Chapter 326 Zhushan Dojo teaches Taoism
Ziluo Kingdom is a barren place for cultivating immortals in the Great World of Seven Immortals. It has a beautiful environment but few resources, so the four major sects and even the larger cultivating families are too lazy to come here.
There is a small city in the southeast, called Anxi City, named after the Anxi River that meanders outside the city. To the left of Anxi, there is a small mountain covered with green bamboos, so it is called Zhushan.
Zhushan is only a hundred feet high, but standing on the top of the mountain and overlooking the endless green mountains makes people feel relaxed and happy. Therefore, the quiet bamboo forest on the top of Zhushan has become an excellent place for monks in Anxi City and nearby to talk about Taoism. .
On this day, there were more than a dozen Qi-entraining monks leisurely in the bamboo forest, drinking tea and talking to each other about Taoism and magic. Behind them were dozens of disciples waiting on them.
However, their communication is only superficial. Because they are already the highest cultivators here, Anxi City is so big, and the nearby resources are so scarce. If they exchange their experiences and let each other gain some benefits, they will also suffer losses. It's not me, so they are all false stories about mystical dharma meetings. In the past, those monks who nourished their qi and left their bodies would have real exchanges.
At this time, a ray of blue light fell to the top of the mountain, and a young monk wearing a blue robe appeared. He had an average appearance, a restrained temperament, and looked ordinary.
But the light escaping just now made the dozen or so Qi-Entraining Realm monks tremble with fear. It was definitely not something that could be achieved by the Qi-Entraining Realm. So they pushed out the three leading monks, walked up to the young man, and asked respectfully: "I wonder why senior came to Zhushan, Anxi City? Can we help?"
Shi Xuan smiled and said: "I passed by this place on the road and saw the charming scenery here, so I wanted to build a thatched cottage here, open a Taoist temple, and teach Taoism."
The three leading monks looked at each other in confusion. They all thought that Shi Xuan came to Anxi City to seize their resources and establish a sect. If Shi Xuan was only in the Qi-entraining realm, they would definitely swarm him and beat him to death. But looking at Shi Xuan's posture, I'm afraid he might have At the level of magical power, one of the middle-aged men had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "I don't know how much tribute Senior needs from us? Please tell me clearly so that we can be prepared."
But another monk who looked like a young master suddenly had an idea and immediately saluted: "I wonder if the senior will recruit disciples after opening the dojo? The junior Wan Chengfeng is willing to follow the senior." He despised the middle-aged man Zhang Liu in his heart. But it's such a big and thick leg. If I don't want to hug it, I treat it like a plague god, and my vision is too narrow. The senior is in the magical power realm and can compete with other big cities in the Ziluo Kingdom.
Shi Xuan shook his head and said: "The poor Taoist does not need to make offerings, nor does he accept disciples. After the Taoist temple is opened, anyone who is willing to come and listen can come and listen."
Not only the three leading monks, but also the other ten or so Qi-entraining monks and dozens of Qi-nurturing and out-of-body disciples all felt that their ears were hallucinating. They refused to accept any offerings or establish a sect to recruit disciples. They just casually explained the Tao. The teaching of the Dharma is something that they can hardly even dream of.
You must know that for these monks, there is no need to think about the skills of Dharma and Yuanshen. If you have money, you can't buy them. The skills that reach the golden elixir level are hung in the high cabinets of major business houses as the treasures of their stores. Things that are not of great benefit will not be sold at all. Even the secrets of the magical power realm are something that a monk in the Qi Entrainment Realm may not be able to afford even if he has no chance to save them for a lifetime.
Shi Xuan was too lazy to tell them, and just said: "Tomorrow at the beginning of the morning, Pindao will give a lecture here. If you are willing to come, please come when the time comes. Pindao will only speak for one hour, and we will not wait if it is late. Could you please ask a few fellow Taoists? , tell this matter to the monks near Anxi City."
Then Shi Xuan waved his hand, and a dozen green bamboos jumped out of the bamboo forest and transformed into a small bamboo hut.
Seeing Shi Xuan slowly entering the bamboo hut, these monks came to their senses. You looked at me and I looked at you, speechless for a while.
Zhang Liu was the oldest and the most stable. Seeing everyone's silence, he spoke first: "Do you think this is true? I don't think there should be such a good thing. How can you just tell others about good exercises so casually, and not Accept him as a disciple! I’m afraid there’s a conspiracy.”
Wan Chengfeng said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, you are too petty. What would the senior monk in the spiritual power realm want from you? What do you have that is worthy of his conspiracy? But having said that, I also feel that tomorrow's Taoist teachings will be held It’s not true, how can it be such a good thing? But I just don’t understand what senior’s intention is.”
A dozen other Qi-Entraining Realm monks expressed this attitude, and then Zhang Liu said: "In this case, I will not come tomorrow, but I still have to do what the seniors told me. I will go down the mountain immediately and post this matter at the city gate. "
"Well, I won't come either." Wan Chengfeng agreed.
"Yes, yes, it's so early, who wants to come!" The Qi-Qing Stage monk surnamed Yang immediately agreed.
The Qi-entraining monk surnamed Li nodded. "That's right, it's better to practice at home."
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In Qijia Village, several monks in the Qi-nourishing stage were boxing and practicing, and a monk in the out-of-body stage was guiding them next to them.
"Dad, eldest brother, senior brother, good news, good news." A boy of seventeen or eighteen years old ran over from a distance.
The monk in the out-of-body stage had a cold face and said in a deep voice: "Zicai, where has the calmness and calmness that I taught you on weekdays gone?"
Qi Zicai ran to Qi Nan and gasped: "Dad, what good news. There is a notice posted at the gate of the city, saying that tomorrow at Mao hour, on the top of Zhushan Mountain, a senior will give public lectures on Taoism. Maybe he will talk about leaving the body. With the method of breaking through and attracting spiritual energy, you don’t have to save up money to buy pills and then dare to break through and attract spiritual energy.”
"Third brother, do you believe this kind of thing? Who would teach his Taoism to unrelated strangers without any problem? I think it is probably a kid from the family of the dozen or so Qi-entraining realm seniors who is making fun of everyone." Qi Ziyan He didn't believe the news about Qi Zicai at all.
Qi Fu also said with a face: "Believing in these illusory things is better than practicing down-to-earth practice."
Seeing that no one believed in him, Qi Zicai felt extremely aggrieved: "It's really what is written on the notice, not just what I heard. Forget it, if you don't believe it, I'll go by myself!"
Such a scene happened in Anxi City and all nearby places.
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The night sky was dark, and the crescent moon was still hanging in the sky, but there were already more monks on Zhushan.
"Hey, Fellow Daoist Zhang, didn't you say you can't come?"
"Haha, fellow Taoist Wan, you are the same, you can't say it, but you didn't come secretly." Zhang Liu said with a smile.
"Haha, it's just a waste of time anyway, why don't you come and take a look, Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Yang, you think so too, right?" Wan Chengfeng regarded this matter as a test for his seniors, so he kept urging everyone not to come, but the result was unexpected. Qi Realm monks always say nice things with their mouths, but they understand everything in their stomachs!
Everyone laughed, told the story, and headed to the top of the mountain together.
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When Qi Zicai arrived at the top of Zhushan Mountain, it was almost midnight. He went out very early, but his cultivation level was too low and he wasted a lot of time climbing the mountain at night.
"Wow, there are so many people." Qi Zicai looked at the hundreds of monks on the top of the mountain and opened his mouth. It seems that many of them would rather believe that they have it than that they don't have it. If it's wrong, it's just a wasted trip, if it's right, it's an opportunity. .
The top of the Zhushan Mountain is very wide, and the open space plus the bamboo forest can accommodate tens of thousands of monks. So even though there were hundreds of monks, Qi Zicai easily found an open space and sat down cross-legged.
When the crescent moon moved a little further to the west, the door of the bamboo hut opened with a creak. Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, Shi Xuan slowly walked out, came to a big rock, and flew up directly. Sit cross-legged.
Without any preamble, Shi Xuan talked about the contents of the "Jade Book of Refining the Soul to Become an Immortal from the End of the Earth" about physical exercise and nourishing Qi, and combined it with some of the inheritance of Master Xuan Ri.
Shi Xuan's voice was not loud, but Qi Zicai, who was sitting at the back, could hear it clearly. The contradictory sound of clear and low sounds seemed to ring in everyone's ears.
When they heard that it was about exercising and nourishing the Qi, the monks who were out-of-body and Qi-entraining were a little dismissive. But as Shi Xuan's explanation gradually deepened, they all changed from hunched over to erecting their upper bodies, with focused expressions. Obsessed, I just felt that what Shi Xuan said was straightforward and simple, but he answered one by one the doubts that had troubled me for many years but stopped worrying about as I advanced, which gave me a sense of superiority.
The monks who left the body and entrained qi were like this, but those who exercised and nourished qi were even worse. Qi Zicai was fascinated by what he heard. He felt that this senior was countless times better than his father. If his father could explain it so clearly, he would probably be the same. I have already advanced to nourish my Qi.
On the top of the entire Bamboo Mountain, there are only the rustling sounds caused by the night wind blowing through the bamboo leaves and the steady and slow voice of Shi Xuan's narration. In contrast to these two sounds, the top of the mountain seems particularly quiet.
I don’t know when, dozens of birds of all kinds stopped on the bamboo branches, and many animals came to the shadows of the bamboo forest. A kitten with pure white hair was actually separated from a gray-haired golden squirrel by a piece of green bamboo. Squatting down, peacefully, as if listening to Shi Xuan's sermon, in the darkness behind them, there are mighty tigers and beautiful white foxes...
There wasn't much intelligence in their eyes, and they didn't look like they could understand. They seemed to be just squatting and listening to the voice that seemed to go straight into their hearts.
The crescent moon gradually set, and a red sun rose in the east. Shi Xuan stopped preaching and said to the quiet monks below: "That's it for today. Come back tomorrow."
The monks seemed to wake up from a sweet dream, feeling disappointed, but they quickly came to their senses and thanked Shi Xuan with a big gift. Shi Xuan ignored their salutes and went straight back to the bamboo hut.
After the animals were in a daze for a while, they left separately.
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On the way down the mountain, the monk surnamed Yang said coldly to the other Qi-entraining monks: "It seems that the seniors are really teaching Taoism. Should we ban those low-level monks from going up the mountain?"
Wan Chengfeng was silent for a while and said: "No, the senior has made it clear that if he annoys him, he will just beat him up. Fellow Taoist Yang, are you willing to give up? Or are you not confident that you can understand more than the low-level monks? You can't advance faster than me." them?"
The other Qi-entraining monks were silent and could only leave it at that.