at this moment, it was difficult for him to calm down, and he was even a little bit innocuously lost in thought. He still remembered reading Xiao Huang's "Autumn Hunting as King" when he was studying. Zheng Xiwen's literary talent is brilliant and majestic, which makes him yearn for it. He wished he could have been born in ten years of fighting for the deer, raise a three-foot Qingfeng and compete with the heroes of the world.

The emperor sleeping in the coffin was once an opponent of his master, Gongsun Zhongmou, and a close friend of Qiuye, the head teacher of Taoism. He was also the most dazzling person in the ten-year competition. In Qing Chen's words, he is the one whose destiny belongs to him.

Xu Beiyou had never imagined that one day he would be so close to the emperor who "got his deer", only a few feet away, just a layer of coffin, within reach.

I don't know how long it has passed, the qi in Xu Beiyou's body has become like gurgling water, and the bottom of the lake that was originally dry has gradually accumulated a little water, but Xu Beiyou didn't pay much attention to it, but remembered many past events, many old people, coming and going in his mind Going is like watching flowers on horseback.

In a trance, Xu Beiyou didn't know where he was, as if he was standing alone between the sky and the earth, he didn't know the height of the sky above, and the depth of the earth below, only he was left looking around blankly, as if he wanted to find something, but couldn't I don't know what to look for.

Just when Xu Beiyou wanted to return to his senses, he suddenly found that he couldn't return to his senses. He was still standing between the world and the earth, not knowing where his body was, where he was standing, as if his consciousness was about to merge with the world. .

Xu Beiyou was terrified in his heart. He had heard earlier that monks would go astray when they entered the meditation. Protecting the Dharma is not only to guard against foreign enemies, but also to prevent the occurrence of obsessed and unable to extricate oneself, in order to awaken oneself through external force. Last time Xu Beiyou broke through the fairyland in Jiangdu, Zhang Xueyao, Qin Mumian, and Fomen Dragon King were there to protect him.

It's just that Xu Beiyou's practice has been smooth and smooth, and he has never encountered too many setbacks. He has never encountered such a situation, and he was a little at a loss for a while. Zhang Baisui, who was there, didn't seem to notice his strange state.

"Xu Beiyou?"

Just when Xu Beiyou was at a loss, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear, with a bit of doubt, condescending.

Xu Beiyou turned around suddenly, but couldn't see who was talking.

Xu Beiyou looked left and right, trying to find the person who spoke, but he couldn't find it. The world was still bleak, as if the voice just now was just his hallucination.

He was at a loss, and only he stood alone in the sky and the earth, extremely small.

Suddenly a wind blew up, and it gradually condensed into a human form in front of him.

This man, dressed in simple black robes, looked about the same age as Xu Beiyou, but he was particularly conspicuous in this world, as if he was a stroke of ink in the scroll of heaven and earth.

Xu Beiyou looked at the person in front of him. Although he had some vague guesses about his identity, he still couldn't help asking, "Who are you?"

"My surname is Xiao, and my name is Mingguang. If you start from your master, I can be regarded as a figure in your father's generation. If you start from yourself, you should call me grandfather." The man responded indifferently.

Although Xu Beiyou had already guessed, but at this moment his mind was still swaying, and he was a little at a loss as to what to say: "Emperor Xiao, the first emperor, the emperor Taizu?!"

Xu Beiyou had seen a portrait of Xiao Huang before, but in the portrait he was already sixty years old, he was old and old, his appearance was quite different from the person in front of him, and he was wearing an imperial crown and wearing a cloak Clothes, majestic and outstanding, but the gaseous state is quite different.

At this time, Xiao Huang should have the appearance of his youth. There is a saying in Taoism, that is, to return to the original and return to the innocence.

The Danding school of the five major sects of Taoism pays attention to refining an invisible and substanceless golden elixir, then breaks away from the elixir room by smashing the void, turns it into a shining elixir, and rushes to the position of the middle palace to find the true nature and practice. Turning the spirit into the soul is called "clear mind".The soul is refined into a pure circle, soaring up to the brain, which is called "seeing nature".

The two are combined in the purple mansion, and the room is full of rays of light, making the whole body white.

The first battle is about to end, and it returns to the sea of ​​​​qi in the abdomen, and it merges into a life fetus.Folding up the lotus platform, nourishing the fetus in vain, and then transforming the fetus into the soul, silently warming and nurturing, until the time when the purple qi is deficient, the baby will be raised and healthy, and it will slowly come out of the gate of heaven, spin and return, between the visible and the invisible, this is called " "Yuan Ying", after the achievement of Yuan Ying, he is already a half-immortal body, so after the Daoist real people's spirits come out of their bodies, most of them do not match their actual age, just like the Xiao Huang in front of Xu Beiyou.

The man said calmly: "It's me, but I'm dead now, Huangtu's hegemony is just a matter of the past, and you don't have to stick to the common etiquette."

Xu Beiyou thought for a while, but he didn't make too much of a fuss, and asked, "Your Majesty, are you the one who restrained me here?"

Xiao Yu didn't care about Xu Beiyou's title, and nodded.

After Xu Beiyou hesitated for a while, he carefully asked, "I don't know what His Majesty's intention is?"

Xiao Yu didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "You are my grandson-in-law, and I also call you by your name, Nangui, do you know the boundaries of the Three Realms?"

"Three Realms?" Xu Beiyou replied in a reasonable manner after thinking for a while: "I heard that there is a saying of Heaven, Earth and Man. , Buddha, the most holy, I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

"The land boundary is also known as the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. It is the place where people will return after death. It is said that there are Netherworld, eighteen hells, judging the merits and demerits of life, as well as the heavens, people, Shura, and hungry ghosts mentioned by Buddhism. , animals, and the six realms of reincarnation in hell, I also don’t know if it’s true or not.”

"As for the human world, it is the Great Thousand World we are in now, the land of four capitals and nineteen states, and the land of Tiannan, Sihai, Baozhu, Grassland, Wei, Houjian, Western Regions, and the Far West. The world is above, and the earth is below, which can be summed up by two words, the world, where all living beings live, and the world of mortals is boundless, that is, the human world.”

"The human world." Xiao Yu stood with his hands behind his back, and said with a faint smile: "The human world is divided into the inner world and the outer world. No matter whether it is a mortal in the world or a monk outside the world, they cannot escape the pain of birth, old age, sickness and death. That's why some people seek the way to longevity. , For thousands of years, there has been an endless stream, or in other words, successive generations."

"It's just that there are reasons and rules in the world, and the reason is the law of heaven, and the rules are the way of heaven. There is no room for immortal people, so those who seek immortality have to leave the world, so there is the theory of ascension. Ascension means death. This world. Ordinary people die and go to the underworld, and monks go to the heavenly fairyland after ascending. As far as the human world is concerned, the two go to the same destination, and they are all dead."

"I had the opportunity to be this immortal."

(End of this chapter)