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“For the cultivation of talismans, the root sutra can only help you walk a certain distance and bring you in.
How far you can go on this road and what kind of scenery you see, ultimately depends on you.
For example, now that you have been awarded the fifth-level talisman, and you have understood the 'True Martial Treasure' from the "Xuantian God's Golden Code and Jade Rules", starting from the fifth level, there is nothing for you to continue to practice and continue to use as a reference. The fundamental experience has passed.
The "Xuantian God's Golden Rules" can only help you so far.
The road ahead depends on how you walk. "
The strong horse pulled the cart forward slowly. On the cart, the real Chilong crossed his legs and spoke slowly to Su Wu.
He kept the 'Buddha's Truth of Mahamudra' firmly in his heart, then taught Su Wu and began to guide Su Wu's talisman practice.
After hearing the words of Master Chilong, Su Wu frowned slightly and said: "Without the support of the 'Road Sutra', it would be difficult to know clearly the purpose of one's own practice and how to upgrade to a talisman. How can one be clear about the future?" How to go?"
He vaguely felt that what the 'Red Dragon Master' said was contrary to some of the situations he had witnessed when he was a witch in Maoshan.
For example, several teachers of the Xuan generation: Xuanqing, Xuanzhao, Xuanjue, and Xuanbi, the lowest are fourth- and fifth-level talismans, and Xuanzhao is the 'third-level Shangqing, three holes and five thunder sutra urns'!
From the perspective of the talisman class,
Xuanzao's talisman is already close to Chilong Zhenren's 'Second-order High Divine Sky, Three Elements and Three Officials Auxiliary Transformation Sutra', but as long as you compare the respective strengths of Chilong Zhenren and Xuanzhao, you can find that It wasn't just the first-level talisman that Xuan Zhao sent Master Chilong to?
The strength of the two is simply incomparable!
In fact, Xuan Zhao's strength is much weaker than that of his two senior brothers, Xuan Qing and Xuan Jue, who are below him in Fu Lu grade.
——If Xuan Zhao was promoted to a talisman, it was all based on his own understanding, and thus took a wider and longer path, his strength should not be seriously inconsistent with the talisman he was awarded.
Xuan Zhao himself mentioned to Su Wu that his talisman's promotion was all because he was senior enough and lived long enough.
It can be seen from this that
This 'talisman promotion after the fifth level' is more than just realizing it on your own and opening up a new path on your own.
Even that ‘Mr. Tian Centi’ should have a talisman level higher than the fourth level.
But the strength he exerted - this person does not have much real strength, he is something that can be dismissed by Xuan Zhao Lao Dao - even so, this Mr. Tian Centi is still a talisman of level 4 or above.
Could it be that his talisman was obtained by his own understanding and opening up a new path?
I'm afraid not so!
“As long as you are practicing, everyone has their own thoughts and purposes.
How is it possible for someone to practice without any purpose? "Master Chilong sneered. Seeing Su Wu looking at him with doubtful eyes, he cleared his throat and continued, "A disciple like you must follow the path of 'blazing your own path forward'. You don't need to think about anything else.
There is indeed a "shortcut to the south" when a Taoist sect is promoted to a talisman.
Nine of the ten high-level Taoist priests nowadays must have ascended the talisman through the Zhongnan shortcut, gradually developed their power skills step by step, and gradually climbed up.
However, the accumulated cultivation of such a talisman is far from being comparable to that of a Taoist priest who understands the rhythm of the temple system on his own, participates in the secrets of Yun Ji, and then is promoted to a talisman!
Do you want to take this shortcut to Zhongnan? "
Chilong Zhenren looked into Su Wu's eyes and said,
Su Wu shook his head: "According to what you said, this Zhongnan shortcut is basically cutting off the future and cutting off the road ahead. Naturally, I can't take such a road.
However, starting from the fifth level, the practice of talisman has become "impossible to repair".
There is no longer any guidance and support from the fundamental scriptures,
Disciples are inevitably confused about this and feel quite unable to start.
Could you please give me some advice from Master? "
Su Wu, who had just taught the Dharma sternly to Master Chilong, as if he were a master, now lowered his posture, called himself a disciple, and asked Master Chilong to teach him. Master Chilong suddenly felt a little satisfied in his heart, nodded and said: " You are my apprentice, how could I not care about you?
Giving you some pointers is what a master should do.
In fact, this practice starting from the fifth-level talisman is achieved through continuous interaction with the 'ancestral master', gradually approaching the 'divine genealogy temple system', sensing the existence of a certain 'divine genealogy temple system', and then relying on the interaction with the ancestor. Sort out the body of your own talismans with fragmentary charms and Taoist patterns. From every talisman - every spell, you can understand the existence of 'Dharma' and the existence of 'Tao'.
Piece together the appearance of ‘Tao’ in your own nature.
Connect the ‘Tao’ that you pieced together to the divine genealogy temple system, and finally get the ‘dao charm’ from the divine genealogy temple system! "
Chilong Zhenren continued: "Not to mention how to digest the 'Charm of the Dao' after picking up the charm of the Dao. I will only say that this process of approaching the divine genealogy and temple system and constantly interacting with the ancestors will also lead to the collection of various patterns and charms of the Dao." in you,
The corresponding talismans of the fourth, third and second levels are condensed for you!
Someone said before - you have direct contact with the 'Zhenwu Patriarch'. As long as you continue to practice, you will definitely be awarded a first-level talisman in the future, because the 'Zhenwu Patriarch' is a god who grew up in a certain divine genealogy temple!
You just need to grab it as an anchor,
Keep approaching it, and you will keep getting closer to the divine genealogy temple where the Zhenwu Patriarch is located!
There is no need to constantly communicate with the ancestors around you, check your own path, repeatedly correct mistakes, stumble and even waste your life like other Taoists, and you can never really get close to a certain genealogy temple system!
This is equivalent to others walking forward with their eyes blindfolded,
and you not only have your eyes open,
but even the map is in your hands! "
Su Wu suddenly understood after hearing this.
"But you must also understand one thing - at present, you are using the 'Zhenwu Talisman' as the main talisman, and in the future you can attract the ancestors related to the Zhenwu Talisman to send down the Dao pattern rhyme to sort out your own talisman body.
But from now on, you must never invite the original Leizu or other ancestors related to other gods to send down the Dao pattern rhyme or fragmentary divine rhyme to sort out the talisman body.
Even if you attract fragmentary divine rhyme and Dao pattern rhyme, you can only use them to refine the various talismans connected to them.
For example, if you draw the Dao pattern rhyme of the original Thunder Ancestor Beiyin Holy Mother, you can use it to temper and cleanse your own thunder magic talismans,
but you must not draw it to sort out your own talisman body.
——Because the pantheon temple systems where different gods are located may all go in opposite directions, and drawing the Dao pattern rhyme from two different temple systems to sort out the talisman body is likely to conflict with each other, which is not conducive to talisman practice.
Unless you really understand the master-slave relationship between different pantheon temple systems, and can trace the pantheon temple systems where two different gods are located, they are inherited from the same lineage, in this case, drawing the Dao pattern rhyme from two different temple systems to sort out the talisman body will not have any benefit, and the benefit may even be beyond imagination.
But this situation is extremely rare.
The pantheon temple systems summarized by the Taoist sect are also mostly messy and disorderly.
Most Taoists do not have this kind of "trouble" of "being able to draw two or more gods to descend the Dao pattern rhyme".
This is specifically to remind you. "The True Man Chilong gave Su Wu another instruction.
"I'll remember that." Su Wu nodded and agreed.
...
More than ten strong horses pulled the cart slowly.
'Ding Ling' sat on the cart in the front, guiding the way for Taoist Yuan Qing.
If the group took a boat to the Tianwei Taoist Temple, starting from Wutong Ferry, they could reach 'Yunzhou' where the Tianwei Taoist Temple was located in less than half a day, while if they took the land route, it would take a day.
The Taoists of Beilu Mountain set out before dawn,
and lingered on the road for half an hour at noon and had lunch.
Now it was dusk, and when the sun was setting,
they finally approached the 'Tianwei Taoist Temple' in 'Fengshan', Yunzhou. The Taoist temple on the mountain.
Fengshan is also famous in Yunzhou.
However, if the people in the neighboring prefectures and counties do not often come to Yunzhou, they don’t know that there is such a mountain. They only know that the "Tianwei Taoist Temple" is located in Yunzhou.
This mountain is only a hundred feet high, but the mountain is quite steep. When the Tianwei Taoist Temple had not yet built a Taoist temple here, there were few people around Fengshan. Only a few wild Taoists lived on the mountain, crossing mountains and ridges, carrying water and firewood, which was very hard.
The founder of the Tianwei Taoist Temple led his disciples to travel here. At the invitation of several wild Taoists, he first stayed here for a few months, and then decided to stay here. The idea of building a Taoist temple here.
Then he raised the banner of "Lvshan Dharma Lineage Tianwei Taoist Temple" and set up a flag here.
Once the news of setting up the flag spread,
various forces such as local religion, witch religion, Buddhism, etc., under the banner of "attacking evil worship" and "destroying heterodoxies", besieged the founder of Tianwei Taoist Temple and his disciples.
The founder of Tianwei Taoist Temple naturally won all the battles and became the final winner of this battle. He just set up a Taoist temple on Fengshan Mountain and forced the heterodox figures who were defeated by him to open mountains and dig roads, burn mountains and destroy forests. After half a year, I don't know how many of those heterodox figures died of exhaustion. , finally opened up a stairway from the bottom of the mountain to the Tianwei Temple on the top of the mountain!
The stone steps that stretched to the top of the mountain were later repaired and widened several times, and finally became the size they are today.
On both sides of the stone steps, which were wide enough for people and animals to walk side by side, flags fluttered in the wind.
The disciples of Tianwei Daoist Temple stood in front of a memorial archway at the turning point of the mountain steps, looking down at the more than ten carriages gathered below. True Man Chilong leaned against the side of the cart, looked up at the more than ten disciples of Tianwei Daoist Temple gathered under the memorial archway, waved his hand to call a red-headed master who was doing odd jobs for him, and said: "You go!
Go and inform the person in charge of the Daoist Temple,
and say that True Man Chilong of Beilu Mountain is here to visit the mountain gate! "
The red-headed master suffered a lot in Beilu Mountain. Although he was not hungry every day - Beilu Mountain never deducted his food, working all day like this was not as good as being honored in Tianwei Daoist Temple and being praised everywhere.
When he heard what Red Dragon True Man said, he actually asked him to go back to the Daoist Temple -
The red-headed master was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "I will definitely convey your words, I will definitely convey your words!"
The talismans and bodies around were also demolished. Seeing this, several red-headed masters who were doing hard labor under the Beilu Mountain cast envious glances at the man.
Don't they want to escape from the sea of suffering?
Red Dragon True Man naturally noticed the gazes of these people, but didn't care and grinned.
Su Wu, who was sitting next to him, said at this time: "You are all masters in the Daoist Temple, so go!
Go to Tianwei Daoist Temple together to upload the message! "
Red Dragon Master turned his head and looked at Su Wu in surprise, but he did not stop Su Wu from making such a decision.
The red-headed masters were overjoyed when they heard this. They thanked Red Dragon Master and Su Wu and his disciples noisily, and then they swarmed up the mountain steps and ran towards the disciples of Tianwei Daotan who were guarding under the archway!
At the foot of the mountain,
Only Ding Ling remained in the convoy and did not leave.