The stupid son of Chongba

Chapter 61: Dan, Yuanying, Huashen, and Shijie? Who taught you this?!

"The Great Mysterious Spirit Beidou's True Scripture of Life Extension?!"

Zhu Ju recited the cover of the scripture and quickly opened it.

Wow.

When you open the scripture, what comes into view is a beautiful painting.

I saw a kind and amiable old man with a long beard sitting high on a platform, seemingly preaching something. In front of him was a burly Taoist priest with a curly beard standing with his hands clasped. Countless gods in heaven and on earth gathered around him, bowed slightly, and seemed to be listening.

"This scripture, abbreviated as Beidou Sutra, is the core scripture for practicing Beidou Dharma."

Peng Xuan stroked his beard and smiled.

"Look, what is depicted in this picture is the scene of Taishang Laojun sitting high on the throne, preaching the Northern Dipper Sutra to Zhang Daoling, the ancestor of heaven and earth, and the gods of heaven and earth."

"Just now you said that you are a disciple of Sanqing, which is actually true. After all, the Beidou Sutra was taught by Taishang Laojun himself, so we can be considered to be practicing his method."

Zhu Ju's eyes lit up and he grinned.

"This is good!"

Hehe, I can be a disciple of Sanqing again. This sense of superiority is back!
He turned over the painting, his expression changed, and he shouted:

"I know the rest of this! The Eight Great Divine Mantras. Senior Brother Baiquan taught me before. I can do it!"

Peng Xuan nodded slightly.

“Before chanting sutras and practicing Dharma, reciting the eight great mantras is an indispensable process.”

He said,

"From the name of the mantra, we can see that it means to purify the mouth, purify the mind, and purify the body. These are used to adjust one's state, to purify one's body and mind, so that one can recite the scriptures without distraction."

"The words 'An Tu Di, Jin Guang, Jing Tian Di' and the rest are to purify the environment around you, making it clean and free from all kinds of disturbances."

"In this way, there will be no demons inside and no evil spirits outside."

Zhu Ju nodded repeatedly.

So that's it! Brother Baiquan didn't say much.

It turns out that one still needs a master to teach!
He casually flipped through the eight great mantras and finally came to the main text of the scripture.

"At that time, on the seventh day of the first month of the first year of Yongshou, the Supreme Lord Lao was in the Taiji Palace in the Taiqing Realm, and saw all living beings drifting for billions of kalpas..."

"Laojun told the Heavenly Master: It is difficult to obtain a human body, it is difficult to be born in the Central Plains, it is difficult to encounter the true Dharma, many people lose sight of the true path, and many people join the evil sects..."

"..."

Zhu Ju became excited and kept reciting. Peng Xuan was happy to see him indulge in it. Whenever he came across words or tones that needed to be changed, he would point them out and help correct them.

After an incense stick of time, Zhu Ju finally read to the end, his mouth dry and his tongue parched:
"...The Heavenly Master bows his head and thanks Laojun, and believes and follows his teachings!"

"Phew! I've finished reading it. It wasn't easy!"

He let out a long sigh, his throat almost smoking!

"Not easy? This will be your basic daily homework from now on."

Peng Xuan snorted.
"You must remember all the words you added and changed just now. Don't make any mistakes. I have now completed the sutra for you."

"You should try to memorize the Beidou Sutra so that you can recite it anytime and anywhere, regardless of time and place. Only in this way can you make rapid progress."

Zhu Ju looked bitter.

It’s already so difficult to read, and this Beidou Sutra is conservatively estimated to have about 3,000 words. Do you still need to memorize it?

Let me go please!

"Is cultivation just chanting sutras?"

He pursed his lips and said,

"That's it?"

Peng Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"What about that? What do you think cultivation is like?"

Zhu Ju said without hesitation:

"Practicing the Dao of Alchemy!"

“Don’t you say that to cultivate immortality, you need to circulate your Qi, open up the central meridian, open up the small and large circulations, and then cultivate the golden elixir?” “After the golden elixir comes the Nascent Soul, and after the Nascent Soul comes the Spirit Transformation. As the saying goes, if you want to become a spirit, you must first become a mortal. Tsk tsk tsk…”

"Then, it's Mahayana, and you will pass the thunder tribulation! After passing the thunder tribulation, you can ascend to the fairyland! Speaking of thunder tribulation, there are thirty-nine thunder tribulations, sixty-nine thunder tribulations, and ninety-nine thunder tribulations. The ninety-nine thunder tribulations are the most terrifying, and only a few can pass them. But if you pass them, it will be incredible! You will be one of the best in the fairyland!"

Peng Xuan: “???”

"Who the hell told you this?"

He was dumbfounded and couldn't help but say,

"It sounds so plausible, I almost believed it!"

Zhu Ju smiled, scratched his head, and said:

"Is it not?"

Peng Xuan held his forehead.

"That's bullshit! It's pure nonsense!"

He scolded,
"The path of alchemy is the path of alchemy. It's just a golden elixir. First it's the Jade Elixir, then the Golden Elixir. That's all. There's no such thing as a Nascent Soul or a god. It's pure nonsense!"

"I'm telling you, even if you want to practice the Dao of Alchemy, you have to understand its sequence clearly, you can't just do it randomly!"

"It's not impossible to practice the Dao of Alchemy, but there are too many ways to do it, and there are too many things you need to understand."

"As for the gathering and dispersing of water and fire, where is the real water, and where is the real fire? As for the subduing of dragons and tigers, which dragon is it, and which tiger is it? As for the catching of Kan and filling of Li, where is Kan, and where is Li? Furthermore, when it comes to lead and mercury getting along, what does lead and mercury mean, and how can they get along?"

Zhu Ju: “…”

Listening to Peng Xuan's words, he began to feel a little dizzy.

"Haha, even if I tell you, you won't understand!"

Peng Xuan snorted coldly.

"Qi is generated in the water of the kidney, which is called the true fire. Liquid is generated in the fire of the heart, which is called the true water. The interaction of qi and liquid is the work of the gathering and dispersion of water and fire!"

"It is also said that in the true fire, there is the true water, which is called the Yin Tiger, and in the true water, there is the positive Yang energy, which is called the Yang Dragon. Let's talk about the mating of the dragon and the tiger again!"

"The dragon and the tiger mate and condense into elixir, which is the real lead. This elixir needs to be returned. When it is returned, it becomes the real mercury, and then..."

Zhu Ju: “!!!”

"Stop, stop, stop, stop, that's enough!"

He quickly stopped her and said,

"Master, stop chanting!"

These are all Chinese characters, but when they are put together I can't understand anything at all!
"Hehe, there is one most important thing I haven't told you yet. To cultivate the Dao of Alchemy, you must obtain the true secret and find the secret of the Mysterious Gate. If you can't find the secret of the Mysterious Gate, everything else is just empty talk."

He said contemptuously,

"Even if I am willing to teach you, can you learn it?"

"Compared to this, asking you to recite a few scriptures and kowtow a few times is much easier, right?"

Zhu Ju nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"No, no, no, this is too difficult. Let alone learning, I can't even stand just listening to it!"

He said repeatedly,

"I'd better just recite the sutras honestly!"

Peng Xuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile:
"It's good that you know it! Don't daydream about the Dao of Alchemy all day long. That's not something a beginner at your level can get involved in!"

"Even as a teacher, I am still on the road of cultivation. Only people like your ancestor and ancestor Sanfeng can explain the mysteries of alchemy. They are all great masters of alchemy."

Zhu Ju immediately became obedient.

Don't aim too high...

"Besides, do you think chanting is just for you to mutter nonsense?"

Peng Xuan said again,

"Let me tell you, although we are both reciting scriptures, there is a huge difference between the way we recite and the way ordinary people recite!"

(End of this chapter)