Chapter 8 Jin Guan’s Discussion on the Tao

The sun is scattered to the vast land, and a beautiful day begins in the morning light.

After having a delicious breakfast made by Luo Xiaolan, Wang Bing and others came to Jin Tianguan while chatting. After a night of rest, everyone's enthusiasm for future work tasks did not decrease, and it was overflowing on everyone's face.

Before he could enter the door of Jintianguan, a Taoist priest hurriedly came out and shouted: "Master Luo, Mr. Wang, you are finally here. Have you been waiting for you for a long time?"

Wang Bing and the others were stunned when they heard his irrelevant words. Master Luo thought there was a serious patient waiting for emergency treatment and asked urgently: "What's so urgent? Is someone's condition very serious?"

The Taoist priest looked very anxious and said anxiously: "That's right. Yesterday, Mr. Wang rescued the patient who was judged dead by Master Luo. Everyone went back to promote the news and caused a sensation. Today, many people came, saying that they were looking for Mr. Wang to see him. Now, I can't see Mr. Wang, it's noisy. We have been persuading for a long time. Master Luo, please go in and take a look." As he said that, he stepped back and let Wang Bing and the others go in.

After hearing what he said, Wang Bing and others understood the reason for his anxiety, but they were not very anxious. Master Luo waved to Wang Bing, and the others walked directly into the temple.

Sure enough, there were many people waiting inside, and surrounded an old Taoist priest with a kind look and white-headed look, saying something excitedly. Wang Bing was a little stunned. When will so many people finish watching?

Seeing Wang Bing and a few people coming in, someone who had seen Wang Bing yesterday shouted excitedly and excitedly: "Mr. Wang is here, Mr. Wang is here..."

When those people heard this, they immediately rushed towards Wang Bing like a tide. The Taoist priest rushed over and said, "Everyone let me give in, please let me go, and let me go over and treat you." Seeing that everyone was leaving one way, they led Wang Bing to the front of the old Taoist priest.

Master Luo introduced to both Wang Bing and the old Taoist priest: "This Taoist priest is Taoist Li and the master of Jin Tianguan. This is Mr. Wang."

When Wang Bing heard that he was the master of Jin Tianguan, he thought to himself, no wonder there were many people around him, and he respected him very much, and did not dare to neglect him. He put his hands together and bent down and bowed to say hello: "Hello, Master!"

Master Li Guan looked at Wang Bing and also said politely: "Hello donor, donor Wang, you are so capable, you are rare to be so young!"

Haha, Wang Bing thought to himself, if you knew I was only 12 years old, would you say that? He muttered in his heart: "Where, there, I just help Master Luo and the others casually. It's nothing, you're too polite, Master." Wang Bing said very politely.

Guanzhu Li heard the report from Taoist priest in Guanne last night. He learned that Wang Bing was strangely doing and was very curious. He wanted to witness Wang Bing himself. When he saw Wang Bing, he felt an indetectable aura on Wang Bing. He thought to himself that this donor was indeed not a simple person. He looked at me deeply and said, "It is a blessing for everyone to have the help of a saint master like Mr. Wang. I hope the donor will talk about it if he has time," the host also politely sent an invitation.

Wang Bing also felt that the breath of the cultivator discovered yesterday was emitted by the divine master in front of him. It was just that today it was close to the opposite side, and the aura felt stronger than yesterday. It was rare to meet a fellow practitioner, so you must ask for advice. Thinking of this, Wang Bing said, "Divin master, you are too polite, but I will definitely ask the divine master for advice,"

The viewer got Wang Bing's consent and looked at the crowd around him with a smile, exclaiming: "Then I won't disturb you. Please be busy with Master Luo. It seems that there are many people today, and the donor is very charming!"

Looking at the crowd of people talking nonsense, Wang Bing couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Is this my charm? Then my charm is really great."

"Hehe!" Luo Xiaolan next to her was amused by the audience's words, with flowers trembling and charming style.

At this time, Li Guanzhu felt the aura emitted by Luo Xiaolan, and was a little surprised. He couldn't help but look at her for a long time, and said nothing. He called Wang Bing and turned around and left.

Wang Bing and others saw so many people waiting. Seeing Wang Bing’s magical medical skills, they couldn’t help but smile bitterly at each other.

Seeing everyone rushing to ask Wang Bing to see him first, there was no way. After discussing, the people who were seriously ill were asked to go to Wang Bing for treatment, and hand it over to Master Luo and Master Yang in a slight way, and Luo Xiaolan helped Wang Bing.

Whenever Wang Bing saw a patient, he analyzed the condition and how to treat it. Luo Xiaolan was surprised and almost shocked when he heard some medical theories and treatments. Of course, some treatments were coordinated by Wang Bing with elixir and true energy. She had never heard of them, and she could not imagine them. However, her gains were also rich, breaking the framework of previous academic research and entering another door to the field of medicine.

Many people do not have any serious illnesses. They heard that Wang Bing’s deeds yesterday came with curiosity. Some people were originally good for taking a few pairs of ordinary medicines, and any doctor could treat them, but sometimes people are always superstitious about things.

During his busy schedule, Wang Bing's mind flashed. He took out a Qi-raising pill and let Luo Xiaolan use water to dissolve it for each of them to drink some, and then took it back with medicine to regulate physical fitness. Suddenly, the crowd gradually decreased, reducing a lot of burden.

Wang Bing smiled in a relaxed tone and said to Luo Xiaolan who was sweating profusely: "Haha! After most of the time, it was much easier. It was really a good idea. I would have thought of this method a long time ago, and I don't have to work so hard at first."

Luo Xiaolan wiped the sweat from her face and said with a smile: "You are so traitorous. Look, you will have a lot of elixirs for everyone to take in the future?"

Well, Wang Bing didn't expect it. After thinking for a while, he said, "How about this, I'll give you a general alchemy recipe. When singing, add a Peiyuan Pill I gave you. Although the effect is not as significant as the Peiyuan Pill, it is also very effective."

Luo Xiaolan thought to herself that the prescription that the gentleman took out must be very clever and rare, and said happily: "Sir, this is really a good idea. So what is the name of the elixir we have refined?"

The name of the medicine? Wang Bing thought, there was no name for the medicine. His eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Why not call it Luo Family Golden Pill or Luo Family Health Pill, it's enough to be named after Luo Family."

Luo Xiaolan said happily: "Yes, just use Luo Family." Then he asked inexplicably: "Why do you need to use Luo Family? Is Wang Family not good?"

Wang Bing said: "Because this prescription is the first time to refine it, and it is up to you to make it, of course, you have to use Luo. As for me... the prescription is mine, but you are the ones who work hard to refine it, and you are the ones you use after the refinement is successful, so it is best to use Luo."

Luo Xiaolan thought it was an ancient secret recipe. When she heard that she had never used it before, she asked in confusion: "Has this prescription been used before?"

Wang Bing said proudly: "Of course, because I prescribed the prescription myself, do you think there is any?"

Luo Xiaolan gave me a charming smile and said: You don’t have to be proud of what you prescribe yourself. Since it’s your first time refining, then what’s the point of thinking about my name?” He said, thinking about it and meditating.

Seeing that she was so excited and devoted, Wang Bing did not disturb her and continued to treat the patients. The day passed like this in the busy life.

After dinner, Wang Bing came to the door of the host's room as promised and knocked on the door. The host opened the door and saw that it was Wang Bing, and smiled and said, "The donor is indeed trusting and has not disappointed me. Please come in." He said that, signaling Wang Bing to come in.

After entering, Wang Bing spoke, "Hello, Master! I'm so embarrassed to disturb you."

The viewer said disinterestedly: "Don't be polite, please sit down." The viewer said, pointing his finger to the futon on the ground.

Wang Bing sat cross-legged on a futon and said, "Thank you!"

The spectator sat on another cushion and looked at Wang Bing's face for a while and said, "The donor is indeed not an ordinary person."

Wang Bing didn't understand what the Guanzhu said, so hesitated and asked, "Oh, Guanzhu said..."

The viewer saw that I didn't understand and explained: "Everyone has a strong or weak aura, but I can't feel it in the donor. Generally speaking, once a person's soul leaves the body, there will be no breath; in addition, the practitioner can reach a certain level and can hide the breath on his body; thirdly, the cultivation level is improved to the human immortal stage, and ordinary practitioners cannot feel the breath on the other person."

Wang Bing listened carefully and thought to himself that although I have cultivated to the middle level of Earth Immortals, except for knowing some common sense in the masters' books, the rest are blank. The masters are all immortal god-level cultivators, and they rarely mention ordinary knowledge books, let alone they are from the previous civilization, which is very different from this civilization.

The viewer saw Wang Bing thinking and asked, "Judged by the donor's age, his breath has been hidden. I don't know what the donor thought I was saying?"

Wang Bing thought to himself that this old Taoist underestimated people too much, and did not say it out loud. He smiled and said, "The master of the spectator is wise, I did it unintentionally and did not do it deliberately."

Wang Bing did not tell the viewer that he had practiced to the realm of earthly immortals, nor could he admit that he did it on purpose. Although Wang Bing was sometimes naughty, he also said the truth at this time.

The viewer was surprised and thought to himself that he could hide his breath without intention. That... what a profound level of cultivation would be, but after all, he was the viewer. He suppressed the shock in his heart and said, "Oh... that means that the donor can restrain his breath at any time, which is really rare, rare!"

Wang Bing was also happy when he heard this, but his face did not show any expression and said politely: "Haha! Master, you have been too rewarded."

Master Li was becoming more and more curious about Wang Bing and asked thoughtfully: "I wonder which family's cultivation method is the donor practicing?"

Wang Bing was stunned when he heard this and thought, are there still families in cultivation? He couldn't help but ask: "Where are there many families in cultivation?"

Master Li was surprised and found it incredible. This little donor is young and has a good cultivation level. Why don’t you know some simple questions? He couldn’t help but ask: “You don’t know…”

Wang Bing knew that, but no one taught him, and those masters did not have written records. Perhaps the civilization did not necessarily have what Li Guanzhu said, so he said, "I really don't know, Guanzhu, what are the schools of cultivation?"

When Li Guanzhu saw that Wang Bing really didn't know, he felt even more and more strange, and explained: "Generally speaking, there are three great masters, Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and there are many other factions, but they cannot be separated from these three masters. The Taoism we often say refers to as Taoism. In fact, the results of the three schools of practice are the same, but the sayings and the paths of cultivation are different."

'Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism...' Wang Bing silently recited in his heart. He knew that there was a discussion in the travel records of ancestors in the stone chamber of the family, but he did not expect it to be linked to cultivation. He thought of it and asked: "Then what are the requirements and differences in cultivation in these three schools?"

Li Guanzhu was not ashamed to ask Wang Bing, and said with a little interest: "There are great differences in the three families, mainly because of their nature, that is, their origin and development and their thoughts, and they also have many different opinions. However, it is generally believed that the ancestor of Taoism was Huangdi. There are many Taoist sutras written by Huangdi in the "Daozang", and many Taoist sutras written by Huangdi, famous ones such as "Huangdi Yinfu Jing" and "Huangdi Dragon Shou Jing". Later, the influence was Laozi, the Taoist sutra, who was a famous thinker in the pre-Qin period, and his "Tao Te Ching" had a profound impact on later generations. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty once honored Laozi as Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan, and also known as Emperor Shangde of the Hunyuan in the Song Dynasty. Taoism respected Laozi as the ancestor, called Laozi, and was also the moral heavenly priest among the Three Pure Land. Taoist sutras say that Laozi has changed from generation to generation since ancient times and has come to the world to practice Dharma and spread the Tao."

Wang Bing thought to himself that he knew some of what the Guanzhu said, but he had never touched them. Lao Tzu seemed to have read this book in a stone chamber. At that time, he did not understand the meaning of it, so he left it alone. He heard Master Li talk about it and thought in his heart that he would have the opportunity to read it carefully in the future. He asked with a little interest: "Where is Buddhism, what is the point of saying it?"

At this time, Li Guanzhu no longer thought about why Wang Bing did not know some simple basic cultivation knowledge. He was very interested in explaining to Wang Bing: "People are confused by fame, moved by profit, running around for officials, or suffering for love, regard fame, profit, wealth, and love as the highest pursuit of life. Buddhism emphasizes great enlightenment, the four elements are empty, and there are many precepts, such as the five precepts to restrain desires - abstain from killing, stealing, lust, lying, psychedelic, etc. The founder of Buddhism is generally believed to be the leader of the sect, Sakyamuni, and the king of the ancient Indian Kingdom of Kapilava.

The king's son, the only heir to the throne, was originally named Gautama Siddhartha. Gautama was named Siddhartha and his name was, and all wishes could be fulfilled. Sakyamuni was a transliteration of the Indian language, and it was the honorific title of people after he became enlightened. Sakyamuni was a clan surname of other clans. Muni was a saint who could practice silently and be compassionate to save the world. That is, the saint of the Sakyamuni clan. He believed that Zen was to break, enlightenment, me, Prajna, and wisdom. In a word, there was no me in this world, everything was empty and illusion. Later people cultivated their self-cultivation based on his thoughts."

Wang Bing became more and more interested in listening, and seemed to have some realization in his heart, but he couldn't grasp it. He thought that the master of the observation is not very good at practicing, but he is very rich in these basic knowledge. If he has this opportunity, he should ask him more advice. So he asked: "Where is Confucianism, does it have many precepts like Buddhism?"

Li Guanzhu said: "The representative people of Confucianism are Confucius, Mencius and others. The works that future generations enjoyed relish include "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", etc. Confucius' ideological discussion on managing the family, governing the country, and pacifying the world has influenced our Chinese nation for thousands of years and is respected as a Confucius saint. It can be said that his ideological discussion has always been the academic that dominated ancient China, and it ranks first among the three mainstream ideas of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in ancient China."

Wang Bing was not ignorant of what Master Li said. He had studied in the stone chamber for a lot, but what he was most concerned about now was the difference in cultivation, so he asked again: "So, where are the differences in cultivation between the three families?"

When Wang Bing asked, Master Li couldn't help but think, "Has I already talked about a lot of the essential differences and development laws between them?" Why are you still asking about superficial phenomena like a child? Thinking in your mind, you said: "The three schools use a simple and concise sentence to summarize in your practice, that is, Taoism is upholding, Confucianism is upholding, and Buddhism is upholding emptiness. As for how to grasp it, it depends on your personal experience and application. Others can only give guidance but not make decisions."

What is this? Is it the same as saying it or not? Wang Bing was still confused when he heard it. Since that is the case, I can understand it myself. I didn’t understand these principles before and hadn’t practiced to the realm of the earthly immortals. When I thought of it, I said, “Thank you for your guidance, which has benefited me a lot.”

Master Li Guanzhu could see that Wang Bing couldn't help but smiled, "It's not that I don't tell you, it's because everyone has different feelings and is futile and has a negative impact on you. It's better to experience it yourself. It's natural to realize everything naturally, and you will understand it in the future."

Wang Bing disagreed with the viewer's argument, but said helplessly: "Is this really the case? I have to wait for the future."

Master Li Guan thought to himself, why is this donor a childish character? He smiled without caring, and asked in a different way: "I don't know that master taught you such a prominent and accomplished disciple? Although he did not explain basic knowledge of cultivation to you, your achievements today show that your master is amazing!"

I thought to myself, it would be great if I had a master, so there was no need to ask you so hard, but I thought to myself, if there were, there were more than one, but more than ten, but unfortunately I got the cultivation method they left behind. I said helplessly: "I accidentally got a book and tried to practice by myself, and no one advised me."

This is the truth. Wang Bing summarized the "Nine Heavens Immortal Mirror" based on the secrets left by more than a dozen masters, but today's achievements were all my secretly groping.

The viewer became more and more surprised. This was so shocking. He thought to himself that his medical skills were so skilled and his cultivation was deeper. Unexpectedly, he came to explore it himself. He exclaimed: "The donor can practice to such a high level with a book. Practice is a arduous process. Some people don't gain much in their lifetime. A wise master and perseverance are very important, but the donor's achievements are gratifying. It is really incredible. Like my lifelong practice, but the achievements are limited. Donor, you are really a lucky practitioner. No wonder you know nothing about some simple cultivation knowledge!"

That's right, Wang Bing has been encountering him all the time, and God has given him too many, and any of them will be rare for others to live. Thinking of the master of the observation, he has been practicing hard all his life and is still in the cultivation period. Thinking of this, Wang Bing also thought he was too lucky. He pondered for a while and asked, "Then aren't many people practicing now? Apart from meeting the master of the observation, I have never seen other practitioners."

The master of the temple knew that Wang Bing knew very little about these things and said, "It's not that there are not. Generally, people who practice practice pay too much attention to it and are not influenced by the secular world. They search for famous mountains and rivers and find places to practice invisible, which is difficult for ordinary people to see."

Wang Bing thought, didn’t he say that he could experience life? When they left, how could they understand the sufferings of sentient beings, and not use what they learned to help others. What is the meaning of practicing to become an immortal? This is different from the concept that Aunt Jiutian infused him. He asked in confusion: "That means that some people are practicing, uh, going to famous mountains and rivers to practice... What is the use of their results in practicing like this?"

The audience was a little confused when he heard what I, a child, said something funny. How a person in his thirty years old said something about a child was a little funny, but he still understood why Wang Bing did not have a master's advice and asked with a joke: "What's the use? Do you think the famous mountains and rivers they are looking for are really that simple?"

Wang Bing felt that he could not help others, so he would be the same even if he ran there, so he disagreed: "Is there anything special about famous mountains and rivers? It's different there, aren't they all mountains?"

"Haha..." The viewer laughed and said, "It's all the same? It's good that they're the same. Do you know what mountains they are looking for? They're looking for the legendary cave world. Are ordinary mountains worth their hard work? I have a book about this. If the donor takes it, you'll understand." After saying that, the viewer got up and found a relatively old book on the desk for Wang Bing.

Wang Bing uh, took it and thought to himself that this book seems to be a bit old and has no title. He just flipped it out and it wrote about the famous mountains and rivers mentioned by the audience just now.

What are the ten continents and three islands, the ten major cave heavens, the thirty-six small cave heavens, and the seventy-two blessed lands. Wang Bing was a little stunned and couldn't help but wonder, are there so many? It's really complicated. I secretly decided to pay attention and have the opportunity to find these places to see if it is like the mysterious strangeness mentioned in the book.

Wang Bing closed the book and said, "As soon as the master of the Guanyu said, there are many famous mountains and rivers, and the writing is exaggerated and magical."

The observer said, "Yes, otherwise would anyone have been pursuing and exploring for life? It is strange that a profound cultivation like you know nothing about ordinary legends."

Wang Bing felt proud inside and said modestly on the surface: "Isn't it nothing? I don't think there is anything different from ordinary people."

The Guanzhu shook his head, not understanding how I cultivated such a deep cultivation. Logically speaking, I should not have such a high cultivation. He said with emotion: "It's nothing? The donor will achieve higher success at my age. His cultivation is unimaginable. Many people carefully study the origin of Tao, hoping to break their own limits and become immortals and attain enlightenment. As the "Taishang Laojun's Sutra" says: The great way is invisible, giving birth to heaven and earth. When humans and Taos are united, they can achieve enlightenment and live with the sun and the moon. But they understand that it is one thing, but it is another thing to understand through cultivation and understanding. It is difficult to understand the "big way"! There are very few people who can be as lucky as the donor."

After listening to the commentary of the audience, Wang Bing took the opportunity to ask: "What does the audience think of Tao?"

The master of the temple thought for a moment and said slowly: "Tao, there were many arguments from the predecessors. We usually practiced and realized the magic tricks left by Zhang Sanfeng. However, since it has been passed down to this point, many of them are incomplete, just some broken pages. I am also practicing through exploration and not much has been obtained.

It is nothing more than saying that the "Tao" is to achieve the state of unity between man and nature through the changes of rules and laws of heaven and earth. The great way is invisible and produces heaven and earth. The great way is ruthless, running the sun and moon. The great way is nameless, and nurturing all things are explorations of the unity between man and nature."

Wang Bing was so drunk that he was hungry and hungry that he thought that he had just started practicing (Healing Heart Sutra), and tried to practice just to help me remember while studying. Later, he got books left by his masters at the base, but there was no such discussion. Although the master of the observation was in the Purchase stage, he had rich experience and experienced experience. He saw my shortcomings and consciously helped me supplement basic knowledge. Thinking of this, he was also very grateful to him.

The sage master saw that Wang Bingjing didn't say anything, and then said: "The heaven and earth began to be nothing. After the Tao, all things were produced, and heaven and earth were produced. At the same time, the universe is an infinite process of the continuous catastrophe. Each catastrophe has its beginning and end. After a catastrophe, the universe is trapped in darkness, and all things in the world are destroyed. Only the god who practices the highest level of the mirror will occasionally escape the catastrophe. Once the opportunity comes, a new catastrophe will begin again.

The same is true for us practitioners. We will encounter various disasters during the process of cultivation. If we overcome the disaster, we will enter the mirror very much. If we cannot overcome it, the Taoist foundation will be destroyed."
To be continued...