Chapter Twenty-Four: Ascension

Because Yan Feiqing and Song Fuchen had not yet arrived, Li Xuandu and the others had to stay at the Taiping Inn for a few days. Fortunately, this is an inn, and the most important thing is to live in a place.

At night, everyone rested, or fell asleep, or meditated, only Li Xuan found Shen Wuwu alone, Shen Wuwu was still behind the counter and counted the accounts that seemed to never be finished, but after knowing Shen Wuwu's true identity, Li Xuandu didn't think that Mr. Shen Da was settling accounts, maybe it was related to the changes in the dragon veins of Shaozu Mountain and Old Ancestor Mountain, but Li Xuandu didn't know much about these ways of looking for dragons and looking for energy, and he couldn't even say that he didn't know anything, and he couldn't see the depths.

Seeing Li Xuandu coming, Shen Wuwu put down the account book and brush in his hand and asked, "Is there something wrong with Mr. Li?"

"I don't dare to call Mr. Shen Da the word 'sir'. Li Xuandu said: "But there is indeed something." ”

Shen Wuwu smiled: "I don't call you Mr. Li, what do you call it?"

Li Xuandu said: "The family teacher named me Xuandu, the name Zifu, if Mr. Shen doesn't like it, just call me Zifu." ”

"That's good. Shen Wuwu smiled: "I call you Zifu, and you don't call me Mr. Shen." ”

Li Xuandu shook his head and said: "Mr. Shen is older than me, and he is the head of a sect, so he should be honored, if Mr. Shen really doesn't like it, then I will remove the word 'big' and call you Mr. Shen." ”

Shen Wuwu didn't force it too much, so he recognized the title: "Fang Cai Zifu said that there was something, but I don't know what?"

Li Xuandu got straight to the point and said: "On the way to Luzhou, I encountered the people of the Yin Yang Sect pretending to be the Taiping Inn, among which there was a young man, who was refined into a furnace by the masters of the Yin Yang Sect with the 'Purple Mansion Danxin Demon Cultivation Method', which not only plotted against me, but also allowed Changsheng to plant a 'ghost curse', although Fairy Su temporarily sealed the three major dantians of immortality with the 'lotus mantra' of Cihang Sect, and suppressed the onset of the 'ghost curse', and I taught the immortal 'pure yang purple qi', although it can temporarily delay the deterioration of the 'ghost curse', but after all, it is a symptom but not a cure. ”

The meaning of Li Xuandu's words was already very clear, that is, to inform Shen Wuwu of this matter, hoping that he could come up with some way.

Shen Wuwu was not surprised by this: "I already know about this matter, and it is considered that he should have this catastrophe in his fate." ”

Li Xuandu was still a little unwilling, so he could only ask, "Then how to resolve it?"

Shen Changsheng sighed lightly: "I think Miss Su has already made it clear, there are two ways, use pills, and rely on yourself." The elixir that can dissolve the 'ghost curse' is only available to the Wanshou Zhenren of the Miaozhen Sect, and it must be divided into many times according to the degree of the curse, and the medicine must be administered by the Wanshou Zhenren himself. On his own, Zifu and Fairy Su have done their best, 'Pure Yang Purple Qi' is the right path, and the rest can only rely on himself. ”

Li Xuandu was stunned and did not speak.

Shen Wuwu continued: "There is no way to be endless, the method has been given to him, if he wants to live, he will definitely survive." ”

Li Xuandu sighed lightly and turned to leave.

When he came to the second floor, Li Xuandu found a ladder on the roof in the corner, which was usually closed, but today it was opened, and Li Xuandu jumped up along this opening and saw Shen Changsheng sitting on the roof.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and Shen Changsheng stared blankly at the bright moon above his head, stunned.

Li Xuandu deliberately did not hide the sound of footsteps, and Shen Changsheng, who was shocked, turned his head: "Mr. Li." ”

Li Xuandu smiled and asked, "Changsheng, why are you here alone to watch the moon?"

When Shen Changsheng faced Li Xuandu, he was always a little indescribably cramped: "I can't sleep, so I'll come and see the moon." ”

Li Xuandu smiled and asked, "Something on your mind?"

Shen Changsheng let out a soft "ah" and did not answer directly, but asked: "Mr. Li, there are many stories in the rivers and lakes that if a person's mood is damaged, he will not be able to set foot in any realm for the rest of his life, and there are still people who will fall into the realm, is there such a saying?"

Li Xuandu sat next to Shen Changsheng: "There may or may not be, but I have never encountered it." ”

Shen Changsheng looked at Li Xuandu curiously, waiting for the following.

Li Xuandu said: "In my opinion, the so-called state of mind is damaged, whether it is hatred or emotional injury, to put it bluntly, it is that you can't see it in something, let alone let it go, which leads to a big change in your temperament or depression. I'm a martial artist, so take martial arts training as an example, it's a long process, long enough to run through your whole life, from the first day of your enlightenment to the last day of your death. The so-called breakthrough, regardless of the difference in personal qualifications, in the final analysis, is still accumulated over time. The ups and downs of the mind will indeed affect many things, such as when fighting with people, they will confuse their minds with words and make them lose ground, but this is only a matter of a short period of time, but practicing martial arts is a long process, you can't always be immersed in this kind of uncertainty for decades, if you can't break a certain realm because of a lack of mood, it can only mean one thing, you are depressed and don't practice martial arts directly. Practicing martial arts is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, since you don't practice martial arts, it is reasonable to fall into the realm. ”

Shen Changsheng asked, "Don't you knock on your heart when practicing martial arts?"

Li Xuandu laughed and said: "What is the meaning of knocking on the heart? Practicing martial arts is cultivating strength, and cultivating strength and cultivating the mind are two different things. Some scholars have no power to bind chickens, but they can cultivate their minds and nourish their spirits, although tens of millions of people have gone to me. Some martial artists, although they are capable of pulling mountains and rivers, are greedy for life and afraid of death, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. It has never been said that the higher the realm cultivation, the higher the state of mind. People's energy is limited, and if they cultivate their minds, they will neglect their cultivation, and they will have no time to cultivate their minds, and it is very difficult to see that the state of mind is not at the real moment of life and death. ”

"But the book says that when you ascend, there will be demons attacking, and there will be all kinds of temptations, and if you are not in a good mood, you must indulge in them. Shen Changsheng said matter-of-factly: "Mr. Li, if you don't cultivate your strength, aren't you afraid?"

Li Xuandu smiled and said: "Don't say whether I can ascend, just talk about ascending." Because of Qi refining, I have read many Taoist classics, but I have never seen any classics that record that there will be a demon attack on the matter of ascension. ”

Shen Changsheng's eyes widened: "What about the Thunder Tribulation?"

Li Xuandu shook his head: "I have never heard of the thunder tribulation." Ascension is the appearance of great luck, and the vision of heaven will lead to thunder tribulation? Only those earth immortals who are stranded in the world, or the likes of beasts and monsters, will lead to calamity. ”

Shen Changsheng sighed: "In this way, the books are all lies. But why can't the ascended stay on earth?"

Li Xuandu said: "Because it violates the way of heaven, what is the way of heaven? It is the rule set by God, God says that there is a difference between immortals and mortals, and regardless of the right or wrong of this rule, if you break the rules, you will be punished." The so-called Jindan Avenue, after Dancheng, ghosts and gods are intolerable. Although you live in Yan Yishou, but a hundred years later, a thunderstorm will hit you, and you must see your heart and avoid it in advance. If you can dodge, you will live with Tianqi, but if you can't dodge, you will die. A hundred years later, a fire will fall from heaven and burn you. This fire is not a heavenly fire, nor is it a mortal fire, it is called 'yin fire'. Burning from the spring cave itself, straight through the mud walled palace, the five organs are turned into ashes, the limbs are decayed, and the hundred years of ascetic cultivation are all illusory. In another hundred years, another wind will blow you. This wind is not the southeast and northwest wind, not the wind of Xun Jinshuo, nor the wind of flowers, willows, pines and bamboos, it is called 'the wind'. Blowing into the six intestines from the fontanelle, passing through the dantian, wearing the nine orifices, the flesh and bones are sparse, and the body is self-dissolving. These three calamities are difficult for immortals to bear, so immortals in the world must soar. ”

Shen Changsheng sighed lightly: "Even immortals will die, Mr. Li, will I die?"

Li Xuandu smiled lightly: "Everyone in this world will die, it's just sooner or later." As for how long you will live, it depends on both Providence and yourself. As far as you are concerned, as long as you want to live, you will definitely be able to live. ”

There was light in Shen Changsheng's eyes: "What Mr. Li means is that as long as I cultivate the 'Pure Yang Purple Qi' well, I will be able to dissolve the 'Ghost Curse'. ”

In all fairness, Li Xuandu didn't have confidence in his heart, but looking at Shen Changsheng's hopeful eyes, he couldn't bear to say it directly, so he could only nod and say, "This is natural." ”

Shen Changchang breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought I was going to die." ”

Just as the two were talking, a Taoist floated into the compound of the Taiping Inn, with a lotus crown and a feather coat, his feet on the clouds, a brocade bag hanging from his waist, and a wooden sword behind him.