Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 218 Cutting Seven Emotions, Breaking Five Realms

According to the book, the fifth state of practice is called Meng Poting.

According to myths and legends, after a person dies, the soul leads to the underworld along the Nether Road, walks through the Naihe Bridge, and climbs over the Wangxiang Terrace, and you can see a simple and simple pavilion.

Po Meng is the envoy of the underworld.

She will set up a cauldron in the pavilion, refining the thoughts that the world can't let go of into Meng Po soup, and let the ghosts drink it.In this way, the ghost can forget the love and hatred of the previous life, unload the burden of the previous life, and enter the next reincarnation.

If we say that the profound meaning of "Wangxiang Terrace" lies in experiencing the mortal world and feeling that we belong to the "human" side; then the essence of "Meng Po Pavilion" is to detach from the world of mortals and gradually transform from human to "inhuman" and "sage". ".

Of course, the "Meng Po Pavilion" on the road of practice will not really make people completely abandon their emotions and memories.

What it needs is for monks to strengthen their Taoism and cut off irrelevant mortal fetters.

"Cut off the fetters" this kind of thing sounds a bit mysterious.

In the Great Wilderness, different sects and monks have different understandings of it, and also have different ways of doing it.

For example, when the monks of Lingshan Temple break through the "Mengpo Pavilion", they often choose to practice penance in isolated places, not only reducing material life to the simplest level, but also doing long-term fasting, enduring severe cold and heat, etc. It is hoped to overcome the shackles of body desires and obtain the freedom and detachment of the soul.

For example, Jiange, whose patriarch once left such words before his ascension-"One breaks ignorance and troubles, two breaks ignorance and anger, and three breaks ignorance and greed", "Those who practice my way, accumulate merits and cultivate virtues, and encourage good deeds evil".He asked his disciples to do more good deeds, help all living beings, and restrain their own desires and troubles with kindness and love.Therefore, Jiange disciples will choose to travel around the world when they break the border, doing chivalrous things.

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At present, within the territory of the Great Qi Dynasty, the most widely used method of breaking the border is "cutting the seven emotions".

It may not be the best way.

But it is the most simple and crude method, the easiest to implement, and the fastest effective method.

Since ancient times, many monks have been stuck at the peak of the fourth realm, at a loss.

They can't comprehend what is "fetter", what is "detachment", what is "clear mind", and naturally they can't leave "Wangxiang Terrace" and arrive at "Mengpo Pavilion".

But "Severing the Seven Emotions" is like a bright light, pointing them to a very clear and definite path, helping them break through the bottleneck.

To make a vivid metaphor——In Gu Xu's previous life, when people wanted to lose weight, if they were told to "eat a reasonable diet", "improve metabolism", and "exercise scientifically", they would feel that it was too complicated and they would not know where to start. But if you tell them "just skip dinner for a while, you'll see results", even if there are hidden dangers in this approach, they will start to act.

As we all know, people have seven emotions, namely "joy", "anger", "sorrow", "fear", "love", "evil" and "desire".

The method of "cutting the seven emotions" requires them to choose one of the seven emotions and discard it.

Xu Man, the owner of the Jiange Pavilion, and Master Jueming, the abbot of Lingshan Temple, have always sneered at the method of "cutting the seven emotions".

They believe that the "seven emotions" are just the appearance, not the root. "Severing the Seven Emotions" is just an opportunistic method, and it cannot truly escape from the mundane world.If you make the wrong choice, you may also leave sequelae, and you will go crazy if you are a little careless in the future.

In addition, monks who use "Severing the Seven Emotions" to break through the fifth realm will encounter greater obstacles when they are promoted to saints in the future, and the probability of failure will be greater.

However, this did not prevent the method of "cutting the seven emotions" from being very popular in the Daqi Dynasty, especially in the Exorcist Department.

After all, it is human instinct to want to take shortcuts.

Moreover, for most monks with mediocre talents, "cultivation into a saint" is something they dare not even think about.Instead of caring about such illusory things, it is better to raise the level of cultivation that is right in front of you first, in exchange for the opportunity of promotion and salary, so that the whole family can live a more comfortable and comfortable life.

As for Chu Fengge, he chose to use "Zhan Qiqing". On the one hand, he was stimulated by Gu Xu and wanted to break through the realm as soon as possible to avoid being caught up by Gu Xu; Thinking "I want to be number one in the world", there is no worldly lust in my mind.

He gets along with a beautiful and graceful woman like Shangguan Jin day and night, but he just regards her as a deadly enemy.

He was once invited by the second prince to go to the Jiaofang Division to enjoy the singing and dancing, but he completely ignored the graceful dancing girls, and sat in the auditorium and began to meditate with his eyes closed.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Chu Fengge to abandon the emotion of "desire".

He didn't regret it at all, and even felt relieved.

"Women are all fetters," Chu Fengge raised his head and said in a tone like a master, "Only when there is no desire in your heart can you become a real strong man."

Hearing this, Shangguan Jin shook his head lightly, apparently having expected this.

Gu Xu complained silently: Is this the spiritual level of "If you want to practice magic skills, draw a sword from the palace"?Chu Fengge, you are really a ruthless person!

At the same time, Gu Xu also had a question in his mind - according to his understanding, the "desire" in the "seven emotions" should not only be "sensual desire", but also the desire for material things, fame, etc.

But he didn't say it.

After all, Chu Fengge has always been a person who does his own thing.Except for the chief executive, he almost never listened to others.

As for the other officials in the headquarters of the Exorcism Division, they have long been accustomed to Chu Fengge's shocking remarks.

Perhaps in the past, many young girls would have some unrealistic fantasies about Chu Fengge because of his insanely beautiful face and cultivation talent far beyond ordinary people.

But now, they have generally recognized the reality.

They all deeply realized that Master Chu's brain circuit is completely different from that of ordinary people - he cannot be regarded as a normal human being at all.

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"Let's go," Shangguan Jin said after pondering for a moment, "The time is coming, we should go to the 'Warming Pot'.

"The Chief Chief told me that this actual combat trial is more difficult than before. If we can successfully pass the customs within one day, he will give us some extra rewards."

"Reward? What reward?" Chu Fengge asked curiously.

"The chief executive didn't say it clearly," Shangguan Jin replied, "but he said that the reward this time must be what we are very eager to get at this stage."

Hearing this, Chu Fengge thought to himself: My biggest wish now is to win the leader in the "Luoshui Conference", step down that kid Gu Xu, and let the people of the whole country see how powerful I, Chu— —Maybe, the chief executive will give me a powerful magic weapon?Or teach me a powerful new spell?
A joking idea popped up in Gu Xu's mind: Sir, if I pass today's trial successfully, can you help me settle the debt I owe to buy the house?

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A few minutes later, the three walked along the corridor to a small attic in the corner of the yamen.It has two layers of double eaves, the corners of which are tilted up, and the blue glazed tiles on the roof glow in the sun.

In the center of the second floor of the attic, there is a small wooden table.

A few straw mats were spread beside the table.

There is a small and exquisite white jade pot on the table. The wall of the pot is translucent and looks exquisite.

Gu Xu recognized at a glance that this white jade pot was the precious magic weapon of the Exorcism Department - "Warming the Old Pot".

It is small in size, but it records hundreds of ghost cases in history in the form of illusion.

A few months ago, Gu Xu had already entered the illusion of "Taoyuan Town" in the pot, killed the ghost "Dream-eating Tapir", and passed the promotion assessment.

Shangguan Jin took out three jade talismans from his pocket, handed one to Gu Xu, one to Chu Fengge, and held the other in his hand.

Then she said to Gu Xu: "Gu Daoyou, the formula for entering the 'Warming Pot' has been engraved on the jade talisman, you only need to recite it, and you can enter the illusion of this trial; if you want to give up halfway, just pinch it Broken jade talisman, so that you can leave the 'Warming Old Pot' early—— Chu Fengge should have told you about these essentials when you participated in the promotion assessment last time."

"I remember." Gu Xu replied.

At the same time, he lowered his head and looked at the jade talisman in his hand, only to see a line of golden small seal script engraved on it, the content is as follows:

"People's hearts are only one inch, and there are turmoil day and night."

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly.

In his impression, the text on the jade talisman was not nonsense, but an important reminder about the case in the "Warming Pot".

For example, the last time "everything is false", it implied that "Taoyuan Town" is not a real place, but a dream world created by "Nightmare Eater".

This time, what they need to solve is the ghost case, but the reminder on the jade charm emphasizes that people's hearts are unpredictable.

What is going on here?

Gu Xu felt a little strange.

"Are you ready?" Shangguan Jin asked again.

Gu Xu nodded.

Chu Fengge said impatiently: "I have already prepared it! Hurry up and start! You are really slow!"

He couldn't wait to break through the illusion with his own strength, and let Gu Xu and Shangguan Jin have a good experience of the terrifying power of the fifth-level monks.

Immediately, they sat cross-legged on the straw mat and recited the formula in the jade talisman softly together.

The surface of the "Warming Pot" glows with a bright milky white light.

The pleasant music sounded faintly in the ears of the three of them.

Gu Xu closed his eyes.

His consciousness gradually dimmed, as if sinking into the dark seabed.

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At the same time, on the observatory.

Luo Chuan waved his hand and summoned the bronze mirror.

The surface of the bronze mirror had a hazy luster, and a clear picture soon emerged.

The sky is like the setting sun of blood.

On the ground are rolling hills and magnificent city walls.

Gu Xu and the other three were wearing Qiyao suits, standing outside the city gate, like tiny ants.

This is exactly the scene in the illusion of the "Warming Pot".

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Notes:

(1) "It is said in the world that I take the head with a flying sword, and I am very contemptuous of it. There are actually three swords, one is to cut off ignorance and troubles, the second is to cut off ignorance and anger, and the third is to cut off ignorance and greed." - Song Wu Zeng "Neng Gai Zhaimanlu Volume Eighteen

(2) "People's hearts are only one inch, and there are turmoil day and night." - Song Chai Yuanbiao "Song of the Heart"

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