History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 239 Fengzi·Laozi·The Theory of Near-Sages

Lao Tzu sighed deeply: "Inconceivable pictures, unspeakable sutras."

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" was held in my hands by Lao Tzu, and I was filled with emotion.

"This thing is of great good fortune, please let Fengzi use it to observe."

I bowed slightly to Feng Yun.

Feng Yun is incompetent.

"Books are common to all human beings. Mr. Lao Dan is wise and will not be confused by the weirdness of this mountain and sea map, so he can naturally appreciate it."

weird……

Indeed, when he was in Yuyue and saw the map of mountains and seas for the first time, Master Fan once warned Feng Yun not to look too much, lest he be confused by it and affect his Taoist mind.

It can be seen that although books are things that people can look at, people who look at them need to consider them, so as not to hurt people's Taoism and lead them astray.

"Haha..." I smiled and put the "Book of Mountains and Seas" on the table. Without looking at it first, I pushed another thing out of the table.

That thing that Feng Yun said was ugly and witchy.

"Does Fengzi know the details of this thing?"

It's just the Ten Witches thing, but it's not enough.

I stroke my beard.

"The emperor has woken up at this time, but his blood has been stolen by the evil spirit."

what!

Feng Yun was shocked, how could the King of Baiyue steal the emperor's hard work in the Great Zhou Dynasty?

There was also surprise in Lao Dan's eyes, but after going to see the Emperor, he was able to see the clues with the eyes of a saint, the heart of a saint, and the power of morality.

"Fengzi didn't know that the evil spirit turned into a woman by some trick, and actually had intercourse with the emperor and became pregnant."

"It is because of this pregnancy that Zhou Tian was confused and the evil spirits had an opportunity to take advantage of her."

"Pregnant?" Feng Yun stopped talking and then said in a daze: "Yaoxie is pregnant?"

I nodded without making any lies.

Feng Yun hesitated, but still told the truth about his premeditated actions against the King of Baiyue, so that I and I could find a solution to the matter together.

When I heard this, my beard twitched, but I was dumbfounded. I looked at Feng Yun speechlessly.

The moonlight was confused and fell slantingly into the palace.

Feng Yun waved his hand and the oil lamps all lit up.

Lao Tzu took advantage of this and praised it in the introduction: "Fengzi has an extraordinary talent for the hexagrams of the Zhouyi."

The hexagram of the family - lowering the fire and ascending the wind, is about to explode, it is the art of inducing desire for the fire in the heart.

Instead of using the fire of Li Gua, use the fire of desire of your family members to light the lamps around you.

This lamp only provides light, but little warmth.

It's particularly cold in this cold autumn season.

Feng Yun said softly: "Family...what is family, country, clan, clan..."

"When I discussed the country and the people with Mr. Lao Dan, it was not the same. They were all human desires."

I nodded, the family hexagram can be the art of desire.

The two of them did not delve deeper into their desires, but placed the silver-horned object in the middle of the table.

This is something that cannot be escaped, and both of them have a desire to explore.

"There is a inheritance in it, maybe Fengzi can know it."

Feng Yun did not refuse, but stretched out his hand to find out with his mysterious energy.

"witch…"

It is the scent of the witch doctor, ancient and majestic.

Feng Yun couldn't be more familiar with it.

"This is the inheritance of Wu Peng, one of the ten ugly witches."

"Wu Peng..." Lao Dan turned over the pages of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", and soon came to Wu Peng. His summary was that Wu Peng was a minister of the Yellow Emperor, and he used the elixir of immortality.

The elixir of immortality.

"Immortal, this may explain it." Feng Yun shook his head, extremely helpless.

Human life and death are the laws of heaven, and there are those who are dissatisfied with those who came before us and those who come after us.

"The life and death of human beings depends on the way of heaven, for all things to follow the laws; the life and death of the human race depends on people, for the continuation of the way of humanity." Feng Yun said softly, clarifying this relationship.

Lao Tzu nodded. He advocated letting nature take its course, which means that all things follow laws.

Feng Yun advocates putting people first, which is the continuation and inheritance of humanity.

The two do not conflict, but can complement each other and view the world together.

"How to solve it?" I asked.

Feng Yun waved his hand, and the surroundings changed.

The witch once left Feng Yun a magic spell.

In addition, in the "Book of Changes", the hexagram Sui Gua - Lei Xia Shang Ze, is unpredictable and seems to be an ever-changing technique.

For a moment, around Laozi and Feng Yun, the sky and the earth stretched out to the extreme. The two of them lived on the cliff, watching the mysterious energy turn into seal characters and murals.

"When Yun Zeng was in Baiyue, he obtained the secret of the Ji family. He can be one of the ten ugly witches - the witch true inheritance."

"Then I went to the Ba Kingdom and learned the secret of the Ba Kingdom. It can be passed down by the witch, one of the ten ugly witches."

In fact, Feng Yun also received the inheritance from Nuwa, who had a complete set of ten methods of female ugliness and witchcraft. However, she still had an appointment with An Feng, but could not reveal this to Laozi.

All he could say was: "Yun also knows a little bit about the other seven witches."

Among the ten methods for treating ugly women, Feng Yun had only mastered the witch doctor method, leaving the other nine methods untouched.

After reading this Wu Peng inheritance, he realized that the witch doctor method he learned was from this Wu Peng inheritance.

The King of Baiyue had so many plans, but they all rested on the Nuwa family. Unfortunately, time has passed and the world no longer knows who the Nuwa family is.

"The Ten Ugly Witches..."

Feng Yun waved his hand, and from the murals, huge mountain-like statues flew out of the murals, towering in the sky and the earth, lifelike, with different shapes, all with snake bodies and human faces. They held green snakes and red snakes in their left and right hands respectively, as if they were closing their eyes and meditating.

And as the ten witches appeared, a larger statue of an ugly woman was condensed in it.

巫！

Good at medical skills, sacrifices and divination, the abilities of witches have created an ancient witch culture. They can communicate with heaven and earth, possess great wisdom, and teach the development of human civilization.

This is also the reason why Nuwa created the witchcraft.

"Nv Chou is the witch god. It was inherited from Nuwa and was born out of Luo Shu. Its ten methods include: praying for medicine, eating grain for farming, divination for praying, offering sacrifices for priests, channeling spirits for dancing, and uniting hunting for war. The return is the form, driving the beasts is the taming, the alchemy is the craftsmanship, and the elders are the history.”

"When Yun was recording "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", he recorded that there were mountains in the wilderness named Fengju, Yumen, where the sun and moon entered; there were Lingshan Mountains, including Wu Peng, Wu Pan, Wu Xian, Wu Li, Wu Gu, The ten witches, Wu Ji, Wu Xiang, Wu Zhen, Wu Dian, and Wu Luo, have risen and fallen from now on, and the love of hundreds of medicines is here."

Spirit, witch.

"These ten witches come from the west of the wilderness, the land of Fengju. However, it is impossible to explore where Fengju is, but we can know that most of them are from Badi."

"These ten witches are legendary in different years, but they all have their own legends."

Feng Yun and Laozi continued to explore, and before they knew it, they were chatting and discussing Taoism with witchcraft. Before they knew it, it was already dawn.

……

And because of the discussion of the two near-sages, all kinds of strange phenomena appeared frequently in the heaven and the earth...

In the land of Fenghao in Zongzhou, as the morning light breaks through the clouds, the clouds and mists disperse, the sky is brilliant, and countless colorful birds fly and sing loudly.

The fiery red phoenix bird rises with the sun and hovers over Fenghao City.

Fengming Qishan!

Before the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was said that it was King Wen who came from Dezheng and landed in Qishan, which was a good omen for the Zhou Dynasty.

"good omen!"

"Feng Ming Feng Hao, Great Zhou Jide!"

There was an uproar, and in the land of Fenghao, the people of Zhou put down their important things one after another, and raised their heads on their toes, expecting the phoenix to fall on Fenghao.

In the Zhou Palace, the emperor was leaning on the couch, surrounded by only a few servants. His face was pale, which showed that he was seriously injured yesterday.

But with the sound of the phoenix's cry, the emperor's face turned red.

This is a sign of rising fortune in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, his injuries were suppressed.

"Feng Ming!"

The emperor pushed away the servant and stood up excitedly.

"Haha, the way of heaven favors the poor!"

"Quickly go and watch..."

As the emperor took action, the scholar-bureaucrats among Fenghao also went to court one after another, following the emperor outside the palace to watch the auspicious omen of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But after watching for a long time, the emperor's face gradually became worried.

The scholars and officials did not dare to speak, and they were all uneasy.

The people of Fenghao have begun to discuss the matter. All because, the phoenix bird hangs high and hovers in the sky without falling.

But listen——

"witch!"

With the sound of witchcraft, the relationship between Feng Yun and Laozi came out clearly in the Palace of Classics.

A man with a snake tail, blue lines on his forehead, and a pair of yin and yang fish behind him that are constantly changing...

Riding a green bull, he has white hair and an old face, and the clear and turbid Qi all over his body is constantly floating...

"Fengzi, Laozi!"

For a time, millions of people in Fenghao felt something in their hearts and recognized the two Taoisms.

The name of the saint is still in my heart.

There has not been a human being in the Great Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years who has stepped into the status of a saint on his own.

Those with holy power are mostly blessed by national destiny.

At this time, relying on oneself to become a near-sage has reached its peak, and everyone is amazed.

"Chirp!" The phoenix screamed and flew away, seeming to fall.

The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats were both happy, but they saw the swaggering phoenix bird just hovering in the Palace of Classics, between Feng Yun and Laozi.

And the strange phenomena in the sky of Great Zhou also converged on the two of them.

At this time, no one knew that this monstrous scene was caused by two people.

Two near-sage men are discussing the Tao and realizing it!

"Will a new saint appear in the Great Zhou Dynasty?"

I don’t know who asked the question.

Looking at this scenario, it’s very possible!

Everyone's thoughts are unclear.

Just look at Feng Yun and Lao Tzu——

"Observe the world, live in the world, and govern the world, and be a human being according to the trend; the former is the ambition, the present is the policy, and the latter is the development, expanding the mystery of the world, and the way of humanity." Feng Yun said softly, but it spread far and wide, and continued to spread throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty. Gush out and be known to the world.

Lao Tzu also said: "One yuan begins again, Tao follows nature, the nameless beginning of heaven and earth, the name of the mother virtue of all things..."

The discussion between the two was known to everyone in the world, but this time, neither of them had any reservations and both spoke out their own truth. Among the near saints, there were few who could listen.

And even those who are innate, because Feng Yun and Laozi are the pioneers of the Tao, and they are different from the later Tao they learned, they know the greatness of their Tao, but they don't realize how great it is.

Sporadic listening, sporadic understanding...

hum!

Even so, among the millions of people in Fenghao of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many intelligent people are approaching and becoming strangers, and there are endless voices of amazement.

Fengzi discussed Taoism with Laozi, and his reputation grew higher and higher. People who were seeking Taoism and strangers rushed here one after another, hoping to get advice.

As for Feng Yun and Laozi, they have now discovered a corner of the path from the witch.

It shows the true nature of man.

Can understand the yin and yang of life and death.

It can detect the body, soul and mind.

The five elements can be manipulated to evolve all things.

Both of them have made further progress in the way of saints.

The world created by Feng Yun has dispersed, but the Taoism has not.

The two of them looked at each other in the sky.

Discussing the Tao can also be seen as arguing and arguing.

Now that it has been discussed, there will naturally be a dispute.

"Mr. Lao Dan, this time I suddenly realized that all things have animism and creation, and I know that all things have magic. This time, I will use this creation to discuss what I have gained."

All things have animism, and as long as they are living creatures, they all have their own skills to survive.

The technique is attributed to the five elements, and the method of evolution can be obtained by reverse.

The technique returns to the body, soul, and mind, and the method of the three spirits is understood.

The technique is based on yin and yang, and it is the method of life and death between changes.

Good luck in the end!

"Sacrifice it with a flag and summon the phoenix bird!"

The green branch fell into the hand and turned into a large green flag.

The high-flying phoenix bird surprised Feng Yunqi and seemed to be watching.

Feng Yun waved the flag, and the phoenix bird soared in different forms, turning into the five qi in the world, gathering continuously, and condensed into a fire in front of Feng Yun.

All living things in the world are composed of three spirits: body, soul, and will.

Feng Yunxiao uses the method of three spirits to gather the body, nourish the soul, and open the will.

This fire is already like an embryo and an egg.

As the Yin and Yang Pisces spit out two black and white beads from behind him, they sank into the egg, and in an instant, the creature inside broke out of the shell.

The phoenix sings loudly!

A phoenix bird spreads flames, flying between heaven and earth with blazing fire.

It's not like the alien appearance before, but almost a living creature.

Everything around him is moved by it, and people's hearts are guided by it.

It can be said that these are humane creatures that spread their wings for humans.

The phoenix bird fell under Feng Yun Taoist Prime Minister, lay on the snake's tail, and held Feng Yun Taoist Prime Minister in the sky. The different phases around him also channeled their spirits to protect Feng Yun. .

Lao Dan's eyes sparkled and he laughed.

"The Tao of Creation enlightens the human race, but it also enlightens all things, in line with the natural state of Tao."

Lao Dan patted the green cow, and the pure and turbid air surged out, following his own aura.

"Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, all things carry yin and embrace yang, and inject qi into harmony."

The pure air is at the top, the turbid air is at the bottom, and people are in the middle.

Just like the three states of heaven, earth and man.

Followed.

The clear energy transformed into a middle-aged man who was younger than Lao Dan. His face was majestic and he looked at the world like the sky.

The turbid air transformed into a young man who was much younger than Lao Dan. He had a generous face and seemed to lift people up from the ground.

Finally, there is Lao Dan who is still the same as before.

The three of them looked at Feng Yun together, but their smiles revealed different personalities.

"I suddenly realized that the source of inaction is that the human body is evil, the soul is good, the will changes, one Qi transforms the three pure things, all things are unified, and different paths lead to the same destination. This is the way of the saint."

After all, when the three are combined into one, their momentum is even greater, approaching the peak of a saint.

The two reveal their own ways.

Feng Yun's body is full of different creatures, all guarding the world and maintaining order.

But I was alone, riding a green bull and laughing.

This is……

Fengzi used the wonderful gates to gather the power of the human race, but he did not limit all spirits and followed the path of creation.

Lao Tzu unites all things into one, absorbs the virtues of human beings, and uses his own wisdom to practice the way of a saint.

The Tao of the two also revealed the biggest difference at this time.

But the potential to complement each other is getting stronger and stronger.

"The mysterious way is not the way of the saint." Old Dan laughed.

Feng Yun also said with a smile: "Xuan Dao is not a saint, but Xuandao has thousands of holy ways."

Old Dan nodded and sighed: "Xuanzhe can do medicine, agriculture, administration, and the way of heaven and earth. All you need to do is make personal decisions with humanity in mind... My way is also included in it."

Feng Yun bowed to me, but this time he got my approval, which was of great convenience to his mysterious way.

Then he concluded in one sentence: "Saints are created, saints are created, saints are born when people gather, and saints are passed down to give birth to people. They are all born from people, and they are all manifestations of human nature."

Lao Tzu's way is like looking down at the world and seeing the bright sun in the sky. It is to create saints and lead the world.

The way of Fengzi is like looking up at the world and standing up for self-improvement, which is to bring good fortune to the world and open up the world.

Both of them are great wisdom, great saints and sages, and their virtues are a blessing to the human race.

After these words, the discussion between Laozi and Feng Yun, even if it could not help them break through to the status of saints, was a step closer.

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(End of this chapter)