The Dao Gate of the End Times (3) (Flying on a Sword in the End Times, Everyone...)
Cultivate, cultivate immortality? ? ?
All the disciples were stunned when they heard this.
They are Taoists, but in the modern world, everyone has a mobile phone. Although they live in the mountains, they are not really ignorant of the world and do not know what cultivation means.
But the problem is.
Cultivate immortality.
This is cultivation.
For them, it is like the sudden emergence of modern technology in the ancient world and the sudden emergence of the Demonic Martial Continent in the interstellar era.
Yuan Heng asked cautiously: "...Uncle Master, is this a bit too sudden?"
Ji Changze nodded in agreement: "I know that it is difficult for you to accept the truth suddenly, but now that Tianhai Temple has suddenly changed, there are some things you should know."
He raised his eyes and looked at the statue of the ancestor.
"You all grew up in the temple, and you should know that our Tianhai Temple was built hundreds of years ago. The location was chosen here because the spiritual power here is the most vigorous and conducive to cultivation."
"Taoism was prevalent at that time. Taoist temples were built in both prosperous cities and remote towns, but only our Tianhai Temple was far away from the world, built on the top of the clouds, not receiving incense and offerings, and not in contact with the mountain below."
"This is because the disciples of Tianhai Temple at that time were all practicing."
The generation of the character Du: "..."
The generation of the character Yuan: "..."
Du was stunned for several seconds before he reacted, and said with a confused face: "But when the master told us this story when we were young, he said that the temple was poor at that time and didn't have much money. Tianhai Temple chose Qingling because there was miasma here, and the land was sold at a low price. The higher the mountain, the colder it was, and the less people would fight for it. That's why Tianhai Temple was built on the top of the clouds..."
Ji Changze smiled, and his smile revealed a sense of "You are still too young."
"Back then, our Tianhai Temple was the leader in Taoism. How could it be so poor? At the beginning, the founder realized the great Dao and wanted to pass it on to his disciples, but he was worried that Tianhai Temple would be involved in the secular world and mess up the cause and effect, so he ordered the whole temple to give up all the money, live in seclusion on the top of the cloud, and concentrate on practicing."
The disciples were all shocked.
"Leader?"
Didn't their elders always tell them that Tianhai Temple had been extremely poor for hundreds of years, so everyone had to practice martial arts well and go down the mountain to make money when they were short of money?
How did it suddenly jump from a pitiful little Taoist temple to the position of a leader? ?
Looking at the uncle standing in front of him, he stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes deep:
"Have you never thought about it? Taoism has been passed down for more than a thousand years. Why is it so popular in Anguo? It's just because Taoism has truly entered the ranks of immortal cultivation since a few hundred years ago."
Du Ae: "But Taoism is popular in Anguo because the king at that time believed in Taoism?"
"This is just a lie to fool the world."
Du Ae felt a little guilty: "But the history books say that although Anguo has only two generations, the first generation of kings believed in Taoism very much, and there are a lot of evidences of belief."
Ji Changze certainly knew it, he only asked Du Ae:
"At that time, people believed that the king was destined by heaven, but my Taoism advocates not believing in destiny and fighting against heaven. Do you think the king of Anguo will overturn his destiny? He just knows the ability of Taoism and wants to fight against heaven for immortality."
The disciples all understood it suddenly.
Yes.
At that time, it was still a feudal dynasty. The king would claim to be the true dragon emperor, and he was destined by heaven, but Taoism did not believe in destiny.
If the king really believed in religion, wouldn't that mean he denied his destiny?
But if it was for immortality, then it made sense. As a king, if he could really be immortal, why would he still talk about destiny? Wouldn't it be better to sit on the throne forever?
In this way, as the king of a country, An Guojun believed in Taoism, and the logic was very smooth.
Seeing that they all looked enlightened, Ji Changze sighed for a long time, with a melancholy look on his face.
Oh, I fooled them again.
Sure enough, children are children, and they can be fooled without much talk.
Of course, although these children who grew up in the mountains and practiced in the mountains were successfully fooled, the finishing work still needed to be done.
Ji Changze: "I know you have doubts about this, and want to know why my Tianhai Temple was practicing hundreds of years ago, but hundreds of years later, the disciples are just practicing simple martial arts."
How can we seize the power?
Of course, we should take advantage of the other party's lack of questions and answer our own questions.
His eyes were deep, as if he was looking through the statue of his ancestor and looking at the flourishing age of Taoism hundreds of years ago:
"Back then, when Tianhai Temple was established, all the disciples were strong in physique. Soon after its establishment, it became famous in the court. However, the disciples of Tianhai Temple were devoted to cultivation and were not interested in being granted official titles. They only liked to walk around the world with swords to cultivate. It was because of this that we avoided the great catastrophe that was enough to sweep the entire Taoist sect."
Du E was good at history and quickly remembered what the Anguo catastrophe referred to: "Uncle Master, the catastrophe you are talking about is the destruction of Anguo and the destruction of many Taoist temples?"
Ji Changze recalled (made up) very attentively: "For Taoism, Anguo was a flourishing age, but also a chaotic age. At that time, Anguo was just an ordinary country. It was okay when the old monarch was there. He wanted to join Taoism to find the way to immortality, but he didn't succeed until his death. After the old monarch passed away, the new monarch ascended the throne."
"The new king is different from his father who is devoted to immortality. He also advocates Taoism, but what he wants is to use the power of Taoism to annex other countries."
"At that time, many Taoist temples were used by the new king. With the addition of Taoism, the annexation of other countries went very smoothly. However, Taoist practice is most taboo to be involved in cause and effect. Although it is fighting for life with heaven, it is only for one's own life. If you forcibly intervene in the fate of others, you will naturally receive backlash."
The disciples listened intently, even the youngest Yuan Qing listened with tears in his eyes, and did not blink. Seeing Ji Changze's face full of disappointment, he stopped and asked in a childish voice with a choked voice: "Master uncle, did they suffer backlash later?"
"Yes, they forcibly disrupted the fate of the country and used their own... How can you attack other countries with your cultivation without suffering backlash? That day, thunder struck the top of the head, smashing countless Taoist temples, and many disciples died in the thunder. The thunder continued to strike for three days and three nights. The wind and clouds changed drastically, and the day turned dark. How terrifying.
The people hid at home and dared not go out. The new king in the palace did not dare to go out. When everything calmed down, the Taoist temples that participated in the government were already in tatters. Those Taoists who took the lead in participating realized how serious the crime they had committed, which led to the involvement of their master. It was too late to regret. Most of them were haunted by demons and were depressed.
Later, this matter was sealed and no one dared to mention it. Even if it was passed down, it sounded like a lie made up by the Zhou Kingdom to show that taking down Anguo was in accordance with heaven. "
Du was stunned when he heard it.
In the wild history, there is indeed a description of the destruction of Anguo. It is said that because the king of Anguo caused chaos and evil deeds among the people, the heaven punished him and thunder struck the palace for three days and three nights.
When the thunder stopped, Anguo had run out of luck and no longer had the will to resist. Zhouguo took the opportunity to attack and Anguo was destroyed.
But unofficial history is sometimes exaggerated, and sometimes written like a myth. It is precisely because this passage is too much like a myth that no one believes it.
Even if someone has studied this record, they have said that it may have happened. It was originally a rainy season at that time. The palace was the tallest building in the country. It was normal for thunder to strike. It rained for a few days and thunder struck a few more times. Zhouguo destroyed the country after all. In order to show that it was not their cruelty but that Anguo had run out of luck, they just followed the will of heaven and exaggerated the thunderstorm to the point where it was dark and it was very normal.
No one believed that thunder would really strike for three days and three nights.
Until Ji Changze told them seriously that this was true.
"Since then, no one can practice Taoism anymore."
Yuan Qing listened with a serious face: "Because you were punished for doing something wrong, you dare not practice?"
"No."
Ji Changze shook his head: "After the thunder stopped, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth for Taoist practice disappeared."
"Without spiritual energy, even if Taoism has stepped into the path of practice, it can't move a step."
Spiritual energy?
The disciples with good memory instantly thought of Ji Changze's previous words to take the spiritual energy placed on the statue of the ancestor.
Master uncle just sat on it and didn't get down.
Is it to absorb spiritual energy from it?
Du Ae asked in confusion: "Master uncle, since there is no spiritual energy between heaven and earth, why did you just...?"
"Did the master tell you this? Why have I never heard of it?"
In theory, this kind of secret matter should be passed down from generation to generation, and only the host should know it.
He was not surprised that the master told his direct disciples, but as the host, shouldn't he know about it too?
Ji Changze shook his head: "Your great master didn't know about this either. He just thought that our Tianhai Temple was just an ordinary Taoist temple that only knew some martial arts."
Du Ae's eyes were full of surprise.
"But, but uncle, you are a disciple of the great master. If he doesn't know, how do you know?"
Ji Changze looked at the statue of the founder.
"Have you heard of the art of dissolving weapons?"
"Do you know that when Tianhai Temple was first built, there were thirteen direct disciples."
Du Ae replied: "Of course I know."
Ji Changze: "I am the fourteenth."
Du Ae: "???"
Other disciples: "???"
Ji Changze looked at the founder. Presumably, this person would not mind having more direct disciples after adding a cultivation persona.
It's not wrong for him to say that. The founder only had thirteen disciples. He called himself master, so he was the fourteenth.
It's really shameful. He has to force himself to become a disciple at such an old age. I heard that the founder's greatest wish before his death was to become famous all over the world. He must work hard to spread it.
These young disciples were so shocked that they were speechless.
"This, this... How is it possible??? The ancestor of my Tianhai Temple died hundreds of years ago."
This world is different from the world Ji Changze encountered before. It may be because Taoism is prosperous. There are all kinds of sects, and everyone worships the ancestor of their own temple.
How could the disciples not know all the things about their own ancestor? They had never heard that the ancestor accepted a fourteenth disciple.
And the most important thing is, even if he really accepted one.
Hundreds of years have passed, how can Ji Changze stand in front of them.
If Ji Changze told them this kind of thing in the past, they would definitely not believe it.
But now, they are shocked, confused, and bewildered, and they are actually half-believing and half-doubting in their hearts.
After all, the immortals have appeared. It seems normal for the disciples of the ancestor hundreds of years ago to run hundreds of years later... right?
Because Yuanqing was the youngest, he was the calmest among the people. He just asked out of curiosity: "Uncle Master, haven't you lived for hundreds of years?"
When Ji Changze saw the child obediently raising his hair and asking questions, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, touched Yuan Qing's little head, and said softly: "That's not true. Back then, I had the best talent among my brothers, but I had bad health. , my life is over, Master... Grandmaster was reluctant to let me leave early, so he thought of a way to deceive the way of heaven and erase my existence in this world. Then I fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up again, I had already It’s a baby.”
Watong: "Rebirth?"
Du Xuan: "Time travel?"
Okay, it seems that they usually read novels.
Ji Changze shook his head: "It doesn't count. It should be regarded as reincarnation. I am still me, but I have more memories of my previous life. Master Ancestor acted like this. I am afraid he also anticipated the decline of Taoism. Please teach me not to forget the inheritance."
Du Su was already in chaos.
Forget about him, all the other disciples who have a clear mind and normal outlook feel like they have passed through thousands of alpacas.
Uncle Master, who has been living in a Taoist temple for more than ten years, is not only a useless person, but also a cultivator of immortality.
Not only is he an immortal cultivator, he is actually one of the ancestors from hundreds of years ago.
It's all so fantastical.
But within the same day, I experienced "my classmates turn into zombies and bite people", "being bitten by a zombie will be contagious", "my uncle can jump three meters high like a flea", "my uncle uses spiritual power to remove zombie poison", "my uncle can use spiritual power to remove zombie poison" After my uncle said that they in Tianhai Temple are cultivators of immortality."
"The great uncle is actually the great uncle of my wife, my wife, my great uncle" seems to be very reasonable.
Du Xun, who had become the leader of this generation since the death of the host, was completely confused. His mind was in chaos and he didn't know what to think. After thinking for a long time, he finally squeezed out a sentence from his throat:
"Uncle, no, Mrs. Madam... Nor, Uncle Grandmaster?"
Ji Changze: "Based on your seniority in this life, just call me uncle."
Du was stunned: "...Master, Master-Uncle..."
"Then, then, just now you said that there is no spiritual energy in the world, but you just used spiritual energy again. How did you do this?"
Ji Changze made it up seriously: "It was true that hundreds of years ago I had no spiritual energy at all, but I discovered it after I was born."
Hearing the words "after birth", the flesh on the faces of all the disciples present bounced.
I'm afraid no one can have an experience like theirs.
Listening to our uncle who has become an ancestor tell the story of his birth.
This title is exciting enough no matter where it is placed.
Ji Changze continued: "At that time, I discovered that although spiritual power is so thin that it is almost non-existent, it is indeed there, and it is best to practice before the age of five. I was also very lucky to meet my parents."
Lucky enough to meet your parents?
Could it be that when Uncle Master's parents saw Uncle Master who was different from ordinary people, they not only did not regard him as a monster, but also protected him and helped him practice?
Then the disciples, who were replaying a very touching scene in their minds, heard Ji Changze say in a very pleased tone: "They gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and no one wanted me, so they abandoned me at the door of the orphanage. They are really lucky." "
Disciples: "???"
Disciples: "..."
Du was stunned and stammered. He was curious, confused and afraid of stepping on his uncle's trap. He asked cautiously: "Master, uncle, you were thrown away... are you still lucky?"
"nature."
Ji Changze had an expression on his face that said, "Isn't this a matter of course?" "As a cultivator, the most taboo thing is to be involved in cause and effect with others. They are my parents, and they were born to be my cause and effect. But when they abandoned me, their involvement with me was naturally broken. , I can practice with peace of mind without being distracted. If I am raised by them and have feelings for them, how can I resist not helping them when they encounter any difficulties.
After the thunder of that year, cultivators can no longer interfere with other people's cause and effect, especially destiny. If the destiny is messed up, you will suffer backlash. If your parents are in trouble, you will naturally want to help, but if you help, you will suffer backlash. If you don't help, what will happen? Can be the son of man. "
He sighed with a bit of luck: "When they threw me away, I was relieved."
Disciples: "..."
Although the logic was sound, when they heard their ancestors so grateful that they were thrown away at birth, they still felt the huge generation gap between themselves and their ancestors hundreds of years ago.
No, this is not a generation gap.
It's simply a trench.
Ji Changze didn't look at the strange expressions on the faces of these juniors at all, and continued: "Later I grew up in an orphanage. Hundreds of years later, the country of China was really good. It also took good care of the orphans. I was taken care of." It’s great, I really can’t go to Tianhai Temple, I can only accept the situation, learn and grow up.”
"Later, I gradually discovered that the current country is really much more powerful than before. Even if you don't practice, living as an ordinary person is more comfortable than the princes and nobles hundreds of years ago. Slowly Yes, I stopped thinking about Anguo and Tianhaiguan, and just wanted to live a peaceful life as an ordinary Chinese. "
The disciples felt as if they had listened to a life experience of a boss with its ups and downs.
Yuan Qing discovered a blind spot: "But my uncle still came to our Tianhai to watch. Is it because he missed home too much?"
The expression on Ji Changze's face paused.
It was the first time that the disciples around him saw him showing such a complicated expression, and they all looked at him very carefully.
Yuan Heng even covered Yuan Qing's mouth gently and smiled at Ji Changze: "Uncle Master, don't bother with Yuan Qing. He is young and ignorant, and he asked nonsense questions."
"It's okay."
Ji Changze wiped his face, and his expression became casual again, as if he had become the unreliable uncle that the disciples were familiar with, wandering around here and there every day, not doing morning lessons or practicing martial arts.
"I was blamed for my karma and suffered a backlash. I almost lost my life. It was my master who saved me. He didn't know my true identity, nor did he know that I was practicing. He just thought that my Taoism was good and wanted me to go back to Tianhai Temple with him."
Du was stunned and thought that this was indeed something that the great master could do.
The great master liked martial arts all his life. After joining Tianhai Temple, he never gave up martial arts. When he was young, China had not yet settled down. At that time, the great master liked to carry a sword and venture out.
Later, he couldn't change this habit. He liked to travel around even at an old age. At that time, communication was not so developed, and there was no such perfect system as now. I heard from his master that every time the master went down the mountain, he could magically bring back a disciple.
It was not until he was old and the Chinese system was perfected that every child was a treasure in the eyes of parents. It was not like before that he could pick up a disciple whenever he wanted. Then he gave up and gradually stopped going down the mountain.
Ji Changze could say such words, and he naturally knew the character of the old host.
Speaking of which, the old host did save the original owner.
As an old man in his seventies, he was still sharp and always went down the mountain in a Taoist robe. Taoism believes in restraining oneself but not others, so he never points fingers at others, unless someone bumps into him, he will give a good word of persuasion to others.
Of course, it is impossible for someone who can bully an old man to abandon evil and promote good after a few words of persuasion, so every time the old host would talk to him first, and if he couldn't make sense, he would use force.
With the skills he had learned since childhood, it was too easy to beat someone so that his skin and flesh were all hurt but no scars could be seen on the outside. Every time he won someone over with virtue, the other party would cry for mercy and swear to be a good person again. Only then would the old host leave with satisfaction on his crutches.
But he didn't expect that not all the evil people in the world looked fierce. There were also people like the original owner who looked kind on the outside, but were actually just lying in wait for an opportunity.
There was nothing he could do about it. After all, the old host had been going up the mountain since he was a child. Every time he went down the mountain and met a bad guy, he won him over with virtue. He had never suffered any loss, so naturally he couldn't learn any lessons.
In other words, the disciples all knew the old host's style of doing things. When Ji Changze said that the old host saved him, they automatically thought that this was another good deed to win people over with virtue.
But Du Ae still didn't understand one thing.
"Uncle Master, you said your parents threw you at the door of the orphanage. In this case, they have nothing to do with you. How did you mess up your destiny and get backlashed?"
Ji Changze glanced at him indifferently: "It's just an old story. Even if we don't talk about the grief and anger hundreds of years ago, I am your elder now, and I can say a few words to you."
"Now our Tianhai Temple has become like this, and we don't know what the situation is down there. The disciples haven't been appeased yet. I just told you so much to tell you that the world has changed, the spiritual power in the air is slowly increasing, and my Tianhai Temple can embark on the path of cultivating immortals again. As the host, why don't you think about how to arrange other things now, but only ask about these old stories?"
Du was stunned: "..."
Ji Changze finished talking, waved his sleeves and turned to the door: "I'm going to practice and regulate my breath. You take good care of these disciples, think about everything you are going to do next, and write it down in the memo. I will come back in two hours to see the memo you have written."
Then, he flew directly to the opposite Yunding Peak.
From the disciples' eyes, they could vaguely see him sitting cross-legged, with his hands in seals, as if he was practicing.
Du Ae: "..."
He asked the junior brother standing next to him with a confused look on his face: "Master uncle... why does he look like he is angry?"
The junior brother felt sympathetic: "Brother, it's not just looking, Master uncle is obviously angry, and he is angry with you."
Du Ae: "... I didn't say anything just now, why did Master uncle suddenly get so angry, he was not like this before..."
Hey, no, Master uncle used to be like this.
This is also the reason why the disciples don't like this master uncle.
As an elder, he should be tolerant of the younger generation, but what about Master uncle? It's okay to be lax every day, but he always gets angry at the slightest thing.
The atmosphere is stiff, and the younger generations are embarrassed to talk back, so they can only admit their guilt and apologize.
Over time, the disciples' resentment towards this master uncle is getting deeper and deeper, and they can't understand why there are such unreasonable elders in the world.
"What did Master Uncle get angry about before?"
"Mostly because our family members sent us food and drinks, right? If Master Uncle saw us sending money and food, he would definitely get angry. He would be angry for a long time when he was locked in his room. It was okay when Grand Master was here, but it has become more and more serious since Grand Master left."
Du Ae thought for a long time and suddenly realized: "Is Master angry because of this just now?"
Junior brother reminded him:
"You didn't mention your family just now."
"Yes."
Du Xun was so stimulated today that his mind couldn't wrap his head around it for a while: "What did I just say? By the way, I asked my uncle where the cause and effect were involved, and why did he suffer the consequences?" It’s backfired.”
The junior brother thought for a while: "Could it be that uncle is like this because of his family? Isn't this why he gets angry every time?"
"Have you forgotten what my uncle just said? He was abandoned by his parents. And my uncle is not sad about this at all. He is very lucky. How could he have a family?"
Junior brother: "Family does not have to be parents. Wife and children are also family members. Our Tianhai Temple does not prevent people from marrying and having children. However, since my uncle is devoted to Taoism, I am afraid he will not marry and have children. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of money?" According to what my uncle just said, if there is a cause and effect, it's fine. If something happens to my family, if I help, it will have backlash. If I don't help, I may go crazy. My uncle is devoted to the Tao, so there is no reason to do it. Find your own weaknesses.”
Du Xun felt that what he said made sense and nodded, then asked: "So why is Uncle Master angry?"
Junior brother: "..."
He doesn't know either.
The two of them looked at the Taoist sitting on the top of the cloud peak in the distance.
The cold wind gusted, but it seemed that the method had no effect on the uncle. He just closed his eyes tightly and formed seals with his hands, as if he was immersed in practice and couldn't extricate himself.
Only his eyebrows were deeply locked together, as if he had encountered something very entangled, and he did not let go for a long time.
"I feel like Uncle Shi is a little unhappy."
"I feel so too."
"Should we coax our uncle? He just saved so many people."
"But something suddenly occurred to me."
"What's up?"
"Uncle Master seemed to be unhappy every day before."
As soon as these words came out, all the disciples suddenly realized.
Yes, Uncle Master used to be unhappy every day, so isn’t it normal for him to be unhappy?
They used to think that the uncle was unhappy because the position of host was not given to him, but now it seems that the uncle is cultivating immortality, so naturally he will not be resentful about such a small host position.
However, since Uncle Master can practice cultivation, why are he still unhappy every day? If it were them who could practice cultivation, I don’t know how happy they would be.
Hey, my uncle’s heart is like a needle in the sea.