Pindao should be robbed

Chapter 22 On the Tao
Nanshan, in the chaotic grottoes.

This goblin's cave is more grandly maintained than Liu Qiao's cave.

It is about ten feet wide and one hundred feet deep. Inside, there are halls, halls, platforms, and several rooms of tens of feet. There are open spaces everywhere, and there are countless large and small light-transmitting holes connected to the outside world, all of which lead to the cliffs outside.

Among them, when you see the hall, you can see piles of stone couches, stone tables, stone piers, and stone chairs.

It was originally a goblin cave, with a strong stench, but before Liu Qiao came in, Chang Long came in to sweep it up.

Lighted sandalwood incense, sprinkled clean water on the ground, cleaned up carefully, and then invited Liu Qiao to sit in the cave.

After Liu Qiaoluo sat down on the first stone couch, Chang Long went to the cave to pick some apricots, peaches, and other fruits, served them up, and said courteously: "I often hear that the disciples of the immortal family don't eat dust and dirty grains. Only these melons and fruits are more or less regarded as food for purifying the void, and they can be used as an offering to the master..."

"I usually avoid meat and fish. Since you have this intention, how can I not accept it...haha"

Liu Qiao smiled, picked up a peach, tasted it and then put it down. Seeing Chang Long standing in the hall uncomfortably, he hurriedly greeted him: "Don't be cautious, I am different from those fairies, I don't have so many rules, Sit down, sit down..."

Seeing Chang Long sitting down a bit cautiously, looking left and right, with a tense look, it was a bit funny that he still had the appearance of a devil king before, most students in the world, ancient and modern, are more or less born afraid of their teachers.

It's just that the teacher's first sentence now is to ask the students for advice.

"I've heard that in this world, all gods and monsters are divided into different levels. I don't know if this is the case..." Liu Qiao seemed to be chatting, but in fact he was inquiring about the real realm of cultivation.

"Eh... what is this level, I hope Master can clarify..." Chang Long stood up and replied in a daze after hearing the words.

I was waiting to hear about the division of practice, but this guy threw the question back again, and I don't know if he really doesn't know, or if he doesn't know.

This made Liu Qiao stunned for a moment. He guessed that he really didn't understand, so he said again: "People are divided into three, six, and nine classes. The upper class is in purple clothes and jade robes, and is an official in the court. The middle class is wealthy and enjoys all the glory. The lower class Well, it is to pick firewood to make a fire, and farm for a living..."

"Oh, Master is asking whether there is a quality between gods and monsters?"

"Exactly..."

After getting an affirmative answer, Chang Long pondered for a moment, sorted out his words, and replied: "When I was a demon, there was very little communication between me and other demons. If I met the same kind with low mana, I would just treat it as a golden elixir and chase it away." Catch and eat.

Therefore, I don't know that goblins have any level of loss. It's just that the strong cause disaster, relying on magical powers to become kings and sages. Generally, those who practice Taoism for a long time may have higher mana, but whoever is good or bad, you have to fight to know ..."

"Just like you, Master, when you have not attained the Dao, although you have no physical strength, you cannot change and fly, but with the master's swordsmanship and martial arts at that time, even ordinary monsters who have practiced for tens of thousands of years and do not have powerful supernatural powers, they cannot beat you, Master. "

As Chang Long talked, he arched his hands towards Liu Qiao, and explained with examples that seemed to be flattering: "For example, if you have practiced for more than [-] years, you will get rid of the ignorant period of [-] years old. Only wisdom, since the psychic practice , It has been half a thousand years, but he was surrendered by the master who only practiced for a few years..."

In fact, this is true. The gap between Ye Luzi and the systematic teaching is so hopeless. The disciples of the great teaching are taught by the elders. After several years of practice, they are all supernatural. Even if they are given a magic weapon, they should not be underestimated.

As for the monsters and scattered people, only relying on self-awareness, their martial arts are not bad, and some of them can learn martial arts as a general for the imperial court with the help of mortal generals.

It's difficult to learn such divine channeling techniques, magical treasures and immortal techniques. It's all based on one's own talent and self-realization to refine some low-level spells and magic weapons.

Just like when Nezha beat Ao Bing to death, he hadn't started to cultivate his mana yet. With only martial arts magic weapon, he pulled the dragon tendon of the third prince, and Nantianmen beat the old dragon king violently.

Sun Wukong had just come out of the mountain when he snatched the Sea God Treasure. From the time he officially obtained the Fa, he had only practiced for seven or eight years.

But Liu Qiao didn't care about Chang Long's flattery, he himself is a smooth accident person, why should he flatter these words of face, fame and wealth, if they can't be realized, they are useless.

Seeing Liu Qiao's noncommittal and indifferent appearance, Chang Long said again: "As for the gods and immortals, I have often heard some Taoist friends talk about them, but they are divided into grades and grades..."

Only now did Liu Qiao become interested, and couldn't help asking: "But Scattered Immortals, True Immortals, Xuan Immortals, Taiyi Immortals, Daluo Immortals, etc., each type of immortal has elementary, middle, and high levels, oh... and the realm of Dzogchen ..."

……

Chang Long looked at Liu Qiao in bewilderment, with an indescribably weird look in his eyes. After a long silence, he replied in a buzzing voice:
"Um... What Master said is correct, but it has nothing to do with the divine channeling technique of the immortals. I heard that the Heavenly Palace of the Upper Realm recruits mortal qi refiners. In order to win them over, they often confer these long titles on them..."

"Among them, the common titles are Taiyi Immortal, Taishang Yuzhen Feitian Daoist, Jiuxiao Lingguan Datianxian, High-rank Duren Master, Shangxian of Explanation of Mysterious Art, Lingming Xuantong Wuji True Immortal... The general titles are more The longer you are, the more honorable you are..."

This statement is clearly correct, in fact, it’s just to take care of Liu Qiao’s face, those Qi refiners who are willing to chase after false fame and ranks are just ridiculous, they can’t get along in the mortal world, or they have self-sufficient supernatural powers, but their lifespan is approaching. Think about these.

Liu Qiao blushed more and more when he heard it, remembering that when he was reading Honghuang novels in his previous life, he had been arguing with others for a long time in the comment area, discussing whether to add the three levels of quasi-sage, sub-sage, and semi-sage.

It turns out that it is in vain that my family has believed in it for so many years, and the first thing I did when I succeeded in cultivation was to add an "Earth Immortal Early Stage" to myself.

After working for a long time, the so-called true immortals, mysterious immortals, and heavenly immortals are all honorary titles, similar to the loose ranks of military officers in the Song Dynasty. Those who are slightly in charge of the army are appointed as Jiedu envoys, plus servants, princes, princes, princes, and princes. But in fact there is no place at all.

"Actually, among the orthodox sects, no matter how high their practice is, they often call themselves Qi refiners modestly, so all the practitioners in the world, heretics and sects, call themselves Qi refiners..."

Chang Long paused, and then said: "Except for Qi refiners, they are immortals who have truly cultivated into immortal bodies. This category is different from the title of immortals conferred by the Tiangong. It is said that this kind of true immortal great sage can be brought back to life in an instant even if he is chopped with a knife and turned into ashes..."

"Then there is no grading between Qi refiners and real immortals?" Liu Qiao asked undeterred.

"Master is practicing like Yun, don't you know that in our generation, there are obstacles everywhere, and there are disasters at every step. If the practice is smooth, we have to break through hundreds of realms every day.

If it is not smooth, it will be difficult for decades, and it will not be possible to make progress. This... and everyone’s situation is different, and the method of cultivation is also different, how to divide the ranks uniformly?"

Liu Qiao thought about it, and it was true. My family was making breakthroughs every day, which can be described as rapid progress. It would be a lot of trouble if each hurdle had a name, and everyone practiced differently, had different paths, and different temperaments. The bottleneck situation is different.

"Actually... Qi refiners are not totally undivided..."

After saying that, Chang Long thought for a while, and then said: "Qi refiners are easily envied by ghosts and gods for the good fortune of tomorrow and the earth, so if there are disasters and catastrophes, if they can see their nature clearly, they can avoid them in advance and wait until they completely overcome all disasters and catastrophes." , you can cultivate the three flowers on the top, and the five energies towards the Yuan..."

"Three flowers gather at the top, and the five qi are in harmony..."

As soon as he said this, Liu Qiao immediately understood that the so-called gathering of three flowers on the top means that the spirit is complete, the five qi are in full swing, and the five internal organs are stable, and the body has no leaks.

In the TV series "Fengshen Yanyi" in my previous life, many gods appeared on the stage, and they all proudly boasted that they had this function.

Including some gods singing Daoqing and setting the scene poems, they have to brag about how hard they have worked, and they have been refined for tens of thousands of years before they have cultivated three flowers and five qi. It seems that if they have not cultivated this ability, it will be shameful to come out. That's it.

Chang Long continued: "That's right, if there is any unity of state between qi refiners and immortals, then the three flowers and five qis are the stages that all qi refiners have to go through. , and then kill the three insects, you will be a fairy..."

Liu Qiao listened quietly, but said in his heart: "It is said in the Fengshen that the twelve immortals of Yuxu have not killed the three corpses and committed murder, so does that mean that they have not yet cultivated to become immortals?... "

———The text of this chapter is over

This dialogue between master and apprentice is recorded in the later "Liu Chang's Preaching Collection":
Patriarch Liu Qiao said: "Someone has heard that a sergeant lifts his form to ascend to the emptiness, which is called the early stage of immortality. Ranks include Sanxian, Lingxian, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Xuanxian, Taiyi Sanxian, True Immortal, Golden Immortal, Daluo Sanxian, True Immortal, and Golden Immortal. Wait…"

"What the respected master said is true, this is not the way of cultivation, the way of attaining fruition, but the title of the gods in the upper realm." Chang Zu replied.

Liu Zu asked again: "From your point of view, what is the right path?"

"The ancients didn't talk about three vehicles and five classes (heaven, earth, gods, men, ghosts and five immortals). We are all arrogant people. There is only one way to refine qi. After refining three flowers and five qi, you will be immortal body. Then Hunyuan Cult Master will not die or perish, if not, life and death will disappear."

After Chang Zu finished speaking, he said again: "Master's so-called spirit immortals, although they are called immortals, are actually ghosts. Earth immortals are the guardians of corpses in the blessed land and caves. Although immortals are respected, it is difficult for them to surpass the three vehicles.

In this generation, it is not compared to the saints and truths in the past. The three emperors and five emperors have been cultivating for many kalpas, and the certificate will not be worn out for ten thousand kalpas.

The 36-hole qi refiner in China is better than me. After decades of pumping water and fire, moving tendons and changing marrow, he can prove the three flavors of emptiness and play with good fortune.

It seems that this is just relying on heretics to steal the elites of the world, and it is also called "absorbing the spiritual energy of all things in the world".

There is always the great law of inaction in the past, the only way to refine Qi is the supreme righteous way, if you fail, your body will die and your way will disappear, if you succeed, you will become the leader of Hunyuan, open up the world, just take it easy, transcend the traces of the three vehicles, the ten dharma realms, let me come How happy it is to go! "

(End of this chapter)