The moon was just about the time when it was full, and the light spread to the ground like a piece of horse. Feng Junzi looked at the sky with his hands behind his back. Although there was no shadow, the moonlight formed a faint halo around his body. Feng Junzi was rarely serious at this time. He stood in the night breeze, motionless, and looked like he had a few immortal spirits and a solemn appearance.

This is at midnight, when the Yin Shen left his body after entering the dream, I came to the Zhuangyuan Bridge, Feng Junzi had been waiting for a long time. I usually see him smiling, but I rarely see him solemnly, and he vaguely has a momentum of not being angry and powerful. He doesn't speak, and I can't even feel that I can't speak.

"Shi Ye, kneel down!" Feng Junzi suddenly spoke with his back to me, with a sense of majesty in his voice.

I couldn't help but want to kneel down, but I couldn't help asking: "Kneel down? Where to go?"

Feng Junzi: "Worshiping to heaven and earth - is worshiping heaven and earth!"

"Worship the world!" Why do I think these three words sound so awkward?

Feng Junzi suddenly smiled, and he turned around with a smile: "Shi Ye, it's not you and me who worship the heaven and earth, it's you who kneel down to the heaven and earth. This is the entry ceremony of the alchemy - don't get me wrong."

Feng Junzi smiled, and the solemn momentum just now disappeared without a trace, and he regained his true nature as a naughty boy. He is the same person, why is the difference between the two in the blink of an eye? I was relieved at least, just kneel down, and kneel down with honesty.

As soon as I knelt down, Feng Junzi hurriedly flashed aside and shouted, "Don't face me, I don't want to be your kneeling... Just worship the heaven and earth."

I knelt on the ground and asked, "How to worship? How many times?"

Feng Junzi: "How to worship you, as long as you are upright in your heart and body, and with awe... There are thirteen heavenly tribulations in the four gates and twelve levels, so you can worship you thirteen times."

I was upright and respectfully worshipped the heaven and earth thirteen times. After worshiping, I looked at Feng Junzi. Feng Junzi waved at me: "Get up, the ceremony has been completed."

"It's done so easily?"

Feng Junzi smiled again: "What's wrong? How complicated do you hope it is? Otherwise, let's add a few more projects, such as going to the mountain of swords and seas of fire, will you do it?"

I quickly stood up and said, "Forget it, it's better to be simple. What should I do next?"

Feng Junzi: "According to the rules, I should ask you a question. Shi Ye, do you know why you have to kneel down to the heaven and earth when you get started with the cultivation of alchemy? Think about it first, and then answer according to your own wishes."

I stood up and thought about it carefully. During this period, I also read a lot of books about religion, qigong, and metaphysics in the library. At this time, I recalled the content in my mind, and thought for a long time and replied: "Man is born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The state of pursuit of cultivation is the unity of man and nature, so before practicing, you must worship heaven and earth, right?"

Feng Junzi: "There is some reason, but it's completely wrong!"

"Totally wrong?"

Feng Junzi: "Let me tell you, the truth is actually like this - two opponents who are about to go on stage to fight always have to be kind to each other before they start fighting. This is why I want you to kneel down."

"What? Do you mean - I'm going to fight against God?"

"You can also say that. Do you know that the alchemy we have learned is actually going against the heavens! All things have their own destiny, and birth, old age, sickness and death are also cycles of heaven. And the alchemy pursues immortality. If you want to go against God, you must first say hello politely, otherwise it will be too unprotected..."

Feng Junzi's words surprised me a lot! I have never seen such a truth in any book. Everyone is talking about following the laws of heaven and being united by nature, but Feng Junzi said he would do the right thing to do with God. At this time, I suddenly remembered something: Last time Feng Junzi took me to Zhaoting Mountain to "demonish the gods" for Liu Yiyi, and a monk named Fayuan came out to make trouble. He also said at the time: "I passed by here and saw the aura of the sky soaring into the sky. There should be a master's approach, so I came to visit. But when I came here, I realized that flowers bloom in winter. Although the donor has a profound magic power, all things have their own days to wither and flourish. Such things that go against the sky are inappropriate." I did feel a little inappropriate when I heard it, but I didn't expect Feng Junzi to say the same thing, and he said so righteously.

Seeing that I was silent, Feng Junzi continued, "You mentioned the state of unity between man and nature, but is it so easy to be united with heaven? God has not arranged this path for you. If you want to go, you must go against the current."

I finally found the opportunity to ask: "But no one has said that since ancient times."

Feng Junzi shook his head and said with a sneer: "Heaven and earth are not kind, treat all things as straw dogs!"

I know this sentence, which comes from the fifth chapter of "Laozi". I have read it, but I haven't quite understood it. I can't help but ask: "I know what I mean by this sentence, what I said?"

Feng Junzi did not directly answer: "When I was a child, there was an idiom called "treat equality". Many people often wrote it wrongly. I didn't understand what it means by writing this "benevolence" as a character. In fact, the incompetence of heaven and earth means treating everyone equally. Many people think they are unable to afford it. In fact, in the world, we are no different from plants, trees, animals, mountains, rivers, and sun, moon and stars. The incompetence of heaven and earth is also selfless and not exclusive to selfishness. Unfortunately, the alchemy is selfish!"

"Personal? What does this have to do with selfishness?"

Feng Junzi: "You misunderstood. The selfishness I mentioned is not the selfishness you understand. People who practice alchemy love to cherish the body of the furnace and cauldron and pursue long-term vision is to be biased towards themselves. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this. Only by respecting oneself and loving oneself can we embrace the world and pursue the way of heaven. The unkindness of heaven and earth is neither right nor wrong. Since there is no right nor wrong, the selfishness of alchemy is not right nor wrong, it is just a way to pursue the way of Tao. I can't say this clearly. Anyway, what the ancestor said and did it."

“How did it be done?”

Feng Junzi: "Actually, you have done this. Do you still remember the small furnace and tripod kung fu I taught you? The true qi walks from the Du meridian from the bottom up, from the tailbone to the jade pillow. If you ask a Chinese medicine doctor, such as Grandpa Jin in your village, he will tell you that this direction is exactly the opposite of the human qi and blood circulation route. The way of alchemy against the will is not just a saying, but runs through the practice method."

Feng Junzi said this and suddenly thought of a story in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and asked in the air: "Isn't that Ouyang Feng anymore? Huang Rong taught Ouyang Feng's fake Nine Yin scriptures in the The Condor Heroes, which made Ouyang Feng retrograde his meridians, and Ouyang Feng turned into a fool..."

Feng Junzi, who had been serious, finally couldn't help but smile: "You are so funny. You can take martial arts novels seriously. This is completely different! In fact, the big and small Zhoutian of the alchemy is really the skill of retrograde meridians. You don't have to worry about becoming like Ouyang Feng. OK, "Worshiping the Heaven" and "Asking the Dao" will stop here first. I will discuss it with you slowly if I have the opportunity. I will hold the last ritual of "taking the precepts" below."

After hearing this, I realized that the introductory ritual is divided into three steps, namely worshiping the heaven, asking the way, and taking the precepts. Feng Junzi coughed and put away his smile and said, "Shi Ye, listen well, I don't want to be your master, so you are not worshiping me. If you want to join another sect in the future, then abide by the rules of other sects. If you want to establish your own sect, then you set the rules yourself. So there are no rules to restrain you. But you are a practitioner now, and I am leading you in the introduction. I want to tell you about the three major precepts that practitioners in the world are abiding by."

The three major precepts of practitioners in the world? I seem to have heard of this. Both Mr. Zhang and Sister Han mentioned it, but they were not very careful. It seems that they are true. I asked: "Which three major precepts? Are there only three?"

"The first thing is to not shock the world. There are boundaries inside and outside the world. I think since ancient times, few people have seen masters practice in the downtown city. Taoism is a secret technique and cannot be easily shown to others. Do you know why?"

I honestly replied, "I don't know."

Feng Junzi: "Actually, I don't know either, but according to others, it is because of ignorance of ordinary people. If you easily demonstrate the Dharma, you will easily confuse everyone. There were evil demons and heretics who used magic to confuse the public, which made the mess... I won't talk about this anymore. The second precept of practitioners is that you cannot cast spells on ordinary people, that is, you cannot use magic to deal with a mortal."

I asked again, "If someone wants to kill you, can't you fight back?"

Feng Junzi: "I haven't finished talking yet. There is something special about this. If someone does not offend me, I will not offend others. If someone threatens your safety, you can certainly protect yourself. But you cannot hurt innocent people, nor can you take the initiative to hurt people with Taoism, nor can you confuse people."

"I see."

Feng Junzi: "Don't be so anxious and say you know. This is the most important thing to you. If you are an ordinary person, you don't have to worry that there are experts in the world who will attack you, but now it's different. You are already a formal practitioner, which is even more dangerous than ordinary people. If an expert has a grudge against you, fighting with you is no longer a violation of the precepts. Your current cultivation is still shallow, and you may not be the opponent of others, so you must be very cautious and not easily reveal your behavior. This is the truth that the ancients said, "It's better not to be able to kill someone who can punch him or drown him or water. Do you remember it?"

"Remember!" I really remember this, because I almost fought with someone two days ago and deeply felt the danger. Fortunately, the other party did not realize that I was a practitioner at that time.

Feng Junzi said again, "Actually, there is no need to worry too much. Since you have not joined any sect, no one will give you the Taoist seed. As long as you don't take action, no one can tell that you are a practitioner."

"What is Taoist seed?"

Feng Junzi scratched his head: "I can't explain this clearly. Have you heard of the initiation ceremony of Tantric Buddhism? The Taoist seeds are similar.... It is not to open up the meridians, but to keep the evidence of the Taoist cultivation state in your spiritual consciousness. In this way, you will have an experience every step of your achievement. In this way, you will not go the wrong path... Of course, if the master's Tao is planted wrongly, it will be even more troublesome. Don't ask about things that have nothing to do with you. Let's talk about the third precept. The third precept is that you must not do evil with Taoism, you must not use Taoism to make money and kill life, you must not use Taoism to interfere with the world, and you must not use Taoism to seek selfish desires..."

"Feng Junzi, wait, why is this third item so complicated? It has become several."

Feng Junzi smiled embarrassedly: "I think it's quite complicated, and it means two points. The first point is that you can't do bad things, and the second point cannot use Taoism as a means to use it privately in the secular world. This is more troublesome to explain, you can experience it yourself in the future."

Feng Junzi finally finished the three precepts of this practitioner. They should not be shocking, do not act on ordinary people, and do not make profits in the secular world. Feng Junzi finally said that the standard for the distinction between good and evil in the cultivation world is these three precepts. If someone takes the initiative to violate these three precepts, practitioners in the world have the obligation to punish them together. It turns out that the description of the evil sect in the martial arts novels really has a little basis. But I still don’t understand that Master He Chen from Qi Yunguan should also be a practitioner, but he conspired to frame Principal Liu twenty years ago, and it was a standard for money to kill him. Is that considered a violation of the precepts? Thinking of this, I asked Feng Junzi this question.

Feng Junzi blinked for a long time and said to me, "I don't know whether they violate their sect rules, but Taoist Master Chen did not violate these three precepts. In the secular world, he used secular methods, and he just used gold to lure two despicable villains to do things for him, and did not use any magic. In fact, these three precepts are just a cover. There are too many loopholes when you think about it, so each sect has its own detailed sect rules. If you don't have sect rules, you will be clear about this in the future. Wait, I almost forgot, I will add the last one for you."

"Add one? What?"

"Transferring the Dharma without becoming a disciple is a very taboo thing in the cultivation world. I don't want others to know! So from now on, you can't tell others that your Taoism is passed down by me, nor can you tell others that I can know the alchemy of these four gates and twelve levels of the building."

"Okay, I get it. What should someone else do if they ask?"

"You came from Mars? You even need me to teach you when you lie! Just say that you dream of a master teaching me? Isn't that the truth?"

After almost two hours of hard work, worshiping the heavens, asking, taking the precepts and other introductory rituals were finally over. I didn't know at the time that this was probably the most sloppy introductory ritual in the world. The Zhengyi School belonging to Qi Yunguan, the formal disciples' introductory ritual takes three days and three nights before and after! It seems that Feng Junzi is not interested in this ritual, but just dealing with the rules passed down since ancient times. After Feng Junzi said that all the time was finished, he found a comfortable place to sit down, stared at me with a smile and asked, "The ceremony has been over. Now you should tell me your experience in the past two days, right? Why did you run into the quilt of the boss's wife? Don't lie to me, I know you have learned to be mediocre now, but it is not enough to play tricks with me."

I did hide from Mr. Zhang and Sister Han, but I still planned to tell the truth to Feng Junzi. As soon as he was my master, even if he didn't recognize the name of this master, he was actually a master. The second Feng Junzi knew that I was practicing Yin Shen, and my lies would be difficult to deceive him. So I honestly told him the cause and effect of this matter.

After hearing this, Feng Junzi rarely asked anything, but asked something I didn’t expect: “If there is the next Zhuguo, who are you going to give it to?”

I really haven't thought about this question. Sister Han said that this vermillion fruit tree only bears fruit every sixty years, and it will bear at most twelve pieces at a time, and the result will be one ripe one every month. Xiu Xiu If you find that vermillion fruit tree, you may get one back next month. Who will I give it to me? Or I will give it to Sister Han? Or I will sell it? After thinking about it, I will still wear a lot of clothes and don't wear it. Anyway, I can say anything that I haven't got it yet. So I smiled and replied, "If there is any, I will definitely give it to you."
Chapter completed!