Chapter 216 Saint Thief!
One day later.
"Huh... Hainan is really hot, just like our Sichuan." As soon as they got off the plane, they felt a wave of heat, accompanied by the slightly salty sea breeze.
Since Hainan is an independent island, they can only rely on transportation. After all, not everyone has the ability of Youfang to cross the island by magic.
After leaving the airport, Youfang and his party did not go straight to the point. After all, most of them are from inland areas and it is rare for them to come to Hainan.
Therefore, according to the guide found on the Internet, everyone first visited the characteristic attractions of Hainan. After being satisfied, they started to do business.
In fact, the destination of Youfang and his party in Hainan was the "Yuchan Palace" located on the "Wenbi Peak", which is also the important place of the Taoist "Nan Quanzhen" and the main Taoist palace of the "Quanzhen Jindan School".
Its founder, "Qiongshan Taoist" Bai Yuchan, can be said to be the actual founder of "Nan Quanzhen". From this point alone, it can be seen that his status in Taoism is not unimportant.
Of course, these are actually nothing. What really attracts tourists to come here is the inheritance left by the "Qiongshan Taoist", that is, the great way he gained from the "Yin Fu Jing" in the legend - "stealing the immortals"!
"Yin Fu Jing" says:
"Heaven gives birth and heaven kills, which is the principle of Tao. Heaven and earth are thieves of all things, all things are thieves of people, and people are thieves of all things."
Heaven nurtures all things and also kills all things. It is said that those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal countries will be princes. "Stealing the immortals" takes the vitality of the world to seek longevity, so it is also called - the thief of the saint!
In addition, it is clearly mentioned in the original work of "Under One Person" that one of the eight strange skills, "Six Treasury Immortal Thief", is derived from the principle of "Sage Thief", which feeds on the vitality of the world to seek the opportunity of longevity.
At such a time when "Ruan Feng" and "Baron" have not appeared and "Six Treasury Immortal Thief" has not yet appeared, the best way to realize this great way is this "Yuchan Palace"!
So, on the morning of the third day after arriving in Hainan, the group headed all the way to "Wenbi Peak". After rushing on the road, it took more than an hour to reach the destination.
Like "Luofu Nanmao Mountain", the Taoists in this "Yuchan Palace" also knew that they had arrived in Hainan, and immediately welcomed everyone in a friendly manner and brought them to the main hall.
As soon as they entered the main hall, Youfang and others immediately discovered the clues. They saw that all the Taoists in the main hall were full of spirit and energy, and their skin was crystal clear. At a glance, it was known that their life cultivation was quite strong.
At the same time, unlike the Taoists of the "Quanzhen Longmen Sect" like Fu Chen, these Taoists still had a faint vitality in their bodies, and it was known at a glance that they had practiced the "Saint Thief"!
You know, the ordinary "life cultivation" method is to use the innate qi of the five internal organs to nourish the acquired qi, so as to circulate and nourish the body, so as to make progress.
However, the method of "the sage stealing" is the opposite. It nourishes the innate qi of a person with the "six internal organs acquired qi" so that the vitality can be traced back and achieve "longevity"!
The reason for this is that this "innate qi" can be equivalent to a person's "lifespan" from a certain perspective. Everyone has "innate qi" since birth, and as time goes by, "innate qi" will gradually disappear.
And until it completely dissipates, no matter how healthy a person's body is or how strong his cultivation is, he can't escape the fate of death. Even as strong as the old Tianshi, before he ascends to heaven, he can't escape the cycle of life.
Of course, unlike the "six warehouses immortal thief" that Ruan Feng comprehended, the "sage stealing" of the "Quanzhen Jindan School" is much milder, and it is also a step-by-step "inner alchemy method" that will not turn people into man-eating monsters.
But because of this, the cultivation and progress of this "Saint Thief" is much slower than that of the "Six Treasury Immortal Thief". After all, this "Innate Qi" is not so easy to cultivate, and understanding and opportunity are indispensable.
But no matter what, just from the fact that this "Saint Thief" is also "going against the will of heaven", it is similar to the concept of the Three One Sect, which is one of the important reasons why Youfang must come here.
He wanted to see if he could find a reference point in it after contacting the "Saint Thief" and integrate it into the "Three Layers of Reverse Life", so as to make his own skills more perfect.
"Master, I am Youfang, a junior, and I have just come to your precious place. I have specially prepared a small gift. I hope you will accept it." So, after entering the main hall, Youfang immediately took out the greeting gift he had prepared and handed it to the head of the sect, Master Bai.
"I know that the Quanzhen Jindan Sect's Kung Fu is to steal the vitality of heaven and earth to seek longevity, so I specially sent this thing full of vitality, hoping that it can be helpful."
This time, You Fang sent a medicinal herb full of vitality. Because it grows in a place with abundant spiritual energy and absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, its medicinal power is far beyond ordinary comparison.
In this sect, the "method of alchemy auxiliary cultivation" is already popular, so sending such a medicinal herb is the most appropriate.
"Okay, okay, you are polite, please take a seat." Seeing that this group of guests is so polite, Taoist Master Bai also smiled, and quickly ordered people to put away the medicinal herbs, and at the same time extended his hand to signal.
After everyone sat down, after some greetings, the topic finally got to the point. You Fang naturally mentioned the method of "stealing the immortals" and expressed his interest.
"Haha, young friend You, let alone you, there have always been many eyes in the world, staring at us, the 'Saint Thief'." Seeing You Fang mention it, Taoist Master Bai also responded.
"You know, the ultimate goal of the cultivators in this world is nothing more than 'becoming immortal', and they know that there is a technique that can achieve immortality and get closer to 'becoming immortal'. How can the cultivators in this world not be tempted?"
"Let alone other things, just in the past hundred years of my life, I have experienced countless 'stealing techniques', 'stealing teachers', and 'stealing scriptures'. If it weren't for the great power of my Jindan Sect and the help of Taoist relatives and friends, I'm afraid it would be difficult to withstand it."
"In such a situation, the problem of the technique leaking out is basically inevitable, but so far no one has seen anyone practicing 'Saint Thief' outside. Do you know... why is this?"
Speaking of this, Taoist Master Bai looked at You Fang, with a smile on his face, as if he didn't care about the situation he just mentioned.
"The reason is that even if ordinary people get the 'Sage Steal' technique, they cannot practice it. The most important requirement is that the practitioner must lay a foundation when he is young, when the 'innate qi' has not been lost, or has been lost very little, so that he can nourish it!" "Therefore, those guys who have obtained the 'Sage Steal' technique, if they force themselves to practice, will all be devoured by their own deficient 'innate qi' and their 'acquired qi', so that they will die instantly." "And since they come to steal the method, they are naturally not good people, they are all selfish, so they will not use it to train children, and naturally there will be no 'wild "The 'Saint Thief' of 'Life'."
Speaking of this, Taoist Master Bai suddenly paused, and then said: "Friend You, I know that the magic you possess is very strange, and it has the ability to accommodate all rivers and seas. Although I don't know much, I know my own 'Saint Thief' quite well..."
"As the leader of the younger generation of my Taoist sect, I welcome you to exchange and discuss Taoism, but if you want to learn the method of 'Saint Thief', please think twice before you act."
"Well..."
You Fang could see that Taoist Master Bai did not have any self-esteem in his words. He just wanted to remind him that he should have experienced many similar things over the years, and they were all tragic scenes.
"Junior understands that we came here for communication, and we have no intention of learning the method. We just hope to gain some insights from this 'Saint Thief' to help us practice.
"Well, that's good." Taoist Master Bai nodded and showed a satisfied expression.
"In fact, it's the world's fault for exaggerating. This 'Saint Thief' is ultimately just a way of practicing, and it has no access to the Way of Heaven, so how can it have any 'immortality'? The oldest senior in my Jindan Sect is only about 300 years old, and he can't escape the cycle of life and death, and go back and forth in the ordinary."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Youfang immediately became curious: "Senior, doesn't the world say that this 'Saint Thief' can nourish the innate qi with the acquired qi and make the innate qi stronger? If the innate qi does not dissipate, how can the predecessors of the Jindan Sect die?"
As soon as this was said, everyone became interested. This was indeed against common sense, and they couldn't help but show curiosity.
Seeing that Youfang had asked the key point, Taoist Master Bai couldn't help but smile: "You don't think that it's a simple matter to nourish the innate with the acquired?" Then, Taoist Master Bai began to explain: "As you said, everyone knows that the 'Saint Thief' of my Quanzhen Jindan Sect is a reverse practice of nourishing the 'innate Qi' with the 'acquired Qi', but almost no one knows how difficult it is to achieve this step..." "For ordinary practitioners, the difference in level between the two is that it is relatively simple to contaminate the acquired Qi with the innate Qi, but if it is the other way around, the acquired Qi needs to be continuously condensed and purified to reach the level of the innate Qi as much as possible before it can be integrated." "However, it is extremely difficult to achieve this, especially at the beginning of practice, no matter No matter how talented a child is, due to insufficient cultivation, he or she basically cannot complete the true condensation. "
"In this way, once these condensed 'pseudo-innate qi' are integrated into the innate qi of the person, they will inevitably become a hidden danger in the future, and this hidden danger will be more obvious when the cultivation is higher, and it is completely irreversible. "
"After that, as the cultivation level increases, the requirements of the 'sage thief' for the quality of the 'innate qi' will become higher and higher, until it breaks through a critical point and begins to dissipate. "
"This is why this method cannot achieve immortality. The only thing it can do is to make our generation of cultivators live longer than others. "
"So that's it..."
Hearing this, everyone nodded involuntarily, and understood the reason.
They didn't expect that this legendary method of immortality actually had such an inside story, but think about it, if this method can really achieve immortality, the Quanzhen Jindan School is probably the leader of the Taoist sect!
But...
"Master Bai, is it true that no outsider has ever learned the 'Sage Thief'?" After thinking for a moment, You Fang suddenly spoke and asked Master Bai directly.
"As far as I know, during the Jiashen Rebellion, one of the thirty-six thieves, a guy named 'Ruan Feng', learned a 'strange skill' that seemed to be related to this 'Sage Thief'."
"You are talking about the 'Six Treasury Immortal Thief', right? Indeed, after learning the list of the thirty-six thieves and the name of the 'Eight Wonders', I did doubt whether this 'Six Treasury Immortal Thief' was the 'Saint Thief'..."
"But everyone knows that the wonder of the 'Eight Wonders' is that its performance can be called the end of the Tao. On the other hand, the 'Saint Thief' of my Jindan Sect obviously cannot reach that level." As he spoke, Taoist Master Bai shook his head.
"What if... after someone stole the 'Saint Thief', he used it to train his juniors, and the juniors used it as a basis for enlightenment by chance, and made up for the shortcomings of the 'Saint Thief'?" Youfang asked again.
"Hmm..."
"It is indeed possible, and it makes sense, but you and I have never seen the power of the 'Six Treasury Immortal Thief', so it is not easy to make a conclusion." Taoist Master Bai nodded and said softly.
Of course, he didn't know that Youfang had really seen the power of the "Six Treasury Immortal Thief", but it was only in the comics of his previous life.
Judging from the background, the other people who comprehended the "Eight Wonders" were all practicing their own ways, and what they comprehended were all extensions of their own skills. Ruan Feng was a casual cultivator without a sect or school, without a foundation, so how could he comprehend this heaven-defying method?
Therefore, in his opinion, Ruan Feng was most likely what he speculated, otherwise the source of his skills would be inexplicable.
And if this was really the case, then perhaps he would not have to go to him specifically to see the "Six Treasury Immortal Thief", but could directly use this "Sage Thief" as the foundation to comprehend the skills.
"Although this 'Saint Thief' is inferior to the 'Six Treasury Immortal Thief' in many ways, its advantage is also obvious, that is, its roots are upright and it completely follows the way of inner alchemy."
"In this case, maybe this 'Saint Thief' can let me gain more, and can also be better combined with the 'Reverse Life Method', that would be great!"
At this thought, Youfang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly had a feeling that it was a very correct choice for him to come to Hainan this time.
So, he continued to communicate with Taoist Master Bai and a group of Taoists, and during the communication, he also mentioned the matter of learning from each other:
"Senior, I wonder how you plan to arrange this learning from each other?"