The black horse carriage was running very fast on the official road, and the spring trees and green fields outside the window were almost pulled into pure green blocks. Ning Que looked at the scenery outside the window with mixed feelings. He had just seen the proud goose and the strange man in the back of the mountain of the Academy, and now a new and mysterious world was about to open its curtain to him. It was really too much for his eyes to take in.
Ning Que didn't know more about the most mysterious Talisman Taoism in the legend except that he saw an old Taoist burning a talisman outside a Taoist temple in Chang 'an City. But sitting in the carriage made of stainless steel, which should be extremely heavy, he vaguely felt that he was already in the world of Talisman Taoism. No matter how fast the carriage was running, the people in the carriage didn't feel the slightest bump, and the lonely horse in front of the soft rope couldn't carry such a heavy load.
Yan Se looked at his expression and said, "You seem to be thinking about something."
Ning Que turned around and looked at the dirty old Taoist. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "I'm thinking about what talisman is engraved on the carriage. It can actually reduce the weight, just like magic."
He didn't ask whether the carriage was engraved with talisman, but directly asked what talisman was engraved. This answer made Master Yan Se quite satisfied, but the last word made him extremely unhappy. He frowned and said, "Talisman Taoism is Talisman Taoism. What does it have to do with Devil's Doctrine?"
Ning Que just subconsciously classified this magical means beyond his daily experience as magic. He didn't know how harsh the word "Devil's Doctrine" was to the Minister of Offerings of South School of Haotian Taoism.
The soft and joyful hoofbeats gradually slowed down, and the black carriage made of stainless steel stopped on the official road in the southern suburbs of Chang 'an City. Master Yan Se led Ning Que down the carriage. He glanced at the pavilion beside the official road not far away and the thin poplar trees outside the pavilion. He turned back and said to Ning Que, "Since you know there is talisman engraved on the carriage, try to feel it."
Ning Que was slightly stunned. He walked to the side of the carriage and carefully looked at the black carriage board. He looked very carefully and confirmed that the carriage board was indeed made of stainless steel. Those complicated decorations were deeply engraved into the steel by some kind of sharp blade, and then painted with a kind of glossy paint, so it looked extraordinarily beautiful and somewhat mysterious.
The patterns were so complicated that they violated the principles of aesthetics. He looked at it for a very long time, yet was unable to find anything strange about it. A judgment gradually arose in his heart. The talisman markings that were truly effective shouldn't be this complicated. Those complicated lines that looked like branches and vines might be a smokescreen used to conceal the true talisman markings.
He had read a few books on Talisman Taoism in the old library, but those books were only introductions and did not have any objective understanding of talisman patterns. It was basically impossible to find the effective talisman pattern from such complicated patterns.
However, since Master Yan Se wanted him to feel it, it should be a kind of assessment.
After pondering for a moment, he slowly closed his eyes, raised his arm, and used his fingertips to gently brush over the runes that were deeply embedded into the steel.
Suddenly, he furrowed his brows.
When he opened his eyes to look, there was nothing strange about the complicated decorations on the carriage. But now, when he closed his eyes and used his Psyche Power to control the Qi of Heaven and Earth, he found that there was a layer on his fingertips. The layer was very thin, like an invisible membrane between his fingertips and the carriage.
With a slight distraction of his Psyche Power, the membrane that he sensed disappeared instantly.
Ning Que was silent for a moment and entered the meditative state that he was best at. He began to use his Psyche Power to sense the slightest changes of the Qi of Heaven and Earth. As expected, the invisible membrane appeared again between his fingertips and the carriage. This time, he was more prepared and his perception was more delicate. He could clearly feel that the membrane was flowing slowly.
Master Yan Se's voice rang in his ears, "What do you feel?"
Ning Que carefully sensed it. After a long silence, he seriously replied, "A very light flow of the Qi of Heaven and Earth."
Master Yan Se continued to ask, "What kind of flow? What is it like? "
Ning Que calmly replied, "Like water, but lighter than water … more empty. More like wind, but it can't be wind." “
Master Yan Se looked at Ning Que beside the carriage. He slowly frowned and asked, "Why can't it be wind?"
After a moment of silence, Ning Que replied, "Because … the flow of the primordial Qi on the Talisman pattern is too regular, as if it goes in a fixed route, like in a complete system. But the wind is the flow of air, so it should not be regular."
Master Yan Se's tightly frowned eyebrows gradually relaxed. He looked at Ning Que's back with his eyes shining brightly. It seemed that he was praising Ning Que and also marveling at him. Because Ning Que's performance at this moment had far exceeded his best imagination.
Ning Que's fingers left the carriage. He looked back at Yan Se and said unconfidently, "Master, I just said it based on my feeling."
"Feeling is the most important qualification for practicing Talisman Taoism."
Master Yan Se gently stroked the sparse beard on his chin and lovingly looked at him. His laughter was hoarse and weird, like an old farmer who dug out antiques in his backyard. He said, "You are very sensitive, more sensitive than I thought. I like it very much."
Ning Que did not know how to answer.
"The flow of the Qi of Heaven and Earth you feel is the smell of wind, because what I drew on the carriage is the Talisman of Wind."
Master Yan Se looked at him and said, "As for why the wind goes in a fixed route and why it has such a regular pattern, in your words … it is in a complete system. The reason is very simple, because the talisman determines the direction for it. "
"Follow me."
Master Yan Se flicked his sleeves and slowly walked to the poplar tree in the pavilion beside the road with his hands behind his back.
Ning Que walked to the horse in front of the carriage, looked at its big black eyes and said with a smile, "You must be the most comfortable horse in the world."
The horse gently snorted and lowered its head to chew the hay in the bag. It silently agreed with this statement.
Ning Que looked at the back of Master Yan Se and quickened his pace to follow him.
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Master Yan Se sat in the center of the pavilion with his legs crossed. A small charcoal stove and a tea set appeared beside him. Ning Que walked into the pavilion and saw the master was preparing to make tea by himself. He hurried to take over the task. Although it was the Divine Talisman Master who cried to accept him as a disciple that day, he would never be so arrogant to miss this opportunity to serve the master and please him.
The water was boiling and the tea was fragrant. Master Yan Se looked at Ning Que who was quietly serving tea and nodded with appreciation. He tapped the tea tray with his index finger to indicate Ning Que to sit down and said, "There are many ways of cultivation, such as swordsmanship, body skills and tactical arrays. Our ability to draw talismans is generally called Talisman Skill, but we don't call it that. We call it Talisman Taoism."
Ning Que respectfully put the teacup in front of the master and sat still and listened carefully.
Master Yan Se picked up the teacup and took a sip. He asked, "Do you know what Talisman Taoism means?"
Ning Que pondered for a moment and tentatively asked, "Entering Tao by Talisman?"
"Hahahaha …"
Master Yan Se laughed and looked at him. He shook his head and said, "Everyone wants to enter Tao by seeking Tao. They enter Tao by swordsmanship, killing and love. Even the West-Hill Divine Palace can't get rid of this mode of thinking, let alone you. But what about the Tao in the mortal world? The supreme Tao is illusory. How can we find it? The meaning of Talisman Taoism is actually very simple. That is, Entering Tao by Talisman Taoism. "
Entering Tao by Talisman Taoism? Ning Que wondered what it meant, but he couldn't figure it out.
"What is talisman? Talisman is a pattern, a line and a trace. "
Master Yan Se gradually stopped smiling and looked at him seriously. He said, "The trace of a snake crawling over the sand is a talisman. The veins among the dead leaves are talismans. The ruts left on the muddy ground are talismans. The blood vessels of beasts are talismans. The trace of water flowing is talisman. The trace of wind blowing is talisman. The crack on the dry earth is talisman. The cloud in the blue sky is also talisman."
It was a very simple and clear statement. Ning Que was shocked and speechless for a long time. According to Master Yan Se, all traces in the world were talismans. This idea had completely exceeded his realm of thinking!
After a long silence, he asked, "Master, is drawing talisman imitating all traces in nature?"
Master Yan Se was slightly stunned. He looked at him and said with a smile, "That's a painter, not a Talisman Master."
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A few green leaves were blown off the branches by the wind on the side of the road, but before they fell into the slightly wet field, they were picked up by a gust of wind and gently floated to the top of the pavilion. They fell on the tiles that had been washed dark by the rain, and made a few light popping sounds.
"The blood vessels of beasts are talismans. This kind of talisman can only maintain their survival. The trace of water flowing is talisman. This kind of talisman can only make them go from high to low according to the decree of Haotian. The veins among the dead leaves are talisman. This kind of talisman can only make them pour the nutrients and water absorbed by their roots into the leaves as they have done for hundreds of millions of years."
Master Yan Se calmly said, "These talismans are all natural talismans. They are born in nature and wither in nature. They coexist with the Qi of Heaven and Earth, just like the truth that each of us lives in this world."
"However, whether human beings cultivate or study Talisman Taoism, they have already exceeded the original mission of human beings in the world. That is to say, it has exceeded the need of survival. Therefore, the real meaning of Talisman Taoism must come from nature, but must be higher than nature."
Ning Que listened silently. He faintly felt that although the master was talking about Talisman Taoism, it contained a lot of great truths.
Master Yan Se drank up the remaining tea in the cup, looked at him and continued to say, "The talismans that come from nature but are higher than nature must go through several processes: copying, understanding, induction, simplification, purification, and interest. The so-called talismans are the lines and traces that human beings have learned and extracted from the talismans of nature for countless years. "
Ning Que filled the teacup for the master and sat back to ask, "Then what is Tao?"
"Tao is to know."
"Let who know?"
"Let the Qi of Heaven and Earth know."
Ning Que was stunned and asked confusedly, "Let the Qi of Heaven and Earth know what?"
Master Yan Se looked at him with a smile and said, "Let the Qi of Heaven and Earth know what we want to do?"
"All the means of human cultivation are inseparable from the control of the Qi of Heaven and Earth. Controlling the Qi of Heaven and Earth with swordsmanship and controlling the flying sword by Psyche Power is too indirect after all. Although the Psyche Master directly controls the Qi of Heaven and Earth to attack the enemy, it is too simple and can only attack the opponent's sense of perception. "
"Only Talisman Taoism is between the two, but its state is higher than the two, because the ultimate goal of Talisman Taoism is to tell the Qi of Heaven and Earth what you want to do, and then the Qi of Heaven and Earth will help you do it."
"The Qi of Heaven and Earth has no eyes and ears, so it can never know what kind of strange ideas you have in your sense of perception. It is even more impossible for it to know that you want to condense the rain into thousands of sharp invisible knives, so how can you let it know what you mean?"
"Talisman is the bridge between the human Psyche Power and the Qi of Heaven and Earth. The Talisman Master condenses the Qi of Heaven and Earth into these lines and traces with Psyche Power. Once it is stimulated, it can resonate with the surrounding Qi of Heaven and Earth, and then it can make the wind rise, the water move, the clouds appear and disappear, and the sky dry."
Ning Que vaguely grasped the key of the problem.
Master Yan Se looked at the expression on his face and asked, "You seem to understand something."
"I once heard from a friend that the Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow in the human body is like a musical instrument, and the Psyche Power is the air. Only when it is blown into the instrument can it become a beautiful music, and then the Qi of Heaven and Earth can understand it and resonate with it."
Ning Que looked at Master Yan Se and said, "According to your previous explanation, I think that since Talisman Taoism uses Fu to tell the Qi of Heaven and Earth what you want to do, can it be said that Fu is equivalent to the Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow in our body?"
"Your friend's state is very high, and his explanation is very clever."
Master Yan Se looked at him with a smile and said, "Of course, you are also worth teaching. The acupoints of the Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow in your body are too few, so it is very troublesome to cultivate swordsmanship or other things. But Talisman Taoism is different. As long as you can perceive the Qi of Heaven and Earth, you can perceive the subtle differences between them, and then record them with Fu and resonate with them, you can succeed. "
Ning Que asked with confusion, "Since the Talisman Master has been learning and recording the Talisman of Nature for thousands of years, is there no ready-made Fu? If there are the current Fu, can I cultivate Talisman Taoism without perceiving the fluctuation of the Qi of Heaven and Earth? "
Master Yan Se laughed, gently stroked his beard and asked, "Are there two identical leaves in the world?"
Ning Que thought that if he asked about eggs, he would really doubt whether he was Da Vinci or not, so he answered, "No."
"Then is it possible for there to be two identical people in the world?"
"Of course not."
"In this case, you can't be me, and your Psyche Power can't be the same as mine. Then why can the Qi of Heaven and Earth know that they are the same when you write the same Fu?"
Ning Que didn't understand at all.
Master Yan Se looked at him and said calmly, "For Talisman Master, our Psyche Power is like countless different words, and the so-called Fu is the combination of these words. The problem is that I am from Chang 'an who speaks the official language, while you are from the South Sea who speaks the Fire Lu language. We put our words into the same combination, so it is absolutely impossible for us to write the same article. "
"There may be only dozens of languages in the world, but the Psyche Power of each Talisman Master is a completely different language. I made a Fu of Four Six, and the Qi of Heaven and Earth can hear the impassioned words in it. You also made a Fu of Four Six, and the Qi of Heaven and Earth can read it, but the Qi of Heaven and Earth is at a loss, wondering why this guy's words are so incoherent and what does he want to say?"
Ning Que understood and bowed deeply to Master Yan Se, expressing his gratitude.
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(There were settings in my previous novels, but the worldview was very crude. If I could avoid it, I would avoid it. I didn't avoid it in this Shoa Ye from the beginning. I think it's very courageous and bold to do so, and I firmly believe that this illusory world is self-justifying.
Just like today's chapter, maybe it is only 4,000 words in your eyes, but such 4,000 words are much more difficult to write than the 10,000 words when I was climbing the mountain. I am proud of myself when I write it.
I know many people don't like to see me being narcissistic and long-winded, so don't look at me. I can't suppress my pride. Except for a few days of self-doubt every month, for most of my life, I always feel that I am great at writing novels and making up stories, but I don't like to cast pearls before swine. Since I am such a bright big white pig, I am very afraid that you can't see my whiteness, my fatness, and my goodness, so I can't help but often jump out to remind you of my greatness.
Finally, I want to flatter you. You like to read my novels and make up stories, which shows that your appreciation ability is also very great. Good night.) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation or monthly vote. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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