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It is necessary to establish rules in the world of practice in this way. Confucius once said: "Man can do great things, but not the way to do great things." As a practitioner, he should pay attention to the inheritance of Taoism and law, and not praise himself with supernatural powers. Now that I want to establish a sect, everyone will first think of a question - who should I establish as a master? Or just like other people, still entrusting the Buddhist path?
Finally, Zeren told me: "It's not impossible if you want to start a sect and establish a sect. As long as you win the championship at the sect conference, the cultivation world will also recognize that you have this qualification."
"Win the sect conference to win the championship? What does it mean?"
Zeren: "The sect meeting is a gathering where all the world's cultivators gather together to discuss and exchange every once in a while. Since eight hundred years ago, there has been a tradition, and each disciple will fight to verify the gains and losses of cultivation. ... The cultivation world definitely does not want a sect to start a sect and establish a sect to confuse the world and mislead people's children. If you can prove at the sect meeting that your cultivation is indeed not inferior to the current world, as long as you start a sect and establish a sect, you will have nothing to say."
"Then when will this sect conference be held? Where will it be held?"
Zeren: "Since 800 years ago, the sect conference has been hosted by Zhengyi Sect, and the location is Zhengyi Sect. The time is sixty years."
"Sixty years? Then when will I have to wait?"
Zeren smiled: "Don't wait too long. The last sect meeting was fifty-nine years ago. The next sect meeting is when Qingyi Lake is rising next summer!... But with your current cultivation level, is it possible that you will win the championship at the sect meeting?"
Zeren said something that made me a little discouraged. Originally, it was just an angry word to start a sect. After hearing that he said so many things and so strict conditions, it was obviously not something I can do now. I couldn't help but be speechless! Seeing that I bowed my head and didn't say anything, Zeren asked me again: "Ishino, actually, I know that your foundation is very good. If you go in sixty years, it would be impossible to show your supernatural powers at the sect conference, but next year... So my master and Zhenren Xi asked me to explain to you a word."
"What's the matter?"
Zeren: "He wants to ask you if you are interested in attending next year's sect conference as a disciple of Zhengyi. Although it is impossible to win the championship, it can always open your eyes. He heard that you met a master in your dream to teach the Dharma but did not become a disciple, so it is OK to join Zhengyi now."
Zeren kept staring at me when he spoke. His tone was clearly trying to pull me into the group. I didn't react and asked back, "Join Zhengyi?"
Zeren smiled again: "Don't get me wrong. You are not going to be a monk or a Taoist priest. I also have lay disciples in my sect. My master said that before you report to the master, you will not be named according to your seniority. You don't need to call him an elder for the time being. He also said that even if you meet someone who is not a real person in your dream, he is willing to accept you as a disciple."
Unexpectedly, Zeren said so much to me, but in the end he wanted me to join Zhengyi! If there was a different occasion or another experience, I might have agreed. A young man living in the secular world suddenly knew that there was such a mysterious sect in the world who could learn the legendary Taoist magic and supernatural powers, and could not resist this temptation no matter what. But the situation is different now. I have no good impression of Zhengyi, and the first impression is very bad! I despise Taoist Master Hechen and the kind of people in Zezhong from my heart. Hechen's actions against the Liu family were something I could not tolerate. Hexi and Zeren may have a good impression, but I will not accept it no matter what.
"Brother Zeren, thank you for your kindness, but I have my own ideas, and I will not join the Zhengyi school."
Zeren's answer to me was not surprising, and he sighed and said, "My master said so too. He said that you have a master's teaching and will not easily join other sects. You may not agree until this matter is found out... Then you can only wait until the ancestor comes out of seclusion to see if you will change your mind... If you still want to establish a sect, I will personally deliver the invitation from the sect conference to you."
"Thank you, Brother Zeren, it would be great if the disciples of the Zheng family were like you..."
"Don't say that... Let's go, it's probably not peaceful along the way. Master wants me to send you all the way back to school."
He Xi's heart is really very delicate. He also thought of leaving a disciple to take me back. What happened next was even more surprising to me. Zeren took me to a white Santana sedan, opened the rear door and invited me to get on the bus, and then took the front driver's seat. The Taoists are also modern? Zheng Yimen is equipped with a small car. Seeing that I was staring at me, Zeren smiled and told me that this was He Xi's car. He stayed to take me away. He took the bus by himself.
It seems that my concept is a bit backward. I thought that these Taoist priests who practice in the world were still the kind of meditating and eating vegetarian food in the deep mountains and forests. Unexpectedly, the times are progressing, and practitioners have also kept pace with the times. Ordinary Santana can only make taxis in more than ten years, but in 1990, it was a high-end car in China. The whole car costs more than 200,000 yuan. Where did Taoist priests get so much money? (In the era of huge profits! German Volkswagen used an idle production line to make more than one Volkswagen in China!)
Walking on the road, I also thought that Hexi, the real person who specially left a car to take me to show me the style of Zhengyimen? As I thought about it, I thought of the sleeve that Zeren hit me that day, and couldn't help asking him: "Brother Zeren, you knocked me away with one sleeve at Qiyunguan that day. What kind of Taoism did you use?"
Zeren held the steering wheel and said, "That's not Taoism, that's martial arts! How could I break the precepts in front of so many people at that time?"
"Isn't it spell? Is it kung fu? Is there really such martial arts? It's too exaggerated!"
Zeren laughed: "Beating someone is like hanging a painting, and falling into clothes with eighteen falls! This is internal martial arts, I am a martial arts double. People who practice Taoism often achieve twice the result with half the effort. How about it, do you want to learn it?"
"Want to learn, where to study?"
Zeren: "As long as you join the main school, I will teach you all..."
Damn! This is another trick, can't I be tempted? Go back and ask Mr. Zhang, will they know if they can do this? I would rather follow Feng Junzi than learn from Zhengyi. I also have the skill of Shang Yunfei walking in the morning. I am also very interested in it! Could it be the legendary light skills?
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"Zhengyi Sect wants to accept you as a disciple? I thought of this at that time. If your Taoist Dharma is really taught by the true master, it will be considered as a recognition of the ancestors and the descendants of the ancestors. If your Taoist Dharma is not taught by the true master, from He Xi's perspective, he will also accept you as an introduction. Boy, do you know why?"
This was the second day, at the Phoenix Bridgehead, Mr. Zhang came out to set up a stall again, and I was waiting for him there early in the morning. After the incident of Guangjiao Temple, I admired Mr. Zhang's knowledge. Later, there was unexpected twists and turns in Guangjiao Temple, and I didn't have time to ask him, so I only asked for advice today. After hearing his words, I honestly replied: "I don't know, I just want to hear what Mr. Zhang thinks."
Mr. Zhang stretched out his hand and twisted his beard, but found that he did not have it, so he touched his chin and said, "There are two reasons. First, it is difficult for disciples in the world of practice to find them. Although all dharmas are equal and sentient beings are unique, in fact, there are differences between people and people, and their qualifications are different from wisdom. It is too difficult to find a good seedling. Not anyone can practice profound Taoism. Therefore, in the world of practice, the master often finds disciples instead of disciples to become masters. Although your qualifications are not extreme, they are also quite good. What is particularly rare is that you have the skill of protecting the body with the golden dragon locked jade pillar. This is the furnace and cauldron that Taoist practitioners dream of. How can Hexi not be moved? Besides, you said that you have natural yin eyes and meet a master to pass on the Dharma in your dreams. This means that you are born with Dharma conditions, and the practice is the Dharma conditions."
Mr. Zhang said that the world of cultivation is not about apprenticeships, but about masters looking for apprentices, and I have the same feeling. If Feng Junzi had not found me on his own initiative, I would not know what the Tao of Alchemy was. The reason why Feng Junzi found me was because of the Qingming Mirror in my hand, and the natural yin eyes. By chance, he saw Liu Yiyi in the classroom. Feng Junzi once said that I had a first-class temperament, a second-class quality, and a third-class understanding. I asked others how many levels he divided, and he said he had a nine-class level. It seems that I would still wait, but he told me that if I want to learn the Golden Elixir Dao, all three of them are top-grade, and I barely met the standards. I asked him back what kind of talents he was. He said that his temperament was not as good as me, and he was only a second-class temperament. As for qualifications and understanding, he used three words to describe himself - "not in the class".
I asked Mr. Zhang again: "What about the second point?"
Mr. Zhang: "Second, that is the grudge between you and Zhengyi. You made Zhengyi very embarrassed, but this matter is a big deal. Zhengyi cannot grasp your evidence, and it is not easy to openly treat you. If you finally become a disciple under Zhengyi, you can say that everyone is happy! It not only resolves this grudge, but also increases the face of Zhengyi. In the end, He Xi also has a disciple with a good foundation. He Xi considers the problem much better than his junior brother and Chen... Boy, you can consider that He Xi is not bad, Zhengyi is the authentic Taoist technique in the world, and joining them will not suffer any loss... Of course, if you really don't want to!"
"I won't join Zhengyi. By the way, Mr. Zhang, do you know internal martial arts?"
Mr. Zhang smiled: "Do you think I am like a martial arts master like this? I understand, are you asking Zeren? He is a martial arts double xiu, but not everyone will take this path. In fact, no matter how powerful the martial arts are, how can you compare to the magical powers of Taoism! This is just to strengthen the body. You have the ability to protect the body with the golden dragon lock jade pillar, what do you do?"
Mr. Zhang is indeed not like a martial arts master, so it would be useless to ask him. He had to change the topic: "Mr. Zhang, can you help me calculate a fortune? What will happen if I attend the sect conference next year?"
"Boy, you want to smash my sign! You dare to ask me to calculate the grand event of the world. Don't mention this topic to me again in the future, otherwise I will ignore you..."
Forget it, if he doesn’t count, I’ll ask Feng Junzi.
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"What? What is the sect conference? Tell me." Feng Junzi was even more interesting. He had never heard of the sect conference. But thinking about it, he was less than sixteen years old, and it was normal that he had not heard of the sect conference in a temple in sixty years. After a long time, I had to explain to him what the sect conference was.
After hearing this, Feng Junzi looked curious: "Shiye, I will discuss something with you! If you have an invitation, I will take me there too, and I want to see it."
Now it's fine. He didn't ask anything here, but he wanted to join in the fun. I said with a bitter face: "I don't know what to do yet! I accidentally said something about starting my own business, but I don't know how to end it."
Feng Junzi: "Didn't He Xi show you a way? You join the Zhengyi Gate. I will not object. The alchemy path in the Thirty-Six Cave Heaven and the alchemy path in the Four Gate and Twelve Towers do not conflict, but they are too wordy and tedious."
"Feng Junzi, if it were you, would you join the Zhengyi School?"
Feng Junzi shook his head straight: "No, of course not! I am not interested in the underworld!"
Feng Junzi actually described this kind of cultivation sect hidden in the world as a gangster. I don’t know what to say, Feng Junzi suddenly turned serious again and came over to me and said, “Shi Ye, you are famous all over the world now. The world of cultivation knows that a boy met a true man in his dream to teach Taoism, and threatened to start a sect. I don’t care about starting a sect, but I ask you for something, you must agree.”
"What's the matter?" I was also very curious. Feng Junzi had never asked me for anything.
Feng Junzi said solemnly: "If you really set up a sect in the future, don't sect like me into a statue and enshrine it in your sect! ... Only Wei Zhongxian, the shameless eunuch, can someone build a temple for him!"
So that's what happened, I almost laughed. Feng Junzi knew the rules that could not be called a god in the world. If I set up a sect and worship my master, my master's dignity would be Feng Junzi. Feng Junzi greeted me in advance and could not worship him at that time. In fact, he could worship him according to the rules, but then he would have to wait until he passed away. He obviously has not made this plan yet.
"Okay, I understand. What should you do about the sect conference?"
Feng Junzi smiled: "What if you don't do it! Let's talk about it when you send me a message. I have said, "The saints win the world with nothing to do," and there is no need to think about it. You only do one thing now, that is, practice the alchemy well. You have now become a 'big medicine' and the spiritual pill has just been completed. You have entered the second door from the first door of the twelve level building of the four gates. The three levels of the second door are 'spiritual pills', 'return' and 'Jin Tang'. Remember, you still cannot meet Han Ziying and Xiu Xiu during this period."
"Not to see you? Didn't you say that it's enough to just pass the summer solstice?"
Feng Junzi: "The problem was originally with them, so I couldn't see you before the summer solstice. Now the problem is with you, and you have made things worse again! You can't see them. Also, don't forget that we are still middle school students and have not become monks and Taoists. The final exam is about to be! ... Do you have any questions?"
"There is another question, 'The saint wins the world with nothing to do', why do you love joining in the fun so much?"
Chapter completed!