The Proof of the Heavens Begins with The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Chapter 362: Purple Sky Extreme
Purple sky is over the treasure temple, and white snow covers the famous mountain.

In the coldest days of winter, Jingshan Mountain is already covered with snow, covering the mountains and ridges.

Looking from a distance, you can see a small Taoist temple hidden in a silver-clad area, covered with rime and hoarfrost, living up to the name "Purple Sky Lying in the Snow".

At this moment, in the Huangshi Pavilion of Zixiao Temple, a young Taoist priest of about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a blue Taoist robe and a Tai Chi Taoist bun, was sitting in meditation, concentrating his mind and seeking tranquility.

I saw him sitting cross-legged with his feet separated into yin and yang, his hands on the meridians, his eyes lowered, his eyes looking at his nose, his nose looking at his heart, his mouth closed and his tongue hidden, breathing steadily.

As the saying goes, "the mind and thoughts guard the ancestral orifice, the three flowers gather at the top of the head when the autumn moon is full." The young Taoist priest is not very old, but in terms of practice, it is obvious that he has received the true teachings.

This can be seen from the fact that he dares to practice in such a snowy place wearing only a single piece of clothing.

The young Taoist was practicing the Southern School of Taoist alchemy, which was first created by Zhang Boduan from Ziyang Mountain. It emphasizes the dual cultivation of nature and life, first life and then nature.

That is, to start practicing from the traditional inner alchemy, step by step, using the three best medicines in the human body, namely the essence, qi and spirit as medicines, after building the foundation, refining the essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, and refining the spirit into emptiness to form the "golden elixir".

Since the Southern School of Alchemy does not start with refining the spirit, it uses the acquired consciousness of the spirit. It has no choice but to take the path of using the false to cultivate the true, and turning from the acquired to the innate.

Therefore, it has extremely high requirements for the practitioner's aptitude, aptitude, and understanding. The acquired extraordinary person who can enter the door of practice with this method is one in a million.

There are many fake Taoists who have been practicing for 20 to 30 years but still cannot achieve enlightenment. Especially in the modern society where material desires run rampant, there are too many temptations and desires, making it almost a legend to achieve enlightenment through practice.

But for the young Taoist priest in Huangshi Pavilion, practicing is as easy as eating and drinking. He can learn it once and understand it immediately.

Even the abbot of Zixiao Temple, Taoist Master Chaoyang, was often amazed at the talent of the young Taoist priest, saying that he was a rare Taoist genius that could only be found in a century.

This was already a very high evaluation for the young Taoist priest, because the last Taoist master who received this evaluation was named Zhang Zhiwei!

Yes, it was the 65th generation Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Master Mansion in Longhu Mountain, the leader of the Zhengyi Dao, and also the most powerful extraordinary person recognized by the world, a well-deserved “top one”!
The young Taoist priest was just a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, so no one believed it except his master Taoist Chaoyang and his senior brother Jixiang.

As the young Taoist entered into a state of tranquility and refined his mind, eliminating distracting thoughts, today's practice officially began.

"When a person is born, Heaven produces Kan water, which is the kidney. The kidney water is heavy like lead. The kidney produces Qi, and the one point of true essence in the Qi is the true lead. Earth produces Li fire, which is the heart. The heart fire is flying like mercury. The heart produces liquid, and the one point of positive Yang Qi in the liquid is the true mercury..."

The Southern School's inner alchemy skills handed down from ancestors at Zixiao Temple, every word of which is full of gems, lingered in the young Taoist's mind.

The next moment, the true essence in the little Taoist's kidney water turned into real lead, which, together with the positive yang qi born from the heart fire and the gathered real mercury, were integrated under the influence of the acquired consciousness, and the three elements of essence, qi and spirit became one!

Then, a round, bright, pure and red golden elixir appeared in the little Taoist's dantian.

This lump of golden elixir, when gathered, becomes a pill, and when dispersed, becomes invisible. It is truly mysterious.

Gold is a thing that is strong and indestructible forever; elixir is a thing that is perfect, bright and pure without loss.

In ancient times, those who achieved enlightenment used the name of the golden elixir to metaphorically represent the original, perfect and bright spiritual nature.

This nature is called Taiji in Confucianism, Yuanjue in Buddhism, and Jindan in Taoism. Although it is called three different names, it is actually one thing. Confucianists who cultivate it become saints, Buddhists who cultivate it become Buddhas, and Taoists who cultivate it become immortals.

Therefore, if one succeeded in cultivating the Taoist golden elixir at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he could be called a Taoist "true immortal".

The little Taoist boy didn't think he was a real immortal, and he was even skeptical about whether the thing he had cultivated was a golden elixir.

Because it took him only one century, or twelve years, from the beginning of his practice to the creation of the so-called "golden elixir". After creating the golden elixir, he felt that he had become sharp-eyed, agile, and energetic, but he did not master any great supernatural powers such as flying, moving mountains, and catching stars and the moon.

Just when he suspected that he had made a fake elixir, Taoist Chaoyang found relevant evidence after looking through ancient Taoist texts.

The Dan Jing says: "There is no limit to self-cultivation, but there is a process to cultivating immortality."

This means that the time limit for self-cultivation is indefinite and it is a lifelong thing, but the cultivation of immortality has a process, generally speaking it only takes twelve years, which is called "one century of ascension."

The young Taoist still remembered what he asked at the time: "Master, isn't this nonsense? If everyone can become an immortal after practicing for twelve years, then wouldn't all the Taoists in this world be immortals?"

After hearing this, Taoist Chaoyang looked at him kindly and said, "Boy, first strike a pose like a white crane spreading its wings."

The young Taoist priest posed in the same way, but Taoist Chaoyang kicked him away without any hesitation and said, "I told you that you are taking advantage of me and still acting like a good kid. I said that what you cultivated is the golden elixir, so it is the golden elixir. Why are you worrying so much?"

So, the young Taoist priest practiced like this day after day, year after year, until today.

After completing the whole cycle of practice, the young Taoist slowly ended his practice. With a thought, a flawless jade-like light shone through his body and completely melted the snow covering his body.

The clouds are billowing and the sky is filled with fairy light!
If ordinary people saw this scene, they would think it was a fairy coming. In fact, it was just the little Taoist priest using his Qi to evaporate the snow on his body.

"Jingle Bell……"

At this moment, the Taoist's cell phone rang. He skillfully swiped the screen and answered the call.

"Jizhen, where have you been?" The powerful voice of Taoist Chaoyang came from the phone.

"I am practicing in the Huangshi Pavilion." said the young Taoist Jizhen.

"It's not the right time yet, what are you practicing?" Taoist Chaoyang asked in confusion.

The Southern School of Internal Alchemy emphasizes practicing at four hours: Zi, Wu, Mao and You. It is 9 o'clock in the morning, which is obviously the wrong time.

"It was just a whim," Jizhen replied.

"Stop talking nonsense. I have something to talk to you about. Come back quickly." Taoist Chaoyang said.

Jizhen looked towards the room of Taoist Chaoyang and said, "Master, a guest has arrived. Eh? It seems to be a congenital extraordinary person."

Taoist Chaoyang was slightly surprised and asked, "How did you know?"

"I can tell." Jizhen said without hesitation: "This person's aura is red with black, he must be a rich man, but he has been unlucky recently. His fortune is not good."

The Taoist master Chao Yang on the other end of the phone paused and said, "How did you perform the Qi-reading Technique without setting up an altar?"

Jizhen thought for a moment and said, "It seems that after this practice, it will come naturally."

Taoist Chaoyang: “…”

(End of this chapter)