Chapter 1 Out of the Body
Humans are very ordinary components of life species, so they are also called "mortals". In ancient times, many countries and many religious myths and classics had descriptions that people transcend life and evolve to a higher form through practice.
Are those things about gods and ghosts fantasy or reality? Are the immortals and Buddhas mentioned by the ancients just beautiful wishes? As alien demons, does they exist?
Mortals cannot understand.
But among ordinary people, there are always people who want to prove and transcend!
Ling Xuan is such a mortal, full of yearning for demons, ghosts, gods, immortals and Buddhas, and those mythical and legendary forms of life. He is lonely and unrestrained, searching for various methods of practice from the Internet and books.
The prayer of the Holy Spirit in Christianity, the meditation and qi training in Taoism, the practice of Zen and meditation in Buddhism, the visualization of mantras in Tantric Buddhism, the meditation and insights of Kabala Buddhism, the projection of spiritual science... all kinds of practice methods are practiced and confirmed one by one.
"Ling Xuan, do you think there are really cultivators and gods and ghosts in this world?" A classmate came over at the school.
"If not, Journey to the West, the List of Gods, and the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, why did the ancients leave so many stories related to gods and monsters, and why did various nations leave so many myths? God Satan, the Three Pure Land Nuwa, the Queen Mother Jade Emperor, and the Buddha of Allah?" Ling Xuan smiled.
"If there were gods and ghosts, why can't we see them? Now that science is so advanced, I haven't caught a ghost to see it." A classmate curled his lips.
"Ling Xuan, you are talking all day long, practicing this and that, be careful not to get rid of your brain." A female classmate said with a smile.
The class monitor who was reading a book on the side also spoke: "Yes, Ling Xuan, you are so smart but never study hard. What kind of gods and devils are you? You are fascinated by ghosts, right? Be more down-to-earth and put your heart into your studies, and you won't be upset to the teacher."
"Don't worry about the messy things, you're going to take the exam. Now, please help me guess the scope of the exam." A very cute girl came over with her textbook and said in a coquettish way.
This is the school beauty, the beauty of the Iceberg. She is usually very cold to everyone and only smiles at Ling Xuan. Hearing this slightly coquettish voice, some male classmates around her, even the serious class monitor, felt jealousy in her heart.
"OK."
Ling Xuan nodded, opened the textbook and took out a pen, and drew it on it: "I think, I'm afraid I'll have to take these exams..."
Ling Xuan was undoubtedly the most popular person before the exam, because he could accurately guess the scope of the exam content every time. But others didn't know that this was not a guess, but a real and saw the test paper in advance.
That is a means obtained through practice!
"Okay, go back and take a look at these things carefully. There will probably be no problem with the exam."
"Thank you, if I really get the exam, I will treat you to dinner!" A hint of blush flashed across the cute school beauty's face, and she sighed secretly in her heart. Ling Xuan was so good that she was fascinated by myths and fantasy novels, and she studied strange things in Guli all day long.
Smart but not easy to learn, and don’t understand the charm... I would be better if it was more normal... Alas, how could there be gods, devils, etc. in this world!
“Let’s talk about it then.”
Ling Xuan smiled and put down his pen. What the teacher said once could not help but surged into his heart...
"Research less on some evil ways. If you continue like this, your future will have no future at all!"
"You are very smart, and you can't concentrate on reading. The exam results are very good. If you study hard, you will definitely be among the top few in the grade. How can you be worthy of it so careless? The government that spends money to enjoy normal children's education?"
"In this society, you can't move forward without power and power. You are an orphan, and you have no parents or relatives to rely on. Only by getting into college can you change your destiny! Why are you, you guy, not aware of it at all? You are so angry!"
In the eyes of classmates and teachers, Ling Xuan is an absolute weirdo. He is very smart, but he doesn't focus on his studies. He often promotes some evil ways of practicing and spiritual learning.
Some students find it ridiculous, some disdainful, and some feel sorry for such students, while the teachers are heartbroken.
Ling Xuan always smiled indifferently when he was in other people.
How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?
How can mortals know that they can transcend the world by practicing and becoming immortals, break out of the transcendence and mystery of freedom and freedom!
Ling Xuan looked at the sky outside the window. It was said that there were gods who could fly with swords and swim above the nine heavens. However, the legend has been a long time ago. Only when he looked up at the sky and looked at the vastness and boundlessness of the sky, would he feel some hesitation in his heart.
Are there any gods and immortals who can transcend?
But this hesitation is immediately destroyed by a thought of never giving up. Human cultivation will definitely have a path ahead. For some unknown reason in the world, the path of cultivation seems to be broken. However, only with the thought of seeking can there be a possibility of doing it.
It is difficult to practice, and it is even more difficult to seek the Tao. Without a firm mind to seek the Tao, how can you practice!
Only by being calm can one be quiet, only by being calm can one be at peace, only by being at peace can one be at wisdom, and then one can reach a spiritual state of "no self, enlightenment of self". It is the "Path of Concentration and Wisdom" written by Master Zhiguang, which is the method of practice related to meditation.
Night, it's...
Ling Xuan sat cross-legged in the cottage, on a cushion made of pony grass. After sitting quietly, he put aside all distracting thoughts and soon entered a pure and empty meditation. In this state, it seemed that the mirror was clear and the water was stopped. There was no thought, and it seemed that many wisdom and insights were produced.
After several hours of health preservation and cultivation of mind in concentration and wisdom, Ling Xuan woke up from meditation and looked at the sky outside the window. He knew that it was late at night and it was time to fall asleep.
Sleep is a physiological phenomenon that eliminates fatigue, cultivates and restores physical strength. But for Ling Xuan, it is a different excitement. When he entered sleep, his consciousness was not silent, and he clearly controlled his body. He soon felt a vibration coming from behind his head, spreading to his whole body.
As if he had tried hard to break free from some shackles, Ling Xuan suddenly sat up from the bed. Looking around, this place was no longer in the small room where he was originally located, but a strange space, with light, fog, and blurred phantoms in the distance.
Ling Xuan was not surprised to see the fantasy and ethereal scenery. He put aside his distracting thoughts and entered the state of "samadhi". When he woke up from meditation again, the strange scenery of the previous disappeared, and now it is a simple hut in which he is in, and there is darkness outside the window.
On the bed in the cottage, a young and handsome boy seemed to be sleeping.
That's right, Ling Xuan saw himself. Now his soul consciousness has left his body lying on the bed, which is the soul coming out of the body. The "Soul Out of the Body" written by Monroe, when sleeping, the soul breaks free from the body, a kind of practice related to "spirit".
If the soul comes out of the body, it should not see itself, because it will enter the spiritual illusion, which is not the real material world. But Ling Xuan comes out of the body, and the soul enters meditation, understands me in concentration and wisdom, and breaks the illusion of the spiritual illusion!
There is a saying in the Diamond Sutra of Buddhism: "All appearances are false. If you see all appearances that are not appearances, you will see the Tathagata." According to legend, it is said that the Buddha Shakyamuni said that the general consciousness is that if you can see through the falsehood, you can recognize the truth and see the true self.
Ling Xuan, who broke away from the illusion, was a faint phantom floating in the air, which could not be seen by humans with naked eyes. This was an energy body composed of a strange biological field: the soul.
Taoism, called "the ghost".
After leaving the body, he escaped from the spiritual illusion in his soul state and entered the real material world. This is the greatest achievement that Ling Xuan has achieved in several years of practice! The content before the exam was discovered by him using his soul to go out of the body and went to school.
The soul was invisible and unrealistic, moving with thinking. Ling Xuan flew towards the wall, hit the wall and entered it, and then flew out from the other end of the wall. Floating, he looked around. It was the remote community where he originally lived. It was late at night and it was silent.
The soul that leaves the body can fly freely. The faster the conscious thinking is, the faster the soul can fly, and it is not blocked by matter and will not be seen by people, so it can go to places that the body cannot reach.
Ling Xuan, who had left the body this time, was preparing to fulfill his long-cherished wish.
Kunlun is the place where immortals practice Taoism in myths and legends. Ling Xuan in real life does not have the conditions to travel there. Now, his soul will fly there to see the legendary holy mountain!
The majestic mountain range starts from the Pamir Plateau in the west and spans Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Tibet. The peaks of the mountain ranges are covered with snow all year round, and the glaciers have never melted forever. In the history of the Chinese nation, it is known as the ancestor of all mountains and the birthplace of the dragon veins.
Nuwa repairs the sky, Jingwei fills the sea, Queen Mother Yaochi... Many myths and legends are related to Kunlun. It can be said that Kunlun is the cradle of the Chinese mythology.
Ling Xuan's soul flew in the sky, rushing at lightning, and the scenery below became a fuzzy phantom with radiance at this speed. Under the moonlight hanging high and starry sky, the soul finally came to Kunlun.
The speed of flying slowed down. Ling Xuan flew past the sky above the mountain range, looking down in the extremely high sky surrounded by clouds and mist. The mountain range was like a giant dragon lying on the ground.
As the dragon's head flew towards the dragon vein, the scenery gradually narrowed, and the peaks became a cold and pure white under the moonlight. This was a peak with an altitude of more than 6,000 meters. It was towering and majestic, surrounded by clouds and covered with ice and snow, giving people a feeling of a mythical fairyland.
This is a pure land that has not been polluted by mankind, a place beyond the world.
Now, a young man who longs to practice Taoism has his soul flew here, this mythical holy mountain.
"ah?"
Ling Xuan suddenly saw a white light surged from the snow and ice. The light suddenly rolled into the sky and swept across his soul. In the dark, an irresistible force dragged the invisible and immortal phantom-like soul and went downwards.
“Where is this?”
After his consciousness was confused, Ling Xuan looked here. Now he had actually arrived in an ice and snow cave. The frozen transparent ice layer was unknown how thick it was. It was night, but the ice layer was silvery, as if the ice and snow were glowing.
"Oops!"
While looking at the ice layer, Ling Xuan was shocked. There was a dark connection between the soul that had come out of his body and his body. No matter where he went, when the body opened his eyes, or when the soul was frightened and emotionally fluctuated, it was like reincarnation. The soul would instantly return to the body without fear of being lost.
But now, he found that the connection between the soul and the body disappeared, as if he was isolated by an inexplicable force. This was a nightmare situation for him who had the soul out of his body, which meant that he had become a legendary... lonely ghost!
Ling Xuan immediately flew back and soon saw the entrance of the ice cave. The soul had no entity and could pass through matter. When he flew to the entrance, he was blocked by a thin layer of light. He crashed into the ice wall again, which was also blocked.
“Ban!”
A noun appeared in Ling Xuan's consciousness, and at the same time he felt a sense of doubt. Kunlun is the legendary immortal mountain. Could it be that his soul was attracted to the cave of a certain immortal?
Ling Xuan flew to the depths of the ice cave, and to the deepest point, everything in front of him shocked his soul. There was an ice table and a cushion here. There was such a residence in the peak of Kunlun Mountain and the restricted ice cave.
Several items were placed on the ice table.
A white light ball, a jade slip that emits green light, a colorful jade bi, a thin white jade talisman, a bunch of scrolls of pictures, a quaint bluestone slab, a thick silk book, an ice crystal lotus that looks like ice and snow, and a snow-white light flame as big as beans on the stamens of the ice lotus.
The lights are floating, reflecting this ice cave. I don’t know how many years have passed and how many times have burned...
Chapter completed!