The sun came out not long after we left the city. After the sun rose, there were more and more people on the official road. There were people from the world on horseback riding out of the city, and there were also vegetable farmers and woodcutter who carried their burdens into the city.
Nanfeng originally wanted to ask what the Book of Heaven was, but it was inconvenient to talk when there were too many people, so he suppressed the idea for the time being, and led the blind man on his way with the flag on his shoulders.
There is a rule for walking on the official road at this time: men keep to the right, women keep to the left, and carriages and horses walk in the middle. This is a rule set by the officials, but the rules are for common people, and those in the world don't care about this at all. One set, you can go wherever you want.
Walking with a dull head is boring. You can't talk about secret things. You can always talk about something else. Since there are many people in the world on the road, Nanfeng asked about things in the world.
The blind man is well-informed and knows everything about the world, and he can talk about it like a treasure. There are many sects in the world, and there are hundreds of them in the state of Wei where the two of them are currently. The sects who came to participate in the Dharma Conference are only part of them.
If a sect wants to gain a foothold in the world, it must have a way to survive. Relying on the number of people to win is the simplest way. However, this method has a flaw, that is, the court does not allow it, because it is easy to rebel when there are more people. Therefore, the current sect The number of people is not very large, the Sanqing sect with the largest number of people only has a few thousand people, and many small sects only have one or two people.
Unable to win with numbers, martial arts secrets have become the foundation for a sect to settle down and survive. Most sects have one or several martial arts secrets. The origins of these martial arts secrets are different. Most of them are derived from Taoism, and there are also ancient traditions. Some of the ones that came down were created by the extremely talented sect leaders. These martial arts skills can be roughly divided into five categories, namely spiritual energy and internal skills, weapon techniques, hidden weapon mechanisms, Qihuang poison techniques, and side sect miscellany.
Each of these five categories of martial arts secrets is divided into many branches. Taking internal strength as an example, according to the different methods of meridians and qi training, it can be divided into many sub-categories such as solid foundation, strong and fierce, feminine, horizontal training and so on.
Taking weapon techniques as an example, each of the eighteen weapons has different offensive and defensive routines, including various sword techniques, knife techniques, spear techniques, and stick techniques. The types are very complicated.
As the name suggests, hidden weapon agencies are good at making and using hidden weapons and arranging traps. Although these sects are weak in their own skills, other sects do not dare to provoke them easily. As the saying goes, it is easy to dodge open guns and hidden arrows, but it is difficult to defend against them. The hidden weapons made by these sects are Weird and dangerous, it's hard to guard against.
Qihuang is what the people call medical skills. Qibo and Huangdi are the ancestors of medical skills, so medical skills are also called Qihuang's skills. However, medical skills are not only used to save people, but can also be used to kill people. People who study medicine are familiar with all kinds of pharmacology and can easily prepare poisons. These sects have a high status in the world, and people in the world fight and kill all day long. I can't guarantee that I won't get stabbed a few times in one day. Once I'm injured, I always have to find someone to treat me. If I'm poisoned and I foam at the mouth, I have to find someone to heal me. Therefore, people in the world usually don't provoke Ikihuang poison. A sect based on martial arts
There are even more types of side sects. Thieves and snitches are considered side sects, digging graves and driving corpses are also side sects, and even those who open brothels and sell jokes are also included in this category. These sects hover between good and evil, infiltrating the market and temples, and are mostly Taoist sects. It is despised by others and considered vulgar.
All these sects are inextricably linked to each other. According to the blind man, these seemingly complicated relationships and grievances are ultimately caused by interests. As the saying goes, everyone in the world is interested in profit. All turmoil in the world is for profit. Fame, money, territory, disciples, and even women can all be classified as benefits.
Although the blind man understands Jianghu, he looks down upon Jianghu. In his view, Jianghu is just a place of grievances and a big dyeing vat. What he fights for are all small profits and what he seizes are worldly things. In his opinion, enlightenment is the right way to help the world. Saving the suffering is the best.
Most of the techniques used by the most famous sects in the world come from Taoism and are derived from Taoism. To practice internal strength, you need to understand the aura of the meridians. To learn the art of Qihuang, you cannot ignore the yin and yang and the five elements. Even the skills used by the snitch The art of lightening one's body also draws on Taoist Qi training methods.
The practice of Reiki can not only strengthen oneself, but also enhance the power of martial arts moves. Because of this, all sects attach great importance to the practice of Reiki, and the most superior Qi training methods are mastered in Yuqing, Taiqing, and Shangqing. In the hands of the three sects, if they want to obtain superior qi training methods, they have to obtain them from the various sects of the three pure sects through various channels and using various methods.
However, each sect in the Three Qing Dynasty attaches great importance to its own practice methods, that is, the nine scriptures. Especially the three scriptures of Jushan, Dongyuan and Taixuan have always been kept secret, even if Not all disciples of the sect can be taught it, unless they are the direct disciples of the headmaster, they are eligible to take part in it, and the most superior Taixuan Scripture can only be taught to the next head disciple selected by the headmaster.
The practices of various sects in the Three Purities are not without selfish motives, but they are more for the sake of the common people in the world. Excellent cultivation methods can allow practitioners to gain great abilities. They must ensure that this ability is not manipulated by the mind. Evil people possess it. If a person with evil intentions practices advanced magic, it will inevitably cause extremely serious consequences. The lightest one can kill people, harm one party, and the worst one can rebel against Yin and Yang and change the dynasty.
In this case, the relationship between the sects in the Jianghu and the various sects of the Three Purities is relatively subtle. On the one hand, they seek help from others, hoping to have a good relationship with the various sects of the Three Purities and receive guidance. On the other hand, there is resentment, resentment that the various sects of the Three Qing Dynasties keep secrets and do not teach them.
"Master, are the first six of these nine scriptures already known to those sects?" Nanfeng interjected and asked.
The blind man nodded, "Although I don't know all the details, it's not a secret."
"No wonder no one listened to Long Yunzi's lecture on the High Mysterious Sutra." Nanfeng laughed. On that day, Long Yunzi lectured on the Sutra. Except for the Taoist nun who had transformed into a snake spirit, all the people present at the meeting were indifferent.
At this point, Nan Feng suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Master, why are the first six scriptures of the Sanqing Sect the same, but the last three are different?"
"The three founders of the Qing Dynasty each had their own understanding of the heavenly book, and the scriptures on cultivation passed down by them were also different." The blind man replied.
"Is the Book of Heaven..."
The blind man nodded, "The nine tortoise shells are originally one body, which hides the wonders of the universe, the principles of heaven and earth, and is the source of all laws."
Nanfeng was stunned. He was stunned for a long time before he suggested, "Master, take a rest."
The blind man nodded in agreement. Nanfeng pulled him to the roadside and found a relatively flat bluestone to help him sit down.
"Master, since those scriptures are not secrets, why did the Taoist nun take the risk to listen to them?" Nanfeng asked.
"Though the scriptures known to outsiders know their gist but don't know their details, they are often mixed and far from as pure as Long Yunzi's teachings," said the blind man.
Just as Nanfeng was about to ask again, two tall horses came galloping from the north. As they got closer, the horse running in front slowed down. The horse was reined in by a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a short game uniform and combed hair. A few little braids.
"Hey, blind grandpa, are your fortune telling accurate?" the girl pointed her riding crop at the fortune teller Pan Qi and asked with a smile.
"If you believe it, it will be accurate. If you don't believe it, it will not be accurate." The blind man said calmly.
It seemed that this was the first time for the girl to hear such words from a fortune teller. She was a little surprised. Just as she was stunned, the horse behind followed her. The horse was sitting on a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old.
"Junior sister, why did you stop?" the young man asked.
"Senior brother, I want to tell fortunes." The girl said.
The man said, "Most blind people like this are lying. After I return to the mountain, I will ask my uncle to help you figure it out."
"Who the hell are you calling a liar?" Nanfeng yelled back immediately.
The man didn't expect that Nan Feng would dare to scold him. With his female companion nearby, he couldn't keep it off his face, so he picked up his riding crop and went to beat Nan Feng.
This man had practiced kung fu and had very good accuracy. His riding whip trembled straight and went straight to his face.
Just as he was about to hit Nan Feng, the blind man grabbed the tip of the whip and snatched the riding whip away with a slight shake of his wrist.
"Oh, old blind man." The young man got off his horse and wanted to draw his sword.
"What do you want to do?" Nanfeng grabbed the blind man's wooden stick and stood up.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, the girl hurriedly dismounted to persuade her to make peace. The young man knew that the blind man was a master, but he was just pretending. He listened to the advice, so he let it go. He took the riding crop from the blind man's hand and followed the girl on the horse, cursing. went.
"Master, you shouldn't have taken action just now." Nanfeng said. The blind man changed his appearance naturally to hide his identity, and using martial arts was not a wise move.
"I can't let him hit you." The blind man said.
When Nanfeng heard this, his heart felt warm, but he couldn't say any words of gratitude, he was just moved.
"Master, I will try my best not to cause trouble in the future, and you should not take action easily." Nanfeng helped the blind man sit down again.
The blind man sat down and sighed, "Although you are mediocre in talent, you are smart and virtuous. If you were not a poor man but a sinner, I would definitely accept you as my disciple..."