roccoschili Chapter 143 Liu cultivates immortality
Chapter 143 Liu cultivates immortality
According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Liu in the countryside somewhere. He had no intention of studying or doing business, but he devoted himself to practicing magic at home and wanted to become an immortal.
Liu received some advice from an unknown master who taught him how to practice Daoying Technique (a Taoist Qi-preserving Kung Fu). He was told that once he mastered it, he would be able to become an immortal.
Liu was overjoyed and firmly believed in this, and he has been obsessed with practicing Daoyin since then.
He sat cross-legged on the ground from morning to night every day, motionless and only thinking about his luck. Until later, my hands and feet became spasmodic and unable to move.
But he still refused to give up, adhering to the belief that "wherever sincerity leads, gold and stone can be opened" and persisted in practicing without stopping for a moment.
There is a person named Li elsewhere who also wants to practice Taoism and become an immortal. After he heard about Liu from someone's mouth, he immediately aroused great interest in "Daoyin Technique".
So, Li prepared heavy gifts and went to Liu's home to worship him as his master.
Liu was practicing at home, and when he felt lonely, he saw someone coming to accompany him, so he generously agreed, accepted Li as his disciple, and took him to practice every day.
However, as the practice progressed, Li's hands and feet began to spasm.
The wives and children of these two people saw that this was not a good situation! I couldn't help but secretly worry about them, feeling that if they continued like this, they would definitely become seriously ill.
After discussing together, the two families came up with a solution.
They each made a chair and asked Liu and Li to sit on the chair and practice.
They often carried the two men into the same room and asked them to sit opposite each other, so that they could talk about their experiences in cultivating Taoism and the secrets of alchemy.
In the days that followed, Liu and Li, masters and apprentices, often talked to each other and continued to practice. Whether it's winter or summer, day or night, it never stops.
They all confidently and firmly believe that the secret of practicing Taoism and becoming an immortal is known to only the two of them in the world, and no third person can understand it.
When people around them heard what happened to them, they were very disapproving, and some even laughed at them behind their backs! It is pure wishful thinking to think that they are insane!
After hearing the reaction of these people, the two people sighed: "Chao bacteria don't know Hui Shuo, and worms don't know Spring and Autumn! (These two sentences come from Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou: There are Fishes in the North Ming". Chao bacteria are a kind of Large fungi live and die in the morning and evening; crickets, which are cicadas, live in spring and die in summer, or live in summer and die in autumn. This means: fungi do not know the beginning and end of the month, and crickets do not know spring or autumn.) These two sentences say It really makes sense! Those people are really ignorant! How can you only look at appearance if you are a god or not?"
These two people went their own way and did not regret it until their death! They also asked their descendants to properly preserve their books. After waiting for five hundred years, it will be handed over to someone who is destined to inherit it.
However, some people say that these two people may really be righteous people! They appear to be wise and foolish, but they are just pretending to be disabled to hide their true appearance.
Later, after Mr. Ji Xiaolan learned about this incident, people asked him to make an evaluation.
He smiled and said: I have also read a lot of miscellaneous books, but I have never read a book about the "Alchemy Classic".
Therefore, whether the above statements are right or wrong is not something that a layman like me can know!