Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 452: Chen Xian teaches Liu Haichan the Dharma, Emperor Taizong visits Laojun Temple for the second time

In Laojun Temple.

Liu Haichan knelt on the ground with great sincerity, begging Chen Yun to accept him as his disciple.

Chen Yun looked at Liu Haichan who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, and something moved his heart. He wondered whether to accept him as a disciple.

According to the information he had learned, although Liu Haichan was old, his talent was incredibly amazing. Even though he entered Taoism at the age of seventy, he was still able to practice and achieve positive results.

According to Taoist records, when Liu Haichan's elixir was completed, his body was transformed and white gas came out from the top of his head, which turned into a crane and flew into the sky.

This sentence sounds contradictory, because a normal cultivator who practices inner alchemy should be able to conceive the holy fetus golden elixir and produce the yang spirit before he can truly achieve enlightenment and become an immortal.

However, according to Taoist records, Liu Haichan became an immortal after his elixir was completed.

Chen Yun roughly understood why. It must be that Liu Haichan had indeed cultivated the golden elixir, but he entered the Tao too late and failed to achieve the perfection of both body and spirit, so he chose to become an immortal through corpse transformation at the level of human immortal or earthly immortal.

Of course, according to the subsequent analysis that white gas came out from the top of the head and turned into a crane, it may also be that he ascended to heaven.

After all, ancient books often confuse ascension to heaven with corpse transformation.

Whether Liu Haichan achieves immortality through the process of elixir transformation or ascends to heaven, it is enough to prove how talented he is.

Chen Yun was really attracted by this talented person and wondered if he could take him as his disciple to bring honor to his own family.

However, according to Taoist records, Liu Haichan should have been Lu Dongbin's disciple.

If I accept Liu Haichan as my apprentice at this time, it would be equivalent to stealing Senior Brother Lu's disciples.

Chen Yun suddenly thought of what he and the Queen Mother of the West had once said: the so-called trend of heaven is like a piece of bamboo, which will bounce back after twists and turns and return to its original track.

From this we can see that Liu Haichan was destined to be Lu Dongbin's apprentice.

Then, I shouldn't accept him as my disciple.

With this thought in mind, Chen Yun did not force it anymore. He just shook his head and said, "Brother Liu, you do have a chance to become an immortal in the future, but your chance is not mine."

Liu Haichan had finally met a great master of alchemy like Chen Yun, so how could he miss the opportunity to become his disciple?
He continued to plead, "I am sincerely devoted to the Dao, and I admire your supreme Dharma. Please accept me as your disciple."

Chen Yun knew that the other party would become Lu Dongbin's apprentice in the future, and he was afraid that something unexpected would happen to him because of his influence.

Seeing the other party begging like this, he thought for a moment and said, "I will accept you as my disciple for the time being, but not as my apprentice. I can teach you a Qi-control technique later. In the next few years, you can go to Qingcheng Mountain to practice it. If you can meet my requirements, I will officially accept you as my apprentice. How about it?"

Liu Haichan was overjoyed and kowtowed three times again, "Thank you, teacher, for your mercy."

Chen Yun said nothing more and walked inside. "I might stay in Laojun Temple for a few days. Come in with me. I will teach you the Qi-control technique now."

Liu Haichan crawled forward and said as a disciple, "Thank you, teacher, for passing on your wisdom to me."

……

Came to the inner courtyard and the side rooms.

As soon as he came in, Liu Haichan brought Chen Yun to the seat of honor, and he bent down and listened respectfully.

Chen Yun sat over there sipping tea and said, "It is said that the art of breathing in by immortals is not recorded in ancient prescriptions. Although the Huangting Inner Scene and the Jade Box Hidden Book exist in the world, no one has mastered the key points. Therefore, the method of breathing in is mostly passed down orally, or by heart, such as eating from midnight to midnight, or drinking the saliva from the Jade Pool, or exhaling the old and taking in the new, doing Qigong and massage, or eating the sun and the moon, or closing the channels. Generally speaking, Qi is carried by the form, and the form is filled by Qi. When Qi and form are filled, they will naturally last long. This is what is called maintaining harmony and combining with the great harmony. Today, you and I have a chance, so I will teach you the art of breathing in. I hope you can cherish this method and practice it diligently every day and night in the future."

Liu Haichan knelt down and said, "Teacher, when you teach, I should learn with the most solemn etiquette."

Chen Yun did not stop the other party's action, and slowly said: "How about I teach you the Chisongzi Qi Subduing Technique?"

Before the creation of internal alchemy, the main Taoist practice methods included breathing, concentrating the mind, and guiding.

The inner alchemy technique is all-encompassing, integrating almost all methods of cultivation into the practice.

This Chisongzi Qi-controlling technique was something Chen Yun had learned during his initial practice at the Chuan Dao Temple with his mentor.

Because it is not as good as inner alchemy, he has never taken it seriously.

Now that Liu Haichan's secret method was to be passed on, Chen Yun felt that this Qi-control technique was more suitable, so he used it.

Liu Haichan had the great fortune and opportunity to learn the immortal's art of submission, so how could he dare to raise any objection?
He kowtowed and said, "I will practice diligently and live up to the teacher's kindness in teaching me the skills."

Chen Yun hummed and said, "Chisongzi's preface to submission says: The way of heaven is long, and all things are different. Human life is precious. Yin and Yang are on the same level. The way of heaven is open and clear. If you practice it, you will not be confused. Why are you so foolish in the world? You follow and wander around, and you can't catch up with life. Your life will be ruined, and you will feel the pain of life and death. Why don't you submit and live with the immortals..."

I just finished the preface.

Liu Haichan was taking careful notes, preparing to hear the next secret method.

Suddenly, Chen Yun stopped teaching and looked towards the main entrance.

Liu Haichan was confused and asked, "Teacher, what's wrong?"

Chen Yunduan sat there and said calmly, "Go outside and tell the visitor that I am feeling unwell today and cannot see guests. Tell him not to wait."

Liu Haichan hurriedly said, "Good." He obediently got up from the ground and walked towards the entrance of Laojun Temple.

At this moment, Liu Haichan thought that it was one of the citizens who had just watched the fight, or perhaps an officer from the police patrol office, who had come to seek advice from the immortal after seeing Chen Yun's amazing skills.

As a result, when he opened the door, he saw bright flags and loud gongs and drums outside the gate. There were twelve ceremonial guards in front and behind, including civil and military officials, various entourage, and imperial guards, surrounding the jade carriage in the middle.

Liu Haichan's heart skipped a beat as he immediately realized that the visitor was not an ordinary man, but the true dragon emperor of Khitan.

He still has the mentality of an ordinary Taoist priest, and does not understand that becoming Chen Yun's disciple is the orthodox Taoist practice.

Liu Haichan was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The abbot of Laojun Temple... Liu Xuanying, a disciple of Chen Xian from Qingcheng Mountain, kowtows to Your Majesty."

Well, he was halfway through his words when he recalled that he had just become Chen Yun's disciple, so he changed his tone.

At this time, a middle-aged nobleman wearing a golden crown and a crimson gauze robe with a five-clawed dragon pattern slowly came down from the jade carriage.

He walked to the door with a swift and graceful step, and with a smile on his face, he stretched out his hand to help Liu Haichan up. "Mr. Liu is a disciple of Chen Xian, and I don't deserve such a great honor. Please stand up quickly."

Liu Haichan was completely stunned. He never thought that he was just an old Taoist priest in the mortal world, but just because he became Chen Yun's disciple, he could be helped up from the ground by the Khitan emperor himself.

He was somewhat flattered, and as he got up, he asked, "May I ask, Your Majesty, what is the important matter for you to come to my Laojun Temple?"

Emperor Taizong of Liao smiled and said, "I heard that an immortal has descended upon Laojun Temple, so I came to pay a visit. Could you please tell me about it, sir?"

Liu Haichan suddenly recalled what Chen Yun had just said, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the teacher's Dharma is indeed boundless, it turned out that he had already calculated that the Khitan emperor would come to visit.

He replied according to what Chen Yun said: "Your Majesty, the teacher said that he was a little tired from the long journey and felt a little unwell, so he declined the visit today. How about... you come next time?"

When saying this, Liu Haichan felt a little nervous.

After all, the person in front of him is the Khitan emperor.

In the secular perception, the emperor is the supreme being.

Now that this supreme being came to visit him, he refused to let him in. How could he not be terrified?

A group of officials following Emperor Taizong of Liao looked at each other in bewilderment. It was obvious that they did not believe that a god like Chen Yun, who possessed boundless power, would fall ill due to the haste of traveling.

This is clearly an excuse.

But even so, these officials who knew the truth did not dare to express any dissatisfaction, because they had just heard how powerful Chen Yun was.

The Liao Taizong was also like this. He did not seem unhappy at all, and even said with concern: "Chen Xian is ill, and I really cannot disturb him. So, I will let the imperial physician stay here. If Chen Xian calls, he will come in and diagnose him. In addition, I brought some precious medicinal herbs and food with me this time. Please give them to Chen Xian."

Liu Haichan didn't dare to agree on behalf of Chen Yun, "Wait for me to ask the teacher?"

Emperor Taizong of Liao smiled and said, "No need to be so fussy. Chen Xian is not feeling well, so I won't bother you. I'm sure he will accept the things. If Chen Xian really doesn't want to accept them, you can deal with them yourself. I'll take my leave now."

Liu Haichan had no choice but to see Emperor Taizong of Liao off.

Then, he closed the door of Laojun Temple again and went back to listen to Dafa.

Unexpectedly, before Liu Haichan had listened to Chen Yun's Taoist teachings for long, Yelu Ruan appeared outside the door asking to see him.

Chen Yun's attitude remained the same as before and he was still sent away by Liu Haichan.

……

The next day, in the afternoon.

Chen Yun was teaching Liu Haichan to practice Chisongzi's Qi-control technique.

"The classics say: There is no greater blessing than life, and no greater disaster than death. If you want to live long, your stomach should be clean. If you want to live forever, your intestines should be free of residue. Therefore, those who eat grains are wise, and those who eat air are divine. That is why it is said that abstaining from food is the way to live, and returning yin and yang to essence is a treasure. If you can always do this, you will live forever. Why do you indulge in desires and make yourself old? The immortals eat air. They usually do it on the ninth, eighteenth, and twenty-seventh days of the second and third months of spring. If it is done on the full day of the Jiachen, Yisi, Bingchen, and Dingsi months, it is good."

Outside in the courtyard, Chen Yun sat on a stool and preached, answered questions, "To circulate qi, you should go to a quiet place in the mountains and forests, near a spring flowing eastward, in a sunny place, bathe in orchid soup, write the red jade chamber as the dantian one inch square, concentrate on the jade chamber, look inward at the dantian, absorb qi into the dantian, and first remove the hair from the nose, lie down, with the two feet five inches apart, and the two arms five inches away from the body, close your eyes and hold a cattail as a pillow, three inches high. If there is a disease in the chest, the pillow should be seven inches high. If the disease is below the navel, you can remove the pillow. After the qi is circulated, you don't need to eat raw vegetables or spicy foods."

Liu Haichan took notes carefully and asked some questions from time to time.

Chen Yun told them everything he knew and answered their questions one by one.

After he finished explaining these two paragraphs, he continued to explain the third paragraph: "The method of abstaining from food and promoting qi circulation, reduce one bite of food on the day of eating, and you can stop eating after ten days. After two days of not eating, if you feel hungry, take nine good dates and nine square inch atractylodes cakes and eat them for one day and one night. No more than this. If you don't want to eat, don't eat. Drink five liters of water a day, or three liters. Don't stop. Often hold a date pit in your mouth, which will make you love qi and produce saliva..."

Just like yesterday, Liu Haichan was listening with great excitement.

Suddenly, Chen Yun stopped again, looked outside the door, and shouted, "Haichan."

Liu Haichan, who was kneeling on the ground listening to Dafa, quickly raised his head and asked, "Teacher, what do you want me to do?"

Chen Yun said: "The Khitan Emperor is here again. You can stop him for me and tell him that I am not here today and I don't know when I will return to the temple. It is up to him to leave or stay."

(End of this chapter)