Omniscient and Almighty

Chapter 387 Immortal

The next morning, when Xu Guangling came down from the mountain, he faced Lao Tan who stayed behind.

"Brother Xu, are you really a supernatural being?" Old Tan's respect was always there, but now he was more inexplicably excited.

Speaking of which, why are you so excited? It's not that you have supernatural powers!

Feeling his mental activity, Xu Guangling complained like this, and then said with a smile: "Changbai Mountain is a fairy mountain, have you heard of it?"

Like reading Buddhist classics, Xu Guangling had also read Daoist Canon before. Although he read it with a half-knowledge, and it was still superficial, many contents were automatically omitted by him.

But still touched something.

For example, in China since ancient times, there has been a saying of "immortals".

Immortal, from the point of view of coinage, is a person and a mountain, so the usual explanation is a person who escapes from the world and practices in the mountains.

There is a couplet that says, "There are many famous mountain monks in the world, so we should leave one or two strange peaks to live in my Taoist friends; if all the good things in the world are said about the Buddha, whoever knows five thousand wonderful words will be my immortal teacher."

Well, this should be a "discussion" between Buddhism and Taoism, but it reflects a problem, that is, people of Buddhism and Taoism like to live in the mountains.

Some people will say, isn't this normal? The mountain is clean, the scenery is still good, and the air is still fresh.

In fact, these reasons are not very sufficient.

From the end, the air is very fresh.

As a person of this era, I am very sensitive to this aspect, because few people living in cities are unaware of smog. Even in cities with little smog, the air quality is not very good, let alone Not to mention fresh.

So when it comes to "fresh air", people generally yearn for it.

Even in rural areas, places far away from cities may not be able to avoid smog. Anyway, the air is more or less polluted.

But what about ancient times?

Industrialization has not yet started.

Anywhere, as long as there are a few trees, the air will be quite clean and fresh.

Therefore, the air in the mountains is very fresh. This advantage is dispensable, and it has been greatly reduced. Its influence is really not that great.

As for the scenery?

What did that sentence say?What is far away is the scenery.

No matter how beautiful the scenery is, if you live here all the time, that’s all there is to it.

There is also cleanliness, which is even more untenable.

Didn't Tao Yuanming have a saying, "Ask the king, how can you? My heart is far away from myself."

Be far away from yourself!

In short, if you want to be lively, then move to the downtown area, and it must be facing the street, otherwise, even if it is behind the street, a mere courtyard can easily isolate the hustle and bustle from it.

All in all, in the ancient environment, living in the mountains really didn't have that much of an advantage.

On the contrary, the inconvenience in life is obvious.

First of all, the air will be colder. In the morning and evening of spring, summer and autumn, it will be so cold that people's bones will be stiff. In winter, when a heavy snow falls, the door will be closed immediately, not only the door, but also the mountain. For two or three months, you will not be able to go down the mountain.

Secondly, the water source in the mountains is not so convenient.

There is definitely no running water. Even if there is a clear spring on the mountain, it is impossible for all residents to live by the spring. Therefore, the project of carrying water is inevitable.

And it is picked every day.

It's easy for you to carry water, and you can still exercise?

Yes, that's right, it seems that you can indeed exercise, but it's really not easy.Those who are in good health can cope with the job by exercising. If the body is not so good, carrying water is always a chore.

Again, it’s inconvenient to eat. You can grow a la carte vegetables on the mountain, but more places are not suitable for growing vegetables. As for rice, noodles, grains and oils, you have to go down the mountain to buy them regularly.

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All in all, living on the mountain has too many inconveniences.

The advantages are not so great, but the disadvantages are too many. The combination of the two makes "living in the mountains", at least, the cost performance is not so high, right?

Then why are they still running into the mountains in a swarm?

Not only that, but they also came up with the term "Dongtian Fudi". All "Blessed Lands" are all kinds of mountains in the world, and all "Dongtian" are caves, or residences, opened on the mountains.

All in all, whether it is a cave or a blessed place, it is inseparable from the mountain.

In the past, when Xu Guangling read these things, he had a feeling that these mountaintop cave people were really humorous and optimistic in life. They called the simple caves the cave sky, and the famous and unknown mountains and hills called the blessed land.

In this way, things that were originally very low suddenly become taller, is there any reason?

But after discovering the "air of mountains and rivers", Xu Guangling thought of "immortals" and "caves and heavens and blessed lands" again, and the feeling was completely different.

How should I put it, it's a bit complicated.

Anyway, the previous understanding began to be subverted.

Is there such a possibility that in ancient times, and very early, it can be traced back to before the pre-Qin period. At that time, some people, even many people, could see "the spirit of the earth, mountains and rivers" like him?

Then, they lived in the mountains for a long time.

Then, there is the reality and concept of "immortal".

And, with the passage of time, this behavior has been gradually solidified, and thus the legend of the cave of heaven and earth was born.

But later on, whether it is the cave or the blessed land, it seems that it is not as magical as it is in the legend. This kind of pursuit gradually cools down, so slowly, it has become a semi-abandoned and non-mainstream existence.

This is Xu Guangling's speculation today.

But this speculation has been unable to confirm.

And one of the things he will do in the future is to investigate the Kyushu territory.

And examine all the blessed places in the Taoist records. Some of these blessed places may be completely far-fetched by later generations. ".

Secondly, he will investigate the situation of all the famous and unnamed "longevity villages" in Kyushu.

Longevity villages are not uncommon today. They are often seen in various news reports. Their common feature is that they are far away from the city, so people generally think that the reason for their longevity is to stay away from the city and pollution.

But in the ancient times when there was no pollution, did these longevity villages not exist?

Obviously not possible.

Kyushu is so big, how many longevity villages are there?

Xu Guangling has not investigated yet, but he has preliminarily concluded that most of these longevity villages will be located in places where the "air of mountains and rivers of the earth" is relatively strong. In other words, there are mostly mountains near them.

This investigation was listed by Xu Guangling as one of the long-term plans.

Of course, it's not on the agenda yet.

This kind of investigation is just to broaden the knowledge and confirm some things. Whether it is there or not is not that important or critical.The key for Xu Guangling at the moment is still to follow the fundamental method, and, from the foundation of medicine, to advance step by step to the peak.

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