The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 228 Yin-Yang Five Symbols, Trinity and Harmony, Five Buds of Astronomy, Heavenly Immortals Value It! (ask for monthly ticket)
The news that Master Lu Tian might have come from the Lu family spread like wildfire, and Lu Xiujing, a practitioner of the Shangqing sect of the Lu family, naturally received courtesy from many parties.

The Xie family even built a place for spiritual practice in Xinshi, where they moved east, with water flowing directly to Dongting Lake. They named it Xiantan, which means "the place where immortals live," and gave it to the Lu family.

Lu Lin is busy every day, making friends with various families and forces.

Thus, time passed slowly. Although Lu Chen left, Lu Xiujing did not stop practicing. Instead, he became more diligent and hardworking, and his cultivation level increased day by day.

Although he had no master in the Shangqing Sect, the two brothers of the Ma family, who were the face of the Shangqing Sect in Jiankang of the Song Dynasty, respected him very much. In many public occasions, they stated that the direct descendant of the Shangqing Sect was Lu Xiujing.

Even Xu Huangmin's direct disciple behaves in this way, so naturally the other Shangqing disciples will also follow him. Some Shangqing disciples also come to test Lu Xiujing's quality.

Lu Xiujing, who had already absorbed the strengths of three schools and had been taught by Huiyuan, Tao Yuanming, Bai Weng, Lu Chen, Shu Jizhen, Xu Lingqi and even Zhang Jiao, would naturally not be afraid of a small challenge.

Regardless of his cultivation level, if he just debated, he could make the older generation of Shangqing Sect disciples speechless and submit to him.

This also makes people more certain that Lu Xiujing has been following Master Lu Tian to practice and study. Otherwise, how could he have such knowledge at such a young age?
Gradually, the news that Master Lu Tianshi of the Shangqing Sect lived in the fairy pond spread like wildfire.

After Lu Xiujing in the fairy pond came forward to preach several times, he was gradually recognized as Master Lu Tian.

Even Emperor Yuanjia's reward to the Shangqing Sect would be passed on to Xiantan instead of being given directly to the two brothers of the Ma family.

Every day, people who come to Xiantan to pay a visit to Master Lu can line up from east to south, and then to east to north.

Even though Lu Xiujing explained many times that the Heavenly Master was not here, no one believed him, even though many people came here just for him!
This made Lu Xiujing, who, like Lu Chen, preferred quietness and disliked movement, extremely annoyed. In the end, she simply decided not to stay in the fairy pond and left Wuxing with Sun Youyue.

"Master, where do we go to find the Heavenly Master?"

Sun Youyue asked.

Lu Xiujing thought of the places that Lu Chen had mentioned, such as Heming Mountain and Yuntai Mountain, and said, "Let's go to Hanzhong first."

Sun Youyue nodded, and without hesitation, followed Lu Xiujing to Hanzhong.

As a result, the two of them will travel through countless famous mountains and swamps and leave their own names, and the name of Master Lu will gradually be inherited by him in the process.

Of course, this is all a story for later.

After Lu Chen and his companions left the Lu family, Lu Chen controlled the clouds and headed all the way to Ningzhou.

Ningzhou, to be more precise, is Nanningzhou. During the Western Wei Dynasty, Peng Yuan changed Binzhou to Ningzhou, with the intention of pacifying the barbarians. Therefore, in order to distinguish the two Ningzhous, the Ningzhou in the southwest was called Nanningzhou.

The so-called Nanzhong is not an administrative region, but a general term, which includes Ningzhou.

Shu Jizhen and Wang Yue'e didn't dare to ask Lu Chen why he was going to Ningzhou, a barbaric place that was out of the jurisdiction of the Central Plains dynasty.

However, Lu Chen did not reach Ningzhou directly, but stopped at the border of Ningzhou and found a place to start resting.

"Why don't you leave?" Zhang Jiao appeared again.

"Don't be hasty to sharpen the knife before you chop the wood."

As he spoke, Lu Chen took out the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra".

They are about to enter the South Central area, and will inevitably encounter the Wugui Dao. Judging from Xu Lingqi's experience, the Wugui Dao does not welcome practitioners from outside.

Lu Chen also needs to fully develop his condition.

After all, the Green Snake King has arrived in Ningzhou, and the water here is very deep.

Zhang Jiao didn't say anything more after hearing this, and disappeared.

Afterwards, Lu Chen gave Shu Jizhen and Wang Yue'e half a month to ask around for news about Ningzhou.

He himself began to eliminate the distortion and pollution in the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra".

Time passed slowly, and ten days later, Lu Chen cleared the pollution on the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra".

Through the connection with the divine throne, several rays of light appeared and quickly dissipated.

It was Ge Xuan, Ge Hong and others.

It's just that at this moment their primordial spirits have disappeared, which means that their primordial spirits do not exist in the Yin-Yang Realm. What remains in the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra" is just the result of pollution.

Or perhaps, the pollution has eroded their complete souls, leaving no trace of clarity, just like the pollution on the "Great Three Emperors Sutra" that Lu Chen cleaned up back then, there is no pure spirituality left.

Lu Song was able to retain a trace of spirituality because his status as a god was low and his pollution was weak.

Xu Mu was able to preserve his spirituality because he sealed up the "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing" before his physical death, thus preserving it.

However, this is obviously not the case with the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra". It was only able to survive after being sealed by later generations.

Therefore, the souls of Ge Xuan, Ge Hong and others have been completely polluted, leaving no trace.

Seeing this situation, Lu Chen felt a little regretful. To be honest, he also wanted to meet Ge Xuan, Ge Hong and other predecessors of the Lingbao Sect.

Xu Mu alone has given him many surprises. Then shouldn’t Ge Xuan, Ge Hong and others, who are as famous as Zhang Ling, know more?
Although it was a bit of a pity, the records in the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra" also gave Lu Chen some comfort.

Just as Shang Qing Shen said, what is recorded in the Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra is not a path for spiritual practice, but rather a book of talismans.

It is divided into three volumes.

The first volume records, in addition to the titles of the five emperors and generals of Lingbao, four methods of cultivation: "The Immortal's Classic of Inhaling the Energy of the Five Directions", "The Essentials of Lingbao", "The Five Beginnings of Taiqing" and "The Way of Eating the Essence of the Sun and the Moon".

These four methods are also the most important methods of practice in the Lingbao Sect.

"The Immortal's Sutra of Inhaling the Five Directions' Qi" is the general outline, "The Essentials of Lingbao" talks about the secrets of practice, "The Five Beginnings of Taiqing" talks about the method of nurturing the five qi inside and outside the body, and the last "The Way of Eating the Essence of the Sun and the Moon" is the final method of longevity, which can lead to longevity.

However, this method emphasizes the balance of the five elements, the harmony of yin and yang, and has the magic of inner alchemy, and is very difficult to practice. In the Lingbao sect, only Ge Xuan and Ge Hong systematically practiced the inner alchemy method. Ge Hong's teacher Zheng Yin had never practiced it.

Although Ge Xuan and Ge Hong practiced inner alchemy, they only reached the initial stage of inner alchemy, and they both used external alchemy to achieve inner alchemy, not completely following the pure inner alchemy path.

Of course, this is also related to the elixir recipe in the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra". In the middle volume of the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra" after "The Way of Eating the Essence of the Sun and the Moon", there are many prescriptions for taking medicine and talismans.

The last volume is about talismans, which include "Five Talismans of Lingbao", "Eight Precepts Strategy", "Yang Sheng Talisman", "Yin Sheng Talisman" and many other methods for achieving immortality.

When there is a simple way to make the elixir and become immortal, why would we choose the most difficult way of inner alchemy?
Therefore, the method of achieving inner alchemy through outer alchemy combined with alchemy gradually became the inheritance foundation of the Lingbao School, and it has not changed until now.

Even Lu Chen was extremely excited when he looked at those pill recipes and talismans.

Like the "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing", the upper limit of the "Lingbao Wufujing" is also extremely high, and it contains methods to nourish the five qi.

This means that one can also reach the realm of heavenly immortals directly!

You can still get through it with the recipe below, so why choose the most difficult path?
Of course, Lu Chen was just tempted, but he didn't intend to put it into action.

He took the initiative to summon out his Shangqing body and Taiqing body.

As soon as Shang Qing Shen saw the "Ling Bao Five Talismans Sutra", he couldn't hide the fiery look in his eyes at all.

"The five spiritual treasure talismans, the yin and yang talismans, seven combined into one, can become an innate talisman. I have mastered this method!"

Shang Qing Shen said frankly that this method was the most suitable for him.

The five Lingbao talismans correspond to the five qi, and can become the Eastern Green Emperor's Lingwei Yang Talisman, the Southern Red Emperor's Chihuo Fury Talisman, the Central Yellow Emperor's Han Hub Talisman, the Western White Emperor's Bai Zhao Ju Fu Talisman, and the Northern Black Emperor's Zhiguang Ji Talisman.

When the five talismans are completed, you can become the True Lord of Life. Later you can practice the Yin and Yang talismans, which are the Three Days Taixuan Yang Sheng Talisman and the Three Days Taixuan Yin Sheng Talisman. When the two talismans are completed, you can combine Yin and Yang into one, revealing the Three Days Fairy Flower, and then become a fairy. Finally, you can combine seven talismans into one, turning Yin and Yang and the five elements into one, completely turning it into one innate talisman, commanding all talismans, and then you can reach the realm of celestial fairies!
Later, the "Nine Heavens Spiritual Book and Three Heavens True Book" recorded the Taiqing Immortal King's lectures on the "Three-One Harmony Method" and the "True One Food Five Buds Astronomy Method".

According to what is said in the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra", this method was taught to Emperor Huangdi Xuanyuan by the Emperor Taiqing Immortal King.

If this method can be fully mastered, it will be more valuable than becoming a celestial being!
"The difficulty of this method is how to achieve the integration of the five into one."

Lu Chen said: "In the method of nurturing the five elements, it is repeatedly mentioned: 'If a prisoner dies, he should be adopted as a son to avenge his father.' Although this sentence clearly contains the Confucian concept of great revenge, it also implies the concept of the mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements. The five elements are mutually generated, and the upper element is the father of the lower element. Those who are endless can complete the five elements. But if one element fails, it will be the death of the father, and the son will be the one to restrain the lower element. In the end, the five elements are uneven and the five elements are unbalanced."

"This method places the greatest emphasis on the unity of the inner and outer, the naturalization of the three-in-one, and the balance of the five energies."

"It says that the three dantians merge into one to form the true one. If one rinses the water in the Huachi and eats the five buds without rest, he or she can become an immortal."

The five buds are green bud in the east, red bud in the south, Wu Ji in the center, bright stone in the west and black bud in the north.

"But how difficult is it to have all five buds?"

"Hahaha! Difficult? If it's not difficult, I won't even practice it! This kind of challenge is my favorite!"

Shang Qing Shen stretched out his hand and grabbed forward fiercely, as if he had grabbed the entire world in his hand: "The five elements are under me, yin and yang follow me, and one talisman explains the world. Is there anything more suitable for this poor Taoist than this?"

He exudes a domineering aura, fully demonstrating the concept of "doing everything possible".

It seemed like Taiqingshen next to them was just smiling at the two of them but not saying anything.

Shangqing turned to Lu Chen and said, "This is the first chapter of the Record of Life. It is the spiritual talisman of heaven and the precious text of the Supreme. Those who master it can ascend to heaven in broad daylight. Their bodies can generate water and fire, and they can change constantly. With the innate spiritual talisman, they can even form a dragon embryo golden liquid nine-turn pill. Why not practice it? Besides, with the harmony of yin and yang, one can transform into a human form and possess the power of death. How can one not practice it?"

After hearing this, Lu Chen had nothing to say.

The Three-Day Taixuan Yang Sheng Talisman and the Three-Day Taixuan Yin Sheng Talisman, if drawn separately, can be used with the Corpse Reincarnation Pill to allow a person to transform his corpse into an immortal.

If a person practices it and combines the two into one, it will become the Three Heavens Taixuan Taiji Shengfu, which can replace anyone's death!
After the death in substitution, the two talismans will turn into ashes. If you revive them, you can perform the death in substitution again.

Lu Chen himself does not take this path, but if he succeeds in cultivating the Shangqing body, it will be his.

If he could really cultivate it, it would be like giving him another life.

Thinking of this, he did not say much, as this would be good for him. He changed the subject and said to the twins, "I called the two Taoist friends to appear, in addition to this matter, there is another matter. I am about to go to Nanzhong, and the land of Nanzhong is occupied by witches and ghosts, which separate the inside and the outside, and do not like outsiders to enter. In order to be on the safe side, the two Taoist friends, please go there first."

"As it should be."

The Taiqing body and the Shangqing body agreed without hesitation, and then the two bodies left.

Both bodies have their own consciousness, can move freely outside, and can also disguise themselves.

Also, because it is a body of magical powers, between existence and nothingness, even if it is killed, it can be revived by Lu Chen's magical powers, but its cultivation will be damaged.

For Lu Chen at the moment, this is the most cost-effective way to explore the way.

After the twin bodies left, Lu Chen began to borrow luck.

The power of the deity on the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra" was quickly absorbed by Lu Chen.

The Chunyang Pill, Hunyuan Pill, the primordial spirit, and the physical body have all made certain levels of progress.

What made Lu Chen helpless was that he did not trigger the state of enlightenment, and his Jade Purity Body did not appear.

Although he was close to reaching the critical point of condensation, he could not reach the state of the Three Bodies and Great Powers no matter what.

"There's still a little left."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen took out the magic leaf from the magic gourd he brought from the Xie family.

"Don't be impulsive. This spiritual leaf may be related to the Gourd Cave Heaven."

Zhang Jiao appeared again, trying to stop Lu Chen.

Lu Chen glanced at him and said, "I just want to increase my strength now."

Zhang Jiao rolled his eyes and said, "With your current strength, if you say you are the Immortal Taoist, people will believe you."

He shook his head casually and said, "You are just too impatient now. The consequence of being impatient is that your mind is unstable and you have many distracting thoughts. No matter how you practice, you will get half the result with twice the effort."

Lu Chen shook his head: "My heart is guarding one, it has nothing to do with this."

He was anxious, but when it came to his cultivation, he was not in a hurry. He took one step at a time.

"This is because you practice too fast."

Zhang Jiao shook his head: "When I cultivated to your level, I was already over sixty years old."

In the realm of mages, you can still find some young people.

But to be a Yuanshen Zhenren, one must be at least forty years old.

When it comes to the level of Yuanshen Zhenren, few people can take a step forward without settling down for more than ten or twenty years.

Lu Chen's current strength and practice have already reached the peak of the Yuanshen Zhenren realm, and he is only in his twenties.

Moreover, Zhang Jiao also learned from Cheng Gongxing how long Lu Chen had been practicing, which was less than ten years at most!
In ten years, he reached the pinnacle of Yuanshen Zhenren, and was only one step away from becoming Changsheng Zhenjun.

The only thing that could hinder Lu Chen's progress in cultivation at this speed was his foundation.

Lu Chen also knew where his weaknesses were.

He has practiced for too short a time, and has too little experience and foundation.

His greatest advantage is his high level of understanding as a celestial spiritual being!
Can’t break through?

The problem was solved perfectly after one enlightenment.

During the entire level of inner elixir and primordial spirit, he spent almost the entire time in enlightenment.

After Lu Chen thought about it, he also felt that this was the truth, so he did not waste this opportunity to borrow luck.

While the luck of the godhood had not completely dissipated, Lu Chen began to organize his own practice methods.

He reached the inner alchemy realm by relying on guesswork, rushing forward recklessly without any plan or method at all.

And now that I am about to become the Taoist Master of Life, it is natural that I have to sort it out.

Now that the Three Caverns Scriptures are all in his possession, Lu Chen has also read the true words books of the Tianshi, Shangqing and Lingbao schools. In addition, with his profound cultivation, it is naturally very easy for him to sort out the scriptures from the beginning with a bird's-eye view.

For the meditation and introspection in the stage of refining essence into qi, you can directly take the main body of "The Sun and Moon Qi-Containing Dragon and Tiger Method" to build the foundation of qi training. Combined with "The Way of Eating the Essence of the Sun and the Moon" in "The Five Talismans of Lingbao", it will be smoother and faster.

As for Zifu Dragon and Tiger, the main methods of practice are the methods of training the spirit in "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing", the methods of capturing Kan and filling Li in "Riyue Fuqi Dragon and Tiger Method", and the Zhoutian fire temperature in "Huandanshu".

Soon, a new method of cultivation that leads directly to the realm of inner alchemy emerged!
This method of cultivation is more efficient and faster than any other method of cultivation Lu Chen has ever seen before.

If Lu Chen were to practice this method from scratch, it would not be impossible for him to build the foundation in one day, practice Qi in three days, reach the Purple Palace in one month, and reach the Dragon and Tiger in three months.

Of course, Lu Chen is now standing high and seeing far, so he naturally understands that he seems to have simplified the skills.

But in fact, it just made the practice of "Sun and Moon Qi-controlling Dragon and Tiger Method" a little more complicated, and lowered the threshold of practice a little.

His practice is naturally the fastest because it is the practice method that suits him best.

But this may not be the case for others.

For many people with average qualifications, what suits them best is not necessarily the best.

In the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, the founder also teaches students according to their aptitude, but the success rate is not necessarily better than that of the current sects!

Why is this?

The problem is that the process and practice materials of the ancestors in teaching their disciples are too simple.

After teaching them the methods of cultivation, he would meet with his disciples only once every ten days to give sermons.

However, the content of the sermons was not necessarily the same as the disciples' practice methods. They just talked about whatever came to mind, and interspersed with many "the great way is simple" principles. Sometimes one sentence was enough for ordinary disciples to think for a long time, so many disciples fell asleep while listening.

Junior high school students listening to calculus?
I can't understand it at all!
The Dharma passed down by Master Subhuti is suitable for talented disciples, such as Guangdao, Guangyuan, Huizhi and Lu Chen. The Dharma is profound and the talented disciples can understand it as soon as they hear it: Oh, so that's how it is!
However, it is very difficult for ordinary disciples to understand what the master is talking about: they know all these words, but why can’t they understand what they mean when they are put together?

This is why the disciples spontaneously created the 'Learning Hall' to store the disciples' insights into cultivation - the smart disciples all know that only by learning from each other can ordinary disciples survive and cultivate in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

Otherwise, the disciples of the Xieyue Sanxing Cave will sooner or later form two extremes - the geniuses will become more geniuses, and the ordinary ones will become more ordinary.

"But as the saying goes, the truth is simple. When I can explain the truth in one sentence, I will have reached the end."

Lu Chen did not have unrealistic ambitions. He still needed to sort out his own method of cultivation.

The practice above inner alchemy is the most important, because after reaching this stage, there is no main practice method to refer to.

"In the past, I thought that the question was which of the three dantians was the main one, so I was unable to perfect the main body of the inner alchemy method. However, the 'Three-in-One Harmony Method' in the 'Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra' made this problem extremely simple."

In the past, Lu Chen was unable to determine which of the three dantians was the main one. Without the main dantian to rely on, he could only do whatever was appropriate.

But the result is that there is no focus. It seems to be running normally, but as long as there is a problem in one place, his entire practice system will also have problems.

Just as if there was a problem with the Hunyuan Pill in the lower dantian, it would affect his practice of life skills, if there was a problem with the Chunyang Pill in the middle dantian, then the Yuanshen Chunyang in the sex skills would be like a joke, and if there was a problem with the Yuanshen in the upper dantian, it would directly cut off his future path.

This is the defect of having no main context.

If any one of them is missing, it will affect him. Without the focus, everywhere will be the focus, and everywhere will be the vital point. The possibility of being targeted will be much greater.

However, the emergence of "Trinity and Harmony Law" gave hope for another path.

"The harmony of the three dantians is a method of uniting the three dantians. It is also a subsidiary method of the "Heavenly Method of Eating the One True Five Buds". Under the name of Huangdi, the three great immortal kings were sought for their skills. The harmony of the three dantians is the one true one. Later, Xia Yu expounded on the wonderful results of the true one..."

The outline of the Trinity Harmony Law flashed through Lu Chen's mind.

"Xia Yu said: If you know the elixir of the true One, all things will be smooth. Those who know the One know everything. Those who do not know the One know nothing. The One is the most precious, and there is no such thing as a partner. The Tao begins with the One, and numbers do not stop at the One. The sky will be clear with the One, the body will be spiritual with the One, the earth will be peaceful with the One, and people will have a life..."

"If you want to live forever, you must understand the Three-in-One. Therefore, people value this true One way, which is hidden in secret. One can become Yin and Yang. Its greatness cannot be hidden by the six directions, and its smallness cannot be compared with the great man..."

After reading this, Lu Chen suddenly discovered something.

"The principle of the harmony of the three and one is very similar to the number of three and five in the Luoshu in the Heluo Art."

Among the five elements of yin and yang, there are only two and five, but not three and five.

The two fives refer to the theory of Yin Five Elements and Yang Five Elements. Only when Yin and Yang are combined will Yin and Yang Five Elements appear.

This is the third number of three and five.

There are also other theories about the numbers three and five.

The so-called five refers to the number of the five elements: the first in the north is water, the second in the west is fire, the third in the east is wood, the fourth in the south is gold, and the fifth in the center is earth.

Among them, the palace is earth, which is one and five; wood gives birth to fire, which is two and five; metal gives birth to water, which is three and five.

This is another explanation of the numbers three and five.

(End of this chapter)