The blind man had said before that he could not accept him as his apprentice. Nanfeng guessed at that time that the blind man did not want to accept him, but could not accept him for various reasons. After listening to what the blind man just said, he fully understood that the blind man was a person who had made mistakes. .
He had previously asked the blind man if he was a Taoist priest. The blind man replied that he had been, which meant that he was no longer a Taoist priest. The blind man's loss of his status as a Taoist priest should be related to the mistakes he made.
In order to avoid reminding the blind man of sad things, Nanfeng did not ask the blind man why he was guilty, but smiled to lighten the atmosphere and said, "Master, if you can't accept me as your disciple, can't you teach me spells?"
The blind man waved his hand, "That's not the case, but I can't give it to everyone."
Nanfeng didn't ask the blind man why he couldn't give everything to him, but continued to ask with a smile, "Master, I already regard you as my master. It doesn't matter whether you have a title or not."
The blind man shook his head again and said, "You don't know something. If you don't have a title, I can't give you the nun. If you don't have the nun, I can't ask the gods to control the ghosts. You will have a lot of inconvenience in the future."
"Master, what does "conferring" mean? Nanfeng was confused and curious.
The blind man groped for the baggage. Nanfeng took the baggage and handed it over, "Master, what are you looking for?"
"You haven't had breakfast, and there is still corn in your bag," said the blind man.
Nanfeng put down the burden when he heard this, "It's okay, I'm not hungry. What does "teaching" mean? If you don't teach, you can't learn magic?"
"It's a long story, let me tell you slowly," the blind man cleared his throat, "Taoist priests follow the great road first, and walk the road for heaven behind. If you want to walk the road for heaven, slay demons and exorcise evil spirits, you need to summon the god Yin. Soldiers, help with momentum and bring majesty. This conferring ceremony is that the Sanqing sect conferred on the Taoist priests the immortal position in heaven on behalf of the heaven. After the conferring ceremony, the Taoist priests will have the immortal position. Only with the immortal position can they legitimately ask gods to control ghosts."
The blind man paused for a moment before continuing, "Dong Shen, Gao Xuan, Sheng Xuan, Dong Xuan, Three Cave, Big Cave, Jushan, Cave Abyss, Tai Xuan, these are the nine realms of spiritual energy cultivation, and There are nine levels of conferring urns. Cave God is the ninth level, Gao Xuan is the eighth level, Shengxuan is the seventh level, and so on, up to the first level of Taixuan. The higher the level of the urns, the more powerful the divine soldiers summoned are The bigger.”
Nan Feng was fascinated by what he heard, fearing to disturb the blind man's thoughts, and did not dare to take a breath.
The blind man continued, "If you are a Taoist priest who has the cave god, Gao Xuan, and has been promoted to the Xuan realm, if you are given the urn, you can ask the Earth Immortal to help you. If you are the mage who has the Dong Xuan, three caves, and the big cave cultivation level, if you are granted the urn, you can call him Invite the Heavenly Immortal. He lives in the mountains, caves and abyss. Taixuan cultivates himself as a real person. If he can be given a casket, he can order the Golden Immortal."
The blind man stopped here, as if he didn't want to go on.
Nanfeng had just heard some knowledge, but he was not willing to let it go, "Master, if Taoist priests don't teach you how to teach, are they just like those martial arts people who practice martial arts?"
"No," the blind man shook his head. "Although Taoist priests cannot summon gods and ghosts without teaching, they can still use the spiritual energy gained from their own practice to sense and mobilize the yin and yang qi between heaven and earth. Warriors with the same level of cultivation can still Not its opponent.”
The sun was getting higher and higher, and the two could no longer sit under the tree, so Nanfeng pulled the blind man and continued on their journey.
After getting started, Nan Feng couldn't restrain his curiosity, but he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he pulled the blind man and hurried on. The blind man was already thirsty from talking, and he had to find some water before asking again. He drinks.
It had rained a few days ago. After walking a few miles, Nanfeng found a puddle on the roadside. He tasted it first and found it was drinkable, so he gave the blind man a bowl.
It was already noon. After finding water for the blind man, Nanfeng cleared a dry and clean space for the blind man under the shade of the trees on the roadside, so that the blind man could sit under the trees and enjoy the cool air.
After doing this, Nanfeng finally had the nerve to ask again, "Master, there is something I don't quite understand."
"But it doesn't matter." The blind man smiled. No matter how smart Nanfeng was, he was still young and his little tricks couldn't be hidden from him.
"Taoist priests practice to become immortals. They haven't yet become immortals. How can they mobilize the gods in the sky?" Nanfeng asked.
"The reason why Taoist priests can invite gods to control ghosts is because they patrol hunting on behalf of heaven. They do not summon heavenly soldiers themselves, but in the name of heaven." The blind man said.
Nanfeng nodded repeatedly when he heard this, "I understand. When a Taoist priest is on errands, he can ask gods for help, but when he is not on errands, he can't."
"That's not necessarily the case," the blind man waved his hand, "After being given the talisman, you can get nine-level dharma seals. If the talisman paper is stamped with dharma seals, gods and ghosts can summon them, but if you do something for personal gain, you will be punished. The heavenly court will punish you, and the light case may be a loss of fortune and fortune, and the case of a serious case may be a loss of lifespan.”
Nanfeng finally understood the issue of conferring a casket. The so-called conferring a casket actually meant doing things on an errand. The more things you did, the greater the merit accumulated. If you don't confer a casket, you will not be included in the rules of heaven, and the heavenly soldiers and generals will not be invited.
After clarifying this question, Nanfeng began to ask about the ranks of immortals. Immortals can be divided into earth immortals, heavenly immortals, golden immortals, Daluo Jinxian, and Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian according to their ability, position, and understanding of the way of heaven. Fifth grade.
Some practitioners who are successful in Qi training can disintegrate into immortals, and aliens who are successful in spiritual practice can also achieve the status of earth immortals. Some of the Yin Cha in the underworld, the earth city gods in the human world, and the mountain gods and river gods, these are mostly earth immortals. . There are many earthly immortals, almost countless. Their status in the heaven is approximately equal to the ninth to seventh-grade officials in the human world, and they belong to the lowest level.
Practitioners who have achieved great success in Qi training and have a glimpse of the mysteries of heaven and earth can completely shed their own turbid Qi, soar in the daytime, and maintain their physical bodies forever. Such immortals are called Celestial Immortals, and most of the positions of Celestial Immortals are officials in the heaven, and some high-ranking officials in the underworld are also Celestial Immortals. There are also a large number of heavenly immortals. There are at least several thousand of them in the past dynasties. Their status in the heaven is similar to that of sixth- to fourth-grade officials in the human world.
If you want to become a Golden Immortal, you need to have a more thorough understanding of the way of heaven, and you also need to have a higher level of spiritual energy. After your merits are perfected and your golden body ascends, the number of Golden Immortals is very small. Only a few hundred people have the same status in heaven. Officials from the third to the first rank in the human world.
The number of Daluo Jinxian is even smaller, only a dozen or so. Their status in heaven is equivalent to that of the Three Gongs and Nine Qings in the human world. They are of the first rank and have the most powerful positions in the three realms. The Jade Emperor is one of them.
There are only three Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, and they are the Patriarchs of the Sanqing Dynasty. They are the heads of the ten thousand immortals and always live in the Nine Heavens. Although they do not personally take charge of matters, they know everything that happens in the Three Realms.
In addition to these five levels of immortals, there are also some loose immortals and numerous gods. The status of immortals is higher than that of gods. Immortals are obtained through practice, and gods are created by being sealed. Immortals above the Golden Immortal level can There are no restrictions on who can be granted the title of a god. The gods who are granted the title do not have very powerful magic power. Most of them are assistants to the immortal family, and most of them hold insignificant positions.
Immortals who are certified are not once and for all. Earth Immortals will experience a catastrophe every hundred years, Heavenly Immortals will have a catastrophe once every thousand years, Golden Immortals will have a catastrophe once every 10,000 years, and Daluo Golden Immortals will have a catastrophe once every 100,000 years. If they fail to overcome the catastrophe, they will be cut off from their ministry. , re-enter reincarnation.
In addition, immortals are all certified by mortals. Once certified, the grade cannot be changed. Even if the tribulation is successful, it will only be maintained and will not be promoted. However, some immortals are not very satisfied with the grade they have certified. If they want to change this In this case, one can only re-enter reincarnation and practice practice again. If they have this wish, the Heavenly Court will agree to it, but will not allow them to be reincarnated with their magic power and memories. However, after all, they have accumulated merits. As a reward for them, the Heavenly Court will retain a little of their spiritual light, and the earthly immortals will keep them. 1. Only one of thousands of heavenly immortals can be saved, and only one of ten thousand golden immortals can be saved.
This aura will have a subtle influence on them after they are reincarnated as human beings, and will invisibly guide them to practice Taoism and do good. Once they enter the Taoism, their practice will become more comfortable.
However, this kind of situation does not happen often. Golden immortals have never been reincarnated to practice. This kind of situation is very rare among heavenly immortals. There will not be one in thousands of years. There may be a few earthly immortals who are not satisfied. , but almost no success, most of them are meat buns beating dogs and never come back.
Regarding the blind man's words, Nan Feng not only learned them as knowledge, but also listened to them as stories, which were novel and interesting. According to what the blind man said, it is not difficult to see that the road to spiritual practice is long and difficult. There are five levels of superiority and inferiority, and the total is fourteen levels, which is unattainable and out of reach.
Having heard enough, Nanfeng took the blind man southward again.
In late autumn, the days are very short, and the sky becomes dark just after Shen Shi. The south wind begins to look around, looking for shelter.
"Master, there seems to be a broken house in front of us. Let's stay there at night." Nanfeng said.
"That house is five miles away to the south?" asked the blind man.
"How do you know?" Nanfeng asked puzzledly.
"Abandoned houses that have been unoccupied all year round are usually not very clean. How dare you live in them?" the blind man asked with a smile.
Nanfeng grinned in astonishment when he heard this. The blind man knew that the place was haunted but still squeezed him, "Master, if I say I don't dare, will you laugh at me?"
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