Pictures of pomegranates

Chapter 99 The Living Soul of Mirage
After this incident, the Tianji Mirror disappeared without a trace again. Until the Sui Dynasty, the treasure mirror suddenly appeared in the hands of the censor Wang Du.

According to the "Collection of Strange Stories" in "Taiping Guangji":
In May of the seventh year of Emperor Yang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (AD 611), Wang Du resigned from his post as censor and obtained the Yellow Emperor's ancient mirror from an old friend.The mirror is eight inches wide, and the nose is a crouching unicorn.The four directions around the nose of the mirror are divided into four directions: turtle, dragon, phoenix, and tiger. Outside the four directions are the Eight Diagrams. Besides the Eight Diagrams, there are twelve hours. There are 24 characters outside the mirror. They go around the mirror. The fonts are like official script, representing 24 solar terms.

It is said that the concentric circles superimposed on the mirror are a comprehensive display of the semantic system of the precious mirror.The design of the mirror covers the main scales of the Chinese space-time system and is a small model of the Eastern universe.

The whole process is recorded in the book "Taiping Guangji". The most surprising thing is that this precious mirror is transparent inside and outside. People can clearly see the internal organs of the person in the mirror under the moonlight. It seems that it can pass through all physical obstacles. , showing the hidden structure inside the object.

In the Tang Dynasty, according to "Song Chuang Lu", during the Changqing period (AD 821-824), a fisherman lowered his net up and down the Qinhuai River and salvaged an ancient bronze mirror. Its luster surged with the water waves.The fisherman took it to look at it, and he could clearly see the internal organs in his body, and he could even see the blood flowing in his veins. The fisherman felt so frightened that his wrist trembled, so that the mirror fell into the water again.

This mirror has appeared and disappeared several times after twists and turns. It has developed serious cracks and lost its power to travel through time and space.By the time it was in the hands of the great monk, the mirror had long lost its former glory, and even the mirror body was full of cracks.Upon seeing this, the great monk fused the broken mirror with the five-color Nuwa stone, trying to create some kind of divine object that defied the heavens.

But soon, his behavior failed, and the two could not be combined at all.When the great monk saw that refining the objects was not working, he immediately thought of it and used some terrible magic he had mastered to forcibly fuse the two into a liquid.Then, the mixture of the two was used to cast the ancient book "Liu Shi Tu", and the soul of the mirage was kept in it.

Later, the great monk traveled eastward and tried to use the boundless Dharma to inject the newly grown mirage into his body.But there is no doubt that this time he failed again and died suddenly under the evil spell.From then on, "Pictures of Durians" wandered among the people, and after several twists and turns, it was brought back by Xuanzang who traveled east.At that time, the mirage was just over a hundred years old, and it was also locked in a comatose state by the eminent monk. This prevented the "Pure Picture" from becoming a monster that harmed the world.

Finally, the treasure book fell into the hands of pirate Zhang Baozai, who was searching for treasures everywhere. He stored the treasure book together with the endless treasures he searched.At that time, he didn't know the power of "Liu Shi Tu", but the Wang Dao people around him vaguely felt that the book was strange.For this reason, Wang Daoren spent a lot of effort and finally discovered the existence of mirage, as well as the mystery of Nuwa Stone and Tianji Mirror.

Taoist Wang, who knew the mystery of the treasure, was just like the great monk back then, trying his best to make the pomegranate flower bloom and release the soul of the century-old mirage.Especially when Cheung Po Tsai got older, Taoist Wang devoted himself to studying the art of changing one's fate against the will of heaven, in order to save the life of his friend Cheung Po Tsai.However, the mirage in the treasure "Picture of Durian Fruit" has already had spirituality, and its temperament seems to be evil but not evil. Any change of destiny depends on fate, and it is not something that can be changed by human power.

"Grandpa, why is it on me? Why me?" Xie Rouxi collapsed at this explanation.

She remembered that when she was still Zhang Zhaodi, she had just obtained the ancient book, and a voice appeared in her mind that almost killed her.If her eccentric mother hadn't burned the ancient book, she would have ended up either mad or dead, but burning the book and getting sick with the thing was also a fatal thing.

After all, she is just an ordinary person. She doesn't know anything about Qi Men Dun Jia going up to heaven or earth, nor does she understand the magic of lowering one's head to exorcise Naji. The only thing she can do is to find a way to get rid of the mirage.

"Xixi, I don't know, maybe this is fate. Don't underestimate that thing. When it is in the eyes of a specific Dharma, it will become a key to the unknown. Your body is the key to activating it! Because you She is the daughter of Zhang Da, and Zhang Da has the blood of Zhang Baozai, and it only recognizes this blood!" Xie Kangnian explained.Xie Rouxi continued to ask in succession: "Why? What did Zhang Baozai do after he got it? Why do you only recognize Zhang Baozai's bloodline?"

"We have an old saying, if the king of hell tells you to die at the third watch, you will not live until the fifth watch. The destiny of reincarnation is determined by the destiny. The king tried his best to extend the life of Zhang Baozai, but Zhang Baozai's life span is about to end and there will be no more defiance. Possibility, so he died in depression before the "Pure Durian Picture" could take effect. Wang Daoren was not willing to accept all the reasons, so he tried to seal the "Pulley Fruit Picture" with Zhang Baozai's blood, and waited until later generations of the Zhang family to unravel it. If it is sealed, the treasure will naturally recognize the Zhang family as its owner, and in this way the former gang leader can be awakened."

"Later, was it Zhang Da who unsealed it? How did Mr. Wang do all this?"

"I don't know. There are still a lot of puzzles about this book "The Picture of Durian Flowers". It's a pity that grandpa doesn't have that much time. The only thing I can be sure of is that the birthmark of the Durian Flower on your back will not harm you. It is in the underworld." I have always protected you." Xie Kangnian said and fell silent.

He hesitated for a while, but still did not tell Xie Rouxi that they had once again sealed the mirage that was more than a hundred years old after waking up.Xie Kangnian didn't know what the future would be like, and he didn't want Xie Rouxi to live in infinite fear, so he chose to remain silent.

"Grandpa, you mean that I am dangerous, right? Someone will want my key to open that unknown door, right?" Xie Rouxi asked.

Xie Kangnian nodded weakly. This was his last chance, and it was another thing he didn't want to admit.

Thinking of this, Xie Kangnian looked up at her and said: "Yes Xixi, Aunt Mei knows this secret. You can't tell anyone except her! Grandpa has arranged for many people and is still looking for ways to crack the mirage. Even if I'm not here in the future , nothing will happen to you, don’t worry..."

Xie Rouxi interrupted him and said: "Grandpa, since it can save me, it can definitely save you. Let's find someone to find a special Dharma Eye. I can open that unknown space, and then you can..."

"Xixi, listen to me. When I returned to Hong Kong this time, Uncle Wen and I found everyone we could, but the price we paid for breaking the formation must be repaid. No one can escape the curse, including me and Uncle Wen. But don't worry , Wen Bo is still looking for someone, maybe that person can bring a glimmer of hope. The reason why grandpa tells you these things is to let you make a decision, a very important decision. "

"What decision??"

(End of this chapter)