Lao Chen shook his head and said, "I'm just suspicious, I haven't reached the level of a bodhisattva, can I point out that they are wrong? It's hard."
After studying the old techniques and following some contexts from ancient times to the present, he found some problems in them, but if he really wanted to point out what was wrong with the immortals, it would be a bit difficult for Lao Chen.
But being able to have doubts and pick out possible misdirections is enough to prove that Lao Chen is sincere, of course, this is also related to the different times of the past.
The ancients were influenced by the historical background and had their own limitations.
Now is the era of the information explosion, black technology is emerging one after another, changes are drastic, and after such baptism, coupled with Lao Chen walking at the forefront of today's old art field, his vision is indeed beyond the inherent scope.
Wang Xuan asked him to tell him all the problems, which was very important to him, and he would inevitably encounter some big pits of the ancients in the future.
Regardless of whether those ancients died or not, the traps and bureaucrats left behind are still in play and must be strictly guarded against.
"In the pre-Qin period, the root method was the mainstay, which can be described as extremely gorgeous, and it has influenced the present day, benefiting everyone who embarks on the old path of magic."
Lao Chen was not in a hurry and cleared the context.
The so-called root method involves qi collection, meditation, internal nourishment, etc., which has immeasurable value for improving physical fitness and strengthening the spirit, and is irreplaceable.
The alchemist used the root method to enter the inner scene, which directly led to the qualitative change of the old technique, crossing the heavenly barrier, and truly sublimating and transcendence.
"Alchemist, another great achievement is alchemy, mainly smelting minerals in the alchemy furnace, tempering the original solution, extracting the essence, and trying to obtain the final elixir, so as to live forever.
During that period, there were few records of minerals in alchemy, but they were definitely rare treasures and sacred objects in the world."
Wang Xuan was surprised, isn't the alchemist refining medicine into pills? Lao Chen said: "In the early days, it was indeed about mining secret mines, melting artifacts that fell from the sky, etc., and not taking herbs."
It wasn't until later, following the discovery of the secret path of heavenly medicine, that the alchemist began to consider smelting those rare medicines!
The so-called heavenly medicine is not the medicine in the world, Lao Chen mentioned a record last time, forcing a rare medicine, suddenly looking back, it may be in the sunset on the edge of the sky in the sea of people and thousands of feet of red dust.
It can be said that the alchemist discovered the two secret paths of the inner scene and the heavenly medicine one after another, which led to a qualitative leap in the old technique and to the pinnacle of glory.
At that time, which of the top alchemists did not have a few divine beasts or holy birds? Whenever you go out, you can pull a cart with a unicorn beast, or sit on the back of a phoenix to travel around the East China Sea to visit friends.
When future generations look at this part of the history of the old art road, they are all amazed, and it is difficult to reproduce that spectacle.
Because, the divine birds and beasts in this world have almost been captured and captured by the supreme alchemists.
"During that period, the top alchemists embarked on the road to immortality and were bombarded by thunder, there were really a batch, but as these people emerged one after another, the brilliance of the alchemists came to an end, and it came to an abrupt end."
Lao Chen lamented that the alchemist's heyday had just passed, and it was directly darkened, which made him have to have all kinds of doubts and associations.
"Combined with what is happening to you now and what I have experienced, I feel that the water in the interior is very deep, mysterious and somewhat terrifying.
In addition, natural medicine is too difficult to find and extremely difficult to pick.
The two secret roads are gradually blocked, which is the fundamental reason for the decline of alchemists."
Lao Chen expressed his conjecture and said: "So, later Emperor Qin asked the alchemist Xu Fu to pick the immortal medicine, that is, the heavenly medicine, he could only go to sea to avoid disaster, and I guess he also knew that he could not find it during this period."
Qin Huang wanted to live forever and wanted the medicine of immortality, but it was impossible to succeed at that stage.
"I suspect that some of the big people among the alchemists have had an accident, so they have declined, and even the alchemists who have ascended to immortality may have realized something in the end."
Lao Chen was extremely serious, but unfortunately, his level of realm was too far away from those people after all, even if he read all the ancient books, he could only guess and could not find any evidence.
Wang Xuan frowned, many things had happened in the past of the old magic path, giving people a feeling of fog everywhere, and they needed to continue to get stronger in order to slowly approach and explore.
Lao Chen continued: "By the end of the alchemists, they had already begun to accept the herbs of the present world, and some would be added to some during alchemy, mixed with minerals for extraction.
It was at this time that Taoists took over, and in addition to special gold stones, they began to add a large amount of grass and so on."
According to Lao Chen's understanding, the times have changed, and latecomers have discovered certain problems and began to expand into other fields.
"In the early days of Taoism, Taoism attached great importance to heart fasting, that is, inner emptiness and tranquility, focusing on cultivating the mind, and focusing on the accumulation of spiritual energy.
In Taoist classics, it is believed that the Great Way is the most empty and quiet, and it is expected that the Great Way will be combined with the heart and fast."
Speaking of this, he sighed: "However, these are too high and too far, and the requirements for the mental and spiritual realms are too high, and many people cannot get started at all.
Just imagine, who is the person who proposed this lofty path? Old Zhuang!
The "Tao Te Ching" mentions 'to the extreme of emptiness, to keep quiet', and in "Zhuangzi: The World of the World", this secret method is clearly explained: 'Only the Tao gathers emptiness, and the emptiness is also fast'.
It's a pity that it's difficult for ordinary people to go down this road."
Wang Xuan was stunned when he heard this, is what his old colleague said reliable? He quickly used his mobile phone to quietly check it, and found that the early practice of Taoism was indeed heart fasting, heel breathing, etc., and later there was guidance, breathing, etc.
Sure enough, Lao Chen talked about the heel breath again, and said: "The secret method of Xinzhai is a bit high, and it requires a specific path to walk, so there is a heel breath, which means that the breathing is deep and reaches the heel."
"Zhuangzi Great Master" once recorded: "He sleeps without dreams, he sleeps worry-free, his food is not sweet, and his breath is deep.
The breath of the real person is the heel, and the breath of the crowd is the throat"
Later, Taoism made various improvements, leading to more specific methods such as guidance and breathing.
Otherwise, if you follow the path of Lao Zhuang, not many people will be able to practice, and the scriptures and classics will be too far-reaching, and it will stop the vast majority of people just in the initial stage.
During this period, Taoism pushed alchemy to a high level, using various secret methods to burn alchemy, which can transform one's own yin and turn it into yang energy after taking it.
"At this stage, the most important discovery of Taoism is to find another secret path, comparable to the inner scenery and heavenly medicine, called finding the way."
The so-called wayfinding is said to be to find a path that really exists and can be walked on but cannot be seen by ordinary people.
No need to think too much, if you really want to find the way successfully, the effect is no less than entering the inner scene, or picking the heavenly medicine, but the years are long, drowning out the traces of the past, and no one can find it now.
Wang Xuan was stunned for a moment, according to his old colleagues, the old art path is constantly changing, even if it is a brilliant alchemist root method, some of them may not be applicable anymore? "The application of the root law has never been outdated, and the law of later generations also arose from it, which is the foundation, so it is always brilliant.
However, the middle and latter chapters of the pre-Qin bamboo simplification method can generally be used as a reference, and it is not recommended to go deeper.
I suspect that it was very suitable in the pre-Qin period, but some problems may have been discovered later."
Then Lao Chen mentioned the later methods of Taoism, saying: "In the early days, Taoist alchemy used foreign objects and refined external alchemy, which became more and more perfect, so it was called external alchemy."
With the rise of Taoism and its gradual heyday, the practice method changed again, and inner alchemy rose.
"Dragon and tiger fetal breath, spit out the old and accept the new as the inner alchemy"
This is the most direct description of inner alchemy by the ancients, which refers to the inside of the body, and the elixir refers to the product of the combination of the essence and spirit of the human body.
"In a sense, the old magic path has ushered in another change, the inner alchemy has evolved, and later evolved into the golden elixir, which can achieve Yuan Ying, etc."
Lao Chen sighed for a while.
During this period, the representative figures were Zhong Liquan, Lu Dongbin, Chen Yao and others.
"Zhong Liquan considered "Participating in the Contract", and then combined it with Sima Chengzhen's "Sitting and Forgetting Theory" to deduce the inner alchemy method.
His research and exercises are recorded in "Lingbao Bifa" and "Zhonglu Missionary Collection"
Lao Chen has a lot of research, and the beginning of what he said was the Tao, which made Wang Xuan and Aoki listen to it fascinatingly.
"Lu Dongbin, who reshaped the peak and made it bloom brilliantly, left behind the "Lu Gong Jindan Secret" to develop the inner alchemy method to the Jindan Avenue"
Wang Xuan was a little big-headed, he understood a little why Lao Chen didn't talk about the realm earlier, the old magic path was indeed complicated, it had expanded and changed many times, and it was difficult to explain the levels of each period.
"At the same time, in addition to the cultivation of golden elixirs, Taoism has also developed means such as drawing talismans, which are varied and powerful, and the main representatives are naturally based on the three mountains, Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, and Gezao Mountain."
"A secret path was also found in the middle and late stages of Taoism, but unfortunately, it was very vague and unclear."
Lao Chen shook his head, quite regretful.
"Sword cultivation appeared after Jindan Avenue, right?"
Wang Xuan asked.
"Yes."
Lao Chen nodded.
Wang Xuan pondered, if this is the case, the age of the female swordsman can be roughly estimated, she is obviously a backward, not an early old monster.
Lao Chen said: "Similarly, I think there are problems with the road ahead, otherwise, it will not gradually decline and disappear in modern times."
Then, he mentioned Buddhism again, and after a while, he pouted and said: "Old Buddhas, most of them abandon their bodies, which makes me a little square."
Even, he felt that there were some taboos for those who practiced old techniques, and eventually turned into a rainbow and burned the so-called stinky skin bag, which always made people feel uneasy.
As for the so-called "bodhisattva in the flesh" of Buddhism,
, what was left was just a dead torso for future generations to admire, and it did not have extraordinary characteristics, and now there are still some collected in the warehouses of the relevant departments.
"What I said is only the main context of the old technique, and I don't talk about the hundred schools of thought, such as the red-clothed banshee who is suspected of being at the same time as the alchemist, who is obviously peerless and powerful, and is probably not afraid of the alchemist at all, and has even hunted the top feather-level alchemist."
After Lao Chen finished speaking, he summed up and said: "So, the most glorious era of the old art road has not yet arrived, and we are waiting for people like you and me to rise."
Looking at his serious appearance, Aoki felt that his master would inevitably be beaten in the future, in case those ancients were still alive, who would he clean up if he didn't clean up? However, before he finished slandering, he saw Father Wang nodding solemnly and speaking there: "It makes sense, there was an old covenant in ancient times, and I will make a new covenant in the future."
Rumble!
A thunderbolt exploded in the sky, startling Lao Chen, and quickly changed his words: "Lao Wang, do you know how to respect the sages?"
Wang Xuan glanced out the window, the dark clouds obscured the stars and the moon, it was actually cloudy, and it started to rain heavily, he didn't believe in those ghosts and gods.
Lao Chen found that it was just a change in the sky, and he calmly shut up.
Wang Xuan asked: "Okay, Lao Chen, tell me about the level of realm you summarized, which is suitable for ancient and modern times, how should it be divided?"
"The first level is fog, and the second level is the lantern ......."
Lao Chen told him that the roads corresponding to these levels are universal, from the pre-Qin period to the present, all parties are walking, and there should be no problems or hidden dangers.