After an unknown amount of time, the discussion ended.
The yin and yang energy emanated from Shen Lian's body, condensing into morality. For a moment, the entire inner palace was immersed in the Taoist rhyme, and the phoenixes in the Immortal Palace were infected and started to fly.
Hundreds of birds facing the phoenix were already a strange phenomenon, but now hundreds of phoenixes were facing Shen Lian.
This is because the Phoenix upholds the Dao and is inherently easier to practice than other races. Therefore, it is deeply sensitive to Shen Lian's moral energy and can't help but reveal its original form.
Apart from Kong Xuan and Kui Li, there were only a few Phoenix clan members in the Immortal Palace who retained their human bodies and did not show their true colors.
The sound of the phoenix is clear and clear, like hitting gold and stone.
Shen Lian and Kong Xuan stopped discussing Taoism and did not wait for the lingering sound to dissipate. Shen Lian smiled and said: "Unknowingly, like Lan Ke, fifty years have passed in this world."
Lanke is a myth. Once, a woodcutter went to the mountains when he was cutting firewood. He saw several boys, some playing chess and some singing. The woodcutter came closer to listen. The boy gave the woodcutter an object shaped like a date stone. After he swallowed the object, he no longer felt hungry. After a while, the boy said to him: "Why don't you leave?" The woodcutter got up. When he looked at his axe, the wooden ax handle was completely rotten. When he returned to the world, his contemporaries were gone.
The same was true when Shen Lian and Kong Xuan discussed metaphysics and Taoism.
In the senses of Jingshu and Kuili next to them, it was only a short moment, but in fact fifty years had passed in this world.
Shen Lian then left the Palace of Immortality. He is now the incarnation of Tai Chi, one of the five innate Tai Chi, and is just right to travel around the world and complete his incarnation to Hunyuan Wuji.
The ether is extremely fundamental. When observing the world, it seems to be a life attitude that looks at the phenomena and essence of all things in a daze. This way of thinking itself actually contains sober and wise philosophical thinking. Its ultimate goal is to hope that one can follow the path of the great road. Virtue and the laws of nature are not bound by external things, "do nothing but do everything", and finally reach a supreme state of tranquility and harmony that tolerates nothing.
The first person to achieve this step was Tai Shang, and the one who achieved this step after Tai Shang was Zhuangzi.
After Zhuangzi, no one can do it. Neither Shen Lian nor Xuan Du has reached this level yet, but they both have a high chance of understanding it.
As Shen Lian walked around the world, he was more and more exposed to the subtleties of the supreme Tai Chi. Gradually, in his mind, he could see a Tai Chi diagram, the essence of Tai Chi. There were two small points in it that were approaching the yin and yin in the yang of the Tai Chi diagram. Yang within the yin.
This is the result of Shen Lian getting closer to the essence of Tai Chi. At the same time, Qingyun naturally appeared on his head, and the mysterious light hung down like water dripping from the eaves.
"Grandpa, that man is so strange, why is it raining on his head?" A childish voice sounded in the sleepy desert.
It was an ox cart, pulling the grandfather and grandson, and was driving on the wasteland.
The old man looked in the direction pointed by his grandson. The man with clouds and water dripping from his head was walking towards them.
Tong'er said in surprise: "He's here."
It is a hot summer day and the sun is rising. The elderly and children are wearing lotus leaves to block the sun, but they are also sweating profusely. But when they saw the strange man coming, they felt extremely cool from head to toe. It's like drinking iced sour plum soup.
No, it's more refreshing than iced sour plum soup.
The kid just thinks this weirdo is really nice.
But when the weirdo approached them, the clouds above his head disappeared, making the child curious: "Uncle, how do you do your trick?"
The old man said seriously: "I wonder which family or sect you are from that practices the righteous way?"
Shen Lian said to the old man: "Your name is Zhang Ruoxu. You have been the prime minister and won the trust of the empress. Recently, you were dismissed from the prime minister because of the matter of establishing a prince. You are an honest and clean official, and you are actually deeply loved by your subjects. You are now in this situation. , have you ever thought about why?”
The old man said: "It seems that the Taoist Master understands me quite well. I live in seclusion on the border and have long since stopped contacting the temple. Your Majesty, it is also my wish to deprive me of your position. Otherwise, there would be no happiness as a family today."
Shen Lian said leisurely: "You are a scholar of heaven and man, and understand the changes of ancient and modern times. Don't you feel regretful that you will die in the countryside?"
The old man said: "The sages of the previous generation have all disappeared without a trace. It is a pity not to see them all."
Shen Lian smiled, pointed to a seal on the old man's waist and said, "Do you know the origin of the Tai Chi seal on your waist?"
The old man didn't know why the Taoist priest suddenly asked about this. He said seriously: "This is a gift from the emperor's eldest grandson."
Shen Lian said again: "Do you know where the emperor's eldest grandson got it?"
The old man said: "I heard it was given by a Taoist priest from Qingxia Mountain."
Shen Lian said: "That person is me."
The old man said curiously: "You are Shen Lian."
Shen Lian smiled slightly and said, "How come it doesn't look like it?"
The old man said: "I have always heard your name, and I thought you were also an elder with an immortal spirit."
Shen Lian said: "It's easy to become what you said, but you should understand that after you practice and enter the Tao, there are many ways to become old or young."
The old man nodded and said, "That's true. I have a friend who is a great Confucian in modern times. He presided over the compilation of Dao Zang. He said that he had understood the ancient method of nourishing Qi. He originally wanted to teach me, but I was busy with national affairs at the time, so he declined. These twenty or thirty days Over the years, he has indeed become younger and younger. There were still some white hairs on his head, but when I left Shendu, all the white hair turned black. "
Shen Lian said: "That man's name is Lu Shouyi. He also lied to you, but he just found an excuse to teach you Qi training. Who knew you didn't learn it?"
The old man pondered: "Now that I think about it, it's really possible as you said. He came to me many times about this matter, but I really didn't have time at the time. Now that I'm old, I'm afraid I won't be able to practice."
After all, he had been a prime minister and had heard and seen many things about immortals and Buddhas, unlike ordinary scholars who respected ghosts and gods and stayed away from them.
Shen Lian smiled and said: "You can seek knowledge at any time. Cultivation is also a kind of knowledge. It's not too late, why don't I teach you."
The old man wondered: "We are neither relatives nor friends, why do you want to teach me? Moreover, although I have heard your name, Taoist Shen, a few times, people who say your name seem to be afraid of you. Now it seems that you look like He’s a good talker.”
Shen Lian smiled softly and said, "Did your Majesty tell you about me?"
The old man said: "No."
Shen Lian said: "Then I have to talk about her, but before that, you have to learn Taoism from me."
The old man looked troubled and said, "I'm afraid it's hard for me to achieve anything because of my weak body. Why don't you teach my grandson."
Shen Lian said: "One is also a teacher, and both are teachers. I am not afraid of trouble."
The child listened for a long time and said abruptly: "Grandpa, let's learn together and see who can learn faster."
The old man showed kindness, but he still had doubts about Shen Lian's identity. But when I saw that Shen Lian had clouds and water dripping from his head when he came over just now, it was natural that he was a Taoist, or at least a practitioner.
Based on his understanding of the legendary Shen Lian's words, he knew that this Shen Lian had a very high status among strangers, and it was not expected that anyone would imitate him.