I Am Immortal

  Chapter 54 See the eight difficulties, know the top, middle and bottom five fairylands

When Qi Wuhuo turned around and left, the sea of ​​flowers behind him gradually closed, like a door closed. When the sea of ​​flowers gradually closed, the place behind him, which was like a mortal immortal practicing, disappeared in Qi Wuhuo's induction. Qi Wuhuo walked up to the old man and handed the jade slip to him. The old man didn't show much sadness or disappointment, but was still gentle and peaceful.

  Let the disciple choose his own path.

  Such grand gentleness and compassion are too vast and vast, and in the eyes of others, they are almost ruthless.

The palm brushed the jade slip, and the two words Yumiao on the jade slip disappeared, but the old man did not smash this jade slip, but handed it to Qi Wuhuo. This time, the choice was the same as that of the previous Yuyang. The senior brother was different, and said gently: "Five hundred years later, you will come to see her again and ask the same question again."

   "See how she answers."

  Qi Wuhuo is thoughtful, as long as he is pursuing the road, can he wait?

The old man turned around and left with Qi Wuhuo, and walked away slowly. This time, he didn't ask Qi Wuhuo how he felt. The old and the young walked slowly on the road outside Yumiao's hermitage. The side flowers are blooming, with a strong fragrance. Those flowers have grown as high as the boy's waist. When walking along the road, butterflies dance and land on the boy's shoulders.

   After being silent for a long time, the boy asked: "Teacher, is this the case with Taoist companions?"

  The old man shook his head and said with a gentle smile, "Of course not."

"There are many sectarian methods of my Taoism that have been passed down, and the dharma veins have also spread, and gradually many sayings have spread, but just like the misunderstanding of spirit, energy and spirit, there are also misunderstandings of Dharma, couple, wealth and land. One is especially deep, and the meaning of Taoist couple does not mean a mortal couple, if husband and wife are Taoist couples, why bother to create a special word?"

   "It was originally because of the impermanence of destiny."

   "Cultivators also face various disasters, disasters, calamities, and life and death."

   "Sickness helps each other, life and death match each other, this is the Taoist couple."

  The old man joked: "In other words, it's helping each other on the road."

"The original meaning is, walk on this road together, if you die, I will bury you and continue to move forward. If I die, don't be sad. There are green hills everywhere. Where is the way back? Bury me, and continue to seek Finding the way, the so-called Taoist companions are nothing more than that.”

This sentence was a bit of a joke at the beginning, but at the end, it made Qi Wuhuo feel a great sense of vastness. In just a few words, it has far surpassed the compassion of the senior sister. , the young man paused slightly, looking at the teacher's back, he suddenly felt that this back was only one step away, but it was so far away.

  The old man stopped and looked back at him.

   said gently: "What happened to Wuhuo?"

  Qi Wuhuo shook his head: "Nothing."

  He thought for a while, and asked: "Senior sister and senior brother should also know that you can't be obsessed with fame, and there is also the meaning of a Taoist companion?"

  The old man replied: "Yes, but [knowing], [holding the way], [to the way]."

   "But there are three different realms."

"If you know it, you may not be able to carry it out, and if you carry it out, you may not be able to reach it. The Dao is not something that can be reached by making a wish. There are many hardships and hardships along the way, and there are many kinds of torture. It is precisely because the Taoist couple practice alone that it is easy to walk. It’s only needed in the darkroom.”

   "It is said that Taoist couples should choose people first, and then form Taoist couples."

   "Don't fall in love, if you fall in love, you will stick to your heart; don't know, if you don't know, you will leave."

   "Taoist companions have three combinations, which are called bright mind, wisdom, and ambition."

   "There are also three incompatibility, ignorance, lack of wisdom, and lack of ambition."

  The old man stretched out his hand to stroke Qi Wuhuo's hair, and suddenly joked, "Why, is Wuhuo also thinking of finding a Taoist companion?"

   "Do you want the teacher to introduce you to the exiled immortal from the Cui family?"

   "The exiled immortal is indeed a person with a heart as tough as iron."

   "In the future, if you don't rely on the emperor's amulet, you can also gather three flowers on the top and lift the clouds to soar."

  Qi Wuhuo never expected that the fire would reach him, his face was slightly stagnant, a little flushed, and he said seriously: "Teacher, stop joking."

  Then the old man burst into laughter.

   It seems that teasing this upright little apprentice will make him feel happy.

  He stroked his beard and said with emotion: "Tao couples are also the basis of practice, not for love, but for the road, to reflect and support each other."

   "Is love wrong? No, who doesn't have nostalgia?"

   "It's just not my way."

   "As the old man told you, I am looking for a fellow Taoist."

  "They have their own choices, and they are all right, but our way is also right."

"They walk their own way, and we also walk our way. There is no right or wrong, no superiority or inferiority. It's just a choice. When there is a destiny, we will walk together for a while, and when we don't have a destiny, we will leave each other. But there is no need to be nostalgic, no need to worry ,"

   "Dependent origin and extinction."

"that is it."

   "Your senior sister has walked out of another path, so you can wait for her for now."

He led the young man forward, and Qi Wuhuo gradually realized something in his heart, but those insights were still a little vague, not clear enough, not specific enough, and felt that many ideas and principles collided in his mind, but only when he was thinking , his own charm has gradually settled down, like a stubborn stone with hidden jade, which is being struck by the world, and is in the untapped trace.

  The old man said in a gentle voice: "Let's go, see the next one..."

  Then the young Taoist understood that this path of questioning one's own heart has not yet come to an end.

  He said yes, and followed behind the old man, step by step forward.

  This is such a long road, the length of which should be based on the experience and life of each Taoist disciple.

  Afterwards, there were several senior brothers and sisters, and Qi Wuhuo went to witness them one by one.

They all have their own obsessions, each of them is talented, who is much stronger than the current Qi Wuhuo, or they are devoted to mountains and rivers, and have no desire to pursue the avenue, or they like to play in the world, show the holiness in the world, and Qi Wuhuo. Wuhu took back their jade slips personally, and the old man would ask him every time, what did he get?

  Ask every time, is their choice right or wrong?

  Qi Wuhuo answers every time, no mistakes.

   It's just that every time, the young Taoist thinks longer and longer.

   When asking for the last time, the young Taoist suddenly felt something and replied:

   "The disciple understands."

"Each of them has their own attachments and choices, but there is nothing wrong with them. It is not wrong to want to leave a name for future generations. It is not wrong to put their love on mountains and rivers. It is not wrong to have love and be willing to stay with each other from generation to generation. Things are just like choosing the avenue, it’s just your own choice.”

   "Who said that the vastness is like a great way, and in the eyes of all living beings, it must exceed what they pursue?"

   "If that's the case, the world will be boring."

  The old man laughed and said, "Shangshan."

He was quite happy, and said: "Wuhuo can realize this by himself, and this gift is also accepted. If you are a stubborn stone, this walk will be useless except for vigilance. You and I should part here. But now it is not the case, I can mention the high point of cultivation with you a little bit, which is also worthy of the word "Qixuan."

  The old man flicked his sleeves, then sat casually under two pine trees and on top of a bluestone, and asked with a gentle smile:

   "Without confusion, can we know whether a fairy is alive or not?"

  Qi Wuhuo nodded, and replied: "Walking in the North Sea and twilight cangwu, you can live forever, have supernatural powers, and countless magic tricks, which are unspeakable."

  The old man said: "Do you know the rank of immortals and gods?"

  This is knowledge that the young man did not know in the past, so he said: "Please teach me, teacher."

  The old man stroked his beard and said: "Ordinary qi refiners have taken the wrong path, exhaled vitality, and teased the spirit. They only know how to cultivate their nature but not their fate."

   "The one who enters the lowest rank is to dispel immortals for corpses."

   "Although you have three to five hundred years of life, you can't get the way, and you can't live freely."

   "Although it is called a fairy, it is actually a ghost."

   "It is the fate of those who take the wrong path and are eager for quick success. Don't be confused."

   "Ordinary cultivators breathe out and refine Qi, practice life, and don't realize the Dao."

"Get a method in the Tao, get a technique in the method, have confidence and determination, and never change. The spirit of the five elements, misunderstood and misunderstood, the shape and quality are solid, and finally came to the road of three flowers gathering at the top. Such a state, It can be called an immortal."

  Qi Wuhuo suddenly realized, and said, "It's Senior Brother Yuyangzi..."

The old man nodded, and said lightly: "People like him have also accumulated external skills, but they are too persistent, and they can't even be considered as seekers. In the future, they will occasionally have blessings. The only way to go is the land of the mountain god, and the way to the underworld is ghosts. Take the city god, or receive a talisman, ascend to the Heavenly Palace, be an ordinary fairy, work hard, have no leisure all day long, and get a pill to continue your life."

   "Although they are immortals, they are just ordinary. There are many officials in the name of the emperors and gods in the heavens."

   "If you are in the sky, you will be a heavenly official, if you are on the earth, you will be a local official, and if you are in the water, you will be a water official."

  The old man said again: "Those who are higher than human immortals can already break through these attachments but find it difficult to let go. They have realized the Tao but can't escape, and they are stuck in the eight difficulties of the Taoism."

   "He is originally a talent in the world, but he is obsessed with obsession, and he does not get rid of it. After all, he succeeds in a small way."

   "It can live forever, and it is called a land fairy."

  Qi Wuhuo was touched in his heart, thoughtfully: "It's the current Senior Sister Yumiao."

  The old man nodded, and then said casually: "Although there are many disciples under the Shangqing sect, 90% of them are just so talented."

   "Not as good as your senior sister."

   "And if she can find out one day and come out by herself, she will work hard and practice until she is extraordinary."

   "To the point where the yin is exhausted and the yang is pure, and you can be an incarnation outside your body."

   "Three flowers gather at the top, but the five qi are in harmony. In the old man's mouth, this can be called a god."

   "In Taoism, you can follow the sky and the earth, and in Buddhism, you can transform yourself freely."

   "Most of the twelve disciples of Yuqing's sect who have received true teachings are just like this."

  Under the two old pines, the tone of the old man with white hair and beard was as flat and gentle as ever, but everything in the world was extremely quiet.

   The silence was terrifying.

   I don't know when the wind blew up, the whole sky was covered, and the sun and the moon were dimmed.

  But the wind didn't flow here, and the water flow stopped changing.

  All the gods and spirits of the surrounding land disappeared, as if everything was silent, and the gentle voice only entered Qi Wuhuo's ears.

   "As for the talents of the heaven and earth gods, hard work to break through the catastrophe, not attached to things, but have the courage to dare to enter the three realms."

"Either spread the word to gain luck from heaven and earth, or go to calamity to accumulate meritorious deeds by destroying evil spirits. After three thousand meritorious deeds are completed, eight hundred actions are enough, and you can move forward step by step. If he is a celestial being, if he is a member of the Sanqing sect, he will be called the Great Luo Celestial Immortal above the Hunyuan Yiqi, and if he is not a member of the Sanqing sect, he will be called the Taiyi Celestial Immortal above the Hunyuan Yiqi."

   "The top disciples of the Shangqing sect and the Yuqing sect; the Western Buddha; many heavenly deities and emperors in the heavenly court are all in this place."

  Qi Wuhuo was moved by hearing this.

  The old man stroked his beard and said flatly:

   "But it's just a lower vehicle."

   So it was even more like thunder.

  PS:

   Realm comes from "Zhong Lu Chuan Dao Ji", this is very classic.

  It’s not Journey to the West, it will be biased towards Taoist mythology.

  (end of this chapter)