The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 67 Huang Ting Tian Dao, a Spiritual Seed

A few cold autumn rains.

It washes away the dust from the mountains and forests, and also dilutes the sorrow of separation.

Fuyun Mountain is a gorgeous sight with alternating colors of red, yellow and green. Many tourists go out of the city to go hiking.

However, you can only play in fixed areas. The rest of the place is the private territory of Qiuzhen Temple and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

Before the appearance of the Immortals, tourists were very well-behaved. Now that there are two Immortals in charge of the Qiuzhen Temple, ordinary people are ignorant and do not react much, but the practitioners in Fuyun County are even more reverent.

It has been a month since Chang'anzi came down the mountain.

At Zangdao Peak, Xuanming admired the autumn scenery, relaxed his body and mind, and then went into seclusion, sitting cross-legged on a cushion in the thatched cottage, closing his eyes to relax and adjust his state.

After several months of contemplation on the experience of Qigong, he has had a relatively clear understanding of the four realms of Qigong. He plans to read the "Huangting Sutra" to create a method with its strengths and perfect the "Hunyuan Yiqi Jue".

As night fell and the moon rose above the pine trees, Xuanming was familiar with the route, his mind immersed in the monastery, and the sound of his chanting rang out like a bell, provoking deep thought:
"...The divine house should be repaired, the qi pipe of the mysterious palace... There is a scholar in the house who often wears red clothes... The essence of the three gates is deep, if you want to be immortal, cultivate Kunlun... The natural way of nothingness is solid, and the natural way of things is not troublesome..."

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Boom!

As soon as the mind entered the Huangting world, there were rumbling thunder, howling winds, low-hanging dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and the whole universe was covered with a curtain of rain, which first drizzled and then poured down heavily.

The four phenomena of wind, rain, thunder and lightning were born between heaven and earth.

The innate energy surged, in harmony with the laws of the four symbols, blending with each other and becoming the inside and outside of each other, giving birth to the four gods of wind, rain, thunder and lightning: the wind god is elegant, the rain god is gentle, the thunder god is strong, and the lightning god is dashing.

Each of the four gods has its own style. With their combined power, they pull out a trace of the four elements of earth, wind, water, fire and heaven, evolve the four images of the sky, call the wind and rain, summon thunder and lightning, baptize heaven and earth, and wait for the clouds to dissipate, the rain to stop, the thunder to stop and the lightning to disappear, then heaven and earth will be renewed.

The earth is beautiful with mountains and rivers. Countless innate inspirations combined with various innate substances give birth to myriad things.

On the treetops, the innate wind spirits transformed into various kinds of birds, born to soar in the sky; in the rivers, there are innate water spirits transformed into various kinds of fish and shrimps, born to swim; in the mountains and forests, the innate earth spirits transformed into various kinds of beasts, good at running on the ground.

The sky is full of stars. First, there are the sun and the moon, followed by the five stars of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Later, the number of stars increased to 365, and later evolved into more than 700 stars, which shine together and light up the night sky.

Guided by the laws of heaven and earth, the stars move according to mysterious trajectories, which are obscure and difficult to understand. They are first scattered in the five directions of heaven and earth under the command of the five elements, and then the movement of the stars in the southeast, northwest, and northeast directions under the movement of the sun and the moon becomes more mysterious. The central star region represented by Saturn is responsible for sorting out yin and yang, balancing the sun and the moon, and coordinating the four directions.

Colorful auspicious clouds appeared in the universe, pillars of light appeared in the eight directions, and the Five Elements Gods and the Eight True Gods reappeared.

The God of Metal walks in the west, the God of Wood steps into the east, the God of Water chases the waves in the north, the God of Fire controls fire in the south, and the God of Earth steps in the center.

The Eight True Gods are grouped in twos and placed in the four directions, dividing the north and south in the east and the west, and the east and the west in the north and the south.

The God of the Five Elements and the God of the Eight Directions stepped on the earth, three in a group, secretly responding to the three talents of heaven, earth and man. They each displayed their magical powers, transformed into three laws, and rushed straight into the sky and the stars.

The five directions of the starry sky vibrated, giving rise to infinite mysteries. The central star field led the way in movement. A vast amount of starlight fell, and endless earth energy surged up. The sky and the earth were connected, and the laws were stirred. A towering sacred mountain rose from the ground, connecting the sky and the earth, and condensed into a ~ Optimus Prime.

The four star fields followed closely behind, also dropping vast amounts of starlight. Heaven and earth resonated with each other, laws lingered, and the Four Gods were born.

The Green Dragon appears in the East, and all the trees compete for spring.

The Vermillion Bird appears in the south, and a raging fire burns the sky.

A white tiger appears in the west, and heaven and earth are filled with murderous grimness.

The Black Tortoise appears in the north, and the ocean is vast.

The sun rises and the moon sets, day and night alternate, Xuanming becomes a part of the world, personally experiencing the endless evolution of the world, seeing the stars move, watching the plants grow, watching the multiplication of all things, breathing with the sky, coexisting with the earth, with a new perspective and a wonderful feeling. I don't know how long it has been, the universe roared, and suddenly there was a rule between heaven and earth, supreme, selfless, and encompassing many laws. All tangible things and intangible images are contained in this rule.

Xuanming's mind began to buzz, and he suddenly realized that this rule was the original way of heaven, the essence of the entire "Huangting Waijing Yujing", the core of wisdom, and the embodiment of truth.

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Time flies and the years pass by.

The vegetation on Fuyun Mountain is withered, and the red and yellow colors are more obvious.

There was a layer of dust on the courtyard, and the sign "Closed" had been hanging in front of the door for a full half month.

On this day, the old Taoist who had been sitting motionless finally woke up. As his eyes opened and closed, yin and yang flowed, the sun and the moon shuttled back and forth, interpreting the black and white Taoist images. Finally, his pupils turned black, and white became the whites of his eyes. The eyes of a person contain the principles of heaven and earth.

Xuanming stood up, stretched, turned his neck and stretched his muscles. Then he opened the door and walked into the yard. He was suddenly stunned. The vigorous old pine was lifeless, and the yard was full of dead branches and fallen leaves.

"It seems it failed."

With a sigh, he waved his sleeves.

A breeze blew by, raising dust, first covering the house and then the courtyard. Half a month's accumulated dust and dead branches and leaves were all swept away, as were the old pine branches. They disappeared in an instant, leaving the inside and outside clean.

Just when cleaning the underground tree roots, Xuanming suddenly let out a light exclamation, because there was a hint of vitality hidden in the center of the tree roots, as light as mist, but full of inspiration and exuding vigor.

He rotated his left hand slightly and caught the ray of vitality in his hand. It turned out to be a pine nut. Unlike ordinary pine nuts, this pine nut had been reborn and transformed into a spiritual seed.

Sensing the changes, Xuan Ming was overjoyed: "What a great way to return to one's origin and return to the origin!"

He thought the transformation had failed, but unexpectedly, there was a ray of hope. A hint of life was hidden in the thick aura of death. If it weren't for his powerful spiritual perception, he would have almost overlooked it.

Although it is not a direct spiritual root as imagined, spiritual seeds are also good. Trees sprout and grow from seeds. If they are carefully cultivated, they will eventually grow into towering trees.

And there is another benefit of becoming a seed: a seed is considered to be the embryo of a plant, which is similar to the mother's womb. It contains a trace of innate energy. The spiritual seed can withstand a trace of nourishment from the Hunyuan magic power and will not explode and die due to lack of nourishment. It can increase the foundation of the spiritual root and enhance potential.

If he had another chance, perhaps he could be promoted directly and transformed into a spiritual plant with a higher level of life, and would not repeat this mistake.

The most important thing is, something is better than nothing.

With the example of spiritual seeds in front of him, even though he knew there was little hope, Xuan Ming still searched carefully and checked the conditions of other seeds.

The spiritual medicine seeds borrowed from Junior Brother Xuanyin have already sprouted, but their spiritual power is only slightly stronger and there has been little change. As for the ordinary seeds selected, most of them died and their bodies were not left behind, nourishing the soil, with only one seed as an exception.

It was the pear seed he had obtained when he first realized the innate truth. This seed had been bathed in creation and absorbed a ray of Tao rhyme from him. Later, he carried it with him for half a month. Like other mortal seeds, it was in the edge of the energy radiation zone of the incomplete spiritual root source, so it survived.

It just didn't transform into a spiritual seed. After germination, it was just a special plant with a little spiritual energy. Although it was a pity, it did not follow the same fate as other ordinary species.

Although he has traveled through time, Xuan Ming does not think that his wishes will come true every time. It is already good to have such a harvest. If the heart is content, the body will be at peace. Greed will only hurt oneself. A single leaf will block the view, and the heart of Tao will be obscured, making it difficult to see the true self and to smile.

Xuanming gained a lot from studying the "Huangting Waijing Yujing" and obtained a spiritual seed. He was in high spirits. He opened the gate and took down the retreat sign. He walked into the mountains and forests, stepping on dead branches and fallen leaves. He looked up and saw red maples and yellow apricots, and listened to the gurgling water. He walked forward with a whisk in his hand, feeling relaxed and happy, enjoying the pleasure of mountains and rivers.

The fatigue from days of seclusion in comprehending the "Huangting Waijing Yujing" was mostly dissipated, and his spirit slowly recovered in the nourishment of mountains and rivers.

When Xuanming returned home after the fun was over and was about to sort out his gains, he suddenly heard a loud noise.

(End of this chapter)