The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 216 Yuanyang Ruyi
Xiao Jun walked through the areas where incense was very popular and the halls where tourists were vying to worship.

These people worship and pray for blessings, hoping to prolong their fortune through burning incense.

In fact, many people worship by using their own thoughts to gather the statues of gods, but a very small number of people feel the spirit of gods from the perspective of worshiping gods.

It could be wisdom, or benevolence, or bravery and integrity... Use the spirit of understanding the gods to cultivate your own virtues.

If you understand this principle and cultivate your own virtues, you can truly deepen your blessings. If you don't understand this principle, then visiting the temple is meaningless.

"Fangxiandao and even Zhengyidao, to some extent, use idols to deceive people and attract incense, but they do not truly achieve the purpose of education and learning."

Xiao Jun recalled the Dachan Temple. It was obvious that this was the case in the Dachan Temple. The Dachan Temple received offerings from countless people. Some civilians did not even have oil to eat, but they still had to offer high-quality lamp oil to the Bodhisattva in the Dachan Temple!

Having amassed an unknown amount of wealth, the Great Zen Temple at that time preached about the afterlife, worshipped Bodhisattvas, and everyone prayed for wealth in the next life.

But in this world, when a person dies, their soul transforms into pure vital energy. How can there be any afterlife? Yet the Great Zen Temple still misleads the people and practices the way of fooling them.

"It seems that the Great Zen Temple had become a cancer of humanity at that time, having lost its original purpose as the Holy Emperor's orthodox teaching to enlighten all living beings. Therefore, the Great Zen Temple was destroyed."

Xiao Jun's thoughts expanded: "Hong Xuanji and even Emperor Yang Qian were progressive forces at that time, belonging to the protagonists of the time, eliminating backward forces like the Great Zen Temple. But now, Hong Xuanji and Emperor Yang Qian have become backward forces, belonging to the negative forces."

Then a new protagonist appears, and it is necessary to eliminate the backward forces and usher in a new era.

Is the general trend of the new era to broaden people's knowledge and make everyone like a dragon?

This is a general trend, the calculations of the various philosophers, the calculations of many Yang Gods, and the torrent development of the times.

If the world cannot accomplish such a great humanitarian feat, then people from outside the world will do it. This subversive change has been planted from the very beginning.

"It should have been laid down since the time of the ancient philosophers, who began to spread their theories in the outer world and deduce the future of humanity."

The mind becomes active and life is immediately extended to a broader level.

Under the guidance of others, Xiao Jun walked through the hall and headed towards a place that was prohibited to ordinary tourists.

Even if the Great Zen Temple is rebuilt, it will become a simple academy, a school that simply expounds on the teachings of the Holy Emperor Yuan, and will no longer be a religious superstition that misleads others.

Xiao Jun's physique perfectly controlled every bit of strength and breath. He walked slowly, and his speed was not much slower than Xiao Shi who was leading him in front of him.

Soon, they arrived at the courtyard of a large hall. A Taoist priest stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the Taoist ancestor.

Xiao Jun also glanced at the Daozu. Just a glance, and the appearance of this Daozu, who seemed to be opening up the entire world, instantly flooded into his mind. He observed the face, the green air above his head, the sun and moon, the thunder, the Ruyi...

Countless truths suddenly emerged in my mind, and I saw the Taoist priest with his hands behind his back turned around, his face as golden and purple.

But he saw some pure white smoke of essence emerging from Xiao Jun's body. This pure white smoke of essence was essentially righteous energy.

"This kind of aura...hiss, I've seen it in Ji Changyue before." Xiao Anran was shocked: "Ji Changyue was the top scholar in the 30th year of Daqian. His knowledge was deeply rooted in his bones. He was dismissed from office due to court reasons and returned home. He was valued by the leader of the Zhengyi Dao at that time."

"Ji Changyue is a great scholar with years of experience. His knowledge is deeply ingrained in his bones. He developed the Daoist arts very quickly and easily became a Ghost Immortal. For someone so young to have such knowledge, if he practices Daoist arts, he may far surpass Ji Changyue!"

Xiao Anran thought to himself, if this boy was not born with the unity of body and soul, then if he was recruited, he would most likely become a ghost immortal and strengthen the power of Fang Xiandao.

"But considering his knowledge and talent in martial arts, he might be a new Hong Xuanji. With such talent, his achievements in martial arts are bound to be great!"

Xiao Anran began to think about it. If he could cultivate a Martial Saint, that would be a great thing. But unfortunately, Fang Xiandao did not have that kind of powerful martial arts heritage and could not cultivate a true Martial Saint.

'Although Fang Xiandao does not have powerful martial arts, he can inform the court, or tell some princes...' Xiao Anran was silent in his heart, and had a lot of calculations in his mind.

After observing the image of the Taoist ancestor, Xiao Jun began to comprehend the various essential wisdom and principles contained in it in his heart.

Then he came back to his senses and said to Xiao Anran in front of him, "Master, I wonder why you asked me to come here."

"Haha, nothing else." Xiao Anran's calculations immediately stopped and he laughed heartily: "From what I see in you, you are indeed a true scholar. It's a pity that you have no chance of becoming an immortal!"

"For scholars like me, the important thing is to seek truth. Not to talk about the way to immortality." Xiao Jun said casually.

"That's right, but even if you have the truth, you still need the strength to protect it. Otherwise, the truth is just made of mud and tiles and can't withstand wind and rain!" Xiao shook his head sadly and said proudly.

From this sentence, Xiao Jun could tell that Xiao Anran was obviously somewhat disdainful of the path of the so-called general Confucian scholars. He believed that any truth needed to be transformed into power. This was indeed true.

However, practicing Taoism can easily lead to loss of consciousness, pursuing the art instead of the truth. Meanwhile, the great scholars among ordinary scholars are dedicated to learning and understanding the truth. Because of their extreme focus and consistency, they accumulate a deep understanding of the truth and achieve great success in practicing Taoism.

Both approaches have their merits, and there's no such thing as superiority or inferiority. "Hiss, I asked you to come here this time because your paintings are truly extraordinary, condensing the principles you've grasped. So I was wondering if you could paint something and incorporate those principles into your work." Xiao Anran then came to his senses and said directly to Xiao Jun, "Why don't you paint a picture?"

"I wonder what kind of painting to make?" Xiao Jun asked.

Xiao turned around and looked at Daozu Xiang: "That's it. If your painting can satisfy me, then there will be an extremely generous reward."

"This..." Xiao Jun said, "This statue of the Taoist Master is incredibly lifelike and detailed. Even if I were to paint it, I could only paint a portion of it."

Xiao Jun estimated his own spiritual strength and wisdom, and began to comprehend the various principles from the statue.

"It doesn't matter. I will continue to hire you when your painting skills improve in the future." After saying that, Xiao Anran moved aside, only to see a desk.

There are pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table. These pens, inks, papers and inkstones are all carefully crafted. The paper alone is the extremely precious "pine and cypress paper", and there are also various kinds of pigments.

Xiao Jun thought for a while and walked forward directly. Countless flashes of inspiration appeared in his mind and he began to make predictions. The possible proportions of various pigments and how to manipulate the brushstrokes efficiently were all rehearsed by Xiao Jun.

"Then let me give it a try!" Xiao Jun stepped forward and came to the table. He picked up the pen made of beautiful jade and looked up at the image of the Taoist Master. The true meaning contained in the image of the Taoist Master was extremely profound. Even if Xiao Jun wanted to draw it, it would be extremely difficult.

Xiao Jun first set his eyes on the Yuanyang Ruyi in the hands of the Yuanyang Taoist statue.

The Yuanyang Ruyi contains the artistic conception of "true nature, changes as desired, Yuanyang creates the sky, and all things begin". The artistic conception is extremely profound. Xiao Jun immediately integrated these data in his mind, relying on the concept of Qigong practitioners on how to use ink as Yuanqi to evolve the true meaning of the truth.

He immediately dipped his brush in ink and began to slowly copy...

After about an hour, Xiao Jun continued to fight, with thoughts flying around in his mind yet concentrating. His spiritual light disassembled the true meaning of each ray and transformed it into the most basic mystery as a reference for his vitality.

Painting skills are not simple. The Taoist magic performed by ordinary people will have the appearance of Dharma and artistic conception, but even if it is performed, it is difficult for others to truly manifest that kind of Dharma appearance and artistic conception. Otherwise, wouldn’t Taoism be everywhere?
Xiao Jun's thinking and the concentration of his energy and blood brought him extraordinary thinking ability. He constantly deduced, observed, and described bit by bit.

In fact, during the short time he saw it, Xiao Jun had already comprehended the true meaning of Yuanyang Taoist Master.

The reason why he described it bit by bit was just because Xiao Jun was hiding his shortcomings. Although he seemed to be painting, most of his thoughts were actually on trying to figure out the wisdom inherited from Fang Xiandao.

'A single point of primordial yang creates two yin and yang, and nature and life become harmonious, changing freely.'

These true meanings were integrated into the "Master of Health Preservation" conceived by Xiao Jun, and he realized the little bit of Yuan Yang in the human body. Yuan Yang is pure Yang, which is the source of human survival.

At birth, the mind and body separate, and yin and yang give rise to all things in the human body. The true meaning of Yuan Yang is that yin and yang, mind and body, spirit and soul all return to their original pure yang. This pure yang then creates the universe, giving rise to countless creations and evolving endlessly.

There are the Yuanyang Creation Axe and the Yuanyang Creation Ruyi, which are the ways of opening up and creating, and truly evolving all things in the world!

It was after seeing the true meaning of this statue that Xiao Jun figured out most of Fang Xiandao's Taoist philosophy.

Most of his thoughts were spent on trying to figure out the true meaning of Yuan Yang, which greatly drained Xiao Jun's mind.

An hour later, an extremely realistic jade ruyi appeared on the "pine and cypress paper". It seemed to be a real jade object, and every detail of it contained a majestic artistic conception, as if a treasure from a god had fallen into the world.

Xiao Jun's face was pale, his mind drained, and he slowly put down his brush. A great deal of his mental drain was caused by trying to figure out Yuan Yang's true meaning.

However, in addition to some of the mysteries of the changes in the appearance of Yuanyang Taoist Master, the jade ruyi also has a sense of righteousness and uprightness.

"A nice painting!" Xiao Anran walked forward and waved to pick it up, but soon frowned: "But why does this Kaitian Ruyi have a scholarly and upright connotation? Although it is very inclusive, the original meaning has been lost."

"The Daoist Ancestor's wisdom is truly boundless, and the true meaning of his Ruyi is extremely powerful. There are many principles that I have never heard of and cannot understand. I can only rely on my own ideas to fill in the gaps!" Xiao Jun explained with a pale face. In fact, he did so on purpose to hide his shortcomings.

"Is that so? It lacks the rationale..." Xiao Anran frowned. "If you understand the philosophy and principles of our immortal way, can you truly paint it?"

“I can’t say I can create a complete painting, but I can definitely integrate this principle into it, trying my best not to lose the original true meaning.”

"Is that so..." Xiao Anran placed the jade ruyi painting directly on the table. Seeing Xiao Jun's distressed expression, he turned around and said to Xiao Jun, "Is it that you are unable to comprehend the truth? What if I give you the classics of our immortal way to read, so that you can understand the truth?"

"Master... this..." Xiao Shi's expression suddenly changed. Just as he was about to speak, he was silenced by Xiao Anran. "It's not a classic of Taoism or external alchemy. It's just a classic that simply explains the truth. Although it's precious, it's not a problem for someone else to read it."

"How about this?" Xiao Anran turned his head and asked Xiao Jun.

"You can give it a try." Xiao Jun pondered for a while, then nodded and replied to Xiao Anran.

"Well, later you can go into the Sutra Library and read some scriptures that explain the truth."

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