Ask the Mirror Chapter 80: Rules
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"Opportunity?"
Yu Ci’s first thought was about the outer disciples, but looking at Baoguang’s attitude, it didn’t seem like it.
Fortunately, the little Taoist priest didn’t mean to titillate people and said directly:
"Tomorrow, Uncle Jie Liangjie of Shanmen will come to the temple to teach. The master said that although such courses do not directly teach the Tao, they also teach some practical miscellaneous knowledge. You are good at talismans, and it happens that Uncle Jie is also a master in this way. , Master, you might as well go and listen, maybe you will have some experience.”
Yu Ci asked curiously: "What does the temple master mean?"
Seeing that Yu Ci still didn’t understand the truth, Baoguang was worried for him: “You don’t know how rare this opportunity is. Uncle Jie is one of the top three talisman masters in the sect. He is second to none and has knowledge of many disciplines. He usually practices in the mountain gate and has never given lectures in the temple. This time, he only asked disciples who are proficient in talismans to attend the lectures, but I didn't. You are qualified to attend the ceremony. You must not miss this opportunity."
"How could I miss it?"
Yu Ci was just thinking about something else: this was the first time in ten days that Yu Zhou had made a request to him. No matter what, this was a good sign.
He had no reason to refuse and immediately agreed.
Early the next morning, Yu Ci came to the Xiande Hall in the Central Courtyard of Zhixin Guan. According to Baoguang, every once in a while, an inner sect immortal master from the Lichen Sect would come here. He gave lectures, and by the way, he discovered the beautiful and good talents that could be cultivated and brought them to the mountain gate for practice. Of course, the former is possible every year, month and month, while the latter is rare and rare, and may not appear once in decades.
Stepping into the Xiande Hall, more than twenty futons have been lined up on both sides. Most of the people were sitting there. Yu Ci looked outside the hall for a moment and then stepped in. However, he must have noticed that there were two faces inside that were quite familiar.
When he stepped in, he said "Huh" and finally remembered.
It turns out I have actually seen it.
Foreground on the left, two young men in brocade robes and jade belts, dressed as ordinary people, are incompatible with the group of Taoist priests in the hall. They are very dazzling, but they occupy the best position. It is rare for them to be at ease, which makes Yu Ci was somewhat impressed.
Jinchuan, Kuang Yanqi.
Didn’t these two rising stars, whom Bairi Mansion had worked hard to cultivate, go to the Lichen Sect to practice? It’s only been a few months and the practice is over?
Seeing these two people, Yu Ci couldn't help but laugh. The last time they met, there was nothing but discord between him and Bairi Mansion, but now that they met again, there was already deep hatred.
Of course, he didn't care.
Yu Ci arrived late and didn't get a good seat, but he was quite conspicuous when he entered the door and was noticed by Kuang Yanqi who was looking around. The two people's eyes met, Yu Ci raised the corner of his mouth, Kuang Yanqi was stunned, and bumped his companion with his elbow. Jinchuan raised his eyes, but at this time, Yu Ci had already lowered his head to find his position, ignoring the two of them.
Both young men looked ugly, but at this moment, the sect’s Immortal Chief, whom everyone in the hall had been waiting for, was coming out of the side hall, and he immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Yu Ci found a seat closest to the palace door. After sitting cross-legged, he also raised his eyes to look around.
The person who came out was a tall and thin Taoist priest. I heard Baoguang introduce it yesterday. This person's name is Xie Liang. He is one of the top twenty masters in the mountain sect. He has entered the legendary Buxu realm and can walk in the air. Walking in vain, flight disappears.
In fact, Yu Ci still lacks an intuitive impression of Brother Buxu.
According to Ye Tu's theory, the Buxu realm is the beginning of "emergence and shedding". From this realm, monks surpass the level of returning elixirs and can already travel in the sky without relying on external objects, go to the depths of the fire, and even fly Go beyond the Nine Heavens to the boundless and vast "Nine Heavens Outer Territory" to receive the pure and pure "Xuanzhen Ying" from heaven and earth, and refine the "true form".
The so-called "true form" is the basis of a monk's immortal body. If it is perfectly tempered, it can break the shackles of time and aging, remain evergreen, and even become indestructible.
In this realm, the soul level of monk Buxu also transforms from "yin god" to "yang god". However, Ye Tu's sect did not value this point, so he did not elaborate on it.
At this time, Yu Ci only had two impressions of Monk Bu Xu: flying extinct and true body, that's all.
Of course, the ghost beasts and the two-headed and four-armed demons seen under the Sky Rift Valley also seemed to be at the level of Buxu, but demons and monks are different after all, and there is no comparison
At this moment, looking at the Immortal Xie Liang, it was still difficult for Yu Ci to materialize the impression in his heart. For a moment, Yu Ci even wanted to open the Illuminating Picture to see what would happen there.
From what I can see, this Immortal Master is far from the legendary master of the Immortal family. He has a dull face, and at first glance he looks like a man of few words and a serious person. Yu Ci does not judge people by their appearance, and thinks that the person who comes here does not live up to his name. However, he is worried that this person's temperament and eloquence may not be very convenient, even if it is There are thousands of mysteries in my heart, but it is difficult to express them in words.
With this thought, Xie Liang spoke: "Today I will teach about talismans."
The voice is dry, almost without fluctuations, and has some local accents. However, the majesty of the elder immortal master still made the hall suddenly quiet, and people's breathing became thinner unconsciously.
Unexpectedly, his next sentence was: "If you don't know the magic of talismans and don't use more than five talismans on a daily basis, it will be useless to force yourself to stay."
Yu Ci was stunned, and Jinchuan and Kuang Yanqi had similar expressions. But other people, whether they were disciples from the outer chamber or Taoist priests, were very alert. At that moment, seven or eight people stood up, saluted Xie Liang, and then walked out of the hall one after another. The hall suddenly felt much emptyer.
Yu Ci thought for a while, then simply stepped forward and found a futon nearby to sit down on. Except for Jinchuan and the other two, no one cared about him.
Xie Liang's eyebrows were lowered and his expression was cold. When the palace returned to calm, he spoke again, with the same tone: "The most important thing about drawing talisman is the three points. Please remember:
"A talisman is a person who spreads essence and writes images to communicate with the gods.
“Qi is connected to the innocence, has its own spirit, and can be used as a talisman.
"The orifices are connected and the aura is radiant, the talisman is complete."
Listing three sentences without any ups and downs, Xie Xianchang stopped again, as if to leave time for everyone to think.
Yu Ci listened with rapt attention. These three sentences are not unfamiliar to him.
This statement is contained in the general outline of the "Shangqing Juxuan Xingshu Secret Teaching Talisman Scripture", almost word for word. But no one had ever isolated these three sentences and arranged them in this order before.
No matter how poor Yu Ci’s foundation is, he can still hear that these three sentences are clearly arranged in a progressive relationship, making the originally vague meaning clear. Among the three sentences, the first sentence talks about "what is a talisman", the second sentence talks about "what is the key to a talisman", and the third sentence talks about "how to draw a talisman".
After understanding this, Yu Ci's thinking became somewhat divergent. The familiar and fluent sentences in "Shangqing Juxuan Xingshu Secret Teaching Talisman Scripture" seem to come to life one by one, flying in front of the eyes, but in fact they are rearranged around those three sentences.
This is a very wonderful process of reorganizing words and thinking.
Yes, for Yu Ci, the real value of those three "On Talisman" sentences is not in itself, but in the distinct layering they embody, as well as their concise and outlining functions.
With these three sentences, the general outline of the "Shangqing Juxuanxingshu Secret Teaching Talisman Scripture" is filled with nearly a thousand words. It is no longer a confusing, specious and uncommon word, but layer by layer, paragraph by paragraph. This is a wonderful article whose internal origins can be found in this paragraph.
"Master!"
The way Yu Ci looked at Xie Liang again was completely different.
He tried hard to **** up his ears and try to remember every word of this person. Now he was regretting that he didn't bring a pen and paper. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. God knows what important information he will miss after this whole day of classes.
Unfortunately, however, things changed next. After saying these three precious sentences, the situation was clearly leaning towards the worst case scenario that Yu Ci had previously envisioned.
In the following time, Xie Liang briefly elaborated on these three sentences. His diction was mediocre, which was tolerable. However, after finishing his explanation, he changed the topic and used the word "tongshen" as the theme. The clear rules and precepts in practicing talismans have arisen!
Perhaps Grand Immortal Jie really has something in his mind, and what he said is very clear. Those remarks such as "One must have a pious heart to use talismans to communicate with the gods" are indeed worth pondering, but he obviously does not understand what the following monks want to know.
Or maybe he knew, but just didn't say anything?
Anyway, a whole morning of precious time was wasted.
During this period of time, all the monks in the temple heard were sentences such as purifying the heart and being virtuous, avoiding filth, and purifying the soul. Why should he talk about these things? They are all in the most superficial talisman book. Write it clearly. Of course, Yu Ci had never seen it before and never practiced it deliberately, but there was nothing wrong with the talisman he drew.
Yu Ci listened to a few sentences at first, and then he kept sorting out the general outline of "Shangqing Juxuan Xingshu Secretly Teaching Talisman Scripture" in his mind. In order to ensure that the best side of themselves can be shown to the Immortal, the two young men closest to the Immortal Elder Jie kept their backs straight and their faces serious. However, their eyes looked dull.
Just when Yu Ci sighed because the whole day was going to go by like this, a sentence suddenly flowed into his ears:
"The nature of heaven and earth, all things and people's hearts, are inseparable from the word 'reason'. This 'reason' is not legal principle, not physics, not psychology, but a pure thing that puts aside all concreteness and cuts off all embellishments. The heaven and the earth exist with "reason", nature moves with "reason", all things are born with "reason", and the human mind becomes pure with "reason". To stay close to the standard of pure principles is nothing more than to lead you from imitation to proficiency, and from proficiency to purity...the meaning of the precepts lies within."
There is something in these words!
Yu Ci first thought that Xie Daxian's words were thorny because of his poor teaching effect, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that these words were indeed very interesting. Especially the description of "throwing aside all concreteness and cutting off all embellishments" is vaguely familiar. Thinking about it again, isn't this very similar to some of the feelings he had yesterday when his inner lake was overflowing and information was pouring out of the world outside?
His heart skipped a beat and he blurted out: "Can pure 'principle' be sensed by the soul?"
As soon as these words came out, all the monks in the hall, including Xie Liang, looked at Jinchuan and Kuang Yanqi in front of them, as if they were looking at a madman.
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Today is as planned, I won’t say anything more, thank you for your support.