Cultivating the Tao: Beginning with Meditation and Liver Experience

Chapter 20 The Tao is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high!
"Are you practicing Taoism?"

Dingyuan Houfu, in the study.

The old man had a serious face, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, as if he wanted to see through Xu Yan's whole being.

"That's right!"

Facing the old man's sharp scrutiny, Xu Yan admitted without any flinch.

He was not surprised that the old man knew about it.

When he went to the God of Wealth Pavilion during the day to buy the Wang Qi method, he didn't hide it from the old housekeeper Li Yong. Given Li Yong's loyalty to the old man, how could he not report this matter?
Think again about the old man's attitude towards cultivating Taoism.

It is completely normal to invite him to the study alone for questioning.

"When did it start?"

After a long time, the old man looked at his grandson with a firm and stubborn face, and sighed, his eyes were extremely complicated.

"Ten days ago, His Majesty allowed me to go to the palace treasury to pick out a treasure, and I chose the idea of ​​mind and soul." Xu Yan said lightly, without any concealment.

Although not many people know about this matter, it's not a secret, and it can't be hidden from anyone who cares about it, so in front of the old man, Xu Yan didn't even think about hiding it.

The corner of the old man's mouth twitched, and he was speechless.

He really didn't know about it.

If he knew in advance that Xu Yan was qualified to go to the palace treasury to pick out treasures, he would definitely not allow him to choose the idea of ​​the soul concept, but let Xu Yan choose a treasure that could become a family heritage.

In his opinion, wasting such a precious opportunity on a roll of mind-soul concepts that can be mass-produced is a complete loss of watermelon and sesame seeds, and a big loss.

The most important thing is that Xu Yan never told him about such a big matter, obviously he didn't take himself seriously, and he didn't take the whole Hou Mansion seriously.

But things have become a foregone conclusion, and it is too late to say anything now.

The old man took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart, and said a little angrily: "Didn't the old man tell you that there is a lack of spirituality and immortality, and the road is not smooth. Why do you still want to cultivate?"

Xu Yan remained silent and did not answer.

Before practicing the Immortal Way of the Soul, he also hesitated and consulted many classics in this regard.

In the end, it was discovered that this spirit and immortal way really had great flaws just as the old man said.

Ten people practice Taoism, and nine people are crazy and stupid.

Either go mad, or be taken away by the demon and become a demon.

Out of a thousand ascetics, if one can finally become the real Yinshen, it is already extremely lucky.

In addition, even if a cultivator of the gods and souls becomes a yin god, he cannot get rid of the troubles of the demons. Detachment.

As the saying goes: Dao is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high. The more you advance, the more you hinder, and there will be no end!
It is for this reason.

The Daqian Dynasty had extremely strict controls on the practice of the spirit and immortality. The emperors of all dynasties were extremely strict with those who cultivated the Tao. They required all Taoist mages to register and be assessed by the Zhenmagic Division before they could issue official certificates.

Otherwise, it is a monster and wild way. Once discovered, he will be executed immediately.

Of course, if you are confident that you can escape the land confiscated by the dynasty, the City God and other divine residences, and escape the capture and pursuit of the king's Zhenmosi, then ignore this matter.

The court's reason is also very simple.

Because each of these immortal monks is an unstable factor, once they go mad, are taken away by the demons, and become monsters, they will definitely cause disasters.

So it must be strictly monitored.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there are too many ancestors of the immortal sects in the Nine Heavens Divine Court and Fengdu Youming, the imperial court's attitude towards Taoists would be even more colorful, and there might be a "burning of books and tunnels" to completely ban folk immortals Monks exist.

"Because my grandson found that martial arts is too restrictive to ghosts, gods and evil spirits, and once a yin god is condensed, you can have a yin life of 800 years, which is much higher than the 300-year lifespan of martial arts and immortals."

Xu Yan replied honestly.

At the end, I don’t forget to add a sentence in my heart: "Although there are shortcomings in the immortal way of the soul, he cannot truly live forever, but the longevity of the Yangshen and Tianxian is enough for him to find another way to live forever."

That's right, this was Xu Yan's real thoughts.

Of course, immortality cannot live forever, but he has a golden finger in his hand, and he can completely move the "Thousands of Truths, My Gods and Spirits" to the Yangshen level. Isn't the life of 1 years not enough for him to find the method of longevity?

Even, even if no other method of longevity can be found, it is enough to become the most terrifying existence in this world by contemplating the mind for 1 years.

Therefore, whether it is human, immortal, martial arts, or divine soul, it is not his shackles, his only shackles are time.

Given enough time, he can become invincible no matter what.

"you……"

The old man didn't know what Xu Yan was thinking.

Hearing Xu Yan's answer, he was immediately furious, and said angrily, "You're smart, right? Warriors can't deal with ghosts and evil spirits. It's just that you can't practice well. In addition, all kinds of spiritual weapons developed by the imperial court, Which one can't deal with ghosts?"

"Still sinister?"

The old man smiled angrily, and said with a sneer: "Cultivating the Tao pays more attention to aptitude than practicing martial arts. You can't even practice martial arts well. You still want to cultivate the immortal way of Yin God. Do you really think that Yin God is so easy to cultivate?"

The Immortal Dao of Immortal Soul is different from the Martial Dao of Human Immortals. It has extremely high requirements for the aptitude of practice. If the aptitude is not enough, even if you practice for a lifetime, you may not be able to learn the concept of meditation, let alone become a real Yinshen.

After all, the physique of the human body can also be improved through various elixirs and body quenching methods.

But the strength of a person's soul cannot be improved by imagination, and even borrowing foreign objects to reach the level of meditation and thinking will be affected by this and damage the path.

Therefore, in the early stages of the Immortal Dao, no one can help, only the monks themselves.

This has led to the fact that monks who practice Taoism are much rarer than warriors who practice martial arts, and the difference between the two is more than a thousand times.

Xu Yan was silent, and did not refute, nor did he say that he had achieved a small success in visualization, and that he had broken through to the realm of a sorcerer in Taoism practice.

After ten days of cultivation, he became a mage directly.

If this matter gets out, it's not a question of whether it's scary or not, but it's very likely that people will mistake it for ghosts and gods.

The old man reprimanded him angrily for a long time before he stopped, seeing that Xu Yan's attitude remained the same, with a stubborn look on his face, he had no choice but to give up, and said in a deep voice, "Forget it, since you want to practice Taoism, then it's up to you. "

"However, there is one thing you must remember."

"If you get started with the concept of the soul, you must tell me as soon as possible. Then I will send you to worship in the sect of Taoism, and try to get a place for true inheritance."

When the old man said this, seeing Xu Yan's puzzled face, he couldn't help shaking his head, and then explained: "Nowadays, all the cultivating sects that can be listed in the court list basically have yin gods and yang gods, and masters. Serving in Nine Heavens Court and Fengdu Netherworld."

"If you can step into the path and become the true heir of these cultivating sects, you will be able to obtain the protection of the patriarchs in the sect who have become immortals and gods, restraining external demons, and reducing the risk of being lured by demons and falling into the path of cultivation."

"If you can't join these cultivating sects, one out of ten people cultivating the Dao will be good enough. In the end, you will either go crazy and hurt your soul, or be tempted to fall by the heavenly demon, or be directly taken away by the heavenly demon and become a demon. "

"If not, why do you think there are so many rich and powerful children in Beijing, so few people choose to practice Taoism?"

"The one to be afraid of is the Heavenly Demon!"

After knowing that Xu Yan was determined to practice Taoism, the old man didn't continue to hide it, and directly told him some things he knew and the things that he needed to pay attention to in order to prevent him from violating certain taboos.

At the end, I don’t forget to add: “In addition, since you choose to practice Taoism, you can go to the warehouse of the Hou Mansion to get more items such as tranquilizing incense. Although these things cannot help you become enlightened, they can also help you get started faster. .”

Tranquil incense, which can calm the mind and calm the mind, makes it easier for people to enter a state of concentration. It is mostly made of agarwood, borneol, supplemented with herbs, etc., and is very valuable.

As the saying goes: one or two incense sticks and one hundred taels of gold, you can meet the lucky ones in one day!

It means that only the truly wealthy nobles are eligible to use Anshenxiang.

The old man asked Xu Yan to go to the warehouse of the Hou Mansion to get more Anshenxiang, obviously he had acquiesced in his cultivation, and he was planning to use the resources of the Hou Mansion to support him in his cultivation.

"Thank you, Aunt, for fulfilling it!"

Xu Yan said gratefully.

It's just that he still had a great doubt in his heart, so he couldn't help asking: "Ah Weng, my grandson has seen descriptions of 'heavenly demons' from many classics. Is this celestial demon really that scary?"

(End of this chapter)