Chapter 931 Taoist Feng Qing
"No, Xuxin is extremely intelligent, and he will definitely inherit the master's mantle in the future! Carry forward the master's teachings!" He was being modest, but Wu Yi would not really believe it.
"This bastard, it's good enough for him to maintain the mountain gate, how dare he beg for it!" Taoist Feng Qing shook his head, but if he listened carefully, it was not difficult to hear the secret joy in his voice.
The mountain gate was too small, and Taoist Feng Qing had a hard time finding such an intelligent disciple as Xuxin, which was really a rare opportunity.
Wu Yi secretly looked at Taoist Feng Qing, the master of Qingfeng Temple, and confirmed that he was indeed just an ordinary Taoist, but some habits and words in his speech and behavior at least showed that he had received some superficial inheritance.
It is difficult to achieve anything in the method of practicing Qi without the guidance of predecessors, not to mention that this place is under the rule of the Human Emperor, and it is even more difficult to achieve anything if you abandon the extraordinary, but it does not mean that Taoist Feng Qing has no achievements in other aspects.
Among the five major schools of Taoism, Danding School is undoubtedly the first, that is, the school of refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, and refining spirit into emptiness. Wu Yi practices this school.
In addition to Danding School, there are four major schools of Jishan Classics, Divination and Verification Talismans. Apart from these four major schools, there are countless small schools. Not all Taoists practice Qi refining and foundation building, and take the path of Jindan Yuanying.
However, after Danding Taoists have a foundation, no matter which school they want to practice, there is almost no obstacle. Over time, it basically becomes a general term for Taoists.
Taoist Feng Qing was limited by the external environment and did not join Danding Dao. Instead, he joined the Zhanyan School, which is a Taoist school that mainly teaches divination and numerology.
The Zhanyan School cultivators take elixirs internally and cultivate merits externally. They are best at borrowing luck. Once they get the response of gods and people and see the loopholes of the way of heaven, they will cleverly establish the fruit of Taoism and become immortals. Therefore, the Zhanyan School cultivators are closest to secular people.
Most of the monks of the Zhanyan School are smart people, and they are best at fortune-telling, Qimen Dunjia, and setting up formations.
Even in such a harsh training environment, Taoist Feng Qing still has the level of Tongxuan, which is a miracle. Tongxuan is a saying within the Zhanyan School, which means to comprehend the great way, which is equivalent to the Jindan monk of the Danding School.
Are you curious, why does Taoist Feng Qing live in the mountains and fields in the upper world with such a level of cultivation, and can't even find a disciple? Those who say that they are willing to be poor and are determined to cultivate immortals are all fools.
You must know that in the vast world, a Jindan Zhenren is enough to become a king and ancestor in the human kingdom. After having a certain strength, people from all directions will flock to him and rely on him.
The answer is actually very simple. In the western land of the upper world, the momentum of humanity is like a rainbow. The lord of the empire has a lot of human luck and national luck, which is close to half a step of Daluo. He is one of the few people at the top of the upper world.
The powerful officials of the four directions are also at the level of Taiyi. The weak ones, no matter how bad the national fortune is, will not be inferior to the Taichu Immortal.
Comparing the human way with the immortal way, there is actually not much comparability. Instead, the human way and the divine way are more similar. They are both stacked up like a pyramid from top to bottom.
The star king is the same as Taichu; the heavenly king is the same as Taiyi. The emperor of the human way is a person at the peak of the heavenly king level, controlling the Xuanji of this empire.
From the provincial and county officials to the governors of a prefecture, the strong ones are like star kings, and the weak ones are like upper gods. The county magistrates under the prefecture are basically like middle gods.
In the county government offices of Beijun, Yangmin Prefecture, and Chenliu County where Taoist Feng Qing is located, there are no less than ten people who are no less than Taoist Feng Qing. They are all officials with the fortune of the dynasty.
The human way is the strongest and the oppression of the divine way and the immortal way is obvious.
In fact, no matter which of the three paths of immortals, gods and humans is dominant, the oppression of the other two is very serious. For example, the immortal path is dominant in the vast world, the human path is subservient, and the gods are willing to be subordinates. It is the same reason.
Taoist Feng Qing obviously has a strong cultivation, but he can't confront those officials of the county government. Even if the inferior yamen runners come to provoke him, Taoist Feng Qing often suffers. A water and fire stick and a killing stick will make you surrender immediately.
This is the living state of Taoists under the human dynasty. However, it is also because Taoist Feng Qing practices the divination school and is not proficient in fighting magic and demons, otherwise he would not be so angry.
In this way, the problem returns to the starting point. Under the rule of the human dynasty, the spirit is suppressed, there is no pure spirit, and the world is full of dirty and mixed air.
It is extremely difficult for cultivators to find a place with abundant spirits, and the Dan Ding Dao consumes the most resources. As a last resort, many Taoists can only choose other ways to practice.
Wu Yi talked with Taoist Feng Qing for about half an hour, and most of what they talked about were interesting anecdotes in the county recently. However, through these anecdotes, the reasons behind them can be discovered.
Taoist Feng Qing cultivated the correspondence between gods and humans, looked into the loopholes of the way of heaven, and cleverly established the fruit of Taoism. He was most sensitive to the changes in the qi of the earth veins. The phenomena that were difficult to understand in the eyes of the people were explained by him without any stagnation and flowed smoothly.
Sometimes "strange things" happened in the county, and Taoist Feng Qing was asked to come forward to solve them. This can also be said to be one of the few glorious times for Taoist Feng Qing. On weekdays, the Taoist temple is extremely deserted.
Wu Yi's original body that now occupies this body is Chen Yan. He used to like to listen to these things. After listening, he put pen to paper and wrote them down to pass on to future generations.
Chen Yan's grandfather and father were not of high birth, and he himself did not have much talent for reading. Except that his handwriting was beautiful enough to be used as official documents, there was nothing else to talk about. Even the handwriting was like this, and it was inherited from the family.
He failed in several imperial examinations. Although he was young, he had no one to support him. His ambition for fame and fortune gradually faded. He thought about opening a bookstore and selling books. He copied anecdotes because there were many buyers for such books.
Since Wu Yi was entrusted by the sect to come to the Human Dao Dynasty to disrupt its national politics, it was naturally impossible for him to continue this dream. In any case, he needed to be qualified to influence state affairs.
Therefore, when Taoist Feng Qing said that the county lord invited him to go down the mountain to hold a ritual to exorcise evil spirits, Wu Yi proposed to go down the mountain with Taoist Feng Qing to help.
When Taoist Feng Qing heard Wu Yi's request, he directly refused and said: "Mr. Chen is a good man. Fame and fortune are his career. Don't learn from me!"
Taoist Feng Qing thought Wu Yi wanted to be a Taoist priest, but it was no wonder that he thought so. After all, in society, who else but Taoist priests would do exorcism.
In a humane dynasty, there is a natural tendency to envy fame and honor. As the saying goes, "study hard and you will be promoted to an official position." Once you have fame and honor, you can enter the court, which is much better than practicing sacrifice and exorcism.
Moreover, the dynasty has many restrictions. It is agreed that the number of Taoist priests cannot exceed a certain number. If you want to recruit a disciple, you need to go through a lot of documents.
Wu Yi replied: "As long as it can protect the country and the people, what method is not feasible?"