The Daily Salvation of the Protagonist of the Buddhist System

The morning bells and evening drums are floating and quiet, and the mountains do not know how long the years are.

After half a year, Su Yun, who returned to Baiyun Temple again, returned to a pure life of cultivation.

Different from the previous simple homework, Su Yun needs to learn more things.

At the fifth watch, when the sky and the earth were still dark, Su Yun would get up and go to Wudaoping on the top of the mountain to meditate with a lantern.

In the twilight of the morning light, absorb the trace of the purple energy of the early sun when the sun rises.

At this time, the red sun is about to rise, and there is a clear glow between the sky and the earth.

The mountains are shrouded in misty clouds, like mirages spewing beads, and like a fairyland outside the sky.

Holding a whisk in his hand, Dan Huazi taught his disciples in this sea of ​​clouds, mountains and mist:

"Qingyun, we practitioners are people who make good use of nature.

Between the heaven and the earth, the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and even every plant and tree have their own characteristics and auras.

What practitioners do is to understand the essence of them and make use of them. "

Su Yun nodded ignorantly, and asked again: "How does that disciple know their essence?"

Dan Huazi smiled slightly, "Good question.

If it is an ordinary practitioner, the teacher will let him read ancient books, and memorize the characteristics of various essences summarized by the predecessors from the ancient books.

But Qingyun, you don't need it, your eyes are already open, and the teacher will teach you the art of "observing qi". "

Looking at Su Yun's more puzzled eyes, Dan Huazi explained: "Everything in the world has its own spiritual field, and ordinary people only have a pair of naked eyes, and these things cannot be seen.

But you who have opened the eyes of the sky can see the invisible spiritual field in the eyes of these ordinary people. "

Dan Huazi reminded: "Qingyun, think about it carefully, is there anything special about the ghosts and ghosts you saw?"

Su Yun thought about it carefully, and said: "Yes. If you look closely at the ghost's body, sometimes you will find a layer of gray halo, and occasionally you will see a faint blue light on the monster's body.

By the way, people also have it. When my mother and I went to worship Buddha in Lingyu Temple last time, we saw a faint yellow light on the body of a great monk. "

After finishing speaking, he added embarrassingly: "But sometimes it doesn't work, and you can only see it occasionally."

Dan Huazi smiled and patted the little disciple's head, and comforted him, "It's because your celestial eyes are not stable enough.

Being able to see is not necessarily a good thing. Every time you open your eyes, it will consume your energy, and it may even affect your lifespan over time.

However, after the cultivation level is advanced, this little influence will not be worth mentioning. In the future, as a teacher, I will gradually teach you how to control it. "

Dan Huazi continued: "Having the eyes of the sky is the first step to observe qi. Next, the teacher will slowly tell you what the shapes and colors of qi represent."

Pointing to a mountain in the distance, he said: "Not only living beings have energy, but everything has energy.

Qingyun, you calm down, feel the air flow in your body rushing to the Qingming point, and see what kind of energy is on that mountain. "

Following Master's instructions, Su Yun looked, and he saw something that looked like smoke but not smoke, cloud and not cloud, pale turquoise, and shaped like a lotus flower on the top of the mountain.

After telling Master, he asked curiously, "What does this mean?"

Dan Huazi stroked his beautiful beard in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "That's precious energy. There is a cold pool in the middle of that mountain, and there is a century-old ice lotus in the depth of the cold pool.

The treasures of heaven and earth are about to come out, and there must be a vision. Within three days, this ice lotus will bloom. "

In the following time, Dan Huazi took Su Yun to search in the surrounding mountains, allowing him to experience this technique of observing Qi for himself.

Between one teaching and one learning, the progress is rapid.

"Practitioners, this body is the most important magic weapon.

If you want to master Tianyan well, Qingyun, you also need to exercise your body well. "

Because of this sentence, Su Yun has one more homework every morning, which is to climb the stone steps.

From the foot of the mountain to the Baiyun Temple on the top of the mountain, there are [-] stone steps in total.

Su Yun started down the mountain after breakfast every day, and went up the mountain again after eating dry food at the foot of the mountain.

It started at a very slow pace, and it took four hours to go back and forth, from the first rising of the red sun to the west slanting of the sun.

Every time I go back to the Taoist temple, there is pain in every part of my body, and I can't lift a finger because I'm so tired.

But Su Yun gritted his teeth and persisted.

Cooperating with some breathing and light body skills taught by the master, the speed also slowly increased.

From four hours to three hours, from three hours to two hours, three months later, Su Yun was finally able to complete it in one hour.

The current Su Yun is not only taller, but also more energetic.

With a tall and straight figure and clear eyes, he is no longer the sick and weak look when he first went up the mountain.

Su Yun wears a bun on his head, wears a dark blue cotton robe, puts leggings on his legs, and carries a basket on his back and Dan Huazi, who is also dressed in the same dress, is picking medicine on the mountain.

Holding a jade shovel, Dan Huazi dug out a piece of sealwort and put it in the basket behind him.

"Everyone in the world knows that Taoism is good at alchemy and health preservation.

And proficiency in pharmacology is the basis of these. "

Su Yun also imitated Dan Huazi's example, carefully dug out a piece of sealwort next to it, and asked, "But, master, I heard that the Taoist alchemy does not use lead, mercury, gold and silver or the like?"

Dan Huazi laughed, "That's just a rumor spread by the world, how can poisonous things like lead, mercury, gold and silver be used to make alchemy.

In fact, there are two kinds of alchemy techniques.

One is the technique of inner alchemy, which uses the body as the furnace and the qi of five grains as the raw material.

Harmonize the heart fire and kidney water, use breathing as a guide, and move and transform Zhoutian in the body in the dantian.

Refining essence to transform Qi, refining Qi to transform spirit, refining spirit to return emptiness. "

Su Yun nodded, "Is it my daily meditation and breathing?"

Dan Huazi nodded, "That's right, the meditation I taught you as a teacher is a kind of inner alchemy.

In many Taoist classics, the predecessors used many metaphors to describe the technique of inner alchemy, such as comparing air to lead and mercury, and comparing breath to dragon and tiger.

However, many people confuse these concepts with Waidanshu, which leads to many misunderstandings. "

"Wai alchemy is the art of alchemy that is generally understood by the world."

Dan Huazi lamented: "It's a pity that these misunderstandings have been taken by some half-baked people and liars, which has harmed many people and damaged the reputation of Taoism."

Su Yun nodded, and said seriously: "Master, don't worry, if disciples encounter these things in the future, they will definitely rectify the name of my Taoism."

Dan Huazi laughed, "Okay, I'm waiting for this day as a teacher."

The more he studied with Dan Huazi, the more Su Yun felt that Master is really a very versatile person.

Medicine, astrology, divination, swordsmanship, alchemy, spells, almost everything.

He is erudite and talented, not only familiar with the classics of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, but also piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

I really answered that sentence: Taoist priests in ancient times were good at everything except having children.

Under the teachings of Dan Huazi, Su Yun grew up slowly in the days that were very hard but also very fulfilling.