On the second day, Jueluan passed on the thousand words of the Sutra of Washing the Marrow to Yunqing according to his words, and everything seemed to be as usual.
When Yun Qing returned to the monastery, she didn't start to comprehend the Sutra of Washing the Marrow, and didn't even look at it.
She closed her eyes and meditated on the futon, cleaned the altar, and circulated the true qi of the Great Sun Hei Tian Chakra over and over again until this pure and violent demonic zhenqi filled her meridians. When her mind was completely still and she was no longer disturbed by external objects, she stopped the movement of her true energy and began to think about the recent events.
The purpose of her coming to Guiling Temple is to contemplate the concept of the lotus heart, which is not only her motivation, but now it has also become her obstacle.
Whether it was the matter of posting the books before or the adventure of searching for books in the Scripture Pavilion last night, she was too deliberate. There are no fools in the Holy Land, not to mention that Jueluan is still a one-in-a-million direct disciple, so he can see her purpose almost effortlessly after so many times.
But he won't tell the truth, the reason why Yun Qing has the courage to search for books is because she is convinced of this.
If a thief broke into a person's house, he would report it directly to the official, and if a cultivator sect broke into a thief, he would probably drive the thief out. But if a thief enters the Buddhist gate, most of these buddhist cultivators with tongues full of lotus will turn this thief into a monk.
The story of Sakyamuni cutting his flesh to feed the eagle is widely spread in the monastic circles. Let alone the layout of Di Shitian and the gods, dragons, ghosts and gods behind this allusion, it is still somewhat inspiring to Yunqing.
It is said in the allusion that when Shi Zun saw the eagle chasing the dove, he couldn't bear it, so he protected the dove. Big Eagle was dissatisfied, and said to Shi Zun: "You protected the pigeons, but I was going to die because of lack of food. Is it really right for you to do this?"
Shizun thought to himself: "This big eagle wants to eat meat. If I kill one and save one, it must be wrong. Since I have made a great vow to save all sentient beings, I should use myself to save sentient beings."
So he cut the flesh from himself and gave it to the eagle in exchange for the dove's life. But the eagle was still unwilling. It said that the weight of the meat was different from that of the dove, and if he wanted to save the dove's life, he could use a scale to weigh out the same weight of meat.
Shi Zun did so, but no matter how he cut his body, the weight of the pigeons on the other side of the scale could not be the same. The eagle persuaded him to give up, but Shi Zun refused. When he cut off the last piece of flesh, he became a Buddha.
What Yun Qing was doing at this time was similar to that of that eagle. She was blatantly testing Jue Luan's bottom line, asking him to add weight to the scale over and over again. In the matter of posting books, Jue Luan helped her break through the confusion and improve her mood, and in the matter of searching for books in the Sutra Pavilion last night, Jue Luan directly passed on the Marrow Cleansing Sutra to her.
What if Yun Qing continues to probe? For example, secretly go to the Sutra Pavilion to check the suspended original scriptures, or directly attack the direct disciples of Guiling Temple and use secret methods to strip the inheritance. If so, will Jue Luan continue to put something on the other end of the scale to balance her demands
Yun Qing can be said to be trembling at the moment, like walking on thin ice, she doesn't know whether she will get what she wants from the other side of the scale first, or Jue Luan will "become a Buddha" first.
This invisible and intangible balance is too difficult to grasp.
For Jue Luan, Yun Qing is just one of many experiences, not a good test stone. The convenience provided to Yunqing at this time will become part of his ambition, bringing him the merits and blessings of good deeds such as wisdom, meditation, precepts, and diligence. This is like Shakyamuni making a great vow to "pursue the Buddha's way with this body" while cutting his flesh. When the accumulation reaches a certain level, there will naturally be a breakthrough.
In this delicate balance, once Jueluan makes a breakthrough first, what awaits her is true conversion.
Yun Qing doesn't want to be a monk, so she has to be more cautious.
Sitting on the futon, she felt that the whole plan was much clearer after sorting out all these things. These days, she has gone too far in probing, and she should calm down in the near future, and wait for Jueluan to relax her guard a little bit.
Thinking of this, Yun Qing couldn't help but look at the thin page of the Marrow Washing Sutra. Now that this piece of meat has been put on the scale by Jue Luan, she doesn't plan to pay attention to it.
Yun Qing Lingtai has been swept clean, she emptied her mind and finished reciting the marrow washing sutra in one breath. After doing this one time, just a thousand words were firmly imprinted in her soul.
There are five chapters of the Sutra of Washing the Marrow, and the one handed down by Jue Luan is actually the most important chapter of Restoring the Marrow. It is said that this is the chapter that really points out the method of longevity, but if you can't get the whole chapter, you can't connect the context, which is easy to cause misunderstanding and lead to mistakes in practice.
The first sentence of this remnant, "After the Yijingong is completed, you will become a vajra body" has already confirmed Yun Qing's thoughts, and the Yijinjing and Ximaijing really complement each other. First use the Yijin Sutra to form a diamond body, and then use the Marrow Cleansing Sutra to cleanse your heart and mind, and finally reach the road to longevity. It seems that Yi Jin Jing is mainly about body training, while Xisui Jing is about training mind.
The name of the Sutra of Washing the Marrow comes from washing the marrow and cutting the hair, and it also leads to the same goal as Yun Qing's current path. Immortal cultivators often wash their marrow and cut their bones in one step, but Buddhists, like those monks in ancient times, are willing to spend their entire lives tempering. This can be regarded as the difference between the two doctrines.
Since there are similarities, they can be exploited. Yun Qing's current method of "swallowing one's breath" is a bit clumsy, and it cannot be said to be very advanced. But food, not to be polluted by the turbid air of the world, not to be polluted by mixed spiritual energy, can keep its own power pure and clean. Swallow the breath, live on the essence of heaven and earth, nourish the body while exhaling and exhaling.
There are many secret methods of this kind in the Xian family, among which the Shenyinmen's Qingxu Fuqi Method and Mianfenglang's Fuqi Yixia Method are the best. There are also many classics in the Daoist Collection that discuss the advantages and disadvantages of convincing Qi. But there are very few practitioners of this kind of method, and it is almost invisible in the world.
The Sutra of Washing the Marrow in front of her can be regarded as a good point for Yun Qing, she no longer has to go all the way to Xiuxian sect to find these uncommon convincing classics.
Yun Qing practiced according to the words of the Sutra of Washing the Marrow, and constantly adjusted her vitality with her true energy until she was in the most comfortable state physically and mentally. She sits quietly like a statue, her thoughts are clear, which is exactly in line with the sentence in the Sutra of Washing the Marrow that "when the body is calm, the mind is calm".
When she was almost ready, Yun Qing began to devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The air came in and out from her nose, and she took a long breath. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth melted into her body as if sinking into the bottom of the sea.
Step by step, slow but smooth, it can be described as hearty.
Yun Qing opened her eyes slowly at sunset, she had never experienced such an addictive practice. After running the Da Ri Hei Tian Chakra True Qi again, it was more handy than before, and the damage of the Devil Dao True Qi to her body was also reduced a lot.
The direct inheritance of Buddhism is really extraordinary, and it has such an effect in just a few thousand words.
Yun Qing stood up slowly, with an indescribable lightness, which was also the improvement of body skills brought by the marrow washing scripture.
After making some calculations, she went out, not forgetting to carry the bamboo reed Zen staff with her. She walked to the gate of Guiling Temple and inserted the bamboo reed Zen stick into the cliff, just like she did when she descended the mountain, relying on the strength of the Zen stick to climb up slowly.
Going up the mountain was more difficult than going down, but Yun Qing felt much easier doing it this time. At that time, she was injured, and she was not very familiar with the bamboo reed Zen stick. At this time, she tempered her body with the marrow washing scripture, and her injuries have almost recovered, and her understanding of Buddhism has also improved slightly, so she is naturally more relaxed.
When she reached the top of the mountain against the strong wind, she saw Jue Luan sitting in meditation with her eyes closed.
He was wearing a thin and loose white monk robe, but he didn't even move the corners of his clothes in such a wind. The wind seemed to stop at a certain distance from him, and everything happened naturally without the blessing of magic.
This is the Tao.
This sentence suddenly flashed across Yun Qing's mind, and she vaguely caught a little mystery. She stood in front of Jue Luan without disturbing her.
I don't know how long it took before Jueluan opened his eyes, and said in a harmonious voice, "What's the matter with you from Zaiya?"
Taking the Daxue Mountain where the Dharma meeting was held that day as the boundary, there is Mianfenglang Jieyou Cliff in the south, Guiling Temple Zizai Cliff in the north, and the top of the cliff is guarded by disciples.
Jueluan sitting on the top of Zizai Cliff is a semi-closed and semi-garrisoned place. This was only known to Yun Qing after getting started. Before, she always thought that this was the same place as the Snow Mountain Ceremony, but a small world was opened up in the cold cave.
"Excuse me, brother, I'm here to fix the address of Jieshan Mountain in a few days..." Yun Qing saluted, and then explained seriously.
Soon after each Snow Mountain Puja, the two holy places will redefine the Boundary Mountain. Boundary Mountain is mainly used to separate the two holy places to avoid unnecessary friction, and at the same time, it is also responsible for holding the Snow Mountain Dharma Conference. Redefining the boundary mountain is considered a rare cooperation between the two sects. The two parties need to negotiate to determine the boundary mountain, and then supervise each other to arrange the heaven and earth yin and yang separation instrument on the determined boundary mountain to prepare for the next snow mountain ceremony.
"Are you going with me?" Jue Luan asked.
Yun Qing's expression was indifferent: "That's exactly what I mean. Senior brother's kindness in teaching the Dharma can never be repaid. Yun Qing is willing to contribute a little bit to Guiling Temple for me."
Jue Luan agreed without blinking: "It's good that you have such a heart, I will talk to the person in charge of this matter, you go back."
Yun Qing was a little surprised: "Didn't the senior brother lead the people there?"
"I never leave Zizai Cliff. My direct disciples are responsible for this matter. You just concentrate on comprehending the Sutra of Washing the Marrow. I will take care of other things." Jue Luan closed his eyes again, looking unwilling to say more.
Yun Qing took down the words "never leave Zizai Cliff" in her heart, saluted calmly, and then bid farewell to Jueluan.
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"The location of Jieshan... what is that?" Zheng Zhenzhen asked curiously as he saw Jinghua playing with the magical artifacts in the room.
Jing Hua was busy with her hands, so she had no time to pay attention to her, so she replied casually, "Just choose another big snow mountain."
"What are you doing?" Zheng Zhenzhen stretched out his hand to touch these strange-shaped utensils, each of them looks different, and there is no specific purpose.
Jing Hua slapped her frizzy hands off, and said, "Don't touch, don't touch! If it breaks, I'll take off your clothes and throw you into the snow mountain!"
Zheng Zhenzhen shivered, withdrew his hand and said flatteringly: "Pretty senior, don't be angry, I'm just asking..."
Jinghua's hands kept moving, and she placed these instruments neatly one by one: "It is an instrument for arranging the yin and yang differentiation instrument of heaven and earth. This thing is exquisite. You can't count on the group of monks in Guiling Temple."
"What is that for?" Zheng Zhenzhen guessed, "It is used to differentiate Yin and Yang?"
"Nonsense, don't you know the name?" Jinghua carefully put away the last magic weapon the size of her little finger, and then explained to Zheng Zhenzhen.
"There must be disputes between us and Guiling Temple. Both sides were afraid that there would be too many casualties among the disciples, so they established the boundary mountain many years ago. To put it bluntly, this boundary mountain is a thing to divide the territory, and no sect is allowed to cross the boundary."
"But that thing doesn't seem to have much effect..." Zheng Zhenzhen whispered.
"Not big?" Jinghua sneered, her expression suddenly became a little severe, "You know that if there were no Boundary Mountains, one of us would have escaped into the small world like Moling Jiange."
After the battle between Moling Jiange and Shenyinmen Qingtian, his vitality was seriously injured, so he had to create a small world to shelter himself, and it seemed that he didn't dare to come out in a short time.
"It's so serious..." Zheng Zhenzhen was dumbfounded.
"How serious is this? What's serious is that one of the two sects will completely lose the orthodoxy." Jinghua said solemnly, "Fortunately, our seniors on both sides are still restrained, or in other words, the layout is far-reaching. The Boundary Mountain Covenant has been made. As long as there is Boundary Mountain, it is impossible for us to go to war like Moling and Shenyinmen."
Zheng Zhenzhen nodded, with admiration in his eyes. She didn't know that on the other side of Jieshan, Yun Qing was planning to completely muddy the water in the northwest, and her starting point was to choose the location of Jieshan this time.