I am immortal

When Qi Wuzhuo turned around and left, the sea of ​​flowers behind him gradually closed, like a door closing. When the sea of ​​flowers gradually closed, the place behind him that looked like an earthly immortal practicing cultivation disappeared in Qi Wuzhuo's senses. Qi Wuhuo walked up to the old man and handed him the jade slip. The old man did not show any sadness or disappointment, but remained gentle and peaceful.

Let the disciples choose their own path.

Such grand gentle compassion is too vast and vast, and to others it would seem almost heartless.

The palm of his hand brushed over the jade slip, and the words Yu Miao on the jade slip disappeared. However, the old man did not break the jade slip again, but handed it to Qi Wuhuo. This time, his choice was different from that of the previous Yu Yang. The senior brother was different and said gently: "Five hundred years later, you come to see her again and ask the same question again."

"Let's see how she responds."

Qi Wuhuo thought thoughtfully, as long as he is pursuing the path, can he wait?

The old man turned around and left with Qi Wuzhuo, and slowly walked away. This time, he did not ask Qi Wuzhuo how he felt. The old man and the young man walked slowly on the road outside Yumiao's hermitage. Side flowers bloomed with a fragrant fragrance. Those flowers had grown as high as the boy's waist. When walking along the road, butterflies danced and landed on the boy's shoulders.

After being silent for a while, the young man asked: "Teacher, is this what a Taoist monk is like?"

The old man shook his head and said with a gentle smile: "Of course not."

"There are many kinds of sects and methods of our Taoist sect, and the dharma lineage is also spread. Gradually, many opinions are spread. But just like the misunderstanding of the spirit, energy, and spirit, there are also misunderstandings about the dharma couple, wealth, and land. One is particularly profound. Taoist couple does not mean a couple in the mortal world. If a couple is a Taoist couple, why bother to coin a word for it?"

"Originally it's because of the impermanence of destiny."

"Taoist monks also have to face all kinds of disasters, disasters, life and death."

"Supporting each other in illness, understanding each other in life and death, this is the Taoist couple."

The old man joked: "In other words, we are helping each other while building the road."

"The original meaning is that we walk together on this road. If you die and I bury you, keep moving forward. If I die, don't be sad. There are green hills everywhere. Where is the way back? Bury me and keep moving forward. To find the way, the so-called Taoist companions are nothing more than that."

This sentence was a bit joking at first, but later on, Qi Wuzhuo felt a great sense of vastness. In just a few words, it far exceeded the compassion of a senior sister for one person. , the young man paused slightly, looking at the teacher's back, and suddenly felt that this back was only one step away, but it was so far away.

The old man stopped and looked back at him.

He said gently: "What's wrong with Wuhu?"

Qi Wuhuo shook his head: "It's nothing."

He thought for a while and asked: "Senior sister and senior brother should also know that they cannot be obsessed with fame, and there is also the meaning of Taoist companions, right?"

The old man replied: "Yes, but [Know], [Practice the Way], [The Way]."

"But they are three different realms."

"Knowing may not necessarily be possible, and execution may not necessarily lead to it. The road is not achieved by making a wish. There are many hardships, hardships, and various tortures along the way. It is precisely because Taoists practice alone that it is easier to walk. It’s only needed to enter the darkroom.”

"So when it comes to Taoist couples, you have to choose someone first, and then form a Taoist couple."

"Don't be in love, love is bound to your heart; don't be ignorant, otherwise love will be separated."

"Taoist companions have three qualities: clear mind, wisdom, and ambition."

"There are also three discords: ignorance, lack of wisdom, and lack of ambition."

The old man stretched out his hand to stroke Qi Wuzhuo's hair, and suddenly joked: "Why, Wuzhuo also wants to find a Taoist companion?"

"Do you want the teacher to introduce you to the Cui family's banished immortal?"

"The banished immortal is indeed a man with a Taoist heart as strong as iron."

"In the future, without relying on the Emperor of Heaven's talisman, the three flowers can gather at the top and lift the clouds to soar."

Qi Wuhuo never expected that the fire could burn him. The expression on his face was slightly stagnant and slightly red, and he said seriously: "Teacher, stop joking."

Then the old man laughed loudly.

It seems that teasing this young apprentice with a pure heart will make him feel happy.

He stroked his beard and said with emotion: "Taoist couples are also the basis of spiritual practice. They are not for love, but for the sake of the great road, to reflect each other and support each other."

"Is love wrong? No, who doesn't have feelings of attachment?"

"It's just that he's not one of my kind."

"As I told you, I am looking for Taoist friends."

"They have their own choices, and they are all right, but our way is also right."

"They go their own way, and we also go our way. There is no right or wrong, no superiority or inferiority. It is just a choice. When we are destined to be together for a while, when we are not destined to leave each other, there is no need to be attached to each other or to care about each other. ,"

"Dependence arises and origin perishes."

"that is it."

"Your senior sister has taken another path, so you can wait for her for now."

He led the young man forward, and Qi Wuhuo gradually gained some insights, but those insights were still a bit vague. They were not clear enough or specific enough. He felt that many ideas and truths were colliding in his mind, just when he was thinking. , its own charm has gradually settled down, like a stubborn stone with a jade hidden inside, which is being struck by the world and is in a state of unexplored development.

The old man said with a gentle voice: "Let's go and see the next one..."

So the young Taoist understood that this path of questioning one's true heart has not yet ended.

He said yes, followed the old man, and moved forward step by step.

This is such a long road, and its length depends on the experience and life of each Taoist disciple.

After that, there were several senior brothers and sisters, and Qi Wuhuo all went to witness them one by one.

They all have their own obsessions. Each one of them is extremely talented and much stronger than the current Qi Wuzhuo. Some of them are attached to the mountains and rivers and have no desire to pursue the great road. Wuhuo personally took back their jade slips, and the old man would ask him every time, what did he get?

Ask each time, was their choice right or wrong?

Qi Wuhuo answered every time without any mistakes.

But every time, the young Taoist thought longer and longer.

When asked for the last time, the young Taoist suddenly felt something and replied:

"Disciple understands."

"Each of them has their own persistence and their own choices, but they are all correct. It is not wrong to leave a name for future generations. It is not wrong to place one's affection on the mountains and rivers. It is not wrong to have love and be willing to stay together for the rest of our lives. These are Things are just like choosing a road, it’s just your choice.”

"Who said that as vast as the Great Road, in the eyes of all living beings, it must exceed what they pursue?"

"If this is the case, the world will be boring."

The old man laughed and said, "The best."

He was quite happy and said: "Wu Huo has realized this by himself, and he has accepted this gift. If you are a stubborn stone, this walk will have no effect other than being vigilant. You and I should say goodbye here. But that’s not the case now. I can tell you a little bit about the heights of spiritual practice, which is quite fitting for the word Qi Xuan.”

The old man flicked his sleeves, then sat casually under two pine trees and on a bluestone, and asked with a gentle smile:

"Can I know if I am an immortal without any doubts?"

Qi Wuhuo nodded and replied: "If you travel to Mu Cangwu in Beihai, you can gain immortality, have supernatural powers, and countless wonderful methods that are indescribable."

The old man said: "Do you know the rank of immortals?"

This was knowledge that the young man did not know in the past, so he said: "Please teach me, teacher."

The old man stroked his beard and said: "Ordinary Qi practitioners have taken the wrong path. They exhale vitality and move their spirits. They only know how to cultivate their nature but not their life."

"The person who enters the lowest level is the corpse-resolving immortal."

"Although you have three to five hundred years of life, you can't have the right path and you can't be free."

"Although they are called immortals, they are actually ghosts."

"This is the fate of those who take the wrong path and are eager for quick success. Don't be afraid of it."

"As for ordinary cultivators, they exhale and refine Qi, cultivate their lives, and do not understand the Tao."

"I have obtained a method in the Tao, I have obtained a technique in the method, and I have faith and determination that will remain unwavering throughout my life. The energy of the five elements has been misunderstood and misunderstood, and the shape and quality are solid. Finally, I have reached the road of three flowers gathering at the top. Such a state, You can call it a human being."

Qi Wuhuo suddenly understood and said, "It's Senior Brother Yuyangzi..."

The old man nodded and said calmly: "People like him have accumulated external skills, but they are too persistent and are not even considered seekers. In the future, they will occasionally have good fortune. If they go to the earth, they will be the land of the mountain gods, and if they go to the underworld, they will be the land of ghosts." The city god may receive a talisman, ascend to the heavenly palace, and become an ordinary immortal. He travels hard and has no leisure all day long. He may receive a pill to extend his life."

"Although he is an immortal, he is just an ordinary person. There are many officials like this under the names of the great emperors and emperors in the heaven."

"In the sky, he is the official of heaven, on the earth, he is the official of earth, and in water, he is the official of water."

The old man added: "Those who are higher than human immortals have been able to break through these attachments but have difficulty letting go. They have understood the Tao but cannot escape. They are trapped in the eight difficulties of the Tao."

"He is a genius in heaven and earth, but he is obsessed with realizing it. He does not get rid of it after realizing it, but he finally succeeds."

"It can live forever and be called a land god."

Qi Wuhuo was touched in his heart and thought thoughtfully: "It's the current Senior Sister Yumiao."

The old man nodded and said casually: "Although there are many disciples in the Shangqing sect, 90% of them are just that talented."

"Not as good as your senior sister."

"And if she can find out one day and come out on her own, she will work hard from then on and practice to the point of transcendence."

“Go to the point where yin is exhausted and yang is pure, and it can be transformed into something external.”

"Three flowers can gather at the top of the head, and five qi can reach the vitality. In my mouth, this can be called a god."

"In Taoism, he can teach the heavens and the earth; in Buddhism, he can teach others to transform into freedom."

"Most of the twelve disciples under Yuqing's sect who have received the true message are just like this."

Under the two old pines, the old man with white hair and white beard spoke as calmly and gently as ever, but everything in the world was extremely quiet.

The silence was eerie.

I don't know when the wind started blowing, the entire sky was covered, and the sun and moon became drowsy.

But the wind did not flow here, and the water flow stopped changing.

All the surrounding land gods disappeared, as if everything was silent, and the gentle voice only entered Qi Wuhuo's ears.

"As for the talents of the gods of heaven and earth, who practice hard to break through tribulations, are not attached to things, but have great courage and dare to enter the three realms of tribulations."

"Either you preach to obtain the destiny of heaven and earth, or you go into calamity to break evil spirits and accumulate merits. When the three thousand merits are completed and the eight hundred steps are completed, you move forward step by step, serve in thirty-six caves, and return to the eighty-one sun. If he is a Celestial Immortal, if he is a disciple of Sanqing Sect, he will be called Daluo Celestial Immortal above Hunyuan Yiqi; if he is not a disciple of Sanqing Sect, he will be called Taiyi Celestial Immortal above Hunyuan Yiqi."

"The most outstanding disciples of the Shangqing sect and the Yuqing sect; the Buddha of the West; and many deities and emperors in heaven are all in this place."

Qi Wuhuo's heart was moved when he heard this.

The old man stroked his beard and said calmly:

"But it's nothing more than a lower multiplication method."

So it was even more like thunder.

PS:

The realm comes from "Zhong Lu Chuan Dao Ji", this is a classic.

If it is not Journey to the West, it will be biased toward Taoist mythology.