Gray clouds are billowing, only under the fairy world and between rivers and lakes.
The clear water sky also slowly receded, but it still surrounded the immortal world, with nine twists and turns, and could not see how deep or far it was. Even immortals and Buddhas did not dare to try it easily.
Shen Lian formed a seal, and the gray cloud expanded rapidly, and combined with the criss-crossing teeth of the Tianhe River, it was like a beach coast, holding back the expansion momentum of the fairy world. After doing all this, Shen Lian smiled with satisfaction and walked to the human world.
He meditated for a full hundred days. The Holy Queen, who had already mastered the fate of humanity, also accelerated her expansion. Most of Yuanzhou fell under the rule of Zhao. This is due to the large number of practitioners involved in mortal affairs and the profound knowledge of Yaochi itself, which allowed her to control the territory so quickly.
Following her movements, above the divine capital, practitioners could see a golden dragon entrenched in the Dragon Court, with its seven solid claws faintly visible. If nine dragon claws are born, the Holy Queen's humanistic practice will be extremely perfect, and she will be on par with Fuxi and others, and be called the Holy Emperor.
That would be just a thin line away from Hunyuan Wuji. Even if he faced people like Shen Lian, he would not be unable to fight back.
Looking at all the things in the world, Shen Lian felt as if there was a cloud in his heart. He enveloped those worldly feelings in his chest, peeled off the external hardships of the world, and looked directly at the entanglement of cause and effect. The scenes of joys and sorrows were staged. In essence, they are just fate. Caused by. Encounter by chance, be at peace with your heart.
Shen Lian felt it was novel, but also felt that the ever-present pitifulness of being in shackles was deplorable.
He can now understand what the Buddha said that all living beings are suffering, and he can also understand the profound meaning of the Supreme Being who wants people to forget their emotions. "More" and developed compassion for them, wanting to help them.
The highest state is not necessarily to be ruthless, but to be able to be in love and be in love.
But to achieve this state, you need to have great concentration, great opportunities, and great intelligence before you can have any hope of reaching it.
For example, all the disciples of hundreds of schools of thought have a state close to this, but the sage has to see through it and explain it, and he has to experience it personally before he can be considered perfect.
Finally, Shen Lian walked around the city of Shendu before arriving at the prison.
After Lu Shouyi was imprisoned in Tianlao, the light had been constant. However, the emperor's grandson in the prison was fed with simple meals every day and had no wet nurse, but he was getting stronger day by day.
With a rosy face and a thick body, he is not as thin as when he was born. Moreover, the grandson of the emperor was able to walk, talk to people, and have a photographic memory when he was born. These were all symbols of the legendary birth of the Holy Emperor. The ministers in the court were just afraid of the power of the empress and did not dare to mention it. They were also afraid to mention it, so they put the emperor's grandson in danger.
As for Lu Shouyi, he was released from Tianlao ten days ago and served as the Imperial College's sacrificial wine, but he still had to spend part of his time every day to teach the emperor's grandson.
Lu Shouyi understood all the essence of the collection, and his knowledge was profound, surpassing all the great scholars in the world. Even in just ten days, he convinced those who doubted his knowledge. And the method he used was also very simple. Every day he invited famous scholars and eminent monks to argue, and he would often drink a glass of water dry, leaving the other party speechless.
Shen Lian went to the sky prison, but no one noticed him, and he only had a dream.
Deep in the white clouds, the green mountains are faint, and a dark river flows around the green mountains. The rushing water always makes people explore life and death.
At the foot of the mountain and by the river, a little child was chasing butterflies. Finally, he fell. He slowly got up without crying or fussing, only to see a young Taoist priest looking at him with a smile.
The Taoist sits cross-legged in the void, unable to reach the sky or the earth. He has nothing to rely on.
The child asked: "Are you a god?"
The Taoist nodded and said, "Yes."
The child asked again: "Am I in a dream?"
The Taoist smiled lightly and said, "That's true."
The child bit his finger again and asked, "Isn't it possible to fly in dreams? Why can you do it but I can't?"
The Taoist said leisurely: "You want to fly?" He raised his head and pointed to the sky.
The child followed his finger, looked at the sky, and suddenly asked: "Birds can fly, butterflies can fly, and big trees, rivers, stones, and grass are all on the ground. Why is this?"
The Taoist smiled and said, "Who said these can't fly?"
The child was suddenly startled. He saw the Taoist pointing to the ground, and everything he just said flew up, but he was still on the ground.
He said: "I understand, this is your dream, so you can let these fly, but I can't fly."
The Taoist laughed, patted the child and said, "Good disciple."
The child wondered in his heart what the god in the dream asked his disciple to do.
Soon he woke up from his dream.
Strangely enough, children have always thought of him inadvertently since they dreamed of the Taoist. Especially when I think of the Taoist image every time I feel tired, I will soon be energetic.
He became smarter and smarter, and Lu Shouyi became more and more surprised every time he came to teach him knowledge.
Lu Shouyi is indeed not very good at spiritual practice, but he can read Qi and observe spirits. He can feel that every time the child meets him, his spirit will become stronger, and his body will be fed back to him, making him look more like a sage.
He asked himself that he had not taught the children how to practice, and there was no trace of his practice. He really couldn't figure out the secret, and he secretly wondered if it had something to do with Shen Lian.
But he did not ask. For him, the real practice lies in entering the world. As the reincarnation of Chen Jinchan, the nature of children is also the same. As for Taoism, magic and magical powers, they are all minutiae. It is better to have it, but it is nothing if not.
The Qingxuan Taoist lineage had a total of 108 great sects, but in the end, they were all few and far between, with only a few people able to inherit one or two of them.
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Shen Lian only entered his disciple's dream once, and then he went to the Underworld Demon Sect.
He didn't teach Chen Jinchan any Taoism, he just taught Chen Jinchan the method of cultivating his mind in a way similar to the way he learned the secret of naturally locking the mind and concentration from Qingling Bao.
This is the righteous method. When the spirit is strong, the physical body develops more fully, and then the physical essence and energy feed back the spirit and soul, complementing each other.
He was not in a hurry to go to the Underworld Demon Sect and entered the northern territory of Yuanzhou. The northern territory had expanded countless times. Even immortal Buddhas had to use some special means to travel back and forth quickly.
Shen Lian arrived at the territory of Taisu Dao Sect, where there were still some remnants of the scenery from the past, but it was hard to express how things were different and people were different.
He thought of Ruoxi and instantly knew where she was, but now was not the time to meet her. What's more, even if we meet, we will be separated.
The mountain gate of Taisu Daozong is in the air, in the sky.
People who do not practice cultivation will naturally not be able to reach it and will not be able to see it.
Shen Lian could see him sitting on a stone facing the mountain gate.