Chapter 472: Discussing Disasters and Immortals Wan Xinrong was walking on the street and turned to look to the left. "That day was filled with auspicious clouds of many colors..." "I saw with my own eyes the gods flying down from the sky on clouds to visit Master Lin's residence, along with cranes and fairy children..." "And there's fairy music! Every night when I close my eyes, the fairy music will sound in my head!" "Yes Yes Yes……" Wan Xinrong turned his head and looked to the right again: "Now is a time of chaos, both the north and the south are in turmoil. Master Lin became an immortal at this time, he must be here to protect us! Moreover, now neither the south nor the north has been able to break into Qinzhou. In my opinion, I am afraid that Master Lin is protecting us in the dark!" "Didn't they say before that Master Lin was taking the dragon energy from Jiang?" "Hey! Someone with ulterior motives is talking nonsense!"

"Someone with ulterior motives? Who?" "Find someone and ask for directions to the Star Observation Palace. Go in through the door and you'll see the ruins and the weeds inside, and then you'll know." People in the capital still talk about what happened at that time with great relish. But the legendary Master Lin is no longer in the capital. …… Deep in the clouds of Zhongshan Mountain, there is an ancient pine cave. Lin Jue and Master Xuanming were sitting and having a long conversation, while the fox was running around in Master Xuanming's cave, opening its curious eyes and looking up everywhere. It is both a cave and a palace. Because it was carved out in the mountain, one side of the cave is inside the mountain, with stone walls, stone tables and stone chairs, and the other half protrudes from the mountain. It has mahogany pillars, green tiles on the eaves, carved beams and painted buildings, and a skylight above, through which the sunlight shines through the green smoke. There was a demon child who looked quite young, with a body and face of about twelve or thirteen years old. He was wearing a Taoist robe and was concentrating on playing the piano without even raising his head. But from his indifferent expression and the leisurely and sophisticated music playing from his fingers, it can be guessed that he must be quite old. The sound of the piano is faint and drifts away with the green smoke. Along with this, there wafted the rich and sweet aroma of wine and the conversations of the two people. "My senior brother is a heavy drinker. He likes to drink and brew wine. In my senior brother's words, even if he is no longer a mountain god, he can still be a wine god in the human world with his wine brewing skills." "It is indeed the best wine in the world! Good wine!" "How does it compare to the fairy brew?" “Hahaha! The so-called fine wine of the immortals is mostly the longing of wine lovers for the immortals. In fact, how can immortals be better than mortals in everything?” Xuan Ming Zhenren raised his head and laughed, “I have drunk good wine. It was made by an immortal who loved wine for hundreds of years. But I can only say that the flavors are different and it is hard to tell which is better, hard to tell which is better.” After hearing what he said, Lin Jue guessed that the wine brewed by the immortal should be better than the mountain god of Hammer Mountain. "Then drink to your heart's content!"

"Tsk! Ah!" Master Xuanming drank and shook his head, and said to him: "When a mortal seeks the truth, he is called a true person, also known as an immortal. When an immortal seeks the truth, he is called a true immortal, also known as a saint. Mortals with great magical powers but not yet immortals are called masters by the world, and this title is often used arbitrarily. Immortals with great magical powers but not yet saints are called great powers." "Is the Great Power also a real person?" "The great ones are also real people." Xuan Ming Zhenren nodded, "but they are real people with greater magical powers and especially powerful abilities." "Then how can one be called powerful?" "If you have great magical powers and boundless magic, you can be called almighty." Xuanming Zhenren said, "At that time, you may change the world, reverse yin and yang, make your words come true, or turn mountains into seas. With such great abilities, you will naturally have a deep understanding of the truth of heaven and earth, and you will have your own visions of heaven and earth. At that time, you can be called almighty." "Strange phenomena in heaven and earth..." "Such skills are not so easy to obtain." Xuanming Zhenren said, "For example, Lord Fuchi, whose body has become holy, how many emperors dare to fight him in person? But he is not a powerful person either." "Why?" "Skills are not just about fighting and killing." Xuan Ming Zhenren replied, "Fu Chi Shenjun has devoted his entire life to martial arts, so he is as powerful as the emperor in fighting. But because of this, he is only very accomplished in martial arts, and lacks other skills. His understanding of the truth of the great way is not deep enough." "I see." Lin Jue savored it carefully. True people are immortals, and true immortals are saints. Between mortals and true people are people who practice Taoism, also known as masters in the world, and between immortals and true immortals are great powers. The True Lords and Divine Lords are all True Lords, and most of them are real people. Emperors and great emperors are all emperors, because the title of emperor is often an honorary title, the reason is that anyone who is deified is a person respected by the world, and the world respects him, so naturally they want to give him a powerful title, so many gods are honored as emperors, so the title of emperor is often honorific. Today, the emperors with great powers are probably the Central Tianweng God, the Eastern Qinghua Emperor, the Southern Yujian Emperor, the Western Miaoming Emperor, and the Northern Zixu Emperor. But there are obviously more powerful people than just these. Just like Lin Zhen has already achieved enlightenment, even if one day his ability in fighting surpasses that of a True Lord, he will not become a True Lord. Because he will not be a true lord. The True Lord and the Emperor are both official positions and gods in the Nine Heavens. There are gods and immortals between heaven and earth who have great powers but do not hold official positions or receive divine titles, or there are those who only hold empty positions and titles but actually have great abilities. The matter of gods is not a joke; it is not destined to be simple and clear. If you want to know even a corner of it, please look back and look at the world around you, and you will see that it is not that simple. "Alas..." Master Xuanming sighed drunkenly, "It is said that immortals are immortal, but they are subject to disasters, so their lives will not last long." "What is this robbery?" Lin Jue has no other master, and there is no other enlightened person in his sect. He does not rely on anyone and knows nothing about these things, so he can only come to ask Master Xuanming with an open mind. Taoist Xuanming once practiced in Jiulong Temple in Yishan. Jiulong Temple and Fuqiu Temple were good friends, so he was considered a senior. Both of them had eaten the Four-Directions Five Elements Golden Pill, so they were predestined to each other. On the day when Xuanming became enlightened, Taoist Xuanming came specially on a crane to congratulate him, intending to make friends with him, and Lin Jue did not refuse. Lin Jue was the pioneer of Fuqiu Temple.

After him, if anyone else in Fuqiu Temple could achieve enlightenment, it would be much easier than it is for him now. "Hard to say, hard to say." Xuan Ming Zhenren said twice: "There are physical disasters and mental disasters. Some are visible while others are hard to grasp. Some are predictable while others are illusory. Just like the common disaster of decline, there are also several types." "The Five Deteriorations of Heavenly Beings?" "That's right, but it's different from what people say in the mortal world." Xuan Ming Zhenren said, "The five declines are physical decline, your body will weaken and decay, mental decline, your will will become depressed and decayed, heart decline, you will lose your emotions, magic decline, your magic power will weaken and leave, and spirit decline, your soul will weaken and dissipate. If you become an immortal, you will continue to face it. It will come in different orders, two or three or even all at once. Some come from the outside, some rise from the bottom of your heart, some you can see the traces of, and some are unconscious. It's hard to prevent, hard to prevent." "How to resist?" "Then it depends on your ability." Xuan Ming Zhenren laughed, raised his head and drank, "Otherwise, where would the great power come from?" Putting down his glass, he continued: "Some people try their best to face calamities, while others never encounter them. Some people fight against calamities, while others never pay attention to them. For others, the calamity is their own heart. When the calamity comes, it means that their heart has reached the end of its lifespan. When they feel that they have enjoyed enough freedom and have decided to leave the world, they will naturally not face calamities. They will sit in the mountains, smile slightly, turn into mountain flowers and spring breeze, and leave calmly. "you say-- "Is this also considered a robbery?" Lin Jue listened without answering, looking thoughtful. This question really stumped him. Is this also considered a kind of "disaster"? But I also understand the so-called "disaster". This is really a broad and vague generalization, calling everything that will lead to the death of an immortal a "calamity", even if one has lived long enough. This is in line with traditional culture. There are all kinds of disasters, just like the bumps in the road of mortals. There are all kinds of disasters, visible and invisible, predictable and unpredictable, too many to count. If you want to deal with it calmly, and even make yourself not feel the "disaster" at all, the "disaster" dare not come to you, and you will not be able to detect it if it comes to you, the best way is to make yourself have great supernatural powers. For example, if you have a personal calamity or some disaster, you can deal with it if you have mastered the "method of dealing with disasters". But if there is a thunderstorm or a fire disaster, your "method of absorbing disasters" will be useless and you must have other ways to deal with it. If you are upright, walk upright and sit upright, or if you like quietness and practice in the mountains all day long, not caring about worldly affairs and ignoring disputes, you can avoid many disasters. If you were like the Fuchi God, with a holy body, immortal and indestructible, and a great reputation, many people would not dare to provoke you, and then the disasters you would encounter would be much less than those of an ordinary real person. However, I think there would be other more illusory or more severe disasters. After a catastrophe, it will continue to exist forever. If you can't survive the calamity, you will die. This is the case with the Queen Mother of the East. The first owner of the ancient book also died in a catastrophe of decline, but no one knew what kind of decline it was, whether it was from the outside to the inside, or from the inside to the outside, whether it was unwillingness or a catastrophe of his own heart that made him leave willingly. If you have great supernatural powers and boundless magic power, no matter what kind of disaster it is, most of them cannot do anything to you, and then you are powerful. Therefore, all immortals who could live long either went to the Ninth Heaven and relied on incense and gods to respond to disasters and prolong their lives, or became powerful. Other immortals, even if they theoretically had an infinite lifespan and ignored birth, aging, illness and death in the human world, slowly disappeared in the long river of history because of these "disasters".

Some of them must be unwilling to do so. Of course, some people should volunteer. “If you want to be fearless of disasters and truly be immortal, you must seek the truth like an immortal and become a true immortal saint.” Xuan Ming Zhenren said leisurely, “Then you will truly live as long as the sky and exist as the sun and the moon. Unless one day the world is destroyed, you will not disappear.” "is it?" Lin Jue suddenly remembered that an ancient book had recorded the death of a true immortal. He was the person who refined the first golden elixir in the world. That was the first time. There were not many ways to cultivate in the world at that time, and the Danding School was far from its heyday. It might be due to coincidence or accident. But no matter what, the first golden elixir in the world, the immortal Yun Zuo, still created the oldest avenue of cultivation, the Golden Elixir Avenue. From then on, there were countless romantic rumors about alchemy for immortality and alchemy for immortality, creating an era in which everyone from ordinary people to kings and generals yearned for elixirs and alchemy. After swallowing this golden elixir, it helped him become a true immortal saint. At that time, he was equivalent to the Taoist Patriarch of the Danding Sect. But his doom soon came - The second golden elixir can only make one a great power. The later ones can only become real people. Later on, other golden elixirs, the Four Directions and Five Elements Golden Elixir, the Divine Hua Resurrection Golden Elixir, any golden elixir, could only make one a real person at most. Ancient books record: Yun Zuo Xianren was already a true immortal and god, with blessings as vast as the sea and a lifespan as long as the sky. However, he never understood the meaning of it and became completely discouraged, eventually perishing on his own. According to Taoist Xuanming, this can also be considered a calamity, right? Perhaps he was no longer a true immortal when he became confused. Perhaps the calamity in his heart was something even a true immortal could not resist. I don't know which one it is. Lin Jue only poured wine for Master Xuanming, and the melodious sound of the piano ringing intermittently in his ears was endless aftertaste. (End of this chapter)