031 Back to Dragon Soul Black Ruyi, Feitian Ziyingyi
The land of Jiuzhou has changed dynasties since ancient times and wars have continued. However, there are two major families who have been passed down for two thousand years, known as the Southern Zhangbei Kong, referring to the Han Tianshi of Qufu, Shandong and the Heir of Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi. Yan Shenggong was the eldest descendant of Confucius. Since Confucius' ninth-generation grandson Kong Teng was granted the title of sacrificial king in the Han Dynasty, he has been granted endlessly in the past dynasties. It was the hereditary Duke of Yan Shenggong in the Tang Dynasty, until the 77th generation of Yan Shenggong before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. The Heir Han Tianshi was a descendant of Zhang Daoling, the ancestor of Taoism. It took nearly two thousand years since the fourth generation of Tianshi Zhang Shengli Guanlong and Tiger Mountain, and it has been passed down until 1949. The 63rd generation of Tianshi avoided Taiwan. The descendants of Confucius and Zhangmen are still there, but the thousand-year inheritance of aristocratic families has been gone, and they all happened within nearly a hundred years.
Zhang Daoling and Zhang Tianshi founded Taoism, which was called Zhengyi Sect in the world. Taoist priests of Zhengyi Sect are also called Taoist priests in the family. They can marry and have children, otherwise Zhang Tianshi would not leave behind descendants for two thousand years. Starting from the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Chongyang founded the Quanzhen Sect. Taoist priests of Quanzhen Sect were monks, who did not eat meat, did not get married and had children, and became monks to practice. From then on, Taoism formed a trend of competing between the north and the south.
As a religion, Taoism has never been complete, with many sects and loose organizations. Neither the Orthodox and Quanzhen Buddhism nor the Quanzhen Buddhism can be used as a complete representative of the Taoism religion. Therefore, the so-called Taoism and the so-called Taoism practice are two different concepts. The reason why Taoism is named is because Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" is a classic of Taoists, but it has little to do with the Taoist sects passed down from generation to generation.
The Zhengyi Sect who entered the Taoist practice, although the same name and origin as the Zhengyi Sect of Longhushan, has two concepts. Zhengyi Sect is a sect hidden in the world, known as the authentic Taoist arts in the world. The alchemy learned by his disciples is called the "Thirty-Six Cave Heavens". The Taoist Dharma is complete and rigorous, and can be called the most detailed door to practice Taoism in the world. The alchemy of the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens is equivalent to the first three gates and nine levels of the "Four Gates and Twelve Levels" from the perspective of the realm of practice.
However, the alchemy of Zhengyi is different from the "Four Gates and Twelve Levels" taught by Feng Junzi, the skill of directly practicing alchemy with stems but without branches. Instead, it includes various detailed steps in practice and useful "laws" and "arts". It can be said that it is the essence of the mind and blood of practitioners over the past thousand years. Since ancient times, practice is divided into three types: Tao, Dharma, and art. Tao is the spirit, and directly talks about the realm of practice. Law is the body, which is a way to confirm cultivation, and art is the use, which can display various miracles in front of the world.
Zhengyi's practice includes the thirty-six cave heavenly alchemy that has been passed down since ancient times. The practice of art is said to be known as the "Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Dharma". In specific practice, Tao, law, and art are often one and difficult to distinguish, so people often say Taoism, Taoism, and art. Zhengyi's disciples are especially good at "refining weapons". The seventeenth and eighteen cave heavenly alchemy in the thirty-six cave heaven are called "control objects" and "refining weapons". If you follow the four-legged twelve-level building kung fu taught me by Feng Junzi, you should be in the second level of "returning". However, this "returning" state only talks about Tao, and when it comes to detail, "control objects" should be a kind of art, and "refining weapons" is a kind of law. Feng Junzi only understands the elixir and is not very interested in the law, and knows even less about art. This is the difference between a person and a sect.
There is a reason why the disciples of Zhengyi Sect are good at "refining weapons". During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Taoist practitioner known as Zhengyi Zhenren. This Zhengyi Sect was created by the disciples of Zhengyi Zhenren, and was named after the master's name. Zhengyi Zhenren is a great master of refining weapons. He refined countless weapons in his life, and the three magic weapons passed to that disciple were called "Zhengyi Three Treasures". The three treasures of Zhengyi are Thunder God Sword, Qingming Mirror, and Hei Ruyi.
Qingming Mirror is the relics of Master Zhengyi. It was lost eight hundred years ago. Later, it fell into the hands of Shi Ye by chance. The Thunder Sword is still in Zhengyi, which is the token of the heads of all generations. The remaining magic weapon among the three treasures of Zhengyi is Hei Ruyi, and is now holding it in Feng Junzi's hand.
This was the afternoon two days after Feng Junzi and I stole things in Qingquan Town. We both hid under the bridge hole of Zhuangyuan Bridge. Feng Junzi told me in detail about the origin of this black Ruyi and its relationship with Zhengyi. No wonder Taoist Master Hechen from Zhengyi would find a way to get it back, while other practitioners from Zhengyi would turn a blind eye to Taoist Master Hechen's inequality. I just didn't expect that this history would also bring my Qingming Mirror into it.
Feng Junzi's hand is about one foot long and black. The bow-shaped handle and the lucidum-shaped plate head are carved with two black dragons. Around the black dragon, there are hollowed-out auspicious clouds with deep relief patterns. The material is neither gold nor jade, and it sounds like a wooden carving. However, it feels harder than wood when held in the hand and he feels much heavier than wood.
"Feng Junzi, what is this Ruyi made? It's like wood, not wood."
Feng Junzi gently patted his palm with Ruyi's handle and replied, "I can't see it either, but it is said that it is made of dragon bones. It is said that the ancestor of Zhengyi's sect once subdued a black dragon in the Yangtze River. After slaughtering the dragon bones, he used dragon bones to refine the weapon to create this black Ruyi and seal the dragon soul... In short, the gods are amazing, and I don't know whether it is true or not."
"Dragon Soul? Is there a way to try true or false? Let the Dragon Soul come out and see?"
Feng Junzi was frightened and trembled when he heard this: "It's okay, don't try this randomly. I'm afraid that it won't be able to stop the scene if we make a move. We are probably not going to steal the purpose of black Ruyi to play with it... Let's take a look at another piece of clothing."
Before I saw this dress, I only knew it was a purple ancient dress, but when I saw it, I felt that the dress was not old, or even new. The dark purple silk texture was embroidered with lilac silk thread, and the peacock also had several bird patterns that I could not recognize. This dress had no collar and sleeveless, with a pair of buttons on the waist, which was obviously a woman's clothing. It looked like a palace underwear. It should be worn outside the close-fitting shirt and inside the jacket.
"What's so weird about this clothes? Why does Taoist Master Hechen want such things?"
Feng Junzi frowned: "Things are indeed good things, but what the Taoist priest wants them to do, and they can't wear them himself. Should they give them to good people? ... Shi Ye, this clothes have a great origin. Since ancient times, there have been various magic weapons, but I have only heard of this one that has made them into magic weapons."
"That's the one?"
Feng Junzi nodded: "There is no second piece. Magical tools are usually held in your hands. What's the use of wearing them? When casting spells, one person can only control one weapon. Does this person have to take off his clothes in public? What's more, it's a woman! Moreover, the material and process requirements for refining weapons are very strict. The more precious the material, the simpler the artifact, the easier it is to succeed. When sewing a piece of clothing, you have to cut it with thousands of needles and threads. No matter which step is wrong, the magical tools will be ruined! Refining a piece of clothing is unless there is a brain problem! So there is only this one since ancient times."
"Then who made this dress? Is there something wrong with his brain?"
Feng Junzi smiled: "This person is the seed of infatuation in the Taoist sect. Who is it? It is impossible to verify who it is, but there is also a legend about this dress-"
It is said that there is a Taoist practitioner with a high level of magic power and can fly on the sword and travel across the three mountains and five mountains. Anyway, it is the kind of sword-controlling immortal mentioned in "The Legend of Swordsman of Shushan". He has a beloved Taoist couple, as the saying goes, he is his wife and a practitioner. However, due to his talent, his cultivation cannot reach his level no matter what, and he can only barely control the weapon. It is impossible to be a flying immortal. This master is really infatuated. He spent thirty years to refine a magic weapon, which is this piece of clothing. His wife put this piece of clothing on her body and used magic to control objects, and could also fly in the sky, so that the couple would have the joy of traveling together.
I used to think that all the masters of cultivation are far away from the fireworks of the world, and they are all determined to seek Taoism and become immortals and Buddhas, and they are all dignified and serious. But later I met Feng Junzi and felt that this was not the case. When I heard about Taoist Master He Chen, I realized that there are despicable villains in the world of cultivation. Now I heard about the story of this dress and felt that masters also had funny times and were trapped by love. I asked Feng Junzi: "Is this legend really fake? Can you really fly when wearing this dress?"
Feng Junzi: "I don't know whether it's true or not, otherwise it's a legend! As for whether it can fly, I will only know after I put it on. Anyway, it's not the clothes you and I wear, so what do you care about."
I reached out to touch the texture of the dress, and felt as smooth as fog, tentacles seemed to be there and none, extremely thin, and had a strange toughness. "What kind of texture is this?" I asked Feng Junzi.
"This is Tiansilk silk, and this material is almost extinct now."
"What's the name of this dress?"
"It's called Ziyingyi, purple purple, and Luoying's Ying."
Zi Yingyi? When I heard this, I suddenly felt a sudden move in my heart. Isn’t this Sister Han’s name? Her name is Han Ziying, and this dress is called Zi Yingyi, which sounds like a dress prepared for her! I asked again: “Feng Junzi, how do you plan to deal with these two things.”
Feng Junzi: "We two stole things. As the saying goes, thieves don't leave empty, and those who see them will have a share! We each one, you choose one first, which one do you want?"
If I didn't know the name of this dress, I might have used Hei Ruyi, but after I knew it was called Ziyingyi, I couldn't help but think of Sister Ziying. I knew she was not an ordinary person, and this dress is a magic weapon for practitioners, and it is for women, which is very suitable for her. I decided to take Ziyingyi away and find an opportunity to give it to Sister Ziying, so that this dress deserves its name.
When Feng Junzi saw that I picked Zi Yingyi away, he put away Hei Ruyi and smiled and said to me: "I can use Hei Ruyi to smash walnuts. Why do you do with Zi Yingyi? Just your body can wear this piece of clothing? Even if you become a woman, your current cultivation level will not be able to fly."
"Then don't worry, I have my use."
"These two things have been separated, and there is a good extra money here. I found it in the collection of the Liu family. I didn't expect to encounter such a good thing, so I took it out." As he spoke, Feng Junzi took out a stone the size of a goose egg. The stone looked like pebbles on the river beach, with a smooth oval shape, with a slightly rough surface, but was faintly covered with a layer of clear green wavy lines.
"What is this?"
Feng Junzi Shen said mysteriously: "This is diopylate marrow, the essence of jadeite original jade! It is said that there is only one stone marrow in a jadeite vein. If the stone marrow is harvested, the mine will often shake and even the mine pit will collapse. So this thing is extremely precious and very rare!"
"Didn't you agree to only take two magic weapons? Why are you stealing something else?"
Feng Junzi: "I am for you and for the Liu family! This is a good material for practitioners to refine weapons. Materials for refining weapons are often hard to come by. For example, where do we go to get things like black dragon bones and Tiansilk? So it is not a good thing to stay in the Liu family... If you want to learn to refine weapons in the future, you can have something to demonstrate... This is to exchange it with that painting!"
When Feng Junzi mentioned that painting, I also found it strange: "Why did you ask me to give that painting to Teacher Liu? Is this what you said about gains and losses?"
Feng Junzi nodded: "Do not force objects, nor can you take them with your hands! If you want to take them, you must give them first, otherwise there will be retribution! I dare not underestimate the disaster of heaven and man. There is another reason. If I don't give her that painting, how can I know where the things in the Liu family are hidden?"
"You've tampered with that painting?"
"You guessed it right. I put the Lingyin on and off. I can feel where the painting is! Think about it, if you were the Liu family who took back the relics of their ancestors, would it be placed with the original relics? If I can find the location of this painting, I can find the place where the Liu family has hidden things... Am I smart?"
"Smart? Do you think you're a little too much. Do you have no other magical power to find a place?"
Feng Junzi said seriously: "I want to find a cellar, but I can't use any great supernatural powers at all. I can just search with the Heavenly Eye. But if I do this, I will violate one of the three major precepts in the world of cultivation. I cannot use Taoism to make profits for my own benefit in the secular world, and use supernatural powers to steal things even more unstoppable!"
"No? But when you steal something, I used my ear magic power!"
Feng Junzi smiled, laughing thrillingly: "What are you afraid of? You didn't break the precepts. The things were stolen by me and not by you. I have no magical powers at all. Even if I use them, the painting is my own and it is not considered a violation of the precepts. I have told you that the three precepts are actually just like this. If you think about them carefully, there are too many loopholes. But we must still keep them. There are our own rules in the world, just like I gave the painting before I took the thing."
I only understood the cause and effect of the painting after hearing this. After I divided the things, I was about to leave the bridge cave and return to school. Feng Junzi suddenly remembered something again and said, "Shiye, I almost forgot that you are becoming more and more sensible now. Don't heal the Ziying robe, are you planning to give it to someone?... If you really plan to give it to someone, be careful not to give it to someone empty-handed. You have to wait for a chance and give it to someone!"
"Why?"
Feng Junzi: "How can I get the magic weapon of the immortal family be easily obtained? Ordinary people cannot bear this blessing, but there will be unexpected disasters. Think about it, the last time you gave a purplish fruit to the boss's wife, but it caused great trouble. I am afraid that this trouble will not be over yet. Now if you give another purple robe to someone else, I dare not imagine what will happen! Haven't you figured out the causes and consequences of the paintings?"
I originally wanted to give this Ziying clothes to Sister Ziying directly, but after Feng Junzi said this, he hesitated. His words made a lot of sense. Zhu Guo’s incident last time was an example. I asked Feng Junzi: "You said the boss’s wife has not finished the trouble, what is going on?"
Feng Junzi: "If she is an ordinary person, it's a pity that's not. If she offended Zhengyimen in Wucheng, how could she finish it so easily? You were the one who suffered the loss last time, but in the end you still took a big advantage... I really envy you and conquered such a fairy treasure..." Feng Junzi said this and suddenly stopped talking. I saw that he had something in his words and asked again and again, but he just stopped talking.
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Feng Junzi said that the magic weapon of the immortal family should not be given to others easily. If I want to give Ziying to Sister Ziying, I have to wait for an opportunity. I don’t understand what an opportunity is, but after a few days, I felt that this opportunity might have come by myself. That was one night, and I was helping to clean up the tables and chairs in the noodle restaurant. A warm fragrance came from beside me. Sister Ziying came over and grabbed one of my wrists: "Ono, your sleeve is broken, take it off quickly and let me sew it for you."
A three-inch-long hole was cut on the cuff of my coat, which was left behind when I was helping Officer Qu to "catch the thief" in Qingquan Town that day. I didn't have much change of clothes. At the beginning of school, I brought a total of three coats. As a result, when I was washed up by a mountain torrent last time, I ruined a set of clothes, and only two sets were left for changing clothes. So although this one was torn, I still wore it on my body. There was no way, who told me that my family was poor and I got used to it! Although I got two thousand yuan last time, I didn't think of buying another set of clothes for myself.
Chapter completed!