"The cultivation system of my Chinese monk is to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, and after tempering it is transformed into one's own true energy. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the outside world is greatly reduced, and the speed of cultivation is naturally greatly reduced." Song Fengzi said with a look on his face. "But the Western cultivation system is different. They mostly use the so-called power of faith to communicate with their gods. The stronger the power of faith, the greater the power they can obtain, so they basically It doesn¡¯t matter how the spiritual energy of heaven and earth changes in the outside world. Even hundreds of years ago when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was still abundant, they never made use of it. This means that their strength has not been affected now, and we, China The monks are in great decline!"
I see!
Long Ao frowned and asked, "Have we, the Chinese monks, never thought of learning from their methods and using the power of faith?"
Song Fengzi shook his head, "This idea has been proposed a long time ago, but China has never formed a unified belief in the past thousands of years. Even if someone has faith in the gods, the number is extremely limited, and they cannot truly communicate with the gods. To achieve the purpose of communication, naturally there is no need to use the power of faith to enhance strength!"
This is true. For thousands of years, the genealogy of immortals in China has been in chaos. Although some people later proposed the concept of Taoism and respected Li Dan as its leader, in folk legends, there is a very large and complex system. The theory of the Three Pure Ones and Four Imperial Guards has left ordinary people at a loss as to which great god is truly supreme?
Western countries gradually formed a unified belief more than a thousand years ago after the birth of Christianity. God, Jehovah, and his spokesperson, Jesus Christ, eventually became the objects of belief for most Westerners. Although Europe once had different legends such as the Olympus God System and the Nordic Odin God System, they were ultimately defeated by the 'father and son' of Jehovah and Jesus, and they will always remain at the level of folklore.
China is different. Although folk belief in gods has existed since ancient times, it lacks strong leaders. Taoism itself takes "quietness and inaction" as its tenet, and naturally cannot promote itself too much. Therefore, most of the legends of gods and immortals throughout the ages have occurred in famous mountains and rivers, and most of the famous figures in the history of Taoism are far away from the ordinary people. Even though a series of representative figures such as Changchunzi Qiu Chuji got very close to the royal family at that time and even established the status of the state religion for a time, they failed to seize the opportunity because of their fundamental characteristics. Instead, Buddhism was often ignored. Exploited a loophole.
??The fundamental reason is that monarchs in Western countries often call themselves God's spokesperson, while Chinese monarchs call themselves the Son of Heaven. One is the spokesperson of God, and the other is the son of God. You can tell who is higher and who is lower at a glance. Just imagine, since the emperor considers himself the son of God, how can he tolerate others standing higher than himself? The emperor is no longer interested in Taoism, how can we expect it to spread among the people?
In the final analysis, it is because Taoism is a loose polytheistic religion. Although Western Christianity also has sectarian disputes, they all believe in the same god. However, the Taoist sects in China each have their own objects of worship. This is also the relationship between Taoism and Buddhism. One of the biggest differences in Christianity.
If Taoism can have a unified understanding and jointly elect a god to serve as the supreme god, then the internal friction of factional disputes will be reduced to a minimum, thus freeing up energy to promote Taoism.
In modern times, especially after the founding of New China, the destruction of the Four Olds directly caused ordinary people's fear of religious beliefs. People often say that Chinese people born after the 1970s have no faith. This is not surprising. They have not experienced a painful past, so naturally they will not have strong feelings for Japan, even if they have been in Japan since birth. Under the influence!
"That real person, I don't know whether I should say something or not." Long Ao hesitated for a moment, but decided to put forward his idea.
Song Fengzi said with a warm smile: "Brother Long just says what he says, I am all ears."
Long Ao sorted out the thoughts in his mind and said slowly: "After listening to what the real person said just now, the first problem of our Chinese monk community is that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the outside world is too scarce, which leads to a sharp drop in the speed of cultivation and a great difficulty in improving the cultivation level. The second reason for the increase is that we are unable to communicate with gods and borrow the power of faith like Western practitioners. For the former, I can¡¯t come up with any good solutions for the time being, but for the latter, I have a trick here that may be able to solve the problem!¡±
"What!" Song Fengzi's expression changed, and a terrifying aura suddenly rose from his body. He was wearing a Taoist robe without any wind, and the long white beard under his chin was flying wildly.
With a ¡®snap¡¯ sound, the whisk in the old Taoist priest¡¯s hand was crushed into pieces and fell to the ground.
Song Fengzi stood up and pointed at Long Ao, trembling all over, "Youareserious?"
Long Ao felt a little bitHe couldn't breathe smoothly, and he was secretly shocked. This old Taoist priest looked unremarkable, but he was actually so strong that he could feel the pressure on himself. He was at the peak of becoming a god! In fact, Song Fengzi's cultivation is already at the peak of the God Refining Stage, and he is only one step away from entering the Void Return Stage!
Song Fengzi quickly calmed down, and her breath calmed down, and she became no different from an ordinary person again. If this news hadn't hit the soft spot in his heart, he wouldn't have been so gloomy.
Long Ao noticed that his breath had calmed down, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and calmly replied: "Everything this junior said is true!"
Song Fengzi¡¯s eyes flashed with strong eagerness and asked: ¡°Then I dare to ask Brother Long, what is the specific method you mentioned?¡±
Long Ao smiled slightly, stood up and cupped his hands towards him, "Do you really know how long this junior has been practicing?"
"This" Matsukifuko twirled her long beard under her chin reservedly and thought for a moment, "About fifty years."
Actually, he originally wanted to say eighty years, because although Long Ao looks young, it is not easy to reach the Qi refining stage, so he thought it should be between fifty and eighty years.
Long Ao smiled and shook his head, "Sir, it has been less than sixteen years since I was born!"
As soon as such a big bomb was thrown, everyone including Matsufuko was knocked over. Song Fengzi was okay, after all, he had some mental preparation in advance, but his four disciples were much more surprised. They all looked at Long Ao in disbelief, thinking to themselves, if you are really under sixteen years old, Then you look really mature
As if he had seen through their thoughts, Long Ao's body suddenly twisted, and then he returned to his original appearance, standing where he was with a smile.
"Youthis is" Song Fengzi was shocked. According to old legends in the monk world, there was once a technique that could freely change the image. However, because this technique caused some trouble, it was punished after a collective discussion. Destroyed, I didn¡¯t expect that the young man in front of me could actually do this!
He didn¡¯t know that what Long Ao used was not a technique that allowed him to change his image freely, but the Nine Heavens Mystery Technique, the Nine Heavens Mystery Technique practiced by the Jade Emperor!
"To be honest with all you masters, the technique practiced by this junior is called Nine Heavens Mysterious Jue. Maybe you have never heard of its name, but you must have heard of the person who taught me this technique!" He restored his true appearance. Xiao Yitian (when he appears as a clone, he uses the name of the clone, and when he returns to his original form, he uses his name. It may feel a bit confusing) said loudly.
"Oh?" Song Fengzi asked solemnly after regaining her composure. At the same time, she kept thinking about who in the monk world she knew and who was so powerful that she could reach the level of refining for a child under the age of sixteen. During the Qi period, after thinking about it for a while, I found nothing.
Seeing that the five masters and disciples were all staring at him, Xiao Yitian chuckled and slowly uttered four words, "Jade! Emperor! Big! Emperor!"
"What?!"
Five screams sounded at the same time, and even Matsufuko couldn't stay calm this time.
In order to make them believe it, Xiao Yitian thought, and a supreme pressure suddenly appeared in the hall. Even though he was as strong as Matsufuko, he couldn't help but want to kneel down!
"Well, you guys are quite diligent in pursuing the Tao, and you are actually able to achieve such a level of cultivation. Not bad, not bad!" Xiao Yitian's voice suddenly changed, becoming calm and solemn, and full of majesty, "I think you are more pleasing to the eye, since If you still have doubts in your mind, I will give you some evidence."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yitian's forehead suddenly shot out five golden lights, which penetrated into the minds of the five masters and disciples of Song Fengzi with lightning speed!
"My life is at stake!" Song Fengzi secretly shouted in his heart. After waiting for a moment, he found that nothing happened to him. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Yitian, who was standing there with great majesty, lying on his side as if he was asleep. On the ground, eyes closed.
"This is" Song Fengzi stood up and was about to step over when his vision suddenly went dark, and then countless information poured into his mind. The sudden swelling and pain made him groan. His four apprentices also had the same experience, but their endurance was much worse, and they all held their heads and screamed!
I don't know how long it took, but Song Fengzi's tightly knitted brows gradually relaxed. He opened his eyes, took a long breath, and then turned his excited eyes to Xiao Yitian, who was still unconscious. He quickly stood up and rushed up to him, bent down to pick him up, and then walked out of the hall without stopping, heading straight to the quiet room where he practiced!
Putting Xiao Yitian on the soft couch, Song Fengzi secretly rejoiced. If it weren't for the young boy in front of him, he might not be able to come into contact with the supreme fairy in his whole life.?! The golden light that entered his mind contained a large amount of cultivation information, formation knowledge, elixir knowledge, and weapon refining knowledge. Although his cultivation at this time had not yet broken through to the Void Return Stage, he was only just short of it. , you only need a small retreat to break through easily!
You must know that there are no monks in the Chinese monk world who can refine elixirs and weapons, let alone the legendary formations. After Song Fengzi's five masters and disciples have obtained the Jade Emperor's inheritance, they only need to give time to By sorting out and consolidating all the knowledge gained in the mind, five double masters of alchemy and weapon refining will be born smoothly!
Recalling the last sentence in those messages, Song Fengzi's expression changed slightly, and she subconsciously turned her gaze to Xiao Yitian, who was lying on the soft couch.
"This son is my only successor in the lower world. You can respect him in the future. As long as your heart towards the Tao remains unchanged and you practice diligently, within a hundred years, I can guarantee that you will ascend to the immortal world!"
Ascend to the fairy world! The ultimate goal of the Chinese monks!